Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Secretary general antonio good terrorists issued a statement that stops well short of that civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law. The secretary general believes that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict the same language the un has been using throughout syrias bloody 8 and a half year long war there is nor military solution because there is no military solution as i have said repeatedly there is no military in solution to the student prizes so how does that apply to turkeys current operation if there is no military solution and thats the firm view of the secretary general is the clear inference to that that he is not in favor of a new military operation. We have been proven correct on this time and again people have believed that particular fences could wind the conflict from one side or another none of that has happened and it will not be able to happen the parties need to come together they need to resolve their differences diplomatically many of been questioning whether President Trump effectively gave a green light to turkey ahead of its military operation but theres also attention to on russia after recent comments by its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that the syrian kurds should start negotiations with the Assad Government russia like everyone else knew exactly what turkey was planning president obama made it quite clear in front of other World Leaders even showing the map last month at the u. N. General assembly perhaps russia is prepared to tolerate turkey taking a corridor of land along syrias northeast border while it and the assad forces continue the bombardment of it live in the northwest with the hope it will eventually lead to the kurds coming under the control of the Syrian Government jamesburg aljazeera at the United Nations. Still ahead on the. Police fight with protesters in ecuador as they try to enforce a National Strike after fuel prices double. Andrew heros welcome mentioned as he and other media magnate ted president ial contender walks out of prison in time for a runoff face. How i would still want to see showers into central parts of the medics right about things squatting down now at least so long as he thought in trying to see that little area clad little cluster of storms that just surround sicily southern parts of italy actually pushing their way towards greece once again further north and sort of got the really lively weather lot of cloud around hip blustery conditions fading in across much of Northern Europe should be a little try to prosecute parts of india this week on through thursday but the showers not too far away those suites very sink further south was to go through friday another for the miserable day for many things of the blustery showers longer spells of frank but set to continue here that other way to scandinavia still quite brushy a fair bit of cloud there into that western side of russia the south of that steadily looking fine and dry see a little bit of cloud just pushing its way towards greece and into western parts of checking out the showers that we have across central parts of the met they will lap on to the Coastal Shores of libya chance of some wet weather just running in here then over towards been gazi for example have a clear through by the time we come to friday at this stage just fine and dry just not just a fan amounts of cloud just pushing across the straits of the broad to good parts off morocco and that fog northwestern corner of algeria. Again. A reminder of our top stories this hour turkey is intensifying its military offensive against u. S. Forces in northeast syria Ground Forces crossed into syria through 3 entry points. Of aerial strikes the bombings of panic and residents on fleeing. The u. S. President donald trump has once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from syria but has warned that turkey could face economic consequences. And the International Community has condemned him into syria attack the president has justified it saying it will bring peace and stability the u. N. Security council will hold a closed door imagine seeing meeting on the situation. On the other global news and 2 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in germany where suppose were mocking young couple of the holiest day in the jewish calendar a suspect is in Police Custody Andrew Simmons has been following developments from the city of hama. Carmelita and methodically this gun man planned to kill jews on their holiest day of worship yom kippur dressed like a soldier wearing a steel helmet a camera is attached to it the device transmitting live video to a gaming website behind the Police Cordon is a synagogue the killers target but his plan failed the synagogue had been packed with dozens of worshippers safe from attack because the they can transfer doors were locked the gunman had repeatedly opened fire on the doors he gave up and then shot randomly killing a woman passer by a covered body lying in the foreground here he went on to a nearby turkish kabob restaurant to kill again this man was inside. Because if you know. I was standing at the entrance and saw an elderly woman passed by and behind her there was suddenly this man wearing a helmet and military style clothes he was holding a gun and wearing a baloch lover and then he tried to throw what looked like a hand grenade but it bounced off the door frame and exploded right in front of this elderly woman with a very loud bang and then he raised the gun and started shooting. German media quoting Police Sources say the gunmen then drove 17 kilometers to landsberg he shot an electrician there from a workshop hes been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries as police warned people to stay indoors they confirmed they directed one person and we all of them in a sense by we have at least 2 crime scenes one person died as the result of a shooting in the area of ludwig book of a strasser and another one in the area of humboldt strasser we 1st received information that there was one term reason suspect who was armed and have since been suggestions to the could have been more people involved but thats not confirmed at this point germany has tried to fight a resurgence of extremism in recent years including the fire. Bombing of synagogues foreign minister heiko mosque to eat it hit says in the heart that a synagogue was shot out on the day of atonement we must all act against anti semitism in our country. The german chancellor Angela Merkel joined a jewish vigil in berlin her spokesperson saying she expressed deep sympathy for the victims families there is a mood of fear in this small german city just imagine what it was like for the congregation inside this synagogue as they saw a video feed from the Security Camera showing a man with a gun firing at the door smashing at the door for all of 10 minutes and now online a statement yet to be verified apparently from the suspect saying his objective was to kill as many anti whites as possible jews preferred Andrew Simmons out 0 power in germany. The countrys security minister has been attacked by a man with a life he was visiting the town of long island of java police say an officer was also hat and the suspect has been arrested around her has been taken to hospital. Tech giant apple has removed an app from its online store that protesters in hong kong use to track Police Movements the move comes after a strong condemnation of the app from the Chinese Government apple says the app was used in ways that endangered Law Enforcement and residents in hong kong earlier this week apple removed the taiwanese flag emoji for use in hong kong and macau at the request of the Chinese Government or speaking of taiwan and taiwans president has promised to defend the island sovereignty and they will growing pressure from beijing as a threat to Regional Security saying when made the comments during a National Day Speech and said china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to threaten the island side warns that such an arrangement had set hong kong on the edge of disorder beijing considers taiwan a rogue province and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Protesters in ecuador have fought with Security Forces during a 7th day of antigovernment demonstrations thousands of people marched on the streets of the capital angry i have a fuel price hikes introduced by president. His administration has now temporarily moved to the coastal city of quiet. And i tell you that. On day 7 of nationwide demonstrations against governmental sturdy measures a nationwide strike paralyzed much of the country as massive protests continued especially in the ecuadorian capital was in quite a key where the president has set up a temporary seat of government a smaller but noisy group of demonstrators peaceful barges of their own from riot police and soldiers trying to keep these antigovernment demonstrators away from another group thats demonstrating the fruit not here the president many in what it has actually left right jacki little one to the left yes weve been the only thing we wanted to mislead is to try to go to that settlement to the 1st time since the crisis this country has had and over a decade. Preliminary talks with indigenous and trade Union Leaders are being mediated by the United Nations and the Catholic Church but so far theres no sign of an agreement but as you did the president is talking of dialogue but he stubbornly says i wont repeal the measures what kind of dialogue is that. But the government is under increasing pressure to make concessions. He has to revoke the measures because the ability to govern ecuador is compromise he cant govern under these circumstances with the people out on the streets he has no more Political Capital some are asking for his resignation so his options are limited. Opponents of the indigenous led strike marches are. Saying they want. Piece. It would or new orleans has joined police on the streets to disperse antigovernment protesters and in what is being interpreted as a show of support for the government the armed forces announced that any quote consequences of their actions would be the sole responsibility of those who they say are generating social unrest. The human rights monitors from the United Nations and the organization of american states have expressed concern over what they call excessive use of force against demonstrators and the media as the actual number of arrests surpasses 700 you see in human aljazeera. Mountaineers in president ial candidate has been freed from jail just 4 days before a runoff curry had been behind bars since august accused of Money Laundering and tax evasion the media mogul came 2nd in the 1st round of the president ial elections last month cohens party the heart of china 0138 seats coming in 2nd in mondays parliamentary election they trailed the a not a party which won 52 seats how barra has. His arch of his tie you can feel you can see you can see him. Over there. And this is exactly what hes trying to do now he wants to tell that it is yes thats his word before that political moment and that you want. To rally behind him to live there when i was talking to his own people over the last few days they would tell you thats against the political divides into this yes this could potentially be the white candidate tonight in his ears and fix the problems that the country faces. But at the same time he faces the delicate task of convincing people to vote for him and they have to tell you that if that happens it would be a huge political upset here it is yet. Now at least a 1000000 people in the u. S. State of california are without electricity after the Largest Utility Company shut off power to present to prevent the risk of wildfires 34. 00 counties are experiencing rolling blackouts the planned power outage by pacific gas and electric left schools businesses and banks in the dark there are concerns that high winds and dry heat could snap power lines and ignite another wildfire like the paradise blaze in 2018 which killed 86 people. Well joe biden has become the latest democratic president ial candidate to call for Donald Trumps impeachment speaking at a rally in New Hampshire he said trump is abuse the powers of his office to help his own reelection democrats of launched an impeachment inquiry over claims that trump pressured a foreign leader to investigate biden and his son trump calls the move a witch hunt organizers at the Rugby World Cup in japan have canceled all matches on saturday threat of a typhoon how curious is expected to hit tokyo this weekend with severe winds and rain tournament officials are hopeful that all 4 matches on sunday will stay on shuttle. Now ugandan pop star tanned opposition m. P. Bobby wine has again been prevented from holding a concert when escaped on a motorbike from Security Forces when surrounded his hire but they say he didnt have permission for the show. Reports. Politician bobby wine celebrates his escape from uganda Security Forces by writing through the streets of the capital kampala cheered on by supporters. One was due to hold an independent state considered a beach resort but hours before he was due to perform soldiers and Police Officers surrounded by his home and the venue multitudes of soldiers and policemen were deployed at one. I needed even my home this very place was sealed by the police and the military big employed very many Police Officers many many more much more than 4 hours ago on. Probably why he became a member of parliament 3 years ago who is known for his politically charged songs calling for change in a country where you wearing a 70 has been president for more than 3 decades. His activism has won him international sympathy but not for meek and in government the police has been targeting us has been blocking our shows and indeed they went ahead and block the show that was supposed to go on today it will be remembered that this has been the 156 shot that has been blocked by police. Ugandan police say the consulate wasnt approved because they didnt have the staff to provide security for the event wind he was standing against the 70 in the 2021 president ial election says his opposition to the government will continue victoria gave him. Algis there are. Now both the 20192800 nobel prizes for literature will be awarded on thursday after last years ceremony was postponed following a may just scandal the Nobel Foundation blocks the Swedish Academy from a warning last years prize to the husband of one of the academys Board Members was accused of sexual assault. Again this is al jazeera and these are the top stories turkey is intensifying its military offensive against u. S. Allied Kurdish Forces in northeast syria Ground Forces crossed into syria through 3 entry points off to hours of aerial strikes the bombings of created panic and residents are fleeing some towns u. S. President donald trump has once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from syria when asked by reporters if he was concerned that will wipe out the kurds trump had this to say. I will wipe out. Economy if that happens ive already done it once with pastor brunson. Im sure that he i hope that he will act rationally you do have to understand that fighting each other for many many decades actually for centuries theyve been fighting each other all the International Community has condemned takis operation into syria but takis president has justified it saying it will bring peace and stability the United Nations Security Council will hold a closed door emergency meeting on the situation later on thursday 2 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in germany where i suppose were marking young kapoor the holiest day in the jewish calendar a suspect is in Police Custody. Indonesian police say the countrys security minister will run to her has been attacked by a man with a knife he was visiting the town of pandit on the island of java police say an officer was also hurt the suspect has been arrested tech giant apple has removed and up from its online store that protesters in hong kong used to track Police Movements the move comes after a strong condemnation of the app from the Chinese Government earlier this week apple removed the taiwanese flag emoji for use in hong kong and macau at the request of the Chinese Government and taiwans president has promised to defend the island sovereignty and they will growing pressure from beijing as a threat to Regional Security saying when made the comments during a National Day Speech beijing considers taiwan a rogue province and has never announced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Those are the headlines to join me for more news here on aljazeera to inside story. We understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. So no matter where you call home. Aljazeera will bring in the news and Current Affairs that matter to. Aljazeera. Petrol price rises sparked chaos in ecuador indigenous groups lead and nationwide strike demanding the rein statement to fuel subsidies and an end to austerity why is president then in moreno refusing their demands and could force him out this is inside story. Going. To. The low and welcome to the Program Fully back to full ecuadors president lenin moreno is facing one of the biggest ever challenges to his power indigenous groups are leading a National Strike against austerity measures a violent protest began last week when moreno removed 40 year olds fuel subsidies causing petrol prices to double protesters stormed a Congress Building in the capital quito on tuesday but ministers werent inside at the time reza moreno moved the government to another city 400 kilometers away has declared a state of emergency and impose a curfew in quito hundreds have been arrested in america at its end to see an human has more. Was indigenous ecuadorians continue converging on the capitol to give their president in ultimatum either repeal highly unpopular austerity measures or get out they say its up to them as were dealing with come from the middle of ecuador to reject this unpopular government thats taken measures dictated by the i. M. F. President lenin what in a says hes open to dialogue but insists he cant back out of his commitment to reduce the fiscal deficit by eliminating fuel subsidies something he vowed never to do when he took office was. The demonstrators were further angered when they found out the president would it all had moved the executive branch overnight to the coastal city of by a key. For hours and well into the night protesters tried without success to overcome riot police. In an attempt to surround the president ial palace and National Assembly was some of the Indigenous Leaders are asking them to. That they dont put their lives at risk into mark store another part of the city but theyre angry they say they are not going to budge that they havent so far to turn back now. The leader of the National Confederation of Indigenous People told aljazeera there would be no dialogue until president what in returns to keep it or and repeals the to creek. If modern a doesnt want to administer this country with this social chaos where theres no social justice no freedom of the country for ever to join that of the fugitive from justice expresident korea they can live together. I mean what in all says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his were standing me former president gloria who lives in selfimposed exile in brussels. Riyadh denies hes pulling the strings but he doesnt hide his political ambitions including the possibility of a. When in hold to run for Vice President 2 or 3 moons either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which will be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disagree of situations. That scenario may be premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. The daily getting a little or has a very long history of president s being forced out before their trip is up to see in human ill just see down. In addition to ending fuel subsidies the ecuadorian president announced a 20 percent wage cut for new contracts in Public Sector jobs new government workers will have to give one days worth of wages each month to the government and holidays have been habits from 30. 00 to 15. 00 days a year. Are lets introduce our panel now in quito ecuador via skype is as a bell a professor of journalism at the university of us away and paris we have long a former foreign minister of ecuador currently a researcher at the French Institute for international and strategic a phase and in manchester in the u. K. Is cotton harding director of latin form a consultancy which provides political and Economic Analysis on latin america welcome to you all gentlemen thank you so much for being on inside story much us in quito let me start with you indigenous that protests have toppled 3 president s in ecuador in the past few decades just how serious is this Current Crisis. Hello yesterday was from the National Assembly watching Indigenous People are trying to take or. They are earliest theyre on course as you say the story they are they. Are really strong course but for what i saw yesterday i was the economy is more i live in peace 5 guys lending more and you know if they really want. To measure we saw some quite extraordinary scenes in quito with protesters trying to storm the National Assembly building who was behind the violence that weve seen in these past few days the Indigenous Leaders say theyre not the ones behind the violence so who is to blame for the chaos that is a really big question bans on who you are if you are. The president. The former president. Because he says put some on monday people who. Were some parts of the Justice Department of the prison so you have to say these are not Indigenous People these are people who know. That. This guy you know i would say shows so you better who you are you will come in for a month or less ask long in paris ski on long you were foreign minister under Rafael Correia let in more right now is accusing corral of all castrating that the chaos this crisis along side the venezuelan president with the help of the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro he says what do you respond to that is Rafael Correa in deep behind the Current Crisis in ecuador. I thank you for having me on the show no i think its absolutely preposterous i think its a classical case of scapegoating for the governments own failures and its incapacity to deal with the Current Situation i mean its not a 1st you know to sort of blame International Actors for your own failures its actually quite demeaning i would say sort of belittling of ecuadorian normal sort of ecuador and peoples capacity to analysis is to analyze a situation they find themselves in to have dinner to take it upon themselves to decide to go out in demonstrations and to oppose the government going to show you if you speak to ecuador and theyre sort of very you know theyre very unhappy with the economic package thats been presented to them last week and i would go further i think theyre more more longer term causes to the unrest of the current unrest that go back to when president moreno was sworn into power in may 2017 over the last 2 and a half years weve seen a sort of growth of discontent in ecuador thats led to this Current Situation i mean even before the protests president modern know was on 14 percent 1414 percent Approval Ratings in the latest polls thats surely not an International Conspiracy its actually ecuador and people being unhappy with the nearly broad structural adjustment the persecution of of opponents and the general mismanagement of the Economy Today the medias focus is on whether this is an International Conspiracy yesterday the medias focus was actually on the huge human rights abuses that were being committed in ecuador including the u. N. Pronouncing itself so on and so forth so i think thats the governments response to yesterdays agenda our again i come back to you for more on the long there are not long like 10 causes that you talked about this crisis let me bring in qana. Harding in manchester for your thoughts on whats happening in ecuador right now do other countries i even his way to have a hand in whats happening in ecuador right now as lenin moreno claims is this a political crisis or an economic one well theres a certain about research they between the the Us Government and technical aspects or is government investments by learning that equitable jory corus time readline a quiz was as a left wing governments to latin america or whether a major has the capacity to interfere mustang out in ecuador the maritime industry rather doubtful after as has been said thank you no longer that sufficient reasons there are about whats going on in ecuador to to provoke protests to get their name right radical changes in Economic Policy in the last couple of years after 11 years of the extraction of the states here to increase the public spending and some are having a great present government has now made to tailor the i. M. F. Which involves. Cuts in public spending and austerity which they hasnt made the case that in the last year as you know because the object and let me ask in quito why indigenous groups operating angry with the reynolds plans and this i. M. F. Agreement that he reached. In the uk that the answer to it is the. Increase in prices really affect their horses or a city with more people who are. Resources more of the people who are least in rural out. There who are every day to say in their market in the city if you see this guy over the east orange so is the thing. More underemployment is that people who are. And so what do the protesters want right now theyre obviously demanding that more rain no resign but if he does that which is he seems not to be interested in doing right now then what i mean how does that solve the economic crisis ok if you go to the. Top of the nation not. Just here in the neighborhood i go to them a couple of days ago they were. In moreno in down there were. These were legally they were asking the president to a 3rd but. Measures but they were specifically to change their. Obviously after yesterday out. Of the not really. Being up there was more info out but we dont know exactly at the moment everyone one of the book the more you know who is by or. Thats interesting long in paris early you talked about the longer term causes of this crisis when moreno was elected in 2017 he inherited a debt crisis i mean former president correa took out loans we know for a major dam for highways schools and clinics and other projects and so i know supporters will say that something had to be done about this debt so if not austerity measures what are the other alternatives. Well i would disagree with the fact that he inherited a debt crisis that was below 40 percent of g. D. P. Which is like half of what of the European Union is that just to give you an idea is pretty low actually in international compared you know comparative perspective and in fact not a 1000002. 00 and a half years indebted himself more than korea did in 10 years so theres a whole narrative there which being its been pushed by the ecuadoran govern which is strictly and empirically false in terms of the longer term consequence a longer term causes of this crisis i think there are a number of elements that have to do with economic social but also institutional political and democratic erosion have been you know theres a constitutional crisis every month in ecuador so you have to look at this sort of there but you didnt have protests there was a simmering discontent and then suddenly last week these packages which as you rightly said have to do with fuel they also have to do with labor rights and also have to do with macroeconomic policies suddenly everything came to the fore and i think its true that originally people came out on the street not to topple manone but essentially to try and repeal this this economic package is very unpopular so its to try and convince the modern ministration to go back on the economic measures but with that tremendous repression that weve seen over the last few days you know with the state of emergency with curfew curfew last night for the 1st time in decades with all the images that you that are being shown an ad on people being you know sort of repressed very harshly by by the military by the police force the message is changing and youre starting to see people wanting a democratic outcome to the systemic crisis including new elections and current harding why does ecuador find itself in this current economic crisis who is to blame for the debts the country has and you know if not austerity measures what then well it is very good. Going to have a similar situation to argentina where you have a left wing government which greatly increase public spending which is that a large wish popular movements and so on and theres been a sudden change around of course this creates a great deal of pushback and thats what time to nicola the moraine or government. Claims that it had no alternative but to see. A trade to deal with the i. M. F. In order to rescue the country if you are a crisis this is just pieces of course but the government can say. No as a way out well in the suits this is whats the i. M. F. Expects and its soulful baby and theyll be a Big Government i think that the government has done it since it was not just their task theyre going to have possibly have they reacted now and then this seemed conspiracys not too much going on. I think its very very hard not fool thing to see genuine way are. They they are committed to a rather heavy handed repression of protests and of course this is allowed to spiral right now lets broaden this out a bit to and look at what else is happening in the region ecuadors president as we mentioned scrap fuel subsidies as part of austerity measures imposed after the International Monetary fund agreed a 4000000000. 00 known in february and ecuador as a call and pointed out isnt the only country under i. M. F. Pressure to reform its economy and return in return for help haitis president cut fuel subsidies last july but relented following widespread protests there have been on leases still resisting demands to resign because of corruption allegations argentina cut public spending in return for the i. M. F. His biggest ever bailout of 57000000000 dollars last year austerity measures have led to widespread unemployment and the value of the peso falling to record levels government statistics show Poverty Level school from 25 percent 2 years ago to 32 percent now in paris is the i. M. F. Being reckless by lending to depths troubled countries like argentina and ecuador. Yeah i think if we have if were to have a much more universal conversation about development and about the role of International Institutions and multilateral Financial Institutions and yes i mean theres a big problem with the i. M. F. Its a problem we had in latin america in the eightys and ninetys when we were the laboratory for a very aggressive i would say fundamentalist near liberal a strong structural adjustment programs they failed they created even greater inequality in what was already the most unequal continent in the world its very important to understand that if you look at averages than that america is pretty much the middle class of the world but but thats you know per capita g. D. P. But if you look at what that hides its the most unequal continent in the world the most unequal region in world than a lot of latin americas problem problems have to do directly with this inequality whether you know whether its urban crime whether its lack of social cohesion political instability a number of things are the consequence of inequality and the i. M. F. Arrives and adds an extra layer of impoverishment of inequality of precariousness you know says the state is the problem in a context with an already absence of state and state regulation and so for 1015 years in the early 2000 you had sort of progressive some would say left wing left of Center Governments that kind of put those multilateral lending institutions you know on hold or sort of decided to govern without their help it created you know the result of these governments throughout the region was growth reduction of inequality between 200201290 1000000 people were lifted out of poverty in latin america and now the i. M. F. Is back youve just said it ecuador in argentina good examples and youve got in ecuador people going back in poverty in argentina people going back into poverty so yes theres an it theres a new unit theres a big discussion to be had on the role and if areas well i would say of the i. M. F. Wherever it goes in the world. In the developing world before we bring back my test into the conversation to find out where this crisis in ecuador could have a head let me ask kannan about his thoughts on the role of the i. M. F. These programs whether its in ecuador argentina or even haiti are they helping these countries at all is their benefit any way. They are it is across that they they they the measures not necessarily popular in the short term but they will stabilize the economy and since. Their gender for growth they can best of course this is expecting people to be patient. Their substandard living is going to be very difficult they dont have is not america to its roots but to kill a unpopular and cheat in argentina for instance but also you have. To sign up for a program which the amnesty saves there is asking for trouble and of course we know that they can be Indigenous Movement can i that has a track record of a Big Government stand when they they follow xterra see policies unpopular policies having to say that they be you know the government is as it is theirs is committed to trying to carry out the atmos program but they may well have to stop trucking nonsense weve seen much yes youre on the ground how do you see the situation unfolding in the next few days the next few weeks the government has said its open to dialogue its open to mediation through the United Nations or the Catholic Church but the Indigenous Movement doesnt seem to be interested in dialogue for now so whats called whats likely to happen. I think. Because of the. Indigenous people. So theyre. Not sure. To the vision. That we go. So were. Thinking. If they might. All right in paris on how all this could unfold in the coming days and coming weeks weve had the organization of american states coming out in support of lenin moreno saying that while they support peaceful protests they reject any form of interruption of morenos government whats likely to happen. Eventually have to leave you think. Just a quick return on the i. M. F. I dont actually think its short term pain for long term gains i actually believe the i. M. F. Is offside on all the issues on development its not really discussing how to change the role as Raw Materials exporters to big the boom and bust cycles and so on so i think theres a much more complex discussion to be have to be had on a m. F. Worldwide on ecuador i mean the more i know government is already fled the capital right its the gov the seat of government right now is not the capital quito but well actually its had to resort to a huge amount of repression in order to be able to maintain itself in power well have to see today the coming days are going to be decisive a number of Indigenous People arriving to talk well have to see whether whats been going on for now 8 days is still keeping with the same momentum if it does anythings possible weve had it in the past in 97 in 2002005 the big question is whether the military will carry on supporting more than 0 or will that or whether theyll come you know military come a lot of people military come from humble origins and they have family in those kind of popular sectors of society will they say at some point mr moreno your times up we cant guarantee your security anymore we need new elections i mean unfortunately because its a very unfortunate conclusion to come to the military are becoming once again the arbiters of the political game and in trying to be like that another very well that i love being caught in hiding the military seems to be supporting right now we saw him frank by the defense minister when he was at making his address just a day or so ago how much longer do you think he can maintain himself in power and do you agree with that gellman pariset the military will be the deciding factor here well yes i think i do its very. Very centrists who grew. President reagan ph im telling. Mission tracked by militia is to show that he still has the support of the armed forces supporting the armed forces be crucial to keeping its not your own arms where you are so i doubt if they clearly have a very crucial role to play with whether they will. Start waiver and who would have to save it as the government must im going to situation particularly well they have i nicked i just gave them says that theyre sort of sleds to go actually along the coast which is doesnt make it look as if theyre in control i think theyre going to have to. Come down and see if they can establish some confidence. Now should dialogue that sort of course to a lab is going to head in the next terrorists know me lets see how they react to least they do you believe the growing protests and indeed well keep a close eye on the situation in ecuador here on aljazeera gentlemen thank you very much for a very interesting discussion yes a bad long and caught in hiding thank you for joining us on inside story and thank you for watching you can always watch this program again any time by visiting our website at aljazeera dot com for further discussion go to our Facebook Page at facebook dot com for sasha a. J. Inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter of course our handle is at inside story from me for the back tivo and a whole team thank you for watching my friend. One simple mistake could be frankel. 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Know some of it i like. Takis ground offensive against Kurdish Forces in syria is underway as jetson on terrorist target key positions. They didnt help us in the 2nd world war they didnt help us with. And accused of abandoning his kaddish allies the u. S. President says he sees it differently. I know i missed and this is al jazeera live from tire also coming up protesters in ecuador fight with police during a National Strike or massive hike in fuel prices. 2 people have been killed and what is now being treated as an anti semitic attack. Military offensive against u. S. Allied forces and northeast syria has entered its 2nd day the military says its had 181 terrorist positions so far the operation began late on wednesday afternoon with aerial and artillery bombardment and then just hours later turkish Ground Forces crossed into Northern Syria from 3 entry points he calls the kaddish forces who control the area terrorists president says the operation will prevent the creation of a terror corridor across turkeys southern border the Opposition Syrian Democratic forces say the offensive is calls to panic and residents offering their homes adding to fit is of a new humanitarian crisis the internet. The u. N. Security council is expected to discuss the situation and. We begin our coverage with charles stratford. On the. Turkish forces in the syrian rebel allies attacked kurdish positions in the eightys and syria pounding them with strikes and artillery barrages in a cross Border Military operation just days after u. S. Troops pulled back from the area. World leaders have described the offensive as dangerous and reckless and warn it will strengthen regional stability the turkish Vice President sees it differently. This operation will be a source of peace and will bring peace and well sort out the Syrian Crisis in a radical way this operation led by president resupply of burdwan as one of the steps and one of the procedures among other steps taken by president to one for the sake of syria and for keeping the unity of syria. Says hes president received the type says the aim of the offensive is to eliminate what he calls a terror a corridor all along turkeys southern border. He also wants to establish a safe zone in site territory carli held by the kurdish late Syrian Democratic forces where 2000000 refugees currently hosted in turkey can be settled. The s. D. F. Says the offensive has caused widespread panic evacuations that will trigger a new humanitarian crisis and i know the bad i think we saw 2 tanks in front of our village so we left fearing that out children might get hurt following the shelling of the village most residents have left but some young men have stayed. The kurds have been key players in the fight against isis in syria the s. D. F. Of appeal to the United States and its allies to establish a no fly zone to protect it from turkey should tanks that sat down at the key i mean cannot out in a gym identify that on 1 the detect he is trying for any to attack the united for the mass to me to die i should say it is trying to lengthen the life of these groups we do not agree to any attacks by taki and by supporting them and the world needs to be behind the attack on the northeast of syria the turkish government describes the main fighting force of the s. D. F. As a terrorist organization leaked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party the p. K. K. Which is fault against the turkish government for decades. Earlier one sees this military operation as a chance to weaken an old enemy but the International Community is worried about the prospects of more suffering for the people of syria as well as the security implications of this move. Turkey has so far off wouldnt go clear planning about how to deal with thousands of jailed eisel fighters the syrian side of the border. The Turkish Defense Ministry Says a ground incursion into syria has begun and there are rising fears for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living close to the border many of whom fled to s. D. F. Controlled territory to safety in a country that has already suffered years of war shall stop at aljazeera on the turkish Syrian Border. Well there is also a. Border then youve been experiencing not offensive on the ground there so talk us through how heavy its been and how targeted its been because these are also civilian areas were looking at. Undoubtedly but just a short while ago the Defense Ministry the Turkish Defense miss ministry issued a statement saying that the operation is going according to plan everything is moving ahead smoothly and in the words of that statement the designated targets have been seized in northeast syria and that this operation is continuing no mention of what those targets are but like you said heavy firepower air strikes artillery bombardment they have been targeting the defenses of the kurdish Syrian Democratic forces to allow the Ground Forces to advance into northeast syria and the focus of this operation has been in a stretch of territory 100 kilometer stretch of territory from where we are standing now you can see in the distance the turkish Army Vehicles tanks along with their local allies the Syrian Opposition National Army so what theyre trying to do is capture to the Syrian Border town just behind us and take territory up to the Syrian Border town of ras a line 100 kilometer stretch of territory like i mentioned and what we understand from sources is that the turkish army is a van saying towards the town of ross a line yes they are facing resistance the kurdish Syrian Democratic forces making good on their promise that theyre not going to retreat and that they are going to fight back and theyre going to make this fight long and difficult but the question is how long can they put up this resistance they are outgunned they are outnumbered theyre up against natos 2nd biggest army so many analysts weve been speaking to believe that its not going to be. Really for the turkish army and its local allies to take control of this stretch of territory this 100 kilometer stretch of territory at least in the 1st phase of the operation because we still really do not know the scope of this operation and we do know what turkey wants and they want to create a safe zone take control of a safe zone that is 480 kilometers in length and 30 kilometers deep. As i think some children there behind you as well and so many people in that area have already been displaced after all these years of war and now were hearing of even more people on the move so do we have yet any indication of the scale of the potential humanitarian crisis we could be seeing here if this offensive does continue for some time. International aid organizations the United Nations theyre all voicing concern they are expressing concern that there will be further displacement even more civilian suffering we have to remember that yes the Northeast Corner of syria did not engage in any conflict with the Syrian Government but they fought for years against many towns and cities in this area have been destroyed the city of rekha is just one of them so many of those people are displaced where are they going to go and yesterday we saw thousands of people families fleeing the Border Regions in search of safer areas heading further south so International Aid organizations are sounding the alarm and they dont believe that this operation is going to bring peace and stability to the region but turkey sees it differently for turkey this is about getting rid of a Security Threat the white p. G. The syrian armed Kurdish Group for the for the turkish government is a terrorist organization it needs to be eliminated it needs to be moved away from its border and it cannot be allowed to create an independent state or autonomy region because this will affect kurdish sentiment in turkey and turkey also sees this operation to allow refugees to return a plan really that hasnt gotten the support of the International Community and the west as of yet in fact turkey has been coming under a lot of course of criticism from the International Community and the west is in a corner that keeping an eye on things on the turkish Syrian Border for us thank you. Well the u. S. President has once again defended his decision to withdraw american troops from the area he rejected the idea that washington has abandoned its kaddish allies saying the kurds have not always supported america now the kurds are fighting for the land just so you understand theyre fighting for their land and somebody wrote in a very very powerful article today. They didnt help us in the 2nd world war they didnt help us with no normandy as an example they mention names of different battles they were there but theyre there to help us with their land and thats a different thing in addition to that we we have spent tremendous amounts of money. On helping the kurds in terms of ammunition in terms of weapons in terms of money in terms of pay with all of that being said we like the kurds. Jordan has more from washington d. C. The u. S. President donald trump has been criticized over the past few days because of the accusations that he essentially gave the turkish government permission to go ahead and attack the Kurdish Forces in northeastern syria its something which trump has denied on wednesday he even underscored that point by saying that there would be representations if overplayed its hand in trying to deal with what the president has called a real terrorist threat in northeastern syria i will wipe out his. Economy if that happens ive already done it once with pastor brunson. Im sure that he i hope that he will act rationally you do have to understand if theyre fighting each other for many many decades actually for centuries theyve been fighting each other meanwhile republicans and democrats on capitol hill are criticizing the trumpet ministration for abandoning what they say is a group of fighters that were instrumental in the global effort to dismantle eisel in both syria and in iraq these politicians are now looking at passing legislation that one would punish members of the turkish government if they overplay their hand during this military operation and some of those punishments could even extend to the turkish president himself writ of Tayyip Erdogan on the big challenge for the legislators is coming up with a bill that they cannot only get passed but also can pass once again if donald trump the u. S. President decides to veto the measure meantime the pentagon is confirming that it has moved what its calling to high value detainees from kurdish detention camps in northeastern syria outside of the country there are numerous reports in the us press indicating that 2 british members of eisel who were instrumental in the murders of james foley the u. S. Journalist as well as other western hostages are being moved so that they theoretically could be brought to the you know