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dutton this is al jazeera live from doha it was a coming up palestinian leader's call for the p.l.o. to suspend recognition of israel. and of a trained nation meeting on north korea donald trump and ping talk about the tension in the region. and the star american gymnast of the rio olympics simone biles says she is among dozens of athletes sexually abused by a former teen doctor. turkey syria and russia have criticized the u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria turkey's president accused washington of trying to create a terror army and pledged to quote drown it before it comes into being and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. presence from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east. with iraq it will be mostly made up of fights as from the syrian

democratic forces a large part of that group is made up of kurdish fighters who took a considered as terrorists the s.d.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish an arab feiss which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and the east chalons reports. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia typer one says turkey will launch its military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at that it is searchable and now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army

on our borders before it is born turkey has for its kurdish factions inside its borders for decades and doesn't want to see them gaining more power in neighboring syria parts in northern syria the americans have long been supporting some kurdish forces this is a predictable turkish escalation against us steps to conquer ties our military partner of the syrian democratic forces into an enduring stabilization force that can secure the long term turkey has been crystal clear actually that it regards the syrian democratic forces as a threat to its interests. although u.s. president donald trump promised he would stop supporting kurdish fighters the pentagon never made that official the reported thirty thousand strong u.s. backed border force would primarily come from kurdish led syrian democratic forces and would deploy along the syrian borders with turkey and iraq and along the

euphrates river valley the dividing line with syrian government forces one of the syrian war's detectable trends last year was the emerging axis of cooperation between russia and turkey often joining together to criticize steps taken by the united states well if today's developments are only thing to go by that's a trend that looks set to continue into two thousand and eighteen where we challenge al-jazeera moscow jemma crown is a policy analyst at the same to washington d.c. he says the u.s. appears to lack a clear plan. obviously the u.s. is trying to counter the u. turkish russian. plan with the support of iran of course to try to basically have control of those lips so now you see a u.s. reaction it's not clear what's the end game is the force are already on the ground they are changing their their their amended basically to be

a border zone which means if they're going to have a border control they want to stop the turkish if it was inside syria this is what is the bit reacting this way but the the end game of the of the u.s. troops is not clear where they are now also far is they want to finish the fight again isis civilize those are senior and go to run in the us when they went to congress of your selfish to look to to put forward their policy they don't have answers about what's the end game this is the the most crucial issue that two thousand and eleven there's no clear strategy for for syria so this might backfire because you don't have on the ground support you have turkey on one side you have syria already on one side and then you have also iran so who are the allies of the as the f. and the u.s. in this supposed struggle now palestinian leaders have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in a meeting of the central council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem

as israel's capital imran khan as more from the occupied west bank. late on monday night the palestinian leadership issued a statement that could have far reaching consequences for the peace process the statement includes the call to suspend recognition of israel suspend security coordination with it and unite the palestinian factions through reconciliation the statement comes from the central council of the p.l.o. after two days of meetings it will be discussed further by the p.l.o. executive committee and it's up to that committee to implement most policy at some point in the future. the statement also said that the u.s. is no longer a partner for peace and that the palestinians want international involvement but given that the us is perhaps the only country that can put pressure on israel will this work. we have to utilize different forms of accountability it has to know that this occupation this form of brutal colonialism can no longer be accepted and

therefore we have to go to the international criminal court we have to go to international court of justice we have to join organizations and accede to charters and conventions that would protect us on the one hand i'm told as. the us president donald trump has said he will cut u.s. aid to the palestinians if that happens there will be an economic impact this factory produces extractable of leave tablets and he's part of a multimillion dollar project to encourage enterprise in jericho the occupied west bank the factory was set up in this industrial zone with japanese investment without it it wouldn't have been successful for the operations manager here it shows that there are alternatives to the u.s. for example if you believe. they should listen. to me. once it's completed at this japanese funded industrial zone will house around five

thousand workers and that's going to have a positive impact not just a locally but across the palestinian territories now if you speak to palestinians what will tell you is oftentimes foreign aid unlike u.s. aid comes without strings and preconditions. but it's not just economics politics also plays a key role according to one analyst palestinian president mahmoud abbas has options . community. and he's. looking. to see if you. despite palestinian confidence that there is no alternative to u.s. involvement in the peace process how the international community will react is key at some point the israelis and the palestinians will need some sort of framework for talks without the u.s. will that will look like is currently on line imraan khan out is there are occupied

west bank foreign ministers from japan south korea the united states are among senior officials from twenty nations heading to canada to discuss how to strengthen sanctions on north korea u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson will co-host the talks in vancouver and choose day country there will be seeking to find ways to intercept vessels at sea that may be defying u.n. sanctions by carrying refined oil products to pyongyang but north korea's main trading partner china won't be at the conference donald trump and she had a phone conversation on tuesday focusing on the korean peninsula chinese state media say she's message was that the easing of tensions must continue agent brown has more from beijing. i don't think china expected to receive an invitation to attend this international gathering in vancouver after all it is not an ally really of the united states or canada any more than russia is russia of course is also

going to be absent both these countries have very different ideas about how to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula neither country favors military action or more sanctions against north korea what russia and china want is this freeze for freeze formula whereby north korea would cease development of its nuclear program in return for the united states and south korea halting their annual military exercises will the united states has said that is a nonstarter so i think perhaps that if russia and china had been present at this conference they would have proved to be a distraction not china is pouring scorn on this conference they say without key players all the important players it says in this crisis it's doubtful that anything meaningful can be achieved pope francis has arrived in chile for his first stop on a visit to south america crowds greeted the pontiff as he drove through the streets of the capital sunday i'll go but there were ten scenes ahead of his visit with

five churches vandalized in recent days security for the papal visit was ramped up as a result a latin america editor lisieux newman has been following the visit in santiago. pope francis is finally here in chile and he's making his way right now to santa was mean fair affair with these people are waiting to see him pass in the pope mobile but the reception is not exactly what the catholic church here would have hoped for there are people here of course as you can see but not nearly as many as one would have expected and certainly a lot less than in the other latin american countries that pope francis has visited this is likely to be the most challenging in latin america his home region because of widespread disillusionment with the church and its origin tiny leader this used to be one of the most. faithful countries in the world now less than fifty percent of chileans call themselves catholic and one of the reasons is the number of children who have been sexually abused by priests and even

a nun these catholics came all the way from southern chile they wanted to be here when the pope passed so that he would see how upset they are with him for appointing a bishop to their city who is accused of covering up abuses. we have to do something we have to clean up the church we are angry at the heads of the church who have closed all doors to us indeed the pope's visit to chile has brought survivors of clerical sex abuse from all over the world to pressure the pope to make good on promises of zero tolerance of predators there are priests in this country who are still in ministry eve some have even been. prosecuted and convicted for abuse but then they are put back into the ministry cannot possibly be the right . but there were many here who were overjoyed to see pope francis when he mounted his popemobile. who says he hopes the pope's visit will help unify chileans organizers tell us that the pope is perfectly aware that he is coming to

a country where the catholic church is in a deep crisis where people have lost faith but that is the reason why he is coming the big question is is there anything that he can say or do in the short time that he'll be here just three days to revert the situation. four time olympic gold medalist simone biles says she is among more than one hundred athletes who were sexually abused by former usa gymnastics team doctor larry nasa. usa is top gymnastics performer at the trenches sixteen realism picks nasa has a medley sexually of a big assaulting gymnasts possessing child pornography and missing girls who sought medical treatment he was sentenced in december to sixty years in one case he's facing a life sentence in another. very. far

away from the. story. hello again let's take a look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia is pretty quiet at the moment temperatures not all are great for back you there in us by channel four degrees look at minus two is a high couple are coming in double figures for those who are sixteen in baghdad quite conditions around the eastern side of military a bit of a breeze coming in there for beirut temperatures of sixteen degrees sir said ellen to arabian peninsula if had some folk here in qatar the last twenty four hours but the wind is going to be picking up during choose say so that should clear it away

twenty four is the maximum bit on the cool side for reality twenty one but we still look at fairly decent weather conditions in mecca thirty one the expected high now as we head across into southern portions of africa we've got this tropical cycler book eater which is heading towards out of the militias and re-union could bring vast amounts of rain sequent of a category three hurricane so it's going to do some damaging winds as well elsewhere across the region we've got some heavy showers in the eastern side of madagascar some really heavy rain across parts of mozambique northwards towards mom in tanzania kenya got some heavy showers also affecting northern parts of zambia become southwards across much of namibia through boss juana and down into much of south africa should be dry and fine it should be a nice day in durban and respecting the hive twenty nine. there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the us i definitely showed

that this was a political trial and that these were political prisoners because we weren't able to see the secret i wouldn't we weren't able to tell it in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called war on terror the holy land falling at this time on al jazeera world. and again you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories russia's foreign minister is warning that a u.s. coalition plan to build a syria border security force could break up the country the plan is also being criticized by turkey and the syrian government. palestinian leaders have

recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in the meeting of the central council focusing on american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. but francis is arrived in chile where there's been ten scenes ahead of his visit with at least five churches vandalized protests against the alleged cover up of sexual abuse in the catholic church. and group has attacked in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say gunmen stormed mitiga air base where fighting spilled onto the runway causing flights to be diverted was the only functioning airport in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen mahmud of the one who is following developments from tripoli. the big eight that attacked in may to get. the individuals of that brigade say that there is a prison inside the base and controlled by this special deterrence force and that

prison holds thousands of suspects and so many suspects have died under. by the special deterrence force they also accuse the special diffidence force of extra judicial practices inside that prison they say that prison is is it is outside of the state control and also does not belong to the official legislative institutions in the country. the cattery even rights committee says the detention of a member of the royal family by the u.a.e. is illegal and violates human rights laws been is the latest in a line of public figures to cues abu dhabi of holding them against their will catch us foreign ministry says it's monitoring developments closely jamelle shell reports so some of the. funny is the latest in what appears to be

a growing list of high profile figures to say they've been abducted some by the united arab emirates and others by its ally saudi arabia something little more than the old i'm currently in abu dhabi i was hosted by sheikh mohammad bin site i'm now confined to my residence i'm not allowed to leave i fear anything may happen to me hours later in murat your fishel street at the bin ali was not being held captive and was a free month prior to the gulf crisis which began when saudi arabia the united arab emirates button and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on qatar seven months ago abdullah bin ali was an unknown member of the qatari royal family since then as we all them continued in their push to overthrow the government and doha the answer qatar alliance has tried to portray him as a potential replacement to the amir of qatar shipped i mean been hammered funny they wanted to create an opposition to form within the royal family but for the qatari society he's an unknown person he doesn't have the credentials he doesn't

have the charisma even his in own the nuclear family did not approve the the old he was toying to play never mind the oil family or the qatari society in december former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik who was in self-imposed exile in the u.a.e. posted a video message saying he was being detained against his will was deported forty eight hours later flown to cairo and in a morality plane where he was immediately detained upon his arrival days later. he withdrew from the race to be the next president of egypt in november lebanon's prime minister was summoned to saudi arabia for a meeting with crown prince mohammed bin sandman and although saga has not said he was health captive many believe that he was including the german foreign minister who tweeted that how do you do you should be allowed to leave at once. both saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are notorious for jailing political dissidents

dozens of princes a millionaire businessman remain in a hotel turn prison in the capital riyadh but holding foreign dignitaries and politicians is seen by analysts as a frightening new development the concern that the snap like one one action or one behavior now is becoming almost of pattern of form what some of these. countries this is very strange actually very and acceptable even legally is and it's an acceptable human rights was it's an excerpt of what detaining people against their will whether they are higher profile of medium for fall or. both the saudis and their moralities have for years been accused of meddling in the internal affairs of countries such as egypt lebanon and qatar qatar true has been accused of the same but the alleged use of abduction as a foreign policy tool is something that has many people extremely worried.

al-jazeera sekolah been funny is a brother of show how funny he says his brother has received mixed messages from authorities in the u.a.e. he complained about that he's being denied to leave. and he's confused about what. all the information he's getting from the people there. and they kept him all day he was told that he can leave the to saudi arabia but not to u.k. . the end of the day he was allowed. to leave you either and he has two daughters with him and it was about twelve o'clock at night that. the told them that they have to go to the airport and then the information changed that you are not allowed to go to the u.k. the u.k. refuses your interview and that is false. and the two daughters can leave and you must stay. at least sixty one children have died from measles and

malnutrition in the past four months in a remote part of indonesia the deaths are being blamed on a lack of doctors working in a smart regency which is located in the impoverished province of us and has more from indonesia's capital these children have been dying over the past four months and only now officials here the government here is raising alarm what is happening is that these children and their parents have no or hardly any access to health officials in that particular area there are only nine doctors for twenty two hundred twenty four villages and they are all based in the capital of the district which means that these children with their parents have to travel for many many hours by foot by boat to reach any doctor and that's of course a very challenging fast sometimes even don't have any money to reach to go on this journey and they have been reports that children have been dying on the on the way

simply trying to reach a doctor it's a forgotten part of indonesia historically has only become part of indonesia in the one nine hundred sixty s. many have been aiming for independence since then because they felt that they have been neglected by the by the capital ever since. hong kong court session has been adjourned without making a ruling on the final appeal of three pro-democracy activists joshua long nathan lowe and alex char were convicted over their role in the twenty fourteen umbrella protests there are currently on bail and the court was due to decide if they stay free or go to jail speaking before heading into court wang said the ultimate ruling would be pivotal for protest movements in the region. great protests is a fault of police outside parliament as politicians voted to approve more austerity measures twenty thousand people marched in anti-government rallies in the capital sprayed police with red paint they responded with pepper spray despite the protests the reforms passed. a number of people been killed during

a shootout between venezuelan special forces and members linked to a former police pilot who was accused of leading last year's rebellion against the government the pilot has been on the run for more than six months but as a boy has the story. but i don't these are the last images of debaters after the shootout with venezuela special forces and we told them that we want to turn ourselves in but they don't want that they want to kill us and i want the videos were posted online by paydays asking security forces not to show that they're ready to negotiate. they're attacking us with guns grenades the got snipers. the government says that several died in the shoot out among them two members of venezuela security forces five others were detained but it's not clear what happened to paris. he's

a highly trained members of the forensic police who became venezuela's most wanted man when he stole a helicopter and threw grenades against the supreme court and other government buildings in june last year when thousands were taking to the streets against the government. since then he has been on the run posting videos online from time to time calling on the military to rise against. also starred in a two thousand and fifteen venezuelan action movie and then usually public profile for the usually secretive investigative police. the government says he was part of a terrorist cell trying to overthrow the president you know. the commander groups had to art part of the terrorist cell was killed the other paul was captured more than five people were captured there confessing telling us everything they planned. on monday he's mother pleaded for his life so in my little

i am the mother of all skipper is trying to turn himself in let him do it protect his wife he is fighting for his country for venezuela. had been hiding in a home outside got back us. people took to the streets to show their support for the pipe not whether he's dead or alive. since president took the oath of office approval rating stand. in the first. what is it about the president's so-called america that attracts supporters. to find. that sound skin tattoo shop there are plenty of people getting their skin in.

business is good and the expectation of people here is that it's about to get even better thanks to president trump the president promised his tax cut legislation. in the hands of millions of americans and that is one of the many reasons the shop has no doubt about this president. president when i was getting the support president. president goes off the wall and crazy but i mean i will see that happening i think is a very smart man that's a common sentiment in this small quiet town of mount sterling kentucky where nearly seventy percent of the residents voted. most say they would do again. on the outskirts of town signs at the manufacturing plants to provide jobs thirty five percent of the local employment base after one major plant closed down last year

trump's america first call to keep manufacturing jobs in the u.s. resonated even more we'd like to. hear trump is still seen as the best hope to do just that well clearly many people here in mount sterling still support president not everybody does particularly african-americans a group that trump has directly challenge to the campaign you're living in poverty your schools are no good you have no jobs fifty eight percent of your youth is unemployed what the hell do you have to lose. what we have to. respect. what we have to live with dignity roy reed is a local city councilman who says it's often forgotten that one of the population in rural america are minorities who he says have been let down by trump made

a lot of promises. not a one that benefits this community. feel but back at the tattoo shop trump is seen much differently their support remains permanent just like the ink under the skin. sterling kentucky. for the first time in decades a u.s. president has threatened nuclear war and choose to a look at how the trumpet ministration has tried to deal with kim jong un's threats and the impact of the war of words with north korea. the top stories on al-jazeera russia's foreign minister is warning that a u.s. coalition plan to build a syria border security force could break up the country the plan is also being criticized by turkey and the bashar al assad government the u.s. says the thirty thousand strong force will help stabilize syria palestinian leaders

have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in the meeting of the central council focusing on american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the council also declared that the us has lost its ability to mediate between israel and palestine foreign ministers from japan south korea and the united states among senior officials from twenty nations heading to canada to discuss how to strengthen sanctions on north korea u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson will co-host the talks in vancouver on choose day but north korea's main trading partner china won't be at the conference donald trump and she had a phone conversation on tuesday focusing on the korean peninsula chinese state media say she's message was that the easing of tensions must continue.

at least sixty one children have died from measles and malnutrition in the past four months in a remote part of indonesia the deaths are being blamed on a lack of doctors working in a smart regency which is located in the impoverished pop up province president joko widodo has told the health minister to send an emergency team to the area as soon as possible. nearly fifteen thousand people have fled to evacuation centers in the philippines after a volcano began erupting on the island of luzon lava has been pouring from man to man since saturday thirty's increased its alert level on sunday and a warning that an explosive eruption could happen within the next few days airlines have been warned not to fly near the volcano pope francis has arrived in chile for his first stop on a visit to south america the pontiff landed in the capital but there have been tense scenes that have his visit with five churches vandalized in recent days

protests are expected against the alleged cover up of sexual abuse in the catholic church security for the papal visit has been ramped up as a result those are the headlines the news continues after counting the cost news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. this is counting the cost on al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week oil hits its highest level since two thousand and fourteen we look at what's behind the rise of black gold. also this week anger over all steroids in the economic reasons for the protests.