where every door. i now. it's the school election and the candidates are pulling out oh the stops. i make you have to leave. out is i'm saying to him he's telling me as a society take. a good solid vote at this time al jazeera. turkey says it's offensive in northern syria won't stall stablished a security zone along the border.

hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me and as a peron i'm also ahead u.s. vice president mike pence arrives and tel aviv want to visit soon very differently by israelis and palestinians a new week is about to begin in washington d.c. but hundreds of thousands of government employees have been told not to report to work plus. broida downhole the problems with the so will pommels that are helping trying to float to the top of the group. turkey's army and syrian rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish forces along the turkish syrian border turkey wants to drive could. just out of the offing district and serious northwest corner. plans to create

a so-called safe zone thirty kilometers deep to protect its border with let's go to our correspondent now stephanie deca is joining us live from the turkish syrian border what are you hearing stephanie on what's happening and effie. well there's been quite heavy shelling tank shelling and heavy artillery outgoing when we arrived here it's been quiet for the last hour or so it's also as you can see quite hazy weather and quite windy we haven't heard any planes in the sky in the last couple of hours since we've been here at ease that was different yesterday we heard them in the morning and we heard them in the off to noon the not sure of the microphone pick that up that was more shelling so it is not to come pain ongoing across the border and as you mentioned also operations happening inside that ground offensive was launched on sunday f.s.a. that's free syrian army fighters syrian rebels that turkey supports together with turkish troops entering syria from the north and western side and that's take

a look at how the last twenty four hours unfolded. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of. jugglers. this is a national struggle and in this national struggle we will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack to rid of the y.p. kurdish fighters that i'm pro considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting i still regardless of international complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive we're on turkey's border with africa and throughout the day we've heard the sound of jets in the sky also

intense artillery and machine gun fire outgoing from a turkish base behind that mountain although why p.g. are extremely well trained they know the terrain in offering but turkey has superiority when it comes to the skies and that gives it a huge advantage. belligerence here heard the airstrikes late on saturday as turkey started its offensive and they are a little uneasy. although. although we are right next to the action with planes flying over our heads and there's a lot of shelling of course we are confident that at the end of the day anything can happen shells have already fallen in turkey so we are worried this could happen here. turkey says it will continue its operation until it's pushed the wipe away from its borders no one knows how long that will take or what the implications may be. and so one of the immediate implications for the thousands of civilians who are in awfully in this time yesterday we did have

a death toll of six that was what the kurds were saying do we have any more news. we're hearing at least ten now elizabeth but it's proving very difficult to confirm because we haven't been able to speak to anyone inside often for the last twenty four hours or so we do understand that calms have been incredibly difficult since the second day of the operations really so we're getting a very murky picture what the situation is inside beforehand we knew that people were taking shelters in basements also people moving away from these border areas because you've had this artillery heavy machine gun fire and of course the ground offensive that is happening the way out of the district of a free nose a bit too if you look at the geography of it we're on the western border western border with turkey that extends to the north and then you have the also syrian rebels supported by turkey and also to the south they have a very small pocket that goes into government held area that has its own

complications however the kurds have some kind of ambiguous relationship with damascus so it is very difficult of course when we talk about any war even though the charts say that they're doing everything to prevent civilian casualties we're hearing that civilians as you mentioned have already been affected that's always going to happen so of course this is an area that also hosts i.d.p.'s it's been peaceful really throughout this war but that of course is now changing what stephanie thank you very much for that for now that stephanie deca with the nation is from the turkish syrian border thank you. well moving on to other news now and palestinian president mahmoud abbas is in brussels to ask the european union for support he's expected to major european foreign ministers and the blocks foreign policy chief federico me abbas wants the e.u. to officially recognize palestine as a state and responds to the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. clearly there is a problem with you. see this is

a very diplomatic euphemism. and since well us all be out of work and the united nations system such. still continue to believe that the only pragmatic realistic solution for genocide of man has to come from god and make the situation and has to be the capital of the state. we will continue to work to support an international framework. by u.s. vice president mike pence says and as well as part of his middle east hallway a promise to benjamin netanyahu has called him a great friend but palestinians in the occupied west bank protested against his arrival as the highest level u.s. visit since president trump decided to recognize diversity in us as capital in december and jordan on monday king abdullah told patton's the u.s. needs to rebuild trust after the policy change how a force that reports from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the us vice president was keen to offer assurances to

a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to you the president made clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump object to slim is israel's capital the jordanian king offered a conciliatory tone your visits here i'm sure is to rebuild the trust confidence if not only how we will for this two state solution on for us drew forth like sixty seven lice and he's jewish as a capital but independent palestinian state but living side by side with a secure recognizes ready course for the nationals peace initiative that's far from

the line being taken by the palestinian leadership its president mahmoud abbas declaring that the u.s. had given it the slap of the century reiterating his position that the u.s. . could no longer be involved in the peace process the us vice president isn't meeting the palestinians but he does have a message publicly apparently tailored towards them reiterating u.s. support for a two state solution if that's what both sides agreed to of course for the palestinians that message is entirely overshadowed by what donald trump said over a month ago declaring that the u.s. view jerusalem as israel's capital thanks to many the messenger himself is part of the problem the shift in u.s. policy with which pence was closely associated was welcomed by his evangelical christian base many of whom believe the return of the jews to the holy land is a precursor to jesus' second coming. and gender that is extremist fundamentalist. christian absolute is the geology which goes against all that believes and

commitments of the arab and palestinian christians and particular and they feel that they have been betrayed by somebody who is kneeling. to mend this injustice using dillard's and as a justification for israelis it's a different picture pence represents a u.s. administration that recognized what they see as an uncontroversial reality jerusalem status is the capital of yemen a great friend of the state of israel arrives here this evening a true friend united states vice president mike pence we welcome him here and i'm looking forward to our discussions we will discuss the trumpet ministrations efforts to hold iran's aggression the iranian nuclear program and ways to advance peace and security in the region. before leaving jordan for israel pence visited u.s. troops didn't undisclosed location on the syrian border telling the president had back that isis would be driven from the earth very soon his next speech would be to

the israeli parliament the knesset on monday israeli palestinian representatives have vowed to boycott the event a mass or. occupied east jerusalem. now businesses and gaza are on strike as part of the protests against the failing economy shops factories restaurants and hotels are taking part in the six hour strike israel's blockade on the palestinian territories now it's an eleventh year and unemployment is that of record high economists according one palestinians living abroad to send money to their families in the hope of reviving the economy. the u.s. government shutdown is set to continue into the work week as republicans and democrats struggle to end the stalemate over funding a vote on the government spending bill has been delayed until monday after the two sides failed to reach a compromise money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday affecting a range of departments including passport and visa services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats are refusing to approve the funding until there's

protection for undocumented migrants who enter the u.s. as children and owners dreamers to show castro is following developments from washington d.c. . the shutdown of the u.s. government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was down when senate democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached a group of bipartisan centrist senators have been working behind closed doors to reach that compromise so far what's been discussed is a temporary measure to reopen the government until february eighth and then to address immigration that may be a hard pill for democrats to swallow they see this as their opportunity to leverage the budget in order to help the eight hundred thousand young undocumented

immigrants hold dreamers were brought to this country illegally as children meanwhile u.s. president donald trump one time. said he wish to help you legalize those young people has now in recent days turned back on that stance playing to his base and saying he wants a harder stance on immigration with these shifting stances and with the finger pointing coming from trump's account on twitter it remains to be seen when and if a compromise to reopen the federal government will occur and thousands of women have gathered at a football stadium in las vegas on the second day of global demonstrations against inequality. being held to mock one here at the u.s. president's inauguration many are also developes of donald trump's views on issues including immigration abortion and l g b t brought its value a bit ises have to campaign to encourage female voters to register and run for

office in the end this midterm elections. so the head. in. crisis. reporting from the us might reach him in the sound of children. and more than a million people turned out for the final mass of a group of controversial torah flashing america. by the sky. or off the coast of the italian riviera. welcome to international weather forecast now as we look at europe's weather we've got one area of low pressure across southeastern areas and another one moving across more western parts this one is going to give yet more heavy snowfall across

the alps you got a very high avalanche risk here in switzerland in particular rain at lower levels mark conditions across the u.k. northern parts of fronts and the low countries fine across the syrian potential and there is the snow across more eastern areas now as we head through into tuesday will find that area of snow moving further towards the east we got one area across eastern parts of ukraine up into western parts of russia another one across turkey and into the border with syria central areas looking dry on the western areas gerri looking quite mild now on the other side of the mediterranean we've got that area of low pressure in the eastern med giving fairly brisk winds along the coast but otherwise weather conditions not too bad twenty years of my swimming kyra central parts of africa showers across towns near through d.r. congo towards good bomb but otherwise and he was an heiress looking fine arkwright in ghana seen sunshine highs of thirty one and then as we head into southern parts of africa we've lost the heavy showers across parts of south africa here a look at some brighter conditions twenty on the high in cape town and

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good to have you with us on these are our top stories turkey's army and rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish fighters in northern syria they're trying to draw one p.g. fine just out of a fleet where they want to create a so-called safe zone thirty kilometers deep to protect its border with. us was president mike pence is in jerusalem. he is currently the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the city since president trump recognized it as the capital of israel and says a visit was welcomed by israel the palestinians protested his arrival. and hundreds of thousands of federal employees in the u.s. will have to stay at home as the government shutdown continues money for federal agencies on saturday off the senate failed to pass a funding bill a new spending plan. in the coming hours. now

a fear the death toll from the measles outbreak in the indonesian province of much higher than previously reported official figures say sixty nine children have now died but church leaders say the real number could be in the hundreds steps lawson has been given rare access to the affected area. children of the. one ally buddies exhausted and weak from hunger and disease undernourished battling against measles and chicken pox. military medical teams have arrived in some remote areas. and a husband had to travel for five hours and six month old daughter would not survive . it has been this bad condition for quite a while but only now have people come to our village to help.

is five years old body is less than half the size of a healthy child her age. twenty nine children in her village alone have died. we rode our boats to a health post in another village but when we arrived they rejected us some of our children made it they were alive but some died we buried them there others died on the way we buried them next to the river. just tell us that local authorities never visited even after our measles outbreak was reported last september. we have very limited. but this doesn't mean we are trying very hard what we need to be criticised. i want to invite. the. officials estimate hundreds of children. have died so far but many have not been reported. my question is does anyone really care about these children who are dying

does anyone want to go there and get real data about their condition and why do we only now say this is a problem. the us my tribe is best known for its past history of had hunting and cannibalism and living off the forest but introduced to modern life and money they're struggling to survive without government aid for four months they desperately have tried to find help but their cries to save their children's lives found that here this has crisis shows that government is not reaching bookshop one living in these forgotten parts of the after palatable. while help has come for these are my children many of us remain in their remote villages their only hope is help will arrive in time steps fast and al jazeera i gotz. a motorcycle bomb has exploded in a market in southern thailand killing three people and injuring dozens more that

happened in the southern province of yala no one has claimed responsibility it is the first attack of its kind in months in the region where ethnic muslims have been fighting for autonomy. now how fairly is wealth distribution of demand people in your country well you can find out in the latest annual report from oxfam and this year it paints a gloomy picture eighty two percent of the global wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the population while the three point seven billion people who make up the poorest half of the world no increase in their wealth the report singles out countries where the guard gap is widening including the united states it says the three richest people in the u.s. on the same wealth as the bottom half of the population that hundred and sixty million people. pope francis has led a final mass in lima bringing his six day tour of south america to an end and while he was welcomed by millions of catholics in chile and peru his trip has been

overshadowed by the sex abuse cases in both countries are sanchez reports from lima . more than a million people joined france's for his farewell mass. the last time proved prayed with the pope nearly thirty years ago you know now. since the pope's visit was inspirational when they're mostly on the phone when i am being it's been such a wonderful emotion for me you have no idea how much i've cried. through vians followed eighty one year old friends from the amazon in the south to the beachfront mass in one go in the north. many like seventy eight year old at least the made long journeys to see the pope. i believe in the holy father though i start from my back i made the effort travelling twenty four hours by bus i'm happy

. france is proving to not forget the poor. a society that doesn't accept those who suffer compassion toward suffering is cruel and inhumane. the argentine born pontiff criticised corruption in latin america he urged indigenous people to protect the amazon and condemned human trafficking and crimes against women but said nothing about sex abuse by the clergy. part of the trip was overshadowed by the sex scandals and the dissolution by a vocal this was a revolutionary and defending him. in chile at least ten churches were burned more than eighty people were arrested for protesting the abuses by the clergy but the pope defended bishops. who victims say covered up abuses.

there over the day i'm sure and proof against bishop then i will talk there is not one piece of proof against him it's all slander is that clear. the pope is under a lot of pressure. for not saying anything about those cases but the judiciary is following up and just as the pope. while the pontiff drew huge crowds during his visit to the victims of abuse say the pope missed a chance to bring them some peace and comfort. saudi arabia is planning to donate one and a half billion dollars in new aid to yemen that is despite its continued bombardment has pushed millions of you haven't it's to the brink of famine and of

course the world's worst humanitarian crisis the u.n. has launched its largest appeared for yemen on sunday it's asking for about three billion dollars in donations almost three years of the led airstrikes and fighting with kofi rebels has left about half of the population and desperate need of lifesaving assistance. it's not just directly because of the water the conflict itself is those people. there is no villages where they haven't been able to access good health or exist medical facilities and even to the diseases face the children germany now with the social democrats have given the green light to form a coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives or party delegates narrowly approve the step at a conference and bomb been unable to form a government since elections in september dominic cain reports. it was a vote with profound implications for the social democrats for germany and perhaps the e.u. by

a clear but not necessarily large majority martin schulze now has the authority to enter formal negotiations with anglo american the platform slogans proclaimed a new time needs a new politics but on offer was much of the same old government in a wide ranging speech should spelt out why another coalition with merkel was the best option. believe me this hasn't been easy for anyone but i never doubted for a moment that we should follow the play that the president tried was the way out of this difficult political situation as a social democrat here is my firm conviction that in this exceptional situation we must at least try to provide the best possible outcome for the people of germany and the europe. but many in the whole and in the wider party did not agree perhaps the most vocal opposition came from the party's youth movement has been absolutely i'm sure people negotiated well the reason i and many of those in an outside this very not happy with the results is not because they did bad work but

because after twelve years of anger and eight years of grand coalition we no longer have the same views on the sort of issues this conference is i think that's a very clear divisions inside this policy between the party leadership and the rank and file between those prepared to compromise and those who aren't and between the younger generation and the older one some analysts believe the current leader has to bear responsibility for what we see it is that he is very support for market choice and marxist has clearly is. not a part in the future i would say i would actually you can call him a yesterday's man. and yet as of tomorrow schultz will be the leader who takes his divided party formally into negotiations with the christian democrats but the final deal which then emerges must be passed by a ballot of the entire party membership and if sunday's vote is anything to go by

that may not be easy dominic cain al-jazeera bomb now at least seven people have been killed in ethiopia and fighting with security forces the violence broke out during the religious celebrations and they had a region was said to have fought with security forces during the procession of the question festival of the a perfidy. now china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it's also investing more each year and went hydro and solar power and any other country . bride reports from one signature project the largest floating solar farm on. they float in the winter sunshine shimmering islands silently generating enough power for a small city on the shore new sections of solar panels are bolted together and then floated out to join the others the lake they occupy was formed by the collapse of a disused coal mine underground that would otherwise go to waste to design these

sections like this is especially for this area they weren't you no matter how much the land flowed. the water helps cool the panels and keeps them free of dust to make them more efficient. and hoyt like other provinces is experiencing an unusual isa be a winter. if it's the result of climate change it's a reminder that a country which is built its prosperity on coal must look to renewable energy for its future with its demand for energy china is still burning about half the world's coal but that is fast changing the government has promised to spend three hundred sixty billion dollars on clean energy by twenty twenty and the difference is clear to see quite literally. beijing and other cities in northern china have been enjoying blue skies this winter largely because of

a restriction on coal burning it's a controversial policy that's left many people shivering without enough alternative energy sources but it's given a glimpse of a smoke free future without coal. back in the coal mine and power station can be seen beyond the solar panels. ju twenty new used to work that but says the soul of pace him twice as much and he's happy to work above ground. also works in the industry it's got a job putting panels on people's roofs and. part of a huge workforce that will eventually number in the millions finding a cleaner life in green energy rob mcbride al-jazeera unholy province china.

you know again i mean this is a problem and the headlines on al-jazeera turkey's army and rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish fighters in northern syria trying to drive b.g. fighters out of a frame where they want to create a so-called safe zone thirty kilometers deep or to protect its border. palestinian president mahmoud abbas is in brussels to ask the european union for its support is expected to make european foreign ministers and the blocs foreign policy chief federica model renie what's the e.u. to officially recognize palestine as a state and responds to the u.s. decision to recognize differs from as the israeli capital. clearly there is a problem with jerusalem to say this is a very diplomatic euphemism. we europeans as well us all be out of words and so the united nations system starts. still continue to believe that the only black magic realistic solution for jerusalem has to come from direct negotiations and has

to be the capital of two states. we will continue to work to support them international framework us was president mike pence is in israel as part of his middle east tour where promised to benjamin netanyahu has called him a great friend but palestinians in the occupied west bank protested his arrival at the highest level u.s. . visit since president decided to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in december. businesses in gaza striking as part of a protest against the failing economy shops factories restaurants and hotels are taking part in the six hour strike israel's blockade on the palestinian territory is now in its eleventh year and unemployment is at a record high. hundreds of thousands of federal employees in the u.s. will have to stay at home as the government shutdown continues well money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday after the senate failed to pass a funding bill a motorcycle bomb has exploded of markets in southern thailand killing three people

injured dozens more it happened in the southern province of no one has claimed responsibility it is the first attack of its kind. in the region. those are the headlines on. the thirty is coming up next. on counting the cost why the jury's still out on this spying wall street still lives we delve into china's better than expected growth story and count the cost of negative publicity . around because time on al-jazeera.