this is denise thompson reporting. a lot of the records are really, really big. we've seen this done and it's an, an in depth coverage. i'll just say it was teens on the ground. when you, closer to the heart of the story. the, the focus of our work here is to coordinate efforts across the region to support the syrian people as they transition away from massage brutal dictatorship diplomacy around stop in the middle east, us secretary of state antony blinking is in jordan. talk here to talk about the future of syria, the i'm in the vicinity, the rich this is out of their life from day. also coming up,

the united nation says serious silver and the must be respected of the days of ins . randy, as strikes as a seizure. a a former syrian army positions near the occupied garden high another is rarely a task on causes on the sacred refugee comp kills at least to fax, the palestinians, just ours also, the us says it hopes that will be a quiet deal within week. and george's government is preparing to elect a new president, as protested dumont, a rerun of a type is called a mentoring. but the we begin in syria where there's an international push for us to move political transition off to the side regime was toppled by opposition forces. earlier this week, us secretary of state on to the blinking is in takia. he's in meeting president

wretched type of the one with talks focused on stability and syria. that the us is one of the main back as of the cottage lead syrian democratic forces, which are incorrect, was a terrorist group. she help her time see reports. us secretary of state met with the target presidents in ankara at a delicate moment on wednesday us back to dish forces. so they'd agreed to a cease fire with tuck as you back. sykes is in syria. could sofas been this region in the countries northeast have come under attack? in the immediate officer, most of the sides will be helpful and chokes with the jordanian king and aka, lincoln said, the goal of his trip to the region was to calm. the different factions who now seek to benefit from the full of the serial regime. i think across the board when it comes to any actors who have real interest in syria. it's also really important that this time that we all try to make sure that we're not sparking any additional

complex. however, blinking play down the ongoing is really innovation and amec sation of portions of syria currently on the way when it comes to actions. that is real estate in the state of purpose of those actions really is, is to try to make sure that equipment is gonna band is no trick. terrace extremes, etc. but we'll be talking and we already talked talking to others about the way it has back up the white house. national security specs from john koby insisted that in keeping with lincoln's message to regional pals to stay out of the syrian power vacuum, the us will stick to it stated mission of fighting i. so us military presence in the, in syria is predominately in the east and it's designed solely to help us with the counter isis mission. and we're working with the syrian democratic forces to that. and that's why they're there. and that's the only reason that they're,

they're the us in the system. it's only which is for an inclusive serial, live transition to an accountable and representative government that poses no threat to its neighbors. she ever time see alger 0 of israel says its soldiers operating in the golan heights above the zone syrian territory to protect its civilians. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the collapse of assets regime created a vacuum on israel's buddha. he's also consigned, his troops have taken control of what he called a strategic sites in syria. now, the syrian observatory for human rights says, is riley soldiers have seized full must syrian army positions on mount. herman is the highest speaking syria, a 2800 meters. it's also just 40 kilometers from the capital. is there any control that puts damascus within range of it's a tillery positions that would allow, is really troops to monitor, has bloss strong colds in east and 11. i'm conduct surveillance in syria. now

israel has also been carrying out strikes across the serious since the asset region sell. the united nations has condemned israel's actions. the secretary general spokesman told all to zeroes, gabriel and his own to their a violation of serious territorial integrity on silver and to to you and says 1100000 people are newly displaced across syria, since opposition forces began their offensive in late november to our the side regime, the u. n says they've delivered food assistance to about 700000 people. but israel's continued attacks on syria are making the situation dangerous. the secretary general is deeply concerned by the resend, an extensive violations of serious sovereignty and territorial integrity. the secretary journalist, particularly concerned over the hundreds of is really airstrikes on several locations in syria. stressing the need the urgent need to de escalate violence on

all fronts throughout the country. israel is claiming that the reason they're continuing this strikes on syria is to prevent weapons getting in the wrong hands. is that any sort of justification for their continued attacks on syria? look, a lot of countries give justification for violating the sovereignty of others. what is clear is that we are concerned about these repeated violations of a serious sovereignty, sort of serious territorial integrity. at this point, syria need supports from its neighbors in order to move towards a, a form of governance. so it is inclusive that his democratic that protects the rights of, of minorities. it is also imperative that those in control in syria ensure that all of all weapons and everything comes under control and is not open to looting or

disappearance. and to be clear, the secretary general's message to israel right now is stop the attacks on syria. that's correct. and to other countries that may also be using this opportunity. the situation along the israel syria border remains of all the tile as well as is really forces continue to operate beyond the buffer zone. that is monitored by the un disengagement observer force known as and off. that to is something that you and officials are concerned and watching closely. and the security council received a closed door briefing about that late on thursday gabriel's onto. i'll just see it at united nations in new york. stevens unit is a professor of politics at the university of san francisco. he's also found in charge of the university. his middle eastern studies program, he says, is really, is taking advantage of serious vulnerability. no one can argue about whether the

israel's should bomb weapons facilities. i could get into the wrong hands as a se, but the aggressive ground invasion has no logic to it whatsoever. no strategic ration now. i mean, this is clearly taking advantage of the fact that syria is not in a position to defend themselves in more with the most the, they're in the navy and air force destroyed over the leadership and an influx with the government trying to desperately all things together. that seem to be the perfect opportunity for further expansion isn't already there. are tweets from is really, is looking forward to building a ski resort on mount herman. and you know, and, and so you can just start and, and talking about the holding onto this, this area for an extended period. i mean, they clearly feel as you can get away with this, especially since the united states has defied the united nations security council. and others, by recognizing israel's illegal acts, ation of the territory they already held. and with an even more strident pro,

israel administration developed to come in, perhaps they feel they can get away with expanding even further family members of thousands of missing syrians, a searching for relatives believe to have being held in presence, run by the side regime. some have been looking through id cards, gas, the cost of mess a is in the capital, damascus. and as they also served as a detention center since 2011, about 157000 people have disappeared off to being taken to prison. that's according to estimates by the syrian network for human rights. the newest member of our based group. i have 3 missing people, but i didn't find anything at all. we just want a hint of where they are one percent. and now they're saying they've released the prisoners, but we haven't seen anything. well, i went to sudden i a prison 3 or 4 times in the end we lost hope and came here. they told us sir prisons on the ground, but no one is showing us where they are. if someone had

a device to show where they might be, there are people on the ground and no one can get out. the police, it goes security, bronze prison in damascus. also known as alpha is notorious for abusing it's detainees out 0 corresponding and my all who ronnie was previously detained, that he recounted his experience in solar, straight consignment and spoke to all the former detainees. so why are you, hey, with your family? you know, i'm with my family so they can see where i was held and tortured, despite not committing any crime or doing anything against the law. and the security forces arrested me while i was walking in the street and brought me here for you to beat me and tortured me at all for i stayed in the cell number 7. 0 dear . they used to call my number, not my name was my number was 16 and someone would show you. number 16 meister hold up and above and then i would come up next. this

from such a small opening near the end of the door. the 1st thing i would receive a slap in my face. i was only allowed to look at the ground, the indian to issue. i stayed in this position for one or 2 hours. they start questioning me. if i move a little bit, the stuff beating, move it up, my see anything because of the blindfold box that they might have to solve out of this one after one or 2, or even sometimes 3 hours. they asked me to stay in this or that position to start investigation of somebody to smoke. they asked me what my full name and my family, and why i was broke there. a seed of police and dotius insult scroll the time. oh my god, this was the plastic rod,

which the investigator used to beat me this this one is number 14 where i was held for 40 days and the to the come up here i've seen the worst moments of my entire life years. and i used to always comes this whole just a brief update and it says, my neighbor in the other cell was always in pain. and it's difficult way of breathing used to hurt me and used to break my heart. i'm sure so many people have been here in this solitary confinement. so the at least $33.00 people, including children having killed in an is really strike in central gaza. at least

50 people were injured into strike the attack targeted homes in the, on the sarah refugee comp. civil defense teams have been pending victims from the russell fee. it definitely will help out. and then we'll have about when these ready, occupation bombs, people in their houses, what do you expect them to do that those injuries are very deep and grave about some people are even amputated for people to arrive after losing parts of their bodies. and mobility occupation is violating all humanitarian laws and the keep targeting civilians for an interest in it. and then is there any forces have killed northern garza's only orthopedic surgeon. dr. saved yada, was traveling in an ambulance with medical supplies between the come i'll add one and out of hospitals when it is rarely drained. open fire on the vehicle. dr. chow does. nephew was killed in and is there any attack and defend the palestinian media reports his 24 year old son was also killed last week while trying to rescue trapped. somebody mendez is there any troops have repeatedly attack doctors and

health care workers in gaza? kidding. more than 1000 of them since 6 type of last year, according to god's as ministry of health, the soldiers have detained at least 350 others. the united nation says, is there any forces, have a tax health care facilities within $1100.00 times in just a year? the frequent attacks mean hospitals in gaza have almost no medical supplies that come all out when the hospital has hardly any sterilization equipment. most alco flute isn't they la, here with more to the substitute, the vision of civilization in the hospital has lived to us to be most mean if it conditions with patients without talking to or from the hospital, which is the only function in health facility, which is all the patients in this

situation here, this cost of the subdivision devices has live to the patient conditions and instructions, infection and decisions. the disturbing devices vision torres, the us here to use the ways to the lives in clean the stools here. as you can clearly see, the big cha, 91 to send a patient system and come all the hospitals all to forward there. we need to sterilize goes in gloves and other tools, but we cannot. now we have run out of these things. patients rooms are open and you quite clean and sterilize materials. we work with our hands. they're suffering from a shortage of water. no one is able to wash their hands and does great. it has

affected our work to the business line to the west, due to the this severe medical supplies and these television devices which is affected by the homepage to the amount of special as the still ahead on al jazeera president, j biden's, final decisions in the white house is the largest act of 7 c in a single day. in most of us history. the last power problems in bonds, a dash, a deal with an indian energy. john is on the scrutiny as the entering government inc. dock of struggles to keep the lights on the

hello. we have signs of something cool, a just setting in across the middle east over the next few days. it presents. it's not too bad across the southern half of the radium peninsula. a 24 here for the ha, similar temperature 24, q white. but you can see the cooler. what do you just making it's way across the cool cuz there's no other parts of iran into iraq as well. a 9 saying they have in fact that and folding 15 celsius here, the sas day when fee weather coming in across that northwestern corner of error on, even though i get into the mid twenties. but next week we may both struggle to get into the high chain, so grab your jump us now for the north, for in the high chains just around that is the side of the medicine, right? is pretty quiet. quite a risk when just driving down towards the gaza, towards the israel here, but when dazing off as we go through sas day, but a lot of dry weather in place. and a lot of the dry by the 2 across the mountains of north africa wanted to shout was just getting the coastal fringes of west africa. and they will change here over the

next day. or 2 financial was our seasonal showers, continuing across the tropical belt as i should do. let's push for the race. we have that trouble cycling, making his way just clipping the finals of madagascar, and eventually rolling tools fondles with mozambique unique perspective. what could my community be gaining if we weren't spending money on all of those bonds? killing innocence? and as i said, 11 on, on her voices, the world has turned its back on so that our lives do match. so many people matter just as much as the other, connect with our community and be part of the conversation. we feel very unsafe because of the 2nd 12 presidency. they don't see the need and then trying to a piece of people are social media. the stream on out just the or the the

the welcome back you're watching out, is there a reminder of our top story? is this alex, us secretary of state on to me blinking has met texas president wretched type of the one on the agenda. the future of syria, both sides say they want to smooth transition of syria and political power. at least 33 people, including children, had been killed in his radio strike in central gaza. at least 50 people have been in judge the attacks talking to the house in the say, read refuge account of dispatching years of civil and sanctions. serious new administration is inheriting a health system. nearing collapse, united nation says more than half of the countries,

hospitals and primary care centers have been destroyed. and many doctors in the us have floods the country, leaving a major shortage talk to him besides, oh, how my day is and colleges and president of the syrian american medical society. you spoke to us about some of the challenges you are operate in the northwest, syria and the area and outside the government control area. we have been operating there for many years. we had a lot of challenges, but we were able to advance medical treatments and a very big way because we had many of our doctors in the united states were able to volunteer and help in train and educate to and actually create their, you know, teaching programs fellowship programs residency programs to treat and teach the doctors up there in the northwest. we also have the suburbs in and the problem of black coat is very good uh, medical facilities. uh,

because of the lack of infrastructure for many years we have suffered from continued attacks on hospitalization, planning and some continued war it. hospitalization, northwest are probably providing better services from the hospitals under the government controlled area. first of all, the hospitals were free of to everybody. so the cost was not major issue. but we actually converted many hospitals, there from field hospitals from uh, you know, office buildings uh like, uh, the, the custom building at the border we converted into to a hospital. so many of these hospitals did not struck as a hospital, but started as different buildings converted to a hospital like the central hospital. and it was basically the governmental official government building there on saturday, politicians in georgia, a set to hold a presidential election for the 1st time in the country's history, the public will not be voting and there's only one candidates. the vote is expected

to go position supporters. they've been holding nightly street protests for more than 2 weeks against the decision government. to me 3 major danco explains from bbc of george's government is preparing to elect a new president, even as protest as not demanding a rerun of parliamentary elections held in october. and this time, the public won't be voting. following changes to the constitution in 2017 candidates ought to be elected by a committee of 300 government officials, politicians and regional authorities. and this committee is controlled by the governing jordan dream party, something that's the angry people to say the last election was rigged with the help of russia. presidential should be elected adviser, people in the to elected by colleagues. so, you know, it's a, it's not the way that he's my pleasure. you too much because he's elected by non legitimate government. and now there's some at the bottom. i mean,

we are inside the courtyard of the georgia in parliament is quite the fortress here . behind these layers of reinforced gates and barricades, this is where the 10s of thousands of protesters gather every night. and the opposition policies have refused to take the seats in these holes since the october 26th election. because there was such a significant difference between the official result, 38 percent exit polls, which gave them over 50 percent. so they're not taking part in this presidential election. and there's only one candidates. it's his name is mikhail cover. let's really a form a striker for georgias national football team also briefly played in the premier league in the 19 ninety's. he's been a politician for the past 8 years, not showing away from a broil, and pushing forward a controversial for an agents low in may that lead to talks with you on georgia joining the block being frozen. the countries richest man and honorary chairman of the georgia dream party. that's, you know, you've obviously picked him before the post a lot using some of the on the bottom of the fair and it's patriotism and loyalty

to principles are the qualities that distinctly defined. mikhail kevin, actually he represents the finest embodiment of the georgian man. opposition. leaders see calculus really in a different light. the only thing she has on hand just type football. tea has no experience and no education and nothing of it for connect into. i don't know to diplomacy or international relations and likely opposition. outgoing. president solomon's that obviously has called georgia as government illegitimate. she said that she will not leave her post when have time expires at the end of the month and has called for the west to impose sanctions against the government. as georgia dream titans, it's great on the country's political system. opposition. parties say they will continue supporting is that obviously as the legitimate president, even if she's forced into exile to meet them, it but then go out to 0. been easy. all going us president joe biden has commuted

the sentences of navy. 1500 people is the biggest single day act of clemency in modern us. history is also a pause. and so i see 9 americans convicted of non violent crimes bite and said he will be taking most steps in the weeks ahead. the move comes just a week after and will controversial part and by the president, which was handed out to his son fund to buy it, and was facing sentencing off to being convicted of tax and gun charges. now melanie sloane is a former federal prosecutor with expertise in government ethics. she says it's common practice for president, issue politicians as they complete that times. so there was a lot of pressure on president biden after pardoning hunter bite into pardon and use his clemency powers for other people. and he did that and probably you would have done it any way because presidents very typically start issuing a lot of partners towards the end of their terms and around the holiday season. and

in there's a lot of questions about obviously the 100 biden hardened, especially how brought it was they've pardon hunter for not just the specific things he'd been convicted of by for anything he might have done in a 10 year period. and president biden did that. it seems largely because uh president trump has threatened to keep investigating hunter bide, and then keep going after him and 100 biden is known to be a more fragile person. he's had addiction problems. president biden already has also lost 2 other children in the, in a 2 at early ages. and that has been very stressful for him as it would be for any parent. and i think he's been very worried about hunter. so all things considered any that's why he part, pardon hunter, now. uh, president trump has added some of the republicans have use that as a reason to pardon the people from january 6th. but it was really a matter of apples and oranges trumpet. talked about pardoning those people really

since they started being convicted, he's always felt that they were unfairly treated in his interview with time. was he and he said he wouldn't be pardoning them. i think not just within the 1st hour, but maybe even in the 1st 9 minutes, donald trump has been named time magazines, person of the yeah. he also received the title in 2016 when he was 1st elected to the white house. as the announcement was made to trump was of the new york stock exchange to ring the opening trading though, since 1927 time magazine has recognized the past and the old movements that quite for better or for was, has done the most to influence the events of the or around $3000.00 migraines rushing to arrive in the united states before the integration of president electronic. most of them are from venezuela hunter, us and hazy as well as cuba. they special from the southern mexican board, a city of type a to the the making the journey despite trumps. promise of deportations of the crack down. immigration,

many of the migraines say they were forced to leave the countries because of political upheaval and economic hardship. i ask republican president, donald trump, to think with his heart because he also has assemblies. and if we are only going in search of work and to show him who we have in his words, are hard work and people just look up and say, i want to not him. if i use, i never thought i would leave my country. i never had the american dream, but i was forced by the situation at this moment because of the home during government and our basic food is the most expensive in central america. you can't survive anymore. they're calls for a bangladesh energy deal to be scrapped. it was agreed between indian business john the a johnny group on the government, a full my bank that actually prime minister shake casino. she flipped a new daddy up to being ousted by a popular protest movement in august. tanya, to audrey has moved from doc. com, a fine with the same, puts nearly 10 percent off. it's electricity from india,

most of it is supplied by the mountain. national identity group under 25 year purchase agreement, signed in 2017. but some believe bangladesh been ripped off and the agreement is unfair. on a crib, it did not protect the interest of bangladesh. so i want the government to renegotiate the terms with fed, a quote, and that a post initial interest of bung with this. if of any does not agree to it, lets cancel the agreement as a whole. to protect the interest of the energy costs are rising and growing demand due to the expanding economy is hard and consumers there are frequent power cuts despite paying high terrace. what happens to the electricity we're importing from india? where does it go? that's my question to the government. the india bangladesh power data was signed in 2017 by prime minister check casino, who was often during mess demonstration, earlier this year. but bangladesh has current energy advisor phase there,

and ben was unnecessary as the country can meet, its power needs domestically. and the high cost of important energy is draining the government's resources this bought by the that we have a backyard. i have with high data, for example, i need says a 50 percent higher. then the average consumer debt is paid by the people to as a result of this new project. and i've been involved with you and also this of the project that with preclude, without the competition, we have this huge subsidy required to be entered and defend demand is high in bung with ash with many resenting new bill is decision to provide check custody. now with a safe haven we pick the data and go from i don't need the indian building here at the.