this is either you do is whine for from berlin tonight turkey's stepped up its offensive in ne of syria against the kurds despite a call from the us pentagon to stop. we oppose and are greatly disappointed by turkey's decision to launch a unilateral military incursion into northern syria we are not abandoning our current partner forces this as footage emerges of purporting to show i guess terrorists and their families trying to escape a detention camp guarded by the kurds also coming up the prime minister that

ethiopia wins the nobel peace prize for his initiative in resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea and the international day of the girl child aims to promote and empower girls so w news we've been asking around the world girls about their ambitions the menu with think. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us it was a green light from the white house at the beginning of the week now we've got 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 it's calling on its nato ally to stop. and the

united nations says 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 prisoners and hold back the turkish military at the same tone. the kurds worst nightmare attacked on all sides pounded by turkish artillery again on friday so and 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 as per 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 make its use now civilians who once fled the so-called islamic state are again desperately seeking safety as yet another humanitarian crisis looms in syria. correspondent julie haunch she is on the border with syria she sent us this account of the situation on the ground well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is towards this direction everybody here including us journalists has to keep a security distance as the turkish military has continued to hit the area old day they have actually fired the absolutely has actually fired from right behind me to woods at this direction that we heard the shelling the pounding very clearly

very loudly today especially in the off soon now the turkish army says they have taken some villages very close to the border inside syria and they are now surrounding some of the biggest cities especially. in and. and while the turkish military says they're making progress the kurdish fighters then northeast syria say they have so far been able to repel these attacks so very conflicting information that we're getting that. we use it julia hahn there on the border between syria and turkey where the white house is also piling on the pressure for turkey to end its border operations in syria u.s. treasury secretary steven miller says that could face powerful saying for the military incursion and he's echoed a threat that was made by president earlier this week saying that the u.s. will shut down the turkish economy if her goes too far i just met with president

trump and he has authorized and will be signing a new executive order giving the treasury department in consultation with himself and secretary pompei. very significant new sanctions authorities that can be targeted at any person associated with the government of turkey and a portion of the governor that was the u.s. treasury secretary speaking there let's take this story now to washington e.w.'s jeff one's emotions on the story for us good evening to you stefan we've got president truong and his cabinet they're threatening sanctions against turkey what exactly does that mean. well that means that the administration is so at least say and see it's a lot of politicians across the political spectrum as well as many experts that the administration is trying to peddle back or try to make

a situation which is really really bad for them better this is that much control and it is the only opportunity on possibility for the white house at the moment and for the trumpet ministration to do anything to put genie back in the bottle at the northern syrian border with turkey. sanctions and those sanctions are now authorized that doesn't mean that they will be implemented now tomorrow or the day after that's supposed to be seen but the authorization of doing this and quote crippling turkey's economy if those sanctions are implemented that's on the table yeah i mean it's one thing to make a threat is another thing to carry through with that threat what do you think the chances are that the same genes will become reality. well it's hard to say of course and it's a bit of a guessing game about i think it's fair to say chances are 5050 if the turks are not. scaling back in their incursion on their curse and if more pictures come out

of the region showing that. kurdish allies of the united states kurdish fighters are attacked civilians are dying then the trumpet his treasure will have a hard time not to exercise the right of implementing those sanctions and that's the only thing they can do even if the pentagon chief secretary of defense came out and said like he asked and. really strongly asked turkey to scale back and to end the incursion he had no indication that's what he said that the turkish turks are willing to do that so again sanctions the only possibility for the white house and then it's supposed to be seen if and how effective those sanctions are it's one thing to say we can cripple turks turkey economy it's another thing to actually see if that's actually true and these sanctions to fund the who are being targeted towards individuals and if so who are these people.

pretty much everybody who is part of the turkish government and it's in the realm of. president. also means institutions the turkish government owns banks national bank of course so it is absolutely feasible to suspect that not only individuals will be targeted but also institutions or parts of the markets critical for the turkish economy and for economic relationships between turkey and the e.u. or america so if the sanctions also rise as they seem to be now are really that harsh this could be in indeed very very bad for turkey but also remember back for the united states because the united states or the president if you will has created the situation self-inflicted since last sunday which we have to see what it's going to happen to this that is very true to friends even on the story boards in washington stefan thank you. well here's some of the other stories

now that are making headlines around the world clashes have broken held in ecuador's capital quito as thousands of indigenous people protest against fuel price hikes for a 9th day the country's president to lenny maria has is said that he will not back down on those all stare at the measures which are also backed by the international monetary fund the european union member states have authorized their chief breaks it negotiator to seek a last minute deal with the u.k. vishal barney a well now hold another round of intense talks ahead of an e.u. summit which is scheduled for next week he met his british counterpart in brussels today he said that that meeting had been constructive. a fast moving wildfire near the u.s. city of also angels has killed at least one person and forced some 100000 people to flee their homes officials say the fire has already engulfed almost 2000 hectares and that it will probably take days to bring it under control schools colleges and

key roads have been closed. if the o.p.'s prime minister i'll be off has been awarded the 21000 nobel peace prize for his work to resolve the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries restored relations in july of last year after many years of hostilities in a tweet today the prime minister expressed his gratitude to all of those working for peace he wrote that the award is for ethiopia and the african continent saying we shall prosper in peace. abby achmet 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 look at only one year he has brought so much change and b. is the one who made freedom of speech possible for ethiopians. he even outside of ethiopia he has a great vision for all africa he believes in peace democracy and equality he's one of the best leaders for africa right now. 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 this is really showing the spirit for our country in the for africa was. well today is the united nations international day of the girl it aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges that girls face while promoting their empowerment and before filming of the human rights this year's theme is girl force unscripted and unstoppable so d w news we decided to ask girls around the world what they want to be when they grow up or their ambitions they don't ask me back for as you read the sometimes i see men on the street who whistle at women like this about his own key arkansas. i love . i find it unpleasant. people think it's. bad

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