al-jazeera. we have one against isis u.s. president donald trump declares victory of i still but says that some senators within his own party condemning his decision to pull troops out of syria. but i'm down jordan this is. also coming up. uncertainty in the democratic republic of congo with fears that somebody is elections may be postponed. but catholic church in the u.s. faces fresh accusations of a cover up with five hundred more clergy accused of sex abuse of a seventeen years. and one hundred days to go the u.k. and each announce plans for a no deal breakers it ramping up the political pressure. president donald trump has all but a full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory against isis in the country a decision as surprised as foreign allies and angered some members of his own republican party to go lame reports. it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was t

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump assaulted a full withdrawal of american troops from syria under clear victory against eisel the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party. our ports are more explosions on the second day of a u.n. brokered cease fire yemen's port city of the data saudi and u.a.e. but government forces and who fighters blamed each other for violations on the first day of the troops on tuesday. at chicago's arch bishop has apologized for the catholic church's failure to address accusations of child sex abuse by its clergy latest revelations of a cover up involved five hundred priests in the u.s. state of illinois over seven decades. now an official from electoral commission of the democratic republic of congo says sunday's elections might be delayed due to technical difficulties earlier police fired tear gas at supporters of opposition presidential candidate martin for unit in the capital kinshasa the violence came after a ban by the ci

al-jazeera suffer daryl tajikistan. right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s.defense secretary james mattis has resigned under leave his post at the end of february he said he's stepping down so president trump can have a defense chief who views more closely aligned to his own comes a day after trump announced he would than he was withdrawing u.s. troops from syria a report say that trump is now also planning to pull out thousands of u.s. troops from afghanistan about half of the seven thousand soldiers there could be back home within months the u.s. has had a military presence there from just after the nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one the lower house of the u.s. congress has approved a spending bill which includes funds for president trump's proposed wall along the border with mexico it now means to get at least sixty votes in the one hundred member senate to pass but it's not yet clear if that will happen. a temporary funding bill must be passed and signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown. the presidential election in the democr

a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. forces on the ground in syria say they have no evidence that the syrian army has entered the northern city of man beach the kurdish armed group the y. p.g. which currently holds the city says it fears an attack by turkey following the planned u.s. withdrawal from the country attack is president says the situation remains unclear . we know that syria is making psychological effects a psychological eg demand we know there is a situation where there aren't flake has been hoisted but there is nothing confirmed serious yet i spoke with my friends with the intelligence sutra about an hour ago and there is nothing certain and the spy meant police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in sudan demonstrations against spiralling living costs and corruption taking place in the capital khartoum as well as in an hour and what madani million opposition leaders and activists have been detained according to the government nineteen people have been killed so far. a general strike is taking place i

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on the al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is over the full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory against arsenal in the country the decision has surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his own republican party. a yemeni woman has just arrived in the u.s. city of san francisco to visit her dying son a year long legal battle to get a visa they had been prevented from seeing him. on people from yemen and four other mainly muslim countries as well as north korea venezuela. and chicago's archbishop has apologized for the catholic church's failure to address accusations of child sex abuse by its clergy the latest revelations of a cover up involved. clerics in the u.s. state of illinois over seventy years. now an official from the electoral commission of the democratic republic of congo says sunday's elections might be delayed due to technical difficulties earlier police fired tear gas at supporters of opposition presidential candidate. in the capital kinshasa the viole

al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera u.s. border protection orders and medical checks on every child in its custody after second but a modern child dies in its cat. japan enjoys international condemnation not to now says it will restart commercial whale hunting from july. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well here across the western part of europe things have been quite nice of the last couple days we've tempers been a little bit lower but plenty of sun and many locations high pressures dominating you can see here on satellite a lot of clear skies anywhere from germany all the way down here toward spain over the next few days we do expect that trend to continue we may see some clouds appear towards the north but anywhere across central europe it should be partly cloudy to sunny a little bit cool those are at five degrees but dritte is going to be seeing at about eleven degrees there well over here towards the southeast of course we've been dealing with a big storm system pushing through parts of turk

michelle talks to al-jazeera. the u.s. nd china agree to impose new tariffs for now as they work to resolve their trade disputes. you're watching al-jazeera live from headquarters and. also ahead no agreement on climate change on the g. twenty with leaders facing resistance from the u.s. president. not backing down thousands in france take to the streets again to demonstrate their anger about rising.

are still had on al-jazeera u.s. stocks offer a further fall president tremblay aims the federal reserve while others blame him. israel's government calls early elections as the prime minister faces both political and legal troubles. in the spring skies by the taj mahal. are as the sun sets in the city of angels. hello there the weather is quite quiet for many of us in the southeastern parts of china at the moment there is a fair amount of cloud but generally speaking it's also quite dry. though as we head through the day on wednesday and this time we'll see a few outbreaks of rain particularly through the who bay province and up through and if we can to shanghai this or a few heavy outbreaks of rain a likely hit to the south of that should be fine and dry force in hong kong all of top temperature twenty five but to the south and southeast well that's where the showers start once more so for us in taiwan we see a fair few showers and those i will say stretching across apos the philippines and into vietnam as well the

al-jazeera oh. oh. hello i'm daryn joined in doha with a quick amount of the top stories here at al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has all the full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory of eisel the decision has surprised his foreign allies knowing that some members of his own republican party political hay reports from washington it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beat number .

al-jazeera bangkok. are tough a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera u.s. defense secretary james mattis has resigned and will leave his post at the end of february he said he's stepping down so president can have a defense chief but the views more closely aligned to his own it comes a day off the trump announced he was withdrawing u.s. troops from syria. and thousands of kurds in northern syria have protested against trump's decision they want clear assurances from the u.s. led coalition after threats by turkey's president to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington's support of syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters and strained relations between washington and turkey. the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo has been delayed until december thirtieth. the vote had been changing for sunday. the president of the electoral commission said violence and logistical issues meant to start could not be ready on time. the lower house of the u.s. congress has approved a spending bill including more than five billion dollars f

al-jazeera. we have a good study says. president says he's pulling u.s. oops out of syria but the pentagon says not so fast. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo is in doubt a poll scheduled for sunday may not happen speaking live with one of the opposition leaders. the reality is that the labor process it's a sham. in many woman prevented for.

heritage and the march to progress in the philippines part of the you find the asia series on al-jazeera. u.s. defense secretary james mattis quits a day after president tom says he's pulling all american troops out of syria. follow him down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. american and its many allies know what china's doing washington charges two chinese nationals accusing them of a massive rocking operation denied by china. the election for a new leader in the democratic republic of congo was postponed by a week following a law isn't followed. the law has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible and chaos as the u.k. shuts down gatwick airport and a major security scare off the drones are detected flying nearby. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences with president trump he said he's stepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own comes a day off the trump announced u.s. troops would withdraw from syria michael reports from washington d.c. . like it says here

u.s. has interests at the united nations rosalynn jordan al-jazeera capitol hill. top democrats in the u.s. congress of the president trumps pick for teddy general nancy pelosi saying the nomination of william ball is deeply concerning you replace jeff sessions who is fight an event and likely take charge of the investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election senator chuck schumer warns bomb must allow the probe to continue unimpeded and make the findings of able to the public. it was al jazeera live from london most i have for you on the program talks to end the war in yemen while the u.n. warns of the civilian death toll continuing to mount on the ground and mediterranean rescue ship ceases operations off to what's described as a campaign of harassment intimidation and obstruction. hello again it's good to have you back well in australia we are going to be seeing a temperature drop here across the southeast much needed because in melbourne temperatures were into the high thirty's just several days ago now with this front pushing throug

the headlines here and al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has backed down on his demand for five billion dollars for a border wall is trying to end the standoff over federal spending and avoid a partial government shutdown by the end of the week a u.s. federal judge has delayed sentencing for president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn. says part of an investigation of possible collusion between campaign in russia and the run up to the twenty sixteen election delay is complete his corporation and special counsel robert muller's russia. turkey russia and iran have failed to agree on the make of that committee that will draft syria's new constitution the way for elections foreign ministers are meeting in geneva they say they'll try to ensure the committee convenes early next year. well the departing u.n. special envoy to syria says there's still much further to go before a credible and inclusive committee established these conflicts never ended with a wonderful peace order treaty and a conference and

a witness documentary on al-jazeera and hundred forty one of on al jazeera u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still. field battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the you're. welcome back time for the sport his poll thank you very much defending champions cameroon have been stripped of the hosting rights for next year's africa cup of nations after a meeting of the continent's football confederation and gonna calf announced an actor on friday that compliance conditions had not been met by cameroon those include delays with construction as well as an escalation of the violence in the southwest the northwest of the country now two of the planned venues a new bidding process has been opened with morocco seen as favorites to host ne

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has backed down on his demands for five billion dollars for a border war he's trying to end the standoff over federal spending and avoid a partial government shutdown by the end of the week michaela as update from washington d.c. . well a week ago president trump said he would be proud to shutdown the government should he not get the five billion dollars for his border wall in the budget however he now appears to be retreating from this rather extreme position implications are that they are other avenues for raising the funds being explored this is what the white house press secretary had to say we're looking at every avenue available to us possible the president's asked every one of his cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used and to protect our borders and for that give the president the ability to fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the american people the having a secure border but a shutdown still not a virtue democrats of turne

al-jazeera. well you. know somebody like. the head of the cia will brief u.s. senators and what she knows about the murder of a saudi journalist. this is al jazeera live from doha coming up after more than fifty years as part of opec is calling it quits leaving the oil cartel to focus on gas. injured who are evacuating from yemen in a deal raising hopes the talks to end the. pressure intensifies on british prime minister made to overturn opposition to have. week before the key parliamentary vote. now the director of the u.s. central intelligence agency will brief senate leaders on the killing of the saudi journalist. the wall street journal is reporting that gina hospital is due to speak about the murder on tuesday she did not take but ministration briefing on the casualties death last week let's talk to john hendren he joins us live now from washington d.c. john so why is hospital suddenly appearing now before the senate when she was supposed to be prevented from doing so last week. well there in the answer can be summed up in two words congressional pressure m

al-jazeera. we have one. president says he's pulling u.s. troops out of syria but the pentagon says not so fast. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the. presidential election in the democratic republic of congo is in doubt the poll scheduled for sunday may not happen. as president swears in the ministers in the latest climb down from a political crisis he started. and hopes dashed thousands of mexican asylum seekers who realize their dreams of a better life may be over. president . victory against iceland syria and ordered a full withdrawal of american troops from that country the decision though surprised us foreign allies and angered some members of his own republican party some soldiers have already started to fly home had to call him reports from washington. it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly we've taken

al jazeera. we have a good study. president says he's pulling u.s. troops out of syria but the pentagon says not so fast. show kerry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a presidential election in the democratic republic of congo is and the polls scheduled for sunday may not happen. the reality is that the way the process it's a sham a many woman prevented from going to the u.s. because the trans travel ban finally arrives to visit. as president swears a new minister is in the latest climb down from a political crisis started. passed a clear victory against iceland syria and word of full withdrawal of american troops from the country the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party soldiers that as have already started to fly home paddock i reports from washington. it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria we have wo

and doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he plans to meet kim jong un and early twenty nineteen he made the announcement as he was leaving the g twenty summit in argentina a two day event where he made multiple international agreements and blocked wild leaders from introducing strong climate change commitments in the final g twenty communiqué committee how that has more from what is aries. u.s. president donald trump has a tendency to steal the spotlight at foreign summits often for the wrong reason.

a promise that we will campaign for her freedom for as long as her family needs us peter shop al-jazeera. u.s. markets are still volatile after a run of losses in the weeks before christmas on wednesday the dow jones posted its biggest single day again rising eleven hundred points that's almost five percent the postle rebound followed a pretty christmas new zing streak chilled by slower global growth and political incessantly in washington strong retail sales and surging tech and and energy stocks helped to boost markets profits causes from the economic policy institute he says there are fears of a recession despite the market rally what we're experiencing right now is a is a period of extreme what we call volatility or highs and lows the markets seem so you know you know from very low one day to bounce back the next i think what's more important is to keep our eyes on the trend. overall the market still is down several thousand points from just levels of just a month ago and to the year both the dow and the s. and p. five hundred off about seven and a half points seven half percent rather so

al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al jazeera former u.s. president george herbert walker bush has died aged ninety four he launched the first gulf war on iraq in ninety nine he won an america to the end of the cold war on the second and final day of the g. twenty summit in argentina the u.s. and chinese presidents are due to discuss a truce in the trade war between the world's two largest economies the saudi crown prince has warmly welcomed was warmly welcomed at the g. twenty by the russian president vladimir putin but other leaders isolated and was widely suspected of ordering the murder of saudi journalist. alan fischer has more on reception and. there are diplomatic protocols so the saudi crown prince was welcomed to the g twenty but his diary won't be as full as normal the saudi foreign ministry quickly tweeting no pictures of mohammed bin salman talking to other world leaders keen to show he's not been isolated or ignored the french president had a brief exchange at one point complaining in english that the crown prince doesn't listen

certain zation our money to get other people to be a certain station al-jazeera examines the politics of population control. the u.s. says it started withdrawing its troops from syria several senators have branded that a mistake. hello i'm barbara sorry this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program . the position supporters the fry in order suspending election campaigning in the r.c.c. capital but their candidate is stopped by security south africa an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe for allegedly assaulting a model and washington's top prosecutor sues facebook over the cambridge analytical scandal and made new reports of it sharing users the. hello thank you for joining us the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days about two thousand troops are currently stationed there many of them special operations forces working with kurdish fighters to defeat eisel but president trump appeared to the clear victory against the group saying on twitter we have defeated isis in syria my only reason for being there during the trump pres

al-jazeera. again i'll remind other top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days it comes off the president donald trump declared victory over in a tweet. the capital of the democratic republic of congo has banned all election campaigning four days ahead of a historic presidential vote citing fears of violence the opposition candidate martin félix has been stopped from getting through to his rally which is now considered illegal. and two former presidents are once again vying for the top job in madagascar in a runoff vote for the presidency marc ravalomanana is up against andre raj a leader who ousted him in a coup in two thousand and nine both men have agreed to accept the result. now the world food program has announced severe service cuts acting palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank food assistance to one hundred ninety thousand people will be reduced or suspended from the start of january the u.n. agencies blaming funding cuts having lost forty percent of its u.s. fundi

al-jazeera. top stories for you this hour on the al-jazeera u.s. media is reporting the united states is planning to fully withdraw its troops from syria within sixty to one hundred days america had two thousand service members in the country working alongside local forces to defeat i saw and what president donald trump has tweeted saying we have defeated in syria my only reason for being bad during the trump presidency the pentagon ascents responded saying the coalition is liberated eisel held territory but the campaign against deisel is not over. let's look at other news now one hundred days to go before britain is due to leave the european union and the countdown to briggs it is growing increasingly chaotic prime minister theresa may is told and pays that negotiations with the e.u. are still going on but things really did get heated in parliament between prime minister may and the opposition leader jeremy corben. prime minister mr speaker has thrown away two years on her botched negotiations she's now recklessly wasting four billion pounds of pu

as an assistant to al jazeera u.s. president trump says this chief of staff john kelly will be leaving the post the end of the year he made the comments to reporters just in the last few minutes kelly is the latest person to depart the white house after the midterm elections come our top story now we have just heard from the french government about those rallies that have been happening across the country really protests a prime minister at work fully call for a dialogue to resolve the situation while suggesting president may soon take action but you look as you. know tax is that important a threat to national unity we must continue with dialogue with coming together the president will propose measures to bring together the french nation and to deal with the challenges that they have to deal with me looking at on that in the meantime here's peter with sport thank you very much we now know who will play who in the group stages of the twenty nine thousand women's football world cup the draw for next is to him and took pl

al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr in london these of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days about two thousand troops are currently stationed there many of them special operations forces working with critics fighters to defeat eisel fighting on twitter president donald trump appeared to declare victory against the armed group saying we have defeated isis in syria my only reason for being there during the trunk presidency well defense secretary jim mattis had previously advocated for u.s. soldiers to remain to ensure that i suppose there's no reemerge and several prominent republican senators of called the mistake in recent days turkey's president typepad the highness threaten the new offensive against kurdish forces the united states is supporting in the country's north and the u.s. has just announced it's approved the sale of three point five billion dollars of missiles to turkey article has more now from washington d.c. well you know the timing is somewhat surprising especially look at domest

i'm sami's a dam this is al jazeera live from dell also coming out the u.s. rejects the syrian trees claim it's entered man bridge after the kurds call for help. to dad as a volatile democratic republic of congo braces for a munch delayed election. and turning scraps into holiday meals how prove ian chef is helping the poor the malnutrition. free foreign tourists are among the dead or four people killed in a roadside bomb attack near the giza pyramids in egypt at least ten others were wounded when a tour bus was hit south of the capital cairo the attack comes as egypt's vital tourism industry struggles to get back on its feet of the years of political turmoil and violence whole challenge jan reports. egypt security services quickly cordoned off the area where the roadside bomb exploded the improvised homemade bomb was placed near a wall on more u.t.s. street in a district near the giza pyramids the dead were part of a group of fourteen vietnamese on a tour bus being driven around historic sites because in the. fall of the most important think is to provide me

u.s. and china agree not to impose new tariffs for now as they work to resolve their trade disputes. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also ahead no agreement on climate change on the g. twenty with leaders facing resistance from the u.s. president. not backing down thousands in france take to the streets again to demonstrate their anger about rising it feel to. mexico's new president is sworn in that he's promising a deep and radical change for the country. hello the u.s. and china have agreed to hold off on imposing new trade tariffs on each other donald trump made the announcement after meeting on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit chinese media say the two presidents decided they will not introduce tariffs after january first that's when the u.s. was planning another two hundred billion dollars worth of levies on chinese goods she agreed that his country would buy more u.s. products the white house has called it a highly successful meeting adrian brown has more reaction from beijing. well the governments of both china and the united states are putting a positive spin on the outcom

al-jazeera. hello i'm down in jordan with a quick reminder of the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. defense secretary james mattis has resigned and then leave his post at the end of february he said he's stepping down so president donald trump can have a defense chief with views low close to line to his own comes a day off the announced he was withdrawing u.s. troops from syria. records say trump's now also planning to pull out thousands of u.s. troops from afghanistan some of the soldiers could be back home within months the u.s. has a military presence there from just after the nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one the lower house of the u.s. congress has approved a spending bill including more than five billion dollars for president proposed wall along the mexican border draw followed needs at least sixty votes in the one hundred member senate to pass but it's not yet clear if that will happen temporary funding bill must be passed and signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo has been delayed un

al jazeera exclusive. showing a united front u.s. republican and democratic senators introduced a resolution to hold this saudi crown prince to account. i'm fully back to watching al-jazeera live from i had courses in doha also ahead a high profile arrests of chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei is detained in canada beijing wants her immediate release long awaited talks to end the war in yemen are due to begin in sweden.

hello i'm daryn jordan and with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s.president donald trump is back down on his demands for five billion dollars for a border war is trying to end the standoff of a federal spending and avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week michaela as update from washington d.c. . well a week ago president trump said he would be proud to shutdown the government should he not get the five billion dollars for his border wall in the budget however he now appears to be retreating from this rather extreme position implications are that they are other avenues for raising the funds being explored this is what the white house press secretary had to say we're looking at every avenue available to us possible the president's asked every one of his cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used and to protect our borders and for that to give the president the ability to fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the american people the having a secure border but a shutdown still not a verb democrats of turned dow

al-jazeera. the headlines here and al-jazeera top u.s. senators say they're more certain than ever the saudi crown prince ordered the killing of the journalist. they came to the conclusion following a cia briefing on the murder. i have zero question of the crown prince m.b.'s ordered the killing monitored the killing knew exactly what was happening planned it in advance if he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that. who the rebels in the un special envoy for yemen are in stock along the way to talks the u.n. hopes the negotiations will signal the start to an end of what it calls the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and the u.n. is calling for nearly twenty two billion dollars of funding next year to cope with humanitarian crises around the world four billion dollars will be dedicated to yemen the largest appeal among all countries the organization whose latest report says nearly one hundred thirty two million people worldwide will need aid next year and that in

on al-jazeera. u.s. senators are about to hear from the cia boss head recordings of the killing of journalist . live from london also coming up the french government responds to protestors by suspending planned fuel tax increases and recognizing the source of the anger. that it. to date has been expressed and in a collective why one has to be. look to see or hear it. as a key debate. as the european court of justice says it could still be canceled. and the israeli army begins dismantling tunnels i know its border with lebanon. as we go on air the director of the cia is due to start briefing u.s. senate leaders on the murder of saudi journalists. some lawmakers were angered last week when jenna has pull did not participate in a briefing by the secretaries of state and defense white pompei and james mattis told the senate there was no concrete evidence linking the saudi crown prince to the killing at least reports of a cia investigation show it found it in sound man probably ordered ashanti's murder mike h

i've reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s.foreign policy is under the spotlight after a major shift in its military strategy president trump says he'll withdraw his troops from syria turkey's president regift tiber to one who's been a critic of american policy in syria has welcomed the announcement and in return has vowed to get rid of all the celera. so what is good is in question since the beginning of the syrian crisis with our diplomatic contacts with the us left off disappointed in terms of the results the trumpet ministration inherited problems that we experienced particularly during the obama presidency in fact to post meetings and phone calls president trump and i have seen that we shared views on a range of issues related to syria yet the translation of the agreement to the ground was open and difficult finally in recent days we have been able to see the clearest and most encouraging statements to date from the administration on president trump as reportedly ordered the withdrawal of up to seven thousand u.s. troops f

al jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. says all its troops will be withdrawn from syria within sixty to one hundred days it comes after president obama called the clear victory over i saw in a tweet. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas at crowds of rocks throwing opposition supporters in the capital they were protesting after campaigning was suspended in kinshasa and their candidates marching for you to was blocked from attending a major rally. and the world food program says severe funding cuts mean food assistance to one hundred ninety thousand palestinians in gaza and the west bank will be reduced or suspended from the start of january. south african police have issued an arrest warrant for zimbabwe's former first lady grace mugabe for assaulting a model with an electrical cord the wife of former president robert mugabe is accused of attacking the woman in a johannesburg hotel room last august every other angle said she suffered a serious head injury garber has previously claimed that she was

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and it still had on al-jazeera the u.s. pull some troops back from mexico's border but extends the deployment off the rest . hello again or welcome back to your international weather forecast across europe particular down here towards the southeast we have been dealing with a lot of rain now in parts of turkey where flooding has been a big problem over the last several days the good news is as the system makes its way to the north east we are going to sing some drier conditions pushing into the area so that's going to mean those waters those flood waters are going to begin to recede but as that moisture makes its way to the north it's going to enter into the colder air and turn to snow in across parts of the ukraine we're going to be seen plenty of snow over the next couple of days and the temperatures are going to remain quite low are going to sink you only reach into about minus five as your high as we make our way toward sunday out here towards the west it's going to be messy with rain as well as winds in the forecast an

with the headlines on al-jazeera top u.s. senators say they're more certain than ever the saudi crown prince ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi they came to the conclusion following a cia briefing on the matter. i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince m.b.'s ordered the killing monitored the killing knew exactly what was happening planted in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that who the rebels and the u.n. special envoy for yemen are in stockholm for along the way said talks the u.n. hopes the negotiations will signal the start to an end of what it calls the west humanitarian crisis in the wilds u.s. special counsel robert muller is recommending no jail time for president donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn mother says finn cooperated substantially with the investigation into alleged russian and it's fair and in the twenty sixteen election flinty did guilty in december twenty sevente

al-jazeera. showing a united front u.s. senators introducing a resolution to hold the saudi crown prince to account for jamal khashoggi is killing. them fully back to go this is out there live from doha also coming up along the way to talks and the war in yemen due to begin in sweden the chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei is detained in canada beijing wants her immediate release cross despite tough talk from president trump the caravan of central american asylum seekers say they're not giving up. thank you for joining as a group of six senior u.s. senators from both parties has introduced a senate resolution that whole saga arabia's crown prince accountable for the murder of jamal the resolution says mom had been saddam and was complicit in the killing it urges the u.s. government and the international community to hold him and all of the parties involved to account but it doesn't and they also say has been solomon is liable for chaucer's committed during the war in yemen which starred arabia ended in t

al-jazeera. a major shift in u.s. ilitary policy as president trump announces his intention to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan. and i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program the u.s. inches closer to a government shutdown over a finance bill which includes billions of dollars for a wall along its border with mexico. antigovernment protesters gather once more in the garrion capital voicing their anger at what many have dubbed the slave law and opposition supporters demonstrating the democratic republic of congo after the presidential election. where now for u.s. foreign policy is the question being all stuff to president donald trump's decision to pull his troops out of syria trauma's shift in u.s. military strategy is one of the reasons his defense secretary says he's quitting james mattis becomes the latest high profile member of trump's administration to resign over policy differences his announcement also coincides with reports that trump has ordered the withdrawal of

al-jazeera. we should all be in doha with your top stories from al-jazeera the u.s. president donald trump pass older day full with role of american troops from syria and declared victory against eisold in the country the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party the drop of an estimated two thousand troops is expected within sixty to one hundred days classical haim reports it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria and we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beat now badly we've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home and then leave them there but according to the u.s. government the islamic state of iraq and the levant is not actually defeated a point stressed by the president's own state department just last week i think it's fair to say americans will remain on the ground after the physical to f

see a little bit of a on al-jazeera. the u.s. president has threatened to close the border with mexico if he doesn't get funding approved for his proposed border war donald trump tweeted will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the war and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with the u.s. homeland security secretary is visiting the southern border after two children died in the custody of american officials this month a post-mortem which has shown that a two year old phillipa gomers alonzo died on monday had been suffering from flu before him seven year old jackson county back in last her life just hours after crossing over from mexico governors on the has this update in the city of el paso in texas close to the border. the border and migration are increasingly becoming politicized here in el paso texas far far away from the halls of power in washington d.c. it's migrants and asylum seekers that are becoming pawns in

al-jazeera. and i'm down jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera senior senators in the u.s. say the time has come for the trumpet ministration to condemn the saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist or congress will act it follows a briefing by the chief of the cia gina aspel to senate leaders those emerge in the meeting were unified in their assessment that saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man ordered murder and must be held to account like ana reports from washington d.c. . it was a very small meeting of senators only eight of them was the chairman of kiem national security committees and the ranking senator in each of those committees there was some disquiet among other senators that they weren't invited as well some arguing very strongly that this information should be declassified and made clear to the public but all those eight senators who emerged from the meeting were absolutely united in one basic opinion and that is that the crown prince mohammed bin solomon was responsible for the murder of. certainly you this was the strongest statement to be purged fr

al jazeera exclusive. showing a united front u.s. republican and democratic senators introduced a resolution to hold the saudi crown prince to account for jamal khashoggi scaling . down fully back to watching al jazeera live from a headquarters in doha also ahead a high profile arrests of chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei is detained in canada beijing wants her immediate release long awaited talks to end the war in yemen are due to begin in sweden and who calls the shots mexico's women in politics say it's not enough just being in congress they want the influence as well. the. thank you for joining us a bipartisan group of six senior u.s. senators has introduced a resolution that holds saudi arabia's crown prince to account for the murder of jamal. the resolution says mom had been soundman was complicit in the killing and urges the u.s. government and the international community to hold him and all other parties involved in the journalist death accountable but it doesn't end there it also says bin solomon is acco

the state's governor making a disaster declaration as the cleanup continues and the gallic of al-jazeera. the u.s. says it will cut the number of troops at the mexico border from five thousand six hundred to around four thousand but it plans to extend the deployment of those left until january on the other side of the border mexican authorities have been moving asylum seekers from an overcrowded shelter and here wanna to a nearby events hole but heavy rain is hampering efforts to ensure everyone has enough food and shelter castro has more from one of the camps. u.s. helicopters have been buzzing the border between san diego and here to want to mexico even as the u.s. military says it is lowering the number of troops deployed to the border though it's tending their deployment until late january this is all happening as the central american asylum seekers who have been counting on this baseball field for more than two weeks are now packing up after two days of rain that turned these conditions unsanitary with outdoor bathrooms and people bathing exposed to the elements unable to keep their children

al jazeera. hello i'm the star and over the top stories on al-jazeera sixteen u.s. senators from across party lines have introduced a resolution to hold the saudi crown prince accountable for the murder of journalist. if approved it would have fishley condemned mohammed bin sound for killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul in october john hendren reports from washington it's an extraordinary rebuke from the u.s. senate to a long time american ally the diverse group of senate leader.

hello i missed doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president's chief of staff john kerry has quit his post donald trump is in talks with the vice president's top aides nick as to succeed kelly. the john kelly will be leaving rita but i don't know if i can say retiring but he's a great guy john kelly will be leaving at the end of the here will be announcing who will be taking john's place it might be on an interim basis i'll be announcing that over the next day or two but john will be leaving at the end of the year he's been with me almost two years now as you know between the two positions so. we're probably going to see him in a little while our white house correspondent can be helped at the looks at john kerry's time as chief of stuff. general kelly crisis may have ended john kelly's time in the west wing with the four star marine general was brought to the white house to restore order as president probably years president donald trump took him from his post just homeland security secretary in july of two thousand and seventeen he r

al jazeera. hello i missed us here today in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has passed a resolution to end all military support for the saudi and rossi coalition fighting in yemen in a separate vote senate as blames the saudi crown prince lama bin salad for the murder of journalists. this is now unanimously unanimously the united states senate has said that crown prince mohammed bin solomon is responsible for the murder of your man can show you that is a strong statement i think it speaks to the values that we hold dear the rest of this resolution does i'm glad the senate is speaking with one voice unanimously toward this and yemen's warring sides who have been meeting in sweden have agreed to a ceasefire and her data at the u.n. says that under the deal government forces and her three fighters have agreed to withdraw from the port city it's the main supply route for getting aid into the country after a two day manhunt police in france have found and killed the man they say attacked people at a christmas market and strasburg on tuesday sharif accounts

u.s. china relationship. al-jazeera washington. well u.s. president donald trump has told republican party leaders he won't sign a bill to fund the government if it doesn't include money for his proposed border wall with mexico a temporary funding bill must be signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown mr trump wants it to include five billion dollars for the wall but the budget for border security and fencing is one point three billion a government shutdown would see more than eight hundred thousand federal workers forced to take time off or work without pay. the u.k. second busiest airport has been brought to a standstill after the appearance of large drones forced all flights to be cancelled u.k. troops are being sent to gatwick airport south of london as the police continue to hunt for the operator of the two two rooms the devices reappeared nearby everytime the airport tried to reopen the runway with one hundred thousand passengers stranded and about seven hundred fifty flights disrupted. was sitting on the plan nearly