we are determined to destroy it to pieces to tear a corridor in the east of the euphrates. regardless of the way negotiations with the united states go on the forming of a safe zone along the border with syria with this operation we will in the context between tira groups based east of the euphrates entier wrists and northern iraq this way we will be able to squeeze and destroy the tear a corridor from the east and the east libya's coast guard says it's recovered the bodies of dozens of refugees and migrants who died in what the u.n. has called the worst mediterranean tragedy this year as many as $350.00 were on board the boats that capsized off the town of homs east of tripoli on thursday about $145.00 of them were rescued.

and turkish officials have been holding talks for a safe zone east of the river euphrates to address the security concerns over the presence of kurdish fighters there but. we are determined to destroy to pieces to tear a corridor in the east of the euphrates regardless of the way negotiations with the united states go on the forming of a safe zone along the border with syria with this operation we will in the context between tira groups based east of the euphrates entier ists and northern iraq this way we will be able to squeeze and destroy the tira corridor from the east and the west. libya's coast guard says it's recovered the bodies of dozens of refugees and migrants who died in what the u.n. has called the worst mediterranean tragedy this year as many as $350.00 migrants were on board the boats that capsized off the town of homs east of tripoli on thursday about $145.00 of them were rescued by the libyan coast guard around $120.00 others including women and children are missing and feared dead and schapelle has more. put her children on a wooden boat she was trying to make it to

which is taking place between turkey and the united states right now concerning the east of the euphrates region of syria because he is actually putting pressure on the united states in order to have a safe zone in the east of the euphrates. very much actually displeased with this development so they are trying actually to put some pressure on on saw the future of egypt depends very much on what's happening between the united states and took in the east of the fifty's. jailed russian opposition leader in a valley is in hospital after suffering an allergic reaction is serving a 30 day jail sentence after calling for a protest in moscow on saturday which saw more than 1300 people arrested a spokeswoman for any thought of factory condition after arriving in hospital with severe facial swelling and rashes she also said the reaction was unknown and he has no history of imran khan has more from moscow. not only his lawyer was given access to her client but only after an argument ensued with the hospital and then they weren't allowed to meet in private this all comes as he was taken to hospital

the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq to what didn't region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the samaritans more than 5000 years ago. in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned and demolished the dams that have deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression to the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but life here is exceptionally hard. there to bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo. she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years that i was able to hold that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off to our livestock bad for the buffaloes we are very

we are determined to destroy to pieces to tear a corridor in the east of the euphrates regardless of the way negotiations with the united states go on the forming of a safe zone along the border with syria with this operation we will in the context between tira groups based east of the euphrates entier wrists and northern iraq this way we will be able to squeeze and destroy the tear a corridor from the east and the east of the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings agnes cullum are has appealed to bahrain's government to stop the execution of 2 men. who were convicted last year of a series of terrorism offenses amnesty international and other rights groups say as the trials were grossly unfair and the men were tortured and forced the signed confessions while blindfolded adonal transborder war with mexico is one step closer to reality he's been given the green light to redirect money from the pentagon supreme court says trump can now use the $2500000000.00 to fund the war project and this is how he reacted to the news on twitter he wrote a big victory on the war the united st

the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq the what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the samarian was more than 5000 years ago in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned to demolish the dams that had deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression of the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but i fear is exceptionally hard. to bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo. she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years and was able to hold that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off town livestock bad for the buffaloes we are very unhappy but what

experts say dams on the tigris and euphrates rivers in turkey and iran combined with frequent drought stew to climate change have increased the salinity of the marsh water this effects the health of the water buffalo and the quality and quantity of milk they produce. has lived on the marshes most of his life he says many marsh arabs like a much hole in between moving away hoping to find an easier life or staying and preserving their culture. during the summer it's especially hard fish die and the cattle eat less so they produce less milk for us to sell in the winter they separate viruses we have no veterinary services no proper electricity no schools no health services either. the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches calderwood and. it's where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government elect. we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it

and turkish officials have been holding talks for a safe zone east of the river euphrates to address security concerns of the presence of kurdish fighters there but. we are determined to destroy to pieces to tear a corridor in the east of the euphrates regardless of the way negotiations with the united states go on the forming of a safe zone along the border with syria with this operation we will in the context between tira groups based east of the euphrates entier wrists and northern iraq this way we will be able to squeeze and destroy the tira corridor from the east and the east the supreme the u.s. supreme court has ruled that president donald trump can divert $2500000000.00 from defense money to fund his southern border war last month a california judge blocked a move ruling the trump needed congressional approval to spend money on the war europe has been has been sweltering through its 2nd heat wave of the summer and provisional data shows the u.k. may have had its hottest day ever on thursday the temperature of 38.7 degrees celsius was recorded in cambridge if confirmed by the

valley, east of the euphrates river.rations are continuing, and they're continuing with good effect. >> reporter: the main u.s. base and supply hub for operations in syria is located in the north, where a runway long enough to handle jet transports had 12 flights scheduled the day we were there. in southern syria, a dry lake bed serves as the airstrip for the remote outpost. it looks like a remake of a mad max movie. it's not the end of the earth, troops like to say, but you can see it from here. we ask general mckenzie what in the world u.s. troops are doing here. >> so david, we're standing in the middle of the damascus/baghdad highway just inside southern syria, and the u.s. forces that are here are involved with our partners carrying on the fight to finish isis off. >> reporter: operating out of this compound, which still bears the scars of previous battles, u.s. special forces travel to even more remote outposts to enlist local tribes in the hunt for isis. one thousand troops may not seem like a lot until you see al

the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq the what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many return to demolish the deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression to the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but i fear is exceptionally hard. to bake spread on a tiny island where her family raised buffalo. she says she's seen no improvement to their lives in recent years that i was able to hold that life is miserable because of the heat and the toil of looking off town livestock the waterways bad for the buffaloes we are very unhappy but what can

in the east of the euphrates region of syria because turkey is actually putting pressure on the united states in order to have a series on in the east of the euphrates shans are very much actually displeased with this development so they are trying actually to put some pressure on top on it really saw the future of egypt depends very much on what's happening between the united states and took in the use of the fifty's so in this case is acting very much like a like an office. post office between the turks and the russians the russians are actually taking extreme measures against it because as we all know actually did is no. strong international reaction i was going to say just that usually when you mention war crimes is outrage internationally when children are bombed killed there is outrage but it seems to be different this time around why do you think this unfortunately we haven't seen much of this international reaction to the war crimes that have been committed by the by the russians and its allies and it's mainly because the international community feels very much powerless actual

experts say dams on the tigris and euphrates rivers in turkey and iran combined with frequent drought stew to climate change have increased the salinity of the marsh water this effects the health of the water buffalo and the quality and quantity of milk they produce. has lived on the marshes most of his life he says many marsh arabs like him much hold between moving away hoping to find an easier life or staying and preserving their culture. during the summer it's especially hard fish die and the cattle eat less so they produce less milk for us to sell in the winter they separate viruses we have no veterinary services no proper electricity no schools no health services either. the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches calderwood beef. its way tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government linked. we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco world heritage site there were hopes it c

the united states on the establishment of a cvs on the eastern part of syria in the east of the euphrates and they are very angry about it and in my opinion they are trying to punish tookie whereas they are punishing the syrians because both sides those who are dying actually without the regime or opposition are syrians nobody is dying in syria or syrians so so the russians actually are using it live in order to put pressure on the in the talks in order to prevent any sort of agreement between turkey and the united states on the affinities and don't forget also that this round of conflict started right after the failure of the latest at the atlanta talks between the russians and the turks so in one way or another we are being actually used between these different powers trying actually to to negotiate between them but turkish specific interests in terms of the northern part of italy which of course borders on onto its territory surely it's within turkish interests to have things as calm as possible otherwise i suppose it's worst nightmare is a flood of desperate people rushing towards its

bad for the buffalo we are very unhappy but what can we do the experts say dams on the tigris and euphrates rivers in turkey and iran combined with frequent drought stew to climate change have increased the salinity of the marsh water this effects the health of the water buffalo and the quality and quantity of milk they produce. has lived on the marshes most of his life he says many marsh arabs like a much hole in between moving away hoping to find an easier life or staying and preserving their culture. during the summer it's especially hard fish die and the cattle eat less so they produce less milk for us to sell in the winter they separate viruses we have no veterinary services no proper electricity no schools no health services either. the iraqi government was proud when unesco made the marshes a world heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches calderwood dave and. it's where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government neglect. but we have seen no improvements since the mar

the sun rises over the marshes of suddenly rock the what didn't region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. home to people as far back as the samaritans more than 5000 years ago.

the sun rises over the marshes of suddenly rock what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. to people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned to demolish the dams that had deprived their homeland of water for so long the use of violence oppression of the marsh arabs suffered under the former regime are over but they say that repeated promises by government since the fall of saddam hussein over better access to services have never been kept they can live according to their traditions now but life here is exceptionally hard.

has come with a different plan for the eastern side of the euphrates river and we will learn more in a couple of hours after both the turkish and american delegations meet. are we going back to top story that of the kenyan finance minister having been arrested we can talk to our correspondent catherine soy who's in county that's in northern kenya and catherine the 1st time then assisting minister has been arrested on charges of corruption how big a deal is this. well this is hugely significant martin as you mention he's a very high profile individual in the government he has surrounded himself alongside his deputy that the director of public prosecutions also ordered their arrests of. of a past couple that was supposed to see oversee this project some of those officials have already also surrendered themselves and has also issued a warrant of arrest for employees of the italian company that was supposed to undertake the construction to begin with and i have seen this statement by the director of public prosecutors and it talks about a construction of the 2 doms farther north that has

has come with a different plan for the eastern side of the euphrates river and we will learn more in a couple of hours after both the turkish and american delegations meet the fockers those prime ministers in washington to meet donald trump for the 1st time in rome called seeking your proved relations for the u.s. president cut off military aid troops accused pakistan of not doing enough to confront the taliban and other groups michaela has more. this is a crucible in which the relationship was forged pakistan a vital ally in the u.s. campaign against the soviet invaders in afghanistan. a partner in a war that eventually led to the collapse of the soviet union. decades later though a defining moment president barack obama ordered a special forces operation in which bin laden was killed an action that took place without the knowledge of the pakistan government so help me god but in the eyes of obama's successor donald trump it was another example of pakistan's inability or reluctance to crack down on terror groups in 2018 in his 1st tweet of the new year the president went after islam

river valley, east of euphrates river. base and supply hub for operations in syria is located in the north where a runway long enough to handle jet transports had 12 flights scheduled the day we were there. in southern syria, a dry lake bed serves as the airstrip for remote outpost. it looks like a remake of a mad max movie. it's not the end of the earth, troops like to say, but you can see it from here. we asked general makenzie what troops are doing here. >> just inside southern syria, the u.s. forces here involved with our partners carrying on the fight to finish isis off. >> operating out of this compound which still bears the scars of previous ballotses, u.s. special forces travel to more remote outposts to enlist local tribes in the hunt for isis. 1,000 troops may not seem like a lot until you see all that it takes to support them. the ospreys that took us out of syria had to refuel in midair in order to make it. it's been eight trps out of syria. all you have to do is look around and you can see they are not going a

has come with a different plan for the eastern side of the euphrates river and we will learn more in a couple of hours after both the turkish and american delegations meet. still ahead here on al-jazeera not backing down protesters in puerto rico for the biggest rally ever seen in the u.s. territory. problems trying to get tricky waters in the largest city in southern iraq. hello there 5 breaking weather conditions across eastern sections of china but the rain still very much in evidence these the the my you buy you from these palm rays that we talk about and in fact as we go through the next couple of days becoming more extensive out towards the southwest and eventually pushing towards that south coast as well hong kong and on about day $32.00 degrees and it should be mostly dry you can see what i mean there by wednesday really a blanket of rain across the entire region and we'll see a high of 36 up in shanghai and again that will likely come with some rain for you and then we had across towards india plenty of rain in the forecast here it has been a dry couple of weeks of most part

the united states on the establishment of a cvs on the eastern part of syria in the east of the euphrates and they are very angry about it and in my opinion they are trying to punish turkey whereas they are punishing the syrians because both sides those who are dying actually without the regime or opposition are syrians nobody is dying in syria or syrians so so the russians actually are using it live in order to put pressure on the in the talks in order to prevent any sort of agreement between turkey and the united states on the affinities and don't forget also that this round of conflict started right after the failure of the latest a talks between the russians and the turks so in one way or another we are being actually used between these different powers trying to negotiate between them but turkish specific interests in terms of the northern part of italy which of course borders on onto its territory surely it's within turkish interests to have things as calm as possible otherwise i suppose its worst nightmare is a flood of desperate people rushing towards its border it's over. he take

united states on the establishment of a safe zone on the eastern part of syria in the east of the euphrates and they are very angry about it and in my opinion they are trying to punish tookie whereas they are punishing the syrians because both sides those who are dying actually without the regime or opposition are syrians nobody is dying in syria or syrians so so the russians actually are using it live in order to put pressure on the in the talks in order to prevent any sort of agreement between turkey and the united states is to be a fifty's and don't forget also that this round of conflict started right after the failure of the latest at the atlanta talks between the russians and the turks so in one way or another we have been actually used between these different powers trying to negotiate between them but turkish specific interests in terms of the northern part of italy which of course borders on onto its territory surely it's within turkish interests have things as calm as possible otherwise i suppose its worst nightmare is a flood of desperate people rushing toward its border is over.

his live interview of today that the us has come with a different plan for the eastern side of the euphrates river and we will learn more in a couple of hours after both the turkish and american delegations meet. al shabaab fighters in somalia are claiming responsibility for a bomb blast which killed at least 17 people others were injured near the international airport in the capital mogadishu suspected car bomb blast then gunfire was near a security checkpoint. the president the philippines wants to bring back the death penalty for crimes related to illegal drugs in the state of the union in state of the nation speech rodriguez detent they said his crackdown on the drugs trade will continue despite international condemnation of the thousands killed in the 3 year police campaign outside congress in manila protesters burned his effigy and demanded his resignation. the illegal problem is going up in yours and in march to secure late because we need to sustain. all very good moves at the. us congress dorian state the death penalty what he most crimes related. as well. jamil alan duggan has more