India over the controversial citizenship law. Launching one of the most powerful rockets. Good to have your company. The United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians in idlib, serious last rebel controlled province. Have fled,000 people the area after two weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces. Fuel shortages are stopping families from getting away. As syrian troops have been moving, the president has vowed to recapture look rebel held areas and intensified the military offensive despite a ceasefire in august. Idlib is home to 3 million syrians, many of whom are already internally displaced. Eight agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area and there are few errors fears humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region unless the fighting ends. Today, the areas have become disaster areas. They should be dealt with accordingly. They should not exempt the International Community, regional countries, and the guarantor countries of continuing to carry out the responsibilities in order to reach not a shortterm truce because they do not last, but reach a comprehensive ceasefire. Anchor many of the displaced families are trying to seek shelter in turkey, but they are not being allowed to enter at the border. We report. Most of these people have fled their homes, heading to cities such as idlib, the capital of the province. Others have gone to other areas. But the vast majority of them, and from the areas where the city and armed forces have been putting most of their attacks, that is the area, the strategic , where assads forces are keen to retake from the rebels. Most of them come to the Turkish Border and the turkish authorities are not allowing any of the city and refugees to cross over. And the camps are also for. They are full. They are setting up makeshift camps. Depending on turkeys charities giving them one food warm food, but they do not have proper facilitation or warm water wherever they set up camp. Anchor the assistant secretary for Political Military Affairs under president george w. Bush joins us from washington, d. C. A warm welcome to the program. Good to have you with us. What are the most pressing issues in terms of bringing this conflict to some sort of a close, even if it doesnt happen soon . First,well, i think russia and the Syrian Regime needs to honor the resolutions allowing humanitarian aid inside the city. The second issue is theres got to be a clear warning to russia that there bombardment of idlib is in violation of every tenant of rules of land warfare. Third, there needs to be a decision between all parties that the removal of the g hardees that are inside jihadis inside idlib must be incurred. Anchor what is the u. S. Position right now . U. S. Position is to stand back, condemn, but not get actively involved. Weve never been actively involved in that sector of syria, preferring to work in the northeast area, which i think everyone is quite aware of. But trying to get the note states interposed that area is not the right answer. We can continue to add the cape diplomacy, but anything more than that would only make a complicated situation worse. Anchor looking at the role of russia and turkey in terms of preventing this crisis from deepening. What steps should they take . Longtermres been a agreements between both sides and shortterm agreements between both sides. Jihadiss be clear, the inside this area have no motivations to negotiate or do anything but continue the fighting they are doing, rubbing themselves around civilians and the russians, for their part, are ignoring any kind of rules of land warfare and bombing those areas. Turkey, on the other hand, has some concerns about were idlib to fall with those 3 Million People inside of idlib, they would be more refugees coming into turkey. In my mind, its neither the russians nor the turks that are they key or the solution. The key is the International Community getting involved in this and putting pressure, both on the Syrian Regime in russia, and turkey for a resolution that doesnt cause massive lossoflife or a humanitarian catastrophe. Would you say or would you agree that serious dealing with the situation has fallen off the agenda of late . Does the International Community have the will to deal with the situation . Guest no, absolutely not. There has been some noise from the International Community about providing communitarian assistance. Bashar alassad has been fighting this civil war for almost 10 years, in fact more than 10 years at this point. Idlib remains the last holdout for the opposition and for the jihadis. He sees the taking of idlib as the final step in restoring sovereignty to the rest of this country. He sees, along with the russians, this is an internal affair the World Community shouldnt worry about. Unfortunately, he has International Law on his side, interpreting this as an internal conflict and a resistance organization. He is elected president of the sovereign nation of syria. So the United States and the United Nations find themselves in a very difficult position. Anchor retired general mark kimmitt joining me from washington, d. C. Thank you, as always, for your thoughts. Guest sure. Anchor Government Forces say a warlords fighters carried out an airstrike near the trinity and tunisian border. The National Oil Company says no one was killed. Libyans came out in large numbers against have to are and his forces, his anger after two airstrikes that struck a busy shopping center. Our correspondent is in tripoli and says the airstrikes could be in response to the turkish president announcements. Hes planning to send troops to help the tripoli government. Hashe airstrikes recently been targeting civilian areas. Anddential areas, killing wanting innocent civilians. This can be read in terms of the the anger reaction to the news about the turkish governments planning to send troops to libya. Upon official request from their governor to recognize the United Nations. Recently, the forces have an area by airstrikes, near the oil refinery. About 40stands kilometers to the west from hasoli as antiare and it in its custody, the pilot that was detained for was captured by proGovernment Forces three months ago while he was targeting the location. Are accused of committing war crimes by the Government Ministry of defense, airstrikedsd the targetin civilian areas could amount to war crimes. Anchor a u. S. Civilian contractor has been killed in an attack on an iraqi village terry base. Several Village Military base. Several rockets have been fired. Multiple Service Members are injured. But they have returned to duty. Staying in iraq, there have been antigovernment protests since october, calling desperately for political reform. The countrys highest she a religious leader has been critical of not heeding to the protesters demands. But he will no longer get involved in politics. We report from a sheer stronghold in southern iraq shia stronghold in a southern iraq. Reporter the one man iraq is look to for guidance is silenced. s sermon ayatollah usually includes comments on political matters, closely watched. This week, the cleric announced he will no longer speak on political issues and he passed a cryptic message to iraqs politicians explaining why. Youllou read history, find the problem is not with the people, but with those who dont listen to those who have wisdom and intellect. Clerics say his silence is a show of dismay that iraqs politicians are not heeding his advice. The recluse and comes at a critical time. On thursday, the president said he would rather resign then appoint the nominee for Prime Minister, seen as representing the status quo. What is the point of talking on political issue . We are repeating the same points over and over. If they want advice, they will find it in previous speeches. Reporter its not the first time hes done this. He stopped making political speeches temporarily in 2013 and 2016 to put pressure on political leaders. Record he responds to progress based on the law, he will resume giving political advice. Reporter he may have grown tired of his words used to meet political ends. Political forces dissect the steps and interpret them according to their interests. Reporter they have seen some of the worst violence since demonstrations began. Protesters have set up camp in the central square, determined to stay until their demands are met. They feel encouraged by support, but unless theres a complete overhaul of the particle system, they doubt early elections, a priority for sister annie, will bring meaningful change. The choice is made or the politicians. We want up Prime Minister and the president to be elected by our people. Reporter the grand ayatollahs implicit endorsement seems necessary, and his decision to no longer comment on Political Developments is regarded as pressuring Political Parties to choose somebody, except his silence creates a leadership vacuum some fear could worsen the crisis. Al jazeera. Anchor theres plenty more ahead, including chiles president on the referendum of the new constitution. Will that be enough to appease protesters . A plane crashes, killing 12 people. They set a date for their highly anticipated match. We have those details. Anchor in india, there have been protests over allegations of police brutality. 18 have been killed during two weeks of demonstrations against the controversial new citizenship law. Elizabeth spoke to the families of some of the victims. A mother overcome with grief, and her family and mouing as neighbors in rning as neighbors come over to pay their condolences. His son was shot dead by Police Following prayers last week. Back, the was coming police started beating people. Everyone ran, but he couldnt because he had a high fever. The Police Caught him and shot him. Studying his son was to join indias civil service. E is one of 18 indians killed in two weeks of protests against the law, which critics say discriminates against muslims. Police commanders maintain offices officers acted in selfdefense and prevent communal violence. There came a point where there was fear of clashes between hindus and muslims. Only we know how we are to stop that from happening. If we had not been there, things would have deteriorated. Reporter but those who arent too afraid to speak out say Police Attacked people in their own homes. Home ofroke into the his brother, who is paralyzed, and beat the entire family with batons. They broke the door and dragged him out of the house. They beat him up. Now hes detained. Reporter police have detained 6000 people in connection with the citizenship law protests. Theyve only charged 1000 of them. The people here are so scared that many have locked themselves up inside their houses. Many of those have left the place because of police atrocities. Reporter they are sending messages of reassurance to distressed people, the Rights Groups say they are too late. Members of the factfinding team who traveled there say the police are carrying out a reign of terror on muslim communities. Up allle are staying night in the muslim communities in order to try and guard because they are so afraid, terrified, of either a police rate or a communal attack. Reporter activists point out that while protests have happened nationwide, protesters have been killed only in states which are governed by the ruling bjp. Police are detaining any protesters who come to this house in the capital new delhi to stop people from speaking out against Police Action in the Northern State in india. Civil Rights Groups are demanding the Immediate Release of what they call innocent protesters arrested by police, and they Want Supreme Court judges to oversee an investigation into allegations of police neutrality. Police brutality. Anchor the chilean president signed a decree on a referendum for a new constitution in april of next year. There have been weeks of protests and the vote was one of the main demands of demonstrators. The current constitution dates back to 1980, when the country was on the dutch under dictatorship. Under dictatorship. Once again, with a pencil and paper, we citizens would be able to express our opinion and define the path our country will take. Anchor the editor in chief of skypetoday joins us via from the chilean capital. A warm welcome to the program. What will this referendum over a new constitution actually achieve . Well, the idea of course is to get an entirely new constitution that will safeguard the Social Security that so many chileans are looking for at the moment in july. The government in chile the government. Doesnt need to provide health care. Not under current constitution. A lot of chileans hope that if a new constitution will be written for chile, all these new social importance is for people importances will be for people under the new constitution. Its for a lot of chileans. Anchor what about the protesters . Is that a step in the right direction . This was one of their demands that there should be a new constitution. Will this go some way to satisfying them . Guest well, i mean its one of the demands, but of course signing the decree today was just formalizing the entire profits process. This was happening for weeks. They wont be satisfied because theres been a lot of things that happened the last couple of weeks thats still not soft. For example, the Human Rights Violations in chile. So many people died who got severely injured. The people getting shot by riot police at this moment, in the plaza, so the protesters, they will continue. They see now that the protests, really, they do change some things. They are looking for other ways, for example the Human Rights Violations, published. Anchor the approval ratings, correct me if im wrong, or about 11 . Do you think his presidency can recover from these very serious Human Rights Violations accusations . Guest so, thats going to be the big question. On one side, he can be the president. And a new constitution could be written. Its a chancece for him to write history. But on the other side, there is a lot of blood on his hands for everythihing that happened durig the protests. At the end, he is responsible for the protests committed by the army, by the police. In some form, he is responsible. In the coming months, all months until the referendum, all the things that happen after that, will be very key for his presidency. Will he be the president for Human Rights Violations or president of the new future in chile . Anchor founder and editor in chile today, sir, thank you. Colombian right police are coming under increasing pressure over the way theyve dealt with protesters taking part in the National Strike. One student has died and many more blinded. Reporter a University Student dragged into an unmarked car. Another protester brutally kicked in the face, a third killed by a police projectile. Since the National Strike started over a month ago, colombias riot police has been under pressure for its violent response to the mostly peaceful demonstrations. Martial arts trainer Alejandra Reyes marched in the first protest, but had been playing pool for two hours when he was attacked by police, as he fled the bar flooded with teargas. He lost his right eye after being hit by a rubble bullet rubber bullet. They didnt care if we were confronting them or not. They simply attacked us. If it wasnt me, it would have been any of my friends. I felt a rubber ball hitting my right eyelid. I saw it on the floor. When i tried to pick it up, i passed out. Reporter they are investigating cases of it excessive force. People have lost and i during protests in boko to an eye during protests in bogota. Never followolice protocol. Thats why dylan died. Thats why i lost my site and so on. They always use brutal force. Reporter a month after the killing of dylan cruz, hundreds gathered in bogota at the spots where they were injured. They are demanding the dismantling of the is not. Human rights organizations say right police is responsible for the deaths of at least 34 people in the last 20 years, even if its supposed to be nonlethal force. A billessman supporting in congress to replace the force says the issue goes beyond protocols. Columbia isem in during 50 years of internal conflict, the police has always supposed the existence of an internal enemy. We are living in an historic moment of change in Colombian Society and our institutions need to understand Security Forces need to change, as well. Insist theet they riot police rarely violate protocols and actually needs to be reinforced. Many victims of their actions here beg to differ. Guard the u. S. Coast says the wreckage of a helicopter carrying seven people has been found in hawaii. The search began after the aircraft didnt arrive after its destination on thursday after touring the coast of the island, when it hit a weather system, bringing scattered showers and gust of wind. Emergency services are currently searching for survivors. 100khstan has granted flights after a crash on friday left at least 12 people dead. The jet came down near the airport shortly after takeoff, smashed into a wall before hitting a house