it is not just about sharp --assad -- bush are al-assad bashar al-assad but trying to stop him from engaging in the things he did. theets a change topics to second part of the speech, which was about iran. you had mentioned this was one of your takeaways and it was of importance. and there was real debate about the importance of the archived, with the said it wasn't a big deal and it wasn't a violation of the jcpoa or the safeguard agreement, what is your view of and doing that atomic archive what does it say to you and specifically as an international lawyer, can one say that the existence of this is a violation of the jcpoa and national agreements? in my view, the nuclear archives seem to indicate that the -- --n is currently a similar point in the speech, the archives show that the iranian nuclear weapons program was more focused and more advanced than previously understood. the archives contain considerable previously unknown data under nuclear weapons design, high explosives tests related to weapons development, individuals involved for research development. some of the archive images a

if it had, bashar al-assad may have had access to those. that with the use of wmds you are better off obliterating it then using the mechanisms of the u.n. or whatever other agencies? i put that out provocatively. >> it worked for a while. >> i think it works for a single reactor. >> they are not complying anyway in terms of follow-up in inquiries, inspections and so and so. we don't know if the syrian nuclear program is finished. this is a very important part of the secretary's discussion. we don't know that. we do know that he responds to military action unilateral , military action for a time. it is the mowing the grass concept. it is not mowing the whole yard, it is pinpointing parts of the yard. >> valerie is right. there have been small victories along the way in terms of not holding accountable but attributing blame for the chemical weapons and strikes, etc. overall, i am concerned that the message of bashar al-assad civil war and not being held accountable for all of the things he has done, including the wmd and with regard to non-w

al assad is actually very close to a complete victory well it's was two main issues the first one is that there is jeanne as. still unable to secure the areas that it has been with the support of its allies able to capture so far and the other thing is that their region has been depending mainly on short term. strategy or tactics that leads to basically brutal results at a later stage meaning. what just two hours referring to here why not only opposition groups but people from the way that themselves then assert for because most of the fighters who carried out that and so way the people said that they came from the countryside of damascus and from basically maly from the refugee camp here move in damascus where the regime brokered a deal with some isis fighters and basically allowed them to be looking to basically area that is close to the way that and the desert of eastern syria and this is why i think that the problem here is that assad is moving basically one problem or solving one problem now creating ten others later on and the other issue i think that people are basically blami

we were talking about the meeting with bashar al-assad. that is not likely because bashar al-assad can't everything and donald trump has a technique of wanting to talk to the person who can deliver a solution to a problem, why he talked to kim jong un and wanted to talk to vladimir putin, he will look for the next person who can help them solve the problem and it will not be bashar al-assad. in the middle east peace process or something like this. >> a former kgb agent accused of killing people who are critical of him, he is no stranger to lies and deceit which makes it tricky to pin him down on anything. there are accusations from washington this intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, that they are testing missiles they shouldn't be testing and russia but when you try to pin him down on anything he lies. what do you do when somebody can just say anything they once, you can't hold them to their word how do you make any progress? >> it is my personal view that donald trump's attempt to sweettalk vladimir putin is not going to work. this

al assad they say that the group will go see it a democratic decentralized syria. afghan special forces are battling several gunman who stormed the school for midwives it's in the eastern city of jalalabad dozens of people were trapped in the building some reports say that many of them have now been freed two firefighters have died battling five wildfires in northern california in the u.s. five hundred structures have been destroyed and evacuation orders issued to thirty seven thousand people hot weather and strong winds of fueling the flames and front runners in zimbabwe's general election of making a final push for votes ahead of the election on monday live pictures here from harare rival rallies are being held by the ruling zanu p.f. so innocent and gagged work. walk crowds have gathered for his rival nelson chamisa the opposition movement for democratic change of another part of the capital. more news of the inside story next. how big a threat to the syrian regime the group says if carried out coordinated attacks killing dozens in southern syria as the army bac

al assad has reiterated his position on the white house being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to jihad this great finn he said that the world has been warned of the groups dangerous this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but these routes defense fulfill said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i.d.f. on washington's request and it's thought that the plan was to evacuate around eight hundred white helmets and the families but the number now seems to be about half of that number of them are expected to resettle in western countries such as canada germany and france tell us a bit more about this evacuation what was needed well at the moment the syrian army is currently advancing on one of the last rebel and centers in syria but this aside for a yea

and to other news now syrian president bashar al assad has said that members of the activist group the white house who refuse an amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists he says our correspondent and this is he joins me in the studio with more on this of going to extremely hardline stance and isha what information do we have on this well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house myth of agents of western powers that have links to jihad this great he said that the world has been warned of the great dangers but now he has given them two options to lay down their weapons and surrender or be killed. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty or be wiped out like other terrorists now this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation

is the us now renconciled to bashar al—assad remaining in power? and how does that tie in with the trump adminstration‘s approach to iran? mina, from your vantage point in the gulf, how does this situation look at the moment? it is clear that for the trump administration the priority is to push back around. and to limit around's activities, militant nefarious groupings in the region. that has become the parity for the trump administration, you have had various us officials come out of the gulf and other parts of the middle east to duplicate that. —— of the middle east to communicate that. we recently reported that the national, we were expecting a summit and jordan and egypt in the autumn and probably washington, but it's still not clear in the us, to discuss exactly that, to push on the iran issue. in helsinki, we studied under the details of the meeting, but it was discussed as disabling the issue of syria. the russians for sure have been the guarantors of that assad regime. the survival of bashar al—assad is because of russia and iran. t

syrian president bashar al assad. warns activist groups the white helmets they would be wives not like terrorists if they refused to surrender. donald trump claims russia might interfere in the upcoming midterm elections to help his rivals the democrats as the issue of russian meddling remains divisive. meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. and more than six hundred migrants forced their way into spain storming through a border fence between the country's north african. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here totty international thank you for joining us. syrian president bashar al assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmet spondon them terrorists they currently in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrori

al assad. and israel will be stated this video of its forces attacking syrian military positions near the golan heights the country said its forces hit three targets in retaliation after a syrian drone entered israeli air space syrian forces are continuing to push toward the golan an area israel captured from syria in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. the catalan separatist leader carlos for humans could soon be extradited to spain as after the german court cleared his extradition on a charge that he misused public funds which you all fled to spain last year after attempting to declare catalonians independence he's been in germany since march germany's highest court has ordered facebook to give the parents of the deceased user access to her data the couple had been fighting for years to find out the cause of their fifteen year old daughter's death hoping that her facebook account word give them some clues. almost six years ago at teenage girl was run over by an underground train in berlin

al assad's government is now close to taking back complete control of the country's south. iraq was president has turned on the catholic bishops who have been trying to mediate months of violent unrest and or take a call them satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought into power the u.s. trade war with china could soon go to a whole new level with donald trump saying he's ready to increase tariffs more than ten fold he has so far slapped tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese products but now he says he's ready to put tariffs on five hundred five billion dollars of imports immediately counter the first round of tariffs i raised fifty would down five hundred now some people would say three hundred seventy five billion i'm not talking about a million i'm not talking about pennies i'm talking about we're down three hundred seventy five billion but other estimates could say five hundred seven it doesn't matter so it's in between there or it's there were down a tremendous amount i raised fift

al assad we've got the kurds in damascus we've got the rescuers being rescued in the past few days the white helmets being escorted to a different location and we've got external actors kind of laying down a line in the sand saying yes we might accept an asset victory but we will not accept the consequences of that millions of people displaced unless those millions of people go back into syria how does that work well it's difficult to see and basically the situation when. make everyone happy in a way because on one hand it's clear that again that the regime is winning militarily. doesn't automatically mean that basically the regime will be able to ensure again the stability of syria on one hand stop the ongoing attacks inside syria on the other and more importantly for the regional and international actors be able to allow for at least on courage refugees to go back when we go to the first basically issue which is when the syrian regime be able to stop similar attacks in the future. we have isis who has been changing its tactics in order to ensure long term or long term survival they h

al assad's government is not close to king but complete control of the countryside. and daniel ortega the nicaraguan president has turned on catholic bishops have been trying to mediate months of violent unrest or take a call them satanical terrorists and as for speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. a protest is being killed at a rally outside the headquarters of a paramilitary unit in southern iraq his death brings the total number killed twelve three weeks of protests against poor government services and unemployment imran khan reports now from the capital baghdad but many have also been rallying in solidarity with the protestors in basra. the protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a small the gathering in seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south on the issue of how the matzah here mother i'm sure but we came out to protest the injustice and lack of job opportunities for the unemployed the gover

al assad's government is now close to taking back complete control of the country sell. president has turned on the catholic bishops who've been trying to mediate months of violent unrest daniel ortega called them satanical terrorists and coup mongers this is all speaking at the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. waves of plastic waste and other rubbish that's been washing up on the coast of the dominican republic conservationist say they've already removed thirty tons from the water at a beach near the capital santa domingo but there is so much of it the military has now been called in to help with that cleanup. the new york times is reporting that donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen secretly taped a discussion about payments to an ex playboy model who claims to have had an affair with the u.s. president own is being investigated for tax fraud in campaign law violations ahead of trump's two thousand and sixteen election trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani confirmed the discussions but says the payments were actually never made

the forces of syrian president bashar al assad are now close to taking back complete control of the country south rebels in the southwestern province of nature have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces nicaragua's president has turned on the catholic bishops who've been trying to mediate months of violent unrest and or take a call that satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him into power. a protester has been killed at a rally outside the headquarters of a paramilitary unit and southern iraq has death brings the number killed to twelve during weeks of protests against poor government services and employment run cotton imports from the capital baghdad are many have also been rallying in. in solidarity with those in the south pole protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a smaller gathering and seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south on the issue of how t

al assad is actually very close to a complete victory whether it's was two main issues the first one is that there is jeanne as. still unable to secure the areas it has been with the support of its allies able to capture so far and the other thing is that their region has been depending mainly on short term. strategy or tactics that leads to basically brutal results at a later stage meaning. what just two hours referring to here why not only opposition groups but people from the way that themselves then assert for because most of the fighters who carried out that in so way the people said that they came from the countryside of damascus and from basically maly from the refugee camp here move in damascus where the regime brokered the deal was some isis fighters basically allowed them to be you look at it to basically area that is close to the way that and the desert of eastern syria and this is why i think that the problem here is that assad is moving basically one problem or solving one problem now creating ten others later on and the other issue i think that people are basically blam

al assad's government is now close to taking back complete control of the country's south. was president has turned on the catholic bishops who've been trying to mediate months of violent unrest jane or take a call them satanical terrorists and coup longer us all speaking on the anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. the u.s. trade war with china could soon go to a whole new level with donald trump saying he's ready to increase tariffs more than ten fold he has so far slapped tariffs on thirty four billion dollars of chinese products but now he says he's ready to put tariffs on five hundred five billion dollars worth of imports beijing immediately counter at the first round the terrace international monetary fund is warning this tit for tat action could damage the entire global economy i raised fifty would down five hundred now some people would say three hundred seventy five billion i'm not talking about a million i'm not talking about pennies i'm talking about we're down three hundred seventy five billion but other estimates could say five hundred seven

siding with bashar al assad. well that's what critics will say and of course the counter to that is look at this is humanitarian issue we're taking eighty into that the who to area which had been a rebel area was smashed devastated by russian airplanes the on assad regime and therefore this is a humanitarian effort to stabilize syria help refugees go home but of course there's a fine line between humanism and acts that ultimately are going to shore up the regime and it's very difficult in many ways people are beginning to turn to leith and accept the fact that they have to think of refugees first how can they get home how can they get schooling how can you get health aid the very basic infrastructure that will help syrians were turned home is perhaps more important than he's bigger you know geo strategic problems of are we going to be able to hurt the russians hurt the iranians this sort of thing how are the russians still managing to polly what they bring to the table here into being a diplomatic super power i m

against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there he asked france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some places but this debate does not concern the live and it concerns in the past africa and the current political path that we follow is very clear on this subject so i do not think that with rega

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al assad is actually very close to a complete victory well it's was two main issues the first one is that there is enough as. still unable to secure the areas it has been with the support of its allies able to capture so far and the other thing is that their region has been depending mainly on short term. strategy or tactics that bleed to basically brutal results at a later stage meaning. what just two hours referring to here why not only opposition groups but people from the way that themselves then assert for because most of the fighters who carried out that in so way the people said that they came from the countryside of damascus and from basically maly from the refugee camp here move in damascus where the regime brokered the deal was some isis fighters basically allowed them to be you look at it to basically area that is close to the way that and the desert of eastern syria and this is why i think that the problem here is that assad is moving basically one problem or solving one problem now creating ten others later on and the other issue i think that people are basically blaming

against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there. france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some places but this debate does not concern the live and it concerns in the past africa and the current political path that we follow is very clear on this subject so i do not think that with regards to s

syrian president bashar al assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmets branding them terrorists they currently hold up in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to this great sin he said that the world has been warned of the group's dangers this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but the israel defense forces said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i.d.f. on washingt

against terrorism required in part the acceptance of bashar al assad's role in syria and we had many debates in france and opinions differ greatly and today emanuel has showed the course which i think he spoke of a great length and we've great conviction a lot in your potent issue that you are goal number one as of today has been clarified and it is the fight against terrorism regards to the future of syria which is important the syrians must orchestrate their country's future and if we can help them we will but our number one goal is to be able to fight against the terrorists hard beds that currently exist there he says france have any kind of colonial guilt of the syrian affair since it was france and basically created modern syria by growing lines on the map. no. no i think that there have been numerous debates regarding the consequences of the colonial spirit which is still present in some places but this debate does not concern the levant it concerns in the past africa and the current political path that we follow is very clear on this subject so i do not think that with regards

syrian president bashar al assad warns activist group the white helmets they will be wiped out like other terrorists if they refuse to surrender. donald trump claims russia might interfere in the upcoming midterm elections to help his rivals the democrats as the issue of russian battling remains divisive. it's meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. and more than six hundred migrants forced their way into spain storming through a border fence between the country's enclave of sirte and morocco. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. syrian president bashar assad has issued an ultimatum to the activist group known as the white helmets branding them terrorists they currently hold up in the last rebel stronghold in syria which is surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has r

closer to victory as it raises its flag over the city by the uprising against president bashar al assad first began torture in secret jails in yemen amnesty international says war crimes may have been committed by u.s. forces that. it looks like there's a whole bunch of boats coming up times square. and the arts mixed with virtual reality that's transforming times square in new york it's not bought for art's sake it. is a visit that's been anticipated for months the u.s. president has arrived in the u.k. for a four day trip the red carpet has not been spared for donald trump and first lady maloney the pair are being hosted by british prime minister to resign my palace the birthplace of world war two leader winston churchill john the hope is that. president donald trump and first lady stepping off one of the london stansted airport it was the start of a much anticipated visit to the u.k. even if very little of it will be spent in london itself. and this is what. protesters. expected to grow last friday they gathered outside winfield high. the u.s. ambassador's residence where the trumps

al assad he said his forces have retaken a luncheon in the south. and nicaraguan church that was besieged by the army in managua has reopened students student protesters were taking refuge inside the catholic church last week when gunmen loyal to president daniel ortega began shooting at them almost three hundred people have died in three months of demonstrations against old taiko. argentina's president but he has met the head of the international monetary fund to discuss a fifty billion dollar bailout they i.m.f. approved the package last month the government says it will provide a safety net and avoid a repeat of financial crises of the past many people will blame i.m.f. a sturdy measures for an economic crisis in two thousand and one and vigils have been held in the u.s. state of missouri for the seventeen people who died in the in the fall thursday in the tourist boat accident nine of the victims were from the same family the amphibious vessel was carrying thirty one passengers when it sank during a storm and waves of plastic and daybreak have w

al assad it was a small price to pay for taking back the border this is a vital trade route that the regime would eventually want to reopen with jordanian agreement. data covers most of the area held by the opposition in southwest syria one of their last remaining strongholds they still hold kinetic province at the front a with the israeli occupied golan heights recovering control of this area because our sides next goal nearly three weeks of fighting for data has displaced more than three hundred thirty thousand syrians according to the u.n. tens of thousands of them headed to the jordanian border where they've been stuck with little or no access to food water and sanitation. now the jordanian government says it's been seeking security guarantees that means from the russians from concerned parties that those displaced people when they go back to their villages and homes will be safe they fear reprisals from syrian forces of the russian military police will be overseeing security over there also the jordanians very concerned one of the deal one of the criteria they set with that ther

al assad whose forces of retaken much of the south protests are being held in several australian cities calling for the government to stop detaining refugees in offshore camps in the pacific the policy to send asylum seekers to nauru and manus island was reintroduced five years ago one thousand three hundred people living there in poor conditions with no chance of settling in australia human rights groups and immigration advocates have consistently criticised the policy and the correct one church that was besieged by the army in managua has reopened student protesters were taking refuge inside the catholic church last week when gunmen loyal to president daniel ortega began to shoot at them. vigils have been held for the seventeen american tourists who drowned when a so-called duck boat sank during a storm the amphibious vessel which becomes a boat bus rather which becomes a boat was overpowered by waves on table rock lake in zurich mind of the dead from the same family some of the thirty one passengers on board so the captain told them not to wear life jackets waves of plastic and de br

al assad's forces have retaken nearly all of the province since its offensive began early last month. indonesian police have shopped at eleven suspected criminals within the past two weeks in the security crackdown to prepare for the asian games human rights advocates have warned that the security forces are using the operation as a license to kill but they were briefly put aside on wednesday as indonesians welcomed the arrival of the asian games taught victoria. the ceremony to mark the start of the asian games torch relay in indonesia it was carefully choreographed the successful games can be a major boost and the indonesian government wants to ensure everything goes to plan to that end police in jakarta have an almost a two month long security crackdown to clear suspected criminals off the streets human rights watch says it's being used as a license to kill we know that the jakarta police chief himself has said on numerous occasions that he is encouraging his personnel for example to send criminal suspects to heaven rather than arrest them since the crackdown began two weeks ago p

al assad. israel supreme court has temporarily blocked a demolition order for a bedouin community in the occupied west bank qana was set to be cleared despite growing international criticism of the move the village consists of mainly makeshift structures of ten and warrant which the israeli authorities say were built illegally are a force that has more from west jerusalem. well this is the very least a stay of execution for the people of a bedouin community of nearly two hundred people in the occupied west bank it did seem that a long threatened demolition was impending with the moving in of the heavy machinery of the israeli state the israeli military in recent days as they seemed to be preparing the way for that demolition to take place there had been a legal judgment by the israeli supreme court at the end of may which said that such a demolition would be illegal and then last week there was a petition lodged by activists which said that an alternative plan that had been filed by them to the

al assad whose forces have retaken much of the south and nicaraguan church that was besieged by the army in managua has reopened student protesters were taking refuge there last week when gunmen loyal to the president daniel ortega began shooting at them almost three hundred people have died in three months of anti-government demonstrations that argentina's president but he has met bed of the international monetary fund to discuss a fifty billion dollar bailout christine lagarde the i.m.f. approved the package last month the government says it will provide a safety net and avoid a repeat of financial crises of the past but many out sometimes blame i.m.f. impose austerity measures for an economic crisis in two thousand and one vigils have been held for the seventeen american tourists who drowned when a so-called duck boat sank during a storm the amphibious bus which becomes a boat was overpowered by waves on table rock lake in missouri line of the dead from the same family some of the thirty one passengers on board say the captain told them not to wear life jackets and waves of plast

al assad whose forces have retaken much of the south floor but manley reports a month of intense government bombardment from southwest syria and the devastation it's clear. the military offensive started by government forces backed by the russian ally a trying to recapture dura in the neighboring province of can a drum surrendering control of droste city one of the last remaining rebel strongholds would be a major defeat for the opposition. the birthplace of the syrian uprising seven years ago from where protests against regime's torture of teenagers spread nationwide. in some areas near syria's border with the israeli occupied golan heights government bombs have been replaced by passes in deal struck last month between the syrian government and rebel fighters anyone who refuses to live under the rule of president bashar assad so we move to the eclipse province in the north the displaced populations which i think this time it's around two hundred thousand people are unfortunately going to face the same. of. the same conditions faced by other communities who have left the. area in eastern an

al assad and. amnesty international says it has evidence to prove prisoners are being killed tortured and on disappearing from secret jails operated by soldiers from the u.a.e. and solve in yemen their rights group says what is happening the credit mount to war crimes the u.a.e. has previously denied similar allegations a march has more. al-jazeera obtained a voice recording late last year of a man who said he'd been held prisoner in southern yemen operated by so which is from the united arab emirates. there are various methods such as the use of electric shock waterboarding as well as forcing detainees to strip naked this is how they torture us in different prisons they use different methods amnesty international says evidence from more than seventy families government workers and prisoners all show crew and unlawful practices in prisons run by amorality and yemeni forces some of these detention facilities are not actually official. what we and others. in our investigations is that there is a netw

al assad it comes after assad's forces backed by russian airpower gained more ground in the contested province of there are their offensive launched more than two weeks ago a force more than three hundred twenty thousand people to flee their homes many of headed for nearby borders but have been refused entry by israel and jordan was in a hotel is monitoring the situation in syria from neighboring lebanon and she joins us live now from the capital beirut news that the warring sides are going to sit down and talk again so what's on the agenda and is there any chance something will actually come out of this meeting. well a new round of talks a jordanian mediation succeeded in bringing the warring sides back to the negotiating table we have to remember on wednesday the rebels walked out of the talks and said these conditions that the russian military is demanding of us are really unacceptable and humiliating so now they're back at the negotiating table what we understand is that there is some common ground we have spoken to opposition they go shaders and what they've told us is that the f

al assad. yes she was. saved many homes are destroyed but ours is falling the circumstances are different for every person. can't happen before syrian authorities screened the names of the refugees and approved the applicants request to return lebanon's general security. the process. so far the returns have not been in significant numbers the united nations says thirteen thousand refugees have gone home in recent years there are over one million syrian refugees registered with the u.n. here government says hundreds of thousands more are not registered. lebanese politicians are pushing for speedy returns because of the economic burden on the country but the united nations says we turns our premature it refuses to organize them because it believes conditions are not right syria is still not safe and assurances need to be put in place many refugees fled persecution and continued to be considered a security risk by the syrian government. there are refugees who don't want to return because they don'

al assad comes after assad's forces backed by russian air support gained more ground in the contest of province of that are their offensive launched two weeks ago has forced more than three hundred twenty thousand people to flee their homes many have headed for nearby borders but have been refused entry by israel and jordan so in a. has more from beirut. a new round of talks following jordanian mediation which they exceeded in getting the warring sides back to the negotiating table and it seems that there is more common ground we've been speaking to opposition negotiators and what they're telling us is that in principle the rebels they were ready to hand over their heavy weapons and this is going to be the focus of the talks the handover of heavy weapons but what the opposition is asking the russian military is to hand over these weapons in phases as government control is restored in opposition held towns and villages in one way or another it is a it is a security guarantee that the rebels have been requesting now at the end of the day this amounts to a surrender the government is g

also a strategic victory for bashar al assad in southern syria rebels in there when a truck province agreed to lay down their weapons and move elsewhere also a development in the novel poisoning case british police indicate that they have identified key suspects on surveillance camera footage. and how this movie about drug smuggling in china persuaded beijing to rethink its cancer treatment policy. welcome to the news art israel has passed a controversial new law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people it makes hebrew the only official language downgrading arabic to an ambiguous special status and it also promotes the construction of jewish only communities however critics say the law marginalizes the israeli palestinian minority who make up to twenty percent of the nine million population israeli palestinians have the same rights as jewish citizens but have long face discrimination rights groups say the law will only further promote racism stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem. i it's official israel is a state exclusively for

geopolitics have prevented the international criminal court from taking action bashar al assad is protected by his alliance with russian president vladimir putin. but i'll bet he and his team have found a willing partner in berlin germany is the only country to consider pressing charges under the principle of universal jurisdiction enabling any country to prosecute war crimes no matter where they've been perpetrated. damage what they can with this germany's chief prosecutors have made a huge step ahead of other nations other countries should see this as an example of what action they could take because this task cannot rest solely on the shoulders of the german judiciary on its really will be. proof to european and to them save justice as principle it's not under control forty. that is very important and does a lot to the case represents a strong signal from germany's judiciary to president assad suspected war criminals and torture is will be prosecuted. tens of thousands of people go missing every year in mexico corrupt police and politicians are often behind the disappearances and obvious

have to feels he won't be safe in syria as long as bashar al assad is in power he wants to go to europe but doesn't think you'll get a visa for now he's forced to stay in lebanon even if that means being evicted and ending up how nice. china wants to become a world leader in electoral mobility e-cards are increasingly popular in the countries local authorities are fast converting their public transport fleets the city of shenzhen to sixteen thousand buses are already battery powered. a light hummer instead of the roar of a diesel engine in just three years all of change and sixteen thousand buses have gone electric the city's bus drivers have been retrained and there are now five thousand charging points at bus depots. a fully charged bus can travel two hundred kilometers that's about a days driving. genting you is spearheading the changes one where on hides out one song we can charge the bus in the evening when services have stopped for the day. that's good because electricity costs less in the evening only you don't seem so the bus company saves money this year that means and what ele

al assad's government before the lifeline for lebanon's export industry is restored. because bally lebannon once had to europe now where google says it will appeal a record five billion dollar fine hundred by the european union e.u. and you trust agents have been investigating contracts with phone manufacturers forcing them to pre install google services on an droid devices competition commission. says google used android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine. to find a four point three four billion euros reflects the seriousness and the sustained nature of violation you and your trust rules the decision required to bring its illegal conduct to an end within ninety days in an effective manner. as a technology journalist joins me now from our london studio good to have you with us on al-jazeera and it's another huge slap on the hands for google but don't all companies like this microsoft apple for example look to enhanced that sort of tech profile with the consumer all the phones. well yes everybody wants a slice of that market google have managed t

al assad's control over his shattered country. bernard smith al-jazeera on the jordan syria border rescuers in japan are combing through mud and debris in the search for more than eighty people missing after unprecedented rains one hundred twenty six people are already confirmed dead but that toll is expected to rise in the coming days prime minister shinzo has cancelled an upcoming foreign trip to oversee the disaster robert bryant reports in ok i'm a perfect prefecture but it's one of the worst hit areas. this was the first day. and his father could return to see what's left of his house and possessions he abandoned it with his wife and young children in the middle of the night still waters inundated his neighborhood. we were told to evacuate so that's what we did we took nothing little sick cept what we had on. he showed us how the waters quickly rose to the upper floor of his house his father can't remember rains like it. because i've never experienced anything like this he is not a city that is prone to disasters this part of

al assad's forces. has been under heavy bombardment for weeks but some activists disputed a deal has been reached. germany's interior minister has offered to resign rather than support chancellor angela merkel's new migration deal horse has been discussing the agreement with his c.s.u. party in munich. i spent nine days since a youth football team one missing in a flooded cave in northern thailand rescue divers are advancing in the main passageway inside the cave where twelve boys and football coach went missing the navy seals are aiming for a sandy chamber they believe the group may have retreated to about one thousand people are taking part in the rescue efforts as more from chiang rai. the focus on monday are the dive teams that we know overnight from sunday to monday the dive teams led by the tight navy seals were able to get within five hundred meters of potty a beach section of the cave system now that's a section a cavern if you will named after a famous speech here in thailand that's where they

politicians to bomb syria according to no arguably victorious syrian president bashar al assad what hillary been there to learn hillary clinton were doing could have actually destroyed the planet in reality we were close to have dad a conflict between the russian forces and american forces. and fortunately it is it has been avoided. by the wisdom of the american leadership by the wisdom of the world and because the slope in the interest of anyone. anyone in this world and for all the syrian to have does. not join with a nuclear conflict was on the agenda of the u.k. taxpayer funded white helmets but they have arguably realize they've lost their war . trump contacted me canadian prime minister truth and request. hundreds of white how much from syria and why helmets allegedly linked to al qaeda groups in syria have also be devaluated to a country that has been arming israel's netanyahu britain this in the context of britain arming israel as it is killed or wounded thousands of palestinian men women and children since the spring no wonder the u.k. abstained on the un general assembly motion to