Those hyped players of the n. B. A. Zion williams that is set to miss the start of the new season plus spying allegations that the Rugby World Cup is in one spot an unwanted spectator at training out of their 70 final against news to. Tell hes president rushed up talk about iran has repeated his threat to restart the military operation against kurdish fighters in northeast and syria iran is heading to the russian port city of sochi where hell meet fatima prison the leaders are expected to discuss the tuckers ceasefire that was brokered by the United States which is due to expire in just a matter of hours the cut is Syrian Democratic forces have pulled out of some areas along the border but not everywhere agreed under the terms of the truce. Vladimir putin will discuss all the steps to be taken in order to maintain the territorial integrity of syria and to cleanse the northern parts of syria from terrorists and terrorist organizations we will also be revisiting the efforts made for drafting a new constitution and we will also discuss it live and the significance attach of this area including a ceasefire we want a lasting peace in syria i hope our meeting will make progress well in just a moment well hear from charles strategies on the Syrian Border and we also have stepped past in line for us in such the weather is talks on taking place but 1st lets go to sit and only in istanbul for them were already hearing that tech ish the turkish side is threatening to strengthen their offensive Going Forward whats the thinking like from istanbul at the moment as one heads from moscow. Well u. S. Turkey plans to continue its a for a sions if they asked the mainly kurdish Fighter Group y. P. To doesnt fully withdraw from the designated safe zone i have to say that during this operation peace bring conducted in north of syria by the Turkish Military and the oppositions National SyriaSyrian National army. Russia and turkey havent been on the same page fully as it was during the operations conducted on the west of the Euphrates River which are the operation all of branch and euphrates Field Operations russia was up against this operation thats why turkey wants to persuade russia plus turkey has said that there are turkey is fine with the Syrian Regime controlling those areas in the designated safe zone but they want to make sure that those areas under control of the Syrian Regime are fully cleared of these. Mainly the kurdish Fighters Group why p. J. This is what turkey is pushing for and after the u. S. The session to withdraw from this area this t. F. Actually engage with the Syrian Regime and most call doesnt recognize out both Kurdistan Workers Party which turkey believes its linked with the y. P. As a terrorist organization so turkey is kind of in between when it comes to these points besides that when we look at the statements by the s. D. F. N y p g mainly on the commander level they dont seem to be willing to fully withdraw from from from the native safe zone area so turkey will push for this as far as we can see from istanbul and there is one will from turkey turkey wants to stop this 12 military post and that has ignited safe zone where the russia is going to be. Going to be accepting this is a question mark but turkey is concerned about the y. P. To presence in the Syria Government controlled areas mainly come. Which is another up sin and cos are there for us in istanbul well lets go live now to sochi where those talks are about to take place step basson is there for us so step theyre all a few things slated to be on todays agenda including a potential further took kurdish withdrawal whats likely to actually come out of this meeting. Well its going to be a long and complicated process thats how the spokesman of france and putin has described these talks that are about to start here in a sort she just hours before the cease fire is going to expire president putin is now seen as the main brokered a power broker in syria after the United States has pulled out and russia has always said that it understands turkish concerns because security concerns it has on its own its border area but on the other hand russia also wants to protect the integrity to the territorial integrity of syria so its going to be a very fine balancing act that theyre put in here has to display on the one hand he wants to bring together damascus and which is a very difficult process on the other hand hes trying to bring together the kurds and the Syrian Government on the other hand basically what president putin wants and that has been sacked by his minister of Foreign Affairs as well is he wants syria and turkey to go back to an agreement the other night agreement in 1908 a very old agreement which basically was immense to make sure that syria and turkey can live in peace if syria can reign in the kurdish fighters and thats a very crucial question of course the main debate here will also be about is security zone this socalled safe safe zone russia doesnt want it to be as big as turkey or one wanted to be no 32 kilometers so thats going to be a very very difficult issue as well a long and complicated process it will be and steadfast and will be staying across that long and complicated process for us in such a thank you step. On leaving out the child. Advocate tattle Syrian Border towns its now just hours before the ceasefire ends give us a sense of whats happening on the ground there at the moment. Of the cease fire on the border certainly seems to still be holding but some interesting statements made by president or to one before leaving for sort she saying that the Turkish Forces had control of an area of 2200 square kilometers as he put it had been freed of terrorists and that area included 160. 00 what he described as settlements now if you look at this proposed safe zone that is 440 kilometers along the border and around 30 kilometers deep the area currently according to the turks or certainly missed the wall on that they have taken control of is far far smaller than that so it obviously draws doubts as to whether the Kurdish Forces have withdrawn enough interesting there were some statements made it in in superior with an American Media network last night by the s. D. F. Come on to Muslim Muslim abdi and he said reiterating what the s. D. F. Said when this agreement was initiated almost 5 days ago now he said that the s. D. F. Had not agreed to the u. S. Turkey cease fire in its entirety he said that the trust in the u. S. What it was at its lowest ebb and he described the decision by the u. S. To withdrawal their forces from this area as a strategic mistake so there are doubts serious doubts as to whether those Kurdish Forces have withdrawn anough to potentially prevent a resumption of turkeys military campaign also very interesting with respect to those u. S. Troops that are leaving this area there was a statement put out by associated press. Talking about the Iraqi Government according to a. P. The saying that the Iraqi Government has not given permission to the u. S. For the soldiers that have moved from here to stay in iraq this again highlighting the kind of pressures that the Iraqi Government have been under increasingly in recent months as weve seen more tension between the u. S. And iran and we know how much of a of a dominating role the iranians have in iraq again it shows you certainly legitimizes what a lot of the critics have said with respect to trumps policy that this whole move in with jordan those forces from this area have potentially weakened the u. S. Position in this region stratford keeping an eye on the turkish Syrian Border for us thank you for that update charles well lets dig down into this a little more joining us here and. Here is a senior fellow at the Aljazeera Center of the studies and a professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University mr kelly how in your mind has the ceasefire gone so far because as we saw it was broken a number of times but there has also been apostle pullback of kaddish forces so so far it has been a success or failure it looks it is a promise in development i recall late french president Jacques Chirac on the eve of the iraqi war in 2003 when he said war is the war solution therefore lets consider diplomacy so abundantly and this is the fruit of the mission of the Vice President pens. And i think the u. S. British other has maintained the idea that its not an open ended military operation or in a good way to turks in the lands of syria so hopefully you know at least there is some consideration of a possible humanitarian crisis on the horizon and therefore the strategy of all of the gun has to be minimised. And also not to go forward with the claim that he is fighting an isis and therefore he was willing to give a nice success for the claim of isis when he meets with the white house next month well where do we go from here when what are the potential options now because a cease fire is ending in a few hours and the russians say theyre now considering this german idea of an internationally controlled security zone in Northern Syria how likely is that well in those broad prospects offices for. A very good this is step one what we need now is step 2 how we can put some mechanisms in the field not to let the turks or any of the groups military or political expression in that there are several militias nonstate actors who may turn into a spoilers of this agreement so we need the International Community especially the europeans who still have some credibility in the eyes of the kurds in the eyes of the syrians in the eyes of the deterrents to maintain this process or their wise we may have one day of this fire for one day and then well know what happens the following day on the check out there a senior fellow at the Aljazeera Center for studies thanks for joining us around us there well iraqs military says u. S. Troops who crossed over from syria do not have permission to stay there the soldiers are part of forces who withdrew from Northern Syria as the Turkish Operation against kurdish fighters began around khan has moved from baghdad. The statement was issued by the joint Iraqi MilitaryOperations Command it said that the us troops have permission to enter from the kurdish region but theyre only allowed to transit to a location outside of iraq now thats in stark contrast to what weve been hearing over the last couple of days what weve heard is that the u. S. Troops are going to base themselves in a military base in the west of iraq where they would mount their operations continue their operations and if need be moved from there back into North Eastern syria now we do know the Prime Minister abdul mahdi met with the u. S. Ambassador when they discussed this Troop Movement it was agreed at that meeting that the u. S. Troops could come through into the kurdish region of Northern Iraq and then go to a no military base that seemingly has changed almost overnight and it just goes to show you a lot of the iraqis we speak to here are wondering what the u. S. Policy actually is whether its being made on the fly with the people of thinking about it lets lot of confusion here in iraq has to why this situation has changed its a very sensitive topic to u. S. Troops on the ground in iraq its something that a lot of the Political Parties certainly dont want they say that the iraqi the americans left iraq and that should remain the case and that the only people that should be here are advisers to the Iraqi Military particularly when the war against eisel was going on so now were in a situation where the u. S. Troops have been told that they can only transit in iraq where will they go it was likely what weve been hearing the last couple of days that the rebase to a very large military base in kuwait well meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state has indicated that washington is still prepared to take military action in the region if a quiet. Where we see American Interest at stake or fundamental norms around the world that need to be in force well use all the powers that we have you suggest that the economic powers that weve used will certainly use them well use our diplomatic powers as well those are our preference we prefer peace to war but in the event that kinetic action or military action is needed you should know the present trump is fully prepared to undertake that action. Moving on to other news now and protesters in lebanon demanding more reforms despite the government approving sweeping economic measures to improve the economy authorities appear to be tightening security as police and military dispense protesters trying to erect barricades Prime Minister side hariri announced a plan to defuse the biggest demonstrations and is against the nations leaders but activists say they will keep going to the streets until the entire cabinet steps down while our correspondents anahata is north of the capital beirut then where do we go from here assuming stalemate now between the government and the protesters so what are the options Going Forward. The crisis is far from over we are on the main highway that links the lebanese capital beirut to the north of the country protesters are blocking the highway yes there are side roads that remain open for people to move from one area to another but it just makes it more difficult if you talk to people here they remain just fine if they say we will stay here until the government falls the governments presented a solution to the crisis. Saying that we have a new economic plan but people here and its too late its not enough we do not trust the ruling elite we want them to leave power 2 but then we have to ask ourselves what how realistic is it for them to achieve their demands that this is a Leaderless Movement at least this is how it began but now some politicians in the opposition are writing on the wave of popular anger but those politicians in the opposition are weak theyre weak politically because this is the government the parliament is controlled by the hezbollah led alliance thats the president of the country the speaker of parliament as well as the iranian backed group so they are pretty close politically and the opposition yes they have supporters some of them are in the streets as well like i said theyre riding on the way of a popular anger but what real change. Can they bring about how they are viewed the role of the army has always been key and lever not the Prime Minister called the army chief late yesterday he told the people demonstrate let them remain in the street but they cannot construct life. Like my so far the army has not intervened there sitting on the side that have been through force yes in some areas but man its opened the road so people here have faith in the army that the army is standing behind them so it is on clear out there that you know how things are going to develop in the days to come i will give you one example the Lebanese University its been closed since friday now the administration of the university is saying classes are going to resume tomorrow the Student Union is saying no students are not going to attend classes so the crisis will not result but the biggest question knew how long can this last for the government you really and i wont say you more but enforce the fact that you know road to the to be open and people need to return to their. Benefit of that there is a north of beirut for us thank you very much for that update sanna well lets now go live to be a bit elsewhere Stephanie Deca is live for us steph whats the latest from way you there have been difficulties moving around and weve obviously seen extraordinary numbers protesting over the last few days in beirut but whats happening outside the major cities. While were on the tripoli highway which needs to the 2nd largest city in the north you can see that still remains this is an artery really so people remain calm to out here this is the area as you mentioned and you can see theyve set up tents playing games theyve got food theres also some camping tents a little further along because people will sleep over here because they say that if they dont theyre afraid that the road will reopen this is all an effort. To keep pressure on the government because they dont think its an off now im going to bring in jessica a baby chooser resident shes protesting here shes been to various protests all across the country jessica the reforms came out yesterday you guys are still here what do you want. First i want to bring in a bit of context because on economic crisis when its face was a high level of corruption and a total absence of forms to develop and to social and political crisis and the fact that the government has failed to see that and to mitigate that shows a lot a lot of level of incompetency