to sochi now where turkey's prize russia. his russian counterpart for talks on the conflict in syria is a province by jim of pollution said there were complicated matters to discuss as they headed in several hours ago this is the second time in ten days the leaders of met one has warned of a blog often it live if syrian government forces backed by russia and iran attempt to recapture the last rebel held territory the un has warned a full scale offensive would lead to the west humanitarian catastrophe in the twenty first century. well the two leaders would you to give a news conference some three hours ago but as you can see we're still waiting for that to begin in the meantime let's speak to worry chalons who is monitoring developments for us from moscow what's behind the delay rory. well it's difficult to say are the moments we were told via the turkish sides several hours ago that the meeting had finished and yet we are still waiting for this press conference now. retired and said going into the meeting with putin the he th

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance right after the talks are russia's defense minister announced that there is going to be no military offensive on their p. also added that all of the details of the agreement which was a reach today will be discussed with the syrian government of very soon during the upcoming talks the situation in the province of idlib has been a crucial topic of discussions for weeks on the international stage between syria russia turkey the u.s. and iran so now this decision is surely important as it eases this threat of escalation on the ground. the russia ticket deals already gone reaction in the us establishment this intelligence chief calling the move quote encouraging same by cheaper fessor of international relations at ankara's middle east technical university says the two leaders have taken a crucial step towards syrian peace the decision is very important indeed it leaves thirty more months there is no floor of migration there is no

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance right after the talks or russia's defense minister announced that there is going to be no military offensive on at length he also added that all the details of the agreement which was a reach today will be discussed with the syrian government of very soon during the upcoming talks the situation in the province of idlib has been a crucial topic of discussions for weeks on the international stage between syria russia turkey the us and iran so now this decision is surely important as it eases this threat of escalation on the ground. is the director of gnosis a pretty think tank and he joins me on the line now very good evening to you ahmad if you look back at previous comments from russian officials said that military action was needed to drive out the remaining militants in the country now we've got this the escalation does i mean this is a surprising decision. it has taken many of our surprise indeed it's the demilitarized zone

up to three million people who for the time being are not able to escape to turkey so now we have the leaders of iran russia and turkey there said to me and tehran on friday coming up with a plan a strategy what do you think that we will see from them i. really don't know it might be the last chance to avoid this big offensive because the russians have been putting pressure on the turks. pressure on the new stuff from the leading jihad is the leading rebel organization. stop its attacks on him a map or to a big russian help or close to the coast they have made other demands and if the turks can offer something i have a slight hope this offensive will at least be postponed a little bit meantime we also speaking about putting pressure on you know various factors here at the u.n. appealing specifically to russia and turkey we know to help try and find a solution to onkar and moscow how how much did their priorities differ from those for example syria. turkey has been the main. main supporter of the rebels in recent years and they try to save the last bridgehead in the country but turkey is very much focused on

safe and favorable conditions for russians to stay in turkey and you and your colleagues today we have talked a lot about the. situation in syria. russia in turkey cooperating. on resolving the crisis in this country and we are making efforts to stall pressed cities to improve the humanitarian situation in syria we but i mean it concentrated on the focus on the issues around. we talked about the militants and their infrastructure during our talks today. we have been able. to achieve some serious results some serious progress in resolving this issue. and now we can move forward to coordinated. actions that working with the graduates of. russia's concerns if there were. a country that one of them was one of the countries that created the deescalation zone was that there are threats right now being created. by the militants there i mean. the national province of aleppo the threats. our military objects in syria so just stick with our. airfields. during our meeting we have talked about the situation and we have decided to create to create any way in. the market ability to create by fifty the by the fifteenth of. october this year to create

that puts russia in a difficult position, doesn't? the relationship between turkeynd russia has become closer in recent months. situation difficult with russia being an arbiter between the syrian government and the turkish government. what turkey's strategy is likely to be here, in its own view that not all of the groups fighting in idlib are terrorists. that there should be a distinction between the most prominent group that has its roots in al qaeda -- turkey will say basically, we can get on againstth any offensive them, but we should not lump the other groups into the terrorist bucket. but here is the problem with that. the syrian government, first of all, keeps talking about wiping .ut terrorists russia has not shown mean deviation from that syrian position either. iran would very much like to see an offensive against terrorist groups in general along the same lines as the syrian regime, so turkey will have a very difficult job persuading people to take on these nuances between the different groups of who is a terrorist and who is not a terrorist. you for that.

thirty two billion dollars worth of business done between turkey and russia every year so turkey felt very exposed everyone realized he was going to get european back and eat decided ok i have to make a deal with russia and since then we've seen improving relations between turkey and biden and russia on this this point to america had ratcheted up the rhetoric for both russia and turkey. and america is going to see this as good for america it's it contains the radicals inside the elite province in other words they're not scattered they don't have to run away into anatolian possibly europe into the west so they're contained and it weakens the radicals it's forced turkey. to crack down and that's good for america does not like these geodes. ok and i have a very short break come back in about three minutes to the latest headlines. in twenty four to you know bloody revolution here to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it your style or here i mean you are liz put video and put him in th

remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian refugees i.d.p.'s towards its borders fleeing the fighting the borders remain closed turkey ready hosts over three million people we went to talk at some of the aid organizations to see how they are preparing for what they say they expect to be a potential bloodbath. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey is preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from vis

turkey will get also some control points which will add up and make it easier for the for russia to be there and to get the most radical groups out of the area i think turkey is in direct lead helping that the expectation expectations of russia will be fulfilled what russia wants to get out or to get off from all this radical islamist groups which will be most probably the case in the coming weeks so then it will be much easier for turkey and for russia to control the area but if the operation would have started today most probably there will be a lot of really. there will be a lot of very negative developments for each side probably draws the best military and diplomatic solution to this is as i do see this. the u.s. has been taking an increasing interest in in the region have how do you think the states will react to this. i think the american fervor with surprise. the end of the day because of their lives nor clash nor come from patients or turkey is now just plain between russia and america the balance of power policy justified and. expectations but did you see him time also turkey

reflects existing disagreements between all parties i mean it's impossible to believe that all three russia turkey and iran have agreed on everything so far so of course it's not true so no actually and this episode tiny episode gives us some idea about like we'll disagreements between russian turkey on that one of our colleagues here in moscow suggested that this was a good call bad call protean played out by a putin an error though on two on one hand montagne the credibility of the opposition and on the other hand to bide our there on a little bit more time the question is why would turkey need more time in a bleep and is there any credible opposition left in that province because from the kremlin's perspective everybody who wanted to reconcile with either syria or russia have already done that in other provinces the only people left in italy the diehards. starting with the second point i mean depends on who you are and how we treat and how we define core the moderate opposition and what of. the moderation of the opposition it's about whether or not these people are ready to talk and from what i

to gain a maximum of it lip that you mentioned kurdish sensibilities of turkey earlier and my understanding is that russia is trying to be attentive to those. at the cost of a defacto partition of syria even though it's not quite clear whether turkey would be interested in that now i've seen some reports in western media about. some kurdish forces to be realigning themselves with the syrian army especially after the so-called american betrayal in the aftermath of a offering offensive do you think that is something that maybe i'm drawing air there once a year and making him a little bit more concerned about where both russians and the syrians stand at the moment that's one hundred percent right as far as tokyo right to control is quiet. prolonged area of borders with syria and also. territories in the north so that they might so of. transitional you know area off settlements of those going to russia or syria for that matter or iran for that matter with trust turkey with the of the minister into administering of that area that might be not only turkey destroy the area but also with you know un observers or

phil: turkey propose a cease-fire to avoid this potential bloodbath russia and iran both said no. now turkey is looking at potentially, according to the u.n., 800,000 people being displaced from idlib if this assault goes on. they have got quite a lot at stake here. daniel: probably more. yes, of course. totally understand why turkey is try to at least buy time. the problem is, the turks have close to the border -- closed the border, and they want to prevent syrians from entering turkey. they are establishing safe zones inside syria that they can protect with the military. turkey has a powerful military. turkey could of course threatened them and said that if the offense starts, we will counter idlib. of course, they would be encountering russia. not so much iran, by the way. iran is not the main military player. it is mainly the syrian regime and russia. whenever russia and turkey gather somewhere, it is not always about idlib. trump is always in the room. it is about redefining the relationship between the countries. of course, the global politics have contributed to this difficu

big reman came as something of a surprise since russia and turkey on opposite sides of the conflict russia once more influence in the region and thought it could achieve by backing syrian president assad with that goal in mind russia was ready to support a large scale military offensive. turkey however was against the offensive from the start fearing an influx of tens of thousands more syrian refugees so turkey increased its military presence in the region this video was taken last friday turkey said it was setting up further observation posts. and now hope at long last for three million syrian civilians and that look russia's defense ministry insists now there will be no military offensive in that lip. well tonight in southeast asia is dealing with a deadly typhoon southern china reporting the first deaths from typhoon monk who after sweeping through hong kong on sunday the storm has lashed trying his southern coast with heavy downpours and powerful winds it's now moving inland four people are reported dead in china so far at least sixty five people died over the weekend when the storm sw

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance right after the talks are russia's defense minister announced that there is going to be no military offensive on at length he also added that all the details of the agreement which was a reach today will be discussed with the syrian government of very soon during the upcoming talks the situation in the province of idlib has been a crucial topic of discussions for weeks on the international stage between syria russia turkey the us and iran so now this decision is surely important as it eases this threat of escalation on the ground. but dana said the question of how to deal with the terrorists has dominated international talks for weeks russia turkey agreements already gone in reaction in the u.s. mint this intelligence chief calling the move quote encouraging more walk after iraq to a british thing time and also says that progress is being made bay's focus was mainly on the on the did live plant but if you go back ten days ago

ok that was the president of russia and turkey summing up their talks on the syria issue the buso making it clear that there have been some positive results some progress in resolving that issue both agreeing on a demilitarized zone between the syrian government and militants in the area the withdrawal they say of heavy equipment from the front line to fifteen kilometers that's observation of a u.n. resolution twenty two fifty four as well as a row of other agreements as well with unocal she was there she's going to give us one of us a little later on what that could mean for the wider syrian talks now of course situation is very tense and it province right now the u.n. estimates ten thousand al qaida and i will swear terrorists remain in the area posing a threat not only to those living there but also to people in boardrooms regions as well spoke to journalist eva bartlet who's recently returned from the country she told us about the situation in syria as well also what the mainstream media are failing to harlot. there i talked to the civil that started the national defense forces and t

i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us the leaders of the wrong russia and turkey are meeting at this hour to discuss the future of syria's last pocket a rebel resistance it live profits are ready and president hassan rouhani is hosting russia's president vladimir putin and turkey's head of state russia typer to walk in tehran the talks are focusing on the looming military assault on him. in northwestern syria damascus is determined to take it live province by force eight or ten seas agencies are urging world powers to avoid what they're saying could be the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in syria's seven year war. the northwestern province of idlib is syria's last rebel stronghold tens of thousands of people were bussed here when other anti-government areas fell around half of the estimated three million residents both civilians and rebel fighters have come in from other parts of the country. the first big influx came in december twenty sixth seen after government forces took control of aleppo then in twenty seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homs and in mar

the militants islam is militants inside it live and if turkey gets keeps this promise this is something mr putin gets out of this deal and russia still the main backer of the syrian government in this war. on the border between turkey and the province thank you meanwhile a russian military jet has been brought down by syrian i'm t. aircraft fire russia says all fifteen people on board were killed and blames israel for the deaths of moscow israeli pilots attacking targets in northwestern syria used the jets as a shield so that syrian forces that only shot down the russian planes near the syrian coastline russian defense ministry says maneuvers by the israeli aircraft amount to hostile provocation and says it has the right to retaliate israel has so far made no comment. straight to moscow that when we join our correspondent and we show welcome emily is russia really likely to retaliate against israel. unclear whether they actually will retaliate but those statements that we heard the fact that they reserve the right to retaliate really shows the level of anger i think in the defense ministry we saw that as well and other statemen

our top story so far today the presidents of iran russia and turkey are meeting in tehran for what could be a decisive summit in syria's seven year war there to discuss it live the last remaining rebel held province russia iran and syria have threatened an all out assault against armed groups based there despite fears of a humanitarian disaster but they say they're open to surrender deals from so-called moderate groups turkey which borders it loop and back some of the opposition fighters wants to avert military action if he has an influx of refugees from the northwest and syrian province the u.n. envoy says panic is spreading among the three million people who are there many fled to italy from other areas of fighting during the conflict the u.n. envoy to syria stephan didn't store assess all efforts my. being made to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe we have three correspondents joining us live this stuff that is on the turkey syria border chalons is standing by for us in moscow but first let's go to zain bus ravi in tehran with the talks to begin in the next zain from your vantage point

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance right after the talks or russia's defense minister announced that there is going to be no military offensive he also added that all of the details of the agreement which was a reach today will be discussed with the syrian government of very soon during the upcoming talks the situation in the province of idlib has been a crucial topic of discussions for weeks on the international stage between syria russia turkey the us and iran so now this decision is surely important as it eases this threat of escalation on the ground. to discuss this further we can now bring in alison said senior analyst at the financial news websites. you're very welcome to the program do you think this plan for a day militarized buffer zone will work in practice. well i'm not sure if you work in practice but. it's excellent. number of situations. start. with my first thought was the chemical attack we've all heard we've heard so much about in recent weeks

proof that it is a conflict owned and influenced by so many others and the presidents of iran turkey and russia matts to state their varying claims with turkey's president one warning of a bloodbath in the rebel stronghold of his talk grows a final offensive these talks could well decide what happens to millions of people in syria and really the future of this seven year civil war the syrian government says it is planning a military offensive but the united nations envoy said panic is spreading among the three million people and. they have been warnings from both france and the u.s. that they will take action particularly if chemical weapons are used what a three way meeting means three well placed correspondents to talk us through it all with what they invest into iran where the talks were held with stephanie decker over on the turkey syria border and rory chalons is in the russian capital moscow hello to all three of you i'm going to start with just one question which i want an answer from all three of you and that is to say that the country where you are reporting from talk us through the of

remain on tomorrow that is when you have the trilateral meeting in town hall and between iran turkey and russia everyone expects something to be agreed upon there what this offensive what kind of shape it will take whether it will be limited to certain areas certain groups or a wide scale turkey is doing everything to avoid a large scale offensive it is its worst case scenario is to have a fresh influx of flock fresh push of syrian refugees i.d.p.'s towards its borders fleeing the fighting the borders remain closed turkey ready hosts over three million people we went to talk at some of the aid organizations to see how they are preparing for what they say they expect to be a potential bloodbath. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey is preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from v

or on the news are here at al-jazeera and these are the top stories the leaders of turkey and russia have agreed to create a demilitarized buffer zone in syria's province there a mist just separate syrian government troops from rebel forces and joint news conference with the turkish president object type one plot to me putin said radically minded rebels would have to pull out of that area. the head of the international monetary fund says there will be significant costs to the british economy if the u.k. would crash out of the european union without a break that deal just in the gutters want of a lot of negatives from brics it and the woman who's accused the u. . the president's supreme court nominee of sexual misconduct says she's willing to testify publicly a senate panel is due to vote on brett kavanaugh is a point this week but several members have now asked for delay. so let's go back to syria now this deal between turkey and russia and we've got now one couple in with us here director of policy analysts at the doha institute a kind of want to separate this out into one the actua

down this guardian how leno was typical of the western media coverage just before the leaders of russia turkey and iran got together just because the future of the last opposition held strong called in syria did the meeting in tact eliminate the danger of an imminent bloodbath and was it ever on the cards to discuss that i'm now joined by alexi klebnikov middle east expert at the russian international affairs council alexey thank you very much for your time thank you for coming over thank you for inflation now i'm sure you watch the broadcast of the tax meeting which was quite unusual in a sounds of allowing all of us a glimpse of how global leaders tangled with one another behind closed doors let's watch a clip of what happened at this meeting and then discuss it and even if we declare a cease fire this will be a victory for the summits and the most important step in the process will give peace of mind to civilians that it is usually a big state to do but if we don't have representatives of the opposition at the table. i soon to be the president of turkey is right that would be good too but w

number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia reported attack came after the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in neighboring province to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means that will be no military assault russian president vladimir putin struck a deal with his turkish counterpart regift type at talks in sochi zone is expected to be established in just under a month's time on have one of a blog if syrian government forces backed by russia and iran attempt to recapture the last rebel held territory the un warned that a full scale offensive on would lead to the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the twenty first century. so we decided to create a demilitarized zone between the rebels and the government by the fifteenth of october this year it will be fifteen to twenty kilometers wide rebels must withdraw from there including al nusra front according to our proposal by the tenth of october heavy artillery must be removed from the tanks all the machinery guns all removed from the by opposition forces. in i

i'm phil gale welcome to the program the leaders of russia and turkey have agreed to establish i think the militarized zone in syria as it lived province it limits the last major stronghold of syria's anti-government rebels and more than three million civilians are trapped that over recent weeks the syrian government backed by russian forces have been threatening an all out attack on the region turkey on the opposite side of the conflict a fierce an influx of thousands of refugees across its border in what the u.n. has warned could become a humanitarian catastrophe no details have yet been. at least about exactly where this safe step will be established. the promise from ridge of thai air to one and let him have hooten it live will be a safe haven they'll be no bitter battle for control of the last rebel held province in syria. hootin an heir to one of agreed to set up a demilitarized zone by mid october they say russian and turkish troops will patrol a buffer strip between syrian government forces and rebels. but. we both agree that implementation of the plan steps will give new amoun

terrible a humanitarian catastrophe to avoid this turkey russia and iran need to mediate a shared goal but with very different motives for. turkey more than anything wants to prevent hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees from pouring across its border it also wants to stop the kurds from founding an independent state in syria russia and iran on the other hand are primarily concerned with expanding their influence in the region they want a unified syria under president bashar al assad. seven years of war in syria have left at least three hundred fifty thousand dead millions of refugees and a country in ruins if the offensive on it live does go ahead as many as eight hundred thousand people could be forced to move again which. is anyone's guess i. owe. the frontrunner and brazil's presidential president luis ignacio lula da silva was jailed on corruption charges and disqualified for money in an already divided nation the incident couldn't outrun the election upside down. the moment that could alter the course of a country the front runner in brazil is presidential race stabbed in the

this is deja vu news live from berlin a possible reprieve for war ravaged syria russia and turkey agreeing to set up a demilitarized zone in problems effectively delaying an offensive against the rebel forces dug in there the deal could prevent a major humanitarian crisis is. also coming up to someone try to kill this russian dissidents german doctors treating a member of the russian activist group pussy riot say it is quite highly plausible that he was in fact poisoned they say computers or various off all flights apart support and are confident he will recover. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the leaders of russia and turkey have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone in syria's provinces the last major stronghold of anti-government rebels inside syria now more than three million civilians are currently trapped there until now it has been almost entirely controlled by rebels and is a must to hottest but in recent weeks the syrian government has threatened to attack it love and its capital city city so this deal could prevent a major humanitarian crisis but details are

are suspected as right strikes and last half an hour well this came hours after the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in syria to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means that will be no military assault the russian president vladimir putin struck a deal with his turkish counterpart worship type after lengthy talks in sochi for each one is reports now from moscow. for weeks it has been bracing itself for the year so it seemed imminent damascus and. asco signaled it was coming but they wanted to clear out syria's final rebel stronghold and after a lol bombs had started falling again but following a marathon meeting in sochi it looks like turkey's president has persuaded liberia putin try something different for a while at least the assault is off now that they are. joining the meeting we took a close look at the situation and decided to create a demilitarized zone along the contact line a syrian government forces and the armed opposition fifteen to twenty kilometers deep by the fifteenth of october of the current ye

and syria do this is why they actually don't know what russia and turkey do have a mutually beneficial economic relationship and even though it at least as it is a vet line that it's drawn it will not go to war with russia all while that is of course certain it is not having a good relationship with the united states as well what the russians are saying is if you can really in this extremist. he's been trying to do it or has been successful thus are you saying give us more time so we can cause an internal split and we can have the new go some so russia me sort of get in and insert one big war have the war stressed over several months and specifically attack this group even though as i said earlier they even then that are civilian casualties likely russia and turkey have cooperated in the past what often which is a militant secessionist school that ducie deems a security threat itself with little operating it live i think we'll have more on saturday. question and reporting for us from beirut thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state mike f

really is live the focus of this meeting today in tehran turkey we know has long supported on assad rebels but has also called freighted with russia and iran on talks over syria in recent years techie very keen not to have a military offensive on its border what is turkey most concerned about right now as far as it is concerned. well as the humanitarian consequence but let me just bring you back to what the president said there i think he gave a couple of important hints as to how perhaps we may see if the begin to shape up he said that the the safety of air base had this is the russian military base in lattakia needs to be guaranteed by all means well you can read between the lines into that that perhaps an offensive an escalation of what we've seen over the last couple of days of air strikes in those southern areas southern province in the areas of good targets of the group. that's the group formerly known as in a store front linked to al qaida it seems he seems to be agreeing that he also said that moderate opposition should be in key positions across the province so i think reading between the lines it seems that the turkish p

we had iran russia and turkey meeting in. everyone puts a nice face on it but it was a disaster it was a car wreck well i think well the very fact that turkey russia and iran walked on something together for the first time when i think three centuries you know if you look at the history of conflict we never could you know agree on something in common you know who's the odd man out i think in this time where it's of course president this time. but it's very unfortunate because basically when i talk to syria and so they all agree that the war is a war there was should be all would be quiet should be but it looks like it's going to be reignited in a really big way the problem is that their position has exhausted its potential i mean it's clear that syrians want want peace in the country is exhausted everything is more or less clear you know and the syrians they simply have no guts no desire for forty continued war so they're really irritated by this continued uncertainty about ok ok that's ok that's exactly what we want to get y

leaders from russia iran and turkey are set to meet the syrian government offensive to recapture the lost rebel stronghold of it live. on welcome my name's peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up talks to end the conflict in yemen stall this was the rebels claim they were prevented from attending a meeting in geneva. a frontrunner in brazil's presidential election is staffed as a campaign rally. and will meet palestinian children in the occupied west bank who school will soon be demolished by the israeli authorities. our top story the presidents of iran russia and turkey are jews to meet in the coming hours in tehran for what could be a decisive summit in syria's seven year long war they're there to discuss it live that's the last remaining rebel held province russia iran and syria have threatened an all out assault against armed groups based there despite fears of a humanitarian disaster but they say they're open to surrender deals from so-called moderate groups turkey which borders it live and back some of the opposition fighter

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance. with the u.n. estimates ten thousand journalists are terrorists remain in italy a province posing a threat not only to those who live there but also to people in bordering regions to question how to deal with the terrorists is dominated international conversation for weeks to take it is already garnering reaction in the u.s. with its intelligence chief calling the move quote encouraging. the same back chief professor of international relations at ankara's middle east technical university says the two leaders have taken a crucial step toward syria peace the decision is very important indeed it leaves stadium on one there is no floor of migration there is no fighting there is no expected clash between the government forces and the radical groups i think. speaking both president. very unexpected result in a positive. in the long run and probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups believe. not only

know when you look at the bigger picture and all the international actors involved here israel russia turkey the united states qatar saudi arabia the list goes on so it is a very complicated picture and certainly the conflict is not over yet thank you very much stephanie deca in antakya near turkey's border with syria thank you stephanie. now the future of the highest court in the united states hangs in the balance of a sexual assault allegations which threaten to derail the confirmation process of president trump supremes court nominee christine blasi ford alleges brett kavanaugh tried to assault her when they were in high school and her lawyer says she is prepared to testify publicly to the senate judiciary committee it's juta vote on his appointment this week but some members have requested a delay have an office called the accusations completely false and says he is also willing to talk to the committee to defend his integrity. well u.s. president donald trump says a little delay might be needed on the cavanagh vote but that he's still on track for superman course approval george kavanag

well russia and turkey have agreed to set up by demilitarized zone in syria's last rebel held province of idlib it's hoped this will keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means they'll be no military assault which many were fearing challenge reports from moscow. for weeks it libya's been bracing itself for the assault that seemed imminent damascus and moscow both signaled it was coming for they wanted to clear out syria's final rebel stronghold and after a low bombs had started falling again but following america meeting in sochi it looks like turkey's president has persuaded liberia putin to try something different for a while at least the assault is off and the syrians joining the meeting we took a close look at the situation and decided to create a demilitarized zone along the contact line of syrian government forces and the armed opposition fifteen to twenty kilometers deep by the fifteenth of october of the current year. it's a success for reptile bird or one who has mounted an urgent diplomatic campaign to avert what the united nation

take remain came as something of a surprise since russia and turkey on opposite sides of the conflict russia wants more influence in the region and thought it could achieve that by backing syrian president assad with that goal in mind russia was ready to support a large scale military offensive turkey however was against their offensive from the start fearing an influx of tens of thousands more syrian refugees so turkey increased its military presence in the region this video was taken last friday turkey said it was setting up further observation posts. and now hope at long last for three million syrian civilians and the russia's defense ministry insists now there will be no military offensive in that lip. or i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow tonight emily sure when and our correspondent julia hung she is right on the turkish border with it live province tonight good evening to both of you really let me start with you flesh this out this deal out for us between two countries on opposite sides of the syrian conflict. well but as you say two countries on opposite sides of t

meanwhile is a separate meeting to decide it libs fate iran russia turkey have been unable to overcome their differences iranian leader hassan rouhani hosted russian president vladimir putin and turkish president ventured type one in tehran turkey push for a cease fire which was rejected by russia and iran raising fears of an imminent offensive the three countries did however agree to keep talking aid agencies say an offensive against it leave could be the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in syria's a seventy year war if that catastrophe materialize president heard one said his country would not be able to help. turkey right now is hosting three point five million syrian refugees lib's population is three point five million people now turkey does not have the resources or power to host a further three point five million people. let's get more from t.w. turkey correspondent julie han in istanbul welcome you here what's at stake here for turkey. well eclipse for turkey is a major security concern not only because the battle over could lead to a final decision in the syrian civil war in

together with russia we will make maximum effort to get rid of radical groups from this territory turkey and russia will patrol this territory to ensure compliance. right after the talks are russia's defense minister announced that there is going to be a no military offensive on at length he also added that all the details of the agreement which was a reach today will be discussed with the syrian government of very soon during the upcoming talks now the situation and the province of ed lepper has been a crucial topic of discussions for weeks on the international stage so now this decision is surely important as it. easer says the threat of escalation on the ground. that's within a culture of insult chief bringing us the story thank you. ok we're going to take huge three minute break but with more. it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active and rich in the nineteen seventies crittle had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company growing untold develops in the divide a drug that was promoted as completel

this agreement because from what we understand this agreement was reached yesterday between turkey and russia without the involvement of bashar al assad ok now this is a very big turkey and president. well he said yesterday that he believes with this agreement major a huge humanitarian disaster was present prevented for him yes this is a diplomatic success he is the man who convinced president putin of another solution of a compromise but this is not an entirely selfless move here by turkey's president he has geopolitical interests in syria he seeks to establish a longer term presence and that's why he wanted such a buffer zone for it live from the very beginning he wants to make sure that he is one of the men at the table when there will be negotiations about syria's political future. right across. the border thanks very much. the south korean president again has arrived in north korea for his third and possibly most challenging summit with its leader kim jong un but can he restart nuclear talks promising discussions on denuclearization with the united states earlier this year have since sta

how exactly it will unfold that they say will be decided at the negotiating table between iran russia. turkey but there is a consensus that the battle will be the final major battle of this war. on the turkey syria border. argentina's sinking economy and currency crash is starting to have a negative impact on one of latin america's most stable economies neighboring chile has seen its slump in what's being called the time it is a latin america editor lucien human. santiago's cost the net a center is one of latin america's largest and most modern shopping malls until recently it was full of origin times conspicuous because they'd come with suitcases to shop til they dropped now they're still conspicuous by their absence. argentina represents fifty two percent of our tourism maybe we've been too dependent on them because when they fall into their periodic economic crisis the impact here is very strong. the fallout from argentina's currency crash has already reached chile arguably latin america's most stable economy. at a five star hotel but. for us the drop in tourism will be terrible especially