alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and it. as we mentioned the standoff between ukraine and russia is one of the big issues on leaders' minds and ukraine's president has upped the ante banning russian males between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering his country andrew simmons reports from kake of in one of the flashpoint border regions. this is the latest message sent from ukraine to russia by a social media. video packed with action drills said to be taking place nearly as. intended to show off the crane's defensive capabilities. of the heads around serbia our joint forces operation is full of air defense weapons that are able to stop the aerial aggression of the russian federation. and as the live fire exercises were playing out on the world wide web president petro poroshenko decided to ban all russian mail holders aged between sixteen and sixty from coming in or going out of ukraine. just outside hockey here one of the main board oppose any seven hundred russians normally and.

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and it. as we mentioned the standoff between ukraine and russia is one of the big issues on leaders' minds and ukraine's president has upped the ante banning russian males between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering his country andrew simmons reports from cock and one of the flashpoint border regions. this is the latest message sent from ukraine to russia via social media a miniature video packed with action drills said to be taking place nearly as. intended to show off the cranes defensive capabilities. that have been around so i view our joint forces operation is full of air defense weapons that are able to stop the aerial aggression of the russian federation. and as the live fire exercises were playing out on the world wide web president petro poroshenko decided to ban all russian mail holders aged between sixteen and sixty from coming in or going out of ukraine. just outside hockey here of one of the main board oppose any seven hundred russians normally leave the country every day

gains nothing by continued presence in syria his big decision is about to be put to the test alan fischer al-jazeera washington thousands of kurds in northern syria are protesting against president trump's planned u.s. troop withdrawal. they want a clear stones from the u.s. led coalition after threats from the turkish president russia typer to want to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington support of syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters for the strained relations between washington and ankara turkey and iran have promised to work closely in syria after the us pull out the turkish president or one threatened to strike why p.g. targets in northern syria has this report from ankara. when he ran for president.

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and. well hussein askari is a professor at george washington university he says mama been sound man took a necessary risk by attending the g. twenty summit. the photo ops that you will see is anyone with any sense will try to avoid him except maybe mr putin as we have seen and so i think he's taking a big risk you're right but i think he had very very difficult choice if he didn't come it would be almost another admission of his so he had no choice but to come i think that where he has his biggest problem is of course we ve you countries that they have already expressed that this satisfaction in no uncertain terms he obviously has that direct conflict with that of out of turkey and he has to avoid them and so you have a large group of countries because if you take the e.u. their representation at the g. twenty with also the president of the european commission you have a lot of them and so he has to be in one corner that's the only way he can avoid. ukraine has banned russian men between t

and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al jazeera at the white house the number of revenge killings against journalists has nearly doubled this year the latest annual report from the committee to protect journalists found fifty three reporters have been murdered so far in two thousand and eighteen with thirty four killed in retaliation for their work the report blames the lack of international leadership on journalists rights and safety for contributing to the revenge killings one example is the murder of washington post columnist jean the saudi consulate in istanbul in october for team journalists were killed in afghanistan this year which makes it the most dangerous country in the world to report from however the number of journalists killed in conflict fell to its lowest level since two thousand and eleven. the nicaraguan government is facing sanctions by the united states for human rights violations attacks against government critics in the press and become commonplace since peaceful protests started in april the political crisis

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. still to come late here at al-jazeera the pristine landscape on the front line of the global war on drugs we have a special report from down and away with a pregnant woman and her family scaling the border fence to find a better life in the u.s. . hello the rain doesn't seem to be as heavy now as it was two days ago this is particularly true for the southern philippines of peninsular malaysia and borneo clearly there are still showers in obvious bands but i think the focus for the next couple of days at least twenty four hours is going to be more in the philippines is darker green here heading towards the south and philippine islands could produce some pretty big storms and there's a good scattering of course through indonesia and back through sumatra to singapore kayo and peninsulas is still southern town just not as heavy as they were and there's the philippines to watch now i suspect and jakarta of course there in australia things are a little cautious than they were ho

gains nothing by continued presence in syria his big decision is about to be put to the test alan fischer al-jazeera washington. meanwhile thousands of kurds in northern syria have been protesting against the u.s. pullout forces there. i took threats by turkish president was a type one to attack kurdish fighters in the region wasn't in support of an alliance of rebels or in defense forces and despite as explained to us from nations . well turkey in iran are promised to work closely in syria after the us president . threatened to hit targets in northern syria this report. when iran's president began his visit to turkey there was an unexpected announcement from the white house donald trump ordered u.s. troops stationed in north east syria to leave. neither haasan rouhani or turkey's president. commented on the u.s. president's tweet instead they stressed their cooperation in the so-called astronaut negotiating track talks led by russia. so. there are many steps that turkey and iran can take together to stop the fighting in the region and to establish peace will deepen our cooperation and consultations

by robert miller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al-jazeera washington still ahead on al-jazeera or the support president for plus of her celebrate winning the biggest time for more history than i will have the option for the paper said america. virgin galactic says it could start commercial space flights as early as next year after its rocket reach space for the fest time on a test flight spaceship. a desert in the western u.s. and reached eighty three kilometers above the earth's surface the successful test comes four years after the crash of the original spaceship two. plans to offer a ninety minute space flights costing some two hundred fifty thousand dollars. we now have a space ship is capable of going to space we'll do a handful more test flights and we'll learn something from each of those test flights then the whole program booster new mexico to a beautiful spaceport we have there i will go up and then after i've been up. paying passengers who want to become astronauts will will follow and i hope that in the years to come many people

by robert miller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al-jazeera washington. only her. business updates. business updates. thank you very much laura why the president football's world governing body. hasn't ruled out the possibility of the qatar twenty twenty two world cup being expanded from thirty two to forty eight it seems in france you know speaking at the end of the three day fifa meeting in doha where the topic was high on the agenda our sports correspondent andy richardson was there well john infancy now has been in a half a what is known as a fee for executive football summit translated that means he's been meeting a number of representatives from more than fifty member associations for an exchange of views about where world football is at the moment inevitably with this event taking place in qatar much of the talk about the twenty twenty two world cup and whether or not it will be a forty eight team event or thirty two team events which is what qatar are currently planning for the forty eight team event will happen in two thousand and twe

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty. let's bring in our guests now joining us from london. henri he's a writer and academic and istanbul akhmed writer for middle east and also in london jake a pair of kill us deputy head of the u.s. and the americas program at chatham house a warm welcome to all of you thank you very much. i'll start with you what do you make of the excerpts of the cia findings their conclusion with the wording is medium to high confidence that that personally targeted jamal khashoggi. or oversee any evidence so what's to be a for them is occasion they go to the court not to give the informations to the media this is that he just strange other we are dealing with the case mother in case all of the political part was beyond this current case so to confusing occur anywhere and the end of the day what we realize that which court he said it should go to a court which court would oversee for the turkish authorities when they finish finish their music ation they said was go to the court this is the right way that he got away but to give the information to the med

gains nothing by continued presence in syria his big decision is about to be put to the test alan fischer al-jazeera washington thousands of kurds in northern syria are protesting against president trump's planned u.s. troop withdrawal. they want a clear stones from the u.s. led coalition after threats from the turkish president russia typer to want to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington support of syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters for the strained relations between washington and ankara. turkey and iran have promised work closely in syria after the us pull out the turkish president or one threatened to strike why p.g. targets in northern syria has this report from ankara. when iran's president began his visit to turkey there was an unexpected announcement from the white house donald trump ordered u.s. troops stationed in northeast syria to leave. neither haasan were hiding or turkey's president president tayyip erdogan commented on the u.s. president's tweet instead they stressed their cooperation in the so-called astronaut negotiating track talks led by russia. the. w

and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house belgium's prime minister has offered to resign after losing a vote of no confidence shall michel has been leading a minority government for a week after his coalition partners walked out of the alliance the flemish nationalist party quit over mischa's decision to sign a un migration pact that critics say will increase migration and here it remains for violent protests in belgium and the weekend. the u.k. government is making preparations in the event that the country crashes out of the e.u. without a deal next march there are just a hundred over one hundred days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the block and with parliament in deadlock this is have agreed to step up planning for a no deal bricks it three and a half thousand military personnel are on standby for any civil disruption. in the democratic republic of congo more than forty people have been killed in into ethnic violence in the west of the country it happened over the weekend during clashes between th

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty computers out. to the head on al-jazeera revives by many but revered by some dr nord last come on he's remembered in colombia changing the ice from outer space a russian company has another attempt at sending an organ printer to the international space station. however the rain clouds are gathering again full parts of the middle east by a large it is going to be fine and dry but a little cloud just sliding out of that eastern side of the medics right in that it is going to make its way in across the levant we go on through the next day also lossy father dry for monday will see a good deal of warm sunshine twenty four celsius the by roots for example come in last little bit of cloud there just around iraq pushing into that western side of iran and maybe a little bit of cloud over towards the western side of the himalayas couple of these dry temperatures here at fourteen celsius rico wanted to choose day there's that west of weather that's going to come through good parts of northern syria southern ar

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and its french president emmanuel macron flies home from the g twenty to contend with the aftermath of violent protests in paris the capital city turned into a battleground on saturday as a protest against immigrants fuel tax escalated with buildings torched and vandalized about one hundred people were injured and two hundred others were arrested david schaper reports from paris. the yellow vests rebellion once more brought the streets of central paris to a standstill balticon a tear gas and stun grenades were used by the riot police to try and disperse the protesters in a series of running confrontations. this time it was the arc de triomphe that was the focus for some of the fiercest clashes the iconic symbol of france occupied and defying the country's civil wars. the. we had the arab spring and now we are getting their european winter. as the day drew on the violence in the surrounding avenues so police vehicles and cars being taught soon even buildings set alight it was meant to have been a peaceful protest a small minority carried out the

alan fischer al jazeera at the white house our time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back with barely one hundred days to go until brags that to resume his government says it's making preparations for the u.k. to leave the e.u. without a deal plus. musicians into trying to keep the thousand years of tradition alive or not stay with us. hello again it's good to have you back or watch is a very stormy weather here across the eastern parts of the med bring some heavy rain across turkey over the next few days as well as well look he had beirut we're looking at also down here towards aleppo and jerusalem will see some rain as well on wednesday as we go towards thursday things get a little bit better as a system makes its way towards the east a little bit of scattered showers still remaining along the coast but most of the rain remain into the northern part of iraq down towards baghdad where we're going to be seeing a few breezes and gusty conditions few at one thousand degrees and quite city how what twenty three degrees as your forecast high here across parts of the gulf

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. we can no longer come here it out there including no breaks it down seventy in the u.k. as the opposition labor party calls friend no confidence in the prime minister. the us says its war planes and killed more than sixty hours fighters in somalia. hello again it's good to have you back well here across the western part of love and we have been seeing a lot of messy weather with the storm systems that are coming in off the mediterranean and over the next you days that is only going to be getting worse from tuesday as well as into wednesday you can see that storm system really affecting parts of greece and turkey well as we go towards wednesday a lot more rain comes into play and it's going to be windy as well so we can expect to see some localized flooding in certain areas anywhere from turkey down here toward syria maybe even jordan as well as into lebanon temperatures a little bit cooler than average would syria seeing temperatures in aleppo at about thirteen degrees and

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty and. the wall street journal says the saudi crown prince sent eleven messages to his closest adviser in the hours before and after the murder of jamal khashoggi the newspaper says it's in excerpts of the highly classified cia assessment including alleged comments from the crown prince that seemed to foreshadow the operation mohammed bin salmond's top aide tani oversaw the team which killed jamal khashoggi president says there's no direct evidence linking crown prince to the killing of the journalist the new u.n. human rights chief has told al-jazeera it's time for the u.n. to investigate the death of jamal michel bashfully and speaking to our diplomatic editor james bay as for talks well just zero program. almost two months after jamal khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in the saudi consulate in istanbul the saudi and turkish investigations remained separate and seem to be going nowhere saudi arabia is refusing to hand over the suspects it's arrested and it hasn't given the turkish aut

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. aina fried is the chief technology correspondent at x. news website she says it would be difficult for social media companies to completely stop their platforms from being manipulated even if you spotted it is fake and facebook and twitter spot millions of fake accounts every day it's so easy to set up a new one so you know it's kind of there's this american game whack a mole you're constantly you know you're doing one thing and another one's popping up a little bit out of this is like in obviously the techniques don't stay the same just as the platforms and governments are getting better at spotting it russia and others that are looking interfere developing new techniques themselves there's a couple of areas where the platforms are faulted in these reports that are faulted not only for missing it obviously in two thousand and sixteen but also providing just the minimal information to investigators and that's a serious issue obviously if we're going to try and stop this in

and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al jazeera at the white house official breaking al-jazeera when we come back getting into a battle for asylum seekers the group calling themselves the sultry carabao. and zimbabwe's military is under fire for how it reacted to post election protests more on that stay with us. from the clear blue sky of the doha mooning. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of love. hello again it's good to have you back or watch it's a very stormy weather here across the eastern parts of the med bring some heavy rain across turkey over the next few days as well as well look he had beirut we're looking at also down here towards aleppo and jerusalem will see some rain as well on wednesday as we go towards thursday things get a little bit better as a system makes its way towards the east a little bit of scattered showers still remaining along the coast but most of the rain remain into the northern part of iraq down towards baghdad where we're going to be seeing a few breezes and gusty conditions for you at ni

and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al jazeera at the white house our time for a short break here not just here when we come back sentencing is delayed for donald trump's former national security adviser. criticized by the judge plus. a musician's into not trying to keep a thousand years of tradition alive stay with us. hello again a welcome back well on the western coast united states as well as western coast of canada we've been seeing some very windy stormy conditions all so she with these systems coming and off the pacific now over the next few days we're going to see back to back storms so a storm a break another storm for much of that area and that means it is going to be very stormy along the coast winds are going to be a problem as well as snow in the higher elevations well as can be seen some rain coming into play as we go towards thursday down towards the south los angeles going to be twenty four but there across the southeast we're going to see another storm that is going to start to develop so by the end of the week a

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well former f.b.i. director james comey has called on us republicans to stand up for the values of the country on certain questions in congress carney said president trump's constant criticism of the f.b.i. was harmful to the rule of law trump lames investigations into alleged links between russia and his presidential campaign in adjustment what chung's the president of united states is lying about the f.b.i. attacking the f.b.i. and attacking the rule of law in this country. how does that make any sense at all at some point someone has to stand up in the face of fear of fox news fear of their base fear of being tweets stand up for the values of this country and not slink away to retirement but stand up and speak the truth members of the u.n. security council live expressed concern over kosovo's decision to turn its security force into an army the announcement last friday angered so bia and prompted the security council meeting on monday u.n. peacekeeping chief. called on

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington former f.b.i. director james k. me has called on members of donald trump's republican party to stand up for the values of the country questions in congress came he said president trumps constant criticism of the f.b.i. it's harmful to the rule of law president trump says investigations into alleged links between russia and his election campaign are illegitimate witch hunts. the president of united states is lying about the f.b.i. attacking the f.b.i. in attacking the rule of law in this country. how does it make any sense at all at some point someone has to stand up in the face of fear of fox news fear their base fear of being tweets stand up for the values of this country and not slink away to retirement but stand up and speak the truth that russia is re-inforcing military bases on a chain of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with japan the russian and japanese leaders have had numerous face to face meetings to try to settle the sovereignty dispute since the s

alan fischer al-jazeera at the g twenty. or the wall street journal says the saudi crown prince eleven messages to his closest adviser who oversaw the team which killed in the hours before and after his murder the newspaper says it's seen excerpts of a highly classified cia assessment of what happened president donald trump and secretary of state my phone peo say there's no direct evidence linking the man to the journalists killing mohammad vall has more from istanbul. we've been hearing about reports of the cia the classified reports that they have a high level of confidence that muhammad the same as the crown prince of saudi arabia was the man who gave the order to kill him out how shortly but now we have. more glimpse of those classified reports by the cia including the fact that he was in high coordination with his top advisers some of the funny exactly during before and after the time the killing of him out how should she took place eleven messages the cia did not specify what type of messages whether it was what's up w

by robert miller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al-jazeera washington. as i'm bob was ruling party is holding its first annual conference since former leader robert mugabe was forced out many zimbabweans hope it will provide solutions to the many issues that persist president emerson is facing growing pressure to turn the economy around and what are some reports from harare. some people here say zimbabwe has become the tenth province of neighboring south africa inside this trailer brought across the border are thousands of dollars worth of products the other kind of find in shops or are too expensive it's better to buy in south africa than to billions in places as well as awful if you can afford it i like here in zimbabwe death so expensive so it's better for me to go into a mate because i was in the force will make it stay in south africa and to play in survival as i can't afford another sign zimbabwe's economy is in trouble people can't get foreign currency because of cash shortages shot in local stores where prices are more than tripled in

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. former f.b.i. director james comey has called on us republicans to stand up for the values of the country on questions and congress carney said president trump's constant criticism of the f.b.i. was harmful to the rule of law trump cames investigations into alleged links between russia and his presidential campaign in a just that which happens the president of united states is lying about the f.b.i. attacking the f.b.i. and attacking the rule of law in this country. how does that make any sense at all at some point someone has to stand up in the face of fear of fox news fear of their base fear of being tweets stand up for the values of this country and not slink away to retirement but stand up and speak the truth. true lanka's prime minister says his united national party will for new political alliances to safeguard the country against corruption addressing tens of thousands of supporters at a victory rally run of the promising a thanks to those who stood by him during a

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

by robert mueller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al-jazeera washington. i'm just as you say with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has passed a resolution to end all military support for the saudi embassy coalition fighting in yemen in a separate vote senators blamed saudi crown prince mohammed bin salah for the murder of journalist. yemen's warring sides who have been meeting in sweden have agreed to a ceasefire in her data 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 and france have found and killed the man they say attacked people at a christmas market in strassburg on tuesday so if they catch was killed on thursday evening after opening fire on police in new doff in the city's south more than seven hundred police officers were involved in the south for the twenty nine year old after the shooting which killed three people and injured thirteen others. i think you. only g

and so reaching a final deal will be difficult and in the meantime the fighting continues alan fischer al jazeera at the white house. humph. thank you very much manchester united have thanked him for his work during his time at the club and wish him success in the future the english giants sacked the portuguese as manager following the club's worst start to a season in twenty eight years united were beaten three one by liverpool on sunday which left them sixth in the table takes a look back at what went wrong for marine year when jones a marine you arrived at manchester united in twenty six dane fans were hoping he would prove he was still the special one but he's going to old trafford was not special instead it will be remembered as a disappointment for his sullen defensive and argumentative approach you know what this meant three but also mean sri premierships and i won more premierships alone then managed to get. see for me it's not for them to receive that respect and respect her respect so i think it was clear there was a problem between the radio and he stopped players mainly paul pogba a h

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well let's speak some more about this not in afraid hosey chief technology correspondent at x. news website and she's via skype from san francisco thank you so much for being with us so how is it sir for these two reports all of the different from what we've known and what we've already learned about russian interference in the twenty six any action where much of it obviously employed as what we already know that russia is interfered interfered heavily what's email is how they did it so one of the details that came out is the extent to which instagram with the on a lot of facebook itself in a platform we've heard some about twitter in just a tiny bit about instagram but what's clear from this report is it you tube and instagram were also major components of this attack and instagram in particular was affective even with a minimal amount of that. and what's also interesting and alarming i guess is that this is ongoing it didn't stop after the twenty sixteen eat lection it's

by robert miller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al-jazeera washington. president assess if r.k. is and now would issue for talks with somali leaders as to to rebuild diplomatic relations. the two nations agreed to restore ties in july ending fifteen years of hostilities somalia and accuse territory of supporting the armed group al-shabaab. clasen jordan have clashed with demonstrators in the latest protest against no income tax laws chair gas was used to disperse around the thousand people who gathered near the prime minister's office in amman on thursday jordanians have been holding demonstrations since parliament approved legislation last month which critics say increases taxes for lower and middle class families. some who are struggling to get by are hoping for some answers from the ruling party which is holding its first annual conference since the army depose robert mugabe his successor president is under growing pressure to turn the economy around toss a report from the capital harare. some people here say zimbabwe has become the tenth

by robert miller it's likely she'll be deported back to russia at the end of her sentence alan fischer al jazeera washington virgin galactic say they could start commercial space flights as early as next year after their rocket plane reached space for the first time on a test flight spaceship tune to watch from the mojave desert in the western united states with the help of its twin piers large carrier plane and find itself eighty three kilometers above the earth's surface into suborbital space for the pilots experiencing weightlessness a successful test comes four years after the crash of the original spaceship two virgin plans to offer a ninety minute space flights costing two hundred fifty thousand dollars quick reminder you can catch up any time with all the stories we're covering check out our website al-jazeera dot com. second a look at the top stories making news around his era has been a major breakthrough on the final day of talks in sweden between the yemeni government and hoofy rebels organized by the united nations both sides have agreed to a ceasefire in the port city of her data the

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington former f.b.i. director james comey has called on members of president donald trump's republican party to stand up for the values of the country and some questions in congress time he said president trying sculls to criticism of the f.b.i. is harmful to the rule of law and the president of the united states is whining about the f.b.i. attacking the f.b.i. and attacking the rule of law in this country. how does it make any sense at all at some point someone has to stand up in the face of fear of fox news fear their base fear of being tweets stand up for the values of this country and not slink away into retirement but stand up and speak the truth. human rights watch says it's gathered evidence of violent acts being committed against asylum seekers crossing the border from turkey to greece there were no ization interview twenty six people who crossed over in the northeastern region of every last this year and they describe being pushed back over a river into turkey some more s

gains nothing by continued presence in syria his big decision is about to be put to the test alan fischer al-jazeerawashington. thousands of kurds in northern syria have been protesting against a pullout of u.s. forces. there appealing to the us off the threats by turkish president reza tiber go on to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington support of an alliance of rebels or in defense forces and kurdish fighters and strained turkish u.s. relations you know the outgoing u.n. special envoy to syria has given his last briefing to the security council urging unity to help the syrian people staffan de mistura successor the norwegian diplomat get pederson to take up his post in early january james bays has more now from the united nations. it was a rare moment something that doesn't normally happen in the security council. but how will these pictures of the special envoy stefan de mistura at the end of four and a half years in the job going around the security council table shaking the hands of ambassadors be viewed by the people of syria. they have nothing to celebrate u.n. diplomacy has been

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. russia is reinforcing military bases on a chain of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with japan the russian and japanese leaders have sat down several times to try and settle the dispute which dates back to the second world war barracks are being built for russian troops and bases are being prepared for armored cars transfers at a lodge a formal diplomatic protest there's been a fifth day of anti-government protests in hungary with riot police trying to control thousands of demonstrators in the capital budapest crowds gathered outside the building of hungary state broadcaster calling for the opposition to be allowed to read out their demands on television the protests were sparked by a new labor law that could see a return of a six day working week and a delay in overtime payments. to what's described as the front line in the global war on drugs the southern border of to seek isto tons of heroin opium a marijuana was smuggled from neighboring afghanistan every

addressing the challenge of interference and he hopes there could be legislative action to follow alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well i saw speaks more best of both rothschild he's a republican strategist and founder of the consulting firm rothschild policy and politics is live from washington thank you so much for being with us so what do you make of this report and its conclusion that russia started meddling in u.s. politics two years ago and is still interfering today. well you know this is not anything new courting these reports but the one thing that we're trying to kind of what these reports are all about is trying to find a link between russia and evolvement and donald trump and they have not found that yet so i like senator byrd today came out and said you know this is very concerning and i think it's concerning for both republicans and democrats to have any kind of foreign government interfering with democracy i've have done that have republicans expressed that concern no i mean you you you don't hear them we haven't heard the president did nonce add these reports as you say it's not the fi

al-jazeera washington. post to another of our correspondents in washington alan fischer joining us here how much of a shift in policy is this when it comes to you know the u.s. posture across the region. well it's something that don't come talked about on the election trail it's something that he mentioned way back in april when he said he was on the verge of ordering u.s. troops out of syria at that point all his advisors at the pentagon they said this is a bad idea you need to back away from this and he sent lee did that it's very brave of any president to stand in front of a camera and essentially say mission accomplished which is what he's doing here talking about the battle against eisel in syria because that immediately provokes echoes of george w. bush going on to a near craft carrier with the big mission accomplished sign saying that operations in iraq are all over that didn't work terribly well for the u.s. there and there is concern certainly on capitol hill that donald trump is acting a bit prematurely it's just two months ago that john bolton his national security advisor gave a speech in new y