it is not just about sharp --assad -- bush are al-assad bashar al-assad but trying to stop him from engaging in the things he did. theets a change topics to second part of the speech, which was about iran. you had mentioned this was one of your takeaways and it was of importance. and there was real debate about the importance of the archived, with the said it wasn't a big deal and it wasn't a violation of the jcpoa or the safeguard agreement, what is your view of and doing that atomic archive what does it say to you and specifically as an international lawyer, can one say that the existence of this is a violation of the jcpoa and national agreements? in my view, the nuclear archives seem to indicate that the -- --n is currently a similar point in the speech, the archives show that the iranian nuclear weapons program was more focused and more advanced than previously understood. the archives contain considerable previously unknown data under nuclear weapons design, high explosives tests related to weapons development, individuals involved for research development. some of the archive images a

if it had, bashar al-assad may have had access to those. that with the use of wmds you are better off obliterating it then using the mechanisms of the u.n. or whatever other agencies? i put that out provocatively. >> it worked for a while. >> i think it works for a single reactor. >> they are not complying anyway in terms of follow-up in inquiries, inspections and so and so. we don't know if the syrian nuclear program is finished. this is a very important part of the secretary's discussion. we don't know that. we do know that he responds to military action unilateral , military action for a time. it is the mowing the grass concept. it is not mowing the whole yard, it is pinpointing parts of the yard. >> valerie is right. there have been small victories along the way in terms of not holding accountable but attributing blame for the chemical weapons and strikes, etc. overall, i am concerned that the message of bashar al-assad civil war and not being held accountable for all of the things he has done, including the wmd and with regard to non-w

the russians for a moment coming back to you here in doha i mean what are the chances here that bashar al assad starts going after the druze because the government forces don't control the specific area that is obvious on the one hand and. on the other hand the troops the young male druze do not sign up they refuse to sign up to this conscription system but he's got going for the syrian army. and yes indeed i think that there was in fact in a very awkward position because on the one hand as you said they are not playing they are in fact trying not to be part of this war which is waged by assad against i mean in the sunni majority of syrians so they don't want to be part of that on one hand on the other hand they are seen by as not really muslims so they are on one hand attacked by ice and on the other hand they are not very well protected by the assad regime and in fact what the recent attack by isis demonstrates is that as as as your other two guests actually have been suggesting it shows that the syrian regime is still in fact very vulnerable very weak and cannot provide the sort of protectio

we were talking about the meeting with bashar al-assad. is not likely because bashar al-assad can't everything and donald trump has a technique of wanting to talk to the person who can deliver a solution to a problem, why he talked to kim jong un and wanted to talk to vladimir putin, he will look for the next person who can help them solve the problem and it will not be bashar al-assad. in the middle east peace process or something like this. >> a former kgb agent accused of killing people who are critical of him, he is no stranger to lies and deceit which makes it tricky to pin him down on anything. there are accusations from washington this intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, that they are testing missiles they shouldn't be testing and russia but when you try to pin him down on anything he lies. what do you do when somebody can just say anything they once, you can't hold them to their word how do you make any progress? >> it is my personal view that donald trump's attempt to sweettalk vladimir putin is not going to work. this is a

and russians for a moment coming back to you here in doha i mean what are the chances here that bashar al assad starts going after the troops because the government forces don't control the specific area that is obvious on the one hand and. on the other hand the druze the young male druze do not sign up they refuse to sign up to this conscription system that he's got going for the syrian army. and yes indeed i think that there was in fact in a very awkward position because on the one hand as you said they are not playing they are in fact trying actually not to be part of this war which is waged by assad against i mean the sunni majority of syrians so they don't want to be part of that on one hand on the other hand they are seen by isis as not really muslims so they are on one hand attacked by ice and on the other hand they are not very well protected by the assad regime and in fact what the recent attack by isis demonstrates is that as as as your other two guests actually have been suggesting it shows that the syrian regime is still in fact very vulnerable very weak and cannot provide the sort

take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to jihad this great finn he said that the world has been warned of the groups dangerous this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but these routes defense fulfill said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i.d.f. on washington's request and it's thought that the plan was to evacuate around eight hundred white helmets and the families but the number now seems to be about half of that number of them are expected to resettle in western countries such as canada germany and france tell us a bit more about this evacuation what was needed well at the moment the syrian army is

is the us now renconciled to bashar al—assad remaining in power?rump adminstration‘s approach to iran? mina, from your vantage point in the gulf, how does this situation look at the moment? it is clear that for the trump administration the priority is to push back around. and to limit around's activities, militant nefarious groupings in the region. that has become the parity for the trump administration, you have had various us officials come out of the gulf and other parts of the middle east to duplicate that. —— of the middle east to communicate that. we recently reported that the national, we were expecting a summit and jordan and egypt in the autumn and probably washington, but it's still not clear in the us, to discuss exactly that, to push on the iran issue. in helsinki, we studied under the details of the meeting, but it was discussed as disabling the issue of syria. the russians for sure have been the guarantors of that assad regime. the survival of bashar al—assad is because of russia and iran. there is the contradiction. it trump feels ca

syrian president bashar al assad. warns activist groups the white helmets they would be wives not like terrorists if they refused to surrender. donald trump claims russia might interfere in the upcoming midterm elections to help his rivals the democrats as the issue of russian meddling remains divisive. meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. and more than six hundred migrants forced their way into spain storming through a border fence between the country's north african. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here totty international thank you for joining us. syrian president bashar al assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmet spondon them terrorists they currently in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrori

elections like russia's support for president bashar al assad in syria it's and it's an explosion of crimea's of people are going to be looking at these issues i'm not expecting to see any sort of breakthrough there but certainly to see how president trump interacts with putin and how close he is seen to be to the russian leader. to the reporting from washington d.c. thank you. all right let's bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. the british government has published a new blueprint for the country's exit from the new regs that minister dominic brown told parliament that the proposal aims to keep britain in a free market for goods with a looser relationship for services the new plans prompted the former foreign secretary and rags that minister to resign earlier this week. the syrian state television says government forces have raised the national flag over parts of darius city that had previously been in rebel hands since the year twenty eleven was the scene of the original anti assad protests that sparked the civil war seven years ago

and to other news now syrian president bashar al assad has said that members of the activist group the white house who refuse an amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists he says our correspondent and this is he joins me in the studio with more on this of going to extremely hardline stance and isha what information do we have on this well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house myth of agents of western powers that have links to jihad this great he said that the world has been warned of the great dangers but now he has given them two options to lay down their weapons and surrender or be killed. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty or be wiped out like other terrorists now this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation

giving up their fight against government forces the surrender is a big victory for president bashar al assad whose force a close to reclaiming complete control of the country's south florida in manly with more a month of intense government bombardments in southwest syria and the devastation is clear the military offensive started by government forces backed by the russian ally a trying to recapture dura in the neighboring province of can a trump surrendering control of droste city one of the last remaining rebel strongholds would be a major defeat for the opposition. the birthplace of the syrian uprising seven years ago from where protests against regime's torture of teenagers spread nationwide. in some areas near syria's border with the israeli occupied golan heights government bombs have been replaced by buses in deal struck last month between the syrian government and rebel fighters anyone who refuses to live under the rule of president bashar assad so we move to the eclipse province in the north the displaced populations which i think this time it's around two hundred thousand people for

have started leaving the area for giving up their fight against government forces president bashar al assad's government is now opposed to taking back complete control of the country south. of iraq was president has turned on the catholic bishops who have been trying to mediate months of violent unrest in or take a call them satanical terrorists and to mongers while speaking on the anniversary of the revolution that brought him into power. donald trump's former lawyer secretly taped a discussion with the us president about payments to an ex playboy model the new york times says the f.b.i. sees that recording back in april during a raid on michael cohen's office he's being investigated for tax fraud and campaign law of violations ahead of trump's two thousand and sixteen election donald trump has denied making payments to hush an alleged affair with karen mcdougal trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani confirm that trump discussed the payments with cohen but says they were never made by house correspondent kimberly how it has more from washington. this recording seems to reveal the president dis

talking about the beginning of the end of this conflict and if it does mean indeed a victory for bashar al assad we've got the kurds in damascus we've got the rescuers being rescued in the past few days the white helmets being escorted to a different location and we've got external actors kind of laying down a line in the sand saying yes we might accept an asset victory but we will not accept the consequences of that millions of people displaced unless those millions of people go back into syria how does that work well it's difficult to see and basically the situation when. make everyone happy in a way because on one hand it's clear that again that the regime is winning militarily. doesn't automatically mean that basically the regime will be able to ensure again the stability of syria on one hand stop the ongoing attacks inside syria on the other and more importantly for the regional and international actors be able to allow for at least on courage refugees to go back when we go to the first basically issue which is when the syrian regime be able to stop similar attacks in the future. we have is

have started leaving that area or giving up their fight against government forces president bashar al assad's government is now close to taking back complete control of the country's south. iraq was president has turned on the catholic bishops who have been trying to mediate months of violent unrest and or take a call them satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought into power the u.s. trade war with china could soon go to a whole new level with donald trump saying he's ready to increase tariffs more than ten fold he has so far slapped tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese products but now he says he's ready to put tariffs on five hundred five billion dollars of imports immediately counter the first round of tariffs i raised fifty would down five hundred now some people would say three hundred seventy five billion i'm not talking about a million i'm not talking about pennies i'm talking about we're down three hundred seventy five billion but other estimates could say five hundred seven it doesn't matter so

the forces of syrian president bashar al assad are now close to taking back complete control of the country south rebels in the southwestern province of nature have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces nicaragua's president has turned on the catholic bishops who've been trying to mediate months of violent unrest and or take a call that satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him into power. a protester has been killed at a rally outside the headquarters of a paramilitary unit and southern iraq has death brings the number killed to twelve during weeks of protests against poor government services and employment run cotton imports from the capital baghdad are many have also been rallying in. in solidarity with those in the south pole protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a smaller gathering and seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south on the issue of how t

siding with bashar al assad. well that's what critics will say and of course the counter to that is look at this is humanitarian issue we're taking eighty into that the who to area which had been a rebel area was smashed devastated by russian airplanes the on assad regime and therefore this is a humanitarian effort to stabilize syria help refugees go home but of course there's a fine line between humanism and acts that ultimately are going to shore up the regime and it's very difficult in many ways people are beginning to turn to leith and accept the fact that they have to think of refugees first how can they get home how can they get schooling how can you get health aid the very basic infrastructure that will help syrians were turned home is perhaps more important than he's bigger you know geo strategic problems of are we going to be able to hurt the russians hurt the iranians this sort of thing how are the russians still managing to polly what they bring to the table here into being a diplomatic super power i m

israel has been short and it was feared they could have been killed by the forces of syrian leader bashar al assad also on the show.

incompatible on one hand the goal to fight terrorism and on the other the goal of fighting against bashar al assad who is fighting his own people so these were two goals of a contradictory because the fight against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there he asked france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some

you working with the russians you back in the russians if you back in the russian ship backing bashar al assad so there seems to be a circle there that has got to be squared but how do you square it will be to i mean this is the point that i want. actually to me even if assad is winning on the ground in syria i think there are so many stakeholders in this conflict most of them with bad hops now accept that assad is winning including. the united states. and others but i think there is a big that there is a big elephant in the room that we need all to see it before we can talk about an end also i mean to this conflict about from seeing a political solution between the regime and the opposition which is iran in this case i think everybody is talking now about. how to get iran out of syria if we accept assad the manning and power and for that for the next what that for the next couple couple of couple of years i mean this is something that is really on board and so now i mean i believe this is why in syria it's c.d.n. borton to get almost everybody on board that that means that the russians the am

syrian president bashar al assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmets branding them terrorists they currently hold up in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to this great sin he said that the world has been warned of the group's dangers this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but the israel defense forces said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i.d.f. on washingt

incompatible on one hand the goal to fight terrorism and on the other the goal of fighting against bashar al assad who is fighting his own people so these were two goals of a contradictory because the fight against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there. france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some places

syrian president bashar al assad warns activist group the white helmets they will be wiped out like other terrorists if they refuse to surrender. donald trump claims russia might interfere in the upcoming midterm elections to help his rivals the democrats as the issue of russian battling remains divisive. it's meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. and more than six hundred migrants forced their way into spain storming through a border fence between the country's enclave of sirte and morocco. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. syrian president bashar assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmets branding them terrorists they currently hold up in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has r

incompatible on one hand the goal to fight terrorism and on the other the goal of fighting against bashar al assad who is fighting his own people so these were two goals of a contradictory because the fight against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there he says france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some

inches closer to victory as it raises its flag over the city by the uprising against president bashar al assad first began torture in secret jails in yemen amnesty international says war crimes may have been committed by u.s. forces that. it looks like there's a whole bunch of boats coming up times square. and the arts mixed with virtual reality that's transforming times square in new york it's not bought for art's sake it. is a visit that's been anticipated for months the u.s. president has arrived in the u.k. for a four day trip the red carpet has not been spared for donald trump and first lady maloney the pair are being hosted by british prime minister to resign my palace the birthplace of world war two leader winston churchill john the hope is that. president donald trump and first lady stepping off one of the london stansted airport it was the start of a much anticipated visit to the u.k. even if very little of it will be spent in london itself. and this is what. protesters. expected to grow last friday they gathered outside winfield high. the u.s. ambassador's residence where the trumps

earlier these and the rest of the border area will be supervised by the russian military for bashar al assad it was a small price to pay for taking back the border this is a vital trade route that the regime would eventually want to reopen with jordanian agreement. data covers most of the area held by the opposition in southwest syria one of their last remaining strongholds they still hold kinetic province at the front a with the israeli occupied golan heights recovering control of this area because our sides next goal nearly three weeks of fighting for data has displaced more than three hundred thirty thousand syrians according to the u.n. tens of thousands of them headed to the jordanian border where they've been stuck with little or no access to food water and sanitation. now the jordanian government says it's been seeking security guarantees that means from the russians from concerned parties that those displaced people when they go back to their villages and homes will be safe they fear reprisals from syrian forces of the russian military police will be overseeing security over there al

has branded them quote a mosque for terrorists and issued them with an ultimatum to surrender bashar al assad says they are currently operating in the last militant stronghold in syria which is currently surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to jihad is great for them he said that the world has been warned of the groups dangerous now this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but the israel defense forces said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. the u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i

raised the national flag over daryl's old city the birthplace of the uprising against president bashar al assad. israel supreme court has temporarily blocked a demolition order for a bedouin community in the occupied west bank qana was set to be cleared despite growing international criticism of the move the village consists of mainly makeshift structures of ten and warrant which the israeli authorities say were built illegally are a force that has more from west jerusalem. well this is the very least a stay of execution for the people of a bedouin community of nearly two hundred people in the occupied west bank it did seem that a long threatened demolition was impending with the moving in of the heavy machinery of the israeli state the israeli military in recent days as they seemed to be preparing the way for that demolition to take place there had been a legal judgment by the israeli supreme court at the end of may which said that such a demolition would be illegal and then last week there was a petition lodged by activists which said that an alternative plan that had been filed by them to th

on tuesday around one hundred thousand people still live there which is located in province bashar al assad's forces have retaken nearly all of the province since its offensive began early last month. indonesian police have shopped at eleven suspected criminals within the past two weeks in the security crackdown to prepare for the asian games human rights advocates have warned that the security forces are using the operation as a license to kill but they were briefly put aside on wednesday as indonesians welcomed the arrival of the asian games taught victoria. the ceremony to mark the start of the asian games torch relay in indonesia it was carefully choreographed the successful games can be a major boost and the indonesian government wants to ensure everything goes to plan to that end police in jakarta have an almost a two month long security crackdown to clear suspected criminals off the streets human rights watch says it's being used as a license to kill we know that the jakarta police chief himself has said on numerous occasions that he is encouraging his personnel for example to send cri

raised the national flag over their us old city the birthplace of the uprising against president bashar al assad and. amnesty international says it has evidence to prove prisoners are being killed tortured and on disappearing from secret jails operated by soldiers from the u.a.e. and solve in yemen their rights group says what is happening the credit mount to war crimes the u.a.e. has previously denied similar allegations a march has more. al-jazeera obtained a voice recording late last year of a man who said he'd been held prisoner in southern yemen operated by so which is from the united arab emirates. there are various methods such as the use of electric shock waterboarding as well as forcing detainees to strip naked this is how they torture us in different prisons they use different methods amnesty international says evidence from more than seventy families government workers and prisoners all show crew and unlawful practices in prisons run by amorality and yemeni forces some of these detention facilities are not actually official. what we and others. in our investigations is that there is a

geopolitics have prevented the international criminal court from taking action bashar al assad is protected by his alliance with russian president vladimir putin. but i'll bet he and his team have found a willing partner in berlin germany is the only country to consider pressing charges under the principle of universal jurisdiction enabling any country to prosecute war crimes no matter where they've been perpetrated. damage what they can with this germany's chief prosecutors have made a huge step ahead of other nations other countries should see this as an example of what action they could take because this task cannot rest solely on the shoulders of the german judiciary on its really will be. proof to european and to them save justice as principle it's not under control forty. that is very important and does a lot to the case represents a strong signal from germany's judiciary to president assad suspected war criminals and torture is will be prosecuted. tens of thousands of people go missing every year in mexico corrupt police and politicians are often behind the disappearances and obvious

what it says were on the shipments on their way to iran backed hezbollah fighters as president bashar al assad consolidates his control in syria some of those who fled the country are returning home a million syrian refugees are registered in lebanon and the government there is keen for them to leave but many a worried about what will happen when the recross the border from us all in the north east of lebanon is in a heart of reports. their years in exile are now over the syrians are on their way home. they are the latest batch of refugees living in the lebanese border town of our south to voluntarily return. there haven't been mass returned yet but these people are among those who can make the journey back to a syria now mostly under the control of president bashar al assad. yes she was. saved many homes are destroyed but ours is falling the circumstances are different for every person. can't happen before syrian authorities screened the names of the refugees and approved the applicants request to return lebanon's general security. the process. so far the returns have not been in significant

between opposition rebels and russia which is that which is allied to the government of president bashar al assad it comes after assad's forces backed by russian airpower gained more ground in the contested province of there are their offensive launched more than two weeks ago a force more than three hundred twenty thousand people to flee their homes many of headed for nearby borders but have been refused entry by israel and jordan was in a hotel is monitoring the situation in syria from neighboring lebanon and she joins us live now from the capital beirut news that the warring sides are going to sit down and talk again so what's on the agenda and is there any chance something will actually come out of this meeting. well a new round of talks a jordanian mediation succeeded in bringing the warring sides back to the negotiating table we have to remember on wednesday the rebels walked out of the talks and said these conditions that the russian military is demanding of us are really unacceptable and humiliating so now they're back at the negotiating table what we understand is that there is some comm

to have is a new constitution and then we'll go for elections presidential elections in which bashar al assad will be allowed to run for office again so this is the sort of political vision the russians are presenting right now so most notably what we are seeing in geneva is going to be very much dictated and formulated by the russians who are the major force on the ground right now in syria which will see what happens for the moment kabul and thanks very much again for your analysis specifically thinking. well the war in syria has had a ripple effect in neighboring lebanon for people all syrian refugees it's taken a massive toll on jordan's economy as well but now the opening of a key border crossing between jordan and syria mention could help revive its fortunes. are reports from the back also raise concerns among some businesses. business owners have been hit hard by the closure of the only overland trade route . exports which used to pass through jordan to reach countries have been badly disrupted by the war in neighboring syria. just like thousands of other. unemployed they're hoping tha

also a strategic victory for bashar al assad in southern syria rebels in there when a truck province agreed to lay down their weapons and move elsewhere also a development in the novel poisoning case british police indicate that they have identified key suspects on surveillance camera footage. and how this movie about drug smuggling in china persuaded beijing to rethink its cancer treatment policy. welcome to the news art israel has passed a controversial new law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people it makes hebrew the only official language downgrading arabic to an ambiguous special status and it also promotes the construction of jewish only communities however critics say the law marginalizes the israeli palestinian minority who make up to twenty percent of the nine million population israeli palestinians have the same rights as jewish citizens but have long face discrimination rights groups say the law will only further promote racism stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem. i it's official israel is a state exclusively for

southern syria between opposition rebels and russia which is allied to the government of president bashar al assad comes after assad's forces backed by russian air support gained more ground in the contest of province of that are their offensive launched two weeks ago has forced more than three hundred twenty thousand people to flee their homes many have headed for nearby borders but have been refused entry by israel and jordan so in a. has more from beirut. a new round of talks following jordanian mediation which they exceeded in getting the warring sides back to the negotiating table and it seems that there is more common ground we've been speaking to opposition negotiators and what they're telling us is that in principle the rebels they were ready to hand over their heavy weapons and this is going to be the focus of the talks the handover of heavy weapons but what the opposition is asking the russian military is to hand over these weapons in phases as government control is restored in opposition held towns and villages in one way or another it is a it is a security guarantee that the rebels hav

forces have surrounded rebel held parts of their our city with the uprising against president bashar al assad began seven years ago the siege comes just three days after russia brokered cease fire but rebels say russia hasn't made good on one of the key promises of the truce so in the heart of reports from beirut . most of the dead are provinces now under government control tens of thousands of displaced people have returned to their villages they left makeshift camps close to the border with jordan after a cease fire deal between the rebels and the russian military which has been negotiating on behalf of damascus but there are tens of thousands of others who are still camped out along the border with the israeli occupied golan heights. some of them are wanted by the syrian authorities for engaging in opposition activities it is risky for them to return without international guarantees. the people here are really shocked from what's been happening lately we can't believe how rebels have been handing over territory to the government with no real guarantees the russians for example guaranteed g

have to feels he won't be safe in syria as long as bashar al assad is in power he wants to go to europe but doesn't think you'll get a visa for now he's forced to stay in lebanon even if that means being evicted and ending up how nice. china wants to become a world leader in electoral mobility e-cards are increasingly popular in the countries local authorities are fast converting their public transport fleets the city of shenzhen to sixteen thousand buses are already battery powered. a light hummer instead of the roar of a diesel engine in just three years all of change and sixteen thousand buses have gone electric the city's bus drivers have been retrained and there are now five thousand charging points at bus depots. a fully charged bus can travel two hundred kilometers that's about a days driving. genting you is spearheading the changes one where on hides out one song we can charge the bus in the evening when services have stopped for the day. that's good because electricity costs less in the evening only you don't seem so the bus company saves money this year that means and what ele

reporting the rebels in another town in the southern province of drought have surrendered to bashar al assad's forces. has been under heavy bombardment for weeks but some activists disputed a deal has been reached. germany's interior minister has offered to resign rather than support chancellor angela merkel's new migration deal horse has been discussing the agreement with his c.s.u. party in munich. i spent nine days since a youth football team one missing in a flooded cave in northern thailand rescue divers are advancing in the main passageway inside the cave where twelve boys and football coach went missing the navy seals are aiming for a sandy chamber they believe the group may have retreated to about one thousand people are taking part in the rescue efforts as more from chiang rai. the focus on monday are the dive teams that we know overnight from sunday to monday the dive teams led by the tight navy seals were able to get within five hundred meters of potty a beach section of the cave system now that's a section a cavern if you will named after a famous speech here in thailand that's whe