Clothes and welcome to the program as mentioned just to midnight here in moscow this early 25th of december so if youre celebrating christmas happy christmas for me kevin owen of the rest of the on g. T. T. In russia this morning to our top story not in the international the u. N. Officials and Rights Groups have denounced saudi arabias punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist saying it makes a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time over the killing but a u. N. Appointed rights investigator believes that the people actually behind the journalists cruel murder have been left on touched while the spokesperson for the u. N. Secretary general has also stressed the importance of a further probe the secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder torture for examination of any accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case. So what you showed he was last
5 pm here in moscow having a good day what if you are in the wild thanks to choosing a National Lots of stories for you this hour starting with this one donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving paying his fost of a visit to afghanistan and greasing american troops based on he had a message for them revealing talks with the taliban are back on despite being declared dead just 2 months ago my colleague daniel holkins discussed this with me. They call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so Many American lives and so Many American dollars trump wanted to end it for his own for steve at home and for his global influence in that region and internationally of course and hes been given this promises so many times that thanksgiving feels that short reason to afghanistan was all about that to demonstrate hes in charge and he is t
On the ground without a military presence the Democratic Senate leader fears u. S. Actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fata alongside u. S. Forces to defeat eisel hes particularly concerned with reports the United States withdrawal has now allowed some eisel fighters to escape the president s incompetence without a one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about Foreign Policy President Trump white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection President Trump is keen to show hes keeping a Campaign Promise withdrawing u. S. Soldiers from a generation of war kimberly help at aljazeera the white house theres been an explosion and one of the towns now on the turkish control 4 civilians were injured a solomon job has more from xanga often near the turkish syrian border. More russian patrols have been reported in northeast syria comedown for 150. Pause to allow ku
Democratic forces coalition that weve seen again this is an explosion which happened in the town sent a few people were injured nothing major was targeted but again it goes to show how precarious the situation is even in the areas which are under the control of Syrian Forces right now we are also hearing that there have been clashes outside of this proposed peace own cease fire zone. And russell and south of these 2 towns there have been fighting according to the Syrian Democratic forces these are these have been attacks that are launched bias turkey backed forces into these villages which has resulted in the fleeing of civilians as well from these areas again this is only coming from the Syrian Democratic forces we havent had any confirmation from the Turkish Military on that yet on the diplomatic front weve weve heard again in the last 12 hours or so you if you want to recap the Syrian Democratic forces general muslim speaking to both leaders of russia and the United States praising
Implemented in due course margaret says she feels any discussion about stability has gone on long enough she wants to see peace become a reality not just for her family but all south sudanese people morgan aljazeera. Argentinas president machree is hoping to defy opinion polls on winning next weeks election hes up against. Him heavily in the primary vote in august when theres been a huge show support from achree reports. I am it was called the 1000000 march hundreds of thousands of people gathering in the center of one of scientists to sing yes we can. And show their support for argentinas president marketing. I have terror if parent is and comes back we are here to defend the republic because if the others come back they will destroy everything the others are Opposition Leader at the for a man this and former president Cristina Fernandez a kershner from the peronist party. President ial elections are one week away and everything shows that what is called the fed and then this forum an