People have been injured iran has more from baghdads. Once again the scene seems to be sent from all clashes between protesters and Iraqi Security forces we are expecting to see more protests not just in the south of iraq in the center but here in baghdad as well but its also been a day of politics the iraqi army has said it didnt use live fire against the protesters it didnt used indiscriminate live fire against the protesters i should say however it did say that it would investigate incidents of live fire being used that was a view echoed by the head of the Popular Mobilization forces who went on to say that actually what was going on was the protesters were being used he didnt say by who to try and topple the Iraqi Government now weve also heard from mike pompei oh he was on a fun call the u. S. Secretary of state he was on a phone call with the Prime Minister of iraq. He said. The mahdi told him that the security situation in iraq was back to normal and he. Offered iraq support however theres been very Little International reaction the u. N. Have spoken theyve condemned the deaths of the protesters a lover of the Russian Foreign minister was here but he didnt mention the protest movement until instead he talked about an arms deal for iraq so theres been very Little International reaction we are expecting more protests to come in the coming hours and the scene does seem to be set there is a normal enormous amount of security out in the streets of baghdad. Full ahead on aljazeera 35 candidates looking to lead story langkow so well look at 3 of the main ones in the Upcoming Elections in just a moment. Hello significant rain was felt in hong kong and recoded 50 millimeters and thats what it came from its quite a big massive cloud and its under storms which is drifting slowly through Southern China will run up into the hills in northern vietnam on the western side southwestern china and it was keep forgot about the same rate other rate in china is that extension from india as the southwest monsoon last gasps all of which stretched up towards sichuan otherwise its a dry picture and were now watching the northeast monsoon develop so here is the end of the southwest one so its got a few more weeks to go but it will be going slowly southwards doesnt do much on the satellite picture but that was taken really before the real showers got going in the afternoon heat the rest of monday will soon develop and redemption bangladesh the Northeast Corner down towards kara still some in maharashtra so some in mumbai where theres been so much flooding this season but to the north in the west it remains dry and thats also true of pakistan not entirely drawing the still the remnants of thunderstorms develop daily in for example the mountains in there in todays forecast they tend to disappear before we get tomorrow otherwise of course is a mostly dry picture. Im counting the cost germanys heading for recession well im going to put aside their concerns about that to stimulate the economy. Brazils amazon fear their livelihoods are on the right and the billions of dollars in black gold locked away you have to go. Counting the cost. Im. Sure you know. Some of it i like. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Has evacuated to observation post and work in syria and says american troops wont protect Kurdish Forces turkey has said its preparing to launch a major offensive in the region Kurdish Forces say they will defend themselves and the u. S. Appeals court has granted donald trump a temporary stay on a decision that could have forced the u. S. President to release his tax returns the appeal came after a district judge rejected trumps challenge to the release of the tax documents a migrant boat capsized killing at least 13 women near the island of lampedusa it overturned in bad weather as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board it was carrying around 50 people from tennessee a 22. Lets return to our leading story that is the u. S. Making way for turkey to launch a Major Military operation in Northern Syria and will speak to him callin hes a spokesman and chief advisor for president joining us from belgrade thanks very much for speaking to us on aljazeera so if we start with the latest developments out of the u. S. Callinan the pentagon is saying that the u. S. Does not endorse that circus offer ration a state Department Official describing it as a very bad idea so clearly theres a lot of pushback what is the actual aim of this military campaign that turkey is planning in northeast syria. The actual goal is to establish a safe zone which will serve 2 purposes one is to secure turkeys border with syria by eliminating the terrorist elements whether dice isis or p k k p y d y p g and other elements and 2nd one is to create a space for the refugees to return to while internally and safely the safe zone idea our president has raised this issue for the last 34 years he discussed it with president obama a number of european leaders in the past and in fact President Trump has also endorsed this idea and if you remember about 8 months ago he said he was pulling out of syria but his military and security establishment has refused to follow his orders now after a phone call with our president last night he has again taken this decision and made it public a very believe its in the interest of syrias territorial integrity and the Syrian People as well as turkeys National Interest to establish the safe zone because that area has become over the last 23 years a safe haven for p. K. Kit terrorist lets remember what americans call or what some of these forces call themselves as p y d y p g in syria in fact is p. K. K. In syria and p. K. K. Is a terrorist Organization List of the sites in europe in the United States and elsewhere its really an irony of history for the United States to pick up a marxist leninist terrorist organization as an hour ok i hear some youre going to come out with or you know in some state officials from the pentagon or other places saying that mr cowan youre a someone saying go in there and i still as well as western allies i always thought that went when they say they refer to turkey. Yeah ok well let me let me ask you this well talk about iceland refugees some points that you raised but 1st speaking of donald trump so hes just tweeted in the past hour or so that hes ready to litter right the turkish economy if youre a country does anything off limits in quotes in syria whats your reaction to that and what do you understand off limits to be. Just so the treaty act wisely our president has a lot of wisdom and is the requires constructive rather than destructive approach weve been very responsible turkey has done more than any other country for the Syrian People over the last 7 years and for the Syrian Refugees we have about 3500000 Syrian Refugees living in turkey for the last 4 or 5 years and our efforts in geneva in astana through the political process have always been to help the Syrian People and weve done more than any other country when it comes to fighting isis or die in turkey has also done more than any other country when we eliminated more than 3000 dollars terrorists in the jobless area but we have not occupied any part of syria when we did that we have no interest in occupying any part of syria in the east of euphrates or the west when we enter jobless to fight against guys we have not stayed there we have returned those places to local residents and he entered office in a great deferred payments making obviously heard and regularly where we return to places back to the local residents so the same thing will happen in the east if youre free how are you going to ensure that this military campaign doesnt cause a humanitarian disaster and and what will happen to those people that you say youre going to return because the United Nations from its part is saying that its preparing for the worst. Well to the contrary when these people go back to their homes it will be for their safety it will take off the migration pressure off of us as well as europe look we have no interest in changing the demographics in syria it was p y d y p g that actually changed the demographics in the east of euphrates by entering and invading these arab towns and villages turkoman towns are christian towns and villages forcing people to leave or settling down force forcefully in other places in fact Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch published 2 separate reports about this and one of the reports claimed that actually some of the things that you are do you r. P. G. Did in some of these out of towns amount to war crimes no one has reported about this because it goes against the narrative that you are the why p. G. Fighters are fighting against these dyes barbarians but in fact it is a marxist Leninist Organization that has oppressed and killed and forced Kurdish People to go to other places as well to the contrary being the another source saying anybody how they were back in syria to places where they dont want to go ok heres the thing when it comes to either of those for france for example is saying that the u. S. Pullout and the turkish offensive could in fact strengthen the islamic states same warning we heard from mcgurk who is a former u. S. Special envoy for the fight against isis so are you not worried about a resurgence of eyeful are you saying that these statements are simply incorrect. We are determined to fight against dying unabated we have fought against them along the turkish Syrian Border on the turkish soil on the iraqi side when we help them in fact in mosul and other places we will never tolerate values to come back in any form of shape or shape theyre in syria or in iraq or somewhere else but lets remember this is not only one countrys responsibility it is the International Communitys responsibility and in fact its the failure of the International Community that they have not been able to help the Syrian Refugees bring a political solution to the conflict and destroy isis once and for all and just for the sake of the im allowing to jump in there what what we can do in fact without a full capacity to make sure that isis doesnt come back in any form or shape but we will coordinated with the u. S. With europeans with arab countries with iran with russia just for that any other time allow me. To be an enemy and threat right and just let me ask you this the the yes im sure you are aware is vowing to respond what is your reaction to that. Well turkey is determined to clear those areas from any terrorist elements. We will return those places back to the local people the Syrian Refugees have refused to go back to places under p y d y p to control because they never felt secure in those places but in jobless and other places where we have returned the cities back to the local residents more than 350000 Syrian Refugees have gone back to their homes secondly p. G. Has harassed killed or kidnapped not only arabs kurds and others who do not subscribe to their ideology but also christian children. Syria and Syria Community has made a number of statements about this the idea of i. P. G. Kidnapping their christian children to list them in their ranks so what they have done there in fact is is a threat to syrias territorial integrity political unity and the safety and prosperity of the Syrian People our goal is to secure our borders just as any country cares about their Border Security we have to take care of our own Border Security and make sure that the Syrian Refugees go back to their homes where theyve come from israeli alan tearaway thank you very much for joining us on aljazeera thank you a record 35 candidates will contest president ial election which will take place on november the 16th they include a former defense secretary the son of and assassinated president and an environmentalist and friend has more from colombia. Election officials in sri lankas capital had a busy morning sorting out paperwork from 35 says it ensured candidates former defense secretary go to the rajapaksa is hopeful to lead the rajapaksa comeback 5 years after his brother my hand was voted out of office. Given the problems being faced today in economy security and sovereignty we have a city of policies that can solve these issues and we hope to implement them this rajapaksa successfully led the governments campaign to defeat the tamil tigers in 2009 ending a 26 year conflict but some accuse him of disregarding human rights allowing extrajudicial killings and cracking down on dissent during that Campaign Questions of also being raised about rajapakse is eligibility with controversy about his dual nationality d. His main rival subject trade with us is the deputy leader of the United National party he has been nominated after years of being sidelined by Prime Minister brown overcommitting her premadasa has worked with Rural Communities for many years but will have to find out if he can appeal to voters across the country i mean harry. From auto parts breaking revolutionary Development Program in our country where the benefits of crude. And not exclusive club incumbent president mighty palace seriously and is not running for a 2nd now priorities appear to have shifted for many should lankans the last election was fought on bringing change restoring democracy and human rights analysts say its different this time around theyre not talking about rights they are talking about development. Theyre not really talking about democracy per se in the sense theyre for you know its almost as if the talk about rights is irrelevant to best and subversive but worse around 16000000. 00 tree lanterns are eligible to vote in the president ial election next month people have to be smarter politicians are servants not masters they come to serve. As voters weeks pick someone who can bring Economic Development to the country and individual development someone who can govern well someone whos a do or not just pays lip service more candidates are contesting the november 16th election than ever before but for now rajapakse and premadasa have the highest profile that said this public discontent with broken promises and a chance that establishment figures may pay the price at the ballot box finance jazeera colomba a Scottish Court has rejected a legal bid to force the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson to ask for brecks de lay charges considered whether johnson could be jailed if he takes the u. K. Out of the European Union without a deal johnson has previously said hell comply with a new law which forces him to prevent a no deal breck said on october the 31st he submitted new proposals on wednesday which he hopes will lead to a deal for britain to leave the e. U. By that deadline more than 250 Climate Change protesters have been arrested in a global demonstration that the organizers Extinction Rebellion say will span 60 cities the most the rest by far were in britains capital at least 135 people were taken into custody in london the group wants to achieve net 0 Carbon Emissions by 2025. Headlines on aljazeera this hour the u. S. Has evacuated 2 observation posts in northeast syria and says american troops wont protect Kurdish Forces turkey has said its preparing to launch a major offensive in the region Kurdish Forces say they will defend themselves president. Could no longer ignore the threat posed by fighters across the border in Northern Syria. The withdrawal of u. S. Troops from the area has begun following my phone conversation last night with President Trump as you know we had made a decision and had always said that we may arrive one night unannounced and this decisiveness continues because we can no longer accept the threats caused to our country by these terrorist groups and u. S. Appeals court has granted donald trump a temporary stay on a decision that could have forced the u. S. President to release his tax returns the appeal came after a district judge rejected trumps challenge to the release of the tax documents the returns are being sought and a criminal probe by the Manhattan District Attorneys Office a migrant boat trying to reach italy has capsized killing at least 13 women near the island of lampedusa it overturned in bad weather as a patrol vessel arrived to rescue those on board iraqs government is denying accusations its Security Forces have shot protesters during 6 da