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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR November 17, 2017

Hello again my names peter w. Watching the news live from my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. President mugabe makes his first public appearance since the army seized power in zimbabwe. A russian veto at the u. N. Security council signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. An Australian Youth Detention Center is ordered to shut down after findings of repeated abuse of children and teenagers. Also ahead building the future well take you to the World Architecture festival with the latest innovations are on display. The leader of zimbabwes influential War Veterans Association says the game is up for the president Robert Mugabe christopher. Thats called for mass demonstrations on saturday saying mr mugabe must not be allowed to stay in power the president has made his first public appearance since the army seized power on weapons day the ninety three year old attended a University Graduation set ceremony in the capital harare. We have declared is what it is that is the message there is no way that you must live because of the thought you did it would be unequally management in the plan that you. Would in the madness. Of his wife want to become the president of the republic it. Is but when people are up here. Lets take you live to our correspondent who has been following this ongoing story for us out of harare so how does it now look like this ox is moving quite quickly again that the signs are beginning to shift underneath Robert Mugabe. Exactly. Interesting times in the for example it is becoming more clear and clear and clear that he is and to leave people who are close to him the war veterans who are close to him have made it very clear they want him gone during the press conference the war veteran christopher was very very angry very very critical he told people about the history of the ruling party he told people about how. With mugabe one reason was they said economy is not doing well one reason is that they felt that the family started to personalize the party and the country they were particularly angry with grace mugabe they said she was mad to think she she she could become president of this country they said that was the final straw for them the wheels are moving their march theyre planning on saturday they saying its not a march or demonstration they have asked all zimbabweans to march in harare tomorrow to send a clear sign to them that time is up and then it is time for them to go and he says that that warning if he doesnt listen to it then he will be dealt with. In request if youre a zimbabwean in zimbabwe today because people. Who work at the airport. Theyre being told to come out on the streets that must be adding to that atmosphere there. It is a little bit but the war veterans are saying that whatever they do they say they will be peaceful they say they dont want any of violence what are watching also is that remember the war veterans have been blamed in the past for many many things. A lot of the time when there was violence during elections its been a lives that they sided with president mugabe and were responsible for some of the rights abuses that were done they have helped mugabe in part with thirty seven years as a wary of the war veterans so thats why the western media said. If its not about the war veterans right now the common enemy is president mugabe so forget about the differences for now lets meet as one people and say we want mugabe to go whether people will listen remains to be seen but that much is definite plan for saturday. The calculation on the part of the war veterans here her own mean are they saying we will go no further because hes got to take a calculation as well which is basically can i get out the country can i stay can i be safe will my wife be safe. The war veterans know that their diplomatic process is happening and every time mr christmas i was speaking he would say things like we want to mend relations with the United Kingdom with the International Community with the region we want to work with everyone we want to work with International Media theyre trying to put across a sense that i suppose things will change and they calculating the fact that they know they so much resentment in the country but also the son if they have has post this is. They also want to use the constitution as well to give mugabe to step down or according to the laws of the ruling party remember the army has said that this is not a coup they are trying very hard to show people that it is not a coup and one way people could believe that is if mugabe is made to step down at a Party Conference where they vote for him to leave or to the war veterans want to your hair i mean do they want to run the country or would they get into get into cahoots with morgan chang to write. They were clever about the statement they said things like the next election it should be free fair and democratic zimbabweans vote freely and vote for the leader of the choice and then they say things like but remember also this country was won by the gun we went to war for this country war veterans who lost their lives could be free from wife. And they said within zanu p. F. They are senior figures like the former Vice President who is still out of the country and he said theyre not saying that people should vote for him to leave them but as war veterans they would prefer it he lived them so its clear that they want one of the own but to get enough support and. That it will be up to them to choose the next leader of this country harris thanks very much. Russia has vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u. N. Investigators found the Syrian Government was responsible for a chemical attack in concha cool and in april eighty people died many of them were children at the matter go to said james bays now from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u. N. Security council on syria and one that ends the councils efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. It was a vote that sparked outrage from the u. S. Ambassador and she gave this warning that the u. S. May now work outside the u. N. Russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the United States does not accept syrias use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the International Standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the Russian Mission arent working we have tried to get a call with them and theyve been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call vassily for some reason hes not available moments later she was able to express her displeasure in person a very Public Exchange of words with the Russian Ambassador vasoline the benzine or even it seems checking his phones for her calls when the meeting started they even argued over the rules of procedure in the council. I was invoking all thirty five of the of the previous littles of procedure the Russian Ambassador withdrawing and then reintroducing his own rival resolution this two failed to pass meaning as things stand now the team is investigating the use of chemical weapons looks set to be disbanded. The use of chemical weapons is now a dangerous reality what is at stake here today is the very future of the International Chemical weapons nonproliferation regime. Theres been real division and high drama its been a sad day for syria a bad day for efforts to fight weapons of mass destruction and a day on which the u. N. Security council has really harmed its own standing as the Security Council meeting broke up some members were still trying to create a new compromise resolution to keep the chemical weapons mechanism going on a temporary basis there could be another vote on friday but it will now be very difficult to bridge the deep divisions that have been laid bare james by aljazeera at the united nations. In syria and strikes and shelling near the capital damascus of killed at least twelve people its the third day in a row of attacks on Eastern Ghouta around four hundred thousand people are living under a government siege there they are in need of food and medicine is part of a deescalation deal agreement by Turkey Russia and iran. Iraqs Prime Minister of body has congratulated the army for taking the last major i still held troops face little resistance when they entered on friday it comes hours after iraq launched a new attack to expel fighters from the border area with syria imran khan now from baghdad. Iraq he joins Operations Command have announced that the iraqi flag is now flying in the center of this city has been liberated now this was an operation that began in the early hours of friday morning but the preparation had actually been taking place since the eleventh of november when the operation to take the last remaining strongholds of eisel began they first took them on a. Small village from that they built bridges over the euphrates to bring in tanks and heavy equipment to go in to rob i know what they did was to take the surrounding villages that was about seven of them they took and then they use that as a staging post to go in to another joint Operations Command were very concerned about civilian casualties and actually told i was there that we are waiting for the right moment to go in to try and keep civilian casualties to a minimum theres no figures that theyve released yet or if there have been any civilian casualties but what they did do was announce in the early hours of friday morning when this operation began as i said that any civilians should put white flags above their houses so the Iraqi Security forces would know so they went and now theyve been met with very little operation this wasnt a operation like the one from mosul iraqs second largest city a real stronghold of ice which took months to bring under control this was a very. Small town so it was a much easier operation now what were hearing is a lot of the eyesore fighters are simply dispersed over the Border Crossing into syria allowing the iraqi forces to go straight in it is the end of i saw as a caliphate as a state in iraq so we will be expecting Prime Minister hydrilla body to make a statement we dont know when that statement is going to be but he does face a challenge on his hands this might be the end of eisel as a state within iraq as they say but the root causes of the the rise of the group still remains still a lot of anger among these particular to this year led government here and so those are things that promise to hide the body needs to address but this is actually being seen as thin as a significant victory for the iraqi forces that flag flying in the middle of is very significant. Ok which is limiting q. To the russian capital because what youre looking at right now is just the opening themselves in a News Conference thats taking place there lebanons foreign minister brown. Has been meeting his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the meeting comes in light of the resignation the alleged resignation because we dont know if it actually was a resignation of the lebanese Prime Minister saying how dearly last week he gave that announcement. And the accusations that came as a reaction to that from the lebanese president michel aoun that was actually being detained against his will in saudi arabia both men addressing the media in moscow the very latest is that we know were being told that. Well be leaving some point today heading for paris within the first forty eight hours of that were expecting him to have conversations with the french president emanuel macron before then reportedly flying back to the lebanese capital beirut his resignation in a televised broadcast out of saudi arabia on november the fourth he hasnt. Yet returned to lebanon of course the key thing here there for the saudis is the way that this has ball our political presence writ large through lebanese politics lets just open the microphones we have a translation to get a sense of where this drama is going. Right. Now it was. Think. Diplomatically. We chose to start our tour from europe. And i will explain why what happened. Was. Exceptional. Pacts all the International Relations that. Cannot be accepted or tolerate. The european cities we have to visit or you must consider the matter as an acceptable why because their minds are disability and. Also. Our dignity as they beneath it is also a deviation from the course that has been adopted by lebanon since the election the president last year has also brought the interference in our Domestic Affairs and. Away fly all those are being dictated to the lebanese people. This matter is. Acceptable by the International Community it is unprecedented move and if it is approved. Any. Visiting any other country will meet the same fate and this is that except preservation of the International Treaties and agreements in. International relations. Nineteen sixty one and also special envoys and missions of one thousand nine hundred eighty six and also that of nineteen seventy three of course the protection of diplomats. And as i said lebanons instability will undermine the world peace and security and thats why this issue is faced with great tension how did we end lebanon meet. This crisis. The leadership of lebanon. Suppress. Our action by the response made by the president and the. Politicians in lebanon. Also we accept pressed our unity and solidarity as a whole one. By the fact that all the lebanese shocked however the dog not the act arbitrarily maintained selfrestraint and. Eliminated did not react in any violent way. They did not react in any act of suppressing economic. And lebanon come and they did not made any. Because based. On the contrary all the lebanese with. Their political affiliations and sectarian war has. Suppressed their solitary as one people and i believe this is the key factor that enabled all. So in this crisis. On the phone in front. Of our efforts with bilateral relations with Different Countries also based on the friendly relations bonding in lebanon and the kingdom of so. Despite the fact that. Other efforts are being made on the International Arena to have this crisis is resolved. The president of lebanon started communication with the ambassadors worldwide. However. To start with europe simply because it is in. Proximity with us. Not only that but europe. Thing in the policy is close. To our. European countries as a. Heavyweight and can have an impact was started by. This long road vatican. Two and the end. Of turkey. And today i conclude european. Capital. That is leading the war. Against terrorism and. Have a prize with the. Goal. What is important to us to have been ease Prime Minister how do you turn in lebanon without any restriction. Restraint. Without any limitation to his. Decisions. He should return and retain whatever decision he may desire and all the lebanese will react based on that. Secondly this. Precautionary action. Take. Precautionary measure must take. The stability of lebanon simply because. This crisis is. About lies in lebanon. Chris mitchell can be achieved by providing an atmosphere. Free from radicalization. Which aims at confronting arms with arms. And settling regional and international calls. This move also. That. Youre bringing. The confrontation. Another battle fear. This means that those. Arent able to take. Place is also aimed at undermining lebanons economy. Well a matter of great significance a strategic significance to. The number one enemy lebanon for. This matter this regard. All this is meant to keep lebanon will. Cripple the economy. And. The economic failure of this by the fact that lebanon over the past few years again has been making progress in the words rebuilding its. Institutions that. All the above. I will believe that any foreign minister there get burned a seal saying this is an unprecedented matter in effect he went on to say weve had a deviation from my course imposed on us because of whats been going on between the saudi authorities and mr how do you know he has agreed after last years election thats what he said he said also that saturday that he must return to lebanon without any hindrance he said as well we need to take cautionary measures in an atmosphere free from a radicalization lets take that to our correspondent in beirut saying a so clearly there is only one acceptable outcome as far as the lebanese government is concerned here. Well yes the foreign minister is saying that saddle how he must return to beirut without any conditions and restrictions because there is some fear in lebanon that in one way or another this french mediated deal could involve for example saddle how do you the ending his political career that he has to come to lebanon submit his resignation and leave and of course the foreign minister also saying that the lebanon still faces threats very Strong Language against saudi arabia calling what happened and aggression and interference in Lebanese Affairs i have to point out like you pointed out earlier that lebanese authorities as well as many in the population they believe that saddle had he was hel

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