Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Showers on saturday time which is a better than they were certainly 17 celsius the melbourne 16 in hobart very warm though still in sydney but it should begin to cool off a little bit as we head through the last apollos the weekend not so i mean 29 on saturday look at this by sunday sunny skies and a high there of 35 degrees celsius but it does cool off in sydney by then down to 23 but maybe slightly few showers likely across into highballs should be a bad weekend across both in the same rain pushing in but it doesnt make much headway suck it is dry and warm certainly in christchurch and in fact on sunday a degree woman look cloudy skies but a high of 23. Her china is going on. To we unify with the my. Bike the consequences are certain just to get the time once determination to retire. On out just. 0. 0. Every your. Top stories on aljazeera at least one person has died in antigovernment protests in the capital Baghdad Security forces have used tear gas and stun grenades to push back the demonstrators the Prime Minister has vowed to reshuffle his cabinet and introduce sweeping reforms. The pentagon is sending u. S. Troops into syria 2 weeks after President Donald Trump called for all American Forces to be withdrawn pentagon says additional troops will help protect Syrian Oil Fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters. The sheriff the south korean Business Empire samsung has been back in court for the start of his bribery retrial the Supreme Court ruled jay wileys case should be heard again after receiving a suspended sentence for seeking favors from the former President Park when hey rob mcbride has more from seoul. Jay widely arrived in court knowing that if these proceedings go against him he could end up back behind bars. As the de facto head of south koreas biggest conglomerate thats a prospect that would have wide we put questions. I feel very sorry for causing concerns for many people. The was caught up in the Corruption Scandal that brought down former President Park yohe and her associate choice and still now both serving long prison terms he was given a 5 year sentence for bribery but only served one year before his sentence was cut in half on appeal and he was able to walk free but the prosecution appealed that decision and won a ruling at the Supreme Court which is now resulted in this retrial. Case has also highlighted the longstanding controversy over the role of south koreas jabe all these are family run conglomerates that dominate the economy i dont often accused of wielding too much power prosecution lawyers have told the court that lees alleged bribery was part of a plan to take over the chairmanship of some song from his father poses a challenge to the current liberal administration of president moon j n seen here at a recent ceremony with a lady unveiling a multibillion dollar investment. Boon has promised to curb the chaebol powers but it comes at a difficult time for south korea and samsung as the tech giant faces a global downturn in Semiconductor Sales as well as the fallout from the u. S. China trade war and trade restrictions imposed by japan which lead has been trying to fix it widely has been credited with leading. Tronics to find replacement chemicals for export restricted to happen is chemicals and hes been getting very good Public Opinion over that but if now he goes to prison theres a question of whether something can maintain that kind of pace representing 20 percent of south koreas exports samsung may be too big to fail but its bust might not be too big to be sent back to jail or mcbride aljazeera sold. There been protests in guinea over a potential change to the constitution that male our president alpha conde to seek a 3rd term in next years election several opposition politicians and antigovernment demonstrators have been jailed in the past week Priyanka Gupta reports the protesters marched in their thousands in guineas capital conakry moment the they are angry about a possible cost issue change that they see will push me into a dictatorship the people are accusing afrikan day off wanting to hold onto power for the town for them 10 years of condits government are enough mr although we here today to say no to a 3rd term for conde no 2 referendum we are all together here saying of conde must by 2020 after 2 terms in office he should go many protesters will read for those killed last week unlike those days peaceful march those demonstrations violent and the crackdown sivia opposition leaders say 10 people were killed the government puts that number at 8 leaders of a coalition of Civil Society and Political Parties behind the recent wave of antigovernment demonstrations were jailed. Dr moment but are going to get this is the time for our candidates who renounce his words not only the protest in conakry but all over the country alpha conde has lost and needs to free our colleagues in prison now and the fight will continue 81 year old conde 1st came to power in 2010 it was skinnys 1st democratic election after more than 50 years of authoritarian rule since its independence from france in 1958. Test to say they will not allow those dark days to return. And they are planning to match it. In the coming days priyanka could go on to 0. Votes weiners leader has held onto the presidency in the general election margarets him a sissy in his Ruling Botswana Democratic Party secured just over 50 percent of the vote on friday this is he promises to tackle growing corruption and to improve the value of exports protests have continued throughout chile despite economic concessions offered by the president s police used water cannon to disperse crowds in the capital santiago at least 18 people have been killed since the antigovernment demonstrations began a week ago but. Today i want to see good news with my countrymen today we signed inseam to congress a bill that stabilizes the price of electricity electricity rose an average of 9. 2 percent a few days ago we want to cancel this price rise which affected almost 7000000. 00 children in households where the protests are not only focused on the capital. In the coastal city of Valparaiso Police fired on crowds who are throwing stones several stores have been looted. President ial candidates in argentina have held their final rally is ahead of sundays election a change of leadership looks like we would support falling for incumbents more return mark rey following economic turmoil terrorism reports from one of sirees. Last year i rattled off a man this never thought he could become argentinas next president he was a rival of former president Cristina Fernandez the commissioner and even though he was her husband mr kitchen as chief of staff he was also a fierce critic of her time in office now a lot of the one christina as people call them have pulled their differences aside together they have a better chance of defeating center right president in sundays bold. I told christina lets do it together and lets do it right lets do it together and show the best team in argentina is this one the one that thinks for didnt ons 4 years have passed 4 years of pain of seeing 43 Small Companies shut down a day thousands of people without work regional economies are pensioners suffering seller is dropping all that happened with a government that filled the pockets of the banks. On thursday a lot of the hernandez closed his campaign in the city of miami where hes Peronist Party stood together for the 1st time in years. President. Close his campaign in the province of course of the law knowing polls show hes running behind by at least 15 points makea has been struggling with an economic crisis that has put argentina on the verge of default once again he blames the Previous Administration of Cristina Fernandez the out of the never say we are going to have to continue facing the challenges to solve but green the same ones from the past and not help us at all lets not fall into the promises of those who lead us down so many times for so many years they need for so many years and left the country in tatters. For months people here have been withdrawing their money afraid that argentinas Banking System may collapse once again just like it did in the bast political and Economic Uncertainty are making people turn to the u. S. Dollar and thats why the federal bank is using Foreign Research to prevent the further devaluation of the peso currency that immediately translates into more inflation theres not some speculation on to whether the government would be forced to implement further measures to contain the hemorrhage of the forward start. I want of a man this is mackies agreement with the i. M. F. To introduce austerity here is to blame. And modi so maggie is no promising to end spending cuts and push for growth his challenge is to convince going to trust him one more time. Huge swathes of land have been consumed by wildfires burning across the u. S. State of california in the southeast 40000 people have had to leave their homes and businesses around 500 firefighters are battling the flames but have so far only contain these small area further north strong winds have whipped up fires in the regions wine country destroying buildings. And the famous australian landmark has permanently closed to climbers after a decades Long Campaign by Indigenous People hundreds of tourists flock to formally known as air is rock for their last chance to go up to go up it its been a sacred site for the for thousands of years but the bands controversial for some. Rather emotional. Having. Picked up this. Long journey for us to close the form and. To hear. A lot of happiness knowing that. You know respect is going to be given to animals we all respect that. You know its very sacred down the bottom up the top i dont think its a sacred down the road im. Sorry everyone has their own opinion but i dont say that climbing so long as you dont time each anything you just respect you know. This walk Andrew Thomas has the latest from the National Park. Indigenous Aboriginal People say to them that rock is sacred the equivalent perhaps of a cathedral or a mosque and when people clamber to the top of it that disrespecting their culture well for years now climbing has been discourage but at the same time as a sign at the bottom explaining the wishes of the people around here theres been a safety helping those who do want to climb to get to the top so mixed messages nevertheless the number of tourists choosing to climb has dropped steadily and its dropped below now 20 percent or it had to as of thursday and at that point that trigger point the National Parks who manage. Said they would close the climb in atlee well theyre doing it from the saturday the 26th of october that date symbolic because in 1905 that was the dates which this whole National Park was handed from australias Government Back to Indigenous People but still managed by the government this say many is Indigenous People finally asserting their rights not just having them but asserting them not every australian though is happy weve talked to many over the course of friday who say that is an australian landmark and its their right to climb if they choose to regardless of the wishes of those here nevertheless Indigenous People Going Forward have won this one climbing up there is now banned. A candlelight vigil has been held in london for the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck on wednesday people gathered outside the u. K. Home office the Government Department responsible for Immigration Police have confirmed the dead were chinese citizens the bodies were found east of london after the trailer arrived from belgium to go to english work all the Chinese Embassy in the u. K. Attaches great importance to this incident and hes working hard to carry out the related work we will continue to wage the British Police to find out the truth as soon as possible. Businesses across the u. S. Are hoping for a resolution to the trade war with china before too many jobs are lost workers at a chinese train Manufacturing Firm in chicago are particularly worried as john 100 explain. From the chicago skyline follow the southbound tracks for half an hour and youll arrive at the latest battleground in the u. S. China trade war in this gleaming new 100000000. 00 manufacturing plant chinas c r r c is building the 1st of 800 Passenger Rail cars for chicagos elevated trains but congress is now considering banning the company from making trains here unfortunately. Meet the next potential casualties of the trade war. C. R. C. Has 300 workers at a plant in massachusetts in plans to double the 90 here in chicago but china has a major image problem here we cant allow china to require sulphide a force. With donald trump sparking an economic battle with the worlds 2nd largest economy the bill to blacklist china from Passenger Rail projects that receive federal funding which is virtually all of them has drawn support from both parties since pullman built its last car in 1968 no american manufacturer makes Passenger Rail cars the trade war launched by the ministration parted increasing business and employment here in the United States trust between the 2 countries is so great that the u. S. Intent on china even if it also hurting jobs in manufacturing here at home some members of Congress Fear chinas growing Economic Dominance in the National Security threat posed by what they claim could be listening devices imbedded. Real cars critics call them spike trains c r r c calls them ridiculous c r c is it not doing that. When c r c builds the rail cars and delivers them to the Transit Authority takes full control of the rail cars economists say the u. S. China conflict has begun to slow trade generally there are been a number of Economic Outlook economic forecasts that have said that the trade war is beginning to drag on the Global Economy generally trade is affecting Global Growth and that threatens to derail not just chinese manufacturers and american jobs but the Global Economy john hendren aljazeera chicago. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera this hour. 3 people have died as demonstrators marched across the country in iraq and protest against lack of jobs as well as corruption Security Forces have used tear gas and stun grenades in standoff with protesters in baghdads earlier the Prime Minister vowed to reshuffle his cabinet and introduce sweeping reforms but many think this has not gone far enough and the name has more from baghdad. Security forces have been in rapid fire. Tear gas because ali want to follow me behind this building protesters have a road and a bridge that will take them to the green zone that is where the Prime Ministers office the speaker of parliament and the Defense Ministry are located and of course that is where the united. Beginning overnight temperatures were able to topple the barricades and make their way to the green zone. Killed tear gas. And water cannon u. S. Troops are being sent back into syria 2 weeks after President Donald Trump called for. Help protect Syrian Oil Fields from falling back into the hands of i still fighters trump has been widely criticized for abandoning kurdish allies boeing is being partly. Go that killed 189 people and transport Safety Authority says several factors including design flaws on the boeing 737 max led to the accident shortly after takeoff from jakarta but recommended a redesign of the planes alert system as well as better training for pilots. The air of the south korean Business Empire some song has been back in court for the start of his bribery retrial the Supreme Court ruled case should be heard again after receiving a suspended sentence for seeking favors from the former president. Huge swaths of land have been consumed by wildfires burning across california in the southeast 40000 people have had to leave their homes and businesses around 500 firefighters are still battling the flames those are the headlines on aljazeera one o one east taiwans dire straits is coming up next. To the u. S. Trade for students go site which. Lets bring you the stories and developments the dramatically changing the living whats more i. See. Counting the cost on our. National winds of forming in taiwan. 70 years we need to live on the silk screen but now china is calling on the army to reunify with the. Sites the consequences. Of power from. Oh she does if china is willing to use a miniature e means to go against taiwan i think the people understand that theyre fighting the good china is the ultimate way to go. What i want to investigates taiwans results were 90 independent in the face of chinas growing determination to regain control. Of a new generation of taiwanese nationalists dark want to sing along to a true written by communist china. Leading the charge. Front man of band. Independence activist banned from flying in china. Also used to be a member of taiwans. I. Ever closer to the socalled red line across it by taiwan declaring independence is to invite military invasion now the communist leaders in beijing are confronted by death metal diplomacy. I tried to lead china in their war of understanding was the young people in taiwan thinking maybe in world peace china all. Pretty lame just the political power of a generation that increasingly identifies themselves as taiwanese not chinese. Silden to the back of a 2014 mass protest called the some Flower Movement students fearing by james influenced successfully the government plans to close a tri ties with china. 2004 to. Move. These shows taiwan people would never want to be a part of china in the future. I i live like to be on that side. I feel that i can and. I feel that i can change the world. Now because i think with me. Some of the taiwanese based final preparations for a very different kind of. Live. Sound trilled want taiwans military is a full dress rehearsal for catastrophe. Fighting often in chinas peoples liberation. Front. Taiwans being still for the sake of ease since Chiang Kai Shek and its National Army fled the. After losing chinas civil war to the communists. About aging be on an easy unfinished business. Conscription is being ice time fish an all volunteer force. Was seems some of the next gen troops dont appeal to. Much of these areas now outdated the troops up numbers. The u. S. Is promising billions of dollars worth of you tanks fighters and missiles but theyll still be no match for china. Is building warships and im the president of rights for peace time and its night he is now challenging us dominance but these wars. This is all about showing by aging that if i did really try to win by this all and it would be brutal it would be bloody and there would be a massive economic and political process but this is just one aspect theres also the hearts and minds and the reason ive come here is to answer the question do the people of this islands have the will to keep up with standing chinas pressure. These guys rock stuff ready him lose to a very different. Its Campaign Season hes up for reelection in 2020 eights to reach the generation of. Things. Thank you. Guys you know its theres no doubt that so hes out there going i was no idea i dont even you know you see i dont know about it so you go hoping you dont mind iraq through i think most of the young people recognize me because im a singer in a rock band and all their citizens they recognize me because im a politician as an independent freddie is caught of the coalition that supports the right Democratic Progressive Party government is the balancing support for independence with the diet consequences of pushing china. I like you just so you see joseph who is taiwans foreign minister if you believe in democracy i think the people here already say we are not interested in unification with china but of course we understand our responsibilities in preventing war from taking place on our part and the current government ever since 2016 when we took over we are taking a very prudent approach toward china we tried to prevent china for all my heading on this skews to goal after taiwan many charities. Such on the streets of the capital time high a reminder taiwans in secure. Iraq rather her. Least since the war and the island still for pays for chinese. Anyway right bills now havent. Urgency chinas growing arsenal of missiles could have bleeding right this city with just a few minutes. This is really here we are going to side this bustling metropolis is just. A ghost town when these rights arent began and literally the Tropical Storm or the big part of driving everybody inside when they are being told by the police that we need to go inside as well. I can you in fact. Genuine fine Clothes Police woman spells out the rules. Tell. It like to write the story this is really one of those take it pretty seriously here take you. Live. Here and see if it might be. After half an hour the all clear is sounds and life for most goes on. And very good to see you this is quite a lot of those. Expected. David bowie on the wall there trying to remain as a musician to study liam has taken an unconventional path to politics aside from his death metal gate he also Led Amnesty International in taiwan. So youve got a rock star background the dalai lama on your wall what on earth do you think in beijing they make of you. I dont think theyre like me. Pretty lame sees the immediate right comes not from beijing soldiers storming out these pictures i was open briefly in the media and i know one thing i. Know thats a member of Parliament Defense and Security Committee he warns some news outlets with links to china really did this he pushed the defeatist mais each that the unification is inevitable. I worry about it very much especially in the last 2 or 3 years that i can see those media who got billions of dollars from china they tried to brainwash taiwanese people and tried to. Make images on china they tried to avoid to people to know what happened in tibet and. In the course of last year we have seen the chinese is also engaged in this Information Campaign against various government institutions to create distrust in the government and to create at this trust in the Democratic Institutions is it working. We warry because it is deeply entrenched. Theres no doubt that is why gene and intense hearts and minds can hide here where according to the taiwanese weapons a fight and lots of mine land cash especially in the context i want to call is a former canadian Intelligence Officer who stepped out of the shadows just an hour to 5 high priced security and its a huge intellectual challenge to you know to try to connect the dots and make sense of whats going on. This information is certainly earlier. Where the chinese are been very you know constant farms or constant mails that employee individuals who generate this information and then that and this information gets recycled by traditional media and by ones that are seen to be pro beijing and that and there is a blood stream in darwin these media environment and can favor a certain politicians in elections for example or. Create confusion about the current leadership in taiwan the state of the economy they workability of democracy notions of inevitability when it comes to unification futility of resisting beijing and of a big mass media outlet if the popular media not so yes theres a there is one major group that controls Television Print magazines. Whose owner has been making a fortune in china i know it has been revealed that the Chinese Government has been funding one of the related Companies Order of hundreds of millions of american dollars over the past decade or so i want to name them because they have threatened to sue people who said that their beijing mouthpiece was. But a recent u. K. Financial times investigation has 9 them the Want Want Group own is of the influential china times and the c. G. I. T. V. Channel. Journalists working at the probably beijing outlets reportedly told the Financial Times it is tight old has directly from the Chinese Government the want one group denies the allegations. Not everyone is so firing about chinas influence these local communists actively welcome it. Its a big day out for as long been a fringe element of taiwanese policy. All. During decades of national laws. Such overt displays of support for the peoples republic would have ended any gyal old worse now they are emboldened by by james increasingly masculine nationalism. Like. Taiwans. Go to you. I want to. Send them into i wonder. Why. I go today taiwan is a boisterous democracy and communist leader why you mean rain sees no contradiction in exercising his freedom of speech to support a regime with such freedoms and not tolerate it. Was a local yokel. Young them all here. So you. Dont see the woman in the jungle running east on to you at the train you going to your. Be. Claiming rammed it plays hed be the 1st to support any communist troops that lantier. Year how. Many year how or going to all men. Or men Young Hong Kong or going down down. Down. I. Ridicule symbolism you see every way you know i. Am not sure still eyes homage to its founding father Chiang Kai Shek who fought the communists for decades. But the days of his hard line in taiwan. Long gone. Now beijing has to contend with the unpredictability of taiwanese democracy and the freedom to protest like this tribute to the unknown tank man from 999 the bloody tianna main square crackdown by james rush from chinas official history its a mark the milan tourists tell me. They think you are not. Welcome there if you were not muslims are you the judge is how theyre going to let. You go so you only go by him exists in the last leg and they go through in the end the day i got summoned one time and. Then theres the will go to the old. We all dont know yet. You will whoa whoa what is the most but i didnt believe that then it was the judo fun. My job is so fun home. Military tensions are escalating but theres a big campaign being waged on the economic front. So i know theres so much. To our. China taiwan tried was a staggering 150000000000. 00 u. S. 1. 01 Taiwanese Company employs more than a 1000000 workers in mine land factories making mobile phones put simply it would cost both sides a lot by jing ever went down the conflict route military drills and a right sirens can bring cities heat to a halt but for most people the threat of war with china just doesnt seem like a priority its the hip pocket issues people talk about the economy but there is another public taiwan where people can literally see the power of china rising in front of them and so they admire the consequences of a conflict. It would be very real and immediate. This is the view from the taiwanese islands of kidman. Rising up on the mainland the chinese see the. Its here that the nationalist of Chiang Kai Shek halted the match of mouse communists repelling an invasion in 1949. But the communist threat loomed large the decades the people and soldiers here quite literally die again. Drifting out from propaganda speak is pointed at the mine land the soundtrack of. The soothing melodies of taiwans most beloved pop star intended to seduce and annoy the mind landers. These days the volumes dial down. Has replaced hostility and these obsolete fortifications have been soaring tourism from the night. Its a little bit high easy to die but thats china just 5 kilometers away the city of salmon millions of people chinas influence he is growing really fast that just built a pipeline to pump fresh water from the mainland to kim and now the government in beijing is offering to build a bridge linking the town taiwans government not surprisingly has said. As relations thawed in 2001 a local special status deal was struck allowing citizens from both sides to cross here easily to the land day trippers come over to stock up on duty free booze and cosmetics although now moving to cotyledon a result of an economic squeeze on the government. The mindless. Is there is that chafes way are you to wander the streets of an old traditional china its fast disappearing back home. Its the slower pace thats kept the shop by no one living in cayman hes a local but going to sure and hes not just from china but from its capital. What shall the soho so well since. She isnt humans are the fancy jumbled hours of a fancy and so that was shall this the whole was once known around the pole itself because a what would you have. On a simple young. Day so you do what i will which is farm boys all of these and some boring old cousin star some. Day so he will wish i could see. The kailangan. On the mine land the idea but taiwan is an inseparable part of china was taught and reinforced from a young age but one leaning says politics hasnt got in the way you been married. So he. Teaches a dance you gotta see. She saw it jealousy you way. She can go there clank. Children can leave here but hes forbid and you taking time with citizenship never once to return home again. More than. 10100 may or. May. Go a boy or from. Well young or male. Theres merit and there was a comment as trainer shows continue and i want to come up. In 150. 00 id china attempted to level the splice firing nearly half a 1000000 artillery shells in one month. Can run out on a limb on a constant dollar no real let up in the situation and yet in thailand. Filing to dislodge the taiwanese the communists then shelled kinman every 2nd for 20 years. With taiwan returning fire on alternate days. No one seriously believes women could hold out against the might of the peoples republic of chinas economic might and the islands proximity to the mine land mines by aging housing one since already provided here. Long lean and many other young locals now feel the hot logic of real politic that theyre on home is ultimately expendable a political bargaining chip the taiwan might one day tried in return for pace with china. But im saying dont question here though. If you. What you say. About that and they will have that and that in some form as always you thats a go see highlander when she just says you. Know what shows and on balance at the end. Ive watched hong kong and sing broken promises for democracy. And you were. Ha. John boy. I thank you. But freddy lim and his friends are going anyway. And each year chinese pressure grows bringing the dilemma live to compromise work by jingo risk conflicts by asserting taiwans independence. The people are amazing we we have no choice we cant give up because. We dont have no anywhere to escape we just have to try to protect our way of life. The way. The lead. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places together. Business updates. Are going places together. And welcome to the alexander news out of life from my headquarters in doha with me and the parana coming up in the next 60 minutes 3 dead and over 100 injured in iraq as antigovernment protesters try to force their way into baghdads heavily fortified green zone. After the withdrawal of the u. S. Now turns its attention to syrias oil fields it says to safeguard them from. Investigators say boeing is partly to blame for a crash in indonesia which killed 189. 00 people last year. And security and zimbabwes capital as thousands rally against u. S. Sanctions they say. The economy. Takes on the 2003 champions in the world cup semifinals from both camps later. We begin in iraq where at least 3 people have died as demonstrators march in a number of cities across the country to protest against corruption and a lack of jobs and services Security Forces used tear gas and stun grenades to push protesters back the protests began hours off the promise to add that up to the promise to reshuffle his cabinet and introduce reforms. Daphnes a lot to be missed when ian had to get we plan to reduce the salaries of officials in the president ial offices and ministries as well as members of parliament and executive manages of National Public entities the funds derived from the reduction of salaries along with contributions from the state will be used to establish a social welfare fund that ensures that no iraqi lives below the poverty line and that any iraqi with that income will receive a monthly grants of no less than 110. 00 u. S. Dollars the council of ministers will submit the draft law to the house of representatives for approval. A correspondent tashi going to him is joining us live from the baki capital now and as weve been reporting natasha 3 protesters killed more than 100 injured what is the situation there. Well we have actually moved to a side street from Tahrir Square because the crew decided that had it had just become too dangerous i want you to take a look at some of the protesters who have followed us mostly men in these protests primarily young and this is the majority by the way young people are of the population of iraq they are out on the streets protesting as part of a 2nd wave of protests that began in october because theyre fed up with the lack of Economic Opportunities here in the country theyre fed up with the unreliable basic services such as clean water and electricity and they say this government is dysfunctional and corrupt and they want it out unfortunately based on yet another round of reforms that the Prime Minister. Announced overnight it appears that the government will not be resigning and people are telling us that this is unacceptable one man told us that we voted for these people we elected these people and yet we have no dignity now this is the one Year Anniversary of Prime Minister are the law becoming Prime Minister and im sure its not quite the milestone hed hoped to be marking today he is in battle of its been a series of reforms announced by the government it includes slashing the salaries of the Prime Minister the president and other top officials in half and then the hope was to divert this money to a kind of social welfare account to help the poor hes announced an anticorruption formation investigation but heres the thing this anger today is fueled by the fact that in the 1st wave of protests in october 149 protesters were killed there were reports that there were snipers on top of buildings shooting at protesters the government. In the military are now acknowledging that Excessive Force was used 7 commanders were relieved of their duty their cases are being turned over to the judiciary and they may Face Criminal Charges the government is vowing that those people will be held to account but again theres a sense among the people were talking to today that weve heard this before but its a kind of lip service and what they really want is a new government that they hope will finally be responsive to their needs one man said its been 16 years government after government making empty promises and we want change and we want it now the other thing thats worth noting is that there is a real desire for iraq to be its own person if you will or own country in charge of its own destiny and people are angry over what they see as an outsized influence by iran in the United States and no more foreign meddling. Natasha it is such a delicate situation now because as you mentioned the protests have been inflamed by the fact that 150. 00 protesters have been killed so far this month so how does the government go about handling the current protests weve already heard of People Killed so far just today. Bright and about 69 overcome with tear gas take a look here. So these are that youre tear gas canisters that people are showing us that have injured people this man was injured i thought very disturbing video a short time ago of a mans head being an open wound from ostensibly one of these tear gas canisters the day began with the Prime Minister saying that peoples right to protest would be respected as long as they did not disrupt life as you can see things have deteriorated people are injured and the anger is only growing and heres another thing these protests were not supposed to start until well after friday prayers about sleep. In the afternoon and new elements in todays process is that followers of. Starter were joining the street protests in full force they were actually going to have what they were calling these. Weapons to try to protect protesters so itll be very interesting to see in the coming hours just how many more people come to the streets but i can tell you that its been a tense morning so far and hes there are. Like everybody another round of tear gas very nice problem natasha thank you very much for that and we will no doubt come back to you later on in the day as you monitor the developments for us in the taj a good name live in the iraqi capital lets move on to other news for now in the pentagon is sending u. S. Troops into syria 2 weeks after donald trump called for all american troops to be withdrawn it says the additional u. S. Forces will help protect the Syrian Oil Fields from falling back into the hands of isis fighters the president has been widely criticized for abandoning kurdish allies by withdrawing from syria kristen salumi has more from washington d. C. President trump justified his decision to bring u. S. Troops home and allow Turkish Forces into northeastern syria to attack kurdish allies in the region by saying it was time to bring u. S. Troops home but he faced an immediate backlash in the United States not just from democrats but from some of his staunchest republican allies including people like senator Lindsey Graham who has stood by the president through thick and thin there was a lot of worry about a resurgence of i saw in the region and about the appearance of abandoning allies in the region but earlier on thursday senator graham and some other republicans got a high level briefing at the pentagon and after that senator graham came out and he said he was reassured by plans that the pentagon was making to secure syria particularly the oil details of this plan have not been formally announced but reportedly it involves sending tanks to the region to guard this Precious Resource and the goal is to stop groups like eisel any other destabilizing forces from getting access to that oil. Well lets get the latest now on the situation in the northeast asama been job it is joining us live from charlotte over thats near the turkish Syrian Border weve been hearing a sama of clashes between kurdish and to expect Syrian Forces despite that 150 hour window given to Kurdish Forces to withdraw from the area whats happening there. Yes lizzie been hearing dueling another is of whats happening south of the lane and. Have been monitored for the last 24 hours theres been fighting between turkey but syrian fighters as well as the city and. Democratic forces mean the kurdish fighters both sides have accused each other off initiating the violence the turkish side has said that it did not initiate. The violence it says that its soldiers have been wounded it was retaliating to a kurdish advance on the kurdish fighters have come up with a similar narrative this is going on outside of the socalled ceasefire zone as the 150 hour window ticks down. And moscow have warned kurdish fighters to leave this area 30 kilometers deep inside syrian territory failing that after the 150 hour window turkey says that it will come in with force and with it will be Russian Forces as well on the diplomatic front in the last few minutes weve heard from the Turkish Foreign minister again upping the rhetoric to 2 words his western allies that includes the United States and the europeans saying that europe should. Have to take into account the burden that he carries by hosting 3000000 refugees and also alluding to discourage the general who many in the United States senate are appealing for a quick reasoned process saying that he is someone who is wanted under an interpol not as gentleman as doom is a terrorist according to turkey and should be extradited the moment he enters u. S. Soil and so on the diplomatic front and on the front lines there is a situation which remains fluid and turkey trying to exert itself the maximum as you can to try and get the. Result which is 30 kilometers of peace zone. And a safe zone to do its military. Sources that it wants to establish this safe zone so it can send refugees back millions of them who are being housed by took a summer thank you for that osama bin javid with the latest live from shanghai and near the turkish Syrian Border we are going to stay with syria were joined now by myron catalan head of policy analysis at arab center for recession policy studies and hes joining us live from here in doha mr kaplan always good to have you with us on aljazeera lets talk more now on the u. S. Decision to keep. Troops in syria to protect these oil fields what do you think is going on here you know they were going to bring their troops back this wasnt our fight they said but wait we need to keep or send tanks and soldiers to protect or oil fields so a kurdish allies not a priority but protecting oil fields says well elizabeth u. S. Policy on syria has been so inconsistent and contradictory over the past few weeks to the extent that is very difficult to predict actually aware that the United States will stay or leave and the reason of my being or for that is the conflict in washington between president the Foreign Policy establishment especially the bin tag on president plan would want very much to withdraw from syria it is on want to keep any troops in syria merely for domestic reasons hes having election next year and his eyes are always been on this on this election and how to please his