led invasion joining the regime of saddam hussein and the recent battles against eisold destroyed a lot of iraq's public spaces including sports grounds much of the government's money is geared towards large scale rebuilding projects football is low on the list of priorities training camps like don't have their own pitches teenagers have to travel around the city to wherever the school's been able to rent a space. we have a lot of problems we don't have enough places to train and we don't get funding or support from the government the authorities should help us out because it's a matter of national pride. turned. towards me and the rest of the team take on. there's no question. the successes but some are also saying that iraq has to invest more in football to build on the achievements of players like we. are asking the government for more money into iraq it would boost our national pride even more and create more players like me iraqi football deserves more because it brings people together and unites. meanwhile iraq's next generation of football stars train where and when they can drea

really raises a lot of questions if indeed this was the opposition if indeed this was the work of eisold is it easy to operate behind enemy lines then that would really say a lot about the security situation in government controlled territories but if you watch syrian state television just moments after the blast was reported in. they had analysts on air warning of a new phase in the in the conflict already predicting more attacks in government controlled areas saying that they expect the situation the security situation to destabilize even further now many of the opposition will say this is the way the government tries to keep people on their side to make up for their inability to provide for fuel improve the living conditions because public resentment discontent is growing in government controlled areas yes they control sixty percent of the syria but about sixty percent of syria people are still struggling and the government is struggling to get recognition from outside for sanctions to be lifted in order for it to reconstruct and in order for the economy to improve so now the sit to s

the philippines military says it believes the eisold linked group could be behind sunday's attack on a cathedral twenty seven people were killed and dozens injured in two bomb blasts at a mass on the mainly muslim island of or no. government protests continuing across two done for a six week demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the president bashir he was in cairo for talks with his egyptian counterpart where he said the media is exaggerating the challenge to his leadership. thousands of protesters wearing a red sky rallied in the french capital to call for an end to violence and destruction caused by three months of anti-government demonstrations the protest was organized to counter the so-called yellow vest movement against the president in manuel mackerel. are you up to date with the headlines. more news coming up right after. previously on hard earned i didn't get. to this point. and i think it affected probably the next twenty years of my life i was sad we didn't get along we even put on our little picture of the house today was a. terrible day just having to get on an

is asking turkey not to target kurdish armed groups who fought with american forces against eisold earlier on says his country will not compromise on fighters it regards as terrorists. he says bolton has made a serious mistake and whoever thinks like this is also made a mistake it is not possible for us to make compromises on this point those who are part of the terror corridor in syria who receive unnecessary lassen there is no difference between the p.k. k. the y p g the p.y.t. and ice all at the same time we are determined to take steps against terrorist organizations such as the p.y.t. and the y.p. along with eisel we will mobilize to neutralize these terrorist organizations and syrian lands very soon while u.s. president donald trump announced last month that he was bringing home the two thousand or so american personnel from syria saying they'd succeeded in their mission to defeat eisel trumps national security advisor john bolton and his secretary of state mike pompei oh they're on a mission to reassure allies over that decision pompei it was beginning his middle east tour in jordan

seven bases in north and eastern syria where these troops have been deployed in the fight against eisold but again this is just coming across the wires that according to a paragon official this is a removal of some equipment obviously we have been trying to get some sort of confirmation ourselves we'll pass that on as soon as we get it but really what is the bigger story here daryn is that there's been confusion coming from members of the trumpet ministration including from the president himself about just how much longer u.s. troops would be in syria donald trump has argued that the war against eisel largely is over has been won by the u.s. and its coalition partners and that other countries in the region need to do much more to defend against any potential resurgence of eisel and that certainly u.s. would help but it's not going to be the lead country as it were in this fight against a group that wants to set up its own version of a caliphate and then there's this other point darley something which other secretary of state like pompei a noted during his speech in cairo on thursday he s

returned home safely after being released from an iraqi prison where they were held with their allegedly eisold link . and you're looking at live pictures from new york's times square as they get ready to bring in that the new year of course that's not coming for another couple of hours but as you can see the celebrations are happening in style there in the big apple the world welcomes two thousand nine hundred in style with the clock having already struck midnight in over half of the globe right now live pictures from new york as they are getting ready to bring in the new year. welcome to sophie okonedo sophie shevardnadze and. the ground breaking news they go pink floyd still sounds fresh in the lyrics of roger waters relevant as ever how hard is the balancing act between music and politics well i'm here in st peter's to ask the legend himself why. musician author activist co-founder of pink floyd and my guest today is really great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you everyone's really happy that you're here looking for your tour and i'm looking for a little chat so i'm goi

eisold claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in syria's kurdish controlled man beach four americans are among nineteen people killed. and gaza once again starved of fuel and electricity putting vulnerable young lives at risk. prime minister driesum a is having talks with rival party leaders trying to find a way forward on breaks that she's reaching out often narron he survive ing a no confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her withdrawal deal the prime minister has until monday to present her plan b. to parliament if she fails to get it approved then britain faces the very real prospect of breaking away from the e.u. on march the twenty ninth without a deal not to avoid this the british government could propose to negotiate an entirely new agreement this would mean asking the e.u. for an extension to the departure deadline other options and calling for another referendum a snap election or even cancelling breck's it altogether all of which prime minister may has flatly ruled out just a moment we'll go live to outside the houses of parliament in london but first paul brenn

university in cairo and also took aim at former president barack obama and he blamed the rise of eisold. post-election violence has killed four people in the democratic republic of congo opposition candidate. has been declared winner but many others are disputing the outcome. and u.s. president all trump is visiting the border with mexico to drum up support his proposed border wall. more than five billion dollars to start construction but is not in a standoff with u.s. democrats who refused to fund it. at least five people are dead after a drone strike hit yemeni government forces at a military parade it tack in large province is threatening a u.n. led peace efforts to end the four year war millions of yemenis are on the verge of famine. reports. that issue one hundred fifty b.s. you will get a win in his army about. a deadly drone attack on a military parade outside the southern port city of eight. zero zero. zero the fighters targeting troops as well as commanders from the saudi led coalition are the only chaos in the minutes following the attack then the casualties can be seen as peo

philippines military says it believes the eisold think . could be behind an attack on a cathedral twenty seven people were killed dozens injured into a bomb blast at a mass on the main the muslim island of. thousands of protesters have rallied in the french capital to call for an end to the violence and destruction caused by three months of anti-government demonstrations unlike the so-called yellow vest movement also using clothing to identify themselves as the reports from. a new citizens movement in france created online and now on the streets of paris they call themselves the. red scarves and they say they're fighting back against months of finance and disruption by yellow fest protesters thousands marched through the city to demand an end to the yellow vest blockades and demonstrations they had unity and respect for fraud says democracy and institutions are calling up or drink on us see we're here to sign and there are laws in france and in europe i should be respected and the violence must stop and this the test of the image of france

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really raises a lot of questions if indeed this was the opposition if indeed this was the work of eisold and is it easy to operate behind enemy lines then that would really say a lot about the security situation in government controlled territories but if you watch syrian state television just moments after the blast was reported in. they had analysts on air warning of a new phase in the in the conflict already predicting more attacks in government controlled areas saying that they expect the situation the security situation to destabilize even further now many of the opposition will say this is the way the government tries to keep people on their side to make up for their inability to provide for fuel improve the living conditions because public resentment discontent is growing in government controlled areas yes they control sixty percent of the syria but about sixty percent of syria people are still struggling and the government is struggling to get recognition from outside for sanctions to be lifted in order for it to reconstruct and in order for the economy to improve so now the sit

and kurdish forces are attacking eisold last stronghold in syria or strikes have been stepped up on the town of jane where fighters are holed up in hama joe reports . heavy fighting in this town says. the last sleeve over long remaining within isis control of. the cut his lips city and democratic forces as d.f. in a final push to fight us from the last remaining stronghold in this town city. as difficult as save him some pokus back by u.s. strikes which up is the old amal's the withdrawal of american troops from city problem of this storage is full of weapons and ammunition we took from i so fighters after days of fighting here. is the final conflict that began more than four years ago when the group seized parts of iraq on city on the cliff one hundred . it up the government forces declared victory will i still in december two thousand and seventeen. despite analysts say the ideology is also very much alive in the region he truly it was pushed back each year largely they're the sinequan place they have been totally run over and everybody getting that. that's usually should be still rea

announcement more than three weeks ago he says the pullout won't hinder the ongoing fight against eisold so pump aoe is now in the united arab emirates as part of his six nation tour of the region the u.a.e. is one of four arab nations imposing a blockade on cats are both are america's close allies in its fight against armed groups then there is iran the u.a.e. along with saudi arabia considers to her and as a regional rival curbing iran's influence in the region has been a top priority for donald trump's administration in yemen the u.a.e. is backing several pro-government armed groups and as part of the saudi coalition fighting against the rebels president trump is facing significant pressure from congress to end u.s. support for the coalition let's cross to roslan jordan joining us from washington we'll talk about pompei a trip in a moment rosalind but first tell us what you're learning about this reported supposedly u.s. withdrawal from syria. well there are a number of news agencies including the associated press that are now reporting that according to military officials it's equipm

but the question is how is this happening after the government managed to push the opposition push eisold away from areas under their control last year they've they managed to regain a lot of territory pushing the rebels up to the north so how can the opposition operate behind rebel lines so it calls really into question the ability of the government to maintain security in sixty percent of the territories it controls but if you watch the area and state television analysts immediately predicted that this there's a new phase in the conflict they're talking about the possibility of more bombings and and that the situation is going to destabilize further now many in the opposition will say this is the government's way of keeping people on their side to scare them and to tell them that your best option is to continue to support us because public discontent discontent really is growing inside government controlled territories because the government has been unable to provide them with fuel prices are are rising and there are no jobs so it's a really a very very difficult situation for the gove

is still in the fight against extremism and the fight against eisold alongside its arab allies the second one is hashem was just mentioning there in his report this needs to have cohesion within the gulf cooperation council despite the fact of course that qatar is currently under all located by some members of the g.c.c. but it's the third element iran that is going to attract the most attention here in as we know the u.s. regards iran as a destabilizing force in the middle east that's a view that's held by several other countries in the middle east on the western side of the gulf for ticket only of course particularly saudi arabia the reason why that's going to be so important here in oman is actually geographical a few kilometers over to the left is the straits of hormuz and right in the middle of the straits of hormuz oman shares a maritime border with iran for about a thousand kilometers know to the west of the country it shares its western borders with the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and with yemen to this side of that has meant that oman for decades has retained a very delicate balancin

led coalition that's been fighting eisold in syria local sources say the attack happened in the village of the. resort province that's close to iraq's border and is an area controlled by eisele when it comes as a joint investigation by al jazeera and the intercept reveals that the u.s. military has intensified its bombing campaign against isis in the region since president trump's announcement of the withdrawal of u.s. troops well the report says the fierce the tac in the past week occurred in the village on the euphrates river is held by isis fighters also dozens of people have been killed in days of fighting between rival armed groups in northern syria the violence forced displaced people to flee once again this time to a camp near at me that's close to the turkish border. police in sudan fired tear gas to disperse to government demonstrators gathered again after friday prayers protesters want the president bashir to step down as anger over rising food prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started last month even more when i was more know

led invasion joining the regime of saddam hussein and the recent battles against eisold destroyed a lot of iraq's public spaces including sports grounds much of the government's money is geared towards large scale rebuilding projects football is low on the list of priorities. training camps like don't have their own pitches teenagers have to travel around the city to wherever the school has been able to rent a space. we have a lot of problems we don't have enough places to train and we don't get funding or support from the government the authorities should help us out because it's a matter of national pride these fans have turned. towards me me and the rest of the team take on. there's no question proud of their team successes but some are also saying that iraq has to invest more in football to build on the achievements of players like me. asking the government for more money into iraq it would boost our national pride even more and create more players like me iraqi football deserves more because it brings people together and unites. the ranks next generation of football stars train whe

announcement more than three weeks ago he says the pull out one to hinder the ongoing fight against eisold of war that's crossed now to mohammed. that's on the turkey syria border so behind this announcement comes as something of a surprise amid plenty of speculation over the timescale. yes laura most pulled out speculation had been caused by the changing positions of u.s. officials who. pointed out their forces would not withdrawal from syria. in a hasty way of course john bolton that national security adviser who visited the region last a week said that it was conditional on election. to be assured by that awful they are allies in the fight against. all humans the. city and democratic forces as the. the ball calls its fighting force is the y.p. a group that attacked he sees as a terrorist organization of calls course common to really or wild. officials here have looked odd from them but this announcement of a chop with roll of all. time lines i'm not being mentioned this point will come us . leave. at one point felt that the u.s. forces will continue to goes to to stay in syria to protec

really raises a lot of questions if indeed this was the opposition if indeed this was the work of eisold and is it easy to operate behind enemy lines then that would really say a lot about the security situation in government controlled territories but if you watch syrian state television just moments after the blast was reported in here they had analysts on air warning of a new phase in the in the conflict already predicting more attacks in government controlled areas saying that they expect the situation the security situation to destabilize even further now many of the opposition will say this is the way the government tries to keep people on their side to make up for their inability to provide for fuel improve the living conditions because public resentment discontent is growing in government controlled areas yes they control sixty percent of the syria but about sixty percent of syria people are still struggling and the government is struggling to get recognition from outside for sanctions to be lifted in order for it to reconstruct and in order for the economy to improve so now the

influence bolton will benefit to encourage turkey has promised to take the lead in the fight against eisoldin syria but it reportedly wants u.s. military support to continue even after the troops pull out. the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths is back in yemen trying to convince both sides in the water fully comply with the cease fire agreement they're accusing each other of violating the truce brazil's new government has deployed troops to the northern city of forty let's take on a spike in violent crime in the eighty incidents were reported this week across the state of syria including robberies going to sound awesome of course drug gangs were responding to tough measures inside prisons the president. has promised a heavy crackdown on crime. union leaders in hungary are calling for a national strike and more protests over controversial labor reforms last month the government introduced what's being called the slave law it increases the amount of extra hours employers can demand delaying overtime payments those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i

announcement more than three weeks ago he says the pullout won't hinder the ongoing fight against eisold so pump aoe is now in the united arab emirates as part of his six nation tour of the region the u.a.e. is one of four arab nations imposing a blockade on cats are both are america's close allies in its fight against armed groups then there is iran the u.a.e. along with saudi arabia considers to her as a regional rival curbing iran's influence in the region has been a top priority for donald trump's administration in yemen the u.a.e. is backing several pro-government armed groups and is part of the saudi coalition fighting against filthy rebels president trump is facing significant pressure from congress to end u.s. support for the coalition let's cross to roslyn jordan joining us from washington we'll talk about pompei a trip in a moment rosalind but first a.