must meet that day and syrian congress will take place in sochi on january twenty ninth and thirtieth do you think we're getting closer to a solution for the syrian conflict you talk to you got world leaders through international players would you say the international community is ready to put an end to this war. now here's the most important point but that we see that the vast majority of those who are fighting on the ground are used to fighting are still fighting the ground they are ready for talks we now have for deescalation zones it means that up. position groups are ready to deescalate are ready to build dialogue with the government to stop the bloodshed and move on to peaceful life. things are getting back to normal you still you already have institutions banking plays institutions this used to be exit used to exist institutions that people used to trust and still trust we need to deal with which are going to produce so they are those. those opposition groups have been invited to hold local dialogue. meetings. like providing humanitarian aid to the local population. there and

syrian national dialogue congress the austin are the process they asked in the talks were convened after ten months of de lay in the geneva process and once we launch the process so are. those who organize the geneva talks the ok we also have a new session. when you're building this year the platform also delays saudi arabia. facilitated. solidarity among opposition groups we helped it to but the geneva talks again spirit some delays now we have the mosque in cairo opposition groups came together saudi arabia helped in that. but the leaders the who were elected to a spot of this united tell a geisha started to issue ultimatums which were absolutely unacceptable and then they tried to discredit the saudi counterparts who have told us and mr de mistura u.n. special envoy in syria. told us that this delegation would come to geneva without any preconditions for direct contacts with the syrian government so they cheated on. our saudi counterparts are non stop funding as to or from where stefano mistura paid a visit to us together with our defense minister minister shari go with the we explain

and this is what russia has been trying to do launch this diplomatic drive to convene a syrian people's congress in one way or the other side lining the u.n. sponsored geneva talks about that syrian people's congress was supposed to be held in november but it didn't have enough support it's now pushed to early next year so it's clear what russia wants is to turn this military success this intervention into some sort of a diplomatic victory but as of yet it hasn't made much progress and the the perception is being pushed out by president putin and in b. indeed by president assad himself is the fighting pretty much as are the but that's clearly not the case is it in syria in places like eastern ghouta. no the war is not over eastern ghouta an enclave just outside damascus four hundred thousand people live there it is under siege it's been under siege since two thousand and thirteen but since april last year the government launched a major offensive and it closed many routes many smuggling routes so people inside are very desperate and the united nations issuing yet another appeal for medical evacu

forward to january of next year russia turkey and iran will meet one week ahead of the syrian national dialogue congress talks syrian government will attend and an invitation has been given to opposition groups the russian defense minister sergei showgirls said that. all groups of different ethnic groups different religious groups as well as opposition groups were invited to come to the meeting as well that there has been a tentative agreement by the opposition groups saying that there would be an agreement to it as long as there was an agreement to abiding by the geneva resolutions which of course paves the way for a political. advancement of this and that includes elections as well british foreign secretary john simm has alleged there is abundant evidence of russian interference in elections across europe and the us johnson made the accusations during talks in moscow with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov over of denied the allegations and demanded proof that russia had been involved in election meddling the meeting was aimed at improving strained ties between the two countries over russian aggres

sponsored geneva talks it wants to hold what is known as the syrian people's congress but it seems that it still doesn't have the backing of all powers because that congress was supposed to be held in the vendor and now it has been postponed till early next year it doesn't just have doesn't have the support of of players that oppose it really in syria but even within its own camp its own allies it's still not clear whether the syrian government and the iranian government is on board to actually make the necessary concessions because what is clear is that this has been a very costly war for russia it is looking for an end game it's looking for an exit plan it wants to translate its military successes into a diplomatic victory so it wants to push this forward but still little progress has been made. the e.u. has given the u.k. until sunday to reach an agreement on the irish borders so that bracks in negotiations can progress to the next stage the british government is trying to work on a solution which will satisfy both the republic of ireland and northern ireland's democratic unionist pa

of things and today we are implementing these arrangements working together on preparing the congress of syrian national dialogue which will take place next year the first months of the next year and next participants will discuss such matters of vital importance as the but deleterious of the future the state structure a constitution. and elections under the. auspices of the united nations is no secret that today my visit to syria i talked in detail with president bashar assad about that very matter of the outcomes of that congress i hope to push forward on syrian including on. track william a guarantor from work we are on the reinforcement of. syria ensuring a stable operational discoloration zone and confidence building between the we were . agreed on close cooperation with the catholics are preparing for the eight international meeting on syria in astor now which will take place as planned the end of this year i'd like you to know to very positive contribution of the turkey mr advance contribution and personal contribution to that conciliation two houses we also discussed human tarion have.

forward to january of next year russia turkey and iran will meet one week ahead of the syrian national dialogue congress talks the syrian government will attend and an invitation has been given to opposition groups the russian defense minister sergei showgirls said that. all groups of different ethnic groups different religious groups as well as opposition groups were invited to come to the meeting as well that there has been a tentative agreement by the opposition groups saying that there would be an agreement to it as long as there was an agreement to abiding by the geneva resolutions which of course paves the way for a political. advancement of this and that includes elections as well. not a historic cathedrals and the syrian city of raka will be declared free of explosives just in time for christmas but after years of devastation throughout the city church officials say no traditional christmas services will be held rocker had been eyeful slain stronghold in syria since two thousand and fourteen and mines were planted all over the city the group was pushed out in a toy but years of fighting has left

ahead is towards what is going to be happening in january twenty eighth and that is the syrian national dialogue congress talks in sochi that has been thrown open the defense minister has said that opposition groups should attend that as well and has said that people from ethnic backgrounds from different ethnic backgrounds different religious backgrounds as well as opposing armed groups are invited to participate that are tentatively armed groups have said that they would participate as long as there is a commitment towards the geneva resolution and that of course is really throwing forward the situation trying to ensure a political resolution to all of this and paving the way eventually to holding elections in syria. u.s. president donald trump has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill was approved by congress on wednesday thank you biggest overhaul for the u.s. tax system in thirty years it will repeal some parts of obamacare and offers big tax cuts for businesses it's terms first major legislative victory of his first year in office. south

sponsored geneva talks it wants to hold what is known as the syrian people's congress but it seems that it still doesn't have the backing of all powers because that congress was supposed to be held in the vendor and now it has been postponed till early next year it doesn't just have doesn't have the support of the of players that oppose it really in syria but even within its own camp its own allies it's still not clear whether the syrian government and the iranian government is on board to actually make the necessary concessions because what is clear is that this has been a very costly war for russia it is looking for an end game it's looking for an exit plan it wants to translate its military successes into a diplomatic victory so it wants to push this forward but still little progress has been made. catherine france has signed a memorandum of understanding to combat terrorism to countries also signed commercial contracts worth more than fourteen billion dollars. were not. and. we have adopted certain procedures to not allow any funds to go to terrorists and we have had investigations

ahead is towards what is going to be happening in january twenty eighth and that is the syrian national dialogue congress talks in sochi that has been thrown open the defense minister has said that opposition groups should attend that as well and has said that people from ethnic backgrounds from different ethnic backgrounds different religious backgrounds as well as opposing armed groups are invited to participate that are tentatively armed groups have said that they would participate as long as there is a commitment towards the geneva resolution and that of course is really throwing forward the situation trying to ensure a political resolution to all of this and paving the way eventually to holding elections in syria to north africa now libya's rival parliament. again this time over the head of the country's central bank now while the house of representatives is into brooke elected a new governor to the bone to the internationally backed government in tripoli has rejected the decision of to what he reports. libya's biggest department has picked it's a choice to lead the country since. he's supposed to r

for a separate peace process of the united nations it wants to host what is known as the syrian people's congress that will bring together the government and the opposition early next year. but there are some who believe putin's withdrawal and now is meant was also a message to his own ally russia is being pressured by the u.s. and israel to curb iran's growing influence in syria. the message to iran is that there is no need for you to stay permanently in syria there's no need to further expand your presence the big military operations are over i did stime for a political solution. military operations are winding down but the battle for syria is not over. beirut. kenya's president who are called for unity. for dialogue with the opposition kenya also made the comments as he led celebrations in my will fifty four years of independence his first public was sworn in as president last one after an election. that's. the future is now it is about a healthy nation built on equal opportunity for all dignity for all eyes on the pursuit of material prosperity for all as i have stated the full and i repeat a

sponsored geneva talks it wants to hold what is known as the syrian people's congress but it seems that it still doesn't have the backing of all powers because that congress was supposed to be held in the vendor and now it has been postponed till early next year it doesn't just have doesn't have the support of of players that oppose it really in syria but even within its own camp its own allies it's still not clear whether the syrian government and the iranian government is on board to actually make the necessary concessions because what is clear is that this has been a very costly war for russia it is looking for an end game it's looking for an exit plan it wants to translate its military successes into a diplomatic victory so it wants to push this forward but still little progress has been made. more than twelve thousand homes are under threat from huge wildfires in the u.s. state of california two hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as the fire is now into the city of los angeles hundreds of homes have been destroyed many in the city's richest neighborho

ahead is towards what is going to be happening in january twenty eighth and that is the syrian national dialogue congress talks in sochi that has been thrown open the defense minister has said that opposition groups should attend that as well and has said that people from ethnic backgrounds from different ethnic backgrounds different religious backgrounds as well as opposing groups are invited to participate that are tentatively armed groups have said that they would participate as long as there is a commitment towards the geneva resolution and that of course is really throwing forward the situation trying to ensure a political resolution to all of this and paving the way eventually to holding elections in syria. british foreign secretary boris johnson says there is abundant evidence of russian interference in actions across europe and the u.s. joins us made the accusation is joining talks in moscow with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov lavrov the nine the allegations and demanded proof that russia had been involved in election meddling. i think it's very very important that. you should recognize th

and i think everyone in the room felt the same thing the members of congress the media. the public the syrian opposition the staff everyone. news of caesar's pictures reached the holocaust memorial museum. the director of the center for the prevention of genocide at the museum decided to exhibit caesar's photographs. this was the first time that we had come into possession on our own of photographs of such a not just a contemporary case but an active case these were photographs that were weeks and months old some of them they were going on as we spoke they were not a historical event seventy or eighty years ago they were not photographs in black and white these are photographs in full color. that that tell a story that's going on today. it took an allied victory to end the actions of the nazis. barack obama was elected to get u.s. troops out of the middle east he could not take the risk of another military intervention caesar left unable to change u.s. policy. that has been the great disappointment for caesar and and still for everyone involved and i think for humanity you. and that we could

any authorization either from the united nations or even from the or from the syrian government or even from the u.s. congress and so this this is the reason it's a very serious issues of what is the motive and what will the united states be doing in the future secretary mabus the defense secretary's already said u.s. forces are going to stay in syria well without an invitation with and and clearly that eastern portion east of the euphrates is is still part of syria and and that is under the jurisdiction of the syrian government legitimate syrian government yes speaking on an incident which could have led to a whole lot worse today a former pentagon official michael maloof thank you very much for coming on the program. and i move to raise the international pressure on iran the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has shifted attention from tehran's nuclear deal to its ballistic missile program nikki haley produced pieces of a short range weapon during a presentation claiming that it was made in iran and fired by hooty rebels in yemen not saudi arabia. we have said multiple times that this is not just about t

and this is a source for tension if the if congress if sochi is as such no one would go to and you notice also this diet of syrian opposition towards suchi and it is considered to be a submission for the russian will i say this cannot be the case let's further expand our discussion. clinic of how can even even heard what mr levy has been saying particular voice in the concerns of the sea in opposition how can the brushes ritek is the whole initiative in social. to be able to be to bring it in a very appealing way to the syrian opposition but also to the international community are the russians willing to consider the fate of the shuttle as it well in the first place i want to say that russia didn't i mean the only book condition russia put for this congress is that all parties but it's a paid shouldn't have any preconditions. for the negotiations so secondly i think we should look at this initiative. in the same way as to not in the very beginning if you remember also the major and really big part of the opposition on the ground didn't want to participate in it but gradually they started to be told more and more

of little alan kurdi a three year old syrian boy lundahl a turkish beach those images we're going to show our viewers right now and he went right through to congress john mccain in the u.s. also talking about it on every national newspaper and media organization those pinchers hold the global community in fifteen seconds very briefly can you tell me do those pictures those images still hold to you and members of the european parliament to me personally yes but i think much of the misery is now hidden from our eyes and that's why you see less of a political debate there if you know. horrible journey people have to go through before reaching libya that is not taped on our debt is not coming on our new shows that is not visible for us and i can tell you those pictures must be just as awful as the bodies or people coming to our shores ok well that for the men we have to leave it to i'd like to thank all of my guests my mother of john philip newton county berry and gina london strasberg thank you for your time and thank you for watching this edition of inside story you can watch the program again any time by visiting our website at al-jazeera dot com o

me syrian government where while turkey supports some major rebel groups have agreed to meet again in the russian city of sochi on the twenty ninth perris president of an impingement vote in congress over corruption allegations pedro pablo kaczynski is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant bresh a company that's been at the center of a massive barbarous scandal across latin america u.s. president donald trump has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollar bill was approved by congress on wednesday making it the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years is charles first major legislative victory of his first year in office and phone with chief strategist steve bannon has been asked to testify at a congressional investigation into russian meddling in last year's election about the full news hour in just over twenty five minutes now inside story. every view for washington from both allies and adversaries with the un's vote on jerusalem and the us president but in nations who didn't support him over his well the vast majority didn't so what if that will this have on diplomacy in the middle eas

congress are looking into that possibility and may even introduce articles of impeachment by the end of the year kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington. israel has reportedly fired missiles into syrian territory near damascus syrian state t.v. says the military intercepted three missiles which were targeting a military facility northwest of the capital and international human rights group is accusing the congolese government to recruiting more than two hundred exiled rebel fighters to help suppress protests human rights watch says security forces killed dozens of people during demonstrations against the president joseph kabila in december twenty sixth teen i destroy is central africa director at human rights watch she says the recruits were ordered to crackdown on peaceful protests late last year as we were approaching the end of president joseph kabila is constitutionally mandated to term limit on december nineteenth two thousand and sixteen there was increasing pressure on the road to step down from office his future the country's future was uncertain and during this period senior congress security force officers were created and twenty three fighters secretly from the ants in uga

the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. a crucial meeting begins in south africa as the african national congress prepares to choose a new leader. but i'm down in georgia the sound as a rock lawyer from doha also coming up protestors in israel demand the prime minister's resignation of a corruption allegations which he denies. a china south korea summit ends with a cool reception from the hosts in beijing the visitors but hopefully. we'll tell you why the trumpet ministration has bolted scientists to stop talking about well summits. south africa's president has called for unity in the governing african national congress as it prepares to select a new leader jacob zuma is facing corruption allegations is stepping down as head of the party before a success is elected on sunday when the contest has been marked by deep divisions. teleplays reports from johannesburg. the conference started with two warnings don't to sing divisive songs and keep the chairs on the ground everybody expects that will be flying around this conference or we can say that real not in this conference. a.n.c. members from compe

syrian government where while turkey supports some major rebel groups have agreed to meet again in the russian city of sochi on jan river twenty ninth. perris president asked survived an impingement vote in congress over corruption allegations pedro pablo kaczynski is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant brush a company that's been at the center of a massive bribery scandal across latin america the u.s. president has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollar bill was approved by congress on wednesday making it the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in fessing is its charms first major legislative victory of his first year in office and from a chief strategist steve allen has been asked to testify at a congressional investigation into russian meddling in last year's election about the full news hour in just over twenty five minutes now inside story. for washington from both. series with the un's vote on jerusalem the u.s. president nations who didn't support him over as well the vast majority didn't so what if past will this have on diplomacy.

here on al-jazeera prue's congress votes against impeaching the president over corruption allegations. also the latest proposals coming out of the astana talks on monday syrian conflict will be in mind for moscow and in sport is a second success it is many days for this skier tatyana will have the details straight after the break. you are making remarks whether on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminal or if you join us on inside. of it in the morning in the sense i want to cover the world and this is a dialogue that could be what's leading to some of the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera. i remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it was so many nationalities. just that we all come from different places but it's one that gives us that gives us the ability to identify the people when they have a side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength. but like you

mentally great deal of excitement ahead of that congress has things build up to hurry things are actually in the tasa. there is no end in sight for millions of syrians who suffered years of turmoil after the latest round of geneva talks failed to bring about any hopes of peace all sides of blaming each other for the lack of progress and this leaves many syrians continuing to live either under siege or incomes it's all a binge of a reports now from the zahara camp in northern syria syrian children made homeless in their own country struggle to understand why they have to live in tents of the six and a half million displaced syrians almost three million are boys and girls knew mohammed remembers going to school before his leg was blown off in an extract he blames the assad government. his scars are a painful reminder about the surgery and shrapnel that hit his leg. he tired easily these days and misses going out to play football. it's too hard for me to go to the toilet we go to that caravan used by everyone else i want to proceed to clegg i dream of becoming a driver maybe a pilot or i could study to become a doctor. syrians in zora camp were forced

congress and its leader raul dandy has mounted a surprisingly strong challenge. u.s. special envoy for syria stuff and of a store has urged russia to convince the syrian government that there is no time to lose on reaching a peace deal speaking to a swiss television channel stuff a debate stories said failure to make peace quickly could lead to a fragmentation of syria. where the news headlines will have more in thirty minutes to stay with us here on al-jazeera. a semi tropical century of unusual beauty jeju island is a world heritage site. the government of south korea declared it an island of world peace. but on this island of peace has been built one of the most provocative military bases in the world less than four hundred miles from shanghai. like and the marshall islands this is america's front line in it so cold pivot to asia. hair in one sun spoiled again john village the south korean navy has built a base for american aircraft carriers nuclear submarines and destroyers equipped with the aegis ballistic missile. and aimed at china's defenses. china's lifelines to the world in oil trade resources depend on shipping that comes through checkpoint

syrian government and the opposition to the negotiating table u.s. president on a tramp has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill was approved by congress on wednesday making it the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years it will repeal some parts of obamacare and offers big tax cuts for businesses it's trump's first major legislative victory of his first year in office. meanwhile transformer campaign manager has reportedly been asked to testify at an investigation into russian meddling in last year's election it's understood a congressional panel will question steve bannon you know early january on the alleged collusion between the trump campaign and russia and then also served as president tom's top white house strategist before being fired in august the u.n. security council is debating a resolution targeting north korea's fuel imports the pressure proposed by the u.s. would ban nearly ninety percent of refined petroleum products exports to pyongyang tensions are high on the korean peninsula after king john government we conducted a number of missile tests this year drawing international condemnation and tough sanctio

syrian government's main military backer in the country's ongoing civil war. three women who accuse u.s. president donald trump of sexual misconduct have urged congress to investigate his behavior the three accusers made their appeal to lawmakers at a joint news conference on monday the white house press secretary said trunk denies the allegations some of which date back to the one nine hundred eighty s. . unfocused unfair and ineffective the u.s. representative scolds the world trade organization at the bodies meeting in argentina in return to your leaders lashed out at washington's tax plans also on the program bitcoin futures begin trading in chicago bullets stabilize the price of the cryptocurrency or burst the bubble and contaminated milk and a sales ban the world's largest food producer is facing a salmonella crisis. this is a business or welcome.

syrian government's main military backer in the country's ongoing civil war. three women hugh accuse us president donald trump of sexual misconduct have urged congress to investigate his behavior the three accusers made their appeal to lawmakers at a joint news conference on monday the white house press secretary said trunk denies the allegations some of which date back to the one nine hundred eighty s. . morning rush hour in manhattan an explosion at one of the city's busiest transit hubs for people injured including a suspected terrorist who police say wanted to blow him self up tonight we don't know why police are keeping quiet about what he said just before the blast off in berlin this is the day. the backups on there was another attempted terrorist.