Capital. High level u. S. Delegation is on its way to tacky to meet president russia type at 0 on hoping to convince him to call off an offensive in northeast and syria Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike pompei or will try to broker a cease fire deal between turkey and Kurdish Armed groups but other one has insisted his forces will not stop until his objectives are met meanwhile heavy fighting continues between Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters in the border town of russell line which is considered a Strategic Point for both well child stratford is in jail and which is close to the scene of fighting in the attack hes border with syria but fast we go to sin and. Im sorry were going to come back to cinema shortly but right now charlie im going to ask you a little more about the fighting that youre just a few kilometers from talk us through what youre seeing there now. Well this morning there has been heavy turkish artillery bombardment of understand s. D. F. Turkish forces positions in the town of russell line exactly which is which is behind me the Syrian Rebels that a pretty surprising in this campaign with the turks are saying that theyve taken control of areas of the west of the city in the last 1015 minutes were beginning to see what looks to be artillery shells landing to the east as well so there seems to be some sort of effort to seal the city off these syrian rebel sources saying that theyre finding it very difficult its talking about kurdish fighters using very complicated and deep tunnel complexes and they say theyre coming under fire a lot from turkish snipers this town is vital for that in what they describe as the 1st phase of this military campaign the 1st phase that started over a week ago so it just shows you the determination of the Kurdish Forces as an artillery shell being fired there it shows you the determination of the Kurdish Forces in trying to try to push that the turks back we also understand that the Syrian Military is in various locations around 30 kilometers from the border thats the rough area within which the turks want to set up this socalled safe zone too so president or the one says trying to rehab some of the 3600000 Syrian Refugees in this country we know the syrian army or also in control of money to the west and we heard last night that the Syrian Military had moved into that strategically important town of kabbani which is close to mom beach directly on the border certainly here all indications are that the turks are finding it very difficult to to flush out those kurdish fighters from this very important city. For that on the border between talking therapy. I mean eye on developments there for us thank you charles well lets now go to sin and cos hes on standby just outside the president ial palace in ankara waiting for that meeting thats about to take place between mike pence mike compare and president c. M. Were hearing obviously some big hitters who are in ankara from washington they did today is this very high level visit likely to shift ones thinking at all. Well it doesnt seem so when you look at that on statements and sister day and actually since the beginning of the smirk through operation even about this these Turkish Military operations that goes beyond 2 years yesterday are gone stated that the only condition of his own was that the wife e. G. This turkeys sees as a syria branch of the output Kurdistan Workers Party should lay down arms that will be the only way that everything that these things will stop and add on as it is eager to set up the safe zone which is say as a us President Donald Trump promised for 20 miles but but on the ground it hasnt been it hasnt been this way but i don said one thing yesterday he said that whoever is coming to the turkish capital to perswade on corrupt to stop this military operation should ever shouldnt even bother so it doesnt seem like our don is going to change his position as turkey sees the p k k out both Kurdistan Workers Party as an existential threat p k k is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the us and the e. U. As well so thats why there should be Something Else of course there are negotiations ongoing for a while since the beginning of these operations and everyone says that mr donald trump gave a green light to the soap aeration but it has been denied by other u. S. Office shows but it seems i dont want to combat the diplomats the traffic leader cheerleaders he says you know i talk to trump ive talked to putin so in this region we see that leader to leader diploma so works but of course today will be full of surprises probably we are going to hear what they have what they will be speaking around the table all together including the Vice President mike pence secretary of state don other turkish officials but its going to be a tough bargain to say ali that for us and crash will be bringing us updates from that nation throughout the day thank you senator. Well the fighting as you can see thats been ongoing thats forced more than a 1000 Syrian Refugees to cross the border into iraq just in the last 3 days but aid groups are concerned that the tightly secured borders mean only those who can afford to pay smugglers able to get out our correspondent reports from a refugee camp in the dough hook province thats in the semi autonomous kurdish region of Northern Iraq. On board these buses refugees could begin to relax a bit after days on the run they knew when they close their eyes to try to sleep tonight the v. C. The airstrikes frightened us it took us to do is to reach the border definitely when you have children you will suffer. Turkey says its doing everything it can to avoid civilian casualties the number of Syrian Refugees streaming over the border is slowly ticking up 2 days ago that number was less than 200 on wednesday a war than 800 syrians primarily kurds crossed over the border into Northern Iraq they tell us theyre paying smugglers between 150. 00 to 200. 00 to escape to safety. The shelling isnt scaring us as 2 or 3 days but the sleeper cells in the escaped us will fight as a war skip people. Refugees also expressed concern that eisel fighters might end up slipping into Iraq Iraqi Security sources say there are 3500 eisel fighters with iraqi citizenship and telling them look you have to be afraid because theyre not finished. The Kurdistan RegionalGovernment Security forces are stationed along a section of the border where refugees are being smuggled in it is not an official checkpoint named by name theyre conducting background checks before letting them proceed deeper into Northern Iraq no one spoke to seemed willing to address the possibility that eisel fighters might sneak in undetected and the greater the flow of refugees the harder it may become to track people from going i dont think the thais who would manage to disappear among the aisles if so we have always Security Department that the speaking gold in this acidic precautions. The turkish incursion into Northern Syria comes at a time when many people had been living as though the war in syria was largely over now these refugees are here in this camp he still e reopened for their arrival shell shocked after that sense of safety was shattered in a matter of days. To hook province in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq. On to other news now the Northern IrishPolitical Party which backs Boris Johnsons conservatives has dealt another blow to the Prime Ministers hopes of a back seat deal the Democratic Unionist Party has released a statement saying it cannot support Boris Johnsons current plan he is due to present that proposal to e. U. Leaders in a crunch summit in just the coming hours they will try to negotiate a deal for the u. K. s departure on october 31st and if an agreement isnt approved johnson is obliged by law to ask for yet another delay lawrence lee has the latest from brussels. The announcement from the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland the supposed conservative allies there that they cant support Boris Johnsons deal as it stands is both disastrous frankly for johnson and entirely expected as well because for the democratic unionist the idea that there would be a trade border between the island of ireland and the rest of the u. K. Is absolutely anathema to them because they would regard it as pushing Northern Ireland closer to the republic of ireland than the rest of the u. K. And for Boris Johnson subparts any sort of deal in parliament werent ever to be agreed here hes got to get the support of the youth league and all the budget hardliners who take their lead from the d u p and all the conservative moderates who he sects and he dont like the deal anyway and some Labor Party Opposition politicians and so the European Union was never going to square off a deal with Boris Johnson unless it knows that it will pass in the British Parliament and at the moment it looks dismally unlikely for johnson but thats not ever going to happen and so the frustration from the European Union side at the continued inability of the conservative party to agree inside itself what sort of bracks it wants is causing enormous frustration here as are being finding out in brussels. The media may be absorbed with the intricate diplomatic footwork involved in helping the u. K. Out of the European Union but here the concerns are simpler and far more enjoyable the hockey club is home to the children of british workers as well as belgians dutch and many others who enjoy the benefits of a united europe the kids end up speaking several languages and learn what its like to live abroad kathleen a belgian businesswoman with interests across western europe speaks for many who cannot understand what has happened to attitude in the u. K. And shes sick to death of the whole thing. It would be better if they would be a real part of you just like the others theyve always been the sort of exception when youre just playing along like all other countries. And if they cant join in do you think it would be better if they just got out a thing at least its clear yeah yeah european argument for the u. K. Not leaving is obvious enough they view it as economic and political suicide but theres a huge amount of cynicism too if there is one single emotion that people in places like this feel about brecht city its bewilderment really that the u. K. Might not want its children to enjoy the advantages that these kids have but as well as that there is a genuine sense of the british people were sold a law i over the advantages of leaving the European Union the misleading promises of the Referendum Campaign about how much money the u. K. Gives your up the untruths about turkey joining the e. U. Or the plan for a European Army inflammatory posters about the u. K. Being invaded by Asylum Seekers all of us have viewed here as fake news that infected the minds of the public. But this information Monitoring Group is now lumping the u. K. In with hungary and poland as holmes of untrustworthy information there has been a lot of ways either by just not understanding how the e. U. Works and how e. U. Membership works but also intentional lies and when information is intentionally misleading we call it information the other objection is about the bricks it claimed as an independent u. K. Will reclaim an identity lost to europe this politician who campaigns for flemish rights inside belgium doesnt believe it i am feel flemish and i will be flemish for the rest of my life and i have you think british people who feel more british. I dont know you think you can be british and european at the same time like people can be german and european british and european italian french and european its a bit and Different Levels in identity. There are certainly plenty of western europeans who regard the u. K. As a lost cause already and think in political terms its gone if they hold hope for anything its perhaps that people are still able to get along. And frankly many are not sure even if. Brussels. Weather is next but still ahead the aftermath of more violence in mexico our police are among dozens dead as fears grow for their security. And the battle over a constant threat to the elephant how britains trying to stop sales of precious ivory. Plenty of seasonal rains across areas of indonesia quite heavy at times into some areas or borneo i will see a few showers across into city west as we go through friday but the rains a generally heavy a further towards the west and actually drifting further southwards into some arches very widespread on saturday across the many peninsula and some heaviest falls as well into southern areas of vietnam across into cambodia and also Southern Thailand more showers into the southeast of australia mostly across into victoria and tasmania could see the cloud here in the last few hours say thats certainly on friday but you woman to prison at 28 there is a chance of escape a thunderstorm not cold though with this right in hobart 19 celsius and 27 m. Perth which then really jumps up on saturday to 32 and to mostly sunny skies 16 degrees new water across into melbourne but it should be a drive day on saturday and warm embrace been as a say there is also again then the chance of some thunderstorms and then into new zealand willesden proving picture in the south island norway on friday that is probably the west today this week certainly but this system is working its way northward itll take the showers on to ologhlin a fairly shy pattern really few for the next couple of days but warming up in trying to judge of those sunny skies with a high of 20. Council. Experience now the Business Council is going to seize together. Again im just. A reminder of our top stories this hour. Turkish forces uncredited pfizers continues a battle in the border town of russell and considered a Strategic Point for both Syrian Forces moving north of also become a major obstacle for attacking a high level u. S. Delegation is on its way to tacky hoping to convince the president to call off his offensive in northeastern syria its believed Vice President mike pence and secretary of state will try to broker a cease fire. And Northern Irelands do you has said it cannot support the current threats that plan being worked on by british Prime MinisterBarak Johnson and the e. U. Do you peace statement comes just hours ahead of a key summit in brussels on the u. K. s exit to from the block. Hong kong lead a carrier has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the Territories Legislature opposition members protested in the chamber and called for had to step down at least 10 people were moved by security trying to answer questions regarding her annual policy address she was forced to deliver a vast address through a video link on wednesday off to the legislative session was cancelled some probation politicians have condemned the out best against them in the chamber. Always think that. Citizens were not a step anyone to use while and in any way so we all also know that while ns cannot solve any problem still as a Legislative Council i dont think that any logical member should use any kind of one and including. All physical law and in the chambre to express their will. Corresponds cup hyde law has more from. For the 2nd day running chief executive of Hong Kong Carrie lim drowned out in the Legislative Council chambers by prodemocracy members of that body thursday was supposed to be a 90 minute question and answer session based on her policy address that she gave on wednesday twice it was interrupted by prodemocracy members chanting and interrupting the proceedings many of them were escorted out of the chamber now this is supposed to be something that happens every day after the policy address she received criticism for that policy just because she didnt directly talk about the 5 demands of the protesters again on thursday she did not address those there are only a handful of questions because the time is constrained to be kept to that 90 minute schedule even though its stopped twice now how do we move forward now when shes talked about what she wants to do how she wants to tackle the social situation here the social crisis in hong kong she says she wants to appoint an independent committee to look into why their divisions are so deep here in hong kong there are no real explanations of what she wants to do right now to stop the social crisis in hong kong thats where shes receiving a lot of criticism and no clear answers coming out of this question answer session that lasted about 90 minutes now an organizer of the Hong Kong Protest Movement has been left bloodied and bruised after a group attacked him with hammers to me sharon was on his way to a meeting and counting when the attackers confronted him has been one of the most public faces of the antigovernment protests which have now gripped tongue for 5 months this means hes been attacked for effect in time since the protests began. Now the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union is next in line to testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against donald trump its expected that Gordon Sunderland will be questioned about Text Messages from the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine discussing trumps effort to pressure ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden on tuesday a former Senior Advisor to the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei or was the latest person to testify Michael Mckinney was quizzed for 5 hours by house committees after abruptly resigning last week and in breaking news congressman Elijah Cummings a democrat and the chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee has died he was deeply involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump a republican there was no information immediately available on the cause of death will bring you more on that as we get it. While mexicos president has called on paper to lay down their arms and not solve their problems or violence after 2 Mass Shootings the attacks happened in 2 of the most violent states where drug gangs drug drug gangs a battle for control of smuggling routes reports from mexico city. 2 days of terror have left dozens dead in southwestern mexico. On monday 14 Police Officers were killed in the state of michoacan the officers were ambushed by gunmen associated with the. Cartel. The families of the lawman blamed regional leaders for the deaths saying local police are under equipped to battle the regions well armed and highly organized criminal groups. Yet you sent in the sense people today that why didnt she train them to defend themselves these boys were 18 and 19 years old now dead dead on tuesday a gunfight left another 15 dead this time in the state of get little the incident involved mexican soldiers exchanging gunfire with armed civilians. Between 6 and 8 people managed to escape into the bush we are conducting a sweep in cooperation with other Security Forces deadly incidents like these are becoming increasingly common in mexico. Was. And add to the 27478. 00 homicides nationwide since president and that is Manuel Lopez Obrador entered Office Despite the escalation in violence the president insists that advances are being made. In the past theres a lack of peace in the country but we will achieve it however there is momentum behind this problem it was allowed to groove for far too long but we will find a way to resolve it while a majority of violent deaths or increasing in only a handful of mexican states there has also been an increase in crimes so along with an increase in the perception of insecurity nationwide in a National Public security poll conducted by the government in the summer more than 70 percent of people say they consider the city they live in unsafe many here are worried 2900 will shatter all previous records for homicides nationwide if the current trend of violence continues that may just be the case but ended up in mexico city now protests in getting its capital over a proposed change to the constitution that would allow the president to run for a 3rd term 81 year old alpha conde is also accused of fueling ethnic tension 9 people have now died in the violence there reports from conakry and a warning you may find some of these images disturbing. A city divided this is where ethnic susu and committing to live side by side in peace and this is where the full on the live. Move shouts this paratrooper theyre armed with live rounds of ammunition since the beginning of the protest against president attempt to extend his stay in power the capitals full on the districts look and feel like a war zone Security Forces are shooting down protesters this is mobile phone footage of mr and mrs bollinger unconscious one was shot in the leg the other had a large rock thrown to her head they were mourning the loss of 2 of their nephews who were shot dead by armed soldiers when they came back after them. They survived the attack still in grief and seeding with anger. The soldiers told me they are paid to kill the colonies and that they will kill us one by one the one responsible for this is gone day soldiers are being paid by the president to assess and aid us. Make of the ethnic majority in guinea never has a felony come to power hundreds of them are being rounded up and arrested because theyre protesting against the 81 year old president s attempt to change the constitution and to run for a 3rd mandate. Opposition leaders tell you john luke uses the president to fueling ethnic divisions. Within it but we have to fight tribalism in ethnic politics because its dividing us and it could create so much hatred and violence that it could cause a civil war we asked the information minister why the government are targeting for money but he would not allow us to broadcast the interview this is a touchy subject he explained after several days of protests calm has returned in most neighborhoods but not in full on the areas. This is what remains of a military outpost or was burned to the ground by protesters because its inside a full on the neighborhood now the military has replaced it with this big white tent and theyre just behind me keeping a close watch on the situation because earlier on demonstrators threw stones at them they responded by firing shots its still very much a tense situation here this calls for dialogue by present day. Susu in full each ethnic group has its political leader with its own grievances something that president alpha conde will have to address if you want to extend his stay in power and unite a population divided by politics because hawke aljazeera conakry in nigeria at least 2 people have died after an oil tanker crashed into a market and then exploded the accident happened in the city of thats about 500 kilometers south of the capital a picture. The king of morocco has pardoned journalist who was sentenced to prison for having an abortion has a right a sunni her fiance and 2 doctors had been given a one year jail term human rights activist said the conviction was politically motivated and now about 55. 00 African Elephants are killed for their ivory every day their tusks then being turned into carvings and trinkets now antique dealers in the u. K. Are challenging a new law which criminalizes trade in almost all ivory artifacts even when the ivory is from elephants who were killed and many years ago charlie and the reports from central and the majestic African Elephant wild and free but constantly under threat its estimated 20000 killed every year to meet the Global Demand for ivory ivory that is often smuggled to asia where desire for carvings and jewelry is still high in an attempt to decimate elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade the u. K. Passed a law last year banning almost all sales of antique ivory pieces. A lot of government and conservationists and fighting to defend ivory exports from the u. K. Is the highest compared to any other country in the world and what is even more concerning is most of the ivory going out of the u. K. Is going to problem i remark in such as Mainland China and hong kong to the u. K. Ivory act tries to address these loopholes and tries to fix this problem and more broadly deal with the problem of torching and i reach out to you. But antique dealers argue that business does not fuel elephant poaching they want that law overturned with seeking a declaration that the u. K. Ivery act is unlawful under a you know and the trade in 47. 00 worked specimens which commonly known as antiques has long been harmonized and e. U. Lol and the u. K. Didnt actually have the power to depart from that legislation because its very important that its harmonized across the e. U. So were seeking a declaration today which and for she would render the entire ivory act in valid the u. K. Ivery are still hasnt been implemented and it wont be until this case is complete currently the European Union rules and i betrayed him over the last not why this case is being rushed through the courts before the break the deadline of october 31st but similar on ivory a being introduced in other countries like new Zealand Australia and singapore following the u. K. s example in the hope that by removing ivory status as a desirable commodity they can help protect elephants for future generations. Aljazeera now and. Again this is al jazeera and these all the headlines a high level u. S. Delegation is on its way to taxi hoping to convince attackers president to call off his offensive in ne in syria its believed Vice President mike pence and secretary of state will try to broker a cease fire. Meanwhile Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters continue to battle in the border town of russell line considered a Strategic Point for both Syrian Forces moving north of also become a major obstacle for turkey Charles Stratford has more from jail and cannot in the last 1015 minutes were beginning to see what looks to be absolutely shows landing to the east as well so there seems to be some sort of effort to seal the city of these syrian rebel sources saying that theyre finding it very difficult its talking about kurdish fighters using very complicated and deep tunnel complexes and they say theyre coming under far a lot from turkish snipers the Northern Islands do you p. A. Has said it cannot support the current brics the plan being worked on by british Prime Minister baraks johnson on the e. U. Do peace statement comes just hours ahead of a key summit in brussels on the u. K. s exit from the block hong kong leader kerry lamb has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the Territories Legislature opposition members protested in the chamber and called for had to step down at least 10 people were removed by security cameras trying to answer questions regarding her annual policy address the Us Ambassador to the European Union is next in line to testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against donald trump its expected that Gordon Sunderland will be questioned about Text Messages from the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine discussing trumps effort to pressure ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden and in breaking news congressman Elijah Cummings a democrat and chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee has died and he was deeply involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump a statement from his office says he died of complications from Longtime Health challenges while those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera off the fault lines to stay with us. A chance for a union after decades of separation caused by a war. One i want to join some others journey to reaganite with the son she lost more than 60 years ago in the korean war on aljazeera. Lets look at that time because notice that it is 10 days in. Is and in the goodness of the currently look at interest in the. Food death of look at granny has. 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