with motown to great town being out here in the soil learning about health about eating good it's trade my wife i can't imagine doing something else on al-jazeera. as turkey's offensive in syria enters a 2nd week syrian troops push into the town of qubani where the kurds and the u.s. 1st defeated i saw together 4 years ago. and more until this is al jazeera live from london also coming up signals from london and brussels where the breaks a deal is within reach but sticking points over the irish border remain. thousands returned to the streets of boston or for a 3rd day i get by the jailing of cattle and separatist leaders.

and hong kong's embattled leader carrie lamb is forced to abandon her annual address is pretty much the lawmakers they call her in the city's legislative council. and the battle lines of syria's civil war being redrawn as turkey's military offensive enters its 2nd week syrian government troops have entered the town of qubani where the u.s. and kurdish fighters defeated arsal 4 years ago the head of the kurdish dominated syrian democratic forces now says the group is freezing operations against i saw as it battles turkish troops battles also raging in the key town border town of russell and kurdish fighters of filling the skies with smoke to blind turkish warplanes are fighting turkish backed syrian rebels on the ground. meanwhile russia has stepped into the void left by u.s.

troops deploying patrols and offering to mediate a resolution and the u.s. vice president is shadow to travel to ankara to push for a truce or the turkey's president says he won't bow to pressure back in washington u.s. president donald trump is playing down the crisis saying it's fine for russia to help the syrian government and the kurds are not quote angels she then goes to reports from istanbul. it's been more than a week since turkey has launched its military operation in north or syria. a campaign against the syrian kurdish group and the y. p.g. turkish stays the y.p. g. is the syrian branch of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k that turkey the e.u. and the us have listed as a terrorist organization and the soap ration is to stop what turkey calls a terror corridor or near its border the us and the arab league have called on turkey to halt their operation of request rejected present treasure taper don

has laid out his own conditions on how to end the separation that picky views. our proposal is that right now tonight all the terrorists lay down their arms their equipment and everything destroy all the traps and get out of a safe zone that we have designated the i.p.g. is an important element of the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. which help the us push out of large parts of syria but uncle as offensive against them has prompted the syrian government to move back into some parts of the northeast under an agreement with a.s.d.f. the syrian army has not been here in years and the american delegation including the vice president mike pence and the secretary of state mike compare are expected in turkey by thursday president trump has decided to send the highest level delegation he could possibly send for diplomatic purposes other than himself right i mean the vice president and the secretary of state and i'm sure they are

convinced of their own persuasiveness with a full force of the u.s. government behind them but i i think that president out of one there's no chance he's going to implement a cease fire or allow any mediation until he feels turkey has achieved the goals that he defined what washington has put sanctions on turkey and is threatening to impose more if the syrian operation doesn't end when it comes to syria alliances shift quickly on the ground and on the negotiating table the mainly kurdish s.t.'s feels abandoned by the u.s. and has now turned to the searing government that once called it a traitor but one thing is clear for turkey kurdish fighter group in northern syria poses a serious threat to its existence so now because solo al-jazeera stumble. as you mention turkish forces and kurdish fight as a battling in the border town of ras al-ain turkey said it took control of the area days ago told appears uncertain show stratford has more from the turkish syrian

border. street to street fighting in the syrian border town of russell i mean. these are kurdish fighters men and women in a force the s.d.f. leadership says is around $70000.00 strong. many of whom were trained by international coalition forces in the fight against feisal turkey has called on terrorists for decades and he's determined to clear them from near its southern border. it's the 16th of october 29th seen at 10 am says the male voice. yes the air fighters are resisting against the enemy. calm down the attacker is behind the red door he says. both the kurdish s.d.f. and the turkish military have claimed victory in russell line over recent days. here kurdish fighters to show off a military vehicle they say was left behind by turkish forces. i don't know that

their tactics yesterday with 60 vehicles trying to get inside our comrades in the s.d.f. confronted them and as you can see this is the turkish flag were kept at this and they're scaped left behind as stuff. the s.d.f. say its fighters have been prepared for situations like this for years one of our fighter com raids are preparing for the others says the woman now i think that it is not in fact there are the bodies on the ground but as you know your honor i don't allow anyone to take the body and she never. called me to be careful another woman says we fight we confuse yes and success let him go even if. they struggle to rescue their wounded surrounded by heavy gunfire. nearby turkish artillery reload and fire. this battle is part of a wider strategy to create what turkey calls

a safe zone along the border. tooky latina 2 we cleared our border from terrorists but this operation we're going to clear the east of euphrates from the terror organizations we are determined about this all the criticism we are receiving threats in condemnations it's not going to make us turn back from our very rightful case and strategy for. the turkish president says his army and its syrian rebel allies are ovoid ing civilian infrastructure and the taking care not to cause civilian casualties black smoke rising over the northern syrian city of russell iran is just one of the front lines in turkey's military offensive now the turkish military say they had planned to take control of iraq and in the 1st phase of this military operation it's believed that most if not all the civilians that were in that city have fled the move in the weeks since this operation started the fighting goes on trial strafford al jazeera in the turkish syrian border u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says the president has had a quote meltdown over

a house of representatives vote which overwhelmingly condemned the withdrawal of american troops from syria but as she says she believes donald trump was shaken up by the number of republicans who voted to oppose his decision to pull the forces out as you call him as more from washington d.c. . u.s. president donald trump is trying on a new label for his withdrawal from northern syria strategically brilliant in 2 appearances with the italian president trump went on to list a series of false hopes to quickly dismissed by senators from his own political party kurds who are much safer right now one of the things that i think we could tragically see emerge as the potential for ethnic cleansing and against kurds now if you look at the kurds and again i say this with great respect then no angels i want to express my gratitude to the kurds. they were great fighters. we had a terrific alliance with russia wants nothing to do with isis russia is tough they

can kill isis just as well to rely on russia and iran to protect us against a rise of isis is quite frankly and saying we may know more about how the president framed the issue to president in this leaked letter trump writes quote history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way it will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen don't be a tough guy don't be a fool but they did go to other countries and with his vice president in the audience just hours from heading to turkey to demand a cease fire the president sent this message turkey and syria will hopefully work it out between themselves so now what's next well all eyes will be on vice president mike pence as he heads to turkey to ask for a cease fire that experts say much less likely to happen now given the president's comments the u.s. house of representatives in an overwhelming vote passed a resolution condemning the president's move and they're threatening quick sanctions on turkey if they don't agree to a cease fire something the vice president will ask for even though it now appears

the president that is sending him doesn't necessarily think the u.s. should be involved at all. al-jazeera washington. and some developing news just coming in the u.s. military says it's carried out an asteroid can seriously to destroy some ammunition and abandoned vehicles as american forces leave bring you more on that story as soon as we have it it's. officials in london in brussels have singled a new breck's an agreement is in its final stages a sticking points remain over the irish border initiators have been holding talks in brussels well there any agreement will still need to be approved by e.u. leaders and the u.k.'s parliament over a report. that. the summit is shrouded in cloud but we are almost there the words of prime minister boris johnson at a closed door meeting of his party m.p.'s on what is the afternoon according to those in the room it was a shorter bouncy speech short in duration but also short on details and that's

because even at this 11th hour intensive negotiations are ongoing i said last week that i thought there was a pathway to possible agreements and that is still my view or the question is whether the negotiators will be able to bridge the remaining gaps in advance of tomorrow's cancer what's important now is that all focus is kept on achieving a deal that there is for everyone. europe's chief negotiator michel barnier gave a morning briefing to e.u. commissioners at that stage significant issues remained unresolved. the lunch break offered a brief glimpse of the u.k.'s chief negotiator david frost but still no news of a deal that he think agreed would still need to be approved by britain's house of commons with international diplomatic efforts happening simultaneously to the political wrangling in westminster the palmistry alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into the stall tusk has introduced the idea that

a deal could just be hours away if i can show them that the group of the. basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president of the one island's democratic unionist party is not yet on board the british prime minister now leading a minority conservative government has to somehow secure the support and the votes of m.p.'s from across the political divide we're in a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal out hate for us with all the damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right deal agreement at this late stage would mean the use leaders can give only their political endorsement rather than full formal agreement when they meet on thursday and friday but that would itself be seen as a major breakthrough and would pave the way for a momentous vote in the u.k. parliament on saturday paul brennan al-jazeera westminster to head this half hour mozambique awaits the results of its high stakes election as activists complain

a very temporary. and antique dealers in the u.k. challenge a ban on ivory products even though it's not yet come into force. hello there it is once again the southeast australia where we're seeing the rain showers fairly persistent to southern cross into victoria and across into tasmania but it's been clearing the east coast in the last few hours it might just produce a lingering shower as far as sydney but really the rain again is reserved for melbourne and hobart but not cold 17 degrees you. got 24 degrees empath warming up as we head off into friday it's 28 on some clear sunny skies and also a warm day in britain 28 celsius but we could on friday see want to scout the thunderstorms and the rain really stays in the 4 calls across much of tasmania and

then across into new zealand again it's a case of scattered persistent rain plenty of cloud has been streaming in again at the last few hours and is staying pretty much in the picture as we go through thursday 18 celsius about tries to and or and as a same both cases. and some long spells of rains that you know friday in christchurch and feel a little bit cooler than 15 degrees at best and then op into japan we've had some showers about some bright spells but as we go through thursday into friday there's a lot of moisture on the east coast of honshu that could send the rain showers across certain tools tokyo and then really by friday it can become quite heavy at times so not helping the recovery efforts and cool just 17. on march 13th 2019 the f.a.a. grounded the u.s. 737 max we based upon crash site findings and satellite data hundreds of

lives lost and boeing spot aircraft could be mobilized to profit outweigh procedure did regulators allow industry too much control the system failed it failed or passed. it's still the globe fault lines investigates system failure the boeing crashes on al-jazeera. and again are mind of the top stories here in. the u.s. military says carried out an asteroid in syria to destroy some ammunition and abandoned vehicles as american forces leave the country's northeast meanwhile syrian government troops have entered the town of kabbani where the u.s. and kurdish fighters defeated i saw 4 years ago. as battles rage inside syria the

u.s. vice president is heading to turkey to ask president bush to declare a truce syrian government's ally russia has also offered to mediate. the u.k. and the e.u. are close to agreeing a last minute breck's a deal because changes have been holding talks in brussels although any agreement still needs to be approved by e.u. nader's and the u.k.'s parliament. only chance joins us now from westminster every where all with these negotiations tonight. well we've had another day of negotiations pos brussels and here in the u.k. and we are still waiting for a legal tech still waiting for a concrete outline of what this deal might look like yes there have been positive noises coming from the european union positive noises coming from downing street. even some of the more hard line breaks it and payson saw the conservative party

that that group known as the g does seem to be mostly on board with what's downing street and the e.u. are proposing the sticking point though remains the. d u p this is the the the political party from northern ireland which is propped up the conservative governments of to reason may is doing the same for boris johnson he is very suspicious of anything that might put a harder border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom it wants that relationship between the u.k. northern ireland to be as tight and as closely aligned as possible so this deal framework which is being talked about which does have regulator in customs checks between the u.k. and northern ireland is something that they are not looking to favorably on parts they could be persuaded perhaps that's what boris johnson things we don't know what

it would take to get them on board yet but that is that is where the negotiations are the moment trying to persuade the d.p. this is a deal that they can get behind so maybe there is a deal or what what's the likelihood he came will actually leave the e.u. on 31st. well i mean these are these are the last ditch attempts to get something nailed down it is really going down to that while we have the european council meeting thursday and friday we have a special day of palm entry activity in the u.k. on saturday now that is is designed to be able to. consider and votes on on this deal if there is one that out is actually put before them but even if boris johnson can come up with something that the d.p. that the e.u. and downing street can agree on. the mechanism by which this can go through all the stages go through the different parts of the year opinion go to all those 27 member

states get them to probably get on board with it persuade the houses of parliament and all the different political parties they are going to vote for as well that is a huge to happen before the end of play on saturday remember this saturday the deadline by which there has to be the deal nailed down in parliaments that they have agreed on otherwise boris johnson has to write this letter to the e.u. requesting an extension to bret's it an extension from october 31st at some point in the future that is something that he has said that he would rather be dead in a ditch than have to do but it looks at the moment as if he will. thank you very much. there's been a 3rd night of violence in barcelona where thousands of people are protesting against lengthy jail sentences handed down to cattle and politicians police have clashed with demonstrators foreign phone bullets at the crowds or protesters have

been setting fire to bins and cars several streets are being blocked by the far as demonstrations been taking place since monday when 9 separatist leaders were jailed for their role in catalonia failed independence 2 years ago and within the last few minutes the leader of the catalan regional parliament has said he condemns the bottle of protest and says it has to stop so he's going to go has more from barcelona. it's been a night of extraordinary tensions in the city central barcelona had rioters setting fire not just to rubbish containers but also to vehicles in the streets of the city center where there's been several protests that have erupted into very violent angry actions. different parts of the city center now just earlier on and even the spanish prime minister called on the capital our president. to appeal for an end to the violence the president of the catalan region itself has not directly

spoken out against the violence itself although he has said that always is for there to be peaceful demonstrations but it really has come to a head now between the madrid government and the catalan region as well following the sentencing off the 9 nationalist politicians and activists this is already the 3rd day of violent action of a has been on the streets of the city here and in other cities of the capital and region so far that doesn't look like as if there's any sort of situational dialogue in an attempt to resolve it so far. hong kong's leader has been forced to abandon her annual address and leave the legislature after pro-democracy lawmakers shouted her down furious legislators held up signs and called karen the mother of the mafia police over her response to the anti-government protests that have swept the city for months than way to deliver the speech 5 video link didn't appear to make a new peace offering to protest says it's quite hard to report small go. ahead of

chief executive kerry 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 using a. twice lamb tried to deliver her address you know you are using voice 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 painting something 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 the months are very clear not one less. and i really urge if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern

hong kong and she has no ability and even incapable in a ministry to in hong kong please that down 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 to hide 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 it's got hardly al-jazeera. a new round of fighting has broken out between libyan government soldiers and forces loyal to the warlord honey for have to military sources have told al-jazeera that a drone but only to libya's internationally recognized government talkative have to us forces in southern tripoli libya's foreign minister has demanded that the u.n. security council include have to it sanctions list for war crimes against civilians . and one person has been killed in mozambique while police trying to disperse a crowd at a voting station after polls closed in tuesday's election ballots are now being

counted or that to say they've been several incidents of vote tampering malcolm webb has more from the puter. the voting materials have been brought from the polling stations to counting centers like this one here the ballot boxes that voters had placed their ballot papers into and the ballots from each polling station are being counted and put into metal boxes like this there are more stacked up on this side and this counting center more than 140 polling stations worth of materials here the officials are preparing the final reports that not everyone is happy with how the process has gone. the center for public integrity is one of several organizations that is monitoring the elections it's reported violence from dozens of polling stations and one case a number of programs where the crowd disputing the count started throwing stones police responded firing people burning tires outside and all the confusion

happened there according to our service on the ground which our local people. where 5 people were shot dead by guns and one of them unfortunately died. opposition of complained of pre-taped ballot some observers say they were blocked from polling stations and counting centers. the electoral commission says none of the irregularities are significant enough to affect the result and police haven't confirmed any deaths. generally the election process was peaceful and tranquil we urge people to remain calm and peaceful and wait for the information being broadcast. and the media. people in mozambique can just waiting for counting and results to be announced but also waiting to see if this is an electoral process that they can trust. police in haiti it clashed with mourners attending the funerals of people who died in

a recent wave of anti-government protests presidential guard in the capital port au prince tried to block a road. where hundreds of gathered around to coffins thousands of people across haiti have attended the funeral service services for 11 protesters at least 20 people have died during the unrest over corruption and inflation president driven emery's has refused calls to step down. it's the people that gave me power i have been entrusted with the constitution that 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. around 55 african elephants killed for that i remember a day the tasks turned into carvings and trinkets now antique dealers in the u.k. are challenging the new law which criminalizes trade in almost all i riata fact even when the ivory is from elephants killed many years ago challenger reports from central london the majestic african elephant wild and free but constantly

under threat it's estimated $20000.00 killed every year to meet the global demand for ivory ivory that is often smuggled to asia where desire for carvings and jewelry is still high. in an attempt to decimate elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade the u.k. passed a law last year banning almost all sales of antique ivory pieces of the government and conservationists and are fighting to defend ivory exports from the u.k. is the highest compared to any other country in the world and what is even more concerning is most of the ivory going out of the u.k. is going to problem ivory markets such as mainland china and hong kong to the u.k. ivory act tries to address these loopholes and tries to fix this problem and more broadly deal with the problem of coaching and i reach out. but antique dealers argue that business does not fuel elephant poaching they want the

law overturned with seeking a declaration that the u.k. ivery act is unlawful under a you know and the trade in $47.00 worked specimens which commonly known as antiques has long been harmonized and in the u.k. didn't actually have the power to depart from that legislation because it's very important that it's harmonized across the e.u. so we're seeking a declaration today which and for she would render the entire ivory act invalidates the u.k. i still hasn't been implemented and it won't be until this case is complete currently the european union rules on ivory trade a more lots and that's why this case is being rushed through the courts before the break the deadline of october 31st but similar bans on ivory a being introduced in other countries like new zealand australia and singapore following the u.k.'s example in the hope that by removing ivory status as

a desirable commodity they can help protect elephants for future generations. and a quick reminder you can catch up any time on our website address about his home that's updated to throughout the day. lot of the top stories are now jazeera the u.s. military says it's carried out an asteroid can syria to destroy some ammunition and abandon vehicles as american forces leave the country's northeast syrian government troops have entered the town of kabbani where the u.s. and kurdish fighters defeated are still 4 years ago government forces have been allowed in after cutting a deal with syrian kurds who are battling a turkish military offensive turkey's president richard one says he won't bow to international pressure to stop the operation. battles rage inside syria the u.s.

vice president is heading to turkey to ask and the president added one to declare a truce the syrian government's ally russia has also offered to mediate in harder as more. well the turkish led offensive continues they have been trying to capture the border town of russell line for over a week now the battles are fierce the kurdish led syrian democratic forces there putting up resistance mounting a defense using tunnels trenches so really making it difficult for the turkish army and their local allies to capture this town and capturing rusling is important because they want to include this town in a safe zone that turkey wants to create in northeast syria officials in london and brussels have signaled a new brics a degree mint is in its final stages but sticking points remain over the irish border negotiators to be holding talks in brussels over any agreement still needs to be approved by the u.k. parliament both sides are hoping an agreement can be proved at thursday's e.u.

leaders summit. the leader of catalonia is regional parliament has condemned violent protests by pro independence catalans saying the clashes must stop thousands of people in protesting against lengthy jail sentences handed down to cattle on part of politicians riot police have been firing foam bullets at the crowds. hong kong's chief executive kerry lam has been forced to abandon her annual address and leave alleged answer after being shouted down by pro-democracy lawmakers furious legislators held up signs and called lamb the mother of the mafia police over her response to anti-government protests there swept the city for months there's the headlines to stay with us fault lines is up next. a chance for reunion after decades of separation caused by a war. one i want to use joins a mother's journey to reunite with the son she lost more than 60 years ago in the

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