they they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st phase of this operation they've also advance 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the s.d.f. . positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey's defense minister had a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syria's war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained the pentagon was more blunt calling them damaged international pressure is mounting on turkey to stop the advance the united states is threatening to impose economic sanctions the message from here is clear

we will not stop the operation president russia or the god made it clear the wife the syrian kurdish armed group that forms the backbone of the us they must 1st withdraw 30 kilometers from the border with turkey the humanitarian impact of the conflict is being felt on both sides turkish civilians are being killed in rocket fire that's being fired into border towns but i. don't have any protection but we're not thinking about moving out now since we have a life here we don't want to leave our home in syria they have also been casualties among civilians caught in the conflict aid groups are warning of another humanitarian disaster in syria's 8 year war the area is home to people who've already suffered violence and displacement the united nations says 100000 are on the move and this battle has just started the number of those affected may rise fast. on the turkey syria border. the kurdish led forces in syria's north they say

nearly 200 civilians have been killed and 200000 others displaced since turkey on its operation on wednesday trial strafford has more from ali on the turkey syria border at a press conference and s.d.f. spokesman denied the turkish military has claimed that it had full control of the town of russell and since then there have been reports of clashes in surrounding villages again repeated the group's call for the establishment of a no fly zone over northern syria and he highlighted what he describes as being the dangers of turkey's campaign with respect to the global fight against terror. and national the turkish invasion threatens the reactivation devices and it has revived some of its cells we are still cooperating with the international coalition to fight myself but we are now fighting on 2 fronts one against the turkish invasion and another against deisel there's been more heavy shelling all around the

town of tel aviv today all the personnel carriers tanks and heavy military equipment has been seen pouring towards the border despite increasing international condemnation there is no sign whatsoever of the turkish military pulling back just a c. as a former u.s. state department official who served in the obama administration joins us from washington d.c. so jeff just a minute ago the spokesperson for for the kurds he said that they are fighting on 2 fronts that they're fighting i saw now and they're also fighting the turkish invasion wasn't that predictable isn't that wasn't clear that that's probably what was going to happen when when donald trump made this move. entirely the case absolutely we all saw this in advance and sadly when you see this sort of happening in slow motion before your eyes it's giving people in capitals all around the world

the west in particular and the region feelings of helplessness because this could and should have been prevented so what are the edge you said this is happening and real time so what might the implications be is is there are reason to to think that now the kurds may be pushed more towards russia and if so what does that mean we'll even before that we should try to stop this in its tracks we should use is really key decisive intervening in diplomacy from all sides especially the military staffs of the u.s. european allies in a few countries close in the region like u.a.e. for example it is time for me qatar instead of u.a.e. we can actually get a cease fire here we can actually get some joint patrols going to get in and the course the turks will need something for this they will need yet another interest to be looked at that they are they are they on the side of it but yes i do want to

know what is their reason that turkey would be susceptible to that type of pressure go ahead will they would because for example if the red line of isis fighters in the thousands getting released that would basically lead to direct calls for turkey to be kicked out of nato and just for starters no chance ever of getting into the e.u. again even though that's been tried for years basically we're looking at a situation where russia is in cahoots with turkey on this and more so than the other side we would likely see. the kurds the. push 1st into the regimes hands before russia's hands but what we ought to do is to get the deputy secretary general of nato the military staffs all reaching out to their counterparts in turkey and basically we've got leaders on all sides urging want to trump they have incentives actually to get a resolution to get

a ceasefire here you've got senates or republicans in the senate here who basically trump needs for his impeachment defense and early one what does he need he basically needs a whole stack of things that start with not having another secure in secure situation on his borders or a way that the syrian refugees might actually stay or increase in number and still they've got problems and it lived an unsteady relations with the russians the iranians and the regime and while all of that is happening people that have already been displaced are being displaced again we're talking over 200000 people and civilians being killed gestating may appreciate your insight on this very much thank you my pleasure. plenty more had and the news hour including we

report from japan where the most powerful storm to hit the country in almost half a century leaves a trail of destruction in the former prisoner and the professor a rarity t.v. showdown is tenacious presidential candidates go head to head. and sport the world witnesses the 1st ever to our war era and he has all the details. a roadside bomb has killed at least 10 kenyan police officers in greece and near the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region of wind shear also near the somali border 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town of qana and borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed

communities in borno state had been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with ice all. final campaign rallies have been held in mozambique in the run up to tuesday's general election it will be the 6th sense the end of the civil war in 1902 the ruling party is challenged by its rival for namo tension remains between them despite signing a final peace deal in august 4 people are vying for the leadership so the main hopefuls include president felipe they now you say who's running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with a reduced majority for his full name a party he's up against another former fighter rather assume the mahdi who's the front man for a namo a party that's played by end fighting wherever whens will leave most and makes recovery after 2 cyclons and food shortages this year and will have to deal with a growing rebellion in the gas rich northern province of. the gato has more.

here in mozambique's capital maputo many people historically have supported the ruling for lemo party its presidential candidates is president felipe a new see the people here sitting in the capital of the meal and brought in on buses to hear what he has to say. decreased success of elections in local elections held a year ago it was declared the winner with just 51 percent of the vote for us the country opposition disputed those results and opposition say this time there were serious problems with the electoral register and also that is being growing violence on the campaign trail. in reno move position party has always been the closer contender we have a selection its leader is super monday was held in his final rally in the city of najaf in the north he promised to fight rampant corruption you know i'm a officials say they will finally stop this from campaigning in some parts of the

country with. 40 each other in a 14 year civil war that ended in $1009.00. he too is signed a peace deal for the 3rd time personally against your misuse days election will test it. to the cement go leader of the opposition m.d.m. party held his final rally in the port city of beirut where he's the mayor who was devastated by a cycling 7 months ago he says the government then used humanitarian aid to campaign for votes something in tonight's edition say installment of the problem is still urging their supporters are to go and vote on tuesday and fidgeting will watch as the votes are counted and they wait for the results to be announced just one day after his prime minister was awarded the nobel peace prize thousands of pro to mock the activists have been arrested and there is a heavy police presence across the capitol hill has more from. we understand

speaking to the organizers of the protests and really the head of this group about paris council who were planning this protest they said that it was to protest the assail the transition or the failing transition to democracy it's been planned for about 2 weeks they say i've known about it for about a week but we just we understand according to it is about as a police that it was actually banned this morning and then came these arrests we don't know the motivation behind these rest speaking it's going to make it a womanizer of the rally he told me that these arrests appeared and these are his words coordination planned and then implemented by police across as abba activists taken from their homes and of the streets and in prisons and prisons according to nagin there he said he's currently going from police station to police station to find out exactly why you know as i said at this rally has been planned for at least one week that i've known of the organizers say 2 weeks that had they had applied to

the city council for permission police band at this morning i've spoken to a time in this area that's what this building is a huge she says she is aware of any arrests that were offenses not aware of these arrests and referred us back to the adice arab east we're currently not taking our calls but yes certainly this goes against the very peace prize that a prime minister was awarded yesterday at least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque and became a faso a group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque in samarra say in the country's north and apostle has been struggling with armed conflict for the past 4 years by staff and heads of state met last month to discuss an end to the violence. a major tourist attraction in iceland is at risk of disappearing altogether because of climate change the island's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate with experts warning even curbing emissions may not be enough to save them that clark travel to

one of the island's national parks which has the largest and most voluminous ice cap on the island. this is an island of elemental power shaped to reshape by natural forces where the landscape is constantly forged by seepage geology. glasses sweep over active volcanoes ash from previous eruptions carpets the ice through the millennia the glass years have advanced and retreated but never has a retreat to be distressed because no. classic guide rhonda connolly takes me towards a soul your couldn't last year and the speed of retreat is very apparent so the sign and the case were in the glass here was back in 2010 and this is an arch of the very front of the glass here this is where we would walk onto it stretched across this entire valley and now 9 years later there it is there's the front right

back and it's continuing to melt at the exact same speed. this is one of the fastest disappearing glasses in iceland but its rate of loss is pretty much replicated wherever you go we enter the york at national park and you know a world heritage site covering 40 percent of iceland tourists come here in the hundreds every day to see the sights but the sights the slowly disappearing what was the glass here 20 years ago is now a raging torrent mighty eisman. it is a very dramatic and very reasonable in the strafing of the impacts of climate change and it's happening not only to the world glasses but also for the polar icecaps and the thing is that even if we do think nif acutely curb emissions more than a 3rd of the world's glasses will disappear by the end of the century. yes oh door cigarettes in the is a geologist he's been charting place the last few decades and he's well aware of

the global implications the glaciers will melt the multiple to runs down to those shim and the ocean surface rises i told my friends in america just no past week the. refugees would not only be coming from mexico and central america it would become front pro to. the coast and the gulf coast of america of the united states. at home businesses that rely on the tourist dollars preparing for an uncertain future only binion's and runs a guest house on the farm where he's lived pretty much all his life he has seen what's difference. the last couple yes and just for maybe 30 or so called and resold 3 clicks of thanks from this site but now we only see 2 all those and the clay sure are one of the most tourist attraction in iceland so of course it can have an effect on on you know all the main pillars of the economic parting iceland . this story is being repeated around the world just as the melting out to sea

level rise the water supply for hundreds of millions of people is disappearing before our very eyes. it is a bleak picture but there is no other way of telling scientists say the focus must now be on trying to save what we can at this crucial part of the planetary system and the clock al-jazeera that new york i see. still ahead on al-jazeera as spain braces for the verdict in the catalan separatists case the country celebrated its national day plus a possible new trade agreement was a major topic between the leaders of china and india that's what they did not talk about that's making headlines and sport ireland deep in the weather and their opponents at the right the world cup and they will have.

hello we got some fresh air weather pushing its eastern parts of north america over the next diety this band of cloud here that's going to drift its way through the appalachians over towards the middle and 6 days now a system out in the open waters subtropical storm melissa that's going to continue drifting further east which is because through the next couple of days 719 left the new york 18 celsius there for d.c. john system snow most of the border just around on terry and that will continue to drift its way further east was as we go on into monday 12 celsius that front so that a little cool here in the process only 2 degrees there for winnipeg western parts of canada chances of small snow coming back in here just around. over the course west coast it stays dry fine and sunny could do with the rain down towards l.a. of course california with those wildfires continuing to burn is the other side of the country where we do have some wet weather in the forecast as we go on through

monday rather mid atlantic states and down towards the panhandle and indeed into the deep south some showers to southern parts of the caribbean will still see some rather lively showers over the next day or so drifting over toward nicaragua towards panama just as some showers for the wind which as we go on through sunday little dry monday. counting the cost president trump threatens to destroy turkey's economy again will find out how his conflicts of interest in istanbul. lebanon goes from one crisis to another and can gold hit a record high of $2000.00 counting the cost on a. 3 years 3 prime ministers and still no breakthrough with the october 31st departure deadline looming and to speak and you pay for it back to square off

in brussels walk we'll boris johnson to you next followed the wretched summit on al-jazeera. philippines president roderigo due to he says he's cracking down on the communist insurgency but some fear it's a deadly campaign to silence his critics as the death toll rises one i want to just investigate do tend to these new al-jazeera. really focus liberated as a journalist model and others are going to the truth doesn't i will that's what this job people. are watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now ecuador's capital quito is in lockdown after the government imposed

a curfew and ordered troops on the city streets the military has also been told to restrict movement across the country for at least 24 hours ansun germany has stopped what sports to turkey over its offensive on kurdish groups and northern syria the operation is now in its 4th day and turkish forces say they have taken control of the situation order town though the kurds deny this. and most m.p.'s president say has promised to bring stability and corruption if he's elected for a 2nd term the final rallies have taken place ahead of tuesday's election and the ruling party faces a strong challenge from its main rival. or now in the international fallout of that operation by turkey and northern syria there have been worldwide protests against the decision of the turkish government this is the scene in the french capital paris where kurdish groups accuse the us of betrayal kurdish fighters had been america's main allies on the ground in syria in the battle against eisel there also

protests in germany. thousands of people demonstrating in the capital berlin germany and some of the largest kurdish populations any europe and in iraq bernard smith spoke to some demonstrators in erbil any sunni autonomy kurdish region. little love lost here between the kurds in this part of northern iraq kurdish controlled parts of northern iraq and the turkish authorities the crowd has been chanting terrorist terrorist and there is also a real feeling of betrayal by the americans the kurds here saying that a warm day they are leading the fight with the americans against eisel and then the next day has been about. this file. sizes. of us.

were you surprised by what the americans did of course everyone is surprised that america was by side of kurdish rebels by crusade with the storm help for commuters on where they leave kurdish knows i'm a. resident and it was crazy because in one night every one of them was strangers it's a chance for turkey to dominate us and kill the kurdish people so the american government has always promised our protection but now we see no protection that's why we think the strikes there are already some 225000 syrian kurds in this part of northern iraq hiding sheltering from syria's civil war and the authorities here. camps and accommodation for another 30000 should they cross over the border from northeastern syria and the all far to say the chaos government they said when

turkey's incursion started they said the calm. the quinces of the military escalation have implications far beyond syria's borders creating the conditions for a return of eisel and a mass displacement of people. at the price as a former us ambassador and white house official who is now a senior fellow at the atlantic council explains how the u.s. could deescalate the situation there's a whole menu of sanctions and you know some of them that would target for example the personal finances of president are to walk on and defense minister and foreign affairs minister those wouldn't have an impact those i think would just make the turkish leadership angry and probably would bolster public support for their public support in turkey for the operation if however the united states were to take a actions or sanctions are going to damage the turkish economy that could have an impact the turkish economy is fragile we all remember what happened a year ago when the u.s. when president trump issued some tweets and then impose some sanctions against

turkey economic ones and the turkish lira collapsed in value but for now president there to one is demonstrating a firm determination to carry on with this with this military incursion they most powerful typhoon to hit tokyo and decades has ripped through northern japan typhon paralyzed japan's capital on saturday leaving 3 people dead and 17 missing at brought unprecedented rainfall that cause floods and landslides in some areas and war than 6000000 people have been told to leave their homes they rugby world cup matches were canceled and has the latest from tokyo. before the storm made landfall in japan people living in its path were urged to take extreme caution and to prepare for the worst because of the damaging winds that it would inevitably bring the heavy rainfall as well that could ultimately lead to widespread flooding in fact forecasters had said that this storm may bring levels of rainfall not seen in

japan since a very powerful and devastating typhoon struck tokyo 1958 causing many deaths we've also had millions of people. evacuated under evacuation advisories or evacuation orders many of those people living in areas deemed to be vulnerable to landslides but also in coastal communities where the people are facing multiple threats of course from the strong winds and heavy rain but also the possibility of storm surge and the fact that we are almost in a full moon meaning that the tide may well be a lot higher than it usually would be and many people living in these coastal areas are still recovering from the last typhoon that struck at the beginning of the last month which caused a lot of damage and resulted in several deaths as well or thirty's taking no chances with the transport systems as well most train services were canceled along

with hundreds of flights to and from tokyo's airports hong kong's government says protesters have thrown petrol bombs inside a metro station as hundreds rallied against chinese control and police brutality on saturday but he was injured by the bombs and riot police were deployed on the streets adrian brown has more from hong kong. well this march is now breaking up and it comes after more than a week of relative calm here in hong kong relative calm now many of the protesters are wearing face masks in defiance of calls of that ban imposed by hong kong police more than a week ago warning that if people did wear face masks they risk arrest and also being heavily fined but that hasn't deterred some of these protesters now this march didn't pass without incident to m.t.r. train stations were attacked one of them had a pet food bomb thrown into it there were no injuries also an outlet at starbucks

was once more attacked it had its window shot at starbucks of course has become a popular target for these protesters a lot of the protesters here have also been talking about the common sort of come from president donald trump who says that he thinks that the protests are now in his words deescalating well a lot of the protesters don't know whether that means that the united states is now showing the same sort of support that it did for the protest movement that's to say support from u.s. politicians as they had say several months ago now the protests to say they are going to gather again on sunday for unspecified action certainly the protests are not on a scale that we was seeing several weeks or even several months ago there is still violence but it's not as intense as it has been in recent weeks. a major cleanup operation is continuing along the coastline of northeastern brazil following a massive oil spill at least 150 beaches have been affected so far or oil has been

difficult to track because as under the surface of the water it's still not clear where it came from or sales environment minister says he suspects that is why law. spain's national day celebrations have been overshadowed by tensions over the upcoming sentencing of cattle and separatist leaders they could face 15 years in prison after being charged with sedition and misuse of public funds for their part in the 2017 independence referendum rival unionists and pro and dependents rallies have been held in catalonia regional capital barcelona so a guy who has more from barcelona. commemorations for spain's national day have been taking place on the streets of basra loan of the capital of the region the region that attempted to secede 2 years ago now while this was organized by a pro nationalist civil society the backing of 3 conservative and right wing

parties in spain in taking place here because people here are still absolutely determined can't run we should should remain firmly talks all the spanish states want to belong you know i want to keep being cut along the news people do not cut our guts i was being yes who is being cut the line is our way of being spanish or the wonderful thing about spain is that it's made up of many different parts but with a common essence. having that. people here there is some incredibly strong feeling about the capital region should remain family. the spanish state missteps alone you know force where there is a strong growth independence. they feel they should have the right to determine their own future it's part of a legal referendum now that attempts to see 2 years ago was an illegal referendum

and certain politicians and activists paid the price by being arrested they now face a judgment on monday whether it would be a charge of rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds that has further exacerbated the tensions in the region and certainly doesn't look like it's going to be results anytime soon. gyptian media say at least 9 people from the same family have been killed after a shell hit a truck and the sinai peninsula it happened in the town of it's not immediately clear who was behind the shelling which struck the family while they were returning from an olive far they are saying years of fighting between security forces and armed groups. tenacious 2 remaining presidential candidates have gone head to head in the rare t.v. debate before sunday's runoff letters are choosing between business tycoon the bill corey who was recently released from prison and retired law professor criseyde the winner will inherit a weak economy and soaring unemployment. reports from tunis. and

face off in a debate at events indiana weld and the moment of pride for the tennessee ends 8 years ago inspired the pro-democracy movement also known as the art of spring. the debate was a crucial moment for the 2 candidates the election divided to secular and liberals back how do we what conservatives leftists and nationalists indorse are yet because this is always leading in the parliamentary and presidential elections to jail despite that i still moved on to the 2nd round my opponents thought i'd be defeated . and that the free they will never return to the cage and won't accept being given crumbs they are free already committed to building a new country. supporters of the bill carter we are job and their leader and

media mogul was released from jail and he's back on the campaign trail but the man and his party have only a limited time to convince people that he is the right person to leave the country i'd always party heart of which he founded 3 months ago came in 2nd in the parliamentary election becoming the 2nd largest political party after the conservative and. from the beginning of the campaign out of his rival cases i yet kept a low profile but his supporters took to the streets promoting the burn they say will and corruption and unite the people but people are frustrated with their leaders 80 years after the revolution they see little change in their country and their expectations are high and our president should make young people more of a priority it's far as i'm concerned i have no faith in the political elite we want a president who stands for all to new zealand we are to fight a country that is different political party social classes we don't want

a president defending a particular class or group after the 2011 revolution the president lost many powers to both the prime minister and parliament but the president retains control of the fans and foreign affairs for many to his ears the president is more than just a symbol the recent parliamentary elections have resulted in a divided parliament and the lead party may not be able to form a governing coalition this is what the next president is expected to step in to the political impasse. they run in government has condemned what it calls a cowardly attack on one of its oil tankers a spokesman says it's reviewing evidence after missiles apparently struck a ship off the coast of saudi arabia on friday and also promised to respond to whoever is behind the attack that came in that heightened tensions in the region. has more from tehran at the time of the incident state media didn't.