has a. east and south eastern backstop within the nato alliance but also an eastern end point within the us alliance. and greece is being praised if you listen to the diplomatic language in recent months constantly for its stability through its eurozone crisis for its willingness to stick by its atlanticist views the nato of course alliance but also the european union it's being hailed as a pillar of stability that something that secretary powell. and other diplomats have been saying there is also an energy component to this the united states is very keen to displace russian gas in southeast europe which it sees as a trojan horse for other forms of russian influence and it is keen to promote its exports of liquefied natural gas those exports have already begun to greece and greece is investing in important gas infrastructure throughout the country which

will enable it to funnel much of that gas into the southeast european gas network the u.s. sees that very much as part of its strategic relationship with greece in addition to the defense arrangement john psaropoulos in athens thank you very much. still ahead on al-jazeera as a 1st time voter registrations we meet the young people who could sway a 2nd bret's that referendum. beast with a great burden the rhino born to help save his species. head of the us and still make conditions across the southeast of europe the greek on into catalonia yet again as seen some heavy downpours causing some flooding this

is that system is on its way now tools the black sea training down into northern sections of turkey that's where we can see if you will find some heaviest spiles of rain it's ushering in some corner as well but you'll see up in sioux moscow western russia of russia going to southern africa so not too cold and then central europe all this rain you can see here this is actually still the remnants of what was her . heaviest spells as we go through saturday and at the same time a new system working its way across much of the northwest pushing through and on into the u.k. so look at this just trading right there way down really across into central areas of france a very unsettled and to the weekend not too cool 16 degrees in london 17 in paris a bright and if it is a bit cooler with a high the 10 degrees celsius fairly calm across much of northern africa those storms across the mediterranean already far enough away not to have been causing any problems fairly brisk winds across some of those coastal areas still very warm across into cairo 36 ounces on saturday at household off

a little bit in tunis so 29 celsius all south of emphasis on day is that cool still with a high of a 27 degrees. sponsored by catalona. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories. as we turn the cameras on the media services control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president to focus on how they would put on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information they're listening pounced on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour iraq has lifted a curfew in its capital baghdad and other areas which have seen days of violent protests at least $73.00 people have been killed parliament is convening an emergency session to discuss the protest as the moms. protesters have gathered in central hong kong despite a rally calls to council demonstrations on saturday covering their faces in open defiance of a mosque ban imposed by the city's leader. there's been a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir comes exactly 2 months after new delhi ended the region's special status hundreds of people in pakistani administered kashmir are marching towards the de facto border to protest against india's actions in the territory india that mr kashmir has been under a complete lockdown since new delhi took away the region's 7 autonomy status and

arrested local politicians. the turkish backed syrian opposition says a number of rebel factions fighting in the province of merging the groups are joining the national army the main rebel group supported by ankara it's a move that could widen the opposition's influence and it lives the last rebel held province in syria simcoe c.-o. who has more from the turkish city of sana'a near the syrian border. so you know position factions have gathered and split several times so far but they say that this time it is different because for the 1st time free syrian army f.s.a. factions and the national liberation front have gathered under one umbrella national army of syria which is only going to answer to the defense ministry of the syrian opposition run interim government the interim government is a part of the syrian national council which is international recognized here they say that their primary principle is to protect their territorial integrity and

liberate their soil should be outlawed should this shouldn't top up with today terror groups ongoing airstrikes by the regime and russia threaten syria's territorial integrity that's why we wanted to boost our resistance against them we merge 2 of our armed forces this is a message to anyone who threatens us the men aim of this is to defend liberated areas in the. north west of the country. and we are preparing for the future. of some military operations to the east of structures and we look to the region to the east of river. as i thought of syria and we have civilians was kicked out of the region and . it is now important that they go back to their homes the united states sees the syrian the political forces as the primary force in order to fight against iceland

30 claims that it's comments it is a mostly by the y.p. g. forces now these factions believe that they are a union under under one umbrella as the military as a as a conventional army of the interim government will also challenge the legitimacy of the wife e.g. in the fight against isis also mosco has been pushing turkey for the last 2 years in order to organize a for say factions together under one umbrella now. it's a question how the h.g.'s talk to us some will respond to the situation in ad lib as well. donald trump's presidential reelection campaign is supported to be among the cones targeted by hacking group linked to the iranian government the reuters news agency says attempts to access is accounts were i'm successful microsoft has confirmed that hundreds of accounts were targeted by the group known as phosphorous they include those of current and former u.s. government officials journalists and prominent iranians living abroad particle hain

has more now from washington this is a pretty unusual move but it shows how much things have changed for tech companies since the 2016 election microsoft making this announcement saying for the 1st time in this new election cycle that they believe a foreign government backed hackers tried to get access to a presidential campaign other not saying exactly which campaign and again this is microsoft alleging iran's involvement without actually providing any proof but the allegation is that it wasn't just the presidential campaign it was former and current government officials journalists prominent iranians in america and they said it wasn't a very sophisticated attack of the almost 2700 people they tried to identify what their e-mails were they were able they say to target about 241 of those people but only succeeded in 4 attack 4 accounts being hacked and microsoft says none of those were government officials or the presidential campaign still it does send a message that things are different this time around and tech companies are sending

the message to hackers especially those associated they believe with governments that they're not going to stay quiet. more protests are expected in haiti where people are demanding president giovanna moises resignation friday's march was the largest in almost 4 weeks a process in which 17 people have reportedly been killed protesters set tires on fire as they marched to the united nations office in the capital port au prince opposition leaders of the international community to withdraw their support for mores. cameroon's president paul has ordered the release of his main political rival opposition leader maurice come to i was jailed in january for organizing protests but order came as a national dialogue aimed at ending a separatist conflict wrapped up cameron's english speaking regions have been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority on thursday be announced the release of more than 330 people amid idris has more from one day.

the national dollar conference has made recommendations that include the do some for allies addition of such an active just for example reduce we'll have more revenues to run their day to day activities as well as execute projects and then the locals will be able eventually to vote their own officials including governors instead of those officials being appointed by the federal government then there is also the establishment of traditional rulers councils to establish or to empower local administrations in the day to day running of affairs of the people now the main opposition as well as analysts said the recommendations of course are an important step to a stabilizing couple there are factions that have harbors so more deep seated hatred that it may never be possible to convince them but these now look must not overlook that there are pockets of grievances across the country people

who have never actually been if have never felt included in the process now a lot of people are watching closely what this will mean to the greater group will be encouraged rebels for example who have already indicated that they're not happy with their recommendations especially the issue of autonomy to the regions saying that what they were looking for independence now but government officials as well as key opposition figures are saying that this is an important 1st step whether or not chemical builds on that is a different matter altogether. the turmoil over bricks it could lead to an early general election in the u.k. because prime minister boris johnson's government no longer has a majority students are being encouraged to register to vote many of them will be costing their ballot for the 1st time and the hayward reports from southampton and southern england. it's an exciting time for new students in southampton at 18 full of hope and ambition living away from home and with the prospect of

being old enough to vote in any upcoming u.k. election they're all starting college life as britain prepares to leave the e.u. the result of a referendum they were too young to vote. to take in 3 years if it was i would if. i wasn't able to feel like it's affecting. my maybe things may have turned out differently 2 years ago. but. i don't think. by. now student leaders are calling on young people to get on the electoral roll so they can vote if there's a general election the u.k. prime minister is reported to up wanted october the 15th as an election date so fewer university students would have had time to register so soon after starting a new term she didn't have such a powerful voice but so often the marginalised disgraceful because it's a. new generation of leaders and they should be having

a say southampton is split politically at the moment so every vote will matter the student population here runs into tens of thousands so if they choose to vote it will have a big impact on the result here if there is an election and of course here in southampton there was a highly marginal constituency at the last election there were just $31.00 votes in it and 2017 younger people tended to vote and other smaller parties rather than vote conservative yet. the older generation still go to the polls in bigger numbers younger voters are certainly a significant part of the electorate in any forthcoming general election one thing that's important to say though is that as we have an aging population and the rates of turnout still higher among older voters it's easy to over overestimate the extent to which the youth vote is going to swing it in that particular constituency and that since you know every vote counts when this generation of students

graduated 2022 the impact to britain's prime departure from the european union on young people looking for work should be clear and he would there in southampton. cuts are celebrating gold at the world athletics championships as a round up. more prize effed bar sheen is the toast of del have to winning another high jump world title this time in front of his home fans it's a gold in the final with a winning effort of 2 meters 37 centimeters are seems victory made all the more sweeter with him coming back from a 14 month injury layoff to retain the title he won in london 2 years ago on the track there was a new world record in the women's 400 metres hurdles final america's mohamed taking gold in a time of 52.16 seconds the olympic champion winning her 1st world title sydney mclaughlin who claimed silver also finished inside the previous world record time

elsewhere the bahamas won their 1st gold medal of the championships in the men's 400 meters final statement garder taking the title in time of 43.48 seconds in south kept her to one the 3000 meter steeplechase and you mean her as to cold in the women's discus day 9 of the championship sees 6 titles decided in the stadium including both the sprint relays the day ends with the final night road race the men's marathon. i'm precedented wave of wildlife extinction is underway that's according to scientists who say it's because of poaching global warming and a loss of habitat that trying to save endangered species including the northern white rhino rob reynolds reports from escondido in california. edwards the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park born at the end of july he's already of big boy. he is fantastic we are just so rotten to

be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction this is nola a female northern white rhino she died in 2015 the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems do or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos not an easy task when your patient weighs about 1600 kilos so. durant is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with

a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want to differentiate him all the way to sperm eggs but there's a big catch female rhino anatomy it turns out is complicated the cervix which you have to go through to deposit the semen is very convoluted it looks like a series of rings like this so we have to go in a series of switchback turns so we're going to have to have something that is very flexible that can go around all those curves and that's where engineering professor mike comes in he wasn't thinking about impregnating rhinos when he developed this flexible robotic catheter for microsurgery but it turns out it's perfect for the job we've developed the robotic tool that is very thin long flexible device that we

can very accurately steer through these narrow channels so that we can get very deep into the rhino uterine body and the posit the specimens needed the ultimate goal of this project is to produce a self-sustaining herd of northern white rhinos 1st in captivity and then return to the wild in africa that goal is decades away and direct says she may not live to see it happen but that's ok if we don't lay the groundwork it's not going to happen so i think that what we're doing now is extremely important for the long game for the long haul dedicated scientists and a bold plan to save one of the world's rarest creatures rob reynolds al-jazeera escondido california.

back over the headlines on al-jazeera iraq has lifted a curfew in its capital baghdad and other areas which have seen days of violent protests at least 73 people have been killed parliament has convened an emergency session to discuss the protesters demands imran khan has more now from baghdad well there was an incredible amount of criticism from all aspects of iraqi society when the curfew was brought into place this wasn't just a night telling curfew this was a curfew that had no seeming end lost it for 48 hours in the end the cost of the economy people can get to work they can get to offices they couldn't move around the city was enormous it was never a long term or even a short or even a medium term solution to iraq's crisis so the government had little choice but to actually lift it so they can get baghdad moving protesters have gathered in central hong kong despite

a rail shutdown and calls to council demonstrations on saturday covering their faces in open defiance of a mass ban imposed by the city's leda carry. us house democrats have subpoenaed the white house for documents related to the president's impeachment inquiry but donald trump says he won't cooperate until the house of representatives votes to approve the investigation there's been a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir it comes to months after new delhi ended the region's special status hundreds of people in pakistani administered kashmir were marching towards the de facto border to protest against india's actions indian administered kashmir has been under a complete lockdown says new delhi took away the region's semi autonomy status and arrested local politicians. more protests are expected in haiti where people are demanding president jovan amo easy's resignation friday's march was the largest and almost 4 weeks of protests in which 17 people have reportedly been killed protestors march the united nations office in the capital port au prince.

those are the headlines the news continues here now just after the listening post don't go away. i'm counting the cost germany's heading for recession well i'm going to put aside the concerns about that to stimulate the economy farmers in brazil's amazon fear their livelihoods are under threat and the billions of dollars in black gold locked away and i think. counting the cost on how just the. minutes of its release the whistleblower complaint sparking posh stock out. shows the president trying to chase down great resume or turn right now. with the president also talking. with. alarm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week donald trump and fox news there are signs

that the president's biggest supporter on the american airwaves is having some serious 2nd thoughts he draws crowds that will put bollywood superstars and indian cricketers to shame india's no rent remote and the art of the overseas mega rally one year after the killing of jamal khashoggi the saudi crown prince gets a grilling on american television and comes up short and gratitude in berg's climate speech as a swedish death metal song somehow. strikes the right now. as the impeachment inquiry in the u.s. congress gathers steam president trump tweets about a crew and talk of a looming civil war there are signs of an in-house civil war at the biggest most influential news network in the country fox news the complaint at the center of the impeachment story filed by an anonymous whistleblower alleges that trump abused his powers by asking the government of ukraine to dig up dirt on joe biden

a possible opponent in next year's presidential election fox has been a bedrock of support for this president and there were some signs before the ukraine story of dissent. at the network on where fox should draw the line in its backing of trump however this story has exposed those divisions like never before the hosts arguing with each other on the air reflect a deeper split amongst fox executives and within the network's owners the murdoch family and as far as best known viewer it's not like donald trump hasn't noticed some of those angry tweets he used to reserve for c.n.n. and the new york times are now heading fox's way our starting point this week is washington d.c. . the prospect of the impeachment of donald trump has been a preoccupation of much of the american news media since before trump was even

sworn in this headline was published just 6 days after trump was selected more than 2 months before he took office then came the russia gate story out of washington and the latest on the russian best again on the alleged collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin during the 2016 election the investigation into that by special counsel robert muller had many u.s. news outlets feasting on the story for more than 2 years and the american presidency right now is the product of collusion between the russian intelligence services and an american campaign i mean that is so profoundly in the end it fell short of the high expectations that many journalists in their excitement had helped to create all of which has made it easier for the white house to argue that the ukraine story which is centered around a phone call between trump and president followed him it is immense is just more of the same. the russian investigation it was such a complex set of facts that i think it was tough for democrats to really explain

why trump should be impeached thank you very much here whereas here with the whistleblower complaint regarding trump. well it's not just with ukraine with other countries as well it's a lot more straightforward and so i think that has lend itself to making a clear case for impeachment the white house to have just released the transcript of the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president selenski there was a discussion about some military aid that we were supposed to send but trump had put upon that and so then this phone call happens and trump says you know paraphrasing but ok i'm going to need you to do us a favor. and the favor that he's asking is he wants him to investigate his chief political rival. donald trump leveraged his power over

ukrainian leader and that's very simple you can explain that to almost anyone and once you explain to them that it's illegal it will be very easy for them to understand that much of the media in this country is not just fake it's corrupt the president's response has followed the standard shoot the messenger pattern attacks on the news outlets reporting the story as well as a few potshots at the network that usually has his back fox news signs that donald trump's affection for fox was on the wane had come even before the ukraine story turned up the heat 6 weeks ago after the network ran an unflattering poll trump tweeted fox isn't working for us anymore. in the past month idea the president has been calling into question some of fox media hosts as well as the network itself for not always coming to his defense the president expects fox to be in his corner he expects people to come to his defense

a man when they don't necessarily at least in his eyes there is some tension there for most of his term fox has defended the president but occasionally news anchors shepard smith and chris wallace have swim against the current and told it like. why did the president use private attorneys rather than it out of the state but they are vastly outnumbered and the hardcore support for trump comes in primetime through the hosts of opinion shows names like carlson hannity and ingrid the ukraine story has resulted in that schism being laid bare on fox is there. so you have this tension within fox these 2 anchors essentially sailing each other's integrity shep smith. covered thinks it's appropriate he had on judge entered a part time that he has said that these are serious issues raised by the subpoena or the vet to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted president's

positions and saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance bring on a former federal prosecutor general is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge you know politan oh there's a full shop smith came back you know a day later and said attacking our colleague who is here to offer a legal assessment on our air in our home is repugnant shep smith said who could disagree his ideas this is ridiculous and then tucker carlson did it again the next night punkin not clear if that was you or maybe at someone's republic and so that's the feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachment is such a significant thing to possibly remove a president from office seems like the stakes have gotten higher and so these feuds

have become something that people are talking. and that's schism that fox viewers see in the networks output also exists and probably starts at the executive level. rupert murdoch's heir apparent. and murder is reportedly far less a number of the president than his father is and although fox continues to hire ex administration officials like former director of communications picks it is also hard one of trump's republican adversaries the former speaker of the house paul ryan which may prove significant down the road. if you could combine a roller coaster and revolving door that would describe the relationship between the republican party and the white house and fox news and this is part of the. murdoch bias or the chances thinkers cross the political spectrum you know it will be undone if the trump himself. but for the moment or now.

it's impossible to see. the patient. it may well be that paul ryan wants to. see a world i would say that the president's bedrock of support at fox is wavering. i don't think his relationship with fox news is going to change and may criticize certain people within fox but his relationship with the network is still very strong he needs fox in a way that they really get to his base they get to the people who. vote for him and well he hopes will vote for them again. sometimes fax anchors hit the road with president trying not to cover him to campaign with you. when jeanine pirro or sean hannity appear on long side trump at a rally they look more like running mates than journalists when hannity returns to his studio he routinely criticizes other reporters for their lack of objectivity biden incorporated they have now been exposed as by the media mob is why the cloud

on ukraine hannity argues the real story is the corruption of the biden family and as one of his colleagues said this past week hannity and by a. fox news are all that stands between donald trump becoming the next richard nixon the president the washington post brought down in the 1970 s. watergate scandal you know if it wasn't your show sean they would destroy him absolutely you know the difference between donald j. trump and richard nixon you know it is kind of an interesting thought exercise to think about what you know how things might have been different for nixon had he had the conservative media infrastructure that exists today therefore. i shall resign the presidency effective. because you know if you read about watergate a lot of the big revelations that occurred in the washer poster on you know during the watergate hearings there wasn't kind of this right wing infrastructure spinning

it you know immediately into tens of millions of people every night but i do think that it's likely that nixon would have survived water he had he had something like fox news spinning the watergate hearings highlighting democrats looking bad during moments where they were questioning witnesses that sort of thing. it kind of provides a whole different way of interpreting news events. that is something fox has always offered americans a whole new way a right wing way of interpret in the news we're going to lay out the truth each and every detail what the president did absolutely nothing wrong nothing its reporters are skilled at glossing over the facts but the executives calling the shots no there is no escaping the numbers they live and die by ratings something donald trump knows all about and the polls now showing a majority of americans are in favor of impeaching the president do not bode well for the trump fox relationship it's already starting to get messy the break up

should it come to that will be must watch t.v. . we're looking at other media stories that are on our radar this. with one of our producers tariq nasr tarak one year ago this week the saudi journalist from awful shock she walked into that saudi consulate in istanbul where he was suffocated killed and then dismembered the cia has concluded that the man who ordered that killing was the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solemn on known as and the s. this past week and b.s. went on c.b.s.'s 60 minutes in the u.s. to defend himself how did that go through richard when one of them from on 1st appeared on 60 minutes back in 2083 of us of norah o'donnell themed rather impressed with his ideas this time around she was much more forceful did you order the murder and jamal khashoggi.