i don't even want to use the expression but the arab league it's not suitable for the arab league arab league i. how many syrians the jacks that are afraid i want to ask you. are you kicked out syria from arab league and now now you are insulting turkey. you're trying to take over syria. this is what we're experiencing this cheo says environment all the powers took advantage of this chaos and invented this machine called a diet. in arab league today. regarding the refugees have they ever gave a penny for the help of refugees. the european union 3 point. 3000000000 a year is they sent to the red crescent but they promised 6000000000 euros but. even if this money comes or not. we spent 40. $40000000000.00 we spent over $40000000000.00. the places that are that there are acts. and these are the places that all our people in our region live these this savage group has nothing to do with islam and they are the biggest enemy of muslims and ashamed of the muslim. every time there was a step that could be taken for the benefit of muslims there as a factor is always in the way of course there a

on the turkey syria border and the arab league has condemned turkey's operation it called the offensive and invasion and an act of aggression the arab league held an emergency meeting to discuss the offensive. i guess education is a tokyo analyst at the political risk consulting firm i.h.s. markets he says u.s. turkey relations are strained because of a floor in america's foreign policy in 2014 the u.s. did start supporting a group that was a deeply connected with the sworn enemy of a nato ally so the turks really felt betrayed from day one it is of course the case that now the kurds also feel betrayed by the u.s. but. it is the case also that there is this division in u.s. policy and that is really had a negative effect on what has been a decades long nato alliance mr trump appears to have given president on some sort of green light he claims that they agreed on limits to this operation we don't know if that was actually the case and if so what sort of limits we're talking about. it does seem the case that front. intends to allow turkey to proceed at least with the 1st phase of the ope

make of that i talked about the various actors who have a responsibility in this what about the arab league. well absolutely i understand where he's coming from in that of course you know have had some. the arabia and other partners going into yemen and there has been a disaster there one the worst humanitarian disasters of the 21st century so there aren't many countries in the region that can actually stand up and criticize turkey without being very hypocritical it can also add israel into that as well in a way that it deals with gaza but none of that should take away from the fact that there are obligations in terms of international law in terms of. rules for civilians and that's not unfortunately going to be the case that it's going to be a hit i've had 3 cylinder the valve give you the last word or what impact what's the scale of the potential humanitarian crisis we could see here if this takesh operation goes on for a while we don't know how long it's going to last obviously it's early days but what are the risks here for the people who work on the ground this crisis needs to end and i

criticism hasn't stopped on saturday the general secretary of the arab league called offensive an invasion. turkey correspondent has been reporting on the invasion since it began she sent us this report from the turkish border with syria. i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border now let me show you something you can see there are many lights this is the turkish border town of jaylen pienaar now have a look at the other side you can see there as darkness this is where at some point the syrian border starts the town of wrestle einen northeast syria they have no electricity there right now the town used to have about 50000 inhabitants but most of them have reportedly as caped the area today turkey's defense ministry said that the turkish army and their allied forces have captured the town and we have seen video footage of them entering the industrial area. now the kaddish let s.t.'s forces say something very different they say no that's not true they have not taken that town we are still in control of it now there seem to be still clashes because we can hear shelling and we can hear

but criticism hasn't stopped on saturday the general secretary of the arab league called are the ones offensive an invasion. well for more we're joined by the correspondent you hear han she's standing by at the border town for us in the turkish town of july pienaar good to see you you here now we understand of course it is day 4 of this offensive what is the latest where you are. well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border now let me show you something on this side here you can see many lights this is the turkish border town of jaylen pienaar but on the other side you see that there is a lot of darkness this is where some point the syrian border starts the syrian border town. now this town has no electricity right now it used to have about 50000 inhabitants but they have most of them have reportedly left the area and now today turkey's defense ministry said that the army the turkish army and their forces have captured. but we are hearing some very different information from the kurdish led as forces they there they are saying that's not true the battle is still going on an

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we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wounds the little trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns of course bonnie and that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace corridor or a long most of its border. turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines in mumbai following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily

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the arab league is calling on the un security council to force turkey to hold its kurds in northern syria. turkey pushes deeper into syria. is taking control of the northeast of syria. artillery fire from both sides are escalating. the united nations is concerned about the estimated hundred thousand people who have been displaced by the fighting. >>> one person was killed, 20 others injured after a hotel under construction suddenly collapsed. officials say two people are still missing tonight. >>> several top floors caved in this morning. a towering crane on the construction site is swaying unsupported. nearby buildings have been evacuated as precaution. the hotel had 350 rooms, and more than 60 condominiums. it was scheduled to open in the spring. >>> the abortion pill will soon be available on all campuses. i spoke to students with their reon and the story is coming up. >>> coming up, could vaping increase your chances of getting the flu? answers coming up. >>> the blue angel sort across the bay, don't worry if you missed the show -- we will tell you when you can see the next one and ho

yes and arab league actions in western countries there are some there is some self criticism. maybe they are saying last we have turkey has got a right to do this operation what are you going to say about this. of course these reactions will change because as you know. law is the can't last forever on the jury and and at the moment what's happening at the moment the good will they can see all this. i. have spoken to chancellor merkel yesterday a day before that i spoken to. stroke. in my believe in meeting in in my conversation with them the i realize that they don't know many important truth or not aware and they are on the very strong. misinformation on the campaign. i explained to them. some immediately if you want to have a sincere approach share. with you all in the call this empowers we are in the coalition powers to reach us and within the coalition that. will rule i.e. looking for truth or. not of course they're trying to hide something that we have what is it we are to fix all these and not ally be careful all these countries are nato members not on a mission where th

make of that i talked about the various actors who have a responsibility in this what about the arab league. well absolutely i understand where he's coming from in that of course you know you have had saudi arabia and other partners going into yemen and there has been a disaster there when the worst humanitarian disasters of the 21st century so there are many countries in the region that can actually stand up and criticize turkey without being very hypocritical you can also add israel into that as well in a way that it deals with gaza but none of that should take away from the fact that there are obligations here in terms. of international law in terms of. rules for civilians and that's not unfortunately going to be the case that it's going to be a hit i've had recently in geneva i'll give you the last word on what impact what's the scale of the potential humanitarian crisis we could see here 'd if this turkish operation goes on for a while we don't know how long it's going to last obviously it's early days but what are the risks here for the people who work on the ground this crisis needs

tonight, the arab league is calling on the u.n. security council to force turkey to halt its offensive against the kurds in northern syria. it comes as turkey claims a major victory, saying pro-turkish forces have made their way into the key town of ras al-ayn. charlie d'agata is on the ground with a report some viewers may find disturbing. >> reporter: the turkish military stepped up its bombardment of america's allies in northern syria, ignoring the trump administration's threats to shut down the turkish economy. new video has emerged alleging to show pro-turkish militias executing kurdish soldiers on the roadside. those same forces who fought beside u.s. troops in the fight against isis today asked for help. "we ask for our allies to take a moral responsibility," this spokesman said, "and honor their commitment to protect us." as turkish forces push deeper into northern syria, more and more kurds are fleeing the fighting. the u.n. just upped their estimate to around 100,000, but some weren't able to get out quickly enough. badi

we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wards little trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns. and member that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace corridor along most of its border turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines in following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door deals but

help to fight the armed group close up to close off air space to turkish will planes this is the arab league labels the operation an invasion and an aggression on the region's sovereignty and honda reports me to he syrian border. they are battling their way into kurdish controlled towns along syria side of the border with turkey it hasn't been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition syrian national army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st phase of this operation. has fallen. they've also advanced 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the us the. positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey

we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wounds that little trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns of bonnie and that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace accord or a long most of its border turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines in following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door

make of that i talked about the various actors who have a responsibility in this what about the arab league. well absolutely i understand where he's coming from and that of course you know you have had saudi arabia and other partners going into yemen and there has been a disaster there when the worst humanitarian disasters of the 21st century so there are many countries in the region that can actually stand up and criticize turkey without being very hypocritical you can also add israel into that as well in a way that it deals with gaza but none of that should take away from the fact that there are obligations here in terms. of international law in terms of. rules for civilians and that's not unfortunately going to be the case that it's going to be a hit i fabricio in geneva i'll give you the last word on what impact what's the scale of the potential humanitarian crisis we could see here if this takesh operation goes on for a while we don't know how long it's going to last obviously it's early days but what are the risks here for the people who work on the ground this crisis needs to and it

in cairo today, the secretary general of the arab league called for the u.n. security council to take measures to halt turkish aggression. the main kurdish-led group is calling on the united states to e at a typhoon it central japan, including tokyo, last night is causing massive flooding and landslides. at least two people have died, million people to evacuate their homes. in tokyo, streets were empty. transportation, including e city's two airports, was shut down, and many residents went to shelters. >> thompson: finally tonight, eliud kipchoge of kenya dieiwhat no human has ever done. he binke the two-hour barrier the marath today.ly in a specialrranged event vienna, he cover the 26.2 miles in 1:59:40. the time won't be an official record because thevent was not run under normal race conditions, bukipchoge already holds the faest official marathon time of 2:01:39. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm megan thompson. thanks for watching. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by wg media access group a access.wgbh.org >

international isolation, calls to end the operation are coming from washington, the european union, the arab leaguerussia is the only ally turkey has left in the region. and president erdogan is expected to visit moscow to talk with putin in the coming days. those talks will be critical in determining the outcome of this mission. putin is expected to offer the possibility of talks in damascus. given the fact that damascus is now working with the kurds and will secure turkey's border. in many ways that offers a way out of the current situation turkey is in, but that will require a big step back from erdogan. erdogan has no diplomatic relations from syria and is calling for bashar al-assad to be overthrown. so it will be a very difficult step back for erdogan to take. brent: alexandra von nahmen in washington and dorian jones in istanbul. to both of you, thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlilines around the world. unrest has erupted on the streets of the spanish city barcelona for the third night in a row. demonstrators have also gathered , tens of thousands to prot

prime minister hariri says he has met with leaders of russia and china and the arab league, and they all back the reform targets. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, a key witness appears before the impeachment inquiry. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine said everything depended on investigations taking place. laura: the american woman who fled the u.k. after teenager harry dunn was killed in a crash outside a crash outside the royal air force base has been asked to be interviewed by police in the u.s.s she was believed to be driving on the wng side of the road when the a aident happened. she later left the u.k., claiming diplomatic immunity. her husband was reportedly stationed at the base as intelligence officer. duncan knedy reports on this story for us. duncan: he was just 19 years old, but harry dunn died in august writing his beloved -- riding his beloved motorbike. instant his parents have been everywhere from the white house to whitehall in their efforts to bring the suspecorand his case to justice. they say the driver of the car invol

we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wards little trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns of bonnie and that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace accord or a long most of its border turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines in following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door deals

we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wounds that little trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns of bani and members that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace corridor along most of its border turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door

we are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the european union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. the population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syria's war has deepened old wards the trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow syrian government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns of bani and that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a so-called safe zone that it wants to create in northern syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a peace corridor along most of its border turkey's syrian allies are already heading to the front lines following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door deals but there

there is criticism from the european union for the arab league from the united nations secretary generaly that he is gravely concerned. he called for restraint and negotiation. the deal makes the battlefield equation much more complicted for turkey. that's because the syrian president, bashaar al—assad, already has strong backing from russia and iran — and so, follow that through, they are now on the same side as the kurds. here's our middle east correpsondent, martin patience, on the impact this new allignment could have for turkey. he will now have to reassess its options. because if it pushes too deep, potentially it is attacking syrian forces supported by russia and iran. and that obviously will have to be factored in to any of its plans. because the danger always is in syria that, as horrible as the war has been in this country for eight years, it potentially could trigger something far worse. so this is a dangerous moment from syria. the american withdrawal has created a vacuum, powers are rushing to fill it, but it is also a dangerous moment for the middle east, as well. donald tr

it is facing growing international isolation not only from washington the european union and the arab league but crucially now moscow moscow is now calling for this operation to end and president one is due to meet with the russian president vladimir putin next week and those talks are seen as crucial because moscow is seen now with the key player in this region and telling me what you know we saw yesterday there was a letter from president trying to present aerator one that was leaked it was dated last week i think we can bring up those pictures of that letter there we have it there he says and i'm going to read this out a part of this he says let's work out a good deal you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy and then he goes on to say history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way it will look upon you for ever as the devil if good things don't happen don't be a tough guy don't be a fool this was sent just before anyone announced that incursion what do you

france and germany have suspended arms exports and the arab league has called on the un to take actionge in the operation will not stop and turkey will not give up what it calls its rightful cause. 0rla guerin, live on the turkey—syria border. the ecuadorian president has ordered the capital, quito, and surrounding areas to be placed under curfew and military control. it comes after 11 days of protests against the government. fresh clashes took place between the security forces and the indigenous protesters, who want austerity measures agreed with international creditors to be scrapped. demonstrators built barricades in the area around the congress building as police fired tear gas. the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years has made landfall, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain. at least two people have been killed and millions of people had been advised to leave their homes ahead of the arrival of typhoon hagibis. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is the hii river near mount fuji. usually it is a clear mountain stream. today, it was turned into a raging, boilin

isolation he's faced been calls for it to end the operation a coming from washington european union arab league moscow really is the only ally turkey has left in the region and present one is expected to visit moscow for talks with putin in the coming days those talks will be critical and determine the outcome of this mission putin is expected to also the possibility of talks with damascus given the fact that the mask is now working with the kurds i will secure turkey's bolder in many ways damascus talks to offer a way out of the current situation turkey but that will require a big step back from murder 101 has no diplomatic relations with syria and has been calling for bashar assad to be over firm so it would be a very difficult step back from want to take such a move all rights alexander phenomena in washington dorian jones in stamboul to both of you thank you. for here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world unrest has erupted on the streets of the spanish city barcelona for the 3rd night in a row demonstrators have also gathered again in their tens of thou

it is facing growing international isolation not only from washington the european union and the arab league but crucially now moscow moscow is now calling for this operation to end and president one is due to meet with the russian president vladimir putin next week and those talks are seen as crucial because we dated last week i think we can bring up those pictures of that letter there we have it there he says and i'm going to read this out and it shows a bit the lack of diplomatic skills and negotiation skills that trump this moment. i think basically the the end will be that russia the turkey has the strip of. syria under its control that it wants to have and what you can hope for is that might come out of the meeting today that this is done in a way that respects humanitarian needs of the of the people that has. very gradually. control of what the term what the turks do and. i think this is the best we can expect ok well we'll have to see how the meeting plays that will be following it of course very closely heading reka from the german council on foreign relations and daryn jones for us

the arab league is urging the un to take action against turkey, and france has suspended weapons exportsmilitary push threatens security in europe. there are reports turkish forces have taken the town of ras al—ayn, although the kurds deny they have lost control. our middle east correspondent martin patience is on the turkey—syria border, from where he sent this report. despite the growing international pressure, turkey's not backing down. at the border, the build—up continues. as turkey claims it's taking control of a key syrian town. gunfire. allahu akbar. this pro—turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ain. almost immediately, there's incoming fire from kurdish fighters. gunfire. allahu akbar. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in this school. how do you explain it to a child? this boy says he was at school when he heard an air strike nearby. he says the whole class dived under their desks. "there was shelling", says this man. "i had to flee my house in the middle of the night. we didn't know where to go. we walked about s

and the arab league have called on turkey to halt their operation of request rejected present treasurer taper don has laid out his own conditions on how to end the separation wouldn't give you news. our proposal is that right now tonight all the terrorists lay down their arms their equipment and everything destroy all the traps and get out of a safe zone that we have designated the i.p.g. is an important element to the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. which help the us push out of large parts of syria but unclear as offensive against them has prompted the syrian government to move back into some parts of the northeast under an agreement with the s.d.f. the syrian army has not been here in years and the american delegation including the vice president mike pence and the secretary of state my pump aoe are expected in turkey by thursday president trump has decided to send the highest level delegation he could possibly send for diplomatic purposes other than himself right i mean the vice president and the secretary of state and i'm sure they're convinced of their own persuasiveness with

there's been a meeting of the arab league in cairo, they condemned this as an act of aggression.ld come to resolve this situation? i think there's only one man that president erdogan, the turkish leader, is listening to, and that's donald trump. he got the green light, effectively, from donald trump to carry out this offensive in a tweet late on sunday night. now, donald trump, frankly, has been all over the shop on this issue. he's condemned this turkish offensive, saying that he might place sanctions against the country. we don't know whether or not those sanctions are going to come into force. that's certainly something the us congress wants. but i think what we will see over the coming days is increased pressure on donald trump from his own side to act and if he is going to enforce sanctions, then i think turkey may well change its tune, but, for now, president erdogan says this offensive will continue. he is determined to meet his objectives. the bbc understands that a proposed law designed to increase legal protections for uk veterans who served in northern ireland has been

there has been a meeting of the arab league in cairo, they have said it is an act of aggression, whatme to resolve this situation?” where any diplomatic help could come to resolve this situation? i think there is only one man that president erdogan the turkish leader is listening to and that is donald trump. he got the green lighter effectively from donald trump to carry out this offensive, in a tweet late on sunday night. now donald trump frankly has been all over the shop on this issue, he has condemned this turkish offensive saying that he might place sanctions against the country, we don't know whether or not those sanctions are going to come into force, that is certainly something that us congress wants, i think what we will see is increased pressure on donald trump, from his own side, to act. and if he is going to enforce sanction, then i think turkey may well change its tune, but for now, president erdogan said this offensive will continue, he is determined to meet his objectives. the headlines on bbc news. the kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge makes history after becoming the firs

is keeping silent on this one and the sanctions on iran are on the arab league because it doesn't exist when it comes to these things yet we are back to nations and their male. leaders fixing things and courting to allay our national interests in a changing our lives a game of national interests that is not going to make the world a better place in the long run you talked about the many different moving parts and how things change so quickly what about america's role that washington has given what one and a half hours to fulfill its obligations on syria to think that's the last we'll see of u.s. involvement is that likely to change again well there was an interesting statement a couple of days ago. president trump saying we have secured the oil and i wonder with that he was serious or he was israel's deal with oil or it was turkey or whatever i am i'm in a muslim understanding what the americans are doing at the moment but we all know their priorities moving towards china and so on they might see this or that we're getting more or less al get it so far the move troops to iraq nearly to

and russia as well as the arab league they welcomed the reforms but also urged him to address the demands of the people but what these people who remain on the streets really want is for the government to go and adviser to the prime minister had this to say is that a chance or a possibility for a cabinet reshuffle or something like this i think this will be determined in the coming few days and it is one of the options being put on the table we drove up from beirut to the northern city of tripoli roadblocks here too on the main highway when we got to tripoli the square was starting to fill up many of those graduates everyone is unemployed but people who have read this area they're living in very horrible of institutions to see how we live in their houses. to understand . all of this we have an election system that is highly sectarian this is all the people who have been in charge for 30 years keep surviving so for me the most important thing right now i mean i know people are saying yes to the exam which was a good translates to you know the big almost like the dictatorship least of all b

saying it could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe egypt has called for an emergency meeting of the arab league and russian president vladimir putin says turkey needs to avoid any steps in syria that could damage its peace process moscow is blaming the u.s. for instability in the region and the divisions between the syrian government and the kurds. the americans organized state structures in northeastern syria and shared people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes traditionally lived on these territories used to object to it's now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject and set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid it at any cost we are communicating this position to the u.s. i hope they hear us but practically we can't see any serious changes of their inconsistent contradictory policy well the united nations security council will meet on thursday morning to discuss the latest developments in northeast in syria the 5 members on the council that's from germany belgium poland and the u.k. req

soap aeration is to stop what turkey calls a terror corridor or near its border the us and the arab league have called on turkey to halt their operation of request and car has rejected present pleasure taper don has laid out his own conditions on how to end the separation wouldn't agent it take if you miss. our proposal is that right now tonight all the terrorists lay down their arms their equipment and everything destroy all the traps and get out of a safe zone that we have designated the i.p.g. is an important element to the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. which help the u.s. push out of large parts of syria but uncle as offensive against them has prompted the syrian government to move back into some parts of the northeast under an agreement with a.s.d.f. the syrian army has not been here in years and the american delegation including vice president mike pence and the secretary of state mike compare are expected in turkey by thursday president trump has decided to send the highest level delegation he could possibly send for diplomatic purposes other than himself right i mean the vice

being high on the agenda of their talks and iraq has been pushing for syria to be readmitted to the arab league you know you finished with by saying he agreed to find a mechanism by which foreign fighters would be tried in iraq he territory then it was the turn of the french foreign minister now he began by saying that there was an international summit that needed to be set up to discuss i so i want to do with eisel fighters there was no talk about who might take part in that summit or even when it might take place he also said all of the 13000 fighters one in 5 is european and about 60 of those of french now he went on to say that they were discussing this idea of this international mechanism to deal with ice or fighters and how to put them on trial and he also talked about trials within iraq itself so this was a very positive press conference. now the united nations says there's been significant progress in peace talks between the yemeni government and southern separatists the separatists seized control of the port city of aden an august we saw the lead negotiations in jeddah are aimed at reb

in northern syria very demanding that the united states united nations security council and the arab league start some sort of process to get what they want as international observers here to monitor what they describe as some sort of long term cease fire and eventually the withdrawal of turkish forces from that area turkey repeatedly saying that any reports of violations by its forces are fabrications and certainly this morning as i say a very worrying situation potentially developing in that town to the east of here russell and all right charles staffer there thanks for that hundreds of people drowned in the last few years one of pakistan's most popular rivers in the swat valley locals say the main cause is a lack of awareness among tourists and the lack of rescue service but one man has taken it upon himself to provide the only rescue and recovery service for about half of the length of the river the sound binge of aid reports. it's one of the most popular tourist spots in pakistan thousands visit the swath river every year but visitors often misjudge the depth of the rapidly moving wate

there has been condemnation from the arab league. president erdogan is pushing back. bill: is the second full day of turkey's incursion into western syria. that has prompted international condemnation of the move. a closed-door un security council meeting going on about that incursion. president erdogan has pushed back very strongly. he said in a threat to europe that if the criticism does not tone down he is willing to open the floodgates to millions of syrian refugees who have resettled in turkey, saying he will push them into europe. as you remember, when that last happen in the early days of the syrian civil war, that resulted in big political earthquakes across the continent, undermining chancellor merkel's government and shook up politics and the u.k. erdogan is trying to use whatever leverage she has to push back on a widely condemned move into syria. david: that threat struck me as a potential doomsday machine for your. if they release millions of refugees into europe. is there anything constraining president erdogan? president trump says he would wreck his ec

the arab league condemning the invasion of another arab country.y is actually listening to all of this. it simply doesn't care. president erdogan saying we will not stop. regardless of what anybody says. a spokesman saying we simply will not listen to threats. but what keir was describing is very, very significant because the international backlash may well grow. there's the disturbing video of the prisoners being apparently executed at the side of the road. the turkish politician keir mentioned was well-known in this area, and i've seen stills, photographs of her bullet-ridden car. this morning an ngo, nongovernmental organization, in the north of syria is reporting a three-man ambulance team has been kidnapped near the frontlines. so u.s. officials will be looking at these incidents to see, are there -- is there any evidence of a war crime? are the turkish backed -- are they targeting civilians? is there evidence of ethnic cleansing? i think as that evidence builds, there will be increasing pressure on president trump to do something with the pos