i mean no doubt about it damascus has made it very clear that they do not want the kind of situation that you that kurds in iraq enjoy where almost no kurds speak arabic any longer the s.d.f. what has been very clear that you know that they need help that that they'll ally what with who and they've said russia iran what does this mean for the influence of countries like that in the region now that the u.s. seems to be such a shrinking factor it's a big boost for russia it's a big boost for us what he needs that money of america's policy was to beggar side to make him as poor as possible thinking that they could carry out regime change if they impoverish damascus by bike by grabbing most of the oil resources agriculture and of course top down and euphrates water all of which now will fall under damascus is control so that's a big boost it also means that poke that putin stock goes way up we're going to see to morrow he's going to be in the gulf and i think people are going to be paying

attention there was not a plan and this is shows the chaos of the situation where things are deteriorating badly and we don't know what's going to happen those business on the other hand this puts the ball firmly in assad's court in the court of the kurds as well and russia's court all 3 are going to have tremendous interest in making sure that they keep control of the situation if it gets out of control and isis pops back up of course it could draw america back in and that none of them want iran will be there as well they'll all i think cooperate if this situation doesn't get out of control to try to make sure that isis does not come back. when i'm ahead of the news hour including why brother what's a major issue for voters in mozambique ahead of tuesday's presidential election.

and by middle activists and malaysia's government are facing off along a coastline in the north of the country. and sport one about exploring a standing world records has been broken in chicago. exit polls out of tunisia show law professor chi side winning by a landslide in presidential elections warning to the early results site has beaten media mogul to be. a turnout of 60 percent reports now from tunis on what the wind could mean for the country. he has achieved what eluded his predecessors since the 2011 revolution basis i yet won the presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote a big win and a strong bandaid for an outsider who nothing gator threw it in his ears complex political landscape throughout the campaign sayet focused his messages on

overhauling state institutions and being political divisions and fixing economic problems but. you've shown the world you freely made your choice and start a new chapter and i'd like to thank the young for their determination you continue to inspire the world. sayen a law professor who ran as an independent defeated his rival in a bill carter we the media mogul and leader of the secular heart of tennessee a party cutaway was released from jail a few days ago after being detained on charges of corruption and tax evasion he dismissed the accusations as politically motivated took a principled stance on his opponent's detention refusing to campaign while he was locked up but once the vote was decided. supporters celebrated victory on the streets i was confident places i would win i'm very excited for my country in the

past elections my vote never counted this time i'm very happy because the man of voted for has become president the president has seen his powers diminish after the 2011 revolution the prime minister and the parliament shape the domestic agenda i see it faces to immediate challenges convincing the political parties but one the parliamentary election to set aside their differences and form a governing coalition and solving the economic problems so i get has repeatedly said that he was committed to helping his people now he must deliver his promises. to us only in warren says professor at george washington university elliott school of international affairs he says the presidential debate played a major role in convincing people that side was the right candidate. it's sort of a revolutionary agenda that has

a conservative side to it how do we the opponent represented modernism but also the old regime he was corrupt he was in jail for much of the electoral campaign and bath for that reason this candidate siad refused to even campaign while he was still in jail but when they came out when he was released last week they had a presidential debate which ended up convincing a lot of tunisians that side was the better. candidates he's seen as someone with clean hands he was involved in the writing of the tunisian constitution youth respected him as a university professor now retired he has some conservative opinions which peel to appeal to the islamists but this really was. a youth driven vote in favor of revolutionary ideals he does not have a party behind him and he's not the one that's forming the government that will be done by the party that won the parliamentary election the remit for the president is primarily foreign affairs defense and to

a degree intelligence and other security matters and for that reason the presidential debates that the earlier ones which had over 30 candidates confused tunisians a lot because they wanted a president that would do things to fix the economy and and other domestic policies but that power is not held by the president it's held by the parliament and the head of parliament and of course the parliamentary elections were won by the islamists. a massive fire has broken out inside a coptic church in egypt the church of st george was built in the 10th century and located in the city of ottawa on just south of the capital cairo no one was hurt. to ecuador now where talks between indigenous leaders and the government are taking place hundreds of protesters have defied a government imposed curfew in the capital quito a 24 hour a nationwide curfew was put in place on saturday in response to demonstrations in the city administrator is angry at a rise in fuel prices attacked government buildings and burned media offices

protests 1st began nearly 2 weeks ago joins us live now from quito so 1st what's the latest on these talks. well the streets of gone quiet rachelle since the start of these talks a little over 2 hours ago they're currently in a recess these are peace talks negotiations. a round table you could call it being being moderated by the united nations india on one hand you know on one side of the table you have president letting modell of ecuador along with his ministers at the other end of the table you have representatives from a confederation of indigenous communities from across ecuador the president was the 1st to speak he says that he was willing to establish a new decree of course all of these protests are rooted in a decree known as to create 3 that seeks to end fuel subsidies decades long through a subsidy it's in and stared and stared the policy by the government the president

says that he's willing to form a commission to re-evaluate these policies and find a solution out of this crisis that's now been going on for more than a week now now the response from indigenous communities and indigenous leaders was that they did not come here to form any sort of commission that if the president wants peace restored in the streets of quito and in the rest of ecuador that the government needs to reverse course on this policy measure that is the only way that they will be willing to to ask demonstrators to not go out in the streets anymore and restore calm into the country it was also condemnation from other indigenous leaders against the heavy handed response the crackdown and repression against peaceful protesters we have to keep in mind that over the course of the last week we've seen an escalation of violence in the streets at least 5 people have died every day there are more people wounded out on the streets in clashes between demonstrators and police officers there's even been members of the press

that have been injured and so that there is optimism over these talks at the moment there is a recess after a little over an hour of talks between indigenous leaders and members of the government. they've taken a recess that's one of the reasons why the streets are or are quiet now we're not hearing anything outside people seem optimistic people seem hopeful what they want is peace believe both sides of this conflict want want peace restored but it will be the outcome of these negotiations that will determine whether or not peace will return to the streets or will see a continuation of these deadly protests that we've seen over the course of the last last week or so richelle and upland thank you very much. brazil is in the middle of an environmental emergency as oil has been washing up on beaches along the northeast coast it's a growing disaster made all the worse because the source of the oil that is still a mystery every elizondo reports from the northeastern state of. it's easy to find the oil that's washing up on the beaches in the northeast of

brazil this environmental disaster is spread over 2000 kilometers contaminating some of brazil's most beautiful beaches. the state of alabama has been hit especially hard and the cleanup is a huge challenge for the hell isn't the only good i made to fit the if we are part of multiple agency efforts to monitor the coastline which include the army city and state officials some oil stains appear in the north of the state but it's worse in the south. what's more difficult to determine is where is that will coming from there are many theories could it have come from oil tankers in the atlantic ocean of some suspect or could that we will be from a german ship sunk off the coast of brazil during world war 2 as some brazilian researchers have concluded. well nobody knows exactly where this oil is coming from the brazilian government says it's not coming from here in brazil that their bras

the state run oil company has run tests on this oil and they say it's a type of crude oil that is not produced here in brazil they say this oil contains characteristics of oil normally found in neighboring venezuela so the brazilian government thinks this oil is coming from there but venezuela's state run oil company did nies it is the source of the oil official with brazil's environmental protection agency tells me this spill is a catastrophe and there's no quick fix to the pollution so that i do know this is an environmental emergency our work will go on until this is over. but for now we have no deadline to finish our work. on sunday crews tried their best to clean up the beaches but it's a huge area and resources are limited so investigators are now taking to the air to try to spot the oil slicks on the sand they have found more than $150.00

contaminated beaches so far this is a disaster on a huge scale and it can't be fully controlled until the source of the oil is identified. rosendo. state of allegories in northeast brazil. on race prime minister viktor orban has suffered a big political setback a candidate backed by his party is lost in the oral election in the capital budapest. hony was backed by several opposition parties they are also projected to make gains in elections across the rest of the country sunday's vote has won it had one of the highest voter turnouts and local elections and nearly 30 years. this victory is a bit budapest becoming green and free to speak to us about taking the city from the 20th to the 21st century and this victory is about keeping the city with all our powers where history has always placed it we will take it back to europe. ruling nationalist party has declared victory in the country's parliamentary

election exit polls show the law and justice party is on course to win an even bigger majority and reports from warsaw. countdown to a project to win an poland's ruling party right wing populist i'm looking forward to a 2nd soon in government. mahmoud pub or did i know she we have reasons to be happy . because despite a strong front against us we managed to win an old science point it was stay like this and if it stays like this the good change will continue. but what he describes as good change has polarized his country it may have led to the highest turnout in any election since 1989 the law and justice party does deliver on its promises for example a $125.00 a month allowance for parents of each child and 0 tax for under 26 year olds all

in this past it's a party that does do what it says on the 10 but many people are concerned about what's deep inside that. the opposition says the ruling party is taking poland away from western style liberal democracy. sounds people want cooperation they want to see is buried a visions we see in our country today unfortunately. the law and justice has moved things so radically to the right that indeed the liberal minded people don't feel at ease anymore in poland. one of the doubts in the minds of some voters is media freedom the state media is firmly in the grip of the ruling party and poland has dropped from 8 down to 59th in the international media freedom shocked the ruling party is tied to the catholic church more than other governments and its vitriolic

about gay rights. last summer police moved in a wrong gathering of the l g b t community when men attacked it shouting abuse opposition parties planed political rhetoric for stirring up a trip to. the government that's looking set for a 2nd term promises a brighter future of a poland many say if they're better off it doesn't matter whether it's left centrist all right wing andrew simmons al-jazeera walsall. a group of election officials in kosovo have fallen ill after opening ballot boxes from expatriate voters in serbia being treated in hospital and the countess been suspended kosovo health snap elections last week but more than 300 ballot boxes from abroad are still to be counted $26.00 officials at an electoral office in the capital pristina had allergic reactions after opening several boxes kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 that it's never been recognized by belgrade. still ahead on al

jazeera judges in spain get ready to hand down sentences to separatist leaders in the region and catalonia. i will tell you why displaced people in sudan star for region are skeptical of any prospect of a deal between the government and armed groups. and the world beach games are underway into hot it's featuring a number of events you probably do not associate with life on the sand. hello there we still have some pretty good sunny skies through eastern sections of china but not so across the south we've got more of those showers in the forecast and thunderstorms as well in fact as we go through the next couple of days that becoming a little bit heavier as well but securely into these northern areas of vietnam so

high nancy in the shadows also into hong kong all monday touches a little bit low the have been $28.00 degrees celsius and sticking at that as we go through cheese over this is when the rains become a little bit havea out towards the west these coastal areas could actually pick up some fairly high totals now to the south of there widespread rains across much of the indonesia borneo seeing the rains across the west and east coast quite cloudy across into soon to se and the middle a peninsula on monday saying a fair amount of rain is tending to stay in the 4 calls as we head to choose and again some heavy rains across into northern sections of sumatra i'm talking of rains a cool sea we have now seen the official start of the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon still some activity further to the south just coming off that southwest coast in the last few hours but the internet department is now drawing a line and said we're officially now dry really from a line goodrum tools west bengal so the rain staying monday and tuesday further to the south some heaviest spells of rain at times. sponsored by

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you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories now syrian government forces have struck a deal with the kurdish led syrian time accredit forces which will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey yes to say this will help them in liberating areas under the control of turkish forces as they advance into northern syria. earlier the u.s. announced it's pulling out all remaining american troops from northern syria yes president's been accused of abandoning the kurds the americans say they want their troops out of harm's way. and these are celebration. and tunisia's exit polls show

a conservative law professor of political outsider is poised to become a country's next president protect projected rather to win more than 70 percent of the vote beating media mogul in the bill. at least 30 people are confirmed dead after a powerful typhoon struck parts of central japan over the weekend tens of thousands of people are still trying to get to people left stranded after widespread flooding and landslides reports from tokyo. there was plenty of warning before thai food arrived but the power of the storm caught some of japan's most vulnerable by surprise intense rainfall cut off many people and communities including dozens of elderly in a retirement home and car would go with northwest of the capital tokyo after the storm passed they were brought to safety by risky work is. the storm brought damaging winds in excess of 200 kilometers an hour but the main feature was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw

a meter in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope the embankments of more than 20 rivers collapsed one of the worst hit areas was not west of tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's famous bullet trains were surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow. the major typhoon has caused extensive damage far and wide in the east in japan at one point the special warning for heavy rain was issued for as many as 13 prefixes there has also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding of various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain. more than 100000 risky workers were deployed including 31000 from the self-defense forces millions were ordered or advised to evacuate but some chose not to leave their homes or couldn't get out in time japanese a used to preparing for storms and other natural disasters but this one was

different it may have come and gone quickly but many here say it was the largest most intense typhoon they've experienced and they're wondering because of climate change if it's a sign of things to come in some places a recovery has begun but this was a storm that claimed many lives and caused vast amounts of damage the full extent of which won't be known for some time with so many areas still inundated wayne hay al-jazeera tokyo place in hong kong have made dozens of arrests after anti-government protests turned violent on sunday french has emerged have a man been arrested after a police officer was stabbed in the neck near a metro station a 2nd person was also taken into custody and in a separate incident protesters attacked a woman saying helping police clear barricades from the road. plans are underway to build 3 artificial islands in malaysia's northern state of panay the government says it wants to develop the region and provide more economic opportunities but many are concerned over how this might not benefit them in the long run once louis

has more from. a new shoreline being built in a few years this area in the northern coast of malaysia will be filled with homes offices and roads land reclamation the process of creating new land from water logged areas is taking place on a rapid scale here and land mass is projected to increase by 10 percent within the next decade. the biggest and most controversial is the pinang south reclamation project an area that covers rich fishing grounds. and. when i 1st heard about it i was shocked worried and angry we depend on displace all life what we call the golden triangle. fish prawns and crips. off this coast is where 3 artificial islands covering approximately 800 square

kilometers are planned to be built it's part of the penang state government's plan to help fund an ambitious $11000000000.00 transportation network activists worry the damage to the environment would be irreparable for the 1st script the call flight and that means they're going to destroy all the money that means it is the top of the structure of the marine ecosystem. in land reclamation projects in the northern coast construction companies have built high rises and luxury shopping malls fishing communities that say they've been left worse off by the development. but after the dredging started my catch has dwindled i can only bring in 5 kilograms a day you know when i used to haul in 15 to 20 kilograms a day before but local politicians have defended the large reclamation project people of wisconsin crickets in the war. you have to release it before it becomes

a. crop in terms of can be a rush you don't want to get into your view so what shall we do. moving the people were the people. who rule but the fisherman being forced to travel further out to sea the increased financial costs outweigh any benefits florence louis al-jazeera and malaysia. at least 9 people have been taken to hospital after a mortar attack and somalia's capital mogadishu at least 7 mortars were fired at mogadishu's international airport around 1 pm local time the airport houses embassies the united nations and african union missions it's not known who is behind that attack protesters are scheduled and getting on monday after president alpha condé plan to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term 6 opposition figures have been arrested ahead of their plan demonstration more. this is downtown connect in the area called telluride

market area where over the weekend people have come to do their shopping to get basic necessities like rice water or oil because they fear that the shelves really close down because of these demonstration already people have been arrested leaders of these protests have been arrested by men wearing ski mask and arms and this has created a sense of anxiety and then to supply what may lay hand wasn't so we're just outside . the main opposition figure if you don't lives in a popular neighborhood but he sought refuge in the diplomatic foreigners who is truly happy to tell you the embassy and i'm sad to see a relative sound with security. fears of i have to get arrested. i'm going to say i've got it all this needs to stop some say there are risks we get

mood when we defend values as important as democracy freedom people's right to live in a country with the rule of law prevails we must make sacrifices president of like them they want to change the constitution and run for a 3rd mandate and it is here that his opponents will gather on this is the band of protest human rights organizations have accused in the past security forces of using live ammunition against protesters and in the usual an unprecedented move the head of the armed forces came out with a statement saying that its troops will stay in the barracks this is a city and a country on edge talks are being held between sudan's transitional government and armed groups they include fighters accused of genocide in the darfur region 18 years of war there has killed 300000 people and forced 3000000 from their homes and see them or going to parts of south darfur some who fled the fighting are skeptical about what the talks can achieve. tiredness is not just to you

his face but also her 3 children she fled fighting 17 years ago to live here in camp in south dar for and says the past 3 years have been the hardest. part of that life during the camp is different from life outside here there is a lot of suffering outside things are available here we lack many things we lack enough food there is shortage of water we have to go out searching for our basic needs. is one of the largest displacement camps in the darfur region home to more than 150000 people many arrived when the war began in 2003 between government forces and rebel groups fighting against marginalisation the rebels accuse the sudanese government of oppressing non arab tribes. the un says where in darfur killed more than 300000 people and displaced over 3000000 the sudanese government's military campaign resulted in an arrest warrant for now deposed president almost

bashir the i.c.c. want him for war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide. i joined a new un mission was launched in 2007 to reduce the violence but troop levels have been reduced in the past year and is set to end next year camp has become a town more than a displacement camp housing people who fled from violence not only in south darfur but the other parts of the darfur region and while fighting may have compared to when the word started in 2003 many people say they yet to see actual signs of peace and security to convince them to return home sudan's new transitional government following months of anti-government protests and the ousting of the sheer has said its 1st priority is achieving peace. sudan's government and armed groups including those fighting in dar for signed a deal to start talks in october the country suffering council says peace falls not only on those negotiating it but on the people as well. but we need the people to

be united we don't want any more fighting we don't want people to be divided we want unity those who have done wrong in this region must say what they've done wrong so that the country reaches peace the country is now going through a change so people must be patient and wait for things to improve. but come presidents have heard it all before they've seen dozens of peace deals fail and no one represent them in the latest talks. the previous government negotiated more than 40 peace deals with darfur in the past 18 years now we don't believe in talks and we have not chosen any want to negotiate on our behalf so we doubt that there will be peace because people have been picked to present us i don't even know them no one came to ask for our opinions. talks that will affect not only rashid and her children but the future of all those displaced by conflicts in sudan he will morgan al-jazeera south dar for. just as election him as m.p. is going ahead even though people are still affected by devastating cyclons from 6

months ago thousands remain homeless are living in camps more than 1300 people were killed. before some take one of the hardest hit areas and saval a province no. flood water started gushing into to reason make it tires home it was when cycling it die struck central mozambique in march 1 wall collapsed then another. she ran and climbed this tree to escape the rising torrent her sister and her 2 small children climbed this one she saw them washed away when it collapsed. because it was a new year. i was very upset because my sister was gone that night i stayed in the tree crying the next day people came into kenya to rescue us eventually found their bodies. this tends now to resist home hundreds of people were killed by 2 cyclamens that struck mozambique earlier this year. thousands are still in camps

where they're meant to vote in choose days presidential election. the people here have gathered to register for food handouts the cyclons affected areas where many people have historically voted for the political opposition rights groups say many won't be able to vote because voting cards were washed away i haven't been replaced the political opposition say the ruling fully my party has used humanitarian assistance to campaign for votes it was the port city of beirut where the 1st cyclon made landfall the city's mayor. is now running for president leads a growing opposition party called m d m i met him campaigning in a remote village 7 months ago was on the water he's not happy with the government's response even saying that if you don't vote if you don't spend your vote you want

to get before so that's what we're doing and that's a very bad but the national can do is watching it and not doing anything the cyclamens ripped through rose and washed away bridges. many of which have now been repaired the ruling for leave my party says its recovery program has been a success. it promises to continue if it stays in power and it denies foul play was one that brought about that's not true take the humanitarian aid and give it to the population is that the case that's not true humanitarian aid was distributed in front of the international community election season might bring handouts and promises from politicians but most cyclamen victims like to resign lived in grinding poverty before the storms and since an election won't change that. malcolm with al-jazeera to mozambique.

saying supreme court is expected to sentence 12 catalan leaders over their role in the 2017 banned referendum for independence ruling could complicate spanish politics and reignite tensions just one month ahead of national elections. from barcelona. in the middle of balsa luna's largest train station a call for self-determination by catalan activists more than 2 years since catalonia is attempt to secede they are no closer to their go but they say they refuse to give up the home of a better movie when in fact this is a nonviolent action one of many more that are yet to come this is to defeat the system to change it and to become a new country.