about this and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up pope francis arrives in peru for the second leg of his tour of south america. a major storm blows through europe killing at least seven people and disrupting travel. and fashion in kenya imports of second time cold all out of favor. the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to invade african in syria turkish forces are massing on the border and are preparing action against the kurdish why p.g. considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria stephanie decker has more from. the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area baffling for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkey's aggression how the feeling of the us is the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. in the human body we came here to protest against the attacks on africa and we will stand by a free and outreach that. is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the syrian kurdish p y d party and its armed wing the y p g turkey sees the y.p. g. is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us. when europe consider a terrorist organization but the white b.g. has been working with the u.s. to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain but further east of the euphrates river the americans have never had a presence in africa but the russians do and after he has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians it will let you know offering has been there for quite a long time has never threw like you know. a serious shortage or turkey but they are going to probably need it this kind of nationalistic. you know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. with the upcoming elections in interview so i think that comes to. be. you know so the start when it comes to. church and into extreme tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u.s. announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the white b.g. will form its backbone not to defeat the united states and he supports a terrorist organization that threatens their kid can this be acceptable it is unacceptable and inexplicably but u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's not a border force the u.s. role has been missed part trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara moscow and damascus have all voice their opposition to the force once again it highlights the complicated nature of syria's war isis been pushed out of most of the territory that it once held and so the battlefield is becoming perhaps even more complicated with each side trying to carve out its fear of influence and it seems the syrians are the ones that hold the least sway of stephanie decker al-jazeera and. well rex tillerson and the u.s. it seems have been sending mixed messages about the force they're helping to create in syria with the pentagon saying one thing and the state department saying something very different defense correspondent particle haying takes a look at what's going on behind the scenes. the long term goals of u.s. policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to make one point crystal clear u.s. forces are not leaving united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based its main focus training a local force but that has enraged turkey who see those they are teaching why p.g. fighters as a grave threat to their security turkey says that is why its forces are massing at the border prompting this warning from the u.s. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort here's what caused the concern this statement from the u.s. military writing quote the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force the statement repeatedly refers to training a border security force thirty thousand strong raising concerns in turkey that they could have not missed region now secretary tillerson says it isn't a border force that in his words has been mis portrayed mis described former u.s. ambassador to syria robert ford says that's ridiculous that the u.s. trained force would have course control the border there just ignoring the turkish concerns they know what their concerns are they just don't care basically they're making a bet that turkey will not walk too far away from its longstanding alliance with the united states they are making that bet. the u.s. betting the turkey's leaders will be angry and not act whether that turns out to be true will depend in large part on what the leader of russia says not tillerson or tromp. al-jazeera washington well meanwhile syria's deputy foreign minister is threatening his government's forces will attack turkey's jets flying over its kurdish region he made the call and shortly before the turkish heads of intelligence an army arrived in moscow to discuss the use of syrian air space. we warned that the syrian air defenses restored all its capacity and power and is ready to destroy targets in the skies of the syrian arab republic this means that in any case i gresham buy the ticket for us it won't be made in easy. turkish journalist in ontario antonia says the russian position is more relevant than the american's stance over the often. then we look at offering often is under the russian influence so even turkish ration has been attacking and could desire easing us for offering it really not make sense because from the beginning that it had been no american military forces present there and a couple days ago americans saying that you know this our friend has nothing to do does even though today u.s. state department spokesman came out very strongly and called on turks not thing gage in wireless and not in weight of free and very clearly told them not to do that so at this point term fish delegation a general chief of staff and turkish a chief of intelligence is very in moscow today a kind of a get the russians blessing for this offering operation and we have not heard anything about those meetings yet so for now the president seems to be very angry and wants to take out those elements who he sees them as threat to turkey so far it doesn't look like that turkey has any support from either the russia or u.s. or the western allies turkey's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency for another three months it's the sixth extension since the failed coup in twenty sixteen the measures allow the president to bypass parliament by decree critics accuse the government of misusing its emergency powers to pursue all its opponents. israel's embassy in jordan is reopening after israel apologized for the shooting incident it was close in july when a see an israeli security guard shot dead two jordanians over an alleged attack the guard was allowed to return to israel under diplomatic immunity. the u.n. is calling for the yemeni port of her diet to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving aid to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the opening of the port huldah handles about seventy percent of yemen's imports but damage from a twenty fifteen air strike and a blockade by the saudi led military alliance has severely restricted aid access more than eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine and the country is suffering outbreaks of cholera and diptheria. is deputy regional director of the international committee of the red cross in yemen he says the aid deliveries are critical for the survival of millions of people on the brink of famine. the yemeni population is dependent on eighty. ninety percent of the needs of the yemeni people are sustained through imports and as such. the restrictions on imports prevent the. flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid from reaching the yemeni population so that is where things should be moving on lessening those christmas we need more we need less restrictions on imports fuel is key and central for the survival of the population in yemen fuel is essential for the running all hospitals in a health system that is faltering only forty five percent of house facilities are functioning today in yemen but fuel is also important for water water pumping stations depend on fuel. sewage treatment plants depend on fuel vehicles that collect the garbage depend on fuel and all of this creates a vicious circle were the population being weakened after years of exhausting their resources and not having any more capacity to sustain will only have more epidemic's like diphtheria coming back to them if these conditions are not treated immediately you know somebody said to the u.n. nikki haley has met a group of african diplomats just days after president donald trump's derogatory remarks at immigration from the continent diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. in new york. this was the highest level meeting between an official of the trump administration and african nations ambassador nikki haley is not just the u.n. ambassador for the trumpet ministration she's a member of the cabinet she was in damage limitation mode but she did not apologize i understand that she told the african ambassador she didn't know exactly what was said in that meeting last week in washington d.c. she simply said she regretted the political drama regarding what had been said she stress the long ties between the continent and the united states and the investment and contribution that the u.s. had made towards africa for example citing the sixty six billion dollars the u.s. has given since the year two thousand to fight hiv aids the african ambassadors thanked her for talking to them remember only a few days ago they were asking for attraction and a formal apology they said though that these comments are not only been heard by african ambassadors but also by the african people and african leaders and stress to her that african leaders are we meeting at an african union summit in the next two weeks and said it would be useful if president trump was to send a message to that summit and i asked the haley said she'll be going from here in new york to washington d.c. in the coming hours and she said she would relay that message directly to the president. still ahead on al-jazeera as donald trump marks his first year in office we'll look at the two most to his effect of his foreign policies in the middle east . from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. however we've had some nasty weather into central parts of china in the form of some rather dense fog i'm hopeful for shanghai it shouldn't be too bad over the next few days south of that to be light winds still a possibility of seeing some other foci conditions as we go on through friday little more the way a cloud towards the southwest mussy a few spots of rain squeezed out of that not just a little bit of cloud just creeping its way into the fosse out east of the country as we go on through saturday by the even see a little bit of wet weather down towards the gulf of tonkin for many it will stay dry and rather quiet not to mention the quiet weather across southeast asia meanwhile we have got some lively showers once again into southern areas of the philippines the usual scattering of heat of the day salads there across malaysia down into into the system big downpours a possibility for jakarta for example some parts of the philippines then still seeing some heavy showers on friday be a little lighter as we go on into saturday but then never really too far away and the same line of sharon makes its way right across into the my peninsula and into that eastern side of thailand where mostly want to see showers to into the east aside for much of south asia i think dry and fine sums it up over the next few days with a bit of mist of fog there up towards new delhi but warm sunshine to the south. the weather sponsored by qatar at least. it is the sami to. see wonderful migration and generations of this good luck to mind altering. is the stuff of mine. a stunning portrayal of. one woman's determination to save the community. russia. is telling to see if. you want to go to zero a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to intervene against kurdish forces in the afternoon in syria the turkish government says the attack in the coming days but it's seeking approval from russia first. the u.n. is calling for the yemeni port of huldai the to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving aid to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the opening of the port. saturday marks one year since president donald trump took the oath of office becoming the forty fifth president of the united states it's being riddled with scandals investigations and foreign policy mishaps looks at how his presidency has impacted the middle east. it was the first time that saudi arabia had been chosen by a u.s. president for his dip you overseas trip donald trump. the saudi leadership wanted to reset relations is strange to under the obama administration particularly over iran the u.s. and the saudis are traditional allies but it's clearly a new relationship that he has closely a brace but haven't been so bad in saudi arabia and he has literally tweeted that. a trade prince of saudi arabia enjoys his twenty two co-defendants so he has essentially given them a diplomatic blank check and that is why many believe saudi arabia along with the united arab emirates battering in egypt miscalculated when they imposed an air sea and land blockade on qatar seven months ago qatar denies accusations of backing terrorist organizations trump and initially supported the blockade before the white house shifted its position very much on the side of saudi arabia and i think. he has simply gone ahead with whatever his son in law. transmitted to him terms of messages between hamas and himself and at the beginning he demonstrated that he knew very little as to the strategic importance of qatar to the united states trump has more than once shown a lack of knowledge not just about u.s. interests while meeting lebanon's prime minister saad hariri he seemed confused about the role of has been lost lebanon is on the front lines in the fight against isis al qaeda and hezbollah hezbollah is a part of the government it's also backed by iran iran has been the common denominator between the trumpet ministration the saudis and the israelis but so far there doesn't seem to be a clear strategy on how to confront iran they are. still there in iraq and in syria as. has been pushed back already last year but how they do it is very very clear talk at the moment of a parent an american military presence on a small scale in syria but it is overwhelmingly likely to. iraq is going to maintain a major influence there. u.s. troops were deployed to the kurdish region in syria to assist in the fight against iso the u.s. led coalition says the american personnel will stay and help create a border security force of thirty thousand kurdish troops the u.s. policy is to contain iran and it is using its only leverage in syria the kurds to try to do that. in the trump doesn't have a new policy for syria he inherited his predecessor a policy of nor direct military intervention but he doesn't want the russians iranians the syrian regime and hezbollah to declare victory the u.s. is not in a position to confront what it wants to postpone addict a ration of victory what he didn't postpone however was his campaign pledge but today we finally acknowledge the obvious that jerusalem is israel's capital with this highly controversial move trump overturned decades of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east but one year in what this administration thinks its policies in the region will ultimately achieve remains unclear. they want. a spending bill to keep the u.s. government operating beyond friday has cleared a hurdle in the house of representatives of the house approved the rules for debating legislation that would fund federal agencies until the middle of next month the measure still has to be approved by the house and the senate the government faces the prospect of being shut down the money isn't approved or the democrats say they won't support a bill unless that are guarantees that children of migrants who enter the u.s. without documents will be protected white house correspondent kimberly hawker reports. senator how did i know i have called carlos roll was brought to the united states from venezuela illegally by his parents at the age of two his university educated and now lives in chicago but is spending his vacation in washington to plead his case before lawmakers now we're all here to support the dream act i've been senator i wanted to check in with you about your support for the dream act roe needs congressional support to pass a law so he can stay in the united states legally under a program called daca i don't see anything it's fair that they're playing politics with our lives i mean it's really problematic and the fact that you know we are you know we are real people we are support you know we are contributors economy like my employers you know our employers are concerned about the political what's politically at stake ducker recipients like rola have become central in the debate over funding that could shut down the u.s. government at midnight friday within required twenty eighteen government funding legislation democrats are demanding protections for doctor recipients they also want money for health insurance for low income children republicans are demanding money for president trump's border wall along the southern border with mexico to stop illegal immigration they also want funding to rebuild the u.s. military if for any reason a judge down the worst thing is what happens to our military but democrats say dr recipients are the real victims in this battle if protections aren't put in place. some protesting in the u.s. congress were even arrested for advocating on behalf of illegal immigrants without status it's possible a short term funding deal could keep the government open allowing time for bigger issues to be addressed the last time there was a government shutdown was nearly five years ago and it could happen again if democrats and republicans are able to overcome their differences. al-jazeera washington pope francis has arrived in peru on the second leg of his south american tour the leader of the roman catholic church was welcome to leave president. during his trip he's expected to meet indigenous people large parts of their homeland has been destroyed by a gold rush impose a muslim rainforest but in a sunset is in lima which has been full of the pope's journey. just a few minutes ago the pope went by. and a lot of people here thousands of peruvians well heard. as he was heading to the place where he will be spending the night in the next three nights that he will be spending here in the capital of the route now the pope will be leaving very early on on friday. as you were saying this is a very important part of the whole. area that has been devastated by. the pope is a champion of a clean and vironment so he will be traveling to this place and he will be. communities who are suffering because many of the indigenous young boys and girls are working in these. are working of. minds. will be then returning to leave will be going to a northern city and where he will be holding a mass and on sunday he will be holding a mass. more than a million and a half people are expected. here in the first part. the british prime minister theresa may and french president emanuel have pledged to maintain their nation's close relationship and cooperate on security issues despite britain's exit from the european union has been visiting the u.k. for talks as well as brags that they've been discussing border controls france wants more funding from london to help deal with the number of people gathering in french ports like cali is the choice to reach them. at least nine people have been killed by a violent storm that swept across europe belgium the netherlands and germany faced gale force winds the knock down trees and left thousands of homes without power catherine stansell reports. the storm pummeled western europe with hurricane like force here the wind ripped a roof off of a building in the netherlands and peels off the side of a house with severe weather alerts were issued in the netherlands as gale force winds reached one hundred forty kilometers an hour people were urged to stay home for their own safety. and those who did venture outdoors were struggling to keep their feet on the ground but it didn't deter this daredevil who saw the high winds as an opportunity to go for the ultimate kite surfing experience the storm is causing travel chaos hundreds of flights were grounded and in germany all long distance rail services were suspended in the days of danger that trees will fall onto the overhead wires and there's a danger that trees will block glutes we know from past experience with extreme weather conditions that it's better to keep the trains inside stations where we can but to take care of passengers then in between stations power outages hits tens of thousands of people in germany belgium and in other lands and roads were blocked by fallen trees and debris high winds and heavy snow also hit parts of the u.k. scotland is dealing with power outages and dangerously icy roads but the storm isn't losing strength it's moving across the continent with eastern europe in its sights happenstance on al-jazeera. the average temperature announced last year was hot enough to make twenty seventeen one of the three warmest years on record the u.s. government space and up a spherical agencies have published their annual global temperature report showing a continuing trend of long term warming introduced from the oceans may also help to boost temperatures. a drone has helped save the lives of two swimmers in the world's first rescue using the technology the teenage boys were spotted struggling in dangerous waves off the eastern coast of australia lifeguards flew the drone above the pair and dropped a float they made it safely to shore in seventy seconds a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to complete the rescue several east african countries have agreed to ban imports of secondhand clothes by next year rwanda tanzania and uganda have already started imposing taxes only used garments as part of a move to try to boost local manufacturing but in kenya many people don't want to ban this father miller explains across nairobi there are many street markets like this one we shop is rummage through piles of secondhand clothes bargaining for a good deal here at tory market for liston ten years been selling used clothes for two months with prices ranging from as little as under a dollar to about five dollars an item she says business is good yeah we are fond of. we are fond of secondhand clothes new clothes today are sometimes made from cheap material but we rely on second hand clothes because we know it's affordable and the quality is good. government figures show that in twenty fourteen secondhand clothing contributed ninety five million dollars to the kenyan economy that grew to one hundred twenty eight million dollars by twenty sixteen oxfam says that in twenty fifteen east africa imported more than one hundred fifty million dollars worth of secondhand clothes and shoes mostly from the u.s. and europe but cheap imported clothing hasn't made it easy for the local textile industry to grow already struggling with poor facilities and a lack of money. they are however a few exceptions one of them is this factory which produces mostly high end clothing owners just wind up bt says this is necessary to ensure his business survives in a market where used clothes are so cheap so we would largely do business where it will be less and have less impact of secondhand clothes for example the business that we're going to in the region will be corporate uniforms you can expect the police uniform to be second and it has to be brand new so we found our own pockets . local industry leaders say well curbing the secondhand clothing market could help the domestic industry growth the local textile industry has to feel skilled workers under it's also impacted by illegal imports from asia and the middle east some say a ban on the secondhand clothing market is not the solution market driven policies are what a bit of what we would really make a difference for the textile industry is if we actually drove competitiveness competitiveness in the in this area look at if you look at india if you look at china you look at vietnam bangladesh the textile markets a huge. those like to make a living from selling used clothes say any sort of bad would mean thousands of people would lose their jobs while others argue that as africa's spending power increases the lure of secondhand clothes will likely decline. al-jazeera nairobi. the sundance film festival is opened in the u.s. state of utah the annual event will showcase one hundred ten movies include dramas comedies documentaries and shorts films on sexual abuse gender equality and a star studded rally for respect will also headline the event. this is all just here on these of the top stories the u.s. state department's urging turkey not to intervene against kurdish forces in africa and in syria the turkish government says it may attack in the coming days but it's keeping approval from russia first the heads of the army and intelligence are in moscow for talks meanwhile syria's deputy foreign minister says government forces will attack turkish jets flying over its kurdish region will have the. other two clear we warn that the syrian air defenses restored all its capacity and power and is ready to destroy turkish targets in the skies of the syrian arab republic this means that in any case aggression by the ticket air force it won't be made easy. israel's embassy in jordan is reopening after israel apologized for the shooting incident that was closed in july when an israeli security guard shot dead two jordanians over an alleged attack the guard was allowed to return to israel under diplomatic immunity. the un is calling for the yemeni port of data to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving aid to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the opening of the facility to handles about seventy percent of yemen's imports but it was damaged in a twenty fifteen airstrike more than eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine and the country is suffering outbreaks of cholera and diptheria pope francis has arrived in peru on the second leg of his south american tour the leader of the roman catholic church was welcomed to lima by putting in president petro public. during his trip is expected to meet indigenous people large parts of their homeland have been destroyed by a gold rush and produce amazon rain forest. a spending bill to keep the u.s. government operating beyond friday's cleared a hurdle in the house of representatives the lower house approved the rules for debating legislation that would fund federal agencies until the middle of next month the measure still has to be approved by the house and the senate and the government faces the prospect of being shut down if the money isn't approved and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll see in about half an hour of life. under the same flag at the winter olympics but will sports diplomacy between north and south korea extend to the politics of the burning issue of nuclear weapons or is kim jong un exploiting concerns about america and the unpredictable donald trump this is inside story.