it took to get it i'm. sure our yard. is. james arness and the kids. can see dogs on so there's. a man. all right we appear to be having some technical difficulties. with the translator translator there you've just been listening to iranian president. rouhani there speaking in a joint news conference with turkish president richard. who you just heard from here just to kind of sum up. mr edwards comments a little bit basically reiterating the bilateral ties between the two countries and

working towards strengthening their economic relationship which he had knowledge has taken a hit over the last year or so he said trade between the two countries has fallen considerably between twenty seventeen and october twenty eighth of last year and this is something but they are looking to address he also talked about the so-called starner process these these are the ongoing peace talks to try to end the war in syria because of course both countries have a major presence in syria turkey and. iran iran supporting president bashar forces as they fight against the rebels there and turkey with a presence in northern syria trying to fend off the kurdish separatists in

northern syria we're still waiting to fix that translation the english translation of rouhani at this point and while we're waiting for that we're going to go to the heart of who has been listening to this with us in ankara. although no mention was made of it presumably the u.s. decision to pull troops out of syria will have been on the minds of both of these leaders in in their discussions over the last couple of days. well there is no doubt the u.s. decision to withdraw its troops from north eastern syria will be high it would have been high on the agenda of the discussions between the iranian and turkish presidents these two countries maybe stand on opposing sides in syria supporting different sides but they work closely together in this so-called asked in a framework something that the turkish president referred to really reiterating in

one way or another turkey's commitment to the astronaut process even saying that iran and turkey can take steps together for peace so these two countries have been working maybe easing some concerns that iran definitely has because in the past few days what we have seen is the united states reaching out to turkey trying to pull turkey away from the iranian russian camp and in one way or another the u.s. decision to leave syria is being seen as some sort of concession to turkey and it's within the sadness fear that the iranian president came here to ankara it was a surprise visit an unexpected visit a last minute visit which really shows that there is a pressing issue and we have seen this in the past on numerous occasions every time iran it starts to feel insecure that it is losing its political or diplomatic

influence in syria when turkey and do night that states improves their relationship so there is no doubt that these two leaders would have discussed this pull out because. we will no doubt discuss this more but i understand we now have the english translation back now for iranian president has rouhani so we're going to go back to that innocent a lot stronger cooperation and we should expand our girl issues ships are specifically in the area for. transit and the region. where iran and turkey can. actually connect to a sure sure euro. east and west north and south can be connected and these relationships are for the benefit of the whole orld global trade. and for the sensitive region of ours. in all these areas if there has been any problem

we made decisions in order to resolve those problems people responsible for the joint commission between the two countries have been introduced and both sides have agreed that mr broughton and mr voysey. can take on this responsibility. with their very close relationships of cooperation than they could to set up joint or commissions so that. this process. is speeded up. and in the area of the last relationship there are obstacles of course for some companies and both sides their own decided to help. so that. their business community. private companies could work together with more of a mutual trust. and also when it comes to

regional issues there were dialogues between us and. as far as a standard process is concerned russia iran and turkey are having a very close cooperation and we decided today to continue these corporations and in the future the next set trilateral meeting is going to be in russia. today we agreed in this regard. so you know it is very important for us with regards to the fact that. dissing of syria should be determined by the syrian people. to join integrity of syria should be respected by all and in this regard also the two countries agree with each other and we. continue our cooperation for peace and stability. in their region and as far as yemen is concerned

the situation is there for the people of yemen of course is very hard and we decided to work together to establish stability and peace and yemen and to help with the process of negotiations and dialogue between de moneys and to expedite the process of humanitarian assistance for yemen and to help them once again. would like to express my gratitude to. the gone all other colleagues in the government and i hope the. coming year. six. roundoff meetings for our corporations is going to take place and it will take place and to her on are we witness expanding and increasingly ships between us. i'm grateful to you thank you. so you can take any questions.

mischel a good day thank you very much. all right so you've been listening there to iranian turkish leaders giving their news conference after the iranian president was visiting the turkish capital for talks there with richard tie of the way and so we heard a little bit there from iranian president has sent rouhani reiterating their commitment to finding a solution to the conflict in syria saying that this is one that has to respect syria's integrity and this will ultimately be decided by syrians zina holder is in ankara force and has been listening to this as well so we heard there for a little bit from the iranian president. just giving it a kind of timetable for further talks on syria and the fact that this is.

this is moving in a certain direction we don't know at this point where it's going to go. it could be a message because we heard both leaders the turkish president and the iranian president talk about aston are they uttered the word asked of the russian led peace negotiating track that many believe is trying to undercut the u.n. led geneva process rowhani erdogan saying that they will continue close cooperation rouhani even and now is saying that the men next meeting the next trilateral meeting is going to be in russia at the same time this news conference is being held we also heard from the russian president who is talking about the good relationship between with oregon with the turkish leaders so these three leaders form the aston a trio what america the united states has been trying to do in the past three days was in one way or another trying to pull turkey away from this alliance we've seen

the overtures the american overtures trying to you know end this strained relationship and ease the tensions between the two countries many believe that the u.s. decision to pull out troops from north eastern syria in one way or another was a concession to turkey also the u.s. agreeing to sell. the anti defense system to turkey another concession to turkey so this was a message from the us than a trio that our alliance still holds now rouhani came to turkey worried in one way or another in secure maybe feeling a bit vulnerable because every time in the past few years you've seen this turkey and the united states trying to mend their relationship what iran tries to do is pull turkey away pull it closer because iran does not have any other regional country it can work with so this is this was the message from this press conference

this absent a process but we are still working together we're pushing forward but no mention whatsoever about this u.s. the u.s. the solution to withdraw from northeastern syria thirty five percent of syrian territory. practically up for grabs but many would say that turkey will not take a step to anger its allies russia and iran in in syria so there is there will be behind the scenes negotiations between these three power brokers these three stakeholders really in the syrian conflict yeah interesting you mention that zena because as a result of this decision to withdraw u.s. troops there is the threat from turkey that they could drive the kurds into the arms of syrian president bashar assad and by extension iran and russia. is there is there still that danger well the white peachey the syrian kurdish armed group which has been allied with the united states they

control this enclave in the northeast of the country they are now left vulnerable their allies says you know they're pulling out earlier this year the y.p. gee they were in the go. or unfortunately we've lost apologies for that but we will move on for now was iran's president just said he believes syria should lead in efforts to bring peace back to the country the press conference that we just saw follows the announcement by u.s. president donald trump that he is withdrawing troops from syria he also declared victory against isaw and it's a decision that a surprise foreign allies and military leaders and left u.s. politicians on both sides of the are stunned and angry patty culhane reports on that now from 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 free to the 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 us and that is more difficult to do if u.s. troops are in his way just a few months ago the president himself has played 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 says 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 rocker because 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 and to an even greater extent iran the administration and the pentagon both released statements saying the fight against iso isn't over the u.s. is simply transitioning to the next phase of the campaign they didn't say where that phase might look like. al-jazeera washington now despite president announcement about troop withdrawal france says strips will stay in syria for now the european affairs minister said the fight against terrorism is not over and france has stationed fighter jets in jordan and artillery along the syrian border in iraq as part of the u.s. led coalition so as we've been saying president trumps decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria has surprised america's partners many of them believe there is still a threat of i saw regaining ground and some u.n. estimates say there may be as many as thirty thousand fighters still in both syria

and iraq more now from our diplomatic and james base. here at the u.n. in new york and in the capitals of the u.s. is closest allies this news was not expected and not welcomed a u.k. minister making it clear in a tweet we're live in his view eisel has not been defeated a view shared by the ambassador who chairs the security council committee that tracks the group his latest reports reveal eisel still has about twenty to thirty thousand fighters in iraq and syria we believe the price always being different being yes but it's not completed it's not completed because of course i saw this trying to find other ways to do for eight months the world president trump says the troops were only in syria to fight eisel but people here say they also performed a number of other roles including diplomatic leverage on the assad regime. u.n. special envoy stefan de mistura is back in new york and will brief the security

council on thursday one of the lever's being used to get the assad regime back to the negotiating table was the fact the u.s. military controls a large swathe of the country rich in agriculture and energy it's now a job that will be even harder one of the main aims of president trumps foreign policy will also be affected the president back strongly by prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel has been trying to constrain the regional activities of iran and their u.s. decision and would respect any decision made by the administration we have our concerns about syria or the presence of a venue and troops there in syria and we will do what every necessary to protect our people regardless if you have american troops russian troops or any other nations so while the u.s. is allies are dismayed by the trunk decision those with very different views about the future of syria the so-called a stana group turkey russia and iran will benefit

with more freedom to act inside the country james bays al-jazeera of the united nations. a russia's president vladimir putin has welcomed the u.s. decision to withdraw troops from syria he was speaking at his annual news conference who says the u.s. military presence in syria is illegitimate yet it his forces have not seen any sign of a withdrawal and yet look assertive like me than the e.u. is for defeating ocelot i generally agree with the president of the united states with the chief some major advances when it comes to defeating the terrorists and we've struck major blows against terrorists in syria there is a danger that those terrorist groups may now in full trite the neighboring regions for example afghanistan and other countries for example the countries of origin that is a great risk for all of us including russia and the u.s. for asian and sea draw asian countries. us that ahead on al-jazeera when we come

back in our latest special report from stan we look at what's taking a toll on families in one of central asia is poorest nations. where they are on line i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline will be felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has cooled based on a legal protest i will stop the police to use force to disperse the crowds everyone has a voice vote for lots of different reasons what's different types of bricks join the global conversation on al-jazeera. with bureaus spanning six continents across the globe.

to. al-jazeera is correspondents live in green the stories they tell. al-jazeera fluent in world news. medieval western society it was a feudal society that took haleigh if you keep the wind out of the ball and assume most of pope ended his speech some people stood up and said god will sit down and the entrance to the city was horrific they killed people in the streets in their houses and in. the crusades an arab perspective at the sold one shop at this time on a. and hundred forty twelve on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their

days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. again you're watching as the a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump's decision to pull out american troops from syria and surprise foreign allies as well as members of his own republican party trump said i saw has been defeated in syria and the u.s. troops need to come home. for tea pro democracy ngo workers

have been acquitted by an egyptian court they were accused of spreading dissent an arm rest before during and after the twenty eleven are prizing that ousted president hosni mubarak the group's include citizens from the u.s. europe egypt and other arab nations they were jailed in two thousand and thirteen and charged with operating without approval and receiving overseas funding case is seen as an example of egypt's crackdown on human rights one person has been reported dead as protests are spreading in sudan over soaring prices for food and fuel state of emergency is being in force in the city of following riots in the northern river nile state. protests have spread to get out and port sudan in a bar of demonstrators set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party protesters

are angry at the world's highest inflation rates as seventy percent many sudanese complain of bread and petrol shortages and they say living conditions are worsening . in yemen the vitally important port of her data is relatively calm on the second day of the un brokered cease fire with the rebels in the capital sanaa demonstrated their backing for the truce it's been sporadically broken since starting on wednesday. nationally we want peace for the yemeni people and we support with the community and thank them for the rivets and hope that the other side will fulfill the agreement and stop the war and the fighting not on our view of it there i think the disagreement is the beginning of something good for the yemeni people but we still see very listens from the enemy's message areas we find them not wanting peace nor stability for the people so i did i don't know why mrs to the world is that i want the water stop so we can live we want to

live like the rest of the world we want to restate harm no muss whilst no planes we want to move and work for our children the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of not properly investigating alleged child sex abuse by its clergy chicago's archbishop cardinal blaise supect chaz apologized the report said the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors the church was accused of similar cover ups in pennsylvania earlier this year the family of a guatemalan girl who died in u.s. border police custody is calling for an independent investigation seven year old jacqueline car died from shock and dehydration a family says she was not given medical attention despite feeling are well she was then put on a ninety minute bus journey to a medical facility but by the time she arrived she had stopped breathing and died.

the constitutional standard is that there is a system of ready access to adequate care and mismanaging or denying in proper intake screening is a constitutional violation so we need an inquiry to look at the actions taken or not taken to understand whether that are constitutional standards not the standards set out by portraiture on. denmark has passed or more that will see foreign criminals move to a remote island lindo mylan used to be home to contagious animals the government plans to set up a departure center for one hundred twenty five people in twenty twenty one last week thousands of human rights demonstrators marched in copenhagen copenhagen calling on the government to back down from the plan. to the democratic republic of congo and we have reports that the electoral commission has summoned all twenty one presidential candidates to parliament has been talk the vote could be delayed for

another week catherine reports on the growing tensions around the campaign. a stage all. charged opposition supporters dancing singing and exuding confidence that this will be a fact but the ground will be fully packed by the time the leader. only the presidential candidate could not get here. the. police blocked the road his convoy and support his who had accompanied him while using. family fires in protest but it was no getting through the police cordon. all the while at the rally venue people remained hopeful. that the money. would maybe i'm told not very high in. the morning when both. fair elections were going to hurt.

and i think everything there cannot be held responsible. they were always. there what does. come this all happened after. suspended political rallies in the city because of security reasons right after that a senior official at the electoral commission said there's a possibility of postponing the fandy election for a week. the main reason the last two. nearly seven thousand voting machines for kinshasa y. destroyed when a warehouse where they were stored was burned down only five thousand replacement

devices from other regions have arrived in the capital and they still have to be reconfigured. it's been a chaotic and violent campaign season and many people here are concerned that this could escalate action is disputed cathy zoi al jazeera kinshasa. on employment and alcoholism are common problems for men in tajikistan and so is violence against women the poorest country of all the former soviet states relies on remittances from workers a broad mostly in russia charles traffic reports now from the capital. things are good between salim off and his wife now but for thirteen years he beat called the rover up a demotion lee abused. the forty seven year old father of four says he became an alcoholic because he got depressed after not being able to find work for them but. i drank because i thought i had no purpose in life i would come home and start

fighting with the family now i know i can live without drinking you are carmen you talk with the kids it's brought us all very close and the couple's new found happiness is thanks to a pilot project by international alert the organization hopes to expand its a program to focus on educating women about their rights as well as offering them job opportunities to ease the financial pressure on families. but he was drinking a lot and beating me a lot and not respecting the children there was no calmness in the family the situation is great now there's no more violence you finally found his path. the organization international says that sixty percent of the women that interviewed in a survey said that they had suffered some form of physical sexual or emotional violence from their husbands in the last twelve years now experts say some of the reasons include poverty unemployment and alcoholism in a society that is often described as being deeply patriarchal around a million and

a half tajik men work in russia because they simply cannot find a job here many abandon their wives and never return this woman who doesn't want to be recognised says her husband went to find work in russia seven years ago. she hasn't seen or heard from him in the last five thousand or one how much. our family situation is very life is difficult because we need a lot of things we can't have i can buy anything for my children so they have to work when a job was available if they are not we have no choice but to stay at home. few other countries rely on remittances more than to stand around thirty percent of g.d.p. comes from townships working abroad and because many men can't find jobs at home alcoholism among the unemployed is high leading women are often more vulnerable to violence especially experts say in a society where it's commonly believed they are subservient to men usually men said

that women are empowered enough and we don't want them to be more empowered and we said that we are not here just i mean to talk to women to work with women we are here in order to i mean work with the family and to help the facility. if you will that you have yourself psyllium of works as a handyman in his village called the rover does similar work when she can find it her husband says he now talks to friends and other times you mean about dealing with the financial burdens they and their families face and how ashamed he is about the years of pain he caused child strafford al-jazeera tajikistan the three astronauts are back on earth after more than six months aboard the international space station the russian american and german crew landed in northern catholic stand or reported to be feeling fine their mission was marred by a mysterious air leak in orbit and the aborted blast off of

a soyuz rocket bringing a replacement crew delayed their homecoming. as always that's lost more on our website edges in a dot com get the latest on all the stories we're following. this is as the let's get around now at the top stories the leaders of turkey and iran say they are committed to resolving syria's war through the process richard type one and has sent me have been meeting in turkey's capital ankara. but got no mere saws in syria is very important for us with regards to the fact that the distantly of syria should be determined by the syrian people and territorial integrity of syria should be respected by all and in this regard also the two countries agree with each other and we continue our cooperation for peace

and stability in the region. ronnie's the trip comes after us president donald trump said he is pulling out american military forces from syria the announcement surprise foreign allies as well as members of his own republican party trump said i saw had been defeated in syria and the u.s. troops need to come home. russia's president vladimir putin has welcomed trump's decision to withdraw the troops from syria he also said his country must normalize relations with the united states and putin was speaking at his annual news conference he says the u.s. military presence in syria is illegitimate he added his forces have not seen any sign of withdrawal yet look of sorts of the the view is for defeating arcel i generally agree with the president of the united states with the chief some major advances when it comes to defeating the terrorists and we have struck a major blows against terrorists of syria there is a danger that those terrorist groups may now and filtrate the neighboring regions

for example afghanistan and other countries for example with the countries of origin bettors a great risk for all of us including russia in the us asian and seadrill asian countries of forty pro-democracy ngo workers have been acquitted by an egyptian court they were jailed in two thousand and thirteen accused of spreading dissent and rest before during and after the twenty eleven our prize in which ousted then president hosni mubarak. or twenty one presidential candidates in the democratic republic of congo have been summoned to parliament reports say that the sunday's election could be delayed because of technical difficulties those are the headlines we're back in half now.

it's quite ironic that when many governments around the wall declare that the fight against terrorism is the number one priority this hasn't stopped.