as ukrainian leaders clearly understood what president trump meant when he spoke with the ukrainian president by phone in july and asked for a favor the favor was a ukrainian investigation into trump's political rivals at home the payoff an invitation for president volodymyr zelinsky to visit the white house and the evidence one day before the call kurt volker the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine sends a text message his alinsky aide heard from white house will grow rights assuming president z. convinces trump he will investigate get to the bottom of what happened in 2016 we will nail down date for a visit to washington then after the call ukrainian official andre your mac tells us diplomats once we have a date will call for a press briefing announcing among other things and election meddling in investigations bryza is the gas company linked to the son of former u.s. vice president joe biden the text messages released by house investigators show

u.s. diplomats and trumps personal attorney rudy giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trump's decision to withhold nearly $400000000.00 in u.s. military assistance the u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign the response came from ordered sunland a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e.u. i believe you are incorrect about president trump intentions he writes the president has been crystal clear no quid pro quos of any kind there is no bro whoa that was exactly what i saw at that dollar by that that text defending trump came joe. just as the u.s.

media was catching wind of a whistleblower report accusing trump of wrongdoing in his call with the ukrainian president that's what launched the impeachment inquiry now targeting the president democrats heard from another witness friday the intelligence community inspector general who investigated the whistleblower report but we have evidence of text messages between state department officials expressing concern as early as may that rudy giuliani had a jew there was a giuliani biting thing going on that had concerned a state department official we have evidence that a state department official was concerned that there was a linkage between security assistance and as he described a domestic political campaign democrats are trying to build a compelling case for impeachment not only to convince the american public but also senate republicans it would take a swell of republican the factors to remove trump from office and thus far there's

only been a trickle. castro al-jazeera capitol hill. donald trump aside a proclamation preventing immigrants who can't afford health care from entering the country anyone seeking asylum must now show they can obtain health insurance within 30 days of their arrival or demonstrate that they have the money to pay for medical expenses trump says the move will cut costs and save american citizens money u.s. secretary of state mike composing grace on saturday decide a new mutual defense agreement between the countries the deal establishes a new base near the turkish border and comes as nato member turkey continues to develop closer relations with russia including the controversial purchase of the russian s. 400 missile system john psaropoulos has more for us now from athens. u.s. and greek officials are hailing this visit as the high point of greek u.s.

relations and it's true that we have not before seen greece sign an open ended mutual defense cooperation agreement which is what's expected to happen in the foreign ministry behind me in the coming hours that agreement won't have to be renewed every year and it won't have to be ratified by parliament which suggests that both sides see the defense relationship as broadening and deepening from what we've learned it involves investment by u.s. armed forces and contractors in their defense infrastructure throughout the country and an expansion of the u.s. 6 fleets based port at souda bay in crete the establishment of a helicopter base in the north eastern greek city of alexandria police strategically placed very near the turkish border and other joint defense programs there is of course the element of u.s. turkey relations as well that is assisting the growth of this u.s. creek relationship in both energy and defense u.s.

turkey relations have famously been souring partly over disagreements in syria and partly over the turkish decision to purchase a russian defense missile system the as for hundreds in favor of taking possession of u.s. 5th generation f. $35.00 fighter jets clearly the u.s. is still very much invested in turkey it's still very sees turkey as its most strategic ally in the middle east but this reinvestment in the u.s. greek relationship sends a signal that the u.s. is in trenching itself here as a backstop should things get worse in its relationship with turkey but i'm saying the pragmatism is driving the relationship between the u.s. and greece ties with nato ally turkey has been worst thing since 2017 that's pushing washington towards athens to maintain stability in the mediterranean besides a growing defense and strategic. lance with ankara moscow is also accused of fermenting a coup attempt in the greece's neighbor montenegro the u.s.

sees a bigger role for greece in the balkans to fend off russian and chinese influence at his grace comes out of the worst of its debt crisis u.s. commercial interest is growing 50 companies including brands that include coca-cola and microsoft were part of an international trade fair in thessaloniki this year scott lucas is professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us now via skype from birmingham scott i'm a being too cynical had it to say that this agreement is only happening because to is drifting out or away from us influence i don't think you're being cynical enough i think you've mentioned quite well in your correspondent spoke about the leverage that both sides are trying to get against turkey but i think you can go beyond it i think the trumpet ministration is trying to project of course strength versus china and russia but it is notable that the trumpet ministration is doing this not by

going through nato we're turkey is also a member they're going on a bilateral basis why do they go into the light bilateral basis in part because donald trump and his advisors are quite notable in terms of their hostility to multilateral approaches you clothing nato and the european union and if you want to carry on the sentences in just a bit there's an awful lot of money to be made in expanding those u.s. bases both for the greeks and for us defense contractors and firms all right so what does this mean for the nato then being left out in the cold and what does greece have to lose a you talked about what it has to gain but what out as does greece lose him. i mean those are 2 very very good questions to take the greek cable 1st i think they they don't lose very much because they don't have to put much in here other than to say look we're going to expand the defense agreement with a country the united states which has been a president grace since the early cold war 70 years ago it is only at the point

where you might talk about an open greek turkish conflict where costs were taken on both sides that that might begin to boomerang against athens the bigger question you've done a fight is what does nato possibly lose and i think that what nato will be trying to do in nato members this is to try to maintain coordination amongst themselves to say that the multilateral approach is the best one that you don't want individual members greece and turkey being pitted against each other and you really don't want the united states as they talked about doing with poland as well trying to pursue everything on a bilateral basis when the alliance is facing so many challenges not just within europe but even beyond europe in areas like the middle east and afghanistan ok dumb question here scott why the balkans so important strategically for the u.s. well the balkans have always historically been important not just for the united states but they've been important for russia for example and for other countries as well because that's the land area that is linking up that is between the

mediterranean and that is the gateway in some respects to the middle east when you take the balkans to greece and turkey this corner has been a source of conflict well think about world war one and where it started and it continues to be part of a struggle for position and for influence the russians very much would like to advance in the balkans to push nato back the americans would like to push the russians back and nato is trying to figure out how to hold everything together without going into an open confrontation always good to go many thanks the professor scott lucas there in birmingham thank you. a turkish backed syrian opposition says that a number of rebel factions fighting in the province of joining the national army in a move that could widen the opposition's influence in it live the last rebel held province in syria to serious sin and cos yolo has more now from the turkish city of near the syrian border. syrian opposition 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 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 and other 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 if they are a union under under one umbrella as the military as an 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.t.s.

hey its author and some will respond to the situation in ad lib as well at least 7 people have been injured in a grenade attack in southern kashmir that happened near a government office in the city of and. police are blaming separatists were people in pakistani administered kashmir a marking 2 months since india ended the special status that of kashmir it. india controls hundreds of people a marching towards the unofficial border indeed administered kashmir has been under lockdown since new delhi took away its autonomy and arrested local politicians let's go now to suffer a bad in pakistan controlled kashmir al-jazeera is kamau hyder is there come on tell us more. yes indeed the jungle because you mean liberation front this is a political party which has support on both sides of the line of control that

separates indian and pakistani administered kashmir a marching to the line of control today said they're going to cross said they said they want to go do it in aga but they also stress that this is a peaceful march now the leader of the j k l f you have seen malia get in jail in india is headed did a good considerably and did have fears for his life because of the poor state of health daddy and then by their supporters numbering thousands we are doored about 3 to 5000 are already on the march to the line of control not very far from way we are they are going to be stopped by the security forces because pakistan does not want these people to cross because anything can happen if they do cross that line of control let's not forget that thousands and thousands of indian troops along the line of control and almost a 1000000 indian soldiers incarcerated so it's going to be

a tense and fed by did appear that the pakistanis are determined to stop these people from marching across the line of control and the prime minister is also treated saying that such a move would play into not a davao of india so he of course has cautioned the people not to cross that line because india has time again and again accused by guest on of sending infiltrators would they say our response about what the situation dad i'll just serious come on how to reporting live from pakistan administered kashmir kimo many thanks indeed. further protests are expected in haiti where people are demanding president's job elmore's resign friday's march was the largest in the 4 weeks of protests during which 17 people have reportedly been killed protest a set of tires on a life as they marched to the un office of the prince opposition leaders are urging the international community to glor its support abortions. gymnasiums vote on

sunday in the 2nd general election since the 2011 revolution the conservative and not the party is facing off against a newly created party the secular heart of tunisia but as a serious reports now from tunis the winner faces the daunting task of fixing an economy that's been in tatters for years. i want to it's likely to be a tight race and candidates are taking no chances you don't know she the leader of another party is a running for the 1st time in a bid to rally support for his party the conservative in the other has been a driving force in politics since the 2011 revolution but now its rival the secular heart of tunisia is gaining ground citizens should vote for another to consolidate democracy because we need strong parliament and a party to lead the country it's been wyvil the heart of the party was established

by media magnate. just 3 months ago are we is currently in jail accused of money laundering and tax evasion accusations his lawyers deny his party is promising radical economic reforms if it comes to power. has a real vision for the country. you know they want to see down the road a real modern country they want to build a nation of they want to do with poverty they want to abolish poverty but no party is expected to secure an absolute majority in the parliament and with both another and heart of burning out forming a coalition there are rising concerns of a political impasse and as the political divide widens voters are growing frustrated with the political elite for failing to rein in inflation and

unemployment. we hope politicians would tackle unemployment but they failed us the candidates won't change anything and we shouldn't expect anything from. i feel bad for the current situation in my country there is no security the price of commodities is on the rise and politicians repeat the same promises again and again . the 2014 constitution gives the prime minister a bigger say in domestic issues while the president controls defense and foreign affairs whoever wins in sunday's vote was shaped in his years political and economic agenda for the next 5 years to dizzy and high hopes the 2011 revolution would bring democracy equality and better living conditions 80 years later economic problems and political instability have a shot of those hopes for a better future and fueled

a growing disillusionment with the political elite well i'll just tunis it was another historic night at the world championships here in doha let's join. up the road at our studio khalifa international stadium. thank you very much well that's right a.j. and 6 champions were crowned on friday with the home fans finally able to celebrate their 1st goal that coming up but 45 c.n.d. qatar's hyde superstar martez delivers when it matters. also ahead the american athlete is making a record breaking her new home. find out who took home gold in what was the closest finish of the 10 digits and we also look ahead to what's coming up here in the stadium later on saturday join us in about 20 minutes. so i will see you then next on the journeys here with the weather but still to come. after months of stalemate

u.s. and north korea negotiations get together in sweden to talk nuclearization. art from rubbish but it's not rubbish shots where in doha where a highly acclaimed artist shows us work that he's made out of recycled material. hello there we have got some severe thunderstorms across southeastern portions of the mediterranean in fact yes again it really just well the 2nd time in less than a week we've had torrential rains to the island of catalonia this is the system responsible and so it is working its way very quickly brought some very heavy amounts right into bulgaria it is now as you can see on its way further swells 87 up. into sections of turkey as well this is where we through saturday on into sunday will continue to work its way eastwards and as i say we could have some

pretty hefty thunderstorms not listening from that to another region where we've seen some very strong thunderstorms again in the last few hours you can see where it's all that bright bundle of clouds and this is now this was in so hard just to the north of muscat and look at these images really trench will downpours they've gone dog not just because it's nighttime but because there was actually a power cut at this point the storm continued to rage and it really was a very ferocious clearing very quickly out of the picture by sunday it is a much clearer picture generally across the region but by monday we could have more rain in the forecast again across this same region here and really all of this just signaling the arrival of the change of. subzero temperatures extreme altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to tajikistan very ordinary joining us on what we do high you know

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again it's good to have you with us adrian for the get here with the news hour from al-jazeera headlines iraq has lifted a curfew in baghdad and other areas which are seen 3 days of violent protests at least 93 people have been killed parliament is holding an emergency session to discuss the protests tomorrow. protests are being held in hong kong despite a well shutdown and calls to cancel demonstrations fewer protests as the previous rallies take part many cover their faces in defiance of a ban on mosques imposed by the city's leader kerry lamb. and us house democrats have subpoenaed the white house the documents related to the president's impeachment inquiry the donald trump says he won't cooperate until the house of representatives votes to approve the investigation. officials from north korea and the u.s. arrived in sweeping to resume talks on denuclearization north korea's nuclear

negotiator but the u.s. president's special envoy among those meeting on an island off stockholm discussed north korea ending its nuclear program in returns in return rather sanctions being lifted saturday's formal talks of the 1st since donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il and met in june dange motto is a senior partner control risks asia pacific a former u.s. diplomatic officer she joins us as he joins us now live from singapore good to have you with with us will these talks actually get anywhere is it in north korea's interest for them to go somewhere or is it better off for the moment maintaining the status quo. well there what north korea really wants is a relief from the same regime that's in place by the un by the united states and so this game that they play of kind of will will give you something decommissioning

of a facility or a. moratorium on testing of missiles or nuclear weapons etc in return for the lifting of sanctions is kind of the stock standard process that we go through every every few years so there is something very much in it for them and they absolutely want relief relief from those sanctions and really the question is you know what are they willing to give up in order to get get some of that north korea seems more confident and bold of late why is that. well there's a couple things one. is that the former national security advisor john bolton was removed by president trump and he was always been a very hard line. force against north korea i think that's one thing 2nd 2nd issue is that. japan and south korea the bilateral relationship there is not very

good it's quite tense right now and so from north korea you would look at that is kind of a divided opposition for lack of a better word. so that always works in their interest and then most recently of course president trump has domestic political issues that he has to deal with in this often makes him look for things abroad that deals that can be announced cetera agreements that can be struck. so i think they look at that and in addition to the missile tests that they just did a few days ago and you know feel themselves being a pretty strong goshi position right now as you were saying despite the fact that north korea wants these sanctions lifted rather desperately could be cute that the president needs to make progress with north korea in order to detract from domestic . does that actually make progress more likely you think. you know it's hard to know with him because there's

a certain level of unpredictability in the way that he goes about the prosecution of foreign affairs so it's possible we certainly see in the past where when he has the mastic political problems he then looks abroad for solutions not certainly not the only u.s. president to have done that that's kind of standard stock in place so but i suspect the north koreans are probably thinking that oh you know he might be a little more willing to make some kind of deal maybe not the grand bargain but at least to demonstrate some progress of that in the media and domestically on the world stage he can announce something that looks positive for him doing really good to talk to me thanks to you for being with us. in singapore the european union has rejected the u.k.'s request to continue brigs the talks over the weekend according to reports the european commission says the prime minister boris johnson's latest proposals do not provide the basis for the go ca sions despite the storm mr johnson insists that britain will leave deal or no deal seek a delay e.u.

member ireland says that johnson's proposals to resolve disagreements over the north on the northern irish border are not good enough. thousands of protesters in algeria have called on the army to end its role in politics friday's demonstrations in the capital algiers followed a ruling by prominent byproduct conservative cleric urging people to vote in december's election votes also backed by the army but it's opposed by the protest movement which forced former president abdul aziz beautifully to stand down in april. u.s. president donald trump's reelection campaign is reported to be among accounts targeted by a hacking group linked to the iranian government the reuters news agency says that the attempts to access trumps content were unsuccessful microsoft has confirmed that hundreds of accounts were targeted by a group known as phosphorous they include those of current and former u.s. government officials journalists and prominent iranians living abroad probably call

him reports 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 them almost 2700 people they tried to identify what their e-mails were they were able they say to target about $241.00 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 cameroon's president for bia as with the release of his main political rival opposition leader maurice come to was jailed in january for organizing protests that order came as a national dialogue aimed at ending a separatist conflict concluded cameroon's english speaking regions been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority on thursday be announced the release from prison of more than 330 people scientists have been studying the migration routes of humpback whales and other marine species off the coast of french guyana in the atlantic ocean that research involves listening to sounds deep underwater in a new discovered reef system al-jazeera snick clock takes a rare listening in it has reports from the region.

early morning on the esperanza scanning the waters for signs of life on the surface or positions on the ship a manned and they don't have to wait long away a list spotted blowing the boats alongside the team heads out on to the water melon headed whales right the bow wave as they go all part of the rich biodiversity of these waters a team want to. carry man christophe schwager jumps and there are extraordinary encounters to be had here it's murky because of the enormous outflow of the amazon river further down the coast but it is a bright swell that emerges out of the gloom this whole region is a migrate 3 route for whales sea turtles and other marine species it is a field day for the scientists aboard the esperanza. we made our 1st expedition in 2008 looking at megafauna but this was by air so this is a follow up on the 1st aerial study it's a very interesting this area is virgin territory there are very few places like

this on earth and something quite special this is a hydrophone a piece of equipment that record sounds in water. and that is a song humpback whale. we now know this is a feeding and a breeding ground for the species. it's haunting song a means of communication between. in the coming months all the science gathered on board from surface to sea bed will be closely underlined giving an unprecedented understanding of marine life in an ocean flight like we have behind us is that it and there that oceans there is a lot of life and there's more life than we expected that biodiversity is a source of richness for our planet and for us and we have to be here is to preserve it's really to to maintain it not true just think all this is this is far

away we don't care really we'll think about that later on now taking on many environmental and climate crisis is a battle of many fronts not least that of the ocean but the thing is scientists want to explore and document all companies want to come and drill and these polar extremes are replicated across the climate debate isn't it really all about how one sees what lies beneath all the reserves worth billions or healthy ocean ecosystems and the wonder of life in all its great biodiversity clark al-jazeera off the coast of french guyana. testing still to come here on the news hour in sports the want to be's going to rampage action from drug world cup coming up in just a few the. planet is feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading

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