Make that prospect a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle. Aljazeera belfast. All right still ahead when we come back rolling out a truce why turkeys beefing up its forces in Northern Syria. Iran. 6 months after it was at the center of a deadly attack by alshabaab fighters kenyan hotel reopens its all ahead. Hello again some very heavy rain pushing into southern sections of china now the satellite is a massive cloud an enemy and so all of this we have actually got a Tropical Storm with will actually weaken in terms of winds quite rapidly over the next 24 hours but it will not ease off in those rains you can see here some very dark colors the right the way into buying dong we could well see some flooding rains 28 degrees in hong kong with that very heavy amounts of rain across the winds will be strong they will certainly be gusting winds and we could well see some local flooding and you can see what its doing to the temperatures in fact on friday as that woman hong kong 31 but very very wet and the same for that to the west as you can see meanwhile up to shanghai is a dry couple of days temperatures in the mid thirtys celsius those rains extend early fall south as well certainly across into much of southern sections of thailand across into fit but its mostly fair further to the south on thursday by friday we might just see some more rain showers pushing into the northern and eastern sections of borneo but fairly clear really set in terms of rain across much of the west 33 celsius in color and then into india again these rains have really ramped up in the last few days central sections of india down across the Western Ghats as well but look at this by thursday and friday we see those rains once again in the forecast up across into nepal bangladesh and the northeast of india. Who want to sponsor a town. Al jazeera exposes controversial allegations about the bahraini government. Hired and they told me youre a member of al qaeda you can stop the advance of the shia. And its conclusion with al qaida to conspire against and assassinate the shia opposition to 25. 00. Playing with fire on al jazeera. Again youre watching i do see a reminder of our top stories this hour the United States has imposed sanctions on irans foreign minister mohammad german cities the u. S. Says he promotes what he calls the reckless agenda of irans supremes leader reid hit back saying its all because hes considered a threat to washingtons agenda. Doctors in the democratic republic of congo have quarantined 15 people in south kivu province over fears theyve been infected by ebola all than 1600 people have died in the latest outbreak to hit the country since august 28th. U. K. s Prime MinisterBarak Johnson has visited Northern Ireland telling the main Political Parties the u. K. Will leave the e. U. 31st but he assured them there would be no hard border with the republic. So day 2 of the 2nd round of debates between Us Democratic president ial hopefuls has just begun or be a lot of attention on the former Vice President and current front runner joe biden he was criticized for a lackluster performance at last months debate with john hendren is following that debate for us so john were only what about 15 minutes into these debates anything interesting so far what what can we expect of the candidates tonight. Well the 1st blow has already been struck in the 1st Opening Statement new york. City mayor bill de blasio struck out at both comolli harris and the front runner joe biden saying unlike them he was looking to transform the government and were expecting to see more of that joe biden wants to remain above the fray according to his campaign hes going to be talking about donald trump but hes got a target painted on his back and a lot of those candidates are expected to be gunning for him hes going to be standing right between is standing right now between korti booker and comolli harris both of them are africanamericans and both of them have been critical booker has criticized him on criminal justice because of some aggressive legislation that he pushed in the ninetys the result of which was more africanamericans ending up in prison kamel the harris as opposed him on things like bussing minorities to better schools which biden opposed years ago so we also have a number of candidates who are a low in the polls those people are going to want to get up and break through in this debate because otherwise they might end up out of the race so some of them are going to be gunning for biden some of them are going to be going for other candidates but i think what we can expect is a lot of fireworks right now what were hearing is Opening Statements weve had one combative Opening Statement but other than that were just waiting to see it all happen and of course the reason why were having a 2nd debate is because there are 20 of these candidates right now and its going to be 10 on each night then and a lot of democrats are hoping that that field is going to thin out at some point so how will will the race change after these debates. Well were expecting things to winnow out these debates or the 2nd major round of debates for the Democratic Candidates only 5 candidates didnt make this debate 20 of them did the party and many supporters want to win. That down that number and whats likely to happen is that a number of them will not qualify for the 3rd round of debates and of those 20 we expect perhaps fewer than half of them to qualify then money and support is going to dry up for the rest and bat will drive some of them likely out of the race we expect in the days after this debate it is very likely that some candidates will drop out but last night the progressives own the night Elizabeth Warren was widely viewed by people who reviewed it as the winner of that debate she and Bernie Sanders are really the most progressive candidates and they were attacked by several moderates again and again and again and again they struck back we put together a story on what happened last night take a look. In what purports to be the party of civility the contenders came out swinging you dont know 2nd of all because you know what i wrote the day a bell. On issue number one publicly funded Health Care Top polling Elizabeth Warren sought to put rival John Delaneys struggling campaign on life support. Why do we got to be the party of taking something away where the democrats were not about trying to take away health care from anyone and thats what the republicans are. Saying the republican talking points the revolutionaries of the Democratic Party warren and Bernie Sanders dominated the debate clock again and again warren went on the offensive you know i dont understand why anybody does to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really cant do and should fight for. This round of debates could dramatically narrow the field of candidates for some the race is over 5 candidates failed to qualify for this round of debates and of the 20 who remain less than half are expected to qualify for round 3 and for some who failed to breakthrough in detroit. Are likely already drying up the debates locale in the motor city was a reminder of the democrats failure in 2016 their supposedly solidly democratic blue wall crumbled in their former strongholds of pennsylvania wisconsin and detroits parent state michigan. Have to do they have to spend money here they have to wake up the populace and get them out to vote with another debate to go on wednesday where front runner joe biden will stand directly between his 2 biggest critics coming to Harrison Cory booker 92. 00 was expected to be at least as combative. The u. S. Central bank has cut Interest Rates by a quarter point the 1st reduction in a decade the head of the Federal Reserve cited signs of a global slowdown for the moves and also hinted at trade disputes between the u. S. And china as a reason u. S. President donald trump tweeted his disappointment at the rate cut he said he was expecting a bigger drop she have a chance he has more from washington the chairman of the Federal Reserve cited 3 main factors for the rate cut the weakening Global Economic outlook the weakening outlook for u. S. Trade around the world as a result and we conflation in the United States his argument seems to be look the u. S. Economic indicators are humming along why dont just give them a little bit of a boost with this quarter percent rate cut he denied any political pressure but we do know that dog trump has been pushing for rate cuts from the fed larger than this one that is because clearly dont trust once the economy to keep on expanding into the 2020 Economic Cycle drone pilot 1st saying that he didnt see this is a long succession of rate cuts but then he clarified that suggested that there may be more rate cuts to come perhaps all truck will get hit more rate cuts simply because of his Economic Policy the only certainty over trade as a result of his trade wars and trade rhetoric but also the Economic Policy to prioritize enormous cuts for the wealthy and corporations and not Sustainable Investments into the u. S. Is economy itself so he he may get his his rate cuts but he wont so much. A turkeys defense minister says his country will set up a socalled safe zone in Northern Syria with or without the u. S. The nato allies will resume talks soon in an effort to reach an agreement but is in a harder reports from gaziantep in southeastern turkey divisions between them run deep. More soldiers arrived at already heavily fortified positions the show of force coinciding with turkey repeatedly warning it might carry out a possible cross border operation its military wants a safe zone inside the white peachey controlled area in northeast syria it considers the Syrian Kurdish armed group a threat to its National Security but it is also an ally of the United States which has warned turkey against taking any unilateral military action we know that there are officially 2500 u. S. Soldiers and nearly 220 u. S. Military facilities in the region so in case of a military operation there is a risk that to metalized not all military. Police to thirtys there has been a marked increase in u. S. Army patrols close to the border with turkey in what seems to be a message to its nato ally they have deep disagreements despite months of discussions over the creation of the zone turkey does not just want to wipe e. G. To disarm and withdraw from the border area it wants control of the zone thats at least 30 kilometers deep and would stretch from the syrian town of girard loss to the iraq border that would include why peachey controlled cities and towns like cold bonnie tell commission. As well as members. Turkey says the u. S. Needs to end its support to the y. P. G. Which it considers an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. Case it is also not satisfied with the buffer Zone Solutions proposed by the United States those proposals reportedly involve a zone with a depth of 10 kilometer is that exclude. The main Population Centers along the border. Right e. G. Supporters have held protests against a possible turkish takeover saying theyll only accept an internationally enforced zone in turkey and the Syrian Opposition see areas under why p. G. Control are historically ours and the proposed zones means millions of refugees can return to syria and turkey and dependent to. The u s or russia so. Say that meat is hard to make a prediction about. Steps. Cooperation with russia has allowed turkey to clear the white beauty from at least 2000 square kilometers along its border since 2016 but russia doesnt seem to want turkey to increase its influence in syria it says any safe still needs the consent of the authorities in damascus for now it is under u. S. Control but if u. S. Policy shifts how long that will remain the case is unclear jennifer there because he tapped. By israels security cabinet has approved permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank its a rare announcement before a plan and visit to israel this week by senior white house adviser Jared Kirshner hes expected to push both sides to join talks a bundle of days she is struggling to contain its worst outbreak of dainty fever at least 14 people have died after it 1st broke out in the capital dhaka earlier this year the mosquito borne infection is now spread across the country hitting 61. 00 out of 64. 00 districts more than 15000. 00 cases have been confirmed since january and nearly 2 thirds of those were diagnosed this month. A kenyan hotel has reopened 6 months after it was attacked by alshabaab fighters 21 people were killed when 4 gunmen and a suicide bomber stormed the hotel reports from. The city to hotel in kenyas capital nairobi wants the world to know its open for business once again. It was a different picture 6 months ago. From the somali armed group attacked. It says it wants kenyas army to leave neighboring somalia. One of them detonated a suicide bomb i just saw something that came back like a gas explosion tracy 10 so it always was something i saw like an explosion from here so i saw that i dont know whether it was a hand or it was a leg for you down there so she hid inside the hair salon where she worked into police came but since that day i have feel like you want to do when i came in i just said its because they act like a so how could risk mean to just such an emotional moment for me. But the message of the Hotel Management and politicians is defiant. And theres. Nobody we. Visit. To see. Soldiers and Police Arrived in about half an hour of the attack starting they swept through the buildings they rescued hundreds of People Killed the remaining attackers and the whole thing was over in less than 24 hours the security agencies with ones with scene is much more effective than in previous attacks. When i sent gunmen to the westgate Shopping Mall 6 years ago the attack lasted hours but Security Forces besieged it for days shops were looted by soldiers dozens died. The bloodiest attack in kenya by alshabaab was a university in 2015 nearly 150 students were killed repeated requests for security at the campus had been ignored. The attacks began when kenyas army entered somalia 8 years ago along with its allies who controls the major cities a terrorist group could be degraded their military power could be diminished as been consistently done in somalia but that does not mean that the they cannot mount attacks inside somalia in kenya and other places to carry out attacks to announce that they are still relevant. To maybe back up on its feet the security is now tighter here. Kenyas conflict with is far from over. Malcolm web aljazeera nairobi kenya. All right lets get right up to the top stories on aljazeera the United States has slapped sanctions on irans top diplomats it is accusing germany for promoting propaganda from iran supremely leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the latest escalation is a month after the u. S. Post sanctions on terminate the u. S. Said it doesnt consider zarif the main contact for any talks on Irans Nuclear program zarif as a reaction on twitter and ridiculed the sanctions president jordan has been monitoring reaction from u. S. Officials they basically say that this is a situation where because of the u. S. Is concerned they actually need to be engaging with people who they believe could actually make real change but they also indicate that they dont think that this is possible because they are continuing sanctions and they are continuing to look at other possible targets and basically anyone who is working at the direct leadership or at the director has to i should say. Of the Supreme Leader ayatollah commenting on doctors in the democratic republic of congo have cornered 15 people in south kivu province over fears theyve been infected by a bowler a 3rd case has been confirmed in goma a densely populated city more than 1600 people have died in the latest outbreak to hit the country since august 28th. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has visited Northern Ireland telling the main Political Parties there the u. K. Will leave the e. U. 31st but he assured them there will be no hard border with the republic of ireland day 2 of the 2nd round of debates between Us Democratic president ial hopefu