other areas of the syrian government troops there are really different reconciliation deals that have been forged in the past few days but there is a pocket of territory in the western country side of that are under the control of an eye still affiliates and now the syrian government camp is gearing up to reclaim that pocket of territory which is approximately seven percent to seven percent of the province yesterday russian airstrikes targeted a number of areas the united nations confirming that up to ten thousand people fled that enclave towards the borders with the israeli occupied golan heights we believe that approximately thirty thousand people remain in this i still controlled enclave we do not know if if if they're being held as human shields or if there is no way out because of the fighting so the displacement crisis really continues and i still has not only been defending its position it has gone on the offensive on on a number of fronts we understand it has taken yet more ground and and laid siege to

an area under the control of the rebels close to that i saw pockets so fighting continues and there are problems but most of the southern province is now in the hands of the government we are waiting for buses arrive. and thousands of people are expected to be given safe passage to areas in the north of the country those people who do not want to live under president bashar assad's rule some of the runs biggest oil customers appear to be succumbing to u.s. pressure after withdrawing from the twenty fifty nuclear deal president trump has been urging importance of the run you know oil to find alternatives. a cutting back reports. iran exported little more than a million barrels of oil a day before the nuclear deal and its top full custom is were in asia nucleus sanctions were lifted of rainin exports have now more than doubled but these four asian nations still consume about. big share that goes some way to explaining the

significance of reports that india japan and even south korea are heeding the u.s. demand to stop importing iranian oil and why iran is now threatening to block the strait of hormuz the vital seaway for the world's number one or oil exporter saudi arabia as well as around other oil producing rivals in the gulf. donald trump with the truth from the iran nuclear deal for two months ago we will not allow our regime the chance death to america to gain access to the most deadly weapons on earth he warned countries to halt iranian oil imports by november when new sanctions start and threatened u.s. financial restrictions that could make accessing crude oil even more difficult u.s. allies in asia having to consider their close ties with the us against the need for a reliable flow of oil financial experts reuters and bloomberg was civis is quote

shipping and industry sources who say asian countries are being swayed by trump's the ritz the sources report india's oil imports from iran slowed by almost sixteen percent in june some oil refineries in india and in japan have began scouting alternative supply is and september oil cargos from iran to japan could be the last . south korea has already made cuts of thirty percent but iran's a number one customer china is locked in in trade war with the us china says it won't comply with u.s. sanctions on iran but others will be looking for a new supply is an opiate resolution last month championed by u.s. allies saudi arabia allows oil producing nations to boost production ensuring countries in the middle east at least are ready to make up the iranian oil shortfall. which brings us back to iran and its threats to block the strait of

hormuz it could account for an apparent softening of the u.s. stance on iran this week speaking from the united arab emirates secretary of state might pump a zero signal to the possibility of sanctions exemptions saying the u.s. is open to requests for the tough u.s. midges due to start in november to be way.

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a key thing is to write and. it's great to get to know the person for me to. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera nato leaders are gathering for a second day in brussels to discuss ending the war in afghanistan and security in ukraine day one was dominated by donald trump's demands for higher military spending and criticism of germany. israel says it struck three syrian army positions near the occupied golan heights drone crossed into its territory state media say the missiles were intercepted by air defense systems and caused minimal damage. and croatia's into its first ever football world cup final after a two one win over england in moscow play france on sunday for the title.

taking legal action against the t.v. pirates illegally showing the world cup in saudi arabia he was watching games they're both cast on the so-called be out q channel but the bee in sports network in qatar owns the broadcasting rights the governing bodies of world football tennis and formula one are all urging saudi leaders and others who are lining the legal broadcast to support the fight against piracy but terry punya is a global sports reporter for the new york times he says fifo would have a hard time taking legal action in saudi arabia. they try to get legal representation in saudi arabia where they. say they represent and the reason they want to do it in saudi arabia of course is the fact that the heat is going through that time arab satellite mission company which is based in riyadh of course they can only take action in

saudi arabia quite as you know way. if you can't get a lawyer if you can't take legal action you're not going to get it this is been going on there for the best part of the year this is not something that in their bedroom it seems this is a very sophisticated operation. as well part of their broker they have been able to stream this on the internet and as we're talking about now through a staff like bait this costs millions of dollars. and it is fairly complicated they must. beat the competition and it seems like it's not just in sports channels that it's like there are other other other sports right. and it seems they feel they can do whatever they like because they've been able what are they like. russia has long to respond to

the expulsion of two of its diplomats from greece they're accused of interfering in the internal affairs of greece undermining a recent deal over the name of its northern neighbor macedonia incidents raising eyebrows at the nato summit in brussels since greece is traditionally the most pro russian member john psaropoulos reports. diplomatic expulsions are a slap in the face in the midst of an otherwise could be a relationship they haven't happened since the cold war unofficial information suggests the greek government is upset over moscow's efforts to undermine greece's recent agreement with four. you guys love macedonia that agreement settled the name issue that's been separating the two for a quarter century and opens the door for that country's entry to nato as north macedonia but nato has pushed to absorb the balkans has annoyed moscow. whole region of southeast europe is a big question mark for russia in the past few years it clearly doesn't have the relations it had during the communist era situation needs to be resolved soon various states want to be nato and the e.u.

is not pleading to russia nato and new policies in greece bulgarian at their back and countries are not leading people to believe that nato and that will benefit their economy and society. sentimental even most greeks harbor friendly feelings towards their fellow orthodox russians and consider the true hostility between the two people is all but impossible but politically greece belongs to the west and past the line including imposing sanctions on russia for its annexation of crimea four years ago so even though greece and russia have no tangible common interests here as elsewhere russia tries to exploit cultural bonds to create divisions in the western alliances harass us soft power. that is the island of course all this sent off the course while antisense speedin if you go to. city or four times a year you can see. going around it but aids we

think the icon of this sense been done it is something common for fork or for but this speaks to the soul the p.p. it is this kind of influence this soft power that. the orthodox world of today's moscow has watched helplessly as all its previous allies in eastern europe have entered the western orbit the loose ukraine and the balkans of the last bits of europe left up for grabs russia intends to fight for them jumpstart ople us al-jazeera athens. divers are helped bring twelve boys and their football coach to safety from a flooded thai cave have called their rescue a miracle the team's under observation now in hospital where expected to stay for a week and reports from china. the boys and the coach are expected to stay in hospital for the next few days this is while three of the boys are being treated for a lung infection while the rest are going through laboratory exams and forty after

that they will be said home where they will still be under observation for about thirty days now during a recent press conference the thai government expressed gratitude and basically extended its thanks not just to its own forces but also to countries that extended assistance and sent their expertise over here this was a very complicated mission but it turned out quite successfully and even if it's something that happened a few days ago thailand is still in a celebratory mood while experts say this is how humanitarian agreements are for and this is going to be seen as a test case in future frameworks in future emergency assistance now will be conducted not just in south east asia but all across the world. now letters written by nelson mandela to his family during his twenty seven years the political prisoners have been published in a book they offer a glimpse into the former south african leaders faith and the anti-apartheid struggle the publication marks one hundred years since his birth john a hundred books. for twenty seven years in prison nelson mandela's communications

with the outside world consisted mainly of letters written from his prison cell words were his principal means of keeping alive friendships and family time his religious faith and political conviction a cause is just it is a fight for human dignity and for an honorable life often heavily censored or never delivered at all most of the letters appear in a new volume of mandela's prison writings launched in johannesburg this week many published for the first time for a new insights into one of the world's most famous figures during some of his darkest times the one of this milestone opening chapter. not just. our vision that freedom didn't just come with free just tough that much easier to feel the pain is message is one we can all learn from that we

all need to do something good in the world in which we live we if we are to make sure that this kind of life that he had to live through will never happen again some of mandela's captors became confidants others proxies for the wider struggle against south africa's apartheid government should like us to fight over principles and ideas and without personal hatred so at the end of the battle whatever the results might be i can proudly shake hands with he had a recurring theme is the pain of families separation the father of five who missed the funeral of his eldest son and wasn't allowed visits from his toddler daughters until they turned sixteen i do not worry about me now i am happy well and full of strength and hope the only thing i long for is you in meticulous handwriting after their mother winnie was arrested yet again mandela offers the support of an absent parent my darlings once again our beloved mommy has been arrested and now she and

daddy are away in jail she gave up pleasure and comfort in return for a life full of hardship and misery because of the deep love she has for her people and her country the letter concludes we have a lot of friends and they will look after you and one day mommy and daddy will return jonah how al-jazeera. the headlines here on al-jazeera nato leaders are gathering for a second day in brussels to discuss ending the war in afghanistan and security in ukraine hoping to put the disagreements behind them was dominated by demands for higher military spending and criticism of germany. china says is on the right side of history as the u.s. in the escalating trade administration is now proposing

a ten percent levy on two hundred billion dollars of chinese goods last week imposed twenty five percent some thirty four billion dollars of chinese imports which immediately come to. israel says it struck three syrian army positions near the occupied golan heights crossed into its territory syrian state media says the missiles were intercepted by defense systems and caused minimal damage as more from beirut. israeli military acknowledge they were responsible for targeting three syrian army. overnight saying that it was in retaliation for the entering of a syrian thrown into it a few hours earlier this is not the first incident of its kind there has been cross border violence in the past israel has hit syrian army positions israel has hit what it says. has. targets in syria more rebel factions in the province of signed up to a surrender deal with the government groups which have held out city will hand over

their weapons and be given the option of safe passage to the north of syria. divers who helped bring twelve boys and their football coach to safety from a flooded thai cave of call their rescue a miracle the teams under observation in the hospital where they're expected to stay for a week the time navy says the boys were sedated to avoid them panicking they were being pulled through narrow passage ways. and creatures into first of a football world cup final of the two one victory over england in moscow creation will play france on sunday for the title. features taking legal action against the t.v. pirates illegally showing the world cup in saudi arabia viewers are watching games broadcast on the so-called be out q channel but the b. in sports network in qatar owns the broadcasting rights saudi arabia blocked the channel as part of its blockade against qatar well those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream station thanks for watching. he has

no passport yet he's politically active in two countries i was the only one who would stand up our head peaceful transition because the short term expired you know part of the world some people think you are stupid and crazy if you do that mikhail saakashvili former president of georgia and next governor of the year denser region in ukraine talk through al-jazeera. high profile of british prime minister. the government. and what it could mean for the.

trooping into downing street a brand new minister and a brand new foreign minister surrounded by revamped cabinet to resume a survives as prime minister after a turbulent few days but in the current state of british politics there's no guarantee that living to fight another day means any more than just that reason to senior ministers resign in protest at what the reason may has chosen as her preferred approach to breaks it a business friendly strategy with close trade ties to the e.u. some of those who favored a clean break have called it a sellout among them now former foreign minister and titan of the campaign boris johnson and david davis the minister who had been in charge of negotiations with the e.u. there had been concerns inside downing street the widely thought to cover the top job. the prime minister but that would require the support of. supporters in

cabinet and downside she was looking forward to getting on with a busy week the prime minister trying to give the impression of a leader in crisis. well the resignation letter so prime minister may have caused a stir on mine but there are just the latest twists in the backs of story a tale told through a number of hashtags in recent weeks blue farit use hashtags stop breck's it to say officials resigned to save themselves from going down with the sinking ship tell doron however approves of a so-called hard breck said saying he'd vote. to be the next conservative party leader but bracks accord mater and guy verhofstadt tweets walking out of the government won't make it go away and hopes for unity as a means to find an agreement that works for me thanks to make it so joining us now from london to help us understand a way breaks it is headed my take is the c.e.o. of my life my say that's a useful lead nonpartizan movement working to foster political dialogue and secure

a better break state amanda chetwynd callison is the co-founder of future sake a youth organization advocating for people's vote on the terms of the brics deal and don't support is a professor of economics at king's college london he also researches for the think tank u.k. in a change in europe hello everybody i'm just thinking about that term that phrase breaks shambles looking here amanda on my laptop voice johnson i am proud to serve as a foreign secretary it is with sadness that i step down here's my letter explaining why it is part of the brics shambles as far as you're concerned and i wonder how would you describe the last few days i mean in shambles almost doesn't really go far enough where the absolute key thing to me or stepping down is it's about boris it's about his own career it's about his ego it's not about the country or even his party to a certain extent if he really really thought him stepping down with the signing of

what was to come in his letter would have included what he would have wanted to have seem like options and different on the table but instead it just worked out on about him so i was with boris. just doesn't just doesn't even go far enough to be what the last few days have been jonathan you're smiling. well i agree with that i mean i think you know boris is about boris and his letter as i've just said is about him it was full of frankly of the law is actually late which i don't for i don't give a very good fact experienced for what's actually came out and said. far as this letter is simply lied about you know so i think we can hardly dismiss that but i think the more substantive point is the point. made which applies not just the bar spoke to the more serious pro breaks it forces who don't support teresa mayes

current approach they don't really have an alternative strategy so the problem is really a problem for the country as a whole not just for the conservative party is mrs may strategy is generally the it's always common denominator strategy nobody remainer is leaving her most of the conservative party the labor party no one really likes it but equally no one at the moment has a terribly coherent alternative and they certainly know will turn if in which commands a majority of the country there isn't a majority to reverse the referendum despite what amanda was like that's just not there at the moment there isn't a majority for that boris johnson are great since there isn't a majority for that theresa may rubbish break said and there isn't a majority for that labor party let's have our cake and eat it breaks it either so we're at something of a turning point and we don't really know which direction to go you know we don't know drift direction this will go it and i think that explains why there are then

so many differing opinions on line and spout so a couple of people weighing in on the resignations in the shambles this is rachel who says i voted to remain and i still would my daughter is looking for work in a damn company and european ones are not even auditioning u.k. dancers at the moment as regards resignations it's too little and too late i dread to think of what mr hunt will do ask. and secretary another person weighing in this is even who says boris johnson's resignation is stemming from his foresight of the whole exodus is bound to blow up so he's press the eject button before it crushes him wondering what you think of this last tweet this is the way to get out of things before they all blow up. well yeah fortunately i think well our generation is really disappointed because i think so many young people across the country don't decide enough there's this whole big debate about breaks that across the country comes to the area and the media maybe still don't understand what regs actually means and we just want to get on with it i mean one i think about how we

could build a country a country that runs through each is generations and like for example i agree with john and i think there is not the type will i second referendum will any alcohol even the young people of long departed to remain upbeat you want to get on and i think it's i got my hopes and i think we've got to lead remain kind of vote that evoke at this point it doesn't matter what we need to do is for you to start liking to go out and come towards a common future for the future of our country and i think the less shocking thing is to settle for what many people don't understand well how is that possible is that conversation. well i mean you look at the most people question after we left the european union what we switch was what is the european union on google i'm not what stuff is all i like if you had a three month period or three four month period it ought to set a referendum which you know when it's time to go i was an educated about what your opinion does that are for anything about the issue of it i'm not part of

a problem that we had in the u.k. people don't even know what the no national government does we don't have to school and civic education and you can't which is why it is sort of a little time out among young people because it's not that they don't care about the issues that make them was they do it's about legacy traditional forms of politics as a big which are going to those issues that they care about so at this moment you know we have this bubble in westminster which is constantly talking about brings it i don't think for most of the country people are angry i mean for young people who are angry about something if you ask people whether they're not happy about it they'll probably say to you only yeah we don't think race is going to be a good thing but i don't think if you said to people like i have we had so many focus groups and events with young people when you ask them what rights you can send about music and there's none. push no say back to well i don't know what rights i have to lose because i want to be educated so until people stop the city to fix it that's when they'll be start to be angry better and so we're in unfortunately you know people don't know what's happening and they just want to go

on that jonathan let me just share this with our audience a piece that you wrote on the eleventh king of a think tank called the u.k. and. to reason may seem. rex a explain c.r.i. pay. well. that was a padma in that the government actually came out with a which said we should have a customs and regular alignment period. that art of the way of solving some of the problems that arise from leaving the customs union and leaving the single market in particular as related as regards state of the border for the northern ireland so it was a pond but it does actually describe i'm afraid rather what originates breaks it looks like it of course or a stone should use pretty much the same language in describing that to raise a matter to breaks it during the famous cabinet meeting at checkers last wait i'm

not i think as i said the project that theresa may has come up with is a sort of lowest common denominator it keeps us have been and have abs of the mechanisms of the european union in particular the cost of single market. but. it doesn't give us any sort of poets in how those regulations are made in future so it really isn't going to satisfy anyone it won't satisfy the people who want to be completely free of eight eight one times five people who want us to stay part of the single market to maintain freedom but on the other mechanisms that apply the moment but he. it's not really any coherent alternative on the table i'm certainly not coming from johnson and david davis i was about to said they walked out so they were happy but they didn't give us any sort of alternative i had. and equally we

don't really have a coherent clout that involves remaining in the either that i think that is right at this moment there isn't a matter tight as a moment to moment the public is how to reverse for it so we are stuck in this limbo. and it cadillac at some point something will have to get we will have to make some decisions but we don't seem to be ready for that yet you know it's interesting john the reason we're in this limbo according to a few people online is because the prime minister herself wanted to remain in the air this is richard a tweet he sent her saying he will be in a far more stronger position now that those two ministers have resigned may if they remain are and she'll do anything to stay in the e.u. bubble as the old saying goes a leopard never changes its spots and one more person who sent us a video comment this is steven waffen f. former stream gas then a member of the european parliament and he talks about that very same issue how to listen to reason maids come at a meeting in checkers effectively delivered

a remaining two and the death of brit since no one now believes having read the communique that she truly believes in bringing back control of all animals from the european union not paying money in some form to the european union be controlled by the european court of justice and also controlling immigration it is very clear that she is delivering and remain or perhaps it is not a true breakfast. and there are already arms coming out of couldn't see their well so he was talking you could see a man a kind of shaking your head from side to side john and i you know and you want to get in but i want to hear what was behind not for amanda i just and when they could to remain an ending freedom of movement leaving the single market leaving the customs union like it was leaving and still three times that like that is not anything to do with.