produced as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they recruit on the stories that match and demands on al-jazeera. we have a good study says. president says he's pulling u.s. troops out of syria but the pentagon says not so fast. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo is in doubt the poll scheduled for sunday may not happen speaking live with one of the opposition leaders. the reality is that the labor process is a sham. in many woman prevented from going to the u.s.

because of donald trump's travel ban finally arrives to visit her dying two year old son. hopes dashed thousands of mexican asylum seekers realize their dreams of a better life may be over. as president passed a clear victory against one syria in order to full withdrawal of american troops from the country because the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party had reports a washington. it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly we've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home. but according to the u.s.

government the islamic state of iraq and the levant is not actually defeated a point stressed by the president's own state department just last week i think it's fair to say americans will remain on the ground after the physical to feed a caliphate until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeatism during the move comes after a phone call between president trump and president urged one of turkey he's made clear he wants to target the kurds who have fought beside the u.s. and that is more difficult to do if u.s. troops are in his way just a few months ago the president himself is fully heralded as a sacrifice the kurds have made and we're trying to get along very well we do get along great with the kurds we're trying to help them a lot so they fought with us they died with us they died we lost. tens of thousands of kurds died fighting isis now many worry what will happen to the kurds what this message sends is we don't stick with people our friends without the kurds in the syrian democratic forces we couldn't have beaten isis we couldn't have taken back

and rock of course we were not willing to commit all of those troops that were necessary others say that should be a concern for the u.s. first time in my lifetime we have a prayer a president with the courage to declare victory and bring the troops home this came as a surprise for many on capitol hill some senators calling this a big mistake it's hard to imagine that any president would wake up and make this kind of decision with this little communication with this little preparation if this decision is a withdrawal of all of our forces in syria and now we're dramatically listen this isn't a bomb of life move because now that the u.s. has withdrawn or is going to withdraw from syria we have left basically turn the country over to russia into an even greater extent iran the administration and the pentagon both released statements saying the fight against i still isn't over that the u.s. is simply transitioning to the next phase of the campaign they didn't say what that phase might look like. al-jazeera washington. saying to her as in

turkey's capital ankara say you know what this decision this announcement from donald trump what happens to the kurds now they are fighting right now. well it's unclear this north eastern enclave two thousand u.s. troops are believed to be present in that area and significant in significant militarily but it was a deterrent said the terence for example preventing a possible operation from the turkish military or by the russian military the syrian military the iranian military so syria's kurds are in particular why p.g. armed group they are vulnerable they are left abandoned really p.g. the s. the but these they were in talks with the syrian government earlier this year they were trying to find some sort of an arrangement but the united states intervened

and pressure the kurds to pull out of those negotiations and now the united states is pulling out its troops so the kurds in a very difficult position what is next this decision really by u.s. president donald trump gives turkey a green light to operate in the northeast of syria but many would argue u.s. green light is not enough you need a green light from the russian government as well so we're going to see talks between turkey russia iran on what is going to happen in this enclave who will the area be divided into spheres of influence but one thing is certain what turkey wants is the wipe e.g. to move away from the border so the biggest question is who will take control of this border region will it be the syrian government or will it be turkish backed syrian rebels you mentioned iran iranian president hassan rouhani is in ankara what do we make of the timing. well it was an unexpected visit announced just

twenty four hours in advance which is quite unusual for state visits his announcement the announcement that he was arriving came at a time when turkey and the united states were in close consultations washington reaching out to turkey offering overtures and whenever that happens iran worries iran feels insecure iran feels that it could be sidelined so that was the atmosphere when his visit was announced but when he arrived in the turkish capital late yesterday we were talking about the u.s. decision to leave syria was announce an unexpected announcement of course this strengthens iran and russia's position in syria they've long said that the presence of u.s. troops are occupying forces but it is also a concession to turkey which means that the united states is trying to pull turkey away from russia and iran so the question the iranians are going to ask the turks today where do you stand do you stand with us or do you continue standing with this the asked in a format so a lot is going to be discussed we are in the post-war phase in one way or another

in syria so you're going to see a lot of political jockeying between all of these major stakeholders each one trying to secure their interests in syria all right and her live for us and ankara thank you they a presidential election in the democratic republic of congo scheduled for sunday may be delayed that's according to a member of the electoral commission who cited technical difficulties on wednesday police in kinshasa fired tear gas at rock throwing supporters of opposition presidential candidate martin for ula had organized a rally but was blocked from arriving after the city's governor banned political gatherings over security concerns bill supporters say the decision was a move to hurt this chance of winning it's got a concession now the latest with malcolm webb there's so much up in the air now what is the latest. within the last twenty four hours he had the electoral commission talking about a possible delay as he said and the governor kinshasa banning the final political

rallies taking place here in the capital and wednesday afternoon one of the main opposition candidates martin playlet was due to have a rally here in the city a crowd gathered that he was blocked from entering the city by police and not allowed to attend the rally he was held there until late in the night and during a heavy rainstorm when the supporters a clear was allowed into the city and he's with me here now mr filing for your final rally has been banned you weren't even allowed into the capital what's your plan by plan first of all is. mr younger the president of the senate you for we are everything's written in the electoral law because of the electoral laws during the campaign every every candidate as you can pin the philly and i'm huskie while they are looking by complete almost five days during my campaign where it was

a complete loss in the who bash their you send soldiers militants policeman to shoot people in the kindle manuma province they didn't allow me to go there in the tellin me to do my supporters. and i was prevented to fly to other parts of the country depression governor. he has not right he has not to computers to block any kind he did for campaigning the electoral commission's talking about a possible delay to the poll if the poll is delayed why do you think that will happen and how will you react paul cannot be delayed because of mr nungesser do please don't go for electoral commission has said that you libya on the twenty three and he told every. but it had to i would be ready and we asked him to have the election on that day if not you have to go he has to go just to leave

because he's not capable mr no longer is not responsible you know he has to give us the clue that could you go and turn spent an election on did you did if not he and mr kabila do you have to go i talked about technical difficulties with regard to delay a delay to the poll what do you think's the real reason no no there's no list fuels what kind of technical problem because the day you put try it out on the machine they would try out for doctors but the main reason there is no technical reason he claimed he said to everybody people of congo please don't joke i'm not joking election let me think i've been in early mr nungesser they said that we'll have a little forest coalition we are saying they have years and here's

months alone days and days to organize a transparent election we cannot push poll election anymore thank you that was martin hi lou one of the main opposition candidates here in the presidential election the democratic republic of congo and here in doha thank you very much i mean many woman has just and are they are to visit her dying son after a year long legal battle prevented from seeing him because of a travel ban on people from yemen and four other mainly muslim countries as well as north korea and then israel and they are all boys an american citizen with a rare brain disorder they were granted her of these are after a civil rights group took the case to court. the reality is that the waiver process . no transparency no meaning process and no oversight. that they also approved her shows that there was no issue with her case

to begin with and that she should have been approved months ago. so let's be clear . if she wants her these that this week was not an act of kindness on their part. the embassy in department of state had a legal obligation to adjudicate shamus one hundred clients within a reasonable amount of time and they failed on the application. john hendren was out the airport and has more from san francisco. it was perhaps the most awaited delayed arrival ever here at san francisco international airport shamus while the mother of little arrived after waiting for two years nearly in order to get a visa for the united states her son lay dying in an open hospital not far from where i'm standing and her husband and son are both american citizens but this process took such a long time that many say the waiver system here the ban on travel in the united

states is simply too unfair to too many people that's what we've heard from a number of the people waiting here in this airport. now that the mother has arrived her little son. is on life support i mean she breathed by himself he is unconscious and he probably will not realize that his mother is here and the reason a lot of people gathered and wanted to talk about this story is that there are hundreds perhaps thousands of other people in this very same position. still ahead on al-jazeera finally feeling secure or alive for people to devastating personal spark an attack in the german capital. campaigning from behind bars and opposition leaders are forced. to win votes.

hello the city and color of a central europe but be nudged out of the way by what's coming in behind me is atlantic pushing in this is much milder wetter windier this circulation has been producing snow of of the mainieri said so you know it was into ukraine probably won't make that much more progress is main concentration being rain in turkey so then you've got rain or snow to pay attention pushing into austria pursuit pushing through germany and denmark behind it double figures again windy sometimes wet but particularly mild in comparison to the rest of europe that carries all feeding in its wet and windy weather and therefore the snow is pushed even further east but the temperatures rise afterwards also was above freezing bitter about freezing significance does think in southern germany and the tirol but the same time book rest is sitting in most probably still foggy weather in the morning and zero degrees at best by day so all the action there is in northern europe will maybe

have a turkey 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 well the nice weather that's true all the way down towards the tropics are a few showers around west africa but not that many. whether online i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline would be felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has cooled based on an equal protest and instructed police to use force to disperse the crowds everyone has a voice. to look at the reasons what's the different types of books or join the global conversation on now does iraq.

watching out to syria let's recap the top stories right now president donald trump is withdrawing all american troops from syria saying i saw has been defeated his decision surprised his foreign allies and some members of his own republican party the pentagon has not confirmed when the troops will leave. in sunday's presidential election may be delayed in the democratic republic of congo because of technical issues supporters of the opposition are angry that campaign rallies had been banned and they say it's a political decision to hurt their candidates chances and the many woman has arrived in the united states to visit her dying son after a year long legal battle she'd been prevented from seeing him by

a travel ban on people from yemen and other four other rather mainly muslim countries as well as more free and venezuela. has a new cabinet after weeks of political of people president cena swore in the politicians days after reinstating the prime minister he'd sacked cena sparked a political crisis when he replaced the prime minister without parliament approval and i'll fernandes reports from colombo. it's been a challenge for the new prime minister singh had to decide who's in and who's out of his new cabinet however we see to compromise and a whole lot of negotiation twenty nine people being sworn in to their positions this morning now strange we hear from reports inside that unlike sort of the ceremonial swearing in in the sort of media chamber of the presidential secretaries building behind me. an old parliament we hear that today swearing in happened on an

individual basis i mean this is one of the i should in to present my to policy to say in his office one by one where basically they were sworn in to the new cabinet we hear that there had been a fair bit of wrangling with president seriously and to agree on the composition of that cabinet to be had insisted that no members of his own should lanka freedom party the be be accommodated in the new cabinet should they cross over and pledge support for on the missing now this is obviously not the end of the road even though the entire country is hoping that off to the sort of theatrical over the last two months things settle down and the country starts returning to normal there are essentially issues that need to be resolved the composition of parliament who was the opposition leader's post and basically how this country goes forward as the prime minister has said his priority is to restore normalcy and then move on with development of the e.u. has revealed its contingency plans if the u.k.

leaves the block without an agreement and it's also ramping up preparations for a no deal and reports. well the government's plans for a new deal broke soon consider heavily in prime minister's questions here in parliament on wednesday what we know is that they're stepping up those preparations with the least two billion us dollars of extra funding to try to get the country ready for that scenario if the u.k. doesn't have a deal and leaves the e.u. next march there for example putting three and a half thousand troops on standby there providing for extra special flights to make sure all medicines carry on arriving in the country now those prospects are worrying people like him and five of the biggest business organizations in the u.k. you visited a joint statement saying they're looking on with what they call functional infighting here in westminster and are saying it's up to politicians to really find

a way forward and avoids that no deal scenario the labor party official opposition opposes said that that should be taken off the table the prime minister is recklessly running down the clock oh in any shameful attempt to make your own bad deal look like the lesser of two evils. thing to the right on with gentleman good while until the deal has a day and has been ratified it is the responsible position of government and it is it would be the responsible position of any government to put in place contingency arrangements for no deal so there's lots of worry both in terms of immigration policy and in terms of the damage and no deal breaks it could bring. large protests over food prices in sudan have pushed the government to declare a state of emergency and the northern state of river nile.

and the traitor set the headquarters of the ruling party on fire our tests have been gaining momentum and sudan this week with inflation now at over sixty percent one of the world's highest rates sudanese say living conditions are good. worse and they're experiencing food and fuel shortages. the u.s. senate has passed a funding bill to keep the government running for now the temporary legislation was approved to avoid a complete federal shutdown after a deadlock over donald trump's border wall it now needs support from the house and approval from the president trump previously refused to sign a spending bill that does not include five billion dollars for a wall along the us mexico border thousands of central american asylum seekers who hope to reach the u.s. as part of a caravan are starting to realize their dream of a new life may be over and you're being turned away at the u.s. border with some saying they've not been given the legal protections they're entitled to how to deal meet has more from the ga less on the mexican side of the border. it's late afternoon that the chapel of the shelter starts filling up

a mix of people brought together by their quest to enter to us. the teacher piniella says a hairdresser from guerrero one of the most violent states in mexico she owned a small cell and every week she was forced to pay five dollars in protection money to the local cartel. violence has been around for a long time but we took the decision to leave in two days because suddenly one saturday they asked us to pay one thousand us dollars or there would be consequences for my family like many wishing to go through legal channels they were turned away from the border but by mexican authorities given a number and transported to the shelter. about forty five minutes later a second bus arrives among them several deployed tease. this young man was caught while trying to cross a load through to surrounding mountains he was sent back to mexico on the same

others here didn't want to speak on camera but told us they were deported on the spot despite claiming protection from u.s. authorities they didn't get what is known as a credible fear interview which should be guaranteed by u.s. law one man said his american dream lasted just thirty minutes. this also when asked and his two children little close if he misses her mom and whole back in el salvador they were part of the so-called caravan and got lost on their way so ended up here instead of the one of. them is hard to leave the family my wife didn't want to go she couldn't find the courage to do it and she said she will follow i don't know if as a father with children is more difficult or not. the door opens again this time we meet twenty three years old. he is one of the so-called dreamers children of undocumented migrants living in america he was. reported for driving

without identification but he says fear was always embedded in him through really really now. and went through. this is very rebellious. to be thrown out of india and the chapel was packed two hundred people back here and oh it doesn't matter where did they went through to be a good boy do try to sneak in there all spending the night together and tomorrow some will leave war will come back. put up that hamid gul is. the family of a guatemalan girl who died in u.s. border police custody is calling for an independent investigation seven year old jacqueline call died from shock and dehydration her family says she was not given medical attention and despite feeling unwell she was then put on a ninety minute bus journey to a medical facility by the time she arrived she'd stop breathing and die

germany has marked two years since man drove a truck and to christmas market and killed twelve people many people a sense of their country being a target is fading and came reports. berlin police stand guard outside a mosque this week their investigation into illegal financing of the war in syria has brought them here intelligence led actions like this have become much more common in the last two years following the twenty sixteen attack on the bloodshed plaids christmas market the worst atrocity in germany for decades on wednesday survivors and relatives of the victims came to pay their respects by on. years ago i was standing at the blue vine stall with my mother when the truck drove through the fence and destroyed everything i was severely injured and my mother was killed that's why we remember the victims today it is hard for me to come back here but in two years i have grown strong it's been important to me to personally process this

in the end everyone has to find his own way for the security services finding their own way meant securing more funding and then prioritizing preventative action one analyst told me another factor was the defeat of i saw in syria and it's in suing effect here in germany well it really is a generational change and we've seen this in many many terrorist movements and complains that the you will from the first inspiring leaders to the second imitators to the third generation. adventurers who are still dangerous but by far not as well organized and capable as the second generation. now the christmas market in bloodshed plots is one of the most secure in germany police vans stand at the main entrances and exits foot patrols are regular and conspicuous a sign of law and order in action which in caps relates the changed approach across the country a glance at the figures in recent years shows the effect in twenty sixteen there

was seven violent acts against civilians killing twelve and wounding sixty last year there was just one killing one and wounding five so far this year there have been none which is just what people like anger leak adecco want to hear she's had a stand in pride child plants every christmas for the past thirteen years as you can danielle and the people still come here despite what happened and i'm not afraid for myself we will not let ourselves be defeated by this act and that spirit is apparent on the faces of many of the visitors here now it's clear the memory of what happened here two years ago has not faded but because there's been no repetition of such a major violent incident in germany the perception of the threat level has it's also clear that the authorities wanted to stay that way dominate cain al jazeera

berlin. opposition parties and senegal are preparing to demonstrate ahead of next year's presidential election critics accuse president macky sall of a lemonade and challenger so he can retain power earlier this year he sacked the mayor of the car a potential opponent who has been jailed for corruption reports. it is from a prison cell that the once popular mayor of the current continues to challenge president mikey cell and campaign to stop his reelection his supporters such as besser we saw and are going house to house collecting the mandatory signatures from voters needed to become an official candidate. rules a rules this is an important election because our country is at a crossroads political adversaries supporting with all the mek it will be an alternative but it seems the president is trying to cling to power and making things worse. the former mayor of the car was sentenced to five years in jail for

corruption a charge he denies saying it is politically motivated to eliminate him from the election he's appealing to the supreme court to. food water and other challenges the president was sentenced for corruption two he's also barred from running and is in exile in qatar both remain defiant there are hundreds of political parties every one of them believe that their candidate is best suited to stop president like you self from winning another term in office the opposition is not united but divided with each character day saying their struggle to get their voice heard i am listing international is calling on the government to immediately stop intimidation harassment of opposition leaders and crackdown on dissent supporters of president cell deny any wrongdoing saying all is in place for a smooth election and. we are confident and that institutions the opposition

contest everything all the time it's now time to convince the sinegal people on the ground that i have policies that will make the last bitter. so the girls economy is booming becoming one of the fastest growing on the continent during the president's . address some of the opposition. has come at a cost to political freedom because hawk al-jazeera the car. has landed safely back on earth after more than six months in orbit on the international space station from nasa the european space agency and the russians bates' space agency was kosmos for all the vessel to undergo some repairs when it was in space but it touched down in northern kazakhstan just hours ago. and this is. the headlines for you on al-jazeera president drawing all american troops from

syria saying i saw has been defeated his decision surprised his foreign allies and some members of his own republican party the pentagon has not confirmed when the troops will leave. in sunday's presidential election may be delayed in the democratic republic of congo because of technical issues supporters of the opposition are angry that campaign rallies have been banned in kinshasa say it's a political decision to hurt their candidates chances are you many woman has arrived in the united states to visit her dying son after a year long legal battle she'd been prevented from seeing him by a travel ban on people from yemen and four other mainly muslim countries. the reality is that the waiver process is a sham. there's no transparency no meaningful process and no oversight. they optimally approach approved her shows that there was no issue with her case to begin with and that she should have been approved months ago. so let's be clear.

issuance of her visa this week was not an act of kindness on their part. that i'm busy a department of state how to legal obligation to adjudicate seamus one hundred one within a reasonable amount of time and they failed on my application. over food prices and sudan have pushed the government to declare a state of emergency in the northern state of river nile. demonstrators set the headquarters of the ruling party on fire or tests have been gaining momentum in sudan this week with inflation now at over sixty percent most sudanese say living conditions are getting worse and they are experiencing food and fuel shortages. those are the headlines to keep it on al jazeera much more to come inside story is next. adored by millions the stones most famous critics him arrived as prime minister on the blades of the national

center for a show. now one hundred days into his leadership people. whether delivering on promises would be as easy in practice as it was in theory right now the nation is more true. people are disappointed with the drama in minus one hundred days on al-jazeera. is the cold war really over lattimer putin warns new missiles could be built after donald trump announced he was pulling out of a nuclear weapons treaty is another arms race about to start this is inside story. playing. out and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey it's twenty seven years since the end of the cold war.