of the syrian city captured by islamic state forces more than three years ago rocco was the capital of what i still called its caliph it as such it was the dateline behind some of the most brutal imagery of the syrian war square at the heart of the city was the site of summary executions and beheadings that the group then fed to the world in the form of propaganda when the syrian democratic forces finally rolled into that square a week and a half ago many of the western journalists traveling with them told a story of triumph liberation however the contours of this story are shaped by the interests of the countries involved the taking of rocket by u.s. backed kurdish led troops is seen very differently in media reports coming out of russia turkey iran and a government held damascus six years into this war the story is no less foggy and the truth remains elusive our starting point this week is what's left of iraq as seen through the eyes of a drone camera documenting that as. let me. put it gives you the illusion that you have a bird's eye view that you see everything and in reality i

follows a un investigation the blamed the syrian government for an attack in april in which more than eighty people many of them children were killed when sarin gas was dropped on the town of chicken the syrian government has rejected the un report australia's foreign minister is to become the acting prime minister after the deputy prime minister was booted out of office by the high court bobby joyce was one of five politicians expelled from office because they hold dual citizenship those are the headlines coming up next the listening post. as native amazonian is increasingly struggling to survive in today's world. to al-jazeera travels to brazil to meet leaders of endangered tribes. and those trying to protect them at this time. u.s. backed forces and syria are celebrating their eyes rock rock. like. i said. i think i'm going to show us. around as an operation. hello i'm introduced burt and you're at the listening post this week we're examining the media in and around syria starting with spin city the islamic state abandons rocca leaving the story in the hands of international journa

province that here released the statement after the free syrian army or the f.s.a. crossed into the area from turkey on saturday as part of an operation to take the province the f.s.a. is being backed by turkish soldiers gunners government has pledged to improve safety standards in the country's energy sector after an explosion killed seven people in the capital it happened after a fuel tank or a court fire at a gas station in accra the army into the practical public of congo says rebel fighters have ambushed a bus and attacked villages in north kivu a local mayor says at least twenty two people are missing security forces blamed the attack on ugandan rebels called the ally the democratic forces or a.d.f. . the un has brought in huge doses of a color a vaccine health crisis in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of her him to refugees are taking shelter in cox's bazar close to the border with me and they're fleeing violence in myanmar as a northern rakhine state aid officials say camps are getting too crowded thousands are at risk of disease that sit inside story next the news hour after th

the daughter of wealthy syrians living in london are smart our class was raised like an english girl she called herself m.r. at school and went to an exclusive english girls' school. her family lived in this london suburb her father was a syrian doctor with his own practice affluent successful established in the west. was also to become successful. she worked as a finance analyst for dodge a bank and hope to study at harvard then in the ninety's she met an aspiring eye doctor a syrian unassuming a little bit shy and then in london for a short time. there are two things that i always try to work towards one. trying to get to harvard this was a childhood dream and the other was to try and help syria try what for syria even living abroad or living and. when i did get accepted to harvard came at a time when i found a man i loved so it was almost not a choice. who would choose for the over love. as much as great love was bashing aside he was part of the assad family clan his father had fees had seized power in syria in one thousand nine hundred seventy via a coup you did in austria and an

regarding refugees human rights and so on who will be inflicting it on. syrian human rights lawyer and while boonie paid a high price for this idea. and i can. assure you the e.u. put me in charge of this institution because i was very well known in syria as a human rights lawyer and i had defended political prisoners under very difficult conditions since the one nine hundred ninety s. . a large office was rented on behalf of the e.u. . they got computers and paid for all the equipment. i think. twenty seven e.u. representatives came to the opening including twelve ambassadors. enough and in fact when in retrospect you ask yourself what the e.u. is thinking they opened a human rights center with me at the helm without really securing that politically . those who know how the state works would have done that differently it didn't work that's probably why they had the courage to open such a center but i was at the opening people gave pretty little speeches and after a week the center was closed again. the secret service men attacked me outside of my house and took me with them. and.

migrants came here to germany. many of them syrian refugees, fleeing the war. that is why all over berlin we see syrian shops and restaurants springing up. it is a sign many syrians are feeling at home in germany. that is not the case for syrian refugees in turkey. millions of people have fled the war from syria to turkey, hoping to get to europe. but there are now stranded in turkey because of a controversial deal between erdogan, turkey's president, and the european union. many syrian refugees say they no longer feel welcome in turkey. >> a young syrian whom we'll call mahmut fled his country's civil war and now lives anonymously in istanbul. his flight was a nightmare. he says that when he reached the syrian border, turkish soldiers abducted and threatened him and other refugees. >> so he was pointing at me the gun and he said i should say my last prayer. another had a panic attack, started to cry and yell. after 10 minutes he looked at us and said, i am kidding. >> mistreatment of refugees at the turkish-syrian border is being reported more and more frequently. this recently filmed ce

syrian fighters are preparing for a final push to retake neighborhood still held by i.c.l. in the city of raka the loss of rock of the group self-proclaimed capital would be a strategic blow for the armed group officials from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say they believe the last phase will take between seven and seven in ten days and wildfires in the u.s. state of california of left at least thirteen people dead and more than one hundred injured more than two thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed in the northern wind producing region in southern parts five thousand homes have been evacuated as fire crews struggle to control the blaze. was the top stories more news coming up a bit later on after the stream which is next. it's world mental health day and today on this train we will be talking about of the rowing mental health crisis among syrian refugees but first what people are discussing online around the day itself. there's been an outpouring of personal stories and messages of support online under the hash tag w d seven eighteen one in four adults and o

headline stories or the syrian army liberate the city of former state's largest stronghold in the. three. is at risk as president world leaders claiming to breach. the agreement. this is a dangerous signal. many palos not this one. big elections ahead this weekend in austria as an immigration party gains strength. the right. you're cheating in from our right around the world this hour welcome to r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company we begin with breaking news from syria our government troops have liberated the city of. state according to the russian defense ministry with the details for us. my dean is one of the last remaining isolate strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to the terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agency has with its soldiers and now driving they were made to get out of the city for what is underway on relieving land mines and booby traps left behind by the militants fighting lies in the province that she waited just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnes

world bank so hates you because we're. seriously send us an e-mail. the syrian army liberates the city of formerly islamic states largest stronghold in the east of the country also at this hour the landmark nuclear deal with iran is a risk as president from world leaders. is breaching the spirit of the agreement. this is a dangerous signal president of united states has many problems not this one. big elections this weekend in austria as an immigration party gain strength there the spotlight is on the rise of the right in europe. just after three pm and mexico city nine pm in lisbon of eleven at night here in moscow this saturday welcome to our two international my names you know neil we begin with breaking news from syria our government troops have liberated the city of dean from islamic state that's according to the russian defense ministry with the details in the studio earlier nichiren. my dean is one of the last remaining isolate strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to this terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agen

increase pressure against. the us. the syrian army continues to push back islamic state in. the launch is an offensive against terrorists in syria a lot of reaction to that later in the program. but the top stories from the past seven days on right off to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international i mean the only our top story they spawn the prime minister has said he will not. to go independent in an interview with a national newspaper last sunday's referendum saw the majority of who voted say yes to leaving spain riot police lonia tactics on the day of the vote that left almost nine hundred people injured. i one video in particular shows the time pixie used by riot police people to vote in barcelona one officer can be seen dropping person in a staircase while others suffered similar fates. people because they were throwing them from. the stairs and throwing them down upon them from the hair and kicking them someone is on the floor and there is a guy that jumps on the person that's down and they were not very it's where they got this girl that was one of the

free syrian army which moved into the area on saturday much of adlib is controlled by. an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al qaeda affiliate turkey wants to ensure security in the region where some of the most violent conflicts of the syrian civil war have taken place during the talks in may russia turkey and iran signed a deal to establish deescalation zones in syria which included adlib ancora says it isn't sending its forces and just yet to provide him with just a cool and telegin support turkish president of iran gave more details but. we have opened up a space in our region with operation euphrates shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a lab today there is a serious operation in a lab and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to live fleeing violence in aleppo we can't tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is underway we get to our guests in a moment but first this report from from gaza and tur

election. russia has invited thirty three syrian groups and political parties to attend what is called a syrian congress or national dialogue in the black sea resort of sochi in mid november russian officials have indicated one of the points that could be considered would be a new constitution for syria meanwhile a seventh round of talks aimed at ending syria's war has now up to the end kazakhstan's capital a starter we can cross trust or respect our desires correspondent imran khan a neighbor and was there any progress at all in this latest round of talks. well the answer is that is yes and no no the astonished conference wrapped up as you say in the last hour or so and what they were doing is they were discussing a variety of subjects and what the syrian opposition wanted to do was really push this idea of a prisoner exchange they actually call them hostages they want some three hundred thousand people freed by the syrian regime and also what they want to do is find out what's happened to these people there also there are some ideas that these people some of them at least coul

controlled by the white p.g. syrian kurdish faction turkey has repeatedly insisted it won't allow fighters to expand further to worse the northwestern provinces of and lattakia thank you this is a delicate operation for turkey. is those controlled by hate and. if qaeda affiliate. rejects the deescalation agreement vowing to fight to the death it's not yet clear if the group will be turkey's next target turkey's main concern was all new. people who are changing this. referendum process. of the kurdish more. than border off to syria to turkey on thursday egypt and opposition fighters a cease fire agreement in the east of the. rebel stronghold in the syrian capital damascus. the deal would allow the rebels to get humanitarian aid in their besieged areas but would also allow government troops to shift their focus to the east where they are on the move again as i sail the military campaign in syria poses many challenges for turkey and qatar as stated goal is to ensure a ceasefire agreement holds in but its real motive might be denying the kurds access to areas like the coastal province

allies started souring during the syrian civil war turkey upset the us didn't do enough against the assad government even angrier when the u.s. backed kurdish fighters and later armed them. then last year's coup attempt and it got worse blame to cleric for two of the golan who lives in the u.s. they wanted him extradited for his alleged role the obama administration refused and the trump administration hasn't moved on it either that was a big issue when he first met president donald trump but that was overshadowed by what happened when he left the oval office. turkish security officers violently attacked what appeared to be peaceful protesters outside the turkish ambassador's residence fifteen of them were indicted in u.s. courts and as a result the u.s. stopped a planned sale of small arms to turkey turkey further angered the u.s. when it agreed to buy a russian missile defense system equipment that wouldn't work with a nato has indicated he would be willing to trade americans imprisoned in turkey for good lawn but given that would be hard to do within the legal system something he

was announced they would support syrian rebels in their battle against a former al qaeda affiliate in italy of the govt area controls most of the province and has rejected the proposed the escalation zone agreed on by turkey russia and iran further inland in iraq a us five syrian fighters say they're preparing for a final push to retake neighborhoods still held by ice or officials from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces believe the last phase will take between seven and ten days the operation to retake rocka with the backing of u.s.'s support has been going on since june and both syrian government forces and as the air fighters are continuing to battle i saw in the arizona province this is the last major i saw stronghold in eastern syria russian backed syrian troops have been pushing along the western bank of the euphrates river with s.t.'s fighters on the eastern bank. at least ten people are dead and more than one hundred others are missing in fast moving wildfires across the u.s. state of california this was a scene just a few hours ago in the southern region where more than

soul u.s. backed syrian forces say they're moving into the armed groups stronghold. sam is a dime this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of iran's destructive actions. world powers to lash out the donald trump's attempt to dismantle the nuclear deal plus. of the subsequent rape of my wife not as a loan action by one guard. the trauma of a family held hostage by groups in pakistan for five years plus i the stars return to a.z. its biggest full time political scandal threatened its future. now u.s. backed syrian forces are reportedly launched their final push to drive i saw from the armed groups de facto capital of iraq the u.s. led coalition says one hundred i saw fighters have surrendered in the past day fighting to recapture iraq began in june the group has now been confined to a small area of the city straight about an hour who is following developments from montauk here near the turkey syria border let's start with the situation in iraq and one thing we shouldn't overlook as the humanitarian crisis that's devel

syrian government for the lethal attack in april more than eighty people were killed in the sound gas attack and khalid shaikh the syrian government rejects the un's report mike hanna reports from the united nations. the security council debate is about women peace and security but in coming days the chambers likely to become the scene of heated argument about the future of the joint investigative mechanism jim its annual mandate needs to be renewed before the seventeenth of next month the g.m. as it is quite frankly the best who we have it has been created by unanimous vote. it has demonstrated that it is highly professional. impartial. so we have. to let's let's use it frankly collectively but the key the key priority now is to recreate consensus. i consider that we have the moral and political responsibility to succeed here in its latest report jim found the syrian government accountable for a sarin gas attack and it looked province earlier this year more than eighty civilians died many of them children the report says evidence gathered from eyewitnesses satellite imagery and mobil

this time. i still confined to a few city blocks and rocca u.s. banks syrian forces say they're waging their final battle group the group. on low i'm sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from the house so coming up. i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of iran's destructive actions world powers criticized trumps attempt to change the landmark nuclear deal plus. i'm howard reporting from find out why some people in the town of cub way feel like they're being slowly poisoned. i. and the stars returned to its biggest film festival but the scandal threatened its future. u.s. backed syrian forces say they've launched a final push to drive eisel from the group's self-proclaimed capital rock the u.s. led coalition says one hundred iso fighters of surrender to. the past day foreign fighters not being allowed to leave fighting to recapture the city began in june the armed group has now been confined to a small area and this is we go straight to who's following developments from pattaya near the turkey syria border first of all let's not forget the civilians trapped in the

. back forces say they've taken full control of the syrian city of iraq from i so. want you know just zero life from a headquarters and i'm dreading obligated to also a heads curtis flags are coming down several towns in northern iraq are now back in control of iraqi government forces. the philippine president roderigo the territory says the city of morocco we has been liberated from an ice a link group despite fighting still continuing. and take a look at this year looking at the mass exodus of for a hinge of refugees fleeing persecution in me in march new numbers just released almost six hundred thousand have crossed into bangladesh. hello in the last hour u.s. backed syrian forces have retaken the city of from eisel fighters aig. kurdish flag has been raised inside the stadium after the last remaining islip fighters were forced out was one of the last holdouts for eisel and its former capital has some had about a life for us in an attack on your turkey's border with syria what are your sources telling you about the exact situation right now. there are hundreds of flights a waving o

country is dissolved saying the forces are destroying everything but islamic state. but meanwhile syrian government forces edge forward against eyes still in derry sole province witnesses fierce fighting with our correspondent reporting from the front line in one of the areas loss of terrorist from. isis is the key. here is one of the jihad just briefly surely give yourself whilst brain away on full auto. spain's prime minister demands clarification from catalonia about whether its declared independence the east threatens to suspend the region's autonomy. and a former presidential adviser to barack obama spills the beans on what was once branded a special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. . all these are the headlines here at and t. international coming to you live from moscow thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. well let's begin with that top story from syria where the country's foreign minister has demanded the dissolution of the u.s. led coalition claiming the operation is nothing but a cover up for syria's destruction auntie's jacqueline figure joins me in the studio

that the forces are destroying everything but islamic state. while syrian government forces edge forwards again. we will bring you an exclusive report from the front line isis is making it. wasn't. like that. was where the spanish prime minister demands catalonia clarifies whether he actually declared the region's independence all not the deadline for this monday. the journalistic standards of the new york times have been called into question after one of its editors was caught on camera bragging about how biased that is. a. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching and. we'll start this hour with syria where the government army bank by russian cover is gradually advancing against islamic state in the province of barriers or but each victory is coming at a high price the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain their strongholds in the region the village of which has just been liberated witnessed a brutal battle. following the liberation of the syrian army is now advancing on eisel positions to the northwest but before that artie's right goes the fall of t

. they are groups also a do attack by the syrian government to. the last pocket it holds dear a city well. the turkey syria border joins me there joins us there from that location here significant development today a huge boost to the coalition of forces that were fighting eisel. it is indeed the captain. decided to move to words by how to save this is something that came at a huge price thousands of civilians fled the fighting and would back away to were caught in the fighting for almost five months thousands of civilians were killed in that and also in the fighting now the s.d.f. says that he has managed today earlier today to launch a major offensive against poor areas under the control of fighters and that by mid day they managed to control all those areas killing dozens of myself fighters however i have to say that the couple was mainly due to first of all the military campaign and the u.s. led. coalition that has been providing significant significant assistance of the as their but at the same time it was due to the a deal that was signed by between tribesman and i see the figh

were talking about of knowing mental health crisis among syrian refugees but first what people are discussing online around the day itself. there's been an outpouring of personal stories and messages of support online under the hash tag w m d seven eighteen one in four adults and one in ten young people will experience a mental health problem kara tweets be kind while matt sends a reminder that mental health problems are not luxuries nor first world problems and it's a point made clear by the international rescue committee which tweeted this video of displaced iraqi children recovering from trauma by using breathing and meditation techniques and though mental health effects everyone some on line pointed out persistent stigma in many cases involving men and in others simply due to a lack of understanding and it's a challenge some are addressing head on one of those people study con the mayor of london has spoken about his plans to reduce stigma. we've seen over the past few years the difference. training. prevents people from physically ill health and how we respond to that i'm hopi

the government to my real people. the free syrian army launches a major operation against fighters for mailing to al qaida that doing it with backing from turkey. hello again my name's b.t.w. watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up. the sixty fifth birthday of the russian president vladimir putin is met with nationwide protests over the arrest of one of his toughest critics. thousands take to the streets across spain protesters in madrid condemn catalonia as planned secession and demonstrators in barcelona present a strong show of support for the move plus. the city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared new orleans gets ready for what is now hurrican eight a storm that's already left parts of central america with mudslides and flash flooding that killed more than twenty. a big military mission in syria with turkish support us our top story the free syrian army is carrying out an operation in italy a province against former al qaeda linked fighters the turkish president type o

. civilians and syrian eisel fighters escaped rock under a negotiated deal is us by syrian forces begin a final assault to take back the city also. making a difference one may miss a time the man who set up a lost and found booth to reunite separated ranger family. and wish you weren't here and its residents fight back against the tourists they say a ruining their beautiful city. but we begin in austria where exit polls put thirty one year old conservative sebastian coats on course to become the youngest leader in the world early indications show his center right people's party in the lead with thirty point two percent is pledged to go tough on immigration and easy on taxes it appears likely to form a coalition with hines question strikes far right freedom party which has twenty six point eight percent of the vote of been reports that you have already held behind the scene talks in third place the once mighty social democrat party which is on course for twenty six point three percent after a series of blunders and scandals during its campaign. let's get more now from david chase who's at

field from eisel the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are in a race against russian backed syrian troops to seize parts of the oil rich region the d.f. have already pushed eisel from the areas main natural gas fields and the city of record after a four month campaign record was isis self declared capital. has more now from doesn't up near turkey's border with syria. by capturing the alarm our oil field which is one of the largest in syria. is definitely now going to have vital. financial resources to continue its quiet to continue expanding in there also financing it different operations like iraq where they have now where they are now in control but you know with the habitation of reconstruction you need more financial resources to be able to handle the situation this is quite a significant if it gives more strength more financial on the militarist for the u.s. the effort which is now emerging as one of the most powerful groups now operating in syria of the syrian army has crossed the euphrates and is also competing with the s.d.f. to regain the territory lost to i still the syri

. but meanwhile syrian government forces edge forward against i sell into areas or provinces r.t. witnesses fierce fighting with our correspondent reporting from the front line in one of the areas last terrorist strongholds isis is. here is one of the jihad just briefly showing himself while spraying the way on full auto. spain's prime minister demands clarification from catalonia about whether it's declared independence as he threatens to suspend the region's autonomy. and a former presidential advisor to barack obama spills the beans on what was once branded a special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. . you're watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us and we begin with breaking news from the syrian capital where a triple suicide bombing has reportedly killed up to nine people according to reports from the ground it began with two attackers attempting to enter a police headquarters in the city this resulted in clashes with the gods which prompted the bombers to detonate their explosives or

five month battle is over for the syrian kurdish and the ira fighters backed by the united states they killed dozens of i asked militants in their final push rocka is now a shell of a city. there's nothing left we're near the end we haven't seen any i asked militants we haven't seen any of them near the stadium either i think the city will be fully clear of them in the next two days which is once all of the i asked militants are gone from syria i'll go home. i asked took control of rocca in early twenty fourteen and made it the company all of its self-styled conifer to. the militants imposed a strict interpretation of islamic law and used extreme means such as beheadings and torture to quash those who oppose the rule it became home to thousands of jihadists from across the globe after a call by asked leader. to migrate to the syrian city however in recent months the so-called islamic state has steadily lost territory in syria and iraq. the fall of rocca is a major blow to the militant group but the extremists still controlled territory in neighboring regions on the iraqi side of t

out in the next sixty minutes the u.n. blames the syrian government for a chemical attack that killed more than mine people in april. violence miles kenya's disputed election at least three people were killed during clashes with police. they caught a long crisis deepens as the regional president while holding the snap election to break the deadlock. we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic we can do it. and present all i'm trying to claim is the other p.r. crisis a public health emergency involves to overcome addiction and the u.s. . a report by u.n. war crimes investigators has blamed the assad government in syria for a major chemical weapon attack in april more than ninety people including women and children were killed when the nerve agent sarin was dropped on the rebel held town of qana almost one hundred people were injured the images of the moments after the strike sparked international outrage well over the following days the u.s. bombed a syrian government airbase in response syria has repeatedly denied any responsibility for the attack well the united nations an

i think that's. another setback for islamic state has the syrian army liberates the city of. one of the terror groups last stronghold east of the country plus as we review the week's spigots news stories to. her syrian army continues to repel i saw from its correspondent follows the troops as they free another village from the terrorists. the catalonia standoff breakaway region calling for a dialogue with the prime minister orders the catholic president to clarify if he's really declared independence or not. donald trump threatens to pull out of the iran nuclear deal big news this angry european allies who insists around is complying with. eight am sunday morning on this fifteenth of october kevin i would hear it out h.q. this morning in moscow with the news review of the week we're starting with this the syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of al my dean for an islamic state it's the latest blow to the terror group which is now being steadily pushed from the water on country. the purpose of each victory comes at a high human cost the terrorists a fighting face l

at least one hundred twenty eight people killed by ice ill as they were forced out of the syrian town. the children dying of hunger as eastern ghouta india's five years under siege. low on maryam namazie are watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up financial help from need to national community for short of its target as over a million range refugees remain in need of life saving a. u.s. secretary of state makes a surprise visit to afghanistan to meet the country's president. and loving arms artist promote peace battle against gun crime in the united states. i still has been accused of carrying out a massacre in the syrian town of o r e a ten witnesses say the group conducted a revenge campaign killing at least one hundred twenty eight people before the town's capture by government forces the syrian observatory for human rights says the killings in central homs took place over a three week period i still accuse the civilians of collaborating with the syrian regime troops recaptured the town from i so on saturday. how do we get sorted out in the attack just like animals

our headline stories this hour the syrian army liberates the. largest stronghold in the country. breaching the spirit of the agreement. this is a dangerous. man. in austria. the right. from moscow to the world this is our international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story this hour syrian government troops have liberated the city of my. state is according to the russian defense ministry with the details earlier here in the studio here. oh my dean is one of the last remaining eisold strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to the terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agency has reported its soldiers are now driving the remaining jarvis out of the city while work is underway on relieving land mines and booby traps left behind by the militants fighting lies in the province situated just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between islamic state and syrian forces as government troops battle to push the islamists out syrian army troops successfully r

. launch a missile strike on a syrian military airport which it claimed was where the chemicals had been located a quote from that internal report made it into the hands of several mainstream media who seized on it is irrefutable proof that the syrian government's at fault for what happened in can secure in russia says it is concerned by the leak. we are surprised by the flag the direct quotation from this internal review when they see documents are being reproduced by some western news agencies. ok let's get the thoughts now jim our king who is a history in international relations professor at lebanese university in beirut and a very welcome thanks for coming on what's your reaction then to this report we know there have only been leaks we haven't seen the full report but the report says it's confident that the syrian government was responsible for this sarin gas attack . well i believe that this report is fabricated and it's based on false data that was collected by a third party and not by the commissioners do you and commissioners them selves because they were located in dirty and it

tekkie helps rebels from the free syrian army launch a major operation against a powerful armed group that dominates a big area near its border. two major rallies over catalonia secession vote people in madrid call for a united spain while in barcelona they want dialogue instead of unrest. the sixty fifth birthday of the russian president vladimir putin is greeted with nationwide protests plus. the city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared. ok our top story here on the news for you a major military mission in syria with turkish support the president wretch up type says the free syrian army is carrying out an operation and it lit province against former al qaeda linked fighters says turkish soldiers of backing the offensive but haven't yet entered that area they've been heading towards the border in the past few days. we have opened up a space in a region with operation euphrates shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a globe today there is a serious operation in a

out appealing for you to turkey and the free syrian army launched an offensive to drive a former al qaeda group from one of syria's four deescalation zones and hurrican native races towards the u.s. gulf coast after killing at least twenty five people across central america. hello thank you for joining us russian police have detained more than two hundred people at anti-government protests around the country. uh. in st petersburg sixty people were taken into custody when police moved in to break up a demonstration it was one of at least a twenty seven held to coincide with president vladimir putin's sixty fifth birthday the demonstrators are supporters of opposition leader alexina valmy who is currently serving a twenty day jail term or a challenge reports from moscow where thousands more protesters rallied against the government. saturday was a test for alexei navalny and a test for russia's security forces on the day president putin turned sixty five the opposition leader wanted supporters to demand his release from twenty days administrative detention and for him to be allowed to

-jazeera. turkish forces backed the free syrian army and an operation to drive out a former al qaida affiliate in the country's northwest. down jordan this is live from doha also coming up a number of people have been killed in a massive explosion at a gas station and ghana's capital. makes landfall in the u.s. state of mississippi these are live pictures it's already killed dozens across central america. and tourism thrives in las vegas just days after the worst mass shooting in recent u.s. history. we begin in syria where turkey has announced that starting a big operation in libya province ankara isn't sending its forces but it's providing logistical and intelligence support to rebels in the north west of syria much of it is controlled by tucker that's not alliance of factions spearheaded by a former al-qaeda affiliate the turkish president says he won't allow the alliance to thrive along the border with his country. we have opened up a space in a region with operation euphrates shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a globe today the

decision to impose direct rule. we gave exclusive access to the newly liberated syrian town of maya deen recently freed from islamic states by the syrian army. the czech republic is set to be governed by its donald trump after euro skeptic media mogul and wins the country's parliamentary election. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. and we start in spain where there have been more protests across the country follow madrid's decision to impose direct rule on catalonia in the wake of the region's independence vote well the senate is expected to approve the sacking of the region's leadership on friday and while the council on parliament won't be dissolved it will now be stripped of its capacity to elect a president artie's but in a question of is in barcelona. walk alone or staying together in the catalan people had a chance to respond we saw those fully supporting independence and also those who want to be catalans but part of spain. pro independence leaders sounded better in the beginning than the toolchain. the peopl

government fruit's near a key oil pipeline stephanie decker joins us live from the iraqi syrian border so is this kind of a stand down a timeout stephanie. well it's a very unexpected statement really because the k r g the kurdistan regional government has always said the results of the river and i'm we're a red line the demand from baghdad was that the results needed to be before any dialogue to take place so now what we have is an offer from the regional government here saying let's freeze the end i think this kind of language is important see what that means and whether baghdad accept it let's freeze the results let's have an immediate cease fire and let's go into dialogue now let me just explain to you where we are which i think has some part of that we are in northern iraq of course but it's at the point of trying to where there was fighting yesterday not just behind us those mountains you see around two kilometers is syria and then a little further north you have turkey so this is a crucial point there was fighting here yesterday morning just a little further about twenty

but still ahead on the al-jazeera news our white syrian refugees are experiencing a sharp rise in violence against them in neighboring lebanon on vinyl rights for thailand's longest reigning monarch. and saying story how an italian football club is fighting anti semitism details coming up a little later in sports. from brisk. to the war trying to those of southeast asia. and i know there is a bit chilly for some of us in europe at the moment particularly in the southeast these pictures are from a village in kosovo where they haven't seen snow for the last fifteen years but now it's really quite a covering of it and it's not the only place either many places in the southeastern parts of europe a c. either some snow or some rain is he some have very heavy rain in serbia sixty four millimeters there also lots of wet weather in romania and also in bogota area as well so pretty impressive rainfall totals across many parts of southeastern europe and elsewhere we are where you haven't got rain snow and it's all brought in on some rather brisk winds in this whole system is very slowly sli