turkey consider is the syrian kurdish groups terrorist groups with links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has waged a decades long fight inside turkey and ankara specially fia's the creation of a kurdish corydoras along its border inside syria and fears that this could further inspire a separatist notions within turkey's kurdish community. the u.s. and russia are calling on court to stop the operation in northern syria isn't turkey isolating itself by pushing ahead. well this operation is definitely going to complicate relations with both washington and moscow just to highlight the complexity of these old you have to know that turkey a nato ally is now bombing a kurdish groups inside syria that the u.s. on the other hand considers its most important ally in their fight against the so-called islamic state group and russia on the other hand the strongest supporter of syrian president bashar al assad is controlling the end space of both offerings and the russians have now said they will demand in the united nations turkey to stop this oh peroration so we're going to see if turkey really is i

that kurdish groups pose such a threat to turkey. well the text government says the syrian kurdish groups have links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has been waging its own fight inside turkey for decades now and the ankara government is especially worried there could be some kind of a kurdish corydoras developing along its border and this could then further inspire a separatist notions in turkey's kurdish community. yulia both the u.s. and russia are not happy. could you briefly tell us why i would do this why he would isolate himself like this. well this is the big question here and as you said i mean he is risking deteriorate or deteriorating our relations with both washington and moscow i mean just to highlight the complexity of the situation the turkish military is now bombing kurdish forces inside syria that the u.s. on the other hand a nato ally considered as their most important proxy in their fight against the so-called islamic state russia itself has now said that they demand turkey to stop the operation and they want to address the united nations france a major european power has also called for an emergency meetin

government as you said considers them a terrorist group with close links to the outloud to kurdistan workers party the p k k that is here in turkey fighting for independence and is fighting the turkish army on turkish soil so the turkish government announcing a military assault but can turkey actually legally encroach on syria this is a sovereign state. well from an international law ex perspective this is somehow a graze own there are people who are arguing this is definitely a violation of international law others say it is not but you have to know the turkish army is already inside syria since twenty sixteen with its military operation called you for its shield designed to push back the islamic state and kurdish kurdish fighters as well they're inside and they entered it live province about three months ago in agreement with russia who is a close ally of syrian president bashar al assad so would mr adelman was suggesting now is basically an extension of an already existing turkish military offensive inside syria but this of course would have been would need to be discussed in the turkish national security cou

considers these syrian kurdish groups terrorist groups with close links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has waged as a decades long fight incites turkey the serious syrian corage are actually denying those slings you have to know that as well but especially feel full of a so-called kurdish corydoras developing along its border has which might then inspire the separatists notions among turkey's kurdish population are the corresponding julia hall of the story for us tonight and julia thank you very much . here are some other stories now that are making headlines around the world the iraqi government has condemned a german woman to death by hanging after finding her guilty of belonging to a so-called islamic state a baghdad court said the woman who is of moroccan descent had traveled to syria and then to iraq to join the terrorist organization the taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly twelve hour long siege on a hotel in kabul afghanistan's interior ministry says four afghans and fourteen foreigners were killed on saturday evening three gunmen stormed the landmark intercontinent

is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a french court has dismissed a case against soldiers who were charged with raping children in the central african republic soldiers tasked with keeping warring factions apart were accused of abusing the children at refugee camps the court found no evidence to support pressing charges the allegations were first published in britain's guardian newspaper. north and south korea have begun a second round of talks to hammer out the details for the north's participation in next month's winter olympics and count chang delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of panmunjom so far they've agreed to include in our troops from the north and may potentially field a joint women

the other hand thinks the wife is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers' party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well here in germany social democrat leader martin scholz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with americans conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan job the north has promised to send athletes to the game in chiang in the south bundt the talks are limited to the north's plan to send in our troops including singers dancers and an orchestra. to stock exchange in the indonesian capital jakarta has been evacuat

the y p g militia as you rightly mentioned the u.s. considers the y. p.g. and essential it with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers' party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. to you leon reporting for us from istanbul thank you in iraq at least thirty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred others wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack is similar to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susanna george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad says an offense for joining us now this is the second deadly attack in baghdad in just three days how are residents in the city coping. the mood in the iraqi capital is very tense there's a lot of