this is the every news lot from berlin warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe for the last rebel stronghold in syria the united nations raises the alarm of a coming blog about the syrian and russian forces launch a final assault on isn't a problem these images could be just the first glimpse of the destruction to come also coming up german foreign minister heikal masa traveling to turkey today ion the agenda is the release of seven german citizens being held in jail they were arrested after a failed coup two years ago. so bad that we had to leave iraq probably on

a jump on a motorbike you know he finds a way to get through this massive traffic jam outside or nigerian port we look at why truck drivers are having to wait for weeks to unload their good. times to me so much got a good to have you with us it may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the united nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move in to take the last rebel held province of ablett which is home to around three million people many of them fled to it live from elsewhere in syria the first big influx came in december two thousand and sixteen after government forces took control of aleppo then in two thousand and seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homes and did march of this year after fighting ended in eastern convoys also headed to let the u.n.

has called for diplomacy between the major players to avoid a bloodbath the leaders of iran russia and turkey are set to meet on friday in tehran for a summit that could determine the course for an offense that's. dark clouds warn of an impending catastrophe the first strikes on the adlib region were reported on tuesday these images posted by activists show bombings in villages close to ellipse city several civilians have reportedly been killed the syrian observatory for human rights says russian warplanes carried out the attacks on behalf of its ally syrian president bashar al assad. his regime is preparing its forces ready to close in on one of the last enclaves of rebel resistance. the united nations wants the assault to stop before it reaches the city of it live and its three million residence. we cannot at war and it because it's filled to the brim with the internally displaced which have been yes we have been for sanity know

at the end hopefully of this the worse for generation civilians hoping to flee to the nearby border with turkey may be met with force turkey has moved military hardware to block another mass influx of refugees. meanwhile in it live a lesson in patience schools of carrying on with classes full some parents keeping their children close as they await the unthinkable. such scenes of normality could be erased after friday when regional powers are due to hold a summit which may decide the fate of the people of it live rebels and children alike. did it is until vera is following the story for us from beirut hi i'm sure this is the battle that everyone has been fearing the un is warning of a bloodbath nearly three million people are in this area what is going to happen to

it love and its people. well that's a very important question i mean there are three million people there and most of these people are against the city and regime most of these people were rushed from several other rebel held onto is under seventy conciliation deals from a low point now we will most likely see an armed conflict there between the russian civilians and the opposition groups on the ground and they will be casualties because of the magnitude here because of the number of people present there but sixty percent of the total genius level spent all by extremists. and it is refusing to disband or merge with other groups that turkey is sponsoring or turkey's help even if the russians and the city of course is attack just these just the members of this group there will still be casualties so we are looking at a pretty dangerous situation in the in the problems of the if regime troops with the support of russia with blood does that mean that the war is affectively over.

it absolutely doesn't mean that it would then mean that russia. along with russia have won this war which would then mean that political reconciliation with other groups which is already hard m i may actually not come out her door in any constructive form and that's the big fear so they're with me here which is something that they have been planning for very long a good part of the offensive the they've been planning for a very long i'd interviewed the advisor to bashar al assad a few months ago and she told me that i got the it will be going for it is going as the city and government land but the question now is what it means russia because russia and the other deciding powers via the un is very concerned about civilians and if they have appealed specifically to russia and turkey to help find a solution but do ancora and moscow have the same priorities and syria. well they do and they don't russia has been backing bashar al assad and the backing of

several rebel factions so they're not united wife but they did come together in the stomach process the u.s. is next take the lead and essentially has given this theater to russia to handle some brush i can also be cleared later now russia's concerns i does not want to ruin his reputation more than it already has people into doing so in conflict because it is asking the e.u. and others to be on the reconstruction because it wants to lead the politically conciliation process that happens after the war is over whereas turkey what turkey's saying is look we don't want any more refugees that is already home to three million people a few million refugees ever get fired in anger duckie saying is give us more time so we can we can this extremist group have them in a fight among each other and so we can contain the conflict now when the meeting happens and friday the two powers of essentially expected to hopefully come up with a solution that the conflict and it can be not entirely good up. until for our reporting on the story for us from beirut thank you. not just him other stories

making headlines around the world british prosecutors are seeking to arrest true russian men for the nerve agent attack on former russian spies survey screwball and his daughter in the u.k. the suspects are being charged in that censure with attempted murder and other crimes police say traces of nova truck were found in a london hotel where the men stayed in march. a new report from the world health organization says that more than a quarter of the world's adults don't exercise enough it says one point four billion people weren't reaching the recommended levels of physical activity and that's putting them at a higher risk of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. and the new tell all book by veteran washington post reporter bob woodward quotes a top aide calling president donald trump and idiot and alleges that other senior figures removed sensitive documents to stop him from making impulsive decisions trump has dismissed the book on twitter as a con on the public. german foreign minister who is on his

way to turkey the first highlevel visit there by a german politician and some time relations between the two countries have soured over human rights and other issues before leaving a mosque called turkey an important partner for germany despite the recent problems and he indicated the issue of seven german citizens arbitrarily detained in turkey would be high on his agenda they are being held on political charges after a failed coup two years ago. when i spoke to our chief political correspondent melinda crane and i asked her how likely it is that the german foreign minister will be able to secure the release of the detained german. well we have seen a thawing of relations between turkey and germany which had been very very tense ever since the attempted putsch against president at a one two years ago and in recent months in fact several very high profile releases both the journalist and it's your show and most recently

a journalist translator named tolu and that particular release of mrs tolu at the end of august was viewed as a sign of a warming in relations which not coincidentally coincidentally is taking place against the backdrop of very strong tensions between turkey and the u.s. so perhaps a recognition on anger is part that it really does need closer relations and support within europe and especially from germany which of course is home to many many. residents of turkish origin so for all those reasons there's hope here that we may see some movement on the detention of the remaining seven germans and by nationals who are in detention on political grounds in turkey. u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe has met with pakistan's newly elected prime minister imran khan pakistan is a linchpin of the u.s.

as a strategy in the region but relations between the two countries are at an historic low after the u.s. canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance earmarked to support pakistan's fight against terrorism. it's not the easiest mission for u.s. secretary of state maicon pale to trumpet ministration has never quite been on good terms with pakistan the president's first tweet of the year set the tone and it's only gone downhill since then. the us has foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit taking of our leaders as fools to give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more awaiting pompei on islamabad is pakistan's new prime minister imran khan an outspoken critic of the us can is set to receive bad news ahead of the visit the us announced its canceling another three hundred million dollars in aid on top of the five hundred million

already cut earlier this year. the aid was meant to compensate pakistan for its efforts to fight terrorists on its own soil but the u.s. says pakistan has been dragging its feet previous presidents have always hoped they could turn around pakistan's behavior but i think would trump we're finally seeing a disillusionment sinking in and a sense of conviction amongst congress amongst the administration the white house that it's too late we simply have to now use more sticks because the carrots just haven't worked. the u.s. accuses pakistan of letting armed groups operate within its territory especially in the tribal areas in the northwest of the country on the border to afghanistan there the country is said to be providing a safe haven for terrorists like the kani network a terrorist group responsible for some of afghanistan's most deadly attacks accusations pakistan sharply denies the country's new ruling coalition wants to change tack in its relations with the u.s. it's going to be equal partnership. there is them but we will not fly.

by the u.s. will the americans have to understand that the lead to come up and sort of on the table with doesn't these pressure back to. this regime even before pumping his plane landed in pakistan officials were calling on imran khan to cancel the meeting khan's first with a high level u.s. official since being sworn in as prime minister last month. let's bring in m.t.s. goal from the center for research and security studies in islamic but he joins us on the line hi m.d.s. my pompei o is on a pretty difficult mission here as we heard the trumpet ministration has taken a really tough line on pakistan how is he being received there. well i think it is turning out to be an anticlimax as far as my phone fios messaging to pakistan is concerned there was crime and and dissipation of fireworks at the frist formal meeting the two meeting with the foreign minister but we understand that meeting is

gone gone down already randi it was sort of a introductory meeting in which he was a dick where experience changed of course afghanistan was discussed but not the way it has been projected in the media before he arrived here and both of agreed the there is no military solution to the situation in afghanistan however there is a difference of strategy and mr pompeo we understand now wants to address and define expected strategies informal talks in days and weeks to come so they have important shared mission in the region and the u.s. accuses pakistan of letting armed groups operate within its territory pakistan says that's not the case what does the evidence actually show. well i think there is some truth to groups operating in the question a lot of time on the border region but we also have to understand that the nearly

seventy percent of the bases inside afghanistan out on the. president's selfish are troops present and the terrorists whether they are. funny or off gone to use these ongoing spaded really frequently to carry out attacks not only in afghanistan but also in. the security forces have particularly be under the focus of terrorist activity guy status and in the every day box on army and going to courses lose their soldiers to the terrorists and yes given the tensions between the u.s. and pakistan can these two countries reset relations. well i guess the better sense prevails if the united states backs down from its strategic position that could have bought. in to leash and geopolitical effect that has been

driving the markets on foreign policy and it should. have gone on and if progress on all the bugs and also speaking of that to do something that is very much in sync with the expectations up not only the united states but the expectations of its allies china and russia will please just relationship and find a middle ground for moving forward as a punishment is going to undercut that i think the united states will also have to clear space for the other strategic neighbor of a part of town and that could be you know on i can't go and analyst at the center for research and security studies in islam about thank you very much. to nigeria now on the porch in the mega city of lagos is one of the most important in west africa but massive traffic jams at the pop up port entrance trap drivers in

line for weeks at a time one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered security operatives to clean up the mess but the long lines are back with frustrated traders pointing the finger at failing infrastructure poor logistics and corruption at stake lagos is reputation as the commercial hub of west africa correspondent major increase reports. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. that's a five this we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. papa is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened due to a strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in and the entry cost of

a port for their vehicles has quadrupled. businessman kevin in ben oil has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two three containers a month i mean a week now we're down to if you're lucky one in two three weeks sometimes four weeks so the clients are complaining you can't get as much product out of the country and it's just it's it's a disaster here a bun ois says the bad state of the roads the lack of ports in nigeria and mismanagement are to blame for the situation. macedonia is due and from my assumption is some people probably benefit or maybe in the way the travel yes so bad that we had to leave iraq i'll be i'm and jump on a motorbike many of the exact trailers told us that it is basically an open secret that if you're right some of the security forces who are in charge of a range of the traffic you can jump the line. several institutions are responsible

for traffic traffic police union representatives regular police even the military but they don't consider themselves part of the problem. there are just too many containers and the port authority isn't opening up the port to let them in. so every day there are more and more the major issue is the road so we have begging the government to help to reduce the traffic. so. we wanted to talk to the relevant ministry in the capital abuja but no one would answer our questions. so things it'll be three weeks before he sees his family again that's the earliest he'll be able to deliver his goods he's hopeful though in two thousand and twenty lagos is set to get a brand new port. tennis

now and rafael nadal is squeezed into the semifinals in the u.s. open after a five set test against dominic team of austria the defending champion got off to a dreadful start but he managed to outlast team in a match that ended at two in the morning and lasted nearly five hours. dominic team couldn't have asked for a better start the austrian punish nidal in the first set to hand the defending champ what's known as a bagel a six nil thrashing butts in the sweaty rainer of flushing meadows no dull full back in a topsy turvy encounter the dull took the next two sets to pave the way for a victory only for team to once again cause him serious problems in the fifth and final set team doggedly survived five break points before he went along with a routine smash and adult victory in the tie break just after two am it was game over in the epic confrontation. nadar will meet

argentinian one martin del potro in the semifinals on the women's side lot vs anastasio save us job not defending champion sloane stephens out of the tournament save us of actually retired in two thousand and thirteen because of injuries but she came back and will now compete in her first ever u.s. open semifinal. tiger woods comeback is getting a boost to the forty two year old golfer has been added to the u.s. ryder cup squad that will play a team of europeans later this month woods has been plagued in recent years by injuries but worked his way up to a second place finish in the p.g.a. championship last month it's incredible and it really is to look back at the start of the year and now to accomplish a goal like that to be a part of this team. and now to be a player is just. beyond special. right and visitors to the tiger and safari park in crimea got more than they bargained for when one of the lions

decided to literally get on board. for this year showing a lion known as phil you know climbing onto the openside bus and the driver before turning its attention to the other passengers. the clip of course has gone viral and shows that cats can get in the mood for a cuddle. but leave them i don't know what should we do you. because it doesn't actually go. far at helena is here with business that doesn't exactly look like a couple between washington and i don't know that you think it's going to be as friendly as he is there which talk about the nasa negotiations take it or leave it that's what trump told the canadians prime minister today replied that he was holding out for a win win deal now rhetoric aside both parties have agreed to head back to the negotiating table today and with good reason that he has eight trillion dollars worth of trade prime minister trudeau didn't seem too concerned despite the

importance of a trade agreement with the u.s. three quarters of canada's international commerce is with its southern neighbor but he said he didn't want to deal at any cost. we will not sign a deal that is bad for canadians and quite frankly not having a chapter nineteen to ensure that the rules are followed would be bad for canadians chapter nineteen of the trade agreement is a mechanism to resolve disputes through arbitration tribunal's so far the white house has refused to give ground president trump wants things done his way on his way to the golf course on the weekend he used twitter to threaten that he would stop talking to canada in that case canada would no longer be party to the north american free trade agreement. well let's get a stroll mol front from frank were a financial correspondent and he bought standing by for us we canadians but at the negotiating table is that any sense of optimism that

a three way deal will be struck. well i don't think there's all that much optimism at the moment there's real that's the fact that canada and the united states the president and prime minister are going head to head on this and both seem adamant on getting their way at least perhaps in that vein getting a better position at the bargaining table but i think you have to take prime minister trudeau sustainment seriously that he's not going to sign any deal that's bad for canadians he would rather not sign a deal so there's trepidation over that and it's impossible to predict with donald trump's let's say so far performance in the oval office of how it will come out in the end trade worries of course weighing on the markets chairs going down with u.s. china and u.s. e.u. also in play here causing uncertainty is always

a lot for them to worry about with that trade having two other news by results for the second quarter all out how they the community. well it's a complex interpretation this time because by has gotten rid of some activities due to a cartel regulations or because it just had to raise cash to take over monsanto the agro chemical company from the united states and business seems to be so good for buyers though that it's raising its forecast and usually this is great news for investors and sends a share shooting up but by it's going down because investors are worried about what effect monsanto will have in the future and it's all about the wheat killers that are very controversial. people filing claims against monsanto claiming it's causing ten. and perhaps having very expensive penalties and investors just fear that by are bought into the wrong kind of company and it might cost dearly in the end her

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