54 no group has claimed responsibility the israeli military says 10 rockets have been fired from the gaza strip into its southern territories 'd the army says the rockets were intercepted by the country's i am done missile defense system local media have reported iran and sirens of being heard across southern israel they have been no reports of injuries or deaths rosser in turkey have started joint patrols in northeastern syria ankara wants to establish what it's calling a safe zone in the border region and it wants fighters from the larger the kurdish syrian democratic forces to retreat asamoah bar reports and send near the turkish syrian border. the most crucial phase of the turkish russian agreement on a safe zone in north eastern syria is underway the joint patrols will fill the void left by the withdrawal of the largely kurdish syrian democratic forces or as the

last month turkish backed opposition fighters swept through s.d.f. territory they now control an area that stretches from tel aviv to arthur lane along the border with turkey the joint patrols will be conducted west and east of that area. they include the outskirts of kabbani man bit telerate fired and all towns and villages east of us elaine to maliki on the border with iraq. syrian president bashar al assad has promised to recapture all the territory including even if it means going to war with turkey has full youth the whole of the syrian land is wired and the theater of operations is one from the far south to the far north the turk is the american agent in this war we were fighting this aged turkey everywhere and whenever it struggled to do what it wanted it left no option but war this is obvious but i say we will need to keep open the opportunity for the

political process in all its forms and if it didn't produce results then we consider them an enemy and it will get to war there is no other option for. this is tell of recently taken over by turkish back syrian national army or as a day 8 years since the start of the conflict in syria the city has changed hands many times. our assault demand and that of our people since the start of the revolution is the downfall of the dictator who has killed people and destroyed the country and for the time being russia and turkey would have a bigger say in northeastern syria the only reason syrian government troops are struggling to bring under their control russia back. and rejects any attempt to sideline him turkey on the other hand backs the opposition and fears a permanent presence of the s.d.f. on its border the 2 countries though have a different view about the future of the country and this may be an obstacle to

finding a solution house about. well russian forces are a key part of those new border patrols filling the power vacuum left by the u.s. retreat but some analysts are warning that moscow may not have a long term strategy for its role in the middle east vasant force video that you know. this was the moment russian troops and to the hastily banded u.s. military base in membership in the north east of syria was shared on social media in russia as a moment of victory it was shot by embattled russian war correspondent ali on october 15th and titled member is our us all week later president vladimir putin stepped up as a peacemaker and signed a 10 point memorandum with turkish president red chip tayyip erdogan that agreement will put russian and syrian forces in control of border areas and pushed goodish fighters out as long as putin can succeed and expand his

influence and his role here will continue to do that and i have to say i'm generally not a fan certainly not a fan of domestic politics. but we have to give him his due he is succeeded quite a lot and i think he is given to even by those people who strongly dislike him globally. but while puttin success in syria was discussed on russia's state channel it's known for pro-government coverage it did not get the same conference as the war in ukraine or russia's annexation of crimea 5 years ago recent polls suggest that most russians are a lot less interested in russia's foreign affairs as compared to 5 years ago height of the conflict with ukraine also indicate that the number of people who cross state. so while putting. in the middle east might not have much impact on this approval ratings at home could help him abroad. but analysts want to

turn this when into a real victory in syria a lot more needs to happen what russia needs the moment russia needs exit strategy from syria. it will translate military victory. political gain so far we have not seen that that's why it is not fair to say that russia has achieved all the goals and the game is not over with joint russian and turkish patrols now underway it remains to be seen whether the 2 countries will be able to prevent further escalation in northeast syria but there's still no solution for the situation around and peace depends on the fragile relationship between turkey and russia step fasten al-jazeera moscow. the us president will address supporters at a rally in mississippi in about an hour as the impeachment investigation against

him is about to go public the house of representatives approved a resolution on thursday to set the rules for hearings donald trump is accused of pressuring kiev to investigate his democratic rival joe biden during a call in july let's go to roslyn jordan now who is in washington d.c. and rosa no doubt when we hear from donald trump is going to double down on what he's been signing throughout that this is a witch hunt and already this is lining up isn't it democrats one side republicans the other and that's also being shown in opinion polls as. that's right stan it is turning up in opinion polls the washington post a.b.c. news poll finds that 49 percent of those surveyed believe that there should be an impeachment trial and the president should be removed 47 percent disagree and of course the president is going to be speaking in the next hour at a campaign rally but as we saw there he did speak to reporters just before he left

washington and he was basically keeping with the same thing that he is very much opposed to this inquiry this is donald trump the u.s. president. well i think i am for for you know what up front of you now you have. let me just tell you you have a corrupt politician leading this. she's done so many things that a corrupted got a unity. government he made up a statement that i said i said and i didn't say it and it was only people when they went back and looked at the french the they said it was perfect for a politician nancy pelosi she should spend more time working on her district which is going to hell what's happening in san francisco if. you look at the homeless population you look at the problem but then people love to go back to it because

she has totally lost control of her house and i'll tell you what or democrat. rosen we know this is the strategy this is what donald trump has done throughout from just wondering out this is is going to play out for the democrats nancy pelosi has tried to put the democrats above the fray and say this is about the integrity of the office but this is being framed in very partisan terms donald trump going into an election year is talking about crazy democrats and and corrupt politicians and his base is holding firm to what extent do these changes in the public hearings potentially rebound against the democrats inside look yes this is a partisan can't buy. well it really comes down to how much information the democrats make available about what they are learning about the july 25th phone call between the u.s.

and ukrainian presidents as well as how open the hearings are going to be once that process actually gets underway nancy pelosi the house speaker has talked repeatedly about transparency but she's also talked about the need to follow established procedures in order to make certain that information isn't twisted or altered in any way that the facts actually come out and that everything is done in keeping with the tenets specified in the u.s. constitution she has been incredibly careful some would argue perhaps too careful in trying to manage this process but if you look back at history you go back 219731970 4 ringback when richard nixon was facing an impeachment inquiry it took until almost the moment that he decided to resign before the u.s. public actually started saying we think there is something wrong here with the

behavior of the u.s. president so it's not that there's any one smoking gun that instantly changes public opinion it seems if you look at history that it's a very slow building up of the evidence before there is a significant change in the public view of the situation rosen thank you for that miss muslim pointed out we should be hearing from president trump within the for more on this but steve clemons is the host of the bottom line that's al-jazeera is new weekly show in the washington editor at large at the hill he says the impeachment produce pressuring the republican party to take these allegations seriously. we've seen 2 behaviors from republicans we've seen republicans stand together in voting against what was largely the beginning of a process in a procedure on impeachment rather than voting on the content and the substance of

the president's behavior and these are 2 different things or to some degree this vote that we just saw that saw 2 democrats defect in all the republicans voted against the impeachment process beginning was one that was a free vote for people because it doesn't indict the president we don't go forward it is an issue it's the process many republican senators have begun to tell mitch mcconnell that they in the senate that they would not be pleased if he moved to just dismiss these charges that the information that is coming out has greater gravity so we see 2 impulses one this substance may become a problem for the republicans and you may see some republican defend defections down the road that's what some of these foreshocks mean but right now every republican that i can think of perhaps other than maybe mitt romney in the senate is basically saying they can get away with voting and you know on the process and quibbling about that. well the u.k.'s prime minister has dismissed

a donald trump's call for him to teen up team up with the bricks at party nodule for raj has offered to help borrowers johnson win the december election but only if he abandons the withdrawal deal with the e.u. and if the deal isn't dropped he's threatening to run candidates in every seat against the conservative party they've bought has more. in according to bookmakers prime minister boris johnson's conservative party will win britain's general election but don't count on anything and to nigel for a leader. he wants to leave the e.u. without a deal and now wants johnson to ditch his brakes to plan and build a leave alliance can johnson's deal agreed with the e.u. last month to a used car tested us to break down i'm going to say this. drop the deal. drop the deal because it's not rex drop the deal because as these weeks go

by and people discover what it is that you've signed up to they will not like it ferocious proposed a non-aggression pact with johnson he wants the conservatives not to stand in 150 different constituencies where they've never won he thinks his party can do much better especially in constituencies under labor control where the majority of people voted to leave the e.u. thompson has until november the 14th to accept the practice of politics terms johnson has consistently ruled out a pact with the party if the breaks a party stands against the conservatives it could split the leave vote in individual constituencies to risk having many seats to other parties and to be honest with you this person who definitely backs a pact is the us president donald trump you had this to say during an appearance on his radio show and he get together as you know and stoppable force and corbin would be so bad for your country he'd be so bad he'd take you in such

a bad way he'd take you in just such bad places the labor leaders accused trump of meddling in british politics and trying to buy britain's treasured national health service at a trade deal trump denies this. on the other side of the break that debate pro remain parties are also in talks the liberal democrats green party and others could agree to avoid running against each other to ensure m.p.'s who pack a 2nd breaks at referendum are elected voter. conventional calculations this will be no ordinary vote need barca al-jazeera westminster. still ahead on al-jazeera. pakistan's opposition gives prime minister 48 hours to step down thousands rally in the capital. making moves reassures users. after its multi $1000000000.00. and

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springs falling back to around 29 analysis we go on into sunday but 19 once again there for perth 5 and dry a similar temperature on the other side of the country night is that wet weather still in place into victoria southern parts of new south wales as we go through sunday that's not a bad thing of course with the bush that will always be somewhat welcome as we go on into the early part of next week melbourne cup of course on cheese they should be fine and dry by then so no need to worry about that front and right see for new zealand over the next couple of days a little bit of cloud around at the moment but essentially there's a lot of central and sunny weather coming through and not looking too bad atoll we'll see temperatures getting up to around 24 degrees for christ bison.

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watching al-jazeera glad to be with us a reminder of our top stories this hour more than a quarter of a 1000000 people in somalia have been forced from their homes by severe flooding aid agencies say at least 10 people have been killed another tropical storm is set to batter the region. protest against economic inequality continue in chile with thousands of people marching in the capital city out go beyond rest across the country you see the tourism industry is hotel reservations down by half. u.s. president donald trump will address his supporters at a rally in mississippi in about half an hour as the impeachment inquiry against him is about to go public he's accused of pressuring ukraine's leader to investigate his democratic rival during a call in july. there's been

a candlelight vigil for more than 250 people killed in protests across iraq in the past month hundreds marched in basra in memory of those who have died since demonstrations began more than 10000 people have also been wounded in the rallies which were sparked by anger of a career. option and unemployment the president has vowed to hold early elections by natasha good i reports from baghdad demonstrators are rejecting his life as promises from the government. the current iraqi government remains in power but protesters say they own tahrir square friday marked one month since demonstrations in baghdad at other iraqi cities began against a government protesters view as corrupt dysfunctional and oblivious to the needs of the average iraq on thursday the president announced prime minister idol lobdell mehdi would resign and elections would be held but did not offer

a timetable but if i believe it's meaningless and useless we want to change the whole constitution the iraqi human rights commission says more than 250 people have been killed and 5500 injured in protests from baghdad to karbala many have been injured by tear gas and returned to protest with gauze bandages on their heads arms and legs and the army they throw it on any person they see whether it's a woman a child or a men it makes no difference to them their goal is to people in baghdad bridges leading from tahrir square to the fortified green zone have become deadly standoffs between protesters and security forces and amnesty international report says security forces in the capital are using military grade tear gas grenades 10 times more potent than typical tear gas canisters and they're intended to kill not

disperse protesters the group says it has documented 5 cases of the canisters imbedded in protesters skulls in the last week and there is no crowd control need to fire tonight and pretty grim coming. into coles such as such when it doesn't matter. you're firing a bullet or you're trying to kind of. the truth as you know protesters are being killed in baghdad prime minister said was the end of the party. and passed right weapons experts say the earlier this week the chief of police did baghdad said this security forces are being attacked and yet not a single bullet has been fired he says excessive force has not been. protester after the 1st wave of protests in early october the iraqi government vowed to hold those responsible for killing demonstrators to account now amnesty international is calling for an independent investigation into the use of tear gas and the deaths of

all iraqi protestors natasha al-jazeera baghdad in lebanon schools and banks have reopened after 2 weeks of antigovernment protests but fears that people will rush to withdraw money have led to restrictions on just how much can be sent abroad prime minister saad hariri stepped down earlier this week after allegations of corruption and a downton in lebanon's economy stephanie dechen reports from by reuters. after 2 weeks of closure the banks finally unlocked their doors there are more people than usual but no panic favor to you about see it for all sorts of the us some to produce fictions it is not very annoying the crowds are not that big so i was expecting long queues it is above the normal days by a little there are some restrictions on the diligence actions with they give us $2500.00 per week only but they placed no distinctions on lebanese pounds the

capital withdrawals in foreign transfers are a way to prevent a mass outflow of funds lebanon's economy is already at breaking point so the banks are open schools and universities are slowly following suit and despite some back and forth most of the roads are open to so a sense of normalcy is slowly being restored across the country but by no means is lebanon's political crisis over in fact you could argue it's only just begun. for the 3rd time since the protests began hezbollah's secretary general an arguably the most powerful man in the country addressed the nation a son this time a said he didn't support prime minister sad how did his resignation and question the road ahead that can walk and what we worry about is a power vacuum that is our concern supposedly in the coming days they will have to designate a new prime minister to form a new government all the lebanese must cooperate in order to avoid

a power vacuum and a new government should be the government there regains the trust of the people and that should be a priority as president michel aoun spoke on thursday night as scheduled speech marking his 3 years in office he hinted at a possible nonpolitical government saying ministers from now on should be chosen based on their qualifications and not political affiliations but for many here they are empty words decades of mismanagement and corruption have eroded all layers of trust between the people out protesting and those who have run this country for decades there is also still no date set for the next step in the political process the binding consultations between parliamentary parties and the president and they're needed to propose a name for the position of prime minister a role reserved for a sunni muslim sad how he who is now serving as caretaker prime minister could be nominated again. the message from the street is that words and promises will do nothing to appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable

action and real change stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut now to algeria where more than $100000.00 protesters there have rallied in the capitals the country box independence day that comes ahead of next month's presidential election which activists fear will be manipulated by the military rallies began in february leading to the resignation of long. president. tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are rallying in pakistan's capital the mounting prime minister imran chart and his government resign within 2. hours leadership is illegitimate and propped up by the military asama binge of ice has more from islamabad. tens of thousands of protesters from all over pakistan are gathered on the outskirts of islamabad the strike flag is dominant because it represents one of those iraq months party

a politician and cleric who leads hundreds of religious seminaries he began the march from the southern city of karachi and made many stops on the way gaining people and momentum further a man has encouraged people to reject the results of last year's election and what he calls a selected government opposition party say because of the ineptitude of the government the economy's weak and there is more unemployment especially among the youth even of only 4 days a week that was not change this is the real change change will come it will bury the politics of magic and superstition the politics of lies and u. turns. the participants have been told to conversion of the main gate the numbers kept increasing as we drove through the parked vehicles security officials have been telling us for about 18 kilometers this crowd stretches on both and this is by far the largest crowd that we've seen in the front and arrangements are being made to stop them from entering the red zone the red zone is an area of islamabad that includes government buildings and the supreme court continues have been building

together in front of parliament the government says it's provided the venue and expects the protesters to stay where they are it's deployed more than $20000.00 security personnel to ensure safety. the prime minister's team says his resignation is out of the question and called the opposition gathering in an attempt to avoid addressing corruption a lot of the man has issued a deadline for the government ah yes. this gathering so the world that the people have the right to rue pakistan not their institutions the government has 2 more days to accept our demands. people have brought bedding in essential supplies to camp out and say they are ready to stay as long as it takes to ensure the government's downfall and suddenly that i think you will see here for 3 or 4 days peacefully and if the government does not meet our demands we'll go for the 3rd option protesters are already drawing parallels with what's happening in the middle east to see iran hand should follow the example of the lebanese prime minister and

resign. so far that seems unlikely but it has emerged as the biggest test yet for hans year old government for some a majority down to 0 islamic park opposition politicians are calling for pakistan's roadway minister to resign following the worst train disaster in more than a decade there's been funerals for the 74 people who died in thursday's blaze the fire broke out when a gas stove they used for cooking exploded. has more from islamabad. had a very high rate of train accident had an average joe or $100.00. over the past 2 years hundreds of people have been carried in train accidents buggies down the railway system is obsolete needs modernization and also next to city are thick thick coated the measures have to be put in place at all the. stations to prevent people from carrying and flammable material. on board this was considered to be

negligence on part of the security forces who are supposed to ensure that their trains run and that the passenger. katty had material that the pakistani government has called for an inquiry the opposition of course warns that education of the railways minute but bogged down will have to do much more in order to make train drivers because the major mord of transport or what 70000000 people in this country depend on the radio for day to traverse all schools have been closed in india's capital after the health of the agency hayes's shrouded new delhi for the past week caused by samsung as spy construction now all building work has been banned and there are plans to restrict the use of chas next week pollution particles in the air have reached 9 times the size level indian

would use in just mia fearing for their lives after the region's autonomous status was scrapped by the governor dean new delhi live and on kashmiri work is being killed in the region in just the past few weeks. for as more from budge an indian administered kashmir. with bullets this was best evidence of the killing of 5 indian laborers include guards in indian administrate kashmir they were pulled out of their rented home and shot dead a few days ago. basin's by profession they were planning to go back home to invest for the winter instead just their bodies were sent back. in the last 2 weeks or so 11 non-cash marie's workers and truckers have been killed in the region indian officials say separatist rebels are behind the killings and many local media accuse pakistan of funding the rebels but the rebel group has thus

far claimed responsibility. afzal from the northern indian state of bihar returned to work to the ply without clean but gone in the region a day after the killings he was among the non-cash media workers who left the rally in early august after the indian government revoke their region's autonomy he says the recent killings have stunned him but he has no work in bihar and no money. for the recent killings have instilled fear in the us but what can we do about it we can't leave the main paying. thousands of noncash media workers are employed as farm labor construction workers and apple transporters in indiana administered kashmir many more cost me these are spread over india studying or working in february of this year early ours and i call a local revelator wanted on us media workers to leave the valley if the indian government stripped the region of its powers including control over its land but it

isn't yet clear exactly who is behind the recent killings analysts say the attacks show an emerging division between kashmiris and push me to ease. but army rosol absolves employers says he has assured his workers of their safety to whatever extent he can the workers see the law. frankly. my entire business is dependent on them because they are more skilled at this task than the. days before the program attacked 5 truckers were killed in also in the south of indian administers because schmidt and a rebel stronghold. this is never happened before you're scared now i don't know why you are feeling so scared. shortly after the visit police visited the factories in and asked the workers to leave for their own safety even as new delhi insists normalcy has returned for non-cash media workers here the valley has become unsafe

and its future uncertain. al-jazeera but damn indian administers me british police say they now believe all $39.00 margaret's found dead in a refrigerated truck near london were from vietnam a 2nd man from northern ireland has been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter 23 year old i'm in the harrison appeared in court in dublin where he faced $41.00 charges and is awaiting extradition they have been to arrests in vietnam more funerals have been held for some of the 5 indigenous leaders killed in colombia the government is blaming armed groups connected to the drug trade leaders and activists who stand up to traffickers are often targeted. yet he reports from the coca province in southwest colombia then given its now as a community held the funerals traditional funerals for 3 of the 5 indigenous leaders that were.