american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world the chinese are not that stupid guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china at this time just your. weakness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. russia's president pays a surprise visit to syria and orders a partial withdrawal of his military forces from the country.

alone citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up thousands and lebanon answer a call to protest against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. panic in new york after a man detonate an explosive device in the subway at the height of the morning rush hour supporters of ukrainian politician mikhail saakashvili clashed with police as he appears in court accused of trying to topple the government. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he made the announcement in syria during a whistle stop tour of russia's middle east allies that took in three countries in a day the first stop on kurds is. day trip will visit today come my men russian in

syria where he met president bashar al assad in them flew on to cairo for talks with president. if doubling back and heading north to ankara for meeting with take this time. and just type as will. at a military base in western syria a visit by vladimir putin it's the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president bashar al assad's. forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced a partial pullout of his soldiers from syria my general you don't know much about but he goes there to the general command i give the sort of russia's military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey

i thank you this. putin also pledged to continue to support syria's military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president of the fatah el-sisi that leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of russian military hardware and has approved a draft agreement to allow russian jets to use egyptian military bases putin and c.c. also signed a deal under clear power. bickering ties between russia and egypt the second largest recipient of u.s. military aid after israel could potentially strain relations between cairo and washington but it's yet another sign of putin's attempts to grow russia's influence across the middle east it's also part of his. his way actually to express himself and to exhibit maps of project power in the middle east by by by by

visiting to you is allies we're talking here about egypt we're talking who also about about to actually has been closing has been has been drawing closer to russia over the past couple of years so he's trying to make he was. difficult the relationship the u.s. allies are having with their international patton in order to present a project his influence in the region whatever the case it's clear of putin's interest and influence in the region appears to be expanding. i'll just. i mean the dow joins us live now from ankara where the russian president is now holding talks with his turkish counterpart but it was an extraordinary day for the russian president where the syria on the top of the agenda is that the case where he is now talking to president. yes it is sioux city is expected to dominate the talks to begun just

a few minutes ago between president putin and president don they're also going to discuss by luttrell issues including joint and and adventures between russia and turkey there will discuss trade between the two countries as well as. issues regarding turkey and particularly with the amount spent on today by president putin that he was going to carry out the partial withdrawal of his forces this means that the tukey will also have to concede that whether it will have to withdraw all of its forces in syria particularly where it's usually say. military observers because this is something that was agreed upon by iran russia and turkey in sorts when they made it and also to enable the laying the ground for force deescalation zones and i caught hell thinking this is interesting timing with

them him coming into the region at the moment is this also him making capital out of the fact that there is so much unrest with regards to trump's decision on jerusalem in that region. well according to government officials here that telling us that. is high up on the agenda of the talks between the two presidents of course this is a time when both the russian leaders and the turkish media hope both say that the trump a decision recognizing to the cup with all of israel was unfortunate and would run up. tensions in an already vulnerable and volatile region and put it of course is going to discuss this with him and also we know that putin's influence in the middle east has grown tremendously of

a since russia intervened in syria. and then wake the government of president assad so it will be interesting to see what they say on the matter many thanks mohammed mohammed out winning us the latest from korea. thousands of protesters are rallying in lebanon against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel last demonstrations were called by hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah that follows violent confrontations in beirut on sunday between protesters and security forces near the u.s. embassy at the going through the facade we are all in this war we have all experienced our brothers in gaza any demonstrations no matter how big or small only give more resistance and will make us feel that we are not alone the american is

really resolution which is supported by some arab countries the aim of it to clear the palestinian cause that's the danger that the palestinian people face we should confront the nation as a whole should confront this dangerous american project and try to impose a solution for the palestinian people. they know holder has the latest from beirut . trucks decision to recognize tourism is the capital of israel in one way or the other is serving hezbollah's interests why because hezbollah really has long championed the palestinian cause as its own ever since its inception three that's new three decades ago and as of late in the past few years it has come under a lot of criticism of those lost a lot of support in the arab world and here in lebanon for militarily intervening in syria and many people no longer regarded it as a resistance movement and that it it became a sectarian militia and that it was serving iran's interests but now hezbollah saying that their the fight against eisel is winding down and that's the so-called

resistance axis will now focus on jerusalem its main cause so in one way or another if the hezbollah is trying to regained a legitimate sea in the eyes of many in the arab world in the struggle saying that well you know arab states should support. palestinian intifada uprising and he said that the so-called resistance axis what they call it is resistance axis that they should come together and come up with a strategy to confront israel but he stopped short of saying what action should be taken against israel because at the end of the day it will have a domestic backlash because it has opponents eleven on and it cannot take any decision to wage war or peace on its own self very carefully worded speech by last but clearly hezbollah trying to gain in one way or the other some sort of political capital from trump's decision. israel's prime minister has to follow washington's lead and recognize jerusalem as his country's capital and the man that's in you

know who has been meeting a you foreign ministers in brussels where he faced resistance to that suggestion and pressure to restart middle east peace efforts dominic kane reports from the capital a wintry monday morning greeted benjamin netanyahu in brussels with the chill in the air outside was seemingly absent inside as he met frederica. her role as e.u. foreign policy chief is to seek compromise where possible but his message regarding the status of jerusalem was an ambiguous i believe every window we don't have an agreement yet this is what will happen in the future i believe that all or most of the opinion our countries will move the embassies to jerusalem record does truce in this israel's work up little but many e.u. leaders disagree criticizing president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital as fanning the flames of protest for her part morgan

any recent the e.u.'s official position we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are as the cop with out of both the state of the sort of the state of palestine along the sixty seven line. another element of netanyahu is visit was meeting the e.u.'s many foreign ministers around the table with him where the representatives of at least two governments have said they will recognize jerusalem as israel's capital which means although the e.u. tries to speak with one voice on this issue there are some dissenters and raising the question of how successful europe can be as an intermediary in the middle east the e.u. is not a victim of its own lack of involvement the enrollment is still there it was never front line and what won't but was there it is a victim of the one sided position of our president despite all the spin that we're

hearing now but for the moment at least many here believe president trumps actions have put the prospect of progress in the middle east in the deep freeze dominic cain al-jazeera brussels. iran's president has sung rouhani says his country is ready to restore ties or saudi arabia if it stops bombing yemen and cuts ties with israel he made the comments during a speech in parliament on sunday saudi arabia severed diplomatic relations with iran in january last year after a rain in protesters attacked sanity diplomatic missions demonstrators were angry over the killing of a prominent shia cleric tensions spiked again last month after the iranian backed huth is in yemen father ballistic missile two or three out oh. we want two things from saudi arabia stopping the old friendship the same music and stopping in human bombs most of human has no other problems it's saudi arabia

that's got established ties and have good relations they should be the ones who started the it's. still to come on al-jazeera as nicholas murderous party wins most seats in maryland the actions we take a closer look at how this will affect venezuela's opposition and the deal to repatriate ranger refugees from bangladesh to me and why some rights groups say it's simply too soon. hello we'll take a look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia generally looking for an office in a very warm this time of year marty there is zero task and two degrees but all fine around the caspian sea ten degrees from baku tehran these are saw the mediterranean to plenty of sunshine to be rooted twenty three degrees dropping by slightly as we

head on through into wednesday stage kuwait city coming up nineteen degrees there if a quarter of british wind blowing down through the gulf over the last few days still there a little bit on shoes there but it's on its way out so as we head on into wednesday will find those winds really much lighter and it will feel woman twenty. five degrees as in my some here am from abu dhabi house where we're looking at the saudi woman conditions for macas usual a maximum of thirty two degrees and twenty eight in medina across into southern portions of africa plenty of showers across angola through zambia and into zimbabwe and mozambique so that's expected to new through tuesday but lusaka seen some heavy downpours but further towards the south fine across much of the mid be a fine across the bulk of south africa is one of two showers towards the eastern cape and then through into wednesday could be off as a breeze picks up the cape town highs of eighteen and we could just see wanted to share a threatening johannesburg heise here of twenty four. welcome

back reminder the top stories here and there are russian president vladimir putin

has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria made the announcement on a surprise visit to a russian advice and lattakia province where he met syrian president bashar al assad and thousands of protesters are rallied in lebanon against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel mass demonstrations were called by hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah and the head of a trip to brussels israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged european nations to follow washington's lead and move very to jerusalem. at the u.s. decision on jerusalem hasn't just been directed at washington palestinian leaders are also facing growing criticism from my own people for strangers off the decades living under israeli occupation while the abdel-hamid reports from the occupied west. he has witnessed every clash for the past three years as so many have erupted near the petrol station where he works he doesn't join in but understands the

motivation especially after trump's declaration over jerusalem. it was a real bad feeling for everyone it's like an insult but i want to be able to do anything at all either has only been to dru's a limb twice that's how often israel has granted him permission still like every palestinian he considers it the only capital for a future palestinian state this is the closest point to jerusalem many palestinians can reach even though the city is less than a half hour's drive from this checkpoint but to go through it they need special permission from the israelis and that very difficult to come by. well cohen is from jerusalem he lived abroad for several years but decided to return home so his wife and children could get their residency twenty years later his daughter who is still waiting for hers. i don't have an id i don't have any proof that i'm

a living human being i might not get my papers but i'm holding on to my rights best can't refute trump's decision he won't meet the american vice president but what else can he do the palestinian authority has come under criticism for being too lenient it was established after the oslo accords and many say it should be dissolved since they agree mint has gone nowhere it's easy to say throw it away it's not something that you threw away this is an achievement the issue is you have to capitalise on it their issue is that you should not accept what is. this or thought it to be when i say a service provider i don't want this or thought it to be a service provider only for the people that use ability can do that mahomet's abound there has travelled far and wide but never set foot in the holy city despite repeatedly applying for a permit he thinks that palestinians now need new blood and then you vision we have resistance movement in gaza the did nothing we have who believe in peace and they.

did nothing for us that's mean we want to find a number of choices what is the choice and who's claim that he is leader for palestinians should find this choices perhaps for him as late as cartoons express better than words how palestinians feel these days the peace process was a radius shipwreck trump killed it with the help of arab leaders who are a dimmer city of the united states and jerusalem was ultimate christmas present what up to him meet al jazeera in the occupied west bank. they said new york have arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway net times square the man who's been identified as twenty seven year old a coyote was injured in the blast which happened at the height of the morning rush hour three other people suffered minor injuries new york's mass as the suspect was believed to have acted alone let's be clear as new yorkers our lives revolve around

the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway is incredibly unsettling. and let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is ultimate goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe. krista slim is in manhattan for us and what role can you tell us about this failed attack on the investigation into it. well the police commissioner says that while they do believe that twenty seven year old a coyote who acted alone he did say that he was acting in the name of your eisel when he set off this improvised explosive device police have described it as a very primitive device held to the suspect with zip ties and velcro.

the. worst damage was the worst injuries were sustained by the suspect himself he was taken to the hospital with burns and wounds three other people were also injured but they were able to get themselves to a hospital the mayor is saying that he is relieved that this attack didn't go as the suspect planned but clearly what the suspect had in mind was disrupting new york city during morning rush hour where i'm standing is near where the attack happened in a subway tunnel underground here that's connected to the port authority bus terminal over here new york's major bus terminal connected to one of the busiest subway hubs in the city just south of times square. the investigation is ongoing the street has reopened things are looking normal but clearly one can't help but notice that this is happening just a month after another so-called lone wolf attack on the west side of manhattan that

killed eight people there's a sense of increasing frequency with these kinds of attacks leading up to the holiday period the times square. ball drop happens on new year's eve not far from here so this is a very sensitive location for new yorkers and for the city but again the city officials saying that the stage they're relieved and they do believe that the suspect acted alone and relieved that he didn't pull off the attack. the way that he had imagined many thanks christiansen over there with the latest from the streets of new york. and massive wildfire threatening coastal towns in california shows no sign of slowing down the fire has already burned down nearly eight hundred buildings and ninety three hector as it's currently burning in ventura and santa barbara county one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of los angeles fighters have been hindered by the mountainous terrain in a five thousand eight hundred of them are working to contain the blaze. results

from venezuela's minister put elections show that candidates supporting president nicolas maduro one across the country the vote was largely boycotted by the opposition daniel reports from the capital caracas president nicolas maduro saying that candidates that support his government have won in more than three hundred of the three hundred and thirty five districts being contested in municipal elections he's also said that those opposition candidates who boycotted the vote on the long part of the political landscape which implies that they will not be able to stand in presidential elections scheduled for next october many here asking how is it now after eighteen years of to these no first of all this and for the last four years nicholas with the economy in a perilous state inflation rampant through it in medicine scares the governing party candidates in the so convincingly across the country one of the reasons being

that the opposition is fragmented the country is polarized many tens of thousands of venezuelans predominantly those who oppose president nicolas maduro have left the country to escape this economic its economic difficulties the opposition now trying to work out how to respond to this what appears to be a convincing victory administered by the elections for the government and the apparent by all of its candidates on the political map so venezuela. is now looking as though. nicolas maduro has consolidating his hold on power with many asking just how has he done now. judges out the international criminal courts have referred jordan to the u.n. for failing to arrest sudanese president omar al bashir is wanted on genocide challenges but she was in amman last march attending me arab summit to international warrants for his arrest on ten challenges arising from the conflict into for the warrants were issued by the i.c.c.

in two thousand and nine but so far he has evaded arrest and steadfastly the challenges. hundreds of supporters of ukrainian opposition politician mikhail saakashvili have trashed with place in kiev as a herring was held into whether he should be held in custody the former georgian president is accused of conspiring to topple ukraine's leader at your part. following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine mikhail saakashvili confronted police outside a courthouse in the capital kiev. inside a plastic defendant's box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraine's president the chocolate billionaire petro poroshenko there for very simple. there. we raced over words for a. profit out of the event of

a new breath once an ally of poroshenko saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anticorruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government. a prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the western odessa region now he and his supporters many of them soldiers return from the front lines in the country's east are demanding poroshenko zimm preachment the way of violence when you get your way right now we have forty enough we don't want any more wars or bloodshed but if poroshenko does not do what he is obliged to do and uses force against us then we will respond adequately the man who led former soviet jews rose revolution and then those dual use leader fought an ill fated war with russia denies conspiring with russian businessmen to topple ukraine's president the latest dramatic chapter in

saakashvili is career saw him arrested on a kiev rooftop last week before by supporters from a police van he's now on hunger strike those of a possible five years joe joe nadol al jazeera scuffles have broken out between spanish place and catalan separatists protesting against the removal of mediæval works of art from the region several hundred people attended the demonstration outside the museum in the catalan town of j. though a court has ruled forty four when they just artifacts were illegally bought by catalonia in the one nine hundred eighty s. and have to be returned to a monastery in neighboring arab and the spanish government took control of the semi autonomous catalonia region in october. and british are working on a plan to send hundreds of thousands of or hinge or refugees back to my amma but

the un and rights groups say the plan is flawed because it doesn't guarantee their protection when they return under serious child stratford met one refugee who's fled violence in my own ma four times over the last seven decades and says this time he won't return. abdu salam says he is over one hundred years old his wife will stuff the begum guides him to the shelter in the cool to par long refugee camp he says the first time he fled violence in what was then burma was when the british were fighting the japanese during world war two but he has fled military crackdowns on the ranger three times since then in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight one thousand nine hundred ninety two and two and a half months ago and this time he says he won't go back. to write it i feel bad for my home but i'm afraid to go back because they can if you like and says there's no point in sending us back to myanmar because there is no security force there. rights groups say the ranger have suffered systematic atrocities by the

myanmar army in recent months hundreds of range of villages have been destroyed and burned to the ground the un says women have been gang raped by myanmar soldiers. it's estimated that hundreds of ranger men women and children have been killed but the bangladeshi and myanmar government so already working on a plan to send back hundreds of thousands of refugees to myanmar they say will be voluntary and he's aimed to start in two months. so what would the range of refugees go back to inside me and my. government doesn't recognise them as an ethnic group if we do their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred eighty two giving them limited access to education and health care and making them vulnerable to arbitrary arrest now the un says how can a people go back to a country in which they are still vulnerable to the kind of violence and

persecution from which they fled. the u.n. says the root causes of persecution such as lack of citizenship must be addressed first. may suffer more violence one of the things we need to really underscores we shouldn't rush into this conditions for a return need to be addressed and we're clear conditions today in myanmar are not right for refugees to go home of the salaam says his village like many others was burned down by the military he has nowhere to go back to roman law they will not allow a single room to live he says they will still through school please don't send this bank as bait for the monster. the fear of a man who has fled for his life time and time again chance traffic are just zero could you problem with bangladesh.

the top stories on al-jazeera russian president vladimir putin has over the process withdrawal of his troops from syria he made the announcement on a surprise visit to a russian ad base in lattakia province where he met syrian president bashar al assad person says that moscow's two year military campaign with damascus has achieved its mission of destroying i sell putin who also travel to egypt is now in turkey to meet president ramadan is in a corrupt. a moment he made this morning in syria also goes on into feeling some of the pledges made during the meeting between iran turkey and russia in seoul cheap for the withdrawal of foreign militaries from some polices in some places completely to allow for the did militarized dissolve ensure that

syria now. goes forward in its political process thousands of protesters have been rallying in lebanon against us recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel mass demonstrations have been called by hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah it follows violent confrontations in beirut on sunday between protesters and security forces near the u.s. embassy israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged europe to follow washington's lead and recognize jerusalem as israel's capital yet and you know who was speaking at a head of a meeting with foreign ministers in brussels where he faced pressure to restart middle east. case in new york have arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square the man identified as twenty seven year old. was injured in the blast three other people

suffered minor injuries judges at the international criminal court have referred jordan to the u.n. for failing to arrest sudanese president omar al bashir bashir is wanted on genocide charges arising from the conflict in there for he was in amman last march attending the arab league summit those are the top stories stay with us inside story is next. the e.u. talks of restarting the middle east peace process followed israel's prime minister slams the continent for hypocrisy its european and u.s. policies towards the middle east diverged what options does brussels really have this.