the question is just how much. stamina does the turkish economy has to bear. these consequences and how much political president otoh on has to keep fighting this fight against international criticism yeah i mean on that issue of consequences you're correct in saying that the u.s. has now imposed sanctions on turkey and we also saw that the e.u. is imposing a weapons expert on turkey but and now we're actually hearing that the u.n. security council will meet on wednesday to discuss this issue off turkey and what's happening in the north east to syria you know some would say this is simply double standards because the international community has moved so quickly when it comes to turkey yet when you have the issue of yemen for example it wasn't the same response certainly not as fast on saudi arabia. some would say that and

they would be right but this is these are the cards that turkey has to play with i don't think that he's going to get much sympathy by saying well look but things are worse with saudi arabia and yemen that's not going to fly right now turkish troops are in in the kurdish areas of syria there is a human humanitarian disaster unfolding there there are indications of war crimes being committed by militias at least that are that are supportive of and being supported by turkey that's what the world is going to pay attention to by the way it's not just the e.u. and the europeans and the americans who've been critical moscow has criticized as to i mean we've seen moscow describe it today in the strongest terms of the so far they've described the military operation as being unacceptable i don't think that that will necessarily mean that there will be a strong security council condemnation of turkey i think between russia and china they will make sure that there is not going to be a strong line taken but if this conflict carries on if we see more graphic videos

of death and destruction if there is a huge refugee crisis continue the criticism of turkey over this will continue and they will not be able to get away by saying well you didn't do this with the saudis and when you look at russia you were just mentioning russia moments ago so if we take a look at the sort of the geopolitics of the region and this power shift with the u.s. troops pulling out some saying this is really cemented moscow's reach and influence in the region is russia now the one that's calling the shots in that area. well russia russia owns the problem whether that's necessarily a good thing or a bad thing time will tell that we've seen time and again in the middle east in that part of the world around syria it's a graveyard of imperial ambitions of imperial. hype and imperial hubris russia might find itself a few years down the line if this continues in this manner coming to the same

conclusion that donald trump has which is that this is not our problem and we should be here for the moment russia seems to be in the catbird seat russia has to balance its interests between wanting to prop up the assad regime in damascus and allowing the syrian forces to take control of the whole of the country and on the other hand continuing its sort of whatever closer relationship with or to one it might come down to a very cynical calculation for russia they already have assad where they want to depend on russia without russia he's not going to survive. and at the same time they have pulling away from the west which has been a long time goal of russia it might come down to something cynical as who can buy more russian weapons who can buy more russian energy right now that is that that is are the one that is turkey and it suits russia to take turkey's side at the moment but we'll see as things evolve. fast moving developments for the time being about

because we thank you very much for joining us and speaking to us on the al-jazeera news hour operated on the rest of the day's news is coming ahead and anger wells over into violence as good news president tries to get a 3rd term in office. and sport with peter the champions get set for the rugby world cup quarterfinals details a little later. but 1st a yemeni official has told al jazeera forces and their separatist allies have given can. role of airport to the saudi military it's part of efforts to reach an agreement between the yemeni government and separatists in the south there are talks of giving separatist fighters roles in government as a way of uniting against the host these in. the european union says reaching a deal this week remains possible but the chances are becoming increasingly slim

the lead negotiator michel barnier made the assessment during a meeting of e.u. ministers in luxembourg on tuesday politicians in the u.k. and in brussels are trying to reach a deal by the end of the week as the october 31st deadline approaches the leaders will be meeting for a 2 day summit from thursday. reaching an agreement. obviously any agreement must work for everyone. of the united kingdom and the whole of the european union. to turn good intentions you know legal text. let's we're going to talk about russia is monitoring developments from paris and the negotiators are saying is in luxembourg he'll be briefing you foreign ministers and officials on the negotiations for now he seems more positive.

well he's been quite optimistic the chief exec negotiator michel barnier you just heard him there he's been a lot more to mistake than he's been in previous days what he's saying is look there is some chance of a deal before this key summit on thursday which is seen as something of a deadline for the u.k. to be presenting an agreement which could be considered by e.u. member states a revised brigs deal if you like and michel barnier saying that after what has been several days of very intense negotiations between the e.u. and u.k. brakes it seems as a poor of the details and try to see whether or not there is a possibility of a revised deal off the back of prime minister boris johnson british prime minister boris johnson's new proposals now bonnie is saying look there's certainly a lot of will there and what he calls good intentions but as you heard him say there that has to be turned into a legal text and you have to think that's going to be incredibly challenging

there's a lot of detail lot of complexity a lot of legalities and all that would have to be done and dusted before this summit on thursday in fact what banja saying is look there are 3 outcomes either we're going to have something that the e.u. member states consider consider on thursday or the talks will just fall apart or we might be talking about an extension but even that would mean that the u.k. would have to ask for one the e.u. would have to give one so we're still not sure what the outcome will be but we know that the french president tomorrow markoff for example has spoken to the british prime minister boris johnson him are all says we must have some idea as to member states of what is going to happen so he is really looking to see what banja is going to say at the end of this meeting of foreign ministers in luxembourg bania supposed to come up with what the final outcome is as i said either there will be something to talk about that e.u. summit on thursday some sort of revised deal or the talks collapse all we could be

talking about an ascension a writer natasha thank you for that update from paris let's join a hole and find out just how much progress is being made to secure a deal john is joining us from outside the u.k. houses of parliament in london jonah. precious little detail emerging here in london during boris johnson briefed earlier today his senior cabinet ministers on progress in talks but they're certainly not briefing us there is a sense that everybody is doing what they can to avoid saying anything that would upset the delicate balance of these talks let me bring in my guest now extreme joins me he's former chief of staff for david cameron no stranger one assumes to delicate negotiations alex is there a sense if reports are true that boris johnson is being pushed now to make yet another big concession in these talks that might take him close to what looks like a northern ireland only backstop something to resume a rejected would that be a step too far it's definitely true that there is a lot of pressure on to get a deal done and there's a lot of sense around in the financial markets that

a deal of some sort is very likely neither of those things mean that a deal will be done and that the reason for that is your 3rd point is it too much to ask of the brics it is the so-called spartans dozen of whom let's say a dozen members of the european research group behind me in parliament who have held out throughout they did know they're going to deal 3 times who will look at whatever comes out from this negotiation and say that looks very similar to what we voted no against 3 times already and the democratic unionist of northern ireland would also presumably say no and that might put paid to whatever majority he might have in parliament for a deal on saturday well it depends arlene foster the leader of the d.p. has made it clear that she will look at any option she was also very angry about that being misreported as if she'd said she would commit to things that she thought was not in else's interests but she in my views on the right thing and said i will not dismiss any potential outcome we should look at these things and see what's in the best interests of our country so d.d.p.

hasn't ruled anything out yet and i think it's important for us not to have read the fact that the conservative parties in government or not now seem a minority government alongside the d.p. as if the d.p. are absolute naysay is actually they may be the key to getting a deal done and we can write. getting off of course that could yet be a deal on the 31st of october but let's assume there isn't almost certainly that would lead to an extension what would that do to the prospects of the election boris johnson craves and his chances of winning it is a 1st of all i think the country is much better off with a deal by the 31st and 2nd of all i think there will be a deal by the 31st but let's say i'm wrong and we do go beyond that time i have no reason to say that other than sort of wishful thinking no no i think that the move move from both sides is very keen very clear has been far more conciliatory liver at car the irish t. shirt has been very conciliatory on talking about agreements and compromises on the main sticking point which is this so-called backstop that we northern ireland's actually i think i do have some reasons to be sympathetic moreover of course some

of the naysayers people like steve baker be much more sympathetic to his position ok let me briefly on the elected deal but if there isn't a deal then suddenly if we do have an extension then boris and his government be very keen not to have one thank you very much because that's the one thing that will see a surge in the brics party support and that would be very bad for the tories ok alex we live in the thanks very much and we will know later this evening if indeed britain does come up with the legal text that mr vanier has insisted on having whether indeed these talks will continue at all to you john i thank you at least 5 people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in guinea there is widespread anger at a proposed change to the constitution which would allow president to run for a 3rd term nicolas haq has more from the capital conakry. this is downtown and here people were protesting clashing with security forces yesterday where many

people have died and scores were injured don't people have come out and like this lawyer returning back to normal some of them came out to see what will happen today because the opposition leader called for another day of nationwide movement earlier we saw down this road security forces clashing with protesters arresting them beating them many of them or i think anything because the majority of the population here but never has a pull on the lead this country and many of the opposition people that you see here accuse the president. of deepening ethnic divisions in this multiethnic country now the president has called for a national dialogue he wants to sit down with the opposition and try to find a solution to this political deadlock the presidential election or a year away but there are scenes that for now there is no room for dialogue. the

corruption trial of former south african president jacob zuma has been postponed until next year he's facing 16 charges relating to a government deal for military equipment with a french arms company zuma says he hasn't done anything wrong for me to miller has more from pietermaritzburg on a scandal that goes back more than a decade. jacob zuma made a short appearance in what was expected to be the 1st day of questions into allegations of corruption within minutes the trial was again perspire own to february next year mr zuma elects to exercise is. the full extent. of his guns just not rights. which includes that i took. an unfavorable decision. when i saw the civil court zuma will appeal friday's court ruling that said he should. stand trial the charges relate to $180000000.00 contract with a french arms company time is to provide naval equipment to the south african

government tang has accused of paying a bribe to zuma who was then the leader of the causal natal province for his influence zuma was 1st charged in 2007 the charges were dropped 2 years later when he became president of the african national congress but last year charges of corruption racketeering and money laundering were reinstated it's been almost 15 years since zuma 1st face these charges and the latest appeal will keep zuma out of court at least for now many see this as yet another delay tactic by the former president who has repeatedly claimed he wants his day in court whatever the outcome the trial is likely to be drawn out for months to come. outside the court a couple of 100 supporters gathered to hear zuma speak. but. we asked the court to drop the charges completely because it's apparent that this case was never going to be dealt with fairly because we believe there was

a conspiracy to find ways to arrest me. while vocal this crowd is one of the smallest seen supporting the former president a no show by prominent provincial leaders of seumas party the a.n.c. perhaps a sign of declining support. to maritzburg south africa one of the stories coming up on the al-jazeera news hour mozambique votes in general elections seen as a test of whether a peace deal will hold. after weeks of accusations from donald trump joe biden's son speaks out to tell his side of the story. in sport one baseball teams 86 year wait to play in the world series is almost over that's coming up with peter and sports.

hello last night was a sundry one in the event the club just about shows it this moisture coming in from the mediterranean and up from the red sea and it's toward us to do some pretty good flashes and buying the whole lots died down but the potential still there i think the next day or so that we best realize in the world then so too possibly bits assyria tempers haven't changed very much is not really a change of season but it's a hint that it certainly wants to change and that cloud has drifted science woods into saudi arabia but to the east it remains draw even around the caspian nothing's coming out of this the sky anymore terence $27.00 but guns gone diabolo the $35.00 mark of 40 mark $37.00 so we're still hovering around 40 in kuwait dropped below around the gulf states there's not much of a breeze here there is more of one in oman and that cloud there and rain may well go through circumference of the whole of africa the next day or so which is really the back end of the monsoon rains saul's down to $32.00 now but it will be dry by

city the cloud up inside it might still produce a thunderstorm or 2 now southern africa of course is going for a nice change of season the moment that cloud might produce a shower too but i think not. discover the world of al-jazeera. the best films from across on network of channels under 106 boys then to go to none of them have citizenship fresh perspectives and new insights to challenge and change the way we look at the world . cup. al-jazeera world. on al-jazeera. rewind to 10 days with a new c.e.o. . and brand new updates on the best of out dizziness documentaries if i would

compare it to an onion we haven't done in the fleetest buffet so hot then this is the company this is the old city rewind continues with my town to great town be an aisle here in the soil learning about health by eating good it's saved my life i can't imagine doing something else on al-jazeera. top stories on the al-jazeera news hour small units of syrian government soldiers is now inside the northeastern city of mende is turkey says 2 if its soldiers were killed in an attack near the city russia says it's working to prevent any to wreck

confrontation. the u.n. human rights office is calling on turkey to conduct independent investigations into a possible war crimes related to what's offensive in syria saying it's gathering information about summary executions shown in videos. and they use lead negotiator michel barnier says reaching your brecht's a deal this week remains possible but the chances are becoming increasingly slim politicians in the u.k. and in brussels are trying to reach a deal by the end of the week as the october 31st deadline approaches. rudy giuliani donald trump's personal lawyer has been asked to hand over ukraine related documents to the impeachment inquiry choose the deadline to produce the documents also extends to vice president mike pence on monday the inquiry heard from the white house's former russia expert fiona hill who resigned days before trump president to investigate joe biden and his son meanwhile the son of u.s.

presidential hopeful joe biden has responded to the president's criticism of his ties to ukraine hunter biden was paid $50000.00 per month as a board member with a ukrainian gas company in july donald trump asked the ukrainian president to investigate both joe and hunter biden sparking the impeachment investigation mike i know joining us from capitol hill to get some hunter biden in a moment but 1st tell us about rudy giuliani. well indeed e.s.c.'s very much at the center of this ongoing impeachment investigation which is continuing in the course of the smalling yet another member of the trumpet ministration has defied the presidential boycott of the proceedings and has arrived to give testimony before 3 separate congressional committees who are investigating president trump's call to the ukraine now why rudy giuliani is at the center of this he is the one according to several sets of evidence who was president trump's

point person in terms of bringing pressure to bear on the ukrainian president to conduct an investigation into the business dealings of joe biden's son hunter now we heard from a witness yesterday all reports of a witness yesterday who told the committee during a lengthy 9 hour hearing that there had been a separate state department essentially established within the trumpet ministration one that was operating not through normal state department protocols but at the behest of rudy giuliani as well as president trump himself involved to golden sunderland who was the and the best of the 2 the e.u. who allegedly was told by president trump to engage directly with the ukrainians and with rudy giuliani so giuliani clearly a central figure in all of this his being subpoenaed and to produce documents to the committees at this stage though he's going along with their presidential boycott of these ongoing proceedings and hunter biden in

a mike has finally broken his silence we didn't have to say. well one must remember that this all began because of president trump's attempt it would appear to get information on a political rival that is joe biden now president trump alleged that joe biden and his son hunter in particular were guilty of corruption operating within the ukraine for the ukrainian company and indeed in china president trump producing no evidence whatsoever to bolster this particular claim now hunter biden's broken his silence he says he's resigned from all international companies has already done so and with up mentioning the president's progeny by name indicated that he was sitting and example that those who maintain a multiple international business connections should do likewise i don't know what to tell you i made a mistake. in retrospect as it related to. creating any perception

that there was wrong and so therefore i'm taking it off the table when you know i'm making that commitment by anybody else makes a commitment but that's the commitment that i make it well not mentioned you mentioned earlier that subpoenas are due to expire today on a mike pence a vice president to produce documentation on rudy giuliani to produce documentation as yet no indication that they will comply and no indication what the congressional committees are going to do should they not comply with the subpoena we're in very difficult constitutional territory here mike pence probably arguing in addition to the presidential boycott the right to withhold certain materials from congress committee difficult to see what rudy giuliani as a private citizen essentially is going to argue to justify disobey the subpoena ok my kind of thank you now

a firefighter has died as wildfires spread southeast of the lebanese capital beirut and in the north neighboring cyprus has stepped in to help as has italy sara has more. these men have been battling wildfires for more than 24 hours in the mountain region. their job is made harder by the high temperatures and strong winds the finest started in mischief and spread to several other villages we're seeing people to leave their homes. and the mission f. is on fire every house in its court 5 look around very few people with all the benefits. it's the worst wildfire in decades and the environment is towards the risk is not so. much to the situation is very dangerous it's a disaster the damages are huge we have not yet received any statistics we will not spare any effort to improve the capabilities of the civil defense manpower and its

equipment they do not have the necessary equipment the situation is not acceptable anymore. lebanon's military planes are being used to but it's still not enough neighboring cyprus has stepped in and more support is on its way. before we called back that several european countries and we will be receiving their open equipment within hours unlike collards planes and helicopters are able to operate at night to . a lack of water in the region is making it difficult to put out the fire trucks all having to travel to the capital beirut to restock and volunteers living in other parts of the country also helping out where they can and i don't know how they started that started as you can see this is a catastrophe that fell upon us and our fellow druze in the area we came from the but to help our fellow people here. with more than $100.00 fires burning

across mount lebanon it's still not clear how long it will take to put them out. to contract terms have died and 2 more injured in what's being described as an incident at a saudi oil refinery saudi aramco says it happened during maintenance work at a facility and just north of the mom the company says the maintenance work will carry on as planned. brazil's northeastern state has become the 1st to declare an emergency after a mysterious oil spill contaminated dozens of beaches the army as well as city and state officials are involved in the clean up oil washed up along more than 2000 kilometers off brazil's coast ecuador's president has signed a decree scrapping austerity measures that led to almost 2 weeks of violent protests polo has more from crito. in a neighborhood near the outskirts of the ecuadorian capital freddy and carmen are

walking back from their home their house is modest and they share the space with other members of their family. the couple make a combined income of about $500.00 per month which is just enough to get by. for the past few days however the 2 haven't been working. instead they were participating in an indigenous movement that was calling on the ecuadorian government to abandon austerity measures that threatened to increase their cost of living a movement that was ultimately successful. saying. finally the voice of indigenous people is being valued finally the government has listened if they hadn't we would have continued to go after the corrupt government that only puts money in their pocket. there are thousands of people from indigenous communities from across ecuador who like freddie and carmen flooded the streets of people for more than a week the protests were against a proposed cut to a fuel subsidies program that's been in place for decades weak analysts like other

to. say this policy would have had a devastating impact on the poor. and then i would be sentencing people to poverty or sending entire swaths of the ecuadorian population into poverty there are many people who live off a subsistence economy where $1.00 means the difference between a decent meal or not eating. is for low income families like freddie and carmen's avoiding the increase in fuel prices is being viewed as a win the carman says the fight is far from over. we say that this is all the tip beginning until all of the corrupt leaders leave doesn't end here to fight continues until the corruption is gone. on monday indigenous leaders cheered the victory over the government but reiterated their demand that fuel prices be reduced to earlier levels this is the scene in downtown with high. hundreds of demonstrators no longer protesting in the streets arriving at this auditorium for

one last address from indigenous leaders one last celebration before they go home now that a call has returned to the streets of the ecuadorian capital and the agreement between the ecuadorian government and indigenous demonstrators means the unrest in the country has ended the government is now faced with a new pressure to establish economic reforms that are more inclusive or otherwise face a backlash from a sector of society that has lost confidence in the country's leadership limited up a little dizzy to do it with. voting is due safin a pseudonym mozambique's general election the vote is taking place 2 months after a peace deal was signed between the ruling party and its longtime opposition rival the 2 fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed nearly a 1000000 people welcome why but isn't the hutto with an update. people have lined up at polling stations across the country some waited in line for as long as 3 or 4 hours in similar scenes across the country except delgado where the electoral

commission says 7 polling stations didn't because of insecurity the government's been fighting an insurgency there for the last 2 years that conflicts displaced 60000 people so unknown how many of them lost their voting cards and haven't been able to replace them. inside the polling station voters to bring their voters card and present it to officials from the electoral commission. can be verified that they are. eligible to vote. then held up in the attic checked for marks of indelible ink to show that people have already voted down to prevent people from voting twice and the details are checked against the electoral register and this polling station is just their registers being disputed in gaza province where opposition rights groups say $300000.00 ghost voters

were added to the list the electoral commission nice any foul play is also be controversy over observers rights groups say that $3000.00 independent observers weren't given accreditation to the polling stations and so they're saying that this election lacks the transparency it should have that the electoral commission again defends itself and says it is running a free and fair poll but ultimately doing the counting and during the announcement of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambique and which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace hong kong's embattled chief executive will deliver her annual policy address on wednesday mapping out the government's plans the controversial extradition bill which triggered months of protests will also be formally dumped sarah clarke reports from hong kong. barricades around government headquarters and extra police

are on patrol on the eve of carrie lamb's annual policy address hong kong remains a city under siege. as protests enter their 5th month. a new law that would have allowed to speak to criminals in hong kong to be sent to the mainland for trial to get some of the worst violence the city's seen in half a century those demonstrations continue to write july 1st was a turning point the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover from great britain to china what started as a peaceful rally and it with protesters storming the city's ledge the council building algiers wind high was inside the chamber the night it was trashed around 2 hours ago they made the decision to storm into the building itself facing really no police resistance at that time 3 and a half months later the building is still under a pair the bill so far around $5000000.00 despite the storming of the legs of council chamber the government refused to dump the extradition bill in august the

n.t. government movement changed tactics hoping to cause maximum disruption to the city's transport network and they did forcing one of the world's busiest airports to close out a serious drawback bride was there and this is the airport express the train that runs from the terminal did you know we were going to hong kong there is a real rush of people here now the bill will be withdrawn in september kerry lamb finally bowed to protesters demands formally dumping the unpopular extradition bill. but this movement have morphed into a wider anti-government campaign fanned by fears by asian was stifling freedoms in hong kong that were guaranteed under the one country 2 systems policy part of the $997.00 handover deal on october 1st as china celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. protesters in the. home did it best to upstaged the celebration. with you know by

a group of about 100 beijing supporters gathering here with the flag raising ceremony was earlier in the day this is one of several groups who have gone to different locations around hong kong to wave the chinese flag and to sing the anthem. in the last hour we've had probable it's 5 in the prince edward into young we've also had petrol bombs trying one child which is where we are now. with protests showing no signs of abating an active colonial era emergency powers introducing an anti mosque bill hoping to curb social and this too has filed to stop demonstrations in november more than 4000000 people will go to the polls in the city's district elections a record number of voters have registered with the biggest aged between 18 and 35 years of the political awakening of the city's younger generation has reinvigorated the pro-democracy movement the my struggle to hold on to their majority in the

legislative assembly sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong what's billed as the largest defense industry trade show in northeast asia has just opened in seoul south korea has announced the biggest increase in military spending for 10 years with much of the region seemingly embarked on an arms race rob mcbride has more. the latest in military hardware and the perfect stage for south korea to showcase its new big ticket items. unveiled to the public for the 1st time its new fighter the k f x its most ambitious defense project to date. and the even more sophisticated f. 35 lightning purchased from the u.s. i think we've seen a lot of interest in the f. 35 so beyond that i mean that's very good for our business of course by think it's very good for the security of the region south korea's liberal president moon j.n.

is overseeing this expansion even as he pursues his policy of reconciliation with north korea which continues to develop its nuclear arsenal. this is the negative outcome of the current administration and south korea has already said peace has arrived but this puts south korea in an illogical position because unless north korea denuclearize as they can't be peace on the peninsula. north korea has blamed south korea's military buildup in part for its testing of more sophisticated missiles in recent months and it comes as questions are raised about the long term commitment of south korea's traditional ally the united states. the sudden announcement by u.s. president donald trump to pull troops out of syria has alarmed to many here it's reinforced the belief that south korea has to become more self-reliant militarily especially when its neighbors are rapidly expanding their armies. japan under its

conservative prime minister shinzo has increased its military spending for 8 consecutive years that's jew in part to the north korean threat but also to the increasing size of china's military. who put in until the root causes north korea's nuclear weapons development and its continued threats to its neighbors that's why south korea and japan have to prepare and there's china's military buildup and its expansionist policies north east asian neighbors seemingly committed to an arms race that no one wants to lose rob mcbride out his era song on south korea.

hello again time for the sports news with peter green thank you very much the head of bulgarian football boarders love me i love has been forced to resign by the country's prime minister following the racist abuse of england players in a european qualifier england's black players were subjected to monkey chants and nazi salutes by some bulgaria fans in severe some held up shirts mocking you a physio respect campaign to end racism in football the game was stopped twice and loudspeaker announcements warn the game would be abandoned if it didn't stop part of the stadium were already closed with bulgaria serving a punishment for racist abuse in previous games. but periods kept an evil in

football for it did not go to the dressing room at half time as he pleaded with fans to stop the racist abuse things improved in the 2nd often in the $16.00 nil in the news conference afterwards bulgaria's coach said he was unaware of any problem . to end it which the consent of mucha i was totally concentrated on the games i didn't actually hear anything that's good but i just talked to the english press offices and i told them that if it is proven to be true she said we will have to be ashamed and apologize for it but once again firstly it has to be proven to be true this is if a captain spoke to the fans it's probably because the fans were unhappy with the way the team was performing as you were for president alexander sefer and says that they want to work with governments to wage a war on the racists match officials have a 3 point protocol to deal with such incidents but as our sports correspondent lee wellings explains it's growing pressure for tougher sanctions. if the racism had continued to an extent then we'd have seen

a situation where and this is very where we'd have had a much abandonment of course the racism did continue it just wasn't as prominent as it was in the 1st half so you wonder if the officials were actually just trying to find a way to get the much british the england players despite this vile racist abuse actually wanted to get the much finished i wanted to win it in fact if you're on the pitch install and not rely on your wife for taking action in that why but surely it has come to the time where you wife are half to be stronger the fines are not working they're pushing something times that was $20000.00 that's what macedonia were fined for racism against england players earlier in the year the stadium closures don't work the kind of action they need to look towards is to be in a position to cite a national associations legally when will kick you out of competitions if you are repeat offenders and as we constantly say there are

a lot of repeat offenders out there history was made on to use the saudi arabia 'd played 'd a world cup qualifier in palestine for the 1st time previously games between the 2 were held in neutral countries in line with a decades long boycott of israel so you move appeared in 5 world final tournaments were expected to come to be beat the palestinians there were elliston who were 101st in the fifa rankings had the better chances and could have won the match later on the game finished going. north and south korea also drew you know that was the 1st meeting between the sides in pyongyang in 29 years it was played in front of an empty stadium the return qualifier between the sides takes place in june. the countdown to the rugby world cup quarter finals continues in japan new zealand's quest for a 3rd title in a row matches them against ireland on saturday but the build up to this match the all blacks players were also expressing their admiration for hosts japan reaching

the knockout stages for the 1st time it was more than a game for him it was about obviously won't happen in a week in. years only to see the you see the whole country team behind him and accomplish treats them it's good to see. it's not property to have an impact. new zealand have only lost 6 times since the last world cup and 2 of those defeats were against ireland the irish have never reached the semifinals stage at the tournament the root for next year's tour de france says been revealed the announcement was made at a ceremony in paris on tuesday the 2020 route will take in 21 stages and beginning nice on june 27th before its traditional finish along the seans elisei on july 19th the new route also includes several new mountain stages which is good news the climb is back defending champion again better know of any us. le bron james

said the general manager for the used rockets acted selfishly when he tweeted in support of the hong kong protests that caused a backlash from n.b.a. fans and broadcasters in china you're misinformed educate about something and just talk about you know the tweet itself you know you never know the ramifications that can happen. you know we all see a little bit knowing. probably. most of america for people. in china as well and sometimes you have to think through things that you say that may cause or for yourself or for for the georgian people. le bron's criticism of mori didn't go down well with these basketball fans and protesters in hong kong they made their feelings clear about hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb and china's president xi and they stamped on pictures of le bron to. that's the difference between great player and good player and it's the difference

between a hero and off basketball star here's a good basketball star one of his one of the greatest of all time but has no heroes the washington nationals are one win away from playing in baseball's willed series for the 1st time in 86 years they need the national league championship series with the st louis cardinals 3 nothing off the resoundingly 81 victory on monday night stephen strasburg striking out 12 passes and victor old lives a home run wrapped up the wind came forward takes place later on tuesday. it was a lucky escape for nascar driver brandon go on on monday during the race in alabama he was in a crash way he's caught completely flipped over he was going 320 kilometers an hour and still managed to land these call on its wheels 24. it was ok it was just one easy quick flip and put down the only thing you're not there is something that you

know that's what you don't want that's work where the fear comes in but other not i'm fine and like you said some people argue if i have anything up there to hurt ok i'll be in here again a little bit later with most 43 we'll see you later on peter thank you very much and thanks for watching the news hour on our 0 we're back in just a moment but how much more of the day's news and all the day's top stories as well as the latest developments from northeast syria coming your way in just a moment senior them by. the environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes out into the environment goes around the world. the sites are on trials that it's

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a lie from headquarters and. we're going to also ahead use brookside negotiators says it's possible to reach a deal with the u.k. this week but the chances are slim and time is tight cordon south africa postpones the corruption trial of jacob zuma until next year as the former president appeals to have the case thrown out also lebannon calls in international help to put out its worst wildfires in decades. hello it's the latest sign that a potential new flashpoint is emerging in the turkish offensive in northern syria turkey says 2 if its soldiers were killed in attacks near members while the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say 37 of their fighters were killed in the last fall . the 8 hours and the small units of syrian government soldiers is now inside men because their presence sets up a potential clash with turkish forces and their rebel allies who are on the

outskirts of. a rush to syria says his country is patrolling the dividing line between turkish and syrian government forces so prevent a confrontation meanwhile the u.n. human rights office wants turkey to launch an independent investigation into possible war crimes it's gathering information about videos that appear to show summary executions by fighters allied to ankara so you know where that is joining us live from near a turkish border with syria so what does this all mean then for the battle for men visit south santa. well russia has been handed another victory in syria this is what it means the russians entered when the americans left russia laying claim to members city a strategic city in the northern countryside of aleppo its strategic location on an international highway that connects east to west syria most of the players in the

syrian conflict would want to control this city because it is a supply line a supply lines run through the city and for turkey it is important because if it is to create this safe zone in the area east of the euphrates it will need access to mumbai is in order for this safe zone not to be an isolated pocket to connect it to other areas in syria so the russian president a presence along the front lines between our separating these syrian and turkish armies actually means that the turkish led offensive to capture this city which was held by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces is no longer possible if turkey wants to avoid a direct confrontation with russia so this development really calls into question the relationship between these 2 countries turkey and russia they have been working together in syria yesterday the turkish president seemed confident that russia was

on his side he talked about coordination cooperation he even hinted that there was some sort of a green light for turkey and turkey backed syrian rebels to move into members and another kurdish held town called bani with the russian defense ministry saying today no there is no such agreement between ankara and moscow on turkey's military operation in the north of the country and then a as often is the case with any military operation it is the humans that pay the biggest price what are we hearing about people who are on the move or the latest numbers by human rights organizations. well according to the united nations 160000 people have been displaced in the fighting since it began last wednesday but the turkish led operation continues they haven't been able to achieve their goal to create that safe zone the initial phase

of that safe zone which is 120 kilometer stretch of territory along the border extending 30 kilometers deep the turkish army as well as their local allies facing resistance from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces who are now backed by the syrian government the s.d.f. reached out to damascus when its longtime partner partner the united states decided to pull out a border town of ras al-ain exchanging hands over the last few days so it has been a difficult fight aid organizations saying that they this has disrupted their activities half a 1000000 people are at risk of being displaced already the area is home to a number of displaced people but it's not just displacement and violence people are worried about what happens next this is a mixed area ethnic kurds and arabs long term animosity between these 2 groups and the syrian war deepening their wounds kurds for example do not want to find themselves under the control of the turkish army or their allies arabs do not want

to find themselves under the control of the regime as battle lines shift because there's there's little trust between the different sides so there's a lot of concern as the battle lines constantly shift in this corner of syria ok's and whether to thank you some fossum has more from moscow on russia's role. well russia is trying to reassure everyone that there will not be a clash between the turkish forces on one side and the syrian forces on the other and that russia is now open for patrolling in the middle to make sure that these 2 forces stay on their separate sites but it is a very complicated balancing act that russia is performing here of course it doesn't want to have this confrontation with turkey a very important ally to russia but it also doesn't want to troops to stay inside syria russia wants the kurdish settlement the region also to be controlled by

syrian forces which is already starting to emerge right now but the question of course remains how russia will convince the turkish troops of leaving syria after this whole operation is finished and for the 1st time russia has actually strongly condemned the rush of the turkish operation a tad it's unacceptable and any any allegations or any suggestions that were made by president one that russia had some kind of given some kind of clearance for this operation are completely untrue giving a strong message definitely to turkey that there are limits to this operation meanwhile the envoy the russian envoy for syria has said that there is a dialogue which russia is facilitating between the kurds and the syrian forces and he hopes that if this dialogue will fight be finalized in some kind of agreement that the situation in syria will normalize as he described it not making clear what

normalization would mean but it is suggesting that that would mean that maybe that the turkish operation would finish after the deal would have been sealed but it is a very complicated balancing act which is happening right now. while the turkish president raja taber tuan has written an opinion piece for the wall street journal title turkey is stepping up where others fail to act he wrote the international. community missed its opportunity to prevent the syrian crisis from pulling an entire region into a mouse storm of instability many countries have had to deal with the conflicts negative side effects including irregular migration and an uptick in terrorist attacks operation peace spring represents a 2nd chance to help turkey and proxy wars in syria and restore peace and stability to the region european union and the world should support what turkey is trying to do but we go she is an opinion editor of bloomberg he says turkey is likely to suffer economically and militarily as

a result of its decision to go to war. i do wonder the president of turkey gave quite a lot of warning he said over and over he was going to do this and he disregarded the the the vice the requests from the united states and indeed from other european partners to sort of all the turkeys to sit back and allow for a settled settlement to take place between the 2 sides but he clearly had run out of patience he decided that he was going to go in militarily and drive out the kurdish militias from that part of the syrian border with turkey it's a decision he's taken he's made his bed he now has to lie on it there are consequences we've begun to see some of those consequences play out in in the decision by several european countries to stop supplying military equipment to turkey some of the equipment that will be required for a if this military operation continues we're seeing the united states already

announcing some sanctions and members of congress planning stiffer sanctions we'll see how long turkey can sustain this moscow has criticized as to i mean we've seen moscow describe it today in the strongest terms about the so far they've described the the military operation as being unacceptable i don't think that that will necessarily mean that there will be a strong security council condemnation of turkey i think between russia and china they will make sure that there is not going to be a strong line taken but if this conflict carries on if we see more graphic videos of death and destruction if there is a huge refugee crisis continue the criticism of turkey over this will continue and they will not be able to get away by saying well you didn't do this with the saudis a corruption trial of former south african president jacob zuma has been postponed until next year so it's facing 16 charges relating to a government deal for military equipment with

a french company zuma says he hasn't done any. being wrong for me to miller has more from peter martz burge on a scandal that goes back many years. jacob zuma made a short appearance in what was expected to be the 1st day of questions into allegations of corruption within minutes the trial was again perspire own to february next year mr zuma electric sizes. the full extent. of his constitutional rights. which includes but i took. an unfavorable decision. all feel when i was in civil court zuma will appeal friday's court ruling that said he should stand trial the charges relate to $180000000.00 contract with french arms company time is to provide naval equipment to the south african government tun as is accused of paying a bribe to zuma who was then the leader of the quizzes to natal province for his influence zuma was 1st charged in 2007 the charges were dropped 2 years later when

he became president of the african national congress but last year charges of corruption racketeering and money laundering were reinstated it's been almost 15 years since zuma 1st face these charges and the latest appeal will keep zuma out of court at least for now many see this as yet another delay tactic by the former president who has repeatedly claimed he wants his day in court whatever the outcome the trial is likely to be drawn out for months to come. outside the court a couple of 100 supporters gathered to his zuma speak. but. we asked the court to drop the charges completely because it's apparent that this case was never going to be dealt with fairly because we believe there was a conspiracy to find ways to arrest me while vocal this crowd is one of the smallest seen supporting the former president and.