al-jazeera. leaders from russia iran and turkey are set to me says the syrian government offensive looms to recapture the lost rebel stronghold of italy. hello and welcome i'm peter dover you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up talks to end the war in yemen stall as we see rebels claim they were prevented from attending a meeting in geneva. a frontrunner in brazil's presidential election is stopped at a campaign rally. also ahead we're going to refugees get involved in a project to save the environment in the shelters in bangladesh.

our top story so far today the presidents of iran russia and turkey are meeting in tehran for what could be a decisive summit in syria's seven year war there to discuss it live the last remaining rebel held province russia iran and syria have threatened an all out assault against armed groups based there despite fears of a humanitarian disaster but they say they're open to surrender deals from so-called moderate groups turkey which borders it loop and back some of the opposition fighters wants to avert military action if he has an influx of refugees from the northwest and syrian province the u.n. envoy says panic is spreading among the three million people who are there many fled to italy from other areas of fighting during the conflict the u.n. envoy to syria stephan didn't store assess all efforts my. being made to avoid

a humanitarian catastrophe we have three correspondents joining us live this stuff that is on the turkey syria border chalons is standing by for us in moscow but first let's go to zain bus ravi in tehran with the talks to begin in the next zain from your vantage point what's the iranian perspective well we are still waiting for the leaders of russia and turkey to arrive there will be bilateral meetings with iranian leaders when president and president putin are here in iran and according to friday morning remarks from a top aide of iran's foreign minister zarif the three leaders are expected to sign a document that is expected to then govern their ongoing military involvement in syria as well as the sort of regulations that they may implement for the return of refugees displaced by the conflict there's also talk of the formation of a committee to look into syrian people that were arrested by the government as well

as people who have gone missing during this conflict so there seems to be a focus on the preservation of humanitarian concerns as well as civilian lives but humanitarian groups and aid workers ahead of this trilateral summit has said that all of the governments involved in syria need to do more to focus on preserving civilian spaces as well as human life. the world is not doing enough to help people displaced by war that was the message during a visit by the un high commissioner for refugees legal ground he was into ran to meet with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into iran i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of the about my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the

risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. this is is is very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get these to the parties but then to minimize the loss of life or grandy said syrian refugees who wonder if it's safe to go home are watching how the conflict plays out in its final stages it could send a message of confidence he said or not. in the last few days the kremlin has labeled it live province a hotbed of terrorists that requires action. syrian government forces backed by russian air power have been moving into the area and armed groups fighting president bashar al assad are preparing for their last stand for damascus a decisive victory in adlib would book and

a brutal civil war for to her on that would mean going from the expensive task of supporting an ally in large scale military operations to the more lucrative work of reconstruction. after a surprise visit to damascus earlier this week iran's foreign minister said rebuilding syria is an opportunity for iranian companies but preserving life is still a priority. shadow it conditions in india layup or sensitive we're trying to deal with the situation there and expel terrorists with the least humanitarian costs we had talks in turkey today and in a way also held talks in syria with the high ranking officials. of the three countries due to meet into iran turkey is the only one hosting large numbers of syrian refugees ungar a support some of the armed fighters in it and is worried a military solution will mean more displaced civilians. now aid groups estimate that approximately eleven million people have either been displaced inside

the country or living outside of syria as refugees so as these world leaders meet here into iran on friday to talk about refugees returning home or reconstruction the fact is that the millions of syrians that lived in the cities that these men need to rebuild their lives still remain at risk thanks very much ok let's go to stephanie decker who's in rehung only on the turkey syria border stuff clearly for the authorities there the issue is a humanitarian issue i guess. yes and it led provinces right behind us what you're seeing is the largest account for the internally displaced inside that is how close it is and that is just a tiny view of what is a massive problem peter almost a million people around eight hundred thousand live in this way along turkey's border so the priority here is to try to avoid

a human catastrophe as they're calling it they don't want a new influx towards its borders they're setting up more tense inside syria there's been talk of humanitarian corridors peter where are they going to go well they're not going to leave the country they're going to be set up if it happens inside syria going to areas that are under turkish control it is incredibly complicated turkey may allow may gree to a limited operation targeting what you would call the more extremist groups for example. this could be limited operations just in certain areas to that group but the bigger question is this damascus has made it clear it wants to take back the entire province regardless of what rebel group because of course we've been saying it is the largest the only province left on drop because opposition control and for the opposition certainly they're very aware that this is their last stand if you will stephanie thanks very much chalons joins us live now from moscow what do the russians bring to the table that these discussions. well the

russians as the preeminent military force inside syria the moments obviously have the most muscle and they've used that to very influential effects to turn the tide of this this war in damascus as favor since two thousand and fifteen when they intervened now what they also have been bringing to this is a kind of approach to diplomacy which is seen quite successfully over the past few months group after group after group village after village be peeled away from the opposition movement through essentially negotiations and be persuaded to defect to the damascus side that is something that turkey has noticed and endorsers essentially because it's a more peaceful resolution to this conflict than bombing and full scale assault so turkey wants russia to be doing more of that unless of

the bombing and the air support for damascus forces on the ground russia has to take that into account russia has to listen so ankara because it needs ankara it needs to be for the reconstruction process to make its approach to syria look like the right thing turkey is a nato member turkey has contacts deep contacts with the west except for us so it's a good partner to have going forward as well as being you know an important regional power russia then basically is in a tricky position diplomatically in trying to resolve the situation on the ground in damascus is favor also keep turkey on board to a lesser extent to keep the saudis on board as well and i think it's key something that stephanie was saying there that perhaps turkey could be persuaded to join in

the military engagements the ministry offensive in. did live on a limited front that words i guess give them more of a say in how things were going on korea persuade them that this was something that could be handled without too much humanitarian blowback and then of course as europeans russia has to try to persuade the europeans to really help rebuild syria in the aftermath of the war that's a difficult task and perhaps they can be persuaded to do that by saying to the europeans look if you come in if you help rebuild syria after this actually that will help in the long run because iran or and have as big a footprint on the ground as they would otherwise do many thanks but we move on talks aimed at ending the conflict in yemen have hit a hurdle before they have even begun to see rebels haven't managed to fly to geneva for negotiations with representatives of the yemeni government the un's envoy cmin says the talks won't go ahead on friday and it's not clear when or if they will

begin david chase are reports the u.n. special envoy spent the morning in talks with the yemeni government delegation at their hotel in geneva but the rebel delegation still on the ground in yemen we are here to put something to the end of their yemeni suffering and but who are these proves that they don't want peace they don't believe in peace the u.n. special envoy for the amman here in geneva is still trying to square all these very difficult diplomatic circles but he does hope still that there is a chance for these peace consultations to go ahead but it's not known how long the patients of either who tease all the government will last. a tweet from the leader of the peace delegation mohammed abdulsalam in the yemeni capital of sana'a didn't simplify the problems the hooty delegation does not have an airplane so it cannot get authorized by the saudi alliance which also needs a u.s.

authorization the united nations has asked for our participation in the geneva consultations the u.n. must address the americans and the british and deal with that hundreds of yemenis were back on the streets for the fourth successive day to denounce rising prices and the collapse of the local currency. it's now estimated more than eight million people in yemen are on the brink of starvation is fix on young children can be seen clearly at this malnutrition clinic in sana their lives like the peace talks are hanging in the balance david schaper al jazeera geneva. an italian court has ordered the seizure of nearly fifty eight million dollars in assets from one of the country's ruling parties former leaders of the far right league party were convicted of using electoral funds to buy diamonds gold bars and other personal items it's now in government led by the deputy prime minister matteo salvini the

party says it only has around six million dollars in contra cover all the money something he says he never saw the missing millions. doctors in brazil say a prominent far right presidential candidate is in a grave but stable condition after being stabbed joey people sinatra who was attacked while campaigning in the city of juist a former opponent say his views are racist and homophobic but he's performing strongly in the opinion polls this gabriel elizondo. was an attack that happened fast gyre bosa maddow on a brazil's top presidential candidates carried on the shoulders of his supporters at a campaign rally in his july state in south eastern brazil and then he was stabbed by someone in the crowd. cell phone video from various angles capture him clutching his abdomen and paying his supporters rushed him into a waiting ambulance amid panic and confusion. to arrive at

a local hospital in grave condition with a stab wound that punctured his liver and other organs after four hours of emergency surgery he was stabilized doctors say he'll spend at least a week in the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery the assailant a middle aged man was immediately arrested his motives remain unclear brazil's president quickly condemned the attack my use to prevail or. this reveals too is something that rises alwynne because it's intolerable in. a pool released this week showed. all other eight eligible candidates ahead of the october seventh vote also not always a far right politician who like in some self to donald trump person adams detractors say he's homophobic racist and sexist. but his campaign message of

cracking down on crime and violence has won him loyal supporters and a leader in the polls but because he's so controversial he's going to often wear a bulletproof vest at campaign events but it does not appear he was wearing one on wednesday when he was stabbed tables on dough how disease. still to come here on al-jazeera a land swap deal in the making between cause and serbia is raising concerns we'll tell you why also ahead the struggle to build a future as your schools demolished only palestinian children seeking an education in the occupied west bank as israel proceeds with plans to bulldoze their school. got some rather lively stalls into central parts of europe and down towards the

southeast just around the black sea say that a clutch of storms just moving a little further north into ukraine and edging more through it's still behind that well we've got this next weather system which stretches out to the north sea across the low countries across a good positive fronts and that's going to continue making its way further east which as we go in through the next couple of days feeling well the autumnal the high temperatures in london struggling to get eighteen degrees celsius place in place the plot of rain there into eastern scotland maybe to the northeast of anger but elsewhere across the british isles shippey laci dry largely dry to the eastern parts of europe twenty four celsius in moscow so there is still some heat around some of the valley there for ankara there you go with that splash of shabby rain down around the black sea to watch ukraine northern parts of roumania still some rather wet weather just around the alpine regions northern areas of italy out across into the adriatic by the time we come to saturday for us guys to come back in behind the west and pos by saturday sharri rain increasing clouds spinning in across the far northwest there for island and the u.k.

for the south a little rash of showers there into spain and portugal but a cloud too into northern parts of algeria but lousy dry for much of north africa. in indonesia palm oil is a billion dollar business want to win east investigates the price of the country's pain. to feed the world's oil addiction. on our busy. al-jazeera where every you.

welcome back this is al jazeera live from doha let's just quickly recap your top stories for you so far today the presidents of iran turkey and russia i meet in tehran to discuss the war in syria the focus will be on the last rebel held province the u.n. is urging diplomacy to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. the un's envoy to yemen says planned talks between the government and hoofy rebels will not take place on friday in geneva with the delegation says it's been unable to travel they were supposed to be the first talks between the government and the movies since twenty sixteen. doctors in brazil say a prominent far right presidential election candidate is in a quote grave but stable condition after being stabbed joey was attacked while campaigning in the city of joy with a photo he's angered many with racist and homophobic comments but is performing

well in the opinion polls. let's get more on our top story so far today the talks on the future of syria as a government offensive looms to recapture the last rebel held province the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is warning the syrian government against using chemical weapons. we have a message for the assad regime and anyone contemplating using chemical weapons in syria in the past eighteen months i have stood on this floor twice promising that the united states would respond to the use of chemical weapons in syria both times this is ministration followed through the united states and its allies force the assad regime to pay its price for its crimes so we want to take this opportunity to remind us on and his russian and iranian partners you don't want to bet against the united states responding again in. some of the chemical

weapons in syria today but this is false information that is being that old because there are no more chemical weapons in syria and there haven't been since miss secret kirn announced here before the security council in two thousand and fourteen that such was the case in two thousand and fourteen she said categorically here there are no more chemical weapons in syria a school for palestinian children in the occupied west bank is shuttled to be demolished by israel next week it could be just the first of up to forty to be bulldozed israel's looking to make way for illegal settlements bernard smith went to meet pupils and teachers in the village of qana. one day soon on their way to school these palestinian children expect to find their path blocked by israeli police and bulldozers they'll be no warning it could happen any time after the next six days. israeli supreme court judges have ordered the demolition of the

school along with the adjacent bedouin village the judges say that can be no more appeals. i've been very tense i couldn't work out a bit paranoid and very stressed i didn't take it well it's a huge responsibility i haven't slept it's too much how will the kids learn. the school was built by an italian charity nine years ago that educates around one hundred eighty pupils from nearby bedouin communities misses a hiker says she could never really believe the demolition would actually happen and get what i want to hear i said they'll never demolish the school i thought maybe of a transfer or one of the communities it never occurred to me that they would demolish a school because every child has a right to education and she thinks most children won't go to where the schools because they're too far away the mother has to cover and close in school is far and my parents are scared to let me go because of the highway or probably end up

tending the sheep but i want to come to school you know and i want to study when i grow up i want to be a dentist but now i end up tending sheep the palestinian education ministry has told the staff not to prepare to move not to pack up not to move the furniture the school the ministry says must continue teaching until the very last minute the land the school is built on is wanted by israel to expand illegal settlements occupied east jerusalem and hands up how many more schools are under threat of destruction in the occupied west bank around forty says the charity save the children which it says is a breach of internationally recognized provisions to protect schools in conflict areas bernard smith al-jazeera. curfew has been lifted in the southern iraqi city of basra the clampdown was ordered on first aider in a fourth day of violent protests demonstrators set fire to the offices of political parties and iranian backed armed groups and the state run t.v.

channel public anger has been rising for weeks over government corruption lack of jobs and basic services at least eleven people have been killed in the past forty eight hours. kosovo's president is meeting his serbian counterpart in brussels for talks on the final stages of the normalization of their relationship both leaders have hinted that they may be prepared to reconfigure the border between the two nations but it is a gamble that could provoke further tension in the balkans asuna gago reports from press a vote close to the serbia kosovo border. it's the first week back at school for these young students at the eba him kelmendi primary school in the town of pressure it's the largest one of its kind in serbia all the pupils are albanian as they settle in the school itself prepares for what could be the last time it teaches the serbian curriculum and what they hope will be a fresh start for the school senior. in their twenty minutes there's hardly been

any investment here since ninety sixty five everything's in poor condition and we have no bread we're being in textbooks. the possibility of a land swap between serbia and kosovo has been uppermost in people's minds here pressured us population is ninety percent ethnic albanian the u.s. and the european union had always discouraged the idea until now and apparently straightforward solution on the surface but has the potential to reopen old wounds in this part of the balkans which has already suffered brutal conflict following the breakdown of yugoslavia. one of the plans that people here fear is being discussed is moving the border to this railway track now while but what put the town of pressure firmly within the borders of kosovo it would mean that these outlying villages would still be in serbia and the thousands of other albanian

still stuck there moreover there is still uncertainty as to what serbia would want to return but would likely dominated northern kossovo which it views is non-negotiable yes we would like to be part of republic of course but the we have to be very careful in order for asians in terms of you know for republic of course all to be created a lot of sacrifice has been done by all the albanians including the veins of. we don't want to interfere in this process this also poses another dilemma for the region's leaders if borders are to be redrawn on the basis of ethnicity it could provoke more calls for land swaps from macedonia which has more than half a million albanians living along its front tears even the goal of eventual e.u. x. session football can countries cannot allay the spheres disclosed we don't find discussion about and between kosovo and serbia conducive to reaching the goal we

think it will reopen too many old wounds in the population eyes and that is why we are very skeptical. it is a huge gamble with the risk of reigniting ethnic conflict here a political process that will take it had normal amount of delicate negotiation from all parties involved. al-jazeera. the colombian president even to kay says he will not continue negotiations with e.l. and fighters unless they release military and civilian hostages predecessor had been in talks with the rebels prior to the elections in june. colombians want the release of all those kidnapped and this is why i believe and reiterate what i said from day one of taking office if the l.n. has the will to achieve peace they must release all those kidnapped we are ready to start a dialogue on putting an end to all criminal activities and for this country to

have a successful demobilization disarmament and reintegration process. trees are being planted at the world's largest refugee camp in an attempt to avoid an environmental disaster families who fled to bangladesh from have been emptying forests for firewood so they can cook their meals but aid agencies providing gas stoves i mean john june reports now from cox's bazaar in cox's bazaar bangladesh it's not just a humanitarian crisis that's unfolding an environmental one is too that's why today in the could to prolong refugee camp brock a local ngo is overseeing the planting a tree. tells me this initiative is one part of a larger effort to help this landscape recover and recounts how things got so dire . well what is did go high after the rohingya came to this country to far as charity got destroyed if we look at

a picture of this area from before august twenty seventh seen we would see lots of green and forest after that when they started to build houses and roads that destroyed most of the forest not only that they are cutting down most of the wood to use for cooking just up the road rohinton refugee up dillman none emerges from the forest carrying the wood he's just gathered he explains that this is imperative to him and his family. we don't have studs it's very hard for us to cook we have to collect this wood so we can eat in nearby checkmark cool refugee camp another effort aimed at preventing more deforestation here the united nations refugee agency is training rohingya refugees how to use the energy efficient stoves they will be given this pilot project is also distributing liquid petroleum gas or l.p.g. as it's called to thousands of families mikhail eden tells me the equivalent of four football fields of forest is being cut down daily because refugees need

cooking fuel refuges are using firewood on an efficient and stoves so it produces direct us smoke which is quite unhealthy for the refugees. and pretty really clear away. and. protection issues in the past year over seven hundred thousand rohinton refugees fled me and mars rock kind state after a crackdown that was launched against them by the military they have settled in neighboring bangladesh where the border town of cox's bazaar has become home to the largest refugee settlement in the world. the influx has drastically impacted the landscape for humans as well as animals the location of this camp happens to live on a migratory route for endangered asian elephants that runs between bangladesh and me and more now watch towers like the one you see behind me they've been built in key locations here in order to alert refugees if elephants into the area for now at

least and despite everyone's best efforts only one thing is certain that the challenges here both humanitarian and environmental will for the foreseeable future continue. at the critical long and chuck markkula refugee camps in cox's bazaar bangladesh. this is al jazeera these are the top stories today the presidents of iran turkey and russia are to meet in the coming hour in tehran to discuss the war in syria the focus will be on the last rebel held province the u.n. is a diplomacy to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley is warning the syrian government against using chemical weapons during any possible offensive we have a message for the assad regime and anyone contemplating using chemical weapons in

syria in the past eighteen months i have stood on this floor twice promising that the united states would respond to the use of chemical weapons in syria both times this is ministration followed through the united states and its allies force the assad regime to pay its price for its crimes so we want to take this opportunity to remind assad and his russian and iranian partners you don't want to bet against the united states responding again. doctors in brazil say presidential election hopeful joey is in a grave but stable condition after being stabbed while out campaigning the prominent far right candidate has angered many with racist and homophobic comments but is popular in the opinion polls the suspect has now been detained and italian court has ordered the seizure of nearly fifty million dollars in assets from a governing political party former leaders of the far right league party were

convicted of using electoral funds to buy diamonds gold and other luxury items the party is now in government led by the deputy prime minister matteo salvini he says he never saw the missing millions the un voice in yemen says planned talks between the government and two of the rebels won't take place on friday in geneva the delegation says it's been unable to travel the night long curfew has been lifted in the southern iraqi city of basra a clampdown was ordered on thursday during a fourth day of violent protests public anger has been rising for weeks now over government corruption a lack of jobs and basic services to those are your headlines so far today the news continues on this channel after inside story i will see you very soon by. as india was updating its citizenship records around four million people in the state are at risk of becoming stateless. deals with. infantry these are the majority of both. how does it michael both sides of this issue talk to

al-jazeera. will be a nuclear free north korea came junk and says his faith in the u.s. president women's unshaken donald trump responds with get it done together can the denuclearization deadlock be broken this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a nuclear free korean peninsula before donald trump's first in twenty twenty one that's the latest mess has just south korean diplomats from north korea's leader kim jong un's also hinting at an official and to the korean war and.