al-jazeera it's just swept every since. u.s. protesters gather and. the united states are working to improve their strained relations . and welcome to live from my headquarters in. iran and also ahead. south

africa's new president. state of the nation address as the country waits to see. the point to his cabinet. where you he. is very much. zimbabwe's new opposition leader look to the future following the death of morgan chiang rai. and the year of the dog millions of people around the world celebrates the lunar new year. the u.s. secretary of state and his turkish counterpart. on thursday rex tillerson held what he said were open and productive talks with president. ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months over us support for kurdish fighters in syria turkey is the fifth and final leg of tennyson's middle east let's

get more on this now our correspondent. following the story and he's joining us live from the capital protests an hour ago while we were on the edge of man as the two foreign ministers meet what's going on there now. well as with it is very quiet so now with all those protesters came in made their voices hard and then were peacefully disbursed and without any confrontations or clashes although it was a small protest it was now the nature in the sense that they made their voices or their concerns or objections rather to us foreign policy in the region very clear the banner that was held by the protestors had a clear message to rex tillerson that his policies were seen as murderous policies in the sense that the protesters in much of talk of society views us as support for you heard this initiative like ninety something that's as may be linked to kill turkish soldiers but also it's like us citizens the white b.g.

has launched several rockets. over the past few weeks that have killed eighty seven civilians not to mention at least thirty or sold tiger soldiers have been killed in the battle since they have seen obviously the y.p. g. have had losses this wrong is hundred fifty according to some sources even more than two hundred fighters have been killed by the charges on me as well so the protests that took place here was a small one it didn't last more than i would say twenty minutes or so but it's significances represents just the deep sentiments with insecticides as i say opposed to the u.s. as foreign policy with regards to with regards to syria and that is one of the main sticking points between the two countries but it's not the only one right through from fed that he had a productive meeting with the president are we expecting are we expecting any real progress. well of course as you mention is not the only second point another

huge problem between ankara and washington is the continued presence of such a large going on inside the united states going is the person responsible or as far as the turks are concerned responsible for the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen which led to dozens of charts also losing their lives and see the president now really a stepping in assassination attempt against him hasn't forced a formula for the u.s. to actually buy them the americans have refused to do that will question about progress well that is the million dollar question likely speaking probably there will be some sorts of agreements in terms of grades of corporation the need for stability to ensure that syria suffering c. and its territorial integrity are maintained but anything further than that is going to be very difficult to see because there is a huge gap on the one hand you have the united states which is as it does across

the whole of the middle east in psych most of the developing world is adamant so insurance has a military presence somewhere and therefore its needs the kurds to do that on the ground and you have sarky which borders with syria and has huge security concerns not least because it's close to the million syrian refugees but also because of the presence of kurdish militia inside which is adamant that the u.s. presence is actually making things worse because it is just stating what is a very precarious situation so whether they're going to meet it's very doubtful in terms of meeting to agree something that we see this physical needs and itself is taking place but we'll wait and see once they have this press conference or i will of course be going back to jamal after we hear from the foreign ministers but for now we're going to get more on this and we're joined by abraham conflict resolution at the door hot and situate for graduate studies very good to have you with us i thought i'll just say have mystify hot. let's start with the biggest issue right

now which is the continuing u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria who turkey are attacking there is not much that these two countries have been agreeing on lately they both say that they have the wider goal of fighting terrorism in the region the big problem is they can't agree on who the terrorists are because the turkey is attacking the y p g saying that they are an offshoot of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. who they have a god as terrorists i mean how can they can they meet in the middle on this issue well definitely as having a very tough task to sort out in turkey the turks are very angry at the united states for a policy in syria and the way that it has been supporting. conditionally shows that turkey considers a terrorist group. turkey is not in my view go into go back or

on this issue to lit a strong turkish militia to be built on its southern borders and this is actually what. what caused this all this crisis there are between turkey and the united states that in january the united states out announced that there are here three thousand kurdish led militias and that they're going to be on the southern borders of turkey and that's immediately the turkey start the reacted with with a military operation in the north part of syria in order to end this military presence of the condition he says there can be some like minimum level of collaboration to avoid confrontation because the two parties the also on the list that a direct confrontation between the united states turkey and turkey in syria. it will be a huge investment for the two parties of them that both cannot afford and that's

why i think they will be forced of to find some sort of like a minimum level of collaboration and coordination but this will not resolve the many points of conflict between turkey and the united states as this yet to be sorted out and as we've heard you know all of this aside there was also that very thorny issue of thetan a golden why do you think the united states has not extradited him to take it well that's also another key factor for turkey is that. being seen as responsible for the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen also turkey is not going to compromise on this and still pressing you know for the united states to extradite him the u.s. as that is part of this complex relationship with turkey that it's using as one of the cards actually that the united states can play and it's in sorting out its

conflicts with with the with turkey so since that he's also on the all the u.s. territories to extradite him and given to turkey with no guarantees what's going to happen to him this also might to create a p.r. campaign like there are actually for the united states is to openly and publicly by . without knowing what is going to happen to him because once he survive it definitely is not he's having a tough task to sort out the and so there are many concerns over this but also let's not forget actually which is the equally conflictual issue here is that. somebody ministration on jerusalem which also triggered a huge reaction from turkey and created a lot of doubts about. of how fearful the united states is for the slow and

actually publicly action angry turkish public against the us position i would add to this all conflicts that it hasn't had to make up a lot of the number of subjects that these two sides are at odds on thank you very much for now though mr fay hathorne we will come back with you when we hear from the foreign minister and the secretary of state thank you thank you again we're going to move on to other news for now though in south africa's new president several rom oppose is set to give his first state of the nation address and expected to appoint a new cabinet from the prize a pledge not to disappoint south africans as he took over from his predecessor jacob zuma problematics in reports from johannesburg. it's taken more than nine years but several ram oppose finally is what he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. had been dancing and cheering i do believe that when one is elected in this type of

position you basically become a servant of the people of south africa and i will seek to execute that task with your military with faithfulness. and with dignity as well but within minutes hence the one big hurdle the new president must face we don't have a jacob zuma problem we have him in c. program. mr mom of course i wish you strength but no we will hold you accountable and i will see you in twenty nineteen on the ballot box some of the opposition is refusing to recognize his presidency we just want to put it on the record speaker that we cannot be part of an illegitimate illegal process. and i'm opposed also has to hold together a ruling party which is seen support plummet during the last election voters have

high expectations of their new leader i am. even sure. funny something you asked. if she was there because you must admit you. are not helping much. rum opposer is facing a struggling economy high unemployment and allegations of widespread corruption the pressure is on for south africa's new president to try to deliver what his controversial predecessor could not write matheson al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. zimbabwe and a waiting for the body of opposition leader morgan chang right of return from south africa is a government has said it will help pay for state funeral for the founder of the country's main opposition movement had in the toss of a port from harare. with.

many opposition supporters a broken hearted. they say they are struggling to accept the man who let them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitively shocked. three days' notice. ok so we are. headed to. prison trying to abduct us in this hour the m.d.c. is national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which is likely means he will be the party's presidential candidate when elections take place later the cea chamisa is forty years old and popular with the youth we are just four months away from an election and we have lost a commander but i can tell you is that we do not have a crisis. all the generals on the field of those who are going to believe tennis to

make sure that will win the battle in the war against then comes in a win this election was but two senior party officials talk with investments already did not attend thursday's party meeting there is speculation they may split the biggest opposition party because they don't want to be their boss. that ultimately getting even beyond five ads to follow leaders in the opposition have to campaign manage the transition if they want to keep the party tonight. he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades i live long enough to see his rival resign. and facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. still ahead on the bulletin the u.s.

ambassador calls for a new war crimes court to investigate alleged atrocities by the costs of our liberation army. and a grieving community in florida calls for action against gun violence on to another school shooting in the west skills seventeen people. from ku briskness and few weeks. to the one trying to move to this of southeast asia. hello and welcome back now as we take a look at europe's weather is still pretty chilly in parts of the east not as cold as it has been without some snow across central areas which is dying away mamma conditions out across some more western areas double figures for london looking fine in madrid though the maximum of fifteen degrees move the situation on twenty four hours more snow across the alps and quite heavy falls a snow likely here and across you can western parts of france fine conditions and

still relatively cool there across more eastern areas a low pressure across parts of greece and turkey should be moving away towards the eastern side of the mediterranean towards cyprus now on the other side of the mediterranean this low pressure is sitting in and bring cool winds in on the coast and will be quite windy some rough seas are likely here caro should be ok there are highs of twenty one degrees and then through saturday as the wind picks up kyle see temperatures dropping away or certainly cloud over that may stay dry for much of the day for central parts of africa we've got some significant showers across parts uganda towards d.r. congo central from republic of bonn much of west africa has a risk of showers there but jerry not looking too bad akron ghana looking at highs of thirty two degree celsius across southern portions of the continent we've got some heavy rain likely to affect in parts of some b.-a. the way the sponsored body counts on. the scene for us whether online. and in your mind that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is.

because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera user our top stories that have been small protests and the u.s. secretary of state has been holding talks with his turkish counterpart.

thursday ties between the two countries have been strained at moments of a u.s. support for. south africa's new president set to give his first state of the nation address and to appoint a new cabinet. to support south africa as he took his predecessor jacob zuma and zimbabwe as a waiting for the body of opposition leader morgan tsvangirai to return from south africa. zimbabwe government has said it will pay for state funeral. will replace china as acting leader of the movement for democratic change. if he is planning to hold talks after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. and follows nationwide anti-government protests the home of the reports. in a televised address and say it is it is ignition was vital for choosing the changes

necessary evil sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country because unity for which in my circuit unrest and political crisis have led to the loss of lives and the displacement of many i see my stepping down as vital in the effort to carry out reforms that lead to sustainable peace loudness seen as a place holder on a consensus figure highly does alone has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of a few present isn't a comic boom melissa. he rolls from relative obscurity as an academy to president of the solvent region before being appointed foreign minister who's an deputy prime minister his departure follows the current wave of unrest on a national state of emergency doubt and last. ethiopia's lodges regions only on omaha to have witnessed must have the most russians in recent months with protest as mainly made up of youths calling for political and economic reform and an end to

state corruption. and listen to weeks the government doesn't list thousands of opposition supporters from jail but a protest of continued years of unaccountability and at this isolation of the country's politics of push if you appear to tipping point injustice repression minute full democracy some say have instilled a sense of despondency particularly among youth your peers use driving many to view protests as the only viable means of bringing about many change their own going disturbances have also led to dip divisions within the governing coalition with some powerful and it's coming to see the prime minister as weak and locking in for greece hyla money i'm surprised is ignition minot's what's with all of if you press protesters. it's us but mohamed atta well just zero. now the saudi owned t.v. news station a lot of media has surrendered its right to broadcast in the united kingdom the

reasons for the move remain unclear it comes after the u.k. television regulator ofcom find the channel in january for war craft and statements one imprisoned behind opposition leader that were extracted on the torture of the state news agency has also formally complained to off calm of the airing of fake quotes attribution to the gulf states have made it last may both and based sky news arabia analyze and condemned a speech published online which later turned out to have been created by hackers shortly afterwards for our countries began a blockade of. the us ambassador to kosovo says the semi autonomous region must allow a new war crimes court and westgate alleged atrocities by the cost of our liberation army has been speaking to al-jazeera as cost of a prepares to mark ten years since declaring itself independent anderson's reports

. silvano marinko bitch has vivid memories of a husband garland and there's no end to her grief. he's been missing for nearly twenty years silvana says it was tough bringing up their two daughters alone but it's the put this out of all the difficulties i face the hardest thing is when my daughters ask where their father is sylvana is convinced that kosovo albanian fighters abducted her husband along with hundreds of other people she's put much of her energy campaigning for a non-government organization that's demanding justice for relatives of those who've gone missing goren disappeared in june one thousand nine hundred nine according to n.g.o.s he's among an estimated five hundred cars of all serbs still missing and according to the government the figure of kosovar albanians stands at twelve hundred naturally the word missing still has a fragile resonance right across calls over and still after all this time there's

a clamoring for some form of justice or closure because of the liberation army stands accused of abductions and atrocities a special court was set up to investigate the cause of those leadership many of them kalay veterans have spent the past six months trying to get rid of it although now they've agreed to it again not in the browndown since everything how do you feel personally about. a possible indictment i'm very confident i am very proud on that what we did on our freedom for i think i don't know who's going to be prosecuted most of the pressure on kosovo's leaders has come from the united states what i do know is the special corps important because of a future both in domestic rule of law terms but also to demonstrate to the international community the cause of our can keep its word none of this diplomacy about a special court impresses silvana magic of each. if they really wanted to do something

they could have done it a long time ago the u.n. in place had testimony that was still fresh but they wanted to hide the truth. distrust is shared by many of those still waiting for any word on the fate of them up andrew symonds al-jazeera gretchen in kosovo. have gathered and parkland in the u.s. state of florida should remember the seventeen victims of a school shooting on wednesday now merged to the f.b.i. had been previously warned about the suspect nicholas cruz he's appeared in court and being charged with the murder is. we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health later this month i will be meeting with the nation's governors and attorney generals we're making our schools and our children safer will be our

top priority to australia now where the former prime minister kevin rudd has softened his tough immigration policy he introduced in two thousand and thirteen he's told there that he never intended for refugees to be kept an offshore prison camp for as long as they have been under thomas reports from the capital canberra. most refugees held a man a silent in papua new guinea was sent in twenty thirteen so this year most will mark five years in what they call australia's remote island prison that particular word isn't used in a report by a regional protection officer for the united nations high commissioner for refugees but after a visit to mannus his language is just as strong he found a pervasive and worsening sense of despair among refugees and asylum seekers a sense of desolation people would be walking around their faces will be downcast

they're looking at the ground and not many people are going out of rico's cell sado says the need for medical care mental health support and trauma counseling is critical and unmet but really the refugees shouldn't be on man as a tool it's up to the country which sent them to papua new guinea to find them safe long term homes elsewhere australia ultimately has responsibility for the welfare and for dissolutions poor people outside of. some refugees have flown to the united states under a resettlement deal australia reached while barack obama was in office but most have not and their future is uncertain as ever the hardline policy to send refugees who arrived by boat to man of silence was first introduced in july twenty third team by then prime minister kevin rudd people who come by boat now have no prospect of being resettled in australia the rules have changed if you come by boat you'll

never permanently live in australia rant last election shortly after that in the conservative government has been in power since toughened his policies further earlier this week kevin rudd reflected on the tenth anniversary of his national apology to indigenous aboriginal people mistreated for decades by various australian governments i interviewed him about that and then asked him whether he thought would ever be a need for a future australian prime minister is. another apology this one to refugees sent by his government and subsequent ones to man assad and on the roof rods wouldn't answer that but did say he'd never meant refugees to be on madness this long it's been inhumane in the extreme for the conservative government of australia to regard those who are on menace as asylum seekers come to this country as purely domestic political pawns in a wider political game despite what he said publicly in twenty thirteen kevin rudd now says refugees on minus should be found

a home in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera canberra now people around the world are celebrating the lunar new year ushering in the year of the dog this is the thing that malaysia silva celebrated for the prayers at both the temples in astray or the occasional smart of the said the opera house with an iconic statue of the dog and people also took part in traditional dancing near st petersburg i went to rent a palace in russia but there was silence in the chinese capital beijing after a new ban on fireworks instead people went to the city's temples throwing coins and praying for good luck adrian brown reports from beijing on what the year of the dog could mean for the china. it stop time of year when china becomes a nation in motion few places busier than beijing's railway station during the last lunar new year holiday around four hundred million travel by train that's more than

the population of the united states some are migrant workers i'm sure if they'll return a campaign of demolitions has made life here impossible for them my child is in school here we lived in beijing for many years but now they're trying to kick us out of cause of the bout that. much of the world's second largest economy is coming to a halt throughout the country people are on the move in what is the walls largest annual human migration people heading home for celebrations that will last for two weeks. as the chinese are sure in the year of the dog fortune teller. sees more bad than good for anyone who shares the same zodiac sign and that includes president donald trump are you by me and if i guess president trial was born dawkin we chinese people call it year about latinos and i believe it will be a very bad year for him in the heart including his health and decision making.

trump has barked a lot at china in return a bit of marketing mockery a giant statue that supposed to bear a likeness to the president sits outside a shopping mall in northeast china it certainly gets plenty of attention sporting golden hair a stern expression and an index finger pointing straight up do you think it looks like a dog. really and then you just hear oh you're the hairy gay rights like yeah . but is it all fake news at least one passer by seems to think so adrian brown al-jazeera. now again on a random and or how with the headlines on al-jazeera and there being

a small protest where the u.s. secretary of state has been holding talks with his turkish counterpart. to listen met president on thursday all ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months over u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria and other news south africa's new president civil rights set to give his first state of the nation address and expected to appoint a new cabinet. is a pledge not to disappoint south africans as he took over from has said jacob zuma zimbabwe is waiting for the body of opposition leader morgan tsvangirai to return from south africa these and when government has said it will pay for a state funeral nelson chamisa will replace as acting leader of the movement for democratic change ethiopia's parliament is expected to meet in the coming hours as it looks to replace the prime minister after his sudden resignation. dessalines announcement follows a violent unrest torch has threaten the ruling party hold on power. mourners have

gathered in parkland in the u.s. state of florida to remember seventeen victims of a school shooting on wednesday it's now emerged that the f.b.i. had previously. warned about the shooting suspect nicholas cruz he's appeared in court and charged with the murders. we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. later this month i will be meeting with the nation's governors and attorney generals where making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority the u.s. president's former chief strategist has been questioned by investigators examining donald trump's election campaign and russian interference about it for approximately twenty eight hours but it's not known what he was asked to write those are the headlines stream as coming up next.

you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a and imo it could be loud today a stream update on a story we've covered extensively here and across the aisle dizzy or not work the renda crisis the united nations is confronting several issues at once this is back to continue violence by the military the arrests of journalists covering the story and.