presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal and it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. americans want one get and they think by bombardment selective targets they favor is better to manage to failure rather than to advance their i gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the american strategy in syria has failed but that an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could attract the attention of the world because i think we would both agree that donald trump has a propensity towards showing off so if indeed he proceeds with delivering and not a strike on syria how do you think russia should respond why. none of us knew iran or russia they have interes

presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. america's war one good and the thing by bombardment the selective targets they favor is better to money. rather than to advance gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the american strategy in syria has failed but an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could attract the attention of the world because i think we would both agree that donald trump has a propensity towards showing off so if indeed he proceeds with delivering and not a strike on syria how do you think russia should respond why. none of us knew iran or russia they have interest in expanding the mi

presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. america's one good and the thing by bombardment selective targets they favor is better to manage to favor rather than to advance gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the american strategy in syria has failed but that an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could.

soldiers are deployed in syria to prevent an eyesore resurgence but the u.s. is just one combatant in a complex proxy war washington has worked alongside saudi arabia qatar and israel against the syrian government the main reason is to curb iran which along with russia is heavily backing president bashar assad turkey opposed the syrian government but maintains relations with both russia and iran turkey's main aim is to defeat kurdish forces which the u.s. has supported in the fight against i saw. let's bring in our panel we have here in doha marwan cover line is director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy and alice's from washington d.c. mark kimmitt former assistant secretary for political move three affairs under george w. bush and from moscow dmitry babich political analyst at the state owned voice of russia good to have you all with also start here in the studio with a bit of a surprise this announcement because in fact i've been observing and. so the english foreign policy for many years now i haven't seen something like this be

it wouldn't be long before syria was no longer america's problem. and by the way we're not going the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now very soon very soon we're coming now 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. the kurdish armed group i.p.g. says france is planning to send troops to support them in the northern syria and mediate with turkey one thursday france's president met representatives from northern syria and paris the delegation included kurdish and arab members of the syrian a democratic forces turkey has been battling kurdish fighters near its border. the palestinian health ministry says israeli tank fire has killed a palestinian farmer and gaza happened in the city of khan yunis another man is in critical condition this comes as thousands of palestinians prepare for an annual rally to protest against israeli occupation. the former president of france nicolas sarkozy is to face

and western leaders are increasing the pressure on syria's government and its ally russia to curb the bloodshed in eastern due to rebel held on klav me the syrian capital has been in the fierce bombardment for more than a week with little relief from the united nations mandated cease fire where this is a promise they report says in fighting are not being on it and civilians don't trust the vehicles being sent to ferry them out. there waiting for the besieged masses. not a single soul comes. it's the fourth day the syrian red crescent and the russian military have waited in vain. for the daily five hour truce is having no effect the thirty day ceasefire brokered by the un last week is not being honored as the death toll mounts so does the outrage. there are no longer words adequate to describe the brutality of the regime's attacks on its own population the horror of this situation has surpassed even the ability of the english language to describe it many of these attacks violate the laws of armed conflict and those that commit them must be held accountable syria must be referred to the

presence and troops in both iraq and syria still supposedly to fight isis. that's an interesting question the justification for fighting or for staying in syria has been changing regularly it was initially to fight isis then it became more a question of of supporting the shall we say revolutionaries or rebels who are against the al assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course but will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as the

between home and kurdish groups in syria. russian's foreign ministry and summons western ambassadors to announce it's expelling fifty nine diplomats from twenty three countries. a popular opposition leaders jailed for five years in senegal willing him out of next year's presidential election. and then split and you look australian cricket team aims to put a week of scandal behind them they began the final test against south africa with some of their biggest names. their warm welcome to this hour of news thirteen palestinians have been killed in gaza many of them many of them by israeli gunfire after thousands marched to the border with israel they were taking part in protests on the forty second anniversary of landing a palestinian health ministry says more than one thousand four hundred of those were injured after israeli forces fired live ammunition into the crowds using tear gas to push them back it's the start of a six week protest. the great march of return palestinians have set up camps in different places along gaza's

[applause] on terrorism, in iraq and syria, we've taken back almost 100% and a very short period of time a land that they took and in all took place since our election.

bombed an airfield in syria believed to be associated with a chemical attack syria's ally the russians question the u.n. source of information saying syria continues to act within its rights going to do is teach the counterterrorism operation which has continued by the syrian military is not in contradiction with resolution twenty four i want the government of syria has every right to try and remove the threat to the safety of its citizens the cease fire resolution proposed by the united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits the border divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. the u.s. has also called for an urgent meeting in jordan following reports of syrian government airstrikes on the first in months their eyes in southwest's in syria near the jordanian border some of the provinces still under opposition control but their eyes also part of the so-called deescalation zone negotiated last year

more than fifteen thousand civilians manage to flee syria's eastern as fighting rages between government forces and the rebels in the stricken region. and the u.s. central command says it has no idea how resources allocated to the saudi led coalition are actually being used in the war in yemen. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right russia has announced it has opened a criminal investigation into the attempted murder of u.s. crew paul the daughter of the former russian spy who was also poisoned in the english city of salisbury. has a story. the russian investigative investigative committee have decided to carry out their own investigation so they've just launched that regard to the attempted murder of the alaska polities a russian citizen and the daughter of the former spy. now this comes after several attempts by russia to help with the investigation back in the u.k. but moscow says those attempts have been refused by britain so far and following the rejections the foreign minister

bombed an airfield in syria believed to be associated with a chemical attack syria's ally the russians question the u.n. source of information saying syria continues to act within its rights going to do is teach the counterterrorism operation which has continued by the syrian military is not in contradiction with resolution twenty four zero one the government of syria has every right to try and remove the threat to the safety of its citizens the cease fire resolution proposed by the united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits the border divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations and the u.s. has also called for an urgent meeting in jordan following reports of syrian government as strikes on divide the first in months to rise in southwestern syria near the jordanian border some of the provinces still under opposition control but it's also part of a so-called deescalation zone negotiated last year b

pro-government militias reinforced syria's regular troops. and the government itself is backed by iran. and especially russia which says it is coordinating with the regime to offer aid and to help get people out. we managed to evacuate thirteen civilians including five children we also plan to evacuate about one thousand sick and wounded people but the rebels did not give us the chance old people women and children are being held as hostages and used as human shields. but many observers blame russia for blocking un resolutions or for helping the syrian regime violate them hell on earth has no end in sight. well upon a swarm say so is a un regional humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis and he joins us now from the capital amman a very good evening sir we've heard the u.n. human rights chief accuse the syrian government of orchestrating an apocalypse very strong words we're also in the meantime getting reports that syrian troops have retaken in eastern huta what will this mean for the civilians who are still there are they already fleei

mr president today is a crisis in syria and as you. said as i see it in the do i just. cannot see it in. what i'm sure the john the i'm here to see it be. the oath. that i have you got an honest. yes to flatten had c.s.m. with the just zero finish to my duty. that it should jep and measure my left the. shop while it sat on the heart of a serene but i'm home and that's just the thought i was out at saudi. despite all the evidence over the past few years the dictatorship continues to deny the facts on the ground. syrian arab republic you have two minutes of short aside the race in the us out of the hammock what the heck only a militia deafened with ahmed one woman has been at the knee without a bullet is a little sad that linsanity yet how much want to just figure out that one wanted. to cut the strategy of the syrian regime has shown itself to be extremely effective. despite all the killing nice it still remains in power in damascus. i. was. to survive syrians have no choice but to flee into exile their homeland has been destroyed many of their families and friends have

eastern koocher as well we are asking is there an end in sight to syria's suffering. also coming up russians go to the polls to pick a new president that he may put in is expected to easily win a fourth term in office but can he really realize voters turned off by that predictability is the context. now we'll have the latest from the bundesliga would bind fans have something to cheer about as they watch the child take on the hopes for a more open whose last could help the variances they seek to wrap up the bundesliga title this week at. the moment. i'm having a home for him by then thanks for joining me we start with some breaking news turkey's president going to ship typepad one says turkish led forces taking complete control of the center of african town in northern syria. well he started she's said to show syrian rebels backed by turkey entering our freeness some morning they've been trying to take the town as part of a two month offensive against kurdish fighters ankara says a link to terrorists in turkey more than fifteen hundred kurdish fighters are reported to

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

the most terrible thing to syria used to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship beat up for what is sometimes a call to compete brother to god to continue to be she told. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera vladimir putin has celebrated his landslide victory in russia's presidential election thanking thousands of his supporters in moscow put in one seventy six percent of the vote with almost all ballots counted some observers have reported widespread violations including stuffing of ballot boxes kurdish fighters in syria's north west african region have to fight on using get real attack takes after his forces took control of the main town they launch its opera turkey launch its operation to clear the enclave of kurdish forces in january and the republican senators are warning us present donald trump not to fire special counsel robert muller they say he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential

in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's their city being liberated they understand what they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price and avoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we are the good guys and munitions people on the battlefield the different. persons home secretary amber rudd has called for the police to be granted the time interest or says to probe the poisoning of former russian spy said ok screen pal and his daughter yulia. there are over two hundred fifty counterterrorism police from eight out of our levon counterterrorism units involved there's over two hundred witnesses involved and there's over two hundred forty pieces of evidence so we need to give the police and all the investigative parts around them the space to get on with that. or the statement followed a cabinet meeting on the nerve agent attack in salz

did accountability die in syria? >> accountability was dealt a body blow in syria. i mean, i think it's on life support. >> next we're going to look at the bets putin made over the years. he has perfected a trick that allows him to win when he's holding a bad hand. how? by bluffing and then doubling down. stay with us. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and

in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from the family where the most terrible thing to syria is to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship for more than sometimes a call to compete better to god continue to be surely to the new culture of. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here this hour the political storm surrounding the firing of an f.b.i. official is gathering momentum in the u.s. media reporting that under mccabe memos on his interactions with president trump and those documents are now with the special counsel investigating ties to russia. thousands of people are fleeing afraid in northern syria as turkish forces begin their advance inside the city it's the latest phase two months of to push out kurdish fighters in turkey regards as terrorists. and polls have opened in russia's presidential election which is widely expected that amid putin his fourth term in office not means he the country for the next six y

just in syria. i have to warn you, the story does contain disturbing images. >> justice, they say is just another name for victory. and the dictator is winning, he has bombed, and gassed his own people. and getting away with mass murder. asad buried his own people under a pile of rubble. the evidence. >> in the heat of battle, piles of documents and government buildings, police stalgzs, military out posts, left unguarded. a small group of syrian activists, swooped in and stole them away. we joined them. they cross the the board with a trunk full of stolen document, it is the first time a television camera was allowed in the process. the leader asked to be called adam. >> this is the most dangerous job in the world. why do you do it? >> because i want to see an end to the cycle of revenge. >> he had close calls, some of his teammates arrested, killed. high said it is worth it. >> we witness crimes against humanity. the killings. i am a lawyer. i believe in criminal justice. delivered by the bag full

thousands of civilians leave the seeds eastern gouda with another round of talks on syria's war beginning an astonishing plus. i'm catherine saw in nairobi i'll tell you about keep their superheroes and every other child he wants to be just like the . russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats it's in response to britain ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. last week moscow denies any involvement last rough out of that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from u.k. after the u.k. defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up so a moment we'll go live to barnaby phillips is standing by and london first though let's talk to john hall who is in the russian capital moscow so jonah a couple of times now lever office and announce the intention to expel diplomats in response to the expulsion of the russians when do we expect an actual concrete and now about how russia is going to respond. well it's pretty interesting i think is that two days in a row now

media paul from what you've just said about the reporting of syria given that it doesn't like seymour hersh on syria found that he would rather publish in britain than in the new yorker magazine what why would someone like him why would others seek to publish overseas in the case of seymour hersh i mean i certainly can't speak to the specifics because i don't know them in terms of why he isn't in the new yorker anymore except to say that what he's writing would be totally considered i was passing doubt on chemical weapons attacks that the british media has any say are extent in syria committed by the us of the yes i mean he published in the new york or rather the london review of books of the new york review of books is not going to publish in the new york times evidently is not going to nor the new yorker on a lot of those issues and. provided tremendous service in disproving a lot of the claims that were being laid out to justify attacking iran a decade ago and what the level of hysteria amongst your fellow journalists in the united states is regarding a future war on iran there's b

challenges remain in syria. officials are at a loss for what the president meant. >>> and fox news host facing backlash from advertisers after a comment from a parkland survivor. laura ingraham is apologizing, but the student is not satisfied. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> i'm dave briggs. looks like you might stab me with that pen. >> my security pen. >> it is 4:31 eastern time on good friday. we start with the russia investigation. a lower aide in the trump campaign, but rick gates could play a role helping with the special counsel investigation. how they pushed for gates help for the collusion case. >> the court filing this week claims gates was in contact with someone who was working with the russian intelligence agency. the investigation has been focused since the president took office. it appears collusion remains a focal point of the russia probe. more now from justice correspondent evan perez in washington. >> reporter: dave and michelle, the special counsel prosecutors told rick ga

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also coming up a shaky daily truce goes into effect for a fourth day in syria eastern ghouta an agonizing wait for those trapped there to see if aid can finally get for. president donald trump announces punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum imports dropped threaten to respond in kind markets plummet as fears grow woman new trade. plus match day twenty five in the bundesliga kicks off tonight the club fighting for a place in next season's europa league macian gladbach ended a winless streak last weekend and they're hoping to pick up points at home against a resurgent brain we'll have a look at. i'm sumi so let's go on the good to have you with us well today is the final day of campaigning before italy goes to the polls in sunday's general election and the result is anything but a foregone conclusion that there were demonstrations thursday evening and rome s. protesters turned out against the extreme right wing costs of pound party which was holding its final campaign event in the capital now the party wants to abandon the euro and leave the e.u. despite tensions at that rally no. violence

the second tweet, they can help solve problems with korea, syria, ukraine, isis, iran, they didn't have the, quote, smarts. obama and clinton tried, but didn't have the energy or scimeca tri.

bombed an airfield in syria believed to be associated with a chemical attack syria's ally the russians question the u.n. source of information saying syria continues to act within its rights going to do is teach the counterterrorism operation which has continued by the syrian military is not in contradiction with resolution twenty four i want the government of syria has every right to try and remove the threat to the safety of its citizens the cease fire resolution proposed by the united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits the border divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. russia has one of the us a very serious consequences if there's a new u.s. strike on syria foreign minister sergei lavrov said it's one thing to is possibly exploit the microphone in the u.n. security council and it's another think when both the russian and american history is of communication channels it's clearly stated v

in the region basically it does merely surround russia including syria. i think that the vladimir putin's announcement about the new weapon systems is a game changer i think that's true to a certain extent. i assume be speaking the truth when he describes the capabilities of the systems it will basically know the protective missile systems that the u.s. has been putting into eastern europe and elsewhere and it means that the the us cannot even contemplate a some kind of first strike or a limited war against russia which i think is a good thing but on the other hand it also raises the threshold for people to get involved in situations like in syria where someone makes a mistake or there is some kind of conflict that escalates from a minor incident and this is what we're getting a diversion dangerous ground i think putin's call for the u.s. to again start negotiating ballistic missile treaties like we had in effect until the bush administration is a correct call. phil thank you so much for joining me today. ok thanks for having me on. members of congress ar

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interview with vladimir putin do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news. of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago. secondly we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army. since that on the. part of me. after to and thirdly all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against. boys when you're the cockpit look. at them now what we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting. because one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least four at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria are secretary of state tellers and just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to reign in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response yes because your thought when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation that's for crimes return to record please and at least

warned that if needed it would act to end what it called the in human suffering in syria more than a thousand civilians have been killed in eastern guta since the government says government forces began a siege in mid february. and let's bring a date of you correspondent laura she's monitoring the latest developments from beirut in neighboring lebanon high on szell these are the first evacuations to leave eastern ghouta why has this taken so long. well first of all it is pretty significant even though according to the syrian american medical society which is the which is a group of activists working on the ground releasing with the group after the injured only thirty one people have been evacuated and have gone to damascus and are told a list of wounded and injured to be evacuated is one thousand and thirty four and the u.n. was in fact expected to what they would all be evacuated today but so far that hasn't happened there is a certain significance to it because it shows the what sides which is the rebels and the region backed by russia have understood that the most needy the women

is forced to hold ground operations in eastern syria for its kurdish militia partners had to the north of the country to repel an incursion by washington's nato ally turkey. and the countdowns big time one hundred days now to kick off our top world cup team gargi through some of the host cities making final preparations for the big russia will cut twenty eighty. five or it could even just an eight pm tuesday night here in moscow my name is kevin irwin this is out international was great if you company so then top story tonight two people remain critically ill in hospital in the u.k. after being exposed to an identified substance they are a former russian colonel who'd been convicted of spying for britain and his daughter the guy's name was surrogate sky scraper he used to serve in the russian military intelligence service it seems in two thousand and six he passed the identities of russian secret agents in europe to the u.k. he was subsequently caught and then sentenced to thirteen years in prison is the history but there's more in twenty ten he was released as part of a high. spy swap

from on the story we can talk to a colleague over ice an analyst on syria syria who joins us here in our studio good morning to you thank you for being with us the u.n. human rights investigator we saw earlier said it's not just the regime to blame in eastern but also the rebels who are the rebels fighting in this region right now they are from eastern who they are delusional and protestors who rose up peacefully initially against the regime of bashar al assad and they were met by brute force and then took up arms to defend themselves they got back later by the art of fighting a minority a white police she said belongs to a minority a low i said to him and his family and b. i love whites creek and i want cryptocurrency have been in control of syria it's over and resources at the expense of the result of the sunni population for the last forty years so they don't form is the mood of the people at the started they had a bed and they became fighters who is backing them who is providing them with their resources well obviously now with the with the region forty years under siege no one i

of the year there have been at least four at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria our secretary of state teller sen just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to rein in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response. just because of talk when you my conclude that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation and for crimes returned to iraq or pleas and at least bury the bodies still lying in the rubble following the massive reads on residential areas of putin's remarks follow the liberation of syria's rock are mentioned there from mysore by the u.s. led coalition it came at an extremely high cost to civilians though some sources from the campaign may have resulted in almost two thousand civilian deaths the u.s. also has been criticized over its liberation campaign in iraq's mosul where the death toll is feared to have been killed but the western rhetoric over losses in eastern go to compared to mosul is stunningly different. by the escalation of strikes me humanitarian disaster systema

and we believe that the imaginary line that existed that boundary between syria and iraq would keep them out of iraq so in syria we're trying to use the islamic state to overthrow bashar assad but across the border across the sand boundary we are believing we can keep them under control and in check and not have them threaten the government and baghdad i mean it just boggles the mind that we have people in power who would be so stupid as to think and i keep going back to this word and i apologize i can't be i'm trying to be a little more articulate but stupid is the only thing that keeps coming back to me because this is what happened and then of course in two thousand and fourteen the islamic state takes mosul and now we've seen the complete destruction of sunni cities throughout the tigris and euphrates river valleys in iraq and this is a consequence of course of the american invasion and occupation which the u.k. of course was completely complicit in and took part in but not just that but but also to it's all because we have people in power people and they are telling us operativ

russia failed to ensure that syria can -- when they found assad liable for chemical attacks. russia used its veto to shield aside five times last year. it is also provided cover for syria at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. russians complained recently that we criticize them too much. if the russian government stopped using chemical weapons to assassinate its enemies, and if the russian government stopped helping his syrian allies to use chemical weapons to kill syrian children, and oppression cooperated with the organization for the prohibition of comic weapons by turning over all information regarding this nerve agent, we'll stop talking about them.

paul: in syria you looked, inspected the israeli syrian border. >> yes. paul: you can look down on that damascus plane as you know -- what's going on there? how big a problem is this? the military buildup by iran and hezbollah and lebanon and russia in syria? >> it's far worse than i thought it would be. on the israeli side, you can see right in front of you a village and syrian democratic forces hands. you can see one village over in assad's hands with hezbollah flags flying. 20 miles down the road, there's a town of 80,000 people. so the assad regime is moving all throughout syria. the syrian democratic forces are collapsing. and wherever assad goes, hezbollah goes with him. and that's a nightmare for israel. paul: well and we had the skirmish there recently with iran sending a drone into israel, israel retaliating. >> right. paul: how regularly is israel bombing in syria to stop the buildup? >> pretty regularly. the fear is between damascus and beirut there's going to be a corridor where weapons can pass. the environment along the syrian, israeli borde

children sparked it all of which became a battle without and that was the beginning of struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war at this time on al-jazeera. preaching a new era for trade eleven countries signed the transpacific partnership but without the united states president trump says he's going ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the syrian government is accused of extreme tactics in his bombardment of eastern guta with claims it's carrying out chlorine and phosphorus bomb attacks. or attacks against the muslim community in sri lanka the government is forced to reimpose a curfew. and saving the coastline of cancun host of the world ocean summit steps up its own environmental efforts. and in the last hour a new trans-pacific partnership trade deal has been signed in chile without the united states' remaining eleven t p p nations have agreed a partnership connecting five hundred million people in economies collectively worth more than ten trillion dollars donald trump pulled the u.s. out from the t.p. just t

eight has finally been delivered to syria's eastern ghouta. bbc was there as the convoy began its journey. passports, some are more valuable than others with visa free travel. could it be yours? more to come. good evening and obviously nowhere near as cold as it was last week. milder conditions have spread to most parts of the uk. still called across northern areas and particularly in scotland where we have had more snow falling today. wintry looking seen here and contrast that with something that looked much more like spring, with some sunshine today at walton on thames in surrey. we have lost the beast from the east, the colts leathery and wind, and our error is tending to come the south. drawing in milderair tending to come the south. drawing in milder air across most of the uk, clearly seeing where it is still cold. low—pressure dominates our weather at the moment and within that area of low pressure this weather system here, tracking its way northwards, and that is producing the rain. that rain is still quite happy and it is moving nort

alan fischer al jazeera on the turkey syria border. u.s. president donald trump has examined border wall prototypes for his proposed project to separate the u.s. from mexico he was shown eight towers that will be tested for thirty to sixty days to determine which design is best said he likely he likes rather a fully concrete wall because it was the hardest to climb but says it needs see through capabilities as well as his ass congress for eighteen billion dollars to build a structure but funding is yet to be secured saying in the u.s. polls will close a few actually close a few minutes ago in the state of pennsylvania where democrats are hoping to win a special election in a heavily republican congressional district donald trump carried the district by nearly twenty points in twenty sixteen and the democrats did not even field a candidate bed during the last two congressional elections but polls have shown a close race despite trump campaigning twice for republican breaks acoa let's bring in john hendren in washington for is john why is thi

this is the ugly reality on the ground in syria today. cynical accusations of bad faith from russia will not stop us from speaking out. and their blatantly false narratives will not stop us from telling the world about russia's central role in bombing the

out of syria. >> reporter: yeah. i think it definitely would because one of the reasons it went in to syria in the first place was to say, look, russia is a real power broker in the region. russia supports its allies and will not let another one of its allies fall to the western powers, to the united states, except during its allies. of course russia has used its air force to bolster bashar al assad, the syrian president, and prevent him from being defeated, first of all. more than that, encourage him and allow him to take more and more territory back from rebels on the battlefield. and of course if the americans were to depart syria, effectively the anti-assad forces in that country would be left without a really strong and powerful ally. that would give free reign to assad's forces backed by the russians and crucially, of course, backed by the iranians, as well, who are also assisting bashar al assad on the ground in syria. so yes, in short, i think to answer your question, if the united states were to withdraw, th

like much else of rebel held syria relentless bombardment of the has forced most of it into submission the buildings over parking garages no longer stand that's a washing machine hanging out from the shell of an apartment block a fridge shows what was once a kitchen another floor appears to show but and the caved in roof the cameraman who filmed it says this used to be his neighborhood craters on top of buildings are the entry points from where rockets and bombs entered these buildings until recently eastern there was home to almost four hundred thousand people the u.n. is said to be negotiating with rebels for an evacuation deal many don't want to leave because they fear conscription arrests reprisals and revenge wants to leave. more than twenty thousand have fled to government controlled areas but tens of thousands still remain inside. we lived in horrible conditions we did not have food water or water. syria's military has released videos of tanks and soldiers rolling into the streets of towns across the eastern quarter in addition to russian air cover government forces are backed b

pro-government militias reinforced syria's regular troops. and the government itself is backed by iran. and especially russia which says it is coordinating with the regime to offer aid. and to help get people out. we managed to evacuate thirteen civilians including five children we also plan to evacuate about one thousand sick and wounded people but the rebels did not give us the chance old people women and children are being held as hostages and used as human shields vision of thoughts but. many observers blame russia for blocking un resolutions or for helping the syrian regime violate them how on earth has no end in sight. oh i'm joined now here at the big table by yahoo bovines he is an analyst on syria he's also reported many times from what is now a big battle zone call it is good to have you here at the big table we asked about the security council meeting today. met to discuss this failed ceasefire in eastern huta but at this point when you look at the reality of the situation isn't it just too late for the u.n. to try to intervene if