u.s. has backed kurdish forces in the past we know that the u.s. considered the kurdish militia militia to be the best ground troops in the battle against islamic state in syria now america appears to be doing little to stop turkey's offensive do the kurds do the kurdish fighters do they feel that the us has abandoned them. well the kurdish fighters are not happy with. the statements in riyadh before because it seems somehow that they are allowing the turks to attack. today and call between donald trump and president add on he called on turkey to. to not ask the lady and to show restraint and that fact because america knows that the syrians could be hit by these turkish attacks but in general that occurred they want president trump to basically conquer killed at least that's act and of course we haven't heard that the u.s. president is planning to do that the turkish president mr edible and he has announced that his country's military will expand this offensive and move even closer to u.s. forces that are stationed in syria so vladimir are we going

u.s. president donald trump to limit the advance or risk confronting american forces on the ground in a full quarter with the turkish president donald trump arge turkey to quote exercise caution to avoid any actions that might risk conflict between turkish and american forces in the region. but president. office denies this was said to me if i should say the phone call was limited to an exchange of views and the truong did not second sons about the escalating violence in thin goodish white b.g. militias that have played a key role in helping us backed forces against the so court islamic state the turkish government courts the y.p. g terrorists. the shuttered turn of yielded us evidence of the force that turkey has brought to bear enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far. the operation will continue until the threat has removed. a little but the kurdish y p g wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last dr

backed kurdish militia there or risk a clash with u.s. forces.you're watching news from berlin we have more coming up for you at the top of the hour and of course you get all that is news and information around the clock on our web site that's at d w dot com well you know with elton john the british pop star announced his retirement but not before saying goodbye to his millions of fans the singer says his upcoming epic world two are over three years with three hundred dates will be his last we'll take you out with some been to elton john on performance and joy it's a live. this is the. new . dismounts. center of the conflict zone my guest this week here in kiev is straightlaced he's a former president of georgia a former regional government in ukraine times hanging over him multiple allegations of criminal activity and he's mico saakashvili once the dawning of the west for still having the rose revolution in georgia that has you know made too many enemies i'm running out of road the first next go for. january twenty seventh. donald trump became a

consider together the notion that the u.s. forces must stay in syria to mitigate against isis' return while simultaneously ramping up u.s. forces seems like the prelude for another forever war with no congressional authorization. if we learned anything from the experiences in the last decade it is that the military fight is not even half the battle. long-term, sustainable, ends to conflicts demand political agreements and international donors and stabilization activity, reconciliation initiatives and development expertise and accountability of local leadership and above all patience, constant diplomatic and political engagement. there is no sustainable solution in syria even after isis is defeated without a long-term political solution. now the people of syria, so many of whuchl risked their lives and lively hoods to challenge the assad regime are forced to look to help rather than washington and geneva. this is yet another arena where the trump administration is ceding ground and influence to russia. i hope the report i released yes

forces are coming across the border. there is a russian component to this, and also a u.s. component. the u.s. has backed kurdish forces in the past. they consider the militia to be the best ground troops in the battle against the islamic state in syria. now america appears to be doing little to stop turkey's offensive. do the kurdish fighters deal the u.s. has abandoned them? vladimir: the fighters are not happy with the statements, because it seems that turks are being allowed to attack. a call between donald trump and president erdogan had trump calling on turkey not to escalate and to show restraint because civilians could be hit by these attacks. in general, the kurds want president trump to call turkey to immediately stop is a tax. -- to stop those attacks. brent: the turkish president has announced his country's military will expand this offensive and move even closer to u.s. forces stationed in syria, so vladimir, are we going to see a confrontation between two nato allies? vladimir: well actually, i just got music you minutes ago from officials. they have carried out airstrikes were th

happened that opens the door certainly now for the prospect of a confrontation between turkish and u.s. forces a nightmare scenario and what could threaten a complete rupture in relations but unquoted offer appears a solution they call for the syrian kurdish forces to withdraw from the town of men before crossed the euphrates river and turkish forces would provide protection to those u.s. forces it's unclear whether washington is prepared to take up the offer back to you kerry in vienna parallel to those u.n. sponsored talks taking place in the austrian capital the russians are also sponsoring talks between various warring parties in syria what can you tell us about those talks. yes this is the peace congress set up for was so cheap for next week and the reaction from western diplomats in some arab states is that this is an attempt by moscow to undermine the u.n. peace talks and create a process that would be moved favorable to the government in damascus but we don't know we don't know who's attending the syrian opposition groups here in vienna say they haven't made up their mind about attendi

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brent: can you confirm that we are seeing this offensive move in where u.s. forces are stationed?d? vladimir: well, i don't think it is an offensive yet. but it has been confirmeded by severaral sources t that the tus have carried out airstrikes there. this also shshows that there hae already been turkish airstrikes in other places, especially a sign from turkey to the u.s. that, hey, watch out, we are serious. brent: journalist vladimir v van wilgenberg in irbil tonight. vladimir, thank you. vladimir: you are welcome. thank you. brent: you are watching dw. we meet the chechen mother whose daughter left four years ago to fight for the islamic state, and she still has not come home. sad story there. the ongoing earnings season on wall street should make people happy. javier: there is bad news for some. more troubles at general electric are ahead. it posted a $10 billion loss, and a 5% decline in revenue last quarter. the performance was driven by a $15 billion charge ge took to cover miscalculations made by an insurance company last week. that leaves shareholders to fret even more ab

kurdish militia there or risk a clash with u.s. forces. you're watching news coming to you from berlin we have more news at the top of the next hour and of course you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's it dot com thanks for being with us. and. using some. time. to come to him. by the forces of nature they help to protect the coast system but the plan would come tomorrow to doing the next on t.w. . to enter the conflict zone my guess this week here in kiev is to straitlaced he's a former president of georgia a former regional governor in ukraine i'm crying over him multiple allegations of criminal activity and he's michel suckers really once the dawning of the west for spearheading the rose revolution in georgia that has you know made too many enemies and run out of road. in sixteen t.w. to get. this you know i mean in your minutes i'm going yes. what i'm going to miss you know what i'm worth what i'm organize you know i'm not going to set them. here because as you say acid cannot only serve

a clash with u.s. forces on the ground. and in myanmar officials are moving ahead with plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of muslims who fled a military crackdown but the united nations says it's still not safe for them to return. plus a much anticipated guest at the well they could all make forum in davos will donald trump be able to reassure the world's movers and shakers that his america first policy is good or to be good for ben. i am. i don't welcome. we begin with a scientific breakthrough in china the baby monkeys that you see here don't just look alike they are identical clones a resurgence created them using the same tilting method that produced dolly the sheep or most twenty years ago but monkeys are primates just like us humans and now

considered together, the notion that the u.s. forces must stay in syria to mitigate against isis' return while simultaneously ramping up u.s. forces seems like the prelude to another forever war with no congressional authorization. if we learned anything from the experiences in the last decade, it's that the military fight is not even half the battle. long-term sustainable ends of conflicts demand political agreements, international donors, stabilization activities, reconciliation initiatives, development expertise, accountability of local leadership and, above all, patience, constant diplomatic and political engagement. there is no sustainable solution in syria, even after isis is defeated, without a long-term political solution. now the people of syria, so many of whom risked their lives to challenge the assad regime are forced to look to other places for help rather than washington and the geneva. this is another instance where the trump administration is willing to cede ground to russia. i hope it's not lost on those committed to a

so the u.s. forcest are down towards the man bige area, as turkey moves into afrin, as they are fighting their way in and killing civilians, they may move to man bige where there are u.s. forces. what happens? right now we just don't know. the other concern, of course, is that there still is an isis presence in the eye freighti eu river valley. this will take attention from that fight. >> courtney, we have 12,000 troops in northern syria. not many people know that. how do they grade the nato-on-nato clash. that would be the first ever in the history of the alliance. i will ask the admiral after the break. what do they say about the the likelihood of that? >> so people at the pentagon are still convinced that the u.s. and turkish military ties are strong enough they can avoid that, but they are watching very closely. there is a lot of concern in the pent began about what's going to happen. they are looking to see if they actually move toward man bige. or if they stay up away from where the u.s. forces ar

now, what we know about the attack is that u.s. forces were involved in a train, advise and assist. they were involved with afghan commanders that were trying to clear the insurgents, the terrorists, from doing and continuing more damage. it lasted around 14 hours. stephanie, there's some confusion on just how many dead there were. the afghan interior ministry puts the number at 14 foreigners who were killed. local news reports says the overall number of dead is around 43. we're trying to harmonize those numbers and figure out just how many americans died what they were doing there. were they contractors, were they involved in the government?

do any operation against often without our permission syria's government has called the proposed u.s. force a blatant assault on its territory while russia's foreign minister says the move could divide the country but it would pneumonias through we're going to go digital and now we see that the us are not interested in the territorial integrity of syria it announced a new initiative yesterday and they would like to support the democratic forces of syria and his own of border security which would mean cutting off large territories around turkey's border this is a difficult area where there is tension between kurds and arabs these territories would be controlled by armed oppositions and u.s. forces it would be very difficult to split syria such an approach is taking place without a u.n. resolution or negotiations in geneva. at least seventy five people have been taken to hospital after a walkway collapsed at the indonesian stock exchange of chad day briana people in the lobby below and investigations underway into what happened but an explosion has been ruled out. an armed group has launched

right now u.s. forces are in syria and supporting kurdish forces which has upset turkey. re's an exchange that cnn had with the head of u.s. central command. >> we're hearing from the turkish government continuously saying they are asking the united states to withdraw. is that something you're looking to do. is that a scenario you see happening. >> right now it's not something we're looking into. >> so might this escalate to more u.s. troops being put on the ground in syria? >> at some point we're going to come to a showdown with the turks. if you look at the operations it's in the northwestern corner. no u.s. forces in that area. it's when the turks move to the eastern side of the little enclave in syria, when they go towards the euphrates river. the u.s. forces are there. that's what the general was referring to. he has no tension to pull that up. that's where the escalation will come and where you will have turkish forces right up against american forces. they are on the western side of the euphrates river. the turks want us out of that area. they are setting thunder fo

u.s. confirmed is helping to set up a thirty thousand strong border force in the north of the country russia's foreign minister says the u.s. move could divide syria. and at least seventy five people have been taken to hospital after being hit by falling rubble at the indonesian stock exchange a war quake collapsed on the upper floors showering debut on to people in the lobby below. the gunmen have attacked an airbase in the libyan capital tripoli they stormed. the fighting spilled on to the runway suspended flights as well it's the only functioning airport in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen by mode of the war he joins me now from libya's capital tripoli just bring us up to speed of the exact circumstances of what we know right now in terms of events in and around the airport. well currently the clashes have related leak down to the special deterrence force that is the you back to government of national called force patrolling and securing around the air bases announcing that they have taken over the areas around the bases that were previously captured b

backed kurdish militia there or risk a clash with u.s. forces. and former brazilian president louisa known as lula has lost his court appeal against corruption charges the judges confirmed the verdict and increased his sentence from nine to twelve years. well d.w. senior business editor ben to zoom in joins us now from the world economic forum in switzerland ben you've been very busy there's a lot going on there. there sure is and it's kept me extremely busy terry i'm usually the last one in the bed and the first one up it's a journalist's paradise you've got presidents prime ministers prominent figures constantly strolling past you on the icy slopes an icy sidewalks rather of davos i just bumped into the portuguese prime minister yesterday on the train and his finance minister pretty interesting stuff there also excess of all but to regular people they know what's this place seems pretty far away and it's this disconnect between politics big business and the public that is spots protests right across switzerland this week squarely directed at th

u.s. administration appears to have been sending mixed messages about the force they're planning in syria where the pentagon is saying one thing and the state department saying something very different correspondent patty culhane has more. the long term goals of u.s. policy in syria have been a bit muddled but the secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to make one point crystal clear u.s. forces are not leaving united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring that isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based its main focus training a local force but that has enraged turkey who see those they are teaching why p.g. fighters as a grave threat to their security turkey says that is why its forces are massing at the border prompting this warning from the u.s. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort here's what caused the concern this statement from the u.s. military writing quote the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border sec

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's not a border force the u.s. role has been missed part trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara moscow and damascus have all voice their opposition to the force once again it highlights the complicated nature of syria's war isis been pushed out of most of the territory that it once held and so the battlefield is becoming perhaps even more complicated with each side trying to carve out its fear of influence and it seems the syrians are the ones that hold the least sway of stephanie decker al-jazeera and. well rex tillerson and the u.s. it seems have been sending mixed messages about the force they're helping to create in syria with the pentagon saying one thing and the state department saying something very different defense correspondent particle haying takes a look at what's going on behind the scenes. the lon

syria all this is quite a warning from washington to limit the campaign for president clash with u.s. forces on the ground and done all trump arrives at the world economic forum in davos can you reassure the world's movers and shakers that his america first policies can be good for them to. thank so much for your company everyone i want to begin with a scientific breakthrough in china the baby monkeys that you see right here behind me don't just look alike they are identical researchers created them by using the same cloning method that produced dolly the sheep almost two decades ago but monkeys are primates just like us humans and now the question is being asked are we next. me chills sean and they might just look like two cute baby mechanics but they also represent a breakthrough that has excited scientists around the wild the monkeys are close the very first successful clones of a primate using the method that produced dolly research is that the chinese academy of sciences presented them to the public this week the purpose of doing call me a monkey and use monkeys experiment animals is re

u.s. backed forces against a so-called islamic state but the turkish government views the y.p. ji as a terrorist group. the shattered turn of yielded evidence of the force that turkey has brought to be enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far it's because. the operation will continue until the threat is removed. but the kurdish why p.g. wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p.g. controlled territory crashed into this mosque in the turkish border tone of killis causing fatalities and panic as worshippers tried to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides but turkish president richard one says he will expand the offensive eastwards. u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks each ally determined to

the model of u.s. forces in korea is tied because of that concern that things could go wrong very quickly. of course, the primary possibility is that north korea would do something provocative, either a missile test, nuclear test, or some other belligerent action that undermine the diplomatic effort. host: we are talking with abraham denmark of the wilson center about the recent developments between the u.s. and north korea relations ahead on the month's olympics korean peninsula. brian is calling from iowa. go ahead. you are on. caller: i called it earlier. i wanted to get on during the marijuana discussion. i would like to party with clinton from alaska. and john who call it from illinois, i grew up two blocks from the eisenhower expressway. host: all right, brian, we are talking about north korea now. i want to keep our conversation to that and remind our viewers that democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. and independents, (202) 748-8002 . abraham, i will get you were thoughts on

i mean do you think there will be support from u.s. forces to the west of ukraine particularly in the aftermath i don't think that. international relations professor hussein bunchy give us his views on turkey's growing military presence in syria. the expectation was that turkey in a very short period and controlled the area in affluent and. stop and clean up turkish decision to extend their operational command which probably will last a little bit longer tonight president grant talked to the president. donald trump the american side was insisting on it that turkey is not going to stand the operation and what is more important. causality it should not be the case this is somehow a warning by the americans to the turkish president i think the confrontation between turkey and the united states of america is getting more and more likely. that the turkish soldiers move frees the american soldiers supported. probably. the turkish government. into account but first of all the operation in african should be finished and should be completed i do not e

u.s. backed forces. and top u.s. democrats claim russian bots are responsible for a social media campaign to release a potentially explosive congressional memo. and the exclusion of many clean of russian athletes from the upcoming winter olympics triggers an outcry in the sporting world. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the turkish president has announced a plan to extend his country's military operation against kurdish forces in syria turkish troops are currently fighting the y p g and afrin and will now advance to man beach an area controlled by u.s. backed kurdish fighters. the operation we've launched mend all of branch to cleanse africa of terrorists successfully underway starting from members we will continue following the games which are being played along our borders and we will cleanse our region completely of the struggle. we hearing from the turkish president is that he will now extend his military operation

are we is it being discussed in turkey that we could have turkish and u.s. forces standing you know face to face. well of course this is a huge topic here that you have to know there are no american soldiers inside the efren area so we will not see turkish an american soldiers actually fighting each other directly but yes this is highly highlighting the complexity of the situation you have a nato ally turkey actually bombing kurdish forces that the u.s. considers its most important ally in their fight against the so-called islamic state group so you see this is a very messy situation ofter all and of course at this is a very huge topic and it's going to further complicate relations between the two nato partners turkey and the u.s. and also comes down to the fact that turkey and the united states have very different attitudes and opinions about kurdish groups we know the turkish president . has failed to flush out what he describes as terrorists from the kurdish enclave in northern syria why do kurdish groups why do they pose such a threat to turkey well to keep a l

u.s. given the fact that there are turkish forces very close to where the u.s. forces are deployed how is this new front durian affecting the fight against islamic state inside syria. well that's a big concern from washington they say that the eyes being taken off the ball a real concern of all allies involved in this conflict is at the feet of experiments they they say that they have scored major victories islamic state is down on the ground but the fear is that this ongoing intervention by turkey could allow the islamic state to regroup reorganize and strike back during jones thanks so much for that update on the turkish deployment in syria where yemen's government has accused separatists in the south of that country of an attempted coup deadly fighting there exposed a deep breath between allies trying to defeat rebels who control the north. at least a dozen people including civilians were killed and more than eighty wounded as yemeni separatists or government troops in the southern city of aden the forces had previously been on the same side in the three years

u.s. coalition planned to build a syria border security force could break up the country the plan has also been criticized by turkey and the bashar al assad government the u.s. says the thirty thousand strong force will help stabilize syria but francis is right in chile for his first stop on a visit to south america the ponces landed in the capital but there have been tense scenes ahead of his visit with five churches vandalized in recent days protests are expected against the alleged cover up of sexual abuse in the catholic church security for the papal visit has been ramped up as a result palestinian leaders have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in a meeting of the central council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital council's a declared that the us has lost its ability to mediate between israel and palestine four time olympic gold medalist simone biles says she is among more than one hundred athletes who were sexually abused by former usa gymnastics team doctor larry nasir b

u.s. and other coalition forces. i mean it's the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and a logical outcome of this is probably russians threatening to pull turkey. if the western alliance three thing is it's klink the us position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the kurdish militia during the war against so-called islamic state washington is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u.s. has also said it takes turkey's legitimate security concerns seriously. the call on target to show restraint was echoed by the u.n. security council on monday but operation all of branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven year syrian civil war. our correspondent dorian jones is covering this story from bowl dorian it's day four of the

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's not a border force the u.s. role has been mr trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara ron moscow and damascus have a voice their opposition to the force so with all the latest developments stephanie would it be fair to say that the war in syria is entering perhaps a new phase. yes i think i think so i think it was a really highlights how sort of internationalize this conflict is that's not new but certainly now you're seeing opposing saw i suppose in countries trying to carve out fears of influence and it is incredibly complicated and yes we have more moving talks now the u.n. has talks in indiana in the russians have invited all sides to sochi later in the month but it is looking very difficult as to what any one side is going to agree upon it still remains a very very complicated battlefield ok stephanie dec

in istanbul good evening to you dorian and we've got to one here threatening to use military force against a u.s. backed border force in syria i mean how much of this is bullied to bully bellicose talk versus a real threat of armed conflict between two nato allies. but i think certainly that is what washington will be asking and neither is true the president has made this threat many times before but this threat by far seems to be the most serious and that's because turkey has been building up its forces all know boulder over the weekend there was a very heavy artillery bombardment in the african region this kurdish enclave of course in syria which president wanted to say that they will attack and we've also got unconfirmed reports already turkish commandos have been carrying out close hauled all praises into this region but there is pumped point here that i'm afraid it's the one area there are no u.s. soldiers present so it does seem that own corbett does carry out this right if king told voigt the nightmare scenario of turkey soldiers facing off against american soldiers during the judging by

its support on sunday for the force which it hopes will help to defend territory held by u.s. backed kurdish led fighters in northern syria turkey's president has accused washington of trying to create a terror army. no the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born thirty eight people have been killed after two suicide bombs were set off during rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad or one hundred others were wounded in the attack which happened in a busy commercial district where laborers had gathered in search of work is the fourth attack on the capital in the past forty eight hours a video has been released which is said to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of bog nearly four years ago in a video one of the girls says they are from she book and a never coming back nearly three hundred schoolgirls were abducted by the armed group boko haram in april twenty fourth teen about sixty escaped soon afterwards and around one hundred still

u.s. plan to form a border security force in syria. lso a day in court for three pro-democracy activists in home comb. and many questions after the u.s. alleges an incident in the skies above the gulf the cattle says never happened. welcome to the program palestinian leaders have recommended that the palestine liberation organization suspend its recognition of israel they've been taking part in the meeting of the central council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital in one car has more from the occupied west bank. late on monday night the palestinian leadership issued a statement that could have far reaching consequences for the peace process the statement includes the call to suspend recognition of israel suspend security coordination with it and unite the palestinian factions through reconciliation the statement comes from the central council of the p.l.o. after two days of meetings it will be discussed further by the p.l.o. executive committee and it's up to that committee to implement most policy at s

u.s. plan to build a syria border security force could break up the country. being criticized by turkey and the government the u.s. says the thirty thousand. syria. head of at least five churches were vandalized and protests are expected over the. a number of people have been killed in. between venezuelan special forces and members linked to a former police pilot. against the government the palace has been on the run for more than six months. greek protests is have fought police outside parliament as politicians voted to approve moral certainty measures twenty thousand people marched in anti government rallies in the capital and sprayed police with red paint they responded with pepper spray despite the protests the austerity reforms were passed they include cuts in family benefits and tougher conditions for union strikes john psaropoulos reports from athens. alexander above lose work as a translator of german novels dried up six years ago she couldn't pay her five hundred dollars monthly mortgage and nearly lost her house the reason she isn't homeless is that s

u.s. role in this crisis the kurdish fighters the turkish forces are targeting are backed by the u.s. at least some of them how much of a strain is this putting on relations between washington this is putting a massive strain already relations have been deeply strained in the run up to this crisis now it's a further escalation particularly as president one is indicating that they will plan to extend its operation all along the southern border areas where american forces are based we've syrian kurdish forces the risk of a confrontation between turkish and u.s. forces is it is escalating the u.s. secretary of state spoke with his turkish counterpart following the start of these operations and the pressure is expected to further escalate as this operation continues the u.s. have already called for the for the turks not to enter into our friend turkey has ignored this and in fact they have launched a verbal very tough statement the president was accusing as hc of hypocrites and untrustworthy relations between turkey and the u.s. are set to further plummet as this operation continues analy

example to remove them the recent missile defense batteries that the ploy perhaps and we reduce u.s. forcesto cut back on joint exercises so so far there's not been any development that's compromise the u.s. stance of maximum pressure and cooperation much pants on screen other countries but it could easily develop that way. tens of thousands of south koreans it's reported a. have signed an online petition urging president moon to scratch the plans for the north to participate in the woods really big summit how do people in the south feel about it. well it's not surprising that there are people who are against this korea is a very ideologically divided country at the woman you can effectively say it's fifty percent conservative the person the barrel and many people here do believe that north korea is a threat and it is a country that does not have the best interest of south korea at its heart we have seen the kind of provocations the threats over the years and it's become quite clear to south koreans that although there are many common interests that the two koreas need to pursue at the same

and u.s. forces. we didn't get to this point but we approach to give the was the typical tends to which in the issue no is the us social relations are very complicated no we saw a lot of. mutual criticism of the last two weeks the us turkish relations by that really is not good so the problem is in the last few years with the us was the biggest tool to provide the support for the as the earth and call siltation was russia if no there is no recall of course of course alteration and there is really confront the issue between turkish and kurdish groups the u.s. has to be involved but at the same time there is no support in congress for any u.s. expansion of of influence so the decision for the us though is whether to keep it civil war syria or basically try to explain that the more and change them up on the grown but on both sides the options of it in that sense all right jay mccarroll talking to us live from washington d.c. thank you very much now pain francis has arrived in chile on the first stop of

kurdish forces in that area has been backed by u.s. troops in the past america at the moment its response to this is to defense it has been quite luke warm how the kurdish fighters feel about that. well i was talk to people enough in yesterday and they said there are sort of discipline because they were the ones that fought against isis with american support and now turkey with the help of even geodes groups are attacking us so they are disappointed. but american troops are still there i wonder do you think this means the end of the u.s. kurdish alliance all in three and there are no american troops that's the reason that the u.s. says they have no responsibility there well there's a possibility that the turks won't move further and that the city of mumbai that you are there are u.s. troops so it's possible if america does nothing and those not going to help the kurds in that case then the kurds will definitely end alliance with the u.s. . so he's president one has announced that his country's military is to expand its offensive move c

against kurds in northern syria president everyone says the operation will extend eastward to where u.s. forces are currently stationed. thank you very much for your company everyone we start our broadcast in switzerland davos where u.s. president donald trump has delivered his much anticipated closing remarks to the world economic forum some said that america is quote open for business and that america first does not mean america alone the president says that he supports free trade but it needs to be fair and reciprocal trump said america's immigration system is stuck in the past. and else the change on his immigration position saying republicans will accept a path to citizenship almost two million so-called dreamers those are young immigrants brought illegally to the u.s. as children. and there or are going to discuss present time speech in greater detail and bring you an out of the united states i will always put america first just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also but america first does not mean america alone when the united states grows so does the wor

made that they are fragile and this is the best force the largest force available in order to accomplish that goal. there with the u.s. reaction in washington d.c. . staying in syria where the government forces say they're close to taking control of a strategically important airbase in italy a province that follows prolonged fighting with a number of armed groups including hyatt stuff sham which was previously affiliated with al qaida government commanders say troops are advancing on abu diaa who are base from several positions southeast of the city of aleppo they say they've now taken control of more than four hundred square kilometers of the aleppo countryside near the border with. two suicide bombers have struck during the morning rush hour in the iraqi capital baghdad killing at least thirty eight people more than one hundred others were wounded in the attack on a busy street market in altai around square it's the fourth attack in the capital in the past twenty four forty eight hours some of binge of eight has more. bodies were scattered all over the street in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their e

so if it's a nuance in regime change so who wants and what happens to the u.s. forces there once turkey does go away and set up a permanent camp in the north where does the u.s. go where the troops go what are they doing there what's their purpose what's their goal what words although they look at all the tell you what it is why is that even when i say i always have. to report it's always about iran the end of it let's point here. oh yes they lost they know that military presence there isn't going to iraq in any way shape or form and they're simply acting out of spite and hatred at this point they want to play they know they can't do anything spoil against play the spoiler so that's what they're going to. well i. just do know from a russian point of view we were going to use these with the e.u. so maybe our last you know transit country probably for the oil and gas to be sold to europe so i think russia would try and maintain good relations with turkey despite all the music and they have shot down a russian plane every russian soldier that has died in syria has died be

u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria. that process is due to arrive in chile in the next couple of hours but with six churches attacked over the ledge coverup of abuse is reception is uncertain. emirates is accused. of twice intercepting civilian. rain as foreign ministry has denied the allegation . police in greece of fired tear gas at protesters outside parliament in athens as politicians voted through a new series of austerity measures needed to trigger a final round of bailout loans the bill also includes controversial legislation on homely positions and strikes john surface reports in the greek capital. aleksandr above lose work as a translator of german novels dried up six years ago she couldn't pay her five hundred dollars monthly mortgage and nearly lost her house the reason she isn't homeless is that she now rents out her for apartment and uses the proceeds to pay the bank but she still has a lot of debt she cannot pay off. my original critic caddish of three or four thousand euros shot up to ten thousand and tod

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's not a border force the u.s. role has been mr trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of beisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved syrians would think ankara to have on moscow and damascus have a voice their opposition to. israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank israeli police say they were searching for a man who killed a rabbi a week ago and one cause more from joining in the occupied west bank have been conflicting reports on thursday morning about the identity of the palestinian man that was killed in this village west of janine initially the israeli said that the man killed was linked to the murder of a rabbi a settler rabbi in a nablus on january the ninth however the palestinian health ministry has issued a different name draw who's from this village now the raid began around eleven o'clock late on wednesday ni