pulling out to give peace a chance yemen's hoofy rebels hand over control of the vital port of who data. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up russia and turkey agreed to step up cooperation in syria as u.s. forces prepare to leave. president claims big progress in efforts to scale back the year long trade war with china after a call with the chinese president xi jinping. a

call for calm by the catholic church after a violent run up to the long delayed vote in the democratic republic of congo. the rebels have handed over control of the vital lifeline port of who data to government forces the transfer as part of a peace deal reached in sweden earlier this month aimed at ending almost four years of war which has caused a humanitarian disaster hoofy and saudi backed forces have also agreed to open up aid corridors here's paul to judge them. this moment is what tens of thousands of yemenis have been wanting for years a chance to end the street to street fighting aerial bombardments diseases like of clean water and food insecurity rebels turning over control of the port of what data to the government and. absolutely delighted today because of the thing and we

won these kind of fish and i don't think it was like a decision came late but god willing a ceasefire will hold in the situation with him allies god willing the ceasefire and he died it continues people need security and safety in this country. who the rebels boarded their trucks to move out of the port standing by naval and coast guard officers from the saudi immorality backed government the internationally recognized government forces had been in charge of protecting ports before the war they were also blamed during the conflict for blocking humanitarian supplies that are desperately needed throughout the country the handover was part of a u.n. sponsored peace agreement signed in sweden earlier this month. i think overseeing the handover the head of un's advance team charged with monitoring the cease fire retired general patrick come airt we cannot solve your problem.

and you have to do that yourselves and that means that we will say we will discuss we will take the gold but we have to move for. what comes next is pro-government forces pulling back from parts of what data city the we captured in an offensive launched in june datas who think governor muhammad naeem says his forces taking control of the city in exchange for handing over the port is part of the un agreement rather than in chad as the fighters who used to protect the port will be redeployed to protect the city according to the sweden agreement. the un also announced the warring sides will begin to open critically needed to monetary and corridors within the areas they control the sweet agreement mandates the warring sides allow relief supplies to reach those in need. for those who have lost loved ones been traumatized by three years of brutal violence this handover is

a sign they may soon have what all humans need food shelter and safety paltrow dirge on al-jazeera. the new york times is reporting that the saudi and the rotty coalition is using child soldiers from sudan against to see fighters in yemen the children of survivors of the conflict in darfur and were reportedly recruited by saudi offices promising high wages experience john juhi militiamen from darfor also said to be fighting in yemen as mercenaries catherine shutdown is a research for the bay a center for strategic studies she hopes this report will lead to more action to stop the use of child soldiers. or is that the issue of. islam so this is not the first time that this idea have you know i have to as it is that have a geisha as they have you told us not just in yemen but across the world you know three to five they will basically and no i'm still whole has that actually challenge them whenever we have tried an expert have raised the street was always

kind of set down you know by the saudi lobby so i think that it is it is a good way i think it's a good progress today in a sense that this is coming out of the new york times and they should be talked about because this would you have committed a great many will crime not just in yemen but i think in several other country including saddam of course and it's you know for us to talk about it and actually talent the saudi government and hold them accountable for the crime that they have committed the balance of power in northern syria appears to be shifting after the u.s. decision to withdraw its forces russia and turkey have now agreed to coordinate with each other following talks in moscow turkey's foreign minister says they have a common goal of cleaning syria of what he called terror organizations it comes as fifty turkish tanks have been sent to the syrian border in preparation for a possible attack on kurdish y p g forces from gaza into egypt on the turkey syria border is mohammed atta columns of tuckey stunts roll into syria. and

korea has been bolstering its military positions along its southam border as it prepares for what it calls a full fledged offensive on the cottage held city of mumbai is syria syrian rebels back by tuckey also on the move both inside areas of syria under techies sway and along the eight hundred twenty two kilometer border between the two countries kurdish forces a miles from friday that they had been forced to cut a deal with the regime of president bashar assad after they were abundant by donald trump or nonstop the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria a little over a week ago. here syrian troops deployed in support of cottage forces seen on the edge of mom bitch their deployment creates a government buffer achi a call small from syria which fully separates the tukey and its proxies from the kurds but they are yet to enter the city of money bitch as they claimed on friday.

we haven't seen any movement of the syrian army in miami beach all we see are the military council of money huge numbers the conflicting reports from them but perhaps sure the kills thoughts likely to ensue and of the sixty to one hundred day timetable for the withdrawal of u.s. troops with the remaining fighting forces in syria has come to replace them in moscow on high level toughest immigration led by foreign minister children children's health talks with russian foreign and defense ministers they discuss the situation in syria as u.s. forces flip it the withdrawal. of us incentives an understanding was reached on how military representatives of russia and turkey will continue to coordinate the states on the ground under new conditions with a view of finally rooting out terrorists three since syria. we discussed the latest developments in syria with regards to the u.s.

decision to withdraw from the country we exchanged views on how we can coordinate our efforts from now on we stressed our resolve to fight against terrorist organizations we have a common will to clear all terror organizations from syrian lands. to also result to respect serious to the total integrity something the for must say might spell of the go to rule for government forces and cut it held areas of the north east. with the syrian opposition groups which can be on the un back political process in topples bashar al assad is now trying to shape is what i asked the un is already looking for funds to rebuild the country the us troops pull out how about threatens open an up and for us. tucky something. the u.s. president says major progress has been made towards ending his government's trade war with china donald trump and china sheeting they have spoken on the telephone

about resulting their differences washington and beijing began imposing a series of tit for tat tariffs earlier this year after complain china had failed to address a trade imbalance between the two countries she had her hands you know from washington very optimistic and positive indications from both donald trump and chinese media first that was donald trump's tweet which said just had a long and very good call with president xi of china a deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering all subject areas and points of dispute big progress being made exclamation mark and chinese media confirming about phone call took place chinese media said president xi said he hopes to push forward a sign a u.s. relationship that is coordinated cooperative and stable and he said that he hopes that the teams presumably the trade negotiating teams could meet each meet each other halfway and reach an agreement that is mutually beneficial as soon as possible and we have had indications in the last few days that a u.s.

trade delegation will be traveling to beijing in january after what were described as intensive discussions over the phone over the christmas period trying to has been relenting somewhat since the truce was declared between china and the u.s. over trade talks at the beginning of december lowering of publishing draft laws which suggest greater intellectual property property rights and protection for foreign companies so perhaps there is movement underway. well staying with mr trump he has been blaming the democratic party for the death of two guatemalan children in u.s. custody earlier this month eight year old philippe gomez along and seven year old a chicken calm a can both died after being detained by the border authorities mr truong criticized what he labeled the quote pathetic immigration policies of the democrats saying the flow of asylum seekers north from central america would stop if his proposed border wall is approved. president trump's tweets blaming the

democrats for the death of the two young children has created outrage his critics pointing out that no evidence of any kind is being provided by the president also pointing out that it's his policies that are partially or wholly to blame for the situation at the border that continues to deteriorate the day a shutdown of government the partial shutdown also is having an impact on events at that border a large number of customs and border protection officers for example are federal employees they are either working without pay or have been sent home without a homeland secretary touring that area says conditions are overwhelming saying that there needs to be massive improvements in the way that border is secured but stall president trump continues to insist that he will accept no less than that six billion dollars he is demanding for the wall and he is refusing to forge any kind

of compromise with the democrats who have already offered a deal which involves some one point six billion dollars for border security so the shutdown now in its eighth day continues president trump alone in the white house continues to tweet his family have returned to their holiday home in florida a trip that president trump canceled after the shutdown began still to come here on al-jazeera for years of violence and intimidation and bangladesh as people get ready to vote in the forthcoming general election. people should not do things in their own hands. and we'll tell you the secret to his success we'll look at how refugees who flooded into germany are surviving the desperate.

by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. follow the weather slushy dry across southeastern parts of china we've had some rather would see whether their way into the central areas they can clap here for a time temperatures struggling to get anywhere near freezing actually to celsius therefore we can touch woman that in shanghai at around five celsius being a c. there we go with are various lower large areas snow will make its way a little further south which is tending to thin out as we go on into monday it a bit of cloud a little bit of rain still in place in the northern parts of vietnam the wettest weather the liveliest weather will remain around the philippines where of course we do have our tropical system moving through so we have same flooding has some parts seeing in excess of six hundred millimeters of rain well so cloud still in place here see the process of pulling away from the western side of the philippines for sunday we go into monday you can see the circulation just developing between borneo

and vietnam further heavy downpours coming through here the system could actually become rather more organized as we make a way to the early part of next week that legacy of showers will continue to bring rain into those flood affected parts of the philippines no such problems across india here is lousy dry and fine still some i've not missed in fog there for new delhi where the top temperature twenty. the weather sponsored by cattle and peace. they wanted forty three billion pounds worth of weaponry that was six billion pounds in commission. there is no hope of any more because there's always a small cardboard people for really really good ministers. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function your shadow on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera peter dhabi here in doha good to have you with us your headlines from the rebels in yemen have handed over control of the vital port of her data to the government's navy and coast guard france where it was carried out under the supervision of the united nations is part of the peace deal bricks and sweeten earlier this month russia and turkey have agreed to coordinate on the ground in syria following talks in moscow just days after the u.s. announced a pullout of its forces he says they aim to clear syria of what it calls terror organizations. and donald trump is blaming the opposition democrats for the death of two guatemalan children in u.s. custody this month the american president criticized what he called the pathetic

immigration policies of the democrats saying the flow of asylum seekers would stop if his proposed border wall was approved let's get more on our top story the transfer of the yemeni port city part of the port data to government forces. is human analysts standing a visiting fellow at georgetown university she says it will take time to evaluate if this handover has been successful. in terms of numbers there are many conflicting reports that are going to take a while for us to find out how many of these actually left we talk about who these leaving were only talking about the work of days that they're not going to leave the city of the data so that's really important to kind of clarify right off the bat what's happening now the hand over of the part that they then what's happening is that there are conflicting reports from the government signed from the who besides what we're going to have to sit tight and kind of wait for the general that

that's general that was mentioned before patrick cameron who is going to come out and kind of an ounce how this process is is happening now what's really important is the handover is supervised by the u.n. and and the people that are being hand that the port the people that are going to take control of the park right now the government needs to kind of strip their influence over them to who these are going to try to do the same and so it's not clear just as of yet how the u.n. wants to make of the neutrality of that court what it means is that once this process begins they set a deadline for themselves which is twenty one days so from the summer eighteenth you have twenty one days to kind of finish this court handover and within two weeks of the foot of the port being operable you're going to have humanitarian aid coming into yemen and then going to parts of the country that were pretty much busy jd and those are the parts that the hope you have control over where the people the population under them and is suffering at the hands of just being under the who the

population it's all these prime minister says he wants to stop sales to saudi arabia seventy conte says he intends to take an official stance against selling weapons to be used in the war and yemen denmark finland germany and norway have all decided to stop selling weapons to riyadh it follows international outrage over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal. in just a few hours voters in the d r c go to the polls for the long delayed presidential election that the country's top archbishop has called for a peaceful vote after weeks of political unrest the leading opposition candidate martin for you know was among those who heard the plea at a mass in the capital kinshasa two people were killed during protests on friday after the electoral commission delayed voting in three opposition strongholds until march two months after the new president is due to be sworn in.

we must not under any circumstances allow the elections to become another opportunity to destroy the democratic republic of congo and distill the blood of the congolese people which has flowed too much already for decades well hundreds of polling stations will remain closed in the capital kinshasa electoral authorities are blaming the closure on a fire earlier this month that destroyed voting machines and ballot boxes and with other areas excluded many people are worried about the vote. the electoral commission need to tell the truth that we are not people you can just trick and foo are going to be the can chasseur votes and then in beni and over there they are not voting. commission nice to take the time to explain to us what happens if a large part of the population can't vote are they going to know the election over there be continuity in the months in between there is total confusion with their calendar and they can take this well beyond. well the election was supposed to take place two years ago and has been keenly awaited in many opposition areas voters

will choose national and provincial members of parliament as well as a new president catherine sawyer reports now from kinshasa on the different candidates vying for victory. posters of politicians line to every street in kinshasa there are twenty one presidential candidates on the ballot but respond out. there is a ruling party candidate and outgoing president could be less a pattern of choice his critics say he's not suitable because he and the european union functions and is not popular but he supported better placed for the post by east different positions. the congress. the interest of the country interest of the people and. this is. has been described as the accidental candidate who is

little known outside and is nominated back. to prominent and popular politicians. and. who are excluded from the election are backing him i want to give. and i have to have. we have to leave because. every year we create at least five point one million jobs for people of course. is the leader of the largest opposition party. he's opponent inexperienced and only riding on the popularity of his late father the founder of the party. i have more political experience than some of my opponents i joined politics twenty five years ago and i started from the bottom i was chosen to lead the party grassroots and

succeeded to where i am i am my father's son but also my own. the candidates are promising much the same deal with issues fix the economy and corruption provide the basics jobs education health care but an economic strategy to talk to some of those pledges are not realistic and maybe hard to implement we need to plan ahead this country we need to. at least we know that we will be getting results we don't need to flush out the results we don't need to. give it a color we need to transform the country the election process has been counted. many people are not confident. but those we talk to anyway been waiting for two years for the opportunity. there is a massive security clampdown in bangladesh just hours before

a general election campaign which officially ended on friday saw a wave of violence with opposition supporters being arrested and some government supporters reportedly becoming the victims of targeted killings and. reports from dhaka the unrest is playing on voters' minds. mohamad. has been the manager of this restaurant in the pan with this she capital dhaka for three years which sells cheap breakfasts to rickshaw drivers and passers by but after weeks of violence in the build up to national elections on sunday mohamed is afraid. to say yes i'm scared of what might happen that violence will affect my livelihood we may be forced to close a business. prime minister sheikh hasina as awami league which is seeking a third consecutive five year term in power has denied accusations of intimidating opposition candidates and journalists. the leader of the main opposition bangladesh

nationalist party leaders zia is serving a ten year jail term for two separate corruption cases it's estimated around six hundred thousand members of various security forces including the military police have been deployed for sunday's election opposition party say at least ten thousand six hundred of their supporters have been detained in the run up to these elections and at least seventeen of the candidates now the organization human rights watch says that the atmosphere of fear and repression is not consistent with holding credible elections and some opposition candidates say that members of the security forces and supporters of the ruling party have surrounded their homes stop them from leaving and prevented them from campaigning in their local areas. at least ten people have been killed during election campaigning from both sides this video

shows what the opposition says was an attack by ruling party supporters on a group of opposition politicians including the man leading the b.n.p. alliance while the party's leader. is in prison cya double barcus of the was among those at times they were arrested every day on an average of twenty people till yesterday that he's twenty eight december in eighteen days two hundred plus people those are carrying my election the trio's either leaflet or pamphlet or stickers seen louder in j two hundred plus people these are all by hardcore leaders and workers the international community has praised prime minister has seen a for handling of one of the largest refugee crises in the world. more than seven hundred thousand ricky jerk fled a violent crackdown in myanmar into bangladesh in two thousand and seventeen the world bank has also praised bangladesh fruits strong economic growth of over six

percent in recent years. most of these campaign banners are for the ruling party an indication of media control very few opposition posters a scene on the streets. that there are. isolated incidents i have no doubt it has happened in the past it is happening now but we accept it without. our very i would think you might. think of the restaurant one hundred says he will vote for an opposition candidate in the election whatever the outcome it is violence jury and after the vote that many people like you fear the most. darker. residents of bugger town in the northeast of nigeria have fled their homes following renewed fighting between book and the nigerian army they're escaping to the state capital after ten people were killed the fighters

attacked a military base in the fishing town on. trying to capture the area which borders chad and cameroon the group attacked the town in twenty fifteen and left hundreds of people dead. three years since more than a million refugees and migrants into germany most were fleeing the war in syria at the time the government said they could be successfully integrated into german society despite strong opposition from conservatives and far right groups from berlin dominic cain looks at how successful some of those efforts have been. it's a busy morning for rummy re howie he's a software developer at the clerk in a steel workshop as such he's an important part of an international team to see him at work you'd never think three years ago he was a refugee one whose progress chancellor angela merkel has seen for herself his is a success story but he says because he used his own initiative there is

a lot here and if i waited to get the german class i would be doing nothing i would be waiting because the first three hundred people the first six months and. and if i waited. or something i think people should not things in their own hands but what of the many others who were drawn by the open borders and merkel's determined humanitarianism the vast majority of those who came in twenty fifteen received refugee status and with it housing welfare and help to learn german but many who arrived since have not been so fortunate and has struggled to get more than temporary jobs people like who know about him who status remains unresolved a few months ago he told me of his experience since twenty fifteen when. i get the political situation in iraq was not safe for me i wanted to be able to lead a normal life and freedom but so far here i haven't found the government agency

that regulates this entire sector is this one the federal employment ministry and it says that in october eighteen thousand asylum applications were processed all of which around two out of five cases saw a positive outcome last month one hundred seventy seven thousand refugees were registered as an employed a slight increase on the same time period from last year all together three hundred seventy three thousand refugees are classified as being underemployed. so why has germany struggled to integrate so many people in the refugee population that arrives in germany many don't have that vocational training because it's quite a young population so there is a massive challenge just to training people on the job and then there is an issue of legal certainty. i'm going to america who once said integrating so many people would be one of the biggest challenges modern germany has ever faced but i mean

really how he is one of many who have prospered but there are many more who have not dominant cane al-jazeera berlin. this is al jazeera these are the top stories of the rebels in yemen have handed over control of the vital port of data to the government's navy and coast guard draws for was carried out under the supervision of the u.n. part of a peace deal reached in sweden earlier this month and i was delighted today because of this decision and we want these kind of thing to fission. fusion but god willing with his bible hall and the fear of god willing the ceasefire and he died it continues people need security and safety in this country russia and turkey have agreed to coordinate on the ground in syria following talks in moscow just days after the u.s. announced

a pullout of its forces turkey says they aim to clear syria of what it calls terror organizations it comes as fifty turkish tanks have been sent to the syrian border in preparation for a possible attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces. donald trump is blaming the opposition democrats for the death of two guatemalan children in u.s. custody this month the u.s. president criticized what he called the prophetic immigration policies of the democrats saying the flow of asylum seekers would stop if his proposed border wall was approved. well donald trump has also been tweeting about what he says is major progress towards ending his government's trade war with china or trump and china xi jinping confirming they have spoken on the telephone about resolving their differences washington and beijing began imposing a series of tit for tat tariffs earlier this year after trump complained china had failed to address the trade imbalance the democratic republic of congo's top archbishop purser peeled for karma ahead of sunday's long delayed presidential

election the leading opposition candidate martin for you look was among those who heard the police amassed in the capital kinshasa two people were killed during protests on friday after the electoral commission delayed voting in three opposition strongholds until march two months after the new president is due to be sworn in. millions of voters in bangladesh heading to the polls shortly in an election expected to see the prime minister return for a fourth term security is tight across this muslim majority country after weeks of violence and arrests of opposition supporters during the election campaign you are right up to date with all the top stories up next on al-jazeera its inside story i will see you very soon.

abandoned by the u.s. and threatened by turkey the kurds turned to bashar al assad for protection and the syrian army says it's now in control of the kurdish held city of but is it how would that change the dynamics of the nearly eight year long war and how will ankara react this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey the northern city of one of the last remaining flashpoints in syria's war and yet another example of a complicated syrian jigsaw puzzle it was under the control of kurdish forces.