at this time to see the news has never been more available it's a constant barrage with every day but the message is simplistic you have this brain good logical rational person crazy monster and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not hold well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring mainstream media narratives of this time on al-jazeera. as turkish troops massed along the syrian border the us secretary of state denies washington plans to support a border force led by kurdish fighters. and

we shall carry this is al jazeera life and also coming up. celebrations in ethiopia after the release of an opposition leader and hundreds of other prisoners as part of a government amnesty. a rare unity by the koreas ahead of the winter olympics but not everyone is happy in the south. mexicans in the us a record amounts of money homeless fears of deportation rise under president trump. america's top diplomat as denying the united states has plans to help create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish fighters on the border between syria and turkey tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border further west threatening to attack kurdish why peachey forces in a frame ankara strongly criticize. is the u.s. for arming and funding the y.p.

chain which has played a significant role and the battle against eisel ankara links the syrian y.p. chain kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed pick a party the us secretary of state says reports of the forces being created have been mis portrayed the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must have turkey close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors have a doctor has more from and near the turkish syrian border. two separate issues that have been angering and first of all that border force talk of thirty thousand troops being trained by the united states to ensure its stability that's according

to the united states will president rest of type two one calling it an army of terror and saying they will drown it well we've had some backtracking from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson saying it owed turkey an apology that it wasn't a border force but a force that would deal with internal security pretty much preventing the resurgence of weisel of course the issue that turkey has with this as the backbone of that force will be made up of the white p.g. which of course turkey considers linked to the p.k. a terrorist organization the other thing we have going on at the moment is turkey's threats to enter after this is a self declared independent kurdish count on here in the southwest the northwest sorry of syria that is flanked by turkey there's been sporadic shelling turkey has been beefing up its military along the border again strong words we've had threats before but this time it seems a little more serious the timing is interesting many people will tell you a it has to do with edouard beefing up national support ahead of elections that

could be put forward this year and also if he does go in and try to establish control there to strengthen his hand at the negotiating table we are having a few talks coming up in also and also in sochi in russia later this month as early forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago emraan khan has more from ramallah. the rights of place around eleven forty five pm on wednesday night are very special forces went in now we don't know who opened fire first what we do know is that two israeli special forces were injured and a palestinian man was shot dead these radio me say that the palestinian man was responsible for the killing of a rabbi on june ninth in nablus now when that happened there was a real fear that things could escalate and there indeed were attacks from settlers

against palestinians from local settlements in the settlements clearly illegal under international law now the israeli army have proof that this man is linked to the killing of that rabbi around two o'clock in the morning in janine these are the only went in the flux in the man's house and as they began their withdrawal there was so the clashes between the palestinians and the israeli army now there's been no confirmation of any of this from palestinian sources so we all relying on israeli israeli army sources when i say activists are praising the ethiopian government per releasing four hundred political prisoners as part of a national reconciliation. they include the opposition leader rare good tina who wish to taint during a violent anti-government protests protests happened two years ago hundreds were killed in a crackdown on protests by a roma people complaining of government discrimination mohamed odeh maoist founder and editor of pride dot com that's an end dependent news website about ethiopia he

says the releases are a direct result of recent aroma protests. i think you know. a year ago. fighting for my people my people would let me for free in does essentially what happened today i think what gives a lot of people of them is a maze this is a young population that is demanding it is right. for more in ethiopia faces a challenge where the purposes are not going away in it has pushed the ruling party to a corner where now there are divisions even within the governing coalition where. members of the ruling ethiopian people's democratic front is saying embracing the protesters demands calling for reforms i think they child power struggle within the party and the fact that there is an assertive younger

generation of leaders within the ruling party in that in the fact that the protesters and the young people who are taking to the streets and demanding their rights this gives people a lot of them ism because one way or another change seems inevitable in ethiopia is just a mother of how soon it will come in a way we are going to see more chains two suicide bomb explosions and nigeria has killed at least twelve people and injured dozens of others a market was targeted on the outskirts of matter kori city in northeast nigeria has been repeatedly attacked by boko haram fighters elsewhere and that in a state gunmen killed two police officers and kidnapped for u.s. and canadian people. precious dismissing what it calls groundless accusations by the u.s. president that the kremlin is helping north korea evade international sanctions and an interview donald trump also casts doubt on whether talks with north korea's leader would be useful and warn the north is getting closer to building

a missile capable of attacking the u.s. mainland he said china could do so much more about praise restrictions on oil and coal deliveries and the north now north and south korean athletes are to march under a unified flag at the opening ceremony at the winter olympics next month and a joint women's ice hockey team will play in south korea the announcements followed the first high level meeting between north and south korea and more than two years several lawsuits that have been filed in the south against those reconciliation efforts a reporter kathy novak has more from seoul. the winter olympics are just twenty two days away and the two koreas have come to a last minute agreement that they will walk together at the opening ceremony the south korean government says it's all part of an effort to promote this event as the peace olympics but not everyone here is happy a recent poll found only about four out of ten support the idea of marching under

a unified korean peninsula flag and others are against the idea of a joint women's ice hockey team. we need to carry our own flag i'm also against a united team because the athletes have worked so hard as a team so this is not fair it's not it's going to leave that up we should be unified anyway so i think it's a good idea we are the only separated nation in the world and i think it's mainly because of political reasons. some critics have questioned the decision to allow south korean athletes to train at a north korean ski resort which is known as the leader kim jong un's pet project they worry that south korea is helping promote tourism there and while there has been a thaw in north and south korean relations these talks have been limited to discuss india lympics and not the bigger issue of north korea's nuclear weapons program so the question remains what happens after the olympics when the u.s. and south korea are due to resume joint military drills which always anger the

north. fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed fifty two passengers only five managed to escape the bus was on the main road between is fact stan and russia police are still investigating what caused that blaze. that francis is urging indigenous people in chile to stop using violence in their struggle to regain land they say was stolen from them roman catholic leader celebrated mass in the region at the center of the move for chase fight for justice a lot america will see a new man reports from to mco where at least ten churches have been set on fire. just how indigenous map which is pray with branches and cries to the sun and the earth and it was with their traditional rites not the catholic churches that pope francis began his visit to chile's most rest of region the. we can hear alco sing of a sorrow that cannot be silenced to centuries of injustices that everyone sees

taking place. the pope dedicated his homily to the my pooches acknowledging that their blood was spilt on this very airbase chosen for the papal ceremony and that is still being disputed by seven hundred families thousands walk long distances from all over the region to attend even from neighboring argentina. we are separated by the andes mountains but we are the same approach of people with the same demands for the return of our ancestral lands that were taken from us. but many couldn't get here because of barricades put up by massed groups who clocked access roads but yet our region has been beaten by too many conflicts since the pope is closer to god than we are hopefully he can into a seat on our be have for peace. three catholic churches were targeted by arsonists in the lead up to the pope's visit no one has taken responsibility.

here. privately. but the vatican spokesman told al-jazeera the pope is not here to mediate the pope called for my pooches to be recognized as a people's but he made no mention of the key issue of land rights instead he warned against confrontation and violence. violence begets violence destruction increases fragmentation and separation and violence can turn even the most just cause into a lawyer i. hope francis's repeated p. for unity is what many wanted to hear but it's unclear whether it will contribute to easing a centuries old dispute in chile's poorest region. still

ahead on al-jazeera from an apartment complex in northern problem what on earth are the other birds that is worrying people who are not to report from. creating. back home in the united states. hello some of the heaviest rain in the last day or so has been in the philippines for that's clearing up as if you look at the the whiteness of the tops of the cloud indicates where the deepest cloud is and it's really through indonesia and that's been one hundred millimeters in twenty four hours typically where the showers athol in and they'll carry on from java to properly new guinea there's obviously a line here and the onshore breeze suggests in vietnam even parts of southern totten malays he still got east coast showers or even rain for talk not excessive

but disappointing all the same let's leave this part of the world and head south to australia again the land of extreme still the heaviest rain still in the north so not much cloud elsewhere i know the thing to notice here is the variation in temperatures having seen forty quite easily during thursday we've got from the look forward to a temperature of each very much thirty nine adelaide and melbourne typically thought that the red hot extends up here so it doesn't include perth purses about twenty eight degrees you'll notice the day after bits of a breeze change it's already dropped down to twenty six as a max during the day it's not a strong breeze but it's a change in the feeling in melbourne a little bit in adelaide where sydney and brisbane are up in the thirty's which isn't excessive but the heat's not far away.

look the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood. to syrians document the route that is claimed so many lives such infrasound cheree part one people in power on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories this hour america's top diplomat is denying the united states has plans to help create a thirty thousand strong border force of mainly kurds of soldiers between syria and

turkey and the u.s. says any new force would only be created to maintain internal security. israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and entered others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago. at human rights activists are praising the ethiopian government for releasing four hundred political prisoners including an opposition leader or a good dino was detained two years ago when hundreds were killed in a crackdown on a row of people protesting against discrimination. cracks it all figured prominently when britain's prime minister theresa may meets france's president maduro in london later on thursday people on both sides of the english channel are worried about their livelihoods once the u.k. leaves the european union about reports from france's northern coast. for generations the fishermen of below in sylmar have fished freely in u.k. waters under european union rules the northern french port is only fifty kilometers

from britain across the english channel the fishermen worry it will no longer be possible after britain leaves the. remaining fission english waters at this time of year so that is taken away from us life would be very hard he is one of the thirty five thousand tonnes of fish that are landed here each year two thirds of from u.k. waters and don't forget also that five thousand people here live on the seafront in the street and in large estates there rushing industry so if we don't get that fish from the u.k. waters that would impact also that side of the industry. fishing leaders say that unless a deal is made people on both sides of the channel have much to lose or you measure if there was a hard brecht's it it could be difficult for the english to bring their fish to france about eighty percent of british fish ends up on the european market mainly

via france. or corner enormous brand for always being close to the u.k. . so when the french president and british prime minister meet on friends great people hear her that britain leaders will work to protect their interest is a link is crucial and read. through in three and to develop it so we are trying to convince those of us and the british around to do more. it's unclear at this stage which way the olds are stacked but they're all signs that paris and london wish to stay on good terms on the agenda for thursday summit the possible known of the bio tapestry to britain the eleventh century artwork depicts invasion of england by french troops it has never left france if it crosses the english channel now the symbolism lost on no one natasha butler al-jazeera.

britain's lower house of parliament has approved a bill which will and the supremacy of b u law in the u.k. the bill now goes to the upper house where it's expected to face some resistance the white house chief of staff has said donald trump's hardline immigration policies may not have been fully informed during his presidential campaign john kelly made the comments in an interview with u.s. media one of trump's campaign promises was to build a wall the southern border and make mexico pay for it tell he's been discussing immigration reform with democratic politicians they want guarantees that undocumented immigrants will be protected before backing a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. he's adjusted the way he's looked at the south asia strategy afghanistan he said very definitely changed his attitude towards the doctor issue and even the wall once we briefed him when i was at the h.s. he has evolved in the way he's looked at things campaign to governing are two

different things and this president is very very very flexible in terms of what is within the realm of the possible. living in the u.s. are sending home some record amounts of money is concerned grows over the government's immigration crackdown last year they transferred twenty six billion dollars providing a vital lifeline to some of mexico's poorest communities. appollo visited one community in the southern mexican city of. ya who deanna cruz and her mother or handcrafting pottery the same way most of the women in the town of san marcos make a living it's not always enough to make ends meet but who gets help from her brother who lives in the united states but i will hope. this work that i do helps us and sometimes when my brother sends money that helps us to. ghana isn't the only person here who receives money from relatives in the u.s. . this line outside a local wire service is a common sight and on most days the line can be much longer for many mexicans these

remittance payments can be a way out of poverty is that limit says so they use this cash mainly for food to buy clothes to build their homes and they also use a very small amount for savings. last year remittances sent from the united states increased by four percent experts saying it's the result of changing policies in the united states i. think there's a fear among immigrants that the u.s. government will take away what they have part of the reason for the increase in remittances is over the fear that their assets will be seized at the venue to get money sent home by migrants has historically been an important. part of the mexican economy accounting for more than two percent of the country's g.d.p. in two thousand and seventeen remittances outpaced all of mexico's commercial exports combined excluding oil and according to mexico central bank that cash totaled twenty six point one billion dollars between january and november of last

year. for families like cruise and her mother it's pottery that puts food on the table but that extra cash for brother sends goes a long way in maintaining their quality of life went up a little. mexico. the miti movement has been in the global spotlight in the past few months it's empowered women to speak out about sexual harassment and abuse but as patika hain reports the election of donald trump as u.s. president has also played into that movement and had a clear em pact on women in politics. preserve protect and defend there was no comparison donald trump had his day so help me god and the very next one women had theirs. in washington d.c. the largest protest in the history of the country women across america and the

world marched to reject the president his sexist actions comments and past allegations of sexual assault he was even caught on tape bringing about it. and he was still a leftist. the question at the time was this a moment or a movement i never thought that i would do this until i went to the women's march in washington d.c. let's let this be the beginning empowered women like rebecca cole long ran for elected office in virginia a record number ran eleven toppled long serving male politicians it's been happening across the country. and i just say to donald trump keep your hands off seattle. women are running like never before and winning in large part because women are also voting in huge numbers because of trump the worst could possibly happen actually happened and we have someone qualified to be

leading this country long time feminist icon gloria steinem is in a unique position to judge this movement she told me she believes it is here to stay it's beginning to shift and i think i think we're going to see the. there is no gender. people are people. and beyond race and be on gender we're just getting uglier it's a system that political scientist laura brown says will change because of this she predicts women will have parity in government in a decade or so what you see here is that enough women are finally getting involved at the local and state level to ensure that there will be a strong bench of women candidates ready to run for those higher level offices in the coming years and decades one year in and it appears there is something donald trump is making great again feminism although it is highly unlikely that was his

intention to call him al jazeera washington and the next support in our series on president trump's first year in office we'll examine the impact of this foreign policy in the middle east you can see that friday here on al-jazeera. yes technology giant apple says it's expanding its u.s. operations and creating twenty thousand jobs some of its huge reserves of cash in foreign banks is being reinvested back home following donald trump's tax cuts. arts . apple has long been criticized for its huge cache of some two hundred fifty billion dollars that it made through its foreign subsidiaries but refused to repatriate to the u.s. in order to avoid paying u.s. taxes that's ninety four percent of its total cash under the new tax bill passed at the end of last year apple and other multinationals got what they loaned one to a reduction in the tax rate on those holdings from thirty eight percent to fifteen

and a half percent however apple has to pay that fifteen and a half percent whether it repaired trees the money or not on wednesday apple announced its tax bill will come to thirty eight billion dollars a saving of some forty two billion dollars according to analysts the company also announced it will open a new campus in the u.s. twenty thousand more employees and spend three hundred fifty billion dollars over the next five years this is really good for apple's p.r. without is out there talking about an innovation fund jobs money back in the pockets of their employees money being repatriated so this is a win win all around however it's not clear whether the expansion plans are new and apple hasn't announced any changes to its manufacturing model which is based around asian factories nor is it clear how much of its money at times to repatriate all analysts say much of any repatriated money may go to paying down the ninety seven billion dollars in debt that it incurred as it rewarded its shareholders in stock buybacks and dividends and giving its shareholders even more billions of dollars

and that could spark controversy without the announcement of the new campus and more job creation in the u.s. but as for those jobs at the new campus many will be in technical support no location has yet been announced. but according to reports they will be paid an average of thirty six thousand dollars a year other investments will be in expanded data centers around the u.s. warehouses for equipment break this is an announcement that should be capitalized on by president trump who criticized the company during the presidential election campaign. for the six thousand for the first time an indicator of the president is used to suggest a booming economy has also hit a record closing price so it seems like the president's plan is working as he laid it out tax reform tax cuts he wanted seem to be taking effect in in a very meaningful way in that jobs are going to be coming back and most importantly

money that's been overseas is coming back but the main beneficiaries off of the down. will be the minority of americans already raking in the cash from their stock market investments. the government leaders in australia are defending their heavily criticised immigration policy and say they've been allowing refugees per capita than any other country but not all the arrivals enjoy a smooth resettlement or receive the same government support from sydney and her thomas has more. australia is known for being tough towards refugees denying asylum to anyone who arrives by boat but its government says that in fact the country is generous towards refugees. michael area is a refugee who agrees the magician originally from iran says australia has been welcoming everybody respect each other they're good things more to cut the country and all these different different nationalities live together in one country.

australia is government says being tough on unauthorized migration has put it in control of its borders that means it has public support to take in large numbers of prescreened refugees by the united nations official resettlement skee along with the united states and canada the most generous provider of places under the refugee and humanitarian program in the world last year the united states took in nearly a hundred thousand refugees canada took almost fifty thousand and australia to twenty seven thousand six hundred through the united nations refugee process on a per capita basis as a percentage of its small population australia resettled more refugees this way than any other country. but these figures also elective the number of refugees resettled by australia is dwarfed by the two point seven million sheltered by turkey or the one point five million in pakistan what is true is that for those

refugees australia's government brings in on its own terms the support once they get here it's some of the best in the world as well as education and counseling are entitled to access to help to his magic show there's a government supported financed scheme to help refugees develop small businesses that critics say it's not enough to treat one group kindly while looking out another the ability to seek asylum is fundamental to refugee protection around the world and the why they destroy your trades people coming by by undermines that fundamental protection australia is generosity is real but is being overshadowed i'm sure thomas al-jazeera sydney. our top stories now on al-jazeera america's top diplomat is denying the united states has plans to help create a thirty thousand strong border force of mainly kurdish soldiers to train syria and

turkey and the u.s. says any force would only be created to maintain internal security israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and entered others during a raid in the occupied west bank as l.a. police are searching for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago and ron khan has more from ramallah. the raid took place around eleven forty five pm on wednesday night a very special forces went in now we don't know who opened fire what we do know is that two israeli special forces were injured and a palestinian man was shot dead these radio me say that the palestinian man was responsible for the killing of a rabbi on june ninth in nablus when that happened there was a real thing that things could escalate and there were indeed were attacks from settlers against palestinians from local settlements in the settlements clearly illegal under international law now the israeli army have proof that this man is

linked to the killing of that rabbi human rights activists are praising the ethiopian government for releasing four hundred political prisoners and clearing an opposition leader american teen who was detained two years ago when hundreds were killed in a crackdown on a roma people who were protesting discrimination fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed fifty two passengers only five people managed to escape the bus was on the main road between is pakistan's and russia place for still investigating what caused that fire rushes to missing dismissing what it calls a groundless accusations by the u.s. president that the kremlin is helping north korea evade international sanctions and an interview also casts doubt on whether talks with north korea's leader would be useful he said china could do much more about praise restrictions on oil and coal deliveries to the north. france's president maduro micron is expected to press for a stronger cross-channel border security when he meets prime minister theresa man

london later on thursday leaders are also expected to discuss ongoing negotiations there's other headlines news continues after people and power computer. ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily estonia's biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. it's become one of the defining themes of our times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from war repression or poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road in the hope that safety and a better life lie elsewhere.