and also coming up rebuilding this area will top the agenda when leaders from iran russia and turkey meet and twenty four hours. a quarter. to present over the rape of aid workers in two thousand. and sixteen. white the oil workers in south africa go on strike of a benefits being offered only to the company's blackwork codes. francaise military chief says he's prepared to strike syria if chemical weapons are used in the country syrian president bashar al assad has said he's planning a military operation to retake it lip french armed forces chief want was speaking to reporters in paris is on the turkey syria border there have been several air strikes in the northern area of how my province and south it live one of those are from what we understand is taken out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense or the white helmets the rescue workers that operate in opposition terrace and we also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eye

idlib monitor groups say that shells have been launched today on rebel positions the leaders of iran russia and turkey are set to gather on friday in tehran for a summit that could determine the scope of this offensive and the u.n. security council is also set to meet amid fears that the assaults could put major world powers on a collision course. a demonstration in a against the assad regime in defiance of the looming government offensive what these people turned out voluntarily or were forced to by rebel forces is unknown. propaganda is dominating the calm before the storm on all sides the syrian army displaying its hardware and saying it's ready to move in. we're still observing the other side but when we see something there we fire on anything that moves. for the first time in weeks russian airplanes attacked rebel positions in italy on tuesday some thirty targets were hit say the rebels russia says its patience with the anti-government forces is limited. but the rebels are also rattling their sabers many of them of former al-qaeda fighters at least ten thousand parties are in the encla

no ceasefire for syria's it led province iran russia into he failed to agree on a move that much of a humanitarian catastrophe in the last rebel strongholds but they have agreed to keep talking. can fill gabble welcome to the program the eastern german city of cabinets is tense again tonight as about fifteen hundred demonstrators marched against the government's migration policies chanting we are the people and this is our city they carried placa calling for a complete halt to the arrival of asylum seekers hundreds of police officers have been deployed and there are no reports of violence chemist's a scene a series of protests on both sides of the migration issue since a man was stabbed to death late last month allegedly by an asylum seeker. the aftermath of that fatal knife attack and spot disagreement between chancellor machall and her domestic intelligence chief after the incident the chances of her spokesman highlighted reports of far right mobs and done foreigners in the german city for germany's domestic intelligence chief is now raising doubts about those accounts saying that h

with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into iran i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of. my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. this is is very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get these to the parakeets these but then to minimize the loss of life or grandy said syrian refugees who wonder if it's safe to go home are watching how the conflict plays out in its final stages it could send a message of confidence he said or not. in the last few days the kremlin has labeled it live province a hotbed of terrorists that requires action. syrian government forces backed by russian air power have been moving into the area and armed groups fighting president bashar al assad are preparing for their last stand for

can iran and russia convince turkey to back off and allow them to take idlib. n turkey convince iran and russia not to launch an offensive that would jeopardize their interests in idlib? these are questions being explored today and much of the world eager to see if they come up with a solution. in tehran,espondent obviously in for a busy few hours. thank you. joining me in the studio, our guest who was listening to us chat. as we were saying, time is clearly are the essence. but how likely are w we to get concrete results from today's meeting echo -- meeting? is more intense than in previous meetings of this kind and keep in mind this is the third summit these countries have held on syria. of course, the reason it is more urgent is the warning of the humanitarian catastrophe in the making and it's basically more urgent because the syrian war has reached a critical point. idlib is such a heavily populated province and compared that in comparison to others were the war has raged. feels victory in his grasp. he is flushed out the opposition in other areas. he has b

has warned syria not to resort to chemical weapons on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey are due to hold a summit that could determine the course for an offensive. dark clouds warn of an impending catastrophe the first strikes on it lib 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 lived and its three million residents. at war and it because it's fin to the brim with the internally displaced with civilians we've been for sanity know at the end hopefully of this the worst for a 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. meanwh

correspondent nina has a following this story for us you know good to talk to you the leaders of iran russia and turkey are beating today to discuss the future of syria's last pocket of rebel resistance province turkey's head of state regift tie affair to one arrived in tehran earlier as did russia's president vladimir putin the two leaders will join iranian president hassan rouhani to discuss the looming military assault on the northwestern syria damascus is just turman to take it live province by force aid agencies are warning of what they say could be the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in syria seven year war. the northwestern province of idlib is syria's last rebel stronghold tens of thousands of people were bussed here when other anti-government areas fell around half of the estimated three million residents both civilians and rebel fighters have come in from other parts of the country. the first big influx came in december twenty sixth seen after government forces took control of aleppo then in twenty seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homs and in march this year aft

the past few minutes from a senior advisor to mr one saying that iran summit can produce peace and reconciliation if needs be but for russia and iran both allies of the government in damascus taking it live again is crucial to finishing off what will be perceived as the final stage in a military victory if you've been following the conflict in syria you'll know that for the past what three or four months maybe analysts of what's going on in syria have all been saying the same thing bashar al assad has almost won almost the use of the word almost might disappear if he takes it lead successfully the consequences of that of course would be an even bigger humanitarian disaster on the ground on the border between turkey and syria mr putin there inside that the city is a limousine on his way to those heavy hitting talks in tehran. a stabbing suspects being questioned in brazil after injuring a presidential election candidate doctors say joey boll sinatra is in a grave but stable condition the prominent far right candidate has angered many with racist and homophobic comments his gabriel is on them. it was an attack that happened

targeted by ass trucks as pro-government troops gathered on the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will meet to discuss syria's fate as the top stories stay with us death by design continues next avenue's after you straight after that likes what he's seen a bit better. here my apartment i flew from the consulate in the fall down six missiles you see youngest about to do it has died and fifteen others were injured after an explosion at a foxconn factory in chengdu self worth trying to the eight hundred to some from john king but you know the just a little hallway that all children occurred at around seven pm in a polishing workshop it appears to have been triggered by an explosion of combustible dust in the duct. no one to be surprised that aluminum dust if it's in a high enough concentration and there is an ignition source it will produce explosion and fire this is a hazard which is extremely well known. so the fact that apple suppliers have an explosion in chengdu in the plant means that they had very poor housekeeping very poor production processes that's terrible. wha

think to be expected as we what we've seen in the course of this conflict of this war is that russia and iran have a reasonably solid alliance it has its differences but they can work together turkey and russia have more separation between them but this troika this this trio that has been working together in the formats have slowly gradually been kind of inching forward in diplomatic progress trying to work together as much as they can to get this war wound down in the best way possible now of course what it was saying there was don't go storming into it do not create another bloodbath do not send a fresh wave of refugees crashing across our borders we couldn't cope with it sensually vladimir putin and rouhani have both been taking the position that much has already been achieved in syria and there is much more to be done more the more that is to be done is to finally win this war in that they agree with damascus they want to beat these rebels they want to unites these lands under the control of damascus so stephanie was saying there that you know would like there to be some control perhaps s

president is warning of a bloodbath in the syrian rebel stronghold of he's been in teheran as iran also welcomed russia's president for a summit on syria as the talks began iran's president hassan rouhani emphasized the need for a political and military solution. to fight terrorism an adlib as an end inevitable. part of a mission to bring about peace and stability in syria we should make sure that their civilians are not harmed and just process. we are fighting for peace war for war is a mistake from our point of view and after those talks the u.n. special envoy to syria described the situation in being set up for a perfect storm staffan de mistura told the u.n. security council the expected military offensive against rebels will be and reflect battle the u.n. warning of the worst humanitarian crisis since the war began. now the news the first peace talks in two years between yemeni government leaders and who the rebels have hit a hurdle who say they can't get authorization from the saudi iraqi coalition to fly to geneva u.n. special envoy for yemen is already in switzerland with yemen's foreign minister

iran russia. china and for the record. there was an initiative to form a special councils a consultation mechanism that two words discuss ways to let me choose you provide economic gain and that. basically deserves with the discretion to the twenty fifteen agreement and how to make it so that. the third parties so to speak would not in any way interfere into these mechanisms that would be developed. both banking mechanisms financing mechanisms and others. we've met in the same format on monday and on the twenty fourth into bit of september. it's a pretty good and the european said that they are moving on moving forward with their work that we are participating as well and so i see a lot of opportunities moving forward unless of course our european colleagues. so what's on the. company and you could say that their companies do not want to work with the rand and while this would be a grave mistake because business we don't want just to look at businesses we cannot make businesses do anything this is what we hear from europe

what kind of international reaction there will be because it does seem clear folly that both russia and iran and let's be honest russia is really the one who calls the shots here are in consensus that damascus should be taking back the entire province yet the u.n. special envoy for syria to found a mystery in his briefing to the security council just a short while ago said you know there is no other meaning that if this region this area was to come under attack the people who live there wouldn't have anywhere else to go and also talked about the fact that it's extremely difficult to differentiate between the fighters who the syrian government will be going after and the civilians who live in this area. absolutely this is one of the concerns that the president of turkey's red crescent was telling us two days ago and he came out of it lib saying that you know within the urban populated areas these groups and there's many different fighting groups inside it literally it's going to be very different to distinguish and this is why they're concerned of this potential bloodbath also remember when y

targeted by ass trikes as pro-government troops gathered on the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate stephanie decker is on the tekkie syrian border. there have been several air strikes in the northern area of how my province and south it live one of those from what we understand is taking out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense is the white i'll miss the rescue workers that operate in opposition territory we also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eyes remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian re

the leader of iran russia and turkey friday to talk about the future of syria top of the agenda will be the syrian government's planned offensive to retake that's the last remaining rebel held province turkey fears a major push hundreds of thousands of refugees over its borders stephanie decker reports. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario already rematch with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from visiting it if any. inside or other borders now we are preparing. refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunately there is no clear line for armed groups there are. settling down inside the societies so it is really difficult to target the milit

targeted by as trikes says pro-government troops gather along the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate stephanie decker is on the turkey syria border for there have been several airstrikes in the northern area of how my province and south it live one of those from what we understand is taking out one of the buildings belonging to the civil defense is the white how much the rescue workers that operate in opposition territory we also understand that there are a number of families hundreds we understand around a thousand people that have fled some of those areas where those airstrikes are taking place at the moment all eyes remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or a wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian

civilians protests and strikes continue in the leaders of iran russia and turkey discuss the fate of the syrian province. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. protests over a lack of basic services in iraq rage on with demonstrators storming the arabian consulate in benghazi or. the brazilian far right presidential candidate she was on the campaign trail and says he had prepared himself for such an attack. and hundreds queue for coffee as starbucks opens its first store in spiritual with the express. so then turkey has warned that it cannot to take in any more syrian refugees if government and russian forces push ahead with the planned offensive in it lip at a meeting of the leaders of turkey iran and russia in tehran to discuss the fate of the rebel held province president to an expressed fears of a bloodbath it thought full scale fighting in it led could cause a humanitarian disaster almost three million people trapped and leaders agreed to meet again to seek joint solution well it'll be surrounded by syrian forces from the west from the south and from the east the s

turkey wanted them to agree to a cease fire in italy but russia and iran rejected turkey's request and the assad regime continued its brutal attacks the united states is long past taking russia and iran at their word that they are interested in protecting civilians and it led from further violence. no matter what type of weapons or methods are used the united states strongly opposes any escalation of violence in. every member of the security council should feel the same it's time for russia to stop wasting our time when it comes to peace in syria russia and iran have had every opportunity to demonstrate their credibility as constructive actors in syria but what have they done with these opportunities they created so-called deescalation zones throughout syria which they have cynically systematically and ruthlessly violated in february they violated the deescalation zone and eastern ghouta then in july russia blatantly broke a commitment made by president putin and president trump to uphold a cease fire arrangement in southwest syria now in russia and iran are violating their last re

leaders of iran russia and turkey will be discussing the future of syria when they meet in tehran in the coming few hours syrian government forces are widely expected to launch an offensive against rebel held it live province from tehran is saying bus robbery. the world is not doing enough to help people displaced by war that was the message during a visit by the un high commissioner for refugees legal ground he was into ran to meet with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into her on i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of the about my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. this is is is very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get these good apparently but then to minimize the loss of life granny sai

serious seven year civil war looks like its engine its final bloody stage after the leaders of iran and russia back to military offensive on the country's last rebel held area russian president vladimir putin and iran's hassan rouhani refused calls from turkish leader reptile to run for a ceasefire the three latest match in the iranian capital tehran for what was seen as the final chance for a diplomatic solution before a full scale assault on it led turkey backed opposition forces against syrian president bashar al assad within the iran's hassan rouhani refused calls from turkish leader reptile iran for a ceasefire the three latest match in the iranian capital tehran for what was seen as the final chance for a diplomatic solution before a full scale assault on it led turkey backed opposition forces against syrian president bashar al assad and now fears a new flood of refugees russian president vladimir putin dismissed president wants a ceasefire proposal saying a truce would be pointless. there are no representatives of armed opposition here at our table and moreover there are no representati

serious seven year civil war looks like it's entering its final bloody stage after the leaders of iran and russia about to military offensive on the country's last rebel held area russian president vladimir putin and iran's has undergone a refused calls from turkish leader red type one for a cease fire the three leaders met in the iranian capital tehran for what was seen as the final chance for a diplomatic solution before a full scale assault on a limb turkey backed opposition forces against syrian president bashar al assad and now fears a new flood of refugees russian president vladimir putin dismissed president out of once a ceasefire proposal saying a truce would be pointless. there are no representatives of armed opposition here at our table and moreover there are no representatives of nusra front or i asked on the syrian army. numbers. so in my opinion and i believe the turkish president is right in general it would be good to have a ceasefire which we cannot speak for them and moreover we cannot say that no threat from terrorists. will stop shooting although they will stop using drones wit

russia and syria to change tactics when it comes to. well the meetings today just showed how different the positions of turkey iran and russia still are mr adelman was trying to advocate a cease fire it's not entirely clear how successful he was with that because especially president putin is in favor of strong military action to crush a rebel groups inside it live and he wants president assad to take complete control over syria the joint declaration today doesn't mention any imminent offensive it just mentions the three partners want to try to cooperate and result the crisis so maybe missing out on managed to buy some time some time maybe to put pressure on rebel groups certain militants inside it lip to disarm and more moderate groups to take control so that's maybe a small achievement but as i said no clear answer on what will happen next in it live the three leaders will one want to meet again ok let's look if we could add a worst case scenario if a new humanitarian crisis is triggered and if turkey is that with a new wave of migrants and refugees what will this mean for turkey's refugee deal with your. well brian the turkish aid age

i'm sumi so much got the good to have you with us the leaders of iran russia and turkey are meeting out this hour to discuss the future of syria's last pocket a rebel resistance it live province iranian president hassan rouhani is hosting russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's head of state. in tehran aid agencies say it could turn out to be the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in syria's a seven year war. let's go right to our correspondent on szell bora she's following the story for us from beirut hi i'm chill is there any chance at all that diplomacy here can prevent all out military action in italy. well that's the hope the hope is that russia would listen to the voice of reason because russia wants the e.u. and the rest of the world the western world essentially to pay for the reconstruction in syria and say look we're not going to have an all out war we have a limited strike but even if it's going to be a limited strike there would still be many civilian casualties because if the problems has to be million people living there will be a lot of them there who can say is tha

we had iran russia and turkey meeting in. everyone puts a nice face on it but it was a disaster it was a car wreck well i think well the very fact that turkey russia and iran walked on something together for the first time when i think three centuries you know if you look at the history of conflict we never could you know agree on something in common you know who's the odd man out i think in this time where it's of course president this time. but it's very unfortunate because basically when i talk to syria and so they all agree that the war is a war there was should be all would be quiet should be but it looks like it's going to be reignited in a really big way the problem is that their position has exhausted its potential i mean it's clear that syrians want want peace in the country is exhausted everything is more or less clear you know and the syrians they simply have no guts no desire for forty continued war so they're really irritated by this continued uncertainty about ok ok that's ok that's exactly what we want to get y

line is warning of a bloodbath in the last rebel held province in syria he met the leaders of iran and russia to talk about a looming humanitarian crisis for three million people trapped there. we have small from teheran. three leaders of modern nations born from ancient empires around the table into iran they plan the future of a country whose leader was not in the room. as the presidents of russia and iran patted themselves on the back for a job well done keeping syrian president bashar al assad in power turkey's leader reminded them that the mission was far from accomplished we do not want a bloodbath in italy and we expect you to support us in this regard decision which we reach in relation to the fates of it lib will also shape the future of the region much of the to her own summit was spent talking about the future of it blew up the syrian city and province where armed groups and opposition rebels are preparing to make their last stand against syrian government forces and russian warplanes for the underwriters of the syrian conflict it blue is a clearly a point of divergence iran and ru

let me address key developments in what we call the big four, russia, china, iran, and north korea. with respect to russia, the recently reelected president is facing growing economic stagnation, sanctions and unpopularity, which makes it more likely for him to focus blame on foreign adversaries, starting with the united states. russia continues to use a tools, in ukraine, assassinations, political influence campaigns and the cyber warfare to keep the government off our as ukraine prepares for presidential and momentary elections in 2019. russia's activities are expanding in the middle east, arctic, north africa, and latin america, which demonstrates its broader ambition. and moscow is placing greater emphasis on the relationship with beijing, which it sees as a fellow authoritarian state that shares its goal of pushing back against u.s. influence around the world. we will be watching as china participates this year in russia's major and will military exercise -- annual military exercises, which start next week. it will be one of the largest exercises involving participants in both c

civilians protests and strikes continue in the leaders of iran russia and turkey discuss the fate of the syrian province. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. protests over a lack of basic services in iraq rage on with demonstrators storming the arabian consulate in browser. the brazilian far right presidential candidates he was on the campaign trail he says he had prepared himself for such an attack. and hundreds queue for coffee at starbucks opens its first store in.

iran russia and turkey have failed to agree on a cease fire that would prevent a syrian government offensive in italy a province the last major rebel stronghold at the summit in tehran leaders from the three countries did agree that there could be no military solution to the syrian conflict they say the war can end only through any cozy.

predict how exactly it will unfold that they say will be decided at the negotiating table between iran russia and turkey but there is a consensus that the battle for adlib will be the final major battle of this war stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. india supreme court has ruled that homosexuals sex should not be treated as a crime gay rights campaigners celebrated the landmark judgement as it was delivered within the last hour it strikes down the colonial era law which made homosexuality punishable by up to ten years in prison. u.s. secretary of state. and defense secretary james mattis are in india for talks that washington had cancelled twice its share the focus will be strategic and security issues including washington's demand that india stops buying oil from iran the u.s. also wants to dissuade india from buying a russian weapon. for the meeting in india. visit to pakistan the u.s. secretary of state says he's hoping for a reset and relations with his. newly elected prime minister in just days after the u.s. said it was cutting military aid to pakistan for failing t

protesters have set fire to iran's consulate in the southern city of basra that angry at the government's failure to provide basic services and jobs the leaders of turkey russia and iran have met in tehran to discuss the looming fight for the syrian province of if he's president sworn of a blood bath and said his country cannot afford to take in more refugees if civilians are forced to flee a syrian assault on rebel fighters. thousands of people across syria protested against a plan to offensive many have been preparing shelters and stockpiling food case fighting does break out. so it out yemen's rebels say they're prepared to attend u.n. sponsored peace talks in geneva if three of their demands are met a member of the delegation has told al jazeera the demands include transporting wounded rebels to amman. rebels who've already received treatment there and a guarantee that the delegation that travels to geneva would be allowed to return to the rebel held capital of sana the delegation did not attend planned talks on thursday which would have been the first in almost two years david chaytor is in geneva. the u.n. special envoy for yemen is still holding out ho

predict how exactly it will unfold that they say will be decided at the negotiating table between iran russia and turkey but there is a consensus that the battle for it will be the final major battle of this war stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border so heads on al-jazeera iraqi security forces fire tear gas and live ammunition thousands of angry protesters in the southern city of basra. leading figures in facebook and twitter are grilled about foreign influence an election campaigns in the u.s. as david beckham reveals the name i'm logo for his major league soccer team dot stories coming up a little later in sports. from cool brisk news in few weeks. to the warm trunk alters of southeast asia. ok the dry spell is about to close once again so if you have not managed to pump all the water right from the flooded areas what about just be topped off again hong kong's in the potential for big sunder stalls comes the line this rather ragged stretches up toward sichuan should do could be wet vietnam notably much drier you'll see but this whole area becomes west is still at least pote

to counter the syrian regime but then of course they will be encountering russia not so much you run by the way i don't think iran is the military is the main military player here it's mainly the syrian regime and russia but let's not forget whenever russia iran and turkey gather somewhere it's not only about it trump is always in the room because it is of course about redefining the relationships between the countries and their respective influence in the region and of course the global politics have contributed also to this difficult situation at the moment it is very very very difficult to get any kind of concession from the iranians. let alone from russia and so turkey is very much alone and we don't see that turkey is very much it's supported by europe or by the americans in this endeavor to prevent this crisis in the this is because of the point about the people not in the room america not in room today and syria not in the room what do we take from. yeah that's of course mean that america is not in the room is no wonder because they have been out of these negotiations the strata for new solutions for a lon

more than eight hundred thousand people and destroyed the plant's cooling systems leaders from iran russia and turkey are meeting in tehran on friday to talk about the future of syria they'll be taking up as well the government offensive in the last rebel held province of turkey is trying to ensure the attack will be as limited as possible fearing a mass exodus of civilians towards its border stephanie decker reports. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from visiting it lib if any huge influx. or other two o'clock turkish border now we are near the refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunatel

iran russia and assad don't go there we're not going to accept it it's not ok the u.s. warns against the use of chemical weapons in syria's province as air strikes at the last rebel held stronghold. alarm as of seeker this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up libya's warring factions agreed to a cease fire in the capital tripoli after days of fighting kills at least sixty people. the worst typhoon in twenty five years back to japan killing at least nine people in the country's west. plus the white house blasts a top reporters account of a dysfunctional donald trump presidency. hello we begin in syria where air strikes have hit the last rebel controlled region the un security council plans to meet on friday in what could be the bloodiest battle yet in italy province more than twenty separate as strikes have reportedly been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children russia an ally of the syrian government says it is aware the army is preparing a full scale offensive on a limb calling it a cradle of terrorism that's got the united nations wa

as the presidents of russia and iran patted themselves on the back for a job well done keeping syrian president bashar al assad in power turkey's leader reminded them that the mission was far from accomplished we do not want a bloodbath in italy and we expect you to support us in this regard a decision which we reach in relation to the fates of it lib will also shape the future of the region much of the to her own summit was spent talking about the future of it blew up the syrian city and province where armed groups and opposition rebels are preparing to make their last stand against syrian government forces and russian warplanes for the underwriters of the syrian conflict it blue is a clearly a point of divergence iran and russia see it in national security terms the syrian government needs to regain control of the city to combat what it calls terrorism as well as asserting national integrity turkey already home to three and a half million syrian refugees. in humanitarian terms president recha paper to once said the majority of men women and children there are not fighters and have s

russia. not so much iran, by the way. iran is not the main military player. it is mainly the syrian regime and russia. whenever russia and turkey gather somewhere, it is not always about idlib. trump is always in the room. it is about redefining the relationship between the countries. of course, the global politics have contributed to this difficult situation. at the moment it is very, very difficult to get any kind of concession from iranians, little russia. turkey is very much alone. we don't see that they are supported by europe or the american supervised this crisis in idlib. phil: the point of other people not in the room -- america not in that room today, and syria not in the room. what are we to take from that? daniel: yeah, that's of course -- america not in the room is no wonder, because they have been out of these negotiations for a long time. they haven't been invited. america is present in syria. america sends very self contradicting messages. a week ago top says we want to pull -- trump says we want to pull out of syria -- nevermind that they are