welcome to the program our top story this hour turkey's president is warning that his military will strike back at syrian forces if turkish soldiers a targeted in a province but syria's ally russia is accused of aggravating the situation by having its forces on the ground in the 1st place meanwhile a syrian civilian has been killed in a clash between american troops and pro-government supporters al-jazeera has more on this now from istanbul. the russian patrol the northeast syria near published the after u.s. troops in the area opened fire killing one civilian but the u.s. issued a statement saying they came under attack and had to fire the incident is now under investigation. that attack came all the same day turkey's president issued a warning to the syrian government at least brushing the lines down to the groove of the president because of the dollar and has given damascus until the end of february to pull out beyond to observation posts it. says if talks with russia to stop syrian troops targeting turkish forces will respond harshly to what varies from a color we are. and to remove the syrian regime to beyond the boundaries of the thought she agreement that is behind our observation post by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary without hesitation without unwavering on land and by air. damascus has dismissed the comments saying turkey is out of touch with reality but despite his anger and frustration president jiang is still hoping he would be able to narrow differences with russian president vladimir putin the 2 signed agreements into $1018.00 which allowed for save lives and respect of the rebels movements the deals also prevent a syrian president bashar assad from launching a military campaign to take over the last stronghold of the rebels as turkish russian relations remain strained the u.s. has stepped in. during a meeting with turkish officials u.s. syria ovoid james jeffrey delivered a sharp rebuke of russia iran and the syrian government which the us blamed for the escalation of. tension mounts turkey sending more troops into it. more out opposed to the 12 already established after an agreement with russia and iran 2 years ago the syrian government has been increasing its offensive in the north taking over highways in towns from rebels but it's called only do this with a close support of russia's military and it's up to the russians and to the turks to decide what happens in syria next. on board. now palestinians have welcomed a united nations report listing companies with business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank the un says it's identified more than $100.00 firms including the us based home renting company at b. and b. israel has described the publication as shameful or about an early reports look up into the hills of much of the occupied west bank there are illegal settlements block after block these are home to more than $600000.00 israeli settlers on palestinian land while international law stipulates they're illegal the un has gone a step further and lissa companies with ties to settlements in the end from an initial $321.00 companies whose names are submitted to us and whose activities we reviewed the report identifies $112.00 companies. it's important to note that it is not some claim a blacklist nor does it qualify any company's activities as illegal that would be a separate and highly complicated terminations and is something which ultimately could only be decided on a case by case basis through a competent judicial process this list's includes well known international companies such as air b m b although the report doesn't state that the company's activities are illegal israeli politicians say they may now be targeted by the activist group boycott divestment and sanctions palestinian say this list to prove useful we need to war with the with the office of high commission not the high commissioner because he has to do a bit this list and the only we need to work with the states with countries toward building the smiths abilities and to hold and as you move their responsibilities to talk to these companies telling them that what they are doing is illegal in the statement is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the un human rights council is a biased and influential body instead of dealing with human rights this body is trying to blacken israel's name we reject any such attempt in the strongest terms and it discussed the proposed u.s. peace plan released last month drew palestinian condemnation for agreeing to let israel maintain control of the settlements most countries and the u.n. view illegal israeli settlements as one of the most contentious issues in the conflict israel says considering an excessive violence palestinians say they won't ever allow that to happen nor about manly al-jazeera. health officials in china say the number of new coronavirus cases has dropped for a 2nd straight day while the health organization has also confirmed the number of nearly at the number of newly confirmed cases of corona from china has stabilized but they've also said the outbreak is still volatile there are 44732 cases of corporate 19 in china with 1140 in the. outside china there are $441.00 cases from 2 in total countries and one death. the number of newly confirmed cases reported from china has to be lies over the past week but that is to me that much to be interpreted with extreme caution this outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile china's government has announced a series of measures to kick start economic production while fighting the outbreak at the same time but formula one has confirmed the chinese gong pray in shanghai origin is scheduled for april will now be postponed katrina you has more on this from beijing. the pages noisiest and detainment districts is now silent and these restaurants karaoke rooms and nightclubs have been closed until further notice all to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus who were killed this street has everything for us to eat drink and have fun we live here in the past we couldn't rest because it was too busy and noisy but now it's so quiet that you feel you will be delhi has really affected daily life with these closures the virus i think the right decision some local governments say businesses must apply for permission before reopening punishing those who would do the routes across china more than 80 cities have been partially locked down and people's movement is heavily restricted but president xi jinping says some of these measures have gone too far warning that it could harm the economy susan thing must walk a fine line between controlling the epidemic and minimizing its impact on the economy prior to the outbreak china's leaders were already struggling with slowing economic growth and the pressure to prevent a downturn and now they have a clear message to the chinese public keep calm and carry on. 160000000 people nationwide are expected to return to major cities over the next week officials are trying to reassure the public that it's safe to travel and go back to work. we've tried to lower during by preventing passengers from sitting next to each other in vehicles trying. and the implementing ventilation these infection temperature monitoring chinese factories are beginning to resume production but the damage has been done alast say the service and manufacturing sectors will be the hardest hit. with a virus that will be contained by and large then we would on some signs of recovery from drawn for recovery won't start into the 2nd quarter of 2021 and the reason for that it will take some time for industries toward just on the production patterns to recruit new yorkers and a lot of them or go bankrupt with the economic impact of the outbreak is being felt globally i phone maker apple and south korean car brand he and day are among those expecting losses and outbound tourism could drop by an estimated 30 percent this year with many chinese choosing will be forced to stay home country you al-jazeera beijing. the u.n. security council has adopted a resolution calling for a lasting cease fire in libya that's after the united nations said that flights carrying it staff to and from the country had been blocked by forces loyal to the wall or 34 after the un mission in libya has condemned the obstruction morning of severe consequences to its humanitarian efforts after us forces have been trying to capture the libyan capital from the internationally. the internationally recognized government is trying to do that since last year you and i want us and salaam has been mediating between have to and the administration in tripoli. at the start of a 2 day meeting in brussels nato defense ministers have agreed to enhance a training mission in iraq international troops train anti eisel forces but don't engage in operations were led by the us but nato will now take greater responsibility it comes after u.s. president donald trump put pressure on the alliance to expand its presence in the middle east meanwhile iraqi security forces of reopen a bridge in central baghdad that had been blocked since anti-government protests started last year so part of efforts to restore some sense of normality in the capital less than 2 weeks often home itself was designated the prime minister so wonderful 10 small. soon that bridge here in baghdad has reopened for the 1st time since anti-government demonstrations began and of october you can once again see traffic is moving across this bridge over the river tigris now of course this bridge has been extremely important throughout the protests and has been the location of some of the major standoffs between protesters and government forces we have seen some major attacks against the most trying to occur on this bridge so as of now we only have one bridge that still remains closed here in the bucket of course what the demonstrators have been trying to do here is to obstruct bridges and roads as part of a civil disobedience campaign to try to bring daily life to hold they want to prevent people from going about going to work they want to prevent businesses from operating all as part of an effort to try to force the government to listen to their demands now since the appointment of mohamed tawfik allow we as the prime minister designate shia cleric mulcted al sadr who has until now mostly supported the demonstrators has called on them to open up roads to open up bridges in penalties against those who don't complain of course the demonstrators will not be happy about the opening of this bridge but some people are likely to welcome this move because as you can see here there are a lot of businesses who are located in proximity to this bridge in proximity to this road and they have suffered greatly as a result of this closure they have been called up inside clashes between the demonstrators and security forces we have seen even some of these shops being burned in the clashes between those 2 sides so these business owners are likely to welcome the return of normal life like it's really to see an increase in business once again now it remains to be seen how to demonstrators who will react to this move and whether they will try to retake this bridge of course we have. at the frontlines if you want to call them that all of these demonstrations have shifted from one place to another but the cynic which has always been very important for the demonstrators and some of them have said that they will try to take it back to what we have to watch and see is how to security forces will react we have seen security forces the port on top of this bridge and it remains to be seen that whether one protesters will try to retake this area where the security forces will use force to make sure that this bridge and the streets remain open. still have for you on the program the hundreds of for my sil members who could be left state assam to indonesia bans them from returning. and boeing pen's its hopes on one of the world's biggest as shows as the company tries to recover from its 737 max crisis. we still got showers in the forecast across eastern parts of australia say a fair amount to play out into the southeast of queensland crossette eastern side of new south wales and then waiting in the wings we have troubles y.c. that's going to continue driving its way further west which towards the new south wales coast as we go on through the coming days so the showers they continue for much of eastern australia and the system here is that rolls its way through it will bring increasing phin some big waves and that could cause some problems as we go on through friday the friday you can see slutty dryer are running play across the new south wales coast but she was continuing to the north of that same to east queensland and to the south across a good part of victoria sort of the was just. fine and dry was decent spells of sunshine decent spells of sunshine for the time being across northern areas of china we have got some clear skies decent sunshine there too into the crimper. what's the weather is making its way across japan as we go on for thursday temperatures fact quite nicely 1718 degrees attend there for beijing cools off significantly as we go on through friday with some snow coming in as still very very wet to the south. of. the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most endangered species. but the remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the miked of the country's investors and pinning high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia mining out the left. on a. forward . welcome back with al jazeera live from london a look at the top stories now turkey's president has warned that his military will strike back at syrian forces if turkish soldiers are targeted that syria's ally russia is accusing and credit aggravating the situation by having its forces on the ground health officials in china are saying the number of new coronavirus cases has dropped for a 2nd straight day but the world health organization is one that the epidemic should still be treated with extreme caution and palestine is welcomed a u.n. report that lists companies with ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank have called it a victory for international law united nations is identified 112 business entities saying the activities raised human rights concerns. so in albany's us president donald trump has declined to say whether he's considering pardoning his longtime adviser want to study he was found guilty last year of lying to congress obstruction and witness tampering trump has thanked the justice department for attracting a recommendation to stay should be for should face up to 9 years in prison or consider your part i don't want to see you go get it but i tell you what people were hurt viciously and barely by these corrupt people and i want to think if you look at what happened i want to thank the justice department for seeing this this horrible thing and i didn't speak to him by the way just so you know it was the base or the horrible deuce of a 9 year sentence for doing nothing you have heard or is a drug addict you don't get 9 years. and years for doing something that nobody really can defy what he did but i want house correspondent has more on this. we don't know if he's considering a pardon many people believe though if you sort of understand trump speak that that is a signal that's exactly what he intends to do regardless of the defense by the president of the department of justice decision to downgrade the sentence for roger stone a longtime friend of the president's and a man who worked on his campaign certainly sparking outrage there have been top democrats who have stood up in the house rather in the u.s. senate calling not only for public hearings into the stone case but even for an independent inquiry in the justice department to see whether the protocols were handled essentially what the concern is here is that on the heels of the u.s. president being acquitted of the charge of abuse of presidential powers that he's now acting with impunity not only in this case but also in the dismissal on friday of 2 of those witnesses that testified against donald trump in the impeachment case it's really sparking outrage here in the united states particularly among those who do not support the president fact an online petition has been formed there are now tens of thousands of names on that because petition calling for a further investigation but again the president is not backing down because he believes he's doing exactly what he was elected to do remember perhaps in 2016 the president's drain the swamp rallying cry of the campaign trail well that's exactly what's going on here is the president is now moving forward essentially getting rid of the liberal bureaucrats that he believes are part of the so-called washington establishment that he also believes are really the enemies of american conservatives so expect that the president will continue to defend these actions and potentially take even further action as he also seeks to win reelection in 2020 . the upper house of parliament has cleared the way for a controversial far right politician to go on trial a terror cell that any cannot be prosecuted for kidnapping after the senate lifted the immunity here enjoyed as a former interior minister a conviction over his decision to keep more than $100.00 migrants aboard a coast guard ship last year could possibly end his political career journal reports. as italy's interior minister. had promised his right wing support base that he would reduce immigration across the mediterranean from libya so in july last year when he refused to allow $131.00 migrants to disembark in sicily salvini was keeping his word but prosecutors say he was also breaking the law and a vote that has narrowly gone against him in the italian senate means his immunity as a former minister is lifted and a trial can go ahead. the migrants spent 6 more days aboard the bruno gregory to rescue ship or salvini waited for other european nations to take them in italy he'd insisted would no longer shoulder the migrant burden alone now at a sensitive time in italian politics with regional elections due on sunday salvina may try to turn the possibility of legal action to his advantage. that my children have the right to know that their father is often away from home not because he's spending time kidnapping human beings but because he is defending the borders and security of his country and that this was his precise duty it was not his right it was his duty. this is a kind of historic thing in italy. to do the same thing so when he was under trial he was accusing. the judges and the prosecutors trying to boost his popularity this way depicting cell there's a victim of the system what cell vini did could have fatal consequences for the far right politician who hopes one day to be prime minister charges of illegally detaining migrants on the gregory ready kidnapping in other words could result in a jail sentence of up to 15 years a conviction would in cell be nice political career journal whole al-jazeera. hundreds of indonesians who left the country to join i still will not be able to return government's decision affects nearly 700 men women and children most of them in syria but some say the move mean means hundreds will be left stateless which could breach indonesia's constitution there is just a washington now reports from jakarta. family is incomplete and torn apart by a decision hope brother made nearly 4 years ago he left to carto without notice taking his wife and daughter with him to join i saw. my brother isn't a violent person my family even liked us i was shocked when they left if i'd known of course i wouldn't have approved. he's now in jail in syria the indonesian government's decision to ban former eisel fighters and their families from returning means she will likely never see her brother again. i want them back here i want them to have a normal life in indonesia again. among those stuck in syria and other countries are hundreds of indonesian i saw fighters and sympathizes and the question of what to do with them is one of the government has considered for months. but the government has the responsibility to keep more than 267000000 people safe that's our priority and that's why we want to take these foreign fighters back armed groups are major concern in indonesia and i saw has been linked to dozens of attacks around the country in 2018 a family of suicide bombers carried out attacks on churches in surprise they were part of an eisel inspired armed group and there are fears returning foreign fighters could pose a security risk. but some human rights activists say barring them from returning to indonesia is illegal in musical situations. or the country is too perfect perfect all doomy shims including the criminals are their cleaner best the strong stance of the indonesian government will leave hundreds stranded with no prospect of returning home but the fate of young children many of them often remains unclear the government says this situation will be considered on a case by case basis leaving the door open for their potential return. according to u.s. intelligence 689 people left india to join us all indonesian authorities are working to identify them just to washington al-jazeera to contact. the european union has announced that it's partially withdrawing a trade deal with cambodia because of human rights violations terrorists will be imposed on more than $200000000.00 worth of goods after 6 months while in haiti has the latest now from phnom penh. the european union had threatened a complete withdrawal of the preferential trade agreement known as everything but instead they have opted for a partial withdrawal amounting to around 20 percent of all goods sent from cambodia to the european union so in 6 months those goods will now be subject to tariffs in making this announcement the e.u. issued a strong rebuke of the cambodian government treatment of workers and the political opposition but at the same time they acknowledge that some progress in those areas has been made and they said they are committed to the ongoing economic and social development of this country so clearly they were concerned that a full withdrawal of this agreement could have a major impact on the economy of cambodia in particular the garment sector which is really the backbone of the economy here employing around 800000 people so under these new mages some footwear and garments are targeted but not all from the cambodian government side they may well see this as a partial victory we've certainly seen a lot of public defiance from the government in the lead up to this announcement in fact on tuesday the day before the announcement the prime minister one since it is said that they would not bow to foreign demands among those demands from the e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. but francis has dismissed a proposal to let older married men become priests bishops from latin america put forth a controversial plan to address a shortage of priests in the amazon it would have challenged the roman catholic tradition of celibacy but the pontiff says the solution to the pre-show priest shortage is to send missionaries to every instead. bunning is walk into a bell trust and his brand which has been severely dented after 2 fatal crashes with his 737 max jets the company's hoping to get the planes which have been grounded finale here back in the air company failed to secure any new orders in january but as florence only reports singapore does give it an opportunity to change that. it was once boeing's best selling plane but no one is placing new orders for the 737 max these days the planes have been grounded for 11 months after 2 crashes within 5 months killed 346 people for boeing the single is a chance to put out a message that it's handling this crisis head on we absolutely have to rebuild confidence in the airplane and that starts with getting it certified bringing it back to service convincing the regulators that we've done the right thing that the changes to the airplane are right the manuals are right the training is right its focus is to have the mikes back in service by the middle of this year one of the 1st things that has to happen before the 737 max can fly again it's a certification test flight 5 big u.s. aviation regulator the head of that agency has hinted that a test flight could take place soon but the still no timetable for the lifting of the ban approval to fly will also have to be obtained from dozens of aviation authorities with more than $400.00 planes grounded around the world process to get all of those back in a year is not going to happen overnight is probably more like a year or 2 at least because they've got to go in they've got to service those planes it may not just be the impasse software that needs to be updated they may need to update software for the engines or lots of the other systems that are on the plane some supplies of boeing are laying off workers off to production of the 737 max was suspended last month and lines have had to cancel routes or keep in service for longer one analyst says some. lines could use this as an opportunity to reassess plans we could see you know their power lines especially this region that maybe don't need the airplanes in the future. for their deliveries so the for taking a plane that would have been you know taken this year or next year for a few years to better manage of the past but many analysts say the longer the mag stays grounded the worse it will be not just for boeing but also the aviation industry florence 3 al-jazeera singapore. this a quick recap of the headlines this hour now turkey's president has won the his military will strike back at syrian forces if turkish soldiers are targeted in atlanta but syria's ally russia has accused turkey of aggravation the situation by having its forces on the ground as you type the words of one has vowed to push syrian troops back from the country's last rebel stronghold syrian troops and allies have been trying to retake the area from opposition forces only serves guard to know where the these attacks are directly targeting our soldiers and directly targeting turkey there's no more time for talk we have to look at the realities on the field and by the end of february the regime must be pushed behind observation borders whatever is needed on the ground when we are not going to have any hesitation and we are going to act on it. meanwhile a syrian civilians been killed in clashes between us troops and pro-government supporters syrian media says the protesters tried to block an american convoy pelting it with stones u.s. forces then reportedly fired live ammunition and smoke bombs but the american led coalition says its troops came under fire 1st and only shot back in self-defense. our other headlines this hour health officials in china are saying the number of new coronavirus cases has dropped for a 2nd straight day but the world health organization is still warning that the epidemic needs to be treated with extreme caution so far over a 1000 people have been killed more than 45000 infected meanwhile the chinese gone prescheduled for april has been postponed. has welcomed a u.n. report that lists companies with ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank calling it a victory for international law the un has identified 112 business entities saying their activities raised human rights concerns well that list includes tech giant motorola trip advisor and at the end. and the senate has vowed to allow far rightly to need it to be prosecuted over his refusal to let thousands of rescued migrants disembark in italy salvation he was the country's interior minister when he forced 131 migrants to stay aboard an italian coast guard vessel for several days last july people in paris coming up next looking at how corruption in the caucasus is endangering one of the wilds rarest species. true tensions could come up global economic growth point 0.8 percent we bring you the stories and developments the record the changing the world we live in to what extent we're trying to be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on our own just iraq. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader nicole shenyang quit and deficits of corruption and economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major dilemma whether to proceed with a huge be defensive mining project that some of warning will cause enormous environmental damage and in danger of one of the world's rarest animal species.