i think jordan's king abdallah is ready to make more of a commitment in southern syria, so that you canund the isis capital in raqqa in eastern syria, not simply approach it from the north, as we are doing now, but have forces in the south of backed by jordan, maybe saudi arabia. that is what i see coming. i think we could hear talk of that in the next week. king abdallah is coming to the united states. charlie: is he coming here to brief a republican retreat? david: well, as always is the case with king abdallah, he's going to see a bunch of different audiences. for many people, he is their favorite arab leader. he will be all over the place. the interesting point you suggest is, throughout the arab world, people are looking to the next president. yes, you want to go to washington and see president obama, but you have your eye on the person who's going to take office in 2017. my fear is that the world is going to go into stall. it will be like the end of a basketball game. nothing will move because people don't want to do business with the obama administration. the world is in such a s

i would look for something like a safe zone in southern syria which is an easier area for us to protect, next to jordan. the russian planes can't fly that far. i think that jordan's king and the u.s. is ready to make more of a commitment in southern syria to begin to surround the isis capitol in eastern syria. not simply approach it from the north as we're doing now but forces in the south backed by jordan maybe backed by saudi arabia. that's what i see coming. i think we can even hear some talk of that in the next week. the king's coming to the united states so i keep my eye out for that. >> rose: is he coming here to brief a republican retreat. >> well, as always is the case, he's going to see a bunch of different audiences. people we know for their favorite arab leader. i think the interesting point that you suggest here is throughout the arab world or the whole world, people are beginning to look to the next president. so yes you want to come to washington, come to the whitehouse and see president obama but you really have your eye on the person who is going to take office in 2017.

even the gains that we've seen by the syrian government, the syrian regime, in southern syria in deraa is in part because of them. they said they pushed back the terrorists. what the opposition will tell you is that they have pushed back rebel forces not necessarily i.s.i.l. and other groups that are considered by the united nations, i.s.i.l. and al-nusra, to be terrorist groups. i think it is important to see the fighting that has taken place in the lft last few hours and weeks in the context of imminent talks which are slated to take place on friday because on the top of the agenda of the talks is to get a ceasefire in place possibly across syria but certainly in parts of syria. if you're going to put a ceasefire in place, that freezes the military situation. clearly before that happens, people want to gain as much ground as they can and that's why moves are being taken in these final hours before the talks. in this case moves by the syrian government to take territory that when there's a ceasefire will stay theirs >>> an invitation for those talks on friday are due to be sent out la

activists say government forces have recaptured one of the most important towns is southern syria. sheikh maskin is a main route. shire prices have lunged more than 6% following a further foil in the oil price. the latest investor panic has cost the chinese investors. the prime minister has been cleared of criminal behaviour. the attorney-general said he received a personal donation from the saudi royal family but most of it has now been returned. the i rainian present is to meet the pop francis later today. his delegation are expected to sign deals worth up to 18 billion dollars during his trip. >> reporter: the iranian delegation including around 100 business leaders dashes through the streets of rome towards the italian presidency. this is his first official trip to europe since international sanctions against iran were lifted a week ago. he chose to make rome rather than paris his first designation. italian companies fought off fierce competition to clinch contracts with iran. these are among the first deals to be signed. an indication of the longstanding cooperation betweenity

southern syria is the last stronghold of the group. we will look at the significance of those events on the ground, but going to geneva first. that's where the u.n. special envoy will announce that talks will take place on friday. while the opposition is losing ground, there is disagreement who is allowed to sit at the table. more details about that. >> reporter: the delayed talk is due to start on friday, but still the controversy is over who will represent the opposition. the u.n. special envoy says that the decision in the end is his and he will send out the invitations. he says his agenda will be based on the u.n. security council resolution passed at the end of december, but he says he knows which issues should be discussed first. >> the agenda will be already set up. it is the resolution about the new governance, new constitution and elections. the first priority will be to focus of the talks of what most syrians, if not all, want to hear. the possibility of a broad ceasefire and the possibility of stopping the threat of i.s.i.l.

activists say government forces recaptured one of the most important towns in southern syria. it is on the key supply line linking damascus to the city. >>> it's been a miserable day for markets across arab after mainland chinese shares slumped, leaving stock markets falling more than 6% following a further fall in the price of oil. >>> the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said it's impossible to reach an agreement in syria without inviting kurds to take part in the negotiations. >> the fighters which the u.s. supports and who are fighting isil, they're trying to prevent them from participating in the syrian talks. this is our common problem. it's not simply unfair and counterproductive, it's a problem with the u.s. the u.s. believes the kurds are one of its closest allies in the fight against terrorism. i hope the u.s. will not leave this problem unsolved. >> talking about who will be invited and who not, the invitations have been sent out. james bays joins us live. what are you hearing with the invites? >> very short notice being sent to correspondents who cover th

the capture of the town in southern syria two days ago further rigs the scales in favor of the governmentis a lot of momentum behind the initiative that was started in november. three weeks of talks. this came from the momentum on the back of the iran deal. the question is how does one struck a deal between two parties that are no longer equally weakened? guy: you have to change that as well. to see you again. nice to get your analysis. you very much for joining us. up next, the fed first rates meeting comes at 7:00 p.m. london time. as bets on negative rates by the end of 2017 jupm in the market. they are above 10% now. what is going to happen with the fed rate path. ♪ ana: i think europe and the americas -- the slower growth environment. guy: santander chair ana botin speaking to francine lacqua in a bloomberg is closer. more of that stilted come. -- still to come. while officials are expected to continue raising rates this year, traders don't expect a second hike. mike mckee joins us from new york. tell us what the spread is between what the fed thinks. mike: there is a widespread betw

. >> marad and his family fled the city of darah in southern syria in 2012 crossing the border into jordan where they say they were smuggled to safety. >> you're going to leave your home country for good and never look back. it was a decision i was forced >> eventually mahmoud helps the settling process. >> getting their life started for the first time so they can become productive and active citizens. >> a six child is due very soon and marad is looking for work. marad and ola say they have been warmly welcomed and look forward to a new life in america. they ever also aware of the effortings by some to block syrians from settling here. >> it's unfortunately that not only donald trump but all of these people are saying these things. >> their dream of a new life is just now being realized with hope for a safe future. >> show my appreciation to america for letting me in and opening its doors. >> reporting from paterson, tim news. >>> the american kennel club has added two new breeds to their roster. this is the american hairless terrier. many of these dogs are bare skinned but some of them d

kurdish asitants in its southeast, well as islamic state group fighters just across the southern border in syria. more on these campaigns and the risks they pose to turkey's security. reporter: there has been no claim of responsibility for the blast. just like many other attacks on turkish soil this past year. every time authorities investigate three main suspects -- the islamic state group, the kurdish pkk, and for leftist militants. in january, a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station, killing one officer and wounding another. the attack was initially claimed by the far left is revolutionary people's liberation party front, group seeking a socialist state, considered a terrorist group by turkey, the u.s., and the eu. they later tonight it, saying the attack was perpetrated by a woman with suspected islamist militant links. in july, suicide bomber killed 32 people in southeastern turkey. young kurdish activists there were discussing the reconstruction of the neighboring syrian town of kobane, which has seen heavy fighting between i asked militants and kurdish fighters. althou

in southern syria, and they are affiliated with the p.k.k. so it is a problem. at is why i have advocated a re-invigorated u.s. engagement with traditional allies and partners. we have differences with riad. what i am concerned about is we are not talking about the differences as friends and allies with the view to developing del monte ground, common understandings and a common strategy. without that, any notion of regional forces intervening in syria against islamic state is fancyful. they are not going to do it. >> so you are recommending more engagement. we take a codal of eight senators. meeting with saudi defense forces, they were grateful for all our intelligence efforts. they wanted to amplify everything we were doing together. from some of the more anecdotal conversations, they are looking for more engagement, not less. the same thing with turkey. they want to increase trade. he has taken two million refugees. he wants the united states to engage on a far more aggressive level. he seems to be asking what is happening with regard to u.s. policy and what a

drop of operations in the southeast of turkey and almost five-year civil war along its southern border with syriadistrict has been locked down and its people left bewildered a blast has torn through the beloved and historic city, al jazeera. >>> oil prices hit a new low plummeting less than $31 a barrel, the lowest level in more than a decade, industry experts say it could plunge further and at the peak in july 2008 a barrel of oil cost more than $147 and it has fallen to $30 a barrel and great news for people filling up their cars or the cost of heating their home but bad news for oil producing countries and none of these countries are getting enough oil to cover cast and some are devaluing currency and others on the brink of defaulting on the debt and from the capitol abuja and nigeria highly depends on the price of oil and the barrel and what is the situation there? >> that is right nick and the falling price of oil had an impact on the economy and on tuesday the petroleum the chief was speaking at a conference at the united emirates at an energy conference where he called for an urgent meetin

what will happen is that the russians and iranians will help assad to reimpose his control in southern syriall the way up to the goal line and you're going to have irgc members on the ground right on the israeli border. if you're the saudis and you're looking at what the united states is doing in iraq, then you see the united states is for all intents and purposes the air force of the shiite militias armed, trained, equipped and effectively led by iran inside iraq. so if you look at this the way this is going, and you imagine this conversation that a lchlai suggested that we have, you say what about the made lir shans that rather than is training and equipping. what is your policy for stopping that. and of course there is no policy for stopping that. i'll just add this isn't just the theoretical conversation. because in a sense it just happened recently. and that's when the saudis executed nim arer al nimr, this receded by conversations from the -- between the united states, between the u.s. officials and saudi officials, in which the u.s. said don't to this, this is a provocation, this is s

in southern syria, and they are affiliated with the p.k.k. so it is a problem. at is why i have advocated a re-invigorated u.s. engagement with traditional allies and partners. we have differences with riad. what i am concerned about is we are not talking about the differences as friends and allies with the view to developing del monte ground, common understandings and a common strategy. without that, any notion of regional forces intervening in syria against islamic state is fancyful. they are not going to do it. >> so you are recommending more engagement. we take a codal of eight senators. meeting with saudi defense forces, they were grateful for all our intelligence efforts. they wanted to amplify everything we were doing together. from some of the more anecdotal conversations, they are looking for more engagement, not less. the same thing with turkey. they want to increase trade. he has taken two million refugees. he wants the united states to engage on a far more aggressive level. he seems to be asking what is happening with regard to u.s. policy and what a

ongoing operations in the southeast of turkey and almost five-year civil war along the southern border with syriarict has been locked down and its people left be w d wildered. >>> we heard from correspondent rena and is live at the scene of where that explosion took place and any more news for us? >> let me talk about the square right now and we have police helicopters circling above us and also have searches being conducted by the police outside the court and this is in case there could be, if the reports we are hearing of a potential suicide bomber attack are true the police tells us in case there could be a second person so at the moment searches are being conducted around us of pretty much everyone outside the perimeter, apart from that no claim of responsibility just yet. the authorities have not pointed at the cause of the blast. as i was saying earlier turkish state t.v. and eyewitnesses have hinted and the police have said they are looking into the possibility of this being a suicide attack. the death toll remains at 10 with 15 injured and also understand and also reports that one peruvia

southern california. heavy know to the syria mountain range. advisories are out much of the u.s. heavy know expected with the winter snow warning along the san juan. areas around cortez already reporting moderate snow tonight. snow advisory for about half a foot of snow in south western colorado, this will be upgraded to a winter storm watch. with the second wave coming in. we are really going to see some good snow at many of your favorite resorts savoring the resorting in southern colorado. the first low, stays south, northeast. second low comes in tomorrow night. but will interact with a cold front to the north creating that wind shift. that northeast up slope flow that will not only bring us a cold weather trend that will last into the weekend, as we start to see the numbers drop tomorrow, but that is the one stick around a couple of days. tonight, the snow increasing across the west and central mountains and you know, we are really watching the west and southwest facing slopes late in the day. light snow will develop in denver. it will be sporadic. about this time thursday ni

and mohamed has gained access to the front line of syria's war in the southern providence and sent uss update. >> translator: we are now inside shake nearby the building if the town where fierce fighting and hard fought battles between the syrian opposition and the syrian army and supported by foreign fighters from easy-hezbollah and this is described as street war far in the northern quarters and as well as other areas and controls the main buildings in the town and say the syrian regime used military and technological capabilities in order to storm this town and have been supported by russian air cover. they also indicate they are determined to remain in this town and regain what has been taken by the syrian regime's army. mohamed, al jazeera, shake. >>> many syrians holding out hope for peace in 2016 and we have their story. >> reporter: the play performed in one of the most dangerous places on earth, the syrian city of aleppo is divided. battered by air strikes, shelling and fighting. despite the intense campaign by russian fighter jets nearby actors invited people to this secret

. >> reporter: on a busy street corner in southern california sergio is raising his arms in prayer for syria, iraq, and lebanon. a kind of public plea for peace. the 20-year-old quickly draws a crowd. >> good job, man. >> reporter: evoke surprisingly strong emotions from passersby. received thousands of messages of support in return. >> this video really touched my heart, made me cry. i wanted them to see my video. build up enough courage in them to do something similar. >> i'm an independent woman. >> reporter: just one of many young, savvy activists. >> good news, single ladies. for once everyone is listening to you. >> i am activist. >> reporter: now using social media to discuss issues they care about. >> we are the pro life generation. their new rallying cry. >> we cannot breathe. >> reporter: as the largest rising generation in u.s. history, their opinions matter. >> we used to follow the news on social media. now the social media is driving the news. >> reporter: so we invite addyi verse and rather vocal group of influence to come off line and chat face to face about this critical ele

syria, they were filled to capacity. turkey is about to receive $3.2 billion from the european union to help cover its refugee costs, and secure its borders with europe. turkey has already tightened its southern border to stem last year's overflow of refugees from syria. the majority of them are staying here close to the turkish-syrian border. nearly 2.5 million of them are here in turkey, the most of any country. but just under 11% of them are staying in traditional refugee camps-- presenting a whole new set of challenges for international relief agencies. jehan is one of several syrian refugees working with the international relief organization "care", helping other refugees. she served as my translator as we traveled with care's relief teams to see how the majority of refugees now live outside the camps, because they couldn't get in due to overcrowding, or because when they live in the camps, they are not permitted to go out and look for work. we agreed not to identify refugees by their full names or disclose their locations due to their continuing security fears so close to the syrian border. saddam and his extended family lost their homes in syria to fighters from the so-called islamic s

ongoing operations in the southeast of turkey and almost five year civil war along its southern border with syriact has been locked down and its people left bewildered that a blast has torn through their beloved and historic city. al jazeera. >> turkish officials now saying they are working to increase security across the country. more now from al jazeera in istanbul. >> the turkish government, when you speak to turkish officials, they will tell you that despite all efforts taken by turkey, despite everything that is being done along this extremely long border, it is quite difficult to keep those borders completely secured. i think we will see quite increased the walls i imagine being built along turkey, 800-kilometer border with syria will speed up and i feel that in the turkish cities at least we'll see higy increased security. >>> today's explosion comes after a year of turmoil for turkey. in october, a peace rally in ankara was attacked. 102 people died. it was the worst attack in the countries history. in july, 37 died in bombings at two other public gatherings. a ceasefire has broken down b

syria. >>> warnings, an el nino weather system could leave 14 million hungry in southern africa. >>> and aan on donal trump. the british parliament debate on the u.s. candidate. >>> thank you for joining us. a rocket fired from syria has hit a school, killing a female cleaner. turkish military sources says their radar showed that they were fired by the islamic state of iraq and the levant, from inside syria. the mayor of killes says all schools in the town have been evacuated. al jazeera's andrew simmons sends us an update. >> this is the school reception, imagine the chaos and panic when the first blast happened. the emergency services were on the scene very quickly. they desperately tried to save the life of the staff member right here but she died. there was also a female student she was critically injured and taken to hospital where she's in serious condition. there was another injury also also taken to hospital and it's unclear of their condition at the moment but not believed to be life threatening. look at the blast damage and look at the crater right here. this rocket came somethin

target appears to have been a bus which was carrying shia militia men in southern damascus as a site of pill xwrimage and home to syria's holiest site. militia men operate road blocks around the shrine. hezbollah and other iraqi and iranian malitias have a strong presence there. many visit the shrine before heal heading in to front line conflict. >> i say mercy for the martyrs and a quick recovery for the injuri injured. syrian state news agency quoting an interior ministry source said a car bomb had first been detonated near a public transport garage and the two suicide bombers then blew themselves up nearby as people were being rescued. the ex mroesz happened just as delegates began convening in geneva for the first u.n. mediated peace talks in two years what the group that follows the sunni group of islam claims responsibilities. >> a little earlier from the opposition representative, let's hear now from the spokesperson. >> we are not aware of the other party. they do not nor do we have a final list of the parties. they have delayed six days. they do not have a final list of their names as they speak. there is more

syria and so that the control now and after we defeat i.s.i.l. of the border is within turkey's control, that it's secure, that there are no separate state sitting on your southern >> translator: there should be no uncertainty about the representation of the opposition in syria and yesterday with mr. ban ki-moon we discussed this as well. we are happy the united states also shares this vision as we believe that on the opposition side there should be the legitimate syrian opposition. >> reporter: al jazeera bernard smith has more from istanbul. >>> joe biden said something they wanted to here and pkk and separatist group fighting here is just the same as i.s.i.l., it's just the same as al-nusra and are terrorist groups and what turkey wanted to hear but what prime minister spent a lot of time saying in his press briefing after their meeting was this pkk in turkey is just the same, ally to connected to and linked to the syrian kurdish fighters, fighting against i.s.i.l. in syria. biden explicitly did not make that link and that is simply because for the u.s. vice president for the u.s. the ypg fighter syrian kurdish fighters are the most important group fighting o

syria hits a school in turkey. >> also coming up, rebels infiltrate a security system after attacks on pro government officials. >>> an el niÑo weather system could leave millions hungry in southernafrica. the u.k. parliament debates whether to ban donald trump from entering the country. >> hello a rocket fired from syria has hit a school in turkey killing a female cleaner there. two others were injured including a school girl. throw rockets hit the town one of which fell into the schoolyard. the radar shows that they were fired by the islamic state in iraq and the levant from inside syria. the mayor said all schools in the town have been evacuated. andrew simmons has this update. >> this is the school reception. imagine the panic. they desperately tried to save the life of a staff member right here, but she died. there was also a female student. she was critically injured and taken to hospital where she's in serious condition. there was another injury, they were also taken to hospital. it's unclear of their condition but it's not believed to be life threatening. look at the crater right here. this rocket came something like 17 to 20 kilometers. it came from isil, according to se

southern border. >> there should be no uncertainty about representation of the opposition in syria and yesterday, with mr. ban ki moon we discussed this as well. we are happy the united states shares this mission. we believe on the opposition side, there should only be legitimate syrian opposition. >> al jazeera's bernard smith is in istanbul. he has more on what joe biden and the turkish prime minister had to say about kurdish fighters. >> joe biden said something that the turkish government wanted to hear and he said that, look, yes, the pkk -- that separatist group fighting here in turkey, the kurdish separatist group is just the same as isil, the same as al nusra, terrorist groups. that's what turkey wanted to hear but what the prime minister spent a lot of time saying in this press briefing after their meeting was that this pkk and turkey is just the same, allied to, inextricbly linked to the syrian kurdish fighters fighting against isil in syria. biden explicitly did not make that link and that is simply because for the u.s. vice president for the u.s., the ypg fighters, syrian kurdish fighters,

syria. >>> now to the hunt for those dangerous escapees in southern california. sheriff's officials in orange county say they believe the three men are still in the area because of their close ties to local gangs. and they're pleading for anyone with information to come forward. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: the manhunt intensifying for those three escaped inmates. now on run. police say the three men cut through metal grates in their cell, making their way through plumbing pipes to the roof. there, they rappelled down the side of the jailsing that rope made from bed sheets. >> we think that it would be highly unlikely for someone else in there not to know what was going on. >> reporter: you can see in this surveillance video a shadowy figure and a flicker. they believe that's one of the men on the roof. the fugitives, accused of violent crimes from murder to attempted murder, kidnapping and torture. they were last seen at the maximum security jail near dawn on friday, but weren't discovered missing until late that evening. once they escaped, they fo

syria. >> thank you. andrew simmonds live in southern turkey. >> al jazeera has been following a group of cuban migrants from central america, trying to get to the united states, they are among 8,000 cubans stuck in costa rica because nicaragua would not allowing them to cross it's territory, that was in november. adam raney reports from miami, the last leg of their journey >>> crossing from mexico to the united states. a brief celebration and then back on the road. from the state of texas, the u.s. highway stretches before them. each has their own destination, one in texas, the others at different points in florida. soon oo checkpoint. cubans, unlike other migrants are granted political asylum. so no hold up. no worried. they have 36 more hours to go, a lot of time to take in new sights, especially since they travelled so little in their lives. >> all of this is new to me, i'm surprised by everything, the roads, cold weather, the shops. it may seem insignificant, but they are new to me. >> a cuban who came before them introduces them to all that is on offer, even at us gas stations. the first purchase lotte

syria has hit a school in turkey gil killing a l killer. >>> i.s.i.l. responsible. >>> 14 million people are facing hunger in southernfrica, the worst-hit country is malawi where it's feared 16% of the people will go hungry. >>> in yemen, executive director led coalition hit a police building in sanaa, civilians are believed to have been among the dead. >>> lawyers in the u.k. are argue that britain should take charge of syrian refugee children stuck in calais in france. ignoring eu laws which would entitle them to seek asylum if their families are illegally living in the u.k. lawrence lee reports. >> the unaccompanied children here you would think might be most deserving of compassion. european conventions say if they have family already in the u.k. then they should have a right to come for their protection. but the u.k. government continues to insist despite that, that they should seek asylum in france or elsewhere. that has meant that activists trying to help the children have had no choice but to take a handful of cases to this anonymous building in central london who will decide who is right. >> whatever the rul

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