Hello again my names b. T. W. Watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up. The sixty fifth birthday of the russian president Vladimir Putin is met with nationwide protests over the arrest of one of his toughest critics. Thousands take to the streets across spain protesters in madrid condemn catalonia as planned secession and demonstrators in barcelona present a strong show of support for the move plus. The city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared new orleans gets ready for what is now hurrican eight a storm thats already left parts of Central America with mudslides and flash flooding that killed more than twenty. A big military mission in syria with turkish support us our top story the Free Syrian Army is carrying out an operation in italy a province against former Al Qaeda Linked fighters the turkish president type one says turkish soldiers are backing the offensive but they havent yet entered the area theyve been heading towards the border in the past few days but. We have opened up a space in our region with Operation Euphrates Shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a lab today there is a serious operation in adlib and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we cant tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is under way. And here on the turkey syria border force question we understand theyve had special forces in that border area doing reconnaissance work doing intelligence gathering work so now clearly they feel the time is right for this. Indeed with the military build up still continuing now on the border area the turkish army is there also fighters from two main. Factions which are law to see him and then the hands are brigades these are parts of the Free Syrian Army and they were instrumental in the euphrates shill that was launched in two thousand and fifteen sixteen against. Fifteen in more than part of syria it seems that the aim of this particular operation is going to be to take on pay at the head of this sham which is the biggest rebel Opposition Group operating in libya in fact it controls the whole of it and it is on the terrorist list of many countries now this comes against a backdrop of a deal between the turkish government the russians and the iranians about implementing deescalation in we dont know at this particular moment what will happen he says of the turkish army is aiming to send Free Syrian Army fighters first of all. Take control of the areas the Turkish Military would provide logistical sisters intelligence gathering and most probably here is our tenderly well play a part in the in this military officer offensive to take on at the head of the. Bases in northern italy and i think the next phase which is going to be the the most crucial one will be when the Turkish Military crosses into syria and tries to maintain a presence inside the city of atlanta this is definitely going to be a significant moment for turkey russian thanks very much. Supporters of russias main Opposition Leader have been protesting against the russian president Vladimir Putins twenty years in power. Alexina valmy call to rallies to coincide with the president s sixty fifth birthday on saturday about whos in jail for violating the law on organizing Public Meetings the police are refusing to let protesters into the center of moscow and St Petersburg live to moscow and our correspondent or a challenge how big are these demonstrations. Well from what i could see from being out on the streets of moscow this afternoon not nearly as big as they were last time around in the summer and certainly not because as big as they were in the spring where no these support erupted onto the streets and into cities around the country today it was a much smaller affair certainly in moscow with i would say not more than one thousand people in pushkin square they were noisy they were passionate and they were young they were chanting happy birthday to putin they were shouting that they are the power here and they were saying that putin has to go i think though its safe to say that this could be viewed as a sort of test of no value in these supports that could be viewed as a test of Police Tactics and snowbound the calls these rallies from detention hes currently serving a twenty day administrative detention period for arranging organizing. An unsanctioned protest he made this much more about himself this rally he was calling people on to the streets to call for. An hour only to himself to be released for him to be allowed to participate in a in a normal campaign process and also for him to be allowed to take place in the elections the president ial elections this year previous demonstrations have been about Anti Corruption and they seem to have brought more people out onto the streets. A call purely based around about only himself and also Police Tactics this time seem to be different the police were much more prepared to stand back and let the protesters get on with it there were no mass arrests in moscow that i could see and although there have been arrested other cities around the country nothing approaching the hundreds who were arrested the last time around what are the chances were in your mind that mr putin will actually tell us what date the election is going to be held because its up to him to give us the date and then the campaigning starts. Here he was he was asked this earlier on this week at oriel or an Energy Summit here in russia and he said no he hasnt yet decided whether hes going to run in the elections and also maybe a bit of a slip of the tongue from him hell say he also had decided who he was going to be running against so we are still i suppose on tenterhooks though i dont think many people believe that it wont be putins name on the ballot when it comes to the election next year he has a think until sometime in november to officially declare his candidacy what we do know for the moment is that not only is being barred from the tickets. There is i think a concerted effort from these campaign to put pressure on the kremlin so much so that they let him stand against putin but at the moment the chances are slim of thats going to happen and most people who you speak to say that when it comes to the election next year its going to be its going to be putin who ends up in the kremlin again for another term ok rory will be with them many thanks. Thousands around in the spanish capital against. People in madrid and demonstrating in support of National Unity leaders of the catalonia region are pushing to break away from spain the Regional Parliament was planning to unilaterally declare independence on monday but they were stopped by the spanish courts ronnies are also taking place in barcelona people there calling for dialogue to resolve the crisis sonia gago with more. Hundreds of people are gathered here in the center of. All in the name of politicians who are the sides of this issue to get together and there has been an incredible amount of tension which has been building up since sundays referendum and people here are feeling that its whats slowly missing all of this. Flaring white. Politicians to talk them are saying also in fact. That theyre also saying yes we can in fact i think. Yes we found a me as a result of this dispute through a dialogue we are here because we wanted to step between them i mean we will find a solution the discipline of where he learned from each other so peacefully and that each side demonstrate respect for one another to look down didnt just a moment just almost i think we need to express ourselves in the middle of such a polarized situation for both governments are taking us to the brink of disaster this rally is not just taking place in barcelona but in other cities in catalonia and spain even in other cities in europe such as and london theres a very real sense people who are attending this politicians on either side of this issue are really letting down the concerns of the ordinary citizens and that what is being done here is a lot of political gain for either side what is there is now most people including the. European union believe that it is a dialogue thats necessary to bring the situation back from the very type heights which has reached since the referendum last sunday. The u. S. Gulf coast preparing for another hurricane Hurricane Nate has already been to Central America with at least twenty five People Killed in flooding and landslides across costa rica nicaragua honduras and el salvador david plus a reports. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere Tropical Storm nate has just made it that much poorer three thousand homes destroyed communications cut the force of the storm ripped boats from the sea and left part holes large enough to consume cars. Passengers on this bus were so panicked escape was the only thing on their minds made pummeled Central America with heavy rains during the week. The flood has taken away almost everything that all these people had in their home they had breakfast in the morning but not had lunch nor a dinner because everything was taken away from them where waiting for any help that would be well received so many children are crying with hunger in neighboring coast the storm left at least seven people dead and some five thousand people were forced to leave their homes the Western Province of going to cost they was the hardest hit schools across the country were closed for two days deaths were also reported farther north in honduras and el salvador. Now made a swing in north and picking up strength as it heads towards the u. S. Gulf coast in preparation new orleans mayor declared a state of emergency. The current forecast indicate three to six inches of rain over the duration of the system which is going to be thirty six to forty eight hours and potential double that. Although overall rainfall may not be as high as other Tropical Events short durations of rain as we can see can produce flooding we are particularly mindful in this regard for this particular storm of coastal flooding because of the potential storm surge for those areas of the city that are outside of the levee system. Yet another deadly storm in the americas leaving a path of destruction in its wake david mercer aljazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera. This is a president who supports the First Amendment supports the freedom of religion i dont understand why that should be an issue anger in the us of a President Trumps executive order allowing Insurance Companies to refuse paying for Birth Control plus. I told him im bringing in the best i chair in town and i want him to come and have a. South african teenagers creating their own jobs in a country with an alarming Unemployment Rate. How i think. The flooding across parts of vietnam over the next couple of days eastley when striving through the south china seas into the gulf of dont think its a central and northern parts of vietnam of the west or whether just a little further south was just Central Vietnam as we call one three monday by that stage. For the southern parts of china. Of india generally fine and dry but there is the heavy showers longer spells of rain to continue well just around the west and gas look up towards the ganges northern parts of the golan ne the final thesis of india seeing some intense downpours once again and again we are likely to see some flooding rains coming down here as we go on through the next day was just such a little further northwest which as we go through monday thirty five thirty six for new delhi africa as the hot sunshine continues some of the temperatures similar weather across the Arabian Peninsula five and. Thirty five. Maybe even a touch warm as we go on into monday more hazy sunshine and a lot winds for the pleasantly warm dry weather the fine by the stretches up across northern parts of the reason im pleased to say because some dry skies there around the caspian sea but a few of the techie. In the house era when News Coverage consists of a punk jihad line a five second sound bite and an easy solution. Dellums deep a thumb says challenge the status quo expose double standards and debate the contradictions join me many on sunday for a new season of the show thats frank. Up front. At this time but ill just hear a. Hello again without jazeera im peter double here in doha your headline so father took his president says the Free Syrian Army is carrying out a major operation serious in the province of fourmile titling fighters he says turkish troops are backing the offensive but have not yet into the area. Supporters of russias main Opposition Leader have been protesting against president putins two decades in power election of a cold for rallies to coincide with the president s sixty fifth birthday on saturday. Thousands of people have rallied in the spanish capital madrid against catalonia secession bid separate running in barcelona has been held as well calling for dialogue to resolve the crisis. Ok a developing story for you several people have been injured in london after a car mounted a Pavement Outside the british capitals Natural History museum the Police Arrested a man at the scene the Ambulance Service is there will bring you more on that as soon as we can details as we get them of course on the web site as well al jazeera dot com. The u. N. Is criticizing me and ma. For failing to allow humanitarian aid into Rakhine State small than half a million muslims have fled across the border to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown now in september the me in mali to us on suchi invited observers to visit but access has remained a problem. In the right to return to their villages and promising to provide food and security and access to humanitarian aid also a big problem across the border in bangladesh mohammed has more now from the refugee camps in coxs bazaar. There in to refugees that you see in this very long line beside me they have been waiting here for hours today they are hungry they are desperate they are waiting for Food Distribution much needed Food Distribution and many of the ones weve spoken with theyre concerned that by the time they actually get to the tent where the food is being distributed that there wont be enough left over for them this really speaks to the magnitude of this crisis a crisis that the u. N. Is calling the most urgent refugee crisis in the world right now conditions in camps like this is the could to prolong camp and coxs are there absolutely appalling nobody expects that theyre going to get better any time soon now bangladeshs Prime Minister has said that this country will continue to support these refugees but the fact of the matter is aid groups humanitarian organizations theyre very worried about the flow of aid into this country theyre worried about the International Community not donating enough for this cause and everybody were talking to just is not seeing that this is going to get better anytime soon. More on the conflict in syria were facing defeat in what it calls its capital Syrian Kurdish forces say theyre getting closer to a victory in iraq kashmir lopez civilian now reports. The find is on. High still its losing its last bit of what it once called its capital. Kurdish forces overran most of rock a weeks ago and now theyre closing in on the few remaining eisel fighters and the. We are now in iraq and we are proud that or come from two directions of united there are confrontations and there are a lot of civilians in the area. Abandoned neighborhoods debris and dust are whats left in some parts of the syrian city i still took over iraq on two thousand and thirteen the Syrian Democratic forces began the offensive to push them out nearly a year ago they said ok so the Syrian Kurdish fighters have been at the forefront but some foreign volunteers have joined them motivated by their own reasons to take up arms against i still hear something moving. Russia says its airstrikes have killed scores of isis fighters in nearby darrows or where the group is still trying to cling to power. But civilians have been caught in the crossfire the syrian observatory for human rights says more than two hundred have been killed including women and children heartbreaking stories to tell every day it is hard to meet one Single Family who have fled recently iraq and there is or who did not have a Family Member killed on the way to safety the defeat of eisel fighters is expected and walk among the destroyed buildings and rubble kurdish fighters say its just a matter of time before they declare victory. And now to zero. Is one of several focus points in the battle against eisel in syria and in iraq he west bank forces are fighting the group in these areas marked on this map and black i saw has been steadily losing ground over the last year the group was pushed out of how we stay one of the last enclaves in iraq stratfords is near the front lines in the area around depressed. Shia militia forces and the iraqi army target eisel fighters close to the. Down of her. The battle for what was i saw last urban stronghold in Northern Iraq is over the fight is still occupied villages to the west of the city i saw has been using car bombs to attack the advancing progovernment troops relative we destroyed this car bomb before it hit our convoy now our troops continue to was the village of free out which is strategic because it will help us secure the center of how we judge but there are many ideas ahead. And i still set fire to oil wells to try and make accurate Coalition Air strikes against them difficult most of these men are fighters with the iran backed shia militia known as Popular Mobilization forces or to the shah be. The eisel sign reads we are hitting you hard you persians who reject the true faith. I still turn this building into a surreal law court to impose that distorted interpretation of laws on society when they saw we were approaching a toss a building and fled. Villages welcome the progovernment troops thank god you have liberated us says this man a few kilometers away Kurdish Peshmerga make sure no eisel fighters escape it was thursday evening when the iraqi Prime Minister hyderabadi announced that the battle for how we was over now made a Kurdish Peshmerga defensive position here the peshmerga telling us that the smoke you can see on the horizon here is because shia militia groups in support of the Iraqi Military are lighting fires in i still controlled areas trying to flush out the last remnants of the actual fighters from this area since the operation against i still in how we just started on september the twenty first the peshmerga say more than two hundred i saw fighters like these have surrendered here. I saw now only control small areas of iraq near the Syrian Border and Government Forces in the Coalition Say they are prepared for what they hope will be their final fight child stuff at al jazeera debates in Northern Iraq. Millions of women in the u. S. May no longer have access to Birth Control because through their Health Insurance under new rules brought in by President Trump any company claiming to be morally opposed to contraception can have the benefit removed from the employees cover its one of a number of new religious freedoms which mr trump promised during the Election Campaign his diana spoke. Its a move that could impact millions of american women the Trump Administration is rolling back on Obamacare Mandate requiring Insurance Coverage for contraception the white house said Effective Immediately a new rule allows employers to refuse contraception coverage based on religious or moral reasons this is a president who supports the First Amendment supports the freedom of religion i dont understand why that should be an issue the American Civil Liberties union was quick to respond it filed a suit in San Francisco saying the rule violates the separation of church and state and discriminates against women but while the courts may exempt some employers from providing contraceptive coverage their workers might still get it anyway really they put a duty on the government to step up to the plate to provide a way for you know the people who potentially stand to lose and then to get that coverage in another gesture to the religious right attorney general Jeff Sessions issued a number of broad guidelines aimed at protecting religious freedom one says religious organizations should be able to hire workers whose religious beliefs are consistent with theirs critics say that could allow some employers to discriminate against the l g b t community and others but for President Trump the guidelines are a reaffirmation of the commitment he made to evangelical voters who swept him into office and who he continues to court free speech does not end at the steps of a cathedral or a synagogue or any other house of worship we are giving our churches their voices back we are giving them back in the highest form. With this executive order we also make clear that the federal government will never ever penalize any person for their protests religious beliefs but these moves could set the administration up for another long battle in federal court Diane Estabrook aljazeera washington campaigning ends on sunday ahead of elections in liberia to find a successor to the president Ellen Johnson sirleaf the Nobel Prize Winner whos standing down after two terms election on tuesday will be the third since the civil war there there are twenty candidates including the Vice PresidentJohnson Sirleaf was africas first female president when elected in two thousand and five but as a committed to us reports from monrovia her critics say her reforms have been too slow. Mount coffee hydroelectricity project is already generating twenty two megawatts of electricity to the power grid. One of liberias infrastructure success stories. The challenge now is to improve the Distribution System to get the electricity to consumers. Johnson is forced to use generators. To power his two Food Processing factories it would be a lot better because one electricity because a lot cheaper but also in terms of labor costs like the liberal liberal its more efficient if you have electricity the government says it is invested in infrastructure but a lot more could have been done the more o. B. Are going to highway through the border with guinea the road open up dozens of towns and villages easing transporting of goods and services but many areas in other parts of liberia have waited for years to be lucky if. It seems like they will continue to wait even longer to have their dreams of good roads. Government to greece they were missed opportunities but a foundation for growth has been laid. The image of our country was restored and then before we can measure from our being written works is done with restoring infrastructure and the services in our. Legacy. Building of our country that was. Before she came in but the president may also be remembered for promises she hasnt kept a few months ago she admitted to parliament but that government failed to corruption. And that is what many say is restricted to do more as president. So we have. Senior government officials in that relationship been accused of stealing tax revenues and. Only a few. At the end of the Ellen Johnson sirleaf you know its only a few months away no one knows what lies ahead but liberians are already looking forward to the next chapter of their lives. Monrovia. Unemployment in south africa is at a fourteen year high almost forty percent of young people cannot find a job but an entrepreneurial spirit is keeping young peoples hopes of a Better Future a life based on your page. Two zonder is a natural salesman he gets by selling goods from the back of his principal. Becomes a problem now of survival to say now if i dont do this why am i going to you know and then thats when the crime mindset starts coming in thats when the negative things starts coming in so we need to always try and keep in mind in a positive state you know their main product is homemade archer a type of pickle i told him im bringing in the best at your in town and i want him to come and have a look was early it is. Many young people have no choice but to create their own opportunities south africas Unemployment Rate is the worst its been for fourteen years thirty eight percent of fifteen to thirty four year olds cant get a job africas most industrialized economy expanded by only zero point three percent last year due to a drought low Commodity Prices and weak demand for its main exports despite lots of promises neither government nor the private sector is creating enough jobs so many dont lose hope but there are some initiatives aimed at teaching young people how to be employable and how to foster their own entrepreneurial spirit this is the time in print your festival where teenage is a pitching never this plan the idea is that they cant rely on anyone else to fulfill their ambitions the festival was created by a young entrepreneur to cause a joy for me its not about a degree its not about waiting for financing from some government Governmental Institution is about looking at what you have in making that work for you right. Now with contacts and mentoring some of last years when is that the festival im now exporting their products and employing other people entrepreneurship may not solve because youth unemployment problem but it is creating jobs and perhaps more importantly hope tiny a page out of their johannesburg. This is al jazeera these are the top stories the turkish president rushed up to the wall and says the Free Syrian Army is carrying out a major operation in syrias itll province against the former al qaida then fighters he says turkish troops are backing the offensive with not yet entered the area but. We have opened up a space in our region with Operation Euphrates Shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a lab today there is a serious operation in a lab and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to live fleeing violence in aleppo we cant tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is underway several people have been injured in london after a car mounted Pavement Outside the Natural History museum in the u. K. Capital Police Arrested the driver at the scene the Ambulance Service is there as we speak. Thousands of people rallying in spains capital madrid in support of National Unity some in barcelona calling for dialogue to resolve the crisis in catalonia the Regions Parliament was planning to unilaterally declare independence on monday but was stopped by the spanish courts supporters of russias main Opposition Leader has been protesting against Vladimir Putins two decades in power they put in critical actually not only called for rallies to coincide with the president s sixty fifth birthday of all these in jail for violating the law on organizing Public Meetings the u. N. Is criticize. Me and mom for failing to allow humanitarian aid into Rakhine State more than half a million range of muslims fled across the border into bangladesh to escape a military crackdown in september the me and ma leader Aung San Suu Kyi invited observers to visit but access has remained a problem those are your headlines so far the news continues up front and back at the usual times tomorrow see that. 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