my paper dealt with the south china sea. my broad argument was that china's role in the south china sea has largely been a negative one. insofar as it has thought to sought to consolidate in seeking to consolidate its maritime and territorial claims, china has undermined international law as well as acted to coerce and intimidate its neighbors. as you all know, china began its aggressive consolidation of its territorial claims in december, 2013 in the south china sea, by converting small rocks into large artificial islands since then, things have moved quickly. by the end of 2017, china had operational naval and air bases in the south china sea peered by 2018, it was escalating its militarization of these features. china says it is entitled to do as it likes in its own territory. it repeated that claim in its recent defense white paper. but the truth of the matter is that sovereignty of these features has not been decided. and in fact it is hotly disputed. in the case of at least one feature that china has built on, mr. frees

secretary hillary clinton saying take freedom of navigation in south china sea is a u.s. national interest, then the chinese came back with the core interest debate. ten years ago we saw this critical juncture. there's dramatic difference between china's behavior in the south china sea in the 21st century, then after vietnam and we saw this. once again, vietnam is in that critical position. i'm very interested, i wrote something for csi about the options for vietnam. i will be very brutally honest. in 2013,'14, '15,'16, we were constantly invited to vietnam as filipenos to give certain advice. we felt we were not we did not we felt there was an implicit message that we might do some parallel deals, right. a lot of senior officials in the previous administration would say the vietnamese made us feel they might do something. a lot of times we were taking notes when it went to compulsory arbitration. what i'm trying to say is there's a lot of bashing with president duterte taking a very china-leading position but where was this before? this answers your second question. by ta

we've seen back in the 1990s, i was a surveyor in the south china sea. and my question is very simple, seeing the land grab that we've had in the south china sea and the island building. why doesn't the u.s., it would cause them absolute chaos from a psychological point of view and just operate 13 marines off of it and a helicopter and to me, it would tie up and make them spend a fortune of their budget watching this outpost in the south china sea. >> that's not a bad idea. [ laughter ] >> there are -- there is a whole range of things that the united states could do but is not doing right now and that one could certainly be considered. i don't see why not. but to give you the -- just to expand a little bit on that, the defense of taiwan is an area where this administration has improved over the record of its predecessor but it's come this far, but that leaves between here and the other side of the room. we're not doing that. there are all sorts of things that the administration could do if it -- if vice president pence's suggestion about a whole governmen

we have seen back in the 1990s a surveillance of the south china sea, the pipeline to hong kong and my question is very simple in the south china sea, with china, that was going on back then and my question is why doesn't the us so and we'll reagan in? it would cause absolute chaos from a psychological point of view and operate 13 marines off of it and the helicopter. to me it would tie up a fortune of their budget on this little outpost in the south china sea? >> that's not a bad idea. there's a whole range of things the united states could do but is not doing right now. that one could certainly be considered. i don't see why not. to expand a little bit on that the defense of taiwan is an area where this administration has improved over the record of its predecessor, but it has come this far but that leaves between here and the other side of the room. we are not doing that. there are all sorts of things the administration could do if vice president pence's suggestion about a whole government approach not just to china but to our alliances, our security architecture were made possible.

we have seen in the nineties missiles in the south china sea and hong kong and my question is this landgrab with china so my question is why does of the us it would cause absolute chaos psychologically and then the helicopter to me with the maintenance of this little outpost. >> that's not a bad idea. [laughter] there is a whole range of things that the united states could do but is not doing right now. that one we could certainly consider. i don't see why not. but the defense of taiwan is an area where this administration has improved over the record of his predecessor to have come this far that leaves between here and the other side of the room and we are not doing that. there are all sorts of things the administration could do if the vice president approached not just china but to our alliances and more specific. but there is a lot left to be done. i applied the progress that has taken place and that this administration now takes the same view of our security interest of our world and act accordingly. >>. >> former us navy service officer we are in good company. your study focuses surfac

few showers coming through but things starting to dry up as the system pushes across into the south china seas elsewhere the usual scattering of very heavy showers some heavy showers that for malaysia and down into indonesia meanwhile across australia we've had

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines i did to the south china sea by thursday pope francis has offered a christmas blessing at the vatican as part of the roman catholic church's traditional celebrations he said wishes of peace and prosperity to south sudan where negotiations are faltered between the rival sides he also mentioned conflicts around the world including syria well those are the headlines the news continues here on out jazeera off the witness reading north. but i've gotten along also the mayor more credible and with the least interested but it up coming. from him was on our little ball now don but after the news you know.

china and knows a cold day in shanghai and. you'll notice the south a massive rain here that of course is typhoon. that is actually on its way to the south china sea but a clearer day again friday generally throughout much of china cooling off in shanghai and this care skies so there is of the typhoon is working its way into the south china sea by thursday a very strong still 185 kilometers an hour those winds by thursday weakening slightly on friday but still with some very heavy amounts of rain particularly through the central philippines. what happens when times for a new life abroad are derailed by committee serious crimes from drug trafficking turn agree to. i don't remember how many times it started the way her boyfriend spoke to me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind bars double exile on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha reminder of the top stories after months of anti-government protests in iraq the largest block in finally nominated a choice for prime minister aidan his spin the governor of the oil rich boss ripoff an

toward sunday really most of the rain is going to be pushing out into the open waters of the south china sea well for australia over the next few days expect to see the heat start to rise we're going to be seeing the heat wave conditions start to come back into place across much of the south as well as over here towards the southeast we do have a funnel down to here that is pushing across the bite anything to the east of that front temperatures are on the rise so here in adelaide on saturday 38 degrees melbourne at 34 by the time we do go toward saturday and into sunday we'll be seeing a lot of the heat starting to push a little bit more towards east temples here in melbourne though a little bit of a rollercoaster over the next few days saturday at $34.00 degrees sunday coming down to about $29.00 still well above average for this time of year and over here towards monday we do expect to see a temperature of $41.00 degrees. a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study for exams and one when he still investigates the pakistani company at legibly selling fake degrees t

is this typhoon cell a very very powerful system this is typhoon it's on its way out into the south china sea but as it does that it's actually going to become even stronger so by thursday we're looking at sustained winds at about 185 kilometers an hour so that would be a category 3 system if it was in the atlantic so still some very heavy amounts of rain could be picking up about $200.00 millimeters into the philippines over the next couple of days elsewhere to the south across much of indonesia it's a fairly patchy rain becoming more widespread on friday sutton across much of borneo that we had down across into australia now we have had some very welcome showers not a huge amount of rain but want to see bits and pieces just on the east coast and so the residents certainly in sydney very pleased indeed and also what this rain will do is with the winds and with the rain it really will help with to clear out some of that pollution so that smoke and haze is just been really in the atmosphere today is now so warm to say 27 degrees no really the chance of that is also war in perth and 30 degrees

south china see. china has been making these military bases all around the south china sea. once the u.s. has an intermediate range land-based missile, they will be able to threaten every single one of those buildup islands in the south china sea. the arms race with china is on, and in many cases like these missiles, we're playing catch-up with china. >> brennan: and that is i would say an underreport, undercoverred, and also back in your scary bucket, david, because there is so much, particularly on the diplomatic front, that is causing concern with china right now. what do you wish? >> i wish i had been there when they got baghdadi. that man was evil. and to have been there when he was brought to justice i think would have been a great experience. plus i would have been able to report whether or not he screamed and cried in his final moments as the president said he did. >> brennan: undercoverred and wish you had covers? >> right. sometimes undercoverred stories are complicated. this one falls resolutely in that category. the president's relationship to people of color. his rhetoric is u

important to note that similar thinking applies to chinese forces in the south china sea. the u.s. requires constant surveillance of the pl lays -- pla navy south sea fleet ship and the company aircraft or amphibious units moving from force in southern china toward both the disputed islands and the straits. china itself has recognized the importance of isrt. even until a decade ago, china's military remained largely backwards. it lacks centralized funding, did not rigorously simulate combat situations. most of its fighter pilots did not fly at night. the pla primarily conducted territorial defense and internal security missions. still china has steadily develop its anti-sunlit capability since the 1980s, staging a series of public tests from 2007-2018. and incorporating its anti-satellite capabilities research into its space program. satellite capabilities are critical to the u.s. isrt complex. not only do they provide valuable pre-conflict intelligence, they also serve as critical communication between, communication nodes rather between u.s. forces and multiple theaters. the chine

there's a fine weather 21 celsius there for hong kong but as it's often makes its way into the south china sea is pushing for the southwest and west with temperatures dragged down quite a bit actually some cloud of rain coming in hong kong no warmer than around 16 degrees is that wet weather the tatty with the windy weather setting but the real wet and windy weather of course has been across the philippines that's going to continue making its way from aced to west pulling out into the south china sea heading towards vietnam not quite making it towards vietnam in fact is going to continue phase ling and sinking a little further south which as we go on through the next couple of days showers there across malaysia borneo seeing some rather wet weather some showers there into indonesia as well meanwhile the showers continue across southern parts of india and a developing system giving cause for concern down towards the southwest. too much sponsored by countdown to. the largest oil producer. on the foreign stock exchange was a transparency. over ambition happened for the world's largest oil produce

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across the central philippines and into the south china seaby face. a presidential candidate for ivory coast says general election has flown to spain after authorities issued an arrest warrant for him former prime minister and rebel leader sorrell was charged with what prosecutors called an attempt against a sayso 40 so rule has the loyalty of many senior army figures who previously served as rebel commanders. and people in ivory coast's have mixed views about the arrest warrants taken a small sum and it hurts me to learn that there's a warrant for sars arrest seeing as he worked the evolution of the ivory coast he previously served as the prime minister he was also the president of the national assembly it hurts my heart that someone of his authority can be prosecuted like this budget brother this is what happens when you take up arms against your country when you take up arms against them up the land it is nature itself to have. this is what must happen to him in a country governed by law things must be done according to law we must let him

and the posture in the south china sea. it will coordinate with other countries in the region to declare that we don't accept their territorial claims. we had decided probably correctly that there is no way short of war to stop them. we send it streaming through the south china sea. we still believe that this is open ocean i think we could do more of that. we should get some of our asian partners to come along with us. i think the british head done it once. we should be leading some tinkers or fritters along with us. neither we nor the international tribunal that ruled on this. i think it's more complicated. i had tended to be more sanguine about it than many i've seen as this great game changer. some of the projects have not gone particularly well. and some of the countries are actually quite reflecting on this. and what that might mean. it's not clear how much long-term influence you actually gain. it's not like you can take the railway home. if that country doesn't do what you want. if that country can't pay you that ult

few showers coming through but things starting to dry up as the system pushes across into the south china seas elsewhere the usual scattering of very heavy showers some heavy showers that for malaysia and down into indonesia meanwhile across australia we've had a few shows some useful rifle just around the southeastern corner of queensland it's northern parts of new south wales the show is tending to ease as we go on through the next couple days trial so weather will push its way back in i'm afraid i'd like getting up to 40 celsius on friday that transfers a little further east which as we go on into saturday assata things to come northerly winds melbourne around 34 degrees celsius sydney still a 24 but it will heat up here was to go on through the weekend made by well it's was the west perth with a high of 29. the at. the airline council is an experience that will never be seen. in places together. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories turkey's president was shipped typo on says he will be sending troops to libya after an invitation from its internationally r

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday part of the nose in manila and says travel is a likely to be stranded there for several days we are outside the main port the off manila where traditionally over the holiday season thousands of passengers wait to board their respective passenger ferries going back to their provinces in different islands in the philippines now christmas is a very important occasion for this predominantly catholic country and as you can see families are waiting here they've got their packages here but they've had to spend their christmas eve here because this is here this type of phone or local you know enough personal or maybe a landfall in the central region of the philippines on christmas eve one and that has grounded all pipes of travel in the country and so here they are this is where they spent their christmas eve they've only had food that's been given to them by the philippine coast guard and you have children here who have basically nowhere to sleep and they have nowhere to bathe an

province of summer and thousands are stranded the storm has since weakened and moved into the south china sea turkey's president has made an unannounced trip to china zia to push for stability in libya and korea has a 4 has offered military support to the internationally recognized government and its fighters against ward khalifa haftar 7 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants sank in eastern takis lake van 64 people were pulled from the water by imagine sea workers when the vessel capsized the lake is near the border with iran and is a regular crossing for those heading west towards europe. the iranian government is denying you know quality fuel is to blame for causing air pollution hospitals are treating thousands of iranians with breathing difficulties small gain the capital tehran has forced a week long shutdown of schools and kindergartens well those are the headlines the news continues after a rock and a hard play. this is people who are believers who are muslims but also watch a little of them as if to put on c.s.i. or humanity. the jewish person jerusalem runs true not

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across the central philippines and into the south china sea by day. thousands of christian pilgrims have gathered and best they have to celebrate christmas. they can boast in and around the church of the nativity christians believe jesus was born those are your headlines that was continues to shatter world all season. still. we are at war. i'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans to battle in a distant land. some will kill. and some will be killed. and so i come here with an cute sense of the costs of armed conflict. filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace. in our effort to replace one with the other. at. the same. time was he too had the most. need to make it all. come sit through 3 study yes. there were 5 months in a world war one both sides were in trenches they were just mass slaughter across the landscape man were standing up sleeping they were in their own feces and their dead comrades were sitting there no man's land they couldn't even get them and bring them back for burial

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday pope francis is off for the christmas blessing at the vatican as part of the roman catholic church is traditional so abrasions he said which is of peace and prosperity to south sudan where negotiations of faltered between the rival sides he also mentioned conflicts around the world including syria well those are the headlines the news continues here on out jazeera after witness reading north. they've gotten a mourner so that maybe that will kind of them get the least interested person to come to. him was on more of a ball nodong going to the news you know. we have the. right but i am oh ok that's going to be there stuff i don't know about. they are you know how much rats are like that. makes it go to show that actually yeah they had a lot of 2nd shit that was actually asked the summer like it just didn't. all the national gallery of i said yes it's still me. then maybe i wouldn't don't know not to think about of all of the some of the. only one other i'm. on my way i mean.

on tuesday with gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour and since weakened and crossed into the south china sea but thousands of people remain stranded after flights were grounded and ferry service is halted the last solar eclipse of the decade is currently taking place you're watching a live view right now from thailand it's currently visible across southern and southeast asia through parts of the middle east the phenomenon occurs when the marines orbit passes over the sun and cost a shadow on the ass well those are the headlines the news continues here on out is there a off to witness. what kind of does that provide. pick up the calls we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in so is it possible for trump to actually obliterate the. counting the cost on al-jazeera. they've gotten a mourner so that maybe that will cut open to the least interested person to come to. them was on board the ball now doing better than these you know. we have. right now but i am. going to be. i don't know. if you know how much rats are. missing. actually yeah. she was act

that is working its way into the south china sea, taking the worst of the rain with it. still a clear skyy thrhrough friday. cooler in shanghai, but mild saturday because we have more clouds. few showers a working through to coastal areas , courtesy of f the tropicalal system. rain could accumulate. we could see 200 millimeters the next few days. andspread rain friday saturday, mostly dry across further south. india -- not much rain across india. we have had low clouds and temperatures below average. feelelg very cold for the nonorh ininto new delhi. temperatures struggling to reach the midteens. about seven degrees below average, and by night, four degrees. one or two showers on the east coast, clearing away by saturday. maybe some showers into sri lanka. >> you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. reuters is reporting libya's internationally recognized government has made a formal request to turkey. fighting local warlords. iraq's president has offered to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to be prime minister. won'ts the nomination satis

chapter on the atlantic, pacific, mediterranean, arctic, the south china sea. and i think there's power in that because in each of those chapters, i talk about the history of that region of the world and tie it to the importance of the seas. and that is the connection to the admiral you were thinking of, alfred thayer, the greatest strategist the navy has ever produced, who created this idea of a global navy. the reason we have a powerful sea-going navy, a powerful marine corps, is because of these vast oceans. 70% of this planet is covered by water. 95% of all trade moves on the oceans. 70% of the oxygen you're breathing tonight comes from photosynthesis in the sea. the oceans matter. that's the genesis in the book and the theory is we ought to have a strategy for dealing with those oceans as surely as al fred thayer articulated a strategy 120 years ago. >> my last few questions have to do with two of the chapters in this wonderful new book sailing true north biographical sketches. i picked these two admirals, one of the millions of sailors on thousands of ship

the shandong will operate from the island province of hainan, in the south china sea, where china hass first carrier was bought second hand from ukraine. speaking at his first cabinet meeting since his re—election as prime ministrer, borisjohnson has promised to work "flat out" to deliver on the promises he has made to the british people. he also wants parliament to prevent extending the brexit transition period beyond december 31st next year. the prime minister says the deadline will focus minds in westminster as well as in brussels. protests across india have continued for a sixth day, with clashes between police and demonstrators. tens of thousands of people have turned up to protest against a new law, which offers citizenship to non—muslim illegal immigrants from three nearby countries. thai authorities have arrested two people for attempting to smuggle 95 tortoises out of the country. the tortoises were seized from inside the luggage of a taiwanese couple, who were detained while passing a security check. they were charged with smuggling and violating the wildlife protection act.

had been forced to flee vietnam after the war, very nearly perished in their open boat in the south china sea. and then they spent months in a refugee camp before being dropped in a land whose language and customs they did not know. and yet, before long, they embraced it all. big family celebrations at christmastime and easter and birthdays. they went on all-american vacations, like this one to the california coast. that's little michelle in the glasses. >> and here we are in santa barbara beach. we're having lots of fun. and here's my brother. >> they succeeded in america by doing what they had since their days of crisis on the south china sea. they stuck together. an epic, very american tale of grit and hope and self-reliance. lessons absorbed whole by their children. >> if i was missing and michelle was looking for me, she would, she would, you know, tear out heaven and earth, you know, to find me. and so i had to -- i had to fight for her. >> so it was the new generation, the american-born generation, that finally convinced the family it had to go public to put their story out in the pres

is one of the world's longest rivers, starting in the himalayas before arriving at the south china seaousands of kilometers away. basin is vital to life in southeast asia. the dam projects are putting that in n questition. the country is a marxist-leninist one-party republic. the regime in power lacks transparency and census information. we visited the south of the country to witness the aftermath of the dam disaster things to a secret network of environmental activist joseph. we met this man on a remote trail. he is our first contact in the region. >> you know, it is really difficult to get information. no one dares to speak. after the dam broke, the government did said some help, -- did send some help, but nothing happened. we have lived there a thousand years never had such a disaster. reporter: we headed further south toward the bullpen plateau -- toward the plateau, avoiding the main roads. the whole region seems to be devoted to dam projects, no villages or locals. this environmental sanctuaryry s been transfoformed intnto a gia, open-air construction site. like a state within a

from wednesday into thursday, the system will enter into the south china sea and start to strengthenin. we will watches carefully because by the end of the week, that system m will be travelinig more toward thee west and it could be vietnamam by the weeked that is impacted by the storm. here across india we will see an increase in moisture as well over the next few days, more clouds developing across much of the central region and that could bring rain as well over the next several days. kolkata, expect to see a temperature of 25 degrees. >> welcome back. our top stories, an airstrike at a school in northern syria has killed eight people previous government forces back by russian airstrikes are intensifying those strikes. a renewed offensive on the capital tripoli has killed several. for updatedelines be againstt could muslims. u.s. donald trump joked about north korea's morning of a christmas surprise if washington's -- does not make concessions in nuclear talks. pyongyang gave the u.s. until the end of the year to come up with a new proposal. president trump: we will see what happe

and bus terminals but i phone is expected to move across the central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday and christian pilgrims are in bethlehem in the occupied west bank to mock christmas. they have gathered to pray and celebrate the birth of jesus christ 21000 has been on the holy cities busiest years those are the headlines coming up next on jazeera life apps. talk to al-jazeera we were told to get it without between the ration has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple earlier we meet with global news makers and tweet about the stories that matter how does it. it's a mobile world. which calls texts. to help make all lives easier. but not everyone's benefit. can mobile phone apps be designed to help make a better world. series challenges app developers from around the world to visit communities who are missing out and then come up with an app that could help. this week life apps. but also a country where 4 out of 10 people live on less than $2.00 a day. ringback ringback like most of the world. small scale farmers for food. farme

the philippines that's going to continue making its way from aced to west pulling out into the south china sea heading towards vietnam not quite making it towards vietnam in fact is going to continue phase ling and sinking a little further south which as we go on through the next couple of days showers there across malaysia borneo seeing some rather wet weather some showers there into indonesia as well meanwhile the showers continue across southern parts of india and a developing system giving cause for concern down towards the southwest. the weather sponsored by catherine. kenyon journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i have this thing desperate situations where someone says something about that i'll be giving up on painkillers investigating government corruption and the national health care system some of their transactions espionage and the collapse. of my need to run explain to africa uncensored and publish those things that people don't want to publish even if it doesn't let me ask whose truth is it anyway on al-jazeera. living in a war zone is a risk not worth taking for mos

services are suspended stranding thousands of people where the system has now moved into the south china sea. the albanians made homeless by last month's earthquake of facing a long winter living in tents 51 people were killed and thousands of homes flattened the government accused of not doing enough to help laura for chords. it was here in the albanian village of marjah mother the earthquake was felt the strongest zella says he had little time to do anything but run given that yes i just grabbed my children everything collapsed within seconds i read out screaming earthquake earthquake. 34 kilometers away in the city of duty as the force of the earthquake damaged the walls of this high rise building jamming the door and trapping people inside. that the girl was under a chair but the quake was so strong that it should both her and the chair one break fell off the wall and almost hit her. there's little left of many of today's is hotels a huge setback for businesses and a city that relies heavily on tourism hundreds of houses to a now just rubble many have nowhere to live route is trying to h

regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes in the south china sea. south korea and japan are allies with the u.s. so if china can develop and improve the relations with these 2 countries it will decrease u.s. influence in this region and the weakened china's pressure from the u.s. the leaders have signed a 10 year corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as climate change and aging populations but the biggest challenge perhaps is whether they can view each other with trust rather than just directs a chain al-jazeera beijing. violent protests a broken out at a number of shopping malls in hong kong during a busy christmas scene with riot police firing tear gas to disperse demonstrators just as brothers and other objects of the police and charge at them with battens families have been gathering in a busy tourist district to view the christmas lights the protests are now in their 7th month and demonstrators say they want to stage another march on new year's day . time for a short break here on jazeera when they come back after mon

the philippines you can see this large area cloud just pulling out into the open waters of the south china seas further south we're going to see the wettest weather to go on through the next couple of days the old thai food will steadily weaken shouldn't see too much of that making its way towards in the china so much of vietnam should be too bad is going to be down towards borneo a good part of malaysia sings a very heavy rain huge afternoon shallow as as per usual here things across towards singapore tools kuala lumpur southern areas of thailand could see some wet weather as well and notice some obvious showers longer spells of orsa now making their way into jobs at a cost that could see some of the wet weather over the next couple of days not too much wet weather in the forecast for australia really has been a tale of the heat here recently and on shoes day off name we saw temperatures getting up to 42 celsius in perth we have an interior wind bringing those very high temperatures down towards that southwestern corner so we have a contrast into the southeast still very much on the chilly sid

warming up in hong kong because that rain that have beginning to push away as that system in the south china sea pushes the south so it does mean as it pushes away from the philippines we shall still see those showers but they won't be anywhere near as heavy as they were position of that storm on thursday meanwhile the rains a very widespread further to the south very much of borneo and slightly down across into java as well so a rainy couple of days ahead across into jakarta maybe a few showers into coastal vietnam as we go through friday then it tools ended without that flooding across the south and this is something else we're watching the latest a tropical system but it's pushing away from land that is a some good news but we have still got some fairly heavy rain really across much of sri lanka for the next couple of days that rain pushing away from the coast of india but we will be watching through thursday and friday is like own heading towards somalia. sponsored town. and investigation of how foreign companies planned africa's natural resources the drugs that is so important in the cultur

regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes miss south china sea. south korea and japan are allies with the u.s. so if china can develop and improve the relations with these 2 countries crees u.s. influence in this region and the weakened china's pressure from the u.s. the leaders have signed a 10 year corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as climate change and aging populations. but the biggest challenge perhaps his political future they would trust rather than risk threats. at least 8 people have been killed after a syrian government test trying to target a school province tens of thousands of civilians have been fleeing towards the border with turkey to escape the escalation in violence there government forces and their russian allies are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold in the un secretary general has called for an immediate end to the violence in northern syria al jazeera as mohammed i don't know is near at my camp on the turkish syrian border behind me is the aughts marie fiji one of the biggest refugee

child of beat of the economic role of those who seek knowledge the sanctions a great war or the south china sea or hong kong situation over 19000 kilometers away bolivia has been restless too and there's also been some significant shuffling of power. offering himself up as political sacrifice in a bid to calm the protests the democratically elected president even iran has stepped down and fled past rising from obscurity to fill the void came janine anya as a 52 year old lawyer and senator whose name didn't really writing any bells even and bolivia why would it they didn't vote for her in fact no one voted for how she came to power because the street people who constitution have the right to take the reins that is the president the vice president and the head of the senate one forced to move on out and what many are describing as a coup but apparently to some that's just mere detail we call it all bolivians to support the bolivian transitional government as it god's a democratic transition through electoral reforms into new free and fair elections as soon as possible and as the west praises boli

and china increases especially in the south china sea. this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show. we reported on a life changing opportunity for disadvantaged children in mexico an orchestra for those who never had the chance before. but 1st the united nations has been urging rich countries to do more to tackle the worldwide refugee crisis speak is the 1st global refugee forum in geneva u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist said that the world should be grateful to nations which have welcomed in large numbers of refugees but that gratitude was not enough i urge you to be bold and concrete in the pledges to make this is a moment for him. he said moment to jettison a model of support that too often left refugees for their kids with their lives on holes confined to camps just scraping by and able to flourish. it is a moment to build a more equitable response so that egypt rises through a sharing of responsibility or terrors also criticized what he called a hostile political environment for posing a threat to asy

regional influence but the 3 countries have currently embroiled in territorial disputes in the south china sea. south korea and japan are allies with the u.s. so if china can develop and improve the relations with these 2 countries crease u.s. influence in this region and the weakened china's pressure from the u.s. the leaders have signed a 10 year corporation plan which includes tackling shared challenges such as climate change and aging populations but the biggest challenge perhaps is whether they can view each other with trust rather than as threats cheney's al-jazeera. at least 7 soldiers have been killed in afghanistan on a military base in the northern province of bach the taliban has claimed responsibility for the right in the district of. its. seized weapons ammunition and captured 4 afghan soldiers 6 were also injured. emergency workers in ecuador say an oil spill from a ship in the galapagos islands has been contained these pictures show the moment a crying collapse as it was loading a generator on to the vessel that they are ones are unesco world heritage site and some of the most u

airports and bus terminals the typhoon is expected to move across central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story. thank. you. capturing an ad libbed syrian and russian forces in yet another push to take control of this rebel held region how much of a chance do they stand this time around what will the human cost be this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than opposition rebel groups in syria have been trying to overthrow the president for the past 8 years now could become the final battle between his forces and rebels the region is the last rebel held stronghold dominated by the armed group a at the height of the of a sham the government with russian help launched a new offensive to retake it live last week dozens of people have been killed in the past few days and tens of thousands more displaced days in cities have repeatedly warned that attacking it live could trigger the worst humanitarian crisis of the syrian conflict government forces are now making steady gains as th

wonderful to be here working in the middle of the south china sea. this joint is real nice.ay vietnam. the guys here don't ask for much in vietnam. in fact, they said you are thrilled if you just wake up christmas morning here. [laughter] announcer: the wars changed, the times changed, but for 40 years, wherever the action was, bob was there. >> now are those ours? [laughter] bob: you know this isn't such a bad part? what the hell is all that firing over there? will you -- general, would you call off this war while we are on? please. >> i don't know what you guys did to get here, but let that be a lesson to you. [laughter] >> i understand the enemy is all around, so please laugh it up. you don't want them to think we have a morale problem, would you? [laughter] [applause] announcer: he always brought along his best jokes. bob: i forgot to burn my draft card, and here i am. [applause] announcer: his best friends. >> oh, doctor, we are ready in the operating room. [cheers] announcer: and some special guests he knew would lift their spirits. >> hi, boys. all: hi! >> i know abou

floods and landslides the typhoon is expected to move across the central philippines and into the south china sea by thursday you're upset with headlines here on al-jazeera inside stories next. the good dreams chocolate really can head to major stories of 2020 from around the world. receive a reason intent special report. joining us is a real sense the global impact of what is to come next. turkish involvement in libya deepens as ankara moves to support the internationally recognized government militarily but will that intensify the conflict he says it's and this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than turkey is considering all kinds of military backing for libya that includes ground marine and air support if necessary president raja to do and also said he's ready to deploy troops if the internationally recognized government of libya formally requests help the government of national accord or g.n.a.t. has been fighting an offensive by rebel forces to unseat prime minister face assad raj since april warlord khalifa haftar announced his final push to seize the capital ear

win wars in china has made clear it's an extension its goals, whether silent building in the south china sea, in the beginning of a blue water navy. it's essentially going to have a navy that's larger than the u.s. navy over the next decade unless we start doing things. so it's sort of this grotesque turn and u.s. china relations. it's one thing we have the strategy for many decades it's called engagement hedge where basically we go in commercially engaged with china in order to make them a partner of the united states and at the same time try to preserve our security and the security of our allies in the asian-pacific and beyond. it's one thing for companies to go in and do business and compete against china corporate's common sort of an unfair market, but it's quite another to be funding, you know the rise of china in such a way words producing human rights atrocities and changing them and million people in concentration camps or fits producing fifth-generation fighter jets that are designed for war thew knighted saints in taiwan and the rest of the pacific. maria: for so much more to say