the big. circle of points on al-jazeera. seeking a ceasefire in syria the us vice president and secretary of state depart for turkey . with our proposal is that right now tonight all the terrorists lay down their arms their equipment and everything while president urged on lays out his conditions for ending turkey's offensive in northeast syria. fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha also coming up. carry shouted down for

a 2nd day as she addresses the legislative council we're live in all. cheery erap say get me in boston no not the leader of spain's catalonia region says the violence must stop. and signals from london and brussels that it breaks a deal is within reach but sticking points over the irish border remain. a high level u.s. delegation is on its way to turkey to meet president rochette typo and hoping to convince him to call off an offensive in ne in syria secretary of state michael impale and vice president. mike pence will try to broker a ceasefire deal between the turks and the kurds chimes decision to pull u.s. troops from northern syria has met with criticism as worries grow about the fate of

the kurds and the release of iso fighters currently jailed in the region meanwhile turkish forces and kurdish fighters continue to battle in the border town of ras. which is considered a city check point for both nasiriyah and forces moving north has become a major obstacle for turkey as it tries to create its so-called safe zone in the area as in a harder report some turkey's border with syria. the turkish army and their local syrian allies are continuing their offensive in northeast syria but they are facing stiff resistance the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are putting up a fight so the operation has still not achieved the 2 objectives and that is 1st to push the syrian kurdish fighters away from the border the objective is to push them 35 kilometers south and the 2nd objective is to create a safe zone so that the millions of syrian refugees can return home but it's not

just this is not the only obstacle that the turkish led forces are facing the fact that the syrian army has returned to the northern corner of syria is posing posing a threat because the turkish army cannot advance in a number of areas the russians which backed the syrian army they too have deployed their military police along a number of front lines among those front lines is members the city of many bish so the turkish army is now unable to capture this town so a lot of obstacles not just on the ground but diplomatically because the russians are exerting pressure on turkey to engage with this with the syrian government in one way or another russia making it clear that it doesn't it's not accepting the turkish incursion into syria saying this is just unacceptable to the only way turkey can operate in syria is they can temporarily push a maximum of 10

a maximum of 10 kilometers but they need to pull back and they're not just talking about in the east of the euphrates it seems russia wants turkey to end its military presence in all areas across the northern syria there is going to be hard bargaining ahead and we are now understand that the turkish president or the gun will be traveling to sochi on october the to. the 2nd for talks with vladimir putin but syrian government officials earlier today said the russians are trying to set up some sort of a security meeting that will bring the syrian government and the turkish government together at least at the on the level of security officials so a lot has changed in syria a new reality on the ground an unprecedented criticism by the russians towards the turks and turkey also finding itself in in a crisis with its nato ally the united states and u.s.

house speaker nancy pelosi says the president had a meltdown over a house of representatives vote which overwhelmingly condemned the withdrawal of american troops from syria says she believes donald trump was shaken by the number of republicans who voted to oppose his decision to pull the forces out that he has more from washington. u.s. president donald trump is trying on a new label for his withdrawal from northern syria strategically brayan into 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 and 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 leak 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 india 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. tong call now a leader kerry has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the cities that just nature a short time ago opposition members protested in the chamber and called for her to step down at least one person was dragged out by security and imus trying to answer questions regarding her annual policy address kerry nam was forced to deliver the speech yesterday through a video link after the legislative session was cancelled that speak to her in hong kong for a scot it was a very embarrassing day yesterday for carry in the legislative council and quite another rowdy session today yes it looks like a repeat of what we saw on wednesday so far what is happening this is every time there is a policy address the day after there's

a 90 minute question and answer session with the chief executive and members of the legislative council that's what's happening now and that's what we saw a repeat of what we saw yesterday before the policy address she was drowned out she just started her introduction into this q. and a session and she was drowned out by protesters in the chamber itself members of the legislative council we know that at least 6 have been escorted out there are using chants that we heard yesterday and that the protesters use 5 demands not one less accusing her of having blood on her hands so a lot of the chanting we we heard on wednesday we've heard from the protesters 6 of the legislative council members have been escorted out of the chamber we know now she appears to be answering the 1st question you know we're about over a half hour into this session and now she's finally it appears to be able to answer is able to answer the very 1st question of this 90 minute session when she spoke yesterday at her news conference after her speech via video link her message was

one of compromise how is that received. right now there really isn't any kind of you know official recognition of this compromise and she mentioned a couple of things she's going to start a independent committee to look into the social situation here civic and social situation here in hong kong why there are such deep divisions that hasn't started yet that's something that's could be done in the future you know there's been no real direct pushback of any of these policies a lot of the policies that came through in this address yesterday wednesday were future long term solutions she thinks to the situation here in hong kong one of the primary ones is of access to affordable housing that is something that has really gripped this territory for years it's very very expensive cost of living here and a lot of people can't find affordable housing so she said she's going to try to correct that obviously that's something that's going to take some time she did say in this policy address on wednesday she recognizes that she needs to do more as

a leader to listen and understand all sides of these divisions these social divisions here in hong kong but again you know that's something we heard earlier during this protesting period is now over 4 months so she still has a lot of work ahead for you and as we speak scott and i think we're looking at a showing another opposition politician being dragged out of the legislative council as kerry lamb continues with that news conference so still a bit of chaos in that chamber and it doesn't look like her opponents have backing down scott right now and so one wonders what options does carrying them have and this administration with these protests that have been going on for months now. absolutely and it's various and so the opposition has you know kind of you know their talking points are the same they want her to step down they want something to be done about the protests they have is this list of 5 demands what's interesting too after the policy address yesterday some pro beijing members of the legislative

council came out and criticized her policy address this is pretty unprecedented they said that she didn't have enough material enough really points in the policy address to deal with what is happening right now on the streets of hong kong she did it's announced this independent committee but obviously that's something that's going to take weeks to set up it's going to take weeks for them to come with findings and recommendations all politicians it seems or i should say politicians from both sides if you will are asking demanding that she do more now obviously much more vocal from the from the pan democratic bloc of members in the legislative council but a lot of criticism about this policy address that she delivered yesterday for you mentioned beijing the central government in beijing scott and you know one want is why they're still backing kerry lamb despite this crisis and the fact that a lot of people in hong kong it seems don't want her to be in power why this

continued support for kerry now. it's a very good question it's something that a lot of people have been kind of pondering why she is still in office i guess one way to look at it though the way that the chinese approach the mainland approach to almost everything although most of their policies but particularly here in hong kong they play a long game so right now they're not looking at you know what's happening this week exactly how this policy address was received they're looking down the line down the line 10 years down the line 5 years so for them right now kerry lamb is going to remain in her position no there are rumors a while ago that she wanted to try to exit but beijing wasn't allowing her those are just rumors but right now they feel as though beijing and they do pull the strings here for the legislative council they feel as though it's best to put her it would have her remain in office and a kind of begs the question if they were to remove her who goes in next how do they select that person you know because it's going to be a very sticky situation when you put someone else in there so maybe they're there

vetting other possibilities to replace her but right now you know there's really been unwavering support from beijing for kerry lamb all right thank you very much for that scott hyde and i forests in hong kong and the president to spain's cotton on your region claimed has called for an immediate end to violence that's rocked bossanova have been ongoing protests after the jailing of 9 separatist leaders. diana and fury in the heart of the city for the night you know rose that. crowd of mostly young people chanting the streets will always be. anger erupted to control some taunting the police. responded quickly as they attempted to disperse the crowds. the tension in the capital and region is at an all time high following the sentencing of 9 pro independence politicians and

activists for sedition over their roles in the 2017 illegal referendum in an attempt to calm the situation spain's prime minister by their son made this appeal to the catalan leader. of the millions of people live in catalonia and they have the right to live securely and in peace with the right to their own political ideas but that is incompatible with the conduct of violent groups are put at risk the peace of their cities the property of their neighbors and the safety of citizens. earlier it had begun as a grassroots protest or civil disobedience could just take a surreal turn the same way as people gathered in one of the main avenues to row toilet paper all over the streets but the problem is is that there has been a fine line last couple of days to be that kind of activity on violence where the jailed cattle and politicians condemn the use of violent tactics the catalan

president daughter came under criticism for failing to call out the behavior of the rioters is focus instead the roach towards independence. but i happen to express that we came to shore support for these marches that are taking place in catalonia to reject the sentence and to support our right to self-determination and civil social and political rights endangered by this sentence. the issue of secession has long hung over the region it goes to the heart of people's identities here but it is also a deep political question and with next month's general elections ahead all sides will be vying for voters rather than resulting the cattle in question. al-jazeera barcelona still ahead on al-jazeera signs of growing division what's behind. the chaotic scenes on the streets of guinea's capital brought the battle over a constant threat to the elephant ta britain still trying to stop sales of precious

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stories we don't often hear told by the people who live to mothers of rain could be this is europe on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories u.s. secretary of state michael owen vice president my parents are on their way to turkey to push for a cease fire in northeastern syria they're part of a delegation hoping to meet present. on meanwhile turkish forces and kurdish fighters are still battling in the strategic border town of rostock and syrian troops have entered the border town of kabbani as turkey tries to establish its

so-called safe zone in northern syria. hong kong's leader carry mom has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the city's legislature a short time ago opposition members protested in the chamber and call for her to step down at least one person was dragged out by security. the last minute breaks at negotiations are continuing with leaders hoping a deal can be approved at an e.u. leaders summit on thursday french president emmanuel mccall says he wants to believe an agreement has been finalized paul brennan reports from london. 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 wednesday afternoon according to those in the room it was a short 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 however 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 was for everyone. europe's chief negotiator michel barnier gave a morning briefing to e.u. commissioners but 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 thinks 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 alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into that fee brand next door tusk has introduced the idea that a deal could just be hours away the financial freedom that the group of the. basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president the dogon

island's democratic unionist party is not yet on board and 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 bring a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal i'd hate for us to do all the damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right to 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. france and germany have reached an agreement on arms export rules for their joint military programs but they remain at odds over saudi arabia germany has agreed not to brag french exports to 3rd countries so long as the equipment is made with less than 20 percent of

german components germany banned or still saudi last year present a man in mcallen defended france's decision to continue sending weapons. a former senior advisor to us secretary of state michael impale is the latest person to testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry into press and donald trump michael mckinley was questioned for 5 hours by house committees after abruptly resigning last week politicians are examining whether trump pressured ukraine to launch an investigation into joe biden a leading candidate for the 2020 democratic presidential nomination meanwhile donald trump has been asked whether his concerned that his former national security adviser could testify at the impeachment inquiry has been revealed john bolton described thomas personal lawyer rudy giuliani as quote a hand grenade who's going to blow everybody up in relation to his alleged black channel activities in ukraine john bolton i get along well with him some people

didn't some people didn't like john bolton i actually got along with him pretty well. it just didn't work out i don't know that he got along with rudy giuliani rudy giuliani who are seeking out corruption and what happens mostly in the 26th election because there was tremendous corruption in the 26000 election i think even you would admit that the election was it was disgraceful what happened and what happened to me and what happened to the republicans and that continues with then see pelosi and wish if adam schiff got caught making up statements that he said i said that i didn't say which is fraud i mean disputed purely fraudulent so it continues. at least $35.00 foreigners have been killed in saudi arabia after their bus collided with an excavator the saudi media says the passengers were pilgrims of arab and asian descent it happened about 170 kilometers from medina home to one of his llamas holiest sites in nigeria a fire has broken out often oil career into

a market in a city that's about 500 kilometers south of the capital abuja there's been no official casualty toll release but a woman and her baby sit to been among the dead it's. now protests getting louder in guinea's capital over a proposed change to the constitution that would allow the president to run for a 3rd term 81 year old days also accuse a fueling ethnic tension they can attack reports from conakry a warning you may find some of the images in his report to. a city divided this is where ethnic susu and committing to live side by side in peace and this is where the full on the live. move shouts this paratrooper they're armed with live rounds of ammunition since the beginning of the protest against president attempt to extend his stay in power the capital's full on the district's

look and feel like a war zone security forces are shooting down protesters this is mobile phone footage of mr and mrs bollinger unconscious when it was shot in the leg the other had a large rock thrown to her head they were mourning the loss of 2 of their nephews who were shot dead by armed soldiers when they came back after them. they survived the attack still in grief and seeding with anger. the soldiers told me they are paid to kill the colonies and that they will kill us one by one the one responsible for this is gone day soldiers are being paid by the president to assess an 8 us. while flunkies make of the ethnic majority in guinea never has a felony come to power hundreds of them are being rounded up and arrested because they're protesting against the 81 year old president's attempt to change the constitution and to run for a 3rd mandate. opposition leaders to choose the president of fuelling ethnic

divisions. and if we have to fight tribalism in ethnic politics because it's dividing us and it could create so much hatred and violence that it could cause a civil war we asked the information minister why the government are targeting for money but he would not allow us to broadcast the interview this is a touchy subject he explained after several days of protests calm has returned in most neighborhoods but not in full on the areas. this is what remains of a military outpost that was burned to the ground by protesters because it's inside a full on the neighborhood and the military has replaced it with this big white tent and they're just behind me keeping a close watch on the situation because earlier on demonstrators threw stones at them they responded by firing shots it's still very much a tense situation here this calls for dialogue by president alpha condé.

susu in full on each ethnic group has its political leader with its own grievances something that president alpha condé will have to address if you want to extend his stay in power and unite a population divided by politics nicholas hawke al-jazeera conakry. and austrian man has been charged after a family of 6 was found locked away in his remote farmhouse in the netherlands the 58 year old is accused of holding them against their will and harming their health a father and his 5 children aged between 18 and 25 were found in a secret room after the elvis escaped it's believed they had no contact with the outside world in 9 years. bob at $55.00 african elephants are killed for their ivory every day their tusks turned into carvings and trinkets now an antique dealers in the u.k. are challenging a new law which criminalizes trade in almost all ivory artifacts even when the

ivory is from elephants killed many years ago charlie angela has a report from 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. a lot of government and conservationists and 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 forging and i reach out to you. but antique dealers argue that business does not fuel elephant poaching they want the law overturned with seeking a declaration that the u.k. ivory act and 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 and 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. ivory act still hasn't been implemented and it won't be until this case is complete currently the european union rules and i betrayed him over the last not 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. al-jazeera and. well again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. secretary of state mike one pale in vice president mike pence are on their way to turkey to push for a cease fire in northeastern syria they bought a delegation hoping to meet president ship type but the turkish president is insisting the offensive won't end until his objectives are met. our proposals are right now tonight terrorists lay down their arms their equipment and everything destroy all their traps and get out of the safe zone that we have

designated movie showing that absolutely no problem with what we have described is done from men bridge to the iraqi border then our operation the spring which only targets terrorists will end on its own. meanwhile turkish forces and kurdish fighters are still battling in the strategic border town of. and syrian troops have entered the border town of kabbani as turkey tries to establish its so-called safe zone in northern syria hong-kong nieto carry law has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the city's legislature a short time ago opposition members protested in the chamber and called for her to step down at least one person was drowned out by security was trying to answer questions regarding her annual policy address the president of spain's kotzen own your region has called for an immediate stop to violence that's rocked basilio now for a 3rd night the protests were sponsored by the jailing of 9 separatist leaders on monday over their role in catalonia failed independence spades 2 years ago. the

clock is ticking for a breath sit deal between the e.u. and the u.k. in the coming hours we should learn if the 2 sides were able to reach a tentative agreement ahead of a summit in.