this seized news live from berlin president trump does a u. turn after giving turkish forces the all clear to enter northern syria he's now threatening sanctions against his nature ally the dramatic reversal came as turkish forces advance team into syria trump has slammed turkey's actions as dangerous threatening to peace security and stability in the region also coming out angry catalans protests stuff just banged supreme court finds the politicians who pushed for independence guilty of sedition and disobedience want news jailed for 13 years

. and the nobel prize for economics goes to a trio of u.s. based researches who have broken new ground in efforts to lift the world's poor out of poverty. i'm tired great thanks for joining me after widespread criticism u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on his policy in northern syria he's announced sanctions against turkish officials over anchors incursion against kurds there and he slammed turkey's actions as dangerous trump had previously announced that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from the region and that his lead could his fighters to ally themselves with the syrian government to which they'd previously been opposed . troops heading towards the turkish border.

control of the northern syria army is moving back and. the kurds who control the region so no alternative but to relinquish their hard won autonomy and unless the syrian government help turkish air strikes and artillery continue to rain down on the border town of iraq outline 1st 6 straight day. turkish back rebel groups already expelled the kurds from tile aviad another town on the border. back in nearby telkom our troops arrived to hope the turkish advance. man came here to tell how much to face the turkish attack against syria and to ensure the safe your family from iran and turkish telling. them of. the development risks a direct confrontation between the syrian and the turkish military. syrian

government media claims the troops had entered the town of man beach even as turkish backed travel to say they are advancing on the city alongside turkish units . meanwhile u.s. troops are continuing their withdrawal from northern syria president trump said on monday that turkey will think sanctions threats against the kurds. the european union has also condemned the operation to block agree to limit sales of weapons to turkey but culshaw of announcing sanctions. former more so the puppet formerly it was not possible to have an embargo but all countries are committed no longer delivering arms to turkey. right now don't ask me right now what is happening with the ongoing contract. and got your country to see what they do. nevertheless a very strong decision. but turkish president reckitt tired

after one round to press on that over about regarding his rope or threaten pressure of. terming to continue the operation until the end i'm certain clearly we will absolutely 1st blow job we've got her. as turkey continues its ground. and who are not to pay the price. would need all these all of a sound that is joining us now from washington good to see all of us donald trump has announced sanctions against nato ally turkey in retaliation for the assault on the kurds how punishing the sanctions. well president trump is targeting 3 turkish ministers with his sanctions he also announced he will step up sanctions on terrorists in fact on turkish steel imports and he would also raise these tariffs as soon as possible now the official stance

of course is that these tariffs and sanctions coming to tell you for the turkish attack on kurds in north and syria but the truth is that president trump also is very much under pressure even from within his own party ranks and therefore is trying to defend himself you are to damage and to limit the damage that his decision to withdraw american troops from waltham syria have cost some of his very closest allies and supporters in the republican party have fiercely criticized him there's a feeling in the republican party that this is a betrayal of one of america's closest and most important allies in the fight against isis so this all looks like a very chaotic situation here we are following and also one of the most one of the most important republicans in the house foreign affairs committee said that these sanctions are not enough and made clear that he believes that they will not be

enough to change the turkish gresham in north and syria. you just mentioned trump did announce that we drove u.s. forces from syria but now he says actually remain in the region it seems like he's backtracking what are you hearing about these. right yeah it seems like he's walking or trying to walk back parts of his announcement of his decision withdrawing american troops for from syria so he today he said 1000 u.s. troops would remain in the region but that region of course does not include syria so it's not a big help for the kurdish troops they are who are currently being attacked by the turkish forces and also the latest news president trump is getting are not really great and that is that russian backed troops of dictator bashar al assad have now arrived in north and in the north part of syria so what that means is that the

influence of russia and the syrian dictator bashar al assad is being increased that is certainly news that nobody here in the united states really appreciates if you consider the amount of time and effort that the u.s. a push here into place to defeat ice's. and certainly it also shows this move to withdraw all the u.s. troops from that region were not really thought about well and there's no clear strategy also how to move forward to w.'s all of a sudden in washington thank you the european union meanwhile has condemned keys offensive in syria a huge foreign ministers meeting in lots luxembourg have agreed to restrict the delivery of alms to turkey though they didn't agree on sanctions against corona w.'s next hulsman covered those talks in luxembourg and sent us this summary. but you foreign ministers who have started down the path of economic sanctions against

turkey they could have also started down the path when you wide arms embargo against turkey but they didn't they told weaker measures one of them condemning the military operation by turkey in north korea the other one recalling the national efforts the national arms embargo by you member states of unity but it's a weak signal that many think it's so weak because some of the e.u. are very worried that turkey could terminate the e.u. turkey migration agreement and that would spell real trouble so a signal of unity but it most likely will not make a difference on the ground now to some of the other stories making news around the world the red cross in the west african state of guinea says 4 people have been killed during protests in the capital conakry opposition parties and activists want to block potential changes to the country's constitution which could allow

president alpha condie to run for a 3rd term in office. in india local media reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in a gas explosion officials believe a cylinder of cooking gas blew up causing a building to collapse the incident happened in the northern state of pradesh. a british man who drove his car into people in central london last year has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years sally carter was found guilty of attempted murder after seeking to imitate previous terrorist attacks 7 people were injured. a spanish judge has issued a new international warrant for the arrest of former president calloused posed a mall he fled to build after the failed independence beat in 2017 the war and comes after the supreme court convicted 12 other catalan separatist leaders 9 of

family given lengthy prison terms. fines in barcelona read pretty good political prisoner. the judgment was declared friends took to the streets that outraged by the long sentences handed down to catalonia separatist leaders. horribly unfair it goes against all fundamental rights freedom of government's version and freedom of expression. that their punishment is a disgrace it proves our democratic system is incompetent program and i could cry this is unbelievable. but for the supreme court in madrid it is clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of the addition of the former vice president oreo's young carers was sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants also received a lengthy prison sentence. according to the judge's sentence organize the

independence referendum in october 2017 despite a ban when the former president of catalonia college approached him and declared independence from spain violent clashes with the police broke out this resulted in madrid imposing direct rule over catalonia and one of spain's most serious political crises prime minister petro some says hopes that this verdict will now and the matter once and for all. following the supreme court in the future we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peace who quits who can think of ammonia who dialogue within the boundaries of the not under the constitution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the point the ruling was handed down demonstrators began blocking railway tracks and airports independent to whom they are preparing for what they're calling democratic. the nobel prize for

economics has been awarded to a trio of u.s. based research is broken new ground in efforts to lift the world's poor out of poverty they have taken on the problem in a new way breaking it down into smaller pieces the result is the new array of practical solutions that ignore traditional theory this year's nobel prize for economics goes to 3 economists specialized in poverty and how best to combat it science is french born s. to do flow or indian born husband ben a-g. and american michael kramer have helped millions of children by savoring practical steps to tackle the problems of a theory all 3 lecture at u.s. universities. taking a broad question such as why a kid stopped learning in school and then they break that down the too many more detailed questions and then they combined is. to be able to say something about

underlying causes of poverty all this is to combat. the royal swedish academy of sciences lauded the trio for what it called groundbreaking research into what works and what doesn't in the fight to reduce global poverty their work showed how poverty can be addressed by breaking it down into smaller and more precise issues in areas such as education and health care the new solutions with untested on location. s. to do flow is only the 2nd woman to be awarded the nobel prize for economics and also the youngest at $46.00. it was incredibly humbling to tell you the truth i i didn't think it was possible to win the nobel price. and you have. to flow and her husband banner g have been studying the problems surrounding

poverty for decades they're also the 1st married couple to be given the accolade. india's prime minister narendra modi congratulated the trio on twitter and a stream of well wishers and journalists were also quick to visit banner g.'s mother in the indian city of kolkata the 3 economists did most of their research and field testing in poor regions around the world. and here's a reminder about top stories syrian government troops have arrived in the north of the country sitting up a potential showdown with turkish forces sic forces in the same area the syrian army has teamed up with the kurds in the region to fend off the turkish entire nation. protests have erupted in the capital and region of spain enough to the country's supreme court convicted 12 separatist leaders for sedition 9 of them received lengthy prison terms the judge is seeking the arrest of one later who's in exile. up next news africa has more on the political

outsiders set to become tunisia's new president i'll be back at the top of the hour you can follow us on twitter i d w news over that w dot com for more i'm gerri great go by.