name mohammed emwazi, now dead, aine davis, in prison in turkey, and alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, captured in january by syrian kurdish fighters who are now holding them in northern syria while their fate is decided. among many others, the gang is accused of beheading alan henning, a driver and aid workerfrom eccles, and david haines, an aid workerfrom perth. now, speaking for the first time since their capture, alexanda kotey described the murder of is hostages as "regrettable". the pair complain that they will not get a fair trial. they say the uk has illegally withdrawn their citizenship, putting them at risk of rendition and torture. us officials believe the gang beheaded at least 27 hostages, the government have not commented on whether the pair have been stripped off their citizenship, but britain and the united states have been holding talks on the fate of the two men, and where — how — they might face trial. jessica parker, bbc news. the daughter of the aid worker says... the ministry of defence have named the soldier killed in syria on thursday as sergeant m

, in prison in turkey, and alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, captured in january by syrian kurdish fighters who are now holding them in northern syria while their fate is decided. among many others, the gang is accused of beheading alan henning, a driver and aid workerfrom eccles, and david haines, an aid workerfrom perth. now, speaking for the first time since their capture, alexanda kotey described the murder of is hostages as "regrettable". the pair complain that they will not get a fair trial. they say the uk has illegally withdrawn their citizenship, putting them at risk of rendition and torture. us officials believe the gang beheaded at least 27 hostages, among them the american journalist james foley, who went missing in syria in 2012. his mother says the men must be held to account. i really am not that interested in their opinion on anything. i am interested in them being held accountable for their horrific crimes. and right now they look like they're on vacation. that is the part that is very concerning to me and upsetting. diane foley has said she fears that whil

— who was killed in an american air strike, and aine davis, who was jailed in turkey, the pair are links to a string of hostage murders in iraq and syria during the militants‘ bloody uprising. they include alan henning, the driver and aid worker from eccles, and david haines, a long—time aid workerfrom perth. the pair also claimed the illegal taking of their citizenships left them vulnerable to interrogation and torture. the two men were captured in the country by the american—backed syrian democratic forces, the kurdish—led militia. the home office hasn't commented on whether the pair have been stripped of their citizenship. last month the home secretary amber rudd said she was "absolutely convinced and committed to the idea of them facing justice." the defence secretary gavin williamson, however, said the men should not return to britain because they "turned their backs on british values." their interview comes a day after a uk soldier, embedded with us forces, was killed by a roadside bomb in a counterterrorism operation against the militants — making him the first bri

-jazeera washington. turkey's president has rejected a french offer to mediate between ankara and kurdish armed groups in syria dismissing emanuel now as quotes out of his depth it comes a day after the u.s. president donald trump contradicted his own defense chiefs telling a rally in ohio that u.s. forces would be out of syria very soon stephanie decker with more. the americans have long had a presence in this part of northern syria supporting the syrian democratic forces arrest in the fight against eisel the turkey views the kurdish y p g which makes up the bulk of the s.d.f. as a terrorist organization and the latest twist french president met with an s.d.s. delegation on thursday night in paris an offer to mediate which isn't going down well in ankara why biggio there's dick. says that he gave guarantee of support to the y.p. g that france can be mediators between turkey and the s.d.f. who gave you this judy do not engage in things beyond. turkish armed forces have already taking the troll of much of the syrian problems about free in pushing out the y.p. g everyone has long th

a peaceful day of protests turns deadly on gaza's border with israel. turkey's president lashes out at his french counterpart accusing him of meddling in turkish military operations in syria plus. officer blaine salamone has been terminated from the baton rouge police department effective today disciplined for the white officers involved in the shooting death of a louisiana black man in the case that sparked a nationwide protest in the u.s. also ahead when it's a minister lives take the millions of dollars going to this carnival of a march and hire armed guards in schools all over this country america's largest gun lobby goes on the attack against the florida students turned activists after their classmates were killed in a mass shooting. day one of a six week campaign of protests in gaza has descended into the bloodiest day since the twenty fourteen war between is. and hamas at least sixteen palestinians were killed and more than one thousand were injured in confrontations with the israeli army the protesters were marking the forty second anniversary of the land day which commemora

gaza border following protests to mock planned day. gold if you don't want turkey accuses france of getting it completely wrong over its backing for the kurdish y p g in northern syria. syrian rebels deny russian claims they've agreed to evacuate the last opposition held enclave in eastern guta. and then spoke with a new look australian cricket team aims to put a week of scandal behind them they began the final test against south africa without some of their biggest names. at least fourteen people have died thousands more have been injured in violent clashes between the israeli army and palestinian protesters in gaza following protests tomorrow landay palestine's president mahmoud abbas's declared saturday a day of national mourning and called on the united nations to help protect its citizens the security council is set to meet in just a few hours time to discuss the crisis on the abdel-hamid reports from northern israel. it was supposed to be a peaceful day but as our protested march towards the border fence. israeli soldiers opened fire. sharpshooters were deployed but palestinia

dead hundreds injured in demonstrations across israel the west bank and gaza. turkey's president issues a warning to france about getting involved in syria's war. and giving a speech in ohio president trump changes course on issues from syria to south korea . and in sport a new look australian cricket team looks to put a week of scandal behind them they've begun the final test again south africa but out from there. israeli forces have killed seven palestinians during protests in gaza. palestinian ministry of health says that at least five hundred fifty people have been injured the demonstrators are marking the land day an annual protest against israel's occupation and seizure of palestinian territory we'll have more on those deaths in gaza in just a few moments i was there was one of the how he joins us now live from out of beirut in northern israel which has great significance doesn't it order to these protests that are underway today. yes absolutely this is actually where it all started now on this day some forty two years ago back in one nine hundred seventy s. sake it's. israel had

in turkey say kurdish pkk militants have killed six members of a pro—government militia in the south—east of the country. the attack happened in the town of siirt. three other militia members were wounded along with four soldiers. 39 labour mps and peers have signed a letter, urging jeremy corbyn to suspend a senior official, over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. christine shawcroft stood down as head of the party's disputes panel, after calling for the reinstatement of a council candidate accused of sharing an anti—semitic article on facebook, she remains a member of the labour national executive committee. 0ur political reporter jessica parker told me the letter increases the pressure onjeremy corbyn. christine shawcroft has previously apologised, saying she was not aware of the nature of this facebook posts that have led to this council candidate's suspension. but in the further development, a social media post has appeared today apparently from christine shawcroft‘s account, reiterating that she thinks she made a mistake but also saying, this whole row has

washington. turkey's president is rejecting france's offer to mediate between ankara and kurdish armed groups in syria. one says that he's saddened by france's approach to the syrian conflict a delegation from the wife e.g. met with france's president emmanuel mccrone on thursday and said that france had agreed to support them the other one says that turkish forces could enter iraq's sin job province to fight kurdish forces the school another was stumble and get more from zero as a student cost. president want something pretty angry at this french initiative this offer to mediate between the why p.g. and e. . how would france's involvement in all of this impact upon bilateral relations between turkey and friends. as in actually the first the stiction between two countries is that turkey sees why fiji as an offshoot of the out both p k k the kurdistan workers party which is recognize a terrorist organization but france says you recognize only p.k. k. as a terrorist organization and why p.g. is different so that's why present our don has been rejecting and slamming these claims by the fr

the kurdish y p g which turkey has been fighting against has been fighting near its border kurdish officials say my call promised to send troops to mendis to help defeat i still and deter a turkey from advancing into the town hundreds of people in the usa of california have attended the funeral of a black man who was shot dead by police officers said they thought stefan clarke and the gun at them but it was his mobile phone his death has sparked protests in his hometown of sacramento and beyond gabriel he's on to reports. friends and family of stefan clarke were here to grieve and console each other civil rights activist al sharpton gave the eulogy reminded people why they were there we came to have a family we came because there's no i should. be clark was a twenty two year old father of two kids he was shot and killed by two police officers who mistakenly thought he was a burglar body cameras on the two officers captured the moment on the evening of march eighteenth when officers confronted clark they fired their weapons twenty times clark was killed instantly he was unarmed only

kurdish y p g which turkey has been fighting against. pardon me near its border kurdish officials say my call promised to send troops to members to help defeat i so deter turkey from advancing into the town. the mayor of libya's capital tripoli has been released after being taken from his home and held for several hours there are conflicting reports about why he was held the tripoli city council said. he was quote kidnapped when gunmen stormed his home on wednesday nights but an official from the city prosecutor's office reportedly said he'd been questioned by investigators as part of legal proceedings the united nations says it's appalled at the deaths of sixty eight people in venezuela after a riot and fire in holding cells of a police station services have been held in valencia for some of the victims' rights groups have been quick to blame president nicolas maduro for not dealing with overcrowding and rising violence in the country's prisons so far there's been no official response from the government's center in pets he has more from a neighboring colombia. oh tony it is in venez

its way across turkey through the love and loss of cloud shang up has some lively storms are still going to continue making its way eastwards tearing through behind suspect some wet weather just around on mania georgia into. pushing over towards the caspian sea right in the snow over the high ground notice this area clappers links its way down across iraq iran then sick you wait and that's going to make its way across the regulators you go on through the next couple of days as well initially it's pushing for a switch lots of pushing all the way up into a minister that was back east on the side of that couple on a dry times as of twenty seven celsius and turning fine in try for the event as we go on into the weekend so pleasant sunshine coming back in behind now that area clabber talking about that will continue to sink its way for the south was could produce a few spots of rain as we go through the next day or two that's always a possibility increasing winds will lift plenty of dust and sand there will be some major visibility problems here as we go on through the next few days tha

syria out of turkey black sea all the way across into the caspian sea some lively storms around blowing away hair rain sleet snow you have this all in the hole in the forecast here that will continue to make its way further east which as we go on through the next couple of days look at that same area cloud it pushes all the way across into tech many stan it extends down across iran into northern parts of the arabian peninsula and here over the next few days we could even see some some rather lively weather then so we follow that area cloud then stretching across northern parts of saudi arabia always the possibility of a few spots of rain on this one we had getting up to thirty nine celsius at a five celsius here in doha it's think this way further southwards temperatures in riyadh fullback leak a few spots of rain there thirty one celsius for rio we're still up around thirty five here in doha but the key wind really digging in behind if you follow a dust storm here you can see how the dust looks like it could well extending across northern parts of the region getting into cattle sometim

understand is that there is a deal between russia and turkey over this strategic town of northern aleppo but this time told her father is going to be more different compared to our friend because often there were boots on the ground at the f.s.a. and the turkish military but in tell her father it is more about diplomatic and political talks between two sides both russia and turkey also turkish foreign ministry undersecretary who will be in washington d.c. or the march thirty to talk about violator of the issues and also about going operations in northern syria so probably we are going to be hearing more detailed information within the coming days about the strategic town of northern on that it is very strategic for all parties in syria because it is a strategic transition straight across syria so if you take tel referred to under control you are controlling the east west route also the area between aleppo and. elsewhere syria's military is preparing for a final push to take what's left of the rebel held areas in eastern a vote on your damascus the army says. and launch an offensiv

cyprus some parts of turkey some very heavy rain syria higher elevations in turkey we could be seeing some heavy snowfall and winds in the eastern part of the mediterranean up to about one hundred ten kilometers per hour in terms of gusts where that system clears away quieter weather conditions likely through friday night is tunis there twenty eight the winds coming from a long way south and across central parts of africa we've got some heavy showers across parts of south sudan away towards the gulf of guinea highs of thirty in the . systemic corruption from politics through business to who is controlling what state of resources people in power investigates the misuse of south africa's state assets nobody who'll use implicate good or named in those of board was ever asked to put their point of view on the financial rewards available to an accommodating business community south africa corruption inc on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. it's. where ever you. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on the news hour hours after he left china it was finally announced that north korea's lea

about diplomacy and political negotiations between turkey and russia from the statements both sides statements from both official side and the white p.g. so we can understand that there is a deal. between turkey and russia to hand over the city from from the y.p. g. fighters to the f.s.a. but probably we are going to be hearing more about this in the coming few days and turkish military has been silent about this and they have said that they haven't launched an operation and this also signs that this is all about the diplomatic and political talks between turkey and russia laura why is this town so significant. yes of course teller fog is a very important very strategic town for both for old players and syria first of all as you have also reminded the turkish president our john had stated toller fault would be one of the next targets within the ongoing operation all of branch which is going to lead to men bigger cording to his statements it is important for the turks because it's earth it is between a friend and men bit so it troops need to need to secure tell her father town in ord

has ordered the military to take full control of the country's borders after neighboring turkey said it was conducting operations in a kurdish region in the north and recent days the turkish president has said he intended to use the military to clear the singe are off kurdish fighters since then the turkish prime minister has said no military operations will be lost without baghdad's consent. yesterday we received a phone call from his excellent seated turkish prime minister who affirmed his respect for iraq's sovereignty on the borders and assured us that they would not do anything that would harm iraq's sovereignty he also confirmed that we did not have any agreement on any joint operations he repeated what he said at his press conference that the media may have reported his words mistakenly he said that they would not do anything without the approval of the iraqi government. nato has joined twenty six countries that are expelling russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in the u.k. seven russian nato did. formats will be sent home the accreditation of three oth

smiles for the cameras as european union leaders say turkey is failing to address a long list of concerns over its conduct. and, in deep water — a new report backed by the un says we need to look after the earth's resources before it's too late. hello. australia has become the latest country to throw out russian diplomats — part of the biggest mass expulsion since the end of the cold war. in total 2a countries, including the united states and 16 european nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the us is to expel 60 russian diplomats. most are based in washington, but a dozen will leave from the un in new york. 16 member states of the european union, including france and germany, are taking similar action. it is an unprecedented move, a response to the poisoning of former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter. last week, 23 russian diplomats were expelled from the uk. the russian government says the expulsions are a mistake and it will respond in the coming days. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the latest. sometimes, si

system was switched off and fire exits blocked. european union leaders say turkey has not responded to a long list of concerns, including that it's flouted the rule of law. and in deep water — a new report backed by the un says the earth's resources are running out faster than we think. hello. it is the greatest collective expulsion of russian diplomats and intelligence officials in history. 2a countries, including the united states and 16 european nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the us is to expel 60 russian diplomats. most are based in washington, but a dozen will leave from the un in new york. 16 member states of the european union, including france and germany, are taking similar action. it is an unprecedented move, a response to the poisoning of former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter. last week, 23 russian diplomats were expelled from the uk. the russian government has said the expulsions are a mistake and it will respond "symmetrically" in the coming days. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the latest. some

charges of sedition and rebellion following a referendum in october last year. turkey's president and the head of the european council have met in bulgaria in an attempt to improve relations ties have been strained since turkey's failed military coup in twenty sixteen donald. you is still waiting for answers to a long list of concerns including the jailing of journalists and turkish intervention in syria but rest of was upbeat about the meeting calling on the e.u. to foster a long term strategic partnership with turkey so. we truly hope that the stage of bad relations between the e.u. and turkey have been left behind i mentioned during our meeting that both sides need to work more actively and we discussed what we need to do you know to improve our relations. the u.k.'s opposition leader has been forced to apologize after allegations of anti semitism protests both for and against jeremy corbyn have been taking place outside the houses of parliament it's all based on a six year old social media post opposing the destruction of a controversial street florence leaks planes. now. claims o

turkey says it's launched an operation to clear out the fighters may consist terrorists but iraq says there's been no military action imran khan has more from baghdad. president no one is announce of the operation against p.k. k. fighters in has begun however the iraqi joint operations command have denied that what they've said is that the operations command confirm that the situation in of arson john and the border areas was under the control of iraqi security forces and there's no reason for troops to come across the iraqi border and into those areas now what sources are telling the reuters news agency is that the p.k. k. fighters actually withdrew from sindar a couple of days ago now this is also being backed up by the iraqis who say there was no unusual military activity in that area another p.k. do have a very long history in iraq there predominately based in the can deal mountain region on the border with iran and any turkish operation against that group has taken place in that area so although the iraqis are denying this it's clear the president or the one has said to the peak

october last year. now turkey's president has met the president of the european commission in the bowl garrion city ivanna relations between russia government and the e.u. have been strained since a failed coup in turkey almost two years ago the e.u. has criticized crackdown in the aftermath of the takeover bid but european leaders are also relying on turkey to restrain migration from the middle east. is in vanna force and joins us now just explain what's at stake for the two sides. well maryam actually the. apologies for that. it will try and get back to the bulgarian city of honor a bit later but we'll hear from him a bit later on this evening but turkey's president meeting with the president of the european commission this of the relations between the e.u. and turkey have grown increasingly strained so moving on now the israeli government's been given until monday to provide new details of its plan to deport more than forty thousand african refugees the supreme court set a deadline after suspending the program at a hearing earlier this month migrants and asylum seekers were offered

was to surrender. turkey's president. says that. will be the next target of his cross border campaign in syria turkey says its army and allied syrian opposition fighters are now in total control of the enclave in the north of the country they launched a ground offensive against kurdish fighters there in late january tens of thousands of people are reported to have fled the assault the turkish military is now sweeping the area for mines in the explosives to allow a free residents to go back home. has claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed thirteen people in somalia several people were also injured in the blast which happened near the parliament in the capital mogadishu the bomb was detonated at a checkpoint after soldiers stopped a suspicious vehicle. reports. we're here in front of the headquarters of the somalia parliament where a car bomb exploded next to a security checkpoint set up as the first line of security for the parliament at the presidential palace this is the second explosion in mogadishu in the last two seem street which is maca street was hit with an explosio

deescalation zone according to an agreement between russia and turkey to reduce the violence across the country but so was eastern huta violence continued in both areas despite the agreement the syrian government has now consolidating its control over eastern who the third rebel faction. will soon hand over the main town of duma the pro-government alliance is declaring victory but it came after years of siege five weeks of relentless bombardment and almost two thousand civilian deaths. beirut. thousands of people have protested in tel aviv against israel's planned mass deportation of eritrea and sudanese migrants african migrants were among the demonstrators in front of city hall the israeli government has ordered more than forty thousand undocumented migrants to be even exchange for money and a plane ticket however the country's supreme court has suspended deportations demanding more information on the plan before it can go ahead earlier i spoke about this with elder he's a senior columnist for the news website and he believes the treatment of bike winds is a strong racially charged un

between russia and turkey to reduce the violence across the country but so was eastern hota violence continued in both areas despite the agreement the syrian government has now consolidating its control over eastern huta the third rebel faction jaish al islam will soon hand over the main town of dumas the pro-government alliance is declaring victory but it came after years of siege five weeks of relentless bombardment and almost two thousand civilian deaths. beirut the u.n. envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital which is under the control of the who see rebels it's the first visit by martin griffiths to the city since he was appointed in february he's there to me to see leaders and try to arrange a fourth round of talks three previous round of negotiations and it was no progress well regional divides between north and south yemen are worsening as the country enters its fourth year of war the south was a separate country until one nine hundred ninety and calls for session once again gaining in strength. has that story. yemenis have been trying to free central and northern provinces

agreement between russia iran and turkey to reduce the violence across the country but so was eastern huta violence continued in both areas despite the agreement the syrian government has now consolidating its control over eastern huta the third rebel faction jaish al islam will soon hand over the main town of duma the pro-government alliance is declaring victory but it came after years of siege five weeks of relentless bombardment and almost two thousand civilian deaths so. beirut well adding to the misery and a car bomb has exploded there close to a hospital the head of the local civil defense agency says seven people died in the attack near to the center of city twenty five other people have been injured. french investigators have found three homemade explosives a gun and a knife inside the supermarket which was attacked in car song on friday the gunman who went on a shooting spree and took several people hostage was killed and a second suspect has been arrested resident a man well mccall has praised the police response to the attack and in particular that one officer attash about

of chefs in turkey are claimed a record for the world's largest baklava. a giant tray of baklava, weighing over half a tonne, was presented at a "gastronomy summit" in ankara. apparently the pastry had been in the works for six months and more than doubles the previous world record. now the weather with darren. pleasant sunshine today. cloud is coming in from the south—west. in northern ireland, clear skies, light winds, touch of frost and a few icy patches. much milder for england and wales under the cloud. many areas will stay mild and cloudy across southern parts of england. we might see some rain or drizzle. more sunshine arriving in the far north of england, sunny skies in northern ireland and scotland away from sharp showers in the northwest. a better day on sunday for england and wales. more sunshine and patchy cloud. most places will be dry. fewer showers in the north—west. some sunshine and feeling quite pleasant. the headlines: three people have been killed and a policeman is in critical condition after a gunmen took hostages at a supermarket in southern france, the

from turkey day there's like a very wet day if i windy as well some brisk winds coming through that stiff wind there will be a feature across iraq maybe into western parts of iraq will see temperatures in the southerly winds getting to thirty three cells just there in baghdad so quite a picture of the race couple at around twenty one celsius picking up to twenty four as we go on through sunday cloud to flee rain that will make us where little further east was by this day so things will quieten down high by rate getting up to around twenty one celsius to twenty eight in baghdad with the possibility of a little bit of patchy right just maybe for northern parts of iraq we can have twenty nine here and stay pleasantly warm light winds not too bad the winds will pick up a little as we go on into sunday could touch thirty two degrees out where i was you can see more very warm sunshine coming in right across the region the sunshine continues across the a western side of south africa the eastern side we'll see some showers once again and further north live down pulls in mozambique. when the

match kicks off at 7:45pm. scotland will play costa rica and the republic of ireland play turkey. goalless at the moment, they havejust ireland play turkey. goalless at the moment, they have just kicked off. former england women's head coach mark sampson was banned by uefa the day after he was sacked by the fa, it is being reported, the press agency ap says that he was investigated by european football's governing body for intimidating a female official with a metal pole at the 2017 european championships. u efa the 2017 european championships. uefa described the conduct as grossly violating the basic rules and banned him for three days, the next day he was fired by the fa in a separate case relating to inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour early in his career. mark cavendish will miss the commonwealth games road race due to injuries sustained in numerous crashes at the start of the season, he missed the 2014 games in glasgow through injury and after aggravating a rib injury ata and after aggravating a rib injury at a fall, last week, he says the games in australia have come t

and connecting on to turkey as recently as two thousand and two iraqi railways began in one thousand twelve taking over a small local route built in eight hundred sixty nine. the invasion by u.s. troops in two thousand and three and then the occupation and the war against eisel since have all taken a toll. a touch of faded remains but we just two services a week to the southern iraqi city of it's a shadow of its former self. in two thousand and ten foreign investors came in the iraqis bought twelve new chinese trains but i solicit tax put paid to that reinvestment and rebuilding plan now. that what happened after i still took control over the three major sunni provinces in iraq back then is the deliberate sabotage against the vital railways in the neveh had been and the size destroying the trains and freight trains including the stations and associated workshops and buildings we are aiming to rebuild what was destroyed by terrorism in collaboration with the ministry of finance and planning and i.m.f. . critics say it's an optimistic assessment so far nowhere near enough mone

the border with turkey many women and children into this say russian and government planes carried out the attack it live is the last remaining province in syria on the opposition controlled. and you baksh of leaked documents appear to show saudi arabia's efforts to influence decisions by the trumpet ministration in the states and they've emerged as the country's crown prince continues high profile visit to the u.s. the new york times reports that mohammed bin so man worked with lobbyists to push president trump into positions favoring saudi arabia and the u.a.e. ellen fish and oil from washington. the latest high profile meeting for saudis crown prince sitting down with u.s. defense secretary james mattis at the pentagon aren't you needn't going on one in the room when you come to the crown prince was received at the white house at the start of his trip five hundred twenty five million dollars that's peanuts for you here but nearly leaked documents suggest he's been trying to influence president donald trump long before his visit began the new york times says a lebanese american b

long island at the moment of course it will slowly disappear but the air this turkey in behind these stories to east to quite cold there's a system set up is just about off shore on the other side the pacific side that massive white cloud is sort of a river of rightness been falling in california and southern california in particular causing flooding as you know evacuations were required because of the burn scar well it looks like friday will see the sun return but what's on the ground of course has to be cleared up i we still got winter very obvious tongue of snow running through the well the plain states and right up into calendar here so it's cold enough this is will be heavy snow sony just above freezing so this is pretty wet stuff and that can bring power lines down quite happily and the thing is stretches right so the ohio valley morris' to the appalachians so more stuff to come winter hasn't yet finished and we went into spring well three or four days a week now the caribbean a bit more like it unless you happen to be in jamaica or maybe haiti where rain seems rather more conc

turkey day during the day on thursday but generally speaking to the south of that it's fine and dry and the temperatures will be climbing now so force in baghdad will be around thirty degrees the temperatures certainly climbing here in doha to say thirty one degrees will be the maximum on wednesday that as we head into thursday will get to around thirty three or thirty four say feeling hot. for so long more humid here saw temperatures topping out at around thirty degrees let's head down towards the southern part of africa then and we can see all spiraling cycling gradually trailing away towards the south it's clearing away from madagascar at madagascar so if you mostly fine now but further west for some of us here in namibia it's looking pretty wet that's also affecting us in angola this system is still with us as we head through wednesday and it's just giving a few showers for the south as well. a key figure of the early twentieth century arab literary scene. and a feminist writer and her time. so why did her story and in such tragedy. al-jazeera won't expose the life and why of ma

syria and half of them children turkey has taken control of the city of afrin after battling kurdish fighters for the last two months has been heavily criticised by the u.s. and by the syrian government which calls the move an occupation and wants its forces to withdraw but turkey has refused saying it will expand its operations to other kurdish l. towns including ma'am. and. the palestinian faction hamas has rejected president his accusation that it was behind last week's attack on the prime minister curious speech in ramallah president of us blamed his political rivals for the roadside bomb explosion while romney handlers convoy was entering gaza the prime minister wasn't hurt in the attack. we offer well wishes and safety to our brother. the prime minister and majid father of the head of intelligence and the rest of our brothers from the security detail that went through this despicable incident that was done by hamas in the gaza strip but this was a response from hamas. we call on our egypt brothers to intervene immediately in order to stop this criminal policy against the people

. well further north in syria in afrin turkey has criticized the u.s. state department after it voiced concern over the situation in that part of the country that this is in the aftermath of the turkish takeover of afrin from kurdish fighters ankara says the u.s. doesn't understand the purpose of the operation victoria gave him the reports that some of it's enough rain some much needed aid is starting to flow in the turks say they were careful to leave the town's infrastructure intact and have told civilians they can return to those who've already made it home there's a huge sense of relief not only job but i'm talking to the people of my village of lift i hope they can hear me return to your village we're comfortable here there's nothing to worry about it's quiet now. the syrian government has criticized what it calls turkey's occupation of the town and blames the united states for allowing it to happen if turkey is part of the nato and the nato is involved into the bloodshed in the area in iraq as well as in syria so the nato is protecting turkey don't believe in this hollywood show

syrian government has criticized what it calls turkey's occupation of the town of a free and is demanding the withdrawal of turkish forces but turkey says it plans to expand its military operation to other kurdish held towns and syria where u.s. forces are known to be further south and what's left of the rebel held eastern ghouta local media and activists are reporting that an airstrike has had a school where people were sheltering in the town of i've been fifteen children and two women have been killed or russia is of course an. major player in the conflict and that's blocked a u.n. security council meeting on human rights and syria we'll get more on that shortly but first victoria gaze and the reports on the situation in northern syria the only solution is enough rain some much needed aid is starting to flow in the to say they were careful to leave the towns infrastructure intact and have told civilians they can return to those who've already made it home there's a huge sense of relief not only i'm talking to the people of my village of lift on what they can hear me return to

business at the time. his company says it oued thpaperwork to another fir in the war in syria, turkey warned i campaign against syrian kurds is ready to expands to ahere u.s. troops are deployed. that's after turkish fces seized the kurdish-held city of afrin. today, the syrian government demanded the turks l.ve the region meanwhile, the syrian assat on eastern ghouta, outside dascus, drove thousands mo people from their homes, and into government lines. back in this country, uber halted all tests of self-driving cars after an arizona woman was killed by one last night. it's the first known fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle. police in tempe said the woman was walking outside a crosswalk when she was hit. a human operator was in the car, but it was in self-driving mode at the time. mississippi has become the only state to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. republican governor phil bryant signed the restrictions into law today. the state's lone abortion clinic says it will file a legal challenge.rs and, lean the u.s. congress pressed today to finish a huge spending bill b

leaving person on tuesday. syrian government's heavily criticized what it calls turkey's occupation of the town of afridi and is demanding turkish forces withdraw troops allied with the free syrian army seized the region's main town from syrian kurdish forces at the weekend turkey says now plans to expand its military operation to other kurdish held hands in syria including kabbani and man bush for u.s. forces are known to operate president already and says his forces could also intervene in iraq. after controlling the city center of afrin yesterday we completed the most important phase of operation olive branch now we will continue this process with members. and ras al-ain in chemistry until we remove all of this corridor or. where reports are emerging that syrian government forces have arrested hundreds of people as they fled eastern ghouta over the past few days syrian government backed by russia launched an offensive to retake the rebel held area near damascus a month ago and since then more than one thousand people have been killed tens of thousands more have fled in order repo

criticised what it calls turkey's occupation of the city of affray in and is demanding turkish forces withdraw troops allied with the free syrian army seize the region's main town from syrian kurdish forces the weekend turkey says it now plans to expand its military operation to other kurdish held towns in syria including man be. president erdogan says his forces could also intervene in iraq. of. controlling the city center of afrin yesterday we completed the most important phase of operation olive branch now we will continue this process with members and you know. and chemistry until we remove all of this cardinal let's get more on this joining us live now from washington is bill and who is the director of the second project at the center for strategic and international studies us very much for joining us on al-jazeera festival can we just look at the situation the president has just talked about how he's going to now extend this mission after taking our friend to the neighboring areas could there be a chance that the turkish soldiers and are now fighting against american soldiers in

border, where turkey has been fighting kurdish forces since january. emma vardy has been speaking to her father. anna campbell was a principled and determined young woman, according to her family. she had qualified as a plumber in the uk but she left britain to travel to syria last year. i was alarmed but not surprised, really, because i know her. she's always had a desire, a wish, a tendency to protect the vulnerable. ifi if i wanted to participate in the revolution of women... anna campbell had joined the all—female kurdish armed group, the ypj. she saw them as a movement representing women's liberation in the middle east but turkey considers them as an extension of the kurdistan workers party, which, it says, is a terrorist organisation. at first she became involved in fighting against so—called islamic state where is has been holding the last of its territory. but, injanuary, the new front in the conflict opened up. turkey began attacking the kurds along the northern syrian border, around the town of afrin. in a statement, the ypj said they tried to keep anna campbell away from t

has been the target of turkish bombing. our turkey correspondent, mark lowen, reports. from the calm of east sussex, anna campbell felt a calling to fight in syria. a 26—year—old plumber and human rights campaigner, shejoined the kurdish militia last year, dyeing her blonde hair to stand out less. she was killed reportedly in an air strike by turkey in its offences against the ypg kurdish fighters. her father called her ‘principled and brave‘. she was quite adamant about it. i said, you could be killed. and she said, i know, dad, there‘s nothing i can do to reassure you about that, but i have to do this because it‘s the most important thing for me. seven other british nationals have died fighting with the kurds in syria and iraq. anna campbell is the first british woman killed. turkey declared victory over the weekend, as it seized the town of afrin from the ypg, who it sees as terrorists linked to kurdish militants within turkey. the town bears the scars of a two—month offensive. some 200,000 residents fled, the first are now returning, but as troops tore down a kurdis