that is sergey lavrov right there. he is speaking from the russian foreign minister, as we are saying, he will be speaking with the syrian foreign minister. we're just waiting for our translation. we'll have it very shortly hopefully and we'll be crossing to that press conference and listening in to what both gentlemen have to say. we expect them to speak about isil and political process after the recent vienna talks there. let's cross over to rory challands, joining us from moscow. as we wait to bring that press condition presence in english to our viewers, rory, just tell us what these men are expecting, hoping to achieve. >> we expect kite tense confrontations with turkey because of the downs of the russian jet on tuesday. the syrians are annoyed with turkey, as well. >> let's just listen in for a moment. >> without any military standard, double standard. we have to abandon double standards and act and abandon support for terrorist organizations. >> and we have to join forces to contain this taker. it is the respons

turkeys foreign minister held a one hour long conversation with his counterpart, sergey lavrov. sergey lavrov was actually due to visit ankara on wednesday, however that trip was canceled as a result of that downing of the jet, however, turkey is trying to stress that they don't want this situation to get worse. how that plays out in moscow, we still have to figure out, because lavrov said this incident cannot go without some sort of a reaction, but all sides here at least in at your co hope that the situation doesn't get any worse. >> we have been following the russian reaction from moscow. >> the headline, really, that came out of what lavrov said this afternoon was this, russia is not and doesn't intend to go to war with turkey. that of course would be a big relief for anyone watching anxiously or sign was military escalation, but he said some could not go without a response from russia, and he said that normalization of relations with turkey would be impossible, until turkey essentially says we're very sorry for what we have done. now, in terms of the criticism that the russ

sergei lavrov says russia does not intend to go to war with turkey. in that russian attitudes to the turkey people haven't changed they just have questions about the actions of the leadership. turkey's president defending what it has done. >> translator: nobody should expect us to remain silent when our border security is constantly breached. our legal rights and right of independence are undermined. we are only defending our own security, and the right of our brothers. >> reporter: turkey wants russia's air attacks on turkmen rebels to stop. it insists isil is not operating in that part of northern syria, and that russia knows this. >>> let's go to jamal live for us now in ankara, you'll tell me whether there has been any reaction to what the pilot said. but there could be a meeting between him and sergei lavrov in the next few days, but russia is sort of pouring cold water on this. >> yes, david, the turks have essentially wasted no effort in trying to calm things down at least publicly speaking. they have been trying to say the right things in term

sergei lavrov canceled wednesday's scheduled visit to turkey. the second response was commercial. it was advised it was unsafe for them to travel to turkey one of their favorite tourist destination. a russian warship is now being sent to the latakia coast line and cooperation with turkey's armed forces are being stopped. >> turkey being a member state of the nato line, and russia wouldn't be in that turkey wouldn't go in war with russia, but what was the most likely intention of turkey. >> russia may look for more ways to retaliate, possibly

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made the comment after meeting his syrian counterpart in moscow. it's the latest in the war of words between the two countries after turkey shot down a russian fighter jet on tuesday. in a further sign of worsening relations, moscow will suspend visa free travel on january 1st. the turkish president has offered to meet with vladimir putin at the paris talks next week but he is standing his ground saying that russia is playing with fire. rory challands has more from moscow. >> reporter: strategic partners was how this man described syria in russia and the country's foreign ministers were certainly speaking with one voice on friday. >> translator: isis militants receive free weapons and passage. we are talking about militants from several countries.

foreign minister sergey lavrov, while turkey says it deserves an apology from russia after it violated air space. rory challands reports. >> speaking with one voice in moscow on friday. >> translator: i.s.i.s. militants receive weapons and free passage. they don't have to use parachutes. we are talking about militants from several questions. turkey made the step to shoot down the russian jet because it supports and encourages those terrorists. >> reporter: they were meeting to discuss practical steps for pushing forward vienna process, the mechanism they hope will find a political settlement for syria. >> we have agreed that a list of terrorist groups that will be secluded from any political negotiations needs to be drafted. then vienna needs to go through the u.n. security council. it is absolutely clear that without it political peace talks between moderate opposition and the syrian government cannot take place. >> reporter: in southern russe were military funerals. alexander was the pilot shot dead parachuting to the ground are viewed as heroes in russia. not in turkey, these protes

sergei lavrov canceled wednesday's scheduled visit to turkey. the second response was commercial.it was advised it was unsafe for them to travel to turkey one of their favorite tourist destination. a russian warship is now being sent to the latakia coast line and cooperation with turkey's armed forces are being stopped. >> turkey being a member state of the nato line, and russia wouldn't be in that turkey wouldn't go in war with russia, but what was the most likely intention of turkey. >> russia may look for more ways to retaliate, possibly ratcheting up the air campaign against turkey's armed group in syria. until now the air campaign has been going fairly smoothly. no longer it's just off its first combat fatalities. for that to happen solely at the hands of isil or other rebels would have been considered an expected cost of war. but it didn't. it was inflicted by a country that russia said it treated as a friend. rory challengrory challands, moscow. >> there were light bombs and shots that might be signals to the pilot. the areas around all front engagement points of the positi

there was a press conference between sergey lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, and they both talked together about how they were in favor of pushing ahead with a political settlement for syria that would involve a transitional government that would involve a new constitution, that would involve fresh elections and a ceasefire to make this all happen, all of this taking operation with the space of hopefully about 18 months. that looked good. it looked as if there was progress being made and that maybe some of the clear space between the two different sides of syria was starting to be closed. just a few days after that, sergey lavrov spoke out again saying that he did not see any view, any vision of peace in syria without president assad and he wished that the western powers would drop this insistence that assad has to go. maybe we are back where we started. certainly it is a difficult question with no answer yet. >> 21 arrested in raised in brussels and elsewhere, but the maybe suspect has eluded them. saleh abdeslam is accused of p

. >> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow has question about turkey's commitment in fighting what he called terrorism in syria. he's been holding a press conference in moscow along with his syrian counterpart. they agreed that the only way for a political peace process to begin is to get the opposition and the sir i can't be government talking with the help of the international community. >> we agreed that a list of terrorist groups that will be excluded from any political negotiations needs to be drafted. it will be the needs to go through the u.n. security council. it is absolutely clear that without it, political peace talks cannot take place. >> this is what the syrian foreign minister had to say: >> isis militants received weapons and free passage. they didn't have to use parachutes, we are talking militants that received medical help and weapons from turkey. turkey made the step to shoot down the russian jet because it supports and encourages those terrorists. >> let's bring in rory challands joining us from moscow. rory, both foreign ministers, both strong allies on th

s special envoy to syria will meet with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov later in the moscow it's latest diplomatic efforts to end the syrian conflict. as the war in syria continues those who fled to neighboring lebanon are facing another crisis, babies born there to syrian parents risk not being officially recognizes. zeina khodr has more on the agreeing problem of children who fine themselves without any nationality. >> reporter: these children are among a new generation of stateless people. two-year-old mohamed, one-year-old, her cousin, they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escape from the war but are now faced with another crisis. she says she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her own residency and she doesn't some the money to do that. >> translator: living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they haven't been registered and we can't go back to syria because i have no proof that never mine. >> reporter: for this family and many like them whatever money they make

that's reason enough to tread carefully. >> sergei lavrov says russia does not intend to go to war with turkey, that attitudes haven't changed. they have questions about the actions of turkey's leadership. >> turkey's president defended what its air force has done. >> translator: nobody should expect us to remain silent when our border security is constantly breached. our legal rights and our right of independence are undermined. we have no intention of escalating this incident. we are only defending our own security and the rights of our brothers. >>tie wants russia's air attacks on turkmen rebels to stop. it insists isil is not operating in that part of northern syria and that russia knows this. rory challands, al jazeera, mosque co. >> john kerry reached out to his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov today to discuss russia's response to what happened in turkey. the secretary of state spoke with russia's foreign minister on the phone. kerry expressed con dole he knews. he urged lavrov to keep the crisis from escalate okay and called on him to help find a diplomatic solution. russian f

today, sergey lavrov and i and stefan joined representatives from the arab league, china, egypt, theuropean union, france, germany, iran, iraq, italy, jordan, lebanon, oman, qatar, russia, saudi arabia, turkey, the uae, the uk, and the united nations. and we did so because we all recognize the urgency of the moment. there can be no doubt this crisis is not syria's alone to bear. the impacts of this war bleed into all of our nations, from the flood of desperate migrants seeking refuge within the region or in europe or beyond. to the foreign terrorist fighters who make their way into syria to join the ranks of groups like daish, to self-radicalized fighters living among us, their minds poisoned by daish's propaganda and lies. now, obviously, those of us who met in vienna today, the international support group on syria, do not agree on all the issues when it comes to syria. we still differ, obviously, on the issue of what happens with bashar al assad. but we are relying on the political process itself, led by syrians, which it will be going forward. and with syrians negotiating with syr

special an sa envor syria will meet with sergei lavrov in moscow.t of the effort to his end the syrian conflict. but president's assad's future role is still a main obstacle. gerald tan has the details. >> reporter: the outcome of an aerial bombing campaign laid to bear. this video up loaded onto social media is set to show damage caused either by russian or syrian military strikes. in the city of raqqa. there is no way of independently verifying this. the russian government says it's working with syrian opposition groups to fight isil but the free syrian army says it isn't within of them. >> translator: we are in a state of war with the russians. they are bombarding the positions of the freer is i can't army and all infrastructure and hospitals. if they want to coordinate with the free syrian army they have to stop all miles an hour tail i operations forever and be ready to move forward to the final stage. a transitional stage without assad under the sponsorship of the united nations. >> reporter: the issue you of assad's future continues to be the

today, sergey lavrov and i and stefan joined representatives from the arab league, china, egypt, theuropean union, france, germany, iran, iraq, italy, jordan, lebanon, oman, qatar, russia, saudi arabia, turkey, the uae, the uk, and the united nations. and we did so because we all recognize the urgency of the moment. there can be no doubt this crisis is not syria's alone to bear. the impacts of this war bleed into all of our nations, from the flood of desperate migrants seeking refuge within the region or in europe or beyond. to the foreign terrorist fighters who make their way into syria to join the ranks of groups like daish, to self-radicalized fighters living among us, their minds poisoned by daish's propaganda and lies. now, obviously, those of us who met in vienna today, the international support group on syria, do not agree on all the issues when it comes to syria. we still differ, obviously, on the issue of what happens with bashar al assad. but we are relying on the political process itself, led by syrians, which it will be going forward. and with syrians negotiating with syr

we're talking about foreign minister sergey lavrov. cnn's matthew chance live for us in moscow. look, a lot of back-and-forth. russia says exactly the opposite of what turkey says. and now we've learned that syria, in the middle of all of this, it was syrians who helped rescue the russian pilot who survived. do we know if he was ever in enemy hands? >> reporter: we don't, unfortunately, poppy, no. but we do know that this was a big operation involving special forces from russia and from syria. we know that it lasted 12 hours, according to the russian defense ministry, and it was taking place obviously in very hostile territory. we've also seen video that the rebels themselves, videotaped of the two russian helicopters scouring the countryside trying to search for those downed russian airmen. one of them coming under fire. one of those helicopters forced to land, one of the russian marines was killed on board in that. so they lost two people, it seems, involving the plane shootdown. one, the pilot, one on the ground trying to rescue him. the co-pilot or the navigator has now been

foreign minister sergei lavrov said that th situation was a planned provocation. rory challands reports. >> murderers, they chanted. many russians are angry with turkey. this is the turkish embassy in moscow. eggs were thrown, a few arrests made. >> this is the embassy of murderers, in my opinion. instead of being honest and trusted partners, they showed their beastly grin. >> a russian pilot shot to death by turk men rebels while pair smooth shooting from his plane. a marine also dies and a helicopter was destroyed. but the russian navigator had a lucky escape. >> he was safe. the pilot navigator. i believe he's already at our base. he's like all the others involved in the operation, including the rescue operation who have received state awards. the ministry of defense has come up with this proposal, and the plane commander will be awarded. >> later the navigator appeared on russian television to give his account. >> there has been no warning, neither on the radio, nor visually. there has been no contact whatsoever. so we started the combat course as usual. [ pla

envoy to syria who has been in moscow for a meeting with the foreign minister sergey lavrov. we'll have more on that after the break. now for this newshour, that's it from us, see you in a couple of minutes. of minutes. >>>stepping down the romanian prime minister and his government resign following mass protests. >> i'm shiulie ghosh in doha. also coming up. a cargo plane crashes in south sudan killing 41 people. we are live in juba. russia intensifies weapons to fush for a diplomatic -- push for a diplomatic solution. the historic first, leaders of china and taiwan are set to meet for the first

russia's government's position sergei lavrov said that the incident was a planned provocation by turkey. we have more from rory challands. >> murderers, they chanted. many russians are angry with turkey, and protests have occurred in a few cities in the past hours. this is the turkish embassy in moscow where eggs were thrown. >> this is the embassy of murderers, people instead of being honest partners showed their beastly grin. >> their pilot was shot to death while parachuting from his burning plane. a marine died and a helicopters with destroyed. but the russian jet's navigator had a lucky escape. >> he was safe. the pilot's navigator. he's already at our base. he's like all the others involved in the operation, including the rescue operation, they will receive state awards. the ministry of defense has come up with this proposal and the plane commander will be rewarded the star 69 hero russian federation posthumously. >> there has no warning. there had been no contact whatsoever. so we started the combat course as usual. keep in mind the speed of the bomber and the f-16 fighter jet. >

we are hearing from sergei lavrov, russia in general is ratcheting up criticism of turkey.ke sure that russia is an ally in this? aaron: the russians have different interests then we do. they see bashar al-assad as a bulwark against the islamic state. they want to use syria to get out from under sanctions in ukraine and essentially change the channel. vladimir putin wants a hand in this game, and he has grabbed center stage. the thing with the turks, however, is a serious problem because it really points up how fundamental the fun -- how fundamental the differences are. turkey is more interested in hammering the kurds in northern syria than fighting isis. let's be clear about the turks. we rarely criticize mr. erdogan. he has made turkey and open conduit for the flow -- forget refugees, he has done a good job in spending billions in acquiring the 2 million refugees he now hosts, but he has also allowed his border to be used as the free flow of recruits to the islamic state and to allow syrian opposition along -- among islamists who are not our friends to come and go freely.

he's meeting at what is a significant gathering right now with sergey lavrov, the russian foreign ministere process there is on the table. let's take a listen again with our translator. >> translator: -- friendship goes back to the first day of the existence of our country through two world wars up to the remarkable partnership that exists between us. but those moments, those devastating moments, remind us that that which links france to the united states goes beyond the strong alliance of our governme governments since centuries. in our darkest hours and particularly during our darkest hours, the united states and france are united together. and this is why we will offer france all the support we can as they track the monsters who prepared those attacks. exactly like france would do for us. today, the common engagement of our two countries are both profound and strong. for me, it is also personal. the ambassador of the united states is working tirelessly to help the american citizens affected by that tragedy and our government works along with the french authorities to identify the americ

secretary of state john kerry and russian minister sergey lavrov spoke. significant advance against i.s.i.l. al jazeera, zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: this is a significant break through and a strategic gain, the siege of queris military airport last now been broken. i.s.i.l. has been pushed back. the syrian government and its allies have an air base in the north of the country after losing control of others over the years. if the mill tri is abl militaryn ground, they have won this battle but the war has many fronts and the government and its allies have mounted multiple offenses across northern syria mainly against the rebels and not i.s.i.l. again i.s.i.l. there has been little success. the u.n. special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world leaders are scheduled to hold another round of talks on saturday but even before a u.n. led peace process can begin, the players should agree on a list of participants. the syrian government has long called its opponents terrorists, now it must recognize an opposition. it is no

i think sergey lavrov and stefan would agree with me that in today's meeting there was a broad based sense of revulsion and horror and a deep commitment to try the bring an end to the violence in the region and in the world. >> this time several concrete steps were agreed to and a time line was established. first, the establishment of formal negotiations between the opponents of the syrian regime and the regime. to begin no later than january 1st. >> translator: the syrian government has already informed stefan de mastura of the composition of their delegation. should be representative and reflect the whole spectrum of political forces. >> reporter: the next goal, the establishment within six months from now of a nonsectarian unity government that would among its other duties oversee the establishment of a new constitution. and finally, an imiz on emphasif transparency and accountability. it was clear the delegations assembled felt there was no time to waste. >> europeans, middle east, west, are all united on those who try odivide it and spread panic. the best response is actually co

that was just announced by sergey lavrov.t is the abolition of the visa free program for russian tourists to go to turkey and turkish tourists to go oh r.b.i. beyond that, we also know that there are various economic sanctions on the way. essentially they're being tested already. they are stopped at the border for hygiene problems and sanitary problems. that is a strong suggestion that there is going to be embargoes and things like that just around the corner. the russian government has given its ministries a couple of days to draw up a list of things that they think need to be bobbed, leveed against that come from turkey. we don't have the full list yet, but it's just around the corner. >> rory, thank you. >> authorities in mali arrested two suspects linked to last week's attack at a luxury hotel. the two american were identified using information found on that one of the attacker's cell phones. their identities are not released. 21 people including 14 foreigners were killed in the attack last friday. >> protestors in chicag

sergey lavrov says russia gives its full support to staffan de mistura's efforts, but the syrian people need to lead the way. >> we need to clarify what is the opposition, the moderate opposition and should become the partners with the negotiations. there needs to be a mutual understanding. this is the key principle reiterated in vienna. the political process should be syrian led, owned by the syrian people, who define the destiny of the country. >> on the grounds governments have retaken control of a highway, joining aleppo to hama. it is critical as a supply route to bring in future weapons. >> reporter: the outcome of an aerial bombing campaign laid bear. this video uploaded is said to show damage caused either by russian or syrian military trials in the city of raqqa. there's no way which to independently verify this. the free syrian army says it is not one of the groups. >> we are in a state of war with the russians, they are bombarding the possess of the "three muskateers." if they want to coordinate, they have to stop all matters forever. a traditional stage under the sponsorship

foreign minister sergei lavrov said that russia does not intend to go to war with turkey. they just ask questions about the actions of turkey's leadership. in istanbul turkey defended what it's air force has done. >> no one should expect us to remain silent when our border security is constantly breached. our rights and our right of independence are undermined. they have no intention of creating this incident. we're only defending our own security and the rights of our brothers. >> turkey wants russia's air attacks to stop. it insists isil is not operating in that part of northern syria, and that russia knows this. rory challands, al jazeera, moscow. >> well, james bays has more now on the situation from the united nations. >> the angry words and very different versions of events are coming from ankara and from moscow. but other countries watching this are very keen to de-escalate the situation because it remains a dangerous situation. they're keen, too, this should be a dispute between turkey and russia. a bilateral dispute, not a dispute that widens into one between russ

today sergei lavrov and i join representatives from the arab league, china, france, germany, iraq, jordan, lebanon, oman, qatar, russia, saudi arabia, turkey, the uae, the u.k., and the united nations. we did so because we all recognize the urgency of the mome moment. there can be no doubt this crisis is not syria's alone to bear. the impacts of this war bleed into all of our nations from the flood of desperate migrants seeking refuge within the region or in europe or beyond. to the terrorists who make their ways into groups like daich, to self-radicalized groups, their minds poisoned by propaganda and lies. obviously those of us met in vienna today, the international support group in syria do not agree on all the wlishs it comes to syria. we still differ obviously on the issue of what happens with bashar al assad. we are relying on the political process itself led by syrians which it will be going forward. with syrians negotiating with syrians, that that can help to bring a close to this terrible chapt chapter. we do agree that it is time for the bleeding to stop, it is time to deprive t

at this point, all the words coming from europe and from russia, sergey lavrov said his country will not go to war against turkey. so far, there is more calming words, but obviously there is still that threat of some sort of retaliation particularly after president putin said that this incident cannot go without some sort of response. there is still a lot of tension in the air. >> thank you, jamal. >> french president francois hollande is meeting the german chancellor today to shore up support for a global coalition against isil. hollande met with president obama at the white house on tuesday, both leaders said turkey's downing of that russian jet does complicate the campaign. president obama said the only way russia can be part of the anti isil coalition is if it actually targets isil in its airstrikes and not groups opposed to syria's president. >> russia's the outlier. we hope they refocus their attention on what is the most substantial threat and that they serve as a constructive partner. >> the president declined to set a time loin for when they want russia to stop its air campa

. >> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that the foreign minister expressed condolences in their talks by telephone. lavrov accused him of trying to justify the downing of the russian plane. he said he refused to meet with him. in moscow about 400 protesters gathered in front of the turkish embassy. within banner read the turkey -- another said it's wrong for anyone to stab russia in the back. some protesters splashed paint on the building and hurled eggs and stones. >>> insurgents claiming to be linked to the islamic state militant group said they were behind an attack. it said one member detonated an explosive belt. 12 people were killed and more than ten others wounded. militants have been active in the north african country since the autocratic government collapsed in the arab spring uprising. the government has been struggling against a wave of high profile terror attacks. in march killing more than 20 people. in june a gunman went on a shooting rpage at a beach resort. nearly 40 people died. the latest attack after authorities started increasing their crack down. >>> japane

those russian-lead air strikes in syria that drove a wedge between moscow and the west, but said sergei lavrovaying it is not crucial for the syrian president to say in power. paul brennan has more on what that means for u.s.-russian relations. >> reporter: in september after a series of defeats at the handing of rebel groups and isil, russia started carrying out air strikes in syria, supporting assad's government forces. vladimir putin suggesting that bolstering assad was simply the only way to defeat isil. >> translator: we think it's an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperation with the syrian government and its armed forces. we should finally acknowledge that no one but president assad's armed forces and the militia are truly fighting the islamic state. >> reporter: most of the air strikes have not been aimed as isil, instead targeting rebel groups trying to overthrow assad. last week assad travelled to moscow to meet with putin, marking his first trip outside of syria since the start of the war in 2011. as for the new suggestion that moscow might be willing to see a syria without assad, o

special envoy is in the russian capital on wednesday to hold talks with sergey lavrov. >> the outcome of a bombing campaign laid bear. the video uploaded is set to show damage caused by russian or syrian military strikes in the city of raqqa, there's no way of independently verifying this. >> the russian government is working with syrian opposition groups to fight i.s.i.l. the free syrian army is not one of them. we are in a state of war with the russians, they are bombarding the positions of the free syrian army, and infrastructure and hospital. if they want to coordinate. they have to stop military provisions forever, and be ready to move forward to the final stage, under the sponsorship the united nations. >> the issue of bashar al-assad's future is the main sticking point in efforts to resolve the conflict. there was renewed optimism that talks in vienna last friday between world powers backing both sides. no representative from syria was there. iran was at the table for the first time. now a senior syrian minister speaking from tehran says nothing has changed. >> some are looking

an emphasis on the political solution, john kerry conducted a second round of talks with sergey lavrov, his russian counterpart, the iranians have been at the table of these attacks, as well with that as well as other nations that have a stake in all of this and that is what they are talking about here, redouble efforts, trying to institute a ceasefire before the next round of talks january 1. no one needs to be reminded of the complexity of that task. they can't agree over who should even represent the opposition when they all sit down to try to issues substitute this ceasefire. to see nothing of the russian angle, will they continue to back assad. many think the russians are wavering after the attacks they suffered. it has been dominated by the french attacks and talks of what can be done to go after isil. >> does it appear from your vantage point that the global strategy against isil, if there is one, has changed since friday's attack or that there's more unity among the key players? >> certainly there's unity and a renewed effort on the diplomatic front. for all the talk of up be t

foreign minister sergei lavrov made comments after he met with the special envoy for syria.says he united nations is ready to host talks. but both agreed that the syrian people are key to the peace process. >> translator: we need to clarify what is the opposition? what is the moderate opposition? and should become the partners during the negotiations? there needs to be a mutual understanding between the opposition and the government. this is the key principle. it was reiterated in vienna. the political process should be syrian lead. the syrian people only can define the destiny of the country. >>> three days after his party won a majority, president erdogan is calling for a change in the constitution that would further increase his power. a spokesman for the president says he is considering a referendum of changing from a parliament to a presidential system. he has long pushed for this change, but his opponents say it would give him too much influence. he is also promising to press ahead with the military campaign against the kurds. >>> german officers have carried out raids

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made the comments in moscow. it's the latest of the war of words between the two countries moscow will suspend visa free travel starting december 1st. al jazeera's rory challands now has more from moscow. >> strategic partners was how it was described syria and russia. in a country's foreign minister was certainly speaking with one voice with moscow on friday. >> isis militants use free panels. we're talking about militants in several countries. turkey made the steps because it encourage the terrorists. >> they were meeting to discuss practical steps. >> we have agreed that a list of terrorist groups that will be excluded from political negotiations needs to be route: it needing to through the u.s. security council. it is absolutely clear that without it political peace talks between moderate opposition and the syrian government cannot take place. >> in southern russia there were the funeral. the marine killed trying to rescue an air crew downed by occur tissue jets. he and the pilot shot dead are heroes in russi

. >> sergei lavrov has called this planned provocation. and putin has accused of you deliberately driving relations between your countries to a standstill. your response. >> translator: first of all, there is no deliberate effort from our side to bring relationship to a standstill. i think these are emotional attitudes to the issue. i don't think it is the right thing to say. we have never had this kind of incident to bring the relationship to this point. >> they do keep coming. putin has accused of you effectively stabbed him in the back is the line he used and as turkey being an accomplice of terror. this is pretty fiery stuff, isn't it? >> translator: well, the expression, i don't know if he used or not. if mr. putin is saying that we are cooperating with da'ish as accomplices, i think that will be a huge mistake because we are doing the exact opposite. that is and russia is not engaged in a fight against da'ish in syria. on the contrary, there are actually targeting moderate opposition. turkey is a country that fights against terrorism

those russian-lead air strikes in syria driving a wedge between moscow and the west, but said sergei lavrovaying it is not crucial for syrian president to stay in power paul brennan has more on what that means for u.s.-russian relations. >> reporter: in september after a series of dpeets at the handing of rebel groups and isil, russia started carrying out air strikes inside syria, supporting assad's government forces. >> we think it's an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and it's armed forces, we are fighting terrorism face-to-face, we should finally acknowledge that no one but president assad's forces are truly fighting the islamic state and other terrorist organizations in syria. >> reporter: most of russia's air strikes have not been aimed at isil, instead targeting rebel groups trying to overthrow assad. assad travelled to moscow to meet with putin, his first trip outside of syria since the start of the war. u.s. officials say russia's ramped up military role in syria speaker louder than words. >> russian actions so far in syria have been to prop up the

>>phon minister sergei lavrov says russia does not intend to go to war with turkey but russian attitudes to the turkish people haven't changed. they have questions about the actions of turkey's leadership. >> turkey's president defended what his air force has done. >> no be should expect us to remain silent when our border security is breached. of our legal rights and right of independence are undermined. we have no intenti we have no intention of escalating. we are defending the rights of our brothers. tie wants russian's air attacks on turkmen rebels to stop. it insists isil is not operating in that part of northern syria and that russia noise this. rory challands, al jazeera, moscow. >> more demonstrations tonight in chicago following yesterday's release of a video showing a white police officer shooting to death a black teenager, laquan mcdonald. jason van dyke has been charged with murder in this case but certa serious questions remain. so far, this second day of protests has been peaceful. activists are planning a rally on the city's best known retail strip on black friday. al jaze

and get this -- on wednesday, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met with u.n. special envoy staffan de mistura to discuss how to initiate talks between mr. assads government and the rebels fighting his regime. but even if hope is on the horizon, big problems remain. namely, boiling tensions between two other nations at the summit -- saudi arabia and iran. thus far, the saudi and iranian foreign ministers have used the vienna talks to blame each other for syrias problems. question. what change has president obama made in his demands regarding syria to give momentum to these talks? eleanor? eleanor: some months ago he indicated that the u.s. would accept a trarpe stay for assad. they weren't demanding that he get out immediately and then about 10 days ago the president basically upped the ante with a military intervention saying that the u.s. would be sending in special ops, a couple of thousand soldiers, i believe. i think the idea of getting more muscle behind the military intervention in syria on both the u.s. and russian part is so they have kind of equal lev

foreign minister sergei lavrov has canceled a trip to turkey and has urged other russians to refrain from traveling there. the turkish president shot back. erdogan argued that the russian crew ignored repeated warnings to leave turkish airspace. he's criticizing moscow's air strikes near his border. russia claims they're targeting islamic state militants, but erdogan says they're not involved there. the united nations is seeking to dampen tensions. >> the secretary general urges all relevant parties to take urgent measures with a view to de-escalate the tensions. >> reporter: u.s. president obama also emphasized the importance of de-escalating the situation. over the phone wither doegan. he expressed the nato support for turkey's right to defend its sovereignty. it comes at a time when terrorist attacks had boosted momentum. but concerns are rising that the tensions between moscow and ankara could be a setback. >>> the leaders of france and the united states are vowing to step up their fight against islamic state militants. francois hollande and president obama following the meetingt

sergey lavrov, rush's foreign minister said it was vital that before the next set of vienna talks in two weeks time, it's vital that it's made very clear who are the terrorist groups and who are the legitimate opposition, because when there is a ceasefire introduced, the ceasefire will not apply to the extremist groups and the war against isil will definitely continue. >> plenty more ahead, including: >>> leaders of china and taiwan due to meet for the first time in 70 years, but not everyone's happy about it. >> you're watching al jazeera, the top stories romania and the prime minister and his government have resigned, following mass protests over a nightclub fire. at least 32 died in that plays in the capital bucharest on friday. even before the fire, he was under pressure to step down over corruption allegations. >>> in r.b.i. says diplomats need to agree to opposition groups to be invited to peace talks. >>> at least 41 people have died in south sudan after a cargo plane crashed after taking off in the capital. the plane was overloaded with people. >>> we're just bringing you bre

we have heard from sergei lavrov saying he is no longer going to turkey tomorrow, wednesday.hat was the planned visit he was going to make there, primarily to talk about gas, but also to talk about syria. of course in the light of events that are happening today, that visit is no longer going to happen. the other thing russians are doing is advising all of their population not to visit turkey. now russians go to turkey in huge numbers. this is an off season at the moment. it's wintertime in turkey, but there are roughly 10,000 russians on holiday there. but that is one of the things the russians are hoping will signal their displeasure to turkey. if it stops there, then nato powers, i think will breathe a very big sigh of relief. because i don't think nato powers want this to escalate further, and russia is probably behind the scenes considering how far it can go in pushing back against turkey. if it stops there, then this will be probably a situation that will have avoided getting as bad as it could possibly have got. >> rory thank you. >>> rory was mentioning nato, now let

consequences that were already evident on wednesday when foreign minister sergey lavrov grabbed a planned chris.turkey and warned russian tourists against going there on holiday. russia also announced it will be sending a guided missile cruiser to the waters around latakia around the turkish border and all russian bombers will now be escorted by fighter planes. turkey's nato allies including the u.s. have defended its right to protect its borders. but all have called for diplomacy and deescalation. >> russia is not part of the current u.s. led coalition against the islamic state group and despite calls from the french president to create a new coalition with russia onboard, the u.s. is reticent. u.s. officials say reports of heavy civilian casualties from russia's bombing campaign are one key reason why washington is unlikely to coordinate air strikes with moscow. that news comes as a disappointment to the french president francois hollande who tried to convince the u.s. to welcome russia at the coalition in a top level meeting in ashington. >> listening to the press conference, the u.s.

special envoy to syria will meet with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov later in the moscow, theit is part of the latest diplomatic efforts to try to end the syrian conflict. but president assad's future role is still one of the main obstacles, gerald tan has the details. >> reporter: the out come of an aerial bombing campaign laid bare. this video up load today social media is set to show damage caused either by russian or syrian military strikes in the city of roc raqqa. there is no way of independently verifying this. the russian government says it is working with syrian opposition groups to fight isil. but the free syrian army says it isn't one of them. >> translator: we are in a state of war with the russians, they boarding the polingses of the free syrian army and all hospitals, if they want to cooperate with the free vinnie army they have to stop all operations forever and be move to a transitional stage wowed assad under the united nations. >> reporter: the issue you of assad's future continues to be the main sticking points in efforts to his resolve the conflicts. there

they also canceled a meeting to sergei lavrov the foreign minister was supposed to go to turkey todayeak but that's not happening and he also advised russians not to travel to turkey because it's unsafe. dimitri me med vied he have said there will be turkish companies in russia might find that they are no longer welcome in the russian marketplace. of course what earn is watching for is any signs of military escalation, the general analysis seems to be at the moment is that is unlikely, at least in any overt way. just because turk is a a nato member and that is obviously the thing that russia would not walt to get in to. but what we might see is something a little more covert. maybe the campaign for the groups russia is supporting in syria. russia might give more support to turkish groupings, -- or sorry, kurdish groups that are very unpopular in in turkey, that's the thing we might start to see. >> rory challe amends life in moscow, thank you, rory. the u.s. president took the downed jet as an opportunity to reiterate their stance on the air strike, he is saying he hopes it pushes the

but the norwegians have asked sergei lavrov the russian foreign minister for an explanation. >> intriguingrory, thank you. >>> still to come on the program. police and protesters face-off at a million mask march in london. >>> saving money and saving the planet the revolutionary way plastic bottles of being reused in south africa. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep. >>> held going, the top tore stories on al jazeera. outbound british flights are set to resume among tight security. warning of traveling because of the record town because there are fears a bomb brought dawn the russian airline ore saturday. does ends are feared dead after a dam burst in brazil. homes in a town state were engulfed by a massive mudslide. campaigning is officially drawing to a close in myanmar's first openly contested apartmentlpalament. are you elections. but there are allegations of corruption. >>> what exactly caused the plane to crash in the sinai peninsula has overshadowed a visit by gyp's president to the u.k. el-sisi met dave up cameron from drowning street.

erik: megan, the president cannot be ignorant of what russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was sayingility that the turkish shooting down of the russian warplane was intentional and accusing the turks of possibly even seeking u.s. permission to go ahead with that incident. are we likely to hear anything about that today, or is the president or his advisers going to tell the president is better off ignoring it? megan: i think in this statement we are going to see i would be eally surprised if he touched on that. this could not come at a worse possible time in terms of where we are with the world tensions in the wake of paris, brussels emerging from a. lockdown. but i would be surprised in the context of the agenda he wants to bring people about national security if he touched on the specifics of this incident. in terms of what russia has said, it is becoming a very difficult and tense situation and we will have to see how russia wants to take this further and respond to put any sort of allegation that the u.s. approved this, i would be shocked if you dealt with that in any specific lan

secretary of state john kerry and sergey lavrov spoke, and the syrian government says it is make significant gains against i.s.i.l. al jazeera's zeina khodr has more. >> the siege of the military airport has been broken, i.s.i.l. has been pushed back. the syrian government and its allies now have an air base in the north of country after losing control of others over the years. if the military is able to hold ground it gives it better position to support the offensive in and around aleppo city, they have won this battle but the war has many fronts and the government and its allies have mounted multiple offenses against northern syria. and until now there has been little success. there has also been little success on the diplomatic front but the u.n. special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world and national leaders that met in vienna last month are scheduled to hold another round of talks on sunday. but the players need to agree on a list of opposition representatives who will take part in proposed negotiations. the syrian government has long called its oppo

though in a meeting with the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, secretary of state john kerry condemned the attacks. >> it is time for the bleeding in syria to stop. it is time to deprive the terrorists of any single kilometer in which to hide. it is time that we come together to help the syrian people embark on the difficult but extraordinarilyimperative of rebuilding their country. >> reporter: the secretary of state will also meet the iranian foreign minister this evening. he'll head the g-20 meeting and join president obama there tomorrow. >> rich, thank you very much. >>> so meanwhile, of course, the united states is also on high alert. major american cities now stepping up their security in the wake of the paris terror attacks. here in new york, counterterrorism units are deploying around tourist landmarks. law enforcement officials stress that there are no specific threats at this time, but they also say that obviously they are taking no chances. broin is live in our new york city newsroom. he has been looking into this. how are the law enforcement agencies responding to these at

we know that, for instance, sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister was supposed to visit turkey today. he cancelled that visit. he also encouraged russians to can sell their holiday plans in turkey. it's a very popular destination for russians. of course, there are, despite their political differences, they're on polar opposites when it comes the syrian conflict. there the a good deal of trade when russia and turkey and that could now be in danger if this relationship continues to deteriorate. now, there are reports coming out at the moment that the russians are going to deploy the s-400 air defence system in one of their bases in syria. >> that is an sad advanced air defense system with a very wide range, which, in theory, could be used in instances like what we saw yesterday. despite the rhetoric and the threats, it doesn't appear at the moment there is a desire on either the russian or turkish side to have this lead to a military escalation. max. >> there is some concern that that would be the case, but that the turks are very much making clear they don't want it to escalate.

the diplomatic effort that took center stage, the second round of talks with sergey lavrov, his russianounterpart, john kerry, that's where the focus is. a break through is not expected in italia turkey, although the talks are crucial given the context and what happened over the course of the last 48 hours to three days, they are looking at turkey, hoping that russia will come around to the u.s. side. as we said in the piece a moment ago, the russians strikes haven't targeted i.s.i.l., and when president obama sat with the president, that was the big push. russia, the u.s., is sitting back and waiting on how to re-evaluate and recalculate after the charter jet was brought down over the sinai peninsula, that is a big hope, they are trying to bring the regional partners on board, invoking the ceasefire, moving to the next round of talks. not everyone wants a ceasefire. that is the first step in the process >>> thank you mike viqueira in italia, turkey >>> the department of defense says that five guantanamo bay detainees will be travelled to the united arab emirates. officials do not pose