fighters still around in iraq and syria. and where they are we don't really know exactly although we know that there are pockets of in terms of recruitment for for future members of vizsla this loss of the caliphate you get this beacon if you like to many that helped rule thousands of fighters and now it's gone how does how does i sleep splay not a way to potential recruits when you think that we disillusion you what people are looking forward to is that. there is a caliphate which is the place where all the muslims want to be this new beautiful new state now that is gone so but that's not the only thing the ideology the ideology is is still there amongst radical sunni muslims in iraq and isis had quite a following amongst them it was not just that people were following them because they were going to get them back into power it's also religious and that religious aspect is still there when you want to come in i think. it's very much like at the who for me because we have seen this many times before we have seen it for examp

in syria are syria iran russia turkey it's basically a hot bed and a incubator for terrorism terror attacks against it will come to that in the second what i want to put you michel back is that the talks about the city for this to happen because it's important for the security of israel but now you have because of this announcement you have iran saying it brings it to the edge of a new crisis syria saying it's going to use all means to get it back does this sound like it's done much good for the security of the region it's what does it good luck good luck good luck to syria but what about how we've been able to do anything but that if they want to try this and it hasn't done in the security the reason it's going to make it worse yeah. you know the problem is there needs to be more international influence not against israel annexing it or not against the u.s. recognizing the facts on the ground that it is part of israel. the international pressure should have been for the last decade where a half a million syrians are being killed where the russians are involved there where the irani

to fund the rebuilding of syria. because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all and we've talked about where we think things lie over all a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that they're not like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in liberate now. well it's true isn't it liberal has its political touch more than its military touch although it is the stating for the people and for the for the region in general but it has it is being there for pulling certain political strings exercising some sort of pressure and iran is behind all that we believe because it feels that it is being neutralized it is exercising pressure on the shuttle assad and this waging of this recent war on live in the north would go nowhere for them at the political level and go figure we understand that the north east is under the control o

last bastion falls in syria u.s. backed forces are now in control of the town all of a battle ghouls they've survived the worst cycle in southern africa is history now the people all of mozambique and zimbabwe face the threats of cholera and malaria. and a focus on iraq's president following a ferry disaster we go to our correspondents for an update and i'm we're hard in here with all of your sport venezuela's football coach threatens to quit saying his team is being politicized by the country's opposition leader. the u.s. backed forces in syria say they are in complete control over who is the last isel held area in the north east of the country now in the sense or over who's the kurdish loads syrian democratic forces have raised their flag there's been intense fighting there over the past few weeks well our correspondent. in beirut and joins us now jamal there's been several declarations of victory in various forms before is the final battle now over. what it would appear so i mean even though there was reports of s

recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights the territory was captured from syria more than fifty years ago it's estimated twenty thousand israelis live there as well as twenty thousand syrians mike hanna has more from washington. the closeness of the israeli u.s. relationship and the trumpet ministration emphasized the u.s. secretary of state becomes the most senior u.s. diplomat to accompany an israeli leader toward jews call the western wall flanking the shereef one of islam's holiest sites might pompei a state department signaling what was to come by referring to israeli control of the golan heights rather than israeli occupation and more than half a century of u.s. policy reversed by one presidential tweet after fifty two years it is time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights says president trump which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and regional stability replete grateful for the. unbelievable and unmatchable support for security and our right to defend ourselves we will redouble our

and what they might be planning for the future iraq car on the turkey syria border. well it's more still to come on the news hour including french police banned yellow vests protestors from some of paris is most iconic areas next year as will show whether that strategy works special counsel robert miller completes his reports on the best occasion into russia's role in the twenty sixteenth u.s. election and it's raising more questions than answers and christ church is famous super rugby team for cern's action after the mosque shootings and consider changing their team name to clear will bring us more of bats in sports. and more than a week after a cycle swept across southern africa aid agencies say they're running out of time to reach survivors and stop the spread or disease the u.n. says there are no confirmed cases or kolarov but stagnant water.

us back to syria and democratic forces who have taken control of an area surrounding that is the last remaining pocket of territory controlled by isis and syria forces made up of mostly kurdish troops that it was significant progress but they fell short of declaring victory over i so fashion's the operation to seize control of started at the beginning of the small. israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian man suspected of being involved in an attack in the occupied west bank on sunday the nineteen year old was killed in ramallah where he was hiding israel says he was shot after he allegedly opened fire at the security forces who came to arrest him the israeli army accuse the palestinian man of fatally stabbing a soldier and then using his gun to shoot and kill a rabbi kazakhstan has a new president talk a of his being sworn in to replace. by a of the resigned on tuesday after nearly thirty years in power talk for the rest of the term which ends in april next year by israel has been described by rights groups as an authoritarian noting the president of government critics. though aga

our stories this hour islamic state five in their last stronghold in syria yielding to advancing syrian democratic forces but it's help us general sees the fight is far from over this double transfer people claims to the country also ahead on the program. many pages does it take to cite el evil evil is evil. and the splits in the us democratic party deepens after disagreement on a resolution condemning anti semitism on muslim discrimination. and this double trump a scary.

and it is in syria the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people and now crammed into a camp after leaving isis last shrinking pocket of territory some have described scenes of horror and despair in the bombed out village of bag by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say isis defeat is imminent yes death has been applying a combination of force to put pressure on fighters who refuse to surrender followed by pauses to allow the fighters wives and children as well as other civilians to escape the great so-called bernie is the middle east regional director at the international currency of the red cross and joins us now live from geneva a first of a great series saw two thousand people around about two thousand people leaving bugaboos on wednesday surrendering to the s.d.f. forces can just talk us through that process how they leave and then where they go onto. the people leaving those areas are treated. as a security threat by the parties to the conflict so there is a screening process and after those people a

the us will soon control one hundred percent devices territory syria in another short period of time like ours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it will be one hundred percent defeated we just. kept hearing was ninety percent ninety two percent of the caliphate in syria now it's one hundred percent and we just took over. if you do your graphic that will. all i don't think we should get it to you as about forces along these on the ground maybe because of the demographic forces on like the other two. we. did so many great is just. israel says palestine militants fired a rocket from gaza hitting a residential area in a settlement to the north of the israeli city of tel aviv it's reported up to six people were injured including children meanwhile palestinian demonstrators gathered at the israeli border. protesters tires and threw firecrackers over the border israeli forces responded by firing tear gas demonstration was a blow to after israeli troops shot dead two palestinians border riots on friday. back in around thirty minutes time with more updates

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

syria was high on the agenda at talks between the russian and qatari foreign ministers. in doha before travelling on to saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. the foreign minister urged political solutions for conflicts across the region. well so be human. in concern to the international agenda we paid attention of course to the situation in the near east north africa first of all in syria libya and somalia we and our partners assume there is a vital need to stabilize these countries as soon as possible relying on international law and a comprehensive political solution where there is no part for extremists no matter what slogans they might use. continuing to protest after president abilities but a freak for money submitted his name for a fifth term in office but if he cut tempted to appease them by promising electoral reforms if he wins next month's vote its two year old has been facing growing protests against his room crowds of mainly young demonstrators faced off with. is like sunday and monday as the latest. demonstrators march late into the night in protest against suc

night was distancing syria as more people flee from their own clave including the wives of. the refuse to believe the kind of thing.

also in syria heavy fighting resumes as u.s. backed kurdish forces close in on islamic states last stronghold that's despite the .

by you syria another run around. it is hard to put into words the turmoil in the streets right now they're just having a tremendous time dealing with the fact that there hasn't been a resolution charging decision to stop we had believed that it was going to be the day for that decision. and they're not going to make any mistakes any time you're looking police use of force to use the results on the field tell the that's a homicide investigation. you're determining whether they had a legitimate subjectively reasonable basis to use force under those circumstances. late afternoon work day and you literally had hundreds of witnesses trained never showed any signs of any kind of paranoid or frantic she was lonely and drab. paid in the home at miami and no one in miami. so i wouldn't even have a known this was not only with schizophrenia and what do we call them. we call the school friend came with them house and he would always. are or he will say just like they do if. you don't leave. them. in the order. just. gave me a t

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

from reuters to the daily mirror dozens of stories repeating that the case here resembles syria and the people of myanmar. they compared an economic crisis to civil war and genocide. in the news i mostly saw people leaving the country here i could see a few returning to venezuela even within a day. started. those many of the base. one. at the colombian border i experienced one of the many side effects of economic collapse but i learned nothing new about what caused it. surprisingly i found more answers in a town just forty kilometers east of san cristobal. hundreds of vehicles queued for hours at gas stations. this was another artificial shortage caused by private. smugglers collaborating with local offices buying gas and other government subsidized commodities in colombia. taking advantage of that as well as price controls contraband goods have become a lucrative business in neighboring colombia where these products can sell for prices at least ten times more it is estimated that almost forty percent of them this will is food is illegally transported across the border. hiding food away

by all reports as many as five hundred people have left the last pocket of land held by eisel in syria they thought to include one hundred fifty five says from the group who've surrender well earlier the kurdish led syrian democratic forces said they'd slow down their offensive to take back the village of bugaboos as i still had been using civilians there as human shields. and hoda is life from beirut that's in neighboring lebanon so they know with lots of people reportedly leaving doesn't really look like this battle is finally coming to an end. well yes the battle looks like it's coming to an end it's not yet over but like you mentioned i still fighters surrendering up to one hundred and fifty eisel fighters many of them foreigners is what we understand but what we also understand from the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces is that i still fighters remain in this and clave in both who is but the they don't know the numbers the numbers is unclear what will happen are these men going to put up fierce resistance are they going to make their last stand or are they going to surrender li

let's move on now to syria where more than seven thousand people mostly women and children have fled isis last shrinking pocket of territory in eastern syria during the past few days some have described scenes of horror and despair in the bombed out with edge of bugaboos where the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say isis defeat is imminent the s.d.f. has been applying a combination of force to put pressure on fighters who refuse to surrender followed by pauses to allow the fighters wives and children and other civilians to escape a senior s.d.f. commander said that hundreds more ice and militants have given themselves up but there are still a large number of fighters inside who don't want to surrender sinan course has the latest for us. the u.s. specs are in democratic forces predominant then led by the syrian kurds hope that the evacuation of the last stronghold of ai so is completed on thursday according to the us d.f. at least four thousand civilians evacuated goes on a wednesday and the number of the evacuated has reached up to ten thousand since february twenty fourth two s

while over the border from syria and iraq people are living in fear because a valley next to i still fight is from child brides to the children a fight has many a facing stigma sometimes even resulting in the denial of food donations and how you're going to reports now from a camp east of mosul. thousands of iraqi children are paying for the sins of their eisel fathers many have never met or can't remember. miriam was a child bride she says her son was born after his turkish father died fighting for eisel the three year old boy is essentially stateless unrecognized by the government as an iraqi citizen she says she doesn't want her son to make the same mistakes as his father and receiving an education will help guarantee that i knew. i have no soul just a body i can barely breathe i can barely move i only intend to live for my son i wish i had died in a strike. families with links to eisele fight it difficult to obtain identity cards this restricts their ability to move freely work with their children in school and apply for welfare benefits human rights groups say these families are

stay in syria heavy fighting resumes as u.s. backed kurdish forces close in on islamic states last stronghold that despite don't trump having already announced victory over by celine numerous times over the last few months. i'd like to see as broad a coalition as we can put together to replace to replace the whole corrupt.

backed kurdish forces in syria declare victory of islamic states off to camp during its last foothold we call to donald trump attacking the terror group had been defeated. around one million people descend on central london for nineteen breaks that macho image growing on go over the way the u.k. government has termed the pros.

as well syria's very controversial everybody's talking about political solution to the conflict in syria but the syrians on here in the absolute to put their agenda forward and their points of view forward they've been suspended but their members has been suspended for the last eight years so there are a number of divisions of also saudi arabia's role in the war in yemen is a very controversial issue that's been discussed as well and libya as well so there is this arab summit is coming with the background of a number of divisions within the arab league itself also with a number of these crisis that they are oblique says all being discussed but whether there will be any decisions other than this communique which is simply a reiteration of the positions is unlikely thank you for that iran can live for us in tunis as we watched the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas speaking at the arab league summit the palestinian issue top of the agenda of this thirtieth arab league meeting with all the leaders there saying that this issue has to be resolved they can be no security in the region and less p

now i saw fighters are still holding out against us backed forces in eastern syria who are continuing their bombardment of the group's last shred of territory near the iraqi border on wednesday syrian democratic forces said as many as two thousand five hundred fighters had surrendered within a twenty four hour period coalition forces resumed major offensive on sunday. well thousands of women and children have fled the fighting there to nearby cam's aid agency save the children says women and children coming out of the eyes all held areas are in desperate conditions and says more than three thousand five hundred children of more than thirty nationalities are living in the camps in northeast syria the aid group says most of the children don't have enough food to eat and are risk of infectious diseases several of them have reached the camps without their parents or any want to company and at least seventy five children have reportedly died of cold diseases and acute hunger while on their way to the camp at least fifty six thousand people have been displaced in the last three months and m

and russia of course have said that they want this region to be read conquered by syria and included back into syria and sovereignty sovereign territory so ultimately they don't agree on very much over this region but this is why we're seeing these little. temporary agreements to try to catch up and keep the situation stable now u.s. backed fighters in syria say they'll resume their assault on i saw its last pocket of territory of no more civilians come out by saturday afternoon the syrians are across it forces have slowed their offensive and to allow thousands of people to leave the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people who have fled their area are now crammed into a nearby camp some have described scenes of horror and despair on the bombed out the edge of bargirls that over the border in iraq people are living with fear and stigma because of their alleged at ties to eisele that's a sure name reports from the camp east of mosul thousands of iraqi children are paying for the sins of their eisel fathers many have never met or can't remember. miriam was a child bride she says her s

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

arab world they need to remove their militias from arab countries also there will be a mention of a syria a separate state went actually when it comes to the occupied golan heights now that's unusual for the arab summit to issue a separate statement on something like this but clearly it's something that they feel very strongly about the bend not going to change their language they do not recognize the fact that the u.s. has recognized the golan heights as being israeli territory they say it's still occupied territory and ron thank you very much for that for now that's a non-con. live and tune as well we are going to get more on this we're joined by al-jazeera senior political analyst shabda as enron's been saying my van it is a very strong message on palestine but do you expect them to follow through beyond what we've heard today i don't know for some reasons one we've heard some of the language before about about these jerusalem from the last summit about the u.s. or could mission of israel kept in jerusalem we've heard words like dangerous like reckless like a violation of the national

are likely for some of us in lebanon and those will also be affecting us in parts of turkey and in syria as well towards the south it's warm force in riyadh and draw it's twenty eight to be our maximum temperature but here in doha a fair amount of cloud that's clouds already with us it's still going to stick around as we had three choose day and then slowly this whole thing moves away towards the south as we head through wednesday so wednesday should be an improving picture then and the winds will swing around to come from the northwest so the ash should be fairly clear twenty seven will be our maximum temperature and it should get a bit dry not as humid. a three year investigation into the pro-gun lobby have been employing illegals making a lot of really. reveal secret see what messaging out there will be evil outbreaks. and connections some don't want exponents nanny and legacy media full blown mass shooting. back next week night al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre on al-jazeera. they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it we should ha

village in syria. three. but there it is right. and a landmark left off a successful test launch that could pave. a way for nasa to resume manned space flights. to. balance for roger federer has won his one hundredth career title the thirty seven year old beat greek rising stars that's supposed to end the final they did by chance. to. spend a week that saw a failed summit with north korea and an explosive testimony by his former lawyer who accused him of criminal conspiracy the u.s. president has now returned home to a far more friendly setting donald trump is addressing some of his core supporters of the largest annual gathering of conservatives in america the conservative political action conference known as c pac and what turned out to be the longest speech of his presidency last in more than two hours he criticized congressional inquiries against him and labeled the investigation into claims of russian influence a collusion delusion and gallagher was at a conference just outside washington d.c. and sent us this update. the pres

kurdish forces in syria say they expect the battle to retake isis last held areas be over soon u.s. backed syrian democratic forces launched their final push in the village of babus on friday. the taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on an army base in afghanistan which killed at least twenty three afghan soldiers sure about base in helmand province is shared by afghan and american troops the afghan defense ministry says twenty attackers including eight suicide bombers were killed meanwhile high level talks between the u.s. and taliban are expected to resume on saturday and. u.s. envoys are my fellow is that says an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress when the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly negotiate with the afghan government and it wants foreign forces to withdraw. thousands of women have met in provinces across afghanistan to ensure their rights are protected during peace negotiations their demands were voiced at a conference in kabul in the shadow of taliban u.s. talks they listed their concerns should any deal be successful charlo

assault on the village of lost enclave in syria they say they're expecting more civilians to be evacuated from the area thousands of people many of them the wives of i still feiss and their children have been streaming out. more than sixty five thousand people are currently seeking shelter in the whole camp which is now said to be a breaking point let's now speak to p.j. crowley he's a retired ethel's connel who's also a former assistant secretary of state for public affairs and a u.s. state department spokesman he joins us from washington thank you very much for speaking to us so the u.s. backed military assault on isis last wrong hold was announced some months ago in early december we are you expecting it to still be going on now. perhaps not quite this long but it's not surprising in the sense that you know while we speak in terms of a military assault you know when that assault starts it will be going house by house block by block you know one can expect as we have seen in other liberated towns and cities in the area you know that the islamic state will have placed explosives in in va

on the turkey syria border. a deadline to surrender has come and gone and the battle to retake battles has picked up once again kurdish forces on the ground backed by coalition airstrikes increasing the pressure on the remaining fighters in eastern syria in the middle of the church which was once controlled by isis because they were in the beginning part of the camp which is very low should put a large area. into a small area under the mantle of the horse itself the kurds advance into one part of the largent camp and once used by the fighters and their families all that remains is ammunition weapons and a car rigged with explosives but further away some fighters could be seen milling around the pomegranate orchards that surround the holes it's been a long and tough battle hindered by the presence of civilians among the fighters their numbers took everyone by surprise so far about sixty thousand people have streamed out of the among them i still wives and children and surrendering fighters many seem broken bowing

kurdish led forces in syria say thousands of eisel fighters have surrendered in. syria democratic forces have been bombarding the armed groups final enclave for several days the spokesman said as many as two thousand five hundred fighters have laid down their arms in the last twenty four hours the thousand civilians have also emerged from the town the operation intensified after a brief pause to allow civilians to leave a white helmets activists say syrian government forces have used incendiary phosphorus against rebels and it live activists say the banned substance was used in rocket propelled grenades bombarding rebel held town attacks and live have escalated in recent days as the government seeks to increase pressure on the last remaining rebel on claves camps in a dalit house more than one hundred ninety thousand people displaced by the fighting and australian court has sentenced a former vatican treasurer to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys cardinal pell is the most senior catholic to be held guilty for child sex offenses that's where is

forces in syria say they have taken the last pocket of land held by iso following weeks of fighting the syrian democratic forces have raised to fly in. aid agencies say they are running out of time to reach survivors and stop the spread of disease more than a week after a cycle and hit southern africa more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi and the death toll is expected to rise and huge crowds on the streets of london for what's being called the people's vote march protesters are demanding a second referendum organizers are hoping to be the three quarters of a million protesters at last year's event. where activists are expected to hold protests against a visit by brazil's president. is meeting his chilean counterparts in santiago a lot in america at its embassy in yemen is in sontag a force joins us now live on the news hour why has. such controversy in chile. hello foley well president his reputation certainly precedes him he is well known for his often miss organist an anti gay comments and that certainly does not make him very popular here in chil

can russia have begun joint patrols of syria's northwestern province to safeguard a deescalation zone it'll it is the last major rebel stronghold and a cease fire has prevented a syrian government offensive the truce has come under strain though with al qaeda linked fighters seizing towns and villages rival anti-government groups. in those use little use and to do the patrols of the russian troops just outside live border inside lip weaponized areas the patrols of the turkish army forces are starting to there were some restrictions over using the airspace over it live in africa which also lifted today in this respect our cooperation with russia has improved we see this as a significant step for the continuation of the cease fire and ensuring stability. well u.s. backed fighters in syria say they will resume their assault on i saw last pocket of territory if no more civilians come out by saturday afternoon the syrian democratic forces have slowed their offensive to allow thousands of people to leave the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people who have fled the area are now crammed in

two hundred five to surrender to kurdish forces in the group's last territory in syria but the fighting goes on. it is china's annual event to showcase the strength of the country but the news coming out of the national people's congress is not as strong as china's rulers would like in fact the world's second largest economy is expected to post its slowest growth in almost three decades as it struggles with debt and the trade war with the united states the chinese from china said he expects the economy to grow between six and six and a half percent which is strong by international standards but not by choice. beijing will cut billions of dollars in corporate taxes that will boost spending in infrastructure to help the economy also it's going to increase its defense budget by seven and a half percent though that too is lower than what it was last year let's check in with katrina you in beijing to get us started or maybe you can just tell us first of all for viewers who don't perhaps know about the national people's congress the importance of this event in chinese politics and society eve

to entrenched itself militarily with dangerous weapons in syria there is no limitation to our freedom of action and we appreciate very much the fact that the united states backs up our actions as we do them. just last week we uncovered efforts but hizbullah anyway in proxy to build a target work in syria on the golan heights and i can say that all of you can imagine what would have happened if israel were not in the golan we would have iran on the shores of the sea of galilee i think. for this reason and for many more i think it's time that the international community recognize israel's stay in the golan the fact that the golan will always remain. part of the state of israel. the secretary you are a stalwart defender of the truth and i appreciate your important statement last week regarding the international criminal court we share the concern of the us and many other states. this court has lost its way instead of dealing with mass atrocities of the court and gauges and unwarranted and politicized efforts to target the states that are committed to the rule of law and that have not joi

our kurdish forces in syria say they are closing in on the last remaining i saw fighters in the village of black who's there they say they expect a quote decisive battle on sunday. u.s. back syrian democratic forces launched the attack against the armed group on friday the remaining civilians were evacuated just hours earlier thousands of left in recent weeks they're being taken to a camp near the iraqi border. thousands of syrians who fled to neighboring lebanon when the war began are going back home the new minister in charge of lebanon's millions of refugees is an outspoken supporter of syria's government is vowed to make the return of refugees a priority for human rights groups say those returning face arbitrary detention and torture by the regime they know how to reports from beirut. a new group of syrians is returning home thousands have made this journey in recent months but the numbers are still small lebannon hosts over a million refugees from the war in syria authorities say it is time for them to go home now that much of the country is back under the syrian government's contr

syria attacked and tried to regain control of the area but was repelled nine hundred seventy four syria and israel signed an agreement establishing a un buffer zone but in ninety one israel announced it was an exciting the good on heights and this is not recognized internationally mike hanna joins us live from washington michael explain the significance of this move by a president trump well what it is is effectively a reversal of more than fifty years of u.s. policy in the region which along with the rest of the international community did not recognize israel's annexation of the globe golan heights now this is a principle of international law on the one hand underpinned by united nations resolution so certainly president trump in making this unilateral decision announcing it by a tweet is reversing what has been solid u.s. policy for fifty two years and what's the reaction likely to be. well there has been the normal reaction that one could expect from prime minister netanyahu he's welcome to tears one can see certainly his is his standing has been buttressed coming into an election a

and he takes a bold stance on the war in syria offering yeah. i was a bit beyond that because i feel. in germany's capital there is a barber like no other sort of what it is the harm of on iraq strong cross what you have. but as his city changes he's moving with the time. and going on the road. the stories meet tones often hear told by the people who live there. the master barber of berlin this is erupting on al-jazeera growing up in the united states i learned that the first amendment is really key to being against it freedom of the soldiers point of being. men and women to the resources that are available but it's an al-jazeera story to me is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want to apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions so that we can get closer to the truth. jewing sierra leone civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians in state sometimes on the population in plain sight of a journalist camera the

secretary of state just happens to be coming to this region in the next week kurdish led forces in syria say they've killed thirty eight i sell fighters in their final assault on the armed groups lost on play syrian democratic forces from biting buggers for several days where a number of i saw fighters remain on the operation intensified after brief pass to allow civilians to leave yes d.s.s. three of its fighters were killed during the latest operation our correspondent adele has made has more from that that's on the turkey syria border. this is the third night running the bubbles is coming under intense shelling and airstrikes there had been a lull last week allowing fighters to surrender and civilians to be evacuated but earlier in the day spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces that's the kurdish forces on the ground leading this battle have said that the battle for bubbles is coming to an end and that's probably why we see this intensification of strikes and shelling now in the air strikes also ustream important simply because on the ground a goodish forces have been advancing

arrived in new zealand they were refugees from syria they arrived just last year. there was another brother of homs as was also at the mosque was shot in. the funeral the number of people killed in a powerful cyclone in mozambique has risen above two hundred and it's expected to rise further the u.n. says cyclon it i could be one of the worst weather disasters to hit the southern hemisphere. and seem to nashton is accusing the u.s. military of killing civilians in somalia allegations the military denies the rights group an ally satellite images from five out of one hundred air strikes and found that at least fourteen civilians were killed. there was a diplomatic rift between australia and turkey after comments by turkish president of the one who led the christchurch shootings to a stray his involvement in turkey during the first world war on accuse destroyer and new zealand of having an empty islam module when they took part in the troops took part in the campaign more than one hundred years ago astray as promised to scott marston is now threatening to summon turke

backed fighters in syria have resumed their operation to retake eyesores the last piece of territory the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say the final assault on booze will be over in days. civilians are believed to be still trapped there. the venezuelan government has suspended schools and businesses on monday as the worst blackout in decades continues many areas without power since the outage started on thursday. palestinian president has chosen a longtime adviser and critic of hamas as his new prime minister. is a top official in mahmoud abbas's fatah movement and a former peace negotiator his appointment could deepen a rift with rivals how. the u.s. is increasing its dominance in the global arms market with a surge in sales to the middle east data from the stockholm international peace research institute shows u.s. exports grew twenty nine percent in the last five years at the same time the flow of arms to the middle east increased by eighty seven percent those are the headlines the listening posts next. killed a mother and son on their way to an appointment sadly the insurg

islamic state fighters abandon their last stronghold in syria yielding to advancing syrian democratic forces but a top u.s. general says the fight is. despite donald trump repeated claims to the contrary. new claims that the crisis is past its worst are dismissed by hungary which warns the block could be on the brink of breaking up. the split in the us democratic party deepens after a disagreement on a resolution condemning anti-semitism and anti muslim discrimination. so we come together and hopefully asshole there's a hammock in doing so.

more families are evacuated from the last pocket of us nomic state resistance in syria including the wives of all.

us in syria resume an operations take last stronghold in the country. and back on track a friendship train almost seemed rails because the old recent tensions between india and pakistan is on the move again. in here and china have grounded their entire boeing seven three seven max fleets a day off to an ethiopian airlines crash which killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board the jet went down just minutes ought to take off from the well on its way to nairobi beijing's decision in just a moment but first this report from catherine soy in the kenyan capital. nothing much is left but fragments of eighty three zero two at the crash scene. easton town off the shelf to the plane went down just six minutes after takeoff from bali international airport in the capital addis ababa prime minister ahmed was at the scene alia his office was a fast to tweet about the crash expressing condolences to those who had lost their loved ones one hundred fifty seven people while on board non-survivors among the most affected as you may expects is kenya which had a bo

backed forces close in on iceland's last on klaver in syria. and things got pretty rough in cleveland in what was a dramatic nights in the n.b.a. fight is going to tell you all about that in the sports. fans when nothing in my motion has been jailed for life for killing four people joining an anti semitic attack in belgium in two thousand and fourteen the thirty three year old was suspected of working for isolate in syria before the shootings he opened fire the jewish museum in brussels with a kalashnikov assault rifle and a handgun a second french national was given a fifteen year jail sentence for supplying the weapons used by the most. severe flooding in southern malawi has killed thirty people and left thousands without shelter officials say more than two hundred thirty thousand people have lost their homes since heavy downpours began last week moscow web's in blantyre an area seriously affected by the floods. thousands of people have gathered here after the river cherie burst its banks flooding the flat lands around it for up to three kilo