info migrants' your platform for reliable information. this is g w news winds are from berlin tonight in northern syria u.s. troops are packing up and going home paving the way for the turks to attack the groups as turkey prepares to drive kurdish fighters away from the syrian turkish border the kurds are accusing washington of abandoning them heroes against isis and then forgotten against terror one also coming up punk songs for democracy

protesters break rubber bullets and tear gas to defy a ban on they smashed as authorities begin arresting those who violate the ban activists explain just what's at stake and environmental activists return to the streets to draw attention to the climate crisis extinction rebellion is taking action in cities around the world paralyzing traffic in occupying buildings and the nobel prize for medicine goes to a trio of scientists for their groundbreaking work on oxygen levels in cells their research has changed the way humans fight cancer and other disease. i'm bring golf to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome u.s. president done will trump and his plans for leaving syria are drawing fire tonight from. of the aisle in washington d.c.

senior congressional politicians democrats and republicans are calling on president trump to reverse his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from northern syria the pullout with turkey to launch a long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in the region fighters that have been loyal allies of the united states in its fight against a so-called islamic state leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. they leave behind them empty bases near the turkish border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for kurdish forces us president on the trump abruptly canceled that guarantee by tweet the kurds fought with us but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so they have been fighting turkey for decades it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars many of them tribal

and bring our soldiers home u.s. troops were in syria to support kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state but turkey has long resented the presence of kurdish paramilitaries near its border it considers them terrorists kurdish groups in the region have protested the move they feel abandoned by the u.s. and they fear a turkish invasion is imminent. i had the this green light the trump gave to air to one will actually complicate the crisis in the region. people tend. to drop a day that will provide islamic states with an opportunity to regenerate and control areas such as russia and terrorism were again at the conference call it is sort of. turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan gave the kurds a stark warning that suited the means there is a phrase that we always say. we can come any night without warning. and our

determination remains because it is absolutely out of the question for us to further tolerate the threats from these terrorist groups the international community has raised serious concerns when you would arm for stephenie's in the north east we not only exacerbate civilian suffering can be to massive displacement but we were so reask severely are undermining current pretty ticket efforts mitri as you know support there are $6000000.00 displaced people inside syria there is more than 5 and a half 1000000 refugees in the neighboring countries and it's a conflict that has gone on for far too long and therefore any operation that takes place of the moment has to take into account to ensure that we don't see any further displacement. on the ground in syria kurds are waiting for the next blow to fall in a region that's seen its share of misery and violence already. and tonight the

situation has become even more confused as trump has issued a threat to turkey trump tweeted in the last couple of hours as i have stated strongly before were and just to reiterate if turkey does anything that i in my great unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits i will totally destroy obliterate the economy of turkey are for more on this now i'm joined by jonathan katz in washington he is a foreign policy analyst with the german marshall fund and jonathan it's good to see you again help us make sense. syria decisions you know within a few hours today the u.s. president cleared the way for what is expected to be a turkish assault against kurdish fighters at the same time he threatens to destroy the turkish economy if turkey gives quote off limits in syria which message are we supposed to believe. well this is again

a bit of the unpredictability of of president trump and i think it highlights the challenge for us foreign policy makers decision makers in the pentagon in the white house and elsewhere that the president has once again this is almost a repeat of what he did several months ago announcing that u.s. troops are going to withdraw from syria so the question is you know the president a united states got a phone call the president decided without. talking to his top advisers in terms of what he's doing he tweets out a policy and then several hours later realizing that the policy could harm those that the u.s. has worked with has decided to reverse course and call for the destruction of the turkish economy so i think a lot of people washington are head scratching but increasingly worried about the president's decision making ability and what that means for u.s. national security that of our partners including turkey and he is getting

a lot of blowback not only from democrats in washington but also from republicans in from some of his moods loyal supporters right. yeah the interesting part of this is that the president has managed to anger at a time when i think he seems to be relying on their support politically during an impeachment inquiry process to anger some very senior republican senators who have real concerns that the president is not only in bed and allies kurds but is leaving the u.s. vulnerable to isis again what we know is that despite the fact that the geographic area where isis has operated doesn't exist we know there still remains isis fighters and so for any u.s. president to abandon both the strategic position but also alison's a really difficult and wrong so difficult to those that we partner with and i think that what you're seeing is an increasingly concerned amongst members of congress

that these challenges are leaving the u.s. vulnerable in germany since everyone now is talking about the president's conversations that he has with other heads of state we know we talked with the turkish president last night what do you think errol one said to draw what did he do to convince truong to abandon the kurds in syria. well 1st of all i think everybody wants to see the transcripts of the conversation between president trump and president. and i think this is of of deep concern in the u.s. right now the president is free willing in these diplomatic engagements i don't think that president wants anything new to president trump that he hasn't said before and so the decision making in the reasoning by president trump and his tweet and his decision on this policy is a mystery to many here in washington. john think that's with the german marshall

fund in our washington studio john king thank you very much we appreciate it really is. well police in hong kong have arrested and charged the 1st 2 protesters for defying a new law against wearing face masks during demonstrations outside the courthouse today supporters used umbrellas to protect the protesters identities as they were ushered away the face mask ban has further fuelled violent protests in hong kong. charlotte shells and pill has been talking with the activists she sent us this report. the chaos now say widespread it's been edging on the severity of. the ngo so deep it's becoming harder and holiday to escape. authorities say it scenes like this that justify sweeping new emergency palace. i was but house in the streets the ban on face

mosques is having little effect with protesters warning it's just the tip of the iceberg. i didn't say at 1st pace that they've even prior to apply the law and i think that's much much more to come alone is a great deal more and more angry but you never know what the government will put out it was just worried about the whole called the. 10 year chant is among a number of pro-democracy lawmakers challenging the emergency luring cool she says it gives chief executive carrie lamb unlimited power to impose what she calls authoritarian measures this is a very very dangerous situation it's really taking away our freedoms our human rights and it's a pure violation of one country 2 systems and our basic law so no more separation of powers even legislature is under the control of. the room the mail is now in a drive many paranoid about what could come next possibilities range from extending

how long the rest of protesters can be detained for to restricting access to communication networks and a curfew measures whose reach would extend far beyond the protests on the streets with much of the was violence taking place late into the evening police the pushing for a curfew in particular that many of the entertainment industry warned that could take even grates a toll on local businesses. and restaurants already suffering with locals and tourists alike often prefer to keep away. one industry insider tells me a curfew would put even more jobs at risk. anybody i might if those people lose their jobs have no idea what to do or what can they do because the government want them to join the protesters is that what the government wants but would see no might think rule. with protesters and authorities both refusing to back down and

many in hong kong say the west is yet to come. but here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world iraq's president has condemned attacks on protesters and journalists earlier the government acknowledged that soldiers had used excessive force against demonstrators more than 100 people have been killed 6000 wounded in a week of demonstrations against corruption and economic mismanagement a bomb attack has killed at least 10 people and wounded 28 others in eastern afghanistan the target was said to be a passing minibus carrying army recruits in july security forces defused several other devices in the area after the blast at least 13 people drowned during a night time rescue attempt near the italian island of lampedusa officials say to patrol the buses were approaching an overloaded migrant boat in rough weather when it capsized as the coast guard picked up 22 survivors the exact number of missing

remains unknown. well the climate activist group extinction rebellion has launched a series of global protests to pressure governments to do more about the climate crisis demonstrations kicked off today in australia and new zealand in european cities demonstrations brought traffic to a standstill more than 200 activists were arrested in london here in berlin they blocked 2 major intersections there demanding that world leaders cut net greenhouse gas emissions to 0 by the year 2025. to $3000.00 members of the group extension rebellion stay a step process to the heart of bending the face of it is a big difference is the only effective way to draw attention to the climate crisis . and i in the scene we decided to do this because for the last 3 decades demonstrations and petitions having to achieved anything even friday's to

future the core of the climate movement doesn't achieve anything with a registered demonstrations so we have to go further it's our duty. they came from all over the country to block off roads new york comic landmarks in the german capital this was part of a coordinated auction with author x. thanks from rebellion groups around the world their message is clear and one of those who voiced it was come on africa to cut-n. up the german rescue see watch as this mad fight it is time for the german government to tell the truth and declare the state of the call logical imagine see . the mood was too full but public reaction was mixed he followed a lot of eyes album i usually get around by bicycle everyone should do something to protect the environment if they can. yeah very difficult but it's traffic is already stressful and when i have to make

a detour because of the protests i don't know what to go it's upsetting. from the victory come on to potsdamer platz in. city center the process which had been approved by burning off our cities without major incident some demonstrators were confronted by police but the extension rebellion activists continue long after dark to make their presence felt. in the plots in the heart of berlin is one of the busiest traffic junctions in the city and though it's normally busy with cars today it's also living with climate activists the so-called extinction rebellion has taken over the sides in a global process and what they're asking for through these acts of civil disobedience is drastic measures of climate protection meanwhile the german government here in berlin has come under scrutiny for not offering these measures the climate activists however are showing them enid's they want to continue these acts even though the police is trying to remove them from the sides throughout the coming week. watching the news live from berlin still to come the world athletics

championship melting in controversy over the heat and the empty seats as of reps in doha will tell you who took the final medals even if they had to sweat it alone. the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three's audiences from the united states and britain they were chosen for their playing during discoveries of the way blood cells sense and to the bodies oxygen availability. converting food to energy is a process that wouldn't be possible without oxygen but oxygen levels can fluctuate dramatically in the body. during exercise climbing to high elevations or pregnancy amounts of the vital gas that are available for metabolism very. to keep functioning the body cells have to be able to adapt to these changing levels of oxygen but how does this adaptive process work. william kaylin serpico

radcliffe and greg samantha discovered the mechanism behind it but i would say that the benefit is understanding this fundamental mechanism for the practical applications are yet to come and that's actually what's can try as a great discovery that it opens up so many possibilities and it creates new new research areas for example in the healing of wounds treating patients with severe anemia or even cancer in their discovery kalen ratcliffe and cements of have laid the groundwork for a new era of drug development one that's now starting to address many dangerous aliments that modern medicine seeks to heal. your fascination story with me or the studio to talk about it is christoph dharma he is the deputy head of the department of neo natal a-g. at a university hospital here in berlin it's good to have you on the show and you're familiar

with the research that these nobel laureates have been conducting why is it so significant it's so significant because they discovered the mechanism of how every cell in the body is sending the out than and is responding to hypoxia no moxie or hypoxia and this is just too little oxygen too much. and even say you can have 2 different situations you can have acute a chronic hypoxia and this is a very deadly kate to make and isn't how is this sends us responding to this because the center has to give signals that certain genes octave ated or suppressed in your opinion be being able to study this and i didn't find this this is this is worthy of a nobel prize yes of course i mean that could be here's a fundamental principle in biology and it has taken more than 30 years that they

discovered all these different steps in these complicated cascade of oxygen sending me a little bit about your specialty you specialize in the care of newborns and premature babies how might the knowledge from these the nobel laureates how might it help to save these babies these infants lives this is a very good question because after birth you have a significant increase in the availability of oxygen and the oxygen sensor has to adapt to the new environment so if a baby is born that's a 16 weeks too early it's very premature it has about 650 grams then all the sudden . a huge amount of oxygen is available and the sensing system goes totally crazy and this disturbed the sending mechanism is primed to detect relative hypoxia and if the baby is prematurely born all of the sudden all these genes that

are important for red blood cell production for development and so on are totally stopped so that means then what happens in those 1st few weeks of life could have detrimental effects for the health of that person for the rest of their life yes with long long term disability and it works in a way that initially everything is stopped and after a couple of weeks these program is restarted but to send though is so crazy that it is producing too much of these factors and then you get complications for example at sea vessels of the retina in your eye and you can get blindness for example and yes what about in the treatment of cancer because this is this is important for that as well though isn't it yes it is because if there are a few cancer cells. they need oxygen to grow and they need that

a little vessel comes into the tissue that's a too much and grow bigger and bigger and the idea is to stop these vessels development by targeting these mechanisms that are involved in oxygen tending so it means that the 2 must is not. killed but the 1st growth of the says is reduced so you're trying to suffocate the cancer cells yes but not suffocate the red blood cells right exactly and this is complicated because for that you need tissue specific co-factors which are acting in this very complicated process. it's fascinating research and i'm glad it's getting the attention it's getting and we appreciate you coming in christoph with the sharia today here in berlin thank you thank you. well the world athletics championships in qatar have come to a close every 2 years the top athletes the track and field take center stage the

u.s. dominated the final day of the global event but did not manage to fill the seats time the day of finals on the final day of a competition marred by low crowds and complaints about the heat was begun with a win in the long jump for germany's my lycoming humble was world championship gold to last year's european title i'm in the job when understand teachers won just a 2nd ever world gold for granada abide on the track kenya's timothy chariots produced a blistering performance in the 5800 metres was hitting the front from the opening lot and never letting go of the lead. i'm joshua chip the guy won a thrilling last lap bottle to take gold for uganda and the 10000 meters above i'm the sprint belongs to the united states i'm a leader lead an american one to 100 metres hurdles i'm on.

i didn't really go to her success in the individual hurdles event as the u.s. women destroyed the field and the 4 by 400 metres i'm done the men were similarly dominant i'm right benjamin and could the team to the final gold of the championships to leave the u.s. with the table top medal haul of $29.00 time our sports news now the rugby world cup is winding towards the knockout stages in japan and just down the road in the capital tokyo a global gate rugby tournament has taken to the fish take a look. the sox make a statement the jerseys these players wear as well and when it comes to the rugby from the lineout to the scrum. all 80 minutes. these mostly l.g.b. t. players are making

a statement to the greater rugby playing world. who are here clear and ready to take on anyone. i honestly think rugby is such an inclusive sport so welcoming a club welcomes any age any religion any race any sexual orientation so i think rugby just has the i think the morals of what we stand for now that's all well and good inclusive welcoming ethics but in fact world rugby while it's taking steps toward greater inclusive it. is taking its time fighting homophobia. want mine i'd like to see more of the home unions such. really step up and say we will. back you up we will we will be behind you we have currently we only have 5 home unions that have signed a memorandum of understanding that says they will combat homophobia in sport 5. world rugby has more than 100 member countries so the battle will rage on for these

players not all of them l g b t though the clubs take in all who want to play and they take on many many clubs that have never encountered a gay team. but going out on the pitch and then. the 1st time that he went against the team you see you see in their eyes. and you know their respect you have gone out and you change people's minds. in this tournament match the pink clad beijing doubles challenge the world barbarians it wasn't altogether clear one turns out of course the straight players included they're all. on the same team. from the pink fitz to the silver screen with the remake of stephen king's it now in cinemas and the release of the movie joker scary clones a ballad in popular culture these days and that has the happy clowns on a mission in italy take a look. even the belltower is wearing

a red nose for the festival. on the streets of monte centuries everyone is getting in on the act. and performers from all over the world have come to clown around. some of been perfecting their cross for decades and they're in town to help people find their sense of fun we all have that joy and that celebration but sometimes we bury it for a variety of reasons and the clown reminds us just to have it have that joy and that sense of freedom and celebration. judging by things reactions it seems to be working.

when you lived there sounds the same whatever your religion might be no matter what place in the world you're from laughter unites the world. but i'm also sorry and i also want to add that laughter is contagious because often even without knowing where that laughter comes from you get infected. you look at a baby laughing and it's contagious or someone laughs and we laugh about that. they say oh no. however you feel about clowns the crowds here certainly found plenty to laugh about. thank you we like cleland's after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day to stick around for that.

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