Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

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The weather slushy set fire across the middle east of the i missed him a fair amount of cloud having said that just spilling out of iraq pushing across the caspian sea northern parts of iran not too much right on this if anything at klavern will thin and break further as we go through monday set around of around 24. 00 celsius into the thirtys once again there mid to high thirtys to baghdad for kuwait city also for karate by rates set of around 30 degrees celsius some pleasantly warm sunshine continue going to let eastern side of the med its right about a little more cloud just spilling in here as we go through tuesday think about general fair weather nature so it should be 5 and dry and sunny lots of sunshine too across iran replenished just down towards the far south of a man you could catch one of the 2 coastal showers the more so it was a lot of us to go on in to choose that both of them by spot is looking fine and dry highs here in doha of around 35. 00 celsius out of dry weather to into Southern Africa but we have got some right in the forecast some think a cloud just pushing through the southern cape the eastern cape could pick up some showers this more so up towards angola we got some think it out some showers just spilling out of the topic say theyre sliding a little further south which over the next couple of days but the most its fine and sunny. A march 13th 2019 the f. A. A. Grounded the u. S. 737 max fleet based upon crash site findings and satellite data hundreds of lives lost and boeing spazz descending aircraft immobilized did profit outweigh procedure did regulators allow industry too much control the system failed it failed our passengers it failed the global fault lines investigates system failure to boeing crashes on aljazeera. Top stories for you this hour on aljazeera the u. S. Has to withdraw up to a 1000 soldiers from Northern Syria as Turkish Forces and their allies continue their offensive says they have now entered. And have taken control of some of. Pakistans Prime Ministers held meetings with irans president Hassan Rouhani town is interim with the goal of reducing tensions with saudi arabia and says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon. And the polls have just closed in tunisia where voters picked a new president in a Runoff Election 2 candidates both political newcomers who beat more than 20 other hopefuls during the 1st round. 9 people have been taken to hospital after a mortar attack on market issues International Airport at least 7 mortars were fired at the airport around 1 pm local time the airport houses embassies and the United Nations and African Union missions not yet known who was behind that attack. People in mozambique are voting in the general election just 6 months after a devastating cyclons killed at least 1300. 00 people the task wont be easy because thousands of those people are still homeless and living in camps malcolm webb reports now from tika one of the hardest hit areas of our province you know. Floodwaters started gushing into to reason make it tires home it was when cycling it died struck central mozambique in march 1 wall collapsed then another. She ran and climbed this tree to escape the rising torrent her sister and her 2 small children climbed this one she saw them washed away when it collapsed single figure out was a new year. I was very sad because my sister was gone that night i stayed in the tree crying the next day people came into kenya to rescue us eventually we found their bodies. This tends now to resist home hundreds of people were killed by 2 cyclamens that struck mozambique earlier this year thousands are still in camps. Thats where theyre meant to vote in choose days president ial election. The people here have gathered to register for food handouts the cyclons affected areas where many people have historically voted for the political opposition Rights Groups say many wont be able to vote because voting cards were washed away i havent been replaced the political opposition say the ruling for leave my party used humanitarian assistance to campaign for votes it was the port city of beirut where the 1st cyclon made landfall the citys mayor. Is now running for president leads a growing Opposition Party called m d m we met him campaigning in a remote village 7 months ago was on the water hes not happy with the governments response even saying that if you dont vote if you dont spend your vote you want to get before so thats what were doing and thats a very bad but the national can do is watching it and not doing anything the cyclamens ripped through rose and washed away bridges. Many of which have now been repaired the ruling for the my party says its Recovery Program has been a success. It promises to continue if it stays in power and it denies foul play was one of what about thats not true take the humanitarian aid and give it to the population is that the case thats not true humanitarian aid was distributed in front of the International Community election season might bring handouts and promises from politicians but most cycling victims like to resign lived in grinding poverty before the storms and since an election wont change that malcolm where aljazeera. Mozambique. Salvaging brags it will likely be high on the agenda as the german chancellor Angela Merkel and the french president emmanuel micron meet for dinner in paris the leaders of just walked into the palace in paris ahead of thursdays pivotal e. U. Summit if the british Prime Minister Barak Johnson hasnt struck a deal after that summit released by saturday he will be forced to ask the e. U. For another extension the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden says he will step down from the board of a Chinese Company thats been the target of criticism from donald trump hunter biden made his 1st Public Statement on his work in ukraine and china so neat as always conducted his business independently and didnt discuss it with his father President Trump accused him of corruption and escaping responsibility because of his Family Connection his father joe biden in a tight race of course 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 had hoped to reach the u. S. Border many had been held up near guatemala for weeks or even months awaiting residency in transit papers i mean. Im not afraid i need to go on i dont know whats ahead of me but im not scared because this Migrant Caravan is the only way forward without a visa card you cant head out from southern mexico. Millions of people in poland voting in parliamentary elections the governing law and Justice Party is trying to tighten its grip on power it is widely expected to win the mandate would help push through many conservative policies including a strong anti immigration agenda. We are casting your ballot to make life better for all the People Living here the country is heading in the right direction hope it will not turn back some of the aspects of our lives is very limited so i think that. There are some there are some limitations on our freedom to japan where the military is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with rescue and cleanup efforts after a powerful typhoon swept through the eastern coast at least 23 people were killed and many are missing the storm brought everything damaging winds heavy rainfall and flooding and landslides when haye has more 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 were surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow. 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 there has also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding of various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain the coastal areas were battered by huge waves and winds exceeding 200 kilometers an hour or like them or not the building shook and 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. 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 al jazeera tokyo in Hong Kong Anti government demonstrators are staging a sit in the Shopping Mall and once again defied the ban on Wearing Masks when they gathered in the shot in district rallies volta taken place in several other areas this is the 5th month now of protests that began in response to that controversial extradition bill that has since turned into why does a man for political reform syrias adrian brown in hong kong. Well this is a snapshot of sunday in hong kong we are in among cock 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 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 a reminder that 4 months on feelings are still very high in this city. A nationwide curfew remains in effect in ecuador as the 1st talks between the government and indigenous groups are set to begin later on sunday president Lenin Morenos said he is willing to reassess the law which ended fuel subsidies and sparked the protests more than a week ago on saturday thousands more demonstrated in the capital and manuel rappler was there for us. Unrest has continued on the streets of the ecuadorian capital on saturday thousands of people flooded downtown quito. Demonstrators calling for the resignation of the countrys president once again clashed with police rejected from her group who must of thought that this president is using public funds to kill us and shoot at us but we want to run away if we have to give our lives then so be it i have hundreds of women from across the country joined in the demonstrations and held a march of their own in solidarity with indigenous demonstrators that they called all the government to end with they say is a violent repression of Peaceful Protesters who doesnt exist now for the but let me the women are protesting for life because we are life weve had enough of the brutal repression against ecuadorian demonstrators and indigenous ecuadorians. Throughout the day smoking tear gas filled the air as more and more demonstrators filled the streets once again in doubt take a tour it appears as though mayor people are showing up to participate and joining in the front lines of these demonstrations these people are coming from all parts of the country to turn in these demonstrations carrying i learned to reverse course and economic viruses that they say are damaging for the country was at one point demonstrators set fire to one of the governments main administrative buildings another group of protesters set fire to a local television station many here have a deep distrust of the National News media with unrest spreading to other parts of the capital ecuadorian president lenin modano announced a mandatory nationwide curfew sending the military to restore order to city streets and public spaces in the school it took today we have declared a curfew in quito and the valleys which is already having tangible results and we have established a calm in a large part of the city. With a curfew in effect many of the. Capitol city streets have emptied although there are still plenty of people who remain defiant for most the hope is that an Upcoming National dialogue will finally return peace to the country. Below and to see them key to equality. Now a Mysterious Oil spill is contaminated least 150 beaches along brazils northeastern coastline there are dozens of teams trying to clean up but they say the thick crude is washing ashore so fast they cant keep up. When looking on the Coastal Community of quarter of a play in northeastern brazil. One of brazils most beautiful beaches now covered with oil it washed up on the sand here on what was otherwise a pristine beach. And it has the locals like jos a mighty is extremely worried what to do i feel very sad this is an environmental disaster even if people are cleaning it up the damage is done ive been working here for over 30 years and ive never seen anything like it. But its not just here or oil has washed up on beaches all up and down the coastline of the northeast of brazil recent days its been seen in 9 coastal states in more than 150 locations. Its unclear where the oil is coming from but its already killing sea life but its so widespread showing up on a coastline more than 2000 kilometers long there arent enough crews to reach it all. But theyre trying the best they can theyre finding so much oil that theyre sending teams of men out to collect it all and theyre loading it on the back of these flatbed trucks such as this and then putting it in these huge white containers to be taken away just today on this beach they say theyve collected at least 2 tons of oil. Local residents are witnessing an environmental disaster up close as. I went swimming today and when i got out of the water i had oil all over my hands and im worried because i dont know how my body will react to this when the short to walk ive seen the 5 big dead feasts its to say because it has also reached the eaves and you hear the oil stains really you ought people here now looking out over an oil polluted ocean left wondering how much worse it can get. Could repay along the northeast coast of brazil. Now past the hour here on aljazeera and these are the top stories the u. S. Is to withdraw up to a 1000 soldiers from Northern Syria as Turkish Forces and their allies continue their offensive says they have now entered and have taken control of the luke meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of defense says he is concerned about the safety of American Forces 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 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 pakistans Prime Minister has held meetings with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani imran khan is in teheran with a goal of reducing tensions with saudi arabia and says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon the polls have closed in tunisia as Runoff Election where voters were picking a new president the 2 candidates are political newcomers who beat more than 20 other hopefuls during the 1st round last month also millions of people in poland voting in parliamentary elections the governing law and Justice Party is trying to tighten its grip on power and is widely expected to win the mandate would help push through many conservative policies salvaging braggs it will likely be high on the agenda as the german chancellor Angela Merkel and french president emmanuel micron meet for dinner in paris the leaders walked into the they say palace not long ago in paris ahead of thursdays pivotal e. U. Summit. On the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden says he stepped down from the board of a Chinese Company thats been the target of criticism from donald trump president has accused him of corruption and escaping responsibility because of his Family Connections were back with you in about 25 minutes time here on aljazeera right after inside story. The United Arab Emirates is reportedly running a campaign to get aljazeera registered as a Foreign Agent in the u. S. Effectively restricting its operations in the country so is Media Freedom a risk and one of the limits to political lobbying this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dobby shutting down Aljazeera Network who was one of the main demands of the blockade in countries when they cut off diplomatic relations with cats are more than 2 years ago now the United Arab Emirates is reportedly running a low being campaign in washington to get the Us Government to force the network to register as a Foreign Agent that would in effect brand it as a government tool a clane aljazeera strongly denies and could restrict its operations in the United States the News Agency Bloomberg says a prominent law company a law firm was employed by the u. A. E. To achieve this goal this includes meeting Congressional Staff white house officials and journalists and academics it also involves u. A. E. Controlled digital accounts and websites twitter suspended thousands of those accounts in september. There we are here we go lets bring in our guest joining us from washington bruce fein a constitutional and International Lawyer on skype from vienna is ready for sound director of advocacy at the International Press institute and here in doha my jobs where the director of the Gulf Studies Center at cattle University Welcome to you all bruce can i come to you 1st how political is this. Well the Foreign Agents registration act is very political the standards for registration are triggered by twofold elements 1st you have to demonstrate that the broadcaster is controlled it receives orders from a Foreign Government and secondly you have to show that the broadcast is intended in likely to influence the Public Policies of the United States now with regard to aljazeera and believe only aljazeera english isnt available in the United States so this inquiry thats been triggered by u. A. E. As focused only on aljazeera english not aljazeera arabia or any of the other arms now is it political yes for example in the last year both russia t. V. Called r. T. Sputnik its Radio Network and China Television c. G. T. V. Have been required to register as Foreign Agents even though theyve been conducting their operations for long years in the United States without any disturbance or strong efforts in congress after the revelations disclosed in the motor report about foreign interference through the russians in the elections to have those broadcast outlets listed even though their operations have been unchanged for long years the argument is well even if theyre on paper independent of the government in fact behind the scenes the presidency and china president putin and russia really dictate what goes on those airwaves so there is clearly a political element to it we also know that when the new attorney general william barr was confirmed he stead he was going to upgrade the enforcement rigor if you will aggressiveness of the foreign edges straightest Foreign Agents registration unit i supervise that unit when i was at the u. S. Department of justice as associate deputy in the past it had not been very rigorously enforced and because in part it does encroach on freedom of speech and thats treasured under the United States constitution. But with regard to the indictment of paul mann afforded others for having not registered as agents of ukraine it could be an issue with regard to current matters relating to Rudy Giuliani and President Trump and ukraine not having registered as Foreign Agents its far more d on the target on the front burner than it was in the past so thats where we stand politically right now running for senate in vienna of these people trying to come paint against Al Jazeera English or campaign against freedom of the press. Ours any effort to shrug our religious leader iraq are or for that matter any our Media Organization in the United States. It isnt a problem but st louis that every Media Organization has the right to exist i would like to wear a free speech closing down are asking though dont think that it will be just another lobbying agent of the bar that we go in but already years ill just eat a scab listed. As a Media Organization that has covered area or which are about the demolition network doesnt have the star bridges to prove that it took action theres no doubt about it and in the past others here are very focused. On plus right as a lobbying agent it is a general Media Organization and we see this as an attack on a street of much absurdity here in doha what is it about aljazeera english because bruce is saying we are very specifically talking not about arabic colleagues were talking about aljazeera english lets be clear lets be clear were all grownups thats where were sitting right now what is it we do that bothers the iraqis if we put things in a context we have to remember that the disease as an attack started with and you know arabic and now as you know english have than a lot of. Would say you know element activities which according to the immoralities and saudis and other governments are very annoying for example you know the way how they broadcast about arab spring the board theory a line of you know talking about arab spring the slogan has been used in the news the way how you how does you know with arabic and english handling the stories that is different narrative of where their mouth is once because they want to show the americans the europeans the english native people one narrative which an additive which basically fits their own agenda a political agenda and theyre. As is so basically a disease our english in the United States is showing different narrative is showing different stories elements which basically contradict exactly with what the. Emirates wants this remember either a myth against arab spring from 2011 it has been you know designed as Foreign Policy since 2011 and the fact that you know the status quo and there should be maintain and including you know the freedom of speech should be controlled you know the you know the human rights should be maintained as it was before so all of those elements actually been discussed within a dizzy or a context and dizzier is defending all of this in a you know on a slogan and the news and the stories so if it matters will be announced by this so these will be announced annoyed by this other governments i am sure the others also they tried before but they failed to do so bruce coming back to you for a 2nd is the momentum behind this lobby movement growing because there are some people inside the beltway who say under donald trump the number of lobbyist companies has grown almost exponentially so theres kind of a vacuum of accountability in which these lobbying companies are moving and if theyre well financed well dressed and enthusiastic they might get listened to. Thats possible but i dont think in this case theres any evidence of that happening i 1st want to clarify however that to register is not to shut down registration just means you have to disclose and present yourself as a mouthpiece of a Foreign Government doesnt mean you need to cease operations for example r. T. E. Still operates even though its registered China Television still operates even though its registered so i just want to make that clarification secondly with regard to the u. A. E. I know the law firm that theyve hired a can dump a can gump has to register as a Foreign Agent because they are a mouthpiece of the u. A. E. And that has to be disclosed to all the people they communicate with which means that their credibility is substantially diminished i think that what happens here is u. A. E. I believe is under a false impression thinking that if you can get a few members of congress to Say Something it means that theres going to be registration soon it means that the lobbyists get huge amounts of money but theres no indication that congress at all is inclined to do anything adverse to aljazeera remember that if you want to take the touchstone example of the of the attitude of congress towards you a it is these repeated votes on their interference in yemen with saudi arabia on those occasions you have very very substantial majorities in congress rebuking you a year doing war crimes in yemen you need to stop so that shows in my judgment that you a is not in a position to carry sway in the United States congress raffi coming but see you in vienna when you have a situation with according to a think it was m s n b c a little earlier today they were citing an example where one particular federal agency took 9 meetings with one of these low b. Organizations up to june of this year why did they react and open the door literally to the low being organizations instead of reacting to their own intelligence agencies. As bruce would know it better that so many lobbying organizations in the United States and thats mean an experimental religion that number of the president trying to call lobbying organizations have always existed in the United States the only is informed or not being aware that the us congress that department of the Us Government and their supporters are very deep pockets so. The federal agencies get them from nation they are lying lobbies. To gather information but im sure they would do their Due Diligence to find out whether what log these are claiming is true and i was just set up blogging biting united arab. Emirates which is. It is a bit. If you see the congress has already criticized them for their moment in the yemen war it started like a good morning far better lobbying against argentina its unlikely but still it is a surprise that theyre trying to do this and we would oppose it we would like to the members of the congress about as much to put it. Would it be desirable or achievable to put what these lobbyists are trying to get into context the context being and talking from my own experience here when i got off a plane 4 years ago somebody here al jazeera said peter theres no such thing as impartiality across the middle east across middle east broadcasters apart from who a you are at the moment fast forward 2 years there was a big report i think it was the Washington Post the New York Times another report into 911 on the day that report was published and there was a very big glitzy glamorous t. V. News channel broadcasting in arabic in this region saying 911 but it was done by cattle no it wasnt it never was cata has never been put in the same sentence as 911 and yet its broadcast in this powerful way because somebody someplace takes an editorial decision to lets call it what it is lie yes and broadcast an agenda as news there. Lets be frank targeting minds and hearts that is one of the 2 tools to effect policies that was in the United States it even in the United States discourse and narrative has been used in the last 20 years since 911. 00 we need to we need to have to target minds and hearts and now whats been have been happening now if they want to to affect the view towards images iraq and the qatar because in the last 2 years but that has been targeted for Different Reasons and as you mission at the beginning of the show that you know shutting down a disease i was one of the 13 demands basically proposed by the blockade countries so i just you know has been targeted was was was important you know target to those countries and i think the slogan of jazzier was really annoying and Different Levels not only in the last 2 years in the last 25 years the way how they handle politics in the region the way how they look at you know developments in the region the way how they introduce development in the world to the region thats unknown some governments i think this is likely to continue actually regards whats happening now but this is not the only campaign the u. A. E. Has mounted against cats are leaked emails appear to show its ambassador to washington use of tiber as being part of a long Running Campaign to label cattle as a supporter of terrorism a charge the cattery government strongly denies then theres george nader a former adviser to the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin zayed according to media reports he paid millions of dollars to support a washington based Public Relations campaign against cata he paid this man lobbyist eliot braiding who reportedly pushed mr trump to get rid of his former secretary of state Rex Tillerson who was believed to have intervened to prevent a saudi u. A. E. Attack on cats are bruce when the stakes here are pretty high bruce mr tillerson was seen as a voice of reason wasnt it. Yes he was and that is why in part i believe he was ousted by President Trump President Trump made his white house available to the likes of elliot brody who was a deputy finance director at the Republican National committee and basically mr trump has shown not only with regard to his attitude towards the u. A. E. And saudi arabia selling arms and looking askance i mean looking aside when one of our residents jim code journalist with you all is assassinated with a direct in their complicity of m. B. s but the ukraine is another situation where the president basically said im for sale you know if you do things for me investigate joe biden heres an oval office visit and you can get your 400000000. 00 in military aid or or diplomatic aid and i do think that the quid pro quo is known out there in the Foreign Countries are responding to that and they can do it with regard to offering mr trump or is relatives very lucrative financial Business Opportunities and whats happening with with gutter is that when it was shown that mr teller sin was going to balk he wasnt going to capitulate he ended up losing his job its a little bit like what happened to their ambassador to ukraine she lost her job when she wasnt going to be a token President Trump and go and make false claims about the need to investigate the bidens and thats unfortunate where we are at present and is one reason why this Impeachment Campaign is being fueled much of if this doesnt turn up from this this move to richest english in this particularly toxic way might not happen because of President Trumps some in law he needs cats remind me he needs doha to buy into his peace plan for the middle east for the palestinians for the israelis cancer is up there in the top 5 nations who give money to the palestinian cause is just a big. Yeah i mean again we go back to the political context of the whole the whole thing i mean there is no doubt that this administration began this was been told what the has been told and whats been actually paid to the administration they still believe that other oil is important in a lot of fires in the region and they know that what others do is than when it comes to the afghani fire when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to the even to whats happening now in syria and to the lebanese file so they know that what other is doing lets not forget that i did military bases well in seoul and the security in security in the region so they know the contribution of the to the security of the world and also to promoting the principle that and i think defend it was comes to the freedom of speech freedom of the media the principle of human life those issues they are sharing with other i think i dont think so that would be easy for that in the nation for that all of this and listen to the obvious ravi at the risk of sounding oversimplistic here when it comes to being a u. S. Politician is part of the toxicity of this debate to do with the name aljazeera and the associations with that name going way way way back where george w. Bush the then president did put it out there that he might think about bombing certain al jazeera offices and also lets be honest about this bruce will come to this country britain with isnt just 2nd ballistae with having let you know certain u. S. Politicians if you showed them a map of the middle east and said point at doha some of them i get the feeling couldnt really do it. Well we have to remember that bill has a huge us and this which was used during the you not war and all that during the 1st war the 1st war and in iraq and then later again already started operation so little has being very crucial to measure operations for the United States by far and there are only 2 sheets on both sides of the divide bottle what contribution though has many of the u. S. Foreign policy. As you just pointed out are. Quite eye up on the list of countries that need to be on boat for the middle east peace but until it looks. Like the government the United States government. Or. If it takes action against understeer it would be counterproductive but let me Say Something else which. Despite of our earlier saying closing down and deceit i think what i meant was if i just you know has to register as a foreign legion it could pails its free to worship to do just of ours are they didnt an expedition to journalisms did not and the car and some of the. White house all of which nobody thinks so that could happen to deceive and that. Because aljazeera is a general we dont realize mission b. Obama. But definitely impacts press freedom of press freedom in the Arctic States which claims to have which claims that we are having with the 1st amendment that it doesnt allow in this government of our laws against it so. We have to see how. Well it is something will live on that idea of press freedom and what the media can or does not or chooses not to report bruce coming out too much into if one china. Hopes is all you do pitch leaks i mean the industry if you channel hope and you watch russia today that there ought to stink moments when you go ah but its the kremlin if you watch Chinese Television in english you go ah the government in beijing i mean is anyone in washington in high places factually watching aljazeera english and letting the journalism speak for itself instead of listening to what these lobbyists are saying unfortunately no i think youre right this is driven by politics its not driven by an even handed analysis of the speech whether its biased whether it shows that its independent or just an echo chamber of the government you pointed out i think earlier we know what is driving the u. S. Policy in the middle east and towards gutter its unfortunate but you 1st have to ask what is israels policy towards got there or saudi arabia u. A. E. Our policies in the middle east are overwhelmingly driven by who is in the Prime Ministership in jerusalem for israel and what their views are and in so far as israel a gives a signal no isolate qatar we sort of turn around and and and follow the marching orders israel is the most important lobbying foreign country in the United States by far and if you want to know if there is any momentum why are the senators doing this it would only because israel gave them the green light with regard in general to the freedom of speech and if you analyze the programming word to be any indication that qatar was curtailing you know anything that was thought adverse to the gutter Foreign Policy may i not on all the programming but ive never been censored i dont know anybody else who said that on programming aljazeera tells them what to say i do know thats not the case with the al arab programming by saudi arabia but i do think that theres at least some assurance that. Even if there were a listing decision made you would have an opportunity to challenge its legality in court to show it was arbitrary capricious and based on all teary or political motives not based on the programming and organization of Al Jazeera English and i suspect much appear in doha that this will never happen if u. S. Politicians got an unawareness of aljazeera arabic they would realize how popular says i mean 40000000 times well dip into aljazeera ring ok were not talking about our colleagues in arabic were talking about is religious but its not because aljazeera arabic is giving the viewers what they want its not arabias got talent on the x. Factor and game shows its information and its freedom of information because the platform its a window of an open formula slot formats the platform to listen to different views to participate to engage to listen to the discourse which has been the prevented for years and years this is in arabic what is the portal both of the an english for years people who are speaking english in the world they listen to one narrative about the middle east and jazeera english comes to see and to deliver a different narrative to say different views about middle east that is the views from within the people in the middle east and they say about themselves rather than others describe whats happening in the the english dizzier english has you know offered the platform to talk in english to the people in the states in the nothing them everywhere in english language about them in the middle east and to listen to the people is negative rather than to the other outlets who have their own agenda their perception of the region and that is i think annoying others lets just say the last word in vienna ravi the 1st big Foreign Policy trip for this Current Us Administration donald trump went to riyadh he in effect green lit the g. 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Elephant doha everyone im come all santamaria and this is the news out from aljazeera the pentagon announces it will withdraw up to a 1000 soldiers from Northern Syria as Turkish Forces push deeper into kurdish controlled area its also in the news the polls now closed in 2 newsy away voters have been picking the next president its either a retired law professor or a media tycoon just released from jail and a major cleanup operation underway after typhoon haiyan us brits through japan killing at least 23 p. With the latest from europe including a top level meeting in paris as the deadline draws ever closer for potential breaks it deal. And in sports hosts japan have pulled off a historic win at the Rugby World Cup victory over scotland saw them reach the quarter finals for the 1st time in tournament history. So were starting with syria where state t. V. Is reporting that the syrian army is now sending troops to confront Turkish Forces in the north of the country earlier we also had the u. S. Announcing a major troop withdraw from the area with the pentagon saying up to 1000. 00 soldiers will be pulling out as turkish troops allies continue their offensive into kurdish controlled towns in the latest advance those forces they have captured so look this town is important because it ensures supply routes from turkey as the operation goes on sunday so heavy bombardments in other towns 2. Forces have now entered. And theyve taken control of him but it all means that more civilians are being forced from their homes in fact that numbers coming from the United Nations now up to 130000 people have been displaced rosalyn jordan begins our coverage. 5 days into the Turkish Military operation in Northern Syria the u. S. Military is pulling about a 1000 soldiers out of the combat zone we find ourselves as we have American Forces likely caught between 2 opposing advancing armies and its a very untenable situation but the kurds have been very good partners in the d. A. s campaign they were very good fighters on the battlefield we obviously enabled that as well but at the same time we didnt sign up to fight the turks on their behalf the u. S. Administration would rather keep the focus on turkish president recip Tayyip Erdogan whom they accuse of planning to attack syrian kurds no matter what on twitter President Donald Trump said will be held accountable dealing with Lindsey Graham and many members of congress including democrats about imposing powerful sanctions on turkey treasury is ready to go additional legislation may be sought there is great consensus on this turkey has asked that it not be done stay tuned but trumps withdrawal order has critics accusing him of abandoning the kurds even those democrats now drafting a sanctions bill against turkey for gods sakes what are they waiting for right people are being killed right now our Syrian Kurdish allies are being killed right now it looks like many of the isis detainees there about 10000 fighters are now possibly going to be able to escape there are reports this morning that isis sympathizers have already escaped thousands of them and here you have secretary minutiae saying oh well well think about it maybe well do something President Trump tweeting that hes going to destroy the our economy they will they look ridiculous right now and those republicans who normally support trumps Foreign Policy to see this yet again you know leave in an ally behind abandoning people that we frankly told that we were going to be with is disheartening depressing frankly its weak and i dont see how it follows through on the president s promises biggest from us in the campaign to defeat isis because i think it is going to research conflicting priorities in a war zone with no clear idea where the u. S. Troop withdrawal will lead rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Then what is with us now from a chuckle or near turkeys border with syria so anything more to say now on this news from Syrian State Television about Syrian Forces moving up. Well that would throw will of u. S. Forces from this strategic corner of syria really puts the whole area up for grabs there is more than one player in the syrian conflict wants to control the territory which has or oil which is the bread basket of syria the syrian army saying that theyre sending reinforcements to Northern Syria to confront turkish troops at the same time the Syrian Opposition which is allied with the turkish government there sending troops to the front lines and members bendish has long been a flashpoint town also in a very strategic location in Northern Syria so really the area is now up for grabs new front lines emerging theres a new map who is going to get what but as the past few hours the s. D. F. This is the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces they are the biggest losers really theyve lost ground to the turkish army and its allies theyve lost control of practically 120 kilometers along the stretch of territory along the border the turkish army has moved 30 kilometers into syria from this North Eastern point theyve taken control of a crucial supply line so its a really chaotic situation on the ground what happens next whether militarily or whether deals are brokered will really determine the fate of 30 percent of syrias territory and then what about the fate of all the people in the area president has been clear to say that turkey will take the greatest of care when it comes to civilians but there are also a lot of civilians who are on the move at the moment. Yes 130000 people displaced by the fighting this is according to the United Nations this corner of syria is populated by arabs and kurds they have a long history of animosity which their wounds were deepened as a result of the syria syrian war there is little trust between them the kurds say they have long been discriminated against by the arabs the out of say that the kurds took advantage of the war to take to take their lands so there is a fault line here there is ethnic tensions its not just the clashes that people are worried about thats what comes next which which a Ruling Authority lets say takes control of what area how could kurds live under Arab Authority or kurds do not trust the turkish government so its a very messy situation on the ground you could imagine the fear and people because these people have really seen years of war theyve seen the war against eisel and now the latest operation so theres a lot of fear on the ground thank you. Chuckle a near the border. There is plenty more ahead for you on this news hour well look at activists in ecuador preparing to begin talks with the president after more than a week of fun and protests also pakistans Prime Ministers office to mediate talks between regional rivals iran and saudi arabia and then spoke to one team show continues to dominate the formula one season and we will have you a sports update a little later. So lets look at that acquittal story now the 24 hour curfew in ecuadors capital has been temporarily put on hold until sunday evening talks between protest leaders and the government set to start in less than 2 hours meanwhile troops are patrolling quito after demonstrators set fire to a government building they remain angry at the new austerity measures that caused higher fuel prices manuel drop below has our report now from quito. Unrest has continued on the streets of the ecuadorian capital on saturday thousands of people flooded downtown quito. Demonstrators calling for the resignation of the countrys president once again clashed with police rejected from her group who must not thought that this president is using public funds to kill us and shoot at us but we want to run away if we have to give our lives then so be it i have hundreds of women from across the country joined in the demonstrations and held a march of their own in solidarity with indigenous demonstrators. They called all the government to end what they say is a violent repression of Peaceful Protesters who doesnt exist out of this and the but lobby that women are protesting for life because we are life weve had enough of the brutal repression against ecuadorian demonstrators and indigenous ecuadorians. Throughout the day spoken tear gas filled the air as more and more demonstrators filled the streets once again in doubt take a tour it appears as though mayor people are showing up to participate and joining in the front lines of these demonstrations these people are coming from all parts of the country thinks a lot of these demonstrations clearly i learned through a very scarce id cannot take care says that they say are damaging for the country was at one point demonstrators set fire to one of the governments main administrative buildings another group of protesters set fire to a local television station many here have a deep distrust of the National News media with unrest spreading to other parts of the capital ecuadorian president lenin modano announced a mandatory nationwide curfew sending the military to restore order to city streets and public spaces in several school it took today we have declared a curfew in quito and the valleys which is already having tangible results and we have established a calm in a large part of the city. With a curfew in effect many of the capital city streets have emptied although there are still plenty of people who remain defiant for most the hope is that an Upcoming National dialogue will finally return peace to the country. Pakistans Prime Minister is trying to mediate talks between iran and saudi Arabia Imran Khan met the iranian president Hassan Rouhani in teheran and then hes moving on to riyadh says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon there on as a neighbor. Boy is with iran go along way back to saudi arabia. Has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip 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 3 of them on as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the strengthening of stability and a more peace in the region. More with correspondents 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 and in ron carney 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 but you also thanked iran for their support over the years and also said that President Donald Trump had asked iran contra act as a gold