the message coming from the democratic unionist party who the government in westminster relies upon for help is that they will not accept this arrangement they will not accept johnson's brock's a deal the rest of the day's news is coming up on the al-jazeera news hour and testifying on capitol the u.s. ambassador at the center of the donald trump's impeachment inquiry the threat of ice or fighters escaping iraq and french governments discuss their fate. and unsporting by england's rugby coach ahead of the world cup quarterfinals joe will have the details a little later. so the u.s. vice president mike pence and a delegation have been in talks with turkey's president trying to convince him to stop his military offensive in northern syria well penson the u.s. secretary of state my home peo were expected to warn that he'll face more economic

sanctions unless he agrees to a cease fire. so far rejected any attempts to broker a truce says and says his country isn't worried about further sanctions the operation began over a week ago after the u.s. withdrew support for kurdish allies in northern syria those fighters are regarded as terrorists by turkey. we'll check in with charles stratford shortly about the fighting that's happening on the ground he's joining us near the turkish syrian border 1st though across over to politico who is monitoring diplomatic developments from washington d.c. and you know just about 24 hours ago when you and i were speaking on the air we heard from pretty much say let them do whatever they want over there let them deal with it by themselves how difficult does that make the job of the vice president and the secretary of state who are there to on a mandate really to negotiate with on a cease fire. it was head scratching really because it seems that the president's

public statements are making pence's and pump his mission nearly impossible because although the president sent them over there to give that stark warning that you're caught him he could be decimated he's actually saying the same time i don't really care what happens what happens is between the syria and turkey and he denigrated the kurds saying there are no angels there so the president really sending mixed messages we saw a quick photo of mike pence and president interestedly in that picture where both men appear to be extremely unhappy no american flag they're not giving pence the courtesy since he is not in his words a head of state so whether or not they're making any progress it seems after the president's statements like that was going to be a very tough ask for mike pence but we'll have to wait and see when they are expecting possibly a press conference with the vice president secretary of state although i just got a report from the reporters traveling with the vice president that was that they were told to pack up not clear if they're extended by that is over we do know the

1st one was supposed to last 10 minutes between pence and erwan and it actually went an hour and 20 minutes then they took a break then they were going into an extended bilateral talks that's what this reporters say they've now been told to pack up so will there be a press conference will we know what happened in that room eventually we'll find out just the question is how long it's going to take all right we'll leave it there for to keep us posted on anything that you're able to find out thank you for the time being let's bring in charles trafford he's joining us from the turkey syria border so what are you seeing on the border and in terms of what's happening with the turkish military operation charles. well certainly that's right the course of the day there has been. sporadic but heavy bombardment from turkey on the town of russell lane which is behind me in the last 1015 minutes or so we've seen a very heavy bombardment look like rockets hitting the eastern section of the city

. the free syrian army these the syrian rebels that are participating in this operation with his forces say that they have taken control of what they describe as sections of the west of the city in the north and they are trying to move in they are saying that they are finding it very difficult to flush out f.s.a. kurdish forces we spoke to an f.s.a. commander here in the last hour he said the problem walls tunnels he we all seem about civilian casualties and how how surgical they could be and they strikes in such a built up area the understanding is that the majority of of this town has been the majority of the civilians have left and he said that they were doing all they can to try and prevent civilian infrastructure being hates and hitting civilians but when you see the kind of level of the bombardment that has been taking place over the last couple of days. has to be called into question one would think.

that's also not forget what's coming out from the humanitarian organizations that are operating across the border the international red cross saying that at least 200000 people sorry up 220-0000 people could well have fled the fighting so far they say many of them are desperate need of shelter and there are concerns for aid groups safety those workers still in that area because of course this bomb bomb continues and you now have actively one national army supported by those syrian rebels approaching the syrian national army which we understand have taken up positions along that m 4 highway which is about 30 kilometers into syria. we've been looking at the developments the kind of the battle for russell lyon over the last couple of days this very strategically important city for both sides and this is our report. these are syrian rebels who are backed by

turkey fighting kurdish forces in the town of russell i mean. the turkish military says gaining control of the border town in northern syria is vital he wanted describes as the 1st phase of its operation. but kurdish fighters men and women many of them trained by u.s. led coalition soldiers in the battle against eisel are putting up stiff resistance . they've been fighting for almost 10 days. turkey's military operation started october the 9th 2 days after president donald trump announced the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the area. turkey says it's an anti terror campaign targeting kurdish fighters aligned with the p k k the kurdistan workers party that has been fighting for decades so he's leaders say the aim is to establish what it describes as a safe zone approximately 30 kilometers deep or 440 kilometers wide along the

syrian side of the border so many of the approximate 3600000 syrian refugees in turkey can return. but turkey's action is causing an international outcry aid agencies say they were already struggling to cope with the hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in this area before turkey's military campaign started. president or no one says turkish forces are doing all they can to avoid civilian casualties and to protect infrastructure. we're here for the humanity we're here for the treatment of people i want all the world to hear when i say the war stop this is a very big disaster even if there is animosity we want those weapons to be silenced syrian rebel forces backed by turkey say they have taken control of areas on 3 sides of russell line but the battle for full control of the town is proving hard

the international red cross says as many as 200000 people may have been forced to flee towns and villages like russell line since turkey's military operation in northern syria started. it says many of those that have fled are desperate need of aid and shelter international and kurdish aid agencies say civilian casualties continue to rise despite increasing international pressure on the turkey president order one says the quickest solution would be for kurdish forces to drop their weapons and leave china strafford al jazeera close to the turkish syrian border the us ambassador to the european union is testifying to the congressional inquiry into donald trump's impeachment gordon sunland said the president ordered diplomats to involve has personal lawyer rudy giuliani in discussions about ukraine let's look more closely at who gordon songlines is the wealthy owner of a hotel chain he gave

a $1000000.00 towards donald trump's inauguration president trump nominated song land as the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. in may last year he's being questioned about any role he played in encouraging ukraine to investigate trump's political rival joe biden and biden son sunline exchange a series of text messages with another u.s. diplomat that had become central to allegations that trump withheld aid from ukraine as a bargaining chip to encourage the biden investigation let's bring in joining us more from washington d.c. so he's finally appeared in front of the congressional committee after being barred from the state department must be a significant testimony he's giving heidi talk us through it. that's right and he started speaking a few hours ago his testimony may last long as previous witnesses have and he did say that he was happy to be back today after he had been barred at the last minute according to his prepared statement from appearing

a week ago due to the state department but now that he's been subpoenaed he is here in person and he is really a central witness in to this key question about whether trump or what the motivation was of the president to withhold that military assistance to ukraine because the circumstances would make it appear that he was using that as leverage to get the ukrainians to help him dig up dirt on joe biden well someone in his prepared opening got right to the heart of that he said i do not recall any discussions with the white house on withholding u.s. security assistance from ukraine in return for the president's 2020 reelection campaign in return for assistance for that however he says that if that were the case that it would be wrong and he says that it was from trump himself who said it no quid pro quo during that text exchange which has been released to the public in that exchange another ambassador said this is crazy to link u.s. foreign policy assistance with help with

a political campaign of the president to which some quickly responded the president says no quid pro quo and now we know that's because trump said so himself some someone also said it was it felt it was wrong to be directed to deal with u.s. foreign policy through the president's personal attorney but that he complied because it was the president's request and finally he said when that personal attorney rudy giuliani brought up 2016 election battle aim brought up for a reason which is the name of the ukrainian company on which joe biden's son hunter biden sat on the board sunland claims that he had no idea that this was even connected he said he had no idea that biden. had a stake in this company despite press reports that had that all over the newspapers during that time however someone said he simply didn't know he didn't ask any questions about it and it appears to be a very self protective opening statement that details some very self protective

actions and now investigators are really asking why did sunderland feel like he needed protection from ok heidi we'll leave it there thank you for that update from washington let's take this on with joel reuben he's the president of the washington strategy group that's an advisory firm specializing in national security as well as foreign policy thanks for being with us again on the al-jazeera news hour so we are getting his remarks from his prepared testimony droll and what gordon sunline is expected to say is that he was directed by president trump to work with rudy giuliani on ukraine we know that giuliani's record on ukraine is now being questioned to say the least how damning do you think this testimony is going to be . well i served at the state department and also in congress and i can tell you that this testimony is a major inflection points right now for the impeachment inquiry that the house has launched and for president trump this is damning because this is one of his top political point is that the state department a man who gave a $1000000.00 to his election campaign essentially purchasing this ambassadorship

and now he is spilling the beans about how the president was directly involved in the accusations that the whistleblower and we need to remember this only started a few weeks ago that the whistleblower identified as deeply problematic and that's what house impeachment inquiry is under way and they really have found a smoking gun in the human form of ambassador yeah and it's not only saw and we've heard from a number of trumps people throughout this week so how significant is it that we're now hearing from his own people and previous employees. so the white house in the state department secretary pompei oh it tended to keep this information out of the hands of congress and out of the public eye of the american people and demanded that these witnesses would not become witnesses but they were outmaneuvered both by the attorneys for these individuals who were put in legal jeopardy because the house issued subpoenas to get them there so the dam is broken

diplomats are going up former ambassador to the you to ukraine you're fond of it we had kurt volker another senior point g. embassador to ukraine we've had multiple senior officials who have quit but this isn't the most interesting one because ambassador song land has not quit and he still testified despite the white house and the state department saying no so clearly they all want to get the story out now they are afraid of being themselves in legal jeopardy and for the president this is a very bad day so what does this then mean if you look at the sort of bigger picture and for the benefit of our international audience who might be wondering well what happens next in this whole impeachment inquiry. well what this will do procedurally is 'd this will help build the case not only internally for the committees doing the inquiry but also for their interest in expanding the inquiry to other individuals who have been identified through these multiple hours of testimony remember what we're talking about right now is his written remarks so he

has provided britain remarks and he will read them but then he'll do a question and answer for multiple hours afterwards we likely won't see that maybe we'll hear some leaks but there's a lot more going on and this is likely to accelerate the impeachment process in the house essentially means that the president is looking at an impeachment vote before the end of the year by the house of representatives potentially they're saying even by thanksgiving and then having this be pushed to the senate yeah but that after all of this investigation really pulls out more information yeah and speaking of the senate i mean if articles of impeachment are passed then this does go to the senate where republicans have to walk away from trump but are you seeing any sign of that happening at all because according to the latest poll by the washington post they're saying that no republican senator so far and this is last week actually publicly support impeaching trump and only a number of them were unequivocally behind him still. we

haven't seen it yet and in many ways they're able to duck we have not seen many republican senators other than perhaps lindsey graham and and ron johnson publicly defending the president so they're able to avoid this for the moment but there are several and we have to look at a couple of lanes of of of structure for them there are several to look at mitt romney for example has publicly criticized the president's behavior and then the republican senators who are up for reelection in 2020 and are in democratic leaning states like susan collins for example or cory gardner in colorado those are the weak potential senators and it's possible after that and if the house sends over articles of impeachment that really does and you have damning information that will see a lot more public pressure we're already seeing public opinion shift towards impeachment over 50 percent now supporting removal from office in some polls so the political heat is only going to get higher on these republican senators are idle rubin thank

you for your time thanks for joining us from washington among the stories coming up on the al-jazeera news hour in just a moment after fleeing fighting disease is a new threat in the democratic republic of congo. and in sports showing off at the beach an incredible goal by brazil at the world beach games in qatar. and i mostly care across much of the middle east now we have seen some cat in the last year as and really the last couple of days just to work its way along we want to you scott thunderstorms into the eastern sections of the mediterranean a huge amount of rain there within these storms will be happy the things that are the strong gusty winds at times friday and those dry even through the eastern end of the med and across into turkey then by saturday that is when we could see

a few more of these. scott a child even a scout a thunderstorm in the mix a little bit cooler to an anthro 23 is the high temperature 37 celsius across in baghdad and 21 in to kabul now further to the south across you evidence of the temperatures here there have been coming down steadily at the humidity levels still fairly high but even that is improving 35 in doha on friday 33 across in abu dhabi where we might to see some showers and he's coastal areas over yemen really for the next couple of days and by saturday how much is it to be further in doha with a high of 34 and then into southern africa has been warm for the last week across into as the south africa particularly up in johannesburg not seep out into cape town simply just discussion about that south coast maybe just a stray shower on friday what we could well see though is a scab a thunderstorm into as we head off into saturday.

know any boundaries. into the environment goes around the world. that it's a very. active . on al-jazeera. the differences. and the similarities of cultures across that. al-jazeera a chance for reunion after decades of separation caused by a war. one i want to use joins

a mother to reunite with the son she lost more than 60 years ago in the korean war on al jazeera. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour britain on the european union have reached a tentative new deal hoping to put an end to their 3 year divorce battle but there are serious doubts about whether the u.k. prime minister boris johnson will get it approved by parliament back in london. the u.s. ambassador to the european union is testifying at the congressional inquiry into whether donald trump should be impeached gordon songlines says the president ordered diplomats to involve his personal lawyer in ukraine discussions. on the high level u.s. delegation is in ankara trying to convince turkish president to end his offensive

in syria turkish forces are locked in a battle with kurdish and syrian army troops as ankara tries to create its so-called safe zone near the border. let's afic the sufferer there with al-jazeera senior political analyst joining us from london someone what hope is there that some sort of understanding or perhaps even a breakthrough will be reached in turkey between the u.s. delegation or to one. well judging from their body language they didn't look very happy today but more importantly i think already we've heard from president the one that they're going to be in no walking back until turkey ends meaning accomplishes its mission in northern syria so clearly once it's started it's going to be difficult for the turks to stop because if they do stop then they're going to be in trouble in terms of the syrians and and the and the and

the kurds and others. boxing them in if you will so in us far as general terms an honest fight as general intentions and also with we might hear positive language but in terms of actionable plan to stop what is going on today in syria i doubt it but of course we will see but what the president be willing to send such a high level delegation including his vice president on the secretary of state's on such short notice as well unless he was confident that he was going there and they were going to come back with something concrete you know he's done that he's done that many many times and i think maybe if there is something to it because we've read his letter to president there on about all sorts of threats if the president does not listen to the american advice and does go along with some sort of plan and that's why i said they could be some sort of a language about understanding and about trying to work together but will that lead

to an immediate cease fire and for the turks to be discussing with a y p d anything and then e a future when they call them terrorists and when the american president called it even worse than i so that bit is doubtful but what is also more is interesting i would say even more interesting reading. is the fact that what we've heard from the american president over the last several days is a i would say earth shattering. transformation of american policy in the middle east i mean if we just go beyond the nitty gritty than the specifics and the contradictions in the nation's in the among the administration officials and if we go beyond the if you will the the very weak language being used by the american president in essence the declination by president trump that this is 7000 miles away we don't care what the russians are going to do in

syria it is brilliantly strategic that we are leaving syria and the kurds are not allies and not support us in normandy well i mean putting that aside and everything else he said basically is turns formative in us far as american policy in the middle east over the last several decades whether he will continue with the same meaning trying to extract america from the various hotspots in the middle east i think it's it's quite historic and some saying that this in fact has cemented moscow's reach and influence particularly in this region and we know that moscow does have influence in syria but what do you make of what's happening between moscow and turkey they have had serious differences when it comes to turkey's operation in syria but we understand diplomatic channels remain open what could be going on behind the scenes there. well clearly turkey would not have basically

negated its european and american and nato allies including the united states if they didn't really bank on something with russia or some sort of a division of labor or division of responsibility. that will lead to some sort of an agreement about the future of a range and security arrangements if you will in northern syria and that's why the syrian army has already moved to the north that would not happen without the russian green light so there must be something happening on the turkish russian side and for the american president to be saying look if the russians want to get involved that's their business that's also very interesting in the sense that this is a new type of american policy that not only looks not only looks the other way basically gives a green light to russia's war or greater involvement in the middle east especially a day or 2 days after president putin is touring the gulf region including saudi

arabia the united arab emirates and even you know delivering the rewards and and so so forth iran and the form of korans and so on and so forth so as i said there is something new and certainly the russians are going to be using it and the turks are going to be exploiting it and what we've seen from president trump is that he would get involved only when his own political. interests are involved such as in say ukraine or say in saudi arabia meaning you know more and more arms sales and so on so forth or in the question of israel when he knows he can bank on the evangelical and israeli lobby support in washington otherwise when it comes to i don't know iraq syria jordan lebanon other things it's clear that this president unlike decades of american presidency or american policy is insisting that america does not want to be the leader of the world america does not. i want to be involved in the hotspots of the middle east and vets has huge implications in terms

of creating vacuums in terms of creating or allowing others to get involved like the russians and others the iranians and so forth all right thank you for that analysis from london now the threat if i so fighters escaping detention has been discussed by the foreign ministers of iraq and france in baghdad european governments are concerned turkey's offensive against kurdish and kurds in northern syria will allow some of the 12000 suspected fighters to escape french president is urging iraq to arrest any foreign fighters who arrived there after fleeing syrian detention camps. as a after hong kong chief executive kerry was forced to abandon her annual policy address she once again was interrupted by protests on the floor of the legislative council the movement that has brought millions to the streets started when lam tried to push through an extradition law allowing suspects to be sent to mainland

china scott heiler reports from hong kong or. for the 2nd day running hong kong leader kerry lamb had difficulty getting her point across on the floor of the legislative council. was. 'd drowned out by heckling from members of the opposition chanting slogans of the protest movement now in its 5th month oh. as on wednesday plans question and answer session about her policy address was twice halted before she could finish. also know that probation council members condemned the protest in the chamber as a legislative council i don't think that any electrical members should use any kind of violence including. all physical law and stay in the chamber to express their will i was before the legislative council session the leader of a human rights organization behind the largest peaceful marches over the last 4 months here was brutally attacked jimmy shann was assaulted on wednesday night by

as many as 5 masked men who beat him with hammers he's in a stable condition in hospital also the attack on the monk kok area of hong kong was the 2nd in 2 months again sham the head of the civil human rights front to expose historically thank you. if the convening of the of civil human rights which is a code come in hong kong for pay for protests and that this attack this very vicious attack took place practically on the eve of his for a call for the canal man for a protest parade in hong kong and from day. one of the messages sham has sent from the hospital he's appealing for sunday's march to be safe law abiding and peaceful . scott tyler al jazeera hong kong european union observers at tuesday's election in mozambique say campaigning was marked by violence and restrictions on

fundamental freedoms the election results are awaited other problems included lack of public trust and police impartiality and election observer in gaza province was killed in a shooting involving 5 policeman as malcolm webb reports from the provincial capital police deny the killing has any political links. it was right here that anastasio matter delhi was shot by 5 gunmen last week he died shortly afterwards in hospital he was an observer in mozambique's election and the director of of rights group. that's his colleague fernando young to have a told us he'd been with the minutes before at a training session for local observers. the capital of gaza province he says anastasio killing sent a clear message from frank's invisible made to it makes me feel scared i'm living in fear after this the situation is worse we're being followed it doesn't sit well

with me anastasio and his colleagues had raised concerns about 300000 so-called ghost voters on the electoral register in the province before he was shot and his killer sped off in a car just down the road they hit an oncoming car an overturned was right here 2 of the men died at the scene 2 others ran away and one was taken to hospital with bystanders immediately recognize them and identified them as members of a special police unit. it's only because of the car crash that in this case the identity of the killers was revealed and that's the international rights group human rights watch has documented 14 cases in the last 5 years where activists and officials from government and political parties have been killed or attacked in similar ways the attackers normally disappear question is no longer aware that

there are death squads or more i think was on the state then on disappeared was the provide them now thought on why members of the security forces are boy there around the country killing civilians. anastasio killing wasn't the only violence during election campaigns opposition parties say their rallies were stopped in some areas by ruling party supporters and police after the murder police suspended 2 senior officers they told us they're still investigating and that there's no evidence of political involvement in the killings. usual guzzle there's a song what's being said by some organizations and journalists is entirely their own responsibility and the police therefore doesn't agree with these statements that go beyond the police to seize. the electoral commission says it's run a free and fair poll since tuesday's voting opposition and some observers have complained of serious irregularities in the vote counting process. the killing of

anastasio will certainly affect how safe people feel to speak out malcolm webb al-jazeera province mozambique. aid agencies in the democratic republic of congo are warning of a desperate need of basic necessities for hundreds of thousands of people who fled fighting food water shelter and medicines are in short supply and it's henri province aid workers say congolese are dying every day from preventable diseases because of appalling living conditions and food prices are rising as the dry season approaches imagine the situation that we're. in a context where. you have people living in crank shelters 500 people have to want to treat by day. for immediate budget. we.

right now people are living in makeshift shelters women and children. continue to be exposed to potential concerns this is the reality that we have to lead to really and as humanitarian up close we are pretty concerned about this because it's a very desperate situation and that he didn't everything needs to be done place should out potential of r.c.v.s. is in short and that people it would to return to the police a whole region. that's actually started by debt as much as possible to be able to save lives and restore the lost dignity of a part of populations most of whom are women and children and as we speak right now in the 2 republics protests are getting louder and kenny's capital over proposed change to the constitution that would allow the president to run for a 3rd term 81 year old alpha condé is also accused of fueling ethnic tension 9 people have died in the violence nicholas haq reports from cannot create and warning you may find some of these images disturbing. a city divided

this is where ethnic susu windmilling can 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 alpha condé is a time 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 all fucked on 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 leader chooses the president of fuelling ethnic divisions . in the us and with it that 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 now 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 present day. susu in full 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. the world so difficult for. me.

hello again time for the sports is with joe there in thank you well boxing is mourning the death of a fighter for the 4th time in as many months day passed away on wednesday 4 days of the sustaining a traumatic brain injury in his contest with charles cornwell the 27 year old american was knocked out during the 10th round of the fight in chicago he left the ring on a stretcher and despite emergency brain surgery doctors were unable to save him might seem does she have a son to lead and for a son to son chuff also died recently following fight injuries this is patrick day

speaking at a press conference just 2 days before his fatal fight people look at me look at my demeanor and they're like oh you know you're such a nice guy you know well spoken while you choose the box but you know it's about what's in your heart internally and you know i was a fighter soul a fighter spirit and i love this sport and now boxing makes me happy so that's why i choose to do it well earlier we spoke to books he wanted to gareth a davies he said the sport is trying to act with dignity jerking a difficult period it's obviously terrible what's happened with patrick j. the industry. folsom pollock's whenever this happens it's horrible events you. know the fights a guy given his life to the schools. has passed away as a result of cause and effect of being a fighter it's an inherently dangerous sport boxing you get you have bullishness

that come out at this time and then the sports is cool while barack and it's cool you know that shouldn't exist and people wants it ends it's where the problem is with flight schools it's the same in mixed martial arts. as boxing that if you tried to get rid of the school because it is inherently dangerous it would only be for some grams that will or speed they pull it once it fights so there is a nobility that's why it's cool to never go out there's a nobility in the lifestyle and yet of the other end of it there is this. there is this very narrow tunnel that some people go down well their lives and within the schools i think it's been handled very well with patrick day i mean you talk about the medical provision you know they had to be in the ambulance very quickly and is just very very sad and very tragic and every so i'm apennines you do find yourself questioning inside in the you know what it was

a my covering it's very difficult it's always difficult on all this in big tameness at the rugby world cup in coach eddie jones has made a surprise change to that quarter final against australia he's dropped george forward to the bench with captain owen farrell moving to the number 10 position and have had 3 easy wins at this tournament so far and if one then last 6 months is against australia but jones decided to switch things up. he's got an important role and saying let's have it with spike and all along we've got a squad of 23 we look at a squad of 23 and one has a role to do and i would left a lot of good plies i plays out of a squad of $31.00 and they are all disappointed that he's got and it's going to a significant role for us to play. all straight as coach michael checa is putting huge faith in 19 year old jordan he's been named in the starting line up at center for this crucial match for ty only made his test debut in the 3rd pool much against

uruguay the go on as they never ran the squad for a while now even now it's young and he's more than ready. to. do with the light the main reason you wouldn't think you would get to an hour like that around as. that that's going to be that's going to be right now in trying to. infinitely new zealand continue their quest for a 3rd straight title but caps and karen reed says they'll have to be at their best to see off island in the quarter final the irish lost to japan in the pool stage but have beaten the all blacks twice in test matches since the last world cup perhaps 7 played to their potential for this world cup but you know and i worked up game a final game it's whoever turns up on the day and it could only be a couple opportunities that present itself for other sides. and there's cup or games i've taken the years and we haven't. come down to that again u.s.

football fans could finally be about to watch a spanish league match on their own turf league have also the spanish will federation to allow them to move the royals game against athletic imagery to december to miami is the 2nd time the league is trying to take a regular season game to the states after failing to meet a boss line a much that earlier in the here both teams are reportedly keen to also get the game out. now south korea's football team are considering a complaints to fee for their experience in pyongyang at the historic world cup qualifier against north korea the team arrived back in seoul on thursday with play saying their opponents were rough and used a piece of language the goal less of the goal the straw was played in an empty stadium and under a media blackout was frustrated fans in the south korean f.a. also don't believe north korea probably accommodated of his team team within faeces rules. we played a match as if we were fighting in a war i had never seen shouting like that the owners of the north korean plays real

life with an eagerness to win the game it's true that the white game is burdensome and i am proud of our players who did well in a difficult circumstance when the world beach games finished up with a flourishing cats our wednesday an amazing strike from brazilian players look out help them claim gold on the final day of the world beach games spain finish top of the medal table with 7 goals hopes these games will now be staged to every team here. so the cars could be part of a solution to climate change in the future but they'll have to be some fine tuning before that happens if the world solar challenge race is anything to go by the carbon footprint was pretty big when dutch lead entry that's in the fall lunar x. burst into flames it's not clear what caused the fire but it certainly led to tears from the team who escaped those flames as the hopes of winning went up in smoke belgian i go to a blue point cross the finish line 1st in adelaide. all

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to delay its attributes. the president of the european commission insists there can be no further delay. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also ahead seeking a ceasefire the u.s. vice president leads a team trying to convince turkey's leader to halt the syria offensive. testifying to the trump and inquiry the u.s. ambassador says the president ordered diplomats to involve this person a lawyer in the appeal for help from ukraine. the war in afghanistan kills more civilians this year than ever before. hello britain and the european union have finally reached a new deal hoping to put an end to their 3 year divorce battle but there are

serious doubts about whether the u.k. prime minister boris johnson will get it approved by parliament back in london still the european commission president were all smiles as they made the announcement that he was there and sent us this report from brussels how do you think. so in the end he came to brussels with a new deal to sell the british prime minister's claiming the breakthrough is in everyone's interest now is the moment for us to get bricks. and then together to work on building up future partnership which i think can be incredibly positive both for the u.k. and for the e.u. . and speaking alongside johnson the president of the european commission sounded really good this is a fair and balanced agreement it is testament to our commitment to finding solutions it provides certainty works it creates uncertainty

you protect the rights of our citizens and to put text peace and stability on the island it's not about g.d.p. and trade deals it's about people but these and campaigners a far from a should they say they're being forgotten nicholas james is a british citizen based in the netherlands and married to a dutchman i was the change i wouldn't be able to go back to play with my husband in case my parents needed my help because it would. encompass felt. of course no one here in brussels or in fact anywhere can say with certainty that this new breck's that deal can become a reality on saturday is set to come before the u.k. parliament and that's where the previous deal came on stuck. on thursday the leader of the opposition signalled his policy would vote against the agreement as it stands we cannot support this. on saturday also is unclear if he

has the support of his allies or indeed many of his allies in his own backbenchers for northern ireland's democratic unionist party or do you says it still not happy with the text it matters because it stands could determine how hard line breaks it is in johnson's own conservative party vote. so britain heads towards the deadline of the end of this month without a deal in place the prime minister is legally obliged to seek an extension from brussels he's office says that's not going to happen brics it would seem is far from over the al-jazeera brussels well france's president has expressed cautious optimism around the newly forged. you'll see to your own forces she still had to seek it's true there will be a process of ratification at the british parliament and at the european parliament that's also the reason why satisfaction is accompanied by legitimate caution because based on past experience we know that harlem it's may not go with the agreement i want to believe that prime minister barak johnson will have a majority to support this agreement that was fiercely discussed in these past few

weeks so while northern ireland's main political party is against the deal the prime minister of the republic of ireland is very much in favor here some of his reaction. i think stuff we have a draft agreement between the european you know the one and the british government on the other i think it's a good agreement allows the united kingdom to the european union an orderly fashion with a transition period which is very important for businesses and citizens across the european union and also in the u.k. and also. create a unique solution for northern ireland recognizing the unique history and geography of northern ireland so what's changed for ireland and northern ireland in this new agreement will customs tax will be imposed along the ira see between northern ireland and britain so crucially these checks won't happen on the land border between the republic of ireland the north which many feared would inflame past

sectarian divisions to make this possible northern ireland would remain aligned to a limited set of e.u. rules still as we mentioned northern ireland's largest party the piece as it can't support this it opposes any agreement which it believes will separate northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. new barker has the latest from belfast in northern ireland where the politics at play could make or break boris johnson's deal. there are strongly opposing views when it comes to boris johnson's breaks a plan depending on whether you are unionists or whether you are a nationalist depending on which community you come from we've heard from some nationalist politicians from shin fein who have warmed to boris johnson's plan largely because it means there will not be a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland under his plan northern ireland remains closely aligned to the e.u.'s single market which is why the government in the republic of ireland in dublin are happy about this move as

well but for the very same reasons the democratic unionist party the government partners in power have rejected boys johnson's plan and every single one of their 10 votes those 10 m.p. sitting in westminster every single one of those votes counts as to whether or not boris johnson will be able to get his plan over the line on super saturday that all important day in which boris johnson will have put his plan before parliament and he has 45 votes short of getting it exactly over the line but what we've heard so far in multiple statements coming from the d.p. here in belfast is that they are out to reject it on a number of different fronts firstly that they believe that it undermines the unity of the united kingdom one of the d.p.s. red lines is that northern ireland shouldn't be treated differently a tour politically economically or in a custom sense to the rest of the united kingdom but on a johnson's plan what we're left with is something heading towards a de facto customs border all the way down the middle of the irish sea and what is

worrying is that we're also hearing whispers from hardline loyalists that want northern ireland to remain firmly part of the united kingdom that they would be prepared to go as far as carrying out acts of violence if indeed a border down the irish sea is what materializes going forward satisfying both communities satisfy all political groups here in northern ireland was always always going. to be difficult but clearly the message coming from the democratic unionist party who the government in westminster relies upon for help is that they will not accept this arrangement they will not accept johnson's breck's a deal well the us vice president mike pence into delegation had been in talks with turkey's president on trying to convince him to stop his military offensive in northern syria hence in the us secretary of state michael pay were expected to warn on that he'll face more economic sanctions on less he agrees to a cease fire erdogan has so far rejected any attempts to broker

a truce saying his country isn't worried about further sanctions the operation began over a week ago after the us withdrew support for kurdish allies in northern syria those fighters are regarded as terrorists by turkey now syrian government forces moving north or a major obstacle for turkey and president bashar al assad is vowing to respond to what he calls turkish aggression with all a digital image means available let's bring in c.n.n. whether she's joining us live from the turkey syria border you know as in ever since this operation started we've heard from a pretty much everyone involved the russians the turks the united states a little bits come out from the syrian government what new have we heard from them . well these are the 1st remarks by the syrian president bashar assad since the united states and now instead it is withdrawing its troops from the north east of syria clearly he has been handed a victory because syria has long called the us presence in the north east of syria

an illegal occupation and this corner of syria is a strategic it has a lot of resources oil agricultural land as well as water and for a cash strapped government like damascus which is under u.s. sanctions this definitely will be welcome news now the syrian government says send troops they're deploying across the north east of syria and they've even reached the town of co bani which lies along turkey's border hoisting the syrian flag so the syrian government back in this area for the 1st time since 2013 and their presence really disrupts turkey's plans to create a safe zone now turkey over a week ago launched a military operation which had 2 objectives one to eliminate the threat from the syrian kurdish armed group the y p g which it considers a terrorist organization but it also wanted to create a safe zone to allow millions of syrians to return that operation is continuing it

is now on day 10 but they haven't made much progress on the ground and with the presence of the syrian army it means that they're not able to advance everywhere because if they do that means a clash between 2 armies so far turkey is describing the operation as an anti-terrorism operation and not a war between 2 countries and as for the syrian government's ally russia what role is moscow playing here. well definitely we talk about assad being handed over a victory but it's really russia russia calls the shots in syria russia has filled the void that has been left by the u.s. military withdrawal they are now preparing for a summit on tuesday in sochi where turkish presidents reza type or the gun is going to attend and turkish media is reporting that what russia is trying to do is bring the turkish and syrian government's together what russia wants is very very clear it wants turkey to hand over the areas across northern syria because the turkish

military operation is focusing on the north east of syria but there have been previous operations and their allies control territory for example in northern aleppo and in a free and they want this military presence to end what are they offering in return they're offering to secure that border to push the wipe away from the border and this is something the turkish foreign minister has confirmed he said that this is something moscow promised to ankara to do that the syrian government and the russian government are promising to push to wipe e.g. away from our border and if they do that we welcome that so really a really new reality on the ground hard bargaining ahead all right jennifer thank you still ahead on al-jazeera violence during mozambique's election campaign raises questions over the him or she ality off the police.