by the spoils of the u.s. pullout let's go now to zeno who is joining us live from sondra far on the turkish border with syria and we'll start with what's happening in man bush data because with both the syrian army there to back forces. with their eye on members i mean just how dangerous a situation are we in in terms of the potential for conflict between the 2 countries. well it is a new front the battle for members has begun it's a city in the northern countryside of aleppo a strategic city because of its location it lies on an international highway that connects the iraqi border to aleppo which is syria's 2nd largest city so any player in the syrian conflict would want to control a member but for the turkish government this operation is about capturing it's from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces because according to turkey and its opposition allies this is

a mainly arab town and refugees should be allowed to return one of the justifications for turkey's operation is not just about getting rid of the y p g and the s the f. threat in syria but it is about allowing refugees to return so the opposition forces are now at the edges of member you have the syrian government which entered the city by invitation whether or not there will be a direct confrontation it is hard to say because it seems there are behind the scenes negotiations the turkish defense minister saying that he was he had a phone conversation with his russian russian counterpart and in his words it was a constructive conversation earlier today the president erdogan said that he is coordinating with russia and there's coordination it on cold bonnie that's another kurdish held a town close to the border suggesting really that there's some sort of a deal but hours later the russian defense ministry says no we did not discuss cold bonnie yet so what is clear is that there's a dangerous situation on the ground there behind the scenes negotiations but it

seems there's still no deal and in the meantime saying you know what does the return of the syrian government as you were saying for the 1st time in this area since 2013 you know mean for the syrian war which just when you think that it couldn't get more complicated we have another 10. well yes for the 1st time since 2013 the government is back in the northeast yes they had some troops in commission and has a good province but it was a very symbolic presence they came in there was no fight they were invited there was a military agreement is what we understand with the s. the f. they're still need to work out a lot of details on how they're going to cooperate on the ground there are some indications that for the time being the government is going to stay outside cities at the end of the day the russians could use the y.p. g. forces and integrate them in the syrian army so there are many options on the table but this is a strategic corner of syria and for the cash strapped

a mascot's government it's a welcome it's welcome news because their oil fields this is the bread basket of syria damascus is under sanctions u.s. sanctions so this is you know welcome money money for the government so it really is a new turning point in this conflict zain thank you very much for that is there in a hall there with the very latest live in some new for thank you. now syrian kurds fleeing the fighting are starting to arrive in northern iraq and the authorities there say they could be the 1st of tens of thousands of refugees it's a plans are being made to accommodate the new arrivals by the priority for the kurdistan regional government just to stop isis fighters and their supporters mingling with genuine refugees but in a smith has this exclusive report from northern iraq. just a few blocks of essential all this family could carry as they ran from the fighting in northeastern syria there amongst the 1st to make it across the border into the

kurdish government north of iraq. there was shelling and fighting this man says my family hasn't slept for days we've left everything behind. almost 200 syrians were bussed into a refugee camp in a monday afternoon. the biggest concern for the kurdish authorities is who exactly is crossing the border eisel fighters or supporters mingled with the innocent and officials cross reference names to make sure those who got on the bus at the border stayed on for the 90 minute journey here a local intelligence officer takes a photo of the tally i think it's going to be interesting to see who is coming in the next days and what the authorities will do to filter it is a population coming in certainly it is going to be checks done to make sure they arrive generally and people are taking care of. everyone we spoke to share their

shock at the overnight switch from living peacefully to being. the stuff america has let us down i didn't imagine that they would destroy the people in our future used to like america but now i hate it i'm here. the syrians will join the already more than $1000000.00 internally displaced persons and refugees being hosted in the kurdistan region of iraq and depending on how long turkey's military campaign goes on for the kurdistan regional government the k r g estimates that anything between 30000 up to as many as a quarter of a 1000000 syrians will flee the fighting here into the k r g. the syrian refugee camp has been here more than 7 years but tents a long gone children are growing up here people are putting down roots and now this small town is about to get bigger. bernard smith al-jazeera damas refugee camp in

northern iraq. well let's get more now on all the latest developments we're joined by bill donohue razor director and senior associate of the turkey project at the center for strategic and international studies and he's joining us live from washington d.c. mr ali raiser always good to have you with us on al-jazeera if we can start with the developments from where you are on president trump saying you know unfortunately turkey doesn't appear to be mitigating mitigating the humanitarian effects of its invasion do you think that president trump expected something different when he pulled u.s. troops out of the region knowing that it would lead to a turkish incursion. it's almost embarrassing to watch the scrambling by trump in his team to actually mitigate the use the same word that you just used the effects of that rush ill thought through. promise that he made

or if it wasn't a promise certainly a green light that he gave to president al gore on exactly 8 days ago that set in motion the series of events where we were now ended where we are. it's difficult to conceive all of a more complicated situation than the one we have where the syrian government. you know which the this administration as a as well as the previous one has really fight they've called for an ounce there of president assad and because of his actions trump has cleared the way for the syrian government and the russian auspices to work out a deal with the syrian kurds and through to you know if syria and now he's very late in the day he's. announcing some sanctions which are going to have absolutely no effect whatsoever on the turkish government and to compound the error he's sending rice president pence to ankara where he's sure to come in for a very difficult a series of negotiations so how do you think that the ticket government is going to

respond to these sanctions the vice president calling the incursion an invasion and these calls for a cease fire do you think that president mike pence has been set up to fail here when he goes to the region to try and negotiate a cease fire. it's mission impossible the turks will react with scorn it's a total misunderstanding of the turkish psyche me listening to the president added on statements you've carried a portion of it as well as the kind of coverage you know very jingoistic picture out of coverage wall to wall 24 hours a day on the turkish t.v. and there's very little room for going to. except an immediate says ceasefire which let's remember is that is the call by the trumpet ministration or to actually negotiate with with the syrian kurds which is absolutely nothing you know if there

was a functioning interagency process in in washington trump would never have done what he did in that 1st one call without the one and he would never of sent vice president pence on what appears to be mission impossible and now that he has where to from here vice president pence can't achieve what is needed and northeast and syria all who can do you think i mean what's going to happen with the tickers forces to push back forces advancing on men bit the syrian government back there and how much power do you think all of this how much power do you think this gives russia which might once again you know be kingmaker here. well if we go back. a couple of years there was the confliction agreement between russia and the and the us whereby it was east of the euphrates that was the area of operations for the american air force and for american soldiers and west of your phrases was

basically left to the russians by advocating his responsibilities trump is essential to see that that area too to the russians and the russians have now become the power brokers i doubt the whether there will be a clash in membership because the phones must be a buzzing will continue to do so over the next 24 hours between moscow and ankara and russia will use your sim florence on current use this influence with the opposition forces not to get into a clash with the with the syrian government forces but beyond that i think russia will work out a deal whereby the turks will have a buffer zone not by agreement with the united states but by agreement with the with the russians somehow exceeded through by the government of damascus and what's missing in this equation is the u.s. which is frankly you know just taken itself out of the equation and study ways it is great to get your expertise on the subject we do appreciate your time that's been on anyways and i live in washington d.c.

thank you. we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including. mexico's government says it's getting to grips with the country's appalling murder rate and the evidence on the ground doesn't support that. president transformer russian advisor testifies to congress as part of the impeachment inquiry and it's racism forces an end to national football game and had to be halted twice. to get a now or at least 4 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations there is a widespread anger at a proposed change in the constitution that would allow veteran president condé to run for a 3rd term nicolas hart reports now from the capital conakry. gunfire in downtown conakry. frightened residents have locked himself indoors taking cover

for guinea's paramilitary forces who are shooting a live rounds in the streets but was supposed to be in the should white protest against president alpha condé has turned into street battles between security forces and demonstrators armed with sticks and knives they say they're here to defend their democracy. of course we're scared but we managed to paralyze the city in turn it into a ghost town to show our frustration with our leadership. the 81 year old president wants a referendum to change the constitution so that he can run a 3rd term in office but his political opponents are against a referendum they don't trust the president to organize an impartial vote like you know obviously. need unharnessed leader. treats all of its citizens equally irrespective of ethnic origin finance if any with. the ethnic forlornly make of the majority in guinea and yet never has

a full only been in power many of them are out protesting accusing the government of arresting them in discriminating against them this is one professor that has just been arrested in this is what's happening throughout the capital and the country paramilitary police deployed to try to arrest and stop any form of violence. security forces shot dead several protesters and scores are injured human rights watch accused the government of banning street protests for over a year now and cracking down on dissent presidential elections are a full year away but the political deadlock has already set in there is a sense of fear and apprehension of what is to come nicholas hawke al-jazeera cannot create. now protests have erupted in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 catalan separatists leaders been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence thousands of catalan separatists clashed with police

protesters blocked access to barcelona airport more than $100.00 flights were canceled on monday spain supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in prison sanya guy hugo reports an hour from barcelona. they turned up in their thousands at barcelona's airport determined to cause as much disruption as possible and fronted by right police to protest his intentions to signal the start of a campaign of civil disobedience that cause an amnesty for the 9 catalan politicians and activists convicted on monday for their roles in a failed attempt to secede from spain 2 years ago they were found guilty of sedition but were acquitted on the more serious charge of rebellion the defendants were sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison the reaction from the catalan regional government was unequivocal they got a long government and i personally reject these very big it's because we consider

them unjust and antidemocratic and because they are part of a political trial and were dragged of legal action against got along as right to self-determination and against the independence movement with a general election in his sights next month the spanish prime minister peres sancious urged dialogue took a firm line on the supreme court's verdict or you. can blow today exemplary judicial process has concluded but at the same time confirms the sinking of a political project that's failed in its attempt to obtain internal support and international recognition leaving behind pain and confrontation on the front of coexistence in catalonia but within hours on. the sentencing protesters came out onto the streets and gathered here at the main square in barcelona city center they say they are part of what is being called the democratic tsunami but even but if they're waiting

on the bus i think what is happening is shameful but i think the conviction is really unfair and i don't understand how this can happen in the 21st century thank you brooke it was ok for you to come here because i think the trial has been a complete fraud has been a trial that human rights international organizations of the net is having a lot of regularities i think we have to denounce it and do some comparative. but not everyone sees it like this the castle a nationalist movement has itself become more divided between groups that support more direct forms of action and those who oppose it politics here is more fractured and there is no majority backing for secession solving the catalan crisis is as allusive as ever and in spite of the sentencing a long way from being a result. al-jazeera barcelona. of these 14 police officer been killed in

a single attack and mexico that occurred just hours before president andres manuel lopez obrador spoke about the country's murder rate where monday's killings happened in. michel khan state where violent turf falls between rival drug cartels a common well john heilemann sent us this update from mexico city. so mexico's president and his head of public security came out on the morning of monday and gave a press conference in which they said it's nothing to boast about but we think we might just be getting on top of the murder rate in the country they called it a point of inflection in the homicide rates in the country and they said that what they're doing is continuing to send out the national guard that's a newly formed and quite militarized police force out into key hotspots in the country to draw and deal with things and also having social programs that would try and give employment to people to give some hope put it money in the pocket of

people who otherwise might be tempted into organized crime so the message was quite positive coming from the top and then the news came out that image to a can the state in southwest mexico police officers have been. killed by presumably organized crime in that region now michu a kind is a state in which there's different criminal organizations battling over it one of the strongest of those organizations if not the strongest is the cartel new generation and there were banners left with the burnt out there calls of the police seem to was signed as if they were from that cartel now sometimes those banners can be used misleadingly but that is a strong organization in that part the country that has been involved in murdering policemen and law enforcement authorities before now the president obviously and the head of security would say things are getting better little by little in the

country i think one of the worries that perhaps analysts that we've talked to have had is that the national guard may be that they're not being rolled out to all areas of the country and taking up the law enforcement activities as fast as they could do some or even worried about more of the same ahead on confrontation of organized crime using an up. quite blunt force to try and put a stop to the it didn't seem to work for past administrations why would it work now but what happened on what's happened in the last 24 hours in mexico a sign that the government still is grappling with the problem and a sign that the problem remains and that more deaths tragically are still happening still ahead on the news hour election officials in afghanistan might struggle to meet a deadline to announce the results of last month's presidential poll and. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union uncertainty of the brics it overshadows

the u.k. government's plans for the future and in sports roger federer of asked to take another shot at winning the one major title that eluded him so far. how i want to get a sense of very heavy snow you've just spinning out of canada through the northern plains of the u.s. the dakotas in particular seen some big snow fall north dakota around 91 centimeters of snow in the space of 24 hours assistance pushing further eastward quite an intense area of low pressure here but it's in the process of fizzling out somewhat based in places of snow on the side of the border was a result of that and some heavy rain too just pushing up towards the midwest but further south some really heavy rain right across the deep south as we go through tuesday there is the potential for some localized flooding that right still in

place as we go into wednesday not as intense but it is still we have it will be falling on saturated ground by that time the eastern seaboard also seeing a fair bit of cloud and right and the backwash from that's a previous system that will just filter its way across many of those parts through the high valley as we go on through wednesday by this they sense that i was not see back up through the pacific northwest western parts of canada we have got some cloud and right in the forecast for some snow i with the high ground cloud are right on the focus was a good part of central america some big downpours coming through here in circulation just off the coast of mexico making its way little further north over the next day i'll say come into the caribbean a slightly fine dry sunny. story from one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the last. study after study has demonstrated the israeli perspective

dominating the american media coverage what part of this came to get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it we're not going to speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. every year.

it's good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour these are our top stories u.s. president has approved a series of sanctions on turkey is also calling for an immediate cease fire in northern syria where turkish forces are carrying out a military campaign in kurdish held areas on the ground in syria a group of government soldiers have entered the strategic city of men bush a day after being invited by kurdish forces and the sets up a potential clash with turkish forces who are stationed in the suburbs. and at least 4 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations and guinea there's widespread anger at a proposed change in the constitution that would allow president alpha condé to run for a 3rd term. now iran has released pictures of its oil tanker that it's that it says

was struck off the coast of saudi arabia the pictures show 2 large holes in the hollow of the tank sabath the fed says the ship was hit by 2 missiles on friday saudi arabia has said it wasn't behind any attack on the tanker the incident comes amid heightened tensions between pad on and riyadh last month an attack on saudi oil facilities was blamed on iran but the iranians say they want to blame. meanwhile president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions imposed since washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal last year have failed to weaken the country's economy he also warned that iran will continue to scale back its commitments to the agreement unless that you shields head on from the u.s. sanctions and he said his government is trying to reduce its reliance on oil reserves and russia's president has held talks with saudi arabia's king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salmond in riyadh it is his 1st visit to the kingdom and

over a decade the leaders discussed developments in syria and again men and signed more than a dozen agreements including in the fields of petro chemicals in energy the visit followed last month's attacks on sour the oil facilities for which as we mention the us blamed russia's ally iran now let's take a closer look now at russia's relations with saudi arabia they are 2 of the top oil producers and opec the work together to reduce supplies to world markets to keep prices relatively high but they've been on opposing sides of a number of issues in recent years especially on syria and iran the 2 nations who discuss cooperating on missile defense that's a controversial issue for the united states saudi arabia currently relies on u.s. made systems which washington recently agreed to strengthen now nicolay cars an arm is an associate professor at the gulf studies center at qatar university and he says the timing of this visit is significant. there are basically 3 priorities the

1st one is to ensure the signing off as much economic contracts as possible in the nuclear patro chemical that are in the oil and gas petrochemical fildes. secondly to achieve the understanding on the system to continue the corporation within the opec bloss between saudi arabia and russia and possibly even the further decrease in the production output and finally to reach the common understanding or the key issue of the regional security more invested quite a lot of efforts in trying to make the change in this relation to bring them at the level of let's say what it sees as a strategic partnership and now we believe that the time is really important because on the one hand there is a really serious decision on oil market that should be taken within the last by january 20th feinted on the other hand there is a growing insecurity in the region which as i said allows moscow to sell its vision

of the future security structure and finally moscow believes that it at last it brought its ideas about potential projects for bilateral economic cooperation at the stage where they can be not only in simply signed by. implemented as soon as possible. now 3 children have been killed in an air strike in tripoli libya's internationally recognized government has blamed the strike on forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar and 2 other people including a child were also injured during the attack medical sources say all the victims are from the same family. now didn't know there were after a landslide victory the president elect says he's committed to uniting the country and solving its economic problems but while his supporters celebrate many of others are questioning just how side the can fulfill those promises of reports now from

tunis. local media are describing his election victory as a new era into his year and many to his years believe this could be the moment they have been waiting for president elect paces i yet promises to clamp down on corruption and inefficient governance people here say they feel confident. with their having a heart and people are happy kai so i was elected president but now we want him to stop those embezzling our resources in corruption and unemployment there's a good goal i want our president to represent all tunisians our expectations are high and we want a fresh air in the country when he takes the oath of office sayed would face 2 challengers an economy in recession and divisions among political parties in parliament since 20119 governments have failed to create economic growth and unemployment salt as many have become impoverished anger against the country's

establishment has grown. we know change world happen overnight however the president must implement law change should be bottom up and there's just been my biggest concern is that there are those who will be doing their most so we never thrive as a nation the president and next parliament will have to deal with security and the economy. in 80 years tennesseans have elected 2 presidents and 2 parliaments for now many are celebrating believing this time they may have the leader they have hoped for this is the 1st president to win a landslide victory says the 2011 revolution and this by the growing anger many believe that they say it could be the man they have been waiting for to implement reforms and improve their living conditions. to this. to brazil now where the northeast and the highest state has become the 1st to declare

an emergency to a mysterious contaminated dozens of beaches the army is one a city and state officials are involved in the cleanup oil washed up along more than 2000 kilometers of brazil's coast it's going to talk correspondent cambridge any zonda he's live for us in must sail on brazil central east coast gabe any idea how long it's going to take to clean up the spill it's certainly going to take more than days it's probably going to take weeks and potentially even could take months they're facing 2 major issues here number one as you mentioned the area that is affected where they are finding some of this crude oil that's washing up on the beaches is an area that spans 9 different states here in the northeast of brazil over 2000 kilometers so investigators and environmental officials are actually having to use helicopters to go up and down the coast to try

to find where this oil is that they don't have to look too far because it is spread out in every single of state of these 9 states that it's affecting here affected here but some is in remote areas remote beaches others are is being found right in city beaches like for example the city of salvador so this is going to take a very long time to clean up and they also need to 1st so figure out what this source of do is but they do have various crews out but listen 2000 kilometers of area they need to search and try to potentially clean up and the crews we've seen it been like 51015 people at a time in various different areas they're certainly under matched and undermanned for this effort but they're trying the best they can to clean up as fast as they can as soon as they find oil but it's a big task ahead and the spill started in september gave authorities any closer to finding what cool status. it's

a big mystery they're still investigating i can tell you that the brazilian government is pointing the finger to neighboring venezuela that the real brass the brazilian state run oil company has tested this oil and they say it's or oil that is not produced here in brazil they claim that their brass which is essentially the brazilian government that the oil contains i d.n.a. are elements of oil that is found in venezuela however there's no confirmation of that in venezuela denies it so there are still other theories floating out there some investigators have said it could come from rogue oil tankers in the atlantic ocean that may be dumped this oil or maybe sunk there's other theories that it could be coming from. a world war 2 german ship that sunk during world war 2 off the coast of brazil and it could be leaking this oil that's unconfirmed as well and finally there have been a barrels of what appears to be oil that have washed up on some brazilian beaches recently and the oil barrels say show or oil on it the oil company from the united

states shell has said this is not their oil they have looked at those photographs and said that is simply lubricants it probably fell off a boat and washed up and has nothing to do with this oil spill however on monday brazil's environment minister actually called shell and says we want said we want a better explanation on exactly what these barrels are that are that's bear the name of shell oil company bottom line here is brazil still thinks that this oil 'd comes from venezuela but it's unconfirmed and the investigation continues the last point of all this 'd is that brazil's president diable sonata has said multiple times that this spill is criminal but it's not given any evidence or indian it any a nick indication on how he's reached that conclusion game thank you very much for that for now that is gabriel and his aunt over the very latest live and must say i thank you.