bashar al assad's crimes were being pushed into the background. this happened in spite of the thousands of civilians who were killed by his forces in july twenty fourth two months after the russian veto the syrian opposition attempted to reserve rect caesar still seeing. this time they went to the u.s. congress which opposed the military intervention in syria even after the chemical attacks and. a group of republican support and u.s. intervention. evan mcmullan a member of the commission of foreign affairs arranged for caesar the photographer to be interviewed in front of members of congress. we knew that most people in the united states didn't know or of us its mass atrocities and the idea was that if americans understood more what exactly atsic was doing if they really understood they would have much more sympathy and they would expect i believe our leaders to do more and especially the president who is our commander in chief and who leads our form of a c to do more to act to stop assad's. trustees. caesar was in hiding afraid of being captured

it would mean that one day bashar assad could appear before a tribunal. the russians use their veto. for those who support bashar assad cesar's photos did not prove that these crimes were committed by the bathurst regime. citron if you don't slow enough a zone they came in early for indian will say to believe this is. a. good result if we have fair play but when two days old miss group or do you foresee which could bore day for the year. but you do know for goofy. so that. you hockey oakley. and others i am a sufi sword. and that the words we make use them and you will get on the whole the feet will. be the muscle danny and the jimmy and the muscle into the model hold up . your own will come and they will you know what i look like across the u.s. into the hall for connecticut and i've been with them i believe many of those them up late those are small most of my book. the international community has been powerless since the start of the conflict in syria in june twenty fourth teen the islamic state in iraq and the levant isis announced the creation of an

the eastern go to into three parts cutting off key rebel supply lines or the syrian president bashar assad has visited on the positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met with soldiers who'd been part of the effort to retake the damascus suburb the un is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group there on the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with medical cases some of binge of aid has the latest on what's happening in eastern guta. this is still happening in the besieged pockets of rebel held eastern. here strikes and shelling have continued on one of the largest and most populated parts of the entries from inside this footage from a drone shows the shrinking boundary between rebel fighters and advancing forces loyal to president bashar al assad thousands of people have been wounded in more than fifteen hundred killed in the latest on slot. should. we hold the united nations and the security council directly responsible for their silence around these c

cease fire in syria and killing innocent civilians in eastern guta the syrian president bashar al assad says the military campaign will continue despite more than six hundred fifty deaths in the rebel on clave since february the eighteenth the shape of water has won best picture of hollywood's biggest night of the year the academy awards frances mcdormand won best actress for her role in three billboards outside every missouri gary oldman took best actor for his portrayal of britain's world war two leader winston churchill in the darkest hour. a south korean delegation is traveling to north korea for the first time in more than ten years it hopes to discuss the nuclearize asian and arrange for talks between north korea and the united states the delegation includes the chief of south korea's national intelligence service. we will deliver president moon julian's wish to bring about denuclearization of the korean peninsula and permanent peace by extending the goodwill and base and to korean relations created by the pyong chang winter olympics. for this we will have in-depth discussions wit

president bashar al assad says the syrian bombardment of eastern huta will continue . as i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from the hole so coming up china's national people's congress meets to make changes that could see president xi jinping stay in power for life. a bloc of right wing parties leads the way in italy's election but latest projections show no one will have enough seats to govern alone. and the envelope please we're live in los angeles as hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the oscars. all over the united states has accused russia of killing civilians in syria's eastern huta it says it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month it is the strongest u.s. accusations so far of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held area more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the airstrikes at the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave said has also denied using chemical weapons about four hundred thousand people are trapp

to carry out airstrikes against bashar al assad's government r.t.s. what does the of has the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intonation and reason to believe that the united states it's as a talent base in syria has been preparing squads of rebels try to is to stage a chemical probably cation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and these rail they've been provided allegedly as when years twenty tons of norene this one is dead to date is disguised as disguised as cigarette packs and this attack is imminent defense officials have said that this attack will be blamed on the syrian government and will be used this is the excuse by the united states and its allies to show a good bashar al assad to his government did his military directly then we put a look at the provocations mentioned will be used as a pretext of the united states and its allies to conduct an strikes against military and state infrastructure in syria we're seeing that such strikes are being prepared by wars

as bashar assad's government retake control of eastern ghouta over one hundred five thousand civilians have also been able to flee the carnage and devastation that here's how some have described life in the embattled region of the world that in want of that is go first with suffered so much there would have left a long time ago but we simply couldn't while the militants shooting at you yes as a said they made us suffer a lot we were there for a long time and could not leave everything was very expensive the would do whatever they wanted to us. once a day and we were receiving very little of the food which had been sent to us i know. i was playing football and i didn't realize what happened at first then i found myself in this condition it had a. seventeen year old palestinian girl has been sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers i had to meet me admitted guilt as part of a plea bargain with the israeli army. the assault which took place next to the girl's home in the occupied west bank was filmed by her mother video later went viral and gained

well in all the developments syria's president bashar assad has visited army positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met soldiers who have been part of the effort to retake the area the united nations is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group that those are the top stories that set for myself and the team there in london witnesses next. on counting the cost are russians getting all they bargain for economically as lemay boudin heads for reelection plus saudi aramco keeps the financial world guessing the globe's largest i.p.o. on ice will be asking what's behind the delay counting the cost and i just give. up. also oh so so full of us. do you want to take another head wanted to get done. for a month it has a billion overhead but wanted to give then give then give. as. we will hear the of beauty. of it and how money can be a good done lol claire nala. i'm sick of how man minute. and how much b.s. . signal. all of. them. have on with i don't think. i'm not. a man fee. i don't know. what the wrong. t

rebels are defeated they go to adlib those who don't want to live under the rule of president bashar assad also but there is nowhere safe in that province airstrikes continue to hit nonmilitary targets such as schools and health facilities. the rebels arrived with their light weapons it's not clear if they will join the ranks of the armed factions of adlib where there has been rebel fighting. regime for seven years but no food no water no medicine told the regime the russians launched a barbaric campaign we promised the regime that we will return. there are those who refused to admit defeat but the loss of easter is the worst setback for the opposition since it was forced to surrender the eastern part of aleppo city in two thousand and sixteen after a similar military campaign. beirut or as we see more syrians trying to make a desperate journey from eastern go to the last opposition stronghold there is concern about their fate and what the future holds for them come across an interesting video that's making a lot of ways right now online tell us about this video here. now this video has be

their america this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes president bashar assad says the syrian bombardment of instant good.

preparing to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the us to carry out airstrikes against bashar assad's government one of the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighting is to stage a chemical provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and israel they've been provided allegedly as when years twenty tons of norene this one is dead today this disguised as disguised as cigarette packs and this attack is imminent the fed's officials have said that this attack will be blamed on the syrian government and will be used this is an excuse by the united states and its allies to strike at bashar al assad his government did his military directly then they provoke us or the provocations mentioned will be used as a pretext the united states and its allies to conduct airstrikes against military and state infrastructure in syria we're seeing that such strikes are being prepared by warships in the medi

the last major rebel stronghold close to the capital for president bashar al—assad. major victory because they say rebels have been finding more tours into the capital and dozens have been killed on their side. that said, the vast majority of the deaths have been in eastern ghouta itself. the latest we hear of that syrian government troops have reca ptu red syrian government troops have recaptured a third of that area. and operations are still ongoing. martin, thank you for that. you're watching the bbc news at five. gary oldman has led a night of british success at the oscars, winning the best actor award for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. there was also a win for the silent child, the film starring six—year—old maisie sly from swindon, who is deaf. after months of revelations about harassment in hollywood, the ceremony was a chance for stars to appeal for inclusion, with the winner of best actress, frances mcdormand, persuading every female nominee to stand with her. james cook was watching. after a year of darkness, a splash of colour returned

claims that it wants to be part of an investigation even though the overwhelming evidence is that bashar assad's regime did the attack and that moscow is simply trying to muddy the waters or deflect political blame from it sounds by appearing to be voluntarily participate in clearing up the what happened ok so it could just be smoke and mirrors here but in the meantime in the u.k. seems pretty intent on making russia pay for this is there anything though that they can really do that they and their allies away that they could have a sizable impact on the russian government and its president vladimir putin i mean because there is talk right now that the u.k. could target assets of russian tycoons in the country for example would that be effective. yes i think that would be much more effective than what's been happening so far which is just that. they're going to expel some russian diplomats russia's promised to respond in kind and it'll just be a diplomatic tit for tat and the royal family won't go to the world cup in russia this summer. russia london's often called london grad because there's so

iraq would keep them out of iraq so in syria we're trying to use the islamic state to overthrow bashar assad but across the border across the sand boundary we are believing we can keep them under control and in check and not have them threaten the government and baghdad i mean it just boggles the mind that we have people in power who would be so stupid as to think and i keep going back to this word and i apologize i can't be i'm trying to be a little more articulate but stupid is the only thing that keeps coming back to me because this is what happened and then of course in two thousand and fourteen islamic state takes mosul and now we've seen the complete destruction of sunni cities throughout the tigris and euphrates river valleys in iraq and this is a consequence of course of the american invasion and occupation which the u.k. of course was completely complicit in and took part in but not just that but but also to it's all because we have people in power people in there are telling us operative says in the u.s. and also here in the u.k. who believe that they are smarter than their predece

government the main reason is to curb iran which along with russia is heavily backing president bashar assad turkey opposed the syrian government but maintains relations with both russia and iran turkey's main aim is to defeat kurdish forces which the u.s. has supported in the fight against i saw. let's bring in our panel we have here in doha marwan cover line is director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy and alice's from washington d.c. mark kimmitt former assistant secretary for political move three affairs under george w. bush and from moscow dmitry babich political analyst at the state owned voice of russia good to have you all with also start here in the studio with a bit of a surprise this announcement because in fact i've been observing and. so the english foreign policy for many years now i haven't seen something like this before . it's confusion it's an arche and after the defeat the arson has been defeated we all thought that the u.s. is now having a strategy for syria in place we have held official did say that they want u.s. troops to be there for a wh

to date of russia's role in the government offensive on the rebel held enclave syrian president bashar assad has vowed to continue with the as strikes at the same time he says troops will open the way for civilians to leave. there is no contradiction between our troops and the combat operations the advancement of yesterday and the day before by the arab syrian army took place in the midst of this truce that's why when we speak about the resolution there are some positives that allow for the achievement of humanitarian goals at the same time as allowing us to get the terrorists this is why we have to continue with our operation while at the same time allowing civilians to leave you and the rebels say they've made some gains against assad's forces. today we regained control of some territory after fierce battles the regime used scorched earth policy after failing for four months to achieve any progress through ground fighting russian and syrian airliners bombs the area intensively using helicopters so we count attacked with raids and ambushed. innocently the anti establishment five star moveme

iraq would keep them out of iraq so in syria we're trying to use the islamic state to overthrow bashar assad but across the border across the sand boundary we are believing we can keep them under control and in check and not have them threaten the government and baghdad i mean it just boggles the mind that we have people in power who would be so stupid as to think and i keep going back to this word and i apologize i can't be i'm trying to be a little more articulate but stupid is the only thing that keeps coming back to me because this is what happened and then of course in two thousand and fourteen the islamic state takes mosul and now we've seen the complete destruction of sunni cities throughout the tigris and euphrates river valleys in iraq and this is a consequence of course of the american invasion and occupation which the u.k. of course was completely complicit in and took part in but not just that but but also to it's all because we have people in power people and they are telling us operative says in the u.s. and also here in the u.k. who believe that they are smarter than their pre

of eastern goods into three parts cutting off key rebel supply lines well the syrian president bashar assad has visited army positions in eastern ghouta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met with soldiers who'd been part of the effort to retake the damascus suburb the united nations is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group they plan the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people with urgent medical cases. of aid has the latest on the situation in eastern kentucky. this is still happening in the besieged pockets of rebel held eastern buthe here strikes and shelling have continued on one of the largest and most populated parts of the entries from inside this footage from a drone shows the shrinking boundary between rebel fighters and advancing forces loyal to president bashar al assad thousands of people have been wounded in more than fifteen hundred killed in the latest on slot. shook it will worship we hold the united nations and the security council directly responsible for t

measure of autonomy meanwhile the syrian government has released video said to show president bashar assad visiting positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory state media say assad met soldiers who had been part of the effort to retake the area the un is said to be negotiating a possible cease fire with the main rebel group that. the rebels say they're in discussions about getting aid to civilians and evacuating people in need of urgent medical care. republican senate is a warning us president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert muller they say he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election in a series of tweets over the weekend trump accused the f.b.i. leadership of lies corruption and leaking information as well from washington. if twitter is any indication u.s. president donald trump is growing increasingly worried about the investigation into ties between his campaign and russia sending off a series of angry tweets including this one where he did something you nor

well in all the developments syria's president bashar assad has visited army positions in eastern guta by his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met soldiers who have been part of the effort to retake the area and the united nations is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group there those are the top stories that set for myself and the team there in london witnesses next. on counting the cost are russians getting all they bargain for economically as lemay boudin heads for reelection plus saudi aramco keeps the financial world guessing the globe's largest i.p.o. on ice will be asking what's behind the delay counting the cost on ages you.

the start of syria's civil war the conflict was sparked by peaceful protests against president bashar al assad as it enters its eighth year and government forces are now trying to push the opposition out of eastern ghouta south africa's dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmer should get special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances home affairs minister peter dutton cited reports of lancers shuras and violence south africa's government says no one is endangering. the u.s. house of representatives has overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at preventing gun attacks and schools the bill which now goes to the senate provides at least fifty million dollars a year to fund training and coordination between schools and police but doesn't affect gun ownership laws president donald trump backed the legislation which fall short of broader measures he suggested following the school school school shooting last month. there is still much more work to be done but the best way to keep our students and teachers safe is a give them the tools and the training to recognize thos

the syrian government has also released video of president bashar assad visiting positions in eastern guta soldiers who'd been part of the offensive to retake the area from the opposition the main rebel held group. that's a negotiation with the un about a ceasefire it's also asking for aid to be allowed in for the hundreds of thousands of people still trapped are. the people of damascus appreciate all of you for protecting the city and will remember this for tens of years or even generations this battle has been bigger than syria today you are fighting this battle on behalf of the whole world you shot to kill the terrorists you change the balance of the world all cynical to how small from beirut in neighboring lebanon. there are concerns about the fate of hundreds of men who have crossed into government controlled territories activists on the ground say they are now missing they have been arrested by government forces thousands and thousands of people have crossed into government controlled territory as this military operation in eastern continues some of them found themselves in gove

war has entered its eighth year the conflict was sparked by peaceful protests against president bashar al assad in two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian human rights observatory says at least half a million people have been killed. one of u.k.'s largest companies is moving its headquarters from london to the netherlands but you know labor and sister decision is not due to bricks if it comes at a crucial point in britain's negotiations to leave the european union. south africa's dismissed an australian minister's comments that white farmers should get special visas as they face quote horrific circumstances how my fares minister peter dutton says a civilised country like australia should help he cited reports of land seizures and violence south africa's government says no one is in danger president cyril ramaphosa has vowed to speed up the legal redistribution of land from wealthy whites to poor blacks. can say no that we will not allow land drips we will not allow lending invasions and those who are tempted to resort to such activities must be warned in advance that we will not allow would b

rebels are defeated they go to adlib those who don't want to live under the rule of president bashar assad also move to live but there is nowhere safe in that province airstrikes continue to hit nonmilitary targets such as schools and health facilities. the rebels arrived with their light weapons it's not clear if they will join the ranks of the armed factions an adlib where there has been rebel fighting. regime for seven years but no food no water no medicine until the regime the russians launched a barbaric campaign we promised the regime that we will return. there are those who refused to admit defeat but the loss of east is the worst setback for the opposition since it was forced to surrender the eastern part of aleppo city in two thousand and sixteen after a similar military campaign. in brazil drew buses being used for former president. silver's election campaign of being hit by gunfire no one was hurt in the attack but lula wasn't in either of the vehicles which were transporting brazilian as well as foreign journalists police are now searching for at least two suspects lhuillier is

are more of this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes president bashar assad says the syrian bombardment of eastern goods will continue. governing body loses control of parliament in national elections but as counting continues there's no clear winner. investigation and interference in the u.s. presidential election extends to include the united arab emirates. and south korea prepares to send a senior delegation to north korea for two days of talks. the u.s. has accused russia of killing civilians in syria. saying it carried out twenty bombings a day late last month is the white house the strongest accusation to date of russia's role in a government offensive on the rebel held enclave more than six hundred forty people have been killed over the past two weeks syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue with the strikes but at the same time he says. troops will open the way for civilians to leave he's also denied using chemical weapons but four hundred thousand people are trapped inside it with little food and basic supplies assad has called such des

but syrian president bashar al-assad enforces loyal to him had to completely destroy parts of the city in order to take it back from opposition forces. and that is similar to what we are seeing in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta today. >> using a mix of air strikes, shelling and truth, damascus is gaining ground in the beseiged suburb but it is destroying it in the process. 400,000 people are believed to be surrounded, and activists inside are saying civilians are fleeing underground shelters as troops advance. an aid convoy scheduled to try to get into eastern ghouta did not go and the humanitarian quarters that have been set up were empty again today. it's not clear how long it will take syrian forces to retake eastern ghouta, what is clear is once it does, there will be a massive reconstruction effort needed. here in aleppo 14 months after the government forces retook it from opposition forces, there is still no power in half of the city. the half of the city that does have power only gets it about 12 hours a day and that is one of the many steps needed to rebuild. seth doane,

this as we heard from president bashar al assad as you mentioned. they are fighting against terrorism. that is the regime's narrative for a few years now. he is saying that civilians can leave while the fighting is going on. the reality on the ground is a complex situation. we have not seen civilians trying to leave the area. both sides blaming each other for why. all eyes today are on a u.n. convoy and international red cross convoy trying to enter eastern ghouta. 46 trucks loaded with aid. they are looking to see if they can get the aid in the area. >> thank you, jomana karadsheh. >>> the u.s. embassy in turkey shutdown because of a security threat. only emergency services available with visa interviews and other routine services canceled. embassy officials urging all u.s. citizens in turkey to avoid large crowds and be aware of security at tourists sites. >>> west virginia school teachers entering day eight of the strike. state legislators did not meet the demand for higher pay and better benefits. the governor and union leaders agreed to a 5% pa

arabic meantime has been speaking to some of the civilians who've been able to leave the area as bashar assad's troops continue to regain territory. we suffered a lot thanks to syrian army's efforts we were set free alone and i want to say to my wife and my son that i was set free thing got him safe and sound i hope we'll meet soon i have been missing then a lot. of protests a growing view a city of sacramento after the release of body video showing the moment a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black man in his grandparents' backyard the incident happened last sunday when officers responded to a suspect breaking car windows in the area police say they mistook the man's smartphone for a weapon and shot him twenty times. it was ok show me right and see if. we're going to. fight it. back. because. i got a guy in our back yard. trying to catch up. let's get on with him a couple times is that before we are. with you guys boy go ahead caller. the victim is stephan clark he was twenty two years old he leaves behind two children both under the age of three his brother described as an aunt. more t

the last major opposition stronghold near damascus they going to territory held by president bashar al assad's army and its allies it is the largest number of people to leave since the assault on eastern cusa was launched last month and it's happening as a twenty five truck aid convoy enters the area the syrian red crescent says it's aiming for the town of duma and contains enough supplies for just over twenty six thousand people for a month used to be in the syrian opposition is biggest piece of territory close to the capital but it's been split into three encircled pockets by the syrian government offensive we. two correspondents covering the story joining us live here on the news island fish who is on the turkey syria border and zena holder is in the kazakh capital a stana which is hosting talks on the syrian conflict show jewels to kick off tomorrow let's start with alan alan eastern get us right up to speed difficult picture i know but what do we know. well in the southern part of eastern and the area that has been encircled as you see by syrian government forces aided by the russian mili

in russia as they consider that all occurs ations against the syrian regime's bashar assad is far from from the truth because it is going on a fight against terrorism and all forces that are fighting terrorism in syria. came to all of this counting on the invitation of the. dimmit authority and in russia there are big questions what kind of leggo will stop those of the united states in the syrian territory and why they have a calming and supporting groups that was a true question arose in russia officially right now i think it is and now it's as one of the subject why the u.s. doesn't want to lose in the. in that in that ah because it's a only in the ted it out is without. who is out of control of generosity of groups. and you know sara that is broke lamed as a general you said by the united nations security council resolution saying that. legitimity. were wrong of. actions of russian army and syrian army in that as in the good is them going to it is not a correspond door that a real international law ok i think it's is main gunther addiction's between the russia and the united states

arabic meanwhile has been speaking to some of the civilians who've been able to leave the area as bashar assad's troops continue to regain territory. we suffered a lot thanks to syrian army jefferts we were set free. i want to see to my wife and my son that i was set free thank god i'm safe and sound i hope to have been missing them a lot. protests are growing in the u.s. city of sacramento after the release of body come video showing the moment u.s. police fatally shot an unarmed black man in his grandparents' backyard the incident happened last sunday when officers responded to a suspect breaking car windows in the area police say they mistook the man's small phone for a weapon and shot him twenty times. nine one one one commission the emergency in. order to. be compliant educate the character of the backyard. or the description of the man with the black. i got a guy at a backyard. where. i can get a credit card. thank . you yes. let's get on only saw him a couple times is that before we go. do you guys want to go ahead and. we're going to put your. victim is twenty two year old stephanie clar

in syria bashar al assad provides some drive by journalism if you ask. you who think you know him well twenty. two thousand and eighteen was going to be the year that facebook would do things differently under intense scrutiny from governments and their regulators over fake news hate speech and political manipulation on his platform mark zuckerberg vowed to fear. then last weekend the new york times along with the guardian and observer and channel four in the u.k. broke a story that shattered sucker berg's p.r. campaign together they revealed that cambridge analytic a data analysis firm employed by donald trump's election campaign harvested the personal information of more than fifty million american facebook users without their permission and then use that information to create targeted political advertising in order to influence voter behavior the issues here go far beyond one data mining company and want to election voters in great britain and kenya may have been affected as well and the story puts the spotlight squarely on facebook's business model a

arabic meanwhile has been speaking to some of the civilians who've been able to leave the area as bashar assad's troops continue to regain territory. we suffered a lot thanks to syrian army's efforts we were set free alone and i want to say to my wife and my son that i was set free thank god i'm safe and sound i hope you will meet soon i have been missing them a lot. please body comforted has a much showing the moment officers fatally shot an unarmed black man in california after mistaking his mobile phone for its mungo story still ahead of the break stay with us. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice or the biggest reason. to stand used this is just the dance the right questions and the right answers. well the truth seems wrong. why don't we just don't call. me. yet to ship out just didn't come out to. and in detroit it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back moscow has expelled at twenty three british diplomats as relations between

has released a video said to show president bashar assad visiting army positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory the un is said to be negotiating a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group there. and it's very the security guard has died in hospital after being stabbed in occupied east jerusalem the suspected attacker a twenty eight year old palestinian man shot dead by security forces it comes as concern grows over a potential surgeon on the wrist as the u.s. prepares to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. republican senators are warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert muller they say he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election and a series of tweets over the weekend trump accuse the f.b.i. leadership of lies corruption and leaking information thousands of protesters have rallied again in brazil to denounce the killing of a politician who was an outspoken critic of police violence rio de janeiro council was shot dead on we

has been speaking to some of the civilians who have been able to leave the area as bashar assad's troops continue to regain territory benefit honest we suffered a lot thanks to syrian army's efforts we were set free he was alone on the i want to say to my wife and my song that i was set free thing got him safe and sound i hope we'll meet soon i have been missing them a lot. we love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories so do get in touch by following us on social media are back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines i'll see you then. the far right in britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent my daughter's action a young white made it clear that yes you know i see these organizations which are usually split into which we feel different names how do you view that. complex web of richard basham. twenty eighteen coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of alternative but there was one more question by the way is going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to go to the center of the beach

iraq would keep them out of iraq so in syria we're trying to use the islamic state to overthrow bashar assad but across the border across the sand boundary we are believing we can keep them under control and in check and not have them threaten the government and baghdad i mean it just boggles the mind that we have people in power who would be so stupid as to think and i keep going back to this word and i apologize i can't be i'm trying to be a little more articulate but stupid is the only thing that keeps coming back to me because this is what happened and then of course in two thousand and fourteen islamic state takes mosul and now we've seen the complete destruction of sunni cities throughout the tigris and euphrates river valleys in iraq and this is a consequence of course of the american invasion and occupation which the u.k. of course was completely complicit in and took part in but not just that but but also to it's all because we have people in power people and they are telling us operative says in the u.s. and also here in the u.k. who believe that they are smarter than their predece

syria's president bashar assad has visited army positions in eastern guta where his forces now control almost eighty percent of the territory assad met soldiers who have been part of the effort to retake the area the un is said to be negotiating possible a possible ceasefire with the main rebel group that. republican senate has a warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert muller saying he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election trump has renewed his twitter attacks on both the f.b.i. and muller since the firing since firing the bureau's former deputy director andy mccabe on friday became is reported to have kept detailed notes about his interactions with the president russia's ambassador to the e.u. has suggested that the nerve agent used to poison a former spy could have originated in the u.k. british government has dismissed that claim saying the poison used. on his daughter came from russia. is next. michael. it will be good. to see. cyprus has long had an important geopolitical position in the m