we saw it of course in eastern aleppo and we saw it in duma as well successful in both of those places in winning territory back for the syrian government there was a huge military an offensive in each of these places massive russian aerial bombardments that helped to create some sort of humanitarian crisis on the ground which in turn put more pressure on the rebel groups in the area russia then told the rebel rebel groups that basically they either had to lay down their weapons and surrender or vacate that area for other parts of syria so that is something that we're seeing being played out again. and it worked for them there and it worked for them before so there's no reason in this to suspect that it won't work for them here as well or out rory chalons there from moscow let's cross over to bernard smith he's at the java crossing on the jordan syrian border and anything that has come out of this first conference that might be of any comfort to people start where you are. we've only just been able to

connect the two you actually saw me so i haven't heard the details of the rest comes i can tell you though that the u.n. says there are now about two hundred seventy thousand people displaced by the fighting in the dead and that's the quickest displacement of people in southern syria since the start of the conflict the u.n. says it has in the last few days got some supplies in it's got food it's got water it's got soap another silencer products and out tents and shelter for many of the people there but the scale and speed in which people were making it to the border has made there's an urgency an increased urgency to the situation there was some material locally donated goods that went over from this side of the border today from where i'm standing and also not far behind me the jordanians of sets up three female hospitals for men women and children where they've been treating people just

on the jordanian side people who've been injured and then they are then being sent back over into syria the more serious ones that are being sent to hospitals in this i mean all right i'm going to continue this though now with charles stratford and let's cross over into the israel syria border chiles there on the israeli occupied golan heights joins us live from then now charles a dire situation where you are as well what's becoming of people stuck there. that's right so i mean we are here in the occupied golan heights this is the closest that we've been to these camps these i.d.p.'s displaced people you can see over my left shoulder that this one all of what we understand off three camps that have appeared there in the last couple of weeks we understand that the israelis have been supplying some of these camps of some of these people in these camps with some humanitarian aid statements from the israelis saying that he's ready government saying that that will continue but we're also hearing that the condition

inside the camps is dire that makeshift shelters that are being used there's very little food and very little water and just literally in the last ten fifteen minutes or so we've heard what certainly sounds like air strikes coming from that direction is over there around ten kilometers away in front of me is the area. which of course is also the focus of this offensive by the syrian military these rarely military have in the last couple of days deployed more troops in this area boosting a troop deployment of course has been here for decades since this place was occupied by the saudis in sixty seven the israeli military saying also that it is very important that a nine hundred seventy full agreement put in place to keep the respective sides apart a separation of military forces will continue to be implemented and prime minister netanyahu has said that israel will respond to any threats to its sovereignty and

of course the big issue here for israel of course we've see we have refugees on its border but israelis very concerned about the presence of iranian forces iranian allies of the syrian government that are in this area could be moving closer to this area if this offensive continues and of course we saw in may there were israeli airstrikes against iranian military installations in syria following what israel said were israeli planes that had been. targeted by rockets so not only does israel have serious security concerns here but we're looking at an unfolding new refugee crisis on its borders charlie we know on the jordanian syrian border they haven't had only a going over the border since wednesday how easy is it for any aid convoy to go over the israeli border in syria when you can imagine because of the sensitivity of this area the coordination is very difficult israel of course

doesn't have diplomatic relations with syria and hasn't had since sixty seven so the logistics of getting that vital food water clothing tents materials across is very difficult we are actually hearing reports though that some arab governments that haven't been named are supplying aid to israel to to get to get access into those camps but as i say you can imagine a very difficult the just the cool challenge delivering that aid to to people in this area and we can only imagine this is only some of the estimated two hundred seventy thousand people that that are risk because of this offensive so in the weeks to even the months ahead we're going to see even more pressure on israel doing more to help these people out. on child strife and bad well holy is a senior fellow and professor of the american university of beirut he joins us now live from the lebanese capital good to have you and also we've been watching of

course the meeting between the foreign ministers of russia and jordan and the question that comes to mind is is russia still committed to the deescalation zone deal at this point which it helped to broker. the russian and syrian explanation of syrian government explanation would be that yes they are committed to these and they're also committed to fighting terrorists and of course everybody in the world fights terrorists and you define the terrorists yourself so that the escalation zones really are not a completely integrated serious project and fighting terrorism is something that you decide how to do. based on who you designate as a terrorist so these kinds of thousands wrongly and study of their own actions in the syrian government have just now decided to completely try and resolve this militarily and think they can right that's exactly what they're doing they've done

this ever since the deescalation zones were created about half a year ago and then they've done this in different parts of the country they did it and east of damascus syria they did it in the north and the west along the lebanese border another doing it in the south and this is what these governments do they use military force they don't particularly pay attention to international law you know ethical niceties anything like that and the important thing that's happening now and you see this in syria you see it in the yemen where the iraqis saudis and americans and british are involved in a in a gruesome war the important thing is that the world doesn't particularly care there's no serious intervention as long as you don't use chemical weapons you can do anything you want you can kill your own people you can kill other people you can invade countries you can attack them with drones and there is no serious global intervention but well given what you're saying then is there is that much hope for

a minute of the jordanian farm is to try and cottle salvage any kind of understanding or truce understanding from the russians at this point. i wouldn't expect anything to come out of a jordanian driven attempt to bring about a truce but i don't think that's the main concern of the jordanians the main concern of the jordanians is to protect jordan and its national interests and well being if a truce can do that they will do that if other mechanisms can be developed whether it's massive aid international responsibility for the refugees maybe on the syrian side of the border something like that the jordanians will look at any mechanism that serves their well being and protects their interests i don't think the jordanians have any leverage to really push the russians to do what they they don't want to do but at the same time jordan is very good at maneuvering amidst these big powers and making itself

a strategic ally and making itself logistically useful so that people work with it and therefore they come up with a win win situation that was good for the syrian government good for the russians good for the jordanians and good for the syrian people eventually but that's not going to happen until the the rebels in syria are fully defeated by the syrian russian. alliance and this is i think what we're witnessing now right now the syrian government is calling on foot upon people who fled the southwest to simply go back how is that an option for people. it's an option for some people who have not fought against the government who don't fear retribution who don't have kids who ran away from military service and whose communities were not ethnically cleansed or driven out for some other purpose so

some syrian refugees could go back to their own communities but not very many right now there is significant fear among refugees you feel it here in lebanon you feel it in jordan anywhere you talk to syrian refugees many studies have been done on this they are really afraid to go they just don't trust the government the government's violent policies against the syrian people and so many parts of syria have created massive distrust of the syrian government by many syrian people whether that's fair or not remains to be seen but this is what people feel and therefore there is not going to be a fast repatriation or a quick reconciliation this is one take a long time i would lead to death and i've got to get your analysis on this one. time to more still ahead on the news hour including striking i can see a tree tone i'm going to michael addresses germany's parliament for the first time since clashing with the interior minister of the issue of immigration. a.

senior judges forced out of their post in the supreme court in poland show off for work regardless. and it's for that i found the dollar continues his quest for a third wimbledon title details coming up later in the show. new video has been released showing a junior high football team in good health this by their eleven day old deal below ground food and medical supplies have reached the twelve boys and their coach scott high blower of polls from chiang rai just how when the group will get out the still not clear. new video of the stranded thirteen shows a tiny baby seal emblem drawn on the cave ledge where the teenagers sought safety eleven days ago the words say thirteen lives referring to the name of their youth

football club meaning wild boar personnel from the navy seals are staying with the boys at all times reported to be in good health after treatment for minor injuries rescuers are under intense pressure to get the twelve boys and their coach out quickly there has been a pause in the monsoon season rain but it's expected to start falling again in the next few days keeping water levels in the cave system down is critical for the rescue one option is to train them on the basics of scuba diving. something one diving expert at the cave thinks will work if they use a full face mask coming in and out and it won't take long it is basically just a cave fix a saw as you do it them sitting on the sand you put the mosque on they get a feel for it they get an understanding. use a through water column so they understand that they have a communication they can talk to the diver who guides somalia and if they see any problem they can calm him down the governor of chiang rai province says that the

trapped thirteen might not all come out at the same time they were evaluate each one and bring them out only when they're ready the u.s. is one of at least six countries assisting the rescue will getting them out is the goal providing food and supplies is critical the assistance portion in the resupply and able to provide supplies to the shoulder and you know it's a very very relevant to the operations that are being conducted and how we're able to support our thai partners in anticipation of that moment everyone at the cave entrance is waiting for rehearsals are being held and when it's not a thai soldier playing a role it's a member of the teenagers move paul football club it's got harder al-jazeera chiang rai. these are the live pictures we're looking at now is the scene around of course the cave where the the boys traps with aid workers they're trying to figure out. well trying to figure out two things at this point how to keep supplies going in and keep the boys and other supplies as high as possible but also want to do next

how to get them out not as an easy task as it might sound it's possible for elite navy divers to get in and out of there not very easy for young teenage boys we can find days without proper food and rest to get in and out of that area so quite a challenge to land. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state fund while he was in office the job is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust and one of using his position for gains he was arrested on tuesday was earlier granted bail you know is the charges saying the legal action against him is politically motivated and slowly has more from kuala lumpur. former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption and three counts of criminal breach of trust involving in total ten million dollars alleged to have been deposited into his personal bank account between december two thousand and fourteen and february

two thousand and fifteen and these monies allegedly came from a company known as s r c international a former subsidiary of one m d b a state investment fund that was set up by not after he became prime minister in two thousand and nine and the sum of about ten million dollars is a small amount compared to the four and a half billion dollars that knowledge of and his associates are alleged to have and from one end and this is an investigation that has been several years in the making not just with first questioned by anti corruption officials several years ago when he was still prime minister and. finance minister of this country but that investigation was blocked and corruption officials threatened and told to stop the investigation and the then attorney general had said he had found no evidence of wrongdoing but since a new government came into power following the general election in may his new government has made it its top priority to prosecute people involved in the white

collar crimes involving one end as well as recovering the stolen funds so far police have questioned other politicians as well as nuggets wife. and his stepson as his. german chancellor angela merkel has urged parliament to get behind her new migration policy in her last address to m.p.'s before the summer break it follows a compromise deal with her main coalition partner of the christian social union to limit the number of asylum seekers arriving in germany merkel needs the backing of our other coalition partner along with the e.u. member states the deal is to succeed. it is my firm conviction and the firm conviction of many others that the handling of this migration issue will decide whether europe will enjoy or because it's such a moving issue it's important that we come to this agreement. well let's go live now to dominic came he's in berlin so how did that message go down in parliament and he saw. one thing to say here is is

that she's effectively saying what's become almost a mantra of the last week or so two weeks about the migration crisis one of the things she mentioned was that she was determined that asylum seekers should not get to pick and choose which country in the european union they claim asylum and she was pretty clear that the dublin regulations as far as they can be should be followed in other words where the person makes first landfall that's the place that they should really claim asylum and as i say that has been her mantra this past week two weeks that this particular migration route has been raging point here is. that in your intro to the story you said that is the main coalition partners that she's agreed with well actually it's the main conservative coalition partners that she has the agreement with that took such a long time over the last few days seemed interminable negotiations she has not yet got the agreement of the social democrats they have far more seats in parliament

than her conservative allies from bavaria do and so they will be instrumental to implementing the policy if they agree with it and that is the big if that's been raging basically the last twenty four hours or so we heard from the leader of the social democrats group in parliament this morning as well saying that she could not really agree to one of the central themes of the compromise this idea of transit centers which which are factory detention centers. now we've got this crucial meeting coming up on thursday what happens if merkel doesn't get enough support from her coalition partners where to then. well. sorry susan well if you doesn't get enough agreement from the coalition partners it won't happen it is that simple in order to get policy enacted there has to be a majority in the parliament for that to be voted through if you don't have the

social democrats voting it through well and you don't have a deal and if you don't have a deal well then it reverts back to the problem in the first place which was that with a very and conservative allies the christian excuse me of the christian democrats of anglo-american really didn't like the solution she came back from brussels with this idea of what will happen to migrants on the borders and they present themselves and claim asylum thing to bear in mind here the numbers of people physically presenting themselves at the borders now are far far fewer than they were three years ago i was on the austrian german border last week speaking to the federal police patrol this area and they said that on average something around about one thousand five hundred people who they called illegal immigrants in other words people who are trying to claim asylum in two places at once had come to that area there are three border crossings in germany where those patrols happen so you could roughly say perhaps four and a half thousand people have been detected and prevented from claiming asylum in

germany on the border so far so the numbers here on not what really matters what really matters is the disagreement between the parties. thanks so much that came there. in poland the supreme court's top judges showed up for work this spike being forced out of her post by a new retirement law chief justice and dozens of other senior judges were told to step down on tuesday in line with controversial reforms the european union has launched legal action accusing the polish government of undermining judicial independence david chaytor reports from warsaw. thousands of demonstrators converged on the steps of the supreme court where forty percent of the judges are losing their jobs it was described by the chief justice. as a political urge. but the ruling lauren justice party described them as part of a self-serving elite out of touch with ordinary people but testers across the country accuse the government of undermining the constitution with

a power grab in the highest sanctum of the law aiming to fit its benches with judges who bend to their will the spokesman for the supreme court said tragically history was repeating itself in poland turning back towards the one party state of the communist era. indeed we are seeing a breaking of the principle of the partition of power and then mutual balancing of the different kinds of power in favor of a uniform state power seeing the entire state from a single center. the protesters have one powerful ally on their side though the european commission in brussels they've started legal proceedings which could end with poland being in the dock in the european court of justice but other members of their legal establishment dismiss that move as politically motivated and say the fundamental reforms needed after the fall of communism are long overdue then put off that process and this is meant of many people not just politicians and judges

but most importantly citizens as not been completed. as the protests continued into the night outside the supreme court time and again the protests as chanted the word constitution what is striking about this demonstration on the steps of the court is well the majority of voters from the all of the generation of houma they're the ones who remember that the stifling of human rights and freedoms and democracy under the old congress regime the government hoped to ride this storm of protest but the opposition say this is the fight they must win for the sake of future generations. all right so let's speak now to tavy chain live for us in warsaw last we heard the judges decided to go back to work once effectively happened inside the court then who's in charge. that's

a very good question and one merged none of us can really answer at the moment but the twenty seven judges returned to their offices despite being made redundant facing early retirement beginning that retirement today so they wanted to continue with this standoff they accuse the government of launching a purge of the supreme court of breaking constitutional law but what does the government think well i have with me the vice minister of justice here in warsaw to answer those charges constitutional breaking the law or the constitutional law and launching a purge of the supreme court how do you answer those charges well it's not true. you can say but some think it's against the constitution. because in our jurisdiction in poland on the constitution not a court can declare in the law unconstitutional or forest no verdict like this so it means serve at the law reforming supreme court. came into

force. today and those judges are now retired and it's in the in the in the in perfect accordance so we've got our constitution and the or international treaties so we sign it so it's just it's just a talk of a very kind and told the building of a can be there of a can they can be there as guests but a vacant lot of war because judges because they are retired but the european commission has a different view they've launched so-called article seven legal proceedings against poland which could mean that you. you could end up in the dock at the european court of justice how do you answer those worries that the e.u. saying that you will not align the independence of judiciary and that is essential part of the founding charter of the european union itself. whether we'd discuss

this matter regarding. reforms of judicial really. i think more of an one year and. we try to communicate with them we tried to find. a common come on the explanation what is going call on the but still they are afraid that we infringe independence of judiciary we deny this and we explained in a very detailed way why we cannot we cannot say that those accusations are true oh. well it's european commission is political but there is sometimes. a very of a very they take part. in the kind of political action and of course.

in our position in. some european commission officials are rubber left the room to vedanta like idea of conservative government reforming something so. we treat that as a kind of punishment because. people in poland decide that to vote for for conservative party and that party. is doing what i promised during the election time and one of the main promise was reform the proof form of judicial review and we've done it yes and then the it's in our position it's in. it's it's done very well maybe it maybe not but effectively because we had just humans but for well and of course they did the caller to luxembourg will decide about this matter but still we optimistic thank you minister

for giving is a clear position from the government thank you so sami more demonstrations are expected not only here in warsaw but across the country and the bureaucracy in brussels is looking on with great concern now back to you every change of air from also. a few moments we'll have all the way over with richard wrangham but still ahead here now the zero. the largest teachers' union in the u.s. val's to continue fighting against a court ruling that will hit its funding plus handover of power mexico's incoming president promises changes the prepares to take charge and find out why sweden are celebrating like it's nine hundred ninety four all over again for a whole be here with all the support. i. mean the weather sponsored by katter.

a twenty four hour rainfall total of two hundred fourteen millimeters of rain is really impressive to me as a weather forecaster for the city of lahore in pakistan but most people it doesn't mean a great deal but let me tell you that was the biggest twenty four hour rainfall total in the last thirty eight years in the city and this is the impact which had widespread flooding and six fatalities four as roads clapped and two suspect power lines came down and calls electrocution well it's not just in pakistan that the monsoon rain is really taking hold across much of the region the rains are really quite active certainly through the western ghats we've seen some very large rainfall totals being reported in the same across the other side of the bay of bengal through into bangladesh the wonderfully named cox's bazar named after captain hyrum cox of the british east india company well as we look at the forecast

situation lots more rain to come down through the western ghats but also start to see rain developing more across central parts of india so i think poor could be a particularly wet location in the next twenty four hours and yet still more rain coming in through the bengal region so it looks a certain be more heavy rain to affect parts of bangladesh in the eastern states of india. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. the story of a friendship between a filmmaker and a seven year old girl what is it would mean. giving who to a refugee family being the syrian war. in the face of deep rooted tension between the lebanese and the refugees. my syrian friend. bisect on al-jazeera when the news breaks.

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ministers a big meeting in moscow to discuss the situation and syria so gay lavrov and ayman suffer they both say there's cause for serious concern area of the so-called disco the escalation zone deals which is just supposed to prevent fighting near the jordan and israeli borders. meanwhile both israel and jordan are fusing to open those borders to assist the refugees fleeing southern syria the un now says as many as three hundred thirty thousand people have been forced from their. homes by the fighting to recapture that are province malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a state fund while he was in charge and g.b. is facing three counts of criminal breach of trust one of using his position for gains. in the u.k. two people have been exposed to an unknown substance in a town close to where a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned police say

a man and woman were in critical condition after being found in ames for a thirty kilometers from salisbury that's where the english town that's near the english town where a surrogate and usually a script pal were attacked with a nerve agent in march the latest case has been declared a major incident not believed to be a wider risk as the north korean regime looks to improve its relationship with the us in the area of china that borders north korea is seeing a property boom future investors are hopeful a complete lifting of sanctions on pyongyang will help the dandong region but macbride reports from there. carrying much of the trade that keeps north korea going the friendship bridge is a good barometer of the state of relations with china. and the bridge remains busy despite sanctions there is speculation china is now more relaxed about imposing them given the easing of tensions. and another indicator of business picking up

north korean restaurants in dung dong which closed only a few months ago have reopened and i think people are optimistic that once the sanctions are dropped they want to be really well rooted in. michael spader is a business consultant who has just made dandong his base he's an intermediary helping people do business in north korea we've got a lot more interest from chambers of commerce from investment groups to look at the situation and to introduce people there's also a lot of interest on the north korean side we're receiving faxes and mails the north koreans are looking for new business partners here as well so the mood is very optimistic right now right across from his apartment is a new luxury development despite its prime location when we visited it last year property sales weren't booming now most of the apartments have apparently been sold

for twice as much as the original asking price property prices have gone up and down as the korean peninsula has veered between the prospects of war and peace and right now prices are surging so much so the local government has imposed restrictions to try to cool the markets. commercial property sales are also booming eighty percent of units have already been sold in this new development that could be home to traders from both sides of the border if sanctions are lifted. is in the best position to become a trade hub for north east asia instead of being isolated. while there's been extensive development on the chinese side of the river the north koreans. remained largely undeveloped but a recent visit by north korean leader kim jong un to potential development sites has led to speculation that after so many false starts this whole border area north

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