Let me a putin and im souza partial pullouts of troops from syria during a whirlwind tour of the middle east to highlight russias growing role. Hello again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up. Some arab leaders come under fire as the anger grows against Donald Trumps jerusalem decision. The u. S. President calls for passage of Immigration Reform off bangladeshi man targets the new york subway plus but this is more down to whether or not you got a vote for an alleged pedophile are you going to vote for democrats too close to call in americas deep south a Senate Election that could test Donald Trumps influence begins in just a few hours. Welcome to the program our top story now from the jerusalem crisis to the war in syria russias president Vladimir Putin has been staking his claim in the middle east on a whirlwind tool of the region first stop was a surprise visit. A Strategic Air base in Syrias Latakia province thats where putin ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he then flew to cairo for planned talks with the egyptian president fattah elsisi before doubling back and heading north to ankara for a meeting with turkeys retch up typo to one his mohammed oh a warm welcome for russian president Vladimir Putin in the tuckers cup its all on kind of its final destination in his whistle stop to he has been to syria and egypt to all in one day. Kremlin says the trip is meant to strengthen russian ties with these nations in ankara president putin an add on what youve got to showcase improving relations between their countries they both criticized president all trumps decision on which it was stolen but you want me to sure you. Should both russia and turkey think that the decision of the us to recognize to resell them as the capital of israel is not helping to solve the situation in the middle east it is destabilizing it and it can wipe out the prospect of peace a mediocre british utilitarian to tune in could. The u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel has caused outrage in the whole world it has caused disappointment and it is an irresponsible step to taken as a result the heightened tensions are obvious putting an ad on also discussed bilateral issues including trade to resume and joint Energy Projects relations between uncrowned will score have come a long way since november two thousand and fifteen when turkey doand a russian fighter jet the two didnt see eye to eye on most issues regarding syria but still have differences on the future role of president Bashar Al Assad and the issue of Syrian Kurdish fighters the wife e. G. Put in began his wall when chip in syria the fust time the russian president was that the country since the start of the war the early seven years ago he was greeted by Senior Officers and warmly embraced by president. Potence forces have been helping his troops is two thousand and fifteen when the Syrian Government was on the brink of collapse in a speech put in declared victory over what he described as terrorists and amounts to a partial pull out of his soldiers from city. To the general command i give this order russias military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you for your service put in also pledged to continue to support syria militarily by keeping some of his forces on the ground here then departed for the egyptian capital there he met president of the fatah see the leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years putting n. C. C. Also signed a deal on Nuclear Power the growing ties between russia and the second largest recipient of u. S. Military aid after israel egypt could potentially strained relations between cairo and washington and yet another sign of putting attempts to expand russias influence across the middle east or have it all just unka and is a fellow at the Washington Institute focusing on russias policy in the middle east she says mr putin has put the syrian leader Bashar Al Assad in the best negotiating position that hes had since the war broke out. Certainly his accomplished much of what he wanted and that is inserting officially putting russia back on the middle east map keep in mind that he protected assad in multiple ways from the very beginning when protests broke out against assad in march two thousand and eleven so this didnt just you know sort of happened out of the blue in september two thousand fifteen but certainly the intervention was a game changer and two years now. Hes firmly entrenched russia in the region. Has his aim was to expose the west as we can to sort of to to present himself as someone who succeeds where the west had failed. And you know and to reduce western influence in the region to reduce u. S. Led influence in the region. Now anger over the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is still going strong thousands of hezbollah supporters took to the streets of lebanon chanting death to america has a son nasr all of the groups need to accuse some arab nations of supporting the United States and all arabs to unite against america and that maybe they are today memphis ahead we are all in this war we have all experienced this 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. Palestinians have been protesting in gaza against a visit by a bahraini delegation to israel the Bahrain News Agency says the trip by an Interfaith Group is a personal initiative but israeli media reported as part of efforts to strengthen ties between israel and bahrain and fish and i reports from occupied east jerusalem. That zoe behind the bahraini delegation has kept a relatively low profile since arriving at the weekend the time zone interview requests for twenty five people makes me think loop city want to build peace and cooperation the visit was organized by a jewish group the Simon Wiesenthal center in los angeles but one expert says the timing sends a terrible message as that ali is they were trying to pass out of this. In the media that them in this group coming from bahrain and all kind of relation your words with the arab world is the usual routine protests across jerusalem in the occupied west bank says donald trump and i used his unilateral decision that the u. S. Would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel has been widespread condemnation across the world to the group says its trip had been planned for months it was reported locally that the bahraini delegation wanted to visit a mosque while they were here a senior official at the mosque said that given the trip was facilitated by the israelis they would not be welcomed this important social media suggested the group was heading to gaza it sparked protests at the crossing with israel with locals determined to block them theres no confirmation the group ever planned to visit gaza one palestinian political analyst believes the bahraini visit is part of a bigger global picture anyone but and maybe a moderate also will they begin to be many can because this is something wanted to go in there one to two. To make in their relation with israel and the many against iran because that they may be the mere began to be notoriously ill with thats difficult for us the bahraini delegation include sunni and shia muslims christians or hindu under sikh they will leave on wednesday Alan Fischer Al Jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. The iranian president says his country is ready to restore ties with saudi arabia if it stops bombing yemen and cuts ties with israel made those comments during a speech in parliament on sunday tehran and riyadh severed diplomatic relations in january of last year after iranian protesters attacked a Saudi Diplomatic Mission demonstrators were angry over the killing of a prominent shia cleric in saudi arabia. We want to think from saudi arabia stopping their own friendship. A few men we have no other problems. Lets get established and have good on that they should be there once was tops of the. The opposition politician really has been released from detention in ukraine the former georgian president was arrested on friday accused of conspiring to topple the ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko allegations he denies he has joined a home. Following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili confronted Police Outside a courthouse in the capital kiev inside from a plastic defendants box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraines president the chocolate billionaire Petro Poroshenko there is room for a very simple if. We please oh was it russia. Was very tough or be very tough you wrote once an ally of Poroshenko Saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anticorruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government. A prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the western odessa region now he and his supporters many of them soldiers return from the front lines in the countrys east are demanding Poroshenko Zim preachment. I think we have forty enough we dont want any more wars or bloodshed but if it does not do what he is obliged to do and uses force against us then we will respond adequately the man who led former soviet georgias rose revolution who then georgias leader fought an ill fated war with russia denies plotting with russian businessmen to overthrow poroshenko. The latest dramatic chapter in saakashvili is korea saw him arrested on a kiev rooftop last week before be freed by supporters from a police van and then rearrested. Now released pending trial places a possible five years in jail joe how aljazeera. Still to come here on aljazeera story overshadowed by north Koreas Nuclear arms race the u. N. Takes a look at the countrys munging Human Rights Violations plus. If we dare to dream big. More rhetoric but few details president trying to see them send an asteroid to the moon once again. By the springtime flower of a mountain lake. To the first snowfall on a winters day. Hello there the weather is generally quite quiet across many parts of the middle east at the moment we have got this area of town in the far eastern parts of but by and large is avoided to coble say things him mostly dry and a top temperature of around to eight degrees there as we head through the day on tuesday towards the west also fine and settled were looking at around twenty three there in beirut for tuesday but on wednesday that will drop a little bit to a maximum just of twenty one as we head a bit further towards the south and here in doha its being very windy over the past few days lets get rid of that wind then shall we say choose day yes more wind but then that will drop out as we head through wednesday and it should therefore feel a bit warmer even though it isnt actually any woman will still be getting to around twenty four but without that wind it should feel a good deal mild at twenty eight the maximum there in salada i mean for the towards the south and here plenty of cloud across many parts of Southern Africa weve had a very lively showers around joburg theyve been giving lots of thunder and. As well that system is gradually easing though so durban will still catch one or two showers i think on choose day but for joe back it should be dry instead most of the wet weather will stay a towards the north stretching all the way across towards madagascar and. Where he can expect some showers. The weather sponsored by qatar airways. You are making very pointed remarks whether on line the main u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up over the morning and says i want to scour the world of darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back youre with alex is here a top story so far today the russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of some forces from syria after two years of fighting he made the announcement during a surprise visit to a Syrian Air Base person also into egypt and turkey where he joined president rich a property won in condemning the u. S. For its jerusalem declaration. Thousands of protesters have rallied in lebanon against the u. S. Decision on jerusalem mass demonstrations were called by the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. Israels Prime Minister meanwhile to follow washingtons lead and recognize jerusalem as his countrys capital Benjamin Netanyahu met e. U. Foreign ministers in brussels where he faced resistance to that suggestion and pressure to restart the Peace Process with the palestinians is dominant cain 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 unambiguous i believe theyre even though we dont have an agreement yet this is what will happen in the future i believe that all or most of the rupee and countries will move their embassies to jerusalem recognize jerusalem as israels couple. 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 madine reiterated the e. U. s official position we believe. That the only realistic solution to the conflicts 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 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 a lack of involvement the involvement is still there it was never front line and well but was there it is a victim of the one sided position or president despite all the spin that were hearing now but for the moment at least many here believe president tribes actions have put the prospect of progress in the middle east in the deep freeze dominick cain aljazeera brussels the United Nations says north koreas Human Rights Violations are on the rise while the country focuses on its nuclear and missile tests the u. N. Security Council Discussed reports that some thirteen Million People have been hit by severe Food Shortages other concerns are present torture and controls over freedom of movement mike hanna with more. This was the Fourth Annual discussion of human rights abuses in north korea and on previous occasions china attempted to move the talks behind closed doors arguing that public discussion could undermined any attempts to renew dialogue but it failed to get the nine votes necessary and the talks went ahead in public among those who addressed the council was the uns political chief who warned often under reported looming humanitarian disaster. The d. P. R. K. Is a forgotten crisis on the global humanitarian agenda an estimated eighteen Million People that is seventy percent of the population are suffering from food insecurity. And then in a half Million People representing forty one percent of the population are undernourished a number of victims of human rights also addressed the council as did the high commissioner for human rights who spoke of a prison system that could only be described as horrific torture is widespread in Detention Centers overseen by the ministry of state security and the ministry of People Security detainees who work in mines or Infrastructure Projects in conditions of severe deprivation people held in these camps have told my star for being beaten by Prison Guards or other inmates and being fed so little they barely survive there will be a ministerial level discussion in the Security Council on the issue of north korea and disarmament on friday and the un envoy whos recently visited north korea will also be briefing the Security Council in the days ahead. President trump says the attempted bombing in new york highlights the urgent need for congress to enact Immigration Reform he said the bangladeshi suspect entered the u. S. On a family immigration visa that incompatible with National Security the twenty seven year old suspect was wearing a homemade pipe bomb that detonated in the bus terminal near times square five people were injured christine salumi has the story. Commuters were making their way through an underground subway tunnel during the morning rush hour when this happened an explosion twenty seven year old a coyote was wearing a primitive explosive device attached to him with velcro and plastic ties according to Law Enforcement he was inspired by eisel but did not have direct contact with the group this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not. Result in the goals three bystanders and the alleged bomber were injured as others ran for their lives police shut down what is typically a very busy stretch of eighth avenue just south of times square in the middle of morning rush hour to investigate this is a major transit hub and the explosion happened in a subway tunnel right below ground here next to what is the citys main bus terminal trying to scare the commuters were hustled out of the subway in nearby bus terminal it was just a matter of hours before the Transit System was back up and running but the attack of new yorkers pause if only for a moment but a lot of people i work with didnt even show up or they turned out of what happens because of the territory. Comes of being a new yorker yes absolutely. Is a originally from bangladesh has lived in the United States for the last seven years. The incident took place barely a month after news back immigrant drove a rented vehicle down a bike path killing eight people in many cases we have prevented a significant number of plots to be significant number of attacks. But this is the back just like weather here in new york or london or paris. The question is can it happen here in the answer is it can happen anywhere city officials encourage new yorkers to go back to their normal routines advice thats becoming all too familiar christian salumi al jazeera new york. Staying in the u. S. And his. Ations of sexual abuse of dog the campaign of the republican candidates in tuesdays special Senate Election in the state of alabama both trump and former president barack obama are involved in the race with the bomber recording calls for the Democratic Candidates here she had written c. Opinion polling is notoriously inaccurate but the day before alabamas special Senate Election one poll commanded attention on the less. Republican has been ahead but among the final polls one commissioned by fox news no less there was a democrat. He was ahead by ten points but eight percent of respondents were undecided and then there was the guilt factor those who claim to be undecided and probably why more supporters who dont want to admit. That shame as a result of multiple sex youll misconduct allegations against the former judge he denies all of them his supporters say nothings been proven but they help make this senate race very close in a state where the Republican Party has for decades been seen as the end of alabamian attitudes to race and gender rights the democratic challenger all depend on turn out doug jones has a heavy turnout from the black community and from suburban women if he can get that hes got a chance to win anecdotally jones has reason to be hopeful here in the affluent birmingham suburbs cari powell has long been a democrat but she says more and more of her republican neighbors are telling her this time its different its just a really hard pill to swallow for that progressive republican neighborhood and a lot of them have. Doug jones has ninety percent of the africanamerican vote behind him according to the polls the next senator of the state of alabama judge roy moore in addition democrats hope that. Over racism extolling the u. S. Under slavery or regretting giving black people the vote will catalyze normally lackluster black turnout. However it will be difficult to overcome a skepticism about voting but one of decades of election time appeals from local and National Democratic politicians that amount to nothing after the polls they only really come. When its close to lex and dr paul summarizes the choice before voters but this is ball down to whether or not youre going to vote for an alleged pedophile are you going to vote for a democrat and here in alabama thats not so clear cut she had her time see aljazeera birmingham alabama. Venezuelas main opposition parties are deciding what to do next after the president Nicolas Maduro banned them from running in next years president ial election now that follows sundays municipal elections which the opposition largely boycotted the governing socialist policies as one least ninety percent of the three hundred thirty five mayoralties that were up for grabs. Now from the capital city caracas. The president Nicolas Maduro is saying that candidates that support his government have won in more than three hundred of the three hundred and thirty five districts being contested in municipal elections hes also said that those opposition candidates who boycotted the vote on the longer part of the Political Landscape which implies that they will not be able to stand in president ial elections scheduled for next october many here are asking how is it now after eighteen years of chippies know first of all this and for the last four years that nicolas more google with the economy in a perilous state inflation rampant food and medicine scarce the governing Party Candidates can win the so convincingly across the country one of the reasons being that the opposition is fragmented the country is polarized many tens of thousands of venezuelans predominantly those who oppose president Nicolas Maduro have left the country to escape this economic its economic difficulties the opposition now trying to work out how to respond to this what appears to be a convincing victory administered by the elections for the government and the apparent by all of its eggs candidates on the political map so venezuela. Is now looking as though. Nicolas maduro has consolidating his hold on the power with many asking just how has he done now. More news about donald trump he says its time humanity returned to the moon but his vision of rejuvenating Space Exploration as a decidedly America First cost and a short on financial detail. Forty five years ago one thousand nine hundred seventy two the last time an astronaut walked on the moon. On monday that were tired astronaut Harrison Schmitt gave President Donald Trump a memento after he signed a directive ordering the us to send explorers back to the moon and this is a giant step toward that inspiring future and toward reclaiming americas proud destiny in space and space has so much to do with so many other applications including a military application. At first glance this looks like a feel good moment the Apollo Missions of the one nine hundred sixty s. And one nine hundred seventy thousand people around the world they proved that with enough knowledge and money the moon was no longer out of humanitys reach and lift off the spacious but then in the eightys ninetys and two thousand the u. S. Shifted attention to projects closer to earth with moscows partnership the construction and operation of the International Space station in earth orbit and for thirty years the nearly one hundred fourteen billion dollars Space Shuttle program. Rather Economic Times forced the Obama Administration to ground the Shuttle Program in two thousand and eleven and to ditch any plans to return to the moon now the Top Administration says its time once more to rejuvenate Space Exploration but with no target date in sight no estimate of cost and no direct mention of russian expertise or involvement will also ensure lastly that the rules and values of Space Exploration are written with American Leadership in American Values barack obama required the u. S. Government to use private companies to launch astronauts and cargo into the heavens space x. Is already making rocket deliveries to the. Base station and donald trump is following suit mandating the government work with business on the design and launch of new spacecraft to carry humans to the moon and beyond this is race a very important for a country. With. A mission that is both cosmic and grounded in the bottom line roslyn jordan aljazeera washington. Lindsey vonn is one of the most successful skiers of all time but her preparations for the forthcoming Winter Olympics are not going well the american won the downhill title in vancouver in twenty ten she however missed out on the last games in sochi because of a knee injury and was just two months to go until chang valma is battling another injury the thirty three year old says shell do all she can to compete in what could be her final games everything ive done has been in preparation for these olympics so. Right now im trying to stay healthy going and so far its not going very well but. You know i feel like im saving all of my luck for february and hopefully everything will work out the way its supposed to. This is al jazeera these are the top stories the russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of some troops from syria after two years of fighting that he made the announcement during a surprise visit to a Syrian Air Force base and also visit egypt and turkey where he joined his turkish counterpart in condemning the u. S. Over its declaration of jerusalem as being the israeli capital thousands of protesters have rallied in lebanon against that u. S. Decision on jerusalem mass demonstrations were called by hezbollah as leader hassan nasrallah. Maybe they. Had we are all in this war we have all experienced us 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 israeli 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 it the nation as a whole should confront this dangerous american project and try to impose a solution for the Palestinian PeoplePresident Trump has reiterated his call for urgent Immigration Reform off an attack on one of new yorks busiest commuter hubs misfired a man was arrested with a pipe bomb strapped to his body which went off in the subway near times square the Bangladeshi National whos been identified as twenty seven year olds like ayatollah was injured in the last three other people suffered minor injuries. 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 its all to make goals. Thank god our First Responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe irans president says his country is ready to restore ties with saudi arabia if it stops bombing yemen and cuts ties with israel Hassan Rouhani made those comments during a speech in parliament on sunday tehran and riyadh severed diplomatic relations in january of last year after iranian protesters attacked a Saudi Diplomatic Mission demonstrations were angry over the killing of a prominent shia cleric in this raid. Up next its the stream i will see you very very soon. Facing realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of lets take a ship through which we can bring a legal system to bear getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we need of the what some of my producers that hear their story on talk to how does iraq at this time. Five femi ok and youre in a strange today should u. S. President all chopped be actively resist it