algorithm just the. range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of a let's just. announce his era. president resit type of one threatens to attack syrian forces anywhere after the killing of 15 turkish soldiers in ovens as the syrian government russia says the presence of turkish troops in libya is aggravating the situation that. 0 life and also coming up palestinians welcome a u.n. report that identifies scores of companies which have ties with illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank. italian senators look set to vote to lift

immunity for former far right interior minister met yourself any who's accused of illegally detaining migrant see. and donald trump praises the u.s. attorney general for overruling prosecutors to recommend a light to prison sentence a long time i live largest. right takis president has warned damascus against further provocations in syria's last rebel held territory a resit type 2 and says he will strike against government forces anywhere if they target turkish troops in the province is also demanding syrian forces be pushed back beyond turkish observation post by the end of february. only civvies don't think nobody these attacks are directly targeting our soldiers and directly targeting turkey there's no more time for talk we have to look at the realities on

the field and by the end of february the regime must be pushed behind observation point whatever is needed on the ground or in the air we are not going to have any hesitation and we are going to act on it well syrian government forces have killed 15 turkish soldiers in recent days that much of the fighting in the past week has focused on the m 5 highway which is a main trade route that links the massacres with aleppo government forces are now fully in control of that crucial highway for the fighting has triggered a humanitarian crisis has displaced nearly 700000 people the syrian government's ally russia says it ankara has failed to separate moderate opposition fighters from terrorists in moscow says that turkey's aggravating the situation by having troops on the ground all right let's bring in our senior political analyst mark bashara joins us from london with what you make of what's going on here. were clearly the escalation has gone so far that now tensions have deep in between

one car in moscow and certainly between around damascus and that means either the syrian regime is going to have to back out of those areas that it took control of against the sort of understanding or agreement or that the presidency is going to have to react because it sort of committed itself over the last day or so to in fact do something about the syrian transgressions. because with the death of so many turkish soldiers and with the humiliation of turkey if you will in this very particular instance i think something is something got to give as it were that the moment of truth perhaps has arrived finally in syria and how do you think the moment of truth might play out. well look i mean there are what causes for this very

particular escalation has been a certain understanding based on a certain commitments that turks need to come up with some sort of an understanding about who is and who is not a terrorist if you will in the province and the russians and the syrian regime need to make certain. would draw roles and certain ceasefire when it comes to the escalation in that part now turkey says that the russians and not understanding that the fact that this is a very complicated situation with an adlib and that not all arrivals are terrorists and in fact a lot of them are you know nationalist bitter i think syrians but be that this it may situation is difficult for turkey in it live it is hit from different sides including the turks and the syrian and some of the terrorist organizations within

with it with an end so for the turks that it's really simple russia needs to be more cooperative and the syrian regime's these to shut up and back up how much should we view this whole situation as far as turkey is concerned with the what when does what's happening back at home in his domestic presence. well clearly in his speech to parliament and the fact that he chose parliament nick does here that for him this is a national emergency the fact that the nationalist party has also backed him and the fact that he tied the security of some 80000000 turks to the security in syria or the borders with syria as well as in syria means that this is. an emotion and an urgent question for the turkish national security and there's of course the

question of for refugees turkey already host some 4000000 of them already as you said stated in your report some 700000 new displaced refugees have appealed to the seat over the last 2 weeks the situation is really good have been aggravated and aggravating within within turkey and that does pose an issue for turkey now because approached the russians it has also a portion of europeans because that's all remember there's a european turkish agreement on some sort of a turkish handling of the refugee issue and in return for some sort of european compensations because said it's not coming and there is a question of the of the of the border area and the zone of 15 to 20 kilometers where it's still a bit beyond output curteous if you were with the kurds or the kurdish forces there and so on so forth so all of that all of that combined is a national priority for turkey does play into the internal scene within the country

and that's why i think with the ultimatum presented by by the thick of president in parliament those bring us closer to a moment of truth about what next what adam moland thanks for that great to get a perspective preset bush are there in london. now palestinians have welcomed a u.n. report on companies with business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank. in a statement the u.n. said it had identified 112 business entities with reasonable grounds to conclude they have ties with israeli settlements among these was a us base home run to company b. and b. 70 has the latest now from west jerusalem the israeli foreign ministry came out immediately with a strongly worded statement calling this a shameful surrender by the human rights council to pressure by states organizations were shooting to harm israel calling it a stain on the human rights commission the palestinians however have welcomed this

is a victory for international law this is a long delayed list by the united nations highlighting the companies both israeli and international operating in the illegal settlements in the occupied west bank the timing of it also significant less than 24 hours after the palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed the u.n. security council rejecting trumps so-called deal of the century of course has been a lot of talk here in israel also by prime minister benjamin netanyahu about an exciting immediately and axing those settlements following these upcoming elections it's something that the americans have indicated they will give a green light for what this report does is highlight it get the international community start the start of the united nation that these settlements in the occupied west bank are illegal and illegal under international law some of the international companies it highlights air b.n. b. expedia of poto booking dot com it doesn't have any legality in terms of

implementing consequences for these companies but it does open them to the potential for any b.d.s. that the boycott divestment and sanctions movement. stuff taken that it is far right leader matters salvini looks set to lose his immunity following hours of debate in the senate senators are expected to give the green light for prosecutors to put selvi on trial over charges of holding migrants see he's accused of illegally keeping more than 100 people on a boat off sicily for the days last summer so obviously could face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty. my children have the right to know that their father is often away from home not because he's kidnapping human beings but because he is defending the borders and security of his country that was his duty it was not his right it was his duty i think i have defended my homeland i did not ask for a prize because i received a salary for that but if there must be

a trial so be it let's speak now to stefan aversion who is an investigative journalist joining us from milan in italy by skype but now so the me said that he's staying calm in fact he welcomes this decision and he's looking forward to his day in court why is that well yes he is serving has repeatedly said that he wants to go to court in fact senator a strong man he's part of the league left the chambre today the senate and so they didn't vote in favor of so many of these wait looks like so the new ones to face trial. or at least trying to face trial and use the trial to boost he spoke larry to which is it now declining according to the last polls in the last elections in emilia-romagna so this is a kind of historic thing in italy. so you're going to scream used to do the same thing so when he was under trial he was accusing. the judges and the

prosecutors trying to boost his popularity this way depicting the cell there's a victim of the system he may want it to happen but what if it was to go wrong what could he face. well in and actually the today decision that is going to be taken today by the senate doesn't mean that so that it will actually go to trial it means that the senate allowed celing to go to trial then the authorization by the senate will go to the prosecutor in qatar and he will have to ask to a judge if sony has to go to trial or not so things still need to be to be decided actually but it's politically relevant that sylviane you once to be to be to be on trial because the narrative now is about you know himself saying that he's protecting italy protecting the borders and the opposition say that there's there was no risk with $131.00 migrants in italy there was no risk for italy

security and is a sense that this will be brought to trial. yes yes it will be of course a political trial which is ongoing in italy has been ongoing italy for the last year at least and the population still seems to be quite divided on the issue all right we'll leave it there thanks very much indeed for updating us the front of his unit thank you thank you. still ahead here on us they're holding social media from them to account the u.k. government has plans to regulate the internet. the tradition continues play france's dismisses a controversial proposal over who can be ordained as a priest. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast with heavy rain right now

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then again you're watching out for mind about tops and turkeys president is warning to mass because he will strike syrian forces anywhere if they target turkish troops in. syria's ally russia accuses her of aggravated situation by having forces on the ground. italy's far right leader matthew salvini looks set to lose his immunity following a vote at the senate senators are expected to allow prosecutors to put on trial over charges of illegally holding migrants see. palestinians are welcomed to a united nations report on companies with business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and the u.n. says it's identified $112.00 business entities including the u.s. based in renting company b. and b. israel has described this as shameful. we're going to take the story and now we can

speak to our dollar who's from the palestinian ministry of foreign affairs joins us live from ramallah welcome to program so just tell us 1st of all more about your reaction to this. actually we will come this week to. that abyss of companies that are working very killed indirectly with the illegal settlements and we see that we see it as that of the development toward accountability and respect for the human rights of the put as you can people in the internet this is how we see it now israel of course of denounces they say it's a shameful capitulation to pressure from countries and businesses intent on hurting israel what do you make of that. actually this shameful is still there are some companies are briefing from the this illegal settlements using our resources because it is. illegal under international law and i do believe that what is

shameful that these companies are still working with this is illegal israeli settlements tell us more about what impact these businesses have for palestinian businesses i do believe that that when we have when we had the fact finding mission on the cations of the illegal israeli settlements on social and economical rights of the palestinian people they came up with this decision that the guiding principles of business and the human rights they should take action these businesses are violating the the international law violating the right of the palestinian people to economic and social development because these businesses are built on our land on the land of the palestinian people so we believe it is time for these businesses to stop to quit professor in order there will be the consequences and legal consequences until these businesses directly

impact the palestinian economy. definitely because this this these companies are all working on and if you buy land they are using our resources so they have no taxes that is a policy of encouragement for these businesses in the occupied palestinian territories so our companies our our workers they have illicit treatment according to the war with these with these companies and the bullets you need a quarter mix actually according to. reports it says that there is a lot of damage for that but as you know it could only because of the illegal israeli settlements because of the illegal israeli occupation in palestine right he was one of the ones we mentioned is also booking dot com expedia trip advisor also talked of said this report released by the united nations that they also issued

a statement which said that while the settlements as such are regarded as illegal under international law this report does not provide a legal characterization of the activities in question or of business enterprises involvement in them what do you make of that. i do believe that. one the $112.00 companies that are working in these illegal illegal settlements will bear will be a legal consequence is if they are not going to quit working in these illegal legal settlements we do believe that the the ruling of the. the the court of justice the european court of justice and the loss of timber it is very clear about the illegality of the products of the israeli settlements we think that maybe this report is not illegal it's a list of companies we need toward with the with the office of a commission not the high commissioner because she has to do

a bit this list anyway lee we need to work with the states with countries to world build their responsibilities and to hold and as you move their responsibilities to talk to these companies telling them that what they are doing is illegal we do believe that we need to put out a solution at one stage to call for these companies to the draw from from the illegal settlements in this way they will be legal consequence over these companies or. our dollar from the palace in this reform of us thank you thank you another $39.00 people on board a cruise ship docked in japan have been infected with corona virus bringing the total to 175 the japanese health ministry says the new cases include a quarantine officer of more than $3700.00 people on the cruise it's become who's to the highest concentration of cases outside of china where the virus originated

the diamond print says had been under quarantine since february 3rd after a passenger who got off the ship was diagnosed with a virus. and a cruise ship that was turned away by 4 countries over fears of coronaviruses being allowed to dock in cambodia v.m.s. westerdam is carrying more than 2200 passengers has been at sea for days japan taiwan the philippines and thailand all refused entry to the ship despite there being no confirmed cases on board. meanwhile formula one has confirmed the chinese grand prix in shanghai originally scheduled for april will be postponed virus outbreak is having a growing impact on china's economy as a series of new monetary policies are being put in place thing crude investments tax cuts and warnings to businesses not to lay off workers. from. other pages noisiest and detainment districts is now silent and these restaurants karaoke rooms and nightclubs have been closed until further notice or to prevent the spread

of the new coronavirus. this street has everything for us to eat drink and have fun we live here in the past we couldn't rest because it was too busy and noisy but now it's so quiet that you feel you evidently has really affected daily life with these closures at her van the virus i think the right decision some local governments say businesses must apply for permission before reopening punishing those who know the rules across china more than 80 cities have been partially locked down and people's movement is heavily restricted but president xi jinping says some of these measures have gone too far warning that it could harm the economy susan walk a fine line between controlling the epidemic. impact on the economy prior to the outbreak time is already struggling with slowing economic growth and the pressure to prevent a downturn now they have a clear message to the chinese public. 160000000

people nationwide are expected to return to major cities over the next week officials are trying to reassure the public that it's safe to travel and go back to work. tried to lower derisive action by preventing passengers from sitting next to each other in vehicles trying planes and implementing ventilation these infection temperature monitoring. chinese factories are beginning to resume production but the damage has been done say the service and manufacturing sectors will be the hardest hit. by the virus that will be contained by and large then we would expect on some signs of recovery from drawing for recovery won't start into the 2nd quarter of 20 or 21 and the reason for that it will take some time for industries to adjust the production patterns to recruit new yorkers and

a lot of them. the economic impact of the outbreak is being felt. i phone maker apple and south korean car brand are among those expecting losses and outbound tourism could drop by an estimated 30 percent this year with many chinese choosing will be forced to stay home country you al-jazeera beijing. u.s. senator bernie tsongas has now really beaten pete bridge the new hampshire democratic in the new hampshire democratic primary showing the divisions between the leftists and centrist wings of the party in the race to choose someone to go up against donald trump in november adding to the uncertain nature of the race i mean clearly shala says a 3rd place after a strong debate performance last week all once favored joe biden slumped to 5th pretty kohei and has more now from bunched in new hampshire. he was expected to win and he did all the iowa campaign

is just a vile feeding trough it is about transforming this country was it is about housing their courage to take on wall street the sure it's coffee's the drug companies the fossil fuel industry the military industrial complex it was not far behind former mayor of south bend indiana people to judge a relative newcomer so many of you decided that a middle class mayor in a veteran from the industrial midwest was the right choice to take on this president not in spite of that experience but because these were not the expected frontrunners but with former vice president joe biden and senator elizabeth warren faltering new faces came to the front voters said that was a big reason so many were undecided up until the last minute some of the front

runners i'm not sure i think their ideas are good but i'm not sure they have the right path and they have the right ideas so i think that's why people are now leaning this way and kind of at this last minute like this is a strong possibility and me coming in 3rd another unexpected candidate moves to the front of the pack minnesota senator in. i mean me and i would be donald trump. new hampshire is important for momentum attention and money raised clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race 2 of the lesser known candidates quit after this vote but all the top contenders said they were staying in in a no remand we're just. still have 98 percent of our delegate for our nomination up for grabs and americans in every part of the country are going to make their voices heard in exit polls democratic voters made clear their number one priority

is finding someone who can beat donald trump but they're split on the best way to do that from the far left or the center leaving new hampshire it's still not clear which camp will win in the end pedicle him out to 0 manchester new hampshire. u.s. president donald trump has praised his attorney general william barr off to one of trump's close allies received a reduced prison sentence for prosecutors investigating raja stone a place i live trial of quit the case the u.s. justice department overruled them stone was sentenced to 7 to 9 years in prison for lying to congress destruction and for witness tampering but the justice department said it would reduce that sounds off to try to tweak to the previous sentence a miscarriage of justice for the white house correspondent can be how it is the latest now from washington. what we've got now is a growing movement in the form of a petition tens of thousands of signatures and still more being added by the hour

essentially saying that there needs to be an independent investigation of the justice department through its internal watchdog they say critics of the president's actions actions and also the reversal or the move to influence the sentence of roger stone they say shows that the attorney general has been compromised and as a result there needs to be an investigation to ensure that the attorney general moving forward is not compromised in the future the allegation is that the president and the department of justice putting there are sort of crony and cronyism if you will above the law so those are the criticisms and allegations but the president for his part is very pleased with what has happened so far in fact he's tweeted even more early this morning here in washington congratulating the attorney general for his actions praising the outcome saying that this department of justice in this case has been tainted from the since the start and essentially

he once again called it the swamp something that we heard a lot on the campaign trail so why is the president doing all of this while he's doing it because it plays well to his supporters he is running for reelection and in fact there is not much criticism coming from the right in the conservatives because this is exactly why they elected donald trump to drain the swamp if you will this is exactly what they wanted to see so a lot of controversy and once again lot of division over this case not the united kingdom is to hold social media platforms accountable for home full content in order to protect online users to move comes a year after it was brought forward by m.p.'s who have expressed concern over the internet being a possible tool for self home among young people the u.k. media watchdog that's off home is expected to be given more power by the government to ensure internet safety. the head of the roman catholic church pope francis has dismissed a proposal to ordain older married men into the priesthood but ships from latin

america put forward the controversial plan to address the shortage of priests in the ams and it would have challenge the roman catholic tradition of priests being celibate for the pontiff says the solution to the shortage is to send missionaries to the region. i. know this is out there these are the top stories and turkey's president is warning damascus he will strike syrian forces anywhere if they target turkish troops in italy a province syria's ally russia accuses ankara of aggravated situation by having forces on the ground palestinians have welcomed a un report on companies with business ties to illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank in a statement the un said it had identified 112 business entities with reasonable grounds to conclude they have ties with israeli settlements that includes the us based company and b. and b.

. italy's foreign leader matthew salvini looks set to lose his immunity following hours of debate at the senate senators are expected to give the green light for prosecutors to put salvini on trial over charges of holding migrants at sea he's accused of illegally keeping more than 100 people on a boat off sicily for days last summer. my children have the right to know that their father is often away from home not because he's kidnapping human beings but because he is defending the borders and security of his country that was his duty it was not his right it was his duty i think i have defended my homeland i did not ask for a prize because i received a salary for that but if there must be a trial so be it. another $39.00 people on board a cruise ship docked in japan have been infected with corona virus bringing the total to $175.00 the japanese health ministry says the new cases include a quarantine officer the ship has the highest concentration of cases outside of china and

a cruise ship that was turned away by 4 countries over fears of coronavirus is being allowed to dock in cambodia the m.s. westerdam is carrying more than 2000 $200.00 passengers being at sea for days the u.k. is to hold social media platforms accountable for harmful content in order to better protect online users the move comes a year after it was brought forward by m.p.'s who've expressed concern over the internet being a possible tool for self harm among young people the u.k. media watchdog off calm is expected to be given more power by the government to ensure internet safety all right let's take the headlines here and i just got more news coming up after our oscar nominated program witness in san luis superman for our viewers in the united states do stay tuned for witness edith and anybody from maine that clog its could buy for not see how often are. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the mission from

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