safe sign have you or any other agency has been asked to help or or to coordinate this want to consult on this. i believe that the concept of save zone is not understood are presented as you might time concept i believe that the save zone is understood as a military safe zones or are we not going to comment on the on the concept which is not a humanitarian one now the return of the syrians to their place of origin we always obvious the welcome this if it's a voluntary return if it's a sustainable return if it's a return with safety and dignity i cannot predict whether it is return will take place in such a condition but that's really your core you have to go for any party to any part to any country who wants to help the return of syrians yes but with dignity and be safety and sustainable we've also seen a lack of international results and a meeting of minds to try to end the syrian war are we in dangerous seeing

a much larger and displacement issue in terms of this ongoing while this this operation now that could become an ongoing conflict and then tacky trying to wash its hands of a refugee problem. i mean i would have a hard time to say that turkey's washing and the refugee crisis i mean at the end of the day this city. having more than 3000000 syrian refugees on their territory socks a facts show that i mean doubt very engaged and it's a country which is hiding gauge in assisting and protecting refugees now it's true and it's not just true for took east true for lebanon is true for jordan. eats a burden which is very hard to manage alone it's a you my town burden it's a political burden it's an economical burden and we cannot leave those country alone and just to create check won't make the trick you need solutions you need to

think. why there are you need to be ambitious and courageous it's true for the refugees and it's also true for all the 100000 people who whine camp and isolated to the islamic state and then we have a call for all state to take their responsibility for their own citizens needs to be brought back because they cannot stay you know a place which is unstable and now we also call it was the 1st state not just to take care of their own citizen but also think about the civilians the syrian and iraqi in this region we have been hardly hit by this conflict so i wanted to call it's a collective reaction because there is no other solution than a collective solution for a bit of that from the international committee of the red cross thank you for joining us now to their function over thank you very much. well still ahead on al-jazeera. building barricades in ecuador angle of

a doubling of petrol prices shows no signs of dying down. yes you already know i'm sure typhoon argues is on its way to hong shu but the moment is just the outer bands of cloud you can see both tommy get to fraud in the 1st of the rain will be felt possibly in turkey especially in eastern home shoot the stories down here it makes its crossing sometime during saturday this is roughly speaking in the middle of the day but g.m.t. so it could be afternoon about august so accused moving quite quickly but he couldn't have a category 2 hurricane by the time it gets to now beyond that the weather looking fine it's nice and warm in the sun's out for the korean peninsula and beijing for example thought for most of char is quiet weather now there are a few showers still building in the southwest and something up in sichuan is da

particularly proud of it but there is a general trend to push a few further eastward including possibly in hong kong on friday or saturday it's not yet the dry season but it's getting close further the dry season should be changing into the rainy season for indonesia and it is all be very slowly the green represents the showers there around the southern philippines central opinions still quite a few in southeast asia mainland are running down as fast sumatra as equivalent of singapore but for java it's mostly dry. one simple mistake. as a deep sea diver carries immense risk to the lives of those willing to take the chance. the opportunity for

a prosperous new life in the south with his family was an even bigger risk to take . a witness documentary on al-jazeera. i know you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour. the turkish president has been defending his country's military offensive in northeastern syria he says the operation will target strictly what he describes as terrorist groups. there's heavy fighting in border villages as turkey's military offensive enters its 2nd day tuckers forces are fighting the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as they push into that syrian

border area. forces say they have been repairing fresh ground attacks they're also warning of a humanitarian crisis as thousands of panicked residents have begun to flee towns. all the u.s. president has once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from syria he rejected the idea that washington has abandoned its scottish allies saying the kurds have not always supported america. now the kurds are fighting for the land just so you understand they're fighting for their land and as somebody wrote in a very very powerful article today they didn't help us in the 2nd world war they didn't help us with no normandy as an example they mention names of different battles they were there but they're there to help us with their land and that's a different thing in addition to that we we have spent tremendous amounts of money . on helping the kurds in terms of ammunition in terms of weapons in terms of money

in terms of pay with all of that big said we like the kurds now the united nations security council is jersey and just a few hours to discuss the fighting in the north east and syria the 5 even members on the council that's france germany belgium poland in the u.k. requested that emergency meeting after attack announce the start of its cross border operation and different attic at i.j.a. space has more from new york after days of discussion the u.n. security council's agreed to have a meeting on current developments in syria but there's very little chance of agreement on anything other than expressions of general concern what do you hope to achieve the road discussions and perhaps a convergence that. should if peace is that be a chance to do so only issue since it's the european members of the council have been pushing for a meeting some of them have strongly condemned turkey but the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists issued

a statement that stops well short of that civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law. the secretary general believes that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict the same language the un has been using throughout syria's bloody 8 and a half year long war there is nor military solution because there is no military solution as i have said repeatedly there is no military in solution to the seed and prizes so how does that apply to turkey's current operation if there is no military solution and that's the firm view of the secretary general is the clear inference to that that he is not in favor of a new military operation. we have been proven correct on this time and again people have believed that particular fences could wind the conflict from one side or another none of that has happened and it will not be able to happen the parties need to come together they need to resolve their differences diplomatically many of

been questioning whether president trump effectively gave a green light to turkey ahead of its military operation but there's also attention to on russia after recent comments by its foreign minister sergei lavrov that the syrian kurds should start negotiations with the assad government russia like everyone else knew exactly what turkey was planning president obama made it quite clear in front of other world leaders even showing them a map last month at the u.n. general assembly perhaps russia is prepared to tolerate turkey taking a corridor of land along syria's northeast border while it and the assad forces continue the bombardment of it live in the northwest with the hope it will eventually lead to the kurds coming under the control of the syrian government jamesburg zira at the united nations. moving on to other global news now and the

head of the jewish community in germany has described the panic inside a synagogue as a gunman opened fire 2 people were killed on wednesday in the city of hama a suspect is in police custody currently being questioned about suspected hate crimes our correspondent andrew simmons has more on that attack has celebrated a major jewish holiday. carmelita and methodically this gun man planned to kill jews on their holiest day of worship yom kippur dressed like a soldier wearing a steel helmet a camera is attached to it the device transmitting live video to a gaming website behind the police cordon is a synagogue the killer's target but his plan failed the synagogue had been packed with dozens of worshippers safe from attack because the take entrance doors were locked the gunman had repeatedly opened fire on the doors he gave up and then shot randomly killing a woman passer by

a covered body lying in the foreground here he went on to a nearby turkish kabob restaurant to kill again this man was inside. because if you know. i was standing at the entrance and saw an elderly woman pass by and behind her there was suddenly this man wearing a helmet and military style clothes and he was holding a gun and wearing a balaclava and then he tried to throw what looked like a hand grenade but it bounced off the door frame and exploded right in front of this elderly woman with a very loud bang and then he raised the gun and started shooting. german media quoting police sources say the gunmen then drove 17 kilometers to landsberg he shot an electrician there from a workshop he's been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries as police warned people to stay indoors they confirmed they directed one person on the all minutes inspired we have at least 2 crime scenes one person died as the result of

a shooting in the area of ludwig vava strasser and another one in the area of humboldt strasser we 1st received information that there was one term reason to suspect who was armed and have since been suggestions to the could have been more people involved but that's not confirmed at this point germany has tried to fight a resurgence of extremism in recent years including the fire. bombing of synagogues for a minister heiko mosque to eat it it says in the heart that a synagogue was shot out on the day of atonement we must all work together. in our country. the german chancellor angela merkel joined a jewish vigil in. her spokesperson saying she expressed deep sympathy for the victims' families there is a mood of fear in this small german city just imagine what it was like for the congregation inside this synagogue as they saw a video feed from a security camera showing a man with a gun firing at the door smashing at the door for all of 10 minutes and now line

a statement yet to be verified apparently from the suspect saying his objective was to kill as many anti whites as possible jews preferred andrew simmons out 0 power in germany. indonesia security minister around her is in a hospital after being stabbed by a man who police say was inspired by eisel as happened in the town of on the golan on the island of java doctors say he suffered 2 deep wounds to his stomach but is conscious and in a stable condition 2 people have been arrested and a week long anger in ecuador at the doubling of petrol prices shows no sign of easing a nationwide strikes been held and anti-government demonstrators again fought with riot police president lenin moreno has imposed a state of emergency and leave the government from the capital kitto to the coastal city of quiet kill latin america at least in yemen is that. on

day 7 of nationwide demonstrations against governmental sturdy measures a nationwide strike paralyzed much of the country as mass protests continued especially in the ecuadorian capital was in quite a key but the president has set up a temporary seat of government a smaller but noisy group of demonstrators held peaceful barges of their own run riot police and soldiers trying to keep these anti-government demonstrators away from another group that's demonstrating the group not here the president many in what it has actually left the right to kill and bunch of that have left yes i believe i believe we did in this leaders to try to go to that settlement to the 1st time since the uprising this country has had and over a decade. preliminary talks with indigenous and trade union leaders are being mediated by the united nations and the catholic church but so far there's no sign

of an agreement. the president is talking of dialogue but he stubbornly says i want repeal the measure is what kind of dialogue is that. but the government is under increasing pressure to make concessions. he has to revoke the measures because the ability to govern ecuador is compromise he can't govern under these circumstances with the people out on the streets he has no more political capital some are asking for his resignation so his options are limited. opponents of the indigenous led strike held a march of their own in saying they wanted peace. joined police on the streets to disperse anti-government protesters and in what is being interpreted as a show of support for the government the armed forces announced that any quote consequences of their actions would be the sole responsibility of those who they say are generating social unrest. human rights monitors from the united nations

and the organization of american states have expressed concern over what they call excessive use of force against demonstrators and the media as the usual number of arrests surpasses 700 you see in human al-jazeera play a key. to his in presidential candidate now bill curry has been freed from jail just 4 days before running fires curry had been behind bars since august accused of money laundering and tax evasion the media mogul came 2nd in the 1st round of the presidential elections last month a currys party heart of chin asieh won $38.00 seats coming in 2nd in monday's parliamentary election they trailed there not the party which won $52.00 seats has somehow bar has moved from. his arch of his tie you can. you can see him you can see him. over the and this is exactly what he's trying to do now he wants

to tell that it is yes that's his word before that political moment and that's who wants. to rally behind him to live there when i was talking to his own people over the last few days they would tell you that's against the political divides in cities yes this could potentially be the right candidate to unite citizens and fix the problems that the country faces. but at the same time he faces the delicate task of convincing people to vote for him and i have to tell you that if that happens there would be a huge political upset here in cities yet taiwan's president says growing pressure from china is a threat to regional security and has speech to celebrate national day sign when says china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to threaten the island she warns the system has sent hong kong to what she called the edge of disorder. well

apple has removed an app used by protesters in hong kong to track police movements it's no longer available at apple's online store following condemnation from china's government apple says the app was used in ways that endangered people and no one forced them to offices in hong kong china's government is also 6 years and getting apple to remove the taiwanese flag emerging for uses in hong kong and macau . and i missed us here today and doha with the headlines the turkish president has been defending his country's military offensive and north east and syria he says the operation will target strictly what he describes as terrorist groups will surely hold clues a says you cannot discuss i love the people of syria but our problem is with the people who are with the organizations like p y g p k.k.

and eisel tear organizations were trying to invade syria we have no problem with the kurdish brothers in syria the only problem is with the terror organizations trying to die grace in china that we have no problem with our critics brothers in the region we are only fighting against terror organizations maybe turkey is the only legitimate power in the land of syria. well there's heavy fighting in border villages as turkey's military offensive in northern syria and as that 2nd day turkish forces are fighting the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as they push into that syrian border area says its forces have killed $109.00 fighters so far. all kurdish forces say they've been repairing fresh ground attacks they're also warning of a humanitarian crisis as thousands of panicked residents have begun to feel towns. taiwan's president says growing pressure from china is a threat to regional security and his speech to celebrate a national day sign when said china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to

threaten the island she warned that the system had sent hong kong to what she called the edge of disorder right here we're going to another year has quickly passed the world is still changing fast and the changes are even more traumatic the us china trade dispute continues and not far from taiwan hong kong is on the verge of chaos due to the failure of one country 2 systems nevertheless china still threatening to impose its one country 2 systems model for taiwan the diplomatic offensive to military coercion is a serious challenge to regional stability and peace indonesia's security minister is in hospital with stab wounds after what police say is an attack inspired by eisel they alleged assailants under congress have been arrested after the attack in the town of pandit doctors say the minister suffered 2 deep wounds to his stomach well those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera the inside story do stay with us.

petrol price rises sparked chaos in ecuador indigenous groups lead and nationwide strike demanding the reinstatement of fuel subsidies and an end to austerity why is president then in moreno refusing their demands and could force him out this is inside story. going. to. the low and welcome to the program i'm fully back to full ecuador's president

lenin moreno is facing one of the biggest ever challenges to his power indigenous groups are leading a national strike against austerity measures a violent protest began last week when moreno removed 40 year old fuel subsidies causing petrol prices to double protesters stormed a congress building in the capital quito on tuesday but ministers weren't inside at the time president of the government to another city 400 kilometers away has declared a state of emergency and impose a curfew in quito hundreds have been arrested in america at its end to see an human has more. was indigenous ecuadorians continue converging on the capital to give their president in ultimatum either repeal highly unpopular austerity measures or get out they say the subtle as we're dealing with come from the middle of ecuador to reject this unpopular government that's taken measures dictated by the i.m.f. . president lenin what in

a says he's open to dialogue but insists he can't back out of his commitment to reduce the fiscal deficit by eliminating fuel subsidies something he vowed never to do when he took office was the demonstrators were further angered when they found out the president would it all had moved to the executive branch overnight to the coastal city of by a key. for hours and well into the night protesters tried without success to overcome riot police. in an attempt to surround the presidential palace and national assembly was some of the indigenous leaders are asking them to. put their lives at risk and to march toward other part of the city but they're angry they say they are not going to budge they haven't so far to turn back now. the leader of the national confederation of indigenous people told al-jazeera there would be no dialogue until president what in a with turns to keep door and repeals the creek. if modern

a doesn't want to administer this country with this social chaos where there is no social justice no freedom of the country for ever to join that of the fugitive from justice ex-president coram they can live together. mourinho says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his were standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. denies he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of a. during hold to run for vice president 2 or 3 moons either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which will be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disagree of situations. that scenario may be premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. the daily giving a little or has

a very long history of presidents being forced out before their trip is up to see in human i'll just see down. in addition to ending fuel subsidies the ecuadorian president announced a 20 percent wage cut for new contracts in public sector jobs new government workers will have to give one day's worth of wages each month to the government and holidays have been habits from $30.00 to $15.00 days a year. are let's introduce our panel now in quito ecuador via skype is much as a bell a professor of journalism at the university of us away and paris we have long a former foreign minister of ecuador currently a researcher at the french institute for international and strategic a phase and in manchester in the u.k. is cotton harding director of latin form a consultancy which provides political and economic analysis on latin america

welcome to you all gentlemen thank you so much for being on inside story much us in quito let me start with you indigenous that protests have toppled 3 presidents in ecuador in the past few decades just how serious is this current crisis. hello yesterday was from the national assembly watching indigenous people are trying to take or. they are really just thrown course a few so the story of the day they are really really strong course but for what i saw yesterday i was going to need more i live in peace 5 guys lenny moreno if they really want. to measure we saw some quite extraordinary scenes in quito with protesters trying to storm the national assembly building who was behind the violence that we've seen

in these past few days see indigenous leaders say they're not the ones behind the violence so who is to blame for the chaos that is a really big question benzo you are if you are. the president. the former president used to blame because he says put some or i'm on the people who. are some parts of the justice department of the prison so you have to say these are not indigenous people or these are people who know. that. this guy you know i would say shows so you better who you are you will come in for a gun for our let's ask long in paris ski on long you were foreign minister under rafael correia let in more right now is accusing caray out of all castrating that the chaos this crisis alongside the venezuelan president with the help of the

venezuelan president nicolas maduro he says what do you respond to that is rafael correa in deep behind the current crisis in ecuador. i thank you for having me on the show no i think it's absolutely preposterous i think it's a classical case of scapegoating for the government's own failures and the incapacity to deal with the current situation i mean it's not a 1st you know to sort of blame international act for your own failures it's actually quite demeaning i would say sort of belittling of ecuadorian normal sort of ecuador and people's capacity to analysis is to analyze a situation they find themselves in to have to take it upon themselves to decide to go out in demonstrations and to oppose the government going to show you if you speak to ecuador and they're sort of very you know they're very unhappy with the economic package that's been presented to them last week and i would go further i think their model more longer term causes to the unrest of the current unrest that

go back to when president moreno was sworn into power in may 2017 over the last 2 and a half years we've seen a sort of growth of discontent in ecuador that's led to this current situation i mean even before the protests president modern know was on 14 percent 1414 percent approval ratings in the latest polls that's surely not an international conspiracy it's actually ecuador and people being unhappy with the nearly brought structural adjustment the persecution of of opponents and the general mismanagement of the economy today the media's focus is on whether this is an international conspiracy yesterday the media's focus was actually on the huge human rights abuses that were being committed in ecuador including the u.n. pronouncing itself so on and so forth so i think that's the government's response

to yesterday's agenda hourigan i come back to you for more on the long there are not long like 10 causes that you talked about this crisis let me bring in qana. harding in manchester for your thoughts on what's happening in ecuador right now do other countries i even his way to have a hand in what's happening in ecuador right now as lenin moreno claims is this a political crisis or an economic one well there's a certain about research they betrayed because come on time technical aspect or is government investment a learning equitable jory corus time redline a quiz was as a left wing governments to latin america or whether a major has the capacity to interfere mustang out in ecuador the maritime industry rather doubtful after as has been said thank you no longer that is sufficient reasons there about what's going on in ecuador to provoke protests to get their name right radical changes in economic policy in the last couple of years after 11

years of the extraction of the states or to increase the public spending and some are. the present government has now made the tale with the i.r.s. which involves. cuts in public spending and the austerity which they hasn't made the case that in the last few years you know rhetorical objecting let me ask in quito why indigenous groups operative angry with the reynolds plans and this i.m.f. agreement that he reached. in the uk that the answer to it is the. increase in prices really affect the horses or a city with more people who are. resources more of the people who are least in rural out. there who are everything you say in their market in the city if you see this guy over the east orange so is

the thing. more underemployment is that people who are. and so what do the protesters want right now they're obviously demanding. more rhino resign but if he does that which is he seems not to be interested in doing right now then what i mean how does that solve the economic crisis ok if you do the. nation of. us here in the neighborhood i go to them a couple of days ago they were. in moreno in down there were. these were legally they were asking the brits to do with their. measures but they were specifically to change their. obviously after yesterday i walked. out of the not really. being up there was

more info out but we don't know exactly the moment everyone one of the book the more you know who is by or the dumb that's interesting long in paris early you talked about the longer term causes of this crisis when moreno was elected in 2017 he inherited a debt crisis i mean former president correa took caught known we know for a major dam for highways schools and clinics and other projects and so i know supporters will say that something had to be done about this debt so if not austerity measures what are the.