and exposes links to members of the european parliament and marine le pen's national rally property generation eight. part two of a special two project vest a geisha on al jazeera. al-jazeera. till i'm fully back tivo this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes three outside power brokers meet to discuss syria's future but their talks and with no agreement a fragile truce takes hold in the many port city of her day that despite reports of cease fire violations also this hour with a government shutdown looming donald trump backs away from demands that congress

fund his border wall. about pietersen with all the sports shows that marino is second by manchester united the portuguese paul swain's would be english giants of their worst store to a season in twenty eight. thank you for joining us of three key power brokers in the syrian conflict have failed to agree on the make up of a committee that would draft a new constitution and pave the way for elections the foreign ministers of russia iran and turkey met in geneva but as smith was saying and has this report. the best of the foreign ministers of turkey russia and iran could come up with was a commitment to agree to take efforts aimed at convening the first session of the syrian constitutional committee here in geneva early next year but there is still no indication on exactly who the hundred fifty members of that constitutional

committee are going to be because of this meeting these three countries overlooked by the u.n. special envoy stephan to restore it when i were unable to agree on the final fifteen members of the committee there are fifty from the syrian regime fifty from opposition groups but these other fifty there's a been a lot of haggling over who should be on this committee and who shouldn't be on this committee and they clearly haven't been able to agree the final names it was perhaps particularly for straightening for staff and in the store because as he spoke to the press is receiving this was his last statement to the president report to the u.n. secretary general but he's leaving the post and handing over to a norwegian in the new year. and this sale much further to go before a credible and inclusive committee is established that's according to the outgoing u.n. special envoy for syria to found a mr or it steps down on december thirty first after four years leaving his successor to find a un brokered political solution to end the conflict these conflicts never ended

with a wonderful peace or death treaty and a conference and everybody embraced each other it is actually a process that may go on and on until all death and hopefully in the best way for develop people the two constants in this conflict over differ a lot for years one. there's never been a constant moment of anything there being constant shifts of what they're being the military events and the facts on the ground and a political position just look where we were four years ago and where we are today second constant. there have always been the syrian people suffering. staying with syria the united states envoy james jeffrey has confirmed u.s. backed kurdish fighters well mole from northern iraq into northern syria the move comes after turkey threatened further military action in the city of miami beach

near the turkish border unless u.s. backs kurdish fighters leave the area as in a hot every force or may stumble. turkish military reinforcements have already been sent to the border with syria president pressure to tell you border guard says a cross border operation against what he calls terrorists can begin at any moment the target is the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces the us the f. is mainly made up of the white peachy or kurdish peoples protection units it will be the first time the turkish military has confronted the kurdish armed group on syrian soil but if this offensive does happen it will be the first time turkish troops are targeting the group east of the euphrates river where its nato ally the united states stations its troops. are two guns announcement followed a visit by u.s. syria envoy chip geoffrey to ankara last week jeffrey said he told the turks their plans offensive is a bad idea u.s.

support for the why peachey has strained relations but jeffrey confirmed arrangements are being made to address turkey's concerns the. deployment across the border. with our understanding but also with the understanding of. one of the various steps that are being taken to. the white beach in the peshmerga are viable kurdish forces but kurds in northern iraq are allies of the u.s. and turkey they are likely to be deployed along the borders between syria turkey and iraq the y.p. she controls a continuous strip of territory from iraq to the eastern banks of the euphrates river almost thirty percent of syria's territory the first one is any two programs p.y.g. is why. territorial continuity alongside the turkey's border and learning to infiltrate introduced syrian territory the white peachy already enjoys self rule which turkish

leaders reject because they believe the white peachy is an extension of the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. which is fighting for kurdish autonomy in south east turkey. for that we have said and we are saying that no we will begin our operation to rescue the east of the euphrates from the separatist organization within a few days turkey says any operation would not target u.s. troops but the white b.g. is an important element in washington's syria strategy and the trump administration's only syria ally giving it leverage and influence in any political settlement turkish leaders know that and are treading carefully so as not to rupture a relationship with a strategically important ally. the u.s. envoy for syria is now stressing washington's ties with armed groups in northern syria are tactical temporary and transactional such a description is unlikely to please the white peachey or satisfy turkish leaders but the u.s. says steps are being taken turkey has had to say whether they are enough to prevent

military action senator al jazeera istanbul. in other world news for explosions have interrupted the first day of a fragile cease fire in the many ports for data. behind the blasts the country's warring sides agreed to a truce at political talks in sweden last week and has more. as the ceasefire officially began on tuesday night sporadic fighting was reported to have continued for a time in and around the besieged port city of data as the hours passed the situation appeared to become calmer but it remains fragile some worry that could block much needed aid from getting in this is one of the problem of the. agreement because it has actually to the flow of humanitarian aid with the security. and. to be honest actually. allow

food and medicine first come into into even though oh the. united nation has said before that it defied what isn't over. is coming today that. yemen is suffering what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis aide workers say the situation around her they do remains desperate. indication to get access to care that she key. data inside to secure their own two cities for example. because there was no access to care. from. which is almost. in sweden last week representatives from the who the movement and the saudi u.a.e. backed government the president. agreed not only to pull back fighters but also to

establish humanitarian corridors and to allow for the deployment of u.s. . supervised neutral forces for now many yemenis hope that this truce will hold no matter how tenuous the situation on the ground remains as dizzier as part of that agreement international monitors will be deployed to oversee if the cease fire is holding on diplomatic editor james space explains from the united nations. my understanding is the man who's coming up with the plans general patrick is going to chair the first meeting of the coordination commission committee of the two sides so he'll have the yemeni government who have the who thiis on video link you'll be in new york that'll take place here on wednesday and then going forward he himself will travel we believe by the end of the week to yemen with a small team and they'll be the assessment team trying to come up with

a plan for exactly how many monitors they're going to need on the ground all the problems the u.n. is facing here is the talks in stockholm are actually achieve much more than they were expecting and so the u.n. is in a real hurry to try and set up this monitoring team and find the monitor monitors from a number of different countries my understanding is these people will be from a military background but we're also hearing that they will go into this hostile area this fragile cease fire in place so dangerous place for the u.n. to deploy and they'll go in unarmed and we understand not wearing military uniforms chinese electronics giant huawei has their mind dead the u.s. australia and other governments back up their claims that the company's a security risk who are always chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have or added further accusations

they say while ways technologies may be used for spying. she jinping has declared no one will stop his country's rise he was speaking on the fortieth anniversary of free market reforms that made china an economic powerhouse but the president didn't announce any new initiatives to counter slowing growth and trade tensions with the u.s. edge and brown reports from beijing. in one nine hundred seventy eight the overall impression of china was one of backwardness and extreme poverty with workers doing jobs machines could do better the country was still recovering from the chaos and cruelty of chairman mao's political campaign. china's current president xi jinping was twenty five and a postgraduate student china's leader then was done shopping and on december the eighteenth in the great hall of the people he delivered one of the most important speeches in china's history outlining a radical plan to reform and open up the country stagnating economy allowing

foreign investment from rivals like japan and the united states the southern city of shenzhen next to hong kong would be the crucible of that change the tiptoeing into capitalism had begun. forty years on president xi delivered another keenly anticipated speech unusually sitting down and he struck a defiant tone no one would stop china's rise may yield three full meeting there is no textbook to follow that no one is in a position to dictate to the chinese people what should or should not be done. china's development he said pose no threat to any country. given the current sino u.s. trade friction that's begun to her china's economy this was a timely address but other than a vague promise to continue the reforms that dung began president she didn't

address the trumpet ministrations concerns that there be less state control in china's economy. in this space park we found contrasting views about whether life had got better for all. my biggest feelings airspeed keeps going faster and faster we getting more and more airplanes and reaching out to more destinations and no countries can beat our high speed trains i think this is sad is only good when the disadvantaged people benefit as well not just for the rich once china's leaders though have proved one thing you can improve livelihoods and grow an economy without political reform adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. plenty more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including sentencing is delayed for donald trump's former national security adviser after he's fiercely criticized by the judge glass with barely one hundred days to go until breaks it threesome is government says it's making preparations for the u.k. to leave the e.u.

without an exit deal and barcelona superstar strike a messy receives yet another mate it'll be here with more in sports. the u.s. president donald trump has backed down on his demand for five billion dollars for border wall in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown funding for several federal government agencies expires on friday the failure to agree on a budget could see hundreds of thousands of government workers sent home without pay just before christmas as speak to mike hanna in washington d.c. for us so mike has the shutdown been averted that well we don't know at this particular stage but certainly it is a big back down by president trump who in the last week said he would be proud to shut down the government should he not get five billion dollars for his border wall

but now he says that other avenues are being explored he's no longer linking the provision of funds for the border wall to the budget that has to be passed by this friday otherwise we're looking at a shutdown but this is what the white house press secretary to say. we're looking at every avenue available to us possible the president's asked every one of his cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used to protect our borders and for that give the president the ability to fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the american people by having a secure border while legislators are still arguing about what form of budget they are going to get if any at all the democrats have turned down a compromise proposal by the republican senate leader which basically provides one point five billion dollars for border security not for the wall but to congressional leader nancy pelosi a democrat insists that this would be giving what amounts to

a one billion dollars slush fund to president trump but most observers believe that a short term budget extension will be possible neither side of the aisle wants to shut down government or large number of portions of the government just before christmas my kana in washington thank you for that meanwhile a u.s. federal judge has delayed sentencing for president trump's former national security adviser michael fay in the case is part of an investigation into possible collusion between times campaign and russia in the run up to the twenty sixteen election panicle hand reports from washington. the phrase he coined lock her up following michael flynn as he enters federal court. after all is a key campaign adviser to donald trump this was his line by her that's right. yes that's right. but now it's not the president's past political opponent but flynn himself facing time behind bars because he got paid by turkey during the

campaign and didn't disclose it and he lied to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russians the judge not holding back his disgust or disdain he told flynn he sold out his country and even asked why he wasn't being charged with treason when it was clear flynn was likely facing. much more than the zero to six months recommended by the prosecution the judge gave flynn more time to cooperate mr flynn could have just said i want to be sentence now the reason why he didn't because he expected the judge to throw him into the slammer for a while. and he must have thought in my judgement that there were additional things that he could contribute to the mall or investigation or other companion investigations otherwise the delay isn't going to do him any good at the white house the president and his spokesman continue to defend their former national security adviser by blaming the people who investigated him what we do know that

was inappropriate by our own self admitted it's of james comey is that the f.b.i. broke standard protocol in the way that they came in and ambush general flynn in the way that they flush in him. the term supporters have been arguing that flynn was set up by the f.b.i. but in court flynn himself admitted that wasn't true. and after hearing from the judge it's clear the next time he returns to court a man who once could walk into the oval office could be leaving in handcuffs michael flynn locked up political hay al-jazeera washington. speaks more about this not to bail schneider who is a political analyst and public policy professor at george mason university he's live from los angeles thank you for being with us so fayne sentencing delayed with a judge accusing him of selling out his country what do you make of this development this doesn't bode well for the president does it. it doesn't certainly

doesn't bode well for mr flint general flynn and it does not bode well for mr trump because it appears that michael flynn was acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of the turkish government this is not russia now this is turkey and that could be a very serious federal crime and i think he's trying to do what he can to show that he wants to cooperate he wants to he wants the saying to federal authorities want to do whatever he can to minimize his jail sentence which now looks quite substantial and he's already cooperated with the special counsel robert mueller who's recommended that he serve no time citing his cooperation but from what we heard from the judge today and he stone especially there's a chance that he could still say jail is isn't a yes yes there certainly is and that's what he's worried about so he's been given a few more months he's requested a few more months to squat parade to talk about what he knows we'll see what happens i think he's scheduled to be sentenced now in march yeah donald trump has

a long history of publicly supporting michael flynn he even tweeted today before the judge's decision what does this mean for the president going forward to do these legal troubles put him at risk himself. absolutely the walls are closing in you have the new york attorney general who is making charges that his foundation was phony and might have it might have crude committed crimes and she's shutting it down and selling it off its assets that foundation appears to have been used by trump and his organization as a slush fund and many laws may have might have been broken by the use of that money certainly in new york state and there are the charges that we know about about whether he knew what he appears to have known about the hush money paid to women by the publication in miami and by michael cohen that too could have been a crime a campaign violence finance violation they were just problems after problems after problems that are closing in on president jump but he tends not to notice these

things he thinks he can get out of them all all right thank you for that bill schneider very good thoughts on this bill schneider place one is joining us from los angeles. the u.k. government is making preparations in the event the country crashes out of the e.u. without a deal next march that just over one hundred days to go before the u.k.'s you to leave the block with parliament and deadlock ministers have agreed to step up planning for a no deal breaks it thousands of military personnel are on standby for any civil disruption ministers are also sending letters to one hundred forty thousand firms advising them about preparations snow and sleet has more from london. of course the default position for the u.k. if the parliament here votes down sarees amaze proposed deal to leave the european union is of the u.k. crashes out without any deal it's all and in this last cabinet meeting before parliament breaks up for christmas they have been discussing ramping up no deal scenarios even things that were suggested like the government's emergency committee

known as cobra which only usually meets when the something like a terrorist attack meeting every day in the new year before the meaningful vote just to make sure that the country's prepared for a no deal and there are some fairly biblical warnings of things like the u.k. running out of food or medicines or all the airports closing and dirty drinking water and all these sorts of stuff which of course people who don't mind a no deal say as an inside scare but people who say it could be disastrous then say to them well how do you know that the country's going to be ok and why would you want to risk it and that's part of sarees maze argument too because other than staying in the european union and abandoning the inside projects three's a maze argument says look we don't have to have no deal we could have my deal which keeps the u.k. in the customs union with the european union for some time keeps the traffic moving through the borders and therefore you get around all these problems in the psychological game that's now being played with m.p.'s it's

a send them home over christmas and given the bit of time to think and hope that they change their minds and end up not actually going against about supporting sarees amaze deal when it comes back to a vote in the middle of january. belgium's prime minister has resigned after losing a vote of no confidence shall michel have been leading a minority government for a week after his coalition partners walked out of the alliance the flemish nationalist party quit over michelle's decision to sign a new un migration pact that critics say would increase migration into europe the agreements of violent protests in belgium over the weekend and rallies attended by far right leaders including france's line of pen and steve banning. an inquiry into a has found military action against protesters in august was disproportionate and unjustified six people died and dozens were injured in fighting after the election has more from harare the report which was presented to president in

a synagogue were investigated why six people were killed and thirty five injured during august post election violence in learn to the inability or police to destroy the resistance the first. warning shots in the air in pursuit of the still of the mission which was to. be or very broad distance was proportionate. b. however the use of flies ammunition directed to people in special will be with free was clear and justified in disproportionate. he is referring to august the first when many opposition supporters masa the election results in harare the police said the crowd grew too large and they couldn't cope that's why they say the army was deployed. the report says soldiers and police who are responsible for killing civilians should be identified as soon as possible so they can be held accountable

it also says all victims and families of the deceased must be financially compensated. the opposition movement for democratic change insisted report is biased to favor the rulings on a pay party they reject findings that blame opposition leaders for inciting violence by telling their supporters to go into the streets it's bizarre it is not legal and it is for them to make such a finding what they are trying to do is to equalize people who are expressing their democratic right to oppressing the democratic right of people to express themselves and this action by the military entrenched. in his position after a disputed electoral result. july's controversial election divided an already polarized country but i got one marry one with just over fifty percent of the vote the president insists the polls were free and fair and that he has no plans to ship

power with the opposition. still ahead on this al jazeera news hour al-jazeera tracks down the mass narine with shocking revelations about a failed attempt to invade qatar and overthrow its government last online vacation rental company air b.n. b. denies reversing its plan to stop listing properties in illegal israeli settlements and surfing has a new world champion kato have the details coming up in sports just stay with us we're back after the. hello again a welcome back well on the western coast united states as well as western coast of canada we've been seeing some very windy stormy conditions all social with these systems coming and off the pacific now over the next few days we're going to see

back to back storms so a storm a break another storm for much of that area and that means it is going to be very stormy along the coast winds are going to be a problem as well as snow in the higher elevations well as can be seen some rain coming into play as we go towards thursday down towards the south los angeles going to be twenty four but down across the southeast we're going to see another storm that is going to start to develop so by the end of the week a lot of heavy winds and rain making their way up towards the eastern seaboard across much of the caribbean we are looking quite fine right now down towards the south a few showers but we do have this one from a boundary that's passing through parts of cuba that has brought some showers of the last couple of days we do think the rain is going to continue across much of the yucatan peninsula as we go through wednesday into thursday windy conditions do develop but down here towards central america we are looking quite nice from managua there with them to their of about thirty one degrees and then very quickly across parts of what is odd is things have been improving for you as a system makes its way towards the north but scattered showers and rain across your does you know we do expect to see

a temperature there of about thirty degrees. running is one of the most accessible sports in the. al-jazeera correspondent andrew richardson texas on his post long journey of discovery when you find yourself out in the middle of nowhere and run is hosting a washing not just stop exploring the growing popularity in science he pushes the limits from kenya to the antarctic. in search of answers to why the wrong.

on zero correspondent. you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me for the back to a reminder of our top stories turkey russia and iran have failed to agree on the makeup of a committee that will drop serious new constitution and pave the way for elections if foreign ministers were meeting in geneva they said they'll try to ensure the committee convenes early next year there are reports of at least four explosions on the first day of a un brokered cease fire in the many port city of data it's not clear who was

behind the blasts and u.s. president dollar has boxed down on his demand for five billion dollars for a border wall is trying to end a standoff over a federal spending and avoid a partial government shutdown by the end of the week. now on al jazeera investigation has revealed evidence involving sodje arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain in support of a failed attempt to invade qatar in one thousand nine hundred six the revelations come eighteen months out of the same four nations imposed on land sea and advocate on doha mammadov reports. it's a former french maven off saw tom sole joe force. the musson admits to have led all taken part in at least one hundred illegal military operations across the globe. his world known for both successful and failed coup attempts in africa and the middle east. but i'm a dangerous man because i speak truth to power. and they do not take risks and i

have no problem going deep into any operation. operations he participated in include ending of the one thousand seven to nine siege in maka islam's holiest site and the failed coup attempt in qatar in one thousand nine to six. algis it is investigation unit traced but all phone interview in the south of france where he revealed details of that failed coup in qatar two to two years ago . qatar's former emir hamburg been highly furth and it took over the year before in one thousand nine to five unhappy with the change of leader bottles say scuttles neighbors asked him and other messages to cut out the coup but all sides the committee was organized by a committee led by ship. then chief of staff of the united arab emirates armed forces his now crown prince of up with. the original committee also included show

how much been for them companies of bahrain as well as sultan bin abdulaziz then so did a b s defense minister an armada silliman egypt's former vice president the late intelligence chief but all was already known to them without a leadership. i arrived in abu dhabi in one nine hundred seventy seven i helped them form a special security unit i knew i would be very well the same with saudi i ran the mecca operation and i trained the saudi secret service in abu dhabi i met she exiled himself who held my arm and to the other side and. we want all three together because they knew i was the one who formed a special elite force in abu dhabi police. so who funded the autumn to how much truth coast. are going to the game a lot of it's good. chicks died in saudi arabia did they paid

for the weapons in my estimate because of the entire operation was at least one hundred million dollars bottle full two of his top men to take part in the cool petition. thing we pretended we were a sports team we came to train in abu dhabi we skied we played basketball no one knew that we had weapons stored in our rooms and the upper floors of the hotel and we were planning a military operation we had a conference hall all to ourselves and we stored few tons of weapons there. after taking control of military and security is telling us he says. the coup plotters in qatar want to give the green light for militias to cross the border from neighboring so did it being a call from then french president jacques chirac says but will help scuttle the coup protest plan. i got a call and it was president jacques chirac he told me beryl i hope you're not

planning to carry out any reckless act of friends i told him no problem mr president i told him not to worry i'm here to calm things down i knew i had to slow things down. his evolutions come a ten months into the law and see kate imposed by. the u.a.e. behind on the gypped on the allies qatar denies accusations of supporting what they call tenet is in qatar the diplomats say then they tried to meddle in the internal office and say the broker. even cutting off of diplomatic relations last year is just another episode of the end going up timed to change catullus leadership and vision and more than two decades after the failed coup they helped plum neighbors still have an axe to grind muhammad out to. a year many mother

unable to travel to the u.s. to meet her dying son because of president donald trump's travel ban has received a waiver shaima is technically banned from entering the u.s. due to travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries imposed by the trumpet ministration has been had appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year old is on a lie support machine in california and activists who is facing deportation from the u.s. is taking up the fight for asylum seekers he's organizing an army of volunteers to help the people the president's trying to stop christian salome has a story from new york. and people have the right to seek asylum in the united states they are volunteers members of the clergy students and veterans a hastily assembled group training in new york we're calling on. community they've answered the call to help members of the migrant caravan at the mexican border make the final leg of their journey into the united states

a call led by robbie rugby or founder of the new sanctuary coalition there is going to be confrontation. going to be confrontational are we going to find one people to get up to protect. this is where they're headed tijuana a city in mexico is an official port of entry into the united states the law allows asylum seekers to enter california here and have their claims heard but the wait time has been increasing as a trump administration says it doesn't have the resources to process the growing number of requests organizers believe that's a stall tactic and they hope to have five thousand volunteers there every day for the next four months to help people reach the united states they call themselves the sanctuary caravan we are thinking long term. this is not a one week action it's not a one day action that our goal is to change the national conscience volunteers say

they are protecting the rights of people fleeing poverty and violence that migrants are to a large extent good people that are willing to go through a lawful process but have been put in a situation where they had no choice but to flee their own country their own culture and travel a very very dangerous journey ragbir is an immigrant married to an american woman he's fighting deportation based on it fraud conviction in a lawsuit he's accusing the government of targeting him for removal based on his advocacy work for immigrants you're challenging deportation orders yourself right now we're going to make more sense. and that's the goal of this administration as the goal of the goal of the if the scare you into doing nothing. so we can if we do nothing we lose volunteers pledge to act nonviolently and in accordance with the u.s. laws but they say when it comes to protecting the rights of asylum seekers they won't give up without

a fight christian salumi al-jazeera new york it's online holiday rental company air b.n. b. has denied reversing a ban on property listings in illegal settlements of the occupied west bank earlier the israeli tourism ministry said a b. and b. had backed down from its decision after threats of legal action in israel and the us the firm announced last month it would be removing those properties from its listings stephanie decker has more from the legal israeli settlement of ephrata in the occupied west bank. the fact that a delegation from air b.n. b. came to jerusalem to meet with israel's tourism minister gives an indication of just how much pressure the israelis are putting on the company to reverse its decision and there was some confusion on tuesday initially indicating that air b.n. b. may be reversing its decision to stop its listings in illegal settlements in the occupied west bank you're looking at a fraud this is one of the settlements there are still listings in a fraud and also all across the west bank really erin we always said at the time

november when it made the statement that this would take time to implement but interestingly certainly it shows all throughout israel is concerned about one of these major international companies highlighting the issue of illegal settlements so this is what the delegation is doing hair made it very clear in the statement tuesday evening that this wasn't part of the b.d.s. movement boycott divestment and sanctions that this was in a political move and that it was told and sides and what it understood was what they called a complicated and emotional issue and so i have to wait and see if any other statements in may but at the moment air b.n. says everybody says it meant tains its policy that it will stop these listings the moment the listings continue to be advertised. education workers in a number of u.s. states are complaining that their work contracts include language preventing them from supporting palestinian rights in texas a federal lawsuit lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a speech pathologist named by yeah she says she was forced to leave her job in

a public school district the contract offered required her not to engage in any boycott of israeli products a cause is required under a recently introduced state laws al-jazeera senior political analyst ron bashara says these policies pushed by pro israel in his ations run counter to american values. america without its freedom of speech america without its fundamental principles of democracy is no more than a junior partner of china america will be worthless without its democratic principles and freedom of speech and the sort of laws been extra enacted in texas and elsewhere are an offense against the freedom of speech the freedom of americans to express themselves as they wish to work at whoever they want to boycott in that way in the way and manner nonviolent as it is but these sorts of laws are meant to curdle they're meant to limit a certain public discontent with israel and its policies notably the policies of

the right wing government of benjamin netanyahu and that we've seen enough only among americans in general but also among young americans and in particular among young jews and even among young evangelicals who to are generally quite influential in the likes of the state of texas so in order to limit the emergent influence of more projects this in palestine trained in american politics we see these laws enacted with the help of the pro israeli organizations and here let me just just in two words summarize that for you there are some five hundred plus organizations meant to large size in the united states that make israel one of their prime themes that they lobby for and those five plus organizations jewish organizations evangelists all organizations and other sorts of organizations do

influence politicians on the state level in order to act these laws that basically are against the spirit of american democracy. voters in the democratic republic of congo are about to elect a new president for the first time in sixteen years candidates in the december twenty third election a vying to replace joseph kabila whose mandate to govern ended two years ago among them is chosen successor ruling party candidate emanuel diary the renewed sanctions against him this month for ordering a crackdown on anti-government protests opposition parties have rallied behind businessman martin for you to the former oil executive comes from a minor party and was a surprise choice for weeks she said katie was until recently part of the opposition alliance now he's going for the top job after supporters urged him to stand while electronic voting machines will be used for the first time in the elections in the d r c on sunday but as catherine sorry reports from the capital

kinshasa many voters don't know how to operate the machines and the opposition is worried they'll be used to break the result of the conversation in tea shops such as this one on the edge of the river is all about sunday's election and electronic voting machines. to see if they're concerned by the general lack of information and what's expected on them on voting day. we don't know what to expect we might do the wrong thing they should have told us what to do before now we'll just learn on polling day. in another village on the outskirts of kinshasa. who lives next to this polling station has similar concerns about. people in my village know nothing . expression just faults and hopefully some opposition leaders and civil society groups fear the south korean voting machines being used for the first

time here could be manipulated to wreak the election. people across the country have never seen this machine and that's why we're all worried they're asking what shall we. we know if we have been cheated so some in their areas have not even seen us money on the water in the place i'm concerned the election is already set up for dispute and violence the electoral commission says the process is fairly simple and takes about a minute one hundred five thousand machines being installed in eighty thousand polling stations a logistical nightmare for africa second largest country with bad druids limited electricity poor security and any demick in the us on top of all that a fire in the capital is causing controversy voting materials are still being distributed to different parts of the country but i warehouse here in kinshasa where the feat is forming machines were being stored was fined down last week

destroying most of the material the want to be used on fourteen day the building has been filled off police are investigating but politicians from more sides of blaming each other for the fire the various problems i increasing election tension nationwide. the stonecutter still shop they just want a fair election as well as a leader who will help make their lives a little more bearable catherine. kinshasa. u.s. officials and representatives of afghanistan's taliban are meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks in the past year washington has stepped up its diplomatic efforts to end america's longest war alan fisher has more from washington. faced with a resurgent taliban u.s. president donald trump has approved sending more troops into afghanistan but with the military push he's also trying to establish new peace talks the u.s. special peace envoy to the zalmay khalilzad has won the support of pakistan which

will significant influence over the taliban and he enlisted the help of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates as well all four have been sitting down with taliban representatives in abu dhabi for the time. and being the pride of t.v. show for the taliban it would be a peace deal with the united states and also for the afghan government as long as they're part of the political power i think they would be the thinking on that initial with an even countries including pakistan so the priority things for the taliban will be just how we can they can stop this war and put an end to the destruction that's happening every day in the country. afghanistan is america's longest war more troops went into the country after the attacks in the u.s. it temper two thousand and one and forced the taliban from power but the taliban never went away the war has cost more than a trillion dollars in financial terms and more than one hundred forty seven thousand people have died there including more than five thousand americans it's understood the u.s. is pressing for a six month cease fire while the taliban wants

a clear timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country war in afghanistan will only end when afghans sit together with mutual respect and except and discuss a political roadmap for the future so our efforts. and those of our partners are are focused on the subject right now previous efforts to broker a peace deal in afghanistan have failed but this is the third time that the u.s. and the taliban have met this year and so that sparking optimism that somehow things might be different this time no one is offering any guarantees but it is possible what me a marriage is a roadmap for future talks now a number of countries have interests and stakes in afghanistan and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al jazeera at the white house.

humph. thank you very much manchester united have thanked him for his work during his time at the club and wish him success in the future the english giants sacked the portuguese as manager following the club's worst start to a season in twenty eight years united were beaten three one by liverpool on sunday which left them sixth in the table takes

a look back at what went wrong for marine year when jones a marine you arrived at manchester united in twenty six dane fans were hoping he would prove he was still the special one but he's going to old trafford was not special instead it will be remembered as a disappointment for his sullen defensive and argumentative approach you know what this meant three but also mean sri premierships and i won more premierships alone then managed to get. see for me it's not for them to receive that respect and respect her respect so i think it was clear there was a problem between the radio and he stopped players mainly paul pogba a hero for france in their world cup win but failing to produce his best form for united and outspoken against his boss on social media and united soccer at their worst start with things and the needy thirty years but it was with were locked and

that the clubs were close of american owners the glazers decided to sack another manager that be criticised for the failures of david moyes and louis van gaal after thirty eight trophies in a glorious twenty six year reign of alex ferguson marino was successful in portugal italy spain and twice in england with chelsea particularly his first writing from two thousand and four he had a different energy about him in those years but he's second spell at chelsea and it with his dismissal in twenty fifth day in a job that was marred by off the field issues he's treatment of the cops medical staff mainly eva kenya oh that's a court case and a discrimination settlement in her favor this didn't stop united appointing him and there were bright spots in the marine air united as they won the english league cup and the europa league in successive seasons but united are used to winning bigger competitions and the executive in runs the clobbered woodward has the club after much success in business deals with better football and trophies the players are not playing for him so hopefully we'll see

a different. yes hopefully see if different weather play to change i mean look at look at his demeanor look into it in terms of the way he's an absolute misery this guy. criticizing his own players in public. signings. of moving your leagues manchester with substantial financial compensation having had a contract until twenty twenty one on the reported salary of more than twenty million dollars per year but his reputation as a world class coach and serial winner has suffered considerable possibly irreparable damage. now that marino is gone manchester united will be looking to rebuild itself the wailings has more well over the past few weeks and months to joe's a marina ever was absolutely painful to watch it was clear that the players in the manchester united dressing room just did not want to be playing under him will

certainly keep players didn't lead by paul pogba the french world cup winner who seemed to take a glade in the departure of marino and he's received criticism for that but you do suspect there is every chance that paul will stop performing under a new manager it was just that marino was weirdly discredited by the end of his right you could make a case and i did that when marino first joined manchester united that hired him as the man with a reputation over many years of success but not the man who actually got to the end of his chelsea right and had problems off the pitch and had a solemn demeanor actually i think they appointed him more in hope than the expectation that he could deliver the major trophies that manchester united need and the way united has been one has a lot of critics of this is like it's a business by the glazers in america and by edward with the man who runs the club from england and actually they need to get back so the traditions of the card playing good football and winning trophies. there was high drama at the fever club

world cup semifinal in abu dhabi on tuesday when i now became the first team from the united arab emirates to qualify for the final and i own go put south american champions river plate behind longer to go somewhat off our board i handed them a two one lead that was before cairo struck for the iraqi troops and never met is false it's true time the match eventually went to penalties and when enzo perry is merced and one to progress to the final they will play the real madrid or asian champions question and pulls. barcelona star forward messi has been awarded the golden shoe for the fifth time in his career the accolades given to the player who schools the most goals across europe football leagues messi scored thirty four goals in the spanish league last season the origin

time now moves fear of christiana rinaldo who was previously tied with messi on four golden shoes you know. i love football this is the result of work effort and above all the help from my teammates i have the best team in the world my teammates are the best players in the world in their positions and that makes my job easier and it helps me with these awards the same way other teammates have won their own. on the other side of the atlantic oceans latter enable him of it has signed a new contract with the los angeles galaxy which will see the striker return to the club for the twenty nineteen major league soccer season the thirty seven year old who joy in the l.a. galaxy from manchester united in march was named m.l. it's newcomer of the year the sweet finish the twenty eight hundred season with twenty two gold and tame assists in just twenty seven appearances but still could not leave his side so the playoffs. i came here to leave us i came here

to make my thing when and i didn't get to do the first here and i love the one that leaves without. winning because they were ok and i won. the world of surfing has a new champion gabriele made you know won the title in hawaii on monday the brazilian clinched the second world crown with the semifinal victory of a julie smith at the bonzai pipeline in hawaii he even age down straight leaves julian wilson in the final rounds when the pipe most is competition and media is planning on adding a gold medal to these trophy cabinet to. take on title feel just amazing it's hard to say because i just want to know. maybe when i wake up when i'm going to take a shower when i realized what i just did yeah being really i love you know. i used to watch a lot of soccer and other sports and today we talk about soccer and surfie and

something else you know and i just feel really you know to. get in-depth point. it. gets toward charles. root you know if you've got a lot of support hopefully. i can qualify next year for the picks in being japanese surfers it's new but. just the fact we're going to go they represent contrary and you know it's a beat i beat think because all the good stuff is going to be there so. it's going to be a big show and that's what will support from us from now we'll have another update for you again later. peter thank you very much that's it for this hour on al-jazeera to say with respect to more wild news coming up after this very short break we're back in a moment. young

african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when one east investigates thailand's football factory on al-jazeera and monday put it well 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 riverbed like this one five years on the

syrians still feel battered for even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the war. they wanted for two three billion dollars worth of weaponry that was six billion pounds in commission. there is no hope of any more because there's always a small cobbles to call for really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow on al-jazeera. development. progress for some the end of a way of life versus. a clash between corporate interests and the people who must prepare for a long fight to protect their heritage. the march to progress in the philippines

part of the new find asia series on al-jazeera. three outside power brokers me to discuss syria's future but their talks and with no agreement. though this is just their line from doha. also coming out with a government shutdown looming u.s. president donald trump backs away from demands that congress to fund his border wall plus efforts to end america's longest war of the u.a.e. holds talks between the.