Russia is making its way around libya and funding the offensives of war Khalifa Haftar. Im joining us cope with the sports as World ChampionLewis Hamilton clinches his 1st victory of the f one season at the staring grump rage when its a bad day for ferrari. So a single u. N. Security Council Decision could immediately affects more than a 1000000 syrians living in rebel held territory members have agreed on a compromise that will allow just one Border Crossing with turkey to remain open for humanitarian deliveries a deal made after russia backed by china pushed to close off the other crossing their argument is that the aid should be limited because it isnt done in cooperation with syrias government the concern from the perspective of the a groups though is that this will just create a bottleneck that the aid wont get through because across all of syria more than 11000000 people rely on humanitarian aid including all those people who live in the camps the german ambassador to the u. N. Did not hold back with his criticism. These 500000 troops. Will wake up tomorrow morning and realize that we have to tell them that the german ambassador asked those people who gave the instructions to give instructions to cut out the 8 or 500000 children they are ready to look into tomorrow compounding the situation is the demand for assistance it has been rising in fact more than 1700 of these trucks cross the Syrian Border in may which is the highest number since the whole war began and then youve got the spread of coronavirus threatening to make things even worse several 100 cases have been detected but its likely to be many more because testing is so limited and a little bit of history because its not the 1st time the number of aid routes into syria has been cut to have a look at the map and 2014 when the u. N. Security council originally authorized aid to go through for crossings to from turkey one from iraq one from jordan in january of this year opposition again from russia and china forced the routes through iraq in jordan to be dropped so youve just got the 2 turkish crossings allowed they went for another 6 months and now once again at the assistance of russia and china that has been reduced to that single point it is called. So lets hear from cuts now hes deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the syrian cross border operation he told us earlier that they need more crossings now than ever before. Now this is happening at a time when the humanitarian crisis in the country has actually got worse we had almost a 1000000 people displaced earlier this year weve got a coronavirus in the area we had the 1st few cases of coronavirus in the area just a few days ago so we are very concerned that the amount of access for humanitarian aid is being reduced at the very time when we actually need more access we will still be able to reach all of the people with humanitarian needs in northwest syria its just going to be a lot more complicated were going to have to adapt but you know thats what humanitarians do around the world we work in war zones we work in crisis situations we often have to adapt are working in isms and were going to have to do that again now but we will continue to need the support of the Security Council and of all parties to the conflict particularly the Syrian Government and the other main armed groups in the country to facilitate access because we still have a huge crisis and now without a crossing point across the border from iraq into northeast syria and without the crossing point into the northern part of the turkish Operations Area its going to be a lot more difficult to meet those needs and were going to have to quickly look at how we can reorganize our work. On to other news now mali where prayers are being held for antigovernment protesters whove been killed in the capital bamako prominent religious leader Mahmoud Dicko who is spearheading the demonstrations is called on protesters to remain calm tensions remain though despite president it but him promising to form a National Unity government and to dissolve the Constitutional Court this report is from charlotte thats. A solemn farewell for pretty. Mr fake ill see say this is a year old was killed on friday his family says he was shot in front of mollys national assembly. His mother was sick already when we broke the news to her she had a seizure the neighbors came out and we comforted her with words from islam. Thousands of people gathered for fridays protests the 3rd since. They pushed their way into the grounds of parliament and the National Television station then tires and barricaded roads in the Capital Police responded with tear gas. Gunfire was heard 60 people were arrested. The protesters returned on saturday but in smaller numbers. Their anger is directed at president abraham. Demonstrations began in june after malis Constitutional Court overturned Election Results and evolved to include frustrations over the economy alleged corruption and insecurity from groups. Repression reinforces our determination and we will continue with our watch until the end of the regime of ip k. Which today is accounts of a mali on saturday evening case a respondent in a televised address. To continue to do privilege i will continue to favor dialogue with all the active forces of the nation for the establishment of a consensual government tame composed of republican and patriotic groups and not the break is an demolishes of the country molly deserves basic the man. He promised to dissolve the pools at the heart of the disputed Election Results hold reelections in contested areas and form a National Unity government next week theyre an important 1st step. And i think the idea is that the president is going to join with the opposition and have hopefully real dialogue. And and hopefully this will take place under the eyes of eco wasse the Regional Group that i think can actually help make sure that this moves forward smoothly. No opposition had earlier rejected cant is offered to reform the constitutional route and demanded the dissolution of Parliament Following fridays embraced 3 of their leaders were arrested and they had cooled his range and its unclear where the president has his concessions will satisfy them and stop these scenes repeating. The dallas aljazeera. Is with us now hes in the nigerian capital abuja following events what do you make of the promises the government making with a baby enough to satisfy the protesters. Well for for the time being the streets of bum acquire a calm except for the procession of 2003000 people who came up for the funeral of those killed overnight in the violence that erupted at the residence of dickel. And for many money and the only thing that can solve the problem is to see him go a certain section of the opposition believe that. There is a need for dialogue in the sense that they should be a government of a Transitional Government that will discuss the mortalities of a running new elections. In mali before the new elections to usher in a new leadership and so its difficult to say right now what is going to happen but for the time being things are calm on the streets of by michael however at the funeral today dick all called those who were killed in clashes with Security Forces a smart and 20023000 people gathered in front of his mosque to offer funeral prayers for the others have a lot of people escorted the bodies to the Burial Ground while others have stayed back in their words to protect the shake from any incident that may happen so the streets of the macaw come as the mom has called for supporters or protesters to be calm and also get organized amid the this was mentioned in charlottes report the Constitutional Court has been the subject of a lot of frustration over Election Results in the past but that seems to have evolved that sort of frustration can you expand on that for us. Well the frustrations for many mali and stuff has been going on for many for a very long time apart from the obvious problems in mali the situation in the north of the country where you have al qaida and other groups fighting Government Forces the United Nations as well as civilian attacking civilians you also have the problem of economic problems facing ordinary mullions apart from that they have been grievances from previous elections the president ial election which members of the opposition believe that president abram booker kitted did not win and then suddenly in a poll they were meant to elections the Constitutional Court in both cases overturned such an resolves that the opposition thought they have won and as a result they demanded that the Constitutional Court be disbanded which president promised to do and now the because of the pro problems that have been piling up in mali most of these protesters are demanding that the president the government should just go away also asking for an interim government or a Transitional Government that can come and organize elections that can be respected by malias on his own part president of bramber because kids are wanted a government of National Unity that sort and involved members of the opposition but not the people he called criminals and people who are destroying the country so right now the Constitutional Court will be disbanded according to the promises made by president bramble because kater but its not such an whether that will or so its the feeling so many millions who are demanding the exit of president the bible because. Of it it just keeping us up to date with the situation in mali as it moves thank you for that. To libya now where on social media appear to show forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar mobilizing towards the city of sirte the un recognized government shared those pictures it says there are armed vehicles as well as 2 russian made Defense Systems forces backing the tripoli government of been massing on the outskirts of so it is a gateway to major Oil Facilities its very pleased to have darrent duel with us now from london principle russia analyst at the global Risk Consultancy group. Thanks for your time lets talk about search 1st of all i mentioned just briefly of its importance there take us through exactly why. Forces might be heading there. Well im more of an expert on the russia side of it but my understanding is that surge is one of the gateways to both Energy Industry in libya as well as on the road to tripoli so this is you know a chance for her to regain the momentum after being on the back foot for much of the last couple of months but this is a really Interesting Development insofar as it shows how much rushes in gauging in libya is less about achieving very specific strategic goals in the country so much as it is maintaining a local client that it can use to leverage. To get a seat at the table when any peace deal is actually agreed and part of the problem that theyve had with this is where. The hoth are as other allies have been trying to pressure him into accepting some sort of a broader peace deal between egypt recently hes been able to turn to russia to up their commitment which in turn has had allies of the Libyan Government. Up in their commitments and egypt there for them again having to. Commit to the civil war to a greater degree than it would otherwise the like so this whole you know clan. Gain a seat at the peace table by engaging in the region to get skin in the game is one thats kind of backfiring as the local proxies are able to to clay their various patrons off against one another so you talk about the political side of things and the influence side of things what about the actual. Battle side of things i mentioned that these pictures a showing russian hardware involved shouldnt that be that might should not be giving to the forces a big push. Well its difficult to say well have to see 1st off we dont know whos actually manning these or Defense Systems we dont know when the kind they have it was our its our its our let me let me put it another way the fact that Khalifa Haftar us forces had been moving towards tripoli since april of last year and in more recent times have been pushed back. Very simple thinking to make things that if youve got a lot of russian firepower on your side that should be a huge advantage. I mean certainly the advantage its keeping after on the board its keeping him in the fight the question is whether this you know increase in russian commitment leads to it a countervailing increase in turkish commitments and western commitment for the Libyan Government at this point and you know russia can surge forces in there and it can search certain capabilities but ultimately you know the the other side has allies as well and its not clear that any side in this case can can really bring the war to a definitive conclusion with a victory for one or the other side and again given that the ultimate goal for moscows perspective at this point is to to gain a seat at the table and to ensure that its interests are respected when a peace deal is finally hammered out its not really clear that it so its backing have to are because they they want him to be the uncontested move of libya dharm until joining us today on the news out thank you so much for your time do appreciate it thank you. We will have to force a say they will keep blockading Oil Production and exports they say oil fields and terminals wont be allowed to reopen until there guarantees that revenue wont just go to the tripoli based government allies of have to close to export terminals and checked off major pipelines at the start of the year and ashwell Oil Corporation in tripoli said on friday that it had resumed some of its exports we are on the quarter past this news are heres whats coming up for you. We will find out why it was irans Supreme Leader had to say about m. P. s heckling the foreign minister last sunday. Labeled as extremists but this rap group in the usa is calling for a policy and is demanding an apology. And in support we will hear why Le Bron James is declined to take part in the n. B. A. s latest social justice campaign. The former u. S. Special counsel Robert Muller has defended his russia investigation which led to the conviction of former Trump Advisor Roger stone the u. S. President s stone a jail sentence saying he was the victim of a witch hunt but now in the Washington Post saying stone is still a convicted felon he was found guilty of witness tampering lying to congress and obstructing a congressional investigation more on this with mike hanna now in washington d. C. You would selling me on a 24 hours ago wed have to wait and see what happened with this one because it wouldnt just end with the sentence being commuted well you were right on that one. Indeed yes well Robert Miller statement is for Robert Muller scream of absolute fury one must remember that muller has not commented publicly on the substance of his investigation the only Public Comments hes made prior to this is that his report will speak to itself but clearly hes incredibly intense by President Trumps commutation and the reasons for it President Trump stating repeatedly that he felt that the report was a witch hunt as hes put it repeatedly he portrays roger stone as a victimized individual he portrays the investigation as one that was biased with people who were aiming at trump and had a political agenda in it or Robert Muller in this op ed has lashed out at all of these claims stating reemphasizing that roger stone was convicted in a court on 7 charges of felony he lied to congress youre tempted to tamper with witnesses and for president trying to say that the investigation was floored that led to his trial for Robert Muller is absolutely anathema so certainly Robert Mueller speaking loudly here in this op ed and here is a voice that would be listened to we he has maintained absolute silence in the past and significantly although he doesnt mention President Trump by name in this editorial his last line of it says that any claims that his staff acted with anything other than the most integrity are completely false essentially calling the president a liar does any of this address the idea that the the criticism i guess that donald trump in his commuting the sentence is actually undermined what the Justice System really is. Robert muller doesnt address directly a part with his reference to how it undercuts the integrity of the men and woman who work within