well president hassan rouhani discussing domestic issues is very much for the audience here in iran he very much at stake his reputation on the nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal which the united states union actually pulled out of last year and people they have has been a sense of apathy and anger because he staked his reputation on this deal deal essentially fell through with the united states pulling out and starting their maximum pressure campaign and the economy has suffered now what he's saying now is that the economy is stabilizing that the currency is stabilizing and employment levels are getting better so what he's saying is that america hasn't been successful and this he's essentially talking to are the iranian people the voters because there are elections expected next year but also the criticism that he has faced at home from hardliners that from the very beginning warned him and warned the people around him that they shouldn't be negotiating with the united states that the united states couldn't be trusted and they've now been proven to be correct but also criticisms towar

all the iranian president hassan rouhani had to do is pick up a phone. he left president trump waiting on the line, all of this according to reporting of "the new york times." the french president emmanuel macron apparently set up a call on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly just last week. they call reportedly fell through because hassan rouhani did not trust the united states to lift sanctions on iran because he said i will not talk until the sanctions are gone. and he feared president trump would spin the talks were positive media coverage. live from our jerusalem newsroom. >> according to reports french president emmanuel macron presented a four-point plan to president trump and iranian president hassan rouhani at the united nations last week but the agreement fell apart after rouhani declined to pick up the phone. politico is reporting that the documents presented by macron was meant to set a formal meeting between the two leaders and start negotiations to ease tensions in the middle east. the plan crumbled after rouhani demanded trump annou

between iran and saudi arabia in monaco made the comments following a meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many i kissed on hopes to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to diffuse rising tensions in the gulf region can will travel to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said big as more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh iran is a neighbor. dies with iran go along way back from saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia's whole process when we have needed well when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict

iran and saudi arabia in non-con made the comments following a meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many. times to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region congo traveled to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon said baker has more from tehran. pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran concept today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh their own is a neighbor of. toys with iran go along way back. so the ruby. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia ir

so the news in iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions have failed to bring his country's economy down during a news conference ronnie's that iran will continue scaling back its commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said the government is trying to reduce its reliance on oil revenues more on that speech with us a bigger correspondent in tehran. well president hassan rouhani discussing domestic issues is very much for the audience here in iran he very much staked his reputation on the nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal which the united states unilaterally poor diet of last year and people they have has been a sense of apathy and anger because he staked his reputation on this deal deal essentially fell through with the united states putting starting their maximum pressure campaign and the economy has suffered now what he's saying now is that the economy is stabilizing that the currency is stabilizing and employment levels are getting better so what he's saying is that america hasn't been

palace let's listen in all right so we're just swearing for the iranian president hassan rouhani to start speaking we expect him to do so in just a couple of minutes he's speaking at the presidential palace and what we expect to be hearing from him is that he will be speaking about the iranian oil tanker that was attacked just earlier this week off the coast of saudi arabia and we also do expect to hear him give his thoughts about the turkish offensive that is you currently taking place in the north east of syria let's cross over and listen in to what's being said. ok so they're just getting. out of the way. a reading from the koran but you can see the iranian president. at the presidential palace. right now. we have as i'm saying we do expect him to be speaking on the iranian oil tanker that was attacked last week off the coast of saudi arabia and which we have not heard him comment on yet. waiting to see what he says on that situation and again. he'll be speaking on the turkish offensive that is currently going on in the north. of syria let's bring in. joining us from tehran as i

the situation of the westerners probably read the easiest one to sort of iran's president hassan rouhani has called for restraint on dialogue between turkey and the kurds that the americans must leave the area the kurds whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed door is not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue. well more news coming up for you right here on al-jazeera that's coming up after a witness letters from death row thanks for watching bye bye. if. lost and they don't get the whiskey cassy at their. faces in the golden feeder tough wall jinman was a flop by jadakiss hallam a b c was on a buyout of which one involved with what he did with the tiki tickets and not me at the theater but i get you to da like get cheered will be added up in a mic at that they're not listening to a little $700.00 m. not that. given a good for them to get. the chip that danielle with a middle

minister is pakistan's trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he met iran's president hassan rouhani in teheran is off to riyadh as well on tuesday and is hopeful of a breakthrough soon. and a powerful typhoon in japan's left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help the massive relief from cleanup operation. that hit tokyo on saturday before moving north. now more than 7000000 voters into an easier choosing their next president an election that is a test of the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 arab spring the support from the. millions of voters into his yard deciding who becomes the 2nd democratically elected president since the 2011 revolution enjoying a surge in support mainly among the young law professor an independent has promised to overhaul state institutions fight corruption and invest in marginalized. his rival media tycoon is popular in poor areas where his charity has been active over the last few years has pledged to and poverty and create jobs and it is for millions of people. the president must find solutions to the economy improve secur

this tackled in the global coalition formant iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions have failed to bring his country's economy down during a press conference at the presidential palace rouhani said iran will continue scaling back its commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said they're trying to reduce their reliance on oil revenues russian president vladimir putin is in saudi arabia where he's expected to sign oil agreements and discuss the crisis with iran it's his 1st visit to the gulf kingdom in more than a decade is meeting king sandman and crown prince mohammed bin 7 in riyadh saudi oil facilities came under drone attack last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran so iran has denied any involvement in guinea at least one person has died and another has been hospitalized after shots were fired at protesters demonstrators are rallying against president african days plan to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term ahead of the rallies 6 opposition figures were arrested those are the headlines on al

pakistan's prime ministers held meetings with iran's president hassan rouhani town is interim with the goal of reducing tensions with saudi arabia and says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon. and the polls have just closed in tunisia where voters picked a new president in a runoff election 2 candidates both political newcomers who beat more than 20 other hopefuls during the 1st round. 9 people have been taken to hospital after a mortar attack on market issues international airport at least 7 mortars were fired at the airport around 1 pm local time the airport houses embassies and the united nations and african union missions not yet known who was behind that attack . people in mozambique are voting in the general election just 6 months after a devastating cyclons killed at least $1300.00 people the task won't be easy because thousands of those people are still homeless and living in camps malcolm webb reports now from tika one of the hardest hit areas of our province you know. floodwaters started gushing into to reason make it tires home it was when cycling it died struck central moz

as well pakistan's prime ministers held meetings with the iranian president hassan rouhani. with the goal of reducing tensions with saudi arabia and he says he's hopeful of a breakthrough soon until it seems that casting their ballots to choose a new president in a runoff election the 2 candidates are political newcomers who beat more than 20 other presidential hopefuls in the 1st round. right let's go back to our top story of course turkey's offensive into kurdish controlled areas of northern syria we've got. with us now syria research of human rights watch joining us from amman jordan sara thank you for your time the united nations i mentioned earlier talking about 130000 displaced people now can you tell us more about what's happening to them. i mean currently the situation in northeastern syria is what you would cut to cries catastrophic you have 13130000 people estimated to have been displaced in the last few days most of these people are civilians and residents of the areas that are currently under control and these people essentially have nowhere to go when you take t

well the wrongs president hassan rouhani he's called for restraint and dialogue between turkey and the kurds. the americans must leave the area the kurds whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue. and the russian president vladimir putin he says he needs to avoid any sense in syria that could damage the peace process moscow blames the united states for the instability in the region. the americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria and shared people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to it's now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid it at any cost we are communicating this position to the u.s. i

prime minister is trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he's made iran's president hassan rouhani into head on and he'll travel to riyadh on tuesday he says he's hopeful of a breakthrough sued saudi arabia has denied any involvement in friday's attack home and rainy an oil tank iran's foreign ministry says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia saudis minister of state for foreign affairs the. kingdom did not carry out the attack a powerful typhoon in japan has left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help you know a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon hit tokyo on saturday before moving north more than half a 1000000 homes are without power or than 7000000 people in tunis your are choosing the next president in a runoff election the 2 candidates are political newcomers it's the listening post now. that must be so. i. say. hello i'm richard gere's burden you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week unrest in iraq a conflict that is beyond sectarian and the news outlets have

there are headlines iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions have failed to bring his country's economy down during a news conference rouhani said iran would continue scaling back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said the government's trying to reduce its reliance on oil revenues. large protests taking place in barcelona against the sentencing of 9 catalan separatist leaders who were found guilty for their role in the region's failed bid for independence the sentences ranged from between 9 and team yes at least 3 people have died in several others have been wounded in guinea after shots were fired at protesters demonstrators are rallying against president alpha condo's plan to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term ahead of the rally 6 opposition figures were arrested. 14 police officers have been killed in a single attack in mexico the killings happened in. in can state where violent turf wars between rival drug cartels are common 29 detainees on track to be mexico's deadli

trying to mediate talks between saudi arabia and iran iran can met with the iranian president hassan rouhani in teheran his offer to riyadh later . says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon more from our side bake in teheran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran can said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh iran as a neighbor. guy is with iran go a long way back to saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. but this can be resolved through dialogue president rouhani was speaking alongside him on khan and he said

facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia and iran conason tehran where he's met iran's president hassan rouhani and the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini pakistan wants to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to diffuse rising tensions in the gulf region khan will travel to riyadh on tuesday said they cast more from tehran. pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran concept today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh. are on is a neighbor of. toys with iran go a long way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia has helped produce when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue rick

northwestern syria an area mainly controlled by turkish and rebel forces but iran's president hassan rouhani has called for restraint and dialogue between turkey and the kurds that the americans must leave the area accords whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue well the us president has again threatened turkey with wiping out its economy if it quotes wipes out the syrian kurds i will wipe out his. economy of that happens i've already done it once with pastor bronson. i'm sure that he i hope that he will act rationally you do have to understand the fighting each other for many many decades actually for centuries they've been fighting each other that's going on to our correspondent rosalind jordan she's joining us live from washington d.c. and the president once again in just a matter of days issuing a very strongly worded warning t

between iran and saudi arabia iran khan made the comments following a meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani into what on sunday khan is set to travel to riyadh on tuesday he says he's hopeful of a breakthrough soon. die is with iran go a long way back. so the arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia has helped us when we have needed one when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue. we discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the theory of amman as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the strengthening of stability and more peace in the region. i said bag has the latest from now. well imran khan has been trying to mediate put together a meeting since the united nations general assembly in new york last month where he met on the sidelines president rouhani now this is the 2

and iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions have failed to bring his country's ecan economy down through a press conference at the presidential palace rouhani said iran will continue scaling back its commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said they're trying to reduce their reliance on oil revenues as a big has more from to what the president has been wrongly discussing domestic issues is very much for the audience here in iran he very much staked his reputation on the nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal which the united states unilaterally put out of last year and people they have has been a sense of apathy and anger because he staked his reputation on this deal deal a century fell through with the united states pulling starting that maximum pressure campaign and the economy has suffered now what he's saying now is that the economy is stabilizing that the currency is stabilizing and employment levels are getting better so what he's saying is that america hasn't been successfu

says he'll do his best to bring peace between iran and saudi arabia after talks with president hassan rouhani. and japan mounts a large relief operation as thai food had devastates parts of the country and killed 23 people. turkey's offensive on kurdish held areas of northern syria showing no signs of slowing down let's bring you up to date with the latest developments in the new advance monitor say the turkish forces the syrian allies have captured large parts of so look that town is important because it will ensure supply routes from turkey is the operation progresses sunday morning a scene heavy bombardments on other towns near the border with artillery fire seen hitting. and i in which turkish forces say that they've taken control of all of this is forcing more civilians from the homes the united nations says that 130000 people have now been displaced by the escalating violence let's go live now to one . which is on the turkish syria border of a serious chance struck for the chance what's the latest. yes you're right there has been quite a lot. heavy artillery shelling in the last few hou

states of stoking unrest in the 2 countries was a similar warning earlier from iranian president hassan rouhani as chief of staff. people of iraq and lebanon will suffer a loss considering the current situation it is a fact that the us saudi arabia and the zionist regime are writing on people's demands controlling social media and providing financial help iran's position has always been that governments should pay attention to demands but on the other hand those demands should be raised in a way that doesn't lead to chaos and bloodshed our recommendation is to invite peace and not to let foreigners help them in achieving their goals a meeting about syria's constitution is underway in geneva it aims to repair the fractures many believe led to the civil war $150.00 syrians pulled together from various factions and sitting down for the 1st time since the war began the findings of a public inquiry into london's tower fire or been released the report says one of the major failings was a fire brigade policy called stay put 72 people were killed in the tragedy 2 years ago. firefighters in northern cal

iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions of fails to bring his country's economy down during a news conference romney said iran will continue to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said the government is trying to reduce its reliance on oil revenues has more without said baker correspondent into. during the press conference president rouhani addressed a number of issues including domestic and international affairs he said that the united states' maximum pressure campaign of pacing iran under sanctions haven't worked iran's economy as well if its currency has stabilized he called on european countries france germany and the united kingdom to return to the commitments and promises made in the 2015 nuclear deal iran has already increased its stockpile of uranium and started enriching to a higher level in regards to the oil tanker the reigning oil tanker that was attacked on friday president rouhani had said that he seen the footage from the tank that he said

pakistan's prime minister a man can is met iran's president hassan rouhani into iran khan is reportedly working to defuse tensions between rival here break. to nations are casting their ballots in the presidential runoff vote between 2 political newcomers last week's parliamentary election sort of close time between media mogul in the field how do we retired law professor by saeed new president will have to deal with pressing issues including poverty and unemployment. and speak to mr callan's to this seize a journalist who has been following the election closely good to have you with us who has the edge so far but morning all so far people are thinking about the car was open and so we're talking about i say actually why is turnout been so low do you think let's say that. well stills one of the 2 part do they have all the chairs that actually took to be competitive on the field on the ground. do a computer without having troubles or 4.3 all the time that followed the 1st hour or i was there a bit for interrupting you i'm afraid we have some. news we need to go to this live event now let'

pakistan's prime minister is trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he's met iran's president hassan rouhani into her rant and he'll travel torrealba on tuesday says he's hopeful of a breakthrough sued. today's inns of voting for a new president in a runoff election choosing between 2 political newcomers business tycoon a bill law professor i. bring you some breaking news on our top story now we're getting word concerning turkey's military offensive in northern syria the u.s. apparently will withdraw up to a 1000 soldiers from the area resident jordan live for us in washington d.c. 1st in all the details here osland. well sami this is the word from the u.s. defense secretary mark asper he's been appearing on some of the sunday public affairs shows here in washington he said that because of the ongoing turkish advance 1st he has indicated that from what the pentagon understand turkey wants to expand its incursion it wants to move further south into syria as well as further west and that would theoretically put more u.s. forces in between the turkish military and forces so that's one reason wh

of iran's from the stomach jeff i it's everythingng the monuc thatt of course is president to hassan rouhani off fat arorod. let's get the analysis just micro joins a specialist on us mideast fat as fellow at the arab center in washington dc jo thank you much for joining us sir as you can to us would is dropping on the y. serves in to me. a show of force syria the turkish fighters can close to us troops this is that military at off us military aircraft. carrying out what's called a show of force. up to date with that one and what i wanted to stop i ask you walls russian now appears to hold the e key to what happens next. yes s someboy has to fill the u u. s. vacuum the s. is up is very weak elsewhere there textual soul force not to basically reclaim someme of that infnfluence by. putting some sexual tookk and other things but yes there's a vacuum the portions of the vavacuum. o once the u. s. leavs turkey a and russia have to cocontest or agree. on whoho w l take ove a at that at this point and you r read this been watchig very closely. the listening positional closed circuit think the area.

in kyrgyzstan pakistan's prime minister imran khan is meeting iran's president hassan rouhani into iran it's seen as an attempt to ease tension between iran and saudi arabia can is set to travel to riyadh on tuesday let's go live now to ron al-jazeera as i said big is there for us as a pakistan's prime minister was asked to try to mediate between iran and saudi arabia why him and why now. well this is an attempt to open up some sort of talks in mediation between the iran and riyadh tensions have been high since september the 14th after that attack on saudi aramco facilities in saudi arabia that the yemeni hutu rebels came to responsibility for but saudi arabia blamed iran iran have rejected those allegations but iran kind did acknowledge that there were tense at mediation when he was attending the united nations general assembly in new york but before he departed for new york he did make a stopover in riyadh to talk with and meet the crown prince mohammed bin son been son monitor follow up the pakistani foreign minister sharma move gray she met with his counterpart jihad zarif several t

meanwhile president hassan rouhani says u.s.nctions imposed since washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal last year have failed to weaken the country's economy he also warned that iran will continue to scale back its commitments to the agreement unless that you shields head on from the u.s. sanctions and he said his government is trying to reduce its reliance on oil reserves and russia's president has held talks with saudi arabia's king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salmond in riyadh it is his 1st visit to the kingdom and over a decade the leaders discussed developments in syria and again men and signed more than a dozen agreements including in the fields of petro chemicals in energy the visit followed last month's attacks on sour the oil facilities for which as we mention the us blamed russia's ally iran now let's take a closer look now at russia's relations with saudi arabia they are 2 of the top oil producers and opec the work together to reduce supplies to world markets to keep prices relatively high but they'

syria while trying to escape from pakistan's prime minister iran cardus met iran's president hassan rouhani in teheran card is reportedly working to defuse tensions between iran and its regional ally for saudi arabia. genesee and so casting their ballots in a presidential runoff vote between 2 political newcomers more than $7000000.00 people eligible to vote but previous polls have shown a low turnout media tycoon bill curry and retired law professor kai sigh. locked in a tight race for the presidency the new president will have to deal with pressing issues that include poverty and unemployment under serious reports now from a polling station in the capital tunis this is a significant moment fortune is eons there will decide the next president who's going to be the 2nd democratically elected president in the history of tunisia after the 2011 revolution voters will have to decide between 2 candidates media mogul nembutal we hope presents himself as the man who is going to fix the economic problems of tunisia and corruption and poverty and you have a law professor paces i had her presents him

facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia and iran conason tehran or he's met iran's president hassan rouhani and the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei backus and wants to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia arabia that is to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region khan will travel to riyadh on tuesday a survey has more from tehran focused on iran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 just in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told focused on to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh. there are news a neighbor. boy is with the wrong way back. so the. has been one of our closest friends. who trusts when we have needed when we have been in need. and so the reason for this trip that we do not want to conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that.

well iran's president hassan rouhani has called for restraint on dialogue between turkey and the kurds iran is a close ally of the syrian government and began unannounced military drills in the northwest of the country bordering turkey that the americans must leave the area the kurds whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue some residents in northern syria have begun fleeing the military operation bernard smith has more from erbil. it looks like affairs of the kurdistan regional government here in erbil are already being realized as al-jazeera understands at least a couple of 100 cars have been heading seen heading towards the part of iraq border administered by the kurdistan regional government a k r g a syrian kurds escape the assault by turkish forces on positions that they hold the s.t.'s soon to syrian defense force holds

of stoking unrest in the 2 countries there was a similar warning earlier from iran's president hassan rouhani as chief of staff. people of iraq and lebanon will suffer a loss considering the current situation it is a fact that the us saudi arabia and the zionist regime are writing on people's demands controlling social media and providing financial help iran's position has always been that governments should pay attention to demands but on the other hand those demands should be raised in a way that doesn't lead to chaos and bloodshed our recommendation is to invite peace and not to let foreigners help them in achieving their goals a meeting about syria's constitution is underway in geneva that aims to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war $150.00 syrians pulled together from the wars various factions sitting down together for the 1st time since the war began the group was formed after 18 months of work by the un the syrian government and the main opposition bloc. the findings of a public inquiry into. the been released the report one of the major. investigation also foun

they are at this stage ok stuff i sent with an update from moscow stop thank you now president hassan rouhani has called for restraint and dialogue between turkey and the kurds and iran a close ally of the syrian government began unannounced military drills in the northwest of the country border in turkey. as the americans must leave the area whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue let's bring in bernard smith who's joining us from erbil in iraq's kurdistan region and of course the concern there will be the influx of refugees bernard what's the situation. during those concerns might already be being realized i am hearing reports that there are sightings of convoys of cars heading towards the iraqi border towards the part of iraqi border minister by the kurdistan regional government those convoys coming from syria from kurdish contro

iran's president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions have failed to bring his country's economy down if you're going to use conference ran he said iran will continue scaling back its commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal until the e.u. fulfills its promises he also said the government is trying to reduce its reliance on oil revenues meanwhile the russian president vladimir putin is in saudi arabia where he's expected to sign all agreements and discuss the crisis with iran this is his 1st visit in more than a decade a sign the 2 countries are getting closer is meeting king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salman in riyadh saudi oil facilities came under drone attacks last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran. there have been large protests in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 catalan separatist leaders who've been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence rail services to the airport were briefly suspended due to the demonstrations the supreme court to live in sentences of betwee

rising tensions in the gulf iran can made the comments after a meeting with the iranian president hassan rouhani and supreme leader ayatollah ali how many in tehran can will travel to riyadh on tuesday. ecuador's military says its partially lifted a curfew in the capital quito but will continue to restrict some movement after violent anti-government demonstrations on saturday it comes as indigenous leaders to begin the 1st round of talks with a government aimed at ending the crisis do so as for the 2nd half of the occupation of the american mind i have news hour for you straight after that bye for now. the hamas charter not only cost resources structures ladies and gentlemen because for the murder of every jew it's a nazi the argument meanwhile you hear next to nothing about another extreme political charter that is much more relevance to the conflict the platform of the ruling the crude party in israel. well if you look at the language that's in that charter the likud charter it flatly rejects quote flatly rejects the existence of a palestinian state anywhere anywhere on that side of the jordan

now iran's president hassan rouhani has called for restraint on dialogue between turkey and the kurds iran is a close ally of the syrian government and began unannounced military drills in the northwest of the country bordering turkey that the americans must leave the area accords whose country syria should support the syrian army and the syrian government the current trying to do deals behind closed doors not to the benefits of the region we urge our neighbor friend and brotherly nation turkey and the government of turkey to show due care and attention and patience in this issue well russia has also been calling for a dialogue between the syrian government and the kurds foreign minister sergei lavrov is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where he's been speaking to the media lavrov also blamed the u.s. for helping grow tensions in the region on tuesday moscow said it was not informed about the u.s. decision to pull out american troops from syria. the americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria ensured people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kur