assad how can you convince the international community this time that a syria without bashar al assad is good for everyone. well the international community doesn't have a problem with that the problem really lies with russia itself had there been russian will towards implementing un security council resolutions be they the geneva communiqué orders aleutian two to five for i think the geneva could have a chance how about i want to just refer back to what your guest from moscow are calling for most of the guardian a stunner stunna was meant to be a military and humanistic matter just for deescalation and for the detainees to be released for a cease to be lifted and for aid to get to those besieged. and none of those goals were achieved as they intend they were intended to be unfortunately however russia wanted to use also the platform of a stana to politicize it when they introduced the constitution asserting constitution in one of their rounds and it was rejected and it found just a stunt to be to be not quite helpful in just going into that political track and that's why this matter

assad how can you convince the international community this time that a syria without bashar assad is good for everyone. well the international community doesn't have a problem with that the problem really lies with russia itself had there been russian will towards implementing un security council resolutions be they the geneva communiqué or do solution to a two five four i think the geneva could have a chance how about i want to just refer back to what your guest from moscow are calling for most closer to god in a stunning us than i was meant to be a military and humanistic matter just for disk elation and for the detainees to be released for a cease to be lifted and for aid to get to those missiles. and none of those goals were achieved as they intend they were intended to be unfortunately however russia wanted to use also the platform of a stand to politicize it when they introduced the constitution or said in constitution in one of the rounds and it was rejected and it found just a stunt to be to be not quite helpful in just going into that political track and that's why this mat

assad how can you convince the international community this time that a syria without bashar al assad is good for everyone. well the international community doesn't have a problem with that the problem really lies with russia itself had there been russian will towards implementing un security council resolutions be they the geneva communiqué or do solution to a two five four i think the geneva could have a chance how about i want to just refer back to what your guest from moscow are calling for most of the guardian a stunning stunning was meant to be a military and humanistic matter just for disk elation and for the detainees to be released for a cease to be lifted and for aid to get to those missiles. and none of those goals were achieved as they intend they were intended to be unfortunately however russia wanted to use also the platform of a stana to politicize it when they introduced the constitution asserting constitution in one of the rounds and it was rejected and it found just a stunt to be to be not quite helpful in just going into that political track and that's why this mat

bashar assad in power but because they like bashar al assad as has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got an interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so. in my opinion conference light now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have geneva we have and now we are having sochi so i sat down at. she was designed from the very beginning to deal with military issues the cease fire that the escalation zones and so on and so forth. right now sochi is going to be dealing with more political issues like the quest to to chanel's the elections and and and the likes so now we are having a field actually process which makes things even much more complicated for. her to kick place in syria because we can see some sort of a competition between these different processes in fact the americans they want very much to focus on geneva the americans i'm talking here about france but then. jordan and saudi arabia who actually came up with the no paper paper the other day talking about their vision of the political.

bashar assad in power now because they're like bashar al assad has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got an interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so. in my opinion conference light now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have geneva we have and now we are having sochi so i sat down at. she was designed from the very beginning to deal with military issues the cease fire that the escalation zones and so on and so forth. right now sochi is going to be dealing with more political issues like the quest to to chanel's the elections and and and the likes so now we are having a field actually process which makes things even much more complicated for them. to kick place in syria because we can see some sort of a competition between these different processes in fact the americans they want very much to focus on geneva the americans i'm talking here about france but then. jordan and saudi arabia who actually came up with the no paper paper the other day talking about their vision of the political

bashar assad in power but because they're like bashar al assad as has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got a lot of interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so . in my opinion conference light now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have geneva we have and now we are having sochi so i sat down at. she was designed from the very beginning to deal with military issues the cease fire that the escalation zones and so on and so forth. right now sochi is going to be dealing with more political issues like the quest a jewish and the elections and and and the likes so now we are having a field actually process which makes things even much more complicated for them. to kick place in syria because we can see some sort of a competition between these different processes in fact the americans they want very much to focus on the americans i'm talking here about france but in. jordan and saudi arabia who actually came up with the no paper paper the other day talking about their vision of the polit

bashar assad in power now because they like bashar al assad has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got an interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so. in my opinion conference right now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have geneva we have and now we are having sochi so i sat down at. she was designed from the very beginning to deal with military issues the cease fire the exclusion zones and so on and so forth. right now sochi is going to be dealing with more political issues like the quest to to chanel's the elections and and and the likes so now we are having a field actually process which makes things even much more complicated for. her to kick place in syria because we can see some sort of a competition between these different processes in fact the americans they want very much to focus on the americans i'm talking here about france but in. jordan and saudi arabia who actually came up with the no paper paper the other day talking about their vision of the political. that is throug

assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the right the region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a doc if you like a dog then probably it's a dog you know jonathan weigh in on that because i am really quite mystified by all that's what is the national security interest of the united states to maintain military forces illegally under international law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me it's a lot of spite they don't like the fact that the russians the iranians and assad won that it's back down on the ground they want to accept it go ahead jonathan well

assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the right the region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a doc if you like a dog then probably it's a thought you know jonathan weigh in on that because i am really quite mystified by all that's what is the national security interest of the united states to maintain military forces even legally under international law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me it's a lot of spite they don't like the fact that the russians the iranians and our side won that it's back down on the ground they want to accept it go ahead jonathan well i think they've made it clear they're doing against iran. but it was against. iran quite clearly bill to run up into a burglar to loosen wrist. talking about this northern arch the some kind of arch invisible to anybody except to listen and the american administration that would stretch from turn around t

bobby west blames bashar al-assad, u.n. investigators find evidence of nerve gas and only for attacks. the united states puts the blame for the latest attack on russia, saying moscow is not willing to restrain the regime and it is costing innocent syrian lives as the russians stop a u.n. -- week, the head of the united nations called the security council to revive efforts to punish those responsible and france called for a fresh multinational initiative to preserve evidence of chemical weapons attacks. >> and unity cannot be an option. option,ity cannot be an those who use the weapons, state or nonstate actors must be punish and those in may consider using them should be deterredd from doing so. >> a 29 nation groups meeting in paris increaeasing pressurures n bashar al-assad and russia to protect the regime. hase has ordered -- france ordered asset freezes over 25 individuals and groups inspected of helping serious use of chemical weapons. >> for more, i am joined by benjamin. a senior fellow at the foundation of strategic

assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the right the region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a doc if you like a dog then probably it's a dog you know jonathan weigh in on that because i am really quite mystified by all that's what is the national security interest of the united states to maintain military forces illegally under international law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me it's a lot of spite they don't like the fact that the russians the iranians and assad won that it's back down on the ground they want to accept it go ahead jonathan well i think they've made it clear that to do it against iran initially it was against iris but it was against a. very serious quite clearly bill to run up into a burglar i'm going to listen was talking about this northern arch some kind of arch invisible to anybody except to listen in the american administration to the

prevent further empowerment of bashar assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the right that region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a duck if you like a dog then probably it's a dog you know jonathan weigh in on that because i really quite mystified by all that's what is the national security interest that the united states to maintain military forces illegally under international law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me it's a lot of spite they don't like the fact that the russians the iranians and assad won that it's a fact on the ground they won't accept it go ahead jonathan well i think they've made it clear that to do it against iran initially it was against iris and it was against. iran very clearly they've built a grown up into a bogeyman and i'm going to listen was talking about this northern arch to some kind of arch invisible to anybody except to listen

assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a doc if you like a dog then probably it's a dog you know jonathan weigh in on that because i am really quite mystified by all that's what is the national security interest of the united states to maintain military forces even legally under international law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me it's a lot of spite they don't like the fact that the russians the iranians and our side won that it's back down on the ground they want to accept it go ahead jonathan. made it clear that to do it against iran initially it was against iris but it was against. it's against iran they say that quite clearly they've built a grown up into a bogeyman and i'm going to listen was talking about this northern arch the some kind of arch invisible to anybody except to listen in the american administr

assad's troops are also battling opposition fighters in the northern province of idlib as they attempt to take over a major air base one hundred twenty thousand people have fled from rebel held it live in the past three weeks and i'm kristie lu has more from the rama refugee camp in the northern syrian village of kufa loosen. this is rama refugee camp in northwestern and left by the turkish syrian border there are five thousand refugees here who came after december fifteenth when the syrian regime started its airstrike on civilians and is there in hama also those people are from mr muhammad and they're mainly very poor families you see the kids they are walking around on barefoot they don't have shoes threw away and people need immediate humanitarian assistance we have been talking to the people who have been residing here and the people in charge of the camp they're telling that the medical equipment they have is not enough the food they have is not enough for those people they need immediate extra medicine they need immediate extra food to feed those people here and there are some ot

the recent attacks and these are a serious concerns that bashar assad's syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people who were conducted the attacks russia ultimately burbs responsibility for the victims and. and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria tillerson was speaking at a conference in paris to launch an international partnership against impunity for the use of chemical weapons that's a small. well the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson really set the tone at this launch of this new anti chemical weapons group here in paris when he said that those who use chemical weapons are carrying out crimes against humanity and that they must not go unpunished well they were ministers here for more than thirty countries and what they said that they would do is work harder to stop the use of chemical weapons to share intelligence on the matter to try and gather evidence of chemical weapons attacks all with the goal of trying to prosecute those who do carry out such atrocities now of course the focus h

assad but main opposition groups and the kurds are not attending those talks in sochi. emmons prime minister is accusing separatists backed by the united arab emirates of an attempted coup fighters have taken over the government's headquarters in the port city of aden at least ten people have been killed and one hundred others have been wounded in battles between southern secessionists and yemen's government you are going to there is no difference between the these and anyone else who rebels against a legitimate government no matter who they are if he's not with the legitimate government then he's rebelling against it and considered an enemy to the entire country. sudan egypt and ethiopia are due to meet on the sidelines of the african union over a controversial dam project or trying to find a solution after months of deadlock over the great ethiopian renaissance dam our reports from addis ababa. acknowledge of uncertainty hangs over the african union's annual gathering in. a dispute between some of its members over the dam is building on the nile threatens to undermine

assad while turkey supports opposition fighters. the deposed leader of spain's council on region and is meeting his newly elected m.p.'s in brussels that discussing forming a group with other procession is parties in the council on parliament with the hope of restoring the region's leader has been in exile in brussels since holding a session referendum in october for which he could face arrest if he returns to spain now deemed baba has more from brussels. well colors put them all seem to be in a jovial mood here in brussels as he took part in that meeting with people from his party who were elected to the catalan parliament last december and members of the other main problem dependents party he didn't actually talk to the press himself it was left to spokespeople from his party who were adamant that he would very soon be sworn in as the catalan president there are a number of obstacles that they face mr pushed him or won't go back to spain and neither will the deposed ministers that he came to brussels with last year when they were

assad sent in troops to crush protests against his regime. the uprising that followed triggered the worst refugee crisis since the second world war. since then eleven million syrians half of the country's population have been displaced. in twenty fifteen alone four million were on the move. the majority sought safety in neighboring countries. a war mosul to canada had. also listened almost even the calm of that like and what is he really other than. an economics student at aleppo university diderot had been arrested during the uprising and thrown in jail on his release he'd fled over the border that he proposed to his fiance. by bugs always a sufi and see the ad and you know. why the choice why such handedness or. a nose the any sort of a kid will see on the wrong. or. over to. me and suffer. any minute of it by then. so on the twenty second of may twenty fifteen did our joint thousands of others on a long journey searching for sanctuary in europe. if he made it he could meet up with his wife who dorothy going to head by another route. for ha

it's one of the reasons they have propped bashar al assad up so maintain their presence. syria is their toe hold in the e critics are right they have gained more influence because the united states has ceded influence and didn't just start under president trump. i understand that. but they have definitely now sort of controlled the table with respect to the future of syria. and just today, christiane, you may have even the russiass are calling for a meeting in sochi of the u.n. security counsel members to discuss the civil war in syria and potentially solving this diplomatically along the u.n. lines. think that is unfortunate, that russia now is being process ut in the driver's seat diplomatically. this administration while i praise them for the work against iceness iraq and syria, up until recently last week there's been no discussion out of the trump administration about how to solve the syrian civil war diplomatically. how to drive it forward, the way that secretary kerry tried to do while in in office. they have given that to the russians. it's not a good place for us

al assad to intervene and help protect the syrian border against the turkish military so this shows you how complex the situation can get and how messy it is actually on the ground and despite the fact that it is messy there i mean it does have broad support among turks baghdad right why is the. well patriotism and nationalism are really running deep in turkish society and that's what political leaders are using and appealing to when mobilizing when actually preparing the population for such a military offensive and there is a strong enemy image here i mean for encourage the syrian kurdish fighters are practically the same as the outlaw p k k that is fighting a war inside turkey since decades so there is a strong am enemy image here and of course media reporting has been very much in favor of this offensive so this is shaping public opinion you barely hear any critical voices let me show you what i mean i follow the reports here from istanbul let's have a look at this. war on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the report

we are nothe in a fake news era, as bashar al-assad says here we are, rather, in an era in which the authoritarian impulse is reasserting itself. to challenge free people and free societies everywhere. it our own country from the trivial to the truly dangerous, it is the range and regularity of the untruths we see that should be the cause for profound alarm, and spurred to action. add to that the by now predictable habit of calling truth things false and false things true, and with a recipe for disaster. george orwell warned, the further our a society treats fm the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. any of those who have spent time in a look like have endured news coverage we felt was jaded or unfair. but in our positions, to employ even idle threats to use laws or regulations to stifle criticism is corrosive to our democratic institutions. simply put, it is the press obligation to uncover the truth about t power, it is the peoples right to criticize their government. and it is our job to take it. what is the goal of laying siege to the truth?ri president john f. kenned

assad sent in troops to crush protests against his regime. the uprising that followed triggered the worst refugee crisis since the second world war. since then eleven million syrians half of the country's population have been displaced. in twenty fifteen alone four million were on the move. the majority sought safety in neighboring countries. a world most of that canada had. also and almost even a conifer that like and what if you've ever been on. an economics student at aleppo university diderot had been arrested during the uprising and thrown in jail on his release he'd fled over the border there he proposed to his fiance. badmouths order. and see the area and you know. that and why the choice why. handedness or. a nose the only son of a can will song for. me i'm. in the middle of a by then. so on the twenty second of may twenty fifteen did our joint thousands of others on a long journey searching for sanctuary in europe. if he made it he could meet up with his wife who dorothy going to head by another route. and for had been of the. alien

it's one of the reasons they have propped bashar al assad up so maintain their presence. syria is their toe hold in the e critics are right they have gained more influence because the united states has ceded influence and didn't just start under president trump. i understand that. but they have definitely now sort of controlled the table with respect to the future of syria. and just today, christiane, you may have even the russiass are calling for a meeting in sochi of the u.n. security counsel members to discuss the civil war in syria and potentially solving this diplomatically along the u.n. lines. i think that is unfortunate, that russia now is being process ut in the driver's seat diplomatically. this administration while i praise them for the work against iceness iraq and syria, up until recently last week there's been no discussion out of the trump administration about how to solve the syrian civil war diplomatically. how to drive it forward, the way that secretary kerry tried to do while in in office. they have given that to the russians. it's not a good place for

assad sent in troops to crush protests against his regime. the uprising that followed triggered the worst refugee crisis since the second world war. since then eleven million syrians half of the country's population have been displaced. in twenty fifteen alone four million were on the move. the majority sought safety in neighboring countries. canada had. also listen almost or even a comment that you like and what if you barely ever been on. an economics student at aleppo university did out had been arrested during the uprising and thrown in jail on his release he fled over the border there he proposed to his fiance. and see the area and you know. why the choice why such handedness or. a nosy any sort of a kid will song for. me and. i hope we're in the middle of it by then. so on the twenty second of may twenty fifteen did our joint thousands of others on a long journey searching for sanctuary in europe. if he made it he could meet up with his wife who dorothy going to head by another route but. for had been of the. alien on this of the than.

president bashar al assad's forces have stepped up their assault on this last opposition stronghold in the north of the country in recent weeks. against them this coalition of generalities and moderates don't stand much of a chance. troops backed by russian airpower launched intensified attacks on northern hamas and southeast about a month ago. that's led to the biggest wave of migration we've ever seen. a little just one hundred thousand people have already fled the fighting in southern this is raised fears of yet another humanitarian crisis in syria we're extremely concerned that amid this escalation in finds him up to two million people may be at risk this is an area where tens of thousands of people have already been displaced on their own going fighting could provoke even further displacement of civilians. that means more suffering the regime's campaign has included attacks on hospitals according to the u.n. those so far left unscathed ill equipped and doctors. are exhausted. and. there are so many injured people we can take care of them all. no hospital in the world could treat t

assad all turkey's supports opposition fighters chin is a another thirty seven arrested another one hundred fifty people including local opposition leaders in response to almost a week of demonstrations there eight hundred people have now been detained because of their opposition to the government's plan to raise taxes on the price of basic goods up to date those are your headlines at super authorities next up by. this super thirty are now more than halfway through the course for some. it's hard going but you have planning on taking bets that i gave up may have us if my hundred days was over the ones which are where it's going to go jovi full color. going to prolong me until right i was going to. reality going on and on the part of the room we were at our kick on bus attack on our final. disobedience and we i think i was over the imagining ok. yeah i think i think about a year from that here where madeleine everything i think yeah i think i can support them to where i never thought then they can meet up i want to what i can of family background how that's helped at celera. you are l

assad sent in troops to crush protests against his regime. the uprising that followed triggered the worst refugee crisis since the second world war. since then eleven million syrians half of the country's population have been displaced. in twenty fifteen alone four million were on the move. the majority sought safety in neighboring countries. a war most of that canada had. also listened almost or even a comment that you like and what if you've ever been on. an economics student at a leper university did or had been arrested during the uprising and thrown in jail on his release he'd fled over the border that he proposed to his fiance. badmouths order. and see the area and you know. why the choice why such handedness or. a nose the any sort of a can. or. over to. me i'm. in the middle of a by then. so on the twenty second of may twenty fifteen did our joint thousands of others on a long journey searching for sanctuary in europe. if he made it he could meet up with his wife who dorothy gone ahead by another route but. for hadn't of the. alien on

assad sent in troops to crush protests against his regime. the uprising that followed triggered the worst refugee crisis since the second world war. since then eleven million syrians half of the country's population have been displaced. in twenty fifteen alone four million were on the move. the majority sought safety in neighboring countries. a war most of. the had to. also listen i will study even a comment that you like and what is he really other than. an economics student at aleppo university diderot had been arrested during the uprising and thrown in jail on his release he'd fled over the border there he proposed to his fiance. and see the area and you know. why the choice why. handedness or. a nose the any sort of a kid will see on the wrong foot or. over to. me and. i hope we're in the middle of a by then. so on the twenty second of may twenty fifteen did our joint thousands of others on a long journey searching for sanctuary in europe. if he made it he could meet up with his wife who dorothy going to head by another route. for had bee

assad but the main opposition groups and the kurds are not attending as talks and sochi. the second and final day of the african union summit is underway in the ethiopian capital meeting is focusing on tackling corruption and conflict across the continent leaders have also been discussing ways to fund the fifty five member block it's mostly financed by foreign donors but members wanted to become completely self-sufficient homenaje i was in ethiopia in capital addis ababa so as we are in the midst we've been reporting mohamed one of the focus of the summit this time is conflicts in africa in particular which conflicts are getting the most attention what's the priority. walter shell almost all of them. of their conflict in libya of the wall against boko haram in what's on central africa as well as the democratic republic of congo where they've been killings going on in the eastern part of the concrete in the past few months however most discussions of the peace and security council of the african union which is. a meeting today of the presidential level was all him. as you

major sticking points remain, namely the face -- fate of bashar al-assad. i spoke to our correspondent. >> the delegates, dozens of delegates who turned up at the or part oft night the sysyrian oppositioiowho are vevery much opposed to bashar alal-assad.. they are in n the p process of g , whwhich is where they werere flown in from m last night.t. they were angry and had been n negotiatioions with the rurussin governmentnt representatives abt ththe logo behind me. at is becacause it has t the syrian flag on it and these representatives who are are upsethar al-asassad the syrian flag isis around the. representatives o offered to tae down the emblems and not use the logos around the a airpo. but ththey are everywhere and unavoidablble. thatat is one of the majajor is. it means the peace talks are not representative.. we saw the opepening of e e pres coconference, when the foreign minister of r russia was speaki. a represeseative in t the hall t up as hehe was speakining and accused moscow of killing thousands of civilians using its aircraft. a difficult day f

assad while turkey supports opposition fighters for indian supreme court judges have held an unprecedented press conference to criticize the chief justice they accuse him of bias of allocating judges to cases they also raise concerns about procedures to hire and promote judges the chief justice has not yet responded and german chancellor angela merkel's conservative party has made a deal with that center left wilde's to formally open coalition talks leaders say they're hoping to end months of political uncertainty following september's elections as are the headlines on al jazeera i want to one east is up next. al jazeera. and for us. in china women are in short supply are. millions more men than women. so when it comes time to marry the odds aren't good. it's estimated one in five men won't be able to find a bright a personal and also national disaster. i'm steve check out on this episode a one of one used we meet the men resorting to drastic action to avoid a life alone. but. she has just come out of the mall her name is one five ice because she is one point five eight majors tool. in a f

al assad's forces and their russian allies stop the violence the kurds who control almost twenty percent of syrian territory also not attending where the focus of a turkish military operation in northern syria ankara says their fighters are terrorists stephanie decker reports now from the town of killis on the turkish syrian border. there's just been incoming from syria into turkey we were actually preparing for a live when we heard a whiz over our heads. and then we saw the smoke landing around five hundred meters from our position well the police have now come to inspect the crater this is a reminder of course that this is an act of conflict and there are consequences for these border towns these border cities cholas has had rockets and shells land here before also the honey on the other side of the border but people that residents that we've spoken to here will tell you that they are concerned they're used to it because i saw was here just a couple of years ago along the border and there was this kind of tense situation as well but one gentleman we spoke to yesterday said he was worri

al assad while turkey supports opposition fighters. the united nations has expressed its concern over that latest escalation in fighting with a warning that deliberate attacks on civilians could be considered war crimes well then eighty five people have been killed in east and go to in the past twelve days and a hoaxer reports. this has become the norm in eastern good . day to civilian casualties as the syrian government steps up its attacks and flushing out rebels in the damascus. was this is the last rebel held enclave and regime forces backed by russian strikes have been intensifying attacks in recent months russia has rejected accusations it's been targeting civilians. turkish president spoke to his russian counterpart putin on thursday stressing the strikes needed to stop for peace talks to succeed an unnamed turkish source said ankara had summoned iranian and russian ambassadors syrian president assad's backers to express its discomfort those airstrikes are in what was meant to be a deescalation. and the un's envoy voiced his con

assad's troops are also battling opposition fighters in the northern province of idlib and they attempt to take over a major advice one hundred twenty thousand people have fled from rebel held a live in the past three weeks. up to date with all of our top stories do stay with us for people in power which starts now i'll see you after that in about twenty five minutes time to join me again. i'm a prude g. people of southern argentina and chile have long protested but also from sister lands at the hands of colonial era settlers territory that's maraton and cheap by huge timber a stakes which have left the region environmentally depleted and the indigenous inhabitants mired in poverty but recently the simmering resentment have been coming to the court weeping to find that walk. past a guinea and a vast wilderness of lakes forests and mountains that straddles the andes across the southernmost part of south america. it stands central home of the indigenous mapuche e people who were here when spanish conquistadores first arrived on the continent to have a full hundred years ago. since the nin

we are not in a fake news era as bashar al-assad says. we are, rather, in an era in which the authoritarian impulse is reasserting itself to challenge free people and free societies everywhere. in our own country, from the trivial to the truly dangerous, it is the range and regularity of the untruths we see that should be the cause for profound alarm and spur to action. add to that the by now predictable habit of calling true things false and false things true, and we have a a recipe for disaster. george or well warned, the further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. how any of us who have spent time in public life have endured news coverage we felt was jaded or unfair, but in our positions to employ even idle threats to use laws or regulations to stifle criticism is corrosive to our democratic institutions. simply put, it is the press' obligation to uncover the truth about power. it is the people's right to criticize their government. and it is our job to take it. what is the goal of laying siege to

al-assad. russia began sending him in 2015.support let's go live to vienna with journalist anthony mills. i in 2015. let's s go live to vienna with there's really no way of knowing. this is the ninth edition of thesestalks and thus far they have f failed to achieieve anytg really tangible. they haven't even managed to produce a situation in which the two sides actualllly speak face-to-facece. of of how indicication stark the challenges are. it is certainly going to be one of the aims of the special representative for syria of the he will btrtrying too create an environment in which fore is sufficient goodwill them to actually speak face-to-face. even that is far from guaranteed let alone agreement on issues such as the fate of the syrian president bashar al-assad. they see a future for syria in which he plays no part. of c course his regime strengthened by the support of are verery sure of their position. presencehis continued in the near future is nonnegotiable. genie: the vienna talks backed

and bashar assad. many experts are certain that the panama attack on governments all over the world will continue. we've learned that there will be a second part of the papers and preparations for the next progressing full steam ahead. on the website of the consortium that led the investigation into the first part of the scandalous report journalists are dropping subtle hints. the second information needs funding. we are aiming to raise fifty thousand dollars or more over the coming weeks to contribute towards our next big investigation. the journalist consortium gerard ryle is quite open they've held back a lot of compromising evidence for later well there are a lot of document that have yet to be published because we didn't publish every document that we chose not to publish every document nighty five to ninety eight percent of the information collected by. the.

assad and turkey which backs the opposition sent their delegates to the talks the syrian government is represented by the ruling party officials and it's on eyes trade unions elders and tribal leaders the u.n. special envoy for syria stefan de mistura is also attending the opposition delegation consists mostly of members of the two movements tolerated by the government and as you can you heard a small section of that opposition group being who are in sochi are also refusing to participate the main opposition group which is the syrian negotiations committee and the kurdish groups have boycotted the talks as we mentioned the u.s. and the european union also have not sent their representatives to sochi let's bring in a correspondent for a challenge who joins us from sochi in russia quite a great deal of confusion confusion earlier today in sochi rory as to whether or not these talks were going to go on or not talk us through what happened first behind the scenes and also in front of the cameras. you know will we were watching the screens from the media room which broadcast the central

and bashar assad. many experts are certain that the panama attack on governments all over the world will continue. we've learned that there will be a second part to the. then preparations for the next progressing full steam ahead. on the website of the consortium that led the investigation into the first part of the scandalous report journalists are dropping subtle hints. the second information needs funding. we are aiming to raise fifty thousand dollars or more over the coming weeks to contribute towards our next big investigation. of the journalist jeroen rial is quite open they've held back a lot of compromising evidence for later well there are a lot of document that have yet to be published because we didn't publish every document and we chose not to publish them and ninety five to ninety eight percent of the information collected by. the hack not the leak was never released we cannot preclude the possibility that later on there will be a sort of paper to point zero or three point zero you never k

assad while turkey supports opposition fighters. you have state with headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next to stay with this. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring mainstream we do narrative at this time on al-jazeera. ok and knowing the strain we are live on al-jazeera i'm really could be today why do so many palestinian minors imprisoned in israel and howard be treated take a look at this video from our colleagues. that it didn't i didn't love it but i guess i'm not the mark of the past. the sixteen year old girl that you saw there i had to me has captured international attention the happening protests calling for her release both in palestine and in cities across the world including london and washington d.c. it is read that the arrest of a palestinian minor gets notice like this many palestinian activists are pointing out that there are hundreds of i had to mimi's according to official israeli figures thre

of an apparent chlorine gas attack the recent attacks and it's good to raise serious concerns that bashar assad's syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people whoever conducted the attacks russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims and is good and countless other syrians targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria the u.s. justice department has confirmed a ten sony general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia it's believed to be the first time a member of president chimes cabinets is being questioned in the inquiry led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller and i to say the vice president mike pence has visited the western wall in occupied east jerusalem during the second and final day of his visit to israel the wall in the old city is one of the holiest sites in judaism. that was the news coming up next the stream goes live to the sundance film festival i'll be back in about twenty five minutes for the number. of new stuff. ok and

assad's government but we seem to be seeing now russia and turkey siding increasingly with each other where do you thing this liza relationship between the u.s. and turkey and what can the nato alliance which both countries are part of do about this deteriorating relationship. well and certainly as it became clear that the united states and turkey were not going to be working together to bring down assad the stress that you mention has intensified and it became clear the united states his focus was on isis and turkey's focus was on dealing with the wife e.g. the syrian kurds and this rift has only continued and widened what turkey is up against now which makes their situation even more difficult though is that they're not only. confronting the united states in this case but also increasingly at odds with their newfound russian partners it's actually in the section of syria that turkey is threatening to attack now it's been russian forces that have been present working with the syrian kurds turkey's situation now is that both united states is doubling down on its support for the kurds

al assad government the u.s. says the thirty thousand strong force will help stabilize syria palestinian leaders have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in a meeting of the central council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the council also declared that the us has lost its ability to mediate between israel and palestine. foreign ministers from japan south korea and the united states are among senior officials from twenty nations heading to canada to discuss how to strengthen sanctions on north korea u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson will co-host the talks in vancouver on tuesday countries they will be seeking new ways to intercept vessels at sea that may be defying u.n. sanctions by carrying refined oil products to pyongyang but north korea's main trading partner china won't be at the conference donald trump and choosing paying had a telephone conversation on tuesday focusing on the korean penins

al assad to intervene and help protect the syrian border against the turkish military so this shows you how complex the situation can get and how messy it is actually on the ground and despite the fact that it is messy there i mean it does have broad support among turks right why is the. well patriotism and nationalism are really running deep in turkish society and that's what political leaders are using and appealing to when mobilizing when actually preparing the population for such a military offensive and there is a strong enemy image here i mean for on curry the syrian kurdish fighters are practically the same as the outlaw p k k that is fighting a war inside turkey since decades so there is a strong am enemy image here and of course media reporting has been very much in favor of this offensive so this is shaping public opinion you barely hear any critical voices let me show you what i mean i follow the reports here from istanbul let's have a look at this. war on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting they

assad the u.s. france and the united kingdom also stayed away. austria's new chancellor sebastian court says it welcomed the hunt gary and prime minister viktor orban to vienna for talks on migration terms of courts as part hungry and other countries who posed a you migration quotas and want increased border security council's conservatives a governing in coalition with a far right party. vatican sex crimes experts having to kill a to investigate a bishop who victims covered or abused by paedophile praised pope francis came under fire earlier this month during a visit to the country it saved the bishop from punishment and criticize victims for speaking out. kenya's government has outlawed ran a dangerous national resistance movement after the opposition leader took a symbolic presidential of the office at a more inauguration ceremony in nairobi mr dingell has disputed the country's presidential election result since last august supreme court ordered a rerun in october which he also but which he boyc

assad while turkey supports opposition fighters. also for indian supreme court judges have held an unprecedented news conference to criticize the chief justice of india they accuse him of bias in allocating judges to cases they also raise concerns about procedures to hire and promote judges the chief justice has yet to respond to those who are the news headlines and back with more in thirty minutes next on al-jazeera it's the listening post to stay with us. in a very short time to be a trusted news source wherever you are in the world if you really want to know what's going on. find out very quickly we know looking at some nations prison. we are probably international everybody will learn something watching our coverage . be showing that we can be the best international image trusted source of stories that people actually can't find elsewhere and that's going to continue. that bombshell book rocking the white house michael was firing carry more troubling allegations that the president is telling. these letters. which are now being w

russia syrian government bashar assad inspiration will decide turkey's intervention is not unilateral in this sense it is on the. contrary from this perspective the turkish government somehow. timetable how long it is going to stay there i do not expect that turkey is having any military bases. longer our military presence. coming events how turkey is growing inside of the right to control the area but nonetheless it does look you know the president's statements as if turkey is escalating its campaign there the scope of the time is of course up for debate but the broader consequences for the region what do you think that will be with today's development. i think the confrontation between turkey and the masses of america is getting more and more likely. to move for if the american soldiers support the idea that we have regional conflict on the one hand but also alliance conflict. to nato contrary i don't know how the president. in particular are doing of the. statements. by the government and how turkey will react the ball is on the turkish side not on the american side now we do appre

al assad to intervene and help protect the syrian border against the turkish military so this shows you how complex the situation can get and how messy it is actually on the ground and despite the fact that it is messy there i mean it does have broad support among turks back at home right why is that. well patriotism and nationalism are really running deep in turkish society and that's what political leaders are using and appealing to when mobilizing when actually preparing the population for such a military offensive and there is a strong enemy image here i mean for i'm current the syrian kurdish fighters are practically the same as the outlaw p k k that is fighting a war inside turkey since decades so there is a strong am enemy image here and of course media reporting has been very much in favor of this offensive so this is shaping public opinion you barely hear any critical voices let me show you what i mean i follow the reports here from istanbul let's have a look at this. war on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of th

assad the u.s. france and the u.k. also stayed away. foreign ministers are holding talks today on whether to provide emergency funding to palestinian refugees this comes after u.s. president trump drastically cut financial aid to them now some five million people are urgently in need of support and the u.n. agency responsible for them says it is running out of money let's take a closer look at what the agency for palestinian refugees is doing. the united nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for palestinian refugees and their descendants first seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in one thousand nine hundred forty eight and the six day war in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in camps in jordan syria lebanon the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u.n. member states make up nearly all of the agency's budget of over one billion dollars the united states gave three hundre

assad's troops are also battling opposition fighters in the northern provinces and province of any lead as they attempt to take over a may add base that on hundred twenty thousand people who fled from rebel held at left in the past the elite alone. and up to date with all of our top stories to join me for the news hour which is coming up in about twenty five minutes time off the inside story which starts now stay with outta there. donald trump extends the iran nuclear agreement but warns the u.s. will withdraw if changes are not made but can this deal be renegotiated and why is trump adamantly against it this is inside story. i know that i welcome to the program i'm laura kyle this is a last chance that is the message u.s. president donald trump has sent out of the extending sanctions relief to iran as aggressively warned european allies he would withdraw from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement altogether if it's a monster change it and not met trump has publicly branded the deal before and during his presidency as the worst ever well iran says an announcement is a desperate