al-jazeera. back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. backed. out of the clear capital of iraq and syria the battle to take the city from eisel began back in two kurdish forces have suffered more territorial losses in iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk and rescue operations are continuing in some capital for those still missing after the worst of bomb attack in the country's history. the president of the philippines has the clear the southern city of liberated after a five month battle against isis fighters. the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says fighting still continues as reports the threat of violent extremism remains not just in mar are we but all across the mindanao region and people are anxious about their future. and over the months long military operation to take back. i saw inspired group called the mouth had taken parts of the southern philippines city earlier this year even though the military admits there are still pockets of resistance. you all started with the

al-jazeera carbondale illinois. you can find much more about that story and everything else we've been covering on our website there it is the address al-jazeera dot com. in other headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven i saw out of itself the cleared capital of rock in syria sidran them across the forces of raise their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison to hold anyone who oppose their the battle to take the city from my soul began in june civilians have been free for weeks as the fighting intensified kurdish forces meanwhile have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they've withdrawn from the towns of. more kirkuk and can a key in as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month well iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is calling for dialogue with the kurdish leadership. the watchman i mean what we need in our responsibility and duty is to protect all citizens in force the authority of the federal government a close to how lesion according to. the help of god everythin

al-jazeera team into. how they're on julien macdonald in london the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president don't all chum's former campaign manager paul mana for a former business associate rick gates has been charged with conspiring against the u.s. in court both pleaded not guilty to that and eleven all the charges stemming from the special investigation looking into any links between russia and the trump campaign committee how he has more in our washington d.c. . donald trump do solemnly swear donald trump has been in office less than a year but this is perhaps the most significant day of his presidency so far on monday two of his former associates turned themselves into authorities paul mann a ford is the former chair of donald trump's presidential election campaign rick gates is a longtime business associate of matta forte and worked with the white house until march both man have been indicted on a dozen charges by a federal grand jury the charges include conspiracy against the united states also to launder money acting as an agent for a foreign principal providing false sta

al-jazeera beijing. on your mind of the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. back forces have driven out i saw from itself the cloud capital of raka in syria syrian democratic forces have raised their flag inside the city stadium which also had turned into a huge prison to hold anyone who oppose their rule the battle to take the city for myself again in june civilians have been fleeing for weeks as the fighting intensified i shall bring has more from attacking. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people who fled the fighting who were affected by the fighting. in iraq over the last few months of basically you will be able to send them back home because the into the areas that are safe about booby trapped buildings or mines in the area and some entire neighborhoods in iraq were completely destroyed this is going we hardly dacian and rebuilding iraq is something broke wising amount of. a lot of money. kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they withdrawn from the towns of

al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot com . and a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is praising medical staff and police following sunday night's mass shooting in las vegas fifty eight people were killed more than five hundred were injured are democrats and some top republicans are now calling for a debate on banning devices used to make guns fire like automatic weapons twelve of the gunman's rifles had these devices attached but investigators have started building up a profile on the gunman stephen had a sheriff joseph lombardo described him as disturbed and dangerous but we know it's stephen perry who is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and lived in a secret life much of which would never be fully understood he meticulously planned on the worst domestic attack in united states history three u.s. special operations soldiers have been killed and two others injured in an attack in asiad a joint patrol of u.s. and jerry and soldiers were ambushed near the border with mali madagascar is trying to contain an outbreak of the playin

al jazeera busan south korea. remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he didn't pull us out of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he decided not to certify iran's compliance iran says the move was against the spirit of the deal. are you worried about iranian missiles what about those weapons you give every day to aggressor countries i know targeting of the oppressed people of yemen with planes and bombs that you built yourself you don't have any protest about those weapons and that's aggression and you targeted our oil platforms you are always the aggressor in this region our weapons our missiles of defending ourselves we have always been determined and today we are more determined to defend ourselves police in kenya have shot and killed at least two people during protests against the electoral commission opposition supporters defied a ban on demonstrations calling for reforms to prevent fraud in the rerun of the presidential vote in two weeks' time. canadian joshua b

al-jazeera gone. and other top stories on al-jazeera u.s.investigators are looking for clues as to why a sixty four year old retired accountant opened fire on hundreds of people on sunday in the worst mass shooting in modern american history stephen paddick shot a concert goer. as from the thirty second floor of a hotel in las vegas killing at least fifty nine and injuring more than five hundred others investigators have found weapons ammunition and explosives in paddocks hotel room u.s. president donald trump has praised the police's response but this missed questions about gun reform. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you thank you. for president trump is now meeting residents of puerto rico thirteen days after the island was devastated by hurricane maria some officials in puerto rico including the mayor of the capital some one have criticized federal relief efforts but trump insists his government did a good job hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across catalonia to demonstrate against police violence during su

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al-jazeera correspondent the count at this time. you know again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has praised medical staff and police following sunday night's smash shooting in las vegas fifty eight people were killed and four hundred eighty nine injured democrats and some top republicans lawmakers are calling for a debate to ban devices used to make guns fire like automatic weapons. investigators have started building a profile of the gunman seen in paddle sheriff joseph lombardo described him as a disturbed and dangerous man who we know is steven particular man who spent decades cory weapons an animal and living a secret war much of which would never be fully understood he meticulously planned on the worst domestic you know the history. in other news three u.s. special operations soldiers have been killed and two others injured in an attack a nice share a joint patrol of u.s. any share troops was ambushed near the border with miley the u.s. africa command is in need share training security forces there to tackle ahmed groups madagascar is trying to contai

al jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on. for refusing to re-engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar fighting has broken out between iraqi forces and kurdish peshmerga northwest northwest of her the kurds took up new positions on the road between erbil and her kook on thursday three days after they pulled out of the city the british prime minister to resign may is seeking to expand the bricks at negotiations to include trade as the e.u. summit resumes in brussels but e.u. leaders want more progress on citizens' rights. the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks of leave just ahead of the presidential election rerun next thursday at says he's taken a personal decision the opposition was demanding he be fired before the votes the initial. vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities meanwhile kenya is celebrating her

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump a surprise medical staff on the police following sunday night's mass shooting in las vegas fifty eight people were killed and more than five hundred others were injured democrats and some top republicans are calling for a debate on banning devices used to make guns fire like automatic weapons. trying to contain an outbreak of the plague at least thirty people have died in the past two months while the latest outbreak has spread to urban centers the world health organization is calling for calm. and the leader of spain's catalonia region says he wants mediators to help resolve the standoff with the central government madrid says for that to happen the region must respect the rule. human rights watch says groups are using right to punish and terrorize women and girls the organization interviewed hundreds of survivors some of whom were raped by groups of fighters tortured and imprisoned as sex slaves reports. hidden beyond the tall grass and veiled behind curtains

al-jazeera at this time. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven eisel out of itself the cleared capital of rocker in syria after a four month battle the kurdish led syrian democratic forces have raised their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison for anyone who oppose their rule. reports. kurdish fighters triumphantly into right there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking. wasn't easy for. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u.s. began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling but. we control rock up but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are laws to fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to safe areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. tens of thous

al jazeera dot com. you know again all that is a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state has criticized the four countries imposing the blockade on gaza rex tillerson says the seller led quartet as well and to negotiate despite being ready to engage all tell us in is due to visit the gulf in the coming days he is the state department spokeswoman. we want to see these come hundred keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes the fight against terror terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has been resolved just yet he's talked pretty consistently although folks haven't haven't paid much attention to it reece recently about the disappointment that the nations haven't been able to solve the g.c.c. crisis we hope that they well we hope that they'll sit down and have talks but it seems like they're not ready to do that yet. the white house chief of staff has come to the defense of u.s. president donald trump's call to the widow of a slain soldier t

al-jazeera. again and a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s.secretary of state is warning that found here arabia is not yet ready to begin to wreck talks with doha to resolve the gulf crisis japan's prime minister shinzo ave has swept a victory in the election after promising to strengthen toughen his stance on north korea and revive the economy. and a u.s. bikes rebel group has captured syria's largest oil field from i saw the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are in a race against the russian backed syrian troops to seize parts of the oil rich region. spain's foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moves to take control of the region on saturday the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy announced measures to suspend the catalan parliament and hold new elections under simmons reports from barcelona. this is the center of regional government and barcelona in less than a week it's set to lose its powers president and his ministers. capital madrid the mood seemed to be hardening both poli

at this time on al-jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state blames the country's. failing to end the standoff. and welcome to al-jazeera headquarters and. also ahead. remember. don't stop emotional defense of the president's remarks to. spain secession crisis in the drug prepares to impose direct. across puerto rico it's not unusual to see. absolutely devastated in the hurricane . why people feel like they're being deserted in the wake of a destructive storm. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing an economic blockade on gaza for refusing to engage in talks to diffuse the crisis in june sali arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain close air space and severed trade and diplomatic links with last month u.s. president donald trump offered to mediate between the parties and hope the issue would be resolved quickly but now tell us and says there's little hope of a resolution anytime soon. as jews visit the gulf in the coming days here's the state department spokeswoman. we want to see these come countries keep their foc

al-jazeera. unwilling to engage the u.s. secretary of state blames the for arab countries blockade in qatar ahead of his visit to riyadh and. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and the navigator also a heads catalonia turkey and the iran nuclear deal european leaders have their hands full on day two of their summit in brussels china's president takes a page from miles a little red book siege and paint thoughts a set to be enshrined in the communist party's constitution plus. i'm alan fischer and puerto rico it's a month since the hurricane here struck and many communities are still struggling with the aftermath and they're asking where is the government help but they were promised. hello the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar as well when june saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and behave in closed

al-jazeera the listening post by. you know you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. u.s. backed forces and syria are celebrating that you think isis in iraq looking rocket is a major blow for i think. talking about such. close to the minute that i mean al hunt cornish the u.s. banks all sit around and said operation. hello i'm richard yes bourdin you're at the listening post this week we're examining the media.

al-jazeera. hello again on this in doha these are the top stories here at al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on cata for refusing to engage in talks rex tillerson says there's an unwillingness on the part of the saudi led quartet to negotiate despite being ready to engage. from washington d.c. . tillerson gave this interview martine to bloomberg news in which it was marked a change in tone from the u.s. secretary of state you know back in july we heard optimism from tillerson as he went into his last round of meetings in the middle east he was practicing shuttle diplomacy between qatar and saudi arabia he expressed hope that the resolution would be reached very soon but that was three months ago and there has been very little progress to show and so today his statements to bloomberg expressed that frustration that tillers and has and in the words of the secretary of state laid the blame for this stagnation in talks at the feet of these walk hating nations european leaders are backing spain is the castle and crisis escal

al-jazeera correspondent death in the family at this time. hello i'm down in jordan in doha the quick remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s.president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he didn't pull the u.s. out of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to certify iran's compliance with the accords says the move goes against the spirit of the agreement. are you worried about it rain you missiles what about those weapons you give every day to aggressor countries i know targeting of the oppressed people of yemen with planes and bombs that you built yourself you don't have any protest about those weapons and that's aggression and you targeted our oil platforms you are always the aggressor in this region our weapons our missiles of defending ourselves we have always been determined and today we are more determined to defend ourselves police in kenya have shot and killed at least two people during protests against the electoral commission opposition supporters defied a ban on demonstrations calling for reforms to prevent fraud in the rerun of the presidential polls in two

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al-jazeera the listening post. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera. u.s. backed forces syria are celebrating their eyes rock rock. rock. but i think i'm going to. sit around and operation. hello i'm richard disparate and you're at the listening post this week we're examining the media in and around syria starting with spin city the islamic state abandons rocca leaving the story in the hands of international journalists lebanon has more refugees per capita than any other country and the media coverage of them can smack of sensationalism and zina phobia in spain madrid moves against the biggest player on the catalonian airwaves t.v. three and chinese media and a young american all singing from the same song. we begin with the fall of rock of the syrian city captured by islamic state forces more than three years ago rocco was the capital of what i still called its caliph it as such it was the dateline behind some of the most brutal imagery of the syrian war square at the heart of the city was the site of summary executions and beheadings that the group then f

al-jazeera u.s. president has been sharply criticized for his conduct by senior figures in the ruling republican party the majority party that is senator bob corker once again expressed his worries about the future of the u.s. under donald trump ahead of a meeting on tax reform and later on wednesday a second senator fiercely condemned traps traps policies and his personal behavior . reports from washington d.c. . his promise to repeal obamacare has failed money to build a border wall with mexico remains in question so hoping for a legislative victory donald trump on tuesday went to capitol hill seeking support from fellow republicans for some of the steepest tax cuts in a generation this will be the lowest rate in more than eighty years so this would be just before leaving the white house he spoke to reporters to explain how his tax reform plan will ensure his keeping a campaign promise to get americans back to work our plan can be summarized in three simple words jobs jobs jobs but what was suppose

a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump passphrase medical staff and police following sunday night. fifty eight people were killed and four hundred eighty. and others injured democrats and some top republican lawmakers are calling for a debate to ban devices used to make guns fire like automatic weapons investigators have started building a profile on the gunman stephen padlocks sheriff joseph wambaugh to describe him as disturbed and dangerous but we know that steven particular man who spent decades cory weapons and animals in living a secret war much of which would never be fully understood he meticulously planned on the worst domestic. you know the history. at least one u.s. special operations soldier has been killed and two others injured in an attack in need share a joint patrol of u.s. any share troops was a toxin at the border with mali the u.s. africa command is in the share training security forces there to tackle groups madagascar is trying to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious pla

al-jazeera. undermined the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. is the suspended all normal immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in turkey means turks won't be given visas to visit the us unless they're planning on leaving the u.s. officials say it's because they need to reassess turkey's commitment to american personnel it comes after a u.s. consulate employee in istanbul was arrested on charges of links to to the deal and a cleric blame for last year's failed coup the turkish government has since. accession to the white house has repeatedly petitioned for extradition hears of exiled in the state of pennsylvania and so far has gotten no response got no response from the troubled ministrations. of thousands of people waving spanish and catalan flags have rallied in barcelona against independence from spain it's been a week since a referendum on cattle answer session triggered a political standoff and spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is hardening his position he's ruled out mediation and says he's prepared to suspend catalonia a

al-jazeera london. and i began as a problem in the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on a cutter rex tillerson says the cell the lead group was unwilling to negotiate despite being ready to engage the white house chief of staff has come to the defense of u.s. president donald trump's conversation with the widow of the slain soldier tromp is accused of making insensitive remarks during a phone call to the widow of the soldier who was killed in an ambush in the earlier this month. he knew what he was getting them selves into because he enlisted there's no reason a list you would use where he wanted to be exactly where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his wife was taken that was the message that was the message that was transmitted it stuns me that a member of congress were to listen in on a conversation absolutely stuns me and i thought at least that was a good european leaders are backing spain as the council on crisis escalates in brussels prime minister mari alla

al-jazeera as. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he didn't pull the us out of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to certify iran's compliance with the accord iran says the move goes against the spirit of the deal. but he's in kenya have shot and killed at least two people during protests against the electoral commission opposition supporters defied a ban on demonstrations calling for reforms meant fraud in the rerun of the presidential polls two weeks time. and former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has called on me and mountain range of refugees safely return to their homes more than half a million are neighboring bangladesh to escape a military crackdown in northern rakhine state. the new head of unesco is france's former culture minister. she's been elected as the un's cultural agency faces uncertain times with the u.s. and israel pulling out the talks about the reports. she didn't start out as the favorite but at the end of

al-jazeera correspondent death in the family at this time. let's take a look at the top stories shall we here at al-jazeera u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka itself declared capital in syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in this is stadium after a four month battle on the sea international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity in me and mom in a new report the group says minority fleeing a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rocco in state china's community communist party elite is gathering in beijing to choose the country's future leadership president xi is expected to map out his plans for the next five years and further tighten his grip on power. kurdish forces have relinquished more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops took the city of kirkuk the iraqi prime minister hyderabadi says the kurdish referendum on secession is now a thing of the past and he's calling for dialogue charles trafford has more from

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al-jazeera. scott. for the top story u.s. president donald trump's former campaign manager has handed over to the f.b.i. for tat his former business associate been charged by a grand jury with conspiring against the united states and conspiracy money the charges come out of special counsel robert miller's inquiry into alleged russian meddling in last year's election. their federal charges twelve counts they include things such as lying to investigators and being an unregistered agent for a foreign principal providing misleading statements conspiracy what we're seeing here and all of these is the culmination of a lot of painstaking work by the special prosecutor robert muller kenya's election board has announced to her kenyatta has won the presidential election rerun with ninety eight point two percent of the vote there was anger in the counties that have casino and opposition stronghold soon after the announcement was made the election board says the election was free fair and credible despite the vote being postponed in some

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on the al-jazeera the u.s. military believes in i select group was behind an ambush that killed four american soldiers in michigan this month earlier the widow of one of the sergeants who died criticize president trump for being insensitive during a condolence called. there such a state has made an unannounced visit to iraq after a quick stop in afghanistan rex tillerson met iraq's prime minister and the president but he's provoked a rift after calling for iranian backed militias in iraq to end their operations. and details are emerging of what's being called a massacre in the syrian town of witnesses say fighters killed more than one hundred people before government forces seized the town on saturday. china's president will be confirmed in his position for another five years of the communist party congress in beijing this week she's at the center of the party's image the story of his rise to power has been carefully crafted highlighting his early years living with poor farmers in a village let's get more of an

al-jazeera at this time. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces have driven i saw out of itself the cleric capital of rock in syria after a former.

al-jazeera london. the headlines on al-jazeera the syrian city of has been retaken from eisel fighters by u.s. backed syrian forces civilians have been fleeing eisel self declared capital for weeks as fighting for the city intensified over recent weeks. kurdish forces are suffering huge territorial losses in iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they've now withdrawn from the town. as well as giving up control of several oil fields charles stratford has more from erbil. it is a huge constellation here the government. is going all of them and some very big questions being made by the good regional government as to how this is happened and interestingly enough the conspiracy theories running rife was somebody old was there at the to kill a policy that was responsible for making this happen with in the k. all g the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of mirali after a five month battle against isolating fighters president rodrigo the territory says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his ministry says fighti

you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes a u.s. grand jury reportedly approved the first charges into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election. also first now suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission voting in four opposition strongholds amid fears of more violence. and despite a clamp down on illegal weapons we report on how violence still plagues the southern philippines. welcome to the program spain's prime minister is calling for calm after reordered direct rule over catalonia an hour after the regional parliament declared independence a snap election to choose a new regional government will be held on the twenty first of december hundred seventy has more from barcelona i. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the cata

al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump's threat to tear up the iran nuclear deal a strong criticism from international leaders iran's president has done ronny says the u.s. is isolating itself on the international stage and causing anger into iran saying a strong he has more from iran. well most people will have seen the political theater the night before on their smartphones in iran newsstands are still a great place to get a check of the political atmosphere and the morning after divergent speeches from the presidents of the united states and iran headline writers had a lot to play with trump save the nuclear deal says one illiterate dictator says another and this one simply he's just nagging sure wasn't enough for you i think the way he spoke was very rude and harsh i don't think that it's possible to have any relations with the u.s. as long as he's president and there's a lot of money. in my opinion we shouldn't even talk about trauma because what he said was totally meaningless from a legal pers

and one of your pitches might make the next show join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump arrives in las vegas to meet survivors of sunday's shooting which police say was planned in great detail. on our intake of the live from london also coming up. i have never considered leaving this post rex tillerson denies reports he wanted to resign as u.s. state of the tensions with trump. spain's stock market takes a hit as catalonia moves ahead with plans to declare independence. and a turkish court finds forty two former soldiers guilty of trying to kill president and a one in an attempted coup. let's take you straight to barcelona now where the catalan regional president carlos bridge one is speaking about sunday's independence referendum let's listen in. and flex from spain and. rejecting their brians all together at once. the population concentrated in the pacific my number. of. people as the militia that got them to go to linus. i don't know if. you were very very brave just today or talents in a civilized strike. but i think you have been if you had b

u.s. you need to turn up to the airport even earlier and gallacher al-jazeera at miami's international airport. the trading floor the whole gold stock exchange is closing its doors at the end of the month the venue which will soon become a museum symbolizes the city's growth into an international financial hub divya gopalan has more. with the bang and much enthusiasm goal rise of china based logistics company debuts in hong kong stock market initial public offerings from chinese firms are becoming more frequent with more than a thousand companies from across the border trading their shares on the. you have only with hong kong within greater china this large equity market place that basically is accessible as long as you are qualified company so without government interference you can easily come here with a size of china's economy that just pushes more of these quality companies to the listing opportunity here chinese entities account for about half the number of companies on the hong kong exchange compared with five percent in one thousand nine hundred seven and the territory transition from

al-jazeera. is a problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state has criticized the full countries imposing a blockade on gaza rex tillerson says the solving the group is on willing to negotiate despite katha bigging ready to engage. has more from washington d.c. . florence's comments in an interview with bloomberg news marked significant change in tone gone was the optimism we heard three months ago when tillerson last visited the region instead he expressed his frustration saying there appear to be a real will unwillingness on the part of the quartet of blockading countries in personal progressing with these talks in contrast saying qatar has been very clear that they're ready to engage now the fact that tillerson is returning to the region this following week and to push further these talks is a long ways from where the u.s. policy on the gulf crisis started back in june if you remember that's when u.s. president donald trump was quick to come to the aid of saudi arabia praising its leadership and in a shooting this blockade a

al-jazeera. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. officials are investigating the motive of the gunman behind sunday's attack in las vegas the worst mass shooting in modern american history stephen paddick killed at least fifty nine people and injured more than five hundred other. tens of thousands of catalans have protested against violence by spanish police officers during sunday's referendum on secession and iraq's former president and the leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination any has died at the age of eighty four. u.s. president donald trump has landed in puerto rico thirteen days after the u.s. island territory was devastated by hurricane maria he's juggle to meet the governor as well as read it residents affected by the storm and to examine relief efforts trump has been involved in a war of words with the mayor of puerto rico's capital some one who was been strongly critical of federal relief efforts he says the operation has been a success well he's currently being briefed on the situation there and just had t

al-jazeera. a reminder of our top stories covered a year on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran but he didn't pull the u.s. i would to the nuclear deal struck in july ten to fifteen. iran's president hassan rouhani has hit back saying the speech was full of false statements and baseless claims he says tehran will stick to the nuclear deal. they use foreign policy chief federica mogul rini who was a king figure in negotiating that iran deal is also backing it she says it's not a bilateral agreement and the u.s. can terminate it. now france's candidate has been named as u.s. schools new director general audrey as soon a the french former culture minister was up against. a bill. he was also previously his country's culture minister well as a lay is a former minister for culture and communication before her appointment to the cabinet as served as culture advisor to president francois along she's the daughter of andrea soon a current advisor to king one hammad the six of miracle when natasha butler has more now fr

al jazeera london. these are the top stories on al-jazeera right now u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka capital and syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and man maher and in a report the group says were henge a minority are fleeing a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rakhine state. president xi jinping is addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing you can see this happening right now she says china will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its service sector he also spoke of the nation successes but told members there are still challenges ahead for. banks. when i say right now both the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but there are

al jazeera london. to recap the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka itself declared capital in syria kurdish led syrians in a crowd of forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle. i'm standing national is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and me and mark a new report the group says for henge a minority or flaying a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rakhine state president xi jinping as addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing he says china will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its services sector he's been speaking for over three hours now also spoke at the nation's successes but told members there are still challenges ahead function. right now both the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but t

hello there i'm getting word analysts here in london our top stories currently on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on iran he didn't pull out the u.s. from the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen but he's decided not to so as if iran is being in compliance with the accord wants congress to toughen u.s. policy towards iran and if it can't reach an agreement trump says it will terminate the deal we cannot and will not make this certification we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout that is why i am directing my administration to work closely with congress and our allies to address the deal's many serious flaws so that the iranian regime can never threaten the world with nuclear weapons well the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said there we can go in a who was a key think a negotiating that agreement says the u.s. can't terminate it this clearly is not in the hands of any president of any country in the world. to terminate an agreement

al-jazeera paris. undermind of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain unlikely rex tillerson was speaking at castle hours after meeting the saudi leaders he said it wasn't for the u.s. to impose the solution gulf countries had to find one themselves with respect to the talks getting underway yes i did in my meetings with the crown prince mohammed bin samana i asked him to please and gauge the pleasing gauge in dialogue . there is not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. and so we cannot force talks about people who are not ready to talk so there is been no invitation to the white house because it's not clear that parties are ready to engage but we're going to continue to work towards that dialogue and towards that engagement japan's prime minister shinzo of a has swept to victory in the snap election after promising to toughen his stance on north korea and revive the economy faster results they are base running coalition has already won two hundred sixty fou

al-jazeera. the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state is pushing for more dialogue to end the gulf diplomatic crisis wrecked rex tillerson is traveling to doha right now after holding talks in saudi arabia in the latest effort to resolve the dispute exit polls suggest that japan's prime minister shinzo up is really bloc is heading for a big win in the general election voters braved a thai food to cast their ballots in the snap poll which they called a year earlier than expected and spain's foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moves to take control of the region catalonia as president has accused the spanish government of attacking the region's democracy. the head of the world health organization has backtracked on his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador to the u.k. and the u.s. criticized the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the world health organ

al-jazeera said. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar. we want to see these countries keep their focus on the areas of mutual cooperation that we have and that includes the fight against terror terrorism and other things of that nature so i think the secretary is you know certainly discouraged that nothing has been resolved just yet he's talked pretty consistently although folks haven't haven't paid much attention to it recently about the disappointment that the nations haven't been able to do so crisis we hope that they well we hope that they'll sit down and have talks but it seems like they're not ready to do that yet fightings broken out between iraqi forces and kurdish peshmerga northwest of kurd kook the kurds took up new positions on the road between erbil and her kook on thursday three days off they pulled o

al-jazeera wild. peter with the top stories from al-jazeera u.s. bank syrian forces have launched their final posts dr eisold from the group self declared capital rocka the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say the battle could take hours or days the fight to retake the city began in june with the backing of the u.s. led coalition also in syria state t.v. is reporting that government forces and allies have retaken the eastern town of al maya dean for myself dean was one of the last remaining pockets in eastern syria still held by the group from hashem who is following developments from a tie on the turkey syria border the syrian army saying very has. this city or bell mayor dean in this is a major development is also a major setback for the. fighters in is this because the moment they started losing ground. they started moving pulling out troops were getting softer word deals or hundreds of fighters have lost. now that there we have lost the mayor the others porter to how to word the city of all the border with iraq so we're talking about i say

al-jazeera. u.s. defense secretary james mattis has told the senate washington will again try to work with pakistan he said the u.s. will give him another chance to help in afghanistan before taking what he described as a punitive action that says the top u.s. military officer general joseph dunford accused pakistan's intelligence agency of having ties to armed groups for more on this said straight to our correspondent osama bin javid has covered pakistan extensively and the statement from dunsford came as the pakistani foreign minister arrived in washington and on the heels of a secretary of defense secretary mattresses visit to new delhi what does this suggest about the term administration's strategy on pakistan and afghanistan well it's all all interlinked bog standard strategy for pakistan is absolutely linked to what it is one of goddess and the trumpet administration has been trying to sell the strategy as something new that it is doing and critics have been calling it it's kind of you know the o