at this time on al-jazeera until now in the coverage of latin america most of the world was a cover included todd's tragedies quakes and that was it but not how people feel how they how they think and that's what we do we go anyway five and a half months of demanding an end to an education system that was introduced to. latin america al-jazeera has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. turkey and the u.s. work to improve this strained relations with the war in syria top of the agenda. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me and as

a brand i'm also ahead south africa's new president prepares to give his first state of the nation address as the country waits to see who survived the pose that would appoint to his cabinet. who are you is that. is very much in the zimbabwe's new opposition leaders look to the future following the death of morgan chang arrive plus. the year of the dog millions of people around the world celebrates the lunar new year. the u.s. secretary of state has been holding talks with his turkish counterpart as the two countries what to repair strained relations rex tillerson and metal. but syria high on the agenda there have been heightened tensions in recent months of a u.s. support for kurdish fighters and syria to the kurdish y p g as

a terrorist group turkey is the fifth and final leg of middle east oil and jordan looks at why the u.s. and turkey have not been seeing eye to eye. there's a saying you dance with the ones who brought in mandate syria the u.s. military is supporting the syrian defense forces local fighters who helped liberate the city from. just one problem the s.d.f. is led by curved whom turkey considers a mortal enemy. once again is demanding washington abandon the s.d.f. and pull its own forces out of syria he can you. now that you can why are you standing around go ahead and leave who did you bring their. p.k. if you take them there and you are still telling us not to come the money we will come to mahmoud to deliver the land to its true owners. the us response not

happening we need to stay here until the that political environment is stable and our security here our presence here provides that level stabilization and bring security order it's just the latest in a number of issues that have driven and washington apart going back to the start of the syrian civil war in two thousand and eleven turkey became increasingly frustrated that the united states wasn't helping it achieve its goal of bringing down assad. god in the united states became increasingly frustrated by turkey support for radical groups what's more the u.s. is still refusing to extradite the clerics. accused of plotting the failed two thousand and sixteen coup against burdwan all this has the turkish president jockeying for closer ties with russia and attacking the u.s. as a pro enemy everywhere he goes the anti american message is resonating

a recent poll found that seventy nine percent of turks hold an unfavorable view of the u.s. government just eighteen percent have a favorable view even people to people ties are affected sixty seven percent of turks have an unfavorable view of americans roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. let's get more on the smell correspondent. joining us live from the turkish capital we are waiting to hear from to listen and have a shortage of to listen is already met with the president three for three hours on thursday and not a lot of information has come of what came out of it but there is of course so much at stake here. indeed there actually there was meant to be a press conference between to listen and his surrogates counterpart it was scheduled to happen an hour ago that still hasn't taken place whether that's a sign that they're still trying to find something they can agree on in order to

present to the media and obviously to the wall though whether it means that they are locked in discussion and not incapable or an able to find something we're not sure exactly but they did meets and monitors over did have started those discussions obviously where some would have left off from with president hu on a namely as we heard in residence piece there on the true main core issues between the two countries number one the war in syria and the u.s. support for a militia that's ancora considers to be a terrorist organization namely the wife number two the handover for law going on the man sarky holds responsible for the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen obviously the u.s. has their own concerns it claims that sarky is not cracking down strong enough on who groups that they consider to be terrorist or at least radical in their words organizations and that is the problem by the comes down to really a very peculiar situation we find ourselves diplomatically and politically and

elizabeth which is you have the two largest armies in nato allies incapable of agreeing military strategy when it comes to syria incapable of being political strategy when it comes to the future of syria and whether what kind of role different groups will be playing and incapable of actually reassuring the other not that they're allies but that they're not enemies and that turkey is asking from the u.s. to essentially boost their confidence in washington that washington is not working actively against sarkisian interests so that's where we find ourselves in right now there's certainly so much at stake between these two nato allies and and their relationship if we look at. what's happening in the right now and what we're expecting to happen in the days and weeks ahead in syria if there's no progress between these two leaders and turkey looks to go beyond a lean and send strips to man bridge where the kurds and u.s. troops are you know trying to secure the city from isis fighters i mean what are we

anticipating here. well what the turks are proposing very simply to the american says this is this saying to the americans we're nato allies we should be working together so ditch the y p g militia who pose a threat to our national security work with us and we will be happy to station our troops wherever the u.s. troops are as well the americans may be for lack of trust or because of they feel that they require or need the presence of the kurds on the ground haven't really a breach of that are more keen at least appears through the public statements that have been coming out particularly from the pentagon in the security institutions in the united states of america that they're much more willing to work with the militia groups rather than with their nato allies but if we're trying to picture a scenario where we would see some sort of agreements that agreements would essentially stipulates that the american and turkish forces would operate side by

side or at least in cohesion in different areas that would be the optimum option for maybe a less preferable one would be that they would actually essentially carve out territory between them so they would charge and say ok we would go up to this point be itself in be its members or overalls and the americans would say we would go up to this point but the turks would insist elizabeth that the americans would be held responsible for any attacks that the y.p. geo kurdish militia undertake against sarkozy interest forces or territory. thank you very much for that for now that as a child joining us live from ancora let's get more on this now with a bit of him say help he's a conflict resolution professor at the institute for graduate studies so our correspondent jamal a child just talking us through what we often say because it's true that this is just such a complex situation you have the u.s. defense secretary calling this the most complex in fact security and fighting

situation he's seen in over four decades of dating with fights. why is it so important do you think for the u.s. to continue supporting the kurds and said here of course it is because they have been their strongest ally against the islamic state of the islamic state is all but defeated in syria and yet they are continuing their support going against a nato ally why thank you well there are many reasons for why the u.s. is the king such a strong position on supporting the y p g the conditionally share. the memories and actually when. we are entering the final stages of the war in syria before the enough of that we will be talking actually about the post conflict enjoyments in syria where there are many players now in order to secure your position in the next phase you need to have

a force on the ground troops on the ground the united states camp for to have their own troops on the ground so that's why they need a serious a lawyer like the kurdish militias for them to have the influence on the ground this is for the united states as part of the largest that e.g. that they're trying to set up with mainly confronting going on in the region which has been made so clear in most of the u.s. official statements about the relationship with iran so it's the larger policy in the middle east with the with the alliance would so that. allies as well in order to confront iran in syria and lebanon in yemen and so forth so for the united states to secure this position in the post conflict post war arrangements in syria they need to have this force on the ground and the other fact that actually is that there is a ship with russia because also russia is

a try in this completion that we've seen of the peace process is between the geneva peace process as the us. the. sochi peace process is as well that russia is leading and is trying to. make the final arrangements of the post-war arrangements in syria aside from the united sort of so there is this the united states tough competition as well and that's again why the u.s. is insisting that in order to have this before it's on the ground which of course you know conflicts sharply with the relationship with turkey and i think the united states at some point of this continuous would have to choose between their need to ally turkey and all of the conditionally shows the white b.g. in syria right mr fay had thank you very much for that thank you. let's move on to other news now south africa's new president obama policy 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 african took over from his predecessor jacob zuma problematic reports from johannesburg. it's taken more than nine years but several roma pose a finally when he wants the leadership of south africa and his nomination members of his party the ruling a.n.c. have 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 all seek to execute that task with humility. 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 an end see problem. mr tom of course i wish you strength

but you know 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. this. economy is something very new to. change or something because you must admit you. are not helping much and rom 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 is

controversial previous us or could not rock matheson al-jazeera johannesburg south africa still ahead on the button if europe has scrambles to replace the prime minister after his surprise resignation and the even community in florida calls for action against gun violence after seventeen people are killed and a school shooting. hello it's still raining in indonesia specifically in java in sulawesi maybe the southeast of borneo picture figure from sort of icy hundred thirty millimeters once again a given has been flooding in the area including around jakarta you can expect that to be topped up once more but that's the forecast picture if you're shy of a being born so low as you but they're still there in java in bali and running

across to western side of papua new guinea as well west papua and that's just the same for the next two days we still have the remains of what is now tropical depression was briefly a tropical storm in central philippines it's somewhere in this mass here that is most likely it so that's increased share activity for southern vietnam maybe it's a thailand it's the wrong time of the year and mostly it's a dry pictures you can see the forecast for thirty three in bangkok active weather once again in the northwest of australia that is yet an unnamed and undeveloped tropical storm but it's there's a tropical depression is already increased the amount of rain and that's where the focus of really wet weather will be australia for the next day or two there are still big showers on the coast of queensland you'll notice and it's still not as warm as you might like in melbourne or adelaide but at least for the most part it is sunny.

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countries work to the past range of a nation's rex tillerson and then the childish automated syria high on the agenda has been heightened tension in recent months of the u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria. south africa's new president several set to give his first state of the nation address and expected to appoint a new cabinet. pledge not to disappoint south africa since he took over from his predecessor jacob zuma. zimbabwe into waiting for the body of opposition leader morgan chang arrived to return from south africa isn't bob when government has said it will help pay for a state funeral for the founder of the country's main opposition movement how to match hasa reports from her body. what do you think many opposition supporters are brokenhearted. they say the us.

struggling to accept the man who led them for nearly twenty years morgan tsvangirai is dead. i was definitely shocked. that there was no to. ok so we are. headed to. prison i was in the side of the m.d.c. as national council has appointed nelson chamisa as acting president for twelve months which 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. for the generals on the field of those who are going to be left in is to make sure that will win the battle in the war again it's the incumbent and will win this election was but two senior party officials took us on equipping investments

already did not attend thursday's party meeting there is speculation they may split the biggest opposition party because they don't want chamisa to be their boss. i want. to follow the leaders in the opposition have to keep me in the transition if they want to keep the night. he was the face of zimbabwe's opposition to longstanding leader robert mugabe for decades that i live long enough to see his rival resign. and facing its first election in nearly two decades without either. if he over his parliament is planning to hold talks after the sudden resignation of the prime minister and desolations announcement follows a nationwide anti-government protest the home of the reports. in

a televised address and say he said his ignition was my top for cheating the changes necessary for sustainable peace and democracy in ethiopia in other words an attempt to ease rising tensions in the country losing the form which in my circle of 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 lud list seen as a placeholder on a consensus figure hyla money and us alone has led ethiopia since two thousand and twelve following the death of former prime minister and the architect of it here present isn't a comic boom melissa. he rolls from relative obscurity as an a can they make to president of the solve them. before being appointed the foreign minister who's and deputy prime minister his departure follows the current wave of unrest on a national state of emergency doubt and nasty ethiopia's largest regions only on

how to have witnessed must have demonstrations in recent months with protesters mainly made up of youths calling for political and economic reform and an end to state corruption in recent weeks the government doesn't list thousands of opposition supporters from jail but the protest of continued years of unaccountability and ethnocide session of the country's politics have pushed if you appear to tipping point injustice repression and lack of mimic full democracy some say have instilled a sense of despondency particularly among youth your peers youth driving many to view protests as the only viable means of bringing about medical change their own going to stop and has also led to dip divisions within the governing coalition with some of ethiopia's powerful and it's coming to see the prime minister as weak and locking in focus hyland body i'm surprised his ignition may not satisfy all of if you press protesters but for some it's

a start mohamed atta walsh's era. they sell the own t.v. news station a lot of beer has surrendered a right to broadcast in the united kingdom the reason for the move remains unclear it comes after the u.k. television regulator off calm find the channel in january for broadcasting statements by them present behind the opposition leader that were extracted under torture when cover state news agency has also formally complained off calm over the airing of fake quote sad tribute to the gulf states and means last may both out of beer and sky news arabia analyzed 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 cutters. thousands of people have gathered in florida at a candlelight vigil for the seventeen victims of the latest u.s. high school shooting it's a merge that the f.b.i. had previously been warned about nineteen year old little screws has appeared in

court charged with seventeen counts of murder. right we are taking you live to the turkish capital ankara now we were expecting to hear we're going to hear from the turkish foreign minister met met child who's been eating his part rex tillerson let's let you know that it's of america. have been strategic partners. and continued to be. deepening their relations the steps taken by both parties. have expanded. partnership into different. areas. many countries peoples. have benefited from the strategic partnership between our respective

countries. and the joint efforts that we've had to push that all put in korea some can korea some time ago was a good example of this strategic partnership. that we have always kept this vision of strategic partnership. at the forefront of our thoughts. we have always talked frankly and sincerely. and we have managed to overcome. many of these critical stages that we have. encountered years. last night and. president. receipt.

secretary of state when we had. the meeting at the three of us our president has stated his. opinions and expectations quite clearly. not only innovation to by later relations but also in relation to our regional cooperation. and. approaches to the issues regional issues there is i said before our relations are going through a critical stage. we are either going to. mend fences. or. about going in a different direction than we have come to an agreement. to take steps together of course we need to take steps and yes of course both parties have

expectations of each other. we. have expectations and ration to. enjoy that one and the support given to the y.p. g. by the united states and we have stated our expectations quite clearly. these. serious essential. all concerns that we have. all. wanted and have been stated clearly some promises have been made some of those promises were not kept. discussed what could be done. be discussed. how birds could be into action so that they

wouldn't be just. and. we've decided to. form a mechanism that or in fact mechanisms such. as to how. these steps could be taken effective in relation to. innovation to better terrorist organisation in relation to issues that are important quarter united states of america. innovation to a working group. so from now on we will discuss. how to resolve these issues for example nation to get his asian we have evidence to be don't have evidence. can he be.

extradited or not by the rather than having this is questions over the press over the media which we will hold these discussions together and we will work together on these issues similarly on the issue of syria we will. try to. conceal each other's concerns by means of this. mechanism that will be. formed. syria's in take territory and take it will be. protected how issues racial issues in syria will be issued how the issues in geneva. are going to be approached and and how we are all going to prepare for that. are all issues that are going to be. talked about and we will be talking

to each other. with a view to. reaching the desired solutions. these are not. evading the issues these are mechanisms which are aimed at finding. real outcomes we are not. wasting each other's times and god willing the first meeting will take place. in march this year we have agreed on that point. they are members of the press the meetings we held yesterday and today and. are going to help towards. meeting with them. our expectations

and. waiting our concerns. and it turned out this visit by the by the secretary of state has proven to be a critical and very beneficial because it will indeed. this. as a result of this visit and the meetings that it is my true belief that we will be able to take if you join steps and then she i mean good results good outcomes and well and it is my hope and expectation that we will be able to. form this in stone foundations and work on those foundations and having said all these. like to pass the microphone to my colleague secretary of

state rex tennyson and he will take your questions after that or mr jobs show loop for his hospitality during this visit and i also want to express my appreciation to president ordered on for the extensive amount of time he provided to me yesterday evening so we could have a very full discussion of both of sides concerns but also a lot of discussion about the future and how do we go forward from where we are today i want to reaffirm the deep and important relationship between the united states and turkey ours is not an alliance of convenience or of tipperary interest it is a time tested alliance built on common interests and mutual respect turkey was one of the first countries to join nato turkish troops served alongside americans in korea afghanistan bosnia and kosovo we have made many shared

sacrifices together we stand shoulder to shoulder with turkey against terrorist threats. turkey is a critical partner in the global coalition to defeat isis that we're grateful that turkey has allowed the united states and other nato countries to base forces in intellect and turkey is is the lynchpin of strategic stability at the crossroads of the three continents our two countries share the same objectives in syria the defeat of isis. secure and stable zones an independent and unified syria and help chart a new democratic future for syria under the un security council resolution two two five four process we're hopeful that the geneva process will produce a new constitution for the syrian people and elections to be held under u.n.

auspices a democratic future for syria is essential for present preventing isis from reemerging and from stopping the suffering that the assad regime has inflicted on the syrian people the turkish government and people deserve the gratitude and recognition for the unprecedented hospitality they have displayed in hosting more than three million syrian refugees we recognize the legitimate right of turkey to secure its borders we take it seriously when our nato ally turkey says it has security concerns as to afrin we call on turkey to show restraint in its operation to minimize the in the casualties to civilians and avoid actions that would escalate tensions in that area from the beginning we've been transparent with turkey regarding our objectives in syria.