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Youre with a news group or live on air were streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com its looking like the same old sticking points will stand in the way of any breakthrough at the latest round of talks to end syrias war namely the future of president bush said the oppositions delegation in geneva has met the u. N. Special envoy stefan de mistura as has the government side so just moments ago they had government negotiator but he said there will be no direct talks between them and the opposition as long as they maintain that president assad must go home David Chaytor following the talks joining us from geneva itself so what else the bus side of have to say just a few moments ago. Yes essentially the positions have not changed this is the eight round of negotiations which is ended in failure and bashar just body was actually saying that he thinks the Syrian Opposition groups the delegates were setting a precondition and as long as a precondition was in place they would be no direct talks that position has not changed the the opposition have said in the circle riyadh to statement that they want the syrian president bashar assad to step down to step away from the whole process and as long as that is the position of the Syrian Opposition group about sharjah far he said the Syrian Government delegation will not even recognize them so theres been no movement no signs of progress but he did actual so mention during a very long forty minute doorstep interview here that they would be accepting the invitation to go to sochi the russian invitation to move the talks to sort and that means that perhaps a new delegation new opposition delegation he was hoping to Start Talking to with wide of use without that precondition now that could be what hes hoping for but its unlikely to happen but we do understand also that there are other talks taking place at the moment including a senior loyalist to the bashar. Government and also other senior opposition members outside of the opposition delegation here in geneva and they have been talking ideas trying to get the Peace Process revivified because its going nowhere here in geneva at the moment and those talks have been taking place every month its being funded by some scandinavian countries and also the United Kingdom so it seems an attempt is being made to stay within the United Nations but to extend the group. Talking at the moment though no direct talks at all eight rounds of negotiations here in geneva theyve hardly been anywhere near each other in the socalled proximity talks and they certainly have not been beating face to face that has not happened it will not happen as far as. He was saying as long as the Opposition Group of putting forward preconditions and he was saying very clearly that he thinks the Opposition Groups were trying to sabotage the u. N. Mediated talks all right David Chaytor with the updates from geneva thank you for that well syria is one of the range of topics that the russian president Vladimir Putin talked about during his annual Media Conference that took place in moscow so he spoke for several hours and at one point suggested that the u. S. May be sparing some syrian fighters in the hope that theyll try to topple president assads government or putin visited syria on monday to the clear victory in russias fight against i saw there sonja gago joining us from moscow to talk more about what putin had to say lets just first focus on the big Foreign Policy issues obviously he did talk about syria what it what else did he have to say and and what did he say about other Foreign Policy issues. Well starting off with syria as well this is coming off the back of that visit where he commended syria Russian Troops of having fought brilliantly as he put it and that they could go home as victors and very important for him to be seen to be doing that to visit the troops and to tell them like that they could go back although the extent of that is still unknown but the risk here for the worry for Many Russians is that any involvement in syria would potentially turned into another afghanistan for russia a war which for russia ended in a humiliating defeat with this he was able to declare some kind of success and also kind of put a sort of finishing point to it but make no mistake of course and this president putin did allude to this also in his conference that there is still a lot of work to be done russia while russia has said that it has defeated isolators also said that it needs to focus more on talks and also resulting the situation with refugees as well one point he said that there really needs to be an International Partnership with this as well one point which he wanted to make was concerning also the educational or providing educational facilities for those young syrians caught up in those refugee camps to stop them from becoming radicalized or from in effect creating a lost generation thats what he was saying that but he said that russia could not bear the brunt of the burden of all of that also it wasnt just over syria that the u. S. Came in for quite a straight criticism is also north korea as well he blamed the u. S. For really and also for north korea for actually engaging in a situation situation which would be escalating but he did lay the blame also on the u. S. As well saying that the u. S. Did not stick to its part of the agreements which it had made previously with north korea as. Well and stated what really needed to happen was really an end to this escalation and all not no he welcomed comments recently from the secretary of state Rex Tillerson saying that it was a step forward but of course this is something which is going to be negotiated with the russians and they want to be seen to be the power brokers and certainly part of that to be treated as equals and not just as some kind of agent between the u. S. And the North Koreans and so on is just for the sake of time let me jump in here for just a moment because the guy who Spokes Person particularly Important Press conference why is that. Well i forget of course that its only a few months to go until its the president ial elections and. Putin has already stated that hes throwing his name into into the hat to actually go forward as an independent candidates and certainly welcoming the Political Support of other groups as well but this is especially important as well but of course russia has seen quite a bit of of challenges name in the economy as well as something that. Mr putin is very much concerned with too concerned with the demographics of russia russia has a shrinking population if its going to power its heavily Oil Dependent economy its going to need more people to be able to do that and ways of diversifying its economy so in order to push that through and in order to actually be able to sort of make good on its foreign policies as well its going to need a lot more people to be able to do that a lot more of a stronger economy to do that as well i want to go thank you for giving us the update from moscow so europe sonia referring to the syria announcement how is it playing out domestically in russia manner or argues that the syrian victory kickstarted putins Election Campaign and the writer says that moscows triumph in syria remains one of the most powerful means to electrify voters amid a deepening economic crisis caused by western sanctions over putins boldest the most catastrophic political move all things sonia was just discussing but you can read his analysis on aljazeera dot com under the russia which youll find on our home page. Back to sonia because she mentioned north korea which has been the subject of diplomacy going on in three countries so in pyongyang a delegation from Russias Defense Ministry has sat down for talks with north Korean Military officials elsewhere south korean president moon jai in is in beijing for a meeting with chinas leader xi jinping relations have been frosty since south korea installed a new Missile System and during a trip to tokyo the u. N. Chief antonio with terrorists warned the world against quote sleep walking into war over north korea or china correspondent adrian brown tells us more about what happened in beijing. Well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon now after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to wish to separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course chinas continued opposition to the anti Missile Defense system that south korea deployed early this year in response to all that north koreas been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade the tween the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the Business Executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security guards as he was attending a trade function and now south korean government officials have lodged a formal protest with china that is a reminder in the sense that relations between these two countries remain very strained indeed the tone of this visit is very different to the one for President Donald Trump who was here of course exactly five weeks ago theres been none of the fanfare that we saw in china is doing just enough to ensure that south korea doesnt lose face while the president is here in china. Well is there a way to avoid war on the Korean Peninsula thats a Million Dollar question posed by professor alexander in this opinion piece he describes the situation on the Korean Peninsula as the most tense and dangerous peace and security issue humanity currently faces you can read it on aljazeera dot com and you can send us your comments and questions here to the news grid you can tweet us at a. J. English were on facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid or you can send us a whatsapp at plus nine seven four five zero triple one one four nine and use the has tag a. J. News grids well. Gathered many thousands of supporters and a show of force to mark thirty years since it was established the leader. Livered a combative speech saying that he is salutes the beginning afraid and revolution this is an response to u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital the palestinian Political Party was formed in response to israels illegal occupation of the west bank the gaza strip alan fischer has been reporting from among the crowds. Rallies like this are often a way to judge the support for a party and here in Southern Gaza we saw thousands if not tens of thousands of people attend this rally in the square they had from senior hamas figures including political leader Ismail Haniya he said that the decision by donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israels capital had left the United States politically isolated every other country in the world had spoken out against it he pointed out that hamas had always been against the idea of the oslo accords and thats important in terminally because of course theyre involved in discussions with fatah Political Union and if there are elections on the rise and they want to make sure that theres a distinction between themselves and fatah but he also talked about the fact that hed like to see a day of rage in muslim countries every friday to make sure the world doesnt forget the position of jerusalem and he also said that hamas would never recognize israel the thousands here left happy that their voices had been heard and the intention is that on friday there will be a massive protest stretching the length of gaza theyre calling it a million man march and theyre expecting a huge turnout here while there are regular updates on the situation in the occupied palestinian territories and israel on aljazeera dot com this page right there u. S. Jerusalem move all the latest where you want to head to for the latest information and youll find a jerusalem tab on the home page thats al jazeera dot com a medical aid Group Estimates at least nine thousand died in mean more in just one month earlier this year almost seven thousand of them in Violent Attacks by troops Doctors Without Borders says almost seven hundred children were among those killed during the military crackdown which started in august but meehan mars government is painting a very different story as mohammed general reports. Doctors without borders estimate that nine thousand role hinge a died in the month that followed the start of the military crackdown in me and more which began in late august most of the rohinton who died were killed violently. The estimate contrasts sharply with me and mars government total it said four hundred refugees were killed that month Doctors Without Borders says their estimate is conservative and the actual total is likely to be far higher we have published the most conservative fake arish we had its. And if you look at the surf a. V. Ditz he interviewed more than Twelve Thousand people which were venom the sample from a fellatio six out of thousands they have heard stories of complete families which were killed so the belief that yes this number is about the belief is the lower range and our saying its actually higher in reality the Doctors Without Borders report states that at least nine thousand rohinton died mostly violently in iraq and state between august twenty fifth and september twenty fourth some of these atrocities according to the refugees we talked to are commits its by military by police by local military forces and nation if that will and we still talk to people who have just arrived in the last few weeks who are still tilting abouts firelands which affected them in the last two weeks so this is only going at least six hundred twenty thousand roll him to refugees fled to bangladesh from morocco and state since fighting started between me and more Government Security forces and rohinton gunman on august twenty fifth. Army commanders in me and maher say troops responded to coordinated attacks on border posts by a rebel armed group theyve consistently maintained no what trost of these were committed the u. N. However has called the armys actions against the rohinton a campaign of ethnic cleansing. Research by Doctors Without Borders also reveals at least seven hundred thirty rohinton children below the age of five years old were violently killed in that first month. The seeing these numbers are staggering doing it helps or if it is will spark off a General Health survey in them before the realized what the finding spare the simply couldnt sit on this information while me and more in bangladesh signed an agreement last month for the return of hundreds of thousands of rohinton refugees few details of the deal have been revealed. Well aljazeera is Virtual Reality team and Amnesty International have sought a Virtual Reality three sixty film showing they were just plights forced to flee its called it was shot in late october in bengal deaths which is now home to more than six hundred twenty thousand refugees who fled with the un called ethnic cleansing in neighboring manned mars Rakhine State since late august so in this immersive film which youll find on our website you can get a glimpse off the scale off the crisis just had to aljazeera dot com and search for Virtual Reality. Moving to state elections in india that are having a big impact on National P