so bora from france to tanzania this is washington who says i live in tanzania and we have been loving korean culture through films and trauma i think eighty percent of tanzania's population knows korean culture from tanzania then over to japan where sarah says i live in japan and pop and drama are never off the charts or off of the t.v. it's mainstream now and this last one is from the u.s. shore rights and as president of the can't state korean culture club the university here we've seen an uptick in membership because of k. pop and groups like yes however what is concerning about that is the members only being interested in korean pop music not really caring about korea as a whole what's your take on that and where's the place that might be the most surprising that you've seen interests in k. pop. all over the world i can't really pinpoint one but. the first thing that i could think of is south america. because it's surprising to us because we never need any content in spanish or portuguese we need but we never been to south america but we have this really big latin south and i find

for the latest on the story let's cross now to bora who joins me from beirut and health area says it entered man beach what are your sources telling you what's the situation on the ground right now. well i've been speaking to many people in members and this is they have actually not seen any citizen soldiers on the ground but having said that syrian government says that they have hoisted the flag in mum bush do they have not declared exactly where they are the americans who are still by the way in syria they've said they'd be leaving but they haven't left yet also something they haven't spotted any syrian forces on the ground earlier one president has said the same thing so what that means is that the sit in forces are perhaps there somewhere but they're perhaps not there in huge numbers yet that door to a certain extent does seem irrelevant because the carnage forces that have officially tweeted saying that they have invited the syrian government soldiers to come in and deter this turkish invasion so on the ground people are very apprehensive about what's coming next but they also s

a senior administration official described this as being bora bora like., they say this battle was nearly won well and good. what happens to isis now? >> isis is going to regenerate. when you give any enemy space and you give them time -- >> that's alarming. >> completely. and you haven't defeated their ideology, which we have not, that an intergenerational fight. look, this is violent extremism at its worst. it's virulent. it gets inspiration and can grab recruits on line. >> they can claim a victory against the u.s. >> of course they will. >> does that make americans less safe if isis is regenerating? >> the short answer is, jim, we will be able to keep our eyes on isis and how it develops over time. >> how? >> and from -- through intelligence, through sources, through networks, through hopefully partners in the region that have not walked away from us. and that's the hard part because if we didn't give our partners any head's up when we made this decision to leave syria. we have to be able to main tan access. we have to have access around the globe. >>

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are in tora bora with uncertainties over cracks and calls for a new european army are the tensions temporary or a major divide in the making i talked to matthew boris veteran cia analyst and a former national intelligence councilor who's also taking part in the amur attack conference two thousand and eighteen. the transatlantic alliance between the u.s. and europe is splitting at the seams with the e.u. leaders and president trump trading jabs. solidarity in question and a trade negotiation lock down is western europe the us thing of the past how well the long term allies handle living apart if the split gets out of hand and what needs to happen to heal the transatlantic rift my favorites thanks a lot for being with us today it's great to meet you in person because i know we've done this over the satellite. to talk about i think things have changed from the last time we spoke will start with united kingdom and the future of the brics a deal is still uncertain and u.s. secretary of state my compare has said that you know the states will keep its very special relationship with the united kingd

are in tora bora with uncertainties.and calls for a new european army are the tensions temporary or a major divide in the making i talked to matthew a veteran cia analyst and a former national intelligence councilor was also taking part in the amur attack conference two thousand and eighteen. the transatlantic alliance between the u.s. and europe is splitting at the seams with the e.u. leaders and president trump trading jabs. solidarity and question and a trade negotiation lock down is western europe thing of the past how well the long term allies handle living apart if the split gets out of hand and what needs to happen to heal the transatlantic rift my fare worse thanks a lot for being with us today it's great to meet you in person because i know we've done this.

rajapaksa and his cabinet after they'd lost to no confidence votes at australia's prime minister scott boras snus formally recognized west jerusalem as the capital of israel unlike the us which recognized the whole of jerusalem as israel's capital earlier this year the strain is only recognized the western half of the city. britain's prime minister to resign may is insisting that she can get the extra clarification she needs from the european union on a briggs it deal to ensure that it's passed by our own parliament it comes after heated discussions of brussels more talks are now planned but the e.u. shows no sign of moving from its current position john howell reports from brussels . all the talk was of a disastrous summit for to resume a tense exchange is rebuffed by e.u. leaders her pleas for help fallen on deaf ears but the tone from the prime minister reflected none of it the e.u. is clear as i am that if we are going to be with the deal this is it but my discussions with colleagues today have shown that further clarification and discussion following the council's conclusions is in fact

me westerners came in and said the same thing that they wanted to come back i think what surprised bora said everybody else is that i did come back and i kept coming back and i kept coming back every three months and i kept bringing them equipment and and that's why i got the nickname back then is the tractor the american tractor because i think they were amazed at how i could get things done that when i became passionate about something and had an idea i would make it happen from what i remember at least in the late soviet years america was strongly romanticized in russia it was literally perceived as the as a land of freedom so much so that. if another famous leningrad musician wrote the song goodbye america about parting ways with those youthful your dreams i wonder if you ever felt that you were in some way an unofficial ambassador for the mystical america you know what's interesting it wasn't so much the rockers because again i think they got from from the black market or other places they got music articles everything from the west but i think what was interesting was that the ave

northern pocket of syria around isis tightening the noose as it were, this official compared it to torah boraorces had bin laden incircled and pulled back. he got away. that is quite a loss to have isis on its back foot, in effect, last battle and then to walk away. >> exactly. it's like bush saying mission accomplished. it's not. the islamic state is coming back in iraq. there is a political mess there. the shi'a have taken over the country. the sunni are now turning to the islamic state. and eastern syria, they may not be an organization with a capital, but it has gone underground and is well armed. if the kurdish forces release prisoners there will be thousands more out there. i don't see anybody making another calculation other than that one. >> the role of the turks in this is remarkable because apparently it was on a phone call with the turkish president that president trump basically said fine. you have syria, a number of outlets reporting that description. i have been told that u.s. allies in the region are unhappy with this and that includes allies that president trump has brought cl

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including al baghdadi, may be cornered now in a small pocket in northern syria similar to the tora bora a reference to u.s. forces closing in on osama bin laden in afghanistan back in 2001. part of this based on the vigorous defense of this northern pocket in syria with the deployment of suicide bombers. a series of alarming details. we have our own barbara starr at the pentagon with more on this decision and the departure of jim mattis. >> since washington crossed the delaware at christmas in 1776, american troops have missed holidays at home to defend our experiment in democracy. >> reporter: defense secretary james mattis recorded this holiday message to the troops the day before he resigned. mattis had planned to be in the war zone over the holidays. instead, he's packing to leave by january 1st, the date the president ordered him out of office. following his resignation in protest of trump's decision to withdraw from syria. in syria, a new reality already is emerging, fulfilling mattis' fears the u.s.-backed kurds are facing a possible bloodbath at the hands of turkey. in a phone c

i think the closest we came to him was at tora bora. and was absolutely no idea where he was. but we knew that the leadership of al qaeda was in pakistan. pakistanis was the were not going to let us use be two bombers or f-16s or boots on the ground to go after that leadership. that weecision was made still had a responsibility to protect this country. whoe were those in al qaeda are planning additional attacks in this country. the idea of using drones to go after those leaders was developed when dick cheney was vice president, and president to doade the decision that and president obama continued those operations. why? because it was the most effective way to go after the leadership of al qaeda and that is what we did. felt thatent obama the principal trek to our country coming out of 9/11 remained al qaeda and its offshoots. that was the principal concern. innocent americans in this country could be killed by terrorists. , the pentagon, special forces, we were all committed to the efforts to make sure that ever happened. a lot of progress was made in improving telogen sharin

final and own goal left south american champions river plate behind early on but two goals from rafael bora followed putting the score at two one then cut out script struck for the immorality club to level matters and force extra time the match eventually went to penalties when and missed a line one to progress to the final where they will play either real madrid for years. barcelona star forward lendl messi has been awarded the golden shoe for the fifth time in his career but accolade is given to the player who scores the most schools across europe football leagues messi scored thirty four goals in the spanish league last season arjun time now moves clear of christianity rinaldo who'd been tied with messi on four gold and shoes you know. i love football this is the result of work effort and above all the help from my teammates i have the best team in the world my teammates are the best players in the world in their positions and that makes my job easier and it helps me with these awards the same way other teammates have won their own. zlatan abraham of each has signed a new contract with t

well this christmas market in size bora near the german border is a very famous market in france millions of tourists visiting its all the time it is a real tourist highlights if you might say of the year in styles for and it's interesting because the christmas markets have become certainly deemed to be a target by french or thought sees because of course france has suffered a series of attacks over the years that is why at this particular market in fact there were there was a heavy police presence of the deeper and police forces they called military as well and what the police say is in fact some of those soldiers that were patrolling the market because security is heightened at the moment in france and has been since twenty fifteen attacks two army officers actually exchanged fire with the shooter before the shooter was able to escape so you know these are scenes that unfortunately people have seen before in france and each time something like this happens it brings back terrible memories and a sense of foreboding and sadness and right now i guess the focus is really on trying to find t