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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR January 25, 2018

Sixty minutes. If you have seven years of war in syria the u. N. Tries again to bring both sides to the table. New evidence of abuse by men miles military a former u. S. Diplomat quits an Advisory Panel on the right into a crisis. And the old truck arrives in switzerland bringing his America First agenda to the World Economic forum in davos. And im far a small have all the latest sports news including top seed small know how and puts on a compelling find back to reach our first ever Australian Open final or showcase former world number one Caroline Murphy at. The new military front opened by turkey in the syrian war could further complicate un backed peace talks in vienna. For the past six days takis been attacking y p g Kurdish Forces in the Northern Syrian region of frame they want to push the fight who they say a terrorist out from the area and create a buffer zone along the border the u. N. Special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks comes at a very critical time in the conflict. Joins us now live from vienna so whats been happening so far well the u. N. Envoy to fundamental has been closed in a meeting with the Syrian Government delegation theyve been in there for about two and a half hours now. Talks that are needed direct even proximity talks at the moment while the government defend them is meeting in this building well across the street the opposition. Should be coming here later in the afternoon once the first meeting is over but as you said earlier yesterday the funding mr when he landed here said that these were critical talks we heard just same thing from the head of the opposition delegation who did say that these were not only critical but this talks that these this latest round would actually show who is serious and who is not serious about trying to start these negotiations which basically have been at the deadlock for now three years whats going to be discussed in these talks with the two different sides. Well if you listen to the opposition they say they want to tackle. The rewriting of the constitution and setting a timetable for president ial elections but the indications coming out of the Syrian Government are completely different they have indicated they actually have nothing on the agenda for this round of talks theyre here to they say to express their discontent. Theyre not happy about the report he gave to the u. N. Security council after the last round of talks in geneva in mid december they say that they felt that that report was biased against the Syrian Government so they basically here to hear they basically here to listen. To or has to say for himself if you recall after the last round of talks was lasted about two weeks the fundamental expressed his frustration and sort of squarely blamed the failure of those talks on the Syrian Government saying that they did not want to tackle any of the core issues here at stake saying that the Syrian Government was only concentrating for two weeks on the issue of terrorism and he then at the time had said the whole world is facing terrors terrorism is an issue in syria as well but thats not what the delegation should be talking about as a priority ok many thanks for that update from vienna her until her maid for more now on who controls wont. Go pitter. The battery map of the Syrian Civil War has changed dramatically over the past year seemingly shifting the balance of power this is what syria looked like a year ago fractured between various sides Syrian Government areas are marked in red their opposition areas in green the kurds in yellow at the top and i saw in brown there fast forward to now and the Syrian Government has managed to expand its control over much of the country and i saw has been pushed out into these tiny pockets the rebels have been further squeezed into the west in a blip and some other parts like these pockets around camp of damascus in eastern gota and the Palestinian Refugee camp yarmouk which is split between various sides but whats of real concern is eastern guta with the Syrian Government along with this russian our eyes have intensified the airstrikes since november the regime has also titan is nearly five year long siege with devastating consequences for some four hundred thousand People Living there now the kurds theyre in control of these big chunks of territory in the north Kurdish Group the y p g is facing turkish air and ground offensive in northwest in offering ankara considers Kurdish Groups in syria terrorists turkey is also training its eyes now on mine big in the east to push kurdish dominated Syrian Democratic forces east of the a free distributor in an attempt to further secure its borders and that might make the complex war of syria even more complicated because the s. D. F. Is backed by turkeys nato ally the u. S. In its fight against eisel. In kabul as director of policy analysis at the Doha Institute he says not much is expected to come out of these talks as all attention is focused on the upcoming meeting on syria organized by russia in sochi. The russians want to bring most of the syrian parties actually to this which conference the believe that they can actually having some sort of consensus among syrians on two things. Number one is a new constitution which will be of the way for president ial and parliamentary elections in syria and that hopefully will be leading actually to ending the conflict and establishing the way forward for political solution and the people who are going to be invited are many more than those actually attending in geneva because in geneva we are having mainly the Syrian Regime on the one hand and we are having the high and High Commissioner for negotiation on the other hand but the High Commission of negotiation it includes in fact people from from what is called the we are the group that. We have so many groups anyway what they are being presented in this to begin talks anyway but why we are not expecting much to come out of this talks actually because we dont have the major powers actually putting bush i was on their clients in order to give Something Special you are talking here about the russians and the iranians i dont think that russians and the iranians want to see progress in in vienna or in geneva they want to see it in fact in a stand in. Quips and international Advisory Panel tax crisis calling it a whitewash Bill Richardson was a former close friend. He resigned from the group as it was making its first trip to russia state where violence has forced more than seven hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh he says his decision to quit followed a lengthy argument. A meeting on monday i was very. Distressed right down reaction to my point this issue of journalists being treated fairly and rapidly. And that brought almost an explosion on her part. Saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a member of the Advisory Board and the very Heated Exchange that we had i dont want to be part of a whitewash. And i felt as best that i resign immediately. Military is accused of using gang rape as part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against the rand Rights Groups say the attacks occurred during a recent crackdown in Rakhine State in which as many as seven thousand people have been killed stratford reports from cars you palang refugee camp in bangladesh. The sisters fifteen and seventeen years old say myanmar Army Soldiers tied them to trees and gang raped them the eldest Sister Sister lost consciousness was the second man began to prove a lie so. The army surrounded our house she says my sister and i were in the bathroom the soldiers burstein and drank this outside seven men raped me she says passers by found them unconscious and still tied to the just it took us fifteen days to walk to the bangladesh border. Rights groups say that the myanmar army used gang rape as part of its Ethnic Cleansing Campaign that killed thousands of people and destroyed their homes in Rakhine State they also say that myanmars Case Highlights massive floors in the International Criminal Justice System and there are questions being asked as to whether the interests of powerful countries like china could jeopardize myanmar ever fully been cool to account gathering evidence in myanmar is almost impossible at the moment. The myanmar government has banned the uns top human rights investigator from entering the country me and my has made a very big mistake in banning myself and also a Fact Finding Mission and other investigative teams to going in because this is exactly what the world needs to to see and hear from is the first hand reports from persons like myself and others Rights Groups say the Un Security Council should refer to the International Criminal court in the hague but the i. C. C. Only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and myanmar is not a signatory getting myanmar an i. C. C. Referral in the Un Security Council would likely fail because of chinas power of veto chinas interests in myanmar a growing these include Oil Pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were drunk the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire. Al jazeera from the refugee camp run with the. On the new egypt marks seven years since the revolution that led to Hosni Mubaraks downfall plus. The plan to open up African Skies and make travel easier on the continent. And those poor north koreas womens Ice Hockey Team arrived in south korea for their first joint and then pick Training Session details coming up. Donald trump has brought his america agenda to the World Economic forum in davos compensated to hold a meeting with british Prime Minister to resign may north korea syria and iran are expected to be on the agenda on friday trump will address to the Economic Forum even before his planned speech telling the president that cooperation is better than isolation i hope people send a message of course it will be America First but if you could add on but not alone or but America First we need cooperation with the rest of the world or whatever that could be nice because i think Everybody Needs to realize whether you are a leader from a small or medium size of the contras that you cant achieve what you want. The world faced with a lot of challenges. Which can only be solved in the Close International cooperation. James bays is in davos and joins us now james will trump be bringing that message that people there want to hear. Well i think thats the big question what is going to be trumps message which trumpet we going to hear here in davos because the gathering so far has been pretty much what you expect here in davos the normal agenda the normal rhythm of meetings between politicians and Business Leaders very much stressing Global Values and global trade are we going to get a President Trump a sometimes weve seen the case is very scripted who is following the script to fit the occasion weve seen that on some of the International Trips that the president has said has made or are we going to see the President Trump of the inauguration a year ago talking America First certainly when hes been tweeting he says hes coming here to drum up trade for america were hearing about this sales person in chief well thats not something that i think is going to offend anyone here but i still think therell be some that find it a little uncomfortable because davus is not supposed to be a massive world trade fair game here is he meeting whats on his agenda. Well he arrived here a couple of hours ago arrived from the states on air force one to zurich and flew here on marine one and the first person is going to is going to meet is actually speaking as i speak inside the hall behind me and thats the u. K. Prime minister to resign may work shes finished the speech in the hall here shell be having a meeting with President Trump and then its on to a meeting shortly after that with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that will be obviously worth watching given the current poor state of the socalled Peace Process because its really not moving anywhere at the moment President Trump said he could get a peace deal in the middle east but of course his administrations actions are making that look harder than at any recent time particularly with the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital and the recent decision to cut the funding that they normally give to the u. N. Agency that deals with Palestinian Refugees under ok james and for the moment thanks very much. Egypts last main opposition candidate for the president ial election in march has withdrawn from the race made the announcement just as present or fattah elsisi filed his nomination papers on tuesday former army chief of staff sami alarian was arrested days after announcing his candidacy. All this indicators were pointing towards plain intentions to poison and corrupt the entire operation and to evacuated from its presumed democratic meaning and to push us into spaces which we are not able to handle we are honored to not participate and the twenty fifth of january marks the seventh anniversary of the egyptian revolution that brought down president Hosni Mubarak first met spoke to some of the people who were there seven years ago. I chance of down with mubarak wanted been enough to earn a beating from egypts Security Services but on january twenty fifth twenty eleven the police made only half hearted attempts to stop hundreds of thousands of egyptians packing Tahrir Square in cairo to demand the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak i will Rahman Farris and i have joined those protests seven years ago for what. We used to say that the revolution is coming it was our drink to change the regime through revolution weve been protesting for years but it was only ever a few dozen one hundred people so the right team considered us a bunch of children. For three weeks mubarak clung to power he fired cabinet ministers and promised reforms but he refused to meet the main demands of the now millions of protesters nationwide were not moving they have to move. Democracy needs a change of these police. And most International Says more than eight hundred forty people were killed during the revolution. As once friendly governments from the u. S. And europe abandon the barrack the eighty two year old autocrat was isolated. One finally on february eleventh twenty eleven mubarak resigned and handed over power to the military im up i am. You know what then after the office would have feeling i lost my voice i kept saying the people have overthrown the regime that it was a dream that came true i felt we had Something Like a mini democracy and i felt competition between parties then sisi came egypts post revolution euphoria didnt last long its first democratically elected leader lasted just twelve months. The muslim brotherhoods Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by abdel fattah elsisi. Ccs now president and standing for reelection for a second term in march just like mubarak hes crackdown on dissent and silenced rivals and on the anniversary of that revolution Tahrir Square has been sealed off just in case

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