Will nail down date for a visit to washington then after the call ukrainian official andre your mac tells us diplomats once we have a date will call for a press briefing announcing among other things barista and election meddling in investigations bryza is the gas company linked to the son of former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden the Text Messages released by house investigators show u. S. Diplomats and trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani continuing to pressure ukraine to draft a statement announcing an investigation but none was released then in late august the ukrainians learned of trumps decision to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in u. S. Military assistance the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine bill taylor appeared incredulous texting i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign the response came from ordered sunland a wealthy hotelier and trump donor who was appointed ambassador to the e. U. I believe you are incorrect about president trumps intentions he writes the president has been Crystal Clear no quid pro quos of any kind there is no bro whoa that was exactly what i saw at that salad bar that. That text defending trump came just as the u. S. Media was catching wind of a whistleblower report accusing trump of wrongdoing in his call with the ukrainian president thats what launched the impeachment inquiry now targeting the president democrats heard from another witness friday the Intelligence CommunityInspector General who investigated the whistleblower report we have evidence of Text Messages between state Department Officials expressing concern as early as may that Rudy Giuliani had a jew there was a giuliani biting thing going on that had concerned a state Department Official we have evidence that a state Department Official was concerned that there was a linkage between Security Assistance and as he described a domestic Political Campaign democrats are trying to build a compelling case for impeachment not only to convince the American Public but also Senate Republicans it would take a swell of republican the factors to remove trump from office and thus far theres only been a trickle. Castro aljazeera capitol hill greece and the United States aside the new Defense Agreement u. S. Secretary of state might bump a. O. S. In athens for the meeting the deal stablish is a new u. S. Base in greece near the border with turkey the greek Prime Minister urged the u. S. To help diffuse tension with turkey over cyprus it comes as nato that he continues to develop closer relations with russia including purchasing its s. 400. 00 Missile System the United States is eager to go a partnership with greece on a range of Energy Issues for the sake of your prosperity and a stable Eastern Mediterranean region. Last march i met with the leaders of cyprus greece and israel in jerusalem we free countries with free markets want to achieve Energy Security together we want to make sure that rules govern International Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea as Energy Resources and that no country can hold europe hostage but sometimes there is John Psaropoulos is live for us in athens joe tell us more about this Defense Agreement and how people that feel about it. Well 1st of all the statement that you just heard from mike pumper was unequivocal support to the Greek Cypriot israeli positions on the. Exploration that turkey has been conducted conducting in waters that cyprus has agreed with its neighbors as belonging to its exclusive Economic Zone that is unequivocal support urging turkey to stop what it what the United States has called Illicit Activity illicit drilling and the e. U. Has also condemned in those terms that is one level of the support that the United States is offering to greece here in athens today the other level is the Defense Agreement which will see u. S. Money spent on military infrastructures in greece that the greeks can no longer afford to invest in because their military budget has been cut almost in half during the 8 years of economic recession that greece went through in 2010 to 18. 00 and that will include strategically investments in the port and the airport of the North Eastern city of alex on the reportedly which borders with turkey where the United States hopes to establish a base large enough in order to supply. Its eat nato allies bug area and romania through greek territory that essentially bypasses the route that the u. S. Has been using which is the bosphorus through istanbul and into the black sea and that is a very clear signal to the turks that backup plans are being put in place in case the u. S. Turkish relationship to tear rates further john many thanks to replace that in athens richard whites is a security analyst at wiki stratton global consultancy he joins us now live from washington good to have you with us why would the u. S. Set up a base in alex on drop only that that city north in the northeast of greece so close to that turkish border. Right i think your correspondent got it spot on so the u. S. Has had bases in greece for decades during the cold war the focus was naturally encountering the soviet navy in the mediterranean so the focus of the u. S. Presence was an on the naval presence and so the bay but since the end of the cold war the u. S. Has been relying its bases globally and in the case of greece the u. S. As big as been using other areas for example Drone Operations a rotation of army forces and so this agreement is another evolution of that process there is going to be allowed the u. S. Will be allowed to use more missions and is gaining access to new facilities in particular this base up in the northeast and one of the reasons youre as as mentioned by a correspondent was told how the u. S. To deal directly with romania vulgar and other countries without having to enter through the black sea in turkey and then another reason is to perhaps give the u. S. More leverage in the goetia agents with turkey which continually go up and down and look to be going down further if aired on threat to intervene militarily in syria goes into effect a Bilateral Agreement of creation took a nature of this with does this leave nation. Well nato has had this Turkey Greece problem for decades it almost it was most of the year when there was a pro greek cuckoo in turkey and cyprus and the night early 1970 s. Mid ninetys 96 the sorry and turkey intervene militarily and for a while it looked like the 2 nato allies would go to war the 2 countries and their relationship with nato and u. S. Has been evolving in flux over time. Currently herseys phrases that nato are strained theyre particularly strong with the u. S. Over syria over turkey spying russian weapons and so on. And the u. S. By moving closer to greece helps put pressure more pressure on turkey to refrain from taking further acts that could threaten u. S. Interests but as also mentioned gives the u. S. A hedge a fallback if turkey were to leave the the alliance or there be a riot break the u. S. Still would have bases and in greece to continue important operations you talked about about this shift in u. S. Emphasis from its radiant so the east if you like in the northeast why strategically is the balkans region. Agree so important to the u. S. Well currently we youve got a region youve got basically 2 regions in europe that are contested because they lie outside the Nato Alliance but theyre not part of the moscow led collective Security Treaty Organization and this one we know about is the Central Europe and you have hot spots in crane and in georgia neither nato members of it theyre both close the u. S. But russia is trying to expand its influence there and somewhat lower profile in the balkans theres been a struggle for influence nato is beginning to expand there some countries are entering nato other governments are moving klara trying to move close to russia for example the serbian government so that the balkans is emerged as a current area of competition between moscow and washington for strategic and defense ties and this is part of that effort the u. S. To expand its influence there richard its always good to cuba thanks due to being with us. A u. S. Backed Syrian Rebel Group is warning of all out war should turkey go through with the threat to strike a government controlled area east of the Euphrates River turkeys president said earlier that the military operation would clear the region of what he calls terrorists and that an air and ground assault was imminent the Kurdish Group the Syrian Democratic forces responded by saying it will defend the area from any unprovoked attack. We have made our preparations weve completed our operation plans we have given the necessary orders the decision has been made and the process has begun for the springs of peace and now opening up their path is as near as may be today maybe tomorrow we will conduct this from the ground and from the air officials from north korea and the u. S. Arrived in sweden to resume talks on denuclearization north Koreas Nuclear negotiator the u. S. President s special envoy or among teams meeting on an island off stockholm washington wants pyongyang to end its Nuclear Program in return for the lifting of sanctions saturdays formal talks of the 1st since donald trump a north Korean Leader kim jong un mess in june danger motto is a senior partner at control risks asia pacific a former u. S. Diplomat explains what north korea hopes to get out of these talks. Well there what north korea really wants is a relief from the same regime thats in place by the un by the United States and so this game that they play of kind of will will give you something decommissioning of a facility or a. Moratorium on testing of missiles or Nuclear Weapons etc in return for the lifting of sanctions is kind of the stock standard process that we go through every every few years so there is something very much in it for them and they absolutely want. Relief relief from those sanctions they really the question is you know what are they willing to give up in order to get get some of that thousands of protesters in algeria have called on the army to end its role in politics for it is demonstrations of the capital g. Is what a ruling by a prominent conservative urging people to vote in december selection is also backed by the army its supposed to by the protest movement that forced former president abilities beautifully to stand down in. Looking pretty stormy in parts the mediterranean his tell us more is jenny yeah it is indeed age and youre right in fact theres been some really have 2 thunderstorms yet again in the same place a little less than a day the week ago this is a in the last day this is careful onya that reconning which of course in the last week has also had yet more flooding said these systems have headed their way through very strong at times continuing to work their way eastwards bulgarias also very heavy amounts of rain against and strong to severe thunderstorms and they are clearing out of the way but there will be more to come its kind of that time of year with live in transition really between the summer and the start of the also you can see have through saturday at the rain pushing much further ward towards the east and then as i say we will actually see if you wash out attending to bubble up saturday and sunday across the Central Mediterranean but its not just some very ferocious thunderstorms this time into Northern Areas of oman look at these pictures these are taken from soho which is to the northwest of muscat this is you can see taken out of the window and all of a sudden it will go black not because it just went that dark but because the national felt there was a power cut so this is being continuing these rains the sun songs through saturday on into sunday a slightly clearer day them but were not really quite out of the woods just yet sunday into monday its a very similar pattern weve got this on shore flow as well and you see the direction the winds and that does mean that moisture once again could actually appear because hes in strong thunderstorms in the late today and anywhere really to abu dhabi across into muscat and agent all of this really just heralding the change of the seasons at last jenny many thanks indeed now it was an historic night the world athletics championships here in doha for more than ask lets join our studio at the Khalifa International stadium. Yes thats right adrian the 6 champions were crowned on friday with the home fans finally able to celebrate their 1st gold coming up at 1345 g. M. T. High jump the superstar watched as a subversive delivers when it matters also ahead the american actually thats making raechel breaking her new haul the and find out who took home the gold in what was the closest fitness of the championship and we also look ahead to whats coming up here in the stadium later on today join us in about 20 minutes. Or so here then this is the news hour from out 0 still to come on the program. I recall reporting from the waters off the coast of French Guiana right on the my great tree roots of whales and other marine species as we listen to the sounds of the city. At a base to the great burden we meet the rhino born to help save his species. Aljazeera world tells the dramatic story of the birth of a nation and how a political agreement reached my fronts in tunisia which sparked the bitterest of view. This guy. 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Secretary of state mike compare was in athens for the meeting the deal establishes a new u. S. Base in greece near the border with Turkey Greeces Prime Minister urged the u. S. To help diffuse tension with turkey over cyprus it comes as nato member turkey continues to develop closer on relations with russia including purchasing its s. 400 Missile System. At least 10 people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir that happened near a Government Office in the city of and on top and a nag. And a Police Officer and a journalist are among those hurt separatist fighters are being blamed people in pakistan administered kashmir marking 2 months since india ended the special status of the part of kashmir administered by new delhi hundreds of people that march towards the line of control which separates the indian and pakistani administered sectors indian administered kashmir has been under a complete lockdown since and local politicians have been arrested aljazeera has come out hyder reports now from bazaar from about the capital of pakistan administered kashmir. Liberation front which is also a Political Organization and i claim on both sides of the line of control also known as the line of their white collar jobs theres a border im marching towards the line of control their town made to cross and they said they want to go to syria not go now the problem is for the Pakistani Security forces they get in order to let that happen because of the tense situation between india and pakistan command quo