we have here he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in doha we cross the mohammed should we he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what isn't like continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate if i can go to you first in leeds here let me read some of the headlines here tillerson touts indefinite u.s. presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change i thought we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians and the turks i thought you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead i've seen in leeds i think what we see at the moment effectively. germany for cation of syria effectively what we are seeing at the moment is deeply in the post-war german situation when the co

budget sorry is professor of political sociology at qatar university joins me now on the phone from doha this is a significant development in the story of the blockade so far many people who are tuning in to al-jazeera will not know who this man is can we just discuss how important he is in terms of the royal family. i'm going to lead the eyes on the head with a member kindly and hiking member if you will as he calls it a good candle resilin and he had. many contacts within something within the walls family called only he wanted me to get to before we moved which was completely understandable when he supported the blockade on. the government building the located in the beginning but for a. couple of months you have maybe visible on that location feed media. on. channels like a lot of the examples seen. fit to sit down with the king for example we've seen him with the prince without baby and we've seen him we didn't listen to him because being on the. other has been doing a lot of the want to do with supporting the. position that he disappeared from the couple of ago we could not see him

hello again everyone from going to here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera syrian warplanes have killed at least twenty people during an offensive on the rebel held province of it lib want to say the jets targeted a market and then a hospital full of people wounded in the earlier strike it comes as russia launches

and argue the same as in doha with all your sports news world number one rafael nadal remains on course for glory at the australian open back plus all the other schools coming up into this news hour. with very warm welcome to the program the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey and its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria and soldiers have entered the enclave of affray in part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit so why p.g.d. turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe so staff dekker reports from the turkey syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. government has shut down a senate vote to federal agencies until next month has failed only essential offices and services will remain open the white house is blaming the democrats for blocking the bill calling them obstructionist losers not legislators. as more now from washington d.c. . ten o'clock on a friday night in washington d.c. the senate convenes a vote and it is clear they cannot pass what's called a continuing resolution that's something that would keep the government running for days or even weeks there were republicans who defected there were democrats who got on board still not enough so then we saw something very unusual they didn't close the vote which meant it could have changed so we saw all republicans democrats walking the senate floor for two hours talking to each other bringing up the idea that maybe they had some sort of short term deal but in the end after midnight when it was official that the government was partially shutting down they came out and said no d

in leads here i mean we can discuss the origins of all of this i would disagree with our guest in doha it wasn't all peaceful in the beginning they were people that were using force and looking for force regime change which of course those elements have been there for a long time and we know who have been backing them so and also i'd like to point out is that in this horrible horrific civil war when you look at the casualties how of them of big government troops fighting for their country fighting for their their right to exist ok the people they were fighting well they were more interested in ethnic cleansing ok so i think we should have a sense of proportion i've seen i mean i'm really still very concerned with this element with turkey here how do we get through this here because it seems to me that one has this kind of a neo ottoman view of the conflict he's digging in in northern syria and he plans to stay it looks like so much for the sovereignty of syria and it's from a country that is a member of nato go ahead. turkish foreign policy is complicated and if you do look at that an

so he'll malik al-jazeera doha. and the world's oldest competitors cyclists has decided it's time to retire at the age of one hundred and six a year ago are aware marshalls set day a world record in one hour track cycling and the over one hundred five age group the freshman says that while he will no longer be aiming for titles help carry on cycling for pleasure and that's all your sport for now more later and that is all for the news hour here on al-jazeera but there is another bulletin on the other side of the break keep it or. partnership. when the news breaks members of the knesset israel's parliament setting a higher threshold for any theatre attempt to give up any parts of truce and the story builds up to date just what president stated in no country that is not the other way and when people need to be heard china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of. al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. witness documentaries that open your ey

hello again on this in doha these are the top stories here at al-jazeera european countries that helped to bring to the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal a calling on the u.s. to reaffirm its support the e.u. foreign policy chief and the foreign ministers of britain france and germany met an iranian delegation in brussels the agreement needs to be signed off every ninety days in the u.s. president has until friday to decide if hill reimpose sanctions. here opinion remains committed to support the full and effective implementation of the agreements including to make sure that the lifting of nuclear related sanctions has a positive impact on trade and economic relations with iran including benefits for the iranian people. the agreement as allowed for deeper cooperation and continuous dialogue with iran on all issues. amnesty international has called for an independent investigation into suspected atrocities by mia miles military the army admitted for the first time that its soldiers murdered ten muslim ranger their remains were found in a mass grave in the kind states last month it's calle

hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo. a morning commute in italy turns into chaos leaving two people dead and dozens more injured. egypt marks seven years since the revolution the pled to hosni mubarak's downfall. government has received a big blow to the credibility of its handling of the hinge refugee crisis a former u.s. diplomat has quit an international advisory board aimed at resolving the turmoil in rakhine state bill richardson who was once considered a close friend of aung san suu kyi she accused the meum alida of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by suchi a whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government. i was very unhappy and distressed by down sunset she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a

it is good to have you with us adrian sitting in here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. diplomat bill richardson has resigned from an international advisory panel tackling the range of crisis calling it a whitewash at least seven hundred thousand have fled me and muzzle kind region for bangladesh since the start of a military crackdown in august i was very unhappy and distressed by downtown for she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a member of the advisory board and the very heated exchange that we had i don't want to be part of or a whitewash. and i felt it was best that i resign immediately people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo are reporting a surge in the number of rapes killings and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says the violence has pushed more than ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december a court in bra

you're watching al jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories a three day u.s. government shutdown has ended after president donald trump signed off a bill extending federal funding until february eighth democrats agreed to the temporary measure after republicans sprayed shelby a vote on immigration in the coming weeks turkey's army says one of its soldiers has been killed as its troops and their syrian rebel allies close in on kurdish forces present bedouin says the operation to secure the border will be successful but the u.s. is urging turkey to show restraint and the opening date for the u.s. embassy moving from tel aviv to jerusalem has been brought forward to the end of twenty nineteen u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement in israel but was briefly interrupted by protesting israeli palestinian politicians in parliament. now the conflict in yemen and a blockade by the saudi led military coalition has left millions of people without food and clean water doctors say hospitals are running out of supplies as they struggle to contain outbreaks of

and i'm jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. but america first does not mean america alone u.s. president donald trump declares america open for business but insists trade must be fair. more heads roll as the fallout from the u.s. gymnastics sex scandal continues to mount. trial and you play confronts a stranger's policies on immigration. president one is warning that turkey's operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq has traveled with the turkish army as it continues its offensive to sweep fighters from the region the move risks a possible confrontation with the kurdish. militia that's a group backed by the united states and nato ally stephanie deca and cameraman jamil bustle of this report from the city of us. as we enter syria it is the free syrian army flag flies high here we are on a media trip into as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where there's been fighting with the kurdish armed group turkey calls a terrorist organization turkish forces are trying t

and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha the qur'an i'm still ahead. if i weren't involved they would be talking about literature a. u.s. president takes credit for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. surviving the war but will they survive the cold winter a plea for help from syria's and totally displaced and looking to renew their alliance german chancellor angela merkel is set to open a new round of colonization talks in a bit to form a government. protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christmas celebrations there edge say of church lad as ready spot the tense scene says muhammad reports from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem's manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the h

and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha. or welcome to the news great efforts to reach a political solution in syria under threat turkey warns the us against a plan to establish a kurdish led border security force in northern syria president is accusing washington of forming what he calls a tether on me and is vowing to crush it will explore where this leaves the various peace initiatives on syria also on the great tensions in the sky over the gulf qatar denies u.a.e. claims that its fighter jets intercepted and iraqi civilian aircraft this amid a blockade against. the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain which began in june last year and what would martin luther king say to donald trump as america celebrates the legacy of a civil rights icon a u.s. president is still having to defend himself against accusations that he is a racist after several days of controversy over his alleged remarks about haiti and african countries. mohammed president wrexham. that allowed women to buy alcohol for the first time in sixty years and it sparked a s

from the clear blue sky of the doha. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of. hello probably the biggest news in europe has been the amount of snow that's fall on the alps recently well the clouds just clearing so it's almost over but of course it hasn't left us alone typically avalanche risk is that is the worry for the next several days possibly a week or so this is so much snow on top now and i think tempers were raw is that you'll see this sort of thing that's just a small long but they're so easily triggered they course will be deliberately triggered as soon as possible and to be honest with the skies clear and have just slowly rising no less dangerous but it does least you can fly drop explosives into the snow and set off the avalanches and i will be then because look there's nothing then after that single figures the code is tested in eastern europe really cold and ukraine is minus seven in kiev but double figures in the british isles and in france incoming atlantic weather means rain i think for wednesday fourteen degrees in london and twelve in madrid

hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an uncensored my former friend well i still respect or. don't want to hear that u.s. diplomat bill richardson calls me and maz leader powerless and afraid of the military plus. gives the survivors first and foremost the department this university in my family an opportunity. to heal more fallout from the u.s. gymnastics sexual abuse scandal the entire governing body resigns also. the internet is information now we have the internet is money new money meets old money the world's financial elites discuss the future of digital currencies including bitcoin. we begin in syria where a cease fire has gone into effect in the besieged area of eastern ghouta there the capital damascus it was brokered by russia the area is the last remaining rebel stronghold near damascus and has been under siege by government forces for almost five years now it comes a syrian opposition members say they will boycott talks that russia is hosting in salt cheap next week that decision announced a u.n. sponsored negotiations in vienna whi

live from doha also coming up takis president promises to crush kurdish fighters as its military continues its and ground operation in northern syria. as vice president mike pence arrives in tel aviv on his first visit by on the first visit to an american leader since donald trump recognized jerusalem is israel's capital. and tensions rise as tens of thousands of ranger refugees a setscrew packed trade said to me i'm off by. a u.s. government shutdown is set to continue on monday as republican and democrat senators struggle to end the stalemate have a funding a vote on the government spending bill has been delayed until monday off the two sides failed to reach a compromise money for federal agencies was cut off from so. affecting a range of departments including passport and visa services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection of undocumented migrants who enter the u.s. as children republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the impasse castro has wore for washington d.c. . the shutdown of the u.s. government will stretch into a third

family since then as riyadh and abu dhabi continued in their push to overthrow the governments in doha the anti qatar alliance has tried to portray him as a potential replacement to the amir of qatar shipped i mean been hammered out funny they wanted to create an opposition to form within the. family but for the qatari society he's an unknown person he doesn't have the credentials he doesn't have the charisma even his in on the nuclear family did not approve the their all he was trying to play never mind the oil family or the qatari society in december former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik who was in self-imposed exile in the u.a.e. posted a video message saying he was being detained against his will was deported forty eight hours later flown to cairo and in a morality plane where he was immediately detained upon his arrival days later he withdrew from the race to be the next president of egypt in november lebanon's prime minister was summoned to saudi arabia for a meeting with crown prince mohammed bin sandman and although saga has not said he was health captive many believe tha

madison in doha the top stories on al-jazeera the taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistan's capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance allowing the bomber to get through security and couples most heavily protected area. the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the syrian government of breaking a cease fire on a rebel held area of eastern ghouta the group says air strikes have killed three people less than twenty four hours after the truce came into effect. none does has been sworn in as president of honduras for a second term but the sentiment has been overshadowed by fighting between security forces and opposition protesters they refuse to accept the result of november's disputed election john holeman has more. many hondurans might not like it but after a turbulent period following the november elections president won and is is now beginning his second term now what is he going to do in the next four years we'll hear dress that in his inauguration address he

hello again i'm adrian finighan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to suicide bombers blow themselves up at a packed baghdad market killing at least thirty eight people. a walkway collapses at the indonesian stock exchange building injuring at least seventy five people in a shower of glass and daybreak. and new video from nigeria group boko haram appears to show several schoolgirls almost four years after they were kidnapped. president has promised to strangle what he's describing as a terror army for me along his country's border with syria. once rhetoric is in reference to a thirty thousand strong kurdish led border force that's being set up in northern syria with the u.s. backing he's also planning an imminent offensive against kurdish forces in syria shot at. now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born i was zero seven concealed who has the latest from antakya in turkey india syria's border. prisons are done today also war that turkey will be

are live from doha also coming up. president promises to cross kurdish fighters this is military continues its ground operation in northern syria . vice president mike pence arrives in tel aviv on the first visit by an american trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital plus. in the far east of indonesia is facing a serious health crisis i'm stuff lots of reporting from the us market region in the south of where children are dying because of undernourishment and measles outbreak. u.s. government shutdown is set to continue on monday as republican and democrat senators struggle to end the stalemate over funding. a vote on the government spending bill has been delayed until monday after the two sides failed to reach a compromise money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday affecting a range of departments including paul support and visa services immigration is the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection for undocumented migrants who enter the u.s. as children republicans and democrats bla

brannaman doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. government shutdown will continue on monday after a senate vote on the government spending bill was delayed by several hours money for federal agencies was cut off when the bill failed to pass on saturday i did show castro has more from washington d.c. . the shutdown of the u.s. government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was dast when senate democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached. the u.s. is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria so his soldiers eventa the enclave of fleeing to drive out fighters from the kurdish peoples protection units known as the white peachy u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in israel the latest stop on his tour of the region as the highest level u.s. visit since president trump's decision to recognize jerusal

hello again i'm adrian finnegan this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a packed baghdad market killing at least thirty eight people. turkey syria and russia react with fury and concern to the latest u.s. plan for kurdish rebel fighters. a walkway collapses at the indonesians stock exchange building injuring at least seventy five people at a shard of glass and daybreak. i'm tatiana all the day's news including rafael nadal get his australian open campaign on a winning start all the details later in. two suicide bomb blasts during the monday morning rush hour in baghdad have killed at least thirty eight people close to one hundred others were injured more fatalities a feared it's the fourth attack in the iraqi capital in the past forty eight hours some of inch of it reports. bodies were scattered all over the streets in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded. chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in

so he'll malick al-jazeera doha. kevin durant's has become the second youngest player to reach twenty thousand points in the n.b.a. reaching the milestone in a rare loss for the golden state warriors who went down to the l.a. clippers no problems for the side just below them in second place in the western conference that's the houston rockets chris paul scored a season high thirty seven points they beat his portland trail blazers one twenty one to one twelve that is their fourth win in six. now the lights of the philadelphia seventy six in the boston celtics will play in london a promotional event for the game involving two premier league football a star didn't quite go to plan yon book voted ten. bogan from tottenham hotspur that is young vertonghen of tottenham hotspur along with his team mate eric die trying their hand at basketball is the eighth time a regular season game has taken place in the english capital and some of the visiting n.b.a. star saying that quite like to swap sports as well. a lot shorter lives

and i'm just i'm in doha with all the day's sports news including a disastrous opening day at the australian open for american women its biggest mediums eight over russia to the police to. turkey syria and russia have attacked a u.s. plan to form a thirty thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria turkey's president accused washington of trying to create a terror army he's pledged to quote drown it before it comes into being and has sent reinforcements to the border and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. presence from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along series border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces who turkey considers terrorists the s.d.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish and our fighters which currently controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and east russia says it's a us plots to partition syria were challenges reports from moscow. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the u.s. on monday spe

know i'm down jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called on the world to step up pressure on north korea to end its nuclear program he's joined a summit in canada discussing how to tighten sanctions on pyongyang wells in jordan reports. a show of diplomatic commitment in vancouver to ending north korea's nuclear weapons program but the meeting co-hosted by canada and the united states yielded just one new tactic for the fight an agreement to prevent so-called ship to ship transfers of outlawed goods to pyongyang i think we all agreed together with our partners here that the timing has turned out to be really for to it because we are seeing we we want to be clear headed we don't want to be in any way pollyannas about this but i think we collectively believe that the peaceful pressure is beginning to have an impact north koreans know our channels are open and they know where to find us. but a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behavior is necessary is a necessary indicator of whether t

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera south korea has proposed holding a high level talks with pyongyang on jan or the night the offer comes a day after north korean leader kim jong il and raise the possibility of dialogue during his new year's address. can the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north korea's nuclear program so the foreign ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the international community regarding this for arsenal he has more now from salt. they're proposing that these talks take place in panmunjom that's the joint military area at the demilitarized zone and they're basically reiterating what they've been saying all the along that these talks should focus on improving entire career relations and they should also focus on how north korea is going to be sending its athletes to north korea now and ties between the two koreas happened at their lowest point in decades and this is the several reasons it's partly because of the north korea being so ada

hello i'm rob matheson in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says millions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel palestinian leaders insist a two state solution cannot be achieved if the u.s. continues to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel from davos our diplomatic editor james baker reports. all right the u.s. president seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. and prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when you've alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the link you very much flanked by he is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu the author of the art of the deal showed that's not his way where they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in support tremendous numbers numbers that nobody understands that money is on the table that money is not going to

so he'll malick al-jazeera doha. and the world's oldest competitors cyclists has decided it's time to retire at the age of one hundred and six a year ago or marshalls that day world record in one hour track cycling and the over one hundred five age group the freshman says that while he'll no longer be aiming for titles help carry on cycling for pleasure and that's all your sport for now more later and that's all for me this news hour thank you for your time keep it here on al-jazeera here in jordan is that next on the other side of the brain. witness documentaries that accompany your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. and underfoot it was on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed tonight face one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to es

and i'm adrian finnigan this is the live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes.

find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue at least affairs expert at risk believes that the latest move by the pentagon is a fake tiddly tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan seeming so horrific attacks launched by the time of the taliban and by isis which have now begun to target kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that you know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much from kabul couple was considered to be relatively secure what we've seen now is that even the capital is no longer so cool so in light of these failures in the sewer you were swore i think that the pentagon burned basically what the american mistreated as a home had no choice but to take this step to try and hide the reality which is going on on the ground because i think that if the american people are exposed to the real situation

and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue and middle east expert on the risks believes the latest move by the pentagon is tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan sima some horrific attacks launched by the time of the taliban and by isis which have now begun to talk of kabul the afghani capital previously we saw that the you know there were attacks by these extremist groups but they won't focus so much from kabul couple was considered to be relatively secure what we've seen now is that even the capital is no longer secure so a lot of these failures in this who you were swore i think that the pentagon burned basically or the american mistreated as a home had no choice but to take this step to try and the heart of the reality which is going on on the ground because i think that if the american people are expose

we have here he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in doha we cross the mohammed should we he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is unlike continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate if i can go to you first in leads here let me read some of the headlines here tillerson touts indefinite u.s. presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change i thought we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians and the turks i thought you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead. i think what we see at the moment he's effectively. effectively what we are seeing at the moment is. the post-war german situation when the country became divided between two different spheres

along about us and in doha the top stories in august syria the syrian opposition says little boy called talks that russia is hosting in sochi next week the decision came as the latest round of un talks wrapped up in vienna without a major breakthrough ultimately what did the required is political will it is high time the diplomacy dialogue and negotiations prevail for the interest of all syrians as i said that's a good general until you will cherish is being briefed and will be briefed tonight on the outcome of these discussions and then it will be up to him to take to decision what will be the u.n. response to the invitation to attend the sochi meanwhile turkey's president version of tire powder one is warning that its operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq the turkish offensive to push fighters out of the region has been going on for more than a week it's increased tension with the u.s. which supports kurdish why p.g. militia in trying to secure parts of northern and eastern syria. plans to return range of refugees from bangladesh to medi

we have here he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in doha we cross the mohammed should we he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university in arthur of what is unlike continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings or a german cross rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate i've seen if i can go to you first in leads here let me read some of the headlines here tillerson touts indefinite u.s. presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u.s. military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change if you like that we got way way past that with the collapse of the islamic state with talks in afghanistan i'm sorry in kazakhstan with the russians in the iranians in the turks i thought you know to look this is a blast from the past where is this coming from go ahead i've seen in leeds i think what we see at the moment is effectively germany for cation of syria effectively what we are seeing at the moment is in the post-war german situation when the country b

well that's discussed that point now with our guests and joining us here in doha we've got more on carville and he's director of policy analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies in moscow pavel felgenhauer columnist with. and in dubai via skype dr masson sell off a syrian opposition member a very warm welcome to all of you thanks for joining us on inside story so pawel we've got these geneva talks which were led by the u.n. we've got a standard talks which were led by russia and turkey why do we now need such she talks. well this was seen and planned as a kind of grand conference that would give the ultimate authority to the russian vision of the future of syria and the kind of a solid the farai of the russian. turkish reigne and access in imposing a solution on syria that these three countries want and for russia of course the presence of turkey is a suppression important because turkey is most work with the key right now in the entire russian policy in the region ok when you're a member of the s.n.c. why you not there. i would never go to sochi because. this is not and utra plac

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competing and made it to doping in the past year and almost sixty percent at the pan arab games in doha whereas was only came back with point five percent of test positive in south korea and three point six percent of the pan arab games needless to say that is a massive discrepancy and the other surprising thing is that the research was actually funded by wada and yet no one heard a peep out of them about the results which they've known about for years we would note that there was a delay of nearly six years between the completion of the data collection and the publication of this paper due to negotiations between wada and i double a f. and subsequently between i w f and the authors regarding the authority to publish the results now it goes on to say that neither of the organizations impose restrictions on the writing of the report although i'm not sure how a six year delay isn't considered a restriction the president of germany's athletics federation for one was infuriated by the hold up banning that publication has impaired the possibility of taking important measures in the anti dopi

i'm about to send in doha the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s.state department is urging toking not to invade afrin in syria forces amassing on the border.

zero zero and we shall carry in doha these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president is threatening to cut aid to the palestinian authority and a tweet donald trump asked why the u.s. should pay palestinians when they don't want to talk peace or show respect to the united states also tweeted that he taken off the negotiating table angered powell.

former spokeswoman for the palestinian or thoresby and devils mark for her assistant faster at the doha institute for graduate studies and injuries and alan baker director of the institute for contemporary affairs at the jerusalem center for public affairs a very warm welcome to all of you alan if i could start with you pence's visit it sped up the timeline has ness of the embassy moving the u.s. embassy moon from tel aviv to jerusalem to the end of next year why the rush well you know i think if they've already decided to do this then there's no sense in delaying it as long as it's practically feasible from the point of view of planning zoning building moving to to to do it any further delay would simply reflect on the. indicate an element of lack of credibility. as to the. intentions of the administration and no there is now a sense of inevitability of about this preparations are said to be started in the coming weeks what was the palestinian reaction there. well i mean the trauma administration and credibility don't exactly go hand in hand this far as the palestinians are concerned a

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i'm about to send in doha the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade africa in syria forces are massing on the border on the preparing action against the kurdish why p.g. turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria seventy dekker has more from him tucker. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the party and that's the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. but we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by a free and outreach why p.g. . thirteen is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p why do party an

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hello i'm down in jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade in syria turkish forces are massing on the border in preparation for action against the kurdish y.p. jeanne stephanie decker has more from attacking. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present to one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the party and i think the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. you know we came here to protest against the attacks on offering we will stand by a free and outreach to why p.g. . thirteen is one of three autonomy's kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p why do party and its armed when the y p g turkey sees the y.p. g. as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or

and anything doha these are the top stories here at al-jazeera in syria government and russian warplanes have been bombarding opposition targets in the last rebel stronghold in the country at least thirty four civilians have been killed in the latest strikes throughout the countryside the air offensive is in support of ground troops who've recaptured opposition territory the fighting has forced thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing winter conditions. on sunday a couple minutes late city killed at least twenty five people and activists say the attack was targeting the headquarters of an opposition group some of interfaith ripples. the people of egypt city have become used to silence like this syrian civilians yet again caught up inside a war with seemingly no end in sight the target one of the many rebel factions who control parts of it although no one claimed responsibility some pointed the finger at the assad government. would you bashar we will look leave we will die in syria. as of the assad regime have been making gains in the northwestern parts of

once the whole robin watching all just their life my headquarters here in doha also coming up. so every day we've been living in fear is. the decision by the u.s. government to special protection for nearly a quarter of a million immigrants from el salvador. and a new day is on the rise of. how a rousing speech at the golden globes sparks speculation that media mogul oprah winfrey could run for the u.s. presidency. the birthplace of tango a small city dances to be very different to. have you with us said about an hour north of south korea will hold the first high level talks in more than two years the rare meeting is expected to focus on the participation of next month's winter olympics in chiang souls been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether there are really any progress forward slowly possible from salt. this was the last formal face to face meeting between north and south korean officials in december two thousand and fifteen the two sides discussed reunions of families separated by the korean war and economic cooperation. that is make a goo