begun joint patrols in northern syria as partrt of a plan to eae tensions between the countries whileverting clashes between turkey and washington's key local ally. made up of a collection of fighters mostly kurds. they are groups with which turkey has had a long-standing animosity. kurds protested in the far northeastern city and the anger they voice is shared throughout northern syria. turkish forces have been pounding kurdish fighters' positions, threatening to crush them. >> we want the international community to hear our voice. we want to tell them, s stop turkey's attatacks on the kurdih people. militia, the bulk forcessyrian democratic have been fighting the islamic state group for years. they are backed d by the u.s. they are a potential threat for ankara. we will bring down the terror structure east of the euphrates. we have completed our preparations, plans, programs for this offensive. >> after several operations to area,he ypg out of the the next target is the region to the east. directto avert confrontation, the u.s. and turkey have started joint patrols in the area. it h

kurdish fighters in northern syria have announced a temporary halt operations against islamic state in the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say that they came under fire from the turkish military on wednesday yes plays a key role in countering islamic state but is considered by turkey to be a terrorist group the united states arms and supports the s.d.f. the groups and i saw patients have recently been focused on the there is or problems meanwhile on the other side of syria eisel terrorists have gained ground close to the border with iraq killing more than forty u.s. backed fighters during an offensive that is despite washington's earlier claims that the terrorists were almost defeated which is it goes down of comments. from all the boasting you may have gotten the idea that ms alarming state in syria is so two thousand and sixteen the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory we've done a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated isis but the latest carnage is a clear signal that the terrorists are not ready to buckle

from iran and russia are meeting in kazakhstan's capital hoping to preserve a fragile truce in northern syria representatives of the syrian government and opposition are also in. the negotiations will not lead to any internet to an internationally back political deal but russia is pushing for a breakthrough on a un backed constitutional committee that it can sell to the west is joining us from so is there a sign any breakthrough on that u.n. constitutional committee. well the reason not to get no indication late yesterday the head of the russian delegation alexander levin have said we are trying to work on creating that you and constitutional committee it has been the subject of discussions since yesterday it is a demand by the international community a demand by the west they want damascus to engage with the un led political process which involves this u.n. committee rewriting the constitution so far the syrian government has been unbending intransigent not making any compromises even you know disputing the mandate of this committee saying that the it's not supposed to rewrite the constituti

and russian the warplanes have targeted rebel held areas in northern syria hours after russia and syria accuse opposition fighters of a toxic gas attack groups say they don't have chemical weapons and deny this strike and the government controlled city of. sri lanka's president says he will not reinstate his prime minister under any circumstances now that's reignited the power struggle in the country he's held his first news conference with foreign media since the political crisis began last month. has more from colombo now at his residence just down the road at that meeting he justified his actions he said that as far back as february this year he had had to step down saying he asked several people to take on the premiership but that didn't happen a centrally we did ask him. his way forward now he said that he doesn't see a we in the future we throw my become a singer. if you want to the legal right to choose the prime minister by showing the majority i have told him very clearly not to bring rundle recriminating it to me i will never appoint him. the president insisted that he is a de

and russian warplanes have dogs in rebel held areas in northern syria hours after russia and syria accused opposition fighters of a toxic gas attack rebel groups say they don't have a chemical weapons and deny the suspect or even strike in the government controlled city of aleppo. saudi crown prince robin salam is on his first overseas trip since the death of jamal khashoggi the second leg is expected to take him to bahrain protesters in tunis here are pressuring the government to cancel a planned visit by the crown prince the government is warning that demonstrations could threaten much needed financial aid from the kingdom national reports. today is in activists calling for mass protests against a proposed visit by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin said ben is on his first tour aboard since the killing of journalist. some to. his arrival could undermine their newfound freedom and liberty is. the crown prince is tainted by the killing of her late colleague jamal khashoggi and the arrest of dozens of saudi activists for these reasons we consider his visit a provocation and an insult to t

djibouti russian warplanes have targeted rebel held areas in northern syria just hours after russia and syria accused opposition fighters of a poison gas attack say t.v. reports breathing problems for one hundred seventy people rebel groups they don't have chemical weapons and deny it is suspected korean strike in the government controlled city of aleppo there are no international observers there to verify what happened remember there is a new round of peace talks due to start in kazakhstan on wednesday. a crowding in bad weather are being blamed for the latest disaster on like the torah thirty one bodies have been recovered so far in uganda but it's thought more than one hundred were on the pleasure boat dosage of ari has the latest they were having a party on the boat now their relatives are in mourning. close to one hundred people were on the boat when it capsized overloading in bad weather in the exact area is being blamed. to people were shouting the music was so loud and we thought that they were just having fun when the ferry capsized that's when we realized they want to help som

women and girls in barcelona protesters marching to the sound of drums and feminist chants in northern syria hundreds of kurdish women took to the streets and other rallies have been taking place all weekend with demonstrators young and old calling out sexism paris mint and assault. our reporter of eco rivers has been following this story and joins me now thank you for being here rebecca. this is the just first day of a sixteen day campaign to raise awareness so how's it going well it's going well yeah as you say it's it's just the launch today it's been this campaign is a u.n. campaign it's been going since ninety nine and the twenty fifth of november mox they pick up nearly a little over two weeks of campaigns and that this year is theme the hash tag is here me to. the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace and the u.n. women there they the u.n. women organization have launched this campaign under that hash tag trying to capitalize off the back of a very successful made two campaign but they want to take it even a bit further and try and build momentum on that encourage people not in the l

russian warplanes have talks of rebel held areas in northern syria hours after russia and syria accuse opposition fighters of a poison gas attack state t.v. reports breathing problems for one hundred seven people rebel groups say they don't have chemical weapons and denied the suspected strike in the government controlled city of aleppo there are no international observers that verify what happened and a round of peace talks are jews started in kazakstan on wednesday the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due in saudi arabia on monday for talks with the yemeni government leaders in exile griffiths trip to riyadh follows a meeting with hoofy rebel leaders in yemen is trying to get all sides to attend talks and suisun early next month millions of yemenis are facing famine after three and a half years of war. well the u.n. says almost eighty percent of yemen's population are in dire need of humanitarian aid more than three hundred thousand children are malnourished health service says a crumbling and many children don't get to go to school social workers are facing the sea is the children su

russian warplanes have launched air strikes on rebel held areas in northern syria has come just hours after syria and russia accused opposition fighters of carrying out a toxic gas attack on the government controlled city of aleppo there are no international observers organizations in aleppo to verify the attack but syrian state television is reporting one hundred seven people being treated for suffocation in a suspected chlorine strike rebel groups have denied the attacks saying they do not have access access to any sort of chemical weapons this all comes ahead of a new round of syrian peace talks in santa on wednesday. united nations special envoy for yemen is due in saudi arabia on monday for talks with yemeni government leaders in exile griffith's trip to riyadh follows a meeting with hooty rebel leaders in yemen is trying to get all sides to attend talks in sweden early next month millions of yemenis are facing famine after three and a hall is of war where the u.n. says almost eighty percent of yemen's population are in dire need of humanitarian aid three hundred thousand childre

one hundred people on board at the time and russian warplanes have targeted rebel held areas in northern syria hours after russia and syria accused opposition fighters of a toxic gas attack rebel groups i say they don't have chemical weapons and deny the suspected chlorine strike in aleppo. more than thirty thousand women marched in madrid this sunday to mark the un's international day for the elimination of violence against women it's just two days after a spanish court failed to convict two men of rape as catherine stansell reports. the streets of the spanish capital filled with thousands of women making themselves heard there calling for gender equality justice for victims of sexual assault and for an end to violence and abuse. it was one of several demonstrations held in other european countries the need for a cultural shift and to encourage more women to speak out against abuse is what drove many here to attend but most of my friends they are in those seeking the relationships that their boyfriends control them so much and they can not go with their friends and go outside or go to a party

all right moving on a kurdish fighters in northern syria the temporary halt in their operations against islamic state follows kurdish state syrian democratic forces saying they came under fire from the turkish military the united states and turkey don't see eye to eye when it comes to the s.d.f. washington supports it in the fight against israel. deems them terrorists the u.s. state department has raised concerns over the turkish presence to quote destroy the group. but the used them as you noted we have started active intervention operations against the terror organization and the last couple of days we will soon come down hard on the terror organization with more extensive and effective operations unilateral military strikes into northwest syria by any party particularly as american persona may be present or in the vicinity are of great concern to us kurd nation and consultation between the united states and turkey on issues of security concern is a better approach. well middle east analyst amar what khalaf stays in korea is simply urging washington to choose between two allies the ku

the showers down the red sea into saudi arabia the concentration of rays probably going to be northern syria southeastern turkey and the southern caucuses where you just meet the cold air and get some snow for example as a class streams further east it breaks up quite readily montes going that i'm honest for you on that is it's cold by day and by night when the sun has come back that we have to concentrate if you want rain on this particular area and again northern syria looks particularly wet south of all this nepal from the sky you've just seen there's going to come through saudi arabia the clouds present head of it and of course you get frontal dust storms as the sun still spreading i think they won't get as far south as bahrain or cut down this far and beyond that as you'll notice which is consistent with this time of year where it has become more active third a scythe this mass of cloud that's right out of the mozambique it does in bob has been a wet mess. when old age back it can feel like the end. but for some it's a new beginning you must at some point in life you realize you started

allies in northern syria that is turkish turkey and the kurdish led syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. american troops have now begun joint patrols with turkish soldiers in monday age the s.d.f. is based nearby it is led by kurdish fighters the ones turkey considers terrorists the u.s. hopes these joint operations will prevent military confrontations between turkish and kurdish fighters there are two thousand american troops working alongside the s.t.'s in the fight against i so and the u.s. department of justice has charged two former investment bankers over the corruption scandal in malaysia one goldman sachs banker admitted to conspiring to launder money and violating and bribery a law investigators in malaysia say billions of dollars stolen from the state development fund one n.d.p. former prime minister najib razak is now facing thirty eight corruption charges involving luxury homes expensive art and jewelry. remember to keep in touch with us contact details coming up on screen for you now most of our comments coming through today on facebook live at facebook dot com slash al-jaz

allies in northern syria turkey and the kurdish led syrian democratic forces american troops have begun joint patrols with turkish soldiers in monday's the s.d.f. is based nearby and is led by kurdish fighters who turkey considers as terrorists well the u.s. hopes the joint operations will prevent military confrontations between turkish and kurdish fighters two thousand american troops are working with the s.d.f. to fight isis. protests in pakistan against the release of a christian woman convicted of blasphemy had been called off after three days of violence the government's reached a deal with conservative muslim groups on wednesday the supreme court overturned the death sentence of the woman accused of insulting islam has more from islam about. seditious downstairs in jordan schools closed. for three days that brought tears over the yard shut down parts of several projects early fifty's. the whole city is filled with fear and no one is coming out of the situation of on wrist mostly road to quiet not much transport is a violent. i see b.b. is a pakistani christian woman condemned her

taxpayer money it's no surprise everyone n.g.o.s aid organizations civilians traveling through northern syria have to pay to pass checkpoints beat and money in goods this is been a fact for years it's business one of the terrorists' main sources of funding worst of all it is assumed that these jihad ists have been able to infiltrate put their people in n.g.o.s humanitarian organizations from which they siphon money and aid to further their malign cause one investigation found that in n.g.o.s employees knowingly diverted thousands of u.s. aid funded food care. it's worth millions of dollars to ineligible beneficiaries including your all sham fighters the report itself is light on names and numbers perhaps for political reasons the fallout here could seriously damage and geo operations all we know is that millions of dollars in cash in aid have been funneled to al qaeda in syria and that's just what they've admitted they found that funding has now been terminated but it's very interesting in this report is that the usaid watchdog does not name the n.g.'s now of course one of those primary n.g.o

kurdish fighters in northern syria the temporary halt in their operations against the islamic state that comes after kurdish led syrian democratic forces say they came under fire from the turkish military the united states on turkey don't see eye to eye when it comes to the s.d.f. washington supported in the fight against. terrorists the u.s. state department has raised concerns over the turkish president to destroy the group. i don't use them as you know that we have started active intervention operations against a terror organization and the last couple of days we will soon come down hard on the terror organization with more extensive and effective operations unilateral military strikes into northwest syria by any party particularly as american personnel may be present or in the vicinity of great concern to us coordination and consultation between the united states and turkey on issues of security concern is a better approach middle east analyst amar walk out to say is uncreate is asking washington to choose between two allies the kurds or turkey the united states have been told by the

russia's defense ministry id it carried out air strikes in northern syria today, the first since a truce went into effect on september 17th. syrian offials said more than 100 people were treated at hospitals and blamed militants in the region for firing shells filled with chlorine gas at the city of aleppo. rebel groups denied using chemical weapons. >> no justice, no peace. >> thompson: protestors took to the streets as questionsin cont to be raised about the fatal police shooting of a 21- year-old black man in a mall outside of birmingham, alabama on thanksgiving night. initial statements from the hoover, alabama police department said emantic "e.j." bradford junior was shot and kid ed after police suspecte was responsible for an earlier shooting incident that wounded two people in the shopping center. police later retracted their statement, stating it was unlikely bradford was involved. e president trump plans to mississippi tomorrow to support republican sate candidate cindy hyde-smith at two campaign rallies ahead of the tecsday run off on with former congressman democrat mike espy.

traveling through northern syria have to pay to pass checkpoints be that money in goods this is been a fact three years it's business one of the terrorists' main sources of funding. the. worst of all it is assumed that these jihad ists have been able to infiltrate put their people in their geos humanitarian organizations from which they siphon money and aid to further their malign cause one investigation found that in n.g.o.s employees knowingly diverted thousands of u.s. aid funded food kits worth millions of dollars to ineligible beneficiaries including terrier i'll show them fighters. usaid a y g also investigated diversions of assistance to high atop a year all sham in another n.g.o.s programmes which oh i g suspected were perpetrated by n.g.o.s staff affiliated with the terrorist group the report itself is light on names and numbers perhaps for political reasons the fallout here could seriously damage and geo operations all we know is that millions of dollars in cash in aid have been funneled to al-qaeda in syria and that's just what they've admitted found that funding has now b

troubleshooting for siemens at deutsche bank he'd made a historic archaeological discovery in northern syriain one thousand nine hundred nine. it was in a certain sense by accident that he made the greatest discovery of his career that you discovered tell how tough. because really what he was trying to do was do this prospecting on his own. an officially for the village of baghdad really and she did write he did write a brief to report and devoted many more pages of that they're poor to boot from a live put towards who'll then he did it to that he had discovered to tell how often. open haim returns to excavate often one thousand and eleven and discovered a city built in six thousand b.c. . the bell into baghdad will be took thirty seven years to complete by which time europe would be at war again. still to come the devastating impact of the war on greater syria and its people. we think about world war one we think about the british and french and the germans but really the ottoman empire suffered far more than any of the continental powers . the terrace. all effects of the ottoman repression