so you have the system where people at every level will begin being given body money to agree to certain zation our money to get other people to be a certain station al-jazeera examines the politics of population control. the u.s. says it started withdrawing its troops from syria several senators have branded that a mistake. hello i'm barbara sorry this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program . the position supporters the fry in order suspending election campaigning in the r.c.c. capital but their candidate is stopped by security south africa an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe for allegedly assaulting

a model and washington's top prosecutor sues facebook over the cambridge analytical scandal and made new reports of it sharing users the. hello thank you for joining us the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days about two thousand troops are currently stationed there many of them special operations forces working with kurdish fighters to defeat eisel but president trump appeared to the clear victory against the group saying on twitter we have defeated isis in syria my only reason for being there during the trump presidency well defense secretary jim matheson has advocated for u.s. soldiers to remain to ensure that i so there's not reemerge and several prominent republican senators have called the move a mistake in recent. days turkey's president type at the han has threatened the new

offensive against kurdish forces the united states is supporting in the country's north and the u.s. has just announced it's approved the sale of three point five billion dollars of missiles to turkey well let's get more on this from patrick elaine who joins us in washington patty there seems to be surprised on just within the u.s. and within the u.s. government but really across the world to this why do you think that the president announced that now. well you know the timing is somewhat surprising especially look at domestic politics the senate just passed bipartisan legislation to reform the criminal justice system it was a rare legislative win for the president this happened late last night he could have spent today doing a kind of victory lap but instead all of the focus is on this surprise move it seems to have caught people on capitol hill the pentagon the state department off guard and it was not actually something that anyone saw coming down the pipeline

there are some that are speculating it's because of this announced arms sale there's other speculation about what could be motivating the president but he's made the decision even though the national security establishment in washington is very much against this this is basically what he campaigned on he said he was going to get out of foreign interventions and now he's saying it's time to do just that keep in mind his own state department just last week had a basically a press conference on this and said we're going to be in there for the long haul long after the caliphate is dissolved and we're seeing now from the pentagon they're also kind of pushing back on the president this statement saying that the fight against eisel continues they're bringing home some troops as a transition but said this is just as they go into the next phase the problem is nobody knows what the next phase next phases and the president certainly hasn't explained that in the hundred forty characters or so that he can in a tweet i guess maybe highlight just how divided the u.s.

is over this the state department i believe was meant to host a news conference in about what twenty twenty five minutes and that's been cancelled. made it pretty clear that they don't want to talk about this because this is the press conference they said they were going to have it and all this and they decide up not going to come out and talk obviously they don't want to answer questions about this and the thing about the trump administration it's very hard to get information from them because what we're used to is daily white house press briefings. you know state department briefings pentagon briefings those don't really happen anymore stage has been a little bit more regular than the other departments but now they're not even going to be able to talk about this today so what is the next phase nobody knows because they're not putting anybody in front of reporters where we can ask them for the specifics and of course we are going to analyze what the impact is likely to be on the ground of this a little later in the next few hours here another there for the moment patty in washington thank you well earlier there is diplomatic editor james bays asked

israel's ambassador to the u.n. what he thought about the u.s. withdrawal there are reports that president trump is planning to pull the u.s. troops out of syria when you were assessment is that the threat from i saw in syria finished and are you concerned about israel's security if those troops leave syria . u.s. decision and respect any decision made by the administration we have our concerns about syria about the presence of a venue and troops in syria and we will do what every with every to protect our people regardless if you have american troops russian troops or any other nations to continue to follow a policy of not allowing the iranians to build their bases next to our borders sort of featured in syria in israel's estimation wonderful shall we we can tell that they i think has been defeated and you can argue whether it's completed or not but

overall we can agree with the international community there that the fight against i think has been successful. gets various some news against the from the us coming in to us now the us federal reserve has just raised interest rates a quarter of a percentage point to a range of two point two five two point two point fifty percent it's the fourth time they've been raised this year a move that won't go down well with president trump was a saloon is in new york for us so why so much interest kristin in today's fed meeting. yeah it's interesting this was widely expected that the fed would increase rates again it is done so for five consecutive meetings but this is happening amid intense market volatility and increasing concerns that a recession could be on the horizon for the united states and the world going into two thousand and nineteen the u.s.

economy has been very strong and that remains the case in terms of unemployment rates being at an all time historic low output being robust and so on however there's been this increasing concern about international trade a weakening global economy and bond yields have also been low and that's really been wreaking havoc with the markets and vestments have tumbled in the last few weeks and and midst all of that we've also had president trump coming out very strongly on twitter making it very clear that he was not in favor of a rate increase so all of that putting pressure on the fed coming into this meeting that just took place over the last two days the president of course has staked his reputation on a strong economy and it's not unusual for presidents to not want a rate increase to keep things down for for the people and especially given how much the president has put on this as part of his position as part of his

administration strengths but he hasn't been the only one who's been worried lately we've seen increasingly financial experts also sounding the alarm bell the wall street journal's editorial board had an editorial leading into the meeting saying that it might be time to put a pause on interest rates going forward because of the concerns that i've mentioned so all of that i was heading into this meeting but at the same time an increase was widely expected and did just take place as you mentioned going from two point two five to about two point five as expected continuing a trend from the fed. kristen salumi with the latest from new york thank you. campaigning has been banned in the capital of the democratic republic of congo four days before presidential elections in the volatile central african country the governor of contrasts us says it's because of the likelihood of violence but that

order didn't stop supporters of opposition leader martin for you to going ahead with a major rally there the spite being considered illegal for you look himself was prevented from reaching it by security forces is one of several candidates seeking to replace president joseph kabila he's vying for the top spot in the is the country truly party candidate to be less chosen successor and manuel around ones on the show. that's when so i was at that rally in kinshasa. some of much you. can see. quite. clearly that's named i'm going to stay put and. a presidential candidate is going to coming and trying to. mine not coming running not a good shot that we have the. number one our nominee not only one of the many neighboring. means by not even.

a lot of. that is coming. and it's all coming out from these let. us say that. the iranians have not been. given reason in a lot of the. very chaotic was out by many people here. has delayed. it that next step is disputed as well since katherine sent. that reports we've been hearing that the electoral commission is now considering postponing the whole election let's get more on that from malcolm who is also in kinshasa what do we know about this. electoral commission official that is now possibility if sunday's might be postponed by a few days maybe

a week i think technical difficulties among other reasons that indicated the electoral commission would still do everything it can to try make shoulder holidays ahead as scheduled with this comes just a few hours after the announcement by the governor of. the final campaign rallies taking place here in the city last already causing quite a lot of angst among opposition supporters no doubt very many of physicians supporters here and so a lot of those opposing the skeptical of the electoral commission if not widely trusted to service the government. unfortunately we seem to be having problems with the connection to malcolm webb who is in will try to give all from him and our reporting team there in the next few hours now south african police have issued an arrest warrant for

zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe for assaulting a model with an electrical cord. excuse me the wife of former president robert mugabe is accused of attacking the woman in a johannesburg hotel room last august every l'engle said she suffered a serious head injury mugabe has previously claimed that she was acting in self-defense police say the warrant was issued last summer is that well despite the longer being first lady grace mugabe is still protected by zimbabwe but as her with us explains her options could be limited. the government spokesperson here in zimbabwe said that we have not received any written communication from south africa when we do the government will consider it according to the laws of zimbabwe what we know is a grace mugabe is in zimbabwe right now she was in singapore where she was getting treatment she's being protected by the states because she's a former first lady and as far as we know the last time she was in south africa was when that incident happened last year now what does the rest mean internationally

it basically means that if she travels to a country any way in the world that country could arrest and hand over to these other africans and call her grace because she loves to shop they joke that she stands on a time on planes and so they know that she loves travelling now that means her travel options could be limited if certain countries take this service warrant seriously all eyes are now on the zimbabwean government if they receive this written communication from the africans are they going to hand her over given the fact that she is a former first lady still to come in this half hour new pictures to show the fifteen men suspected of murdering the journalist among ashaji entering the saudi consulate in istanbul and the mixed reception for britain's biggest immigration policy reform and more than forty years as the government prepares for a post breaks at work.

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which means much the mediterranean really is effectively quiet the breeze isn't as strong as it was temperature typically in teens it's kiester around libya and noles in egypt and the sun's out in robots at about eighteen degrees rather nice weather that's true all the way down towards the tropics are a few showers around west africa but not that many. when i enter the spittle modified car six hundred horsepower i feel happiest. women i know the truck in the west bank. challenging stereotypes. living life in the back. of the banking. system i'm going to.

come back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred dates it comes after president trump the clear victory over eisel in a tweet the capital of the democratic republic of congo has banned all election campaigning for days ahead of us current presidential vote citing fears of violence or didn't stop opposition supporters from rallying kinshasa a candidate to martin for you was prevented from getting there and south african police have issued an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe she's accused of assaulting a model in

a hotel room in johannesburg last oldest gaba has previously said she was acting in self-defense. in madagascar pro-forma president on the man who ousted him in a two thousand and nine crew are vaseline to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election bitter rivals marc ravalomanana and andry rajoelina cast their votes on wednesday the election result is due to be released by the. well sixty nine year old mark a ravalomanana was first elected to the presidency in two thousand and two he's a former milk land from a poor family who went on to build a business and by. that ruled for seven years before violence the most gracious force them out in two thousand and nine the demonstrations were supported by and then mayor of the capital and town and that evil he was instated by the army and led madagascar from two thousand and nine to two thousand and fourteen but both men claim they were victims of fraud and cheating during the first round of voting but

they have agreed to accept the result of the problem the head of the european union's monitoring commission says the runoff vote has passed peacefully. busy i've just come from to live the two teams to represent the candidates there told us we are ready to accept the other side's victory so it's a pretty good atmosphere the world food program has announced severe service cuts affecting palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank food assistance to one hundred ninety thousand people will be reduced or suspended from the start of january the u.n. agency is blaming funding cuts having lost forty percent of its u.s. funding when president donald trump slashed aid to humanitarian agencies working in the occupied territories it says it needs another fifty seven million dollars to continue its work next year this decision is extremely difficult to make the people that we do reach the most vulnerable across palestine and we appreciate that we're

going to put further anxiety in these families we're going to make them more desperate to be if he is doing everything it can to try and find extra funding to meet that gap. once again turkish media has leaked the images of the saudi suspects accused of murdering the journalist i'm on the show the new photos appear to show the so-called hit team arriving at the saudi consul in istanbul where he was killed the story. walking through istanbul airport dressed casually dragging suitcases the suspected saudi hit team arrived for the mission new photos leaked to turkish media showed them arriving at the saudi consul general's residence in istanbul the faucheux time stamped eleven o eight on the second of october the day jamal khashoggi was killed at the same time others into the consulate this is from the same camera that captured the final images of. the saudi journalist entered through the same doors two always later at

one fourteen pm there is about three thousand five hundred hours of footage that the investigators are actually looking into saw due to the fact that this is taking time and there is new evidence come in notes we get these leaks was no while. within days the world learned khashoggi had been murdered and dismembered inside the consulate over weeks who was mounted for justice and accountability he was put on the cover of time magazine as person of the year saudi prosecutors responded with criminal charges for the men in this so-called hit squad five face the death penalty six a charged with related offenses it is also rejected turkey's request to extradite the suspects to trial using the vienna convention on diplomatic immunity as reason not to or the major question of who was at the killing has been left unanswered the results are fifty six and forty one news u.s.

senators gave their verdicts last week passing resolutions blaming saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon for khashoggi sticks and calling for an end to u.s. military support for saudi prince of in yemen this is now unanimously unanimously united states senate has said that crown prince mohammed bin salman is responsible for the murder of two malcolm. the saudi foreign ministry denounced the senate's position saying it is based upon unsubstantiated claims and allegations contained blatant interferences in the kingdom's internal of fear is undermining the kingdom's regional and international role the condemnation and denials aren't enough to stop the leaks these timestamped images review more about the movements of the suspected saudi hitty before and after the killing of jamal khashoggi ballasts al-jazeera

a british coroner's court says a russian businessman who collapsed while jogging near his home in southern england died of natural causes alexander pope and he was just forty four when he passed away six years ago he blown the whistle on organized crime in russia and was helping to expose a money laundering operation worth hundreds of millions of dollars investigators were examining the possibility that he had been poisoned the british government has set out its biggest reform of immigration policy for more than forty years as it prepares for a post that relationship with the rest of the world the cap on the number of skilled immigrant workers is being scrapped and unskilled laborers will still be granted temporary visas but the government has the furred plans for a controversial salary threshold on skilled immigrants and the plans have had a mixed reception paul brennan reports. the issue of immigration has been at the

heart of the whole debate with the european union's freedom of movement rules limiting the u.k. government's ability to pick and choose who can enter the u.k. the government's dilemma post bracks it is how to visibly reduce immigration without damaging the economy the future system is about making sure immigration works in the best interests of the u.k. we are absolutely not closing our doors we're simply making sure that we have control over who comes through the. the new law will scrap the current limit on the number of skilled immigrant workers such as doctors or engineers it will allow low skilled immigrants to work for up to twelve months before they would be forced to leave again and suggested minimum salary threshold equivalent to around thirty eight thousand dollars for skilled e.u. migrants is being deferred for further consultation and the whole system would be phased in from twenty twenty one a new twelve month visa would be used for individual unskilled workers from specific low risk countries they would not be allowed to settle or bring their

relatives with them and it seems destined still little for better integration but it is an explicit recognition from the government that despite anti immigrant sentiments some sectors of the u.k. economy have become dependent on cheap unskilled migrant labor using a salary threshold to define skilled and unskilled workers is worrying to hospitals and health care providers the starting salaries of nurses paramedics and midwives will likely put them below the threshold that's a problem in a service where twenty one percent of nurses and health visitors are non british and thirty percent of doctors come from overseas axel and tony is a german born accountant who built his business up in the u.k. his frustration at the treatment of e.u. workers here let him to co-found the campaign group the three million e.u. citizens are generating about two thousand three hundred pounds more in tax than the average adult in the u.k. seventy eight thousand pounds in its contribution after all costing it take into

account over the lifetime. prime minister theresa may emphasised her commitment to immigration control with a visit to london's heathrow airport on wednesday to see border guards at work but reaction to the government's proposals has been mixed some predict an imminent skill shortage in key sectors western as one opposition m.p. pointed out society javid the example of cabinet ministers shows that being highly paid and highly skilled do not always go together paul brennan al-jazeera london. the king of belgium has yet to accept the resignation of the country's prime minister charles michel offered to resign on tuesday after his right wing coalition partners walked out and the government the flemish nationalists are angry about a un migration pact that michele signed the country up to critics say the deal would result in more immigration to europe and that's led to rallies and protests in brussels and garion opposition politicians say mass protests against the

government's so-called slavery law will continue the hungarian alliance of trade unionists has pledged to hold nationwide strikes if the law is signed into effect protesters are angry that it forces employees to work up to four hundred hours of overtime with payment potentially delayed for up to three years of enforced it will for has more now from budapest. we haven't seen anything like the large scale protests of the weekend when thousands of hunger areas converged on the capital outside parliament and also. went to the state broadcaster the hungary state broadcaster where we saw angry scenes and violent scenes where opposition m.p.'s who had entered the building two of whom were forcibly ejected and injured we actually met with two of those m.p.'s earlier today independent n.p.c. in hungary in parliament and they explained to us that the protest movement which

has become known as the solidarity movement is spontaneous sporadic it's not centralized we have different groups involved everything from students youth movements to the neighbor unions also now to these political parties on both the left and the right of the spectrum and they are saying that there is now likely to be another large scale protest towards the weekend when this since so-called slavery little is expected to be signed into effect by the president the demands of the protesters are not just about this slavery nor as they call it because it's going to affect many working class hungary and we sitting expected to put in perhaps an additional four hundred hours of overtime a year and not be paid for that overtime by up to three years there other to mons

are also about freeing up the media in hungary which they now say the opposition is completely controlled by viktor old ban his political party and his supporters and also to campaign for an independent judiciary these are among the chief concerns of this opposition movement and they are hoping that they will. we need to maintain this momentum but they say they're in this for the long run this is not about a two three week flash in the pan it's going to take a lot of time to be able to create any significant change in the political system in this country the attorney general for washington d.c. is suing facebook over the misuse of users they in the cambridge analytic scandal the lawsuit comes as the social network faces new reports about they'd have breaches the new york times is obtained internal documents showing that facebook arranged to share data with more than one hundred fifty companies facebook says

there is no evidence of misuse having the laney is the joint c.e.o. of the news web site quartz he says users don't realize how much of their private information is accessible you have an agreement with facebook to allow it to use your data and then what facebook is saying is that in certain instances microsoft amazon netflix spotify all these other companies are effectively stand ins for facebook itself so your agreement with facebook itself should actually apply to them as well this was a specific this was defined specifically in the two thousand and eleven consent to create to allow facebook to use service providers like credit card processing companies and other companies that they need to actually do their own business i think most people would say they didn't imagine that it would actually apply to the these tech giants who had access to the state and facebook does give you controls

you know if people know to let you turn off who you're sharing information with one of the most troubling things about this is that these companies that the new york times is reporting on according to the new york times they didn't necessarily appear listed in the controls that you could turn off data sharing with and so you had no idea in the first place that they had access to your data much more on that and all the other stories that we've been covering here on al-jazeera on the website. and now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. says all of its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days it comes after president donald trump appeared to the clear victory over i saw in a tweet about two thousand troops are currently stationed there many of them special operations forces working with kurdish fighters against the army bill has more now from washington d.c. . we're seeing members of congress come out and say this is

a horrible idea don't do this leave the two thousand u.s. troops in there but really it's unlikely that they can change the president's mind because he is after all the commander in chief so it appears that the president has made this decision of course the big question is now what happens to the kurds that have been allied with the united states fighting alongside and really the key to defeating the islamic state of iraq in the levant which even the president acknowledged in a news conference just a few months ago so the president not talking about that basically just declaring victory in the war against eisel and saying he's going to bring the two thousand troops home campaigning has been banned in the capital of the democratic republic of congo four days before presidential elections are due to be held because of fears of violence but that order didn't stop supporters of opposition leader marching for you going ahead with a major rally there despite being considered illegal by you lou himself was

prevented from reaching it by security forces. south african police have issued an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe for assaulting a model with an electrical cord the wife of the former president robert mugabe is accused of attacking the woman in a johannesburg hotel room last august gabrielle angle said she suffered a serious head injury gaba has previously claimed that she was acting in self-defense. in madagascar a former president and the man who ousted him in a coup in two thousand and nine are battling to become the country's next leader in a fiercely contested runoff election marc ravalomanana and his rival andry rajoelina cast their votes on wednesday both men have agreed to accept the election result which is due to be released by the end of the year a live news for you in half an hour coming up next the scream thanks for watching but i.

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