kurdish forces in syria say they expect the battle to retake eyesores last held their it to be over sued u.s. backed syrian democratic forces launched the final push against arsenal in the village of beit rules on friday the last remaining group of civilians who were evacuated just hours earlier thousands of people have left in recent weeks u.s. president donald trump has asked china to lift all tariffs on american agricultural products he says it's because trade talks between the world's two biggest economies are progressing well the us president also pointed out he didn't impose twenty five percent tariffs on friday as he'd originally planned china and the u.s. trying to negotiate a way out of a trade war that soon tit for tat hikes on tariffs since last year north korean leader kim jong un is on his way back home after four days in vietnam kim took an armored train from the china vietnam border he stayed on in hanoi for an official visit after denuclearization talks broke down with the u.s. president vietnam's relationship with the us was supposed to be an example for pyongyang it too

backed kurdish forces resume their offensive on the final stronghold in eastern syria. in school the titleholders suffer a setback in the asian champions league. draw it's a scam. to reason raise breck's it strategy has been dealt a devastating blow after the house of commons rejected withdrawal agreement on overwhelming majority for the second time so the no no no no no no there just seventeen days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the european union the prime minister says m.p.'s will now get a vote on whether the u.k. should leave without a deal the e.u. says the chances of this happening having creased significantly. two hundred forty two m.p.'s voted in favor of the deal and three hundred ninety one were against a defeat of one hundred forty nine votes for the prime minister in january the last time this would deal was put to a vote she lost by two hundred thirty votes i profoundly to the decision that this house has taken to it i continue to believe that by far the best outcome is the united kingdom believes the european union and an orderly fashion with the d

donald trump declares that all of territory in syria has been and them unaided but the u.s. backed forces say they're still fighting. fellow special counsel robert muller has finessed as investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election and whether donald trump's campaign colluded with those efforts the report's been handed to the it's for any general whole decide how much to share with the public trump as long to write it that investigation as a witch hunt takes us through the key developments. this is the man who has the u.s. president clearly worried robert mueller the special counsel investigating him his family and his campaign president donald trump has complained and tweeted about him and his investigators more than eleven hundred times by one count calling it a witch hunt hoax the greatest political scandal of all time but trump can actually blame himself for muller having the job in the first place the f.b.i. had already started a national security investigation into potential collusion between russia and the trump campaign the man who launched

well meanwhile on the ground in syria government forces have been shelling residential areas in southern italy been the province as attacks in the region are escalating in recent days as the president bashar al assad and his government intensifies pressure on one of the country's last rebel strongholds the death toll from the airstrikes on the city of live on wednesday romance to seventeen father abdul hamid has more from . the syrian. anger is growing among the opposition protesters went down to districts demanding turkey urge russia and syria to respect the terms of the deescalation agreement. tensions have been on the rise but the latest airstrikes targeted several buildings in the center of it including a residential one according to witnesses on the ground and a scene all too common in syria the white helmet rescue workers pulling out people from on the rubble. an old man who could barely breathe. and unconscious child with his head. and a mother with her two children it's not clear who carried out the airstrikes syrian all russian warplanes but this is the first time to city of it

led war in yemen to the conflict in syria and protests in algeria. the arab league will hold its first g. eight summit in the two newseum capital tunis after a nearly eight year absence will syria return to the league join us for up to date coverage and in-depth analyses on al-jazeera. a prominent saudi journalist committed to freedom of expression silenced in tukey by his own government in the most horrific way. al-jazeera weld investigates the death of jamal. which resonates to the highest levels of the saudi government with startling evidence about the disposal of his body. jamal khashoggi the silencing of a journalist on al-jazeera. the nose having the mousavi. another votes another rejection prime minister to resign may's breaks it deal is defeated a third time in the u.k. parliament promising calls for her to step down and. time how the markets and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u.s. president donald trump threatens to close the border with mexico next week accusing his southern neighbor of being soft on immigration. hundreds

the white house as i saw has been one hundred percent eliminated from syria and u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say there are still heavy fighting in the last pocket of isilon. and diseases like cholera and malaria are emerging as the new threats survivors and storm ravaged parts of southern africa aid agencies say huge numbers of people need help especially in mozambique and zimbabwe. eight south american leaders have created a new regional bloc they hope will solve their biggest problems such as the power struggle going on in venezuela it will be called but already there are questions about how effective it will be reports from chile as capital santiago. south american leaders were in santiago to lay the groundwork for a new regional bloc to replace the fifteen year old. it was the brainchild of two left of center leaders in the region at the time the late. and brazil's. but now the political pendulum has swung in the other direction. it's been more than five years since the presidents of south america got together to present problems. of the. but membership in

board are thought to have hijacked the ship after they realized they were being taken back to libya syria's state news agency is reporting a number of air strikes have hit the northern city of aleppo the syrian arab news agency says it was an israeli attack and serious air defenses intercepted several missiles videos have been shared on social media showing explosions in aleppo but has not yet been able to verify these claims. from egypt or in gaza for discussions with my hamas and other palestinian groups on the recent violence between hamas and israel israeli jets destroyed a number of buildings on monday and tuesday night and dozens of rockets were fired into israel a key border crossing between gaza and israel that was closed off to the airstrikes has opened for days after being shot down there as crossing as one of the gaza us lifelines. and the british parliament moved to wrestle control of the brags that process from prime minister terrorism a has ended in chaos with no agreement on an alternative deal to her deal. to the all eight options for the country's withdrawal from the e.u. a

and russia of course have said that they want this region to be read conquered by syria and included back into syria and sovereignty sovereign territory so ultimately they don't agree on very much over this region but this is why we're seeing these little. temporary agreements to try to patch it up and keep the situation stable. now over the border in iraq people are living in fear and stigma because of their ties to eisele natasha going to reports from a camp of the disputed territory east of walsall. thousands of iraqi children are paying for the sins of their eisel fathers many have never met or can't remember. miriam was a child bride she says her son was born after his turkish father died fighting for i saw the three year old boy is essentially stateless unrecognized by the government as an iraqi citizen she says she doesn't want her son to make the same mistakes as his father and receiving an education will help guarantee that annie mae's here i have no soul just a body i can barely breathe i can barely move i only intend to live for my son i wish i had died in a strike familie

that complexity apply to ancient people to today with heritage sites being destroyed by ice soul in syria and iraq and by the saudi led war in yemen a major part of the world between empires is given to three archeologists who have worked extensively in the region of course it seems misguided to focus on monuments when people are enslaved there tortured or killed to wipe out or destroy their heritage the landscape the monuments is a way of destroying people so we chant really separate the two a reminder that the issues that long ago concern the middle east are as relevant today as ever. castro al-jazeera. pakistan following the conclusion of the country's two twenty. we're going to talk school hoops for nick thank you so much we start with cricket in afghanistan have won their first ever test match they beat ireland by seven wickets in a standalone test in dare do in india afghanistan claim the match on the final day chasing down a victory target of one hundred forty seven they've managed to seal victory in just their second game ever all that means afghanistan are the joint second quick

eat turkey of course you could also argue that there may be political connections issues related to syria issues related to turkey's perhaps unwillingness to fully back u.s. sanctions against iran you know regional problems that sort that that that might be informing the trumpet ministrations decision making going thanks so much for coming in and analyzing the situation for us out in kyle knew that. now in a few moments we'll have the weather but still ahead here now does their. scaping violence thousands of became a faster refugees for their lives in camps in mali deadly floods we'll have more on how tens of thousands of people in pakistan and afghanistan are coping. and two of the top middleweight champion prepping for the next fights and he has more coming up in the school. well we've had a couple of very windy days across parts of northern europe want to show you some images that have community the area this is poland where they saw winds up to about one hundred ten kilometer kilometers per hour bringing down trees power lines across the region also of course we had a lot of problems

many as five hundred people have left the syrian village of buckaroos the last pocket of land held in syria they are thought to include one hundred fifty fighters from the group who've surrendered. and the government protests have continued in algeria with students boycotting classes after the president submitted his candidacy for next month's elections eighty two year old abdul aziz but flicka has offered to step down after a year if he is reelected. venezuelan opposition leader who is expected to arrive in the capital caracas later more protests against president nicolas maduro supporters have gathered there for demonstrations. now less than a month off to it was signed central african republic speech still is under threat of collapse that's off the fighters from the democratic front of the central african people and another group quits the paks group say the move is in protest against cia awls new government calling it fall from inclusive to syria's nicholas hot joins us live now from dhaka nicholas bring us up to date how big a risk is that to this deal. well this deal was brokered just

i can see syria with. fifty feet from where i'm standing. speaking to the hospital law administrator today usually got applause tomorrow. because they have a couple doctors who came in from out of town they are opening the hospital and they want us to start seeing patients first thing tomorrow morning. bill. i know. i'm not a high level didn't have a cold. and. everything. but. i'll do the potential. for men. only. that it was a good. deal. i was preparing for we might be called the bullet kid and peter. couldn't like. for me to teach turkey. i cannot they would keep me fit cats me it happened with some friends if i said he was army loyal for him if they were no longer my name they would kill my parents directly. when our people started there were no guns we prinz with us. boortz flags go out that's it then broke it long thanks shooting us everywhere. you know what do you call this. phil down from his copter i said and army threw it down you know market they were like just trying to wife some food and go back home. i've seen the pieces of th

friday we're also going to see another weather system push in here so for some of us in turkey and syria will be a lot of rain and some of that will still be turning to snow even further towards the south in the cloud that we've seen over the arabian peninsula is now here for thursday so that is over parts of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. just about stretching into as well as we head into friday that system breaks up so most of us returning to the sunshine doha well we're getting up to a pleasant twenty eight degrees at the moment which is eighty two in fahrenheit i mean for the towards the south of the many of us in the southern parts of africa the weather is not causing us too many additional problems now we see a few showers there over parts of madagascar there's a stretching out through tons of me and across towards the west for some of us and angola looks like it will be over today on friday. a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness on al-jazeera it's facing a separatist push in the east russians in crimea and major econo

when the news breaks and the story below six million children in and outside syria have been affected by war when people need to be heard. and the story needs to be told people are telling us that there's no medicine or no syringe and al jazeera has teens on the ground u.s. air power alone is not enough to bring in more will be taking documentaries and live news on air and online. and we're going to run the top stories down under zero chinese telecom giant huawei is taking the u.s. government to court restricting federal agencies from using huawei products. thirty six countries including all twenty eight member states of the european union have signed a statement criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record. french cardinal felipe behind has offered his resignation to the pope after being found guilty of covering up sex abuse allegations against a priest. the u.s. special representative for venezuela elliott abrams has pledged to expand the net of sanctions on venezuela the sanctions are to encourage more banks supporting president responders government adams also said the i.m.f. an

jazeera live from doha also coming up the final push us back to forces say i sell is on its way out of syria. a push for peace in afghanistan as attacks by the taliban continue. and how the french president is going to an unlikely source as he tries to quell the protest movement against him. at least seven people have died in cross border shelling between india and pakistan in the disputed kashmir region indian officials say a mother and her two children were killed when pakistani artillery fire hit a house in indian administered kashmir pakistan's military says indian fire has killed two civilians and two soldiers along the line of control tensions remain high after islamabad and new delhi said they shot down each other's jets on wednesday and the indian pilots captured by pakistan during those airstrikes has had a medical check up after being released wing commander of beyond out of us among was welcomed at the border on friday but as far as jamil reports despite the scene of cheering crowds serious issues remain unresolved the reports from new delhi. at the waca border crossing. in punjab

a kurdish forces in syria say they are expecting what they call a decisive battle as they close in on eyesores last territory the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces launched their final push on the village of back who's on friday the remaining civilians were evacuated just hours earlier thousands of people left in recent weeks the thousands of syrians who fled to neighboring lebanon when the war began are going back home the new minister in charge of lebanon's millions of refugees is an outspoken supporter of syria's government he has vowed to make the return of refugees a priority but human rights groups say those returning face arbitrary detention and torture by the regime then a halt to reports from beirut a new group of syrians is returning home thousands have made this journey in recent months but the numbers are still small lebannon hosts over a million refugees from the war in syria authorities say it is time for them to go home now that much of the country is back under the syrian government's control but there are those who accuse bashar al assad's government of reestablish

the whole operation let's check in with hoda abdel-hamid following events from turkey's border with syria we were talking earlier about this phrase we always hear the last fight against i so what are your views on that based on what you're hearing about this fight. well we can say that certainly there is fighting ongoing as we speak now not only did the kurdish forces the s.d.f. underground but they're also backed by the u.s. led coalition that has carry as several as strike but as even a spokesman of that coalition said he has learnt not to speak about or to predict when the last battle will be simply because isaac has been putting up a fight and has also been surprising if i could use that word the as the air forces on the ground i think no one expected the amount of civilians coming out of but whose over the past few weeks at least twelve thousand but in total nearly fifty five thousand since this operation started no one also has expected the surrender of hundreds of i still fighters but some would tell you that i saw is using that as a way to control the advance of these kurdish forc

women and children in syria with the end of eisel there the fate of thousands of years e.d.'s is still uncertain. many as it is remain in camps the internally displaced people in northern iraq for those who have returned home reminders of the atrocities committed against their community all around the turia gates and be. al jazeera. living you're watching out is there and these are main stories new zealand's top police officer says there will be a highly visible presence nationwide for the return to work on monday morning after mosque shootings in christchurch friday's attack killed fifty muslims schools with businesses and places of worship will now extra security prime minister just into our journey hopes all bodies can be handed over for burial by wednesday but even that the prime minister is also given more details about a so-called manifesto emailed to her just moments before the attack i was one of more than fish the recipients of a mina menefee story that was my old out nine minutes before the attack took place it did not include a location it did not include specific

you know you know algeria is not to use your algeria is not egypt it's not syria it's not this is not an arab spring this is its own. generic systemic our jury in movement it's responding to specific conditions and i'm sure it's not easily comparable to the circumstances that unfolded in the other countries that i just mentioned for example. your books live despite the protests that took place over the last week and especially on friday kind of does have a base and he does remain popular is not similar to the indian men are you too easy or or awfully boring to egypt's if you go to the countryside. if you ask the older generation because popular if you ask women. especially secular women who remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a big on like the other individuals in egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya even kurdish forces in syria closing in on the last remaining eisel fighters in the village of say they expect a quote decisive battle on sunday. that u.s. backed syrian democratic forces launched the final push against the on a group on friday the last remainin

one hundred fifty eisel fighters defending the group's last territory in syria have surrendered to u.s. banks troops there among hundreds of people to leave the eastern village of who's as syrian democratic forces attempt to retake a town yes jeff says some myself i says are still in backhoes though saying the harder has more from beirut. the battle for a book whose may be coming to an end i sill fighters are surrendering dozens emerge from the armed groups last pocket of territory in syria besieged and outgunned they gave up their tiny enclave along iraq's border there are others who are refusing to give up the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces who launched a final assault on the town on friday said i saw fighters remained inside the enclave but the numbers are unclear early monday the kurdish led four said it would slow down its advance because i saw fighters were continuing to use civilians as human shields and. we are taking into consideration the possible presence of civilians who are with the terrorists who are being used as human shields or even the families of boys who are f

in one thousand and two or they would end up like something like libya or egypt or for that matter syria and yet on february twenty second the algerians decided to. go down to the streets and protest against a fifth air to abide with the flicka and demand a move towards further democrats in the country what we see today is the exact opposite of what the people of judea have asked for it's clearly a move by the military not only by the chief of staff if it needs to be emphasized the military has assets the military has interests the military has a role to play in a country like nigeria and it clearly does not want to give up neither its power nor its prestige within the country but i think this move will probably end up with a huge. consequences for the country it seems to be it seems to me if i may say so quite reckless move done under the pretext of voiding recklessness. moron stay with us because there's more for us to talk about this but let's bring in dalia van in the back she's a political analyst joins us on the phone from algiers first of all thank you for joining us if you could

led war in yemen to the conflict in syria and protests in algeria. the arab league will hold its first g eight summit in the two newseum capital tunis after a nearly eight year absence will syria return to the leak join us for up to date coverage and in-depth analyses on al-jazeera. in the country playing political cottonmouths games with europe and russia the people are trying to find their voice. but under the un for east room of the so-called last dictator of europe voicing any opposition is risky. and the penalties can be severe. the better roost in lamma the weakness documentary. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. thailand's opposition parties join hands and claim a majority in the first election since a military coup five years ago. and we shall carry this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up four children were killed in an air strike on a hospital in yemen. a jury as army chief calls for starting a constitutional process to rule the president unfit for office. tension remains high in gaza after israeli airstrikes and palestinian ro

is very very threatening eventis have taken a step closer to winning an eighth consecutive syria title they beat second place and napoli two one earlier result gives them a sixteen point advantage at the top with just twelve games left to play. former manchester united and arsenal star robin van persie has passed two hundred career goals and he did it and spectacular fashion the former dutch international bag to have traded for a firing or the crowd were starting. his goals helping them crush f.c. and man for a nail in the air to busy. thirty five year old plans to retire at the end of the season against a man though he every inch the forward that played in a world cup final and won the english premier league. after signing the biggest contract in north american sports history bryce harper has officially become a philadelphia phillies player the baseball star has completed a deal worth more than three hundred million dollars but isn't promising title success just yet andy richardson reports. this is what a three hundred and thirty million dollars sportsman looks like bryce harper has j

today with heritage sites being destroyed by ice soul in syria and iraq and by the saudi led war in yemen a major part of the world between empires is given to three archaeologists who worked extensively in the region of course it seems misguided to focus on monuments when people are enslaved there tortured or killed to wipe out or destroy their heritage the landscape the monuments is a way of destroying people so we really separate the two a reminder that the issues that long ago concern the middle east are as relevant today as ever. castro al-jazeera. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to the headlines and i'll just interrupt you zealand's prime minister says that gun laws will be changed in the wake of friday's shooting at two boss that killed. fifty people the government will consider banning private ownership of semiautomatic rifles and buying back outlawed guns new zealand's most senior police officers since the threat level across the country remains high police have been deployed around schools businesses and places of worship. are reports that at least one pe

now to syria investigation into the n.r.a. is a stray mia connection. no clear winner yet in thailand's first election since a military coup five years ago and where in a remote part of mozambique where help is finally arriving more than a week after site only die. the firing of a rocket into a house north of tel aviv has prompted israel's prime minister's account short a visit to washington d.c. but anyway netanyahu will meet donald trump in just over an hour before returning home he's already talked of responding with force israel's foreign ministry says the single rocket was fired from gaza early monday morning seven people are reported to have been injured we've got two correspondents covering this developing story kimberly how ted is standing by for us in washington d.c. where netanyahu is set to meet with trump but we begin with harry for sit at the guards in israel borders so harry we've heard of reports of military mobilizations how does the situation look like where you are. well that's right the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pr

capital tunis regional leaders are gathering against a backdrop of division war and unrest in libya syria and yemen people in turkey are voting in local elections which are being seen as a major test of president early ones ruling party the party is at risk of losing control of mayoral seats in ankara and istanbul because of the struggling economy. the political upheaval in algeria is also likely to be discussed by the arab league algeria as army chief has been holding emergency meetings as he pushes for president. to be declared unfit for office millions of people have joined nationwide protests demanding political change victoria the reports. days after the army backed protesters cools the president abdelaziz bouteflika to step down algeria is army chief reiterated his view that the eighty two year old president must leave office. the position taken by the algerian military has always been within the legitimacy of the constitution and has always upheld the interest of the algerian people above all it is always seen that the solution to the crisis count be anything other than the impleme

strikes syria democratic forces have launched a full scale assault against i.c.l. in the last syrian enclave the village of backhoes the s.d.f. has been poised to advance into the endplay for weeks but has repeatedly held back to allow for the evacuation of civilians they say no civilians have been spotted in the village since saturday and no more civilians and left thousands of people have been evacuated in recent weeks with nearby camps now housing up to sixty five thousand people are the abdel-hamid has more from gaza on the turkey syria border. there had been a lull in fighting over the past several days to allow civilians and even fighters . still to surrender now a spokesman for the syrian democratic forces that's the kurdish forces on the ground said the decision to we knew the offensive and bad news was taken after new civilians came out of that area things as satcher day now is the hope that this could be the last battle after all i still is in control now of a sliver of land compared to what it had back in two thousand and seventeen however this has been

syria's state news agency is reporting a number of asteroids have hit the northern city of aleppo. the syrian arab news agency says it was an israeli attack in syria as their defense is intercepted several missiles videos have been shed on social media showing explosions in aleppo syria has not yet been able to verify the claims. meetings are taking place to decide the fate of forty thousand syrians trapped in a remote camp the un is taking part in discussions with the russian military and syrian government representatives of those at the rug rock when the come near the borders with jordan and iraq the united nations told us there are the majority want to leave but they have not been given any security guarantees so how to reports now from beirut. it's no place for children is how the united nations describes camp makeshift schools provide some sense of normalcy but since the beginning of the year twelve children among their newborns have died of malnutrition and preventable diseases conditions are desperate for the forty thousand syrians stranded in this remote corner of syria las

agreements iran and syria have also criticized donald strong tweets where he cleans it's time the u.s. recognized israel suffer and see over the territory. stephany's actor has more now from your key point golan heights international reaction to president donald trump's tweet coming in fast and not unexpectedly you have the european union germany turkey russia iran among others saying that they do not recognize israeli sovereignty over this territory they see it as occupied syrian land of course what really people will tell you is that this is playing into the domestic hands of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ahead of hotly contested elections taking place here in about two weeks' time we are expecting that announcement of the american recognition of israel sovereignty over this part of the golan heights next week these ready prime minister will be visiting the united states and i think this is what people seem to be believing that there will be some form of press conference making this an official announcement it is seen as a huge victory for benjamin netanyahu he now h

when the news breaks and the story below six million children in and outside syria have been affected by war when people need to be heard. and the story needs to be told people are telling us that there's no medicine and there are not enough their engine al-jazeera has teens on the ground u.s. air power alone is not enough to bring in more a way of taking documentaries and live news on air and online. the ultranationalist remarks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have devoted our nation what has happened to the revenge of west one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. as another religion this is the politics me and more an unholy alliance on all jews here. towns and cities submerged and now there's move rain on the way. with the aftermath of cyclon a die. alone welcome to al-jazeera headquarters in doha with me elizabeth head the first bodies are released to families after the new zealand mosque attacks as pressure media sites. dutch police arrest a man aft

must say the thoughts along muster up the schmidt which of south syria. at three zero zero eight be civil to bloom or to cars lift the consulate taking different routes. someone to the house of this would be consul not far from the consulate. the duty security was cities put forward for possible options as to what had been to his ship just body. one based on movements of some of the hit squad was that it was dumped in the fast billy great forest. to that it was taken to the sewer the capital riyadh and the private sudesh it. this is based on i remark the former saudi royal court of pfizer so do qahtani is reported to have made in a leaked record these kind of conversation yes bring me his head. three based on the idea put out by this would be government video was a nuchal collaborator and that the body was taken somewhere into decay. and for the body was taken to the city council's house a theory we would return to later. energy. lenity even your own. but though the warble. in a seat see the where the who are in their pool and in bad luck up down one thou

turkey and russia have begun joint patrols of syria's northwestern province to safeguard a deescalation zone it is the last major rebel stronghold there have been syrian government strikes and fighting between rival rebel groups there in the past few weeks another palestinian protester has been killed during the fiftieth weekly demonstration at the gaza border fence twenty three year old thomas arafat's was shot in the head by israeli forces when they opened fire on thousands of palestinians taking part in the protests he later died at hospital britain's prime minister is warning that breaks it might not happen atoll if a deal is rejected by parliament next week leaders had given her until friday to come up with new proposals to end the deadlock she's now adding m.p.'s to back that deal when they vote on tuesday those are the headlines join me for more news here after what i want to east do stay with us. africa's most populous nation a blog has a youth unemployment problem. we bring you the stories the economic world we live in. counting the cost. thailand is one of the top us nations i

who was originally from syria men him was acquitted in the trial. last month son was also one of the victims in the attack. i'm no. not happy with the result the sentences were too short and menem was acquitted i was hoping for a lot more because they harmed the investigation every day that passes our chances of seeing justice become small this sentence confirms that not only members of the administration of the catalogue man i'm back in the one thousand nine hundred but also prosecutors and a judge were involved in misdirecting the investigation into the attack some of the relatives are saying that they're hoping that a new investigation will begin now that will help them shed light into what happened twenty five years ago. has been filled with irregularities a prosecutor investigating the case with a shot in the head four years ago. lawyers say the trial sends a strong message to the argentine judiciary who has been accused of being driven by political motives in the past. this is a message to the justice system that everything that has gone wrong

because of this announcement you have iran saying it brings it to the edge of a new crisis syria saying it's going to use all means to get it back does it sound like it's done much good for the security of the region it does it good luck good luck good luck to syria but what if i haven't been able to do anything but that if they want to try this and it hasn't done in the security the region is going to make it with us yeah. you know the problem is there needs to be more international influence not against israel and next thing it or not against us recognizing the facts on the ground that it is part of israel the international pressure should have been for the last decade where a half a million syrians are being killed where the russians are involved there where the iranians are involved and where it's basically a hotbed for terror that's what people should be concerned with and i'm sure that donald trump is not afraid that if that it's that people may say it's a violation of international law and the u.s. may condemn it as trump would say bring on the fight because it's not even it's no

backed fighters in syria have resumed their operation to retake ice was last piece of territory the kurdish led syrian democratic forces had paused their final assault on but who's to allow civilians to leave yes the f. says four thousand of them remain in the town and are being used as human shields why are so glenn karl is a former cia officer he says threats from on groups will remain unless global instability is addressed. the real problem is less the coherent terrorist organization like isis or al-qaeda and these are they are real problems but they are really the products of in the exploiters of the social and political unrest incompetence and the suffering of societies that have collapsed largely isis came to exist because syria has imploded and exploded simultaneously and there was the problem with the insurgency in iraq because the united states invaded and bad as saddam was destroyed whatever stability there was since the u.s. policy is largely incoherent now you have someone at the head of the government who is fundamentally incoherent in almost everything that he says or thinks t

president says he recognizes israel's sovereignty over the golan heights an area seized from syria in one nine hundred sixty seven well israel's prime minister has praised the move but under international law the golan heights is syrian territory under israeli occupation an explosion at a chemical factory in eastern china has killed at least forty seven people and injured ninety others it happened in young chang in junks who province a coastal area of the of shanghai where people live in nearby say their windows were smashed by the force of the blast facebook has met at hundreds of millions of views a password for readable by its employees for years passwords was stored in plain text instead of being saved in a scramble encrypted manner the social media giant says there's no evidence any employees abused access to the vulnerable dot us stored on internal service last year admitted to use the data had been illegally harvested by a political consultancy for what i want east is coming up next. a chance for reunion after decades of separation caused by a war. one i want to use joins a mot

they're also asking the iranians to pull out the proxy fighters particularly in syria and yemen but they're not talking about the humanitarian crisis in the indiaman because of the presence of saudi arabia which is one of the key players in the arab league the most important or the highlight of the event could be this afternoon when the quarter meets on libya and this is a problem they want to bring that to now the differences between the two key players phases of our promise of race into a police really good general hell if i have to based in the east despite a terms in the past to bring about a permanent solution to the crisis in libya but the government base in tripoli is lashing out of the international community and the u.n. in particular saying that they are trying just to further advance the agenda or khalifa haftar hold many say is being used by countries like the u.a.e. and saudi arabia to advance their political agendas in libya but francis has arrived in morocco for a two day visit focusing on interfaith relations he was greeted by king mohammed the sixth the head of the roman ca

cordon which ultimately leads down to the mosque where most of the people were killed on friday that syria has gone quiet up until just a few moments ago really there were still a few people coming here in the early hours of the morning to pay their respects to lay flowers there are hundreds of bouquets flowers there messages of support to the family members of those who have been killed in this tragedy and throughout the course of saturday there were streams of people coming here to do just that many of them simply standing there staring at the flowers staring at the messages reading exactly what other people have said shedding many tears many of these people did not know the people who were killed in the mosque or the family members of those victims but they were simply christchurch residents concerned residents that this all fall acted happened in this city in the country so it will take a very long time for this relatively small city to come to terms with exactly what happened on friday and gradually way way where becoming more aware of who exactly were the victims but there are still

syrian democratic forces of again delayed their final assault on the village of i saw it last enclave in syria they say they are expecting more civilians to be evacuated from the area the new satellite images show increased activity around a facility where north korea assembled most of its ballistic missiles which is taken over two weeks showed a flurry of vehicle and train activity which has now died down suggesting items have been transported elsewhere the new york times is reporting that one of the largest talent agencies in the united states as a return to four hundred million dollar investment by saudi arabia of the murder of john is jamal khashoggi it says william morris endeavor is terminating its deal agreed last year. and there's been a third attack on an abode a treatment center in the eastern democratic republic of congo hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization armed fighters targeted a facility in potentially which was attacked last month one police officer was killed in iraq today with all of our top stories coming up next our weekly look at the world's me

salt because syria has for the past fifty two years constantly been attacking israel iran the syria's real power and control has been trying to open up a northern thrown against israel for decades so it's not just syria all of a sudden is upset with israel the syrian threat has been there from the beginning israel is now better position to protect itself from the syrian threat and i think it's very good for peace because previously the view was if countries attack israel and gain some territory no one will ever force them to leave. because they don't care about international law it's very hard to pressure them we saw that syria and iran act of total disregard for international law if on the other hand they miscalculate and israel get gains an advantage israel will have to return it one so it seems attacking israel would be a no brainer strategy you win if you win and you don't lose if you lose this creates a new formula if you will you actually will lose and that is going to discourage aggression that's going to show that aggression has a price if you lead you actually will lose this

intervene in this way right now well simply felicity because the army is the most organized institution in syria since one thousand sixty five is so powerful that i has been reshaping policies it . since it was no surprise and everyone was waiting for that moments particular says the start of the pro-democracy or and to government process in algeria on the twenty the second of february one was waiting for the army's next move because if you want change in algeria you would have to have the backing of the military establishment otherwise it won't work today the army decided to distance itself from from presence of the law as it was a vehicle for one simple reason they've been. monitoring the situation on the ground they saw the following scenario evolving. the government seeing more and more disconnected from reality with a president who has suffered a massive stroke in two thousand and three thirteen ever since been rarely seen in public on the other hand you have hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets saying that we need a genuine democracy in the country we need that efficient g

being held against a backdrop of division war and unrest across the region with conflicts in yemen syria and libya also on the agenda to misha's president keda sepsis said arab leaders must ensure the global community understands the importance of the palestinian cause one of these. we reiterate how attitude that this arab land is occupied land in palestine with the rich ignition of the international community we need to consecrate the policy and we are against the violation of the land therefore we need to do everything we can to put into the occupation and reach peace and stability regional and international levels imran khan is in tunis for us where the summit is being held in iran some strong language on the palestinian issue the question though is whether it will be followed by action. well that's absolutely right we are expecting to hear about a final communique that will come out towards the end of the summit where we're expecting palestine to be right at the top of the agenda now all of the keynote speakers have mentioned palestine in their speeches including king abdullah. the p

and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the booze from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to declare the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formally i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while in member genoud the kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i s

picture of the north and the round still the potential a little bit of rain every now again northern syria and turkey but a generally better picture throughout the levant it's not all staying out found also will be i think a throwaway trough on its way side of the picture on a cloudy one through kuwait and saudi bahrain and qatar with a shark or possibly all red sea coast join the line and followers in this general direction could be an interesting least sparky right after say says united friday that's friday's picture which means the wind is more or less going off to the skies will clear twenty five in doha but thirty three in mecca. the ultranationalist marks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally migrant joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have to flow to our nation what has happened to the engine that's one of the biggest stains on the country as a. person not religion this is the politic me and an unholy alliance on al-jazeera. the chips first democratically elected president ousted and held incommunicado since two

so i have for you on the program eight years on we take a look at west syria's war now stands and what the future might hold for those still suffering and toxic chemicals down to until river insall in malaysia have caused thousands of villages to seek treatment. well after the bit of a shocker the windy and for some quite cold with the diary dance for your efforts to some degree still there there's a warming trend on the way clearly it's not going to be immediate nor for everybody is a massive cloud sitting over the middle of germany and touching france as well in fact this is going to be a wet picture on saturday for germany the low countries for the british isles dollars when is it was and there underneath it's rather modeled it was to fifty in paris for example twenty three there in madrid shows what it can be this time the now down to the southeast corner only nine and anchor of bucharest and athens have picked up as a climb the rain dispersed for sunday so will the temperatures not true for most of austria too not much change really for a good part of france germany change the win

you're with al-jazeera also coming up the white house says ice will no longer hold any territory in syria despite fighting continuing around whose. cases are reported in mozambique as local residents join the desperate struggle to rescue thousands still stranded by cyclonic die. and despite the rain algerians fill the streets again keeping up their demands for president beautifully to go. on now we begin with our breaking news story this hour special counsel investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election has reached its conclusion has submitted his report to the u.s. attorney general william barr it looks into whether the campaign colluded with russia to influence the outcome of this election let's get more now from mike hanna in washington mike old ready we're hearing noises from well certainly in this case a republican in congress and i suppose now pressure is going to mount about making the findings of this investigation public. that is going to be the key issue and that is ultimately up to the attorney general william who operating within justice departmen

kurdish led forces in syria say that kill thirty eight i saw fighters and their final assault on the armed groups lost on play syrian democratic forces have been bombarding about this for several days now where a number of feisal fighters still remain the operation and ten separate after a brief pause to allow civilians to name the s.d.f. cess three of its fighters were killed during the latest operation. we can now speak to how that made who joins us now live from gaza on tap that's near the turkish syrian border harder can you tell us what's happening there today. well there is on fire fighting ongoing as we speak but the majority of the the intense bombing and shelling that usually happens at night and then in the morning this sort of a decrease in that intensity also to allow. civilians if they're still indeed trapped inside but who's to come back to come out actually the spokesperson of the as the of the kurdish forces on the ground will suffer valley said that over the last twenty four hours of sleep thousand five hundred people have come out from bubbles of which two thousand

and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the boos from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to declare the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formerly i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while in. kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i saw no longer contr

president donald trump has vowed to recognize israel's sovereignty over an area it seems from syria in a tweet strengths of the golan heights is a critical strategic area for the security of israel and for regional stability. and rescue teams in mozambique have extended the search for psycho it die survivors who are still trapped in flooded areas. thousands of people are expected to attend friday prayers in christ church to pay tribute to the fifty victims of last week's mass shooting at two mosques the called pres will be broadcast nationally followed by a two minute silence more funerals took place on thursday after bodies were released to families new zealand promised to send auden has announced strict new gun laws in the wake of the attack. i under thomas joins us live from christchurch is one week on from their tap water respect at events today. where the preparations for the events are all under way you can see them behind me a big contingency of the media of course and the seating for the v.i.p.'s for what will be a big friday press outside the alamo mosque the bigger of the two