after two guatemalan children eight year old boy and a seven year old girl died this month while in custody of the border patrol. still to come here on al-jazeera a desperate search for miners trapped for almost two weeks in the northeast india plus. italian football authorities crack down on racism. through tranquil arabian can you. deny can free routines and it's a mission gondola. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast where we are seeing some showers over here down towards the south and also into the west here probably across parts of vietnam over the next few days is going to be mostly coastal showers for you there you hanoi is going to be seeing some showers as well up towards the north though it is going to be some snow in some higher elevations

over the next few days and the rain pretty well here towards the west is going to be on the increase for hong kong though it is going to be a cooler day for you than what we've seen over the last cold days with attempted there of about sixteen degrees well for the philippines we are watching a troublesome system make way across parts of the philippines over the next few days now it is going to increase in intensity slowly not become very powerful but we do expect to see some very heavy rain come out of the storm and because of that we could be looking at some localized flooding from friday as well as into saturday as it makes its way into the south china sea so we'll be watching that very carefully down here towards the south we are looking at some more showers across parts of indonesia which is going to impact the recovery in the relief efforts across an area well for india not looking too bad not even a big rain across the forecast map over the next few days dry up here towards the north in delhi we do expect to see attempt a few of eighteen degrees the pollution has been a problem there but down here towards tonight attempt or twenty nine. the weather

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headlines saudi arabia's king solomon has demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle. will now serve as a minister of state and follows the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi which sport a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after the much delayed vote was postponed by a week elections are not used be held on sunday. but two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spend some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in el paso city four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters just ahead of christmas day families were left to fend for themselves because there was no room in detention centers. u.s. government shutdown is likely to continue into the new year after both houses of congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward politicians are now expected to vote on the impasse next week the

standoff centers on donald trump's demand for five billion dollars for his border wall in next year's budget which the democrats firmly oppose and opinion polls suggesting more americans blame the president than the democrats for the shutdown rob reynolds reports now from washington. there is of course a very strong political element to the government shutdown president trump promised during his election campaign in two thousand and sixteen that he'd build the wall on the border with mexico he said he'd make mexico pay for it he's not saying that anymore but he wants five billion dollars to pay for a section of the wall and he's saying that democrats are being intransigent and not coming to the table this despite the fact that the president said he would be proud to initiate the shutdown in a televised meeting with democratic leaders so the democrats' response is to try to

paint president trump as being irresponsible and even him it sure using terms like temper tantrums one of the democratic leaders dick durbin senator of illinois said there's no end in sight to the president's government shutdown he's taken our government hostage over is outrageous demand for a five billion dollar border wall and at the moment about eight hundred thousand federal workers are either furloughed or working without pay if and when the government gets its act together so to speak and passes a bill to restore funding funding many of those people will get back pay they'll be compensated for the money the paychecks that they did not receive but still this new year season is going to be fraught with a lot of anxiety for a lot of federal workers here in washington and all across the united states. it's

been another roller coaster day for the u.s. money markets dropping more than five hundred points the germans clawed his way back to finish up more than one percent the markets in europe showed full will reflect the global market volatility and best as worries of a global political uncertainty it's the general in show. of brazil's military intervention against crime in rio de janeiro brazil the operation is being a success the military marked its completion in a ceremonial though the intervention doesn't officially end until monday brazil deployed thousands of soldiers in february to combat an increase in violence targeting drug trafficking gangs in the city's poorest areas critics say the intervention has failed to address the root causes of crime such as unemployment and poverty but the government and the military say crime rates have dropped more militant islam is the only use we are together to solidly mark the end of the federal intervention in public security in rio de janeiro's this new one extraordinary measure took ten months of work and they reached all its objectives

by reducing the crime rate. the government in sudan says nineteen people have been killed since antigovernment protests began more than a week ago journalists went on strike on thursday in solidarity with demonstrators angered over rising prices and the cost of living they want the president omar bashir to step down here but morgan has more now from the capital khartoum. it hasn't been a normal day at the office for yes instead of editing his newspaper he's preparing evidence to file an official complaint against the dance police and national security forces he says they beat him during protests on tuesday. i was standing in front of the newspaper some men in a pickup truck came some were armed some. told me to go inside the newspaper building or refused they put me in the truck for two shots and drove off as they were beating me beat me so much i started bleeding. protests started last week in

the city of art when there was no bread to buy that anger quickly escalated into protests against the government and demands for the government to step down and then for the president to go president omar has been in power for twenty nine years his ruling party has announced they want him to rule for longer which would need an amendment to the constitution protests to say they don't want him to finish his current term let alone run for another the president announces them as infiltrators . the infiltrators are from groups and other oppositional guys ations are against the regime and against with the regime they want to topple the government they constantly repeat that they are part of the popular revolution we have seen these things before back in september twenty third chain the protests have resulted in dozens killed and even more injured activists have targeted some of the protests and human rights groups as well as some governments are condemning the use of what they call brutal force despite

a threat to their safety processes continue to demand the resignation of president obama. some political parties are calling for an investigation. barly seventeen people were killed in tuesday's protest and eighty eight granted we call on the government to launch an investigation into the killings those who committed these crimes must be held responsible. more protests are planned are many bashir says he won't give in sudan seems to be at a crossroads between the president and the people people morgan al-jazeera. the former president of madagascar and rewrite juliana is back in the top job after winning the presidential election with more than fifty five percent of the vote actually in was up against another former president marc ravalomanana who's already done and what he called massive fraud he wants an investigation into the vote on december the nineteenth the constitutional court has nine days to declare a final result the first direct flight from syria's capital to tunis here in eight

years has landed in the country's northern coastal area the flight from damascus was carrying about one hundred fifty syrian tourists they received by china's ians waving syrian flag at the airport the former president. cut diplomatic relations with syria following the break of the civil war. the palestinian authority has suspended all fruit and vegetable imports from israel it's in response to an israeli ban on similar imports from the occupied west bank the move comes despite its israeli warnings the palestinian economy won't be able to withstand the measure now experts fear that another eruption could cause a second tsunami in indonesia at least four hundred thirty people died when a five metre high wave flooded coastal communities near the sun destroyed on saturday here's what bright. new exclusion zone around the volcano means no one is allowed to approach within five kilometers but the greater concern is for

the people living along the coasts on either side of the sunda strait. they've again being warned to stay back between five hundred meters and one kilometer from the shoreline while commercial planes have been ordered to avoid the area all kind of cash is a mix euro and gas and it's classic rock programs and minerals and volcanic glass and it's very very scratchy or in et so the danger is about going up into. the plains if there is a large rips in the ash goes i know the planes flying back now must be a hazard well airlines the increased warning level comes as a blow to the thousands of people displaced by the tsunami or wanting to return home many seeking shelter on higher ground where even a few metres above sea level office a greater sense of security. schools and community centers in the town of level one have been turned into makeshift homes giving

a feeling of semipermanent. most of these people rely upon the sea for their livelihoods by got. there mostly fishermen they can go to sea because their boats are gone so they can make a living. and many don't know if the houses they fled from are still standing we haven't been back to see the condition of our homes because we are still a freight. cracka towers latest eruptions will do nothing to ease those fears rob mcbride al-jazeera north west java indonesia. hundreds of people have been protesting in taiwan demanding tax reforms. yet demonstrators rallied outside the ministry of finance calling for lower tax and fairer handling of disputes many say they have received tax bill sent an error or asking for too much money activists say tax collectors often hunt people for payments even after losing in court. rescue workers in the indian state.

trying to save the lives of fifteen coal miners trapped for more than two weeks the government's under fire for its slow response to the rescue operation in the northeastern states his poll to judge him. these rescue workers know the chance of finding the trapped miners alive is slim but they continue their search the teenage miners went into the legal coal mine in the north east indian state of magali on december thirteenth but got trapped soon after when the mines tunnel was flooded by a nearby river they've been without food or drinking water ever since the war that if it is not going. to be to put a lid on it inefficient to playing football but not fast enough prime minister narendra modi's government is being criticized for not sending in the right equipment on time he was at a nearby state on christmas day and didn't mention the incident or the trapped miners divers at the scene say they aren't equipped to go down more than thirty

meters and the miners are some ninety meters underground the best of what the living there will be even if you start a little bit to still be there doing all that and yet wind down the feet and visit the water live in the face when you don't and don't. digging in abandoned mines has been banned for more than four years now but many break the law risking their lives by going down into so-called rat holes miners can earn up to twelve dollars a day which is a higher pay rate than most jobs in india a similar incident six years ago killed more than two dozen miners their bodies were never recovered and it is fear dissimilar fate awaits those trapped inside this call the area paul should urge on al-jazeera. into malone will play two home league games behind closed doors as a punishment for some of their fans racially abusing a rival player napoli's. was targeted by into supporters during work much napoli manager. says he made three appeals for the game into san siro stadium to be

stopped but the referee ignored his requests the french born the senegal defender was eventually sent off in the game that napoli last later tweeted that he was proud of the color of his skin. and out a lot of informants i went to the referee to ask some information about what happened and i think that the collaboration red card was due to a very particular state of mind he was in he had been insulted during the whole match we asked the federation to do something about it but they just made some announcements and the match was not suspended like we had the minded i think it would have been the right thing to do. number five those kind of chance should not be done you have sixty five thousand people at this date and at christmas this is what people like the fans all over the world like this is entertainment it is a show and it should be a beautiful experience for everybody who comes here. the turquoise waters of

guatemala's lake draw tourists from around the globe but the people of one leg hope that more colors were trying to even more businesses they were inspired by the dutch. han who transformed islam in brazil by painting it as david mercer reports quote a marlins in santa catarina. are doing the same thing. and is renowned for its beauty now one lakeside town is drawing on the surroundings to transform itself into a giant work of art. it all starts with a fresh coat of paint families choose colors and designs inspired by the traditional hand-woven clothing worn by local women then they help to paint their own homes. because the house is going to end up looking really notice the result will be good and it makes a landscape here look it's a big change from before and i hope more neighbors paint their houses. local women

have led the cut that since it launched two years ago they helped develop the color palettes and designs and administer the project. coordinator lydia coombe is says women have another key skill that's allowed the program to thrive and. i think that when women make decisions they seek consensus with this breed he helped us during the start of the project and that helps us keep the support of the community the weaving tradition is strong incentive got that the patterns and colors of textiles are inspired by nature. she says women express their imagination through weaving and they are now able to share their talents on a different scale but. for me it's special to see our designs on the walls of town and to see vistas to say it's beautiful and take photographs to remember it it makes me happy to see a traditional embroidery scene this. is attracting more tourists

for visitors who've been here before the transformation is clear. not so many activities. like. industries and everything. feels like much more respected. than the fact that that is the first project with kind in guatemala organizers say that once they complete the painting of the eight hundred fifty buildings in this town they plan to. band the project the other towns around the kathy plan recently the project won an international design award showing how art can combat poverty and empower a community david mercer center. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from our

headquarters here in doha i'm peter dhabi these are your top stories saudi arabia's king solomon has demoted his foreign minister as part of a major government reshuffle be a will now serve as a minister of state and follows the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi which has brought a diplomatic backlash against the kingdom police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition processed is just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there is anger after the much too late vote was postponed by a week the country's going to the polls on sunday we have. come . friday. and. we have. everything. we have.

come. as. police believe we know. about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spend some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration and customs enforcement officials in el paso city the group included women and children with hundreds of others sent to different locations including bus shelters. the u.s. government shutdown is likely to continue into the new year after both houses of congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward politicians are now expected to vote on the impasse next week the standoff centers on donald trump's demand for five billion dollars for his border wall in next year's budget which the democrats firmly opposed. thursday's saw another roller coaster on the u.s. markets after dropping more than five hundred points the dow jones clawed its way back to finish up more than one percent european markets also showed falls in

global market volatility you are right up to date with all the top stories up next inside story our season by. in a surprise visit to u.s. troops in there at all president trump stands by his order to pull american soldiers out of syria while critics warn against the hasty withdrawal it's reported afghanistan could be next what is trump strategy and how will the region fare with his decisions this is inside stuart.

hello and welcome to the program i'm momma jim donald trump made an unannounced visit to u.s. troops in there right off the day after christmas he'd been criticized for not going to a conflict zone in the two years since becoming president the trip only lasted three hours and he didn't meet any of the docs leadership but he used the opportunity to defend his decision to withdraw american soldiers from syria our presence in syria was not open ended and was never intended to be permanent. eight years ago. we went there for three months and we never left but what a job you have done what they have done i made it clear from the beginning that our mission in syria was to strip isis of its military strongholds we're

not nation building rebuilding syria will require a political solution. and it's a solution that should be paid for by its very rich neighboring countries not the united states let them pay for it and they will they will in fact saudi arabia yesterday you probably read stepped up to the plate and has already made a commitment of substantial funds for development and president aragon of turkey has also agreed to take out any remnants of isis and we'll be working with them but trump's claim over saudi funding has been debunked by a saudi embassy official in washington and a spokesperson for the u.s. national security council the kingdom has not made any new financial pledge for syria since august but let's have a look at how many u.s. troops are in some of these countries american forces arrived in syria in two thousand and fifteen recently there were two thousand there and there are five

thousand who remain in iraq the initial deployment happened in two thousand and three and fourteen thousand are based in afghanistan and america's longest running war which began in two thousand and one. all right let's bring in our panel joining us from baghdad eileen ashmead professor of political history at a university from sanibel island in florida on skype peter galbraith former united states ambassador and former deputy united nations envoy to afghanistan and in london. assistant professor of international relations at the university of nottingham welcome to the program alia nash me i want to start with you there was supposed to be a meeting taking place between president trump and there about the prime minister that didn't happen the reports are that it was because the parameters of the meeting could not be agreed to what kind of

a message does that sindh to at off the leadership. no the thing that the term he carry many message in his visits one of the messages to the iraqi government. this message mean he didn't respect he didn't have any respect for that government or that stuff and he. called the iraqi government when he reach to the base of an exit and after that they call him to the . up to maddie to come to that base to the military base to meet him in that place in order that. he will in that time he was out of baghdad he cannot leave and that time they give him just one hour of this i think it's ready insulting for the iraqi government and in order that. the iraqi prime minister up to now the heat if used to meet him because he can't be turned in the base because he called him to come to

baghdad just a few minutes see it a few can't. buy procedures at the not allowed to be to come and order that that meeting was finished and they didn't meet and that peter galbraith erakat fish was must have also been shocked by president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and afghanistan was one of the objectives of this trip also to boost the iraqi government's confidence in the u.s. . it's hard to believe that that's the case given particularly the fact that managements were made with the iraqi government to have meetings and that incidentally is different from what president obama did when he went to iraq and two thousand and nine or the various trips that president bush made even when the u.s. was the occupation authority he met with the. iraqi political leaders to his trip once and about iraq it wasn't about syria it was about one person donald trump

he's been accused of being a coward. for not having visited the troops in combat. not having respect at the service spend on the progress that a verse or e.b.m. perform for one side canceling a trip to belo woods the scene of a very major battle because it was raining and this also appeared although the trip must have been planted the deaths in the same day as the new york times story appeared page one story. making clear that the reason he got a draft deferments from vietnam was because they put out a tryst but that was the phones for us was in fact attended sponsored a real estate developer and got a sweetheart deal so this lets us donald trump responding to criticism about being a coward it has very little to do with iraq or iraqi policy and of course with the characteristic lack of diplomatic skills that has characterized.

this trip comes at a time of increased tensions between president trump and top military leadership in the u.s. is this trip going to do anything to alleviate that. i'm not sure that this particular trip is going to change the relationship between president trump and his military leadership because the relationship has already been affected by his decision to withdraw troops from syria. general mattis he's secretary of defense has resigned on that basis this particular trip i think will probably enhanced if anything some of his support within the military there is a difference i detect having served under u.s. military command between the political if you like level of leadership in the

pentagon and the troops on the ground the troops on the ground. fight very bravely but recognize that what they do best provides very short term solutions they recognize the complexity of the situation and they realize i think that there is no long term effective strategy that i think. is something that mr trump. the political rhetoric has chimed with greatly he has always said that we don't have an effective strategy in afghanistan and in iraq and that we should withdraw from these countries and i think the syrian decision plays into that and all of this i think chimes at the lower levels of military command who recognize that if you like some truth in what he's saying allen nash me mr trump told reporters that the u.s.

might base american commandos on the border in iraq to launch raids and other missions into syria going forward if that was needed now is this something that the u.s. would need to get permission from the iraqi government to do in and what do are up the officials think about this statement. no i think this is what he said yesterday he said we are still in iraq because you know there is many forces arises yesterday and last weeks when mr samba say. it's a decision to withdraw medical editor from syria and order that many many politicians in washington say this is a bad message for the extremists and he coming to iraq to prove against that he say we will stay in iraq and we stay in the middle east and we will make

a very wide to basically and i think that base it will be ready for any intervention in syria and other until controlling the middle east even he say about iran and that in order that i think that declaring that they thought a chattel and that in the history of the streets of iraq and the iraqi people and they're talking about how about that declaration because you know the fact signed between iraq and united states in two thousand and nine that term one term said we will not leave any bases in iraq in order that they i think we did some change in that back to what was signed but you had a government on amharic and government and not that i think as many votes many votes as i says now in the electorate occupied by man to collect and to me it's about change and about his declaration about two bout and when that american forces what draw from see their coming in iraq you say the thing that is now in iraq it's

more than seven thousand and that it can and that's based but the beginning when they fighting in eighteen and two thousand and fourteen say we will say in the only five handed soldiers officials but now it's more the seven thousand i things many things will have been next week i will disagree nation peter got. it was widely known of course that president trump had wanted to withdraw troops from afghanistan for some time now he eventually came around to the thinking that had been espoused by secretary of defense or outgoing secretary of defense jim mattis i want you to take a listen to something that president trump said in two thousand and seventeen a hasty withdraw would create a vacuum that terrorists including isis and al qaeda would instantly fill just as happened before september eleventh and as we know in two

thousand and eleven america hastily. and mistakenly withdrew from iraq as a result our hard won gains slipped back into the hands of terrorist enemies our soldiers watched as cities they had fought for and bled to liberate and one were occupied by a terrorist group called isis the vacuum we created by leaving too soon gave safe haven for isis to spread to grow recruit and launch attacks we cannot repeat in afghanistan the mistake our leaders made in iraq peter and how does one go about reconciling what president trump said then in two thousand and seventeen with his strategy now withdrawing troops from syria and afghanistan it's hard to reconcile and i think what one has to understand is

the speech he delivered in twenty seventeen was written for him but by his it by serious. but it really didn't reflect his sound sentiments what one has to know about syria is that a week before he announces the decision to withdraw his presidential envoy brett mcgurk grip with kirk is announcing that we're going to be staying for a long time is envoy for syria basser james jeffries the set that we would be there . and as long as that rand was president and the longest assaut most of our so there was a just then an enormous confusion about the policy. and trumpet and this in the case of the withdrawal from afghanistan and syria was simply operating on his instincts rather than any strategy now he he has been a long time critic of us sending forces abroad and you know he says the

us is being played for suckers and i think that that. this really reflects that. president trump said during his trip that he believes a lot of people are going to come around to his way of thinking on his decision with regard to syria is there is any evidence to indicate that more people are actually coming around to his way of thinking on that. well i think there is no objective evidence unless you want to do a very detailed analysis of twitter and so on and that's of course a very problematic issue there's a great deal of support for from his followers for for this the argument they put forward is very persuasive in that there has never really been a clear strategy in any of these conflicts and i think that. the failure of that strategy rests not just with mr trump but to his previous administrations and

the previous incumbents in the pentagon are all the strategies that have actually been packaged in strategies of tended to be operational activities designed to suppress. any. opposition militarily rather than actually deliver a win which can be recognized as a victory by all sides not just domestically but internationally and in and certainly in by the the adversaries in the particular countries so mr trump for whatever reason does have i think a great deal of support both publicly but also factually there is no winning strategy in any of these countries sadly and he is absolutely right that when he reads out as ambassador now adult very things pointed out

he was reading out a statement that a rapid withdrawal could lead a power vacuum but even a slow withdrawal would result in exactly the same thing and i think what mr trump is darn is run out of patience with those who have written these statements for him that they haven't produced a plan which is reasonably sure. short term which provides that gradual withdrawal so i think he's instincts are probably going to be borne out by history and i think he will possibly get a great deal of support from the american public as a result of this peter galbraith what do you think do you think that he will get president trump will get a great deal of support from the american public for doing this. no. partly because the american involvement in these places is very small and so this is not a big political issue but he certainly has been criticized for the

way for the withdrawal from syria including by his own party because what he's done is he supported an ally the centrally the syrian kurds. in a conflict where they were the ground troops and the americans provided advisors and the air force of a they went far beyond areas that had any kurdish population at the urging of the united states and then at that the moment which victory was very close to you now says the pullout of the troops and makes this decision a call with turkish president aired awad. and have cared a lot says that he's going to go in and of course his target arab wants target is not the remnants of isis it is the syrian kurds and in fact the purpose of the call was to get aired was not to go in and it had just the opposite impact and the

message there is that the united states is not a reliable ally that at least under this administration you can't trust the united states and that's a message that will be taken aboard not just up by the syrian kurds but by the afghan government perhaps by the kurdistan well already by the kurdistan regional government there rack which was double crossed by the americans in twenty seventeen by the iraqi government and of course the iranians who are the big winners here. both from trump's decisions in iraq last year and this year in syria there are very pleased because they see that you know is that they they don't need to do anything to undermine the united states because trump is doing it himself on a national there has been criticism. that has come from some members of parliament about president trump's visit so where is the overall relationship right now

between the u.s. and iraq and as far as ordinary off the citizens what is the sentiment there as far as having u.s. troops remain in iraq. no i think you know what's happened yesterday and the curation of the statement of mr trump i think the speech of iraqi people now and old the majority of the iraqi people now they refuse. to interfere and that's insulting for the iraqi government then all the iraqi people and they're looking for the future of what is the future and do what what will doing that when he went in and american forces withdraw from syria what doing in iraq and you know the supporting for the entire community just for all the dead jets on the satellites then why they'd include is increasing the vent so far pfizer's and the fighters or the soldiers in that space we don't need to even

end and in the center of the. fighting between the iraqi troops and ice owns. american and so it's more the former for just four thousand pairs soldiers now why they why they increase them this is the iraqi people now they talk about the future it's that changing for their medicare in the global policy strategy g. and in them and that is and is that against iran because he mentioned that when his speech he that's also had to be monitoring iran and syria to interfere anyway because you know they have a government and the iraqi people refuse to make iraqi as a base to attacked any place is just i suppose in order that the iraqi people they they know they pushing gold they in the pleas they're pushing through to the iraqi government to say something about what's happening and to say that iraqi where is the iraqi boy is all but what's happening yesterday and last week's there was

nothing for it. or that i think. in the future to just a few days in the future they had a history that's and you know the iranian side. i'd have many allies in the streets of iraq then they will move them there are allies of the city there and we say you may remember the protestors and the street against what's happening just a bit about the new policy of america in iraq abdullah strava want to turn for a minute to afghanistan you know america's greatest leverage there in negotiating with the taliban is the fact that they have troops there so there's a look now like president trump has met one of the primary demands of the taliban before you know negotiations progress well if he does pull out troops then yes he will have but the divans and then some negotiated settlement could probably take place but of course one of the problems with meeting the demand of withdrawal is that about fifteen years ago the taliban declared victory for them as being

the withdrawal of troops so by missing that demand he is actually knowledge and from the the from the point of the taliban that they have been victorious in this conflict and that has some very significant political and military repercussions beyond this particular conflict. but i think that one of the things that we should consider here is to separate the personality mr trump of course has attracted a great deal of criticism sometimes legitimately in many cases legitimately from the american institutions be they defense foreign policy and so on for and being a bit of a maverick that may well be true but the fact is that the policies the strategic culture that the u.s.

has been involved in has not led to success the culture of regime change the culture of proxies and the. it's a myth that we stand by our proxies it's never actually been real the us is is a realist foreign policy it has use proxies in afghanistan and dumped them when its purpose has been met it's done the same thing in syria and this is a message that i think needs to be understood because proxy warfare regime change all of these things are no longer possible they then there has been virtually no success as a result of these policies the repercussions the long term repercussions of these interventions is huge it's huge in terms of terrorism. i says and the like but it's also huge in terms of politics in europe with huge

a number of displaced people seeking asylum and causing a very significant change in the political landscape in europe and possibly in the longer term also impact in north america so i think there are some very big issues here are not just isolated interventions in iraq in afghanistan and syria they're all need to be taken in the context of u.s. political and security culture and i think time is now come for the u.s. to reexamine it and change it to avoid the failures it's facing because failures only breed failures they do not lead to success and whether mr trump is making the right decisions or wrong decisions is not the point it is the strategy and the political culture that needs to change are i we have run out of time so we are going to have to leave it there thanks to our guests allie and nash

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and. the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood. to syrians document the route that is claimed so many lives searching for sanctuary part one people in power on al-jazeera. pretty well with your top stories from al-jazeera saudi arabia has a new foreign minister with the former diplomat. stripped of his post in a major campaign reshuffle ordered by the king king salma the shake up comes as the international backlash continues over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal by

agents of the kingdom. delonte beer a former advisor to the late king of dollar a former ambassador to the united states and now former foreign minister it was only the second saadi to be appointed foreign minister outside the royal family u.b.s. has been demoted to minister of state for foreign affairs it comes after nearly three months of questions and denials about the killing of journalist. in the saudi consulate in istanbul saudi arabia has faced international backlash including from the u.s. congress who said crown prince mohammed bin son man was responsible for murder during a regional summit earlier this month she beard denied the crown prince's involvement and see this with regards to issuing an arrest warrant we don't extradite our citizens i believe turkey's constitution prohibits the extradition of turkish citizens to be a was appointed foreign minister by king solomon in twenty fifteen

a month after saudi arabia went to war in yemen is strikes were launched with the aim of quickly crippling hooty fighters backed by iran and stage the war has dragged on for almost four years killing at least sixty thousand yemenis he's also overseen turmoil within the g.c.c. including a saudi lead in land and sea blockade of customer for the past eighteen months or moves that have stalled controversy around the kingdom something his successor last if no one here it's by having brought him last soft who was an order he's a veteran he served as a minister of finance for twenty years from one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and six. so now he's having come as a foreign minister in order to give their message that now we are back to the foreign policy alas surface is the former finance minister he was one of many wealthy and powerful saudis arrested and imprisoned and riyadh ritz carlton hotel

last year the crown prince championed to the arrests as a necessary crackdown on corruption. the yemen war and the g.c.c. blockades three of the main ongoing diplomatic crises facing the kingdom and its new foreign minister ybor him. shallow fairness al-jazeera. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after sunday's well that was pursued by a week in some pro opposition areas elections are already overdue by two years about two hundred people seeking asylum in the u.s. spent some of christmas in a parking lot in texas after being sent there by immigration officials in el paso city four hundred others were also sent to places including bus shelters families were left to fend for themselves because there was no room in detention centers. the u.s. government shutdown is likely to continue into the new year after both houses of

congress adjourned without agreeing on a way forward the standoff centers on donald trump's demand for five billion dollars for his border wall and next year's budget which the democrats firmly opposed thursday's saw another roller coaster on the u.s. markets after dropping more than five hundred points the dow jones clawed its way back to finish up more than one percent european markets also showed falls reflecting global market volatility. the first direct flight from the syrian capital damascus to tunis here in eight years has landed in the country's northern coastal area the flight from damascus was carrying about one hundred fifty syrian tourists they were received by china's ians waving syrian flags at the airport the former president wants to keep cut diplomatic relations with syria following the outbreak of the civil war. the palestinian authority has suspended all fruit and vegetable imports from israel it's in response to an israeli ban on similar imports

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