complete collapse of the state structures this could be one of the reasons why russia is acting like this. but it could also be a willingness to show the fact that there is an important. >> syria was on the agenda, too, when u.s. secretary of state john kerry met iranian former minister in new york. he was prepared to discuss exactly what was said behind the cameras. >> a major opportunity for any number of countries to resolve some of the issues of the middle east. >> president obama will address the certainly assembly the same day as president putin on monday. he'll be aware of any set backs for the u.n. policy. the pentagon admitted that some of those soldiers they had train had handed over their equipment to the al nusra front. another development involves iraq and a key member of isil. iraq will join it, iran, and president assad's syrian regime to be based in baghdad. >> value castro said that while it is happy with the renewed diplomatic ties, he wants the embargo lifted. it was castro's first-ever address to the u.n. general assembly. he praised president obama for easing the rest

the u.s. and russia have held face-to-face talks on the u.n. general assembly in new york how best to resolve the conflict in syria but barack obama and slade -- putin cannot see eye to eye and our editor james base reports. >> reporter: russia's president usually avoids the national gathering of world leaders at the u.n. but came on a whistle stop trip and planning not to spend a night in new york, the center piece of his speech. >> translator: we propose discussing whether it's possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the action of all the actions that face i.s.i.l. and other terrorist organizations and this should be based only the principles of the u.n. charter. >> reporter: that reference to the u.n. charter is important, syria's seat at the u.n. is still occupied by a sad ambassador and a coalition including the assad government and on its terms. the u.s. would never accept that but it and some western allies are moderating their position on a sad's future floating a compromise idea that perhaps he could stay on for a bit in a phased transition to a new governm

put it covering syria, bashar al-assad libya iran, cuba, russia, i think i got most things ukraine. i'm sure i'm leaving something out. we'll cover the topics. we'll go to mike viqueira, who was also taking notes as well. i'm sure you got something that i left out. mike he seemed to cover a lot of things. i'm not sure how you characterize it. >> i would characterize it as an impassioned defense of the obama doctrine. you heard the president wrap it up neatly saying that the history is littered with false prophets and dictators who have failed trying to emphasize things that president obama has emphasizeed and has been criticized for nationally and internationally for almost the seven years of his presidency. talking about the need of instituting democracy around the world. the deal with iran, the deal with cuba after 54 years of acrimony and mutual suspicion across the states. ukraine, part of the obama doctrine. democracy is essential before force is moved. talking about sanctions against russia after the annexing of crimea and they are ongoing but president obama perhaps looking

state of his region. a lot of criticism of russia, its role on the u.n. security council. backdrop worth remembering that ukraine is a candidate to be on the u.n. security council, and it looks likely that it will be unopposed, so next year, you could see, as well as russia, and the other permanent members, among the non-permanent members, you could see ukraine there. i think that is going to lead to some somewhat fiery scenes, because he was particularly angered about that idea to set up an international tribunal to investigate the downing of mh-17. russia used its security council veto, and use it as well on a number of other issues on ukraine. and he said that veto was effectively a license to kill. [ captioner change ] president also met with cuban leader as the two continue to work on normalizing relations. fighting for her organization. they fight critics on capitol hill. ♪ . >> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. ukraine's president just wrapped up his address at the united nations general assembly. criticizing russia saying that moscow continues to fight ter

>>> leaders of the u.s. and russia discuss the conflict in syria during a first face to face meeting in nearly two years. welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, taliban fighters launch a major fencive north of afghanistan, and take control of a city. protesters return to the streets of hong kong >>> is there life on mars - n.a.s.a. scientists say flowing water is almost certainly present on the red planet. >>> leaders of the u.s. and russia held discussions at the u.n. general assembly in new york over how to best solvent the conflict in syria. president obama and vladimir putin had their first formal meeting in two years, agreeing that a coordinated strategy was needed. president obama said although the u.s. is prepared to work with russia and iran, there can be no long-term future for bashar al-assad. vladimir putin said it would be a huge mistake not o work with bashar al-assad's forces and risk the collapse of the syrian state. james bays has this now from new york. >> russia's president normally avoids this annual gathering of world lea

step to achieving peace. >>> russia is demanding answers from bulgaria over a terrorist of banned flights. they refuse to allow russian jets to use its air space. officials asked bulgaria to block the fights amid reports moscow was stepping up its military aid to damascus. russia said that the planes that were turned away from carrying humanitarian supplies. >>> and russia is now responding to an u.s. warning on providing military assistance to the syrian government. the kremlin said it has been consistent with its policy towards syria and will provide equipment to the assad regime. let's go now to jamie mcintyre. he's at the pentagon tonight. jamie a lot of reports about russia getting involved in syria. >> well, the united states has been watching wearily, antonio, as russia has been in recent weeks slowly building up its military presence in syria. the pentagon is not officially confirming that, but confirmings on social media postings showing an influx on russian military hardware on very heavily loaded cargo ships that are docked in the coastal port of near an airfield near--

refugees. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, u.s. concerns over reports that russia may have deployed military aircraft to syria. >>> attacking president obama's nuclear agreement with iran taking place outside of congress. >> for my life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> more than se--more than six decades on the thrown. queen elizabeth is the country's longest-serving monarch. >> hello, tacklic europe's refugee crisis is a matter of humanity and human dignity. that's according to the president of the european commission. he's calling on the states to agree to agree to provide homes for 160,000 refugees by next year. the critics say it won't be enough. he warned half a million refugees have entered this year mainly from syria and libya. tens of thousands have made the dangerous journey across the m mediterranean sea. the last four million syrians living in turkey, lebanon, jordan, iraq and egypt. >> another group of weary people cross the board of th border of macedonia. the european parliament has been discussing how to cope with th

>> russia launch airstrikes against isil targets in syria, a move described by washington as dangerous. hello, i'm felicity ba barr. you're watching al jazeera out of london. the palestinian flag is raised for the first time at the u.n. as it's president declares that they are no longer bound by agreements with israel. >>> afghan forces backed by the u.s. and nato continue their fight for the control of the city of kunduz. and the man accused of he destroying cultural sites in timbuktu is now facing war crimes at the international court. hello, russia has launched it's first airstrikes against targets in syria whic against islamic state in iraq and the levant. president bashar al-assad has asked for help from the russians and has welcomed the decision. the military operation will be limited to airstrikes rather than troops on the ground. we have this report from moscow. >> well, it's got to be said that the russian airstrikes were expected, they've been steadily building up their military arsenal in military for the last 30 days. but it was not the kremlin who announced the r

. >> lack of progress against isil is not the only problem. there is not unity among the community. russia's prime minister did not take part in the meeting and iran was not invited. they'll discuss similar issues organized by russia in the separate couple. two separate meetings and one central point of disagreement. everyone says that everyone should joy assad to figh in the fighting. >> russia is accused of helping separatist fighters in eastern ukraine. >> despite the fact that until now today there is no doubt that this is an aggressive war against my country. against ukraine. russian leadership orders to take in its military service men and identification mark of its military equipment. to baby its soldiers captured on the battlefield and use mobile crematorium to eliminate traces of his crime. >> let's get more live from the u.n. headquarters in new york. to go back to the aisles conference, was there anything thiing there coming out of this? >> drawing parallels, saying there was no difference between isil and the pkk. a little awkward for the united states. the united states consider

unity among the international community. russia's foreign minister didn't take part in the meeting iran was not invited. on wednesday the u.n. security council will discuss very similar issues in a meeting organized by russia, the current president of the council. two separate meetings, one central point of disagreement. the russians say that everyone should join with president assad to fight isil. the u.s. say that assad is part of the problem not the solution. and it's that one point that is hindering the fight against isil and complicating efforts to bring peace to syria. james bays, al jazeera, of the united nations. >> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon was strongly condemned the attack of a wedding. the video was broadcast by houthi rebel television station, and al jazeera is unable to verify it independently. the saudi-led coalition, which is bomb, houthi conditions denies that the warplanes targeted the wedding. but they say that two missiles hit the tents and believe they were fired by saudi-led jets. >> what targets? you hit a wedding, a wedding tent with women and childr

authoritarian russia. >> translator: realize that all the possible methods are used against our campaign. they physically detains me and bandits of criminals have attacked my volunteers and try disrupt my meetings with the electorate. >> three hours earlier, party organizer mikhail is still waiting for an ambulance. >> there were no emergency services and the police won't do anything. >> this regional election is taking place amidst the worst economic crisis since putin came to power 15 years ago. and the timing has the kremlin rattled. >> because of the very difficult economic situation and no economic improvement in sight, of course the kremlin is concerned. >> under existing election laws, parties have to gather signatures to prove they can attract 3% of the electorate. barring by the fact that their signatures are forged. pro-putin factions are feeling optimistic about the outcome of today's vote. the party telling us these are free and fair elections. the opposition would differ. there is an almost overwhelming sense of confidence among the pro-kremlin candidates that borde

aid. . >> russia confirms sending hardware to syria, and the u.s. warns the kremlin not to escalate tensions >>> white house win. >> they understand that this is a dangerous world and it is for that reason they make sure iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. >> the showdown over the iran nuclear agreement hits capitol hill, and the vote in the senate blocked >>> record rain fall - floods wash away homes forcing the floods of thousands in japan >>> almost human. >> it walks on two legs like you and i do and has long leads. >> the discovery of thousands of bones in a south african cave could transfer what we know of human evolution. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. we begin with concerns in the u.s. and europe over what may be russia's growing involvement in war in syria. today reports say moscow has troops on the ground and participating in military operations. israeli officials say several troops arrived in syria days ago, setting up a base in latakia. russia confirmed on thursday it was sending more military assistance to syria, but russian foreign minis

brutal behavior. >>> the u.s. is considering proposal from russia to have top flight military discussions. rosalyn jordan has more. >> we have seen the pictures of rebels squaring off against i.s.i.l. in northern syria. what we haven't seen is the fighters the u.s. military floonplanned to train ojoin that fight. perhaps because there are so few. 54 men deployed inside syria mid year they were captured by el nusra. on monday, they told the u.s. that the that there are a few remaining. >> it is a small number, the ones in the fight is we're talking four or five. >> as i see it right now this four or five u.s. trained fighters let's not kid owrs ourselves, that is a joke. >> we are counting on our fingers and toes, when we imagined 5400 by the end of the year. >> coalition air strikes against i.s.i.l. targets instead of trying to create a full fledged opposition army. >> i'm not asking you to come before this committee and obfuscate. i'm asking you a direct question, is the pentagon looking at that option yes or no? >> we are looking at that option as well as others. >> thank yo

idea what russia was up to. >> i was talking about that with our russian friends, with sergey lavrov in those days and last time i talked to him about this, his fear was that of a complete collapse of the state structures in syria. this could be one of the reasons why russia is acting in this way. but it could also be a willingness to... ..to support. >> syria was on the agenda too when the u.s. secretary of state john kerry met iranian foreign minister in new york, but neither was prepared to discuss what was said away from the cameras. >> i view this week as a major opportunity for any number of countries. to play an important role in trying to resolve some difficult issues. >> president obama will address the general assembly on the same day as vladimir putin on monday. he'll be aware of recent setbacks with u.s. policy. the pent rr admitted that -- pentagon admitted that some of those they are training, moderate rebels have handed over equipment, to the al nusra front. another development involves iraq, a key member to i.s.i.l. iraq will join it, iran, and controversially, the ba

next 60 minutes, russia says its jets are launching air strikes inside syria against isil targets to help president bashar al-assad. >>> afghan forces send reinforcement to retake kunduz. >>> thousands of protesters have taken part in anti-corruption marches in south africa. >>> and digging and diving for gold, the philippines is accused of failing to protect children who risk their lives in the rush to mine the valuable metal. ♪ >>> we begin with the u.n. where russia's foreign minister has been chairing a security council meeting of isil and other groups. it comes as moscow says it has launched its first air strikes against isil targets inside syria. president bashar al-assad had asked for help from the russians and has welcomed moscow's decision. the kremlin says the military operation will be limited to air strikes. the move is likely to increase tensions between russia and the west. the international community has criticized president vladimir putin for russia's increased military presence inside syria. >> translator: we believe that there is a need to include the islamic stat

considering an offer from russia to have military-level talks over the war in syria. the proposal comes amid increasing u.s. concerns about russia's military buildup there. meanwhile, the obama administration's syria policy has come under scrutiny. al jazeera's rosalind jordan has more. >> reporter: we have seen the pictures of rebels squaring off against isil in northern syria. but we haven't seen are the fighters the u.s. military plan today train to join that fight. it might be because so few have been trained. just 54. compared to the goal of more than 5,000 by the end of this area. when those 54 men detroit ployed inside syria the amid year, they were captured by al-nusra. on wednesday, u.s. senators told military leaders their train and assist program is not working. >> can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains? >> it's a small number. and the ones that are in the fight is -- is -- we are talking four or five. >> as i see it right now this four or five u.s.-trained fighters, let's not kid ourselves, that's a joke. we are count okay our fingers and toe

plight of the thousands of people fleeing to europe. >>> russia says it will continue to send weapons to the syrian army as a way to help the fight against isil. >>> a generational divide in singapore sets the tone for one of the tightest elections in decades. plus -- >>> there are no homeless, there are no poor people. everyone is equal. >> love from [ inaudible ] to the life of one of the south pacific's tribes is in the spotlight at the venice film vest fall. ♪ >>> hungary's prime minister says refugees who cross its borders illegally will be arrested starting next week. he says people have rebelled against hungarian law and filed to cooperate with authorities. the u.n. children's agency is warning millions more refugees could head to europe if the war in syria doesn't end. let's talk to mohammed jamjoom now. what have you been hearing from refugees who have been taken to a detention facility on the border with serbia? what have they been saying? >> reporter: jane they are quite concerned. right now we're at the collection point where the refugees are taken before they are taken off

feeted the u.s. says the syrian president is part of the problem while russia believes bashar al-assad needs to stay in power to fight isil. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york. >> reporter: a special meeting at the u.n. to boost the coalition against isil. >> i believe what we have here today is the emergence of a global movement that is united by the mission of degrading and ultimately destroying isil. >> reporter: if you listen to words the president chose, you see the problem. there has not been as much progress on the ground as the u.s. would like. >> this is not an easy task. we have isil taking root. >> reporter: taking root across large swaths of syria and iraq. including the syrian city of raqqa, mosul in iraq. >> reporter: iraq's prime minister said his government was making progress, in the last year, they did retake tikrit but lost rah mad and i all the while accord to this tur turkish prime minister foreign fighters have been streaming in. >> for be terrorist fighters since 2011, we have now recorded down almost 20,000 names from over 100 countries

ash carter is expected to give a briefing to discuss the news today that russia has launched it's first airstrike inside syria. welcome to al jazeera america. thank you for joining us. i'm richelle carey. this is a major development in what is a fight against isil and syria. russia announced the first airstrike inside that war-torn country. we're expecting reaction from the obama administration, from secretary of defense ash carter. this conference is expected to start at any moment now. we'll bring it to you life as soon as it does. let me bring in my colleague from washington, correspondent mike viqueira. in some ways we knew this was coming. we're still not exactly sure what it means, though. just yesterday actually two days ago now, i'm losing my days here. at the unga, vladimir putin kind of tipped his hand a little bit that he might escalate in syria, but there has been troop build up there and equipment build up of about 30 days. off to the sidelines barack obama and vladimir putin met, speaking about what should happen about this escalation. pick it up from there. >> you'r

. ♪ ♪ >>> leaders of the u.s. and russia have held face-to-face talks in the u.n. in new york over how best to resolve the conflict in syria. but they can't see eye to eye when it comes to the role of president bashar al-assad of syria. our diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> reporter: russia's president normally avoids this annual gathering of world leaders at the u.n., but he came here on a whistle stop trip planning not even to spend a night in new york. the centerpiece of his speech the idea of a grand coalition against isil. >> translator: we propose discussing, whether it's possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the actions of all of the forces that confront isil and other terrorist organizations. once again, this coordination should be based on the principles of the u.n. charter. >> reporter: that reference to the u.n. charter is important. syria's seat at the u.n. is still occupied by assad's ambassador, it would be a coalition including the assad government and on its terms. the u.s. would never accept that. but it and some of its western allies are moderating th

russia will be muslims. the new mosque is really a vehicle for russia that helps russia position itself in the middle east at a time when it's military foot print in syria is growing. now of course this morning it's religious ceremony this afternoon it will be the political agenda as you said the president of turkey and the palestinians are here and will be meeting with vladimir putin. >>> pete are sharp in moscow, thank you very much. and plenty more on our website the address for that is al aljazeera.com. you can get the latest there on the refugees story too. aljazeera.com. this is techknow, a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight: technkow in search of the great american prarie. >> we're in the prarie state yet ironically, we have such little of it left. >> farming and overdevelopment killed it, now get ready for this...

>>> diplomacy over dinner - the president of the united states and russia come face to face at the u.n. general assembly. but divisions remain over i.s.i.l. and syria >>> hello. you are watching al jazeera, live from london. also coming up. a battle for kunduz. taliban fighters seize large part of a strategic city in northern afghanistan. german prosecutors open a criminal investigation into former volkswagen boss worn as t emissions scandal widens. could there be life on mars? scientists say flowing water, essential to life, is almost essentially present on the red planet >>> tackling the frank yallop >>> tackling the islamic state of iraq and levant, ending the war in syria dominated the first day of the united nations, general assembly in new york. world leaders took their turns for offering solutions. clear divisions remain between russia and the united states. diplomatic editor is at the united nations and has our report. >> reporter: russia's president normally avoids this gathering of world leaders at the u.n., but he came on a whistle-stop trip planning not to spend a night

dennis. you are with al-jazeera. president putin says russia will continue to provide military help to the syrian regime. >>> plus the acclaimed us neurosurgeon gains support in his claim for the republican presidential nomination. ♪ >>> deep divisions have been exposed at the heart of the european union as member states impose border controls. hungary has declared a state of emergency in two border counties. it also has imposed tough new checks. a four-meter high fence has also been constructed. >> illegal migrants do have to comply with basic principles and procedures. those who haven't applied on their journey to the hungarian border. and there's no sign of that in the system and they don't have proof of that. they are automatically going to be turned back. okay. that's what we are awaiting from these people to choose the legal way. that's it. >> our correspondent andrew simmons on the border. >> reporter: it's much quieter now, simply because refugees aren't getting through in anything like the they were. the new laws have proven effective in that regard, and as far as the refuge

represent them. >> i. >> reporter: i am rory challands in the far eastern russia. not many people live here, but that doesn't mean that those that do want to share it with the chinese, keep watching and find out why. >> the show's called "third rail". we'll be talking about topics that you wouldn't ordinarily touch. people are gonna be challenged, we're not gonna take sides... an approach that treats every single player in a particular story equally. it's something fresh and something new. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, a quick look at our top stories. hungarian police are preventing refugees from catching trains from budapest so they can travel further never to central europe. they want to go to germany which has committed to accepting hundreds of thousands of a sue legal seekers this year. >>> a u.n. report is warning gaza could be uninhabitable in five years. blaming an is el ray black aid and wars for the human attorney tear yearn crisis. form he congolese rebel commander bosco is due to go on trial at the international criminal court in the hague. he's facing 18 charges including murder, rap

house effort to isolate russia over ukraine. >> the president made a digs that it was worth it at this point to enchildrening with vladimir putin in a face to face meeting. >> the white house said the meeting will primarily focus on ukraine. syria changed the calculus. refugees are fuelling the migrant crisis. in recent weeks, the deployment to a strong hold has underpinned kremlin appeals for an international coalition to fight i.s.i.l. a plan that leads the full court in question. but which it keeps the syrian president government in tact. >> there's no other solution but rendering help in fighting terrorism. >> bashar al-assad's regime has been playing ou in the war. >> he doesn't care about syria, it's a peace in the game. mark heads the initiative for study of the press. at the moment it was about a relationship with the west. efforts to broker a deal have ground to a stand still. western sanctions hammered the economy at a time when prices have plummeted. the double down in syria could lay the ground work for an exit from ukraine. >> i think he's looking for a deal. that should w

departure is subject to negotiations. the comments come with concerns about russia's growing presence inside syria. we have this report. >> reporter: a crackling radio transmission in russian, intercepted by rebels in homs. the voice belongs to the pilot of a cargo plane. the voice asks for permission to decrease altitude and to land. >> after a while it was clear to us there was a cargo plane in the sky, accompanying by four military jets, in the direction of south-east to north-west. >> these are exclusive al jazeera pictures of what is believed to be the russian cargo plane. the destination, the airport in the coastal city, 20km south of latakia city. that is where the russians sent weapons and support staff, they say to help syrian president bashar al-assad in the fight against i.s.i.l. the u.n. secretary of state says there are air to air weapons at the airport, which has little use against i.s.i.l. or rebels. >> material the presence of the aircraft with air to air combat capacity and air to surface missiles race series questions. that is precisely why they are engaged in conver

artifacts have gone on show in london, the first time many of them have been seen outside russia and honors soviet innovation and the cold war space rivalry between moscow and the west and lee barker reports. >> reporter: reunited with her capsule, the first woman in spa space. it's now a museum piece and when she took off in 1963 this journey could quite easily have been a one-way trip. i asked her if she was ever scared. it was work she tells me. if you were afraid you would never be allowed into space. this capsule is like a close friend only made from space technology. she returned to hero of the soviet union and remains to this day the only woman to fly a solo mission into space. several years earlier the soviets kicked started this with pioneering first, the first satellite sputnik one and then the first man in space garin and in 1965 they carried out the first space walk together with the first space summersault and many artifacts never left russia and some needed to be declassified before they could travel and the early achievements were seen as a challenge by the u.s. who eventuall

, highlighted open and unprovoked aggression from moscow. >> despite the fact until now, russia refused to admit it's military invasion. today, there is no doubt this is an aggressive war against my country, against ukrain. russian leadership orders to take off in signias and mark of its military equipment and abandon its soldiers captured and used mobile to eliminate traces of its crime. >>> the president gave his address to the u.n. assembly. >>translator: the people oppose as well as in other cities in yemen. the people have upheld the law, i would like to welcome the national resistance and the armed forces who are here. >>> he says he's hoping for a referendum that will give autonomy to people in the south. >> we believe he is genuine and he has shown that in the past and he continues to say -- to show that. he has also shown a great deal in the international community. resistance fighters have been eliminated. we are seeing very positive signs and we do believe that after this conflict, the political process will require that the resistance fighters on the ground and leade

still working to reach the dead and injured. russia's foreign my industry called for action after a shell landed on the embassy compound in damascus on sunday, no reports of casualty and formed an agreement with israel to coordinate in syria to avoid accidentally trading fire and announcement was made by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is in talks with putin of security on the border and israel has concern that russian weapons could reach fighters on the golan heights which they seized from syria in 1967. al jazeera's peter sharp has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: again, the meeting with president putin, prime minister netanyahu said both sides had agreed to coordinate their military action in syria. now, that came as a result of sidelines meetings between two senior israeli defense chiefs and their opposite numbers in russia while putin met with netanyahu and agreed to coordinate the military response to try and get around any possible misunderstandings which was the uphisism and the two sides are fraught and on the ground russian technicians with some advance surfa

, iraq. more than half a million dead since the u.n.-led invasion. russia, 7,000eadn the conflict with ukraine. yemen going nowhere. estimated 5,000 dead. that's 900,000 killed, more than 15 million displaced in those conflicts. if i dropped in and had to look, i'd say the u.n. is a failure. >> if you were a marchand, you might think it's a failure. depends on what the definition of is is and failure is. if you look at the high hopes of 1945, a world free of war, in which human rights were guaranteed, fundamental freedoms, relentless and progressive raising of living standards worldwide, it's not nirva nirvana. on the other hand we have not had a major power of war in this world since 1945. and, in fact, save for the exception of iraq's invasion of kuwait in 1990, we have had all of these conflilents pretty much in the dissolution of the old empowers that sought to subjugate much. world. the fact that there has been a global acceptance of the non-admissibility of country's conquest of others, big fish swallowing small fish is a huge advantage. >> when you look at some of the jen sides

hundred world leaders at the summit. it's not clear if russia's president will be one of them. mike viqueira is live for us at the united nations. mike, what is the president hoping to accomplish today? >> well, it's obviously a huge topic of discussion here, a very controversial discussion as we saw in plane view yesterday with the conflict between putin and obama, and whether bashar al-assad should be ousted or bolstered. president obama joining many dignitaries, foreign ministers, we understand that vladimir putin is not going to be here for this conference. what they are doing is taking stock of the coalition fight against isil, and it goes through many different forms, almost a time line, talking about first of all a very general sense of the state of the coalition against isil. the air strikes have been going on for more than a year, even the u.s. top commanders, randall say the fight is at a stand still. obviously they have had some very high profile successes, notably in iraq where the iraqi army is still struggling to oust them. earlier in the year there was talk of a sprin

lessons to create a better future. troops from 12 countries, including russia will participate. and have been rehearsing that the capital. this parade is about more than the pasts. it will show case an expanding military taking an assertive stance over the dispute waters of the south china and east china seas. the president is the commander in chief of the liberation army, a tart of anticorruption campaign. the pard aid is timely for other reasons. >> he hasn't finished his clean-up of the military yet. there has been important adjustments since he took control of the army. he needs to build his image for the military, party and people. >> in recent days china has been showing off technology featuring in the parade, including the largest drone, the rainbow five. >> titan security will bring costly disruption. roads in the city center close, the main international airport shuts for three hours. and to ensure that it happens under pollution three sides, coal fired power stations and around 10,000 factories have been ordered to halt or reduce production, all at a time of growing concern ove

. backing assad, russia's president says his government will continue to provide military support to the syrian regime. israeli police storm the compound in occupied east jerusalem injuring 36 palestinians plus australia's new leader is sworn this as prime minister the first in two years and we will meet the doctors working to make motion sickness a thing of the past. ♪ hungary has declared a state of emergency in two border counties after detaining more than 9,000 refugees crossing in from serbia. also imposed tough new border controls blocking the mainland route into the european union, a four meter high fence is being erected to stop the flow of asylum seekers and it's a criminal offense to cross the frontier without permission from serbia, a country which is not in the eu. the eu policy chief is meeting with the u.n. high commissioner for refugees to discuss the crisis. she has called for unity and relocating asylum seekers across member states. >> our unity or lack of unity internally has an impact on our credibility externally and effectiveness externally and build on externa

had been killed, by an air strike in aleppo. >> israel and russia said they'd coordinate military action. to avoid trailling fire. the announcement paid by binyamin netanyahu. who is in wrusha to talk to the president vladimir putin. israel is concerned russian president could end up on the border with weapons seized from syria in 1957. more from moss cope. >> at the end of the meeting with vladimir putin, both sides agreed to coordinate the military action in syria. that came as a result and the defense sheeps. they agreed to coordinate. trying to get around a misunderstanding. it was the yourself am. >>. it caused a trade in fire. they were on the ground. some of the most advanced surface to air missiles. israeli pilots were prepared to take it on. if they feel the weapons were smuggled out to syria. it was a situation that needed attention. >> more than 2 million muslims were expected in mecca. >> authorities face a number. first they need to control the pilgrimage. more than 2 million are expected to arrive in mecca. on tuesday, they will go where they can get ready to move. o

deaths of dozens. >> russia of its the united states to meetings to discuss syria. the u.s. concedes its plans to train syrian fighters to fight isil i

. talks are expected to take place in russia. the diplomatic editor james bays reports >>> all eyes will be on russian president vladimir putin when he makes a whistle-stop trip to new york, spending less than a full day in the u.s. to attend the united nations general assembly. >> everyone wants to know what his intentions are regarding syria. on one hand a russian military build up, vladimir putin sent marines, helicopters and tanks to a base in latakia on syria's coast. on the other he says he wants a political solution. in an interview with "talk to al jazeera", i asked the e.u.'s high representative, federica mogherini, if she had been given any idea what russia was up to. >> i was talking about that with our russian friends, with lavrov, and last time i talked to him about this, his fear was as a collapse of the state structures. this could be one of the reasons why russia is acting in this way. but it could also be a willingness to show the fact that russia is an important player in this crisis. >> syria was on the agenda too when the u.s. secretary of state john kerry met iranian

>>> the lead everythings of the u.s. and russia discuss the conflict in syria during their first fairs-to-face meeting for nba nearly two years. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera live from our head quart in other words doha, i am nick clark. also coming up. >> taliban fighters take control of a strategic city. >>> is there life on mars? nasa scientists say flowing water is almost certainly present on the red planet. and we take a look at the how the fil philippines is take chag the way they take care of the elderly who had been left to fiend for themselves. ♪ ♪ >>> so the leaders of u.s. and russia have held face-to-face talks at the u.n. general assembly in new york over thousand best solve the conflict inner is ye. they had their first formal meeting in two years they agreed that a coordinated strategy was needed to fight the threat pose booed isil. obama says the u.s. is prepared to work with russia and iran there ha can be had no long-term solution for bazar al-assad. piewt i can said it's a mistake not to work with a sued's forces and risk the collapse of the syri

>> russia says it has no plans to send combat troops to syria as talks step up at the u.n. to resolve the conflict. hello welcome to al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha, i'm nick clark. also coming up. celebrations in catalonia, in regional elections, pope francis concludes his historic visit to the u.s. by addressing the issue of sex abuse in the church. >>> the world witnesses a super-moon eclipse not seen since 1982. >>> so then russia's president vladimir putin says russia has no plans to deploy combat troops to syria, despite the buildup of military equipment in syria. >>> secretary of state john kerry discusses the matter with sergey lavrov. hassan rouhani, says it would make syria the haven for terrorists. >>> james bays jadiplomatic edis has this. >> france has been involved in strikes on i.s.i.l. targets in iraq for over a year. now for first time the french president has ordered his attacks in the defensive action. >> france struck genes training camp of islamic state of iraq and the levant, threatening the security of our country. this operation was to pro

event and russia sent a low-level diplomate and despite talk from vladimir pootin and about and tear terrorism and i.s.i.l. and they have an event on counter terrorism in the security council on wednesday and the russian ambassador to the united nations making no secret of their displeasure the united states held this separate event calling it disrespectful and saying it was under mining, the u.n. by working outside of the security council and nonetheless many countries did take part and 100 were inviting and heard from turkey and interesting and a major power broker in the region drawing parallels between i.s.i.l. and its own fight against the pkk the kurdistan workers party comparing the two as terrorist organizations, a little awkward for the united states since the pkk and the kurds have been a major ally in fighting i.s.i.l. >> major announcements? >> not really. we did hear from the united states that they were enacting new sanctions against 35 individuals and entities from a number of different countries and attempt to cutoff funding for i.s.i.l., that was welcome news to the

likely reach out to russia which has increased its military presence in syria. diplomatic editor james bays in new york. >> all eyes will be on russian president vladimir putin when he makes a whistle stop to new york spending less than a full day in the u.s. to attend the united nations general assembly. everyone wants to know what his intention are regarding syria. on one hand a russian military build justify, putin has sent marines, hepts and tank helicop. when on "talk to al jazeera" i asked frederica mogherini if she has any idea what russia is doing. >> i have talked about these days and last time i talked to him about this, his fear was that of a complete collapse of the state structures in syria. this could be one of the reasons why russia is acting in this way, but it could also be a willingness to show the fact that russia is an important substantial player in this crisis. >> reporter: syria was on the agenda too when u.s. secretary of state john kerry met iranian foreign minister mohammed javad zarif in new york but neither was willing to discuss what was said away fro

asking russia to help push the syrian president out of office. >>> also, the growing intrigue surrounding the political future of joe biden. will he challenge hillary clinton for the democratic nomination for president. >>> we begin with the arrival of pope francis in america, for the 10 day trip to cuba and the united states, it's an historic first visit to him, to both countries, the pontiff is greeted by the president, at the airport. it was a windy day, but gusts that blew off his papal skullcap did not distract the pope from seizing his first opportunity to urge leader of cuba and the u.s. to use his historic visit as an example to the world. >> translation: i urge political leaders to preserve on this path and reach outline potentialityies as a proof of high service, which they are called on to carry out on the peace of their people, of all america, and as an example of reconciliation for the entire world. >>> pope francis openly criticized the social it and atheist underpinning of the revolution, president raul castro welcomed the pope. david ariosto is live in havana,

called on pro-russia rebels in eastern ukraine to allow agencies to continue their work, separatists told international aid groups to leave the luhansk region and donetsk suspended humanitarian operations and the conflict which began in april last year killed nearly 8,000 people. china expected to announce plans to limit greenhouse gasses and force industries to buy pollution credits and president xi jinping is scheduled to meet u.s. president barack obama at the white house and on thursday president obama will have a private dinner and patty has the report. >> reporter: the white house is talking tough on the eve of president xi jinping's first raising the possibility of going in the south china see and security advisor sent this message. >> the united states of america will sail, fly and operate anywhere that international law permits. >> reporter: president barack obama talked about cyber attacks on u.s. companies. >> that reconsider an act of aggression, that has to stop. and you know we are preparing a number of measures that will indicate to the chinese that this i

charged >>> russia's upper house of parliament approved the use of military force abroad. this coming as moscow is in the process of building up military presence in syria, where it supports president bashar al-assad. let's get more from moscow. >> what does the decision mean, and will be see direct russian involvement in syria very soon? >> well, i think we are, in terms of air strikes. we have heard that between 40 and 60 attack aircraft and fighter bombers are now in the process of being deployed to the base near latakia. they'll be joined by two battlians, 1600 men, support battalions, who will secure the perimeter of the airfield. now, vladimir putin's press secretary verl this morning said the targets of the attack would be i.s.i.l. fighters, they will not involve any syrian militant groups. and this will be - sorry, this will be coordinated by an intelligence committee, which has been set up in baghdad, involving specialists from the syrians, from the iranians, and from, of course, the russians. there's no time duration on this. there's a time limit. it will not go on forever. we

. after israeli security forces storm a mosque for a third day. >>> president putin says russia will continue to provide military help to the syrian regime. and we hear from a community in the u.s. state of california left devastated by wildfires. ♪ >>> deep divisions have been exposed at the heart of the european union as border states install border controls. hungary has declared a state of emergency in two border counties and imposed enough tu checks at the front tiers. 174 people have been caught crossing the border illegally, and may face criminal prosecution. hungary is building a fence along the border with serbia, and now it says it will start preparer to work on the fence along the border with romania. >> illegal migrants do have to comply with basic principles and procedures. those who haven't applies on their journey to any kind of asylum, and there's no sign of that in the system, and there's no proof of that, they are going to automatically be turned back. serbia is a safe country, macedonia is a safe country, most definitely greece is a safe country. it is impossible

against isil. and if there is one thing that the u.s. and russia can agree on, it is defeating that group. but how to do it is what separates president obama and president putin. today at the u.n. that divide is front and center. president obama chaired a summit to talk about isil and the strategies against it. mike viqueira is with us in studio. >> the fall out does continue. ththe day after president obama and his russian counterpart vladimir putin clashed on the world stage, it is still unclear what is russia's role in the fight against isil, and what they put aside their differences in what to do about bashar al-assad. >> the subject was countering isil. president obama said that the fight would be wrong. >> isil will eventually lose because it has nothing to offer but suffering and death. >> but if is the short term that is now in question. the sudden move to support bashar al-assad with military might. and the dueling speeches at the general assembly has changed the equation. they went over time but yielded no concrete adults. putin again rejected calls for assad to go. >> i r

russia launches airstrikes against targets in syria. >> hello there, i'm felicity barr. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. the palestinian flag is raised for the first time at the u.n. as the president says he no longer is bound by any agreement with israel. >>> afghan forces backed by u.s. and nato continue their fight for the control of the city of kunduz. the man accused of destroying cultural sites now faces war crime charges at the international criminal court. >> hello, russia has launched it's first airstrikes in syria. it's defense ministry said that 20 missions targeted fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant. there are, however, other groups that they would hit, some that may be allied to the u.s. coalition in syria. roslind jordan has details. >> russian fighter jets flying around the city of homs. moscow said it was targeting isil fighters in and around the city. president vladimir putin said he was committed to help his country's long-time ally to defeat the group. >> we'll support the syrian army only in legitimate fights.

future. >> troops from russia and central asian republics will participate, and they've been rehearsing their moves in the capital. >> this parade is about much more than the past. it will showcase an expanding military now taking a more assertive stance especially over the disputed waters over the south china and china seas. >> the people's liberation army has been the target of his anti-corruption programs. >> there have been important adjustments in the military since xi took control of the army. he needs to keep his image for the army, th country and the people. >> it will feature the army and it's latest drone. security will bring disruption. roads will close. the main international airport will shut for three hours. and to insure it all happens under pollution-free skies, factories have been ordered to halt to reduce production. >> now in the aftermath of war one neighborhood in gaza is putting color back in people's lives. they painted homes with vibrant colors. >> it's unlike anywhere else in the gaza strip. bright colors and decorated with design. palestinians call this quarter

? >> we're looking at that option, in the meantime. >> amid uncertainty in russia's build up of military in syria, the u.s. suspended those ties in march in 2014 because of russia's incursions in ukraine. the secretary of state is not ruling out. >> it's actions we have to have a conversation in order to be able to do that. >> but the white house isn't commenting on whether reestablishing i contacts is a good idea, meaning there won't be a quick resolution to the crisis. >> and the republican candidates are taking part in their public debate. donald trump is still leader in the polls ahead of ben carson and jeb busch. joining us live fromcy simi valley, it's a crowded field. what are we watching for in this debate? >> well, this is really posh because people really have to make their mark. if they don't start to get themselves up in the polls, they don't start raising money, then their campaign can well be over. we've already seen rick perry fall out of the race. he was an influential politician, raised some money but not enough to continue their campaign. we're here at the ronald reagan