this is e.w. news from berlin tonight turkey steps up its offensive in northeast syria against the kurds of mixed messages from the united states this as footage emerges purporting to show i as terrorists and their families trying to escape a detention camp guarded by the kurds the pentagon warning turkey to stop its incursion or face consequences u.s. president still saying the fight in northern syria is their fight not. also coming up tonight prime minister. of ethiopia wins the nobel peace prize for his

initiative in resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea after years of hostility and a 27 year old german man admits to planning a massacre at a synagogue on wednesday tonight we ask how much protection do germany's jewish communities need and are they getting what they need. it's good to have you with us at the beginning of the week it was a green light from the white house tonight it's a red light from the pentagon tonight the u.s. military is warning turkey that its incursion into syria could jeopardize progress against so-called islamic state and is calling on its new ally to halt operations the u.n. says a. 100000 civilians have fled their homes since the offensive began just 3 days ago

the assault is also raising fears of an islamic state comeback as kurdish led forces in the region say they cannot detain i guess prisoners and hold back the turkish military at the same time. the kurds worst nightmare attacked on all sides pounded by turkish artillery again on friday sowing death and destruction on the ground. this is the 6th time we've had an explosion in the city people are afraid of this house you see here they were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. and. meanwhile a deadly car bomb claimed by so-called islamic state exploded in the kurdish town of commies. turkey is battling for territory held by its enemy the kurdish led syrian democratic forces ankara says the offensive will secure turkey's border and

create a safe zone for syrian refugees. u.s. troops on patrol a few kilometers from the conflict zone a zone they evacuated just days ago clearing the way for the turkish assault now the u.s. is trying to put the genie back in the bottle threatening sanctions. this operation puts our s.t.'s partners in harm's way it risks the security of isis prison camps and will further destabilize the region. c.c.t.v. footage of a camp holding tens of thousands of family members of i.a.s. militants shows an apparent escape attempt the campus controlled by kurdish forces they said the situation there is critical. turkey is defiant demanding loyalty from its nato allies. it's our most natural and legal expectation that our allies show solidarity that is part of the principle of the indivisibility of euro atlantic

security it is not enough to say we understand turkey's concerns we want to see the solidarity very clearly. it should go to. now civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitarian crisis looms in syria. you know another humanitarian crisis to talk about that i'm joined tonight at the big table by sarah learned she is with the autonomous administration of north and east syria she is with the representative body the women's commission or if you will for the kurds it's good to have you on the program have you been able to talk with folks in northern syria and what have they told you what are they experiencing right now well thank you for inviting and this opportunity that we can share here the current situation in art and the syrian well we get everything minutes and all the news from north and east

syria and the situation there it's very. horrible now until now $22.00 freedom fighters they lost their lives and a little for many many many civilian they lost their lives and enjoy under them of course children and. they're losing their homes where are they going well of course several countries like neighbor countries they do go also like this woman movement prepared also. a lot of can just like you know and they protect their rights and they protect them and this kind of for free and are there enough. of these people to help the number of people who are having to flee their homes right now while in syria the situation like very very difficult there are places where they can of course stay and in organized.

movement to with a woman movement because women movement but there is not enough places there is not enough. economical hout so this is a point that most of families are fleeing to like europe are other countries like turkey in iraq in iran you know outside of the middle east what we're hearing is that a lot of people except for the u.s. president but a lot of people in washington d.c. say that the united states has abandoned the kurds do you feel like that you've been stabbed in the back in the back by the americans since they are not helping you know well actually the killer dish people they used to bang and are they used to. like a lawn. by they are distant itty so it's not a big shock for the kurdish people we do know that you. are

protecting people against it i as because of their wince because a fair interest so we do know that at the other time they will change their own but you know but you know as long as the american military presence was there the turks were not going to come in and they'd be tried to assault the kurds without the cover of the americans now you have the turks coming in of course because the power like military power is like wary vic so they do they call it. a tactic you know it's very easy there is no barrier so they don't no one care about the carrots they're so can they defeat your forces i mean what. it is the end game going to look like here what do you fear is going to happen we don't know what fear actually it kodesh people and people in our town is syria they didn't know what fear from and of think we cuz we skype everybody one by one i'm and the people are very

relaxed they believe in their right they in their struggle so they do not have anything fear against this kind of envisioned all right because they are talking tonight about the situation of the kurds in northern syria thank you if you show your time tonight. well the white house is also piling on the pressure for turkey to end its cross border operations in syria u.s. treasury secretary steven says that could face powerful saying visions for this military operation and he's echoed a threat made by president donald trump earlier this week saying that the u.s. will shut down the turkish economy if goes too far the president is concerned about the ongoing military offensive and potential targeting of civilians civilian infrastructure ethnic or religious minorities and also the president wants to make very clear it is imperative that turkey not allow even

a single isis fighter to escape are for this let's take the story out of washington d.c. stefan's in months is on the story for us going to you stefan so what did we just hear there is the united states relying on turkey to ensure that these tens of thousands of isis prisoners are kept in prison. pretty much that was the premises with what president trump decided that it's a good idea to clear the way for the turks to make this incursion he made sure to tell the turkish president if you recall that it is now turkish responsibility that no none of the isis fighters now still held and kept by kurdish elyse u.s. allies kurdish fighters that nobody escapes and now as you also know president has threatened to just release them into europe which would counter instrumental and

not of the liking of the europeans as well as the united states so of course the trauma destruction is under a lot of pressure at the moment and you have to see what happens now with the with the authorization of possible sanctions against turkey and the statement of the secretary of treasury you have to see this in the context of being under a lot of political pressure here in washington across the political spectrum and do you think that this is a credible threat because you still have the u.s. president defending his position saying that the fight between the turks and the kurds that their fight it's not ours to fight. no it's not you're right or maybe you're implicating this with this question it's not a threat to turkey as of this time as of this moment turkey has come out and said we want full solidarity from our own nato partners that includes the u.s. actually and now the us turning against turkey after 1st just

a week ago on sunday clearing the way making this this mess where the united states and this administration finds itself in right now is self-made is made by the white house and by the president himself everybody recognizes this the turks definitely or at least some experts say him most experts say do not feel the need to change course just right now maybe in a few days maybe if the united states is really getting serious about. implementing sanctions again this is not happened yet this is just the authorization to do sanctions to to to sanction turkey sanction add to one end the entire entire turkish government as long as this doesn't happen i don't see that the turks are pulling back any time soon also the pentagon today also warning of serious consequences if the turks do not stop this event but we've been told what those serious consequences would be considering that threat came from the pentagon.

know we don't we have no idea what the secretary of defense actually meant in detail with this the assumption here with experts and in the press is that he actually meant for turkey if turkey is not. able to a secure isis fighters who are now still guarded by u.s. allies turkey kurdish forces if turkey is not able to scale back the on the horrible pictures you see on the civilians who get killed on the carnage which is happening with an invasion like this if turkey is not able to scale back one way or another with sanction without saying since with pressure from the european nato partners or not then turkey will have a basically a p.r. problem on their hands and a political problem because then nato partners and the united states could in some way or form turn against turkey which turkey cannot afford economically speaking at

least you know it's definitely getting complicated by the day. from our washington studio stefan thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the united states says it's approved the deployment of $3000.00 additional troops and military equipment to saudi arabia it's the latest in a series of what the u.s. calls defensive moves after the attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities back in september washington and riyadh blamed the attack on iran or iran says that 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia near the city of jeddah now no injuries have been reported but iranian state television says the explosion caused an oil leak into the red sea saudi arabia has not commented on this incident european union member states have authorized the use chief breaks it negotiated to seek a last minute deal with the u.k.

michel barnier will now hold another round of intense talks and head of an e.u. summit next week he met his british counterpart in brussels today and said that the meeting had been surprisingly constructive. ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed's has been awarded the 2019 nobel peace prize for his work to resolve the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries restored relations in july last year after 2 decades of hostilities in a tweet today prime minister ahmed expressed his gratitude to all those working for p.c. wrote that the award is for ethiopia and the african continent saying we shall prosper in peace. abby ahmed has only been ethiopia's prime minister for 18 months but the nobel committee was impressed by his push for peace and democracy in that time. even if much work remains rb our mayor has

initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future at his greatest achievement is the peace deal he orchestrated between ethiopia and neighboring eritrea in 2018 following a longstanding border conflict war had broken out in 1908 and officially ended in 2000 tens of thousands of people were killed and it was 20 years before peace was finally agreed within months of taking office as he met with eritrea as president and they signed the historic agreement ethiopians are overjoyed at the progress peace has brought to their country. by law doesn't mean only one year he has brought so much change hubby is the one who made freedom of speech possible for ethiopians. love it or even outside of ethiopia he has

a great vision for all africa which he believes in peace democracy and equality he's one of the best leaders for africa right now as old. as he has also mediated in other regional conflicts like here in sudan at the ethiopian embassy in berlin the ambassador to germany praise akhmed for his efforts to bring peace to the region this is international work its force this is really showing the spirit for our country in the for africa was. well i'm joined now here at the big table by sabina or jambo she is with the german africa institute's been it's good to have you on the program what did you think when you heard the news today were you surprised well i also prize because i don't think the media was all about before the announcement but i think it's a very good choice because what you think is a good choice while. the peace nobel prize and. initiated

a peace process that was successful to very unexpectedly so i believe these are the i mean the list of things that he has done very impressive he released journalists who had been imprisoned half of his cabinet are women. i think what is it the prime minister is a woman is that correct that's the president is a woman is a woman i mean he's done things that even here in europe you know we would we would and be right where where is this progressive where is this progressive fortitude coming from. well everyone actually asked out in the beginning because we all know he actually made his within the ruling party within the military was even the leading positions in the secret service so everyone was quite surprised when he became actually the of a farmer from inside. well when he came to power in 2018 it's basically

a stalemate massive anti-government protests then they were there for years. and i guess you just saw the signs of time because you know what we're seeing in him is something that we don't see from a lot of african leaders at the moment and these are men in power who choose to go the path of peace and not to wield the power that they have indiscriminately does this say something about about him personally or does it also say something about the system in which he is he's operating. well i think yeah it is also about him possibly because the system is still very much and please he also lost a lot of challenges to face and. he has done a great lot to. fulfill some of the demands of the protesters but at the same time he wants to forge a national identity he has a challenge that the ethnic based state ethnic federalism that lies on the ground

of the deal can stay in and with the political freedom now the ethnic federal states want even more autonomy so there's a conflict there and we see that in the rising violence into ethnic violence and some big challenge especially with view to the upcoming elections next year and if you know. it's a major economic force to for the port of africa he has that going for him to help him doesn't. well. economic system is also one that needs reform that's something he has seen in the. liberalization processes that were long overdue. and i guess also the peace process with every tria is kind of that russian because he knows that the states can only prosper in peace and. on top of that there are

consequences like when the us peace with of course it will be i will have access to the pause. to give and take here sabina beyond the acting secretary general with the german africa institute's been with the show your time tonight in your insights thank you thank you very much. or german prosecutors say that the man accused of killing 2 people in eastern germany on wednesday has confessed they say the 27 year old german has also admitted to having far right anti-semitic motives the city of hala is still in mourning 2 days after a gunman tried and failed to storm a synagogue that was packed with worshipers marking the jewish day of atonement the poor he then killed a woman in front of a building in a man at the nearby kabob shop the attack has shaken other jewish communities here in germany and heightened fears over security has been to visit the jewish community in death cell about 50 kilometers from home.

solidarity with the victims and how the jewish community in neighboring desk is in mourning including aleksandar some on the community slee. reason body shook it we're all shocked it was awful. many people in our community. and i'm not sure if they will remain active duty will know it. or the. the community has long been afraid of violent attacks by right wing extremists. the comms thought saw albert and you arrive at work and you just don't know what the situation might be. you're always afraid that someone might be there you know not exactly for me but such things really do happen. this this so the assassination attempt in holland so just the presence of neo nazis

in general. here here there's always fear amongst the. death threats images of hitler found in them a box this is everyday life on the desk how community but direct attacks and vandalism with swastikas also take place. this is where we have to live with a record to recover we can't change the situation. what could we do. the jewish community and us how a small they have no budget for security measures that's why vesa men sent a letter to sex in the un has ministry of the interior but it refused to give financial support removed we have to undertake security measures there's no other option of those there's give it's about the safety of the school security is expensive but our members' lives are more valuable than security measures. if something should happen who would be to blame. after the attack and how

a police car was stationed in front of the building by someone and his colleagues do not know how long it will be that. hard sports now before well from the ban on nike coach alberto salazar for doping violations it continues to shake the world about flooding nike's world famous oregon project a powerhouse for training middle and long distance runners will have to be shut down in the wake of salazar's for your ban. nike's oregon project has been home to some of the world's greatest athletes for nearly 2 decades british 4 time gold medalist mo farrar is likely the most famous of the bunch trained in oregon from 2011 to 2017 the most successful period of his career but the oregon project is shutting its doors following the doping scandal engulfing head coach alberto salazar he received a 4 year ban from the u.s. anti-doping agency for orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping earlier

this month though salazar has appealed the ban and been publicly backed by the company nike c.e.o. mark parker announced the project would be shut down in an internal memo this situation is a distraction for many of the athletes in his compromising their ability to focus on their training and competition e its successful runners at this month's world athletics competition in like german bronze medalists constanza close to how often or netherlands gold winner sits on his son are just 2 of many nike sponsored athletes who will now need to find new coaches in training facilities salazar's case has cast a shadow on results by oregon project affiliated runners international olympic committee president thomas buff has called for an investigation into athletes who trained with salazar. there are any results olympic results faked it or directly or even directly with 3.

also the principle of. strict liability the u.s. anti-doping agency made it clear the athletes were unaware of the doping which is a major factor in determining suspensions. in our opinion the evidence showed they were manipulated certainly many of them felt that into having to go receive medical training a treatment from a doctor with salazar appealing his ban in the i.o.c. continuing investigations the only thing definite about the situation is that oregon project athletes will need to find a new place to train this is g.w. news and these are our top stories the united states has warned turkey that its offensive against syrian kurds in northern syria could jeopardize the fight against a so-called islamic state it's calling on its nato ally to stop the campaign against the kurds the u.n. says 100000 civilians have fled their homes since the offensive began 3 days ago.

ethiopia's prime minister has been awarded the nobel peace prize for 2019 for his work in resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries re stored relations in july of last year following many years of hostilities he became prime minister early in 2018. european union member states have authorized their chief breaks in negotiator to seek a last minute deal with the u.k. over the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. it comes after the latest talks between the british and irish prime ministers were described as positive and promising michel barnier a will now hold another round of intense talks ahead of an e.u. summit which is scheduled for next week in. the eastern german city of holland is

in mourning 2 days after a gunman tried and failed to storm a synagogue and then killed 2 people german prosecutors say the suspect has confessed they say the 27 year old german also admitted to having far right anti semitic motives. this is g.w. news for more you can follow us on twitter at d w news thanks for watching. go

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