President russia typo on as arrived in the russian port city of sochi the top of the Vladimir Putin otoh one that repeated his threat to restart the military operation against kurdish fighters in northeastern syria the leaders are expected to discuss the cease fire that was brokered by the u. S. Which is due to expire in a matter of hours when the code is suing Democratic Forces have pulled out of some areas along the border but not everywhere agreed under the terms of the truce which is and near the turkey syria border child so the ceasefire is set to end in a few hours time there are turkish worries about the saves and we have the leaders of russia and turkey meeting now in sochi so what does all of this mean on the ground charles. Well certainly the ceasefire seems to be holding but some interesting statements by president of the one before he left for sorties saying that Turkish Forces were in his words they had freed from terrorists around 2200 square kilometers including 160. 00
Well the 2 main parties in israel are neck and neck after a 2nd general election in just over 6 months thats according to the exit polls former military chief benny gantz is blue and white party has a wafer thin lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is liquid party but neither of them has claimed victory nor conceded defeat official results serve not yet been announced that they now called a rerun when he failed to form a coalition after a general election in april the channel 12 preliminary exit poll is giving netanyahu slick could 33. 00 seats and dances blue and White Alliance 34. 00 both worlds short of the 61. 00 seats needed for a majority the minority Arab Alliance the joint list is set to come in 3rd with 11 seats and projected to be in 4th place is the man who could play ken king maker or king breaker Avigdor Lieberman heads of the far right use of a new party its predicted to win 8 to 10 seats again says he is open to a possible National Unity government you my friends.
Warplanes all 3 leaders have expressed concern about the risk of a deterioration the terrorist in the humanitarian situation there is a need to be we have refugees amassed on our borders and we cant sit and watch this such a Dangerous Development will affect not only our country but also europe we need to continue our responsibilities and we have decided there is a need to establish safe areas for our troops live to aljazeera. And so this was the 5th meeting on syria between the 3 leaders what have they announce what have they agreed on. Well foley in terms of tangible announcements the only real one that came out was the announcement that they would meet again in a month this time in iran however they seem to be in some sort of general agreement as to the need to continue working towards this all out inclusive the escalation as theyve called it essentially moving towards it completes a station of hostilities a cease fire what is the Sticking Point as you mentioned there was. The russi
Off the job at 31. 00 Assembly Lines across the country theyre frightened to stay on strike until an agreement is reached. And the United Nations is warning that Rohingya Muslims who remain in myanmar are living under the threat of genocide the un is repeating calls for top generals to face trial for forcing iran 3 quarters of a 1000000 to flee to bangladesh 2 years ago the un also says it has serious concerns about a crackdown on refugee camps in bangladesh it says aid workers accused of supporting rohingya protests last month have been banned their phones confiscated and a curfew imposed. Indonesias government to scrambling to control widespread forest fires which are causing a toxic case to spread to other countries this off smoke is causing causing a lot of respiratory problems and disrupting fights has more from the city of peckham baro in indonesia. Were in peckham bar city in the province of rio on the island of sumatra where 40000 hectares of land have been covered by smog and
James bays has more on this now from new york normally this monthly meeting deals with the grim reality of life inside yemen but it was overtaken by events on the other side of the saudi border one thing we can be certain and that is this extremely serious incident like the traditions of a regional conflict. And the report more that much. With yemen in some way or. None of that. Is good for you. And this is so far in just his 2nd appearance in the Security Council the new u. S. Ambassador made it clear washington believes these didnt stage this attack on the road claims of responsibility have been made but as secretary of state mike pompei all has clearly stated there is no evidence that the attacks came from yemen. Emerging information indicates that responsibility lies with iran are the u. S. Allies still party to the nuclear deal with iran did not apportion blame at the moment were still assessing what happened and who is responsible for the attorneys once this is been stablished we