And landslides wind hey has the latest from tokyo. Those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldnt cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japans capital tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japans famous bullet trains was surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow all of. The major typhoon has caused extensive damage far and wide in eastern japan one point the special warning for heavy rain was issued for as many as 13 prefixes it has also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding of various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain coastal areas were battered by huge waves and winds exceeding 200 kilometers an hour or so i took them up the building shook in the alec tricity went off for a moment that was really scary as the typhoon approached a tornado made landfall in chiba prefecture destroying houses many communities here was still recovering from a typhoon that struck last month. For most in the path of the storm it came at night. The streets of tokyo were eerily quiet as businesses closed and people were urged to stay home by day it became easier to assess the damage and carry out search and rescue operations millions were ordered or advised to evacuate but some chose not to leave their homes or couldnt get out in time. The storm was compared in size and strength to a typhoon that struck tokyo in 1958 leaving more than 1200 people dead modern japan has become well drilled in dealing with the threat of natural disasters and it seems this time it was as well prepared as it could be. Was japans 19th typhoon this year but those who experienced it say this was one of the most intense in decades many are relieved it was relatively brief allowing the recovery to begin quickly wane hey aljazeera tokyo. Now still ahead on aljazeera the refugee camp that turned dangerous Bangladeshi Security forces killed more than a dozen writing go refugees. Turning a new chapter closer in kyrgyzstan has Religious Schools worried. How the weather sloshy set fire across eastern parts of china at the moment down towards the southwest there are a little bit of cloud coming through here not just little bit of cloud there just towards hong kong lets just pushing through as we go on through monday will increase increasingly dry up brighten up more the way of sunshine far south over towards high and then you could see some showers some wet weather coming in here along with that western side of china where the weather will slide through on that northeasterly wind picking up that moisture over the south china seas and good parts of vietnam certainly along the coastal fringes will see some rather heavy rain from time to tie still a chance of saying some rather heavy rain into western parts of the a lot of shower clouds showing up around carol into kind of dark but a bit of wet weather too just coming up the eastern get out of addressing some showers long spells of using all the way up towards additional as we go on through the next day or so but to the north of that it is generally try and sunny and said across pakistan is fine and dry karate 34 degrees celsius not a 5 and dry weather to across iraq even potentially 34 celsius 2 for abu dhabi here in doha were getting up to every pleasant 35 celsius but just notice the chance of want to 2 showers to the south of oman. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories join the listening palin city as we turn the cameras on the media when the entire service is control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they would put on the stories that matter the most getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information theyre listening pounced on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now the u. S. Has announced it will withdraw up to 1000 troops from Northern Syria so forces and their allies continue their offensive and korea says its forces have now entered tel aviv and taking control of us ally in that salute. Pakistans Prime Minister is trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia has made the rounds president Hassan Rowhani into iran will travel to riyadh on tuesday says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon a powerful typhoon in japan is leafed has left rather at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help with a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon haiyan has hit tokyo on saturday before moving north. More than 7000000 voters in 2 days you are choosing their next president the election is a test of the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 arab spring about arafats. Millions of voters into his yard deciding who becomes the 2nd democratically elected president since the 2011 revolution enjoying a surge in support mainly among the young law professor an independent has promised to overhaul state institutions fight corruption and invest in marginalized. His rival media tycoon is popular in poor areas where his charity has been active over the last few years has pledged to and poverty and create jobs and it is for millions of people. The president Must Find Solutions to the economy improve security and rein in the soaring price of food its unbelievable you buy a commodity for a price and tomorrow its incredibly more expensive than the Health Care Must be address health care who you mentioned be given more opportunity the 1st round of the election was tight sayed came in 1st followed by a carter we the latter was released from jail a few days ago after being detained on charges of corruption and tax evasion the leader of the Secular Party heart of his year dismissed the accusations as politically motivated the winner will be the one who manages to convinced in his. Answers to their growing economic problems. I dont see a consensus on the governing coalition and that means the Political Parties may not agree on a plan of action with them and. We have a poor infrastructure education was one of the best in the region now it has declined. Politically its been a busy week in tunisia last sunday a parliament was elected and talks are underway to form a Coalition Government the conservative party another came in 1st followed by an appeal car was heart of tunisia both have ruled out forming a coalition leaving another with a delicate task of convincing rivals and independent members of parliament to join the government whoever gets elected will have to ensure the governing coalition is formed quickly and measures are taken to tackle poverty and economic problems if people dont feel progress soon thats why deepen the growing disillusionment they feel towards their leaders are al jazeera turnus and millions of people in poland are voting in parliamentary elections there the governing law and Justice Party is trying to tighten its grip on power its widely expected to win the mandate would help it push through many of its conservative policies including a strong anti immigration agenda the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden says hell step down from a board of a Chinese Company thats been the target of criticism by donald trump hunter biden made his 1st Public Statement on his work in ukraine and china saying hes always conducted his business independently and did not discuss it with his father President Trump has accused him of corruption and escaping responsibility because of his Family Connection joe biden is in a tight race for the democratic president ial nomination Mexican Border police have detained a group of up to 2000 Asylum Seekers they were traveling from the south of the country and hope to reach the u. S. Border many of them had been held up near guatemala for weeks or months they were awaiting residency or transit papers. Security forces in bangladesh have killed more than a dozen Rohingya Refugees in recent weeks Police Accuse them of being involved in the murder of a politician but Rights Groups reject the allegations and very challenging reports coxs bizarre a young mother of 2 children recently lost her husband we have not identified her at her request she doesnt believe her husband was involved in any criminal activities to the good habit of them not that theyre alone we have a lot of my husband used to work as a simple day labor and the camp he worked very hard for his money it was after food diets that i found out that he was killed by the Security Forces. The recent murder of the local ruling Party Politicians sparked Violent Attacks against by some in the Host Community instead of defusing the tension Law Enforcement officers allegedly refused to intervene and protect the refugees more going to doesnt growing as ive been killed by Security Forces in recent weeks most directly was for their involvement in the killing of a local Ruling Party Politician the utmost care in this refugee camp are very tense right now. Authorities often link these extrajudicial killings to the drug Human Trafficking and other criminal activities another young woman who became a waiter recently thinks her husband was wrongfully framed and killed he was accused of drug smuggling she say shes scared and is now left alone with her 2 children. Justice we couldnt find in my and mine after all the atrocities committed against us and i dont expect to find any kind of justice here for my husbands death. In the last 2 years since the running exodus to bangladesh more than 46 running i have been killed by Security Forces some group are. 2 different illegal activities supples Drug Trafficking and Human Trafficking and other body like criminal activities so the situation based decision we have taken when we are to control or edit them then to safe and secure our Police Personnel and our life in that purpose sometimes this terrible gunfight happened rights activists say this incidents are unacceptable 2 years running from the genocide in may and mark the sympathy and compassion towards are going are in bangladesh seems to be slowly fading after a period of relative calm and stability uncertainty and fear and now are hunting the refugees trying to charge me ill just get up early coxs bazar bangladesh. A nationwide curfew has been declared in ecuador the government imposed the measure after 11 days of protests against rising fuel prices troops have been ordered on the streets of the capital quito to try and quell demonstrations across president says hes willing to reassess the policies talks between the government and protesters ascents take place in the coming hours. And to government demonstrators in hong kong have staged a sit in at a more they once again defied a ban on mosques when they gathered in the sharpton district rallies have also taken place in several other areas its the 5th month of protests began in response to a controversial extradition bill but it has since turned into a demand for political reform adrian brown has the latest from hong kong. Well this is a snapshot of sunday in hong kong we are in manchaca one of the most densely Populated Areas on earth here on this side of the street a group of local people who have been hurling abuse at police just on the other side of nathan road one of the busiest thoroughfares in hong kong this standoff has been going on the some time now the police have to be careful here because a lot of people live in this area and if they start firing tear gas and of course thats going to affect a lot of innocent people the protests on sunday have been following a familiar pattern with the protesters targeting businesses that they say have mainland connections once more a starbucks outlet was vandalized we also witnessed a confrontation between a mainland man and a group of local people also the light rail Transit System has also now been shut for the day after several lines were vandalized and the other rail system the m. T. R. Has had to close 3 of its stations its reminder that 4 months on feelings are still very high in this city kid again stan wants to change the way Religious Schools operate the plans to introduce laws to regulate studies in the knesset to increase state control over faith schools the hamid reports from bishkek. Its evening class at the green cheek at the school one of the nearly 130 Religious Schools and institutions in kyrgyzstan some of the students like cannot come from remote areas he joined the school 6 years ago i finished my Normal School and they have. Said. That they can use this school and now i study in when your city and here together were here. Were here you didnt were here. And were here with our 2nd 2nd cause the students have to be at least 16 years old before they can apply to come here. The constitution guarantees freedom of education and religion under the system whoever wants to learn about religion has the right after finishing secondary school level. Religious education is supervised by institutions that are mostly funded by charities both local and International Kyrgyzstan being a secular state did occasional system doesnt include any religious studies whatsoever for that district in must go to the privately run Religious Schools but now the government says it will introduce reform to bring them more in line with the National Education system religious education was banned during the soviet rule the government says it recognizes that interest in religion has increases the fall of the soviet union. But after a few 100 cure citizens joined the ranks of i sell in iraq and syria the government has National Security concerns southern and because you dont know where this charity or do financial come from and boredom in a. D. s of these Financial Support of the leaders of the cage should be this Teaching Program this will be the teaching plan what kind of subjects will be in the occasional problem of the teacher. Doesnt. Have the sufficient indication of religious fear critics say students who only go to Religious Schools are ill prepared to enter the workforce and the law says its what he learns in the Religious School combined with his general studies in Financial Accounting that will make him successful in life the government is Promising Students like him didnt you bill will merely provide the framework for religious Education One that will be in tune with the secular identity of the country but at the hammy. In kyrgyzstan. And lets recap our headlines now the u. S. Has announced up to 1000 troops will withdraw from Northern Syria as Turkish Forces and their allies continue their offensive ankara says its forces have now entered taking control of the line and so look. We believe that the turks now intend to go further south than originally expected and to go both west and east which would increase their is zone from beyond a 30 kilometer depth and nearly 440 kilometers wide at the same time weve learned the last 24 hours and it looks like the s. D. F. Is cutting a deal with the syrians and russians we should say yes to the surge forces the syrian Syrian Democracy forces Defense Forces thats right theyre cutting a deal and now what were facing is u. S. Forces in a trap between a Syrian Russian Army moving north to take on the the turkish army with that is moving south it puts us in a terrible position and the protection and safety of our Service Members comes 1st to me i spoke with the National Security team yesterday we talked on the phone i talked to the president and he is concerned and so last night he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of u. S. Forces from the northern part of syria syria now pakistans Prime Minister is trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia hes made irans president Hassan Rouhani into head on and hell travel to riyadh on tuesday he says hes hopeful of a breakthrough sued saudi arabia has denied any involvement in fridays attack home and rainy an oil tank Irans Foreign Ministry says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia saudis minister of state for Foreign Affairs the. Kingdom did not carry out the attack a powerful typhoon in japan has left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help you know a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon hit tokyo on saturday before moving north more than half a 1000000 homes are without power or than 7000000 people in tunis your are choosing the next president in a Runoff Election the 2 candidates are political newcomers its the listening post now. That must be so. I. Say. Hello im Richard Geres burden youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this week unrest in iraq a conflict that is beyond sectarian and the news outlets have been attacked for trying to tell the story she should have just let it go the american comedian who tried to justify her friendship with george w. Bush only to see her efforts backfire on line a sibling journalistic rivalry in poland 2 brothers in the 2 opposing media organizations under their command and finding a meditative way through the news some. Nice and peaceful its important not to push my bullet yet im in Square Hong Kong yoga coming to a mat near you the protests started small but escalated quickly social media can have that effect then came the security crackdown across iraq including the use of live ammunition more than 100 protesters have been killed as many as 6000 wounded and a number of news outlets have been attacked since the u. S. Led invasion in 2003 journalists have usually attributed under arrest on the streets of iraq to sectarianism the divide between primarily shia and sunni muslims they cant do that this time iraqi protesters are demanding an overhaul of the political system a system known as. Which has played on sectarian divides to carve up the spoils of war torn but oil rich or rock so that most of the wealth gets circulated amongst the political elite and not nearly enough trickles down to ordinary iraqis thats what these demonstrations have been about and given the scale of the protests its no wonder the politicians the Security Forces they control and the Media Outlets they own are closing ranks to protect the status quo our starting point this week is baghdad. Why would iraqi protesters how to change a political system that works for the few and not the many protesters determined to have their movement covered term to a Comedy Program rather than a news broadcast to tell their story. Why would they send the videos they captured of the demonstrations and the deadly Security Response to the al bashir show a Comedy Program airing on german broadcaster deutsche of ellas Arabic Service and not for instance to. Their own publicly funded national broadcast. They were not looking for comedy relief they were looking for fair coverage of a story that is no laughing matter. At all bashir show is a platform for the iraqi people he is always addressing their concerns and he specially at a time when iraqi channels have been prohibited from showing the reality of iraq from showing the protests his coverage has been crucial he was dedicating. That episode. To footage from the protest is that this time instead of people listening to him it was going to be a sure show listening to the people on the street but the shabab i level saw at the. Level sort of jumped on i would have thought wow 11. And his biggest criticism is where is our media why are they showing cartoons why theyre showing cooking shows i mean this is probably one of the biggest moments in post 2003 iraq and the Mainstream Media isnt really covering it this point was we dont have a free and fair media Mainstream Media in our country. That was made evident by the coverage of the demonstrations more than 100. 00 have been killed thousands more wounded but from the outset most mainstream Media Outlets in iraq tried to ignore the story not just out it ikea privately owned channels as well by day 2 of the protests police were firing live ammunition into the crowds Iraqi Television reporters started covering the story but in many cases they downplayed. It on day 3 came the internet shut down affecting 75 percent of the country some news outlets based outside baghdad that were covering the story would pay the price on day 5. 00 masked men converged on the saudi owned. And the kurdistan based arabic among others ransacking their buildings sending the channels a clear message. Of shutting down the internet was effective in reducing the ability of the protests this could to coordinate but shutting down the t. V. Stations was part of a media blackout. The Iraqi Government was probably up to know that violence was going to erupt heavy the heavy handed approach was going to become worse and having life Media Coverage was not going to go down well. And so what the militias and government were trying to do was completely isolated iraq from the world these channels were covering events daily and from every province and thats why they were targeted because they were trying to give people a voice to speak out but ive never. Been like most of the popular unrest in iraqs postwar era the issues at the core of these protests are not primarily sectarian they are systemic with. Terry an undertow. Iraq is not a poor country it just feels like one despite more than 100000000000. 00 a year worth of oil exports roughly 20 percent of iraqis still lack a safe water supply many blame a system known as. The field which translates to sectarian apportionment and amounts to a form of ethno sectarian balance under move iraqi Coalition Governments hand out ministerial and government positions according to the percentage of the population that is shia sunni and kurdish the a portion budgetary spending on that basis as well and while that approach sounds demographically defensible in practice it has resulted in endemic corruption and the failure of the countrys oil wealth benefiting ordinary iraqis. The Political Parties but they have managed to do is make sure that they have the wherewithal the tools and the resources to keep winning elections those stores are the following. A winning Government Office and the wealth that the Government Offices have and using that to reward their supporters. You also need Public Opinion these Political Parties have their own t. V. Or newspaper or radio outlets than broadcast that message because their loyal base requires constant messaging in order to keep them activated it gives them voting for the next round of elections the half the system allow politicians to mask corruption in government basically there is no political will in iraq for any independent media because what an independent media will do is expose corruption on a grand scale but also give voice to marginalized groups in iraq who havent necessarily been given a platform that my. Cult question the current political system. Throughout the country iraqis feel the political process doesnt represent their voice they feel that the Mainstream Media doesnt really represent their voice the conventional news channels are linked to Political Parties now those Political Parties are facing an existential threat these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parties not one party all of them so of course they wont want to cover the extent of which the citizens of iraq have grievances. Until 2003 and the fall of Saddam Hussein the iraqi media landscape was barren consisting of just one t. V. Channel 4 radio stations and 5 newspapers all state controlled satellite dishes were legal as the country transitioned out of the hussein era dozens of new broadcast outlets went on the air that the u. S. Led Coalition Authority said would safeguard the countrys new democracy all it took to acquire a license to broadcast was the money to buy one but very few iraqis could afford one those who could tended to come with political connections a decade and a half later what has resulted is a new landscape politically partisan proprietors and channels more devoted to their owners interests than those of their view. Because its part of. It is a problem that doesnt have a partisan nature. In the system fails kind of doesnt know how to handle it unlike previous protests against Political Parties which you know this Media Outlets are made in designed to cover because you can just pick sides this is the protest of a majority shia hues against a majority shia led government. So they didnt know what to do so these high did just not to cover. So in a way the system failed like you know like system matter. Which explains why when iraqis took to the streets they bypassed their own domestic Media Outlets and look for help elsewhere. Is there any wonder that young iraqis when they chose to send their videos out for the world to see that they chose a comedian working for a german broadcaster broadcasting america as opposed to sending those videos to iraqi journalists in iraq to tell them. Its not surprising toward. The iraq iraqis see have seen how politically affiliated the media are. And as they dont want to be associated with any particular side of the name of these protestors are very keen to get across the fact they have no political affiliation. I didnt share these iraqi and to each of them. Who are the independent international station on a best option. We discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers and actually ravi mina sticking with the iraq war for a moment but the american side of that story of the president who started that war george w. Bush made some news this past week alongside a Television Comedian walk us through that story so the story began richard last sunday at of all places a game of american football in dallas texas the talk show host in question Ellen Degeneres a gate liberal comedian and she was photographed sitting alongside george w. Bush at the game the reaction was immediate a lot of her fans were really disapproving of the company she was keeping remember george w. Bush started the war in iraq in 2003 over nonexistent weapons of mass destruction and it caused the deaths of at least half of me. And iraqis and many legal experts say he should be tried as a war criminal so the generous then goes on camera filming her response to her critics were they buying the explanations she was offering there were some who were willing to accept what she said but by and large it did not go down well heres a clip of what she said i think im friends with george bush in fact im friends with a lot of people who dont share the same beliefs that i have were all different and i think that weve forgotten that thats ok that were all different for that segment went viral hitting 20000000 views and going on for half a 1000000 likes on twitter however it also amplified the criticisms and one of the most cutting pieces of critique was actually unspoken it came from an activist in new york city called and of and he decided to edit the generous is video adding some images in disturbing ones showing the actual consequences of george w. Bushs war for instance i wish people wouldnt wear fur i dont like it but im friends with people who wear fur and im friends with people who are furry is a matter of fact i have friends who should tweeze more that we do has now also gone viral despite the best efforts of Ellen Degeneres his producers who try to have it taken offline claiming Copyright Infringement we spoke with Rafael Schumann of the producer of that video so i objected to alans video response because she really didnt respond she made it look like people are just upset that a liberal person is sitting with a conservative in my research to find the images to lay in the background i had to actually censor myself and that was because the images i found were too horrific what she did there was erased iraq and what i did with the video and it was reintroduced iraqi he definitely did bring the iraqis back into focus the victims of that water church this was the image from that video it was shared all across social media ok thanks mia. Were turning now to poland as the country heads into its parliamentary elections the populist law and Justice Party known as peace is hoping for reelection and amongst the tools at its disposal to secure victory is the public Broadcaster Television or t. V. The head of t. V. He is named yet sikorsky he is beyond loyal to the ruling party before getting that job almost 4 years ago was a deputy minister in the peace government he has made sweeping changes at p. V. P. Turning it into a Propaganda Machine that his political masters now rely on but hes not the only course in the Media Business in poland his older brother yet a suave effectively runs the countrys biggest opposition newspaper because at the border think family feud only one with a few political and media angles to it the listening posts for philips now on how the story of 2 brothers and the Media Outlets they run reflects a deeply divided country. 9 months ago happen to damage the longtime air of the polish port city of the dance with still have to go to Charity American politicians down spend that much of his attacker a mentally unstable man had just been released from prison a prison where some say he was exposed to hour after hour of television that for months well done an Ongoing Investigation into the mans personal finances. And looked around and adding on to these young. Thats the man as widow of the regime t. V. Shes talking about is the tax paying fund. Public broadcaster. She says its output influence the killer. In 2008. Talked about. Almost 1800. 00 times thats about 5 pieces a day on average. 2 thirds of your very life you write i dont recall any level headed accounts of the investigations into his finances but if you regularly watch t. V. You could easily have come to the conclusion that he represented a great danger to poland. But as a. Part of the coverage of pavel a damn of it is just one of many critics say reflect badly on t. V. Especially its main news program. Watched by more than 2000000 people every day even more in election season which is exactly where poland is now between european elections 5 months ago and parliamentary elections this weekend. The stories on t. V. Changed the tone and its reflection the Justice Party policy. They have a pattern in the beginning we usually have information about the governments biggest achievement of the day. So i think theres something that we hear about the opposition that is absolutely helpless and cannot match the governments Great Success programme of. The one issue how those stories are supported by images from their time in office hammering home how terrible life was bag. Of tax to combine even. During. A european parliamentary Election Campaign in may t. V. Concentrated on the government most of the time always a very positive light on the other hand any time the opposition it was shown it was always in a negative way either they were shown a some sort of a comical helpless group as a whole when you do a premier or they were called all the scandals from their time in government scandal or a fire. Plug and its a propaganda tool that works on a very simple basis lie lie continue to repeat the lie and you will make it stick. I regret to tell you all this and im torn about how much i should think and you know the reason why this is so difficult for me because the head of this television is my brother from think to live easiest his way but. You heard that right yes wife kirstine the defacto editor in chief of guys that have a butcher polands biggest liberal newspaper has a brother yet sic who just happens to run t. V. 2 brothers who used to play on the same team now on opposite sides. It all started here and get out whether kirsty brothers were born and raised this is also the home to this now iconic shipyard the birthplace of solidarity a movement that helped to topple communism and change the face of poland both brothers were heavily involved in solidarity gatos of course ski founded a kind of stein anti communist Student Newspaper that sick went on to edit it back then they were both on the same side of the political and media divide but in a new poland a post communist one they soon went their separate ways this. Year also have joined doesnt have a border chart which represents strong liberal democratic views with slight leftists characteristics yet sic however from the start was clearly a right wing conservative. For a long time the brothers remained on good terms it all started to go wrong about 2005 when the law and Justice Party gained power for the 1st time the conflict was radicalized and it spiraled out of control this drug charges. Fast forward to 2016 just months after the law and Justice Party returned to power and yet sick ben a deputy culture minister was appointed as the new head of t. V. Pete you see what im going to go to japan that will join each new sellers nashville notion. Of the closing of the shutter politics. Were trying to talk to yet said directly we 1st request an interview with him months ago and initially it looked as they might agree but just before we arrived we were told hes too busy to run away to t. V. Now to get that one shot. Our producer was put through to because hes Postal Assistant there but she polis he reiterated have asked didnt have time to meet spouse. Because he purged hundreds of journalists from t. V. Replacing them with reporters more loyal to the government a public broadcaster closely aligned with one party the law and Justice Party and its News Coverage reflects that a Propaganda Machine operating at taxpayers expense the changes you made have raised concerns in brussels where the e. U. Has accused poland of turning toward authoritarian politics we did manage to put these concerns to someone from t. V. Christophe scott brown skin president of the polish Journalists Association and the host of a show on the network he explained that moving t. V. P. R. To the right was the only fan way to balance out the media market in poland. Read your posts before 2016 the media and poland including t. V. Were dominated by the left after the law and Justice Party victory t. V. Piece started to speak the language of the victors they reported the world from their point of view from a conservative perspective yes t. V. Has moved too far towards government propaganda and yes public t. V. Should be in the center but then there would be nothing on the right and wed have a symmetry against the new money to go pop over stone perkins novels was a distance just a matter of. The left wing space is firmly occupied by. The borgia the newspaper was founded 30 years ago in close alignment with the Solidarity Movement nowadays its regarded as being in opposition to the current government scandals and alleged malpractise or misconduct by the law and Justice Party dominate its pages and in the run up to this election week after week the porch a has published a damning indictment of the partys 4 years in office supplements theyve called the black book of peace just. Its completely critical towards the government regardless of what the government does whats more they dont just support the opposition but for many years theyve embodied it. As an active politician who speaks at political rallies. Across the line as a journalist this is for. We have a porch or do not see ourselves only of journalists we are also conscious citizens please remember these are not normal times let me give you an example. After the victory of the norn Justice Party a huge group of their supporters led by a Catholic Priest came to the headquarters of the that of abortion and performed an exorcism on it theyre promoting. Bringing muslim terrorists to poland of lacking morality of being evil the government wants to destroy us but its very like intelligently it is not a face to face attack censorship they hope to kill us financially. They put a plastic bag over i hadnt say try to bring. In many ways the tale of the kirsty brothers. And their respective Media Outlets provides a snapshot a telling one of polish Politics Today and wherever this story goes its going to be told in more ways than one. And finally earlier this year we run a video that was produced to help get britain through its period of political turmoil it was called brecks it yoga a form of all online therapy that as its australian inventor the a. B. C. Networks sammy jay put it tackles the big issues of the day then submit them to a variety of sporting analogies and yoga poses the idea is to get everyone to just relax and breeze while mr j. Has since turned his attention to hong kong and the political demonstrations that are now into their 7th month not that the british get a pass on this hes thrown in a little colonial history as well just for context well see you next time here at the listening post but im going to warm up with that 1st position with the union jack so few of those colonial powers inside you really impose a culture and after holding this position for over a century well head into l. 997 handover. Lowering the union jack now feel that global empire miserably shuttering to an end and from he will transition awkwardly into. One country. 2 systems were ok might be feeling a bit uncomfortable so its time to stand up for your rights with a mass protest sometimes. Nice and peaceful its important not to push too far you by bullets yet i mean square. And when you feeling confident moving to. Shutting down the airport. And from he into. Flaming barricades. My fafsa moments were all. Taken by the Chinese Government all over the state with my son stay with my wife going solo on this is really horse human rights abuses of our time we decided to talk about it. Just. Tell the world. The truth about china systematic repression of the week is. Tell the world coming soon on aljazeera. This is aljazeera. Hello from doha everyone im come on santa maria this is the news hour from aljazeera the pentagons announced it will withdraw up to a 1000 soldiers from Northern Syria as Turkish Forces push deeper into kurdish control there is also in the news pakistans Prime Minister office to mediate talks between regional rivals iran and saudi arabia and a major cleanup operation underway after typhoon rips through japan leaving at least 23 people dead and in sports house japan of pulled off a historic win at the Rugby World Cup victory over scotland so the reached the quarter finals for the 1st time in its form of history. So the United States has announced a major troop withdrawal from Northern Syria the pentagon says up to 1000. 00 soldiers will be pulling out as turkish troops on the syrian allies continue their offensive into kurdish controlled towns now in the latest advice. Some of those forces say they have captured some look this tom is important because it will ensure a supply routes from turkey as the operation goes on sunday seen some heavy bombardments in other towns too says its forces have now entered. And they say theyve retaken control of that as well this fighting forcing more civilians from their homes as well United Nations is talking about 130000 people now being displaced so lets start with rosalynn jordan in washington d. C. To talk about rosen and this troop withdrawal whats the justification from the from the pentagon here well the defense secretary mark has been on the sunday Public Affairs shows here in washington to say that because one the Turkish Military seems intent on moving further south into syria as well as further west into syria thats putting more u. S. Forces in harms way and so he said that they do have a responsibility to protect u. S. Troops from unnecessary injury or death theres also the factor mark esper said that the s. D. F. The syrian Defense Forces apparently are trying to work out some sort of military agreement with both russia and with syria to help them fight back against the turkish troops who have crossed into northeastern syria esper says that essentially puts american troops in the crossfire and so the 1000 or so troops and their equipment are going to be moved out of northern northeastern syria with deliberate speed its not something that can happen instantaneously but he certainly said that he doesnt want u. S. Military equipment falling into the wrong hands its a rather controversial situation but heres more of what marcus for had to say. We believe that the turks now intend to go further south than originally expected and to go both west and east which would increase their zone from beyond a 30 kilometer depth and nearly 440 kilometers wide at the same time weve learned the last 24 hours and it looks like the s. D. F. Is cutting a deal with the syrians and russians which is a dozen of the surge forces that are already in syria and Democracy Forces Defense Forces thats right theyre cutting a deal and now what were facing is u. S. Forces in a trap between a Syrian Russian Army moving north to take on the the turkish army that is moving south it puts us in a terrible position and the protection and safety of our Service Members comes 1st to may i spoke with the National Security team yesterday we talked on the phone i talked to the president and he is concerned and so last night he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of u. S. Forces from the northern part of syria syria the roseland it sounds their light is trying to shift the focus and say this is about our own troops in harms way and its sort of deflects from the issue all the United States apparently abandoning. Well you certainly did see that in both of the interviews which mark esper conducted on sunday not only wanting to talk about protecting u. S. Forces when we should remind our viewers they were never actually invited or permitted officially to be allowed inside syria to fight eisel by the government in damascus but you also have also saw from him this other argument which is this is it the u. S. Is fault the fact that there is this chaos happening in northeastern syria that there is this conflict happening this is the responsibility of the turkish president Tayyip Erdogan we told him not to do it we told him it was a bad idea we dont welcome it we are not providing u. S. Military assistance and yet erdogan has gone ahead thats the other point hes trying to push but then there was one other thing which esper said that may get the Administration Even more criticism kemal and its that even though the u. S. Very much appreciates the work and the sacrifice that members of the s. D. F. Put forward in order to liberate that part of syria from eisel control they were not going to be in northeastern syria just to protect the kurds from turkish incursion and so that also may add to the criticism that the u. S. Is in essence abandoning the kurds in Northern Syria thank you rosalynn jordan in washington and now. The border with syria chuckle and then whatever is reporting for us in their eyes i know take a sup today to bring us up to date with what youve been seeing and hearing over there today. Well a fast changing situation the map of North Eastern syria is turning to changing its a new map is emerging the Syrian Democratic forces a kurdish led the if they were in control of this corner of syria they have now lost a lot of ground the turkish led forces the turkish army along with their allies the opposition Syrian National army they have now and are in now in control of 120 kilometer stretch of territory along the border yes theres pockets of resistance here and there but that most of that border is now under the control of turkish led forces who have not only taken control of the border but pushed deep inside syria some 30 to 35 kilometers deep in side syria reaching that strategic m. 4 highway that critical supply line that all players in this conflict want to control the Turkish Defense ministry saying that theyre in control of this area so in effect what has happened on the ground in the past few hours is that the 1st phase of the Turkish Military operation which is aimed at eliminating eliminating what they say is a National Security threat along their borders has been completed and an unscheduled speech the president of turkey for the gun saying that after we split that 480 kilometer long border under the control of the s. The f. We are going to move to hasa key and were going to remove to a not a by not of course the arab name for for co bonnie so he was also making clear that we could see a 2nd phase of this operation now the biggest question is what happens next and then what happens to all the people i mentioned every day we talk about the the number of displaced people the u. N. Is now putting it up 130000 where they will go. Well they are moving to house a kid to come in areas closer to the iraqi border but its not just that the problem is this the area theres a lot of ethnic tensions between the arabs and the kurds and people are quite worried ill just give you one example at the kurdish controlled town of call bani for example theres a majority kurdish population people there are quite worried that the turkish army is now moving in with their allies they say they talk about the fear of being killed of being executed because of historical animosity in this in this conflict and that that is why its so difficult when the u. S. Says ok were leaving the area and were leaving it up to the turkish army to see whats going to happen theres also the russian army theres the syrian army they could move further further north and but the question is are all these players who have competing interests in Syria Holding behind the scenes negotiations to try to carve up who takes what in this corner of syria but the most important question is what you said the people the fate of millions of people who are who really are afraid of each other and afraid of the new authorities that are going to emerge in this really strategic corner of syria. In chuckle a on the border they think is a no thats because president gave an update on the operation he says his troops planned to push 35 kilometers into syrian territory also added that civilians on the turkish side have been killed. d 18 civilians have lost their lives on our side of the border including a syrian baby 147 civilians have been injured terrorism launching attacks from churches parks and hospitals and one other note there are conflicting estimates on the number of people affiliated with iso who have reportedly escaped from a Detention Center in. After it was shelled by Turkish Forces the figure ranges from dozens up to several hundreds this is 2 days after a prison camp in commission was shelled by turkey according to the s. P. F. And full of ice all detainees are said to have escaped from that facility as well this information that cannot be independently verified plenty more ahead for you on this news hour activists in ecuador prepare to begin talks with the president after more than a week of violent protests. A Major Oil Spill hits 2000 kilometers of coastline in brazil the government is now investigating where the oil came from. And the world beach games are happening here in doha and its featuring a number of events you probably wouldnt associate with life from the show. Or another pakistans Prime Minister is trying to mediate talks between iran and saudi Arabia Imran Khan has just met the iranian president Hassan Rouhani in tehran ice off to riyadh later as well khan says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon iran is a neighbor. With iran go a long way back. So the arabia. Has been one of our closest friends. When we have needed when we have been in need and so. The reason for the stripped that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that its a complex issue we recognize that. But we feel. That this can be resolved through dialogue. We discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the sea of oman as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the street selling of stability and more peace in the region more on this with us now our correspondent in teheran well imran khan has been trying to mediate put together a meeting since the United Nations General Assembly in new york last month where he met on the sidelines president rouhani now this is the 2nd meeting thats taken place between the 2 leaders in iran current spoke about the historic ties but also said that this is an initiative by pakistan that no one has told fox than to carry this out and pakistan does not want to see a conflict in the region that a war between iran and saudi arabia would have global impacts you talked about the increase of oil prices the money spent on the one and the effect on civilian lives for you also thanked iran for their support over the years and also said that President Donald Trump had asked iran contra act as a go between or as a mediator between to her own and
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