Im jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. But America First does not mean america alone u. S. President donald trump declares america open for business but insists trade must be fair. More heads roll as the fallout from the u. S. Gymnastics sex scandal continues to mount. Trial and you play confronts a strangers policies on immigration. President one is warning that turkeys operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq has traveled with the turkish army as it continues its offensive to sweep fighters from the region the move risks a possible confrontation with the kurdish. Militia thats a group backed by the United States and nato ally Stephanie Deca and cameraman jamil bustle of this report from the city of us. As we enter syria it is the Free Syrian Army flag flies high here we are on a media trip into as organized by the turkish authorities they take us close to where theres been fighting with the Kurdish Armed group turkey calls a terrorist Organization Turkish forces are trying to push it out of the region about the front line is just a few kilometers west of here both turkish troops and the Free Syrian Army are taking part but on that issue. One of the f. S. A. Fighters why he is involved in turkeys operation for some it seems its personal. Because they betrayed us and especially because they took over my city. Ive been displaced along with many. Living in the camps there are such bad conditions especially now in the winter. What are turkish escorts are telling us is that the front line with the kurdish fighters is just further along that mountain. Which is over to this side where theres been fighting but what is clear here on the outskirts of city is how much of a presence they are of course supporting the Free Syrian Army fighters the Syrian Rebels that are really. Taking a large part in this operation that turkey has undertaken against. The wall while we were here two bullets whizzed overhead. And were told why p. G. Snipers are to blame for this. Sort of the you know they shot at us and our tires and stars. We move on and into the city. I saw was pushed out of here in two thousand and fourteen but life remains difficult now as her has to provide for thirteen members of her family she tells us she is all alone. Or has now become the norm she says but the. People are used to the shelling and the explosions the Young Children are still scared but weve been facing this for a few years now were not afraid anymore. There is hardly any electricity here generators are the only way to get light or heat in the winter rain has left the streets with mud. The black paint on this will be for sale. It seems some still dream of moving on from here. The landscape in this part of syria is dotted with tents millions of syrians remain homeless in their own country. Weve been here for three years in the tent has never been fixed because of the ryan the tent leaks and there are seven people in one tent a situation is terrible. This is a country ripped apart by almost seven years of war millions of syrians have had to leave their lives behind. And as the years go by the war simply seems to change its form the guns seemingly impossible to silence. Stephanie decker aljazeera as ounds syria. The Syrian Opposition is boycotting talks on the war that russia is hosting next week the delegation says a conference is an attempt to undermine u. N. Efforts to broker a peace deal. We listen to many good n. T. s concerning. Commitment but none of them will deliver somehow. We are we are tired we need real involvement we need real commitment the ball is in the Russian Court and the say that they have the upper hand in syria. They were responsible for saving this region for a long time and they can bring it to commit itself to International Legality of solutions and if they want to hear that announcement came in vienna where the latest round of un talks between syrias government and opposition has wrapped up the conference finished without any major breakthroughs nine rounds of un talks between the warring sides have made little progress toward ending the civil war the u. N. Special envoy for syria says he hasnt decided whether he will attend the talks in russia he said he shared the immense frustrations of millions of syrians at the lack of a political settlement to date ultimately what is required. If political will it is high time the diplomacy dialogue and negotiations prevail for the interest of all the syrians. Said they think the general. Is being briefed and will be briefed tonight on the outcome of these discussions and then it will be up to him to take to the efficient what will be the u. N. Response to the invitation to attend this thought she hears president has taken his America First message to the worlds elite addressing the World Economic forum in davos he declared the u. S. Open for business but he warned that washington would no longer turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices diplomatic editor james bays has more for us. As the band played a President Trump stood somewhat could leave aside the man who founded the World EconomicForum Klaus Schwab his vision for almost half a century open world trade is not at all with the president s America First policy taking the role of salesman in chief trump declared no America First does not mean america alone when the United States grows so does the world american prosperity has created countless jobs all around the globe trump who has recently as this week has been accused of protectionism after slapping terrorists on imports of solar panels and washing machines criticized other nations for their trading practices we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others we support free trade but it needs to be fair and it needs to be reciprocal. He was politely received until he lashed out as he always does the media and it wasnt till i became a politician that i realized how nasty how mean how vicious and how fake. The press can be as the cameras start going off in the back. Trumps capitol colleagues seem pleased with the speech of either grade but Nobel Prize Winning economist Professor Joseph stiglitz said trumpet got his sums wrong and doesnt realize that the Global Trading system is already stacked in the u. S. His favor he tried to put a soft spin the fact is the rules of the game have been written by the United States largely for the United States and now for the United States to say that they are unfair to not next day there are unfair to developing countries but to say that theyre unfair of the United States is unconscionable as president left dav also organizes will be breathing a sigh of relief he was scripted and restraint there was some criticism that there was little new in his speech and no concrete details one veteran dav also attendee told me people dont come here to listen tomorrow log oh happy talk james out zero davos as we head in james bases report trump attack the media. Cues the New York Times of fake news over its report that the president wanted to sack Robert Muller the special prosecutor is looking into alleged russian middling in the twenty sixteen election has more. Publicly donald trump is often dismissed the investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and russian operatives but there are now reports he ordered the man behind it fired last june but apparently white house attorney don mcgann threatened to quit in protest so the president backed down trump had his usual response to the news thank you stuff thank you very much for coming you know kind of state story but heres what we do know trump has seemed fixated with the russian investigators it started on march second of last year when attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation. Trump was furious saying sessions was supposed to protect him on march twentieth f. B. I. Director james comey admits the agency is investigating potential collusion between the trunk campaign and russia may ninth he was fired and the very next day trump told visiting Russian Diplomats that firing him took the pressure off the Russian Investigation he said something similar on camera and in fact when i decided to just do it i said to myself i said you know. This rush or thing with trump and russia is a made up story that backfired on may seventeenth special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the investigation and on june eighth comatose defied to congress the trumpet asked him for loyalty and to drop the investigation into Trumps National security advisor Michael Flynn that raised the possibility the tribe broke the law by attempting to obstruct justice former federal prosecutor Melanie Sloan says if in that same month he attempted to also fire moeller that could also be considered against the law of course a loop into the obstruction of justice case he will examine the question of what were the details of when trump was thinking of firing him what had exactly happened was it right on top of other events so it would be part of that pattern of misconduct that bob mueller is looking at the president could get a chance to clarify all this to moaner him self the president says he expects to sit down for an interview with investigators in the coming weeks but it comes with its own risks lying to them would be a federal offense all on its own political gain aljazeera washington fallout over the gymnastics scandal in the u. S. Is mounting the usa gymnastics board has resigned and federal Officials Say theyre investigating Michigan State university over the sexual abuse of female athletes follows the sentencing of form a team doctor larry nasa to up to one hundred seventy five years in prison for abusing gymnasts on the his kaye. Has more. One day after the u. S. Olympic committee sent this letter demanding the resignation of the full usa gymnastics board all remaining members step down the u. S. O. C. Threatened to strip the group of its power following wednesday sentence of dr larry nasser i just find you get boring the physician for the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team and Michigan State university pleaded guilty to sexually abusing seven women athletes easy on the campus of Michigan University friday evening outrage students demonstrated over nasser and the schools potential complicity in the case just hours earlier a Michigan States Athletic Director announced his retirement i dont want anyone to perceive that im walking away im walking forward and walking forward in a way that based upon my deep assessment. Gives the survivors first and foremost the sephardic department this university and my family an opportunity. To healing and step forward Michigan State already faces more than one hundred thirty lawsuits from women and girls michigans governor and attorney general say they are launching separate investigations u. S. Education secretary betsy divorce says her department is also investigating i think theres going to be a broader look not just at gymnastics i wouldnt be surprised if the n. C. Double a which is the organization that oversees collegiate collegiate sports at large in the United States is under scrutiny as well here by the time its all over with nearly one hundred fifty women have accused nasser of sexually abusing them including a limpet Gold Medalist ellie raisman who wants more answers this is bigger than larry nasser we have to get to the bottom of how this is aster happened if we dont figure out how it did we cant be confident that it wont happen again there could also be financial consequences for both Michigan State and usa gymnastics the school could lose millions of dollars in donations usa gymnastics could lose millions in sponsorships dion estabrook aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera. Theyre making it up that they let me go they were begging me to stay here as diplomat Bill Richardson denies he was asked by man as government to step down from an Advisory Board on the range of crisis the internet is the internet of information now we have the internet of money new money meets old money the worlds financial elite discuss the future of digital conses such as because. From the Clear Blue Sky of the doha moony. To the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of la. What has been a rather wet week a disturbed wait for eastern parts of the mediterranean but things will improve as we go through the next couple of days heres our offending area of low pressure still swirling away across the south the first cyprus syria lebanon jordan seeing some rather wet weather will gradually ease as we go through the next couple of days this is the same in tel aviv for same behavior a making its way across southern parts of israel through the gaza strip and now its pushing further eastward so easing across a good part of iraq into the northwest of iran turning to snow as it does so twelve celsius in tehran on saturday it will be coldest and as we go on through sunday that snow really setting in im if anything just sinking a little further south and well see some cooler weather also making its way across Arabian Peninsula over the next dials tampas in doha a pleasant twenty seven celsius on saturday afternoon this bad a cloud sinks further southwards introducing cold rain or a stiff wind lift the dust and sand on the cots and it really will feel quite chilly with a top temperature of just twenty one degrees celsius may well get a little bit of wet weather continuing across the eastern side all of south africa because really too with the writing down ice on a thats in the forecast over the next couple of days it stays wet for the northeast of south africa on sunday. The weather sponsored by qatar and reese. Facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the socalled secret city getting to the heart of the matter the mean maher government calls you a gringo lead terrorist hear their story on the talk to aljazeera at this time. And again youre watching algis there are a lot of our top stories the Syrian Opposition says it will boycott talks that russia is hosting in sochi next week the decision came as the latest round of un meetings on the civil war ended in vienna without a major breakthrough. Donald trump has told the World Economic forum that the u. S. Will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices the u. S. President insisted his country is open for business but he also stuck by his America First message. All remaining members of the usa gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former Team Doctor Larry Nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female athletes follows a demand for their resignation from the u. S. Olympic committee over the handling of the abuse claims. There is doubt over a planned return of some rangar refugees from bangladesh to me and my government leaders in me and my nonce that Repatriation Centers in Rakhine State were open and ready to receive some of the refugees as of choose day but across the border bangladesh Officials Say paperwork for the refugees is incomplete and this comes as a u. S. Diplomat resigned from an Advisory Council after a Heated Exchange with leader and son suchi Bill Richardson said he feared the crisis was being whitewashed. Accuses him of pursuing his own agenda richardson told aljazeera he resigned from the rank Advisory Council of his own accord theyre making it up that they let me go they were begging me to stay the National Security adviser on that last night i was there. What they said was that in public statements that i was pursuing my own agenda yeah my own agenda was basically follow the kofi annan recommendations do something about the refugees stop the human rights atrocities release the two journalists that were detained because freedom of the prezs a bedrock of democracy and a coffee anon recommendation of finding out whats going on yeah i was outspoken and unsung suchi my former friend well i still respect or didnt want to hear that this this commission was a whitewash she does want to show moral leadership because shes afraid of the military the military has enormous power there she says theres a separation of Constitutional Rights between the military and her she doesnt want to offend them she doesnt want to take them on but she should say to the military were in a terrible mess stop these atrocities allow these refugees to move forward dont do mass graves find ways to stop the Human Rights Violations shes unwilling to take on a very powerful entity and thats the military reports that several prominent saudi businessmen have reached financial settlements with the countrys authorities as part of an Anti Corruption drive led by crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon the group to say its unclear the end of the n. B. C. Television network will lead to him as well as a former chief of the royal court and a former head of the countrys Environment Protection agency and as well as opposition leaders have condemned the supreme courts decision to block their coalition from registering in Upcoming Elections that really comes just days after the constituent assembly set up by president Nicolas Maduro to announce the poll will be held in april months ahead of schedule critics say madeira is depriving people of a free and fair election. Starting tomorrow and on sunday were going to come out with more force with more will to defend plurality and political powers as well as well thats why were putting the first Justice Political Party ticket at the services were going to sway them to defend us in the streets and to defend as as an instrument that can rescue democracy and freedom. That is monitoring the story from. Argentina. These latest tit for tat expulsions really symbolize venezuelas growing isolation not just in latin america but in the whole world they this week expelled the spanish ambassador in caracas accusing him of interfering in venezuela as internal affairs the Spanish Government has now responded denying that its doing that but saying it will continue to criticize what it perceives as human rights abuses in venezuela it also comes in the wake of the European Union applying sanctions freezing assets and prohibiting travel for seven senior venezuelan officials all of this comes in the aftermath of the constituent assembly the government controlled constituent assembly in venezuela saying its going to organize elections president ial elections before the end of april the opposition is very much excluded from that its either splintered its leaders of going into war position or theyre choosing to boycott the elections so despite the huge jump popularity of president Nicolas Maduro of venezuela it does look he is confident he will win those elections saying hes called them its a fight what he says is the threats from imperialism meanwhile the Economic Situation in venezuela continues to deteriorate the International MoneyMonetary Fund in the report says its predicted inflation the hyperinflation in venezuela this year is likely to run into a staggering thirteen thousand percent which is almost impossible to comprehend for the average venezuelan hundreds of thousands continue to migrate from the country almost on a daily basis going around latin america and in europe and the same time the United NationsChildrens Fund unicef has said that it believes that malnutrition among venezuelan children is growing it doesnt have the statistics to prove that since it cant gain access to them but it says its going problem indicative of the disastrous state of the venezuelan economy. Police in canada are treating the deaths of a billionaire couple as a double murder the bodies of pharmaceutical billionaires barry and honey sherman were found six weeks ago at their home in toronto they say the couple who were in their seventys were the victims of a targeted killing canadian plane make bomb badia has scored an unexpected victory against u. S. Rival boeing thats after u. S. Trade commission ruled in its favor in a trade dispute boeing had argued that bomb badia was benefiting from unfair government subsidies following allowing it to undercut the u. S. Firms business the decision paves the way for bond badia to sell its jets to american customers without heavy tariffs its been described as a bubble about to burst a way of laundering money and also as the future of finance at the World Economic forums meeting in switzerland this week the spotlight fell on Digital Currencies like bitcoin and the technology on which they are built joined a whole as more from davos. There was Something Different about the davos prominent this year cryptocurrency said arrived they became household names in two thousand and seventeen now believers say the Underlying Technology block chain is the future police all suspects are young before any feel like point reform and so forth there is fraud there are scared but i dont think thats the majority of it youre going to build a block train across africa exactly what does that actually mean one person who tried to explain it was jamie smith former Obama Deputy Press Secretary turned block chain promoter you think about it its like a train track between you and me the black chain or the rails and then the current time of there is a digital token so im attaching any asset to anything im sending it to you and i do that on that car in that car is a digital token of the most famous was public when that clears that up there this week it felt like the only buzz in town is donald trump for the off the high end vs doors the trump name is barely mentioned because here they are party like its nine hundred ninety four were in that stage one nine hundred ninety four the beginning of the internet yes lets go get em in the fervor thats happening in the world today the market today is in this room that theyre buzzing that theres a new thing that the internet is of information now we have the internet of money with the internet of value and we can do the internet of law in the smart contracts we can do Artificial Intelligence so through this side all internet of Value Exchange is going to be bigger than its block chain enthusiastic tend not to underplay its potential we are creating a new financial infrastructure for the world were going to see pretty much everything that we do as humans we put on this ledger so that we can prove that were being trustworthy but there are those willing to sound a note of caution now with becoming the. Very speculative so im just going to take a step back and read up on. The block train technologies nine hundred ninety four moment has already seen currencies like bitcoin rise in value by eight hundred percent in twelve months the Growth Potential of block chain is such that around here they call bitcoin yesterdays news joho aljazeera davos cinema in moscow has stopped showing a satirical film on Joseph Stalin after police raid officers questioned staff and management at the theater after it defied a ban on the movie the death of stalin russias Culture Ministry says the british made comedy mocks russias soviet history communist Party Officials also criticized them. I dont think we need to introduce censorship but there should be some kind of personal censorship among journalists and people making films for example i would find it unacceptable to have a comedy film called death of christ this is my personal opinion im not an expert in culture but im extremely bothered by the name of the film a comedy film called death of stalin is only acceptable for me. And i know Arts Festival in australia is turning the spotlight on the countrys immigration policies among the many shows to entertain crowds at the Sydney Festivals a play which looks at the governments treatment of refugees under thomas went along sent this. On a stage rather than in a court room is a truth and Reconciliation Commission that australia has never had. The play cool tribunals delves into the dark side of australias treatment of Asylum Seekers refugee activists describe their experiences of the countrys immigration system that does also confront the treatment i mean did you know saw strains an aboriginal elder place the courts magistrate. Telling. About telling a story and its about acknowledging and healing for the audience being there is about sending a signal as well as enjoying the show it does challenge just so striving to say well. What is what has been happening is unacceptable and yet we have been accepting that tribe you know is one of several shows at this years Sydney Festival which tackle social issues jurassic plastic features dinosaurs created from thousands of discarded plastic toys its a comment on out throw away society exhibits with a social message go are the exception rather than the rule for the most part the Sydney Festival is simply about showcasing great and accessible culture and the city thats hosting it. January in australia is the middle of summer sydney at its best often the way that we get out of stick out. Heres a photograph of where you live and hes a photograph or where we live in january so what are you come down to us. Much of the festival takes place outdoors highly sprung is an energetic mix of trampoline ing theatre and a street arts a park or theres also a karaoke carousel with children and adults encouraged to sing their way around the right its still culture but a lot less political. Aljazeera sydney. And again the top stories on aljazeera the Syrian Opposition says it will boycott talks that russia is hosting in saatchi next week the decision came at the latest round of u. N. Meetings as a draft up in vienna without a major breakthrough ultimately what is required if political will it is high time the diplomacy dialogue and negotiations prevail for the interest of all syrians thats a distinct original goal new which is being briefed and will be briefed tonight on the outcome of these discussions and then it will be up to him to take to the station what will be the un list balls to the invitation to attend the sochi we will take as president greater tiber one is warning that its operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq the turkish offensive to push fighters out of the region has been going on for more than a week its increased tensions with the u. S. Which supports the kurdish y p g militia in trying to secure parts of northern and Eastern Syria donald trump has told the World Economic forum that the u. S. Will not turn a blind eye to unfair trade practices the u. S. President insisted his countrys open for business but he also stuck by his America First message or remaining members of the usa gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former Team Doctor Larry Nasser was jailed for sexually abusing female athletes it follows a demand for the resignation from the u. S. Olympic committee over the handling of the abuse claims. Plans to return refugees from bangladesh to me and are in doubt after a falling out between a u. S. Diplomat and minimize government Bill Richardson says he resigned from an advisory role on the rangar crisis after a telephone conversation with leader and son see. Venezuelas opposition leaders have condemned the supreme courts decision to block the coalition from registering in Upcoming Elections the ruling comes just days after the constituent assembly set up by president Nicolas Maduro announced the poll would be held in april that is months ahead of schedule as the headlines of news continues but right now it is talk to. Al jazeera. And for you. You can. See. The miami plunge in the southern europeans birthplace of the soviet unions Nuclear Weapons program. Today it reprocess the spent nuclear fuel but fifty years ago my ex offered to be the worlds third Worst Nuclear Accident the