more than a century ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can dora. but what were the last thing a facts of this agreement there's a regional set to sites because it's at those borders were drawn without consulting the people after that with the. psychs pico lines in the sand at this time on al-jazeera. defending the border kurdish fighters say syrian forces will join them to stop the turkish offensive in a free. and

this is al jazeera live from doha coming up bad weather keeps search crews away from the crash site of an iranian passenger plane. the growing call for u.s. gun control following the florida school shooting prompts a student listening session with president donald trump plus. the red carpet of britain's top film awards turns black is movie stars send a message on sexual harassment and violence against women. increasingly tangled battlefield in northern syria appears to become more complicated in the latest development kurdish officials say they have reached a deal to allow syrian government troops to enter the african region to help repel a turkish offensive a kurdish spokesman told al-jazeera they calling on the syrian army to protect

a friend from turkish attack and that forces could arrive within two days this could mean that syrian forces directly confront turkish troops in the city where they've been engaged in operation against kurdish fighters since last month syria's kurdish has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis but turkey is opposed to the group which it views as a terrorist organization some of binge of it is following the story from istanbul. when it comes to fruition this deal would not be a surprise because kurdish fighters the people whose production units are white b.g. have been in negotiations with the bashar al assad government for a number of days now sources have been telling us that there are sticking points including the man with the conscription of kurdish fighters into the syrian government forces giving up of heavy weapons. and giving up all of their military bases and military positions where one of those some of those points that they were agreeing to as were being asked by the syrian government the details of this

agreement have not been made public or clear is yet but goodish right to say that they've asked the syrian government to come in and help them to secure these areas against the turkish advances if and when syrian forces entered the border area between syria and turkey called free and where the fighting is continuing where turkey has launched an operation on the raj to try and clear it from the these kurdish right as it is to be seen in that hour will turkey respond because turkey has been stating that the whole purpose of this operation is to clear its border areas of fight as richard calls terrorists and when and if syrian forces take over control of these areas and allowed turkey and promise to a key that they will secure these areas against any of what it calls terrorist activities what will be turkey's response then will it continue to carry out its offensive or will it agree to the terms that will be offered by the syrian government is possible agreement highlights the increasingly complex situation in

syria armed groups including kurdish fighters eisel and turkish backed forces are part of a web of rivalries as well as alliances with the united states russia and iran the kurdish y p g holds the area in yellow which includes areas around free in the green area is land controlled by the fighters supported by turkey they advancing on a free and under the turkish operation all of. zidan bashar al assad's government controls the area to the south his forces and the white b.g. have mostly avoided direct conflict but they have different views for syria's future assad is pushing for control of the whole country while the kurds want an autonomous region in the north max abrams is an assistant professor of political science at northeastern university he says it's hard to predict how turkey will react to the alliance. over the past few days turkey has been reopening up its

military operations and now sir and in that sense it's hard to imagine a church you know standing by especially because erdogan has really been emphasizing the importance the critical importance of taking out the y.p. which are described in turkey as really just an offshoot of the p.k. today that's ten zero zero zero zero zero zero if you know that this european arab army were to go in there and basically rescue control from the y.p. . then the main sort of turkish just british and the counterterrorism just of being there would sort of subside but there are a lot of wildcards in terms of what's going to happen for example what is russia going to do here russia stood aside and especially over my over turkish our presence there in africa however were there to be some sort of direct confrontation between the turkish military in the syrian military one would expect russia to side

with the sa so how exactly on it russia what relate to turkey remains very much like you did in louisville what an important aspect of this. donald trump says he'll talk to students and teaches this week about gun control the u.s. president will host the so-called listening sessions in the wake of growing anger at the florida school shootings seventeen students and staff members died on wednesday when nicholas cruz opened fire at a high school with an fifteen style rifle survivors are planning a national march in washington d.c. to demand action on gun legislation nineteen year old cruz was declared low risk of harming others by a photo social services agency eighteen months before the attack the department of children and families questioned him after being alerted to his violent social media posts if bad message on friday that it failed to investigate a tip off that crews had access to guns and quote

a desire to kill people whose faces seventeen charges of premeditated murder. more funerals for the seventeen victims have been held among them fourteen year old jamie goodman bergs thousands packed a park and hotel on sunday for the funeral. it is illegal to feel like. i was so close or even fifteen she's only fourteen. it is a great. deal of a game isn't it. he was president on a trump is facing increasing calls to act off to a group of russians was accused of meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election the issue has dominated sunday morning political talk shows chum fired off several tweets rejecting accusations his campaign concluded with moscow but his rosen jordan reports from washington his critics say he should be sending a different message. the u.s. president donald trump hasn't been seen in public since friday the day thirteen

russian citizens and three companies were indicted for allegedly interfering in the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign and for allegedly trying to throw the election trumps way on sunday the president took to twitter to blame everyone from hillary clinton to the media for the suggestion that his campaign colluded with the russian government to win the election something he has always denied i never said russia did not meddle in the election i said it may be russia or china or another country or group or maybe a four hundred pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer the russian hoax was that the trump campaign colluded with russia it never did the independent senator bernie sanders allegedly was also being supported by the russian operation but he said on sunday the bigger problem is how trump is reacting what the real issue right now is how do we have a president of the united states not saying what everybody knows to be true russia

or interfered in to sixteen they're going to interfere in two thousand and eighteen and we have got to do everything we can to make sure that they do not on the by an american democracy meanwhile a senior democratic senator says the indictment should alarm americans in. it's not yet clear whether the russians succeeded in actually changing votes what's clear is that they spent millions and millions of dollars and had hundreds of people working in a troll farm in st petersburg to intentionally undermine one candidate hillary clinton and support another donald trump on saturday night trump also criticized his national security adviser a chargeback master for not backing his view of the situation mcmaster had told delegates at the munich security conference that the indictment was proof of russian interference in u.s. political affairs gen that master forgot to say that the results of the twenty six thousand election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only

collusion was between russia and crooked h. the d.n.c. and the dems remember the dirty dossier your brain speeches emails and the podesta company that tweet now has the d.c. chattering class wondering whether mcmasters job is in jeopardy given the president's predilection for driving out those who don't parrot his view of the world rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington the supporters of deported ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili have marched three key have to demand his return suckers really was abducted from a restaurant last week he was thrown into a van and put on a helicopter from kid have to warsaw his supporters want him back to contest the presidency shot of bennett's reports. by a movement that won't be stops by freezing temperatures and to push it leader rains opposition marches only way to the premier league we came here to change this chief

in our country to make us rich is work for the people and to support the people that's why they are here today. they swarmed into the streets to protest against president petro poroshenko and supporters deported opposition leader. mikhail saakashvili they want publishing called peached and a new election was this was the scene one week ago when saakashvili was seized in a key of restaurant more than a dozen men in military uniforms grabs the politician and threw him in one of two white vans inseam to poland. the former president of georgia became cranium in twenty fourteen but soon turned on his friend president poroshenko accusing him of corruption. and this was how it was received publishing co stripped him of his citizenship last year and deport him you know

a loser mikhail will remain the leader says one opposition politician because support though is questioning his party the movement of new forces polls at least than two percent in the ministry of internal fears he summation three thousand people at the rally supporters say it was more like ten thousand polish inker publicly ignored the rally he spent the weekend at the munich security conference. and they have no new video of people can't stand it anymore because there's no change the more time passes the worst we live poroshenko is dancing and having fun relaxing in the mold if he is a disgrace to the country you'd saakashvili faces similar accusations in his native georgia his rivals have charged him with abuse of power he denies any wrongdoing but relented his citizenship now he is stateless and so his will to a continues from georgia to ukraine to poland he's now seeking refuge in the

netherlands the home of his wife. in kiev they say his message will be heard wherever he seeks its was charlotte dallas allowed to zero. still ahead on al-jazeera russian curling medalist at the winter olympics has sent home after being suspected of doping funerals are held for two palestinians shot and killed by israeli forces near the gaza border. a fresh twenty or thirty centimeters of snow in southern germany too glib it too much for one two people start falling. but what was there of course is to go to be cleared off the major roads but i think i won't take long the sun should be out after all once the clouds go inside and day breaks once again the picture we've got

this is from monday is of sunshine the most junior but a classic run down to the north you'll notice three degrees and it is not particularly warm any remaining for you out of the sky stuff is maybe down in croatia some of this was rain more likely on the adriatic coast coming in behind a lot of cloud twenty mile weather to eleven in london dine in paris to be three zero course but there's still snow on the ground here and the be a bit more snow to come i think for the french alps and maybe switzerland as well the rain falling otherwise it's quite looking picture for good part of europe for the time being hasn't been the case so the central eastern mediterranean now the first storms gone through the levant were another one gathering here and it's the tail end of what with the rain you saw in the adriatic is abuse increasing the strong winds i think in our area in tunisia so a drop in temperature only thirty analogy is about saving two days more especially the potential for rain returns and i think quite heavy stuff as well.

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today you watching algis them out of our top stories kurdish officials say they have reached a deal to allow syrian government troops to enter the a free in the region to help propel a turkish offensive kurdish spokesman told al jazeera that forces could arrive within two days donald trump says he'll talk to students and teachers this week about gun control the u.s. president will host the so-called listening sessions in the wake of growing anger about the florida school shooting seventeen students and staff members died trumps also facing increasing calls to act after a group of russians was accused of meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election the issue has dominated sunday morning political talk shows five of several tweets rejecting accusations his campaign colluded with moscow. such operations are continuing for the us among airlines jet which crashed in central iran bad weather had hampered efforts to reach the plane after it flew into a mountain range on sunday iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an

investigation into the crash which left sixty five people feared dead. but a d.c. reports. distraught family members about street into iran were fifty nine passengers and six crew members departed on their feet. on the other side of the journey the halls of airport where the plane was set to arrive was full of people mourning so. i kept calling all morning but they wouldn't answer so i called my brother and he assured me they'll get here the plane is not behind schedule yet he said don't worry he called later it's had the plane had crashed. the seaman airlines flight departed from a bad airport into iran but disappeared from radar fifteen minutes after leaving the plane was heading towards the city vs who's in southwestern iran it crashed into mt diena near the town of semi room in the mountain range rescue teams have

struggled to reach the crash site due to inclement weather and rugged terrain there's no question the roads here are impassable vehicles are here and lots of people too when we heard about it around eleven am or noon we began searching all the villages in the area but we didn't find anything investigators have yet to determine the cause of the crash but some aviation experts believe heavy fog could have hindered the pilot's navigation decades of international sanctions and diplomatic isolation have left iran's airlines with aging fleets of passenger planes which they've struggled to maintain and modernize. you have fleets of aircraft in iraq and as a man airlines flies it's the only airline in the world that still flies commercially the boeing seven two seven try jet this is an aircraft which hasn't even been made for over thirty four years and so you've got effectively a block on components of. new aircraft which is simply left iranian

aviation pretty much as it was well let's say roundabout nine hundred eighty iran suffered a number of aviation disasters most recently in two thousand and fourteen when a separate airlines flight crashed just after takeoff killing thirty nine people. since to her on curb its nuclear program its ordered more than two hundred planes from airbus and boeing with forty four billion dollars in the hopes of modernizing its commercial aviation committed by d.c. . funerals have been held for two palestinian teenagers shot and killed by israeli forces in gaza their deaths have added to tension on the israeli border following an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers on saturday israel blames hamas for the attack and carried out ground an air strikes on hamas targets in southern gaza as harry forces reports. a funeral for two teenagers killed by israeli fire near

the gaza border on saturday night. salim abdulla who both seventeen. israel says it fired warning shots towards a group acting suspiciously near the border fence witnesses talked of tank fire being used no palestinian armed group has claimed the boys as members they were laid to rest side by side sometimes father says his son was one of dozens who tried to escape the strip in recent years to look for undocumented work inside israel. or youngsters in daraa live in tough conditions not just my son everyone suffers here and they get tired all the hardships. well the deaths being marked here in rougher today are the result of just one israeli operation what israel itself is calling a large scale attack on hamas targets here in gaza it's the largest such attack that we've seen since the twenty fourteen war and israel did strike it says eighteen separate hamas linked targets from the air on saturday night.

the israeli military says it targeted a tunnel being dug towards israel weapons making sites and military compounds one rocket was fired from gaza into israel striking a civilian house but injuring no one this latest round of violence the most serious in years began on saturday with the wounding of four israeli soldiers two seriously in an explosion near the border fence. israel says it advice was planted during this protest a day before reportedly hidden behind a flag which the israeli troops went to investigate israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has vowed to eliminate the attack is adding israel views hamas as responsible for everything that happens in gaza hamas says it's israel it bears responsibility for the escalation. another fighting groups will not allow the israelis to impose new rules on the ground and we will keep practicing our rights to defend our people from israeli aggression two things have seen the situation

grow more fragile in recent months the reaction to donald trump's declaration calling jerusalem israel's capital and the continued deterioration the humanitarian situation which israel's army chief has reportedly warned could lead to further conflict for now the worst of the violence appears over but the conditions that created it remain in place all aware that more could follow are a force that al-jazeera gaza. the court of arbitration for sport has charged a russian curling medalist with doping alexander crucial in its one bronze with his wife in mixed doubles curling at the pyong chang winter games he said to have tested positive for the banned substance well journey and the russian curling federation president says it is possible rival russian athletes or political enemies spiked crucial need food or drink a second positive test could prevent all russian athletes from marching under the national flag at the closing ceremony. the doping testing in sanctioning the

olympic winter games pyong chang twenty eighteen is independent from the i.o.c. therefore the i.o.c. cannot communicate on individual cases while the procedure is ongoing on the one hand it is extremely disappointing when prohibited substances may have been used but on the other hand it shows the effectiveness of the anti doping system at the games which protects the rights of all the clean athletes police in south australia have revealed the biggest seizure of the drug methamphetamine in the state's history the three hundred thirty kilograms of drugs have a street value of more than two hundred million dollars they were found hidden in a container on a cargo ship last month it's thought they came from southeast asia three men have been arrested. an internal report released by oxfam has revealed that three of its workers threatened witnesses during an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct during an aid mission in haiti the charity released the report after being

criticized for a lack of transparency over allegations its director in haiti used prostitutes during the mission reports says roland fund however myron admitted the behavior he's previously denied the claims the charity said to deliver the full report to the haiti government in its unveiled an action plan to tackle sexual harassment and abuse. police in israel are investigating the drawing of swat stickers and anti polish slogans on the gates of poland's embassy it comes a day after poland's prime minister caused outrage by saying jews were among the perpetrators of the holocaust some of the graffiti accuses polish people of being murderers and comparable to nazis. so the answer president omar bashir has ordered the release of more than eighty political prisoners who were detained last month their families celebrated outside one of the prisons where they've been held the group includes prominent opposition leaders they were arrested after antigovernment protests over the rising cost of food turned violent sudan's economy has struggled

in recent years in general the government devalue the currency and cut subsidies which led to the rise in prices. thousands of people expected to turn out at a public farewell for zimbabwe's former opposition opposition leader morgan tsvangirai he'll be lying in state in the capital before being buried at home on tuesday form the country's movement for democratic change for the party in are as a new leader and there are fears infighting could cause divisions just a few months before elections are tossers more from harare. zimbabwe as president pays his respects to morgan tsvangirai family for years the main opposition leader was assaulted and arrested by police for demanding free and free elections the ruling zanu p.f. party then led by robert mugabe charged him with treason and called him a puppet of the west the new president says it's time to end old rivalries it is

believed. that. time in some ways the elections. in them are appearing all. parties in this country. here hope. to leave their allies in the second. leaving. sleeve a clear view of the elections this year. when the election is held many believe the opposition must appear united it is to have any chance of winning the m.d.c. tea party has any leader nelson chamisa he will be accelerated. to either the man. party members talking. about is what they say they will make a big announcement after saying it as. this speculation the opposition could split if some key officials decide to walk away others hope that doesn't happen i must

admit. i think our leadership. and focus. is. good i died inside africa on wednesday some of his supporters say now his body is home reality is sinking in the man known as the face of zimbabwe's opposition live long enough to see robert mugabe's downfall but it seems not a united opposition rally is expected on monday to honor his life but a spinal feel well is planned for cheese day when he will be buried at his rural hot. al-jazeera. the british film and television or bafta awards in london of wrapped up with two films winning top accolades three billboards art side everything missouri and the fantasy film the shape of water but it wasn't just movies in the spotlight a meter in time's up campaigns against sexual harassment of women made their mark

at the ceremony catherine stansell has. three of them the story of a bereaved mother seeking justice for the rape and murder of her teenage daughter emerged the big winner at the bafta us on sunday night. i'd do anything to catch your daughter's killer three billboards outside a big one in five categories including outstanding british film and best actress for star frances mcdormand. when i was young actor in drama school i was told that i was not naturally gifted and i would have to work at it and so. i did it was gary oldman one past actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in the war film darkest hour. so grateful for his incredible. and the shape of water which led the pack with twelve nominations one in three

categories including best director for toro. but politics was also center stage at these awards as the film industry reels from an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations which began last year those attending the bafta as were all black to show solidarity for the times up movement in addition to that on sunday more than two hundred british actors there's no entertainers signed a letter calling for the end of sexual harassment and abuse against women in the workplace not just in hollywood in the media but across all industries we need to policy that's enough oh it's just i think that their slogan is absolutely right time is up that's over and it's actress joanna lumley host of the ceremony the first woman to do so since two thousand and one but despite the time's up movement and the groundswell of support for gender equality in an industry heavily favoring men critics say women are still failing to make the mark at this year's

bafta we can't help but look at the nominations in the categories this year through the lens of this campaign through the lens of this movement so obviously it becomes immediately apparent that you don't have any female directors despite gretta go wig . making the film. this kind of illustrates how you can you would have these amazing films directed by women providing these incredible performances and characters which then enabled the the the actors to be nominated in those catch categories but the people making the whole thing happen the overarching creative director as it were is complete. ignored when it's female power to the people something supporters of time's up hope will change as more voices join the movement on a global stage happenstance of al-jazeera london. this

is al jazeera these are the top stories kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow syrian government troops to enter the african region to help propel a turkish offensive a kurdish spokesman told al jazeera that forces could arrive within two days an internal report released by oxfam has revealed that three of its workers threatened witnesses during an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct during an aid mission in haiti the charity released the report after being criticized for a lack of transparency over allegations its director in haiti used prostitutes during the mission reports israel and phone have a mad and admitted behavior he's previously denied the claims donald trump says he'll talk to students and teachers this week about gun control the u.s. prisons will host the so-called listening sessions in the wake of growing anger about the florida school shootings seventeen students and staff members died

while funerals for the victims have been held among them fourteen year old jamie gothenburg thousands packed a park and hotel on sunday for the funeral. his only fourteen kids like. i was so close to her age i'm thirteen she's only fourteen and. it is a raw. nerve again reserve it. search operations are continuing for the us a man airlines jet which crashed in central iran bad weather had handed efforts to reach the plane after it flew into a mountain range on sunday iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into the crash which left sixty five people feared dead police in israel unveiled to getting the drawing of swat stickers an anti polish slogans on the gates of poland's embassy comes a day of the poland's prime minister caused outrage by saying jews were among the perpetrators of the holocaust some of the graffiti accuses polish people of being

mergers and comparable to nazis those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. for the benefit of saddam people so see the importance of. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. thirteen russians have been accused of interfering in the u.s. presidential elections to sway the vote in favor of from these indictments do not mention collusion and moscow says the charges are irrelevant but the broader moller investigation is far from over so what happens next this is inside story.