standing by for us in moscow emily the protests are now coming to moscow what can you tell us a bad situation there. well as you can see behind me a lot of people are assembling at the moment it's still early the protests are due to begin now and you had called for people to gather at any point on this main road that you see sort of further behind to be in moscow so it's hard to know how many people have come out so far but you can see there's a crowd assembling behind me what i also can tell you is that there is a huge police presence here there are a lot of police found standing at the ready police were already patrolling assembling i would say around i saw around sixty police officers including riot police ok we're looking now at live pictures of people gathering in moscow. there are dozens of cities in russia and they have also had protests how big word those protests. well that's that's hard to say at the moment there aren't any official figures about that yet but what i can tell you is that there are over one hundred protests planned across russia today and that's that's rather unusual

the authorities raided his moscow headquarters early on sunday. as a free for now you are watching news coming to you live from berlin as more of a top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that song for you dot com thanks for being with us. i. go grab the little succeeded in divining the shadow not succeed in taking people off the streets because we're tired of trying to show you. taking a stand. matters.

other joins us from moscow and michele macneill is in the u.s. capital washington to both of you good evening yuri i want to start with you can we confirm what russia is saying i mean did it give turkey its blessing for this operation all of branch. hi brenda there was indeed a small russian contingent an african tinge and and to the chorus believed even the russians who was there would be more or less safe from turkish attacks experts say the kurds obviously believed that the turkish and forces wouldn't come because russia has a sort of agreement with the pentagon covering that part of syria but last week a turkish military the geisha came to moscow for talks with the russian minister of defense and the parent leaves they reached a deal the deal supposedly allowed turkish forces to go to a free mean while turkey for its part a lot of russian iranian and syrian forces so everyone fighting on the syrian government's side to bomb this here in the position into it so they have obviously been to operations going on at the same time on the ground as r

thank you for joining us police in moscow have forced their way into the office of all physicians had spoken kremlin critic alexei involving a spokesperson for the opposition said that the police were using the ruse of a bomb threat to question members of the opposition and this comes on a day that the opposition has announced russia wide protests in over one hundred cities in support of a boy cost of presidential elections in march which has called a farce. the fall in the south won't be allowed to actually run but he was a band previous fraud conviction which he says was trumped up and he has turned all his campaign offices into what he called protest offices we caught up with one of his volunteers and patients by work now. first of all we're going to cross over to law school and standing by there is an unfair when for the latest on the story and the russian police have entered the valleys office ahead of a protest this morning where is life in a valley right now. that's a good question we didn't know for a long time and then the staff in moscow the only thing we knew is that the st

militia when moscow thank you very much for being on the scene for us. turkey says it has assurances from washington that the u.s. will no longer arm the kurdish y p g a militia in syria has also reiterated demands of the us pull troops out of the key northern syrian town of monday's turkish and y p g forces clashed again on saturday ankara is pushing ahead with a military operation aimed at clearing up the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. that activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the african region and this video could his fighters target took a small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe added rather just supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the telly means. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military believes. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified independently to journalists close to the front line in

causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia because they see the syrian kurdish militia as a very potent and important force in the future outcome of syria so moscow hill will have in many ways to make a big choice if it does go ahead and log his operation in particular because there are russian forces in this area offering which is threatening to attack and on top of that will be looking for permission from moscow to let its planes cross into syria to carry out their support in any kind of operation up until now moscow has been very reluctant to do that moscow is facing a big choice here and will be trying to calm tensions so it will not be forced to choose one side or the alpha endured before we let you go i mean when you don't when you look at what's happening with turkey when you look at what we're hearing from russia and the palestinians to that do you get the sense that there is a a border sense of a willingness to challenge u.s. influence and supremacy in the middle east or in global geopo

causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia because they see the syrian kurdish militia as a very potent and important force in the future outcome of syria so moscow will will have in many ways to make a big choice if it does go ahead and launch his operation in particular because there are russian forces in this area of aspirin which is threatening to attack and on top of that will be looking for permission from moscow to let its planes cross into syria to carry out air support in any kind of operation up until now moscow has been very reluctant to do that so moscow is facing a big choice here and will be trying to calm tensions so it will not be forced to choose one side or the alpha endured before we let you go i mean when you when you look at what's happening with turkey when you look at what we're hearing from russia and the palestinians to that do you get the sense that there is a a border sense of a willingness to challenge u.s. influence and supremacy in the middle east or in global geopo

certainly are you have to realize that it was moscow that allowed this turkish operation to start in the first place they control syrian air space it appears that they are what they do are allowing turkish forces now to use airspace with impunity for now at least i think moscow is very happy to sit back and watch this deepening crisis between two key partners it's always been a long term goal of moscow to drive turkey away from later to drag its. influence this least for now appears to be succeeding and moscow will be very happy to sit on the sidelines and watch it all on fault although moscow will have the back of their minds be worried about turkey's growing influence in syria with that comes the prospect of turkey clashing with damascus which moscow is backing so it's a difficult game moscow's play but at the moment i think they're very content with the situation right daryn jones in istanbul thank you very much for that this article look at some other stories making news around the world at least three people have been killed and more than one hundred injured ten of them seriousl

who are in moscow earlier this week trying to win over moscow trying to get their support for this operation and pretty good not only united states in fact the prime minister said that on america can't be trusted they say one thing one day another thing another that there is a massive chasm of mistrust between washington and this latest crisis is the most worrying thawing of this deepening crisis between the two countries or in jones in istanbul thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world the husband of a german journalist mashallah tolu has been rearrested in turkey just weeks after he and his wife were released from pretrial detention the dissension was confirmed by his father in law so what color is a journalist and activist and to hear his wife face charges of belonging to a terror organization. here in germany clean up workers on the way in the wake of the worst storm to hit northern europe in a decade erica now fredricka killed at least twelve people eight of them in germany insurers estimate the storm caused some five hundred million euros worth of damage g

moscow russia's capital a growing metropolis with an expanding population. since the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the russian federation has become one of the most important immigrant destinations in the world second only to the united states and on a par with germany. unlike europe however the majority of people going to russia political refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflict in syria iraq and central africa. economic migrants looking for work. most of the migrants from former soviet territories with central asia are at the forefront of this massive human flood tens of thousands leave the republics of kyrgyzstan and tajikistan every year to find seasonal employment in russia's main city. life far from home is not easy the most try to remain optimistic and positive migrant workers in russia face a cumbersome and often corrupt state bureaucracy that makes it a daunting task to regularize their presence in the country. police horse mint is not uncommon and a prolonged economic slump is adding to widespread anti imm

for the former soviet citizens moscow is their city it doesn't feel like a foreign country to them. in the u.s.s.r. you just have one passport regardless of what ethnic group you belong to or the knowledge that everyone was the same one these are these days you're always told. we only employ our own citizens with the governors in a state similar in kyrgyzstan's it's not that everywhere people don't like it. but it's. more than twenty million people live in greater moscow the tough reality is tangible in order to regulate the labor market and migration an extra hurdle has been created for foreigners employers have to pay eight hundred euros in fees for every guest worker as a result migrants are now no longer officially employed illegal job market is flourishing and with it exploitation the migrants are vulnerable because they're desperate to earn money. yet. it's no secret that a single migrant working here in russia can take care of up to three families back home. i knew i had to do work i preach keep my money. they need every cent i knew i had that's how they end up as slaves they

other joins us from moscow and michele macneill is in the u.s. capital washington to both of you good evening yuri i want to start with you can we confirm what russia is saying i mean did it give turkey its blessing for this operation olive branch. hi brenda there was indeed a small russian contingent enough for a contingent and to the kurds believed even the russians who was there would be more or less safe from terror attacks experts say the kurds obviously believed that the turkish and forces wouldn't come because russia has a sort of agreement with the pentagon covering that part of syria but last week a terrorist military location came to moscow for told with the russian minister of defense and apparently they reached a deal the deal supposedly allowed to turkish forces to go to a free while turkey for its part allowed to russian iranian and syrian forces so everyone fighting on the syrian government's side to bomb to this here in the position into it so they have obviously been to operations going on at the same time on the ground as a nati

the first step is to take the bus to moscow from dad their old travel back to their respective homes but many of these stories of exploitation happened to begin in moscow itself sasha's night mass started on komsomolskaya square a busy hub home to three railway stations rural migrants gather on the square looking for work zappa was one of them. and you see that they all have bags. and that's how he can spot the people who on from here that. traffickers approach the man with promises of a good jump off the books anyone wanting to work in moscow officially has to be registered in the city migrants from the former soviet republics but even rural russians don't stand a chance. this issue comes from a community just three hundred kilometers from moscow but without registration papers he wasn't allowed to work in the capital he was the perfect victim for a traffic and no money no education young and america sasha drank a beer with a stranger then everything went down and the next thing he knew he was in an illegal brickyard he'd been drugged and kidnapped. sasha had been enslaved like an e

moscow has been playing a double game here. on the one hand, it has been happy to see this deepening row between nato allies. ankara has been gravitating toward moscow, causing alarm in washington. on top of that, moscow has been supporting behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia, the cause they see the syrian kurdish militia as an important force in the future outcome of syria. moscow will have in many ways to make a big choice, it ankara does go ahead and launch this operation. in particular, there a russian forces in this area which ankara is threatening to attack. on top of that, ankara will be looking for permission to let its planes cross into syria to carry out air support. until now, moscow has been reluctant to do that. moscow is facing a big choice and will be trying to calm tensions. it will be forced to choose one side or the other. brent: before we let you go, when you look at what is happening with turkey and what we are hearing from russia and the palestinians, do you get the sense that there is ebola s

this issue comes from a community just three hundred kilometers from moscow but without registration papers he wasn't allowed to work in the capital he was the perfect victim for a traffic jam no money no education young and on marry sasha drank a beer with the stranger then everything went down and the next thing he knew he was in an illegal brickyard he'd been drugged and kidnapped. sasha had been enslaved like an estimated one million other people in the russian federation. yes that's a powerful and i was scared they'd kill me if i ran away when i arrived in the brick yard i realized there was no point trying to escape ok their vehicle and there were mountains all around us yes most of them or below killed only know each other very well without them i see the world the flat the cell and the coalition as an outsider without knowledge of the area you can forget about escape us on his last missed as a chuckle up to dish it doesn't have a fixed address he sleeps at friends' homes and is borderline homeless man like him are a search ideal targets for those wanting to exploit them they

does he have moscow's support. well that is a big question because moscow has been playing very much a double game here on the one hand it has been only too happy to see this deepening route between two nato allies and in fact on cracking gravitating more mall towards moscow causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia because they see the syrian kurdish militia as a very potent and important force in the future outcome of syria so moscow will will have in many ways to make a big choice see if uncle does go ahead and launch his operation in particular because there are russian forces in this area offering which is threatening to attack and on top of that unquote will be looking for permission from moscow to let its planes cross into syria to carry out and support in any kind of operation up until now moscow has been very reluctant to do that so moscow is facing a big choice here and will be trying to calm tensions so it will not

does he have moscow's support. well that is a big question because moscow has been playing very much a double game here on the one hand it has been only too happy to see this deepening route between two nato allies and in fact on crimes being gravitating more more towards moscow causing more alarm in washington on top of that moscow has been supporting quietly behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia because they see the syrian kurdish militia as a very potent and important force in the future outcome of syria so moscow will will have in many ways to make a big choice if it does go ahead and launches operators in particular because there are russian forces in this area offering which is threatening to attack and on top of that will be looking for permission from moscow to let its planes cross into syria to carry out their support in any kind of operation up until now moscow has been very reluctant to do that so moscow is facing a big choice here and will be trying to calm tensions so it will not be forced

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they kept their chance of protest ringing into the gloom chalons al-jazeera moscow. still ahead. failing to hate the fitness tracking match that it's more than security concerns. for u.s. military operations and the father of flat pack furniture dies at the age of ninety one we look back on the legacy of the man who started a burrito revolution. from the me on my points of asia. to the sistine seems. hello there we've had some very wintery weather over parts of the middle east recently fact this area of cloud has brought a fair amount of snow over parts of iraq and iran these pictures are from terror on showing just how much snow that we've seen so a really decent amount there and that wintry weather is only slowly edging its way towards the east so here it is then during the day on monday could bring us some snow there in kabul but if the temperatures want to make it up to six degrees slightly to turn very slushy meanwhile towards the west staying cool for us in tehran all maximum only three degrees for beirut will be struggling to get to around fifty or sixty degre

in russia police have raided the moscow office of opposition leader alexina valmy ahead of nationwide anti-government protests the rally says police shut down the live feed of his opposition t.v. station police say that they were looking for a bomb of only call for demonstrations after he was barred from running in march his presidential election his candidacy was rejected last month over his conviction for financial crime which he says is politically motivated have only made this statement shortly after his t.v. station was shut down. i'm not ready to make peace with this eighteen year old regime and i don't want to be prolonged for another six years i just want to go to the street myself to get to the protests whether i get detained or not and i can tell my children when i was there. i've got a moscow and a serious worry chalons is that these protests have just got on the way rory how sizeable are they. well they've just got under way here in moscow of course this is a vast country so across the country across the time zones people have been protesting since early hours of the morni

brent: briefly, is that how it is seen in moscow as well? yuri: yes. it seems that the russians have used the kurds to achieve their wider goals. the goals are much more important to moscow than surrendering a small city in syria. brent: to both of you, think you very much. the u.s. justice department is confirming that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned by investigators looking into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. the interview reportedly took place last week behind closed doors. while sessions is the first member of donald trump's cabinet known to have been interviewed in the inquiry, which aims to establish whether the campaign colluded with russia, sessions previously served as an advisor to the campaign. he is known to have had multiple contacts with russian officials during that time. here are some of the other stories making headlines. a 15-year-old high school student in kentucky has shot dead two of his cello studedents and wounded 19 otherers. he was armed with a handgun. he was arrested at the same. --

live from moscow just turned six in the afternoon here this saturday. when we start with this. fourth day of mass a pro-government march is being held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. that was. friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with its internal affairs and that was echoed to by a number of other members of the security council as cullum open explains now the meeting opened with nikki haley she is the representative of the united states and she voiced strong support for the iranian protesters calling them courageous talking about the usa quote standing in solidarity with the iranian protests you also went on a tirade against the iranian government the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for

but a former cia station chief in moscow says russia almost certainly has a file on the president. so you believe that the russians have kompromat on donald trump? >> it would surprise me gravely if they did not. it's what they do, what the internal intelligence service does, they've done it for decades and decades. >> most important, investigators say, is this. the dossier is just one piece of information in their wide-ranging inquiry. >> i've spoken to a number of people who have been briefed on the classified intelligence, and at one point they will make to me very clear, listen, there is a lot more out there than just this. the dossier is one small piece of a much larger picture. >> as we've tried to bring that picture into focus, we have made several attempts to speak to one of the president's lawyers on camera. we were unable to obtain an interview. donald trump maintains in statements and on twitter that there was no collusion. but multiple investigations by the special counsel and in congress continue. as a result, we will also continue to report the story, effect cussing o

twenty four hour news live from moscow this international just after eleven pm here welcome to the program our top story turkey's foreign minister has hit out the u.s. saying he doesn't believe washington is a trustworthy partner it comes as tensions escalate between the two nato allies over turkey's offensive against the american kurdish militias in northern syria which describes a terrorist. at the moment since the us hasn't kept any promises mr trump told president everyone on the phone that no more weapons will be given to the why should we want to see guns put into action well tensions between the u.s. and turkey have been escalating ever since the u.s. announced its collaboration with kurdish forces in northern syria but trump an air on have attempted to ease tensions but somehow that seems to have gone wrong as well the turkish foreign minister had a few things to say about all of this he first commented on the general state of affairs a between the u.s. and turkey saying that the u.s. did not keep a quote single promise to turkey regarding the kurds and that there is no trust betwe

well make it looks like just over a thousand people have already gathered here in central moscow and morkie flocking in now they are calling for the boy code only twenty eight seen presidential election this march they are saying that the election of these elections are illegitimate since their candidate alexina volley has not been allowed to run now that's because he's still serving a five year long suspended sentence and you can see obviously there are people who are very passionate about their cause and they are trying to make their point as obvious as possible now as as i was saying alexina volleys serving a five year long suspended sentence after he had been found guilty of embezzlement and russian law prohibits a man like that a person with the sentence like that to hold public office now in terms of arrests there haven't been any here no rest no detentions although the most cool authorities the city authorities have not approved this location of the demonstration they had no problem with the protesters itself will be offered a different place for it but election of ali support

could more or less believe that it can secure the black sea straits which has been an objective for moscow for generations i would say and generations of russian rulers i see very clear thank you pavel felgenhauer in moscow. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world clashes and fist fights broke out in germany over airport overnights during a demonstration against a to is military operation in syria protesters chanting fascist marched with sides and iraqi tribes down flags the situation was quickly brought under control. a tsunami warning issued for the west coast of the united states and canada has been lifted of the warning followed a seven point nine magnitude quake a two hundred fifty kilometers off alaska's kodiak island footage posted on twitter initially showed streams of cars leaving the island after residents were warned to move to higher ground and. officials in the philippines are warning us of violence eruption of the country's most active volcano could be imminent now it's my own has been spewing lava and ash prompting all thoughts is to e

they kept their chance of protest ringing into the gloom chalons al-jazeera moscow. well earlier i spoke to give warning a russian analyst i asked her what impact these rallies might have won the elections in march. novelli and his supporters know that they're not going to make much difference what they're trying to do is all this elections for putin they want to make sure that it's not smooth sailing that's why their main message is to boycott these elections because they're saying that. regardless your participation pretty and will be elected but if you boil court then this entire exercise of affirming that majority of russians support hootin will collapse for putin this is not an election he is not being contested by anybody for him this is an exercise to show that he is the most popular leader in a modern russian history. still to come on al-jazeera the despair and anger in kabul is the death toll from saturday's suicide bombing rises to one hundred three . and also coming up cultural diplomacy the musicians helping to harmonize relations between the u.s. and cub