Incursion into Northern Syria has the blessing with caviar certainly from the oval office i mean thats the message thats being drummed home from ankara across the country. Im not sure if hes necessary outmaneuver trump there is a lets say that thats a sentence that was the same as they were getting from that from the words that are coming out from turkey from the various officials that have not just been speaking to aljazeera but weve seen it in various written stories across the global media. I mean theres there is always the typical bravado that takes place and any such big event but i think the perception inside turkey is that there is a common interest and the fact that the u. S. Also wants to get well lets say mr truong wants to leave syria. And turkey has an interest in eliminating what it use as a friends on the southern south side of the sport. There is of course the group of confusion as to what the think about trump in turkey given the mixed messages turkey is receiving on the one hand trump is providing turkey with this green light it seems for the operation and on the other hand we are seeing threats coming in turkey is that direction about the strong turkeys economy so really there is this apprehension on the turkish side about putting all their eggs in the trunk basket and of course you know you talk about those threats coming from the white house because it does seem a very different story from that because while they say a one sided certainly when trump says hes withdrawing. From withdrawing from those locations in Northern Syria. Ankara is also being warned about Human Rights Violations against any of the u. S. Is what we say the former allies whether they be the s. D. F. Or the white p. G. They sort of the americans want their cake and they want to eat it it seems. It thats not exactly the problem well that there are 2 separate issues actually 1st is these limits which trump claims to have agreed on with. There is no written proof about these as so it would be very difficult to for turkey to know what sort of limits to abide by in order to prevent punitive measures against it and secondly the fact that in this in the fog of war theres bound to be some sort of mistake there is bound to be because at the end of the day turkey is fighting alongside. Syrian opposition militias over which arguably it would have limited control in terms of the potential Human Rights Violations that might end up taking place so these are the various lets see if it falls which which turkey is walking towards and of course you know there are many pitfalls for the americans too because with the u. S. Pulling out or being so vocal about it politicians in america and across the political spectrum as weve been discussing that they have the last 48 hours are concerned and angered in some cases about trumps announcement warning the oval office really about turkey being careful of their military actions will that and cannot just fall on deaf ears it seems so because youve got people like nikki haley the former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Youve got Lindsey Graham all sort of. Warning the oval office that this is a very dangerous precedent and a very dangerous move forward very much so. I think trump was to an extent. Surprised to the extent at the extent of a backlash he received this specially from republicans. I mean notably Lindsey Graham he was wrote of the proof to ricky voice in congress in the past couple its a couple of years so from that perspective we might see to an extent trump. Trying to mitigate the message he conveyed to turkey or at least trying to limit this this operation which is about to take this but i should know this given trust past track record of walking back on on his promises and and as we saw on december 28th for example when trying to claim that the u. S. Was withdrawing i think turkey this time will seize the moment and really seek to create a new reality on the ground effect accompli after which it will wait and see how the various actors on the ground will react well for the moment that we will leave it there interesting time certainly both in the middle east and of course at the washington to attend such and thanks so much for joining us. The americas now are an overnight curfew has ended in the couple of aquittal now the government is bracing for more unrest over all star routine measures with a National Strike planned for wednesday now thousands of protesters have fought with Security Forces during a 6 day of violent demonstrations in america 10 p. C. In newman house. Was indigenous ecuadorians continue converging on the capital to give their president in ultimatum either repeal highly unpopular austerity measures or get out they say so tell them where they are and weve come from the middle of ecuador to reject this unpopular government thats taken measures dictated by the i. M. F. President lynn in what i know says hes open to dialogue but insists he cant back out of his commitment to reduce the fiscal deficit by eliminating fuel subsidies something he vowed never to do when he took office. The demonstrators were further angered when they found out the president wanted or had moved the executive branch overnight to the coastal city of by a key. For hours and well into the night the protesters tried without success to overcome riot police. In an attempt to surround the president ial palace and National Assembly was some of the Indigenous Leaders are asking them to. Put their lives at risk and to mark store another part of the city but theyre angry they say they are not going to budge that they havent so far to turn back now was the leader of the National Confederation of Indigenous People told aljazeera there would be no dialogue until president what in a week turns to keep door and repeals the creek. If modern a doesnt want to administer this country with this social chaos where theres no social justice no food. Better to leave the country for ever to join that of the fugitive from justice expresident career they can live together. What in all says the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his worst enemy former president Rafael Correa who lives in selfimposed exile in brussels. Denies hes pulling the strings but he doesnt hide his political ambitions including the possibility of returning home to run for Vice President or either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which would be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome this grave situation. That scenario may be premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. But then again the dollar has a very long history of president s being forced out before their term is up you see in human. The families of more than 110. 00 People Killed in unrest in iraq will be eligible for compensation that comes after the countrys parliament officially recognized the victims as martyrs the government also unveiled more social reforms as it tries to quell the demonstrations that are entering their 2nd week. Distinguished casualties of the protests will be recognized as martyrs and therefore their families will be compensated we will follow the investigation procedures to uncover the events that have affected the protestors. U. S. Secretary of state might pompei or has urged iraqs Prime Minister to exercise maximum restraint and address the protesters grievances rosalyn jordan has more from washington d. C. The statement about the iraqi protests from the u. S. State department is the 1st official comment from washington about these demonstrations its a readout of the phone call which the secretary of state mike pompei o had with the iraqi Prime Minister and its pretty tough in the statement pompei o apparently told the Prime Minister that he condemned the violence that those who may have committed Human Rights Violations need to be held fully accountable for their behavior and that the Iraqi Government needs to do much more to address the complaints and concerns of the protesters from baghdad to nasiriya to other parts across iraq the statement says that the government needs to do a much better job of respecting peoples right to protest as well as the right of the press to carry out their work and mr problem pale said that much more needs to be done to provide iraqis and especially young population more access to jobs to more reliable utilities and food and to basically make it so that its a place where they want to continue to live and not simply see their country go the way of others that have concentrated power in the hands of a very few well to Southern Africa now a whole the 3rd of students in universities in south africa suffering from whats been described as a hidden hunger crisis tens of thousands of students called a fool to feed themselves to me to milla from johannesburg. For millions of students around the world attending university is a time to not only learn but also socialize for some time to be carefree but for many making it through university depends on whether or not they have a meal every day or learning c. Carney is a postgraduate student at the university of the western cape every month he collects a parcel of basic necessities like rice and canned vegetables he says that without these donations he would have nothing to eat still and hunger is d one of the contributors to ministries that are going through depression he had to study and everything has become for a person of their child to study to gauge and yet you cant really d achieve that into stomach nearly 80 percent of students at this University Fund their studies through government Financial Aid or study loans 100. 00 fees are paid to these little money left to paypal commendation or buy food according to government statistics unemployment and poverty are highest among the youth many of these students are the 1st in their families to attend University Many of them poor does not as a problem that is really run to south africa or all over the world it is what is aptly described as this political universe to scoreboard because you find that students all over the war and then also in developed countries are facing hunger levels of up to 58 percent of the population in some countries as the u. S. Attorneys says some students are forced to trade 6 for food or work long hours at low paying jobs to feed themselves here at the university of the vitus runs about 4000. 00 students are given hot meals every day and hundreds food packs every month but according to Research Almost a 3rd of south African Students dont have enough food organizers of the scheme to feed students of this campus say they want to provide for. Food for students in a way that doesnt stigmatize them the food program at the Johannesburg University began 6 years ago distributing food to about 50 students initially it was considered if you like a band aid problem of bringing donations give handouts to students and that will solve the problem. We basically advanced an approach through a signature a 1000 signatures petitions march for hunger and so on and demanded a space of dignity for students at this university while greater access to education is meant to alleviate poverty and create jobs there are concerns that hundreds of students could drop out of university every year simply because theyre too hungry to study for media miller aljazeera Johannesburg South africa the activist who was jailed for rioting in hong kong 3 years ago is back in court for an appeal hearing a large crowd gathered outside the high court in support of edward lu he was sentenced to 6 years in prison for his part in a violent clash with police fearing comes at a time when hong kong has been gripped by months of demonstrations. Farmers in india administered kashmir say restrictions on communication and movement are having a devastating impact on their businesses the Indian Government revoked the regions autonomy and sent in soldiers 9 weeks ago it also shut down internet and telephone logs retore gate b. Has the story its its harvest time in indian administered kashmir where apple production contributes 10 percent to the states 20000000000. 00 incomes but this year apples are being left to rot because thomas confines people to pick them after Prime Minister and render mady abolish the state futon m a status and imposed a security lockdown. Because of the situation is bad we couldnt harvest the apples on time and most of them fell down from the trees now were collecting the rotten apples and throwing them away. Internet im able phone Services Remain cutoff for this moment that means his business is in jeopardy then the basic communication is dollars we have no neighbors dogs dont build up people. Who are sitting in delhi westin in bangalore were staying in genoa and other big markets and theyre not able to go many good with them its fairly difficult. This wholesale fruit market in srinagar would normally be packed with trade is business is down by 95 percent this year compared to last i just as bit is left on each year i export about 200000 boxes of apples in the domestic markets across india this year because of the situation farmers arent able to send their projects to market they dont know where to send it because communication lines arent working. In response to the crisis the Indian Government has set up a National Cooperative through which farmers can sell their produce but it imposes strict Quality Control measures which many farmers find hard to meet to tell got that we can only select the projects if the color of the apple is good so far we have rejected 80 percent of the farmers have come here to sell their produce the apple industry in kashmir involves 3500000 people around half the population of the state the lockdown has devastated the economy and farmers are calling on the Indian Government to immediately lift the security restriction must secure a gate in the aljazeera chinas consul media sessions which could have featured one of the sports biggest names its the latest step in growing action against the n. B. A. The session shuttles for wednesday in shanghai were for Le Bron James l. A. Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets the 2 basketball teams were due to play 2 preseason basketball games in china now theres doubts about whether those matches will go ahead this follows Chinese State t. V. Refusing to show preseason meetings involving the Houston Rockets that are the n. B. A. s manager tweeted support for protesters in hong kong all now rockets products are being pulled from the shelves in china which is a lucrative market for the n. B. A. With billions of dollars a year. To thomson is a visiting Senior Research fellow at the league kuan yew school of Public Policy at the National University in singapore and joins me from there good to have you with us on the program mr thomson i mean the dispute with the n. B. A. As weve been reporting is highlighted the sort of commercial sensitivities Many Companies have to face when dealing with china but are you surprised at how upset the chinese have been over this because millions of people and individuals tweet about hong kong for example all social media and china cant deal with all of that thought or speech. Exactly to me whats surprising is that they chose that particular tweet and keep in mind that twitter is blocked in china so its not readily apparent to the Chinese People themselves that this tweet actually happened so so government officials made a decision to highlight this statement as you mentioned of potentially millions of statements so they made a very conscious and calculated decision to make an example of the n. B. A. And its not the 1st example theyve made of other companies so in a way this is potentially going to. Put the fear into a lot of companies about the rising Political Risk of either doing business in china or becoming economically dependent on china india that leads me to my next question because one wonders how much damage this incident does in terms of inward investment into china that as we hear that products are being pulled from the shelves what regard with regards to the National Basketball association for example. So its hard to see whos a winner in this scenario there is going to be a Business Impact in China Companies that have already paid the n. B. A. Or have committed resources to the n. B. A. Or are going to be either breaking a contract or having a difficult time fulfilling their end of it there is going to be merchants and vendors in china themselves who are going to lose out on on sales and Business Opportunities and ultimately theres going to be a lot of very disappointed fans so on the china side theres certainly going to be some some pain if you well and obviously the n. B. A. Doesnt stand to gain anything by this either so its unfortunate that even something such as or despite all the business interest in it has become such a hostage to the souring political relations between the u. S. And china and of course china is the u. S. Is sort of 3rd largest exporters a falling foul of them has a financial. Comeback as such but could this backfire all the Chinese Government itself in the fact that it does hold a lot of clout but so does the Chinese Consumer and they potentially might say whoa we dont quite like this were going to use our v. P. N. So were going to watch those basketball but chisel were going to try and find. A product elsewhere in the Chinese Market because there will be somewhere in the Chinese Market. Oh and im sure theyll also be counterfeit products on the Chinese Market as well so so i think yeah its going to drive consumer behaviors that arent in the interest of the Chinese Government and thats something they have to consider and again Chinese Companies are going to loose potentially you know a big market themselves the ones advertising to those chinese viewers on chinese platforms by driving them to the p. M. s and your courage and now otherwise a political citizens to engage in potentially Political Behavior in terms of increasing the use of v. P. N. To watch these sporting matches around the world so so again its hard to see an upside from this and im i am surprised that the Chinese Government has chosen to make this such a big issue and continue to make it such a big issue and we dont know where this is going to stop i think the only upshot is that because this started so quickly the Chinese Government can very quickly turn around and take us back to normal and continue to allow broadcast to take place and continue to allow merchandising to be so and to continue to allow advertisers in china to make profits from this and do to be interesting to see how this story develops and what direction it goes hopefully will kill you but it was the insight for the moment drew thompson in singapore thanks so much for joining us. Well still ahead here on the aljazeera. Well hear from one of the players at the center of the n. B. A. With china to rockets james harden. Garbage. South korea on high alert for a possible biological threat coming across the border from. Hello there this is super typhoon a huge and powerful typhoon this is you can see in our very clearly the eye now this whole storm system continuing to move northward through the North Pacific ocean but the happiness in changes in the last 24. Winds and that of course is the strength of the winds that are continuing to stay at the same speed and they are now at 260 kilometers an hour gusting strong in the map 315. 00 so thats stronger in the last 24 hours wolf has also changed though is the forward direction moving to the northwest but actually quite a bit slow at 14 kilometers an hour so what does this mean for the actual track and also when it is going to push into eastern japan well you can see that actually not really much change at all as a say the Forward Motion of the next couple days is a little slower so those out to feeder bands are actually going to take a little bit longer to actually begin to have an impact through those eastern sections of honshu but the storm is on its way over the next couple of days it will actually begin to lose some of its power bought it is still full full as a very powerful storm system likely with winds around 10115 kilometers an hour and its actually the moment expected a full suffer day off the noon local time but we will keep you very well updated. The weather sponsored by cattle railways. 2 planes came from sort of 15 men checked in now hotel the list of their mom should be missing for 5 days it is possible to fully clean the premises all forensic evidence but what you then dave is evidence that you have for the cleaned farm mystery wanted to give an example of the problem started speaking about the role in the mix before even the saudi government would just have that Jamal Khashoggi murder in a saudi consulate on aljazeera in the next episode of techno the team looks into the Environmental Impact of Waste Management trash is a big business for them for one of the smelly bills next to the complexities of recycling when these different caustics are blended together then the recycling becomes difficult to impossible and the signs that Office Solutions its very easy for us to have a 100 percent recycled material techno on aljazeera. What about you watching the aljazeera news hour with me so ill run the reminder of our top stories turkey says final preparations for a military push into Northern Syria are being made an aide to president early ones says the military will join forces with the Free Syrian Army when it crosses into syria. And an overnight curfew has ended in the capital of ecuador and now the government is bracing for more unrest over austerity measures with a National Strike planned for wednesday thousands of protesters her forth with Security Forces during a 6 day of violent demonstrations and the families of more than 110. 00 People Killed in unrest in iraq will be eligible for compensation the government also unveiled more social reforms as it tries to quell the demonstrations that are now entering their 2nd week. A few shortage is making a 5 year humanitarian crisis in yemen even worse in the capital sanaa rubbish isnt being collected water is not being filtered which could lead to an increase in cholera and other water Borne Diseases. Reports now from the capital. Our son ali collects plastic bottles from this pile of garbage and sun are he has a lot to choose from because a shortage of fuel means the citys garbage is not being moved out to landfills this has become the only way for others to survive. And been. We are happy that this place become the main garbage Collection Center we sell plastics for 3 years dollars but it hardly covers the needs of our family. Many of the citys garbage trucks are part of this deposit in the capital the man in charge of operations here says at least 2 tons of garbage are piling up every day is appealing to the international community. To merely 300000 liters of diesel a month even in the Current Crisis we wont be able to deliver our services to the community if the crisis persists trucks on low the garbage him at this makeshift Collection Center this is our 1st initiative to cut down consumption of fuel. Health experts are warning our president mental crisis that could drag another cholera outbreak the recent one killed at least 3000 people. Who call on International Health officials warn this fuel and garbage crisis could hamper their 1st to eradicate cholera so far at least 100 yemenis have died from the water Borne Disease this year. A good enough heroes or so how to get out the current fuel crisis is likely to undermine our efforts to lower the case of cholera and of a mix the spread of garbage and sewage water the main reasons behind the spread of such diseases. The crisis has not only affected garbage collection its also making it difficult for people to move around the city public transport is difficult to find. How manasseh used to work as a driver for a private company i dont want the little bit ive lost my job because the Company Owner couldnt allocate diesel jews or the severe shortage of it now i cannot even afford to refill my gas cylinder as gas prices are high as well life has become very difficult in our country. The whole say despite giving up control of course including in the south and the last years sweden agreement shipments of fuel and other goods and not coming through. In accordance with the sweden agreement in the port of her died or has come under the supervision of the un especially after the hutus retreated 5 kilometers in compliance with the signed agreement. For millions of yemenis like as an alley and his friends what was already a difficult life has become even more challenging those who were once able to feed themselves and now are picking through rubbish in the hopes of earnings and living while bob. Somehow. Back libyas former president has to face more questioning about alleged bribery and witness tampering after an appearance at the Supreme Court and he spent 7 hours before a judge in a closed door session the 1st time a leader has been called before a court over potential criminal charges on a sunday preeti has more from the capital. I surrounded by bodyguards and political allies former colombian president climbed the stairs of the Supreme Court on tuesday with the country collectively holding its breath. For the 1st time a former colombian president could be facing criminal charges as supporters and opponents of the still popular right leader confronted each other in front of the tribe you were the protesters calling him a criminal and the. Supporters are known trying to silence them with horns. It was that we came here today to finally demand justice from our system. Is an assassin who belongs in jail this hearing is just the tip of the iceberg of all the crimes he. Would have 8 years in office were beset by corruption in serious human rights abuses both from many. Countries savior the president. As rebel fighters bring the country back from the brink of becoming a failed state now hes being investigated for witness tampering in a case dealing with his alleged connections to paramilitary groups. Or his supporters who questions the courts independence he simply the victim of conspiracy. That he has persecuted this country is criminals can realize drug traffickers he demobilize paramilitary thats why hes the victim of a plot against its a conspirators in the political left trying to take over the country they will feel. The judges of the Supreme Court have been preparing this hearing for over a year and they have at least 100 questions for only to answer i guess is the 1st day of closed door Court Proceedings and its highly unlikely that decision will be released before at least another couple of days of questioning leaving the country in suspense about the fate of this trial is a person. Who raises passions both from supporters and detractors alike and so i think that regardless of what happens nobodys going to be perfectly content with the courts decision but we need to stand by it and stand by our institutions. Leaving office would remain popular and divisive equally hated and glorified whatever the tribunals decision it risks her deep even divisions in the country alison them and just say you know what that portugals caretaker Prime Minister has been asked to form a new government despite his Party Falling short of a majority in parliament the countrys president met leaders from all parties following sundays election and declared antonio costa the premier designate designate his socialist party will now open talks with the far left parties who helped him form a government in the Previous Legislature or and italys parliament has overwhelmingly voted to reduce the number of its members seats in the lower house will be cut from 632400 be 200. 00 senators instead of 350. 00 the government says the move will streamline parliament and save millions of dollars in salaries and expenses the critics say the changes could weaken democracy up to 30 homes have been destroyed in eastern australia as an out of control bushfire ripped through communities on tuesday more than 100000 hectares has been burnt with the town of rockville the worst affected although are teaser investigating whether it was deliberately set drought affected parts of eastern australia have enjoyed intense fires in september with dozens still burning. Thoughts are with those who have lost a great deal overnight and fortunately we have theres been no loss of life which is something always to be thankful for but there are remaining very serious threats to die for those communities around to say no its going to be a very tough day but know that its friends with well staying in asia pacific pig farmers in south korea fair african swine fever is spreading over the border from north korea government leaders in the south are complaining about a lack of information the discovery of 13 new cases is causing a new alarm after farmers were forced to start a cult last month when he has more from seoul. South korea is on high alert for a possible threat coming across the border from north korea this time its not a military threat but a biological one in the form of african swine fever and it may be an impossible one to defend against because of the 250 kilometer long Demilitarized Zone that separates the 2 countries. We cant control the spread of the virus from other countries like china and airports or seaport however we have Little Information about north korea and its a relief that there is no exchange of people or goods but even if the south becomes free of the virus we will always continue to have a big headache a lot of. The South Koreans arent sure where the virus came from but the 1st case was reported in north korea