oh, boy, al jazeera is also says in gaza, our house in that building has come down yet before in human history as the months for steven farm to the arctic in such peril. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan and doh. how with a quick reminder, the top stories here and al jazeera poland says hundreds of refugees and migrants have again tried to cross illegally into you territory and courage by neighboring bella. bruce. some people found in poland forests are receiving medical treatment and hospital. nato secret general says they stand ready to help all allies caught up in the crisis dissertation out. the border o belarus with poland, but also the trainer, and the latter is deeply concerning the new crush. ankles or shame you so vulnerable people as means to put pressure on all the countries are, is cynical,

and in her main natal stance in full about it. it with all affected alice, we remain vigilant on stand, ready to further help our allies. a jury has found us teenage a coll rittenhouse not guilty of murdering to men and wounding another. it happened during racial justice protests last year. john hendern of ports from kenosha. it was a murder trial that divided a nation, and so was the verdict. we the jury find the defendant child age right? house lack guilty. it was the same on all 5 charges from reckless endangerment to 1st degree. murder, not guilty, not guilty. not guilty. not guilty. oh, outside the court house for some there was another verdict. this was not self defense. this was not the appropriate use of deadly force. it was known. it happened on a hot august night last year. during

a clash of protesters encounter protesters the violent response to the police shooting of a black man, jacob blake. some on both sides were armed. the facts were undisputed kyle rittenhouse, armed with an assault rifle fatally shot to protesters and wounded a 3rd in tearful testimony. the 18 year old called it self defense. i did what i had to do to stop the person who was attacking me each. the jury spent 4 days deliberating, then agreed, member the jury, are these your unanimous verdict? is there anyone who does not agree with the verdict as read? we wish the triple. okay. oh, with that it ended more than a year later on a cold november afternoon to the satisfaction of gun rights advocates. it validates that we have a 2nd, a member, right? you didn't friend ourself our connector, and now the cases been a national rorschach test. the verdict no less. so gun rights advocates the

vindication black lives matter. members see unequal justice for black and white americans. you what you, what the politically and racially charged trial was watched across the us. the verdict supported at the highest level. i stand by with a jury as a jury system work. we have to abide by for jacob blake's uncle. the verdict marks one more is of systematic racial injustice. a lot in the streets of kaneesha residents braced themselves, hoping the violent clashes of 2020, or repeated in 2021. john henderson al jazeera, could no show wisconsin. at least 7 people have been injured and dozens arrested during protests in rotterdam, the demonstrators are objecting to corona virus lockdown. the netherlands is

combating a new wave of cope. in 1000 cases. he has president, jo biden's, $1.00 trillion dollars spending bill now goes to the senate. after passing a divided house of representatives, the bill aimed at improving education, lowering health care costs and tackling climate change. past 220 votes. the to 13, the u. s has condemned the detention of jamini staff much embassy in summer by who fees sector stay down in a blink and says, dozens of people have been detained because they work for washington. and i can take a role since they close the embassy of 2015. the british government is seeking to designate the whole of the palestinian group hamas a terrorist organization. it would add the political side to the military wing, which is already proscribed. well those were the headlines and is continues here now to 0 after a sad master case statement. thanks so much bye for now. ah . ready

ah, the civil war in syria has now been fought for more than a decade. around half a 1000000 syrians have died in the conflict of more than 12000000 of left the country. tens of thousands are held in government prisons within service. but by shot allison is still president wanting to set down to see a side as the real cause of the problems in syria. with

asana determination to remain in power has had global consequences. neighboring countries have been overwhelmed by millions of refugees. other countries have been drawn in to the conflict and new geopolitical dynamics of developed because of russia support for us. but how did this all come bumped before the war aside to developed a reputation over 10 years as a reformer. and this has made his government's actions since 2011. all the more shocking. the best analogy, you should a different it into my term. he'd be a good kind of a person. you would wanna have it a dinner party going back. i did not see any evidence that a cheryl are sad, a could become the premier war criminal of the 21st century. ah

ah, ah fringe tv filmed with us at a few months before government troops attacked demonstrators in the street in march 2011. here he seen driving to the opera in damascus with his wife asthma. ah, you have to put your seat belts on otherwise, i believe it's the period class had studied medicine and damascus, and then ophthalmology in london. but when his elder brother basil was killed in a car accident, in 1994 basha returned to syria as heir apparent. actually we'd like to go very much into concert tonight from fresh music. of course it was young, of course,

very, very old one and nobody can say, but from the generation many mateo and g a i would have only go to my world to the fed up i. i only drive myself, but it's very unsecure. no, no, no. it is very secure copy when it broke and opened the window. pick it helping you get it. otherwise you'll be living in it like living in a cage. nobody wants to live in a cage. when i saw its father, hafez died in 2000 marshal, inherited one of the most notorious and isolated dictatorships in the outer world. ah

ah! in january 2011, the seniors of uprisings known as the arab spring, began. first, the transient president, xena al aberdeen ben ali was toppled, then egyptian president hosni mubarak step, done around this time assa. admit the u. s. ambassador to syria. he was a very nice i asked president martha, are you worried that the winds of change will come here? and he said he was not worried, he said to syrian people strongly supported him, strongly supported his government. ah, just 2 weeks later there was a large demonstration in damascus. a, in

a market called althea, it happened very, spontaneously very suddenly, wasn't planned. and it was immediately filmed by syrians with their cell phone. ah, and we sent a message to washington that night and said it's coming. the firewood is very dry and it's coming. 3 days later, on the 18th of march 2011 young people in the southern city of the rock wrote on their school wall. it's your turn. next doctor, they arrest and torture provoked a wave of protest which swept the country. syrian security forces attacked unarmed protesters who were colon for more freedom ah, the beginning the classes we met with british ambassadors,

friendship masses of medic, on a mass of those. i felt that i am the ambassadors. enum, western ambassadors have a concept and that heads that decide the city and people and that prices that fit. and people under opto respond to the 3rd and people i had a meeting with both anisha ballot presidency. and i said, because of the internet because of satellite tv, i'd, people will know the world will know what you do. and if you shoot a lot of people, if you kill a lot of people, every one is going to know every one in syria and every one around the world and you will be condemned. you have to a mister tactics the us offered to help us. i'd engage in talks with opposition leaders while they thought the was still time. what they would say is yes, we welcome that discussion. can you even help us organize it?

we said we would try, but every time we got close to a discussion, ah, the syrian secret police would move in and break up meetings or arrest people. mm. internally, assad government was divided between those who favor taking a tough line on others who wanted to adopt a more moderate approach. asada noticed he would make a speech on the 30th of march 2011. 0, you feel that this is speech really willing obese will bring solution because we are fried from where reverse situation will go. and in the 1st months, actually i went to the bazaar 2 times. i said it must be renew, hey anaconda, is it minnesota?

which is at mon assess, even though sold by law savvy on had it. no, i should be in nor artillery because up to laurie sally already said it, the lady was a fee announcement in hell and to lawton law. lunesta bit will mad at it that tammy, yella will quit. 20 not for shaddick and not muscle talbot, subtly wobbly. men of a he can know. yeah. any mccarran been know enough. a libby like a shot. my thought will be a slot. who will be? i'm in a slot than subject up of you so bad that i don't believe i'd be as blacked out of i would have thought you might be mens in an id. why? bill ish, jima led them out. not not, not met him. shoot, jack, a little em neat than the head ashish. ah, by the head that would equal the little thing is that now you be finally mohammed

up in the policy law to had on wilton where the hoodie latina monica young. i know sal ambia when he finished 8. so remember when in my office it's as if would with as more of them for you, bilson, and it's only the silence and eyes. 3rd believe that the wasp will coming. we are going to the war. oh, for oneself, as i said, man, i thus giddy lad, asia hoodie, it with her while le dictates are happy without den, but that e deb, hey, i don't understand totally that sort of measure of how a must viola on the symmetric ela web b. well let us hate for kara lab. no. oh you said the seller east london will more than if you any more nor had for corolla. i mean the city of la will

there be in all oh, had the shop. oh my be silly swati. oh. assad's 1st move was to crack down the protesters. ah oh. but this simply spurred on his opponents who themselves began to take up arms. their ranks were bolstered by soldiers deserted the syrian army. soon they received international support. that's easy because they open the war all over the country. i mean, it's much easier to fight the war along your border. but whenever i saw the president, it would say we're going to be here and we're going to fight and we are going to be victorious. we will prevail, no problem, no matter how painful it is,

but at the end we will prevent ah, by the summer of 2011, the syrian government forces had lost control of half the country. media images circulated, showing the wide spread killing of any opposition. the world watched in shock on serious acids position, weakened and western governments turned against him. very tough. mm. i have indicated repeatedly that present alice out as loss legitimacy that he needs to step down rather than drag his country in the civil war. he should move in the direction of the political transition. the view in the white house was asked, sad is essentially finished and he is finished near

term. and our concern in the white house is that he may be finished before the president of the united states says he should be finished. therefore, we need to get the president up to make the statement to be on the right side of history before it happens. ah, this was quite a turnaround for a president who had previously managed to project a very positive image to western leaders. he speaks english. he's a handsome man, wedding suit under thigh, and therefore one was an official used to come to him before the war. they said to him, well, i do, i was an educated. he was didn't indicate that. he's that in the left for 2 years.

and then the west thinks that's why he is good. that's why his flexible, that's why he's enlightened because he is was denied, means he'd like us. you know, it means it will give him the honor to describe him that he is one like us. but he is still in awe. the war caused a massive refugee exodus as hundreds of thousands and then millions of syrians fled the fighting. this increasingly drew eastern european and other western countries into the whole crisis. france became one of the louder voices calling on our side to step done with we so let also clue policy. all good. super showed us that it would be from political book. you'd want buffy, if could have been thought of you in june 2012. the un organize

a conference in june, attended by the us, russia, china, and britain. it agreed to set up a transitional body in damascus, involving the government and the opposition. but when you are secretary of state, hillary clinton suggested that aside should 1st step done. russian fallen mensa, loved off, showed concern. it was clear to us by 2012. he would only negotiate under pressure . we hoped we hoped that the russians would apply that pressure. what does she put on the loop and you know, like, i don't even know to go what i on traditional bridge cheeks, it poses sure would be. well that was the soft tea along with did it for him. she measure, let me keep e, her love off. i need to know how to do. the inference

was that russian president vladimir putin chose to protect aside as syrian leader, russia had a naval base there. and putin did not support the revolutions of the so called arab spring, or the idea that western countries were champions of human rights was there. oh, i see where you put on as of look over mostly shots the washer us of need infection was fresh on my actual work with no. didn't kritisha go right. what are you at that one? no, sir, but missouri and it was okay. well, i got the miss fortune, it's only going to press them this she lived with and she thought they actually knew that my lord melbourne of diplomacy stalled. so western governments led by the us and france increased their support for the syrian opposition in exile and its armed wing, the free syrian army. what can we do to accelerate that process? the united states and other governments decided that they would try to coalesce,

the opposition provide it support so that it was strong enough to at a minimum, negotiate a transition in syria, blah, blah, blah, the west port, hundreds of millions of heroes and dollars into weapons. and training programs for the soviet position. with this level of support, the opposition succeeded in gaining ground until government forces shown here in red, controlled only a 3rd of the country. by early 2013 asada was becoming increasingly isolated. he rarely left the

presidential palace and several former allies defected, only the continued support of russia. iran and the armed lebanese group has bhalla, enabled the government to avoid defeat with i've been where time when i felt that things are very, very difficult. and when i felt that it could be the last see it, i live and because we had only let them, we lay up washed, learn what limited them said. i would learn live and fight and die. and celia newman. ah, well,

this strategy began to pay dividends. i thought supporters rallied around him and he built a firm following among the middle class and the other white and christian minority communities. at the same time, the west also began to lose patience with the syrian opposition. mm. if you're on ever not have an opposition strong enough to take on a standing army and a regime with security forces that's backed by russia and iran, then you needed to be powerful in united. and i think one of the challenges we faced was it turned out, the opposition was neither strong nor united self. does it more debris, poor shooter at your keys, at the same proportion. you get down journey, c, c, da, da, da. in if you, any people, if you group, as because she would that bony us from what i me them all her sit to and i to push

out her with the opposition. however, certain armed groups began to gain more info than others getting stronger. they had money, they had ammunition, they had food, they could pay salaries to their fighters. a lot of young syrians are joining them . i recommended and i know colleagues at the cia recommended that we helped those more moderate elements, who were on the one hand, competing with the al qaeda affiliate in syria, called the nurse her front. and on the other hand, were fighting opposite the moderate opposition was therefore forced to fight on 2 fronts. and asada was present the west with a greater challenge and thoughtful thought on the murat, hooked in a huddle level,

cut them a lot on the 20. 1st of august 2030 syrian government forces used chemical weapons against opposition held areas. hundreds of people were killed, including many children. i saw had visited troops nearby, 20 days before the time. oh, i do with the with the u. s. it announced a year before the chemical weapons were a red line not to be crossed. any use they said will be met with an american

response. france also said it will be prepared to support the us with their power. ah, president obama has the military to prepare for quite a significant response. some of the senior syrian officials sent their families out of damascus because they were worried. ah, then you might get more fighting in damascus itself. it would have been physically devastating for ah, for physical assets of the syrian regime, the precision that i know it would have reduced to, to almost 0. the potential for non combat to be killed. a few hours before the plant strikes, obama called

a white house crisis meeting. it was a long national security council meeting that was focused. it's fair to say more on how to go about military response than whether the turning point moment was when to president came to the conclusion that he changed his mind of streets with jose locker cookers or bar. yes, sure. a good say to play or is almost no should if you see lou, lou critical choosing to talk wife. and you know, we're gonna be the only to pick his job what it wants to do that terminal to children. don't do such goth suit to infinitely showed him a mo, an at bonaparte completed resume. his major concern is that the

day after an american strike goss, i would still be there and might even use chemical weapons again. so then we have to hit again and maybe this time a bit harder and take out some more air defense. and then again, the logic would be to escalate into a bigger strike. and i think the president's concern was he would not be in control of that decision. it would be awesome. mm. mm. african narrative, ah, from african perspective. i knew theories of sure, documentaries, by african filmmakers from across the continent. this isn't really get committed to handle the african direct. coming, sued on al jazeera,

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