and behind the front lines. his life his body was. an exclusive documentary syria the last assignment. to stay in the century $28.00 including one of your country's. divisions over funding strategy and trade overshadowed nato 70th anniversary summit in london. turkey's president warns nato he will oppose a strategic defense plan unless the alliance recognizes kurdish fighters as terrorists. who watch al-jazeera life or had quarter. also ahead for the 1st time iran's

government acknowledges its security forces shot and killed people it calls rioters during recent protests. and a typhoon tears through the central philippines ripping roofs from homes and damaging an airport. hello it's a gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the world's biggest military alliance but even before the nato summit gets underway in london divisions are strongly on display among members from both sides of the atlantic so president donald trump has hit out at the french president. he and the nato secretary general against both reacted sharply to microns recent description of nato as quote brain dead. never serves a greater purpose. here in the united states. and i heard that a president would grow very brave i think it's very insulting to

a lot of different. regard. to the who is not. just. for. the horrendous sort of 1st notice throughout. all of you don't. come along this thing more in. the book against terrorism earlier turkey's president warned he will oppose nato defense plans for baltic countries on poland he's seeking the blocs unconditional support for his fight against the main the kurdish y p g fighters in northern syria that it regards as terrorists u.s. . nato needs to act in a proactive manner against 3 its proposed by the terrorist organizations it's

inevitable that nato is in need of readjusting itself against today's terrorist threats we expect our allies to display strong cooperation with us against the threats we have facing which is let's get an update with join a whole joining us from london 1st on what trump had to say a particularly about presidents maicon did we expect trump to come out so strongly against france. i mean at some point over this 3 day visit it was likely he was going to say something if you like he was sort of baited by emanuel macron and in an interview he gave to the economist newspaper about a month ago in which micron made comments about the nato alliance saying that it needed to change that it was on the verge of being brain dead because of its inability to cooperate and coordinate among its members too focused on money jets and so on not enough on strategy the backdrop to all of that of course was trumps decision unilaterally to withdraw u.s.

forces from northern syria that allowed a gap to open up for turkey's president to want to send forces in and battle the kurds who he sees as a terrorist threat. all of this went down extremely badly with people like macron as a nato member who felt nato well nato had been consulted and that gave cause to wonder what nato was in fact therefore. wrote that letter that drew a very sharp response from mr erdogan and a very sharp response as you just heard from donald trump in the press conference he held here about an hour ago it all sort of gives rise to a fabric of interest stops and competing interests that take place between the u.s. and turkey between the u.s. and france and turkey and the rest of nato which are rules that are bubbling to the surface during this meeting and at the same time trump was asked whether turkey is still a reliable partner or what more did he say on that. well

yes again that came up in the context of this whole thing and erdogan having said before this meeting look if i don't have the support of nato for my efforts in the north of syria nato doesn't recognize the fact that i'm actually battling a terrorist force in the north of syria in the kurds will and i will stand in the way of nato as efforts to bolster did the defenses of the baltics and poland against russia that along with another issue involving turkey buying russian anti missile air defenses from an air defenses. give reason and cause to wonder quite what turkey's role is within the alliance against the question and donald trump said look he likes turkey in likes to arnie said it was the obama administration that had prevented turkey from buying patriot missile systems therefore he'd been put in a bind and it had to go to the russians if it also the highlights a bilateral relationship that exists between the united states and turkey that

seems to exist separate to and in spite of even the fact that they're all members of nato and it really throws the spot but i think going forward into this meeting and beyond on the real role and function of nato as an organization now if not necessarily yet at this point questions about its very existence ok john i thank you. and donald trump's also warned the european union to shape up on trade trump says the u.s. is being treated unfairly and things will get very tough for the e.u. if it doesn't change donald trump has threatened tariffs on french products in response to a new french tax on technology giants trump believes u.s. firms like google are being targeted very quickly to take advantage of the american companies it's going to be us it's not going to be france. so we can actually use you know to actually the winds and everything else so we have a very very rejection. letter going to talk about their joining us from paris so

with that threat of tariffs looming what sort of french goods could be facing tariffs while u.s. trade officials are talking about dozens of french products we're talking about mainly luxury products those things like a cheap sparkling wine handbags beauty products and makeup and in fact we've already seen the impact of those threats on the french stock market here with shares forming for french brands such as the mh and carrying now the u.s. trade officials are saying that these tariffs would be because as far as they are concerned they are not happy about france's digital service tax which would penalize big u.s. tech giants such as amazon and google they say that it's unfair and that is why they are looking at about $2400000000.00 worth of tariffs to be imposed on french products if this goes ahead by the end of the year and how likely is that to

the already strained u.s. france relationship. well i think it's only going to inflame this relationship that has become particularly strained over the past few years particularly between the u.s. president donald trump and the french president emmanuel michel we already heard some of donald trump's comments at that nato summit in london making it very clear that he is unhappy with the french president's emanuel micros move on the digital service tax that these terrorists may well go ahead and in many respects you might say that donald trump is looking as if he's going back on a promise that he made to the french president tomorrow micro back in august during the g. 7 summit here in france that was hosted by the french president imagine one crore who came out and heralded the fact that trump and himself have actually come to a compromise on this issue of tax tariffs i should say and this digital service tax that in fact the u.s. would not be putting terrace that was

a promise that he had understood from donald trump but it looks as if trump has reneged on this promise so i think trump's relationship the u.s. relationship with france is certainly further strained back as will be that relationship also between the u.s. and the european union that it will be considering a response so is the words of the french finance minister particular because there are several european countries who are also considering a similar digital services tax to the one that france has already put in place all right natasha thank you iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time people it describes as rioters were shot and killed during recent protests thousands of people joined demonstrations angry over an increase in petrol prices which are set by the government human rights groups say as many as $200.00 people were killed iran's government has rejected that figure as a big cuz want to her hands acknowledgement that security forces shot protesters.

the iranian official figure has pretty much remain the same but this is the 1st acknowledgement by the iranians that security forces killed protesters now this was carried on state media it was 'd a lengthy report around 7 minutes long and it was very much the iranian government's version of events and the defense of the security forces the report acknowledged that there were demonstrations across the country. even here in iran but also categorized those that were killed it called some of them codes and rioters bridge knives and guns that attacked military centers said that some were peaceful protesters others were passes by and some security forces and they didn't say how those passes by and civilians those peaceful protesters were killed although the spokesman for the judiciary this morning has said that it was suspicious and those bullets that killed those people weren't from the security forces but they also said that there were people killed in the south western city

of masha had read there is an arab population now the report called them separatists said that they were on with guns and that they fired on security services and the security services were forced to fire back and defend themselves now very much this report that was carried on state media is saying that the security forces intervened used force to protect lives they say that rightism thugs were attempting to set fire to petrochemical plants that could have risked many lives and the report also code interviews with what they say were. people within the neighborhood who said that look we're grateful for the scooter services intervening because many lives have been at risk a strong typhoon has struck the philippines main island of luzon forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people from their homes typhoon camry has ripped roofs from buildings knocked out power and halted hundreds of flights it's the 25th typhoon to hit the philippines this year a lot and organ as an i'll be

a province and says people were well prepared. because the city of the guys see these have become familiar scenes police officers and other members of the local government rushing to clear out the streets paved the way for help to get to those who need it most we've spoken to the mayor. says he's quite happy that this city as achieved casualties fargas which is something that has been going on for the last 18 years more than 100000 people were evacuated over the last few days and moved to safer areas but this might suggest the being stable not much is known for other outlying islands like speak out and that these areas remain cut off there is still no news but we've been told that some of the areas there communities have been severely battered and aid needs to get there as soon as possible. still ahead on al-jazeera an unprecedented number of killings in mexico raises questions about the

president's efforts to deal with drug violence and i mean it was hard on the edge of this to help find out next how senate go and other countries in the region are planting trees to try to stop the food desert moving forward and expanding. had some pretty good clear conditions across much of the crippen insular addles of the northeast or russia and a bit of cloud around them too bad across into japan but don't let us apply for you because there is some snow and some rain on the way so side. of a widespread snow minus 5 in support of best on wednesday. but kara conditions throughout the korean peninsula it really is much of honshu picking up the worst of this weather and coming in on thursday so again faily widespread although it should

be mostly dry in tokyo with a high of 13 degrees celsius and to the south you look into china and it is mostly clear sunny across the south on the east just a bit of cloud along these areas really possible this typhoon comrie a very powerful typhoon by wednesday pushing away from the philippines into the south china sea winds though still about 150 kilometers an hour still around on a thursday by then you can see more rain likely to push into the southern areas of china then from there we had for the quite clearly where this typhoon will be over the next couple of days away from there we've got to rain across northern sections of borneo westwood's across into somalia and the middle a peninsula so 28 in singapore all those day with their shows. the world's largest oil producer has failed to trade on the foreign stock exchange

was a transparent valuation over ambition tap of their the world's largest oil producer and you don't list in the world's largest stock exchange that definitely says something al-jazeera investigates the politics of the middle east's most potent economic with saudi aramco company and. on al-jazeera. there with al-jazeera hello again the top stories u.s. president donald trump a nato chief criticized the french leader ahead of the opening of the alliance's summit in london they have taken issue with

a minute remarks that nato. has also warned the european union to shape up on trade is threatened tariffs on french wine and other goods in response to a french tax on tech giants like google and facebook. iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time that security forces shot and killed people it describes as rioters during antigovernment protests demonstrations began after the government increased fuel prices. 5 people including a police officer have died in the latest protests in the eastern democratic republic of congo gunshots were heard for most of monday in the city of beni demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lack of protection from armed rebel groups reports from goma. the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny. this

people are marching on a un peacekeepers base furious at what they see as if the un forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission out protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. buildings since protests started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.t.f. killing more than a 100 people in the last month and up to 2000 in the last 5 years now they are ordering the public off the street. and the un on their side so. we're calling on the population all members of society in north kivu province to start working with our enemies the population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy the soldiers are not generally the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a.t.f. . the violence in beni is now hampering efforts contain an airborne outbreak that's

killed more than 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo since august militarization of the medical response and. distrust government troops and sometimes are not always seen as or says by everyone and now the world health organization has been forced to scale down operations in the area congolese here in goma angry about the statement by the military that some armed people have joined the protests and that the protesters are violent they say that there is genuine anger on the streets of benny and here in goma about the state of security and unless that changes they will not relent. the bangladeshi government's been sharply criticized about the way it's set to be preventing thousands of fro ing a refugee children from getting an education human rights watch says teaching inside camps is inadequate particularly due to language barriers and children are

banned from enrolling in schools outside camps hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are sheltering in bangladesh after fleeing a military campaign in neighboring me and maher the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the trial in the high court house to do with a multi-billion dollar scandal that malaysia's state fund known as one and now is accused of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 when he was in office he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include money laundering and abuse of power. lawyer has also emphasized the alleged role of a businessman known as joe who's been named by u.s. investigators the. scheme was devised by. together with 4 arabs ok 2 from saudi and another 2 from the

right and the empire management or one and b b c were all paid off by duty. 127 people have been murdered in 24 hours in mexico that's an unprecedented number for a single day many are now questioning the president's strategy of hugs not bullets in tackling the drug cartels as al-jazeera as alan fischer reports from mexico city . it'll take a while to repair the damage to view when your own city hall the memories of what happened here will last much longer. saturday afternoon a convoy of vehicles covered in the initials of a local drug cartel c.d.n. drove into town and began fighting this the authorities believe was sending a message to the regional government to quote. security forces surrounded the turn 60 kilometers south of the texas border by the time the gun battles ended on sunday 22 were dead 16 gunmen 4 police officers 2 civilians pictures of local politicians

were riddled with bullets locals had to literally run for the lights you mustn't ground up past the yellow plastic thank you we were arriving at the plaza with our children many began to shoot at us from the hill and we had to run in another direction the attacking quite ended on the day it's no been confirmed was the deadliest since mexico began keeping records 127 people were killed on december 1st the day that marked the 1st anniversary of president andres manuel lopez obrador taking office he had promised a new approach to tackling mexico's violence and it is morning news conference claimed the incident quite realize it was unusual it's day he got so this case is let's say unusual it is not something that happens in quite real every day we have a plan for the national guard we need 140000 guards but we only have 70000. later in the day the president met members of the labout and family 9 of them were

killed in a cocktail ambush near the u.s. border in early november we were updated on the investigation into the murders 4 people have been arrest. he didn't speak after the meeting. poses took to the streets on sunday to protest against the president's 1st you know office one of the largest groups demanding he do more to curb the violence u.s. president donald trump says he's begun the process to designate mexico's drug cartels as terrorist organizations mexico opposes that idea but we find itself under increasing pressure to do something about the murder rate especially if there's another day as bloody as the same for the 1st 2019 alan fischer al-jazeera mexico city bolivia has accused venezuela trying to destabilize its south american neighbors a minister from bolivia as interim government says venezuela's president nicolas maduro is paying for operations to quote terrorize bolivians peruvians and chileans

the interim government took over after the resignation of bolivia's longtime leftist leader ever moralists you see you did not believe that mr mother would always find in soul the terror that i believe you have been experiencing in recent days the terror that colombian stealings and a peruvian is are experiencing this is really conspiracy against america not only against believe but also against part of latin america scientists say they're becoming more alarmed about how fast the world's 2nd largest ice sheet is melting researchers from the university of cambridge in the u.k. say lakes on top of greenland storing glacier are draining into the ocean through holes in the ice water under the ice then lifts the glacier causing it to move and melt faster the greenland ice sheet is the world's single largest contributor it to rising sea levels so climate change is causing the sahara desert to grow but villagers are planting a vast wall of trees in a bid to save their land 3 years ago al jazeera visited the so-called great green

wall nicholas return to embark to bob in senegal to see whether or not it's working . the fight against climate change starts here on the edges of the sahara desert villagers are planting trees they want to save their homes and farmland from the expanding desert. for this forest ranger there's a sense of looming catastrophe. so we are in a situation of grave danger if we don't plant trees we won't get the range they need to cultivate it will reduce rains have we need water to feed animals and grow food otherwise people will move. and they have already started across the cattle herders are on the move there mainly from the ethnic group and are looking for a more temperate climate to feed their animals. that's like the conflict that's fueled by armed groups such as. grab thousands of people have been killed in the

sahara in the fighting in the past year alone but not in senegal. believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 african countries that pledged to plant trees and what they called a great green wall from the east to the west of the continent but 10 years on most of the countries involved have dropped out because many of the trees have been killed by drought termites and increasingly inhospitable climate temperatures are rising in rainfall dropping. experts say that if all the trees that were planted for the last 40 years had survived then this would look like the amazon forest well instead it looks more like this the aim of the program is no longer to build the great green wall because the desert is moving forward but rather to find a solution so that the communities here can adapt to the changing climate. for

senegal this green wall is a long term investment for future generations achieving success now depends on finding species of trees that can be adapted to this environment. polluting countries are investing in the green wall to offset their carbon emissions under climate marketing schemes but by 2050 the global temperatures is predicted to rise by 2 degrees the desert is rapidly expanding and the villagers here say they're racing against time to save their homes and strengthen their front line in the fight against climate change nicholas hawke senegal a thick smoke is again blanketing australia's largest city sydney as bushfires burn across the state of new south wales this tweet from the rural fire service shows a total of $116.00 fires about half of them aren't contains and thomas has more from the smoke filled streets of sydney. this type of haze is becoming regular in

sydney and you can really taste the smoke in the air it all comes from the bush fires that have burning both to the north of sydney and now to the west of the city in the mountains as well and those fires in these hot dry conditions and this is been the driest hottest spring in australia for many many years well they're burning last young controlled and the smoke is drifting over the city of sydney towards the coast and then with a lack of wind simply sitting on top of sydney there's no substantial rainfall cost for the forseeable future so in all likelihood the buyers will continue to buy in and they smoke will continue to sit on sydney. the defamation trial for want to silicon valley's most colorful entrepreneurs beginning in los angeles the law also it stems from musk's tweets about one of the divers who was involved in the thai cave rescue last year from l.a. reports emerged that billionaire yuan musk's tweets of gotten him in hot water

before now they've landed him in court musk is being sued by british cave rescue diver vernon unsworth unsworth participated in the successful effort to rescue 12 boys and their coach from up flooded cave in thailand last year musk sent a robot mini submarine to thailand but unsworth said the sub was useless and musk was pulling a publicity stunt that's when musk called unsworth petto guy on twitter implying with 0 evidence that he was a child molester unsworth later sued musk's judgment has been questioned often must came under scrutiny by regulators when he tweeted in august 28th enough that he had secured funding to take tesla his money losing heavily indebted electric car company private with he later implied backing from the saudis. there was no deal and musk was charged with fraud and about you are you ready to not only ok to

mediate a settlement reached with regulators required him to resign as tesla's chairman and pay a 20000000 dollars fine another incident that shook investors occurred in september 28th when musk went on a live podcast and smoked some marijuana offered to him by the show's host federal law still designates cannabis as an illegal narcotic. and musk's pot for pot put his company space x. contracts with nasa in jeopardy. last month with wild with the ad fanfare musk unveiled an electric pickup truck the so-called cyber truck the vehicles designed was widely mocked is appearing like something out of a teenager's video game to make matters worse most boasted that the cyber truck's windows were bulletproof only to watch them get shattered in

a live demonstration. a man i think go through the wild musk's lawyers have argued that his tweet about un's worth wasn't really meant to imply the diver is a sexual deviant just a creepy old man is worth seeking 75000 dollars in damages robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. coloring on the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump a nato member have criticized the french leader at the opening of the alliance's summit in london they've taken issue with him i knew on my car's remarks that nato is brain dead. never serves a greater purpose. to be the same as the united states. and i read the president with a group said you really do think it's very insulting to a lot of different. really. trumpets also

warned the european union to shape up on trade he's threatened tariffs on french wine cheese and other goods in response to a french tax on tech giants like google and facebook iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time that security forces shot and killed people it describes as rioters during antigovernment protests the demonstrations began after the government's increased fuel prices iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time people it describes as riots or is worse shot and killed during recent protests thousands of people joined demonstrations angry over an increase in petrol prices which are set by the government human rights groups say as many as $200.00 people were killed iran's government rejects that figure the bangladeshi government's been sharply criticized about the way it's set to be preventing thousands of rohingya refugee children from getting an education human rights watch

says teaching inside camps is inadequate particularly due to language barriers and children are banned from unrolling in schools outside camps hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are sheltering in bangladesh after fleeing a military campaign in neighboring me and maher former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the trial in the high court has to do with a multi-billion dollar scandal that malaysia state fund known as one m d b as he was accused if it legally receiving about $10000000.00 when he was in office has pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include money laundering and abuse of power. because of the headlines there are more news coming up right after inside story that's that thanks for watching.

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