al jazeera. and. we're not looking for a mediator or anything we don't need us. to accuse president rejects international pressure and says the offensive in syria will continue until his troops secure that site saw along the border. stan grant this is al jazeera live from doha also telling up as briggs the talks go down to the one trade and the irish border were by his team sticking points.

shouted down by politicians hong kong's chief executive terry lamb is forced to delay policy speech. and accusations of torture in the indian administered kashmir we talked to the victims who say security forces mistreated children. this president is vowing to keep fighting in syria until all these countries goals have been this ratchet tie a bow to one who's shrugging off international pressure for an immediate cease fire and the battle on the ground goes on now the town of russell and remains the front line of the conflict gunfire and heavy artillery being heard across the city as turkish and kurdish forces battle their control diplomatic efforts to end the fighting are also intensifying intensifying u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state mark pump. a traveling to turkey

to push for a cease fire the u.s. delegation is due to meet the turkish president and they come armed with president drums threat of more sanctions if they're ignored that though is unlikely to us why president in an urgent address to his party he said he won't be influenced by foreign threats we wonder if you take. all the suggestions and threats we're not going to accept i think that has been clear from the start by our attitude we want to steer organization and move from our borders when design from member to the iraqi border and we establish this 35 kilometer safe zone this operation will end but up until reaching this point no power can stop us otoh one has also defended the operation against critics who say civilians are in the line of fire he says turkey has never and will never commit a civilian massacre. cut down a good mix your son has. been there if you want to see civilian casualties look at

the streets of palestine where muslims are killed in the streets you want to see civilian massacres look at the terror organization who killed their women elderly children they were killed by them in the last 40 years if you want to see civilian mess because look in the mirror and look at history and look at all the blood of the innocents in your own hands tookie can never be accused. meanwhile the u.n. special envoy for syria is in damascus he's calling for an immediate end to the turkish operation citing humanitarian concerns well our white house correspondent kimberly halkett is live for us in washington d.c. we'll go to her but 1st we're going to talk to charles stratford in china who's on the turkish side of the border charles we've been hearing from president that he is not going to relent until he's achieved his objectives looking behind you there you can see the smoke clearly that fighting goes on. yeah the fighting

here today has been intense the town behind me russell i and this is very much has been very much the focus of attention over since basically this operation started the so-called 1st phase of this operation according to the turkish military we've seen artillery fire heard a lot of heavy gunfire all day that black smoke we believe could well be a gas station a petrol station that has been hit we understand that the turkish military says that least it has made gains southwest of the city a lot of the action though has been to the east we're also hearing that we're hearing reports that we cannot confirm of clashes around that flashpoint city of money base which is around 120 kilometers to my west that city of course as we know was was taken over by the syrian army yesterday as part of a deal with the kurdish forces and we understand that russian the russian military

opera trolling in that area to make sure that there are clashes between the 2 respective armies as we understand the turkish forces around 10 to 15 kilometers away was i say there are reports of clashes in that area where i understand that the syrian army is based in positions around 30 kilometers from the border in various towns 30 kilometers 6 is significant because that is the depth of which president or the one wants to set up this so-called safety zone that he wants to put some of the 3600000 syrian refugees that are currently in turkey he wants to give them homes to live in that the situation is incredibly tense here is you can imagine a lot of very determined language from a president or a one certainly old juror would be there the word that the international community would you. used to describe it him saying that he will push on no matter the

threats he says that he fully respects syrians oversee and territorial integrity but he describes this as an anti terror organization and he says he will continue until his achieves. he's achievements are met yeah you're right he talks about this is going after terrorist groups he says this is not a fight against kurdish people but of course it's people on the ground who are courting this crossfire who are feeling the impact of it what are you seeing and hearing around the effect of people humanitarian impact of this conflict. well certainly according to the united nations they say at least 160000 people have forced have been forced to flee already humanitarian organizations some of whom have had to pull out their stuff because the shelling in the fighting has been so intense and they will tell you that syria is a worry it already has always been

a very difficult place to to work certainly since the civil war started there have always been security issues with respect to various rebel factions with respect obviously to eisele of course let's not forget that they say area along the border the s.d.f. the kurdish forces working with the coalition partners were very successful in the battle against eisel here and when you hear reports of weisel prisoners having a skate from jails that could no longer be guarded by kurdish fighters because they had to in their words prioritize and defend what they describe as their land and the people that only adds to the kind of problems that humanitarian groups are having in looking after these people there are literally hundreds of thousands of them left in that area. we understand that that movement continues there are sufficient civilian casualties every day on the rise we also hear

a humanitarian organizations very concerned about civilian infrastructure being damaged as well i think is the i.c.r.c. the international red cross yesterday is saying that it's already very important water infrastructure had been hit around the town of classico with a population of around 400000 people so very very worrying situation here on the border meanwhile the turkish president saying he will press on as i say until his goals are achieved charles thank you for that and of course a lot of international condemnation a lot of diplomacy around this is well the u.s. secretary of state mark pump owen vice president mike pence heading to turkey for discussions with president kimberly how could joins us live from washington d.c. to talk about that diplomacy we've been hearing from the secretary of state haven't we about just how he sees these talks unfolding what the same. yeah he's been speaking on national television in the last couple of hours u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe as you point out is part of that delegation with

the vice president mike pence and also the national security advisor robert o'brian what they expect to be discussing with the president of turkey is a couple of things 1st they're looking for a resolution to the situation in syria and also underscoring the importance of making sure there is no so-called security vacuum in the area as well they say they expect this to be a face to face meeting according to the secretary of state there had some been doubt about that but as we've been reporting the turkish president saying initially he wasn't sure he was going to meet with anyone but donald trump but then backing down on that and now the secretary of state underscoring that he believes this will be a face to face meeting now it's important to point out in all of this that the u.s. president has been pretty clear about what he hopes to gain with this delegation heading over number one he's hoping that in fact there will be a cease fire in all of this and also threatening more sanctions if the ones already

in place don't have any impact now we do expect that the u.s. president will have more to say about that given that the turkish leader has said he's not too concerned about any sanctions and will not declare a cease fire so we're watching carefully at the white house u.s. president donald trump will be meeting with the italian leader in the coming hours they'll be an oval office meeting there as well as a press conference we expect the u.s. president to have more to say about that we also expect more to come from the white house today as the u.s. president needs to talk turkey syria with congressional leaders why is this important because congressional leaders have been working on their own legislation to try an undo the troop pullback that the u.s. president put in place leading to this turkish military operation complete thank you so much for that will french president the manual macron and german chancellor angela merkel a meeting in the southern french city of 2. blues issues ranging from breaks it of course syria are expected to be on the agenda ahead of the daisy hughes summit in brussels merkel and mccrone visited the headquarters of airbus to highlight

european cooperation well meanwhile in brussels last minute breaks that negotiations are continuing after leaders from the u.k. and the e.u. failed to reach a resolution in marathon late not talks they're attempting to reach an agreement that can be discussed in the summit on thursday and there appears to be a breakthrough as the e.u. council president has just said that the basic foundations of the deal are ready let's go to touch about the live in brussels tell us more about what you might be hearing around this breakthrough in water a deal could involve. all we know for now is that the e.u. council head. done an interview with the polish television which he said that he hopes that they'll be some clarity on these breaks in negotiations between you and

u.k. officials in the next 78 hours that would take us to about midnight on wednesday a brussels time to what i carroty means we're not exactly sure yes he is saying that he's optimistic that the foundations of some sort of deal could be that but that doesn't necessarily mean that the deal will be ready and in place to be considered by either leaders when they meet for a summit on thursday now that has really been the main deadline that these e.u. new kayne ago she says have to have a full legal text which would be revised by exit deal ready for thursday's we're unsure if that's going to happen you can really read the comments either way on one hand you could see him saying this is a real sign of progress on the other hand you could say the fact that they can't come to a decision for another 7 to 8 hours is worrying because they were already. we supposed to give some clarity on the outcome of these talks on tuesday night so this is just a further delay what we have also heard from the e.u.

is a main breaks it negotiates of michel barnier he also has been talking about a sense of optimism but he's also been talking about difficulties and all of those difficulties still seem to focus on this contentious issue of the border between island part of the european union and the northern ireland which is part of the u.k. the e.u. for its part says that whatever happens any revised deal has to guarantee that there is no return to a hard border and also that the integrity of the e.u. customs union would remain under tension that's what's always proved so intractable here the ongoing questions about london that border and all the potential problems that flow from that and then the questions about trade in just under one being so much of the bureaucracy around when it comes to the european union and an exit by britain. yes it's obviously very difficult

very intricate and varied to add for a complex and this is why the initial withdrawal deal which was agreed to between boris johnson's pretty decisive treason may and the e.u. took so many years to reach and that's one of the points that e.u. fishel zx raise again and again they say that has been a very complex process it has taken a very long time as far as they are concerned they already had a deal in place they are only willing to relook at this because they say that in as far as they use can so they would rather have some form of deal the no deal and this is the only reason they even considering reopening the withdrawal agreement something they said repeatedly that they would not do but you know one french m.e.p. actually said on tuesday that it took years to reach with joy agreement it's unlikely we're going to be able to just unravel it and come up with something new in just a few minutes well that is in fact in a way what these u.k.

and a unit go sheet as a trying to do is trying to come all with a final text that would be agreeable on issues of trade on the customs union on the single market agreeable to all sides and that's of course is a huge challenge but i should thank you so much for that still ahead on 300 schools if i suppose you would look at how a building collapse would spark structure statics in case. the. hello there's a bit more rain to come in china the season hasn't yet changed the drier colder the northeast monsoon this looks like a familiar frontal system for any other part of the world and indeed is bringing rain at least through central china in shanghai it looks pretty dry and sunny say much the same in hong kong with lotion unity but that cloud moves eastwards even

though the rain goes south and tends to die out nice position for friday so it looks fairly dry by that time the monsoon rains over india which are indeed officially disappearing don't do it's moves they often do it then come back and then do this and come back again there in the coming back face and so despite the surface wind being a southeast which means the rain comes that is for lanka tamilnadu for example the forecast for friday takes it back inland to some degree even possibly once again around mumbai yes the flooded city if you like. for the arabian peninsula the pictures also cloudy you are not inside in this is produced under storms the last day or so in the levant it might do the same but generally speaking it's a dry picture this green here which is the forecast the rain has crossed the a monica's a maestro bringing some rain to southern yemen. klein

cancer has experienced the way it's like never before cats are always places together. watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of our top stories this hour took as president has promised to fight on

in syria until all he's told his goals and change as the u.s. and u.n. step up diplomatic efforts to reach a cease fire break there appears to be a breakthrough in last minute breaks of negotiations european council president donald thorsten says the basic foundations of the deal already delegates have been trying to reach an agreement that can be discussed at a summit in brussels 1st. hong kong's chief executive is calling for tolerance and open mindedness off the opposition politicians shouted down his annual policy speech after 2 failed attempts and having objects run into kerry land eventually by her address on video instead scott hodler reports from hong kong. head of chief executive carrie lamb's policy address security was increased around the government complex anticipating protesters a wall was extended and more police were added. but they did not plan for

disruption to come from inside the legislative council i don't like. twice lamb tried to deliver her address you know you are saying rice she was drowned out by members of the opposition pen democracy coalition chanting and holding up signs. at one point they projected the protest movements 5 demands on the wall behind their pain so moving i will soon after the session was called off because of the disruption pro-democracy members held a news conference with a clear message all 5 months are very clear not one less. and i really urge if she can't go that hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong and she has no ability and even incapable in a ministration hong kong please that now kerry lamb was forced to put a plan b. into action having no success delivering her address here in the legislative

council chambers she had to do it through a video feed the poll i read live on hong kong t.v. it was the 1st time a chief executive delivered a policy address on video and it she touched on some of the big issues the people of hong kong have been calling for improved livelihoods and more affordable housing she also addressed the deep divide in hong kong society saying that an independent committee will be set up to look into those divisions later at a news conference lam said she tried to listen to all views something she's promised before well you. need a high in the past few months this very serious social unrest his challenge. facing the incidents of recent months i realize that being a politician i need to be always aware and understand the feelings of our people and while i also understand that the intentions are good we also need to be very tolerant and open minded. lamb said that the theme of her policy address this year

was treasure hong kong our home. but it's clear that there's a lot more work to be done before hong kong is a harmonious household scotland al-jazeera own cause. to the united states where michael mckinley who resigned as a senior advisor to the u.s. secretary of state mike compiler last week is next in line to be questioned in the presidential impeachment inquiry on tuesday a senior state department official in charge of ukraine policy testified before the committee george tenet was questioned about his knowledge of trump's if it's to have ukraine investigate his political rival joe biden democrats are accusing the trumpet ministration of stonewalling the inquiry well the head of the house intelligence committee adam schiff says evidence of obstruction of congress continues to mount we are running into what we expected in one aspect and that is a complete effort by the administration to stonewall. today is long

past due the day when the state department was subpoenaed to provide documents but the state department has thus far refused and were it not for the fact that at least some witnesses have given us documents we would not know that there is a paper record of efforts to condition this meeting and perhaps condition military support itself on these political investigations donald trump wanted haiti's president has vowed to fight corruption in his 1st press conference since protests calling for his resignation began last month but demonstrators this through demanding to have the noise they should leave office haitians angry about corruption inflation and fuel shortages morsi has promised to find a solution. it's the people that gave the power i have been entrusted with the constitution that the very same constitution dictates how to give power to the

people power is the people they are watching and i have to give power to them. the u.s. currency is making a comeback in cuban stores with the government allowing $77.00 shops to sell their goods in dollars from the end of the month position of the dollar and other tradeable currencies is legal but people couldn't use them for purchases before cuba's state run economy is struggling because of the crisis in venezuela and a tightening of the u.s. embargo more than 2 months after new delhi revoked the autonomy of indian administered kashmir thousands of kashmiris still in jail among them are children as young as 9 years old some families accuse the indian government of torture and abuse which is even led to suicides denied by india's security forces the people are afraid to speak on camera because they fear a backlash a summer binge of aid has more it's difficult to recall what happened to him for

nearly 2 months in prison but after assurances that we will not reveal his identity this case me boy opened up i always used to cry i was kept in a solitary cell with a toilet that was no roof and rain drenched me it was scary i was unable to eat or sleep i had to fold or lift my legs as the cell was very small there were snakes when i started shouting they used to come and take out the snakes but i didn't stop crying a doctor was brought in and he used to inject something that made me unconscious he says he was the youngest among 25 kashmiris flown to a jail more than a 1000 kilometers away and was arrested under the vague public safety act or p.s.a. which amnesty international calls a lawless law and allows for detention up to 2 years without bail. india's government has told the supreme court that 144 miners have been arrested in indian administered kashmir since august including children as young as 9 years old and some couldn't handle the trauma this father whose identity we cannot reveal says

his son committed suicide after being tortured he doesn't believe the denials by the indian army that the boy was not detained or tortured. sit in a hospital the doctor allowed me to talk to my son i told him it will be always painful that you didn't tell us what you've gone through in a broken voice he said i have sacrificed my life for kushner india's government revoked autonomy and imposed a security lockdown in august it's also arrested thousands of people in the subsequent crackdown human rights organizations and activists in india have protested against the restrictions even lawyers in kashmir want us to hide their identities because they fear the state's crackdown due to the fear of torture young people are not staying at home security personnel are even using megaphones in torturing victims it's all very disturbing due to a lack of communication accurate information about juveniles and youth is very

difficult to get but the government says its actions are to provide security and improve conditions for kashmiris these decisions are taken place taken at the local level by the law enforcement authorities after all the factors into account all those detentions have been continuously and if there are some. people who have been the result of too afraid to reveal their identity the sisters say their only breadwinner was their brother who was detained 2 months ago. he was arrested on august 9th at 2 in the morning the soldiers took him from his room we met him twice at the police station in shopian and then he was shifted to she no central jail later we found out that he's been sent to a pity we can't afford meeting him as we don't have the money because he was the only breadwinner for a family. prime minister in there in ramadi his promise that revoking cushnie special status will usher in development and progress. 6 many among the nearly 8000000 kashmiris facing

a lockdown in restrictions find that hard to believe salman job made out of their tenure is causing hundreds of informal schools that will affect 10000 students will be transferred to public schools and they're already overcrowded the move was prompted by the collapse of a school building last month that killed a children catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. janet morse your car has just buried her 14 year old daughter. was in a school building collapse last month in nairobi killing 8 children. i doubt that day is no life without her she tells us. harriet had just been transferred to the school and was preparing for her final primary school exams. i did not think it was that serious when i got to information reached the get i did see the school building it was flattened i went straight to our class it was and just so glad it

was so confused. since then the kenyan government has ordered the shutdown of about $300.00 community and private schools mainly in low income areas thousands of children will be affected so this is the one and several schools in nairobi have already been closed like st catherine primary. which was once used as a mass selling traditional i'll call. the owner tells us he sent all 200 children home when government inspectors said the building is not safe and also that. we're. not sure. what the. contre millions of children attend community or private schools in poor neighborhoods because they're cheaper public schools are free but they're too few crowded and far apart this

school has just over 100 pupils some one classrooms on the fast floor but government officials have said all children should be on the ground floor until inspectors come by to approve the structure teachers say the school is mostly run by money from nonprofit organizations and some payment of school fees by poor parents. they also accused. some government officials of corruption for allowing substandard schools to operate of course they do the government because we have a school like this one yeah they always come to our school to do their. big check what is going on in different schools where the structure that. they are whether the head of the. world is the world and under when they come and believe and what do they leave the structure of funding if they're focused on jane what's your cause pain is far from over she says she trusted teachers and the government had built

his life now she wants justice catherine sawyer al-jazeera nairobi. you can follow much more on our website address for that is w w w dot al-jazeera dot. this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories turkey's president has promised to fight on in syria until all his country's goals have been achieved it comes as the u.s. and u.n. step up diplomatic efforts to reach a cease fire agreement in an urgent address to reach a party richard. signaled he's unlikely to be swayed by these efforts. we are and if you take. all the suggestions and threats we're not going to accept a thing that has been clear from the stop we want to steer organization and move from our borders when design for man bridge to the iraqi border and we establish

this 35 kilometer deep safe zone this operation will end but up until reaching this point no power can stop us french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel meeting in the southern france city of toulouse issues ranging from brics it to syria are expected to be on the agenda ahead of thursday's e.u. summit in brussels they're calling the crown visit of the headquarters of us to highlight european cooperation meanwhile in brussels there appears to be a breakthrough in last minute breaks at negotiations european council president donald tusk says the basic foundations of the deal are ready delegates have been trying to reach an agreement that can be discussed at a summit in brussels on thursday hong kong's chief executive terry lemons calling for tolerance and open mindedness after opposition politicians shouted down her annual policy speech venture we delivered a speech through

a video. michael mckinley who resigned as a senior advisor to u.s. secretary of state by palm pilot last week is next in line to be questioned in the presidential impeachment inquiry on tuesday a senior state department official in charge of ukraine policy testified before the committee george tenet was questioned about his knowledge of trumps if it's to have ukraine investigate his political rival joe biden democrats are accusing the trumpet ministration of stonewalling the inquiry. haiti's president has vowed to fight corruption and his 1st 1st conference since protests calling for his resignation began last month but demonstrators are still demanding job when the boys should leave office those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the strike. u.s. treasury stick let's go say that. we bring you the stories and developments that

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