rivalry conflict. division. the battle for independence on al-jazeera. a u.s. outpost in northern syria abandoned as president trump withdrawals american tree. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from the. us also coming up so i think it's very sad for a country i think it makes it harder to do my job. more trouble for the u.s. president as democrats expand their impeachment inquiry issuing subpoenas to both the pentagon and the white house. iraq's president condemns attacks on protesters

and the media urging security forces to preserve the rights of all iraq in. violent protests in ecuador as anger grows over a sharp price rises following an i.m.f. debt deal. a u.s. president donald trump has defended his decision to pull u.s. troops from northeastern syria clearing the way for a turkish assault and effectively abandoning kurdish fighters who helped defeat i saw president trump says he's fulfilling a campaign promise to get out of endless wars but at least one top republican and some democrats have criticized the president's decision saying he's sacrificing a u.s. ally and undermining american credibility is our white house correspondent kimberly

it. as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we've captured isis we've done what we've done we had 50 soldiers in the area talking about it and i said we want to bring our soldiers back home it's been a long time it's a major shift in u.s. foreign policy one being criticized by members of the president's own republican party senator lindsey graham one of trump's biggest supporters on twitter pledged to reverse the withdrawal of the u.s. senate calling it a disaster in the making a move also backed by the top democrat in the senate and i can tell you this it is getting roland condemnation from democrats and republicans and i expect congress will take some form of action either a resolution or something even more. u.s. officials credit kurdish forces with helping take back territory from isolating

northern syria but there are tensions between turkey and the kurds the turkish government considers one of its most effective fighting forces the p.k. k. to be a terrorist organization some u.s. lawmakers are threatening to sanction turkey potentially calling for its suspension from nato if it attacks kurdish forces in northern syria but trump went even further threatening to economically obliterate turkey if the kurds are attacked i have told turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think is you main they could suffer the wrath of a an extremely decimated economy still trump has long been vocal about his desire to get the u.s. out of what he calls america's endless wars trumps impulsive syria strategy has led to key members of his administration resigning last year his defense secretary james mattis and brett mcgurk eisel special envoy. what this shows

president. all of us predecessors were whether republican or democratic is only concerned about himself we have a moral responsibility to the kurds because without them we would not have destroyed the caliphate in a statement on monday the pentagon made clear to turkey the united states does not back turkish operations in northern syria believing it will have a destabilizing effect on the region president trump campaigned in 2016 promising to withdraw the united states from foreign wars now with the 2020 u.s. election just a little more than a year away it appears potential voters not his senior advisers are the ones trying to care about pleasing most kymberly help at al-jazeera the white house for the turkish defense ministry says preparations for a military operation in syria have now been completed and many political figures in

the us say it's kurdish allies are now left on their own the s.c.f. which spearheaded the u.s. led campaign against eisel reacted strongly to the trump decision cooling is a betrayal saying it's lost 11000 men and women fighting against her fighting within the ranks of the s.c.f. although. they're considered by turkey to be the syrian branch of the p.k. cayle the kurdistan workers' party that's a group which turkey considers to be a terrorist organization the planned military operation into north eastern syria is a cause for major concern with fears the move will have negative humanitarian consequences across the region well abraham callen is spokesman and chief advisor to the turkish president and he says the goal of the operation is to secure a safe zone to create a space for refugees to return to. we've been very responsible turkey has done more than any other country for the syrian people over the last 7 years and for the

syrian refugees we have about 3500000 syrian refugees living in turkey for the last 4 or 5 years and our efforts in geneva stana through the political process have always been to help the syrian people and we've done more than any other country when it comes to fighting isis or dying turkey has also done more than any other country when be eliminated more than $3000.00 die as terrorists in the jobless area but we have not occupied any part of syria when they did that we have no interest in occupying any part of syria in the east of your free t. s. or the west we are determined to fight against dying unabated we have fought against them along the turkish syrian border on the turkish soil on the iraqi side when we help them in fact in mosul and other places we will never tolerate diet to come back in any form of shape or shape they're in syria or in iraq or somewhere else but let's remember this is not only one country has responsibility it is the

international community's responsibility and in fact it's the failure of the international community that they have not been able to help the syrian refugees bring a political solution to the conflict and destroy isis once and for all. we will do. what we can do in fact without a full capacity to make sure that isis doesn't come back in any form or shape but we will coordinated with the u.s. with europeans with arab countries with iran with russia and others all of which consider diet to be an enemy and threat turkey is determined to clear those areas from any terrorist elements. we will return those places back to the local people the syrian refugees have refused to go back to places under p y d y p 2 control because they. ever felt secure in those places but in. others and

other places where we have returned the cities back to the local residents more than 350000 syrian refugees have gone back to their homes secondly p.g. has harassed killed or kidnapped not only arabs kurds and others who do not subscribe to their ideology but also christian children. syria and syria community has made a number of statements about this the p y d y p g kidnapping their christian children to enlist them in their ranks so what they have done there in fact is is a threat to syria's territorial integrity political unity and the safety and prosperity of the syrian people our goal is to secure our border just as any country cares about their border security we have to take care of our own border security and make sure that the syrian refugees go back to their homes where they've come from safely and voluntarily u.s.

democrats have issued subpoenas to the defense secretary and the white house budget director for documents that could to their case for impeaching the president the documents relate to donald trump's decision to delay military aid to ukraine and whether that endangered u.s. security the democrats have said not take the 15th deadline our official reports. from washington's capitol building more subpoenas in the growing impeachment inquiry at this time new secretary of defense mark esper on the acting white house budget director have been asked for any documents which explain the timing and the reason president trump withheld military aid to ukraine the president continues to condemn those behind the impeachment but also insists it's not hearting him it's lucky that i'm the president because i guess i don't know what a lot of people said very few people could handle it i sort of thrive on it a 2nd whistleblower is no cooperating with the intelligence communities inspector general his lawyers say he has 1st hand knowledge of the july phone call from president trump asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden and his

son hunter alleging corruption he's yet to provide any evidence of that if you see something say something and that's what these courageous patriotic wurzel blowers have been doing about ukraine a few republicans have split with the president's many criticizing the process instead although some like mitt romney have expressed concern tweeting out when the only american citizen president trump singles out for china's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the democratic nomination process it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated will mean senator susan collins criticized the president's call for china to investigate the bidens to its weekly inappropriate many republicans saying the president was joking when he made that request i asked repeatedly in the white house if that was the case president trump refused to answer alan fischer al-jazeera washington

to canada now where the finally this debate has just finished as candidates vying to become prime minister made their case prime minister just intruder has seen his standings in the poll slip because of several scandals one of which involved pictures of him wearing blackface makeup. justin trudeau only pretends to stand up for canada you know he's very good at pretending things he can't even remember how many times he put blackface on because the fact of the matter is he's always wearing a mask he puts on a reconciliation mask and then fires the attorney general the 1st one of indigenous background he puts on a feminist mask and then fires 2 strong female m.p.'s for not going along with his corruption he puts on a middle class mask and then raises taxes on middle class canadians mr trudeau you are a phony and your fraud and you do not deserve to govern this country our ability to continue to redefine every single day what it is to be canadian what it means to be

canadian and yes. it will transform itself as we as we minister take leadership as we move forward and you always want your city great our you always want truth i'm going to do simple around the way. we are and i'm proud canadian like you and you know we build this country together and we want this country to be like that in 25 years we love this country and it's not because i want to have a discussion about immigration that i'm running the only rule is that age 9 this is because to say publicly what mr scherer things privately. still to come here down to 0 indian workers look to unions to defend their rights but new regulations could undermine their power. no playing by the rules why a tweet by the manager of an american basketball team has sparked a political firestorm in china.

hello there is a most picture across much of the middle east of course we have had some heavy rain into southern iran across into pakistan but also into kabul have a look at this picture there's been some very heavy rain showers this man doing his best to really avoid them certainly work his way from a to b. within those rain showers that will be dry as we go through choose a but there is some rain in the forecast further to the north northern sections of turkey and eventually through wednesday working their way across into areas of georgia quite a bit of cloud across into back here in azerbaijan and still very warm in baghdad with a high the a $41.00 degrees it's a very quiet picture generally across much of the arabian peninsula we might just once again see more of those rain showers and thunderstorms across the mountains in western areas of yemen but elsewhere it is warm and it is also still feeling fairly

humid no winds really to move the air around for the next couple days muscat a little bit cooler with a high of 31 now southern africa we've got some rain showers pushing into cape town also a few showers across into madagascar up into tanzania and go in a while and then when it comes to tom ridge is that still pretty high sudden johannesburg 29 is the high temperature could just be a passing shot into an on again fairly warm with a high of $24.00. sponsored by qatar. what are you protesting about how does this impact their online life basements will see directly out of trends like it's lately or if you join us on saturday this is an attack on academic freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue myanmar is not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice in the changes real 'd discussion is real and i'm here to talk about the solutions

on al-jazeera. try for a 2nd look at the top stories here of al-jazeera president trump has defended his decision to pull out u.s. troops from movies in syria clearing the way for a turkish assault the move effectively abandons kurdish prices to help defeat i still the turkish government considers the syrian kurdish forces an extension of kurdish separatists to fight inside turkey. of issued subpoenas to the defense secretary and the white house budget office for documents as part of the impeachment inquiry the documents relate to donald trump decision to delay military

aid to ukraine and with a vat endangered us security. in canada and the kind of the vying to become the next prime minister have made their case on television in the leaders' debate prime minister justin trudeau has seen his standings in the poll slip because of several scandals one of which involves pictures of him wearing blackface makeup. now iraq's president has condemned attacks on protesters during volunteer anti-government demonstrations in a t.v. address. meant to address protests and called on the security forces to ensure the rights of iraq is a protected. made a professional and credible experts and opening the door for a constructive dialogue with the main powers especially protesters we will also work to make sure that the community will have national consensus and independence so we can identify the problem. so we can start. well at

least 15 people have been killed within the past 24 hours in iraq bringing the death toll over the past week to more than 110 in one column has been to meet one victim's family in the capital baghdad. look at it look how beautiful he is says in the haitham it is one of the protesters shot dead by iraqi security forces he was 27 years old on thursday he joined protesters in central baghdad frustrated with the lack of jobs and opportunities he saw a child's to get his voice heard he left home in the afternoon he never returned clearly in shock only haitham just keeps repeating how beautiful her son is a family friend speaks on happy healthy i did he didn't hurt anyone he didn't harm anyone what is the crime of these young men these beautiful young men the government is to blame i q's the government of murdering he wasn't just my neighbor

he was like a son. the government and the army say they haven't targeted protest as but it's brother must of thought says ahmed was shot in the head by a sniper as he tried to help another protester who had been shot in the leg. some people say the shooters are rainy and they're lying there from our country it's the iraqi army killing iraqis. it is the head of the popular mobilization people says a mainly shia paramilitary group he says his forces didn't take part in the operation against the protesters to stop them i am reaffirming that the interior ministry with the support from the military are the ones who stop these protests however the popular mobilization forces in the persian are reserve forces for the commander of the armed forces who only interfere to fight any conspiracy whenever an order is given and no order was given this time across south and central iraq people are putting up pictures of those who have been killed and placing the blame

on the government the army and the government say that they will investigate the deaths of the protesters but that hasn't slowed the protest movement down in fact if anything judging by the child's the deaths have actually fueled the movement in iraq on al-jazeera baghdad. president has decided to move the government from quito to the coastal city of kill this comes after a 5th day of demonstrations against the introduction of a star at the measures protests are angry the government has scrapped 40 year old field subsidies as a tory against him b. now reports. protesters block roads and put up barricades on the outskirts of the ecuadorian capital in tow ahead of a nationwide strike and mass march planned on wednesday then they must deliver and we need to rise up until this problem with fuel prices is resolved we're not going to give up we're all going to rise up until the prize of food goes down. interior ministry says hundreds of people have been arrested. for criminal damage despite

the armrest president led him to read a says he has no plans to reverse his decision to scrap fuel subsidies as part of straight to stereotype measures. the biggest i am always ready to hold talks to extend a hand to people who are decent who are honest who really want to change the country i'm convinced of dialogue with my indigenous brothers with whom we share many causes on how to use the country's resources for those who need it the most. readers who has sat on a centrist path that begins succession this rule says a sturdy measures are necessary to reduce ecuador's foreign debt and fiscal deficit in february his government signed a $4000000000.00 loan agreement with the international monetary fund the skepticism of the i.m.f. run strong in ecuador they are going to do they are right to be. soft what if you're right but. every day you reward maybe they are going to

go for another reason for a change in the power i'd turn red. because of the violence marina has declared a state of emergency striking workers say they were dead that blockade until the government reverses its decision victoria gay to be out there. brazil's president says the oil polluting the country's northeastern beaches could be the result of criminal activity or a shipwreck though its origin still being investigated j. abbas another says the link to oil was not produced nor was it sold in brazil the government says more than 100 tons of all oil has been spilled and at least 42 cities are affected. in india the government has been bailing out some state owned companies that have been making losses part of its support often depends on the companies cutting jobs and some workers facing the x.a. they're concerned they're not getting enough help from the unions were reports from

west bengal's capital co. look not cost says he can't afford to pay the rent of his $1.00 group or he is an office assistant at a state owned telecom provider which is run into large losses and is among thousands of workers who have not been paid their salaries for 8 months. i want to come here i have a small daughter unable to pay her school fees or tuition fees. now he has turned to his union for help under the terms of a government bailout his employer is reported to be considering shedding $80000.00 jobs that's half its workforce and cautious but as a contractual worker he will be among the 1st to go but he's been told that the union has not even been consulted by the company's management the union say this is one example of how they are being undermined by the. last month 12 trade

unions protested against the government's new labor reforms saying they're unfair on employees and limits their ability to negotiate minimum. jorm and admitted they got the unions would have to agree and the workers would have to accept whatever raises are decided by the management of course then the work question the relevance of trade unions. analysts say the government's new regulations effectively limit the power of unions and as they encourage wages to be based on workers as skills and where they work they divide the workers and make it difficult for the unions to negotiate with employers because. the unions accuse the government of working on behalf of employers some analysts

say weakening the trade unions would limit employers ability to strike a collective bargain in disputes with workers others accuse the trades unionists of being disruptive for the sake of it being highly politicized and stalling india's economic growth unionists fear a loss of their power and influence but look not cause has not given up he says his union is getting ready if workers like a monk and he's preparing to join any protests art of war al-jazeera who west bengal hong kong chief executive of the friend of the territory of bryan on face masks after crowds of protesters defy the new laura over the weekend and the government protests have gripped hong kong for months now on the situation shows no sign of dying down caroline says while it will take time for the ban on face masks to work effectively other measures to restore order including help from mainland china remain a possibility at this point in time i still strongly feel that we should find

the solutions ourselves. that is also the position of the central government that hong kong should tackle the problem on her own but if the situation becomes so bad . then no options. if we want hong kong to at least to have another chance. a tweet by the manager of an american basketball team about the protests in hong kong as sparks a political fallout houston rockets general manager daryl morey is apologized after posting an image saying fight for freedom stand with hong kong over the weekend his comments angered many of the team's chinese fans and some chinese businesses cut ties with the rockets but the pressure from china has also sparked a rebuke from u.s. politicians at a time when trade ties are already tense look at the people of hong kong arch protesting for something we fortunately have here in america which is freedom as

the. country symbolized by the statue of liberty to try to gag. a general manager or anybody who is speaking out in favor of the hand count protester is wrong and i hope that basketball will understand that it's un-american to gag people when they're speaking out on behalf of freedom. north korea's ambassador to the u.n. has condemned in a forthcoming security council meeting which will discuss its latest missile tests this comes after north korean officials will try out of denuclearization tolls with the u.s. on saturday accusing washington of coming to the negotiating table empty handed. diplomatic editor james pays. diplomacy on north korea is seriously faltering talks at the weekend between the u.s. and north korea broke down while u.s.

diplomats said there was productive work carried out north korea says the talks were sickening here at the u.n. there's growing concern about north korea's launch of missiles including one last week that pyongyang said was launched from a submarine a security council meeting is to take place but that has been condemned by north korea's ambassador to the u.n. we know where that united states. imperial moves over to the u.k. france and germany. the united states and it's a former should appear in mind that if the reached issue of supercop islamists and he hears it at the council it will for the urged i would tell you to defense somebody. so we really sharply watch every move of the united states and u.n. security council the u.s.

administration is currently grappling with the problems in northern syria and tensions with iran north korea it was until recently one area of policy the president trump could claim was moving in a positive direction it's hard to make that case now. samsung electronics has announced dramatically which is profits which industry analysts say could be due to weaken demand for its maybelle devices profits for the year's 3rd quarter were cut by more than half that of a year again the south korean company is expected to report its final results later this month plain hey has more from seoul. these are not the final detail the figures for the quarter released by samsung electronics they will be released towards the end of the month but this is limited released as part of its regulatory filing so something it was required to do so what we see is that operating profit

for the july to september quarter likely to be down 56 percent so we're looking at $6440000000.00 that is actually above what many analysts had forecast for this quarter and is actually are almost 17 percent up on the previous quarter we're also coming off a 2 year boom in the memory chip market which is where some song electronics makes most of its money so why are we seeing this decline of more than 50 percent well a lot of it's being blamed on the u.s. china trade war. is a major supplier of components to the chinese tech company while away which is now on a u.s. trade blacklist and the trade dispute between south korea and japan is also being blamed because the japanese are place restrictions on the export of some of the key materials that are supplied to the south korean tech companies including samsung.

the russian president vladimir putin is known for his all action image and there's no sign of him slowing down as he celebrates his 67th birthday a video released for his special day shows putin suitably dressed for a weekend hike in the great outdoors of southern siberia it took with him is defense minister. on a break which included a traditional mushroom. take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera president trump has defended his decision to pull u.s. troops from northeastern syria clearing the way for a turkish assaut the movie effectively abandons kurdish fighters who helped defeat i saw turkey considers a syrian kurdish forces an extension of kurdish separatists who fight inside turkey u.s. democrats have issued subpoenas to the defense secretary and the white house budget

office for documents as part of their impeachment inquiry the documents relate to donald trump's decision to delay military aid to ukraine and whether that endangered us security in canada or the final leaders' debate has ended as candidates vying to become prime minister made their case prime minister just intruder has seen his standings in the poll slip due to several standards one of which involved pictures of him wearing blackface makeup iraq's president has condemned attacks on protesters during violent anti-government demonstrations in a t.v. address bar and sally urged parliament to address protesters demands and called on the security forces to ensure the rights of iraq is a protected. i'm told i would support the formation of a committee made a professional a credible expert and opening the door for a constructive dialogue with the main powers especially our some protestors we will also work to make sure that the community will have national consensus and

independence so we can identify the problem for the solution and so we can start in a flexible process of reform. a tweet by the manager of an american basketball team about the protests in hong kong has sparked a political firestorm houston rockets general manager daryl morey is apologized after posting an image saying fight for freedom stand with hong kong his comments angered many of the team's chinese friends and some chinese businesses cut ties with the rockets some say the electronics is an els dramatically reduce profits which industry analysts say could be due to weaker demand for its mobile devices profits for the 3rd quarter were cut by more than a half a year ago the south korean company is expected to report final results later this month right you're up to date coming up next is the stream. with a record number of nominations the world waits to see 2019 peace prize the

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