the situation in syria province could be discussed turkish president wretched add a one was treated to a show of russia's latest abilities. and russian ice cream then they discussed the issue of the turkish president really travel to moscow for the escalating violence in italy calling it a humanitarian tragedy one came to ask bloody may put in to rein in syrian forces but put in did not make any promises to raise the closure of terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces to try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a platform to make attacks we discuss joint measures to neutralize terrorist hotbeds and adlib and to normalize the situation in this region and in syria as a whole further one angered by an attack on a turkish convoy in northern syria earlier this month and the surrounding of one of turkey's observation posts that the behavior of syrian forces is unacceptable.

the provocation by the regime have reached an acceptable level i would like to say it is especially by our borders our right to self-defense and this leaves us no choice we have to act to protect ourselves russian and turkey have been fighting on opposite sides of the war in syria but the relationship has grown closer in recent years with increasing a cannot make a military types during adolescence visit to britain severe so both leaders couldn't stress enough how close their nations have become symbolizing this was in the livery of the russian as 400 anti-missile defense system on tuesday but despite the warm words the focus was on the differences and if and if can make sure that at a one doesn't go home empty handed while erdogan might not have got what he wanted and it lifts his host put in make sure their friendship was in good shape step past and just. euro moscow well put in an hour ago and went on to welcome the creation

of a so-called safe still in control of northern syria kurdish led forces of the gun withdrawing from along the border with turkey it's part of a deal between uncle and washington yes d.s. has been an important u.s. ally in the fight against but turkey considers the kurdish group to be a terror organization of earnestness has more on turkey's role in syria's war from untucked. time bird one's dash to moscow was partly because of the challenge that the turkish military now finds itself with it has a dozen observation posts in what are supposed to be deescalation zones in northwestern syria one of those is now marooned in what is now syrian regime controlled territory because it was taken back in fighting last week and the syrian regime is pushing against other areas in this deescalation zone and these observation posts risk falling back into territory under syrian control rajah type

her one wants to make sure that those turkish soldiers are not threatened by a longer term challenge that the turkish president is how much longer he needs to keep or ones to keep the soldiers in those observation posts when what was a deescalation zone is now territory under syrian control similar at the same time syrian kurdish forces that they have pulled back from the turkish border up to 17 kilometers they're pulling heavy weapons and troops but only from the countryside not from the towns in the cities it's nothing close to what the turks were asking for they wanted them at least 30 kilometers away from the border but this is a u.s. brokered arrangement and it's something that for now turkey is going to have to live with. hamas has declared a state of emergency in the gaza strip after 3 police officers were killed in 2 separate attacks 1st blast hit a police checkpoint killing 2 officers less than an hour later there was a 2nd explosion at another checkpoint in the city. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is in court for his 2nd corruption trial the 66 year old is facing

$25.00 charges including money laundering he's accused of using his position to siphon off 500000000 dollars from his state investment fund castillo boys have diarrhea has more. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is expected to face 5 trials this one could be the most significant it involves more than half a $1000000000.00 linked to a one m.b. d. state fund that allegedly ended up in his bank account in this case he faces 25 counts of money laundering and abuse of power none of the people in charge of corruption of the all region they have been put in jail and people are waiting to see whether this government can deliver the promises they made in the last election which is to make sure that magic and people running will go to jail or. massive corruption. corruption allegations have been weighing on a g. ben his inner circle for years as prime minister he set up the state investment

fund in 2009 to stimulate malaysia's economy but eventually it amassed billions and debt and now the united states and other countries are looking into alleged cross border embezzlement in 2016 a jihad was cleared of criminal activity after $10000000.00 were reportedly funneled to his personal account he denied any wrongdoing saying the funds were a donation from the saudi royal family but other charges followed. the trials are largely seen as a test on the country's political transparency malaysia's current prime minister mahathir mohamad has promised to crack down on corruption and to pursue all charges against the former leader now jeeves legal team insists the accusations are politically motivated and baseless while the political career of the former prime minister is over the focus now shifts to his fate in court. pati a little bit of

a yawn al jazeera still ahead here on al-jazeera the thousands of people in sudan forced to abandon their homes because of heavy flood. the families of palestinians killed by israel accuse the israeli government of withholding the politics of the left which in future negotiations all that more but we come back. hello again it's good to be back we're all watching more rain coming out of india into parts of pakistan over the next few days and you can see the clouds right there beginning to make their way towards the west that we did have a problem just several weeks ago with some very heavy flooding across parts of southern pakistan we're going to be watching this again to see what we're going to be expecting in terms of heavy rain across the region and we could be seeing some localized flooding as we go towards the end of the week as well so here on

wednesday really not looking too bad at $33.00 degrees but the rain is slowly making its way towards the west we will be watching that over here towards baghdad it is going to be a very hot day with the temperature of $48.00 and quite city at $42.00 well here across the gulf it is humidity that we are dealing with it could be a little bit windy at times as well but we do expect to see doha here 40 degrees as we go towards wednesday maybe staying the same a little bit windier as we go towards thursday also but it is going to be a warmer day with attempt a few of $41.00 and then very quickly across parts of southern africa well johannesburg is going to be very hot of the next few days $28.00 degrees are expected high but down towards durban it is going to be the clouds the wind as well as the rain bring you down to about 80 degrees here on wednesday by the time we go towards thursday a better day more sun with a temperature of about 20 degrees. over

100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw in the 2nd episode we explore the last new affects of this agreement that there is a regional set to sikes because it's at those borders were drawn without consulting the people who have to live with the. psychs people in the sun. you are watching l.g. 0 mind of our top stories this hour brazil says it's now willing to accept foreign

aid to help fight the fires of ravaging the alps and as long as it decides not to use the money president jabal sinatra's administration is also back in class to allow commercial farming on on indigenous reserves. the presence of turkey in russia say they hope to work together to ease tensions in the province. and mess his russian counterpart vladimir putin near moscow 2 countries back opposing sites in the syrian conflict. the main trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak is underway in kuala lumpur and ship is facing $25.00 charges of money laundering and abuse of power and is accused of siphoning more than 500000000 dollars from a state investment. south korea has summoned japan's ambassador over its removal from a list of preferred trading partners the ambassador arrived in south korea's foreign affairs ministry a short time ago seoul is lodging a formal complaint about the export restrictions which came into effect on wednesday the dispute threatens to stir up decades of animosity and destabilize

security region robert gray has more from seoul. this worsening tit for tat has taken relations between the 2 neighbors to their lowest point in recent history with japan now following through on its threat to remove south korea from the list of preferential trade partners it will restrict the export of materials and components for south korea's high tech manufacturing despite japan's denials it's thought to be in retaliation for a court ruling in favor of victims of forced labor used by japanese companies joining world war 2 even initially at the factory bank gave us a piece of bread to eat we were so hungry we aren't grass we lost our here we were slaves. south korea has just commemorated the end of the 2nd world war unveiling a new statute to the so-called comfort women young koreans who were forced to work

in brothels for the japanese army. this trade dispute has stirred up decades old animosities between the 2 former adversaries. is fighting for issues that is in the past and needs to be corrected today for tomorrow to teach our children what not to do from the past simple. still drawing big crowds at movie cinemas the film roll to victory tells the story of korean freedom fighters resisting the occupation by japanese troops many south koreans believe japan has never fully apologized for atrocities committed during its occupation of the korean peninsula in the 1st half of the last century japan says the matter was settled by an agreement in 965 and it's time to move on i don't know if this is now having a destabilizing effect on security cooperation with south korea pulling out of an

intelligence sharing agreement with japan set up to counter the nuclear and missile threats from north korea it comes as pyongyang intensifies its missile testing turning up the pressure in an already volatile region robert bright al-jazeera so. to ensure rain and floods have killed more than 60 people and thousands have been forced to abandon their home morgan reports from what bromley as say the capital khartoum where water levels are still expected to rise. in sudan's khartoum state is normally home to more than 5000 people now it's been overrun by the nile along with it the farmlands are running along its bank. farmers like sam and his family are forced to gather the little they have left and leave for drier lands. i've lost almost everything but i'm better off than a lot of others the farming areas we had here been completely destroyed by the

floods semi's one of at least 190000 people who have been forced out of their homes due to rains and floods in the past 3 weeks across the country. 17 of sudan's 18 states have been affected and more than 20000 homes have been destroyed people living along the banks of the nile river have suffered the most because of the floods what has become a largely empty town with most of its houses either partially underwater or completely destroyed many of the people here have sought shelter at a nearby camp and those who remain are waiting to leave with their belongings as well. those who have moved to the camp say they're worried about how long they'll have to stay there are warnings there now could continue to swell. we're now in a camp that we don't own anything i have left with only one of my children i can't continue to live in a camp where there are little services in the army we don't want i adore anything but for the government to give us a plot of land to stay on to give us lands to compensate for the ones we have lost

in the floods the disaster management committee in would say there are also other concerns. that you don't even and then there's at least $1200.00 families but not enough tents there are no lights or electricity we need the authorities to respond with more tents and there's an issue of access to clean water we also need more security. just last week residents of what really had been helping people in neighboring areas who were the 1st to be affected by the floods now they need assistance as they try to salvage the little they have left if they're not relocate it they'll be forced to wait for the floodwaters to retreat so they can go back home or to what was once home he will morgan al-jazeera would probably. stopped cold storm dorian as calls power outages and down trees on the caribbean islands of barbados and some do c.s. and is now threatening puerto rico with a direct hit people in the u.s. territory of stockpiling goods and boarding up horrors that the government detailed to state of emergency door in his forecast to bring heavy rains that could approach

hurricane strength it will be about 360 shelters open across the island families of palestinians whose bodies have been withheld by israel are demanding their return campaigners say israel is holding 51 bodies in morgues 4 of them died in custody arafat's it was the story. is tending the grave of his aunt she died in 2017 at home in gaza having spent the previous 26 years hoping and working for the return of her son paris by ruud was captured by israeli forces in 1991 he'd killed an israeli settler he died in prison in february his body is still in the israeli morgue and which ones are the most of what his mother is dead he has no immediate family in garza but we're not letting it go we are waiting we know it's not easy to get his body back every year activists and family members stage a day of protest in gaza and in the occupied west bank to remember their loved ones

and to renew their demand that they be returned israeli military has long been rested.