A joint control center with the United States is operational in Northern Syria as part of a plan to create a socalled safe saw on the 2 sides were locked in months of talks over the depth of the zone and who would control it Bernard Smith has more from talk here at the turkey syria border. The turkish and u. S. Military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory would go whether it would be joint patrols with the u. S. And turkish troops or just the u. S. Troops patrolling on their own the Turkish Defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint Operations Center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. Most this is a joint Operation Center has been established here they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started Syrian Regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in Northern Syria thats been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and theyre heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u. N. Turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesnt want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge for the turks is how big is that safe save zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syria the americans want a much narrower save zone and that the turks wanted a lot deeper because they also want to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters they consider them allied to terrorist p k k to turkish kurdish groups in turkey the americans though working with the syrian kurds and they dont want them pushed as far back. To hong kong now where riot police have fired tear gas and charge protesters a better fun in a tense standoff which lasted several hours the latest violence occurred after a march against socalled smart lampposts which has sparked surveillance fias the protests took place outside a Police StationShopping Mall where demonstrators setting up makeshift barricades were in hay has more from hong kong. After a week when the police in hong kong appeared to adopt a different tactic seemingly standing back allowing the protests to happen without intervention on saturday it seemed that they were in no mood to muck around the riot police very quickly moving into this area of cow loon to clear the protest is a way using tear gas the day it started peacefully there was a march through this part of cow loom the protesters had asked police for permission for their march to take place the permission was granted by the police but as we have seen before a large group of the protesters then broke away approached a Police Station near the roots of the march erecting barricades that the that we have seen them do so many times before and it seems that when the police lost patience and formed up and thats when the confrontations to again which lasted perhaps one to 2 hours this came on a day when kerry lamb the chief executive of hong kong someone whom the protesters want to resign held who 1st round of dialogue with representatives from different sections of society in hong kong around 28 representatives of different sections of Hong Kong Society met with her to start the process of dialogue the ultimate aim to end this crisis but crisis but significantly there were no protest leaders who were involved in those talks in the protests or they show no sign of dying down. An employee of the british consulate in hong kong has been released by Mainland China after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chen disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to the city of shame. Jen near the border with Hong Kong Chinese police say chang was punished for violating Public Safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in the former british territory. Now north korean state media says kim jong un has overseen the test of a super large multiple rocket launch off its east coast but south koreas military says it only appears to be 2 short range Ballistic Missiles that were fired from some dock in South Province it is the 7th such test and a mom from its stalls denuclearization talks between north korea and the u. S. Now indian opposition leaders say the situation in the disputed kashmir region is clearly not normal the latest returned back on arrival at srinagar airport there were protests in the city on friday afternoon says you may have reports from the capital of an indian administered kashmir. To the protesters in srinagar throwing stones the response from Indian Security forces tear gas and pellet guns. The protests began at one mosque where friday prayers have taken a defiant tone this month since the readers autonomy was revoked by new delhi one of the few ways locals have to vent their frustrations. The restrictions have been imposed on the use of the internet and mobile phones and theyre finding it difficult to move around the city and beyond the abilities it was levis doing so youre going to be like our this is a bad scene for almost 3 weeks weve been under the restrictions and were not happy about it. Ought to know me and put us on the coffee with no one is going out of the neighborhood. Unlike in previous weeks security was tightened on fridays to curtail potential unrest. Whether restrictions are eased or reimpose for friday prayers protests have followed and this time is no exception its not just restrictions thats angering locals its a long term consequences of the region losing its autonomy one consequence of that is that people from outside indian administered kashmir can now buy property whereas before you had to be a permanent resident. Many here worry that will change the makeup of the region will dismiss a head full of people who would not sell land i dont think but if you see how the government a thing it has put us under control they might try to make colonies of outsiders here that would change the demographic thats what they want is. Some analysts say thats in line with the governments hindu nationalist ideology falsely erroneous notion read they have been selling to the people that is the buzz off. And they hope to reclaim me one day will do forcibly gaza model folsom they will make settlements and be. Tough but Indian GovernmentOfficials Say the removal of fish mirrors autonomy will Bring Development to the region but thats not how many of the people here see the situation and the protests are likely to continue as jimmy aljazeera indeed administered kashmir. At the airport the former leader of indias Opposition Congress party expressed his frustration over not being allowed to leave the airport and visit the. Oh. You know the governor said the going rate in. The government is everything. Everything. Is a bit surprising. I mean really. In here you know it is beautiful for a few people that is more. The u. S. State department is calling for more action by myanmars government to address the issue of the hunger its been 2 years since violence in the state led to more than 740000 overhang of fleeing the country and a statement the Department Said the lack of accountability and civilian oversight of the military means that abuses continue today in state as well as a cut chain and shan states and elsewhere in myanmar it goes on to say we encourage me to create the conditions that would allow for the voluntary safe dignified and sustainable return of refugees to their places of origin or other places of their choosing roslyn jordan has moved from washington d. C. 2 years after the Miramar Military started attacking or hangar residents in iraq hind state sending at least a 1000000 of them into neighboring bangladesh the trumpet ministration is calling on the International Community to do more to protect the rights of the Ethnic Rohingya and to try to get them to return to their home country with full Citizenship Rights as they desire this is a precarious situation for the trumpet ministration even though it has taken actions to show its and to instantly increasing displeasure with the way that the military leadership has been treating they were hangup the u. S. Has imposed sanctions on the top 4 military leaders of the country meaning that they cant come to the us neither can members of their immediate families and they also arent allowed to have access to any funds that they might have deposited in u. S. Financial institutions the u. S. However is in a difficult position because they cant put too much pressure according to officials on the civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi who herself has been criticized for not doing enough to stand up for the rights of the ethnic and to watch trying to push for them to get full citizenship in their country this is because of some groups a. Buddhist and other types of discrimination against the rohingya but the trumpet ministration also wants to maintain relations with the government in young goan so that it can try to put more pressure on officials to change their policies regarding the rohingya and to try to make it possible to improve their status both politically and economically. To indonesia now a coffee expecting a bump across the sea and not with prices at an a. T. M. No will some grow as a warning that theyll go. Bankrupt. Has the story from jakarta. Over. The harvest time at this Coffee Plantation in sumatra and its plenty for farmers who would normally celebrate but not this year they are the worlds 3rd largest grow as of the robust a variety of coffee beans but the market price their fetching is at an 8 year low. If the price of coffee stays like this we cant continue we might not attend our plantations anymore because we cant afford fertilizer we dont have enough money to pay our workers in my case i still have to type for my sons high school. Robust is used mainly in instant coffee and demand has been increasing but prices have dropped this year because of the success of the 2 largest producers brazil and vietnam. While indonesian pharma struggled to make money theres a growing demand domestically as more indonesians get a taste for what they produce growing affluence and ebonite they sure are driving the rise of the socalled coffee lifestyle and many more coffee shops are opening up some are part of a chain others like this one in jakarta independence i mean i come here 2 or 3 times a week the price of coffee for what i get is well worth it not cheap but not too expensive. Indonesia is one of the top 5 Fastest Growing coffee Retail Markets and has the lowest Coffee Consumption type person in Southeast Asia so theres plenty of room for growth the so much confidence in the industry that one coffee chain received 28000000. 00 from Venture Capital firms in the past year for its expansion plans thats not even a seat in the local market can absorb a large amount of domestic only grown coffee only 30 percent of coffee grown here was exported but if the price of coffee keeps dropping farmers was stopped. Planting coffee and i would be a huge loss for everyone the. Demand from indonesia coffee drinkers has so far helped cushion the blow from falling export prices back at his tahn te sion gyuto is hopeful the price of coffee beans for the cover in the meantime hes planted other crops just in case florence li aljazeera. To nigeria now the country is in the grip of a kidnapping crisis thousands of nigerians have one victim to a rise in the crime and having to pay millions of dollars in ransom mom other the reports now from can do and its an area known as the kidnapping hotspot theyre. Taking the fight to the kidnappers these offices of nigerias special into order responding to a tip off the kidnappers have decided at this point on the highway. The thick forest nearby serves as a cover for the guns this highway has been a popular sport for the kidnappers talk potential victims the police say theyre making gains against the kidnappers were over 200 whipples. Were showing to do a whole lot in last 2 weeks we parted up our summer intern and kidnap suspects. In traffic im to highly tells a different story. This was once one of the busiest highways in the country the highway links the Muslim States of the country to the other parts of nigeria now feel motorists are brave enough to travel and. Many are choosing not to drive when instead use the train yet even on the trains a squat is a must as the kidnapping guns get bolder and more sophisticated few places appear say. Abdul Malik Muhammad the siniora Government Official was abducted from his home in the city of could do. Then they begin to say ok i should give the money as i dont have money they keep on asking are you have it because we saw cars in your ass country sell those cars we need money you have to give a body if you dont you are going to kill you after 7 days in captivity of the malik was released after paying a ransom but not before being told to deliver a message to the world for 2 years then as if they give you all that i should be able to tell the government that most of them only poit they are good with dimity placement if they are not employed or people kidnapping people. But its not just frustrated you threw a ton into kidnapping its now a free for all with more pity and 100 criminals joining in. Reverend who was kidnapped and held in a forest by a group armed with machetes he says they tortured him until his family paid or not some of 200. 00 they were drinking he said i want to give you a life or single food for all through a good hearted church. Truro i was in between i was. Given at the back of my remark i heard a quote last one give me a slap on my right arm it was a swell up. Until now could not do you have to get the Public Officials there a little work is often in the oil industry what is worrying most nigerians about the current we were kidnapped in the country is that no one and no were still safe and. I would argue all jazeera. Could do now highly so the new Prime Minister says the country needs 8000000000. 00 in foreign aid of the next 2 years to rebuild its economy after months of political turmoil abdullah hum voc says another 2000000000 dollars of foreign reserves are needed in the next 3 months to stop the currency from falling further talks have started with the i. M. F. And world bank about restructuring sudans debt are sworn in on wednesday to head a transitional ruling body after the al sting of president omar bashir in april now kenyans have been ordered to stay at home on saturday and sunday as the government carries out a census it is the 1st in africa to recognize intersex people those born with. Characteristics that died to set the typical definitions of male or female welcome web reports now from the capital nairobi the thing that i really james kuranda has tried to kill himself 3 times when he was born it wasnt clear to doctors or his parents if he was male or female and so he says a childhood of misery began but he says some things have since improved for intersex people here in kenya. The governments now conducting a census is the 1st in africa to recognize intersex people turn it into typical males and females there was a relation that intersex children are being killed most of these children cannot even access simple Government Services then there was a need. To have policies that put onto intersex. Another group to be recognized for the 1st time in this census of people with albinism its now listed as a disability we are excited because it will make us to count it will make us to be seen to be kenyans it is valid its us that we are actually a demographic variable with the mosaic of the current population. The government hopes most of the data can be collected in 2 evenings so use. Before you move in the last census 10 years ago some officials were accused of rigging politics in kenya who are often contested wrong tribal lines and census data determines the allocation of state resources and we are. Trying to do some funny games asking to move this way or that way we are watching your. Program. You meet with the law. Collecting accurate data is a challenge about 10000000 kenyans and their magic herders who regularly cross borders to neighboring countries millions more live in slums like this one has no official list of addresses so the government has ordered bars and pubs to close and told everyone to stay home and wait for the enumerators to come and knock at the door. They push the Data Collection takes days processing it takes much longer will disown her sense nationally. The results might contain some surprises or be contested. Kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. Still ahead on the news hour outrage in turkey and harrowing video of a woman stabbed to death by her exhusband sparks a Domestic Violence debate. Experts in the u. S. Are investigating a mystery. Vaporing and racism as its ugly head again after Manchester Uniteds defeat to Crystal Palace leo will explain in sports. Hello in the late summer is plenty of heat and moisture to produce some pretty big thunderstorms not necessarily with tornadoes with huge amounts of rain and hail and given this arc of clouds coming out of the high ground down towards the Central Plains states that could be a lot of significant sandstorms was more flash flooding in the next day or so but off the atlantic seaboard this massive though it looks nothing may well turn into something more come monday distinct depression seems likely to fall when it might develop more that the word hurricane comes to mind but just keep it in the back of your mind for now we will watch it west of all this is all quiet in fact is so dry the fire seasons picking up once again the time of the year im afraid now in the caribbean given whats happened what is happening now in the bahamas a potential Development Much of the and shes gone so we are watching live to share as sue this a hispanic around the caribbean otherwise its cloud with much right over your nose has just come into the eastern side of honduras who has got a model there is that green thats where the rain is falling except for the bahamas so funny draw a picture of the worries and nothing to relieve the fires in brazil nor should they be as far as a forecast is concerned but theres rain in the purpose. Right. 67 thats spelled promise for one people. But disaster for another. The pledge to be establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. The story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord on aljazeera. I mean theres a problem and dont have the top stories this news hour the escalating trade war between the u. S. And china looks set to dominate the agenda of the series g. 7 summit which is being held in the french seaside town of be our vets and as heads of state gather for the summit theres been growing International Criticism of brazils handling of the wildfires in the amazon rain forest president job also has ordered the military to help put out the fire as. Israel says its carried out air strikes against Iranian Forces me a serious capital damascus syrian state t. V. Has reported that air Defense Systems and to separate hostile targets on the city. Now as World Leaders gathered for the g. 7 summit thousands of people took part in an authorized demonstration in the nearby town of on di they call for urgent action and accuse the leaders of causing inequality Natasha Butler was there. To march began in the southern French Border city of die thousands of protesters including some from the Yellow Vests Movement walk to spain to demonstrate against the g. 7 summit in berates protesters say Global Leaders in a capitalist policies are responsible for many of the worlds problems people can see it up we just begun to book received that the theme of this summit is the fight against an equality when its them where the source of floating equality and inequality is increasing because of them its a false cheer provocation although thousands of police have been deployed to guard against violence during the saw. Officers of the protest kept a low profile french and spanish for the origins of allowed this protest on the border because it is 12 kilometers south of here its an odd scale where g 7 leaders are beginning their summit the idea raised to keep the demonstrators as far away as possible from the International Meeting one of the main issues of the g 7 will be Climate Change but few people at the protest believe there would be progress some say the fires burning in the amazon rain forest were yet another example of politicians failing to protect the planet. Myself. Theyre obviously not interested in climate there are lots of nice promises but they rarely keep them theyre not conscious that today is the big emergency were on the edge but we just keep going. The french president whos hosting the summit was france to take the global lead on climate and hes called for emergency talks on the amazon. Regarding the amazon we will not only launch recalled but also actions from all the world powers present here and in partnership with amazon countries for investment there 1st to fight all these fires but also to help brazil and other countries affected. Most protesters say theyre fed up with what they regard as the elites politicians who are out of touch with the lives of ordinary people the image of leaders from the worlds richest countries getting down to business no luxury hotel and berates is unlikely to change their opinion Natasha Butler aljazeera the french spanish border. At least 11 people have been killed in yemen in fighting between u. A. E. Backed forces and Government Troops both sides have sent reinforcements to shabab province in southern yemen after fighting broke out in the city of thought tens of thousands of people have been killed in yemen civil war millions are on the brink of famine meanwhile in the capital protesters gathered in front of airport demanding an end to the same aged. Where the saudi Led Military Coalition has been enforcing a strict embargo on the airport residents asking the u. N. To help them lift the siege which they say is having a major impact on the city. I want to receive treatments and do but the u. N. Has airport closed and the u. N. Envoy goes in comes to the airport like treatments. Only. Open the airport for all those nations and envoys with the yemeni people have a big not worthy human rights whereas the World Relief Organization or the United Nations that are against these violations. Algerias culture minister has resigned after being criticized for her handling of the stampede which killed 5 people at a concert in the capital dozens were injured in the panic at the packed stadium in algiers on thursday maria mendacity was blamed for the way the concert was all the guys to and how she dealt with the aftermath of the stampede more than 30000 people attended the event. Now the killing of a mother by her exhusband and front of her child has caused outrage in turkey i mean bull it was stabbed to death in a cafe last sunday in the central turkish city of quetta charlie it is the 2nd killing in the country this week in the issue of gender equality is growing on social media really mohamad has the latest. Its this video that brought turkey to a standstill but too graphic to show the moments after him in bullets was stabbed to death in front of her 10 year old daughter she can be heard screaming and holding her neck as her daughter begs her not to die but that means exhusband fidel brown has been charged in connection with the killing her name and her last words are now being said on social media to raise awareness about womens rights in turkey and the issue of them aside which is the killing of a female based on her gender is generated in large response on the streets to dozens of people are demanding justice for him means killing from cutting costs in istanbul to chi sorry and also in some song the cry of mean pollutes was not just a cry it is the rebellion of women we are not silenced anymore we will not lose any more women. I dont like reacting to such situations by tweeting or hashtags but this time i really do care i feel so story im highly affected by i will join the protests taking place and encourage everyone to take part. These are the reason for murder is justified femicide she betrayed thats why i killed she was not a virgin thats why i killed she was dressed improperly thats why i killed society has accepted those reasons but under normal circumstances the punishment of murder is a life sentence. And on friday a turkish Football Team held a one minute silence ahead of kickoff in solidarity with. Well the outrage has prompted the turkish government to respond the ruling party has vowed to tackle violence against women and children and the Justice Minister has tweeted that he was confident that a means for my husband would be given the punishment he deserves but critics say not enough is being done to address the problem of gender inequality according to the we will stop femicide a womens rights platform more than 200 women have been killed in turkey this year and its possible to stop femicide article 6 to wait for the law to protect women from violence has to be applied properly to istanbul agreement has to be applied effectively to strengthen and protect women when the istanbul agreement was signed in 2011 we saw a decrease in femicide figures we have to take this past the law should be applied properly in order to keep women alive. Ukraine is how liberating the 28th anniversary of its independence from the soviet union. But the festivities wont be as big this year as they have in the past thats because the president wants to spend some of the 11000000. 00 earmarked for the day to pay bonuses to the armed forces and stared. Around 35000 people have marched against racism in hate in the german city of dresden the demonstration comes a week before 2 state elections in the countrys east and which the far right alternative for Germany Party is predicted to make gains under the banner and advisable a coalition of artists unionists and politicians gathered to urge voices to reject exclusion and discrimination. Now russian spacecraft carrying a robot the size of an adult human has failed to dock at the International Space station or problems with the automatic docking system cause the failure the humanoid robot was on its way to the i assist for 2 week mission to support the crew and tested skills russias Flight Control centers says there are 10 to perform the docking procedure again on monday. Now u. S. Health Officials Say a patient has died after developing a severe lung disease in the 1st such case they suspect is linked to vaporing the patient was one of 193. 00 potential cases of the unexplained respiratory illness after use of east cigarettes to inhale vaporized nicotine all cannabis now theyve been is sometimes used as an aid to quit smoking cigarettes but scientists around the world are divided about how safe an alternative it is a cigarette uses dont get exposed to the estimated 7000 chemical constituents present and cigarettes but theyve been products do contain nicotine which is of course highly addictive the use of these cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years particularly among adolescents 3600000 middle and high schools