live now to washington dc, robert malley is president and ceo of international crisis group.ior roles, advising the 0bama and clinton administrations on the middle east. i would assume, i think viewers could assume you aren't a fan of president trump. what you make of the current situation, though?” think it'sjust a the current situation, though?” think it's just a matter of seeing people who have supported president trump who are befuddled not so much by the decision to withdraw troops from syria, it is that he did nothing since december. his team did nothing since december. his team did nothing since december to prepare and then all of a sudden he announced it, it has to be done in com plete announced it, it has to be done in complete chaos and without any preparation, leading to the outcome that we see today. this outcome was predicted, predictable and avoidable. one particular thing, given the trump letter that has now emerged, how difficult is the pence pompeo mission? to a large extent the us has lost control of events in northern syria, it is now in the hands of turkey

well definitely and that is the overwhelming message released by groups such as amnesty international international crisis group saying really the work begins now that he needs to continue and continue striving for that peace continue to make sure human rights violations are negated that political prisoners are released i mean we've we've seen a lot of those positive reforms but at the same time those challenges and i'll just list a few of those while his peace with eritrea is incredible there is still quite a lot of work to do there for years if the opium has been a dictatorship and while he did let out many critics and many opposition members some of those opposition members have become even more active here now that they are allowed back in ethiopia and it's really the that if some of those ethnic tensions those rivalries the threat the threat really of a fracture eyes ation huge economic problems a gigantic youth bulge that is coming up here in the opiah that will mean for vost unemployment if his market based economy ideas do not full forward as well as a huge number of internally displaced people mo

had moved them to guantanamo well for more on this we can speak to hike ivan and his the international crisis group's project to rectify syria iraq and lebanon he joins me now from brussels mr van and i imagine that this tactician casion doesn't come as much of a surprise to you this has been brewing for some time. well yeah i mean they have they have indicated that either one is indicated up for or. quite quite a while i mean it did come a bit of a surprise i would still say since i mean as lately as last friday i believe there were still patrols took a show american patrols in these areas shared patrols the security mechanism that was agreed and that was worked on for a long time actually working so 2 days later you get the announcement and now we have to the military movement on the way so it it went fast not surprising but fast so how much of this has been posited by the u.s. troop pullout you think now we're getting very mixed messages from washington certainly for president trump well look and look at the. dumbbell or that the americans provided for the last year for the took an autonomous kurd

is also a burden in fact the real work now begins that's what we're hearing from amnesty international crisis group and various n.g.o.s congratulations a message of congratulations for the prime minister at the same time he must continue tirelessly striving for peace let's get more now on who prime minister is his daughter jabari. prime minister ahmet was sworn into office in april 2002. since then the 43 year old former army intelligence officer has launched a wide program of political and economic reforms such as ending state monopolies and allowing private sector competition in industries such as telecoms aviation and power his biggest success so far was the peace deal with neighboring eritrea and ng in nearly 20 years of military stalemate following their 2 year border war in june last year the ethiopian government agreed to hand over control of the disputed border town of bad me to eritrea until then if you appear rejected the international boundary commission's ruling in favor of eritrea amid some predictable style isn't popular with all if you know peons the most open stressed him the only p

from the international crisis group in rome good to talk to you thank you. thank you here's what's coming up for you on this news hour why several 1000 african migrants are stuck in mexico also back in fashion the american brands are shifting their production to bangladesh and in sport how fronts clinched its place in the rugby world cup. final. but is in tennessee are choosing their new parliament for the 2nd time since the revolution 8 years ago early indications suggest a low voter turnout against a backdrop of growing frustration with the established policies and their failure to solve tunisia's economic crisis more from. sorry a whole bara in tunis. it is a few voters showed up at this polling station in the capital tunis mostly elderly but determined to be part of tennessee as 2nd democratic election since the revolution 9 years ago despite a campaign blitz by politicians and pledges to improve living conditions not everyone seems convinced man it in his he ends up and grier with their leaders who are very much wanted to see young candidates unfortunat

former negotiator on the 9 agreement in brussels william davidson syria analyst on the international crisis group and the london alam a math professor of knowledge management and sustainable development of the university of east london welcome to you. since you have been part of the team that has negotiated the waters i just want to ask you is the whole issue about filling their reserve war within an interval of time of 5 to 7 years and then releasing water with about 35 to 40000000000 cubic meters annually is this the real problem now facing the 3 countries if the opiah and sudan. i think according to the strategy of libya this is the this is not as it is a problem the division of forces in is of course defeatist feeling of the dam but the man that is standing the interest of so then are more than that which is worth the security and this has never been discussed before so i believe the negotiation is now about the 1st feeling this is a being outside compared to the interests of the sudan which is claiming to be food basket for the whole world like and it is current what it is definitely will no

you for that update from paris well very highly for a senior syria syria analysts of the international crisis group and she believes the violence could lead to a resurgence of ice or cells in the region. we have been conducting a lot of field where field trips in eastern syria where the situation has been deteriorating read it quickly because of the u.s. flip flopping policies that has it back to the y.p. g.'s ability and willingness to conduct counter isis campaigns in eastern syria of course the a lot of the field work was done during a time where it was unclear how long the us would be there but the us was present now given that free for all the race to take control over the area it is expected that we'll see a number of things including potential prison riots a lot of we've been hearing a lot of prisoners in isis the tension centers or i.d.p. camps have been escaping the camps we expect more and more of them but also i think one thing that is quite important and that is often overlooked is the act of isis cells in these areas which are usually under reported people assume that isis has been def

joined now by heiko women he's women projects director covering iraq syria and lebanon at international crisis group very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so perhaps i can put to you what i was trying to ask our correspondent in beirut you know where to from here karen protests continue the way that they have you know how long can life be interrupted in the way that it has for the last 8 days. well it looks like people are determined to carry on if you have asked the same question on the 1st and the 2nd and the 3rd they are long can this last looks like it does. we will i think see this continue definitely tomorrow does the weekend. mean in some way it's self-sustaining every day you have everything paralyzed and and even ing the banks the schools the universities say well and that is conditions we can't we can't open tomorrow and then people don't have work and they go back to the square and clearly the concessions if you want to call it that that were made so far failed to convince us so we may be in for another week. you say concessions if you can call it that so do you not believe that the

let's face it she's joining us from bern switzerland she's a senior syria analyst at the international crisis group thanks very much for speaking to us on the al-jazeera a news hour trolls raising an important point in mentioning russia just a moment ago now with what we know is that a deal has been made by syria and the s.d.f. but one an answered question a lot of people are asking is to what extent was actually involved in this deal and did it broker a deal with erdogan so that turkish forces and syrian forces don't class what do you think it's still quite ugly or how much fresher was involved in brokering this understanding between the wife p.g. and the syrian government and it's about what we know for sure is as long as the americans continue to be there even if the drawdown process is going the u.s. still has the upper hand over syria's airspace so russia doesn't really have much leverage over controlling their space and what we've seen throughout the last year is that russia has been prioritizing its ties to turkey over trying to protect the y p g or wait on an understanding or a settlement b

that seems to be that they look seems to look like a long shot hiker van and that the international crisis group's project right to iraq in lebanon thank you for your insights on out of there and stand there and you very much while still ahead. building barricades in ecuador anger over the doubling of petrol prices so there's no sign of dying down. and ugandan hofstadter and opposition employed by the wine is once again prevented from performing well explain why. hello well you know we're waiting to the rain to go south for the wet season started in tunisia and it's just about starting a new line of significant chassis from roughly center way sea westwards to halfway up sumatra not a bigger effect in the forecast but you've still got some decent downpours in thailand cambodia and via the central philippines and precious few although possibly one or 2 in the forecast in western java but probably no further east than that the cloud is increasing in australia where we could do with a bit more rain there hasn't been very much in the southeast you know the early fire season which confirms that but ther

foreman who goes on the 9 agreement in brussels william davison syria analyst on the international crisis group and the london alam a math professor of knowledge management and sustainable development of the university of east london welcome to you. since you have been part of the team that has negotiated the waters i just want to ask you is the whole issue about filling their reserve war within an interval of time of 5 to 7 years and then releasing water with about 35 to 40000000000 cubic meters annually is this the real problem now facing the 3 countries if the opiah and sudan. i think cutting through the strategy of this is a as this is not as it is a problem the division for him is of course defeatist feeling of the dump but my understanding is the interest of so then are more than that which is worth the security and this has never been discussed before so i believe the negotiation is now about the 1st feeling this is a being outside compared to the interest of the sudan which is claiming to be food basket for the whole world like and it is current what it is definitely will not meet that

for money go on the ny agreement in brussels william davidson syria analyst on the international crisis group and the london alam professor of knowledge management and sustainable development of the university of east london welcome to you. since you have been part of the team that has negotiated the waters i just want to ask you is the whole issue about filling their reserve war within an internal of time of 5 to 7 years and then releasing water with about 35 to 40000000000 cubic meters annually is this the real problem now facing the 3 countries if the opiah and sudan. i think according to the strategy of libya this is the this is not as it is a problem the division for him is of course defeatist feeling of the dumb but my understanding of the interest of so then are more than that which is worth of security and this has never been discussed before so i believe the negotiation is now about the 1st feeling this is a beer nuts compared to the interests of the sudan which is claiming to be food basket for the whole world like and it is current workers definitely will not meet that target and t

maria front up is with us from rome now and skype a senior iraq advisor at the international crisis group thanks for your time maria it strikes me the biggest problem that we've got in iraq is that the people are upset at the government and the politicians and there isn't really anything that those politicians can do right now to stop these demonstrations it's a long term thing there's got to be a systematic change in what's happening in iraq meanwhile 6 days of violence and hundreds of people killed. well that is a good question and the problem is that the once the most traditional start is too late to think about a solution for the time being. during an emergency meeting the prime minister other matter has that you should the 17 point program of. trying to really come down brought this trying to look sort of are the most streeters by offering get job opportunities the employment compensation the distribution of lance but it is these these this type of stopgap measures will not to. do much. even if brought is that are going to wane down for sure these cycles of process that are going to

condition that they needed to be economic reforms to women is a project director for the international crisis group covering iraq syria and lebanon he joins us on skype from our moon in lebanon and cohen welcome is the news hour here on al-jazeera the government has backpedaled on one or 2 of its policies i'm thinking about the the what's up charge why isn't that enough. well because there's a didn't konami disaster as you have described it goes much deeper and much further and we had these devastating for us in bushfires only a few days ago and it turned out that the firefighters were unequipped the equipment will not maintain and you know this like there's also many occasions of that were basically people see glaring mistake failure government failure absence of governance and this was really just the straw that broke the kid that broke the camel's back in your opinion is the government capable of taking control of its own house and crucially the economy. so there is a plan. it's not that the politicians are unaware of the danger there is a plan that has been discussed and apparently consensually

done they've they've completely set up a structure which is beset by divisions internal disagreements discord. crisis group said political partisanship has permeated every level of the security apparatus undermining the command structures of the afghan national defense and security forces so far from unifying the country these 2 figures have actually divided it even further for the benefit of their personal ambitions you see depends on which angle you're looking at that probably the reality prices group are looking at the from the may have very sort of perfectionist angle yes you know we we have experience of the companies who actually got a government of national unity to doing the opposite just give me an example of other national unity government which has shown or completed their terms the state us not think about what about games forever we're looking at afghanistan and i'm seeing that about half but then you have to put the prospect of we had libya you know going for this kind of election a divisive election was there we have 2 governments there we are syria which as you know you don't suppose most o

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders are unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue saying the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. officials say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders calling for more protests no one really knows how long that reads. zita port au prince the u.s. military says its conducted 2 air strikes that killed 10 fires in somalia the strikes were in response to an attack by a group on a u.s. operated military base in the lower belly region the u.s. says none of its nor its allies troops were injured in the attack and in another incident about fighters targeted italian forces in the capital mogadishu. national told sainted ending cameroon's political crisis appeared to afford to do even before they have got underway separatists and opposition politicians have boycotted the event reports from the capital day. this part of the talks

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue saying the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. official say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders calling for more protests no one really knows how long that means. for the prince. in indonesia and the members of parliament have been sworn in following a night of more protests and hundreds of arrests indonesians have been demonstrating nationwide over the past week have been demonstrating against proposed legislation that they say will curtail freedom and cripple efforts to stop corruption mohammed has more from jakarta but if any. inside indonesia's parliament the swearing in a $575.00 members taking an oath to uphold the country's laws and democracy. but outside tension is palpable parliament has come under fire for rushing through several controversial bills before

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue say the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. officials say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with officer. leaders calling for more protests no one really knows how long that leads my little upolu urges either through the prince. the u.s. military says it's conducted 2 air strikes that have killed 10 out fires in somalia the strikes were in response to an attack by the armed group on a u.s. operated military base in the lower ship belly region the u.s. says none of its or its allies troops were injured in the attack in a 2nd incident asked about fighters attempted to target italian forces in the capital mogadishu. now an alleged chinese government spy has been arrested in the united states edward pung a naturalized u.s. citizen was working as a tour guide in california prosecutors say he w

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are tending to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue say the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. officials say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders. more protests no one really knows how long that means. port au prince. yemen's hutu rebels have released hundreds of prisoners it's a move which could revive efforts to end a war that sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis the u.n. hopes to lead to a larger exchange of prisoners for the saudi amorality coalition. has this report from the capital sana. was. raided in front of cameras and told they can go home. these are some of the 350 captives released by overseas assured me that it's an overwhelming sense of delight happiness and pleasure as i am coming home back to my family. we hope for the release of prisoners and detainees from all sides simply because we are ye

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue say the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. officials say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders calling for more protests. no one really knows how long that reads my little apollo al-jazeera the prince. the greek government says thousands of refugees on the island of lesbos will be moved to the mainland after a fire at an overcrowded camp killed at least one the asylum seeker when it broke out on sunday 17 others were injured about 12000 people are living in the maria camp and that's 4 times its capacity emergency workers in northeastern taiwan are searching for survivors after an arch bridge collapsed on top of several boats video from the coast guard captured the moment the 140 meter long bridge gave way at the nan fangirl fishing ports the national fire agency says

what countries are benefiting specifically or what financial groups from that lebanese debt crisis? >> it is not really the international community benefiting. it is a local banking sector that benefit from the servicing of this public debt. of course, some international -- the members of the international , but for the most part, and as a local banking sector benefiting. the local banking sector is tightly affiliated or close to ththe politicall class. so they are in essence serving each other. amy: can you talk about -- you described this as an anticapitalist mobilization. can you also talk about how th is dates back to them what were the trash protests of 2015 that this has been building?? sorry, could you repeat the last part? amy: you described this as an anticapitalist mobilization. can you talk about how this dates back to the trash protests of 2015? >> i still have difficulties hearing that question. i will briefly talk about the 2015 demonstrations that were ignited after a crisis that continues to be unresolved. again, the primary difference between what is happening now and what happened then, even though in

core group which is a group of international delegations embassadors from countries such as the united states canada france brazil and others who are trying to mediate the crisis that's taking place in unfolding here in the country but once again opposition leaders have said that they do not have any intention of negotiating with the president instead they've called for more protests and i don't know if you can see the images from earlier today with once again people spoke to the streets burning tires we know that at least one person was killed within the context of protests that once again erupted here in port au prince and the tension is still very much there people seem committed the opposition says that they're willing to continue to protest basically until the president is forced to resign so we are expecting to see more protests and it is very likely that these protests despite the rain that's coming down right now will continue for protesters saying that they will continue to protest despite the rain right a man arapaima with an update from haiti thank you. flooding in the north and east the fent and east of india has killed more than 100 people for day

it's prompted international groups to call on the government to respect the rights of demonstrators who are calling for political change on your part i reports from santa. it's the worst crisis the country has seen in more than 3 decades. a violent crackdown by police and military against thousands of demonstrators has left several dead thousands of others have been arrested but. the repression has been hard day beat a bully to date with claps and didn't. always the return on top when we always get stepped on. demonstrators blame the government for a long list of social problems from economic inequality to growing lack of access to public health care. there's no medicine there's no supplies to treat wounds we don't have enough stuff there is a massive deficit. according to medical professionals dozens of protesters have suffered wounds from firearms and have sustained injuries to the face and torso from projectiles like tear gas canisters and rubber pellets the united nations along with international human rights groups are calling for security forces who have been documented using excessive violence against peaceful protesters to be held accountable. there have been specifi

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue say the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. officials say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders calling for more protests no one really knows how long that means. zita proto prince around a 1000 refugees have protested in europe's largest migrant cound demanding better living conditions people march from moria camp towards a port on the greek island of last boss before being stopped by riot police some held signs reading free os from hell an asylum seeker was killed in a fire in the overcrowded camp on sunday or a camp was built for 3000 people but currently houses around 12000. women a 1000 people have died trying to get to europe this year the united nations is calling for expanded search and rescue operations in the mediterranean sea. if the figures do show that we

that's wreaked havoc on public services and international delegation of ambassadors known as the core group are attempting to mediate haiti's ongoing political crisis but opposition leaders or unwilling to sit down for a national dialogue so you're the only thing that will stop the unrest in the country is the resignation of president juvenal noise. official say public schools and several government services will remain shut down until the unrest subsides but with opposition leaders calling for more protests no one really knows how long that means. puerto prince. time for an update from the world athletics championships in doha let's go to john a geyser oskar in our sports studio at tully for international stadium joe. yes hello well we've got 4 titles up for grabs here on tuesday the highlight is the men's 200 meters final africa is still celebrating after an incredible night in the stadium we'll have the action from a big upset from this ugandan runner in the women's 800 final. how one to finish for ethiopia in the men's 5000 meters got fans on their feet and sing in the stands. and somewhat less energetic by the end of his events noways hurdling

peaceful protesters prompted international groups to call on the government to respect the rights of demonstrators for political change but now reports. it's the worst crisis the country has seen in more than 3 decades. a violent crackdown by police and military against thousands of demonstrators has left several dead thousands of others have been arrested but. the repression has been horrible they beat a bullet to date with clubs and didn't. as always the return on top when we always get stepped on. demonstrators blame the government for a long list of social problems from economic inequality to growing lack of access to public health care. there is no medicine there is no supplies to treat wounds we don't have enough stuff there is a massive deficit. according to medical professionals dozens of protesters have suffered wounds from firearms and have sustained injuries to the face and torso from projectiles like tear gas canisters and rubber pellets the united nations along with international human rights groups are calling for security forces who have been documented using excessive violence against peaceful protesters to be held accountable. there have b

few possessions they have aid groups and the united nations fear a new humanitarian crisis in a harder has more from on the border between turkey and syria. international aid agencies are worried and warning really about the possibility of a humanitarian crisis as a result of turkey's military operation in north east syria they are sounding the alarm there saying that this is going to create even more human suffering it is going to create further displacement hundreds of thousands of people displaced people already live in this corner of syria the best the f. controlled region did not come under attack by the syrian army but the s b f engaged in a serious fight with i still across much of the north and east of syria so many towns cities have been destroyed among them rekha so so many of these people have no homes to go to and they're already displaced and with the latest bombardment we saw thousands of people making their way further south according to the turkish government this operation will serve 2 purposes 1st it will ensure its security interests because it considers the white p.g. of the syrian kurdish armed group a terrorist organization they w

few possessions they have aid groups and the united nations fear a new humanitarian crisis in a harder has more from on the border between turkey and syria. international aid agencies are worried and warning really about the possibility of a humanitarian crisis as a result of turkey's military operation in northeast syria they are sounding the alarm there saying that this is going to create even more human suffering it is going to create further displacement hundreds of thousands of people displaced people already live in this corner of syria the best the f. controlled region did not come under attack by the syrian army but the s.p.f. engaged in a serious fight with i still across much of the north and east of syria so many towns cities have been destroyed among them rekha so so many of these people have no homes to go to and they're already displaced and with the latest bombardment we saw thousands of people making their way further south according to the turkish government this operation will serve 2 purposes 1st it will ensure its security interests because it considers the y. p.g. the syrian kurdish armed group a terrorist organization they want th