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russia announces that it has the refusal of evidence of the suspected syrian chemical attack was staged. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead thousands of palestinians gather for the third friday of protests off of violence that's left more than people dead. an election year shock in pakistan as former prime minister now banned from politics for life plus. a satire about robert mugabe's final days as president takes center stage as a. new boundaries.

russia's foreign minister says his country now has proof that the suspected chemical attack in syria was a fabrication staged with the help of what he described as a foreign intelligence agency but russia has also requested another emergency meeting of the u.n. security council late on friday to discuss the threats of a u.s. led strikes of batali ation to the attack u.s. defense secretary james matches the peace to be playing down expectations of imminent strikes reflect concerns that a bombing campaign could trigger a wider conflict and syria's government says it's allowing fact finders from the world's chemical watchdog and to to investigate the alleged gas attack we're joined now by cost. to. live for us in the capital moscow what is the russian message for you about all of this. well the second lever of

the russian foreign minister was saying just a short while ago that yes the u.s. and russia are still talking to each other through whatever channels there remain that haven't been frozen yet he says that of course putin and. donald trump have phone conversations every now and again and that the two countries militaries are talking to each other much more frequently. as though the united states not use diplomatic not use ultimatums but rather use diplomatic methods don't threaten russia in its communications and yes he went on to say that that russia had proof the what happened in doomer over the weekend was essentially a staged provocation it's been saying that this was the case even before it happened that it was expecting such a staged provocation to take place and now russia is saying that it has the proof that this is so they didn't actually give any proof but in saying that they have it

so let's listen to exactly what second level of. those that sit isn't that too little too soon i would advise the u.s. to wait for results because the old b c w commission and the pressure from russia and the syrian government has left for serious that they will be in duma she what are specialists couldn't find any chemical weapons chlorine or whatever being used we have irrefutable evidence that it was another staged event at the hands of security services of a state which is very eager to be on the front lines of the russia phobic campaign . so i would expect that we might get more on that line that sergey lavrov was outlining later on in the day perhaps from the russian ministry of defense but more generally i think russia as each day goes past with no u.s. strikes against syrian targets i think that russia is perhaps feeling like the that the imminent danger time is passing that it has had enough warning essentially to

be able to move its more vulnerable military assets out of harm's way that it's been able to do the same for vulnerable syrian government assets and perhaps iranian assets too and that it hopes that enough time has passed in washington d.c. for the u.s. military establishment to be able to back donald trump away from his more inflammatory positions that it articulated earlier on in the week and that of course that this military de confliction hotline that exists between the two countries will i think the russians hope give them advance warning about what's coming and make it more of a cosmetic strike if it happens and less of a specifically punitive one roy thank you very much for that so russia cost pond and roy hallums live in moscow and saying a ha the has more from beirut now are the latest developments inside syria. chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the

syrian capital damascus they are expected to start their fact finding mission tomorrow saturday inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they're going to be heading to that town where the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack happened they're going to inspect the site and investigate and come up with their findings but already there are concerns that. the evidence has already been tampered with simply because there is a new authority on the ground now under the control of the syrian government and its allies and when that alleged attack happened it was under the control of the rebels now the mandate is to determine whether or not the chemical weapons attack actually happened it is not in its mandate to apportion blame so the question is will this fact finding mission be enough to stave off the possibility of strikes against the syrian government or is the u.s. president trump waiting for the findings of the w.b. for taking

a decision on what he wants to do against the syrian government in retaliation for that alleged attack but there is no doubt tensions have eased somewhat there have been behind the scenes contacts we know that turkey has been involved in trying to open a communications channel between the united states and russia because the situation is very dangerous and they want to avoid a direct confrontation between russia and the united states now the syrian government's allies hezbollah for example the lebanese group hezbollah which fights alongside the lebanese government they do not believe that these strikes are going to leave lead to a wide scale attack in fact they believe these strikes if they do happen will not change the balance of power on the ground because the government has the upper hand on the ground and the rebels are in no position to take advantage of these strikes and launch any counter offensive. let's move on to other news now and thousands of palestinians are out for a third straight day of protests along the gaza israel border fence well several people have already been injured by israeli fire palestinians could be seen hurling

stones towards the border and lighting tires on fire and even pulling at the barbed wire fence there calling this friday's protest flag burning day more than thirty palestinians were shot and killed by the israelis in past demonstrations let's go to our correspondent harry forsett now he is live at that gaza israel border and we're already seeing a lot of activity harry including the burning of huge flags. that's right where that is going to be planned for a few moments time i just got to tell you just in the last minute or so what we've been preparing for this live a small boy crying as he comes past is the israelis to buy gas in this general area what has been happening is that they had erected since the last protest inside gaza and territory about three hundred meters from the actual border fence a secondary fence which is meant to enforce a unilateral bus buffer zone about three hundred meters away. and in the last few

minutes we've seen tires delivered in which the crew creating this huge wall of black smoke which is designed to give some level of protection from israeli snipers well the same time they've been trying to tear down at least a section of that secondary fence inside gaza territory there are people up here who had a long rope or cable which they were trying to pull in a unified gang to try and get some of that fence down and that is i think why the israelis have been firing tear gas in this general area we've seen we've heard one actual life i shot at least across the border between israel and gaza because the health ministry is saying that nine people so far have been injured seven in this location east of gaza city as we hear some more tear gas being fired from behind us and israel had been warning harry want to protest us to keep away from the border but those calls being people heeding those calls.

not the people we've been speaking to and indeed the numbers may be down somewhat from the first week a lot of people that we've been speaking to have been saying that they want to make a point succeed with the tear gas is getting. they want to. make a point of right. let's give our correspondent harry fawcett a moment as he's been saying that there is a lot of tear gas where he is at the border at the gaza israel border where we are seeing ongoing protests for the third friday of. let's leave harry to catch his breath and move on for now. to talk a fan now with a former prime minister now musharraf has been banned from politics for life and five supreme court judges made that ruling early on friday now as has been elected and removed as time minister three times since

a mind in my teens was charged with corruption last year. when he was found guilty of not disclosing that he'd received money from his son's company that investigation was prompted by the so-called pandemic papers which leaked information about world leaders hiding their assets improperly chinese political opponents have long accused him of laundering money from pakistan and using it to buy high end properties in london he has always denied this small high the has more now from islamabad in a landmark word day by bulger stone supremes called now why sheriff stands disqualified for life from becoming member of parliament from contesting the elections or heading his fraction of the pakistan muslim league now was now the word to come to added time when the parliament very unfair question as to where the this particular ban is for their time frame or beyond the supreme court making it

clear that anyone found guilty of violating this constitutional clause which pertains to our nifty and integrity will of course stand disqualified for life story huge disappointment for the pakistan muslim league now was richard the ruling party but across blogger stan people would believe that a prime minister who is already facing serious allegations and already an accountability court much down disqualified for life. still ahead on the button china's president wants the navy put on a show force and hotly contested washington's clock. why indians ruling party is being accused of shielding those accused of raping and murdering a young girl. however

the weather remains very changeable across north asia at moment bands of cloud pushing in from west to east not for japan at the moment high pressure in charge but as a weak area of high pressure this area of low pressure will introduce some clouds some windy weather and some rain perhaps some snow as it makes its way further east with so the korean peninsula turning decidedly unsettled really heavy rain coming in possibility of some localized flooding there for south korea southern parts of japan also seeing some very disturbed weather tokyo not see a battle south day eighteen degrees celsius it warms up as we go on into sunday as a bit wet twenty five degrees. will gradually clear through some very heavy for some bright skies come back in across the korean peninsula more sunshine here twelve thirteen degrees celsius there for beijing but a little further south and not surprisingly we have got that wet weather also extending into central and southern parts of china sassed into sunday the cloud

right will sink a little further south was hong kong around twenty six degrees does stay largely dry because without the possibility of the rain coming in here twenty six celsius to four hanoi some wet weather also pushing into northern parts of the across southeast asia see usual lively shall as we going to see some decent spells of sunshine in-between. a story fourteen hundred years in the make. a story of success. stories of dispute and division.

it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow has proof that last saturday suspected chemical attack in syria was staged with the help of foreign agents to strengthen an anti russia campaign urging the u.s. to wait for results from the international fact finding team currently in syria. thousands of palestinians are out for a third friday of protests along the gaza israel border fence several people have already been injured at the demonstrations palestinians could be seen could be seen heard in stores towards the border and lighting tires on file. pakistan's supreme

court has banned former prime minister now washington from politics for life it's removed from office last year over corruption allegations. they have been mass protests in india of allegations that the voting be j.p. is trying to protect men accused of raping and murdering a child an indian and ministers meet them in straight to say the crime is being used as a political and religious tool many of the homes has more. the rape and murder of. spot widespread outrage. was where anger at the brutal attack of an eight year old girl in anger that hinder right wing groups had much to in defense of the eight hundred meaning accused of it if the slogan city is in the name of the hindu r.j. she'd amen in the name of the country india but the day being the east for the accused i'm not the victim then i don't know what kind of country we are growing up in and what kind of country we are in this country in which direction

a civil went missing in january in a hindu dominated area in indian administered kashmir. a better body was found days later she had been strangled and repeatedly gang right. the killers of my daughter should be killed they should be hanged they should be punished that's it eight men are accused of abducting her and holding her at a temple they include a retired government official and full police offices all of them reportedly to be local hindu mean who were connected to a land dispute with the girl's muslim community. mania angry that this rally in support of the accused included members of the b j p the party of prime minister and that interim ordained body of the same to egypt is also a body here in the us would be the support for little's you know the supportive based elite body supports you and i don't think there will be actually. opposition

leader raul gandhi little gathering to remember in new delhi at the same place with thousands of people demonstrated in two thousand and twelve against a brutal gang rape in the capital. aciphex case has ignited religious tensions in the disputed kashmir region but protesters say her rape and murder is a reminder of just how much more needs to be done right across india to protect women and good. medium one hundred decision. sri lanka's president has suspended parliament for a moment of growing rift with the prime minister and supporters of president of the senate voted for a no confidence motion against prime minister dani wickedness in the last week but they were defeated lawmakers loyal to the prime minister have since threatened to quit the coalition and pressuring the president to resign and alpha mandas has moved from colombo. the suspension of parliament by present my three policy to say no who proved the house by virtue of

a gasket at midnight on thursday took everyone by surprise it was a bolt out of the blue now just over a week ago we had a no confidence motion defeated a no confidence motion brought against the prime minister which drew the government into crisis the reason being that a sizable amount sixteen government ministers from the president of freedom party chose to break ranks and vote for the no confidence motion another group also decided to be absent from the voting so this has caused problems as to a way forward you know different camps saying that the minister should stay work with the president the prime minister's supporters saying that they should be removed that it's untenable they continue with in government now the no confidence motion itself was a huge sort of a shake for the government source close to the president's office told me that it was almost like a bomb had exploded with everything thrown into chaos however he said things were

cooling down and he said that this is special might be a way for things to settle to a lot of spencer and might be a way for things to settle to allow a cooling off period so that we don't have this group moving on mass to the opposition and shaking the very balance of government. china's navy plans to hold live fire drills in the taiwan strait next week the exercises come at a time of heightened tension with the west over washington support for the island but china regards taiwan as a breakaway province the announcement came as the country's navy concluded as the biggest ever fleet review in the contested waters off the south china sea adrian brown the pores. in this sea where so many countries have territorial claims an unprecedented display of chinese military power images likely to unsettle some of china's neighbors. it was the top story on chinese state television running for

more than twenty two minutes the fleet review involved forty eight warships a nuclear powered submarine and china's sole operating aircraft carrier really owning the display also included seventy six aircraft including bombers and fighter planes as well as ten thousand servicemen and women who are making war. dressed for battle issuing orders their commander in chief president xi jinping armed with words for a military he's determined to strengthen. building a strong navy has never become so urgent as today will carry out the thought of beauty a strong military a new era. just forty eight hours earlier before an audience that included world leaders president xi had sought to present china as the guarantor of free trade now in the south china sea that contains some of the world's busiest

shipping lanes he had another message these are our waters and we have the strength to defend them. the display happened as three navy usa craft carrier battle groups pass through these contested waters. china claims almost ninety percent of the south china sea and for the past few years has been reinforcing its claim by building artificial islands it denies they have a military purpose some of these warships are now sailing towards the narrow strait that separates china from taiwan to take part in a live fire drill next wednesday the first such exercise in more than twenty is a dream brown al jazeera beijing. if the o.p.'s government is blaming. agreement on a controversial dam project will talks on the grand renaissance down project and.

ended with no agreement between the three countries that will be the largest in africa costing five billion dollars. it will significantly reduce the amount of water flowing downstream. we have seen the lack of seriousness and cooperation from the egyptian side and that's the reason for the failure of the khartoum negotiations egypt proposed the one nine hundred fifty nine agreement in the negotiations we renew our position by rejecting this agreement because ethiopia was not part of it and therefore this proposal is a red line and rejected by all means we do not recognize any agreement that we were not a part of the collapse of negotiations is the result of egypt introducing this old convention as an option. a comedy about the coup that topples and bob was longest serving president robert mugabe is taking center stage and had already the play openly ridicules him and his wife something that would have been unthinkable during mugabe's thirty seven you heard of a tulsa looks at how zimbabwe and testing their new leadership one was.

the production called operation the legacy begins with grace mcgee the former first lady insisting she can do what ever she nice i know you business wasn't. i was was a restaurant. in robert mugabe emerges accompanied by army generals who tell the ninety four year old and grace they are under house arrest we don't. condition came to forget i knew i was the it was. the performers acting what happened on november fifteenth when soldiers and armored vehicles blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts then president mugabe was confined to private residence zimbabweans marched in the thousands demanding he step down eventually the man who had ruled zimbabwe for

thirty seven years was forced to resign we was. not read out to me i. now the mugabe is gone and innocent and is president some are testing how far they can push the boundaries thirty seven years robert mugabe you do yes. but the question is did we speak out in both thirty seven years people watching the play got a chance to laugh at themselves and the country. in the process the government often criticized theatre productions and had i suppose a sensitive issues some. display in the case of things like change you have been through but others on social. since mugabe's removal a few protests have been allowed doctors and teachers marched demanding more money there's always a line that is never to be crossed. subtle threats from the military from the

government that use this online space responsibly in courts use their knee jerk response a bully in court i was it's not yet clear how much creative freedom zimbabweans have mugabe is fair game because he's no longer in charge whether people can openly mock the current leadership is another story. al-jazeera . christmas present mike pence is planning to meet venezuelan opposition leaders in peru during friday's summit of the americas. the maison is part of regional efforts to increase pressure on venezuelan president nicolas maduro little pences late in the u.s. delegation after president donald trump canceled his visit well venezuelans were among several groups of protesters rallying in from his capital lima ahead of the summit john home is there the summit of the americas the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere has yet to begin but already people are

protesting here in lima peru the people here at venezuela and they're protesting against the venezuelan government which is currently presiding over a humanitarian and financial crisis among them is the exiled ex mayor of caracas who told us what he hopes the heads of state will do in the summit of the americas because then we're muslims jani they should declare the sanctions against those guilty of corruption and crimes against humanity and those who are linked to drug trafficking and terrorism. the issue of venezuela is going to feature on the agenda but the host country peru has already sent a message but uninviting venezuelan president nicolas maduro is going to be another leader who isn't going to be attending the summit and that's the united states president donald trump he's decided to stay at home to deal with the syria crisis and a lot of people here feeling the message that sends is that latin america priority for him without president trump the rest of the leaders here

a left to do with the summit a central theme and that's to write sure especially in latin america really very scandal has unfolded that's already the return of some countries have prosecuted politicians for other countries have failed to do so the question is if the two things are true they'll be able to come up with concrete solutions to what is an age old problem here that japan has welcomed a decision by the u.s. to explore the possibility of rejoining the transpacific trade partnership well donald trump has often wisest to see if a better deal could be negotiated the president previously described the day as a disaster and with the truth from it soon after taking office p. includes eleven other pacific rim countries. now unethical ego driven and to the leadership style like that of a mob boss that a scathing assessment of donald trump and a new book by the former f.b.i. director james comey and a gallery of a pause from washington d.c.

to become more famous than me. even before james komi is book hits the shelves it's making headlines in creating more headaches for us president donald trump in exits from ohio a loyalty truth lies in leadership the former f.b.i. director writes this president is on ethical and untethered to truth and institutional values his leadership is transactional ego driven and about personal loyalty so many also alleges the president asked him to investigate rumors of a videotape showing don trump with prostitutes in a russian hotel room he claims a president wanted to put the first lady's mind at ease i am extremely careful i'm surrounded by bodyguards i'm surrounded by people and i always tell them anywhere but i always tell them if i'm leaving this country be very careful because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go you're going to probably have cameras all i can tell you is the f.b.i. director has no credibility. online attack counts funded by the republican national

committee aimed to discredit komi he was fired in may last year the trumpet ministration initially said he was dismissed over his handling of the f.b.i.'s investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails but president trump gave other reasons so it confused me when i saw on television the president saying that he actually fired me because of the russian stick. and learned again from the media that he was telling private leave other parties that my firing could relieve great pressure on the russian first occasion book comes out next tuesday at a time when the president is already besieged with domestic problems his personal lawyers offices were raided by the f.b.i. earlier this week and the fallout from accusations made by a former adult film star continue the picture james comey paints of president trump as unflattering to say the least the former f.b.i. director compares trump to a mob boss who demands loyalty over the rule of law his account of serving the

president may not sway trump space but the memoir is already a bestseller and a gallacher of his era washington. and again on one of the prominent on holiday headlines on al-jazeera russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow has proof that last saturday suspected chemical attack in syria was staged with the help of foreign agents to strengthen and campaign urging the u.s. to wait for results from the international fact finding team currently in soviet times that's it isn't that simple just out advise the u.s. to wait for results because the o.p.c. w. commission and the pressure from russia and the syrian government has left for serious that they will be in duma she what are specialists couldn't find any chemical weapons chlorine or whatever being used we have irrefutable evidence that it was another staged event at the hands of security services of

a state which is very eager to be on the front lines of the russia phobic campaign . thousands of palestinians are out for a third day of protests along the gaza israel border fence where several people have already been injured by israeli fire at the demonstrations palestinians could be seen holding stones towards the border and lighting tires on fire and even pulling at the barbed wire fence there calling this friday's protest flag burning day more than thirty palestinians have been shot and killed by the israelis and past demonstrations pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif has been banned from politics for life five supreme court judges made on friday now as was charged with corruption last year the president has suspended parliament for a month amid a growing rift with the prime minister well supporters of president. voted for a no confidence motion against prime minister don and become

a singer last week but they were defeated because loyal to the prime minister have since threatened to quit the coalition and a pressuring the president to resign chinese president xi jinping has attended what the government says are the biggest naval drills in the disputed south china sea china's latest show of force comes at a time of heightened tensions with the u.s. over fears of a trade war and washington's increased involvement with taiwan what china claims as its own territory. as the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us inside story coming up next thank you very much for watching.