interest. only starts january. w. . this is d w news live from bunnings a kurdish controlled town in northern syria braces for him and almost no one from neighboring turkey the people demanded choppin through a lot since syria's civil war started now tucker supported forces may be poised to attack the city and oust kurdish militias will syrian troops come to be aid the cut

things are coming on in egypt raises the threat level around town that resulted in the threat slights and told people to stay away from the cocaine or let the rubbish in the street is a deadly tsunami and that we can. count a little bank account of all favorite stories of twenty eight soon then move on library bringing the joy of books to children get me out of downtown oakland. i'm having a home free you could join me reports from syria say the government of president bashar assad has sent troops to the know the country. is ahead of an expected offensive by turkey turkish backed militias have been gathering close to the town of mandates which is currently held by the syrian democratic forces he could issue

a law it's supported by the united states. and earlier this month turkish president there wanted else that his country would attack it's unclear when the operation will start but the mood on the streets at the tell is tense. there is nothing remarkable about the streets of man dead busy with traffic and locals out doing their shopping but the residents of this northern syrian town and no strangers to conflict for several years they suffered the brutality of the so-called islamic state until the group was as stated by kurdish and arab forces and snow local residents fear a new assault on the city just sort of the nuts people will no longer have homes their young children and it's winter now it's cold the children could fall sick and some could die everyone will be displaced because it's war and we know the free syrian army is ruthless turkish backed rebels from the free syrian army and moving towards man bridge they're ready to join turkey's affix to ask the kurdish forces

currently in control of the time. we're continuing to send reinforcements to the fronts near the town of man beach reinforcements come from all sections of the free syrian army. we are ready and we are waiting for the launch of operations to regain control of the territories controlled by the kurds. with out of. turkey has dispatched tanks and armored vehicles it delayed its offensive when the united states and once it was withdrawing its troops from the americans is still in time. but in man bitch local fighters can feel the conflict closing in as battle lines are drawn. i know what to do but we're here on the outskirts of man bitch. turkish and syrian opposition forces have control over a nearby neighborhood. and they sometimes fire it as.

the u.s. forces are still patrolling but they haven't stopped. for nine residents can continue their daily lives as normal but as the new year approaches the prospect of a peaceful twenty nineteen grows epidemic. and those developments in syria come as u.s. forces in the country start to withdraw the americans with that to help kurdish militias fight the so-called islamic states until the president declared the jihadists defeat it made a quick visit us troops in neighboring iraq yesterday where he defended his decision to pull out of syria. the reception was everything he could have hoped for it was donald trump's first visit to a u.s. military base in a combat region and just a week after a controversial move to u.s. forces from syria. first of all at ease at

ease let's have a good time but what a job you have done what they have done and i made it clear from the beginning that our mission in syria was to strip isis of its military strong halls were not nation building rebuilding syria will require a political solution. and it's a solution that should be paid for by its very rich neighboring countries not the united states let them pay for and they will they will. coming hot on the heels of a government shutdown at home and of course christmas unannounced visit was meant to be a make left. as much for the troops as for trump himself with teares signings and selfies and their three hour stopover. with the very soul just taking the fight to the so-called islamic state. trump was then briefed by military

leaders where he again pressed the case for other countries to take over the fight against isis this is a base that we've knocked him out with nothing silly. i will tell you that i have a very good job with the president earlier on who wants to knock him out also and he'll do it and others will do the filters were there. they should be really sharing the burden of cost and they're not. there was time to for a surprise visit to enthusiastic troops stationed at an air base in germany the president using a refueling stop for one last chance to take his mind off what awaits him a whole. a second at now some of the other stories making news around the world united arab emirates has reopened its embassy in damascus in the state as a boost for syrian president bashar al assad the u.a.e. broke ties with damascus off to the syrian civil war broke out and has backed rebel forces fighting outside. security forces in the eastern

democratic republic of congo have fired live rounds empty gas to scatter demonstrators protesting the post violent of elections chief anna boden oh right the delay of sunday's votes in some regions will mean that one million voters will not have their ballot counted in a presidential election. for madagascar president three regularly now has been declared we know of a runoff presidential election his rival has charged electoral fraud and also an investigation by the country's electoral commission madagascar's high constitutional court now has nine days to confirm the results. although it is in indonesia have raised the alert level for the volcano that caused a tsunami last week and they have warned that fresh activity from the crocodile volcano might cause another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to stay at calais all the area now saturday's deadly waves killed at least four hundred thirty

people since then heavy rains and flooding have added to the hardship and a sound also sent us this report. although i know these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tore into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. in the long before now around six in the morning when the water began rising. i went out to get some food and when i came back the water was almost chest high our village has never been flooded like this. johnny moved his family because of the risk of another tsunami. i'm not here he is leaving behind me with way three other children and twenty five other individuals it's a tight area he said but at least he's living with part of the play or the county

work great now on that just feed his family. attorneys wife may settle remembers the moment she had to leave. when i heard talk of a second tsunami coming i grabbed my children and ran to my sister's house people were panicking and fleeing screaming run and run because the wave was coming i couldn't think of anything else the safety of my children was my only priority my youngest children eight and three years old they're in a bit of a shock and have trouble sleeping. so although the tsunami spared this family the floods still threaten their lives now it's considered the largest haka metes out in the walden internet activists and computer hackers and now descending on the german city of leipzig for the chaos computer club meeting the focus this year in kids making scientific research more

accessible and protecting privacy as health care ups make medical information easier to access and to store. promotional video for the new digital health levy it isn't time since september patients have been able to use t.v. to upload x. rays and share diagnoses with their health care providers sixteen german health insurers work with the app but computer hacker martin cheers ish says it's not secure at the chaos communication congress i t share he shows the security gaps. so the facts show that even if we want to we cannot safely store health data if you take this knowledge and fast forward to the future this tells us that electronic health will not be able to be saved safely. so. the goal of the chaos computer club is to expose the risks and side effects of electronic communication they

especially want to warn children and young adults. especially here in germany you can observe many negative side effects of digital i say sion and we hardly enjoy any positive effects we want to think about how we can assign a positive and life affirming utopia with this phenomenal technology which isn't cause i think. around sixteen thousand guests are expected at the i t share which runs till sunday in leipsic. now as twenty comes to an end we're looking up back at some of the highlights of the w.'s yeah one story took us aboard a bus with a difference in afghanistan immobile libron bringing the joy of books to children in kabul take a look. this is no ordinary bus it offers hope to children in kabul every day it tours the afghan capital's residential neighborhoods for two to three hours children can discover worlds otherwise little known to them and get

lost in a good big. books with stories about princes and beggars best. dragons to. i read books in two languages here in past two and diary. pressure corinne started the mobile library with the help of donations she studied at all expert tonight wants to encourage critical thinking among children back home the bus is in a safe space in an otherwise dangerous city. explosions are a problem and that can happen at any time but then we are we are trying to park the car inside the communities where it is far better it is much more secure but i think overall the security problem in the country is less than that get exists for any project so we cannot stop our work just because it's probably life moves on you on security issues that the nine year old shot eagerly waits for the bus to come by each day i haven't heard of it yet the fine joy coming in because there's so many

exciting things to reach i like stories about best i don't have any pics at home. chad nance father always picks his daughter up from the bus the family fled to kabila from conducive northern afghanistan thinking they'd be safer in the capital but explosions rocked the city near the every week recently a car bomb exploded near their home panicking shot numbs parents went totally. for her. after the blast we finally found chad nam at the mobile library we were relieved but except to go to the bus we don't let the children out of the house on the market afghanistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world at more than sixty percent one in three children cannot read or write so fresh to karim also reads to the children a lot keeping hold of for me is highly important because if i were hopeful these children will be able for that together because we can make something happen in

this country so i'm i'm hopeful fresh to karim has started collecting donations again in the hope of renting another bus and bringing more pics to more children. a recent rule change in tennis increases the ranking protection for a new mother serina williams has praised the change having returned to the sport this year off to giving birth in september twenty seven team in the women's tennis association t.a.a. ranks players according to a point system for a while number one williams was not seated at this year's french open her first grand slam appearance following her return to new rules mean the players coming back from childbirth injury can use their previous ranking to enter a total of twelve tournament over eighty three. getting a cough it can be quite a task especially one that's more than four hundred square metres in size but take a look at this it's late in the ceremonial full of istanbul's below this palace for

one hundred twenty years so it was joe washed the carpet had to be removed by crate before being cleaned and restored the carpet is turkey's largest and to ten years to weave it was laid down in the hole for the visit of germany and prevent head the second in eight hundred ninety eight. you're watching news live from by land and will be up next the oil business news i'll see you very soon . if you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an exit. raring to. never write like this i. missed. the streets.

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