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 are 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 assume as party the a.n.c. perhaps a sign of declining support. al-jazeera pietermaritzburg south africa we'll get

a check on the weather next and then on al-jazeera a 1st after weeks of accusations from donald trump joe biden's son speaks out to tell his side of the story and saw shows off its military might one of the biggest defense industry trade shows in the region. hello last night was a sundry one in the levant the cloud just about shows it this moisture coming in from the mediterranean and out from the red sea and it's toward us to do some pretty good flashes and buying another whole lot 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 sas 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 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 sells down to 32 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 through a nice change of season the moment that cloud might produce a shower too but i think not. a march 13th 29 team the f.a.a. grounded the u.s.

737 max fleet based upon crash site findings and satellite data hundreds of lives lost and boeing spazz descending aircraft immobilized did profit outweigh procedure did regulators allow industry too much control the system failed it failed our passengers it's failed the global fault lines investigates system failure to boeing crashes on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera a small unit a syrian government soldiers is now inside the northeastern city of members turkey says to a foot soldiers were killed in an attack near the city russia says it's working to

prevent any direct confrontation. the un human rights office is calling on turkey to conduct independent investigations into possible war crimes related to its offensive in syria saying it's gathering information about summary executions shown in the videos they use lead negotiator michel barnier says reaching your bricks 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. a yemeni official has told al jazeera that u.a.e. forces and their separatist allies have given control of aiden's 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 separatists fighters roles in government as a way of uniting against the protease in. rudy giuliani donald

trump's personal lawyer has been asked to hand over ukraine related documents to the impeachment inquiry choose days deadline to produce the documents also extends to vice president mike pence on monday the inquiry heard from the white house's former russian expert fiona hill who resigned days before trump asked ukraine's president to investigate joe biden and his son mike hanna has the latest from washington. yet another official from the trump administration has defied the presidential boycott of the ongoing impeachment proceedings and arrived to give evidence before 3 separate congressional committees he is george kent an assistant secretary of state with responsibility in europe very much an expert on the ukraine now the committee is unlikely to be questioning him about evidence they'd heard yesterday from another ukraine expert and russian expert fiona hill who was a member of the national security council before writing a resigning shortly before president trump's conversation with the ukraine

president now according to several sources fiona hill spoke about a shadow state department that was established outside normal state department protocols to deal with the ukraine and to bring pressure to bear on the ukrainian president now this was headed she says by donald sunderland a trump donor and ambassador to the european union also involving rudy giuliani who carried out on going contacts with the ukraine officials setting up possibly a meeting with president trump in exchange for information about president trump's political opponents so certainly the congressional committees gaining a great deal of traction they going to hear from some other administrations later officials later in the week however not clear yet whether the vice president mike pence and rudy giuliani himself are going to comply with congressional subpoenas to produce documents relating to this ongoing ukraine investigation meanwhile the u.s.

the son of u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden has responded to the president's criticism of his ties to ukraine hunter biden has denied any wrongdoing but says he regrets getting becoming a board becoming a board member of the ukrainian company he was paid 50 $1000.00 per month for the position and in july donald trump asked the ukrainian president to investigate the bidens and sparking the impeachment investigation. 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 maybe i'm a connection maybe i see many body else makes that commitment but that's the commitment that i'm making police and papa new guinea want to arrest the former prime minister peter or neil for what they describe as official corruption they haven't released details of the allegations against o'neill will lead the country

for 7 years he resigned m a following weeks of high profile defections from his government so the opposition . votes are being counted in mozambique after an election that will test a peace agreement signed just 2 months ago. explains from a pew to the ruling party is expected to win despite a fierce challenge from its longtime opposition rival. 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 cover 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 known how many of them lost their voting cards and haven't been able to replace them. inside the polling station voters have to bring

their voters card and present it to officials from the electoral commission who can be verified that they are friends eligible to vote their hands then held up in the attic check for marks of indelible ink to show that people have already voted just to prevent people from voting twice and the details are checked against the electoral register in this polling station is just their registers being disputed in gaza province where opposition rights groups say 300000 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 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 during the counting and during the announcement

of results it's whether or not this election has credibility in the eyes of mozambicans which will really determine whether or not the country remains at peace accord doris president has signed a decree scrapping austerity measures that lets almost 2 weeks of violent protests many more from crito. in a neighborhood. 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. say. 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 quito for more than a week the protests were against a proposed cut to a fuel subsidies program that's been in place for decades and weak analysts like other to. say this policy would have had a devastating impact on the poor. 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. this 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 hundreds of demonstrators no longer. 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. the agreement between the ecuadorian government and indigenous demonstrators means the un rest 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 lit up a little dizzy to do it with

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 have italy and greece sara reports. 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 where some people to leave their homes. every house in the court file look around very few people with all the. it's the worst wildfire in decades and the environment is to ruins the. wall that i keep to the situation is very dangerous it's a disaster the damages are huge we have not yet received any statistics do 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. we contacted several european countries and we will be receiving their health clinics . when we did now it's unlike our it's planes and helicopters are able to operate at night. a lack of water in the region is making it difficult to put out the fire trucks are having to travel to the capital beirut to restock and volunteers living in other parts of the country also helping out where they can. but i thought it had started as you can see this is a catastrophe that fell upon us and our fill of dru's in the area we came from that but the south 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. the global economy is now only expected to grow by 3 percent this year its lowest since the 2008 financial crisis the international monetary fund says trade disputes are largely to blame it's also warning of trouble next year saying there is no room for policy mistakes what's billed as the largest defense industry trade show in northeast asia has just opened in seoul south korea has announced its biggest increase in military spending for 10 years with much of the region seemingly embarked on an arms race right 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. the head of bulgarian football has been forced to resign by the country's prime minister following the racist abuse of england players in a european qualifier and european football's governing body has charge of the bulgarian national federation england's black players were subjected to monkey chants and nazi salutes by some bold garia fans in sofia. thank. the headlines on al-jazeera a small units of syrian government soldiers is now inside the northeastern city of turkey says 7 if its soldiers have been killed in the offensive so far the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say 37 of their fighters were killed in the last 48 hours russia says it's working to prevent any direct confrontation and the un human

rights office is calling on duct independent investigations into possible war crimes related to its offensive in syria saying it's gathering information about summary executions shown in videos yemeni official has told al jazeera that u.a.e. forces and their separatist allies have given control of aiden's 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 who thiis. the use lead negotiator michel barnier says reaching a brics 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 their deadline to produce the documents

also extends to vice president mike pence on monday the inquiry heard from the white house's former russian expert fiona hill who resigned days before trump asked ukraine's president to investigate joe biden and his son global economic growth this year is now predicted to be a 3 percent its lowest since the 2008 financial crisis the international monetary fund says trade disputes are largely to blame for its latest downgrade it's also warning of trouble next year is saying there is no room for policy mistakes. homes in lebanon are being evacuated as wildfires rage the worst in decades crews are battling at least 100 fires primarily in mountainous areas south east of beirut's planes and helicopters have been sent by cyprus to help temperatures lately have been about 10 degrees higher than normal for october those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next so stay with us.

fury in spain after cattle and separatist leaders a sentenced to prison for a failed succession bid 2 years ago so is the dream of independence for catalonia now over what are the implications for the rest of europe this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan spain's highest court to sent a strong message to catalonia 2 years out of the region tried to break away

separatist leaders have been jailed to between 9 and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition of misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independence. nobody's above the law nobody's have although in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no thanks. the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's airport and rallied elsewhere denouncing the sentences as unjust al-jazeera saya gago reports now from boston. hours after the sentencing of catalan lawmakers and

political activists were sentenced to years in prison for a dish over their role in the october 27th teen illegal referendum there were mass protests across the city of barcelona the most tense points were in the city center but also the port the protesters had successfully managed to blockade one of the terminal buildings where there were clashes between riot police and the protesters as well who were demanding for an amnesty and for the release of those prisoners now they see themselves as being part of what is being called a democratic tsunami it's a leaderless organization that disseminates information points of reference and contacts and where to go by the social media networks the spanish government has reacted to this by saying it has already been monitoring this organization the idea

of any kind of amnesty for the cats. imprisoned politicians and activists is out of the question if the spanish government thought that this trial would put an end to the tensions that have been seen here in this region for the past 2 years then the protesters would have proved them wrong last night however the question is can they keep up that momentum and what effect is it going to have on the region but also on the politics of spain as a whole spanish judges have issued a new european arrest warrant for the former catalan president who's now living in exile in belgium he called the verdict an act of revenge. or cattle and whether they support or oppose independence that above all they value freedom and democracy and unite under a single banner and say enough. i come to turn the indignation

in the face of injustice into a positive energy that breaks down walls that the steps of the italian redeemed in their tracks. let's bring in our guests then who joined us from barcelona today here there's this head of the international team a board member of on the i'm cultural a catalan cultural association whose president jordi who shot who was sentenced to 9 years in jail at all said barcelona christian herbals eid up the director of the international cattle an institute for peace good to have you with us. where do these verdicts in the prison sentences leave the independence movement in catalonia has it failed has anything to benchmark well i don't want representing the national front because the new build up has always done something for democracy

i'm for it i'm not for voting for the saving fiend or not for the no option to participate in s.f. the demolition of hand and he does so clear. part of the uproar in the let's move from i what i want campaigns are how to always be for the for the democracy not. distant has been dependence movement in catalonia failed does it have a future the fury on display in barcelona is not shared elsewhere in spain or indeed elsewhere in europe. now actually not. but this is a protracted conflict. going on for many years in different cycles and i don't think that what happened is that they will signal an end

to their independence movement rather or the conflict will take a different turn and therefore there is still a need maybe more than ever to create the conditions that would allow our political dialogue to address a conflict which right now are not in place unfortunately christan the calculated dependence movement has long been characterized by. its peaceful nature you say the condition is not right yet for dialogue i think that could change whether they will have to change this is a conflict where it is difficult for see any resolution with victoria one time and the other at the end of the day is this problem or or. and those against or the conflict between then and at the land democratic institutions in the spanish. there needs to be a way. to address the grievances and to address the claims of claims legitimacy

from pro independence supporters and as well as those who 'd are. there is actually . a clash. that. there is a political dialogue with scraps now it's not. well enough what impact will this verdict have on the forthcoming general election in spain will it help the far right at the ballot box will pro independence parties make big gains within catalunya. i have my 11th thing is that in every election has not brought independents political parties inc i have have been weaning votes and i was certain that. what is important is that this is not about independents or against independents because a lot of people who he's not for the end and that was also demonstrating yesterday

so a lot of people on the other views that human rights are connected with peaceful assembly and freedom of speech does that that that the rights that i had beaten out. at stake that they don't like being condemned so there's a lot of people who is not brought up and that's that's what these kind of them stations and supports dual to ask for what i don't form of democracy and capacity of this nation of the time people let's bring in a 3rd guest on the color is a city a professor emeritus at pompey a fabric university and he joins us also from barcelona or a good to have you with us a professor at a betrayed based journalist north giles trumpet who is rising in the guardian newspaper said that the separatist leaders who orchestrated a head on collision with spanish law required massive support in catalonia which they never actually had their real problem now he said it's not the jail sentences

but hubris is he right. i would say that there is a definitely it's an ongoing process that's why the term process was going. on the process has not culminated it has not produced. such an awesome majority. so as to be victorious but it doesn't disappear and so it goes on it's a kind of permanent tug of war. so what's the future for the independent movement within catalonia professor. short term to see what will happen in the upcoming november elections for the spanish parliament the cattle and elections are pending. there is some pressure there's even debate within the independent this movement as to whether to go for elections or not

leading parties and government are divided on this. it's hard to tell things are a stalemate and they've been at a stalemate for 2 years. hard to know when that part of opinion that is very very motivated is going to be overwhelmed or counterbalance the fact of late by that part of opinion that is very tired of the whole thing. so you reacting that what the professor was was saying if you want to join a compact. well i would say one of them to frame that so when the problem. one of. the crisis the big boots up there is probably that unlike other countries. independence party are legal. but they have never been

a 'd majority toted the steam for the 1st time for independence parties win elections alone democratically elected so the government in the parliament has a pro independence majority not in votes what 8 percent what but yet yes members aren't. and then there was no response no political response from the central government to this fact and that test after what you're dealing with now is. a lack of quality think even legal i would say. frameworks and tools to address this reality of how a democratically elected majority dependents government with claims for a legally held referendum but these claims are not politically acceptable or interesting enough or their central state or central government and we are going round in circles addressing or not addressing. this issue and based on

that then i would say there have been steps taken obviously by different than political players welcome bustle in madrid and some of those steps have been rather unfortunate. and what we need to find is a way out of a business cycle to some sort of birth just look. how do you achieve 5 percent. well there is see obviously 1st there's a need of some sort of agreement of what the conflict is all about madrid says intractable and complex. and that's partially right there is half of the population are independent and heart not in favor of independence but that's only part of the picture it's also obviously a clash between that and spanish government but there's also are a deeper crash i would select alone not just mentioned it's not only about the pen that at that independence yes or not is how does civil society how does society

relate with the government and with the state institution is it legal to demonstrate. and protest laws which our success i think may not agree with and. therefore right now it's not all the framework it's not only about. it's not is. that the level of. passing the democratic institutions to deal with dissent. and i know coming back to the that the trial date the supreme court verdict in which on the i'm stammen was sentenced to 9 years in prison the former president to catalonia kind of pushed him on now in exile in belgium says the sentencing of his colleagues came at the end of an unfair trial by a politicized judiciary is he right yes completely and entirely it's not he was

saying that those are saying that there was a platform and who was observing the trial and international wants always many in tears and they have released some a statement saying that there was even a lot of it is during the trial it has been you know mixed right finish and international of human rights so it's not only that a civil society in a lot of these are some 8 years of human rights that are seeing that that i don't watch. not. so much n.g.o.s on human rights like amnesty international not on our world at least action against our charter or throw life and that i think half assed down the east of these prisoners especially the release of the 2 social as he leaves us and they have tattoos on top so it's not only am i don't have concern exact about me i'm not even inside spain it's

something that is affecting all of us ok the law though was deliberately broken the catalan parliament doesn't have the power as a call a binding referendum on independence or to declare independence a britain's prime minister boris johnson found out when politicians flout the lord act unconstitutionally the courts will act and that's just what's happened here isn't it now because that i'm economy is meaning a spanish constitution as in many other constitutions that establish that i. everybody him and. none of them situation that's why you have the constitutional court to say that these is not constitutional so you have some economies the economic emmys and so on but when it cannot be for me then there's that balance disgust and i'm on everything and then they can have the freedom office speech so what if i'm not beast if i lot east is not constitutional but i am economies to

come see that these not to be constitutional and that that's not right but it's not about foreign buying the faint on the dialogues inside their own family members is not among the muchness even henrique in connaught constitutional last i looked at everyone and every day. that they make any stool. to feel these darkest intuition this is not the problem all of these fires east is not only legal presence this is not only time prime's it's ok what will come on to the construction of the political crisis just about a spur to ask a question why was the spanish far right policy vox allowed to take an active role in the trial and to question with the system defendants. because when the entire state system is reorganized in what's called habitually in spain the transition 177107. there is

a provision which allows for independent. participation independent accusation. citizens who choose to participate in the trial and this is a recognised for us it was unfortunate the box took advantage of this unfortunate aspect was even indicated in the trial sentence it was. oh remarked that it would be better if legal measures were taken so that political parties could never in the future but to subpoena it as a private accusation in trial but surely that means that this trial was not free and fair and in that case oh it was just simply that it's like all of the trials held in the last. month 40 almost 50 years.

there is since the late seventy's the provision that you have. a private. right in any case meaning in a murder case any pino procedure you know there can be a private accusation together with the public an accuser. christan the way the system was to stop christe percent cutlass bushman says that his colleagues are political prisoners and as elaine it was saying earlier on this year the u.n. working group on arbitrary detention held but the pretrial imprisonment of the 9 politicians was a violation of international law and that the imposition of any prison sentences at the end of the trial would also violate international law spain says the u.n. working group is biased and has ignored its ruling so who's right spain or the u.n.

. well this is a political battle as the n.s.a. it is also legal and thereby the list of different fronts here now frank. who has the upper hand comes the machine and very much also on all. the international. the same day of the sentence yesterday spanish government members of the cabinet distributing a bit you're highlighting. i mean the system which is obviously our permanent national. strength an image that is being challenged to some degree by their parents movement and that's part of the political i think that's going on. we have peace and we don't focus on their own political but they're also seeing right or wrong what we try to.

analyze what are the possibilities of finding a way out of this right now in the us but i mentioned essentially what's happening is a battle diligent in mind the other side so yesterday president santos said that at the end this movement 'd had trade and had been defeated at the same time. in the protests against this sentence you would see many people trying to suggest that story span explain in spanish and so you can start ashes here state so this is the level of care of what we are we're facing and can't go on for very long and right now there are not many. here who are what's necessary is to find a way of getting out and they are the chair of catalan leaders they're going to appeal to the european court of human rights is there

a reason to think that that court may take a different view to spain's supreme court and does it matter if it does. yes it does matter yes and if we are quite sure that it will take the firm position because. it is about freedom of expression. and derived a beautiful asset only these dry skin not the. debt as they have been limited at that moment you can say that the that awareness these are the last are things like that but you cannot condemn we said the shah and then put people in prison for 9 years that's that's nonsense and more not illegal that's who it is for the end of the of the strasbourg court. many other seems it seems that the. absolutely i'm proud. of this action. respected and. i'm sure that we will end up in the situation by the brother east that we're

thinking uk and why don't we go during all these time i mean this is our very vague political pressures in spain and we cannot leave the constant to the shock or thirst in a spain are to that today without an accordionist that has that not a solution is just part of that's not good in the sense that if they don't match our community saying things the problem in this big thing will be going on if there is not soft enough they are so that you shall see it and talk to each other. henrique we've got about 2 minutes left on the program i'm going to give the last word to you as you joined us late and i need you if you can't who wants us to questions at once here why have belgium germany and scotland thus far failed to extradite. to answer the extradition request from spain for the mons and his colleagues who went into exile is because they recognize that these are

politically motivated charges not criminal offenses that they've committed and what are the implications of this verdict for other separatist parties across the continent in scotland for example. the different german belgian scots courts did not accept the initial accusation of rebellion which was what was drawn up by the investigatory judge which is the equivalent of the. attorney general figure in. and i was sacked from courts. so the whole question fell back on its the dish and. it's now been requested for puts them on to be by the same investigatory judge especially in belgian courts all right and the implication is undefined yeah

implication sedition is very problematic it means 2 different things it means. actually aggregate aggravating and creating some kind of riot or it means doing so by propaganda so this is a sign of a problem that always affects and always has affected the question of freedoms ok. yes we'll just go on ok there i'm afraid we're going to have to leave it thank you all for being with us today elena henrique and christiane and thank you for watching as a waste of good you can see the program again at any time just by going to the web site of al-jazeera talk calm for further discussion join us at our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can join the conversation on twitter on handle at a.j. inside story from me adrian said again and the whole team here at doha thanks for watching we'll see you again by phone.

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soldiers have been killed since it began a week ago while the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say 37 of their fighters were killed in just the last 48 hours. meanwhile the russian backed syrian army has entered men because it's a key city that turkey wants to capture it appears bashar al assad's forces are moving in to fill the void left by america's sudden droll rushes on voight to syria says his country is patrolling the dividing line between turkish and syrian government forces to prevent any direct confrontation on the un's human rights office once 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. begins our coverage from near the turkish syrian border . turkish artillery fire close to the syrian border. the syrian army wasted no time in moving north after an agreement was made with the mainly kurdish

forces to try and push the turkish army and syrian rebel allies back. to to send reinforcements to the city of mumbai a potential major flashpoint because turkish forces have moved south towards them and it's just a few kilometers away. there are reports of fighting in surrounding villages military vehicles with russian and syrian flags patrol the area many of the arab syrian rebels fighting with the turkish military are originally from this area who were forced out by eiseley 2014. i said was defeated here by kurdish fighters and the u.s. led coalition if years later now many of the syrian rebels fighting alongside the turkish army want to return turkey's president says the campaign continue will be not a guarantee of these unities we are on the 7th day of the operation our military operation is continuing successfully as per the safe zone map we presented to the whole world

at the 74th un general assembly we have as of this morning cleared 1000 square kilometers from the control of the separatist terror group. turkey says this military campaign is targeting the s.t.'s main kurdish fighting force which it says is aligned with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party p k k which has been fighting the turkish government for decades. and grow wants to set up what it calls a safe haven for refugees to return to the north and syria but the u.n. says around half a 1000000 people could be forced from their homes if the violence doesn't stop the security situation in northeastern syria remains highly volatile with continued reports of u.s. strikes and ground attacks. as the military operation continues on both sides of the border civilian injuries and deaths are being reported the operation has brought international outcry some european countries appeal to arms sales to turkey

while the u.s. imposed sanctions on the turkish defense interior and energy ministers 2 of their respective ministries u.s. and international forces that it works and faults alongside the mainly kurdish s.d.f. would seem pulling out of the area on monday or tuesday video was posted on twitter appearing to show a russian t.v. reporter in an abandoned u.s. military base leg after a short show at our aid agencies some of which had been forced to halt their operations and flee the shelling say civilian casualties are rising at least 2 people were killed on the turkish side of the border by what authority here say were mortars fired by kurdish fighters heavy fighting has continued in the border town of russell i mean both sides have repeatedly claimed victory here since the conflict began the u.s. says turkey must halt its military campaign immediately or face more sanctions wider international pressure on turkey continues to mount the russians say they're

doing all they can to keep opposing military forces apart president or no one says his campaign is going to plan a chance travel around 0 close to the turkish syrian border now let's bring in c.n.n. heard there is joining us from attack ali that's another border town you're keeping an eye out on the situation than men bezzina what can you tell us. well it's another strategic win for russia russia moved in when the americans moved out and you mentioned earlier that the russian military police is now patrolling a front line separating the turkish and syrian army's turkey led forces were advancing towards the city when the syrian army entered the city 1st if the turkish led forces are to continue this offensive it will put them in direct confrontation with the russian military this city is strategic it's at a crossroads it lies on an international highway that connects eastern syria with western syria on the northern part of the country it is also important for turkey

splines if it wants to create a so-called safe zone east of the euphrates to allow millions of refugees to return because that safe zone will be an isolated pocket if there is no bridge or lamp cord or passing through members reaching other areas under the control of groups syrian groups allied to turkey so that battle at least for the time being is on hold if there is not going to be a direct confrontation earlier today president or the gone mentioning before these this latest development mentioning that the operation will continue from members to the iraqi border he even hinted yesterday that in one way or the other there was cooperation with the russians and that he had some sort of a green light to enter members of the russian defense ministry making it very very clear today there is no deal we did not discuss this military operation and in one way or another making its red lines clear saying that fine we accept turkey to carry out operations 5 to 10 kilometers into syria but we do not want them to have

a permanent presence there an indication of serious differences between these 2 countries who should be working together in syria but what we understand is that diplomatic channels remain open for the time being because their proxies on the ground their local allies on the ground are battling now on several fronts in north eastern syria and as often is the case with these military operations it is the human cost really takes a toll here so what are you hearing about the situation of civilians in those that have been forced to become displaced perhaps a 2nd or 3rd time. yes the united nations saying 160000 people are on the move this is an area where millions of people live aid agencies saying that there are no longer to operate in some areas so the situation is dire but at the end of the day what people worried about is what will come next

because this is an area populated by kurds and arabs 2 ethnic groups that do not trust each other they've had a long history of animosity the syrian war only deepened the wounds between them the kurds would not like to find themselves under the a sort living under the authority of turkey or turkey back armies or groups and the arabs do not want to live under the regime they're afraid of the regime they engaged in opposition activities so if the syrian government returns to their areas they fear arrest they fear detention and they even fear execution so as battle lines continue to shift these people are worried about what comes next some of them who live under the control of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces in their desire for example they're worried if the s.d.f. hands over the territory to the to damascus government because they most of them are wanted for their opposition activities so a lot of fear and a lot of anxiety really ok as in a hotel and with an update from a car they thank you let's cross over to our white house correspondent kelly hawk

and she's joining us from washington d.c. because we are now hearing that there's been a phone call between the u.s. secretary of state and the iraqi president to talk about the turkish operation what more do you know. it seems there is a real effort by the united states to try and get turkey to contain its activities with regard to its military operation and that seems to be evidence by the telephone call the state department releasing a summary of that call that apparently the u.s. secretary of state might pompei a reached out to the iraqi president lou reported content of the call discussion of the military incursion and the desire of the united states that it and immediately so it does seem that there is this effort to build momentum among friends in the region of the united states to get the turkish government to cease its military efforts there now in the midst of all of this we also know that the u.s. congress is working together the democrats in the house of representatives and the

republicans the president's own party in the u.s. senate working on legislation they've just come back to washington after a holiday break here in the united states and we know top on the agenda is working on trying to overturn donald trump's withdrawal of troops in syria which of course has led to this instability that is occurring now of course the white house did late on monday put in place sanctions to take sort of punitive action against turkey but the u.s. congress feels this is not enough so legislation is being drafted it apparently has bipartisan support meaning the president would be forced to sign unlikely to be able to have the power of the veto it would do a couple of things it would bar weapons sales to turkey it would also put sanctioning the assets of turkish leaders going much further than the sanctions put in place on monday by the white house the feeling is that there is grave concern here in washington that a number of things are happening on the ground as a result of this u.s.

pullback of troops in the military operation by turkey number one that eiseley is rebuilding but even more of a concern to many of these lawmakers is the fact that the influence of iran but specifically. russia now seems to be heightened in the region and that is of grave concern to many lawmakers and that is the reason they are taking this legislative action and of course kimberly one wonders what happens to the supposed that scheduled meeting between president trump and president next month yet the white house is being really tight lipped about a number of details number one we know that he has dispatched a high level team to ancora to try and resolve it and sort of bring about what the white house is calling a negotiated solution to the city.