one hundred fifty civilians have managed to leave rebel hid rebel held eastern in syria the government ally russia and rebels agree to evacuate injured people from the area which has been under heavy bombardment for the past three weeks. you're up to date with headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story do stay with this. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone so when asked last backed by a bus to have made some how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire after more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone will speak to our panel in a moment but first here's question sort of amaze reports from the u

the presidential election in syria and is going to a runoff in two weeks time opposition leader judas bio won the first round but fall short of a majority he's up against. the ruling old people's congress party candidates one of them will replace the president in a spy koroma who served his maximum two years inside story is up next. great candidates put on the bond like the wind but he may preach ins tight grip on the kremlin this mandate seen years now and when russian people voice on march the eighth there is every indication that they will return him to his full presidential . followed the russian elections here on al-jazeera. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria all will go it alone so when asked rice backed by a bus to have made. on the washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire after more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get th

command testified to the house armed services committee about ongoing missions in iraq, syria and afghanistan. a song about working with the military allies and russia's influence in syria and other parts of the region. this is just over two hours. >> made come to order. we welcome back to the committee, the commander of u.s. central command. general joseph montel. -- general joseph votel. the strategic competition has applications for a region where russian influence and presence is much greater than it was before the syrian conflict began. a region that is one of the targets to increase the chinese sweat and a region where iranians are aggressively expanding its wide arc of control to the detriment of its neighbors. these developments and the continuing developments are emanating from the region. this is from this vital area. number ofy we have a strong areas and partners better able and willing to actively defend our joint interests. but as we have painfully learned in recent years, there is no substitute for the united states. including theaw, threats to our homeland, they can

involvement dozens of people who've escaped a rebel enclave near syria's capital damascus are reached a reception center in government controlled territory seventy six others have so far been allowed to leave eastern guta as part of an evacuation deal between the rebels and russia that follows three weeks of intense bombardment of the area at the u.n. the u.s. is calling for an immediate cease fire to allow in humanitarian aid there's a top stories inside story is next on news after you straight after that fits. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone so when asked rocks back by a bus to have made some how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire after more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it was the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so wh

the war in syria and will it strengthen the position of all the parties to the conflict this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sammy's day than donald trump has declared the u.s. soldiers are coming home from syria very soon e says the president's promises taken many by surprise including saw his right hand man and the important details he left out is led many to question whether he's serious the u.s. defense secretary james mattis and former secretary of state rex tillerson repeatedly said american troops will remain in syria to prevent the resurgence of eisel trungpa said he doesn't like to advertise or telegraph his military strategies specially with syria because it will tip off the enemy here is his latest message and by the way we're not get the hell out of isis will become a serial like very soon let the other people take care of it now very soon very soon to come and we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes referred to as the land take it all back quickly quickly both the pentagon and the state department were seem

syria. it's hard to call anyone a win near a war that left millions displaced and a country in ruins but if there is winner in syria, it's vladimir putin. he's used syria to show the world russia is still a military force to be reckoned with. yesterday our own president announced that he plans to pull american troops out of syria soon. that news is go g ing to make things complicated on the ground because they are still fighting isis. we know because we just got back from reporting in syria. we found our ride, an air force c-17 transport on a runway in kuwait. loaded with weapons and ammunition. it's headed for one of the most dangerous war zones in the world bringing supplies for a mission most of us think is over, the war against isis but that mission isn't over and we heard it's hitting a roadblock. we wanted to see for ourselves. the cargo unloaded. we step off into the cold syrian night. the last time we visited this area we had to sneak in through a hole in the fence. that was nearly four years ago and there were no american boots on the ground, just a small kurdish town under

kerry on issues like the israeli-palestinian negotiations and ending the conflict in syria. welcome. [applause] to my left is kimberly, the founder and president of the institute for the study of war. she is a military historian and the author of numerous books and essays on foreign policy and coproducer of the surge, and hour-long order and documentary film of the campaign in iraq. [applause] we will have time to get to your questions in a little bit. i want to start with a few questions from our guests. and then we will get to you. that gives us about 56 minutes but i work in radio. i can do a lot with that time. what is a fragile state? stateragile state is a that either lacks the capacity to take care of its innocence, unable to provide basic security and/or it can also be a state not considered legitimate by its own citizens. often repression is part of the problem. a state that is fragile is less able to manage the inevitable from the natural disaster or a conflict that can't be managed. that is the heart of what we are seeing with a lot of the increased unrest and crisis thro

thinking specifically speedy we will teach you live to reform on the future of syria with specialists looking at up how u.s. assistance should be prioritized and allocated. this event just getting underway now at the u.s. institute of peace. live coverage for you here on c-span2. >> hello, everybody. welcome to foreign-policy and fragile states, and america broad tonal discussion here at the u.s. institute of peace in washington. i'm joshua johnson, the host of 1a from wamu which is heard on npr where this conversation will be heard soon and welcome those of you are following us on c-span and watching the various networks around the globe. let me introduce the mail today before we dive in. we will get to some your questions in a bit, i first joined us on the panel today is excellent or, the president of the u.s. institute of these which is hosting us today. on top of being president here, nancy spent most of her career working in fragile and conflicted regions, peer prior to doing isn't it she served a system administrator for the bureau for democracy, conflict and humidit

jazeera live from doha also coming up an unexpected announcement about syria from donald trump raises broader questions about u.s. involvement there. as thousands of palestinians were paired to mark land a real look at their struggle to hold on to their property. and few surprise this is the first results come in from egypt selection. pressures expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and dozens more from other countries in response to the expulsion of its own tipple mats it's the latest development in a worsening dispute over who is behind the poisoning of a former russian double agent in britain mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . the u.s. consulate in st petersburg shut down some sixty diplomats ordered to leave the country by the middle of next week sweeping russian retaliation. there will be mirrored measures but not only stopping events the u.s. ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy would deliver him the content of these retaliation re measures against the united states they include the exposion of a similar number of diplomats and they include our decision to withdr

syria's ongoing civil war. they talk about the future of syria and why the u.s. and other countries must state engaged and address the security challenges in syria. the u.s. institute of peace hosted this event moderated by mp ours joshua johnson. >> shall we? >> i think so. we are good. >> hello, everybody. welcome to foreign policy and fragile states, an american abroad town hall discussion at the u.s. institute of peace in washington. on joshua johnson, the host of 1a from wamu which is owed on npr where this conversation will be heard soon and we welcome those of you were falling us on c-span and watch and various networks around the globe. let me introduce the panel today before we dive in. we will get to some big questions in a bit but first joining us on the panel debate is nancy lindborg, the president of u.s. institute of peace which is hosting us today. i probably been president, that you spent most of her career working in fragile and conflict and regions. prior to joining the institute she served as the assistant administrator for the bureau for democracy, conflict and h

. dot com coming up sean stone talks the new secretary of state might come pale future of syria with former cia officer cia officer and intelligence analyst philip giraldi and then we celebrate the spring up to stay tuned for watching the. twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest kill people. but there was one more question by the way is going to be our coach. guys i know you on the us he's a huge star and a huge amount of pressure come out you have to be the center of the beach but tell me would you. go through all the great. you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there we have to go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and thirteen world cup in russia. this special one come on so it took place. just read the review the r.t. team's latest edition of make up as we go. to jersey look. winning is for the most probably last term is russia's president vladimir putin has six more years to fashion his legacy changed russia will we continue to check. the white house these days may often seem like a never end

, money and the use of proxy. no where has been that more deadly and more effective than in syria. it is hard to call anyone a winner in a war that left hundreds of thousands dead. millions displaced and a country in ruins. if there is a winner in syria, it is putin. showing russia is a force to be reckoned with. president trump said he plans to pull troops out of syria. they are still fighting the remnants of isis. we know, we were just back. >> c-17 transport on a runway in kuwait. >> it is heading for one of the most dangerous war zones in the world. bringing supplies for a mission most think is over, the war against isis. that mission isn't over. we heard it is hitting a roadblock, we wanted to see for ourselves. the cargo, unloaded, we step off into the cold syrian night. the last time we visited this area, weiss had to sneak in through a hole in the fence. that was nearly four years ago. there were no american boots on the ground. just a small town under siege by isis. and fighting for its life. the brave stand, these men and women took captured the world's attention. they were the

missions in iraq, syria and afghanistan. he also talks about efforts to combat iran's regional role and the impact of russian operations and influence, particularly in syria. he appeared last month before the house arms services committee. >> we welcome back to the committee joseph votel. we are interested in hearing his views on the changes the new national defense strategy brings to his that area of responsibility. the strategy's emphasis on strategic competition has implications for a region where russian influence and presence is much greater now than it was before the syrian conflict began. a ree john that is one of the targets of the chinese whole of nation efforts and where the iranians are expanding their wide arc of control to the de detriment of their neighbors. these threats of terrorism in and emanating from the centcom region suggests the united states cannot afford to remove our attention or presence from this vital area fortunately, we have allies willing to defend our joint interest but as we have learned in recent years, there's no subtut for the united stat states. whe

syria from donald trump raises broader questions about u.s. involvement there. to the u.s. expulsion of sixty efforts to formats as the rift between washington and moscow deepens. i got down to britain's prime minister visits all four countries in the u.k. to try to heal the wounds of divorce this time next year. as early forces of use tear gas and fire on palestinians taking part in an annual protest against land confiscation by israel. ministry of health says nineteen people have been injured the rally is the start of six weeks of protests along the israeli border calling for the right of return of palestinian refugees to what is now israel how to delaminate has more from the occupied west bank. it's a day that's been marked since one nine hundred seventy six then like now palestinians are protesting the confiscation of their land it's also they weighted the street their attachment to the land. a bit to heaven if we want to impose a presence of planted lands a hard to take over israel always says that it's only taking a barren land that's why we need to play it everywhere. so his prop

what we made clear is that the u.s. should not use syria as a battlefield against iran or or whether as a battlefield to try to stop iran or to block iran that should not be the goal the goal today and i believe this for some time early on should be to end the violence and the conflict and that for the political issues a to the side for now but you know you have hundreds of thousands of syrians who died as a result of this conflict they should be the ones who are thinking. ok rob we're going to take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to robert malley obama administration's advisor on the middle east and present their actual crisis group about the situation in syria stay with us. a plate for many clubs over the years so i know the guy even so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super mom each of billionaire owners and spending two to twenty million at one player. it's an experience like nothing else going to because i want to share what i thin

what leverage does the u.s. have and the situation on the ground in western syria how exactly can it influence the situation in your opinion. you know frankly i'm not sure today the u.s. has proponent influence over the rebel groups others do and in turkey and some see situations as far more influence over. the rebel groups than the u.s. has or even that the us use that in the us today has less influence over the rebel groups because it gives less supports of the rebel groups so by definition it is going to have less leverage i think this is a case where all the parties that have provided support or that have provoked whether it's material support or moral support to the rebels need to tell them they need to stop shelling. regime controlled areas as well that has to that has to stop because it gives a justification a pretext often for the regime then to go in and to go in with disproportionate force i think you know again if you just look at the pictures and hear the accounts it's hard to call this simply not of self defense it's hard to call this consistent with international hum

noon eastern on c-span. >>> next on c-span3, former u.s. government officials talk about syria's civil war. and why the u.s. and other syria countries should stay engaged and address security challenges in that country. this panel discussion runs one hour. >>> shall we? >> yeah, think so. >> are you good? all right. yep, we're good. >> well, hi, everybody. welcome to foreign policy and fragile states and america abroad town hall discussion here at the u.s. institute of peace in washington. i'm joshua johnson. i am the host of 1a from wmau which is heard on npr where this conversation will be heard soon and we welcome those of you following us on c-span and watching on various networks around the globe. let me introduce the panel before we dive in. we'll get to some of your questions in a bit. joining us on the panel today is nancy, the president of the u.s. institute of peace, which is hosting us today. nancy spent most of her career working in fragile and conflicted regions. prior to joining the institute, she served as the assistant administrator for the bureau for democracy conflict

use syria as a battlefield against iran or or whether it's a battlefield to try to stop iran or to block iran that should not be the goal the goal today and i believe this for some time early on should be to end the violence and the conflict and for the political issues to the side for now but you know you have hundreds of thousands of syrians who died as a result of this conflict they should be the ones who are thinking. ok rob we're going to take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to robert malley obama administration's advisor on the middle east and president all their reaction to a crisis group about the situation in syria at state with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond and i'll be speaking to get us through the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. putin tells the u.s. to come back to earth challenging washington's you know polar ambitions also calls to end the illegal war against yemen and why arming the champ regime is a recipe for disaster as well as the return to trade wars. shows seemed wrong on

violence that's our debate. syria has been described as one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time more than five million people have fled the country hundreds of thousands of lost their lives and yet the war continues syrian civilians have been under fire in areas like it live in eastern guta and even though some say bashar al assad and its allies seem to have defeated the rebels there is no clear political solution in sight so what has to happen to bring the fighting and suffering to an end joining me in the arena to debate this are mara cullen senior fellow at brookings and a former top pentagon official in the president obama alexi klebnikov a middle east expert at the russian international affairs council in moscow and from ankara syrian journalist and activist rami jarrah thank you all for joining me on up front rami let me start with you it's been more than seven years since the arab spring failed in syria the war broke out but given that bashar al assad with the russian and the iranian support seems to regain control of the majority of his country is it coming to a clo

rather arrested or forced to drop out of the race earlier this year. in syria more than five thousand revenue fighters and civilians are being evacuated from me some groups are to opposition held areas of italy a state media say nearly one hundred ten thousand people have left the old place since a humanitarian corridor with. dozens of people have been injured during protests in barcelona calling for the release of former president kallis pushed him on he was detained in germany on sunday and is waiting to hear if he'll face extradition to spain. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and say the now full page newspaper ads apologizing for what he calls a breach of trust he says he's sorry more wasn't done when millions of profiles were leaked to cambridge analytical which is accused of misusing the data because you have today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's syria witnesses for the prosecution it was it was. millions of syrians struggle to escape the constant bombing and fighting that has destroyed their homeland but there are others who choose t

opposition strongholds and lies on the eastern outskirts of the capital damascus syria's army is pushing on with a russian backed air campaign and ground offensive way at the rebel splitting it into three sections live to joining us from near the turkey syria border to first tell us more about the evacuation deal that was struck between russia and the rebel group. well there have been rumors that there was some sort of deal in the offing for the last twenty four hours or so denied by the people on the ground doing good but we've heard just in the last few hours that this deal has been agreed it was brokered between the group the russians and a number of governments in the area we don't know which one specifically but that was in the statement and. what we're told is that around a thousand people who are considered to be wounded a seventy of them seriously wounded will be given permission to leave the enclave at some point soon given the fact that there are statements circulating about this one would suspect that that may happen sometime within the next twenty four to forty eight hours how t

stone talks with secretary of state mike pale future of syria with former cia officer cia officer and intelligence analyst philip giraldi and then we celebrate the spring of the stay tuned for the. american man one. the second rate you alex. of the bootstrapping anyone can succeed in america who works hard so this is a whole group of people all generation in america is saying that there is no melting pot we're not being assimilated there's no opportunities we can't live up so their response especially is to go into conflict and this is a measure of. the most expensive fish in the world each one is selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only remnants of a much larger mission was once there and that was much more widely distributed we have politicians that are in office for a few years they have to get reelected everything is very very short term our system is not suited and is not geared for long term

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syria's eastern about sixteen thousand have fled the rebel held on five just over the past two days there has been under heavy bombardment since the government stepped up its offensive there and february on friday at least sixty one people were killed in strikes and shelling by the syrian government and its ally russia further north at least twenty one people have been killed in a freeness turkish forces trying to take the town from kurdish fighters turkey launched an offensive in january to remove the kurdish. militia buffer zone along its border turkey considers the group a terrorist organization the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee let's go to alan fischer who's near the turkish syrian border. let's let's pick up there with efraim allen where are these people going and has there been any more of a response to turkey saying once they take back this city they're not giving it up once they take the city rather with the people. when people are leaving afrin they're moving to the south of the city to the only road that's open this humanitarian corridor that's bee

lived in the northwest of syria killing at least fifteen people the head of the local civil defense agency says it happened near one of the main hospitals it provinces syria's largest remaining rebel stronghold more buses packed with fighters and civilians left for syria's it live province from eastern guta it is the latest withdrawal under an evacuation deal with the government that's expected to see seven thousand people leave the perceived strength klav. thousands of people have protested in tel aviv against israel's planned mass deportation of eritrean and sudanese migrants african migrants were among the twenty thousand demonstrators in front of the city the israeli government has ordered more than forty thousand undocumented migrants to leave last week israel supreme court suspended deportations demanding more information on the plan before it can go ahead. thousands of far right supporters in croatia have rallied against a european treaty proposal they say in directly kids' rights to transgender people they accuse the proposal of undermining traditional family values in the m

held eastern ghouta in syria despite ongoing as strikes the syrian civil defense says russian planes dropped cluster bombs on residential areas in the city of kufa. air raids in shelling by government allied forces also targeted neighboring towns at least thirteen civilians were killed the prime minister of survive says he'll resign if the country's president agrees to give his party the right to choose the next leader of fico has been under pressure to stand down following mass protests prompted by the murder of a journalist involved in the panama papers and government corruption cases and at least two people have been killed in antigovernment protests in guinea the demonstrators were shot during clashes with the police in the capital conakry thousands of people have been protesting against the government's handling of a teachers' strike calling for highest salaries you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself in the team here in london people in power starts now. we understand the differences and the similarities of coulter's across the world. so no mat

closer and closer to israel's borders. and we know exactly why iran continues to expand into syria and invest so much in prolonging bash ar al-assad's brutal dictatorship. iranian leaders transferring weapons to hezbollah seek to build a land bridge from tehran through baghdad and damascus to beirut. iran views the syrian battlefield as a laboratory for training iranian proxy forces devoted to a singular mission -- israel's destruction. and we know russia has helped enable iran's expansion in syria by prolonging assad's grip on power. hand in hand, criminal and terrorists, putin and assad have cleared a path for the iranian regime to expand its military footprint. make no mistake -- iran is building an advanced military presence in syria and we risk willfully disregarding this reality if we cling to a failed policy of negotiating with russia. that's precisely what we are doing if we continue to seek out agreements to de-escalate areas in syria. these agreements with russia are dangerous. they are in fact paving the way for iran to stay in syria. that's why it's well past time for the p

us reporting there from the turkey syria border alan bring us up to date with this this many people living where are they going. well in eastern guta what is happening that anyone who's leaving this process by the government. for kitchen is checked and then they will be directed we think at some point soon to other parts of the country that source who don't want to stay in government controlled areas we saw the start of this exodus on thursday it started with just a few hundred became a few thousand when people saw that the humanitarian corridor was working the way it was meant to work that's when we saw the swelling of numbers on friday morning people thought they would try the exact same route on the phone though that it was open and so we've heard a number of people go through that route again on friday several thousand the united nations say they are preparing to handle up to somewhere in the region of fifty thousand people evacuating that area but this is a day of brutal divisions in syria did it also marks the start of the year of the syrian civil war in a village not far from

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 announced the confiscation of five thousand hectares of land in this area of northern israel here

paris. the rebel group has agreed to surrender an area in the south of syria's east and the enclave the evacuation of rebels from a different group is continuing from harasta the syrian army's assault to retake eastern go to began a month ago and has been one of the most intense attacks of the seven year war. at least sixteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a sports stadium in southern afghanistan forty people were also wounded in the attack which happened in the city of lashkar in helmand province a blast happened just as people were leaving the site where they'd been watching a wrestling match u.s. president onil trump assign a one point three trillion dollar spending bill avoiding another government shutdown this is a turnaround from his position just hours earlier when he threatened to veto the bill because of a lack of funding for his proposed border wall with mexico congress has passed a measure to avert what would have been the third shutdown of the u.s. government this year meanwhile china has called on the u.s. to pull back from the brink his fears of a

the regime certainly appears to have the upper hand in most of syria i think as i said the exception is the larger the kurdish areas and it live but then there's also the competition as you say among foreign powers turkey iran israel. cetera and. there are their views are also going to weigh heavily as to the future of syria so my own i think my own in crisis group's own assessment is that at this point we are looking at a house work that's not by any means ideal and hopefully that can move towards a more decentralized syria in which foreign parties exit but that's again i think we're at it depends on what time horizon you're talking about i think for now the aspiration should be the priority should be lessened if not end the violence and if that means having zones that are slightly different in terms of the way they're governed and choose the kind of influence of the regime. if that's the price to pay that's an acceptable price to pay in order to stop the suffering the bombing of hospitals the bombing of civilians the displaced with the refugee if that what we need to do is put a pr

coming up turkey's president issues a warning to france about getting involved in syria's war. but deepening diplomatic dispute over the poisoning of a former spy russia expels u.s. embassy staff and diplomats from other countries too. plus a mediterranean make over in the mountains of cyprus how tourists are being encouraged to leave the beaches behind for a taste of the high life. israeli forces have killed seven palestinians in protests in gaza the gaza ministry of health says that at least five hundred fifty people have been injured aid agencies say that israeli forces fired live ammunition of protesters and used tear gas to push them back the demonstrators are marking land day and aerial protest against israel's illegal occupation of palestinian territory let's speak to. who's a professor at dartmouth college. he's joining us via skype from jerusalem good to have you with us professor what do you make of the rising death toll in today's land landay protests. well of course it's shocking and very disconcerting. these are protesters and of protesters facing live ammunition is ne

middle east but in syria it's supplying arms to rebels not two state forces . again the weapons are soviet style easy to use and so common in the region they're hard to trace if something goes wrong. when i still controlled territory expands u.s. arms supplies stepped up. i'm pleased that congress has now voted to support a key element of our strategy a plan to train and equip the opposition in syria so they can help push back these terrorists this is exclusive footage of what one of the pentagon secretive projects looked like. again the u.s. government uses private companies to train its allies we're going legs on the outside. these men are highly experienced new fighters mike dougherty and francis no we. aren't they were in bulgaria to train on subject sell weapons that would be supplied to syrian rebels it seemed like a straightforward mission. but it would cost nobody you his life. francis no we you is survived by his wife and two young children. yes i'm giuliana she has agreed to meet us. we're joined by mike doherty knew we was training. he was present when no we was killed. i

government and russian forces continue syria's civil war has entered its eighth year the conflict is sparked by peaceful protest against president bashar al assad and two thousand and eleven u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says at least half a million people have been killed and more than half of syria's pre-war population of twenty million have been displaced the russian foreign ministry has called u.k. prime minister teresa mayes allegation that moscow was behind a nerve agent attack in england completely insane a spokeswoman said moscow was working on retaliatory measures for britain's expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats you know labor is moving its corporate headquarters from london to the netherlands the anglo dutch conglomerate insists the decision is not because they say it's part of the restructuring it comes at a crucial point in britain's to go to leave the european union and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power keep it or. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new tariffs on imports of steel

of hitting every part of israel. and in syria, iran is cementing military forces. and in the south they control gaza where they're digging more and more into israel. and it is affiliates from the sinai peninsula. >> israel relies on our help to meet near term threats. as well as longer term threats like a nuclear armed iran. to meet these threats, on tuesday, we will ask lawmakers to fully fund $3.3 billion in security assistance to israel. $500 million in cooperative missile defense funding. and to support the overall trend by the further, we will ask lawmakers to cosponsor the united states israel security assistance authorization act of 2018. bipartisan legislation just introduced by representative -- and senators marco rubio and -- [applause] they deserve a lot of credit. the bill supports agreed-upon funding levels and to dramatically strengthen us cooperation with israel in many areas. including enhancing and expanding israeli based american war reserves stockpiles for which the us can share with israel in an emergency. >> this brings us to our second message for congress. fo

a complete look at today's top stories well up next we have placed korea on syria at a crossroads cross-talk ways that president obama's policies toward his country's. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle from north korea to syria's president donald trump's foreign policy is literally all over the map north korea says it is open to direct talks with washington only to be met with preconditions in syria where the u.s. has no legal right to be in the first place peace is within view but this is not what the trumpet ministration want. cross talking missing diplomacy i'm joined by my guest in washington he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center in new york we have daniel is our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i alway

meant about syria yesterday. national security counsel quoting the president's comment speaks for itself. keeping them honest though, it seems like the president spoke before any such case was even made to him one way or the other. there is a reason after all that these decisions usually come after a whole lot of knowledgeable people, give the president their advice. a whole lot of lives are at stake at syria and neighboring countries. let's take the nsc's advice, when president trump said quote let the other people take care of it. did he know these people were likely to be iran and russia, we don't know. and when the president said we will be coming out very soon. he himself railed against on the campaign trail and boasted that he would never do. >> i don't want to tell the enemy how i am thinking. they used to call it the element of surprise. i keep saying, whatever happened to the element of surprise. we are too predictable. we need to be unpredictable. we want to be unpredictable. i'm not going to tell you about what response i do. i don't want to be one of these guys that sa

brother to god and continue to be. told. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script. the british prime minister clearly points a finger of blame for the spy poisoning attack in the u.k. . hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up at least fifty people are killed after a bangladeshi airliner crashes it appalls katmandu airport the syrian army's hold on eastern booted rose as a rebel group reaches a deal with russia to evacuate civilians. and after weeks of student protest the white house announces its plans to deal with gun violence in the united states . the british prime minister treason may says it's highly likely that russia was behind the attempted murder of a former spy and his daughter earlier this month sergei and eunice cripple us still critically ill in hospital after they were poisoned with a nerve agent that the prime minister says was developed in soviet times on a b. phillips has the story. the british police an

this is deja vu news live from for lent turkey says it's now in full control of syria's offer in the region but as the tanks roll encourages around the world are outraged saying ankara's real goal is acting cleansing who goes to iraq for the exits also calling out. thousands march on washington to call for tougher restrictions on guns are led by survivors of last month's school shooting in florida. and in sports the formula one season kicks off with a surprise actually called the australian grand prix in melbourne and the price of aussie and prattled pits world champion lewis hamilton to a dramatic victory with fine tears have egypt. i mounted on a welcome to the program. we'll get to those stories in just a moment but first we start with this breaking news former cast of. wisdom on todd's been arrested in germany reports say wisdom on to was detained by highway police officer he crossed into germany by car from denmark he had earlier left to avoid arrest and advises that he was returning to belgium where he planned to cooperate with authorities regarding spain's attempts to extr

coming up strong stone talks with the secretary of state might come pale future of syria with former cia officer cia officer and intelligence analyst philip giraldi and we celebrate the spring of the stay tune for the. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you on the us he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the beach hotel we're with you and do all the great the greatest good you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get the ball going let's go. alone. and i'm really happy to join us today for the thousand and thirteen world cup in russia meet the special one i was also appreciated me to say the review the r.t. team's latest edition to make up as we go i need to just say look. how does it feel to be a share of the greatest

story to stay watching these. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone say when asked last backed by a bus the housemaids. how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone with speak to our panel in a moment but first here's kristensen of the maze report from the u.n. . cities bleeding inside and dogs two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council learned their words were having little effect for civilians on the ground in syria in eastern loan according to the u.n. more than one thousand have died in recent weeks amid continued shelling the united states said it was prepared

moscow is to blame and turkey promises to push on with this offensive against the kurds in syria after its seized control of the city of i think displacing around one hundred fifty thousand people. on little rock thanks for your company everyone we begin with that briggs it breaks through the european union and britain are one step closer to a greeting a divorce settlement the u.k.'s negotiators says there's been significant progress towards a final deal well according to e.u. chief negotiator michaud about the end the two sides have agreed on a large part of britain's were drawled deal including to the terms of a post briggs it transitional period lasting until the end of twenty twenty and although tensions do remain over the irish border britain's brags that negotiators at the twenty one month transition gave the certainty demanded by businesses and citizens across britain and the european union. well with that negotiators shaking hands on this transitional deal and it has been hailed by some as a milestone well let's find out just how much of a breakthrough this is with our br

half a year now we're going to take them to the next level. it's moved to syria now where four civilians have been killed by militants in the embattled area of eastern ghouta it happened while the latest humanitarian pause was in place russia's reconciliation center said the death came during demonstrations in the district against the militants. in the area itself is controlled by groups that include al knows red terrorists who are preventing civilians from leaving russia has been trying to establish a five hour daily truce is evacuation kodos while the un has called for a thirty day nationwide cease fire but so far both of those concepts have proven unsuccessful damascus and moscow have been accused of mistreating civilians during the operation even including chemical weapons use but it's been hard to stand up those repeated claims. have you seen any evidence that the so the regime has used chemical weapons. we haven't seen any of that evidence yet to. hear more on this from r.t. correspondents americana joins me live from washington d.c. and we heard it there not for the firs

presence in africa and the civil war in syria. africa commands. we welcome our witnesses, general vogel and thank each one of you for your great service. senator inhofe: in advance of this hearing, chairman mccain asked i submit a statement on his behalf. quote, as we turn our attention to the central challenge of great competition, the national defense strategy challenged us to think about our efforts in the middle east in new and different ways. with all the recent success in the fight against isis we must work to consolidate our gains and move forward with the coherent regional stability to secure security and stability, unquote. this committee will provide the policies and authorities needed to adjust to this new approach. both the middle east and africa where the threat of violent extremism is increasing dramatically. for centcom we have seen remarkable progress in the fight against isis. your military victories in mosul and beyond have helped dismantle the caliphate isis once claimed in the middle east. the same time significant challenges remain in the region. the syrian civil wa

don't ever need in. other british apart areas in syria what's what's important is that most all parties on the ground warring parties and east on the water respect and protect civilians whether there are humanitarian corridors or not so civilians must not be must not be targeted and should be allowed to flee whether through humanitarian corridors or not if they wish and if they wish to remain inside their homes and use them although they are not to be targeted that is clear according to the international humanitarian law. meanwhile on the political side knew in few russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has defended the syrian government's ongoing strikes against terrorist groups in eastern. brought of children east of under the u.n. cease fire resolution it is entirely legitimate continued the fight against terrorists we have mounting evidence the western powers including the united states are trying to shield the al nusra front which keeps changing its name but not assessments and seeking to use it as a back up plan to overthrow the government of syria. two people are in a cri

reaches its destination as thousands of women from all over the world gather on the turkey syria border to raise awareness about the plight of syrian women. let there be peace so mothers won't cry and young people will die and we will live free like other people. and finally a shake up at the top of german politics why one of the country's most recognized politicians won't be part of the next government. whether calling for a quality freedom respect or an end to gender violence women around the world have been using international women's day to make their voices heard crowds of demonstrators filled the streets of cities including manila seoul new delhi and look for on thursday this international women's day comes in the wake of the need to movement and we'll be having a deeper look at what has changed since it began half a year ago but first we begin in spain where women staged a full day night nationwide strike and here's a look at the day's events. and the hours and passionate schools to change this was an interesting central square at midnight. thursday night came dozens more