And a welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead. Israels Prime Minister hosts the u. S. Vice president as palestinians boycott his visit over trumps jerusalem declaration. Ending the trip by violence and the fallout from the sex abuse scandal pope francis says goodbye to pollute after holding mass a Million People plus. In the far east of indonesia is facing a Serious Health crisis im stuck reporting from the us market region in the south of where children die because of undernourishment and measles outbreak. Russia has for the first time weighed in on turkeys offensive in Northern Syria that it may not accept as plans to create a buffer zone but his operation in a free district is now in its third day. Thats trying to push out why b. G. Fighters and create a socalled safe zone thirty kilometers deep to protect its border russia which is on the Opposing Side of turkey in the syrian war says its keeping a close eye on developments and its emphasize the importance of syrias territorial integrity the biggest hurdle for turkey are the kurdish y p g fighters though theyre affiliated to the Syrian Democratic forces who are backed by the u. S. They have also spoken out saying the turkish offensive is a slap in the face given the success they have had in fighting isis. Were going to get a lot more on this were joined by our correspondent rory chalons hes standing by for us in the russian capital with reaction but first lets go to Stephanie Decker because she is on the turkish Syrian Border so what is the latest that youre hearing about whats happening in a free and stephanie. Well from our position in the last hour or so theres been. Heavy shelling and artillery fire that we can hear from where we are in the distance so it gives you an indication of sort of you know the intensity of Turkeys Campaign its been from the air even though today the jets that weve heard certainly on this far less because as you can see its pretty hazy day syrias just a couple of kilometers further down from us and also a ground offensive which started yesterday so you have Free Syrian Army fighters backed by turkish troops that have entered not just in syria but theyve crossed the border from turkey into syria from just further out from we are to the west and also to the north and i just briefly we spoke to some sources from our freend who said that people are resilient that theyre not scared they said some women and children had managed to go to aleppo which is under government control others told us that the y. P. Do reluctant to let people leave because they are fearful that turkey will completely flattened the city if everyone leaves but they said that turkey was basically using the f. S. A. These are the Syrian Rebels to be their front line because its going to be such an intense battle so you see sort of the sentiment on both sides but certainly the indication that were getting here from what weve been hearing throughout the day is it is a very very intensive and active campaign and have said that have painted what they are doing as even something. Of a liberation of the people and they say that. I know it has been hard to get information for civilians but do we have a death toll and people. Able to if they do want. The i just mentioned so a few people have been able to leave to government controlled areas but there is a reluctance in a way to let people leave. Because theyre afraid from what were being told the white says that turkey will flatten this city some people are being steadfast and want to stay but of course there is a sort of psychological element to this elizabeth that you just listen to the sounds of war that were hearing if youre in these villages it will be pretty terrifying i would imagine we are also being told that some civilians are sort of hiding in caves because of the intensity of whats going through there and also being told that theres sort of a. Random shelling method even though turkey will tell you that it is targeting specific positions im not sure of if the microphone is picking up those sounds you can still hear that artillery going on so yes of course its a difficult situation for the civilians turkey men tains its not targeting them in doing that all smoke most to protect but the latest figures we have is a fourteen dead twelve civilians and two why p. G. Fighters and that is coming from kurdish sources stephanie thank you very much for that from al that stephanie deck and with the latest from the turkish Syrian Border lets go over the challenges now hes joining us live from moscow what are the russians saying. About whats happening in a very. Well the russians like the americans i think finding the developing battle sphere in Northern Syria incredibly complex and the russians like the americans trying to balance various different. Partners so the russians have you know fairly decent relations of course at the moment with the turks with. The Syrian Government all of those entities are actively hostile in greater or lesser extent to each other so basically the big question that the russians are still not answering is how much permission they gave to the turks for this operation there was a high level delegation since moscow last week. Chief of staff of the armed forces and the intelligence boss came here to moscow and the assumption is that they were seeking essentially russian permission for the operation to begin we dont know how much permission was given by moscow but we assume that as this operation did begin in some capacity that the russians or at least have been you know they believe approving of it the russians are saying that they are basically against any kind of turkish sorry kurdish separatism and they have accused the americans of encouraging kurdish separatism so basically the russians at the moment are stuck in a slightly difficult position of wanting to give as much permission as they can to the turks keeping contacts with ankara about this not so upset seeing their delicate relations with the kurds and of course also men taining their Firm Alliance with the Syrian Government and thats not an easy task in the moment or not at all and elsewhere because this isnt of course the only thing that is happening in syria today the russians saying they are concerned about that turkish incursion into Northern Syria but they are also keeping a close eye on that new front being opened up by the Syrian Government in edler province. So since what most people have been calling the essential defeat. The end of last year the attention is turns towards the groups in italy province which are affiliated will with al qaida now theyve gone by various names over the years that used to be called al nusra the syrian army basically says that it has surrounded the the main parts of the group of fighters formerly called al nusra in an area to the east of the main highway that links aleppo with the cities further south like damascus and how much russia says that the surrounding of these Group Fighters in this area of eastern the is basically the beginning of the push to eliminate them and it says that its helping the Syrian Army Forces and the militias that have been operating alongside the Syrian Military with that task and of course this is part of a wider push by the Syrian Military to take on the remaining rebel groups that are in that province the largest of the rebel provinces still left or right laurie thank you very much for that that is roy challenge joining us live with all the very latest from moscow thank you. But dont move on to other news now u. S. Vice president mike pence is an israel for talks with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu the visit is being boycotted by palestinians angry at the u. S. Declaration on jerusalem well pence is the most senior american official to visit jerusalem since the u. S. Announced its decision to move the Israeli Embassy there the city status is a key point of contention in the middle east Peace Process well this is what pence had to say soon after meeting netanyahu. By the great author. Be. Israels capital jerusalem. Following over its a story this is. Probably the. Only. Reason we were in the. United states and israel. For coming challenges but also i would forward. To speaking with you here over the river. While the tribal jerusalem declaration has also forced pens to change the focus of his visit originally it was meant to highlight the persecution of christians in the middle east and featured meetings with christian leaders but those leaders canceled the meetings joining the International Condemnation of the announcement. Mike pence would be the one to take office of president donald trump. Or be impeached penances one of israels staunchest allies in the white house he stood behind trump when he when the president declared that jerusalem was the capital of israel a pending decades of u. S. Foreign policy measure reason for that is the fact that pence as a developed event jellicoe question he belongs to a section of evangelicals that believes jerusalem must be under jewish control as a step towards the Second Coming of jesus christ part of that belief is that all jews will then convert to christianity or face certain death. While palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is in brussels to ask the European Union for support e. U. Foreign policy chief federico and european Foreign Ministers will be meeting him soon he wants them to recognize the state of palestine in light of the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Clearly there is a problem with. Say this is a very diplomatic euphemism. The european states well us all be out of work and so the United Nations system such. Still continues to believe that the only black magic realistic solution for jerusalem has to come from god and negotiations and has to be the capital of the state. We will continue to work to support them International Framework well to the u. S. Now where hundreds of thousands of federal employees will have to stay at home on monday as the Government Shutdown extends into the working week money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday after the senate failed to pass a funding bill a new vote on the spending plan is due in the coming hours and cost or is following developments from washington d. C. The shutdown of the u. S. Government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was down when Senate Democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached a group of bipartisan centrist senators have been working behind closed doors to reach that compromise so far whats been discussed is a temporary measure to reopen the government until february eighth and then to address immigration that may be a hard pill for democrats to swallow they see this as their opportunity to leverage the budget in order to help the eight hundred thousand young undocumented immigrants hold dreamers who were brought to this country illegally as children meanwhile u. S. President donald trump one time said he wished to help illegal lives those young people has now in recent days turned back on that stance playing to his base and saying he wants a harder stance on immigration with these shifting stances and with the finger pointing. From trumps account on twitter it remains to be seen when and if a compromise to reopen the federal government will occur well thousands of women gathered at a football stadium in las vegas on the second day of global demonstrations against inequality. The rallies are also being held to mark one year since the u. S. President s inauguration many are denouncing Donald Trumps views on issues like immigration abortion and l g b t rights we have plenty more ahead including. Liberia swears and george where as president we look at the challenges facing the office. Parliament speaker has proposed. To as the candidate to form the regions new government the nomination comes as arrived in denmark despite threats from spain that he would be detained there on sunday spain state prosecutors said it was very issue an arrest warrant for if he leaves belgium the former president of katarina fled to brussels and of toba after his Regional Government declared independence from spain in a referendum ruled illegal by madrid. Now former football star george way is set to be sworn in as liberias president hes replacing a Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson sirleaf who led the west african nation for twelve years with reports from monrovia on the challenges ahead. Liberias president elect arrives one last set of. The mood here is celebrate. But many believe it would be. The story from outgoing president Ellen Johnson sirleaf to the weak. But the challenges she leaves behind are you. On employment its going to be a key issue to resolve. And the conditions are not pretty it is all able to find his feet. Within the First Six Months he will lose attention. Of the International Development community hell lose attention of Global Capital and he will lose the interest of a largely impatient voting base. The youth form one of weirs biggest voting bloc in the last election and this group is largely unskilled and impatient for change he told us opening up the rural areas is a huge priority for. The recipe. But there are several and resolved issues that are equally picking for attention education electricity industrialization and National ReconciliationEllen Johnson sirleaf may have stabilized postwar liberia but like most developing countries it still struggles with the twin problems of corruption and under Development One hundred seventy years after it was founded when jordan where takes the also office of the twenty fifth president of liberia on these grounds is supporters and one of so fun sixty percent of liberias budget will be watching closely to see how he discharges his responsibilities the first will be who he appoints interest cabinet because with that we have been branded as inexperienced he needs to put his best foot forward he needs a strong minister files that can send a message to the local and International Economic players that liberia is capable of doing business. Georgia where its taking off is months after International Donors have started scaling down operations in liberia which means the country sees less. But some liberian states time they take their destiny in their own hands. For now placed on the great point is not clear how long the bill would last or how soon the impatience will set comedy aljazeera. Has led a final massively remembering his six day tour of south america to an end while he was welcomed by millions of catholics in chile and over his troops being overshadowed by sex abuse cases in both countries. Reports from labor. More than a Million People joined pope francis for his farewell mass. The last time proving prayed with the pope was nearly thirty years ago here that now. Since the popes visit was inspirational when theyre mostly in bangor landing its been such a wonderful emotion for me you have no idea how much ive cried. Peruvians followed eighty one year old francis from the amazon in the south to the beach front mass in one chuckle in the north. Many like Seventy Eight year old. Made long journeys to see the pope. I believe in the holy father though i suffer from my back i made the effort travelling twenty four hours by bus im happy. Francis dont prove years to not forget the poor. A society that doesnt accept those who suffer compassion toward suffering is cruel and inhumane. The argentine born pontiff. Criticised corruption in latin america he urged Indigenous People to protect the un and condemned Human Trafficking and crimes against women but said nothing about sex abuse by the clergy. Overshadowed by the sex scandals. With. Both the revolutionary and the defending him. In chile at least ten churches were burned more than eighty people were arrested for protesting the abuses by the clergy but the pope defended bishop. Who victims say covered up abuses. Then i will talk there is not one piece of proof against him its clear. The pope is under a lot of pressure. For not saying anything about this but following up on. The pope. While the pontiff drew huge crowds during his visit the victims of abuse say the pope missed a chance to bring them some peace and comfort. But. Democrats have given the green light to form. Conservatives. Approve the step at a conference on being unable to form a government actions last September Donna cain reports. It was a vote with profound implications for the social democrats for germany and perhaps the e. U. By a clear but not necessarily large majority Martin Schulze now