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this is d.w. news live from burley and president donald trump scrambles to your whole turkeys offensive in northern syria as troops on all sides move to see his strategic positions in the region trump calls for turkey to halt its violence threatening he's now so ally with sanctions also coming up with just wakes to go before breaks if the queen sets out prime minister boris johnson's agenda he's under huge pressure to secure a deal to all be forced to ask for another extension. i'm
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jared great thanks for joining me u.s. president domo trump is backtracking on his policy in northern syria following widespread criticism just a week after deciding to pull out u.s. troops there clearing the way for turkey to attack forces trump is now cold on turkey to halt its offensive he's called it dangerous and he's threatened sanctions against 2 accused officials the plan we've drawn of u.s. troops has led could use 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 saw no alternative other than to relinquish their hard won
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autonomy and elicit the syrian government's help. turkish airstrikes and artillery continue to rain down on the border town of ras al-ain for a 6th day. turkish backed rebel groups have already expelled the kurds from taleb yet another town on the border but in nearby telemark ascents troops arrived to halt the turkish advance. but we came here to tell to merit to face the 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 trumper said that he'll keep a quote small footprint stationed in southern syria and threaten turkey with sanctions for its offensive against the kurds. the european union has also condemned the
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operation the bloc agreed to limit the sales of weapons to turkey but it fell short of announcing sanctions. more. formally it was not possible to have an embargo that all countries committed to no longer delivering homes to turkey. don't ask me right now what is happening with the ongoing contracts. because up to reach country to see what they do it's never the less a very strong decision. but turkish president richard earlier when vowed to press on. we guard most 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 turkey continues its advance its civilians who are left to pay the price. will both turkey and the united states on members of nato
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and the tension between them is causing concern at the alliances headquarters in brussels he wus teri schultz spoke tonight how is deputy secretary general rose go to. not only ground in syria directly cannot ignore what is happening there what are the. point the concerns of the alliance apply to everyone who is there on the ground and they have to do with ensuring that restraint is shown ensuring that human rights are taken into account and really ensuring we have to remember that we had this enormous success in the fight against isis in the fight against and we have to ensure that those gains in the fight against terrorism are not jeopardized. people that escaped from from some of these areas that were held by the kurds is it possible that you can ensure that the fight
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against remains where it was and this is if you were needed that you were in counterterrorism policy here as far as nato does that so this is the track again i want to underscore that i cannot confirm that hundreds of people have escaped from these camps what i do know is that the international community has been looking very very hard at how to deal with the issue of foreign fighters and their families how to try them what will be the proper judicial process for dealing with nato supports that we support the international community's efforts to deal with this problem and it's high time that there be some priority attention given to resolving this problem so we do emphasize that and then again on the ground we're saying we need to pay attention to avoiding humanitarian problems awarding humanitarian tragedy further in this effort and that means avoiding things like extra extra judicial executions and that type of thing and then finally i would just urge that
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we continue to do everything we can in real terms to avoid. jeopardizing the gains from our fight against the latest is that. president assad's forces. are now headed north backed by russia of course and that russia was also bombing bombing hospitals in syria again i don't expect you to confirm those reports but. when we talk about the relationship with russia which has always been uncomfortable that they are backing the syrian regime if they are now backing syrian forces headed north to where a nato ally is engaged or more than one nato ally is engaged. is this something that. is bringing the crisis to a head that we hadn't hadn't perhaps anticipated i think anybody including me can speculate on exactly where this this crisis is headed we can continue to emphasize restraint emphasize the need to preserve the games in our fight against isis what i
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have seen from the russians so far and they have been interested actually in advancing efforts to resolve this issue at the negotiating table nato can only welcome out and for all concerned i think it's it's wise to consider how to get back to talking rather than fighting. and that was nato his deputy secretary general rose go similar now to some of the other stories making news around the world and a large fire has forced an overcrowded camp for asylum seekers to be evacuated on the island of some lossing greece it's not yet clear what started the blaze although it followed earlier clashes in the camp site reportedly houses thousands of people just bided having a capacity of just a few 100. in fort worth in texas the white police officer has been charged with the murder of a black woman in her own heart and police body cam footage shows our in danger
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shooting at us and tijana jefferson without warning after a neighbor called the police to check on her welfare. the red cross in the west african state of guinea says for people of being killed during protests in the capital conakry opposition parties and activists want to block potential changes to the country's constitution which could allow the president to run for a 3rd term in office. a you negotiate is have indicated they may want more concessions if a brics deal is to be agreed by october 31 that's when britain is to leave the e.u. and pressure is building on all sides ahead of a summit in brussels this week meanwhile in london queen elizabeth spelled out the government's legislative program opening of a new session of parliament. in a little bit on her way to deliver her 64 queen's. pomp and tradition the
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formal opening of the parliamentary season the british monarch greeting of the prime minister of agenda my government's priority has always been. departure from european union. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union based on free trade and friendly cooperation. but opponents of prime minister boris johnson accused him of instrumental lies in mcqueen in a stunt to support a political manifesto in the parliamentary debate following the queen's speech labor party leader jeremy corbin took aim at. the big there is never been such a far as a government with a majority of minor 45 and 100 percent record holder in the house of commons. setting out the next
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minute you're in there they know you cannot be delivered in this parliament and indeed with rex at negotiations going down to the line and persistent rumors of snap election the queen could soon be back opening parliament for the 65th time. a spanish judge has issued a new international warrant for the arrest of foam a cuttle on president callas pushed him on who fled to belgium after the failed independence beat in 27 tame the warrant comes after the supreme court convicted 12 of the catalan separatist leaders 9 of family given lengthy prison terms. 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 catalonia separatist leaders. yesterday 11 the sentence is
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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 time that i could cry this is unbelievable. today. but for the supreme court in madrid it is clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of sedition the former vice president orioles youngcare as the sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants also received lengthy prison sentences. according to the judges those sentenced organized the independence referendum in october 2017 despite a ban when the former president of catalonia college puts demond declared independence from spain farland clashes with the police broke out this resulted in madrid imposing direct rule over catalonia and one of spain's most serious
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political crises prime minister petra sun she has 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 law and the sponsor institution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight since the ruling was handed down demonstrators that began blocking railway tracks and airports in the independence activists warn they are preparing for what they're calling democratic tsunami. the nobel prize for economics has been awarded to 3 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
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a new iraqi 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 combat it. french born f. could do flow or indian born husband bennett terry and american michael kramer have helped millions of children by favoring practical steps to tackle their problems over theory all 3 lecture at u.s. universities. why we're taking a broader question of why it's not learning in school and then they break that down into many more detail questions and then they combined. say something about on the like or some form or policy come back for. the royal swedish academy of sciences lord 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
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poverty can be addressed by breaking it down into smaller and more precise issues in areas such as education and health care new solutions with untested on location . etc 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 thought i didn't think it was the style to win the nobel prize. and you have to take your 1st to learn her husband r.b.t. bennett you 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 vantages mother
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in the indian city of. the 3 economists did most of their research and field testing in poor regions around the world. up next tuesday w. business remember you can go to. news on twitter dot com i'm gerri. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in the meantime dictatorship and just want to be shadow and a few newspapers on official information as a journalist i have work on the streets of many cat interests and their problems.
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