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A meeting with the cia. As it plans to invade Saddam Husseins iraq in 2003 the u. S. Needed to prepare Public Opinion for the attack getting libya on govt is key to that strategy. But the iraq war went badly for the western allies. No evidence of dangerous weapons was found and the lack of a postwar strategy plunged the country into calles. Gadhafi then seized the moment in a dramatic bid to ingratiate himself with the west and have sanctions on libya lifted he claimed to have w m ds and offered to surrender them. Desperate to put a positive spin on their mission to destroy weapons in the middle east the u. S. And u. K. Led the way in rehabilitating gadhafi almost overnight. Libya was no longer. Part of the axis of evil. In return a Lucrative Oil and gas deal was signed and it was then that the cia and m i 6 began increasing their rendition of libyan dissidents to the gadhafi regime. In a vehicle that out of a 0. For a valuable advice. But its now thought the relationship between the head of the e. S. O. And western intelligence went back much earlier than the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of iraq the problem between the 2 states gathered pace after 911. British intelligence held a meeting with mr koussa in the week after 911 and the following November November 2000 a well british and libyan Intelligence Officers held a summit over several days at a hotel or some airport in europe and the german austrian Intelligence Officers also present and there was a growing agreement at that point that the libyans could be quite useful to the west being useful to the west was what gadhafi was aiming for and the west fell for it but at a price. Rendition. This 2012 Human Rights Watch report delivers into enemy hands details the process and several cases including that in our sake and libya. That was an agreement reached that the british and the libyans would start recruiting agents jointly. And from the libyan agents who would would help and spy on al qaida. The rehabilitation of gadhafi took place under british Prime Minister tony blair. 20 gordon brown to go over from blair in june 2007 the friendly momentum continues. The london based Human Rights Organization reprieve has closely monitored rendition for many years. Lawyer corey creator specialized in cases involving libya. You remember and the deal in the desert in 2004 is that davi says oh wow im joining the community of nations everybody was right you know the war on ive looked at iraq and you know i dont want to go that way and all the rest of it so this president has given to him but the reality is of course what happened after that the sanctions were lifted British Petroleum and other companies were able to come in and start doing business to the tune of millions in fact billions of dollars ill just 0 made request to interview tony blair in 24. 00 team but his office said he was not available. The producers also asked to interview former British Foreign minister jack straw who was responsible for British Intelligence 6 at the time of the rendition but his office said he didnt have time. Neither was therefore able to shed light on when dishan cases like that of. Shaikh libby was returned in to libyan custody and. You know we met him 2 weeks before he supposedly kit committed suicide in his cell. And when that happened we raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding his death. We were concerned that it was not actually a suicide libby was allowed a single visit from his family in april 2009 while in libyan detention this video shows him opponent lee comfortable and his family had. No reason to suspect he might soon take his own life. If you should injured injured in the desert and me 9. 100. Desha working to logic or nickel will enter limbert organism we had bought and the one im sure id like to hear. Now mr darrow this we at america another home i let him leave our one bill and we can move the land of the hubble in up in the need tattle is that what the what that. The man american her father thought it up to who are some well im somewhat of a shift in the how would a number economy. Or when we have a more highly was a lot. Of of the bat. Was over such and coupled with either that or can you some mrs novella. Hold what are their beliefs and some a signal that. The u. S. Is said to have 100 over abe no sheikh on libya to the Libyan External Security Organization in afghanistan. But i think the smell of somebody in the Libyan Government the person within the ship and maybe most of them to keep in may 2009 libby was found dead in his prison cell only 2 days after that gadhafi is 4th son want to seem acting as Libyan National security adviser and that u. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is in washington d. C. We deeply value the relationship between the United States and libya we have many opportunities to deepen and broaden our cooperation and im very much looking forward to. Building on this relationship so mr minister welcome so much here thank you we dont like you. For that certainly not to be our when he comes to know what was its and what can be can you look at a fascinating sharp contrast of a year. Its difficult and we can. Stated that. Human rights watch asked for an investigation into a suicide but he was birthed and no libyan inquiry was held into his death. So the photographs are very disturbing when reportedly committed suicide in may be in prison and we question whether that was really a suicide and the photographs reveal things that make it seem as though you know that might not have the get him in the bin a suicide. Gadhafi never allowed any form of opposition within libya. A prominent dissident group was the Libyan Islamic fighting group the l i f g who gadhafi accused of having links to al qaida. Very little rock. Give you one hell of. The. Yeah glad that will help and. That gadhafi is jails had an appalling reputation for mistreatment and torture particularly of Political Prisoners this mobile phone video purports to have been shot in abu salim prison in tripoli. Human rights watch and Amnesty International have both reported hundreds of deaths in abu salim although the figures have never been independently verified or Human Remains Found if western Intelligence Services knowingly colluded in the torture of libyan dissidents in this way they certainly have a case towards. The western agenda was to establish a connection between Saddam Hussein and al qaeda whereas gadhafi wanted to link libyan dissident groups to market. Illiteracy in. The new relationship with gadhafi spread and there are allegations that he illegally funded a Nicolas Sarkozys 2007 french president ial campaign sarkozy has been charged with Illegal Campaign financing he denies the charges and the case is yet to reach the french courts gadaffi was welcomed across europe a far cry from his eightys image as quote the mad dog of the middle east. That was our that was never our business. At livi yeah i said mother thought that but at the same time opponents of gadhafi like our door hakim behind and sami al side of the libya Islamic Fighting group l i f g were arrested and rendered by British Intelligence m i 6 to gadhafi external Security Organization we are going to just turn up our. Supply and. Get most a medal. By then. They are a must for the total loss so yeah by then whether. They are fair days are going to say you know balad. I mean if you have seen. Her team. Well it myself and im also a little my new mom you know. There are limits over to there was you know but if i knew. That when i was a 209 many. Of. Fema part about cook or. Simply your. Image if you see. About rendition have the lid blown off it when in the wake of the libyan revolution in 2011 correspondence was phoned the pointed to western collusion. In 2011 after tripoli was liberated some human rights activists and some revolutionaries found an incredible cache of documents in what appeared to be the abandoned office of then the head of libyas Security Services and in those documents for the 1st time ever we saw evidence showing that there was a joint plot in 2004 to kidnap. Him and his pregnant wife as well as the libyan man semi or saudi his wife and his 4 children from exile in Southeast Asia and render them in other words kidnap them and send them back to that. To us and we can see diminished. And bob ross how. Zosia do you want. To you know see and walk out of the morgue for the true little tiny zosia to confront our current attorney manage to kill him or the cia took them separated them and held them for several days at a black site thats a secret prison near the bangkok airport both of them were chained to the wall separately mistreated was beaten hooded all the rest of it and then they were put on a infamous cia rendition plane one of these planes that the cia flew people around the world to be tortured on to have to be. Made in her country a body. If youre. Going to knock it out im not. Out of. The women if you park you know. Well its no. Great arrive in any. Case of Abdel Hakim Bahaji and his wife goes back to 2004 the couple were planning to seek asylum in the u. K. But they were persuaded by the british to travel to london via by co. There they were arrested and tortured before being rendered to libyan intelligence headed by mustafa hussein. Was a man and a mom. But i need. To know how often you can to know them very well and im so course karen. And elysium illicitly are you can imagine how. Many of the have you know either kind of the command of my. Hodges fellow dissident sami most of our society also says he was rendered to the libyans by the british on the grounds that he was somehow connected to the Group Responsible for 911. 00 al qaida. To offer to my. Dad. And i are in. On it and what i hear and lament i mean im. Well im not by anything you know either can i come in and. Work at the im in the libyan accounting for. A few bucks. And yellow moon in. The morning or we have enough to live and. Abdel hakim bell harsh and Sami Al Saadi were released from prison in libya in 20102011 respectively. Convinced of u. K. Involvement in their rendition in 2012 they decided to sue the British Government in the civil court for handing them over to the libyans to be imprisoned and torture. The British Government is worried about apologising because they feel that if they did that theres a risk that former Security Service people who were involved in this to knapping might be prosecuted and might go to jail. To deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you disagree i disagree with that toy this sounds like blaming the public the country for the art and all of the naming anybody these people well trained as much a part of all of the Islamic State machinery as a very very angry and merging of Popular Culture if you join me im in the hot sun as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. They say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. Follow in their footsteps as they forge their way in the world. 0 shares these personal journey its. Inspiring stories of people possibly hearing on their chosen path. Witness documentaries announcements here. Al jazeera. Where ever you are. The environment doesnt know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. On the grounds that its a very modern way to defy. Voices the measure of progress. The domestic population has. Enough and active enough to believe that your. Future will kill people are more vulnerable circle of poison on aljazeera. Hello im daryn jordan in doha the quick reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has approved a series of sanctions on turkey is also calling for an immediate cease fire in Northern Syria where Turkish Forces are carrying out a military campaign in kurdish held areas but u. S. Vice president mike pence says hell be heading to the region to discuss turkeys offensive. Let me say the president could not have been more firm with president heard one today. The United States of america simply not going to tolerate. Turkeys invasion of syria any further and were calling on syria to stand down and end the violence and come to the negotiating table and thats the reason the president sending me to the region to make his intentions very clear and were going to be looking were going to be looking for turkey to take strong action in that regard meanwhile on the ground in syria a group of government soldiers enter the strategic city of man bish a day off to being invited in by Kurdish Forces well this sets up a potential clash with Turkish Forces who are stationed on the outskirts polls have opened in mozambiques general election that could see the from the party extend its decades long rule president felipe a new c seeking a 2nd the vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with longtime rival they were nama party both sides fought a civil war for 16 is at least 4 people have been killed in antigovernment demonstrations in guinea theres widespread anger at a proposed change in the constitution that would allow president alpha conde to run for a 3rd term throats as erupted in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 catherine and separatist leaders whove been sent to prison for their role in the regions failed bid for independence thousands of cattle and separatists for the police on monday Spains Supreme Court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in jail. Fekadu as president has signed a decree scrapping the austerity measures that saw almost 2 weeks of violent protests in the capital quito workers clean the streets of daybreak caused by the protests which left at least 7 people dead president murano says hell work on a new economic policy. All right so those are the headlines the news continues on aljazeera after aljazeera world station thats a watching. In may 28th a libyan politician and his wife received a full apology from the British Government for having been rendered handed over by m i 6 to the gadhafi regime where they were presumed tortured. They were just 2 of hundreds of gadhafi is opponents who were picked up abroad and handed over in a collusion between western intelligence and the libyan beginning at a time when gadhafi was supposed to be an enemy of the west. Bell hodge and fellow dissidents sami al saudi sues the British Government in 2012 they were represented by human rights lawyers in london interviewed here in 2050 where the case was still going on well the key documents that we saw where what appeared to be facts is an correspondence between firstly what appeared to be from m i 6 to the libyan authorities notifying them of the presence of abdul who came by how to his wife fatima at that time in malaysia well the government has sent very blank defenses so far basically saying ignited tonight the events even those events that is supported by the documentation and what they have instead done is try to get the case struck out of course by saying that because the allegations involve the u. S. And other states in libya malaysia. That it would be the cause here dont have jurisdiction to deal with it that it would be wrong because he possibly criticized the actions of other states at 1st the u. K. Government basically said you cant hear these cases at all here in britain because it will harm our relationship with the United States the americans will be terribly upset about it and so forth. Or. Why then. If you havent. Actually not just said i want. To feel. When. In control for good. She mostly has already work on my washing. Im the one to feel but are bound by women that were actually normally 7 cars over to my. Mother when i only have you have. One of the thousands of papers found after the revolution in 2011 was this one marked top secret it refers to libya u. S. Cooperation and to a list of names of socalled traitors which was given to the americans. Can it all food 1000000. 00 an area that it would help us and how can i let me can what i think isnt as you are well for unseeing well its only willingly and its the money for our war. And anybody. Little difficult or. Someone bad then. Im going to be in your brain and if im lucky one of up to i need to make the trip merry and in and ask about something really really sickly. Based on the required will be 8 on the hardest libya obviously. Isnt a 1000000 really really kind of open and. One of. The where they had a year a minute. Lisa early. In the scheme. She has no holier parted with. And asked for her to see the t. V. I want to lift the levy walk and when i. Was. One of the most significant finds in tripoli was a letter written by so moch al and then head of counterintelligence at m i 6 march 2004 to the head of the libyan b. S. O. It says quote i congratulate you on the safe arrival of saudi meaning. This was the least we could do for you and for libya to demonstrate the remarkable relationship we have built over the years i am so glad that the british Security Services the cia and the libyan kidnapped children between the ages of 16 felt 12 and send them to get out. And i want to sit and then. There was more and more well maybe. They need. The civil cases. And. Run side by side but also id accepted an offer of compensation by the British Government. Bell hollows however wanted a fool apology from the government the former foreign secretary and former head of counterintelligence at him i 6 the British Government settled that case in december 2012 for 2200000 pounds in the short of the know how mean. You. Then. Out of the. Way and. The so i think that we know really what the truth is here and that the British Government knows that it has a case to answer up to how can bill hoge wont accept such a settlement because he wants an apology hes made it clear that he wants he wants a bit of good will to politicize what was going to have a loss of what was done to his wife mr bahamas for his part his offer to drive his case and walk away from his Civil Court Case for just 3 pounds one from some our calendar one from jack straw and one from the government and an apology and thats the real problem the British Government is worried about apologizing because they feel that if they do that theres a risk that former Security Service people who were involved in this kidnapping might be prosecuted and might go to jail and one of the even who won and yet to be finance be happy hump what were going to do on. And if you believe that this we are going to america all of the. Kabul. If this were mainly. A we learned. What part of to when youre. Really where we are to that im here or in the here. If it is proved that british officials did torture anyone whether in the u. K. Or broad or involved complicit in their torch head they need to account to criminal law in the case im actually pretty confident that the Supreme Court of britain is going to say that of course torture victims have to have their day in court but the reality is the government will always seek to delay its an incredibly embarrassing case what case could be more embarrassing than british Security Services kidnapping pregnant ladies and sending them back to dictators like a daffy it doesnt get any worse for them while the British Government settled with Something Else saudi the Us Government appears so far to have ignored the whole rendition issue even though papers discovered in 2011 point clearly to their involvement according to Human Rights Watch documents show that the cia kidnapped khaled im sorry if im most of our marketing and rendered them to the libyans the men say they were detained and interrogated in afghanistan for over a year. The documents that were free found in the libyan Intelligence Ministry were very troubling they showed a level of cooperation between the United States the United Kingdom and the cia in their rendition of a number unlawful rendition of a number of individuals who were enemies of gadhafi back to libya it shows a deep level of collusion between the u. S. And the u. K. And libya it rendering individuals into gadhafi as hands at a time when we knew that gadhafi was mistreating abusing detainees in custody you saw the team. Just leave. A Little Europe about him about if you will. Not work as human to sharpen i would you know i would and we walk arm. And there john was a how much of a deal and i did mean in the middle of nashville and when he mark and the most who are there are doctors my god then the mental clue gave them a kind of monopoly of us over that they can the men. Only about thought that im in a muslim. Or that will be the. Be the commander of the United States believes and promotes itself as a country that believes in the rule of law and abides by its International Legal obligations but we know for a fact that the u. S. Has not done so in many cases especially with regards to its detention practices that. Is there in. The war say that them. Theres a movement. Through. With their behavior with the comes ashore can be made it more difficult for the Bush Administration to carry out its program of torture they continue to do so but in a different kind of way. And since. The president Obama Took Office he did ban the use of enhanced interrogation techniques and actually has called the practices that occurred during the cia torture program torture the u. S. Unlawfully rendered numerous individuals into libyan custody where they knew that they were going to be. They were going to be likely tortured and abused but in addition before they even did that they held several of them in cia detention and tortured them brutally themselves so yes its a double standard and a double standard that the u. S. Absolutely has to account for if it ever wants to put this dark chapter in its history behind it and the muslim and american. The sox. And the meticulous and. Move them of the who are. Human rights warts or munger them into the with. Aljazeera to the cia to comment on all of these allegations but they did not reply. Theres evidence that it wasnt just british and american intelligence who colluded with the libyans canada may have also been involved most of a korea a canadian citizen of libyan descent says he was tracked kidnapped and rendered to libyan intelligence he says he was accused of having links with socalled International Terrorism but that this has never been proved. It is melissa to move. I dont marry more i mean im worried. That im around. And read and then i am and my you know if you can at. Least im going to deny most of the good list i mean you made it to the rule of law in this in order to them to do it on the island in the middle name silly lester he has your things if you can it if you know what im quoting it for what can you read any else with mini acca that i havent seen about the matter with the other. Kennedy in correspondence between libyan intelligence and the canadians is a letter from the libyans saying thank you for the information about the arrest of the canadian citizen most of our mohammad korea otherwise known as father of the ally f. G. And the summer of 2002 we greatly value the information we have received on it and what it has about a bullet in the feet if it was. As affinity and i couldnt bury them obama momentum had wanted to set it off for quite a long time and well how would i not for that but i thought of the. Well to any techie that would lend you must send. 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Look at the look at that well look the weather was a lot i dont know us but i all jazeera asked the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to comment on most of her clothes allegation they replied to say they do not comment publicly on specific cases but they are that our exchanges with foreign agencies are always guided by a playable law ministerial direction and a robust suite of internal policies all to ensure that c. S. I. S. Is not complicit directly or indirectly in the mistreatment of any individual and that everything we do to keep canadas safe is consistent with canadian values aljazeera came across another case that of abraham we see another libyan opponent of gadhafi this time in our land. He says he was detained for questioning by the irish authorities before the visit of george w. Bush to arm in 2004 this led to media stories saying he had links to al qaida. But the. Death of them well that and we dont have much. All. To him at my heart. At that one but. I am. A little less money than what im what they. Are among rock or. Doria or the commission on it most of what ork of it he said that he spoke of it. Can feast officious can be in auto how many or most or all of the diffusion i had thought that in a little time coffee down. America we love the. Or yeah i mean the level it may be hard if it was so close on 30. All boosie is says that none of the charges against him in ireland was ever proved but that he was nevertheless put under house arrest and subject to travel restrictions. On some of the you know they have their ballot. We need to see assia. But i thought i thought i love the love so far at least all i need to have mac thats my but thats the looks ignitions. Kind of telling me that i remember him too i mean we have a lot. I licked a lot of old but it was said by really human who look at it. And the message they were offering i think im 70 i think. Am a buffet and im a whole lot more could test the unlit help or talk of getting out of. The south oh i thought of some of the short talk of the new senate but very clearly has said look i dont know if i can help and not call the office remove the threat of. Aljazeera ask the irish authorities to comment on mr albritton your statement the Justice Ministry replied to say that they do not comment on individual cases they went on to say that given the International Nature of threat from jihad this type of terrorism the authorities here work closely on an ongoing basis with their International Counterparts in identifying and managing threats in this area. Different vein this is a dish pressed holes in the 40 years of the hockey. Meanwhile back in the u. K. The. Just as had been turning in the case of our. Lives. On the 10th of may 28th there was a dramatic development. The head of the British Government Prime Minister to resign may sent a letter of apology to bell harsh and his wife fatima and in the British Parliament the Senior Lawyer the attorney general made an announcement. On behalf of her majestys government i apologize reservedly we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal that you both suffered and our role in. The house had been waiting 14 years for this moment so his response was direct you are the one good attorney. And i think. You are to very her. Be there was a t. And no one would have any if it is the fact that you had the visual. Fighting and their lawyers showed the Prime Ministers letter of apology to the assembled journalists. The u. K. Lost its way when i got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and then to get off it just didnt but today i think it stood on the right side of history by recognizing its mistakes and by apologizing. Its important to note that although the British Government apologize for rendering the baha g. s to libya former foreign minister jack straw and former head of Counter Intelligence sadam i 6 so mark allen have not admitted personal responsibility or any wrongdoing in the case of bob. And fatima bush. Furthermore in october 20th the former head of libyan intelligence. Publicly denied any complicity in the torture of political detainee. 1900. Massacre at abu salim prison. Aljazeera spoke to Corey Krieger after the British Government apology for me the most important moment when the British Government apologised and bay was the part of the Prime Ministers letter where she essentially says we believe you. Abdelhakim in fact and i had to relive the absolute bottom the worst moments of their lives for 6 and a half years to fight this case and we know how survivors of torture and abuse like theirs are often silenced and disbelieved so for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to say in her apology we believe what you have said we believe that the cia and the libyans tortured you that for me it was the most powerful moment i dont think that the apology does totally close the rendition issue altogether for under the human fatuma it does it ends the chapter it ends the case they are satisfied thats the end of it but this isnt just a historical issue anymore is it so for example we know that gina has somebody who is at the very heart of the american torture and Rendition Program has been promoted to be director of the cia now and we also know that all around the world there are still security agencies with which the u. S. And the u. K. Cooperate every day who torture prisoners so right now as we speak in yemen the United Arab Emirates is running black sites in which detainees are tortured and which rape is used as a technique of torture and these are people within the u. S. And the u. K. Is in coalition and so i think that theres a real moral ethical and legal question for the Security Services in the u. S. And the u. K. About how closely theyre going to fly to Abusive Security agencies and what the line in the sand is really going to be. The Prime Ministers apology may have restored the British Governments reputation showing it was willing to try to right previous wrong. But how did not to be for the tenacity of human rights lawyers it may never have been achieved and the same cannot be said of m i 6 and the cia 8 years old from the death of gadhafi its worth remembering that not every opponent of the gadhafi regime and victim of unlawful rendition by western intelligence agencies has a joint say come. 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How it was a game welcome to nothing to the international forecast weve got a fair bit of cloud just making its way away from northern parts of iran bright skies coming back in behind it a cloud there just on the eastern side of the mediterranean little drifts into syria lebanon jordan we were down towards israel as well just notice want to see showers into southern parts of turkey i will continue to be the case as we go on through wettest day for central areas iraq stays hot dry 37. 00 celsius in baghdad 36. 00 q a city and in that pakistan karateka its up to 36. 00 as well and are going to temperatures around that mark across a good part of the Arabian Peninsula and a bit of cloud there along the coastal fringes of oman over the next couple of days as tuesdays picture wednesday slides down towards a lot of you could see want to 2 spots of right as a result of that across the southwest of yemen you might see wanted to showers here over the just mountains just around the gulf of aden but by and large it does look essentially dry and sunny. The weather too in too much of Southern Africa but to the northeast of south africa just around the drac is about pace we could see some showers as we go through tuesday it brightens up nicely for whites day the picture dry with. A plan to star in world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects youre talking about the political dimension where the spoils of war are smuggled and sold to walk in houses and private collectors dying for selling i mean artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east dont sound dont cry thats one quick solution. Trafficking on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Entering. The United States of america wants turkey to stop the invasion. The us demands an immediate holds to turkeys offensive in Northern Syria and announces new sanctions against top turkish officials Syrian Government troops meanwhile deployed in the kurdish controlled city of mom beach raising fears of a direct confrontation with Turkish Forces. Im fully back to watching aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha all still coming up voting is underway in mozambique general election its for a stop to a peace deal between the government and the opposition. And thousands take to the 3 cities sprayed after council and separatist leaders are given long jail sentences for holding and independence referendum. Thank you for joining as u. S. President donald trump has imposed sanctions on turkey saying washington stands ready to destroy the techie she called me if it continues its military campaign in northeastern syria the sanctions saw get several turkish officials also signaled his intention to increase tariffs on turkish steel imports and his counsel talks on 100000000000. 00 trade deal donald trump wants an immediate cease fire and has sent his Vice President mike pence to ankara to begin negotiations. Let me say the president could not have been more firm with president he would want to that. The United States of america is simply not going to tolerate. Turkeys invasion of syria any further and were calling on syria to stand down to end the violence and come to the negotiating table and thats the reason the president sending me to the region to make his intention very clear and were going to be looking were going to be looking for turkey to take strong action in that regard. On the battlefield Syrian Government forces have taken advantage of the abrupt u. S. Retreats from ne in syria a small unit of soldiers entered the city of mom as well as other towns at the invitation of Kurdish Forces lets take a quick look at the latest military movements turkey says its establishing a safe zone along its southern border the 1st phase of which stretches 120 kilometers wide and more than 30 kilometers deep taking all controls the area in yellow including the border towns of tal aviad and. Turkish led forces have also cut off the m 4 highway a vital supply line that runs through kurdish territory from mom beach to iraq turkish that forces are on the outskirts of mom bage and this sets up a potential clash with the syrian army which is already in the city as part of a deal with the kurds theyve also taken control of top and moved into iran aesop assads troops have also entered and raised the Syrian Government flag in has a province and the border city of commish name now the humanitarian cost of techies military operation is a ready being felt unicef has released these pictures a syrian families that estimates 70000. 00 children have been displaced in just a week of fighting while the World Food Program says it has given assistance to tens of thousands of people fleeing the violence lets get the latest now from our correspondent on the ground cha stratford who joins us live from. Charlie the battle lines are shifting it seems whats the latest youre hearing from the battlefield where do things stand right now. Certainly the flashpoints that you mentioned the towns like mondays very much the focus of attention we can only understand by the russians we we go there are still a lot of talk so obviously with a book by moscow trying to avoid any kind of confrontation between. The Syrian Military and Turkish Forces understand that the Syrian Military has a presence in. Turkish forces including quite a sizable contingent of those Free Syrian Army fighters that are fighting with that. They are also very close to money based whats interesting here is that a lot of those syrian fighters used to live in there theyre actually from that area and they were forced to leave during the fighting against. Or indeed against the fight against Kurdish Forces in recent years so you can imagine a lot of those main very keen to go back into the area where they and their families used to live so theres a potential major flash point there interestingly as well despite the fact that the Defense Ministry here yesterday again said that it had taken control of. The city in the east we understand theyve been major battles and ongoing clashes in the streets to street fighting back city still very much contested. Syrian forces predominantly Syrian Army Forces predominantly south of that main highway the full all eyes now are on what could do to try and keep these 2 these 2 armies appall president or the war on saying that he is still going to push forward with this plan for what he describes as a safe zone to get some of these refugees that 3600000 of them in this country back to syria what about the humanitarian situation charlie a lot of aid organizations have been worried about a new crisis in this area a conflict. Thats right the u. N. Saying that iran 160000. 00 of already would be forced to flee their homes there some statistics coming from the International Red cross today or. Well theyre very keen to stress the importance of civilian infrastructure not being hit by any kind of artillery or air strikes from that theyre saying that already. Infrastructure for the city of houses with a population of around 400000 has already been damaged and then you there are other organizations that are very concerned about how they are going to contain the keep their presence in that area an Organization Called mercy corps American Humanitarian organization that has been working in syria since 2014 saying that hes having to pull out. Its workers there says that base of the shelling is being too heavy the infrastructure too damaged for them to work and of course there are the security concerns as well all these aid agencies say that northeast syria is always being difficult to work in because of the security situation here thats despite the socalled to defeat of the Islamic State in the area when we hear reports of hundreds of Islamic State fighters and affiliates having escaped a prison because the s. D. F. Couldnt go on the table that is obviously going to make the work of humanitarian aid groups even more difficult a very dire situation across the border in terms of the civilians living there thank you very much for that. For us in our attack in syria border. In other world news polls have opened in mozambiques general election that could see the free labor party extended longwall the vote is taking place 2 months after the signing of a peace deal with the longtime wyvil given amel Party President felipe a new city is seeking a 2nd term but he faces a strong challenge from rommels also for one more maybe the 2 sides fought for 16 years in a conflict that killed around a 1000000 people markham where is in my porto for assess mozambiques capital joins us live how enthusiastic are people about this election market. Right now in matola which is a very large so we can take a look at the people who have lined up here hundreds of people lined up at this school where there are at least 6 polling stations and people get to come and vote and there are similar scenes across the city and also across the country but in god or the province in the far north there are at least 10 polling stations that work the opening today and 5000 more than 5000 voters who were on able to vote because of an insurgency that has been going on there for the last 2 years an armed group that calls itself has attacked police stations and villages killed civilians so the government says it cant guarantee the security of those 10 polling stations and also an unknown number of people lost their voting cards in this conflict which is displaced 60000 people whove fled their homes so were not getting these kinds of scenes everywhere still some parts of the country where voting hasnt been able to go ahead because of the conflict a mark of a muslim big just signed its a 3rd Peace Agreement to end everyone hopes of course that this election will help calm the situation in the country but there is a risk isnt there also that it could also. Inflame the tensions. Thats right the ruling for limo buyers who you mentioned have been in power ever since independence from portuguese colonialists in 1075 they fought for an army who are now the Largest Opposition Party but formally a rebel group 40 each other for 15 years in a in a civil war that killed more than a 1000000 people and this peace deal most recent peace deal that was signed in august is the 3rd are meant to be the final deal to end that conflict once and for all there was a truce in 1902 but there has been violence since then this deal is meant to finally bring it to an end but if were normal and its supporters feel that this election isnt credible isnt free and fair then of course it makes that peace deal very fragile indeed and there are already serious complaints from the opposition about inflated Voter Register in in ruling party strongholds and also violence throughout the campaign the so if this election isnt seen as credible its really going to strain that peace deal thank you for that markham way of reporting live from the patel in mozambique. To spain now where dozens of Catalan Independence protesters were injured on monday night in violent clashes with Police Protests erupted in barcelona over the sentencing of 9 catalan separatist leaders whove been sent to prison for their role in the regions failed bid for independence protesters blocked access to barcelonas airport and more than 100. 00 flights were canceled so reports. They turned up in their thousands at barcelonas airport determined to cause as much disruption as possible and fronted by riot police to protest his intentions to signal the start of a campaign of civil disobedience that cause an amnesty for the 9 catalan politicians and activists convicted on monday for their roles in a failed attempt to secede from spain 2 years ago they were found guilty of sedition but were acquitted on the more serious charge of rebellion the defendants were sentenced to between 9 and 13 years in prison the reaction from the catalan Regional Government was unequivocal they got a long government and i personally reject these very big its because we consider them unjust and antidemocratic and because they are part of a political trial and were dragged in comparing of legal action against got along as right to selfdetermination and against the Independence Movement with a general election in his sights next month the spanish Prime Minister better sanchez urged dialogue took a firm line on the Supreme Courts verdict or you can. 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