these are these are the people who republican politicians have to appeal to between today and election day and they're very very worried about losing their surrender than seeing this as as a sign of rebellion against donald trump i think it's really a way for the republican party to protect itself can one of you is on twitter is just tweeted may mahomedan he said i don't think this changes anything there are already many books written about trump i guess he's referring to bob woodward here as well and that's a good point isn't it the fact that there has been so much thrown at this administration so far and it's still here it hasn't fallen yet. right senator bob corker a conventional republican figure yesterday said that the op ed tells us what we've thought all along about the trump administration. it reminds us of what president trump's flaws are his defects of intellect and character that

presidents don't typically have and it is sure as people that there are people around the president trying to compensate for those defects so really what we're hearing is more of the same but by putting of that information in an anonymous up and in the new york times it guarantees that the focus of the political class will be for twenty four hours the contents of that message and the contents of that message. are what conventional republican politicians who are up for reelection this november want of voters to think that there are people who will rein in donald trump and the voters do not have to replace the republican majority with a democratic majority in order to have a check on the president's excesses can i i ask this next question to bill schneider last break of course you know i'm

a veteran commentator on american politics i want to put it he was well how has this white house the fives all of these things i mean even if you just took what's just happened in the last twenty four hours they could have easily spell the end of any other administration in any other country how does donald trump and this white house keeps the filing. there's kind of a dysfunctional marriage between the congressional republicans and the white house the congressional majority of republicans needs the president in order to pass their agenda which is a fairly conventional republican agenda. those republicans in congress also need donald trump's supporters the republican base to stay in their camp if republicans in the house in the senate abandon trump their supporters will abandon them they'll lose power the democrats will gain control and the republican legislative

agenda is the logical agenda will be frustrated so the key to trump survival is that republicans in congress are unwilling or politically unable to hold him accountable for what seemed like pretty obvious abuses of power and unethical activities can here's a pleasure talking to you thank you so much for joining us today donald trump has plenty of problems with the media including the ones usually loyal to him this week the listening post looks at the national enquirer and the boss of its parent company who just might have something big on the president have a look for yourself attach and kill is the name of the episode that is the practice of getting stories and not publishing them it is from the listening post at al jazeera dot com and you can get in touch with us of course the hash tag is a.j. newsgroup we're getting plenty of comments and questions in already gladdest on

facebook is said with november the midterms coming up the chaos has just begun gladys is watching at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera where you can watch the live stream and comment as you go and you can also use that number there plus nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine what's that for you comments questions and content and also join an app telegram channel if you'd like. right we're moving on iraq and the headquarters of the provincial government in the southern city of bastra is on fire these pictures just into us the fifth public buildings set ablaze in the box for days public and has been boiling over for weeks now with the basics like water and electricity protest as have been out on the streets demanding jobs and an end to government corruption and in the past forty eight hours at least nine people have been killed more than two dozen others injured that's also going to name has more on this. storming and torching a government building. blocking the entrance of

a key port fed up iraqis are demanding the attention of a government they say is feeling that there's not a giant there is no more trust in anyone neither in the leadership nor in any party . security forces responded with tear gas or iraq's prime minister says he didn't order security forces to fire real bullets a martin you don't get to who wants to create a rift among our security forces after all the sacrifices we made to get rid of terrorism who wants to take us from bad to worse to create a rift among our citizens in order to put basra under threat many of. iraq's human rights commission reports nine people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and

signs this occur the forces use excessive force. anger has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered the shiite muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for imports and exports. despite the oil revenues iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no electricity government corruption and unemployment are also high on the list of protestors grievances for them up and down i don't want but why are the police humiliating i'm from busta asking for my rights. the ministry of transportation is appealing to protesters not to target the port and other public facilities it says are connected to their frustration it seems protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen

to their grievances now they want action natasha game. in syria france says it's ready to strike if the assad government were to use chemical weapons france's military chief made the comment as the syrian government prepares its large scale offensive to retake of course the rebels last stronghold in syria which is also prompting more and more humanitarian concerns about the battle for a map from al jazeera dot com here we're talking about this green area that as we said that last rebel stronghold a lot of refugees in particular in this sort of region here and the concern is that if there is maybe it might be when there is this offensive that the spillover will happen straight over the border there let's check in with stephanie decker who is over that border she's in and in turkey and i guess this is the humanitarian side of things stephanie. to be concerned about

yes the aid agencies are hugely concerned about it turkey's borders are of course closed and there's no indication that they're going to be opening them so they are setting up tents setting up sort of you know land that will be able to take in an overflow if you will of people fleeing the area there have been some air strikes earlier today southern we understand a couple of hundred families fleeing that are they actually went to aleppo province but there is this fear that it could have massive humanitarian consequences and you were mentioning there the internally displaced yes but there's also you know a large number of civilians living in the cities so it's very very difficult we went to talk to a couple of the turkish aid agencies that are dealing with this they are preparing for it and this is what how they're trying to handle what they say could be an extremely bloody conflict. over the years the province of it has offered some want of a refuge for almost

a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario all of these we met with the head of turkey's red crescent just to see return from visiting it live if any. influence. inside. how the border now we are preparing. the refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunately there is no clear line for armed groups there are. settling down inside in the societies so it is really difficult to target the military and the points so.

it's been a repetitive cycle for years despite endless political negotiations it's the military option that always seems to come first millions of syrians are homeless in their own country dependent on aid unable to rebuild their lives this factory belongs to the turkish aid group i h and it sends one hundred fifty thousand bags of bread to live every day each piece representing someone who cannot feed themselves the individual desperate stories often getting lost in a mass of lives interrupted. those who fled to look we're sleeping with predator death now they're facing death once again they have no plan b. in the last few years we've tried to build more than a permanent structures but it's a place off today we're back to square one setting a basic intents to prepare for a new wave humanitarian corridors are being proposed by aid agencies but they will remain inside syria and the question remains to where most people don't want to go to the government controlled areas which surround it lib and that leaves the

turkish controlled northern part of the country but many are reluctant to go there too no one wants to be displaced again. well all eyes are now on the summit taking place tomorrow into hell on between iran russia and turkey there is no doubt they will be discussing it live they will be negotiating how this is going to go forward it is a dilemma it is difficult the syrian government has made it very clear they're going to take it back but it is a challenge like no other has been in this conflict it's all about bartering between those powers so we're going to have to wait and see how that translates to the ground whether it's going to be a smaller limited offensive targeting just certain groups in certain areas or something far more wide scale which is of course a huge concern sure stephanie deca at stephanie decker on twitter if you want to check in with her she's live in antakya forest one of look at the exodus of the seven hundred thousand range of muslims now from the amounts of bangladesh in the last hour the international criminal court has ruled it has jurisdiction over their

deportations this would allow the prosecutors to investigate where the main man has committed crimes against humanity we're going to talk more about that in a moment but this ruling comes as agencies are warning of a growing health crisis have a look at the support from german cox's bazar. during the hottest hour of the day in the world's largest refugee settlement these row hinge a traditional midwives are searching for a woman who needs their help raji a big woman and saadi having them are two of the one hundred thirty community health care workers who have been recruited by the united nations population fund or un f.p.a. from among the royal hinges residing here in bangladesh. when they find regime who already has two children and is about to give birth to a third they explain how they'll assist with her delivery and outline all medical

options available he. tells me she had no idea care like this was possible to lucky enough to not live i didn't get to see any doctor recently and the doctors there are buddhist they wouldn't treat us because we are muslim in another part of the camp these newborns and their mothers are being looked after in a facility run by un f.p.a. . a novel experience for a population of refugees harboring largely conservative attitudes toward reproductive health one of the biggest challenges has been trying to convince her hinge or women here to voluntarily go to clinics and that's because of the unrelenting persecution they faced in me and more it's left many of them distrustful and fearful of medical facilities like this one since august two thousand and seventeen saudia bag has come to the aid of numerous really enjoy women subjected to extreme physical psychological and sexual violence by members of

me and mars military as plainly and painfully as she can she explains why the women she helps are so fearful. of these women are always scared that the doctors will kill their babies. despite the obstacles aid workers say providing services that aim to ensure not just safer pregnancies and childbirth but also options for family planning are already having an impact and we've seen a radio increase in the number of women. to have for long acting contraceptives we're also seeing a big increase in the number of men who are being supportive of their wives during the night a lot of women have decided that they've had enough children. and they want to get on with their lives the unskilled and don't have any more children down another alleyway rosea and saudia locate a refugee pregnant with her first child dispensing wisdom to the anxious mother to

be they do what they can to provide a kind of comfort this woman has never known so. at the could to prolong refugee camp in cox's bizarre bangladesh and mohammed's on the line now to tell us more about that news a little bit earlier about this ruling mohamed from the international criminal court can you talk us through this one. welcome our lives can be quite significant events is very interesting that we love each other and conflict to get it's quite complicated when it comes to the international criminal court and potential quine against humanity committed by authorities in myanmar a few months ago at the international criminal court behind sought to get jurisdiction from me anymore in order to investigate these allegations of quine's against humanity because me more is not a signatory to the one sampson's because it is not

a member of the international criminal court i.c.c. does not have jurisdiction so be quieted down that they've done now that they view is that they have jurisdiction because violet ash is a member of the i.c.c. is a signatory to the rome statute and because over seven hundred thousand marines are refugees fled to mean more than that booted crackdown began last august on the two thousand and thirteen and then led to neighboring by a dash where they are now the consul bizarre the world's largest government because by a this is a signatory to the rome statute the i.c.c. is now saying that they have in fact the jurisdiction to start investigating these conflicts does not mean that any trial didn't start a new crime scene but it's significant because there has been a lot of talk the past needs about. potential fines against humanity committed by

the military will mean more much remember that on that one seven. eight million invested in the family they had been on a fact finding mission and they rule that they believe that military generals a million more popular military leaders and their more had potentially committed a crime of genocide that they should be investigated and prosecuted for planned the genocidal didn't apartment i think international criminal court that is separate from that spot that process of trying to go to the un security council now you have the i think you have to mean on its own they have believe wanting to investigate but still want the issue that they did not have jurisdiction now a judge there said they have jurisdiction what the next step is we don't know if that will take quite a long time but it would be not going to harm them pressure is ratcheting up against according to me and more and allegations are only being stronger that one could be humanity and potential to find that genocide were committed there again

bringing the bombing. of violent thunderstorms around the black sea at the moment the satellite picture is showing the. drifting its way and it has given us a lot of thunder and lightning a lot of hail and some very heavy downpours as well and most of. it has actually been over the sea thankfully but it's working its way eastwards and for the

northern parts of turkey and up through parts of georgia it's going to be very very wet at times on friday to the south of all of that they're fine and dry and just pretty hot as you'd expect so forty one at least in baghdad the force in kuwait will be apart around forty six no major changes as we head through the day on saturday saw to the northeast al-mahdi that not quite as hot as elsewhere with a temperature of twenty six degrees now here in doha it's been pretty hot and humid over the last week or so and it's staying that way over the next few days at least so the winds that will still be coming in from the sea still picking up lots of moisture very very sticky for us a top temperature of around forty or forty one degrees there's a little bit more in the way of cloud around the southeast impossibility man that will just give us maybe the oats but a drizzle but i think mostly just making things a little bit grayer at times will also see more cloud down towards parts of our men and yeven down towards a southern part of africa a lot of cloud here working its way eastwards i'm cool with in cape town.

as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to determine if this were true on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok we'll send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera. gang life this was our foundation. i tried to do some to different when i met daisy it was the best day of my life. and i wish that day could have gone on forever. but my past caught up with me.

and made us all pay the price of daisy and max on al-jazeera.

the headline from al-jazeera don't call man what's trending five hundred folded in cincinnati she's going to keep an eye on that particular news also it's been a fascinating story all day about india lifting a ban on day six so much celebration now if the bat happened today in india and more on the effects of the gulf crisis really the fact that qatar will be the permanent residency to some experts have a look at that's what you'll reading at al-jazeera dot com it's something you. want to turn our attention to the fallout from the russian spy poisoning case in the u.k. britain has called for a meeting all of the u.n. security council to address the attack in souls that we should be seeing that session begin certain live pictures coming in from the security council. ambassadors prepared to take this seats as you will remember in the wake the u.k. charge two russians are trying to kill the former spice script and his daughter

yulia during that march attack the russian government has denied any involvement in that case as we wait for that session to begin we'll check in with that diplomatic get a james by james talk us through what was supposed to say the events today. well you're going to see the security council meet in the next few moments in fact you can see them all gathering there waiting for nikki haley the u.s. ambassador the current president of the security council incidentally were telling you on our lead story today she has just denied that she wrote that anonymous editorial in the new york times getting back though to salzburg he will also be hearing from the british ambassador karen pearce who will be presenting the evidence that the police in the u.s. in the u.k. have gathered to the security council information that was given by the british prime minister to the british house of commons twenty four hours ago and you also hear you see in the far left hand side of our live picture you'll see there the

russian ambassador pouring over his speech expect him to come up with a very strong a bottle from the case that's made by the u.k. ambassador who has already spoken on her way into the chamber this is what ambassador karen pearce had to say we will want to discuss with our allies and partners the best next steps but i also want to stress that this is a broader issue even then the very serious matter of use of chemical weapons on the streets of soulsby this actually goes to the heart of the international system it goes to the heart of the rules based order we on our allies will want to think about how we push back on this sort of russian activity which is not only malign it's also a reckless it's reckless to the individuals who get caught at russian matthew nations it's reckless for the international system c.w. use is prohibited full stop. his talking about pushing back there what does that

mean in this context is it getting into the world of sanctions again and the like. yes i think that's the sort of area we're looking at but there already are pretty extensive sanctions it's worth telling you that the u.k. right now as things stand can't do sanctions on their own sanctions are imposed at the european level at least for now because of course brics it is supposed to be coming next year but also they'll be looking i think for any action that we couldn't be taken by their close allies including the u.s. in response to what they say now is pretty compelling evidence the you kate now saying that they are in a position to charge these two individuals they have two names but they're also pretty convinced that those are fake names that were provided to these agents by the russian government because they believe it was a russian government operation clearly we'll hear more about that from the u.k.

ambassador in the next few minutes the response coming from the russian ambassador i think this is all about the u.k. calling out the russians in public i think that is going to be the focus of this meeting we're going to see in the next few minutes we'll talk to again later once proceedings do get underway at the u.n. finale check in with lawrence they though is there in london following events from there lawrence i mean how likely would be the u.k. to actually get what it wants here given it comes up against directly against russia in the security council. well the clearly the starting point is that what the u.k. and i want is revenge in the bluntest terms they're fed up of being blindsided. and caught unawares by these sort of asymmetrical russian actions that karen piers was talking about them so so how do they do it that they've already had one good piece of news that just happened the last half hour or so which is of the u.s. canada germany and france have all said they have quote full confidence in the

british version of events as to what happened over saul's bree so that's to say that they believe entirely that these two men were working for the g.r.u. and the way in which this group could be outlined to them so they don't accept the russian view at all of the whole thing as a conspiracy has been made of metal by the british the some comfort of thinking that it is actually get the british anywhere in sums of revenge there was a slight jarring moment yesterday when to reason i was saying in the house of commons i've got to interrupt you there i'm afraid because nikki haley had started speaking at the united nations the permanent mission of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland to the united nations address to the president of the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda and i will now give the floor to those council members who wish to make statements i give the floor now to the representative of the united kingdom thank you very much madam president and thank you for scheduling this meeting today short natives following

the announcements in the united kingdom yesterday when the council last met on this issue on eighteen april i undertook to update the council in the light of significant developments my prime minister's full statement parliament has been circulated to the security council as a document as c. to slash two thousand and eighteen slash eight one four as the british prime minister announced yesterday in parliament the united kingdom has reached a significant conclusion in the souls p c w investigation. i'll come to that later if i may but first a brief summary of what happened in salisbury earlier this year. on sunday fourth of march second screen and historic were found unconscious on the bench in the city center of to being poisoned by enough nerve agent detective sergeant nick bailey and will ship peace officer was all say seriously ill after having been exposed to

and nerve agent following this attack the united kingdom nature fight the o.p.c. w. invited them to confirm the identity of the substance involved and we briefed members of the security council b o p c w's independent expert in the bar which is confirmed the u.k.'s identification of the nazi chuck nerve agent madam president the speech pals are thankfully recovering but on thirty june this year forty four year old mother of three dawn study has fell ill in the nearby town of amesbury of to being exposed to not be chalk she sadly dined on the eighth of july her partner charlie very early was also exposed to the nerve agent and he became seriously ill police have identifying that status and really came into contact with a counterfeit perfume bottle which had been discarded insoles pre tests of this

bottle following its recovery by police confirmed contained a significant amount of highly lethal not be chuck no thanks and on fourth of september the a.p.c. w's independent expert poetry's have again confirmed the u.k.'s identification of the navi truck nerve agent with a very high level of purity and to remind council members a very high level of purity means that it will have been made by a state. the inquiry into the ames be incident has now been formally linked by the police with the attempted matter of the script house the o.p.c. w. independent experts have confirmed the identifications are not be chopped nurtured nerve agent and it is the exact same chemical was used in both attacks madam president it stretches incredulity it stretches credulity to the identification of such nerve agent trice in close proximity to be a coincidence we have previously shared with the council the information about the

russian failure program from the two thousand but to recap briefly there was a development of navi chocks outside the chemical weapons convention and russian agents were trained in assassination techniques including the use of such agents on door handles. madam president in the u.k. the police independent of government and they have been conducting a painstaking and forensic investigation this investigation has involved around two hundred fifty detectives who have trolled through more than eleven thousand of c.c.t.v. footage and have taken more than fourteen hundred statements working around the clock they have carried out a painstaking a methodical work to ascertain exactly which individuals were responsible and the methods they used to carry out this attack this evidence has been independently reviewed by the crown prosecution service and they have concluded there is

a sufficient basis to bring charges we have fast independently concluded that there is enough evidence to bring charges against two russian nationals for the following crimes the conspiracy to mete. the attempted magic of say again yearly as creeped out and detective sergeant nick bailey the use in possession of norfolk shock and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to u.t.'s creep and nick bailey . the investigation into the magic of dawn sturges remains ongoing madam president the evidence reveals the following it shows the arrival of two individuals travelling on to the names of alexander petra. to the u.k. from russia c.c.t.v. and other africans records that travel to and from seoul sprit and crucially there are images which clearly place them in the vicinity of discreet poles house at

eleven fifty eight am on sunday the fourth of march this was moments before the attack took place which involved placing the substance on the script house front door handle imagine president should any council member wish we can share copies of face images further testing of the hotel the past staging in london revealed the presence of traces of the nazi truck substance in that hotel room based on a thorough analysis of our intelligence the u.k. government has concluded that the chair individuals named by the police investigation are in fact offices from the russian military intelligence service also known as the g u this is a party of the russian state. madam president we previously when we briefed the council before attributed responsibility to russia on the basis of

technical means operational experience and i recall the case of it being young came here and made two russian statements have said that former russian agents if you like fake game process nation. these arguments have now been family reinforced by the clear evidence of the involvement of identified russian nationals traveling to the u.k. from moscow and returning there on russian passports this evidence has been sufficient for our independent prosecuting go for it is to bring criminal charges in relation to the soulsby attack and to issue european arrest warrant. madam president these two individuals are no longer in the united kingdom where they with us these two suspects within your cage jurisdiction which be liable to arrest in a clear basis in law for the attempted murder crime. it

is clear imagine president that the russian state does not permit the extradition of russian nationals and i understand that this is a prohibition in the russian constitution so therefore with respect to these two individuals we have obtained a european and arrest warrant and we will show the issue an interpol red notice should either of these individuals ever to gain travel outside russia we will take every step open to us to detain them to extradite them and to bring them to face justice in the united kingdom and we responded at the time to russian behavior robustly the council will recall that we would joined by twenty eight partners and nato in expelling more than one hundred fifty russian

intelligence offices this was a proportion as in direct response to deter and degrade russia's ability to conduct further up relations in the future and to reduce their ability to use the g.r.u. network to cause us citizens. madam president we have clear evidence of russian state involvement in what happened in salisbury and the use of c.w. says reckless involvement and danger in the lives of many citizens and reckless involvement and danger in the universe of prohibition on the use of c w magine president as the council has discussed before there is an established pattern of malign russian behavior perpetrated by military and intelligence agencies overseas this. was

shown in the table two thousand and sixteen coup attempt to montenegro sharon in the june two thousand and seventeen not patch year cyber attack which called an estimated one point two billion dollars of damage well white and it has been shown in other cyber attacks the g.r.u. his time and again been responsible for russian interference in other country's affairs amazed recently we saw u.s. indictment of g.r.u. individuals in relation to the two thousand and sixteen democratic national committee haq at now in the line to be evidence from salisbury we see that g.r.u. it activity also encompasses the use to be illegal minute she great nerve agent on european soil madam president p. find for memphis bear a particular responsibility to uphold global norms and international know all the most so where weapons of mass destruction is concerned one p five member has not

attacked held these important norms one p five member has undertaken a passion of behavior which showed that they tried to measure the script house they play dice with the lives of the people of south pre they what can a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs in fetch it. this is a direct challenge back in president to the rules based international system which has kept all of the safe including russia since one thousand nine hundred fine in the face of such behavior the international community needs to continue to defend the laws norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference this is why the british prime minister yesterday set out the importance of using transparent multilateral mechanisms to identify and hold malign actors to account

allow me to summarize the steps that we believe should now be taken by the international community we need to what together to strengthen the chemical weapons convention against the use of c.w. around the world and which we so most recently violated on the streets of the united kingdom we need to build further the o.p.c. w.'s capability to attribute the use of chemical weapons that can be no place for such incidents of soulsby again we need to shine a light on the use of state agencies to undermine the rule of law and interfere in the domestic lives of other country's citizens and we need to make best use of obvious stablish methods including sanctions in curbing fets to our societies and our way supply. as cubase may emphasized yesterday the united kingdom has no

quarrel with the russian people we continue to hold out hope that we will once again enjoy a strong partnership with the government of this great nation we have fortune long science russian troops in the second world war but we will be spun robustly when our security is threatened when the lives of our citizens are endangered and when the norms and rules of international law and the international system of flouted in such a brazen and reckless manner we stand with our partners and allies we are determined to continue to disrupt together the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks are no territories we will uphold the prohibition of chemical weapons we will protect our citizens and we will defend ourselves from all forms of malign states activity directed against us and on societies thank you madam president i

thank the representative from the united kingdom for her briefing and i will now give the floor to the representative of perth so now but if you will leave the live proceedings there just for now we were hoping to hear from the russian delegation next but i believe they're going to be speaking later on in this session that was karen pearce who is the u.k.'s ambassador to the united nations outlining in detail everything that's happened since the novacek poisoning case in salzburg resigning that the u.k. government has concluded the two individuals they have named are from the russian intelligence unit the g r u james bays a diplomatic editor listening along to that as well james let you explain some of the more pertinent things that i heard talking about arrest warrants. yes arrest warrants european arrest warrant which the u.k. still part of the use of that is already in place and also an interpol red notice

which means that these two individuals would be arrested anywhere in the world if they were to leave russia but remember russia does not extradite it says ins it's in the russian constitution so it seems difficult for the u.k. to actually get these people arrested it's interesting though that she's making the case it's not just about these two these were agents of the russian state so the russian state is responsible british government minister ben wallace the security minister has gone further says that it's vladimir putin who needs to be held responsible also while these proceedings are going under way we're telling you kemal that there has been a statement by some of the close allies of the u.k. by france by germany by the u.s. and canada all expressing their outrage at what happened and their support for the conclusion of the british authorities that there is a compelling case here so support from the u.k. is closest allies the security council meeting will now continue will go around the

table all fifteen members we're going to chance to speak russia has obviously decided they could have spoken as the second speakers this concerns them that they want to wait listen to everyone and respond at the end so we'll have the russian ambassador towards the end of the meeting and then the final speaker will be the chairman of the security council the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who i'm told by officials has a particularly strong speech that all to come and we'll have that and james bay is live on al-jazeera when it happens thank you james finally on this newsgroup is hard to ignore when sports and politics overlap especially when it's big names like nike and the n.f.l. a few days ago we saw protesters burning their nike gear after they found out that the former n.f.l. player calling kappa nick would be making an ad with nike now though the ad is out and they are there is a bit of praise for calling happening out there there has been that's been the main kenda now actually people are using the hash tag i'm with cap to share their support for the athlete best known of course for taking any during the national anthem at n.f.l. games in protest against inequality for blacks. i'll continue to say i'm going to

continue to stand with the people that have been oppressed to me this is something that has to change and when there's significant change and i feel like that flag represents was supposed to represent this country as representing people the way they're supposed to stand since kneeling in two thousand and sixteen copper neck has not been signed by another team the kneeling protests however have continued and they have grown those opposed who oppose capper next say he's unpatriotic those who support him say he's finally giving a voice to the millions of americans were treated unfairly because of the color of their skin this weekend nike will share this ad that has only fueled the debate i. don't believe you have to be like anybody. to be somebody. if you're born a refugee don't let it stop you from plain sight what national. age sixteen.

don't become the best basketball player on the planet be bigger than basketball. believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything. when they talk about the greatest team in the history and. make sure as your team. if you have only one hand don't just watch football play. at the highest level. and here girl from compton don't just become a tennis player. become the greatest athlete and. that's more likely. to know if your dreams are crazy. ask crazy. let us know what you think of the ad if it's pullup too political for you or if you

think it's quite timely our hashtag as always it is great that they are really powerful stuff isn't it thank you for joining us for this newsgroup we did have more sport feel this way but we have the united nations live event happening there that will continue of course with the team from london in just a few moments thanks for joining us. deported from the u.k. indoctrinated by somalia's and shabba how can a young man disillusioned by fighting rebuild his life because i am an expert race going to make a mistake and i want to kill and reunite his family africa's no not call me it's

awful my kids lost warrior a witness documentary on a jersey. and monday put it on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. as india was updating its citizenship records around four million people in the state are at risk of becoming stateless missed today deals with. infantry. these are the majority of both.

how does it matter both sides of this issue talk to al-jazeera in indonesia palm oil is a billion dollar business want to win east investigates the price the country's paying. to feed the world's growing pall mall addiction. on al-jazeera. told its not mine. senior trump administration figures deny being behind an opinion piece claiming advises actively working against the u.s. president as the hunt for its author intensifies. and more in taylor says al jazeera live from london also coming up. oh ok as more

as strikes hit italy province france issues a stop warning to assad if chemical weapons are used it will take action. deaths on the streets of baghdad as violent protests sweep across the iraqi city over lack of jobs and essential services. amount to tally to be not among the people. he's going to call us down defiant words from ugandan opposition politician bobby wind as he speaks out after being beaten up in police custody. begin in washington where one after another senior officials from the trumpet ministration have been denying they wrote an anonymous article that criticizes the u.s. president if in in piece in the new york times describes a revolt inside the white house where members of the administration are actively working against donald trump the president is now calling for the author to be revealed for national security reasons as they call him

a court. according to the new york times someone close to the president wants the world to know they think he is unfit to hold the highest office anonymously writing this op ed describing the president as a moral and his leadership style as impetuous at the serial petty and ineffective they also say the cabinet considered invoking the twenty fifth amendment which could have removed him from office but say they chose not to provoke a constitutional crisis this is an extraordinary step and the label of senior official means it was likely written by someone close to the president he was quick to lash out so when you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration probably failing and probably here for all the wrong reasons now and the new york times is failing if i weren't here i believe the new york times probably wouldn't even exist the white house spokesperson issued a statement calling on the author to quit labeling them

a coward meanwhile some republicans were quick to try and downplay this unprecedented editorial but i didn't think that anything was relayed in that op ed that was you know i think this is what all of us have understood to be the situation from they want so again it's not very it didn't reveal much to me i understand this is the case the president took to twitter casting doubt on the existence of the source but then said if they do exist they must be turned over to the government for national security tweeting a simple word treason this is a president in many ways under siege under pressure from multiple investigations and now undermined by a member of his own staff in a most public way pedicle hain al jazeera washington is going to a white house correspondent can really help it so clearly a big hunt snatch trying to find out who was behind this article. absolutely the

white house press secretary sarah sanders tweeting in just the last fifteen minutes if you want to know who this quote gutless loser is she soon really is referring to the author of that anonymous op ed she says call the desk of the quote failing new york times and ask them and then prints the phone number they are complicit in this deceitful act well certainly this is become wild speculation in washington who may have authored that and who the high profile author with in the trumpet ministration is who penned that editorial but we've also had very high profile denials from many of those members of the cabinet including nikki haley at the united nations the u.s. ambassador there secretary mabus secretary of defense bice president mike pence the director of national intelligence dan coats and even the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o. if it is what it is purported to be

it is sad that you have. someone who would make the choice i come from a place where if you're not a position to execute the commander's intent you have a singular option. to leave and this person in chad instead according to the new york times. chose not only to stay but to undermine what president trump and this administration are trying to do and i have to tell you. i just i find i find the media's efforts in this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing. and i'll answer the question directly because i know some will say gosh you didn't answer the question it's not mine. and indeed the white house is trying to portray the mainstream media as being complicit in part of this so-called resistance movement that in many ways this was penned in the book by the veteran journalist bob woodward a mid

a straight of coup d'etat sort of frustrating donald trump's agenda preventing him from acting on his worst inclinations essentially what this is doing is emboldening trump supporters in many respects given the fact that while this editorial was designed to supposedly reassure americans that there were so-called adults in the room kind of blocking the president from acting on his impulses what this is done is really underscored a long held theory by many conservatives in the united states particularly trump's supporters who believe that there really is no daylight between the democrats and republicans who are kind of the establishment essentially running the government the so-called moneyed elite that many believe are really sort of preventing the ordinary american from getting ahead from having any sort of opportunity so expect these types of themes to be something that we may hear from the president in the coming hours he will be leaving the white house here about nine hundred fifteen

g.m.t. that is an open press event where the president does have the opportunity to speak if he wishes to do so but where we expect he will get very strong on these themes is in billings montana when he holds one of his famous make america great again rallies where thousands are expected to attend committee how could thank you very much indeed. france's military chief says his country is prepared to strike syria if government forces use chemical weapons in a major operation to retake the last rebel stronghold hundreds of people are fleeing adlib province which has already been targeted by as strikes as pro-government troops gather on the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate stephanie decker is on the turkey syria border there have been several airstrikes in the northern area of how my province and

south it live one of those are from what we understand is taken out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense there's the white helmets the rescue workers that operate in opposition territory we also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eyes remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian refugees i.d.p.'s towards its borders fleeing the fighting the borders remain closed turkey already hosts over three million people we went to talk at some of the aid organizations to see how they are

preparing for what they say they expect to be a potential bloodbath. over the years the province of it live has offered some want of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from visiting adlib if any huge influx. inside. how the borders now we are preparing. the refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunately there is no clear line for armed groups there are. something down inside and the societies so it is really difficult to target the military

points so. it's been a repetitive cycle for years despite endless political negotiations it's the military option that always seems to come first millions of syrians are homeless in their own country dependent on aid unable to rebuild their lives this fact she belongs to the turkish aid group i need sends one hundred fifty thousand bags of bread to live every day each piece representing someone who cannot feed themselves the individual desperate stories often getting lost in a mass of lives interrupted. those who fled to look worse keeping the predator death now they are facing death once again they have no plan b. in the last few years we've tried to build both a permanent structures for the displaced or today we're back to square one setting a basic intends to prepare for a new wave humanitarian corridors are being proposed by aid agencies but they will

remain inside syria and the question remains to where most people don't want to go to the government controlled areas which surround it lib and that leaves the turkish controlled northern part of the country but many are reluctant to go there to no one wants to be displaced again even though aid agencies are preparing for what they fear will be a bloody battle everyone is saying it's still too early to predict how exactly it will unfold that they say will be decided at the negotiating table between iran russia. turkey but there is a consensus that the battle will be the final major battle of this war stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. but tess's in the southern iraqi city of basra has set a fifth government building a light as anger over a lack of jobs and poor public services continues to grow at least nine people have been killed in confrontations with security forces since tuesday and tactical aim has more. storming and torching

a government building in the blocking the entrance of a key port fed up iraqis are demanding the attention of a government they say is feeling that there's not a giant there is no more trust in anyone neither in the leadership nor in any party . the security forces responded with tear gas or iraq's prime minister says he didn't order security forces to fire real bullets a martini all but the who wants to create a rift among our security forces after all the sacrifices we made to get rid of terrorism who wants to take us from bad to worse to create rifts among our citizens in order to put basra under threat and in iraq human rights commission reports nine people have been killed and more than a hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were p. .