when will they be able to return home. artillery on syria's border for an operation against kurdish fighters a donald trump says the u.s. has long abandoned the kurds. just their ally from headquarters and navigate also ahead u.s. president calls an impeachment inquiry a kangaroo courts as democratic rivals released new information. britain's prime minister is accused of playing the bricks at blame game after germany's chancellor reportedly says a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely. when sport and politics don't mix the fallout from the basketball bosses tweets about the hong kong protests.

hello turkey's military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border they must to stop kurdish forces using the route to reinforce north eastern syria let's enter a paris to launch an attack the president donald trump says the u.s. hasn't abandoned the kurds in syria as he's criticized for pulling out american troops trafford begins our coverage from turkey's border with syria. turkish heavy weapons aim across the syrian border towards the town of tilapia. the mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces or s.d.s. defeated eisel here in 2050 with the help of u.s. led coalition forces. the turkish government describes the main fighting force of the s.d.f. as a terrorist organization linked to its outlawed kurdistan workers' party which is

fought against the turkish government for decades the s.d.f. control around 430 kilometers of syrian territory along the turkish border. they have fought and worked alongside the u.s. troops for years they say u.s. presidents don't trumps decision to withdraw all the nearly 1000 american soldiers is a stab in the back of one that gives turkey an opportunity to attack that turkey and how the other side threats made by turkey to attack the area is not something new they have consistently done it for years we as syrian democratic forces take the matter into account and are fully prepared to fiercely respond to any imminent attack on syrian soil. turkey's government says it wants to create what it describes as a safety zone of around 30 kilometers in the site syria so around 2000000 of the 3600000 syrian refugees in turkey can return. what you're looking at

there is a turkish artillery position now locals tell us that the army came a couple of weeks ago to set that position up meanwhile across the border s.t.'s forces are saying any military operation by turkey could risk the global fight against leisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s.t.'s jails the us president donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of children are still fighters on the syrian side of the border in towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war are afraid and says . it more in ops people will be displaced. if you ask anyone not leaving but eventually we will be displaced. the prospect of

more suffering for the people of northern syria is very real the turkish army says preparations for a potential military operation complete. that al-jazeera on the turkish syrian border well al jazeera has spoken to u.n. ambassadors about turkey's plans in syria. we have heard rumors of turkish interventions and it's brings concerns to hers it could have significant humanitarian impact on this region. we are still very concerned with the fights against day the global coalition has been doing a great job since 20140 it's a success and we should note joe put it as a success day she's still present in syria in iraq the fight against day she's not over it with regard to the north east of syria of course is very worrying. we

know the concerns that turkey has but again there's only a political solution and we are very afraid that any. military operation will again have disastrous humanitarian consequences so we are indeed concerned about what we have been reading about the situation our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more. on twitter on tuesday u.s. president donald trump defended his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and pushed back on accusations that the united states is abandoning kurdish fighters the fahed with the united states to help defeat eisel the us president writing on twitter that this is not the case in fact he believes that there will still be considerable support by the united states for the kurds in the form of finances as well as weapons now the united states has been trying to clarify that it has been trying to discourage turkey from any sort of military

operation for some time 2 years in fact according to u.s. officials they say that in fact that if that does occur that turkey will be responsible for making sure that eisel fighters do not escape and further that there will be a full responsibility in the eyes of the united states for turkey to deal with any associated humanitarian issues now on capitol hill there is deep concern not only from democrats but also members of the president's own republican party the top republican in the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell warning the president against a precipitous withdrawal and in fact the senator lindsey graham going even a step further with the support of democrats democrats suggesting that there will be legislation introduced to register displeasure with the president's shift in syria policy the problem with this legislation is even if passed it would be non-binding. the trumpet ministration has barred the u.s. ambassador to the european union from giving testimony to the ongoing impeachment

inquiry ambassador gordon voluntarily agreed to answer questions behind closed doors his attorney says he's obliged to comply with the u.s. state department's request not to testify text messages provided to congress revealed sunland as a central figure in allegations the us president tried to pressure ukraine to dig dirt on his democratic rival so trump is defending the decision to block appearance on twitter he tweeted this i would love to send a message or a song on the really good man a great american to testify but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo courts where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see he adds that someone has defended the president in the pa saying the president has been crystal clear no quid pro quos if any kind that says it all well meanwhile the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff says can for mason and more personal messages from

sunland are being withheld by the state department's we are also aware that the investor has text messages or e-mails on a personal device which had been provided to the state of our apartment although we have requested those from the baster and the state department is withholding those messages as well. those messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry when mike hanna joining us from washington d.c. so songlines testimony is really regarded as quite key mike is it not. it is indeed it provides a link in that line of communication that led to the phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine in which allegedly he attempted to use political pressure on that ukrainian president financial pressure that is to provide political dirt on his opponent in the 2020 elections now what's significant about

this as well is that and best of us on the land was keen to go before the committee is lawyer says he's deeply disappointed that he's been prevented from doing so by the state department of which he's still an employee sunderland had in fact flown from brussels yesterday members of the committee who are on recess at all come into washington for this meeting the chair of the committees says that they had been discussions of department of state yesterday afternoon and into the evening and it appears that it was all go for this hearing however just hours before sunderland was due on the hill all of a sudden the directive came down that he was not to appear the supposition being that it did not necessarily come from state department but from the white house itself democrats absolutely outraged the chairman of the intelligence committee adam schiff saying that this is yet another incident of the off struction of justice of the of struction of what he describes as an equal partner as far as the

constitution regards both congress and the white house so what is it that the democrats are planning on doing next. well within the last hour 3 committees of congress have now issued subpoenas both to robert sunderland and to the state department to provide those texts and e-mails that sunderland recorded on his personal device and has he says handed over to state department this is a further retching up of yet more subpoenas going towards the administration from the congressional committees now the one problem with the constitution is that congress does not have that much power on the face of it when people refuse it subpoenas will certainly when the administration when the executive does however what congress does have is the power to investigate obstruction of justice obstruction of congress that in itself is an impeachable offense and it would appear that that is precisely what congressional members are doing as president

trump continues his go slow policy with regard to this ongoing investigation mike hanna thank you. the european council president has warned boris johnson not to play games this is the deadline for brics it inches closer with no sign of a deal on the u.k. departure british media reporting that the german chancellor angela merkel has made it clear a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely that's following a quote frank exchange with the british prime minister laurence the reports from london. by the time boris johnson's cabinets arrive for the morning meeting westminster was awash with the news that downing street had decided to play hardball with the european union. probably they haven't even been briefed on the suggestion of the u.k. looked like readying itself to collapse the talks on a compromise deal but that does appear to be the suggestion faced with the delaying

of disruptive and annoying tactics of the opposition we say on behalf of the 17400000 enough enough enough we need to leave. downing street then brief that the german chancellor had demanded that the economy of northern ireland stay in the news although it's put in the last nail in the coffin but the e.u. insisted the talks were not yet that technical talks are continuing to date so i don't see how talks could have actually been broken down if they are happening today and in the days to continue there is no denying the loss of faith the president of the european council donald tusk tweeted this boris johnson what's at stake is not winning some stupid blame game at stake is the future of europe and the u.k. as well as the security and interests of our people you don't want to deal you don't want an extension you don't want to revoke. which is latin for where are you going. with parliament suspended from wednesday opposition parties now assume

johnson will call an election next week after accepting a breakfast extension as demanded by parliament and then campaigning to leave the e.u. with no deal by getting them to then offer the extension cuts on the 17th of october or the 18th of october when european council meets he would then be able to say to parliament and to jeremy corbyn in particular i've got beat. my general election now and i think in those circumstances jeremy called would be highly likely to say yes the blame game between london and brussels mirrors the entire brics it debates there's precious little left except bad blood certainly the european union never really thought that boris johnson administration was actually interested in the deal because his proposed compromise over what happens in northern ireland is so complicated and convoluted the e.u. thinks it was basically set up to fail if he's assume though that if boris johnson

asks them for an extension to breakfasts they will grant states if only as a last chance hope that a different government might be elected in a national election which could save the u.k. and the e.u. from a no deal brics it barnsley al-jazeera and london. they were brazil faces an ecological disaster after all spelled pollute coastline now the question is where did it come from. caribbean trial colombia faces its dark past as an influential former president faces the supreme courts. and there are. some thunderstorms into northern sections of it now for the last couple of days and if you will in the forecast you can see there's light bright clouds here where the rain has been out. we'll still be this is fairly strong on

szell flows they're bringing their showers again into northern vietnam southern coastal areas of china across into hine and fact couple of days ahead though in shanghai warming up on thursday 28 celsius is at the high then and it should be a drive day in hong kong in genitive the showers out towards the west becoming a little more widely scattered as well now across into india we have still got those monsoon rains in place that generally further to the east and the south side easing from clearing conditions across the northern and central regions and as we head through wednesday the rain is still there in the 4 calls into mumbai so much a vote western sections really of maharashtra down into carola and again through addition and on into west bengal but as we head off into thursday the reality is very little change but you'll see just how much dry it is staying up to the north and of course is the 10th of october that the is the official start date with drool over the monsoon thought of course given by the india met department but elsewhere we have to look at some showers in the 4 causes assize got to thunderstorms and

mumbai national so on thursday we could see some thunderstorms across into sri lanka. planets is feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists are warning of the existential crisis that in the face of it reversible changes to the. i'll be with you throughout the lawn vironment correspondent nick clark will have reports from the front lines of the crisis that showcase new solutions to help called the threat al-jazeera brings you a new weekly planet s.o.s. was set up the facts of the science behind the issues affecting our planet. now.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the turkish military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border the aim is to prevent kurdish forces using the route to reinforce syria as ankara prepares to launch an offensive there the trumpet ministration has blocked its ambassador to the european union from testifying in the impeachment inquiry. attorney says he's obliged to comply with the u.s. state department's requests. and the european council president has warned the british prime minister not to play a stupid blame game over there are reports of british media that germany's leader had told boris johnson a deal is unlikely. brazil's president says an oil spill polluting northeastern beaches for more than a month is not of brazilian origin gyroball sonera says it could be the result of criminal activity or a shipwreck in an indication of the extent of the damage. it's collected

a $133.00 tons of oil from the beaches several more. this is what an oil spill last month has done to this once pristine coastline along brazil's northeastern region 1500 kilometers of fix sticky mess that's damaging the environment at least 42 coastal cities have been affected president diable scenario says an investigation to find out the cause is still underway by the state run oil company petro brass bazzi stop short of naming a country he believes is responsible for the spill instead indicating it could be the result of a ship or criminal activity. the coastal states affected are particularly concerned about the timing it's the season for baby turtle hatchlings and to resume there could be a severe economic impact brazilian somebody is just around the corner it starts

basically end of november. early december so local authorities will be hoping that things are cleared up by there we have seen the state of say she's calling you know declaring this and see us this couldn't have come a 2 worse time for the president been under international pressure for his handling of the fires in the amazon last month. also now wants to develop the amazon through mining and farming in his recent speech at the u.n. he accused environmentalist of wanting to keep the amazon tribes might cave men. there have been protests in cities like rio de janeiro against his policies on climate change the brazilian veyron mental agency says it has cleaned up more than 100 tons of oil washed up more than 100 beaches in the northeast and as brazil investigates who or what caused the spill it's not clear what the extent of the damage will be so high that. ecuador's government says it is open to

international mediation through the u.n. or the catholic church as it enters a 6th day of austerity. it's more than 500 people have been arrested protesters are angry the government has scrapped 40 year old fuel subsidies earlier ecuador's president announced his decision to temporarily move the government away from the center of the protests today closest city of. the former colombian president is appearing before the supreme court. is accused of trying to win fluence witnesses in an attempt to cover up his alleged links to paramilitary groups and assault or impurity reports from bogota. when they won the presidential election as an outsider in 2002 many believed columbia was falling apart. fox rebel group was stronger than ever by alliance in kidnappings were daily occurrences making the

country synonymous with a failed state the only item on the political agenda was war with the rebels and was the main for the job so he's immensely popular. because he captures this imagination of the strong man the person who delivered on this program on this problem that we seem able to. through them very charismatic politician with a populist streak he governed with an iron hand assisted by billions of dollars sent by the united states he successfully pushed a goodly your group back into the jungle but his success came at a cost his administration particularly during his 2nd term was beset by corruption and human rights abuses his secret service was found guilty of supplying a list of suspected rebel sympathizers to right wing death squads and thousands of innocent colombians were killed by the army and presented as rebels to boost statistics i think are long history with the armed conflict inoculated us

to some of the human that mentions and consequences of the conflict right people don't care if some human rights are trampled in the process that it's about to go back to the beginning of his career as he was accused of connections with drug cartels including the escobar and being the mastermind behind the creation of the paramilitary groups yet despite hundreds of investigations he has never been charged until now. he remains popular in a secret society in this his particular him his party still his duty percent of the vote and there's an institutional fear to touch the president as his men secondly these investigations haven't prospered until now various witnesses in paramilitary trials have been killed and this to go. for one reason or another and since

leaving office he has remained popular in the vice of equally hated in glorified from a senate seat he has led the opposition to the peace deal with the fire and propelled current president a political unknown to victory now he's for the 1st time expected to face the country's supreme court leaving an entire country in suspense. hundreds of algerians are marching through the capital and other cities protesting against presidential elections in december demonstrators say the vote could not be free or fair while their former president's allies and military leaders retain positions and that aziz beautifully stepped down an april after huge protest over his bid for a 5th term separately at these to 100 political prisoners including a journalist have started a hunger strike over arbitrary detentions striking doctors in zimbabwe have defied a government order to return to work they've rejected

a 60 percent pay rise saying it's not enough to keep up with soaring prices how would toss the reports from harare. tendai missy was 16 year old son broke his leg last month she took him to a public hospital only to be told doctors have been on strike over pay and wages for more than a month her son's been admitted but she says all nurses can do for him is keep him comfortable. i don't have x. ray vision i can see what's happening inside his leg what if it is infected and rotting we are begging the government to talk to the doctors patrick azeri and the 7 year old son blessid we're told to come back after a month when maybe the strike will be over. ease just a charm or the head to do movies cut they say only specialist can do that i don't understand they are meant to care for the sick it seemed heartless. until

there is a breakthrough zimbabwe's public hospitals are barely functioning doctors have long complained about pay and working conditions they want their salaries in us dollars or the equivalent amount at the official bank rate. last week unions rejected the government's offer of a 60 percent salary increase saying after deductions they are taking home basically nothing this is the entrance to the casualty ward usually it's busy with many people coming in and out but several patients say they've been turned away only emergency cases are being treated. where possible contingency measures have been put in place. some of the wards have been combined for or for provision of services. the government has requested assistance for a man uniformed. forces we have doctors from the army from the police as well as from prisons. the country is suffering its worst economic crisis

in a decade president innocent and douglas is bringing the economy back from the dead and its patients but those words will be difficult except for straight to doctors and those who need medical care fuel prices go up every week that means everything else drastically increases for the poor living in zimbabwe is becoming increasingly challenging. al-jazeera. the united states is blacklisting 28 chinese tech firms that develop facial recognition and other artificial intelligence technology the u.s. says their technology is being used to repress china's muslim minority the move bars us for arms from selling technology to those companies without government approval right groups say china has detained around a 1000000 readers and other muslims in what it calls reeducation camps in the western is ginger angry german. u.s. politicians are telling the n.b.a.

not to back down against china after the general manager of the houston rockets basketball team tweeted support for protests in hong kong so chinese businesses have been severing links with the u.s. based governing body and a lucrative t.v. rights deal is now under threats and has the latest from beijing. just 7 words have plunged the u.s. national basketball into a geopolitical crisis with billions of dollars of chinese sponsorship and t.v. rights at stake on friday daryl morey general manager of the houston rockets n.b.a. team tweeted fight for freedom stand with hong kong in support of anti-government demonstrations there. china is furious it regularly complains about what it sees as foreign interference in internal matters we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression i regret again having

communicated directly with many friends in china that so many people are upset including. millions and millions of our fans frantic attempts by madi in the n.b.a. to pacify china have resulted in fierce criticism particularly from u.s. politicians hong kong has been part of china under the one country 2 systems plan since it was handed over by the u.k. in 1907 just months after paying billions of dollars to extend its streaming deal with the n.b.a. a chinese company 10 cent says it won't show any more rockets games effectively cutting the houston team off from chinese basketball fans so as iraq is fan very disappointed as a chinese i feel very disappointed by his comments basketball is popular in china chinese style ya ming played his entire hall of fame career with the houston rockets he's now chairman of the china basketball association which says it's

canceling a cooperation agreement with the rockets the n.b.a. is not the only organization to have to apologize in the face of chinese anger in the past gap the marriott hotel group and daimler car company have all had to backtrack the hong kong airline cathay pacific even sacked some of its staff who publicly supported the protests in hong kong because it was worried it was going to lose access to valuable chinese airspace analysts say anyone who accepts chinese investment should be aware of china's sensitivities he crossed the line. and then which. many. sponsors. from overseas know we know it shouldn't you know no one. china is not the only country to use investment as leverage but critics say that

when the n.b.a. has been faced with a choice between freedom of speech and the risk of losing billions of dollars china's money talks rob matheson al-jazeera beijing. bad lines on al jazeera the turkish military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border the aim is to prevent kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast syria as ankara prepares to launch an offensive there the trumpet ministration has blocked its ambassador to the european union from testifying in the impeachment inquiry gordon songlines attorney says he's obliged to comply with the u.s. state department's request house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff says key information and more personal messages from sunland are being withheld by the state department we are also aware that the ambassador has text messages or e-mails on

a personal device which have been provided to the state of our apartment although we have requested those from the baster and the state department is withholding those messages as well. those messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry european council president donald cuz war and the british prime minister not to play a stupid blame game over breck's it there are reports in the british media that germany's leader has told boris johnson a deal is unlikely results president says oil polluting north eastern beaches was not produced or sold and brazil so you're both sonera says it could be the result of criminal activity or a shipwreck ecuador's government says it is open to international mediation through the un or the catholic church as it enters a 6th day of anti austerity protests more than 500 people have been arrested the

testers are angry the government has scrapped 40 year old fuel subsidies. a former colombian president is appearing before the supreme court is accused of trying to influence witnesses in an attempt to cover up his alleged links to paramilitary groups hundreds of algerians are marching through the capital and other cities protesting against presidential elections in december demonstrators say the vote could not be free or fair while their former president's allies and military leaders retain positions devise these woods afleet us that down in april after a huge protest over his bid for a 5th term those are the headlines planets s.o.s. that's coming up next thanks for watching.

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