existence because turkey has spent the last several days signaling its intention to invade i think turkey would want to give the 1st year of the y.p. g. and others the opportunity to leave the area and also especially their american advisors to leave the area so there isn't an unnecessary clash between the 2 forces so i'm guessing that what we will see is a fairly rapid withdrawal because to not withdraw into stern fight is going to be quite futile for the for the for the 1st year of fighters as long as turkey doesn't go beyond the 20 mile limit i think we will probably see a relatively swift and relatively benign occupation i say relative of course there will be casualties and many of those will be tragically civilians caught up in the crossfire but i would hope that it will get to an extent

where we have a bloodbath of a major conflict if you're saying that you're hoping it won't get to the stage where we see a deep incursion apps going further south than just the border. situation where we could see civilian casualties which have already been reported but president trump is now saying that he doesn't endorse takis actions will the u.s. be able to restrain the extent of this operation in any way or does the u.s. withdrawal make this impossible now. do they have any and well i think it's. i think we have to separate the political rhetoric that's intended for a domestic audience from what may or may not have been agreed between the 2 governments certainly the indications are that there was a tacit agreement between the 2 leaders and i think that listening to president

tom's many comments what he is saying is that don't. be too harsh don't. harm the s.t.l. of certainly don't go beyond the limits that we've agreed that's my understanding clearly president trump has met with a great deal of opposition within the administration and within congress and the senate i think that he's trying to change his rhetoric to give more rhetorical support for the exterior of who many people in the u.s. consider as their friends many people in the u.s. believe that they're there to fight isis what many people don't take account of the fact is that the 1st year which comprises kurdish militias is primarily motivated

by having autonomy having a kurdish. area that they can call their own because there are people without a state so there's a lot of complex politics going on here there is and of course we know that that aspiration has long been a threat to ankara what is the worst case scenario i know that your anticipation is that we could see a fairly swift incursion but nonetheless is that also the risk of a deepening civil war one in which you have the s.d.f. you have kurdish fighters you have turkish backed troops you have syrian troops because of course president assad as said that he wants to reclaim sovereignty over all of syria if we see that sort of military free for all what are the humanitarian consequences. well in september of last year i said in an interview with. the modern conflicts don't they just transform and i think

that on that basis what we will see is sadly is a deepening civil war as you describe it. what we're look talking about is just a small part of what's going on in syria where there is a great deal of conflict going on elsewhere with the syrian regime military trying to recapture land fighting both isis and the american backed steer of a very being supported by the russians and to some degree possibly by the iranians as well there is a lot going on syria and we only get a very small part of the picture the only thing that we can be certain of is that millions of ordinary syrian civilians have suffered have been displaced 3 and a half 1000000 was a figure that your correspondent just mentioned coming from turkey hopefully back into syria but there are others millions more displaced elsewhere within the country and outside the country so yes it is going to get worse it's going to get

more complicated it is already so complicated that none of the major players whether it's turkey whether it's the u.s. whether it's russia or whether it's the assad regime nobody is in control of this and so what we will see is an escalation where there are miscalculations misunderstandings and the price will be paid by innocent civilians mostly women and children and the elderly thank you very much are sour and nothing and let's get reaction now from the united states roslyn jordan is in washington and. i just want to pick up on a point that our cell was making there about the possibility of a resurgent ice in the context of a deepening civil war in the area of course we know that the trump administration hailed the enduring defeat of i sell are lawmakers voicing their concerns about i still getting a new lease on life now. both congressional democrats and republicans

are alarmed i think that's probably the mildest way to put it that i still could how now take advantage of this military operation to reassert to a group to bring in new recruits there had been talk in recent days about the organization's ability in particular to attract women not to just be helpmates as it were but to actually join as actual soldiers in their efforts to reassert themselves and to try to establish their version of a caliphate so there is this real concern there are efforts on capitol hill to look at perhaps passing a resolution that would hold turkey accountable for this decision to go into kurdish territory in northeastern syria but whether it could be anything stronger than a resolution something that would actually punish the government and on her of her

deciding to carry out this is another question altogether because even though in the past hour we have heard the u.s. president donald trump reiterate his statement that the u.s. does not endorse the turkish invasion this is a far cry from over the weekend when the president apparently did not stand in the in the turkish president's way when mr atwan told mr trump that he was getting ready to go in after p k k members because he considered them an accidental threat to his country. i mean how upset onil may has that are about that that president trump. effectively with true u.s. troops from the region and appears to have given president the green light without seeking any reassurances for the sake of his allies who have been battling i sill

on the ground for 5 years now well they say they were upset mar him including one of the president's biggest supporters in the u.s. senate south carolina senator lindsey graham who is leading this effort to try to pass some sort of legislation that would criticize all korea for this invasion but whether or not you have enough political will to actually try to hold the administration to do more to punish for this invasion that's a whole other question it's worth pointing out that members of congress are not in washington this week they're in the middle of a recess and even though we're only you know on october 9th it's not hard to see that in about 56 days time the attention span here in washington might have changed and that same anger that we've been seeing from legislators made be playing out 5

days from now so the real question is are they willing to break with the president on this matter given that both republicans and democrats are saying that with the help of kurdish fighters there would not have been a way to contain or to remove eisel love from territory in both syria and in iraq. all right thanks very much roslyn jordan there for us so that is the reaction there in washington but let's get a sense of the broader international response to all of this because world leaders have been calling on ankara to exercise restraint france has strongly condemned the move and italy's prime minister says it risks in destabilizing the region and harming civilians present let him uproot in want his turkish counterpart russia type want to avoid any steps in syria that could damage its peace process moscow's call for dialogue between the syrian government and the kurds nato secretary-general against altenburg has called on turkey to act with restraint and

ensure any actions taken a proportionate and measured and an emergency un security council meeting has now been called by e.u. member states our diplomatic editor james braze brings us the latest now from new york after days of discussion the u.n. security council's agreed to have a meeting on current developments in syria but there's very little chance of agreement on anything other than expressions of general concern what do you hope to achieve this week road discussions and bedser conventions the. issue just pieces that the chance to sort the only issue since it's the european members of the council have been pushing for a meeting some of them have strongly condemned turkey but the u.n. secretary general antonio good tarus issued a statement that stops well short of that civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law. the secretary general

believes that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict the same language the un has been using throughout syria's bloody 8 and a half year long war there is nor military solution because there is no military solution as i have said repeatedly there is no military in solution to the seat in prizes so how does that apply to turkey's current operation if there is no military solution and that's the firm view of the secretary general is the clear inference to that that he is not in favor of a new military operation. we have been proven correct on this time and again people have believed that particular fences could wind the conflict from one side or another none of that has happened and it will not be able to happen the parties need to come together they need to resolve their differences diplomatically many of been questioning whether president shrub effectively gave a green light to turkey ahead of its military operation but there's also attention

to on russia after recent comments by its foreign minister sergei lavrov that the syrian kurds should start negotiations with the assad government russia like everyone else knew exactly what turkey was planning president obama made it quite clear in front of other world leaders even showing them a map last month at the u.n. general assembly perhaps russia is prepared to tolerate turkey taking a corridor of land along syria's northeast border while it and the assad forces continue the bombardment of it live in the northwest with the hope it will eventually lead to the kurds coming under the control of the syrian government jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. well the international committee of the red cross is urging countries to take back their fighters held in camps and northeast syria the facilities house an estimated 100000 people including captured i still fight as foreign forces and their wives and children our message to all

states who have citizen in those camps to take responsibility. to. be courageous because we know it's a major political and security challenge we talked to you were at this hour but i believe that the last showed that the status quo cannot be. it's not an option. something needs to happen. there are foreigners. all westerners the syrians. it's very complex. but i still believe that if you look at all the population in this camp. the situation of the westerners probably the easiest one to sort. so for more on this i'm joined by rim turkmani director of the syria conflict research program at the l.s.e. confirmation now that turkish troops or technician backed troops are moving into

northeast syria avoid the scene as strikes and artillery shelling of these towns and this border area in syria we're talking about a population you're saying of some 750000 people are we now going to see a mass exodus in the next few days yes this is what we are seeing already and people are moving mainly towards the south towards the some of the government controlled cities like. even companies being target or even to the arab cities like chicago but there are these the capacity at least cities is also limited already there opening the schools as i.d.p.'s centers all the pick spaces mosques to host old posts people but this this can't be sustained for long you know those people need to be in their houses they need to go back to their terrace to their farms and . they're not there not to i do supporters that's important to emphasize they live

under the defacto control of few idea if they're not all the necessary if you id supporter or sympathizer most speak to many of them said who told them these are kurdish families to help mainly kurdish families and see who told them that we actually do sympathize with them but they're the fact the powers some do sympathize and they have a cause they have a project and we disagree with it and i think they are partially guilty but norm deserves to be treated like this if they're punishing the all area and tourists in civilians you say that you have been in touch with many families who are already leaving i think one of you is speaking to some people from wrestling now once they leave the area you do they think they will be able to go back how how straightforward will it be for those around certainties they don't they know for example the people who left at 3 in the kurdish are free and they were only able to go back some more eval to go back now but not everyone was able to go the houses

that they left. turkey brought someone else and. make them is going to say is there a concern that precisely the same thing yes going to lay out their answers i am praying and i spoke also that's important to mention i spoke to people in our move to our or also on the bird on the border as their new heavy attack along with a boat i would add is the town where there are so many international organizations and i spoke to my friend there and she said we're actually terrified because the international organizations told us they're going to leave to morrow and now we're going to be more exposed so they felt that the presence of this international provide certain rituals and i mentioned that we talking about humanitarian aid in even some the international n.g.o.s there's a thing danish and you or they're. also there some of them were flying around there some humanitarian relief and now that is going to be seen and is dropped and not

only that their presence is a protection you know they just provide this protection by presence and when they see that they're leaving already the men in the area have left either to fight or they fled the area because they think you know turkish forces me earlier it's them and they said to me listen we all know here let's women children and elderly and we just don't know what to do so they've been left in this situation and they feel very exposed because of the absence of international organizations and perhaps more importantly american troops it wasn't a massive presence but nonetheless made some difference to exactly turkey's calculations exactly it was based on certain a range when there were security arrangements that were agreed and then just overnight without any proportions there were changed. that could have been made the different way in the gradual so i just ask you we were expecting actually this writing something like this to happen for a while now i mean for

a very year really i mean trump has spoken about pulling u.s. troops that we know what the ones ambitions are or intentions have been what if anything can the international community do to help these people i think they need to do something more than just condemnation you're a pretty in particular need to take actual steps including if they can provide any form of protection on the borders whether by presence or sending security forces or monitors but they cannot just leave people like this the it's not the u.s. or russia who's going to fuel the immediate impact of this is going to be europe right and the refugee card but card that turkey is playing is going to hit europe the terrorism if europe the humanitarian bill is being paid by europe but it's europe who's doing the least to prevent this collations that is leading to this the to reaction of the hearing to a situation the crisis i think really europe needs to take firm steps

including the european union itself as a body not just as different individual states from tech money from the l.s.e. thank you for sharing your thoughts with us this evening thank you. and you are with the news out live from london much more still ahead we'll look at 3 days of mourning in iraq for the demonstrators killed injuring days of violent antigovernment protests on the night transport and all messy reveals how he almost quit sponsor lana here from the wild footballer of the year i learned. how i was still wanted to shout into central parts of the medics right about things squatting down now at least so long as he thought to try to see that little area clad little cluster of storms that just surround sicily southern parts of italy pushing their way towards greece once again further north africa got the really

lively weather lot of cloud around hit blustery conditions fading across much of northern europe should be a little try to prosecute parts of into this week on through thursday but the showers not too far away those sweet 1st think that the south was to go through friday another for the miserable day for many thanks to the blustery showers longer spells of fright but set to continue here that other way to scandinavia still quite brust be a fair bit of cloud into that western side of russia the south of that steadily looking fine and dry see a little bit of cloud just pushing its way towards greece and into western parts of checking out the showers we have across central parts of the met they will lap on to the coastal shores of libya chance of some wet weather just running in here then over towards been gazi for example have a clear through by the time we come to friday the status that can last you fine and dry just not just a fan amounts of cloud just pushing across straight to the pros to the good parts off morocco and that fall northwestern corner of algeria.

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media and focus on how they would vote on the stories that matter the most on al-jazeera. land. land. welcome back our top story this hour tucky is saying it's hit more than $180.00 targets as part of a major ground an air offensive in northeastern syria is to clear the area of kurdish fighters kurdish that syrian democratic forces say a prison holding eisold detainees has been struck by turkish troops and emergency u.n. security council meeting has been called by members to discuss what is happening all in the has more now from paris on the european response to tech is offensive in

northeast syria. in this statement the e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica mockery really outlines the e.u.'s position and that is that the e.u. is calling on turkey to stop all military action mongering he says that that military action simply cannot lead to any form of sustainable solution that could only be achieved through negotiations or talks marini also says it is member states are extremely concerned over the issue of security over further destabilizing an already volatile region and possibly seeing a resurgence of eisel fighters the coalition partners including turkey have been working very hard to combat moderate any also says that turkey is of course a a close ally of the european union and has hosted many syrian refugees and there is real concern in the european union that this violence in northern syria could lead to a new wave over effigies in europe now our other top story this hour 2 people have

been shot dead near a german synagogue in combat shopping what authorities are calling an anti semitic attack attack on times with young kapoor the holiest day in the jewish calendar the shooting took place in the eastern city of halle gunfire was also heard in the nearby town of landsberg which is about 15 kilometers away it's not care if the 2 are connected and the bomber reports. the video from a mobile phone might be shaky but it conveys just how calm the gun manny's as he shoots down the street and holler. and watch how people take cover in the distance . i witness is a one woman a passer boy was shot near a synagogue the spokesperson for the local jewish community says an attacker tried to shoot his way into the synagogue where around 80 people had gathered all your poor the holiest jewish holiday and then threw

a grenade into the cemetery next to it. germany's foreign minister has tweeted it hits us in the heart that a synagogue was shot on the day of atonement we must all act against anti semitism in our country elsewhere in the town one person was reportedly killed when a turkish kabob shop was attacked they say a man was inside. because if you know. i was standing at the entrance and saw an elderly woman pass by and behind her there was suddenly this man wearing a helmet and military style clothes he was holding a gun and wearing a balaclava and then he tried to throw what looked like a hand grenade but it bounced off the door frame and exploded right in front of this elderly woman with a very loud bang and then he raised the gun and started shooting. as a police want people to stay indoors they confirmed they'd arrest it one person you know all of them innocent by thought we have at least 2 crime scenes because one person died as the result of a shooting in the area of ludwig vocalist raster and another one in the area of

humboldt strasser we 1st received information that there was one terrorism suspect who was armed with have since been suggestions that there could have been more people involved but that's not confirmed at this point. the suspect was wearing a head camera and the attacks were live streamed on the internet the gunman speaking english and german calls himself a holocaust denier also denouncing feminism and mass immigration he calls himself a loser after the synagogue attack doesn't go to plan before moving on to the restaurant the shooting was also reported in the town of landsberg 20 minutes drive from germany's tried to fight a resurgence of right wing a neo nazi extremism in recent years including the firebombing of synagogues the investigation into the howler attacks has now been taken over by federal antiterrorism prosecutors with the barber al jazeera. anderson joins us live now from holly and andrea just describe to us what's happening there at the saying the

latest information that you're hearing. well right now more information is coming to light german media reporting detail about the movements of the suspect it happened here at the synagogue where he attempted to get inside he wasn't able to smash down the door he was he opened fire number of times and after that he just randomly shot a woman she was killed instantly he then moved on from that to a turkish kabob store as you heard in that report and shots someone else dead then he moved apparently this is new he got into his own call a drove off to landsberg according to all sources reporting to german media he went to las bergen arrived at a workshop demanded a call with the workers because they said that they didn't have

a car but then he pointed to a taxi but for some reason he turned around and shots of electrician he's seriously ill he was lifted away from the scene and then there was a chase and also bomb not too far away a police chase apparently he was rammed by a vehicle it's not clear whether he was injured or not but then taken into custody he has been named by german media and also partially named by the police the police say he was stefan be the 1st letter of his name german media name him as stefan badly it's a 27 year old from this area and he also reported online that as a sort of money fest published online it hasn't been verified but the. of weapons and ammunition and a reference to his life's dream he says the objective was to kill as many anti

whites as possible jews preferred but he didn't succeed in killing anyone from this this this this this this service which was going on all known it such an important day the holiest day in the jewish calendar imagine the scene inside up to 80 people a security camera in the doorway he was smashing away and opening fire seeing that went on for something like 10 minutes before he gave up and went on to kill randomly cursing as he went saying i'm a loser all of this on a live stream another controversial aspect to this was this a copy of what happened in christ church which was across church new zealand the attack on the mosque which was live streamed there are answers that will have to be made from the web site again video gaming website called twitch in which

the whole thing was shown live with people while the video going viral so that is the situation right now the police are investigating further trying to find links to far right groups. a real mood of fear here as to what will happen next but this was by all all the information received a lone killer it would seem anderson thank you now to ecuador protesters have clashed with security forces in a 7th day of anti-government demonstrations that thousands of indigenous people are on the streets in the capital quito angry over fuel price hikes introduced by president raina road to empty and businesses are closed across the country as possible one day strike against the austerity measures but he knows refused to resign and says he is negotiating with dozens of indigenous groups. well latin america isn't easy and human joins us live now from going to kill and you see we was seeing protests in tito's that but they have been erupting in other parts of

the country as well what's the latest from where you are. yes i have mary and me here and why i killed a worshiper radek the demonstrations about 500 people opposed to the president who are were joining the national strike and who are calling for his resignation there was a far larger demonstration several 1000 people who are more or less support the government and are opposed at least to those who are calling for the president demise and they were out on the street as well interestingly the police were protecting the larger group but they took very very swift action to disperse the smaller group which was supposed to be a very peaceful demonstration indeed in fact at the u.n. human rights commission the organization of american states human rights commission and amnesty international have put out a statement saying that they are very concerned about what they regard as excessive use by the security forces and they even against journalists and we are hearing now

from the president that at least 700 people have been arrested since these protests began 7 days ago mary what do we know he said hundreds of people have been arrested in the past few days what do we know about whether they're going to be charged how long they're going to be held for. well there is a state of emergency or exception as it's called here in place and it will be in place for another 7 weeks at least this was declared by the president before he decided to come here to set up temporarily the seat of government which you see behind me is the government house the temporary government house but he's now in the capital he thought presumably overseeing some attempts to reach a negotiated settlement with indigenous leaders and trade union leaders but in the meantime. the armed forces has put out the communicate which is very very significant indeed it says that the armed forces i will not take responsibility for

any quote consequences that could take place from for the actions taken by people who are just roughing public order and they said that the only ones responsible for this would be those who are who are carrying out these demonstrations and using excessive force they say and this is a double message merriam it's basically 1st of all a way of saying that the armed forces remains strongly behind the president at this stage which is very significant because there's no way that the government in ecuador stay in power for very long unless the army and under these circumstances at least makes it clear that they support him and secondly it means that the army will probably be taking a larger role in putting down the demonstrations that we've been seeing in the capital and all over the country in fact and we saw today members of the army going right behind the police riot the riot police and they seem to be ready to move in if necessary so it could get a.