Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240714

You know dying extreme weather pushes the Mississippi River to record levels taking a heavy toll on. Plus. East meets west of chinese shell the monks make an entrance into an american style wrestling ring. We got the usual case of sunshine and showers across Southeast Asia malaysia seeing some lively downpours once again some rather wet weather also making its way to central and southern parts of the philippines because showers likely to be congregating into this part of the region some heavy showers there across northern parts of borneo rather humid another close one there in bangkok temperatures around 35 celsius but it should stay dry was a chance of an afternoon shower lousy dry to into indonesia 31 celsius in that dry weather stretching data across much of australia still got some nasty showers just rattling through that southeastern corner and we will see some blustery showers coming through here possibility of some snow is this weather system just slides across adelaide melbourne over towards the high ground and thats where we could see the right really turning to snow top temperature of around 11 celsius there for melbourne in that brisk southwesterly wind quite a gnostic feel to conditions there its tasmania to see some snow here over the Higher Ground elsewhere across australia said largely dry 1819 degrees there for perth over the next couple of days that isnt snow also making its way towards the south all of new zealand but largely dry for now to the north. A battle rages over the country. With activists inviting farms stealing livestock and intimidation from one when they. Have these tacked on to from 0. 0. 3. Good to have you with us on aljazeera these are our top stories more than 120 rebels and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 2 days thats according to the syrian observatory for human rights they were fighting for control of a village in Hama Province which is now under the governments control. Turkey says its received a 1st shipment of the russian s. 400. 00 Missile Defense system the u. S. Wont turkey that it could face sanctions over the purchase. And head on has called the u. K. s decision to detain its oil tanker walks near gibraltar last week an illegal and dangerous game police have arrested the ships chief officer and captain. Fell west African Leaders are gathering in ivory coast to plan the rollout of a single shared currency would mean 8 former french colony has given up their use of a currency known as the c. F. A. From it was created and problems of 1945 its used by 14 african nations in tucson. One in west africa including senegal ivory coast mali and 13 a fossil and 6 others in Central Africa including japan and chad the currency is pegged to the euro and has the financial backing of the french treasury and return funds home 50 percent of the Foreign Exchange reserves of member countries are supporters of the same system say it provides economic stability but critics say its a relic of french colonialism and that it restricts growth well lets get more on this leisure and buy a correspondent with address he is live in abidjan so how are people there feeling about this hour with especially given the challenges of launching a new currency by next year. Well for many of the west African Leaders there is enthusiasm but a lot of businesses are adopting a wait and see approach basically a lot of them are wondering about whether or not big economies like nigeria ivory coast and ghana will simply join without much hassle and of course theyre also worried about what influence the french will try to continue to exert on a single currency are they going to push more west African Leaders not to abandon this year and throw more spotters in the works this is issues that people are looking at but already some businesses are actually looking at the possibility of expanding their business is trying also to see whether or not the new currency will facilitate trade across borders right now trade among member countries of the Economic Community of west african states. Of course the new currency facilitate that process and that they can sell more in the west african region in terms of production and produce the products that produce. Roasted coffee beans are ready for processing at this plant on the ask. The factory is just one west African Business looking to cash in on the regions effort to liberalize trade. The blood donor says having a single currency will be good for business. There are different currencies in the region transactions among mean the countries is difficult right now but having a single currency makes trading a loss easier any regional leaders have been pushing to integrate they kind of ease they believe they are no closer to having a single currency than at any time but there are obstacles. To the level of Economic Development differs from one country to another for example the economies of nigeria ghana i cant give walk so smaller countries will simply drag the more advanced economies just like europe we all produce Raw Materials and import most of our needs there is little imports among member nations the c. F. A. Is one of west africas major caresses its a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa. Negotiations for the single currency bottled after the euro have been on the way for 30 years the implementation of the i called west africas proposed single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is sin by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. While businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 50 but nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year now. This is what leaders 15 leaders from west africa are going to talk about theyre trying to finalize the details of this agreement and a lot of businesses a lot of economists are watching closely at the meeting today and see what the outcome will be will they really push hard for this take up rule out of the single currency next year or will they still be having problems remember this currency has been postponed 3 times before. Well thank you for that as i cause fondant our address live and thank you now the u. N. Secretary general says the world has not done enough to help mozambique after 2 successive side clones killed hundreds of people and tony has appealed for more aid for miles off the sidelines kenneth devastated much of the region he says its clear these disasters a caused by Climate Change the storms flattened cities and villages leaving more than a 1000000 people homeless. And the u. S. President has approved federal. Hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of funding storms and floods residents are putting sandbags outside their properties or theyre leaving town and barry is expected to make landfall on saturday now the Mississippi River which runs through new orleans was already at record levels before the nations rains hit engineers have put measures in place to protect communities but as the clock reports that have an impact on the environment. The medical Mississippi River a crucial area of commerce which drains 41 percent of the entire United States this year its exceeded all records the volume of water down its course swallowed by extreme spring rains and snow melt upstream the mississippi has never been this high for this long it is unprecedented and everyone who lives in new orleans that puts their trust in the levee system which protects the city from flooding while upstream the engine is well they try and ease the pressure. And theyve done that with the rare opening of the pony carriage spillway built in the 9030s to dock colossal quantities of water away from the main river in times of high flood you know but of just about 12 times in its history this is actually the 1st year that its been opened twice in the same calendar year so this is really one of the one of the longest floods on record the spillway will remain open until the end of july but theres a problem its upset the ecological balance of the Mississippi Sound diluting the mix of fresh and so water with devastating effect to coastal businesses now were starting to see the repercussions which are you know oysters die and the shrimp are moving we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins are you know dying the turtles are die and we have a lot of salt water species now that are being affected heavily due to the rise of the river west it is a multimillion dollar industry here in St Bernard Parish but its sitting duck landings it down up to 80 percent the fishermen source of income has been all but destroyed and this is a very big impact this is the worst impact that this community has ever seen i mean weve weve been through katrina where weve been completely wiped off the map weve been through. Weve been through a lot in this community watched over the years in my life this Community Come and go but this is the worst that ive ever seen avar. Now business is it demanding that the federal government step in with emergency funding. So that everything is dead. Go back out there make no money or throughout their. Day near the help of the fear is with changing weather patterns this could become the new normal you might save the city from flooding that it cost to a multimillion dollar industry. Aljazeera new orleans louisiana. Brazilian president john bolton are always being accused of nepotism after nominating one of his sons to the post of ambassador to the United States eduardo boards and now says hes prepared to resign from his poll position in congress of the nominations approved but a federal judge says this will be a violation of the constitution the president s critics say the move shows that his family has too much influence in politics. Now the american journalist Glenn Greenwald says hes facing Death Threats and calls for his deportation from brazil after publishing incriminating Text Messages from the Justice Minister when he was working as a federal judge greenwald was questioned over over the leaks this week by a Congressional Committee he says they show this is your more improperly advised prosecutors in the corruption trial which jailed former president reason asiri latest silver model has question the authenticity and says they were obtained by criminal means. Theres been a very concerted relatively sophisticated and well funded campaign to disseminate the information designed to create a Public Perception that im actually a criminal i think in anticipation of the possibility of taking some action against me that will then at least have a degree of popular public support now japan and south korea have held talks to resolve a worsening trade dispute tokyo has restricted the export of materials used in manufacturing smartphones and memory chips to seoul raising concerns for the south korean economy and the global tech supply chain japanese officials said the restrictions of because south korea is failing to control the export of sensitive materials to north korea has denied that demanding evidence and a u. N. Investigation found the salami has the latest from tokyo. Well its not so good news to the south korean makers todays meeting basically it was just a briefing by both countries on their position. Announced at the end of this meeting which ended in behind me in the trade Ministry Today they say that this meeting is basically not a negotiating meeting its just to explain and stance on this issue and in fact. This may think it was a working level but it was a very small working level meeting just 2 south korean officials met with 2 counterparts from the japanese trade minister and so picture says it all its a very small meeting and they explained to south korea that the country is now out of what socalled white countries least this allows japan to export its high Tech Technologies to countries on this list without any restrictions and now south korea is on its way to be exempted from this list so from now on Japanese Companies are not allowed to export their high tech abroad south Korean Companies without certain rules on sale september seizures now a professional Sports Companies charge in china is trying to combine traditional martial arts with american style Pro Wrestling aria into a wrestling entertainment has trained a shell and monkeys to perform in the very thing that a ska training here reports from shanghai not everyone is convinced by the east meets west experiment. This is not what the op than expected to do here i after almost 2 decades of strict country trying. But hes not complete the 30 year old is the budding star of oriental wrestling entertainment oh dont be chinas oncet to american and wrestling thanks to the chinese audience its this ruthless. Wrestling ring is worlds away from the familiar silence of the shelling temple. 2 years after its introduction here the sport is starting to win over fans and you dont see young men like this nowadays there so it isnt yet so powerful i like their strong physics not everyone however is convinced the english i dont think is kind of why i think it would be too popular in china we chinese prefer to watch. While its not the only fighting style used by the wrestlers kung fu is central to the sport. Many of those taking part trained as shallow monks who were created from martial arts schools in ancient china is doing strange and moss a lot of protect their communities from bandits and other running these days its more of a hobby but these men say professional wrestling has given them a new way to turn that person into a career. As an actor as well as a wrestler he says his goal is to become the eastern equivalent of progress that turned Hollywood Star doing the rock johnson. Was a usually very big and a full of power we are smaller but have the vendors of who we are also fresh flexible conjunct hard. Critics say oriental wrestling entertainment strays too far from chinas comfy culture but organizers say it puts a contemporary spin on the tradition and brings it to a wider audience says. We need to nurture educate and train the audience is a complex mission even if we dont succeed we die trying. To hopes guest wrestlers from the United States and japan will boost the groups popularity and international profile. But with other progressive leaks popping up around the country its the have a fight and. Shanghai. Hello again all of those are the product in doha but the headlines on aljazeera more than 120 rebels and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours thats according to the syrian observatory for human rights they were fighting for a village in Hama Province which is now in the government control there in the hall there has moved from beirut. Was under the governments control the rebels launched an offensive took control of the area and the government recaptured the village this has been happening for 11 weeks now a war of attrition the front lines have been changed there is a stalemate the opposition is making it extremely difficult and costly for the Syrian Government and its allies to advance late april the truce collapsed and the government went on this offensive they havent taken much ground theyve taken a number of towns but thats it. Turkey says its received the 1st shipment of the russian s 400. 00 Missile Defense system the u. S. Has warned turkey that it could face sanctions over the deal and that it wont be allowed to purchase its f. 35 fighter jets ted allen has called the u. K. s decision to detain its oil tanker in waters near gibraltar last week an illegal and dangerous game police have arrested the ships chief officer and captain under suspicion of breaking un sanctions by transporting oil to syria. A 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in of ghana stan killing 5 people and injuring dozens more the attack happened in the Eastern Province of longer her no group has claimed responsibility u. S. President often trump has approved federal resources to the state of louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans is still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods and barry is expected to make landfall on saturday west African Leaders are gathering in ivory coast to plan the roll out of a single shared currency thats part of a plan to strengthen regional ties and boost trade the move would mean 8 former french colonies and give up their use of a decades old currency which is backed by france well those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us one o one east is coming up next. As iraq rebuilds itself following millions of conflict women struggle to play a bigger role politically and Domestic Violence also remains a problem. Some of the brave women battling abuse talk to al jazeera about the struggles they face and their pursuit of justice. On farms across australia a battle is on. Activists are demanding that fama stop grazing animals for human consumption. But their tactics are controversial. Trespassing on Agricultural Properties stealing livestock and intimidating fondness for college how do you sleep at night. As tensions rise one on one extend best against the bitter divide over stray his farm animals. Its just before dawn and in a strange his Southern City of melbourne and activists are gathering. Who also a very early. Christian leader is about to lead more than 100. 00 people in a protest that would disrupt the city all in the name of Animal Rights and the environment Animal Agriculture is a leading cause of Climate Change is just showing up on a completely site is about making it clear this is an emergency or brings you out here farm animals here would condemn them to a lot of slavery a lot of mystery and exploit them for our genes to put it this would have the power to do so. Or tried to. And she has a lot of. She needed anything. To back it all pledging to peace but here we are were just ordinary people we have jobs people of all walks of watch want to stop eating animals. And. They guinns dont eat or use any animal products believing all living beings are equal. The ultimate aim of todays protest is to stop animal farming theyve been mobilized by a documentary which activists say was secretly filmed at Australian Farms and was just. As the sun begins to rise kristen rallies the troops for the days action it might feel a bit we dont know what to expect when we get there so i just try to stay. As long as we sat in the snow and. Wanted to continue his mount and. Meet. She leads a group of activists towards mobile and city center to the bottom of your property you stop and talk to. A group of about 300 people have managed to shut down the center of melbourne at pick out their police and their angry commuters the world is trying to go about their day but based protesters are planning to stay here for as long as they can. Some members of the public decide to take part in the protest i just spoke about really joining straight away when i saw what this was about. Unimpressed. Its absolutely stupid to get your point across to say that a moment of inconvenience is worth it. I think a little but. One thing it is doing is raising the profile of the Animal Rights movement what does this action make you think about the bacon movement. It does give us the presence of social saw from that perspective its worth. I dont know if theres just not a do or say no were making a stand of people already walking past is yelling and screaming at us so we bring in our just sweeping her. Voice answered with in the search you know whats on the red planet and birthday after. Everybody living below. Was that. Was. Kristen is one of 39 people arrested. In. The melbourne demonstration is one of 9 of them is taking place across the country today at abbott was and in public spaces like this one. They have heart of a string of controversial protests which have attracted the attention of the entire country including the Prime Minister who has called the actions against farmers and astray and i think starting to richard governments should. Ensure that the full force of the law is brought against the grain called political. And Animal Rights group called ozzie farms has been accused of encouraging these types of trespasses by publishing the addresses of animal farms and albatross in an online map outraged fama say its a breach of privacy endangering their animals homes and employees and demanding the map be taken down. That category 2 months after the math was published about 100 activists stormed this cattle feed lot and dairy farm in queensland in the countrys milk and if you are fed up i dont know what the protesters occupied the property for more than an hour filming and verbal the abusing the farmer and his family so how do you go about taking those you know those mothers right for them any time your mother if your mother how do you live with yourself or your son and i would feel with you from your mother your. 10 people were charged with trespass 8 were fined. Dorner is breaking at the keep the goats from about 2 hours drive from the opened. Its home to about 2000. Owner john commons is watching on as workers heard the animals into the milking pens. And moving couldnt hear. Them really. Were people going on. This dairy is part of his multimillion dollar business which produces goats milk to make yogurt cheese and baby formula its been the target of several Animal Rights protests. There not a risk i would think so they can get straight onto the property. To the little pitching your area and they larded animals in the park last december around 70 to spray came and stole 3 goats and a night. Out leaving a limping goats an angel youre going to help him you cannot come to get help people make a big deal out of it in 2000 gods angels had a sore foot. On if you have 2000 and of rituals with i dont care whether its people its coutts ok i was in not all of those 2000 a perfect day every time. Just because youve got a lead doesnt mean you havent been treated or under recovery. Unlike many farmers whove been targeted john decided to go public posting security footage of the raid online. A lot of farmers that weve spoken to here in this program have declined because theyre afraid of becoming a bigger target youve gone the opposite way why. Well we were one of the few families that. If you like at facebook or a media profile and you know we had. The ability to to fight back and to create some sort of public. Reaction to thats why we did a farm isnt a strategy are being. Hit and they have no ability to fight back and they annoyed me enough to fight back. Well this is a good hearing about this little one is only 4 or 5 because very early dice a pretty cute to be honest but it has come at a cost structure hold run yet john and his staff began receiving constant online abuse threats of violence and intimidating phone calls so he decided to close the farms popular cafe and petting zoo people would do that all day long used to give us a lot of pleasure you know you see half a dozen or dozen people lined up feeding the little guts or wanting to cuddle them thats very satisfying is a farmer who wants to be invaded them have your animal stalin and be the subject of a of slander on facebook. This is the old entryway into the typical. This is whats left of the come play this is whats left of the well this was the servery area and one approaches of converting it back to the mystic and you can see this still at the stereo signs there was a woman hard to wash off. Callers were telling the staff why are you working there youre youre abusing all these animals youre doing all these things wrong and you dont do that to your staff you know as employees we have responsibility one call it sticks and sometimes the threats got very personal a man rang me and he said joseph here listen here you piece. If this continues its going to be all about you were coming down to get you. 7 activists were charged in relation to the incident so far only one has been fined for a total of 2. 00. Was appalled by what happened i thought it was a total miscarriage of justice and never seem to signal to anybody that youre not allowed to come onto a farm and steal enemy. Kristen says she wasnt involved in the gieco tom incident but admits she stole when animals while trespassing on farms and an albatross. Some of them she now keeps in her backyard on the outskirts of melbourne. Those white ones here theyre called politicians by the industry so they were rescued from slaughter house 3 from one and one from a truck on the whites of this. So you would say that these animals have been rescued but the people youve taken from would say that youve stolen them all and i say to them here well i dont think you can steal a life when youre giving them sanctuary kristin told us she feels the tactics used by Animal Rights groups are confronting but necessary and how would you feel if a group of say 100 people came onto your property and started to walk through it and wouldnt leave when you asked them to find that intimidating aware of how dr silly fill in other odd funder intimidating i can say were people absolutely i can understand that people will feel confronted by that because you know this is their every day thing i do in there they just want to be in that mindset and were challenging that mindset but i feel like the. The end of check dave sed justifies that i feel like were not going to get there easily it is going to be some people who feel intimidated going to feel threatened by more calls more concerning behavior from the experience tony most of the National Farmers federation says Animal Rights activists have gone too far were going to a problem with people having the different views and different philosophies its when i force things and apply them to the Broader Community and expect the community to align with us he sees is where we run into problems he says farming is critical to the strain way of life and will stay that way if the side imbedded in the identity of you know whether thats the outback or whether thats hard work or whether thats. The bush you know its its still very inherent in all that we. You know tony if he feels 40 children by Animal Rights activists have played any role in helping improve the treatment of fan animals. We should call out bad he has no question about that and. Our industry has a responsibility to call out bad behavior and illegal behavior and that includes that illegal behavior includes breaking the law breaking into and trespass onto private property but how can anyone. Find out about these bad practices if they were legal actions dont take place thats a bit of a circular argument i mean we. Just outside melbourne we meet one man whos been speaking out against Animal Rights activism for years. Brian ahmed is a proud 2nd generation farmer but my mum and dad up the top but. In the early stages thats actually a photo of us the year we bought the farm for that only on the rock. Brians family run operation is just one supplier of the almost 17000000. 00 eggs a stray eat every day its a legacy he wants to leave to east children his daughters danielle and renee are taking over parts of the business including this cafe and a retail store one good thing about having 23 eggs in the morning youre right for the guy. Brian works in one of the most targeted areas of animal production caged egg farming hes had activists trespass on his property and one of his biggest concerns is that they could compromise his flock were going to need to put this on before we go into the shed this is for Fire Security security reasons because the health of our birth is most important. So if you get someone coming on to your farm tries to break into the shed and theyre not wearing Something Like this how much of a risk is it to your animals that thats a big risk because of the why weve got our boats halles if we end up with any bars in there its going to spread fairly quickly. There i live there is. A stunning has a Bad Reputation as compared to a range farming how do you try to counter that or look 1st of all theyre in cages to take them away from the feces they separated from their feces so that reduces the risk of disease we also put them in cages because were protecting them from the predators so what weve done is weve improved their welfare what about the animal activists i think that we shouldnt be using chickens lay eggs at all yeah well i guess thats their idea but as a farmer i would prefer to have food to feed everyone and i dont want to see families in a position where they havent bought food to feed the children. Or been the target for many places while being tried in modern us i have to grow a little bit of thick skin because there is a percentage of people that will never like what we do and i can accept that my concern is the real farmers which are our children we dont need to scare them away from the farm we need them for the future supply of food for people he says even though hes been sounding the alarm about activists trespassing on farms fiji is people are only now starting to Pay Attention the current tress pass laws are just too lenient i dont think anyone has the right to bright continuance probably if this continues were going to end up in a situation where someone will be hurt when you why cannot will not have a particular cells might be dangerous i mean most families have access to. When everythings going big thats a real possibility i think its a possibility i do and i think its important that the government steps in and does something about it now before Something Like that happens. Some activist tactics may be controversial but the number of people across the strain youre adopting a plant based diet is growing and theres an increasing number of businesses catering to them brands make sure as well hopefully the big and log was devised to get a straight back in mobile and i meet dan peny right dan runs a tour of the city which showcases the good businesses obviously well start with cody for a shop this venue has been here for probably a bad things but i have a months dislike ation is now the Worlds Largest completely vacant grocery store. The 1st stop is a visit to a shop that sells plant based cheeses and means a lot of the different maids base is probably the 1st place people. As far as anything that would generally have a chicken flavor to it whether i mean the chicken satire theyve got spring rolls of halves or in flavors in a as well. Your traditional australian make. Bridge or our next stop is a vegan shoe store where they sell do its made from a poly cotton blend miley cyrus actually just bought a bunch of the ive joined the tour just days after the demonstration in the city center and meet a new convert. Whos buying his 1st pair of shoes he says the protesters inspired him to watch the film they were promoting i thought id give it a shot but about half an hour in and after many tears. And disappointment in myself i guess i knew that my office was going to change for the better you know i was really upset at 1st but. But im grateful to the people that protested you know its very brave what they did so now youre going to become a vegan yeah yeah im going to try and move towards that yeah definitely thats why im here. Around here. Mike any glad to work week ends with a meal of the carrot hotdogs salads and falafel dan tells us how he sees these tools as a softer way to encourage people to join the cause through the good days. Of activism effectively we will show people in some of the best places or. The city. Where when these possible thats our personality and thats how we find that we have an impact on people do you agree with some of those tactics though of going to farmers properties here i dont necessarily disagree so this is your form of activism but youre not opposed to. Things like direct tax here were really broke community and people will take whatever approach search there and like if they do that i think the world needs all different types of paper to do activism in different ways. In the Northern City of brisbane this group is taking it to another level with a vegan activist masterclass workshop im going to be giving to the. Talk with nonbeing is about being as im. One on one or in groups as most of you know when you go viewer you initially get attacked by a bunch of people who are you going through so its all about how to deal with. The body language with a smile on your face and itll just make it a natural smile just just like when youre single. Its not important to not criticize for it away but a nice thing to be wrong so if you dont want that to be done so you dont do it to anyone else how do you respond to the. Question statement about why is it ok for. To think about the law why are we in the right to break ok lets try it well i think the most important thing to keep him keep in mind is that straight away can start with i understand why you feel you dont feel good about the fact that someone just passes and then you can bring up the fact that literally not a single being an active especially here in australia that i know off or that the media has talked about has actually occurred to lekota human being while trespassing. While activists refined their techniques nonindustry is feeling me thinks. Back down south we visit the town of bend the way the weekly cattle auction is taking place. Will always be you got to go live to church or call down body only to be told that nigel starck is a livestock agent who buys and sells cattle he says protests have put farmers on it this certainly been a lot more caution tike in the why stock are handled and the why stock presented species are the odds just to be going for love because no one wants to cause a bad impression when people come to say oh yes thats where the. Farmers are extremely passionate about what they do and the care i have for their animals and and the why they go about it. Another agent glenn ray says often reluctant to speak up farmers just want to get on with their jobs and do what they do really well and thats farm and its very busy its look theyre working 121416 hour days and supposin on a really strong course i dont know if its not the activists are more already group or what they are but its interesting the activists that they get a really strong voice which yeah it might be a pharmacy need to have that strong voice. And with their businesses under threat like john gum and say theyve got no choice but to dig in theres just an. And thats by strong naivety. Of the attack and. Cant help it can change or were just going to protect ourselves. Do you think that there is a future for animal ethical. Absolute right and. When do you think you would ever stop working on this issue. On Animal Rights. And then. I just cant i cant imagine never yeah i cant imagine. Unless we have a big world say no this is what you want to achieve a vegan world yet. With promise determined to continue their trade. And Animal Liberation activists determined to stop them. The battle over australia as farm animals shows no sign of letting up. A group with a fighting for the. Temple that has long been the exclusive domain of man one i want to investigate the battle of the calm centuries of scrimmage in india on al jazeera business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places together. Business updates brought to you by Qatar Airways going places together its my privilege to name aljazeera english the broadcaster of the year the country as a fighting each other and weve been told that we can still yes this is the largest demonstration thats been held by woman director g. s since over 700. 00 hit near me and some of our martyrs most of the fun of her career for them to think of a complete bust of him aljazeera english from recipient of the new york crystals gold coast of the year award for the safety of our. This is al jazeera. Hello and welcome to the aljazeera news are with means the whole raman live here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes turkey gets its 1st delivery of a russian made Missile System despite the concerns of its allies. Also 120 people are reported killed in the 48 hours that syrias army and its allies stepped up the fight for the last rebel stronghold. And south korea calls for an International Investigation as it fights off japanese allegations of breaking sanctions. And a single currency for all of west africa is now closer than ever well look at some of the challenges its facing. Im going to get your asco with all your sports has an epic tennis rivalry regimes with roger and rafa to maintain the wimbledon semifinalist. Welcome to the news hour its been threatened with sanctions by the u. S. And concern amongst its nato allies but turkey is not officially in possession of a controversial new russian Missile System the 1st shipment of the s 400 a Defense System was delivered to a military airfield in ankara few hours ago aboard a russian cargo plane turkeys expecting delivery of more parts over the next few days the launch vehicles each carry 4 long range missiles the u. S. Has warned it would cancel the f. 35. 00 fighter jet deal if turkey took delivery of the missiles. Well the s 400 will give turkey a significant advantage over its neighbors in terms of air cover the systems missiles can similar taney asli track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away the u. S. Is concerned that turkeys s 400 purchase will compromise the security of its f. 35 jets its a Stealth Fighter and its the backbone of u. S. And nato is future air power so turkeys already bought for and wants another 116 but the u. S. Believes russia may use the f. 400 system to collect Sensitive Data about the f. 35 so its a complicated story and consumers going to unravel it for a certainly from istanbul a simple real concern for the u. S. And perhaps some of those nato allies as we mentioned that the s 400 has arrived on turkish soil what more really do we know about the arrival the arrival of its parts and its final deployment. Well so hella so for 2 batches 1st of batches of those 400. 00 missiles have arrived in turkish capital ankara moved to a base which is formerly known as there can share based on a reading some media reports that suggest that missiles plus the loungers plus the radar system have arrived in those 2 batches after the rhetors were not expected in the 1st batch but it seems turkey has been urging gratia to provide the material as soon as possible because turkey also has a lot at stake in this and mediterranean and the Turkish Defense industry directorate which is under the turkish presidency have announced earlier that the missiles will be operational by october next october however again there are some news report that suggests that they will be operational by september 10th we know that 9 russian people 9 russian experts arrived in turkey on june 28 in order to work with the turkish turkish counterparts about the deployments and how to assemble those and also there are extra 60 russian personnel who will be arriving in this is. This is on the news reports that suggest that they will be assembling there but these s 400 systems are mobile systems so hell thats why when we speak to the military experts they say that. They assume that it will not take long to assemble because the russians have said that you can you can even deploy this for hundreds in a street as a Defense System so it seems turkey is going to establish a system earlier then they are all fishel statement. Of course for the moment or so then we will leave it there and of course follow events thank you lets continue with this theme and join a sure if hes a professor of conflict security at the university of nottingham is also a former consultant fellow at the Royal United Services institute and joins me via skype good have you with us how much of a real concern is this deployment of s 400 for the u. S. I think its so very significant political. Is one of the 1st times that nato member or taking a Weapon System or from a russian or country or russia in this case of former soviet country and it is a very political statement that the u. S. Doesnt have or hedge many in control or nato members or particularly. So i think politically its a very significant. Step in military terms it probably is it was advantage for the u. S. Or the russian system within the next armory as it was the weekend or understand the way the system works and be able to deploy countermeasures against it philip lee well its funny you should say that the u. S. Might see it as could see it as an advantage they dont quite see it like that right now under threatening either sanctions or even the consolation of the f. 35. 00 project which includes not only the delivery of aircraft but also the training of turkeys pilots on the new aircraft itself i mean how far down the road do you think we are coming towards that sort of cancellation. Well i think thats something that. Will play out over the next few months we the point here is that for the u. S. We have to play by sail represents a huge. Measure its Foreign Policy council. It in monetary terms so i think that if the u. S. Fails or go ahead with the deal or then it does. Occur naturally center as far as. Many of the. Concerns state agree art but it isnt the only solution and its certainly a very expensive solution to get to the top many. Peoples minds can manage their air defense and not a full sense of capability they need so having. Aircraft in greater numbers on so that if they are shot down there or not. Very significant parts of. The 35 its a very expensive assets it in the recent 120 meeting in japan we saw a warm you might say meeting of both trump chastisement from President Trump over this whole s 400 system so on a personal level they seem to get told to a certain extent its really a more financial issue is it not an a military issue as to whether this relationship remains wall or whether one moves more and more towards putin if that relationship between moscow and korea becomes more frugal more positive. Amazing in the military to play many sides and. Fall in and out of love with people but example the relationship between israelis has gone from friend to friend and probably will oscillate. So hes not somebody that you can. Say well this is his policy and this is approach hes very agile. Policy in some approaches people who hire people of peace doing. Is hedging bets and i think hes sending out a message that many other members of the west of the alliance may want to wish to do but dont have the courage to do and that is to say to the American People we will work but we will not be if you like we will control we have an independent Foreign Policy we have them in the on the approach so i think increasingly you can see. Nations hedging their bets by doing deals with the chinese with the russians and the western competitors obviously what happens for the moment of thanks very much for your insight. About 120 rebel fighters and soldiers have been killed in northwestern syria where the army and its russian allies are pushing into the last opposition held territory that the game is from the u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights which gets information from activists within the country now the rebels still control most of it le province and northern parts of neighboring Hama Province government and russian warplanes have been bombarding it lives since april despite a deal to avert such an offensive now the fighting has killed 120 soldiers and rebels over the past 48 hours in how money yet village as the government wrestled back control from the opposition further north in the town of just who airstrikes are reported to have killed 6 civilians including a child and in the past few days turkish but rebels have been increasing their attacks on the army positions in the government stronghold of latakia that probably its his home to a Large Russian base. Joins us now from beirut in neighboring lebanon to analyze exactly whats going on what weve seen is in the level we could. Sort of. Continue to have an ever increasing death toll but is in direct view really leading to nothing more than a proxy war it seems between several influential groups. Well thats exactly what is happening on the ground a proxy war between turkey and russia 2 countries who are supposed to be working together on syria through the astronaut process they agreed to a cease fire in the last year instead has become a bargaining chip and another member of the us cannot process sort of the assets and the negotiating track iran is involved as well turkey backs the rebels russia backs the Syrian Government there has been a stalemate on the frontline you mention more than 100 fighters from both sides killed in just a single battle this has been going on for 11 weeks now the syrian observatory for human rights is reporting that the government lost almost 900 men the rebels almost 1000 men of course this is very hard for us to independently verify because the warring sides do not provide any figures on the number of casualties but in a rare admission the Syrian Government said they lost 22 men in a surprise attack by the rebels launched a few days ago on the lot to keep the countryside so the Syrian Government and its allies unable to push forward unable to advance which gives turkey political leverage and one of the reasons why they havent been able to do this is that turkey is supporting the rebels with sophisticated weapons this is what we understand from our sources and another reason is because iran doesnt have foot soldiers on the ground theyre not helping the Syrian Government because theyre in disagreement with the russians over their role in post conflict syria incredibly complicated as well and so the flow of views to sort of try to get a handle on exactly whats going on so just clarify for us the exact conflict of the moment and why were focused on this particular area that seems to have a very high death toll in recent days. Yes northwest syria is strategic for the government they want to