this used to w. news live from berkeley president trump scrambles to hold turkey's offensive in northern syria as troops on all sides move to scenes true teaching positions in the region trump calls for turkey to hole to it's a frightening his natural ally with sanctions also coming off. angry catalans protests doctor spain supreme court finds the politicians who pushed for independence guilty of sedition in disobedience one is jailed for 13 years.

and the nobel prize for economics goes to 3 u.s. face for searches who have broken new ground in efforts to lift the world's poor out of policy. i'm jared ray thanks for joining me u.s. president donald trump is backtracking on his policy in northern syria following widespread criticism just a way cough to deciding to pull out u.s. troops they clearing the way for turkey to attack could use forces trump is now cold on turkey to halt its offensive he's called it dangerous and he's threatening sanctions against turkish officials the plan withdrawal of u.s. troops has led kurdish fighters to ally themselves with syria's government which they were previously fighting. well syrian troops heading towards the turkish

border 8 years after a sad lost control over northern syria his army is moving back in the kurds who control the region for now will turn to other than to relinquish their hard won autonomy and a list of the syrian government's help. turkish airstrikes and artillery continue to rain down on the border town of ras al-ain for a sick day on the. long turkish track rebel groups have already expelled the kurds from taleb yet another town on the border but a nearby telemark troops arrived to halt the turkish advance. we came here to tell to merit or face a turkish attack against syria and to ensure the safety of families from the random turkish shelling. the development risks a direct confrontation between syrian and turkish forces. meanwhile u.s. troops are continuing their withdrawal from northern syria has said that he'll keep

a quote small footprint station in southern syria and threaten turkey with thanks and for its offensive against the kurds. the european union has condemned the operation the block agreed to limit the sales of weapons to turkey but it fell short of announcing sanctions. well former more so if he were formally it was not possible to have a member go but all country committed to no longer delivering to turkey really they . don't. don't ask me right now what you're going contract. with economically is not a rich country to free will or do it's never left for very strong your coming. but turkish president richard early one proud to press on. that over by feel that all regardless of the threats and pressures we're determined to continue the operation until the end i'm stating clearly we will absolutely finish the job we

started. as correctly continues its advance its civilians who are left to pay the price. we need all these all of us sal it 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 are these sanctions. well president trump is targeting 3 turkish ministers with his sanctions he also announced he would step up sanctions on a terrorist in fact on turkish steel imports and 9 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 4 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 here to damage and to limit the damage that his decision to withdraw american troops from north and 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 from did announce that we draw a live view of u.s. forces from syria but now he says actually dell 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 decision withdrawing american troops 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 really great and that is that russian back to the troops of dictator bashar al assad have now arrived in northen 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 isis 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 w.'s all of us on that in washington thank you. as we heard in the report a little bit earlier the european union has condemned chickies offensive in syria e.u. foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg have agreed to restrict the delivery of arms to turkey they didn't agree on sanctions against ankara. max hoffman covered those talks a lot some bug and he sent us a summary that you foreign minister of could have started down the path of economic sanctions against turkey they could have also started down the path of and e.u. wide arms embargo against turkey but they didn't they chose weaker measures one of them condemning the military operation by turkey in north syria the other one

recalling the national efforts the national arms embargo by some e.u. member states it is a signal 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 today and the red cross in the west africans died in guinea says 4 people have been killed during protests in the capital conakry opposition parties and activists want to block a potential chinese as to the country's constitution which could allow president alpha condie to run for a 3rd term in office. in india local media report 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 occurred in the northern state of pradesh. and a british man who drove his car into people in central london last year has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years sunday cotter was found guilty of attempted murder after seeking to imitate previous terror attacks 7 people were injured. a spanish judge has issued a new international warrant for the arrest of former president carlos pushed them all who flew to belgium after the failed independence beat in 2017 the warrant comes out to the supreme court convicted 12 of the catalan separatist leaders 9 of whom were given lengthy prison terms i the signs in barcelona read free the political prisoners. after the judgment was declared thousands took

to the streets that outraged by the long sentences handed down to cut in the me a separatist leader is. the sentence is horribly unfair it goes against all fundamental rights freedom of demonstration and freedom of expression. this punishment is a disgrace it proves our democratic system is incompetent there's no doubt that i could cry this is unbelievable. but for the supreme court in madrid it is clear that the. it's a learning leadership is guilty of sedition the former vice president orioles youngcare us the sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants also received lengthy prison sentences. according to the judges those sentenced organize the independence referendum in october 2017 despite a ban when the former president of catalonia college pushed demand 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 peres sanchez hopes that this verdict will now and the matter once and for all following the supreme court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence in catalonia through dialogue within the boundaries of the know under sponsored solution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight since the ruling was handed down demonstrators it began blocking railway tracks and airports in the independence activists warn they are preparing for what they're calling democratic tsunami. or the nobel prize for economics has been awarded to 3 u.s. based research is being broken new ground in efforts to lift the world's poor out of poverty have taken on the problem in a new way breaking it down into smaller pieces the result is

a new array of practical solutions that set aside traditional theory. this year's nobel prize for economics goes to 3 economists specialized in poverty and how best to come back is. french born asked to do you know her indian born husband ben a g and american michael kramer has helped millions of children by favoring practical steps to tackle the problems over theory all 3 lecture at u.s. universities. taking a broader question. of learning in school and then they break that down into many more detail questions and then they combine there's. something about underlying causes of poverty. come back to. the royal swedish academy of sciences lord of 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 were then tested on location. esther duplo 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 thought i didn't think it was possible to win the nobel. you know. and you have to clear her to clone her husband r.b.t. advantage you have been studying the problems surrounding poverty could 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 ben

a jewish mother in the indian city of. 3 economists did most of their research and field testing in poor regions around the world. and our minor about top stories for you as all sides see you strategic positions in northern syria u.s. president donald trump has called on turkey to halt its offensive against kurdish forces there he slammed turkey's actions as dangerous and is threatening sanctions against turkish officials. the protests have erupted in the cotton land region of spain after the country's supreme court convicted 12 separatist leaders for sedition none of them received lengthy prison terms the judge is seeking the arrest of another leader who is in exile. up next the haka in laos leave almost untouched by modern civilization but their way of life is on the verge of bach evil to dust off to the brink in the dark film laos the village about the

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