To day im Julie Macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up thousands of hezbollah supporters rally in lebanon against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. A bangladeshi man targets the new york subway detonating a homemade bomb and wounding himself and three others. Scuffles in kiev outside a court which is now ruled to free a physician leader Mikhail Saakashvili in custody. Of their a warm welcome to the program and a Solar Revolution has helped greece hit its climate targets broken promises on. Putting other homeowners off investing i do apologize i think were on the wrong script there russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president bush. Now it was part of a whistle stop tour of russias middle east allies first stop was the un shuttle visit to the cayman airbase in Syrias Latakia province it then flew to cairo for plan talks with egyptian president fox ill see see before doubling back and heading north for a meeting with ridge it. Well well have more on that in just a woman but prefer him to this report. At a military base in western syria a visit by Vladimir Putin its the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by Senior Officers and warmly embraced by president Bashar Al Assads. Forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen with the Syrian Government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced a partial pull out of his soldiers from syria niger you go you know you were stuck but you guys that were to the general command give the sort of russias military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this is. Putin also pledged to continue to support syrias military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president bill fattah elsisi that leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of Russian Military hardware and has approved a Draft Agreement to allow russian jets to use Egyptian Military bases putin and c. C. Also signed a deal under clear power. The growing ties between russia and egypt the second largest recipient of u. S. Military aid after israel could potentially strain relations between cairo and washington but is yet another sign of putins attempts to grow russias influence across the middle east putins last stop before heading back to russia with turkey for you but with the president s budget ten out of one in ankara to discuss the situation in syria it is also part of his. His way actually to express himself and to exhibit maps of project power in the middle east by my by visiting allies were talking here about egypt were talking also about about turkey and to actually has been closing has been has been drawing closer to russia over the past couple of years so hes trying to make he was. Difficult the relationship the u. S. Allies are having with their International Pattern in order to present a project his influence in the region whatever the case its clear of putins interest and influence in the region appears to be expanding. Aljazeera in the last half an hour putin has given a News Conference in turkey with president doing all the last of his busy trip lets get more then from ahmed. So mohamed what was said at the cross press conference. Well the two leaders spoke about the Great Corporation on the increasing coal pollution between the two countries they talked about agriculture on how the. Trade as well as Mutual Energy of projects but also talking about the situation in the middle east particularly. Visitation by the u. S. President donald to recognize jerusalem aspect couple of israel present on hold with responsible and say it wasnt being also talked about the number of People Killed in the demonstrations in the occupied territories. Say that it wasnt how. It was an affront to the Peace Process on the side and. If a human any progress will have to come through peace talks which you say must be restarted not on syria they talk about escalation and militarily and more talks with president putin announcing talks to be held in russia next to. Mohamed then the purpose the idea behind this busy day trip if you like. Well the commune says its more about strengthening relationships with syria egypt and turkey and thats what theyve been speaking about in both specific countries in egypt have been over these different agreements signed including the building over a Nuclear Power station to be built in egypt by russia in here its more about short creasing how. Theres been progress in relationships the relationship between turkey and russia ever since november twenty fifth team when turkey downed a russian jet fighter and thats one of the reasons why the vetoes was so much on the numbers off the three volumes and to a busy month or bottles happening so basically its about strengthening relations between those two countries according to the how it is also joining me live from mohamed thank you. Thousands of protesters have been rallying in lebanon against u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel mass demonstrations were called by hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that would follow the violent confrontations in beirut on sunday between protesters and Security Forces near the u. S. And the city at that maybe they started in the facade that we are all in this war we have all experienced our brothers in gaza any demonstrations no matter how big or small only give more resistance and will make us feel that we are not alone the american is really resolution which is supported by some arab countries the aim of it to clear the palestinian cause thats the danger that the Palestinian People face we should confront the nation as a whole should confront this dangerous american project and try to impose a solution for the Palestinian People. Said honda has the latest now from beirut. Trust decision to recognize tourism is the capital of israel in one way or the other is serving hezbollahs interests why because hezbollah really has long championed the palestinian cause as its own ever since its inception three thats a huge three decades ago and as of late in the past few years it has come under a lot of criticism of the sauce a lot of support in the arab world and here in lebanon for militarily intervening in syria many people no longer regarded it as a Resistance Movement and that it was it became a sectarian militias and that it was serving irans interests but now hezbollah saying that the fight against isis is driving down and outs of the socalled resistance axis will now focus on jerusalem its main cause so in one way or another it the hezbollah is trying to regain a legitimacy in the eyes of many in the arab world in the struggle saying that you know arab states should support the palestinian intifada uprising he said that the socalled resistance axis what they call it is resistance axis that they should come together and come up with a strategy to confront israel but he stopped short of saying what action should be taken against israel because at the end of the day it will have a domestic backlash because it has opponents eleven on that it cannot take any decision to wage war or peace on its own so very carefully worded speech by but clearly hezbollah trying. Again in one way or the other some sort of Political Capital from trumps decision israels Prime Minister has arched you up to follow Washington State and recognize to receive them as his countrys capital then human netanyahu was meeting e. U. Foreign ministers in brussels where he faced resistance to that suggestion and came under pressure to restart middle east peace efforts donna came reports from the belgian capital. A wintry monday morning greeted Benjamin Netanyahu in brussels but the chill in the air outside was seemingly absent inside as he met frederica. Her role as e. U. Foreign policy chief is to seek compromise where possible but his message regarding the status of jerusalem was an ambiguous i believe everyone though we dont have an agreement yet this is what will happen in the future i believe that all or most of the. Countries will move their embassies to jerusalem recognize truth from israels work up little but many e. U. Leaders disagree criticizing president Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital as fanning the flames of protest for her part morgan any reiterated the e. U. s official position we believe. That the only realistic solution to the conflict between israel and palestine is based on two states which are those eleven as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line. Another element of netanyahu is visit was meeting the e. U. s many Foreign Ministers around the table with him where the representatives of at least two governments have said they will recognize jerusalem as israels capital which means although the e. U. Tries to speak with one voice on this issue there are some dissenters and raising the question of how successful europe can be as an intermediary in the middle east the e. U. Is not a victim of its own lack of involvement the involvement is still there it was never front line and what wont but was that it is a victim of the one sided position of President Trump despite all the speed that we hear enough but for the moment at least many here believe President Trumps actions have put the prospect of progress in the middle east in the deep freeze don when it came out zero Brussels Police in new york have arrested a bangladeshi man with a pipe bomb strapped to them which went off in subway near times square a man has been identified as twenty seven year old a coyote who was injured in the blast which happened at the height of morning rush hour three other people suffered minor injuries new yorks mayor says the suspect is believed to have acted alone. Lets be clear as new yorkers our lives revolve around the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway is incredibly unsettling. And lets be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is ultimate goals. Thank god our First Responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe still to come this half an hour where now for them as well as our position after Nicolas Maduro bans them from running in next years president ial election and a soft choice for republicans in alabama where their preferred. Candidate and shes a Senate Elections is accused of harassing and molesting teenage girls. In the us. Hello theyre all storm ana is battering europe at the moment you can see a distinctive color on the satellite picture as that storm gradually edges its way eastwards and it was a round hour we saw some of the strongest of the winds over one hundred sixty Kilometers Per Hour and that system is thundering its way across europe at the moment the winds all weakening now fortunately but its still giving some very heavy rain and a lot of heavy snow there as we head through tuesday and that loops back across the alps where again were expecting some heavy snow the worst of the snow is likely to be on the southern part of the outs and further north where the winds have heated up here looks like its actually going to be fairly mild and were having a problem with flooding as were seeing the some of the snow already on the ground for that system and sweeps its way down into the southeast as we head through the day on wednesday and behind it its cold again so a top temperature of vienna just a four and yet more cloud of rain there rolls in from the atlantic bringing northwestern parts of europe yet wore wind and rain now some of all that unsettled weather is also making its way into the northern parts of africa its already affected us in morocco now its edging its way eastwards heavy rains over parts of geria thats edging its way eastwards for wednesday and tunisia will then see some chop showers. With. If you were in beijing looking out the Pacific Ocean youd see american warships. Somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president George Washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china at this time. I wind up our top stories here on out is iraq russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria made the announcement on a surprise visit to a Russian Air Base in lattakia province where he met syrian president Bashar Al Assad. Goodson has also been in turkey where hes met with president ridge of Tayyip Erdogan he said the u. S. Decision to recognize to receive as israels capital has destabilized the middle east and place in new york arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square man was injured in the plus three others also suffered minor injuries. A Massive Wildfire is threatening coastal times in california and shows no signs of slowing down the fire has already torts nearly eight hundred buildings and ninety three thousand tears is currently burning in Santa Barbara county thats about one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of l. A. Firefighters have been hindered by the mountainous terrain nearly five thousand eight hundred of them are working to contain the blaze. Opinion polls remain close ahead of tuesdays special u. S. Senate election in alabama the republican candidate moimoi is accused of harassing and molesting teenage girls while steve was in his thirtys more has the support of President Trump but the Republican Party leadership is divided she has her sons he explains. On sunday at churches across alabama christian evangelicals were weighing a dynamic could they put aside the allegation of child molestation thats been leveled at republican candidates judge roy moore a vote for him or should they allow the possibility that a prochoice democrat might assume the states Vacant Senate seat if they dont for republican Elizabeth Bashir theres only one possible option a lot of people myself included feel that roy moore is just not an acceptable candidate he doesnt a spouse the views that are important to me are a lot of younger people as well lot of women as well just do not feel that he holds the same values that we do its not just the allegations of Sexual Misconduct for years more has reveled in overt racism and discrimination but he often clicks in bible scripture recently he mused that life in the u. S. Had been better while slavery existed these thoughts often delight a call right wing evangelical base in alabama who feel that washington has allowed the u. S. To descend into godlessness starting with allowing a woman reproductive rights more spoke at Brian Baptist church in late november and the pastor there says theres no proof of child molestation the women should have due process and so should judge moore the problem is is because of this election being so short we had dont have plenty of time for it so youre going to have to make a rush decision but she is as she feels some more voters are employing circular thinking i also think there are some selfdelusion going on and some sectors in terms of well i couldnt support somebody who would do these things so theres no way he. Those things because i support him this race is being defined in many different ways a referendum on donald trump a key movement for the Republican Party so the movement with key demographics like younger people and women feel they have no choice but to split with the partys extremism even if they too are against abortion but despite the consternation thats been expressed nationwide about was nostalgia for the us during slavery for example he does speak for a large section of alabamians there was that insider but there were certain certain principles of that top ok that was a mans word was his was his bond so to speak we value human life better at that time as far as the white population. Its in some in some areas and if moore does win on tuesday night its not as if hell be the only republican in the u. S. Senate who holds such views she ever turned see aljazeera birmingham alabama and as well as Main Opposition Party said deciding what to do after president would do said they should be banned from running in any future elections in full sundays minnesota which the opposition largely boycotted t