But into the Program Turkey says its launched a renewed military operation northwest syria it follows the killing of 34 turkish soldiers in Syrian Government strikes an adlib province on thursday syrian state media say Turkish Forces shot down 2 syrian warplanes the red label but the pilots are safe Operation Spring shield is the 4th Turkish Military operation in northern syria. Is of on the turkey syria border reporting from hearty and hashem it has been a day of conflicting reports about planes being shot are shot down and pilots parachuting out of their aircraft. Well this is definitely a day there marks a new escalation in the confrontation between Syrian Government and turkey in its live province the Turkish Military says that its fighter jets shot down to. 2 russian syrian sorry 2 syrian fighter jets when they faced off in an encounter without specifying exactly where did that happen but they say that they have shot down 2 syrian fighter jets and destroyed 3 defense batteries and this comes after we been told earlier that another a surveillance drone was was was was hit the opposition was saying in this area this was a Syrian Government surveillance drone and then the Syrian Government said said later it believes this was a turkish drone but this Turkish DefenseMinistry Said that it is starting a new military operation the spring shilled in live province aimed at pushing the syrian army behind the Demilitarized Zone stopping radical groups from operating there but also allowing civilians to return but for them to allow the syrians to return they know that the biggest challenge they will face is the displaced mist or displacement of almost 1000000. 00 refugees on the border with turkey we also know that there is intense fighting in and around the area of deraa what are you hearing about that. Theres been an offensive by the Syrian Government earlier today to take over the city over southern mean this is a major opposition stronghold since 2011 but in 2017 of the brushes a brokered reconsideration agreement between the rebels and the Syrian Government that begs the way for the syrian. Syrian government to administer the territory and for the rebel support out there heavy weapons from the area but that reconciliation deal has always been fraudulent and the Syrian Government failed to win the hearts and minds of people so there were skirmishes from front from time to turn today the Syrian Government said enough is enough we would like to take it over completely militarily but we do understand from i will sources that the rebels still hold the ground and they are continuing the fight further north towards. The other major opposition stronghold the rebels backed by turkey have managed to take control of many villages in the area something that would never have been able to achieve had it not been for the massive support to getting gaining from from turkey so now when youre all in all when you look at the political and the military landscape in it live provinces its its changing across the the hour the Syrian Government has made significant gains over the past few weeks but since the last 48 hours the rebels backed by turkey are diverse in most of those gains. Thanks for joining us from how to be on the turkey syria border. One of the top stories that thousands of refugees migrants many of them who fled the fighting are continuing to gather greeces land border with turkey now the greek Prime Minister called a meeting of the National SecurityCouncil Security forces have prevented 10000 people from entering in the past 24 hours and surge in numbers follows turkeys decision to open its borders to europe Greek Police Say more than 500 refugees and migrants also arrived on the greek islands closest to turkey on sunday when the ship can enjoy your live from there danny on the turkeys border with syria and of course its been a busy day for migrants but also for border Security Forces on either side most probably natasha. But i would say were seeing an intermittent trickle definitely not thousands and we have been all over the area of a journey weve seen since the morning a group of about 1012 not more making their way slowly along this road to the official checkpoint with greece in other spots we have seen people waiting in the river where it shallow with their belongings that about 45 minutes from here we went to a wooded area along the riverbank families were gathered trying to stay warm with fires and waiting to pay smugglers to take them by boat somewhere up the river authentically to get closer so they can cross the greek border the Turkish Interior Ministry says since turkey decided to open its borders on friday more than 76000 people have left the country via its northwest border with greece and vogue area but talking to the people here they take issue with those numbers people are saying given the great resistance they face from the greek government and the difficulty theyre having from crossing there wondering just how those numbers track but we do know is they are facing very challenging conditions the temperature here in a during a drop below the Freezing Point over night i spoke to an afghan man who spent the night in the woods freezing he says turkey told us the mortars were open they told us we could leave work here theres no one to help us and now we feel trapped for the moment the tashi going to thank you for joining us from. From turkey. Continues our coverage from the greek island less false the main entry point for refugees and migrants coming from the aegean sea. A single boat load of refugees is escorted to the shores of less force high winds have likely prevented many others from crossing but they are forecast to die down and more boats are expected to come all who arrive and up here in moria camp there are 22000 people here 7 times what it was built for and many have to find space among the olive groves most are from afghanistan theyve escaped war and death but many say they havent found life here there are no formal schools so 14 year old for operates his family stand selling fruit and vegetables is morea good not good. Or bad. Home maybe a small maybe that people here have little to do but wait for their asylum applications to be decided upon and their wait has just become much longer a new asylum law took effect at the beginning of the year that fast tracks new applications so the trajectory applicants can be sent back to turkey as quickly as they arrive but that discriminates against people like these who arrived as a family 5 months ago we had into the smart. 26. And they did it but they dont take it to you they see only take in tales from the people. And you have until you 10 months in exile turkey agreed to take back her attorneys in a 2016 statement signed with the European Union and the greek government says it plans to return at least 10000 people this year but whether turkey will all of that agreement in the current Political Climate is an open question so the greek governments entire refugee strategy now hangs in the balance many local people say they have little faith in this new policy. Owns. One of the olive groves next to moria. The year ago the refugees were chopping limbs of trees to cook with but we can still harvest a few olives this year was a bumper crop but we couldnt pick a single olive my land was burned twice then they pitched a few tents on to the burned patch and soon after the land just filled up with tents. The government is using lesbos as a holding area but many greeks fear that if the turkish president had a chapter you threaten flood of refugees becomes a reality the European Union could try and use their country as a buffer zone for the rest of the continent John Psaropoulos al jazeera lesbos a deal signed between the us and the Afghan Taliban may have already hit a major stumbling block of college those present a shotgun he says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a longstanding peace. That there was a request regarding the release of taliban prisoners but it can only be part of negotiations and it cannot be preconditions for starting the interim afghan negotiations also there must be no issue of goodwill because the Afghan Nation must be assured that whoever is going to be released will not stand against it one day. Now the Afghan Government turns previously strange taliban prisoners in the town to kick start negotiations in 2013 both afghanistan and pakistan released dozens of taliban prisoners former President Hamid karzai proposed talks with the taliban after the u. S. And nato promised to withdraw troops but taliban commanders refused negotiations and many of the former prisoners returned to the battlefield in 2014 the u. S. Military prison in Guantanamo Bay in cuba released 5 taliban leaders in exchange for a u. S. Soldier the leaders have been involved in months of peace talks with u. S. Diplomats in qatar and last november the taliban freed to western hostages in exchange for 3 taliban prisoners but brune is the former director of Global Engagement in the white house of the president obama he joins me now live from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program mean quite simply were the u. S. And Afghan Government on the same page or were they singing from different him sheets clearly not and i think this is an example of how the Trump Administration has played fast and loose when it comes to these kind of negotiations whether its with afghanistan whether its with iran or north korea they are putting the show before the substance there was an interest i think in the white house to get that picture and to get the boost from the appearance of progress on the ground in afghanistan do you not find it strange that you have similar taney as events happening in doha and kabul you have the defense secretary the secretary general of nato sitting next to the afghan president and he wouldnt be aware of what was going to be said in doha. Well i think theres clearly a Communications Problem here where its taking place is certainly an important question but i have to say you look at the text of the greenman and releasing half of the taliban prisoners before you even get to the stage of negotiations is i think diplomatic malpractise you simply dont do that when in the Obama Administration we released 5 taliban prisoners in exchange for an american soldier there was uproar from the likes of the Republican Party here in the u. S. So the notion that youre releasing 100 times that i think should concern the Afghan Government and i i really have to ask a lot of questions about how involved they were in this negotiation so where do you see the next stage the next 135 days the potential for afghan talks that supposed to start on the 10th. I have to say and im always optimistic when it comes to the pursuit of peace but this is a very concerning development the fact that a fundamental Building Block for peace is now crumbling and the confidence i think in the overall accord crumbling with it does not bode well the taliban has to be telling themselves look we believe we negotiated in good faith the Afghan Government the americans others could not get their act together but let me just add one other piece to this i mean if you look at the statement out of london they too were somewhat cautious somewhat concerned with this agreement i am not sure that the trumpet ministration did their Due Diligence went around and consulted the appropriate parties before doing a big show in doha yesterday but you do have a function on the ground that you had the pakistani government you had representatives from the e. U. And even representatives of the u. N. Security council present. Those ceremonies and to a certain extent you would have assumed maybe its that assumption we should make or may not make that they would have been briefed on roughly what was being agreed to was that just wouldnt be in there. Well and unfortunately in these kinds of situations youll have high level officials that will show up sure they will get a general notion that there will be a Peace Agreement but often from a negotiator standpoint you dont want to let the details out before it is actually been signed so many of them likely were not fully briefed on what was involved in this agreement i have to also say you know i think this is the kind of diplomacy the delicate diplomacy that we just havent seen the trumpet administration execute well and i think it bodes poorly for the probability that this agreement can last beyond that 135 days for the moment but broun thanks so much for joining us from washington d. C. Good to be with you. Well still out here on aljazeera its back to the polls of voters in israel as Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu tries for a 3rd time to form a majority government. Have youre about to feel the culture of whats to pretty late winter which isnt even with you in holland should look at tokyo for example although we still got a northerly breeze in the snow visible in north korea navy vessel can come across the sea towards Northern Home sure the temp has now dropped in tokyo to 10 whereas its not been that low voter spot the snows been on the slopes to your west the rain is gone through theres not much rain left and again northern honshu is the focus snow tight snow level low levels for current there. For china is more rain gathering is gathering in the southwest in the Higher Ground across in vietnam as well it will spread eastwards it might just affect hong kong its not really in the yangtze we would expect to be at the moment i mean beijing the breeze is enough to keep the arrows have any credence to 10 degrees been there for a couple of weeks now for the month or so wet season rain is pretty widespread her in the days you know and malaysia but its focus is about to change whilst there will be widespread showers through java this is an interesting Area Development here mostly of the sea but not entirely so for borneo so the way sea and southern parts of the philippines thats a wet area in the next day or 2 whereas further west in sumatra lets in malaysia is trying. To. Join the listening paste as we turn the families on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news channels. And focus on how they. A report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public this the media reflects the same thing as Climate Change there at all shows a dark believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on aljazeera. The all. Back you want your deservedly so horribly remind of our top story syrian state media say turkey shot down 2 government warplanes but the pilots are safe it happened shortly after turkey announced it launched a renewed military operation in northwestern syria. Greeces Prime Minister has called a meeting of the National Security council has thousands of refugees and migrants gather at its land border with turkey 10000 people have been prevented from entering in the past 24 hours. Iran has confirmed 11 more fatalities from the coronavirus with the National Death toll now highest outside of Mainland China 54 deaths have been reported since the outbreak was confirmed a week and a half ago infections of surge to 978 the Health Ministry has dismissed claims the figures are much higher but it says the outbreak is serious and is warning against all travel into iraq he says the outbreak is having a major impact on daily life and the economy. Stores shops cafes restaurants all around the city wherever you go you can see signs posted on windows of closed closed businesses saying that they are closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus and those few restaurants that do remain open some businesses have to remain open. On the tables at all of these restaurants youll find a bottle of Hand Sanitizer sitting right next to ketchup bottles so thats really when i say new normal thats sort of how its playing out in everyones daily lives this is a city of around 10 to 15000000 people 20000000 by some estimates and really the traffic on the streets has almost completely died down you dont see the same level of People Movement that you would on any sort of work sort of normal business day a lot of people who arent out and about you know the streets are empty schools are closed businesses are closed many people are co