our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun toacilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20-mile-wide safe zone area. south of the turkish border into ir yasm let me say this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against the community of kobhani and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone, working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today with the cease fire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to the defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons -- persons in formerly isis-controlled areas. also turkey and the united tates agree on the priority of respecting vulnerable human life, human rights, and particularly the protection of religious and ethnic communities in the region. i spoke to

our administration has been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe the nearlyom 20-mile-wide state some barrier south of the turkish border in syria. say, this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against addition,ity and in the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future , working on anne international basis to ensure peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today, with the cease-fire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons and formally -- in formerly isis-controlled areas. turkey and the united states agreed on the priority of respecting vulnerable human life, human rights, and particularly the protection of religious and ethnic communities in the region. trump justpresident a few moments ago. i know the president is very grateful for r

our forces on the ground, the department of defense became the representative of the pkk to turkey. this is -- one of the reasons why the people who are arguing against what's the turkish intervention or outraged by our sink in but we are on the other side, we come america, are on the other side and, therefore, you should feel comfortable with t. it's the fact we are over there made it so untenable to the turks. because we elevated a little splinter extremist organization of a minority and put it on the same level as ally and begin mediating back-and-forth in representing the turkey the positions of the pkk. so while we're using our power umbrella and then representing nterest to turkey, us the greatest power on earth and turkey's greatest ally. that was absolutely untenable to the turks. here's no possible way they were ever going to accept that. that pkk, the ypg on the ground, rejected any notion of power-sharing in their area. they hate -- they hate the krg. these guys, the ypg, they would rather be in bed with assad and the iranians than with the kurds of iraq. that's why we're

with regard to the ypg, syrian defense forces, we have been in contact today, and we have received repeated assurances from them that they'll be moving out. that they greatly welcome the opportunity for a cease-fire to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas in the safe zone where they still have a presence, and we're very confident that that's already taking place and we're going to be using all of the leverage that we have of having fought alongside syrian defense forces in the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal, but we think we -- we think this is an outcome that will greatly serve the interests of -- of -- of the kurdish population in syria and greatly serve the interests of turkey and create the kind of long-term buffer zone that will ensure peace and stability in the region. >> mr. vice president, one follow-up on that question. what pacific concessions did turkey receive specifically i want to ask you if they brought the issue up of the bank? >> not in the context of these negotiations. when he were had concluded the negotiations, the topic was raised

we also know as syria defense forces to facilitate an orderly withdrawal over the next 120 hours and let me say that's literally already begun. and where they will be withdrawing from is the demarcation line roughly 20 miles south of the border. turkey's willingness to pause and embrace a cease fire of military operations. to enable us to to see that orderly withdrawal of of why p.g. will we believe make it possible for that to occur and it i know it's already already underway as we speak. but look the. turkey's. had a great concern about their border and while the united states of america did not approve of. their military crossing in into syria. we have always indorsed a safe so it was a matter of discussion and negotiations and we believe that. that the kurdish population in syria with which we have a strong relationship will continue to endure. the united states will always be grateful for our partnership with s.d.f. in defeating isis but we recognize the importance and the value. a safe zone to create a buffer between. syria proper in the kurdish population and and the turkish b

russians we should say yes to have does so the surge of forces that are in syria democracy forces defense forces that's right there cutting a deal and now what we're facing is u.s. forces in a trap between a syrian russian army moving north to take on the the turkish army that is moving south it puts us in a terrible position and the protection of safety of our service members comes 1st to me i spoke with the national security team yesterday we talked on the phone i talked to the president and he is concerned and so last night he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of u.s. forces from the northern part of syria syria more on that decision now with rosalynn jordan our correspondent in washington. the u.s. says it is pulling $1000.00 soldiers out of northeastern syria because of the ongoing conflict between syrian defense forces who are made up mainly of kurdish fighters and the turkish military the defense secretary mark esper says he has a responsibility to make certain that u.s. troops aren't injured or killed in that conflict mr esper also said during a tour of the sunday morning pu

the turkish self-defense forces will be the kurdish so defense forces people's protections units will be withdrawn 30 kilometers away from the border. and of course as it is stressed in the memorandum it is important to resolve the issue of refugees. and we need to prevent the groups of refuges to from being infiltrated and other regions from being infiltrated by terrorists and. again we still support the astronaut for a moment and will continue to support the formation of the constitutional committee and the creation of this committee has been possible thanks to the cooperation between russia iran and turkey the guarantor states of the past in our format thank you. what specific measures will be taken. in for the prisons to remain secure so that the terrorists do not escape this territory is not in the zone. this memorandum of facts what we have talked about this on many occasions we call upon all those who created these prisons and maintains them including those who. stand behind these people these people are responsible for preventing. this terrorist threat from spreading through t

our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20 mile wide safe zone area. south of the turkish bore with der in se der in syria. let me say this, also includes an agreement by turkey is to engage in no military action against the community of kobani, and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today with the ceasefire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to the defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons in formerly isis-controlled areas. also turkey and the united states agree on the priority of respecting vulnerable human life, human rights and particular particularly -- i spoke to president trump just a few moments ago. and

we should say yes to have does so the surge of forces as i read it is syrian democracy forces defense forces that's right they're cutting a deal and now what we're facing is u.s. forces in a trap between a syrian russian army moving north to take on the the turkish army with that is moving south it puts us in a terrible position and the protection and safety of our service members comes 1st to me i spoke with the national security team yesterday we talked on the phone i talked to the president and he is concerned and so last night he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of u.s. forces from the northern part of syria syria. now of course jamming the big part of my casper's announcement which was already getting him criticized to his face on the sunday public affairs shows was the idea that yes it's important to protect u.s. forces from being caught in the cross-fire as it were but this is also a situation where because u.s. forces are pulling out the syrian defense forces are now having to build a security alliance perhaps with both syria and with russia and that the defense secreta

with regard to the ypg, syrian defense forces, we have been in contact today. we received repeated assurances from them that they will be going out. that they greatly welcome the opportunity for a cease-fire to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas and safe zone. where they still have a presence. and we are very confident that that is already taking place. and we will be using all of the leverage that we have of having fought alongside syrian defense forces and the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal. but we think, we think this is an outcome of war. and greatly serves the interest of the kurdish population, syria to greatly serve the interest of turkey and will create the kind of long-term buffer zone that will ensure peace and stability in the region. >> esther vice president i want to follow up with a question. what concessions did turkey receive specifically i want to ask you if they brought the issue up of the bank. >> vice president pence: not in the context of these negotiations. when we concluded negotiations, the topic

syrians and russians we should say yes to the surge forces the syrian syrian democracy forces defense forces that's right they're cutting a deal and now what we're facing is u.s. forces in a trap between a syrian russian army moving north to take on the the turkish army with that is moving south it puts us in a terrible position and the protection and safety of our service members comes 1st to me i spoke with the national security team yesterday we talked on the phone i talked to the president and he is concerned and so last night he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of u.s. forces from the northern part of syria syria now pakistan's prime minister is trying to mediate between iran and saudi arabia he's made iran's president hassan rouhani into head on and he'll travel to riyadh on tuesday he says he's hopeful of a breakthrough sued saudi arabia has denied any involvement in friday's attack home and rainy an oil tank iran's foreign ministry says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia saudis minister of state for foreign affairs the. kingdom did not carry

express purpose of ending the violence and giving an opportunity for our allies in the syrian defense forces in the kurdish population and our ally in turkey. >> and i believe that was mitt romney, mitt romney said that. if he has been leading the charge. >> it was very disappointing to me to hear senator romney say that. to say that while literally people were dying on both sides of this conflict, innocent civilians in harm's way in the midst of this turkish invasion in syria, simply to say it was too late to even try, it was just unacceptable. >> laura: i have to move to the usmca, this is a signature accomplishment of the administration, you are in pennsylvania, you're heading to wisconsin -- >> it was established one year ago. a-determiner >> laura: the white house, the mexicans, the canadians, everyone agreeing, what is policy waiting for? >> since the president signed into law, we saw literally tens of thousands of factories close in the country and move to mexico. president trump said we can do better, i was in a lot of those negotiations. a-determiner >> laura: what is the delay? onl

the -- defense force prisons are overcapacity. we have switched the attention of the kurds.ve taken them off these prison camps all together. the kurds have already resented the turks. they have always hated the turks but focused their attention on the more immediate threat and that had been isis. now we basically -- we saw just yesterday a statement from the syrian defense forces that said all military operations against isis have stopped within northern syria because of this turkish incursion. we're going to have a problem that's going to reverberate for years now because of this. ashley: i hope that's not the case. certainly not the only one who has been saying this. bret, i'm sorry we're out of time. again, thank you for joining us with your take on what's going on. >> thanks, ashley. ashley: really appreciate it. let's take a look at some of the other stories we are following for you. the number of cases of lung injuries linked to vaping is on the rise. the centers for disease control says the total number of confirmed or probable cases is close to 1300 now. that also i

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-- could you talk little bit about how it may or may not have affected your country and your defense forces? >> yeah, sure. in sweden, there was a huge me too and also within the armed forces. the females within the armed forces raised up and talked, and this was like a plug that was released. actually, it was really hard when it came out a couple years ago, but it has changed. it has made us pay attention to this and not leaning back and think we have reached this, we are finished with this. no, because if it is out in society, if you have problems in a society, you will have them in your armed forces, of course. and who's responsible for fixing it? we all are. but it's a command problem. it's not the females who's going to fix this, but it's now i'm in a double role so yeah, it's my problem as a commander but not as a female. so that is something that we have had a lot of discussions. it has changed. it has been a culture barrier that has changed. >> in what way? >> because we're open about it. we're talking about it, and we're discussing, we have been discussing it in the workplaces all

guys spoke to this spokesperson of the uganda's people's defense forces the ugandan military general richard cullen myriad told me no ugandan should be enticed for any reason whatsoever to brick the low and if the constitution says something you're going to should follow the constitution it is clear that no the barrier has been lifted so ugandans should know that for him the reason gore has been defied they'll find themselves in prison he has encouraged the opposition to encourage their supporters to be law abiding citizen he told me actually. this period to military uniform has been an ongoing process way from 99 to 6 so it is not a new conversation and ugandans to the brissac were good for you know to break below. thank you. and that is it for now from news africa you can catch us on our website and facebook page they fall off the editing strap in ships they don't also african competitors produce. and surprises uganda's. so-called in the 800 music in a stunning upset. became the 1st ethiopian man she went back to back to the 5000 meter race we need you now it's a chance for the con

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if there is political will and committed leadership. —— syrian defense forces.ays they are jams with hundreds of backsliders, some of them look like concentration camps. it isa them look like concentration camps. it is a problem that the international community is not yet got to grips with. this is another issue that are report really try to highlight. in these camps, you have 2000 foreign fighters as well as several young isisi detainees and then another idp can cause the camp that has women and children and families. we argued that right now the syrian defense forces do not have the capacity or the will to indefinitely maintain control and custody in these facilities are not safe. we call on and many countries from which isis fighters came to to repatriate from which isis fighters came to to re patriate them from which isis fighters came to to repatriate them immediately in the united states as taking action in select european countries already have we are arguing for more funding and support to the stf at this moment in time to help maintain custody and we sh

this is the former president as well as if you know and hear from the head of the who's on the defense force. you know much public you know and they're an influential you know position in which i was pretty sick so to an extent he's you know a recent sero sudden about 10 way by he started not supporting the opposition was i not you know up at concerts in front of many people by surprise because you know it's unthinkable it's early days now i have been in the history of the p.d.p. if i left all of president of the country if throws in his lot because all of them have been in it with the opposition so therefore we expect a you know the comma ficta to be. one of the significant issues for this election will there be it was an uphill fight to defund it he's currently you know rumored to be you know supporting him of course at a party that they try and we do very well in this election and the jury's out there this is this election my spring a few surprises in a few constituencies but in spite of it i think you'd believe that they're you know and it b.p. their government b.p. we're asking if you c

power is this is the former president as well as a you know am here from the head or he was on the defense force and we're you know much public you know and an influential you know position in which i was pretty stiff so to an extent he's you know a recent sero sudden about 10 where by he started not supporting the opposition because i know you know up front kind of many people by surprise because you know it's unthinkable it's early days now i have been in the history of the p.d.p. if i left all of president of the country if throws in his lot because all of them have been in it with the opposition so therefore we expect you know the comma ficta to be. one of the significant issues for this election if you will there be it was an uphill battle to run that he's currently you know rumored to be you know supporting him of course at a party that patronage and we do will be running this election the jury's out there this is this election my spring a few surprises in a few constituencies but in spite of it i still believe that they're you know and they p.d.p. their government the world through the as

turkey perpghtive what they see to the south is a security vacuum as you heard you have syrian defense forcesave kurdish forces and you have russian forces to the south and so what you see is president erdogan says that u.s. join patrol and efforts are not moving fast enough and not going far enough to proved them the necessary security is that they want on their southern border. >> is he making this then a part of our fault and trying to encourage us to step up the security or is is this -- something else that he has in mind? >> well it's important to note that the president has directed that we slowly withdraws forceses in a if they withdraw out of syria so i think he sees that as potential for security vacuum increasing so this whether it is a bluff or bloc e bluster it is going to be seen but they've been making preparation for a potential movement south and what i would be concerned about first off is u.s. forces number one. and ting both the u.s. and turkey have to be concerned if there is an attack or move into that buffer zone with turkish forces to the south there can not be a death

defense forces chains of command they're recruited locally. well let's get more on this now we're joined now by john sifton spokesman for human rights watch and he's joining us live from washington d.c. mr sefton very good to have you with us on al-jazeera can you tell us more about the operations being supported by the cia that have seen these groups being called death squads. right well these militias which are mostly in self and southeastern afghanistan are essentially autonomous they are outside the normal chain of command they were they work with the cia they are supported by the cia they're outfitted by the cia they have very sophisticated equipment night vision goggles and they and they conduct these night raids all the time they even have twitter handles where they post the results of their raids where they show even dead bodies pictures of dead bodies of the people they've shot in these neighborhoods so this is well known that this is going on people have been complaining about it for a long time and it's not just a problematic thing

some have estimate the that the s.d.f., the syrian defense force, made up of kurds and some arab syrians, lost more than 10,000 fighters taking on isis. it's true that many who joined the s.d.f. did so to liberate their home from isis. however, it is also true that even after their homes were liberated, the s.d.f., kurds and arabs alike, continued to pursue isis all the wait through the euphrates river valley where the last remnants of the fiscal fate were defeated earlier inner i do not. they were not only fighting for themselves, they were also fighting for us. they were fighting to help ensure that there were no more isis-directed or inspired attacks like those carried out in paris, brussels, istanbul, orlando and san bernardino. after the s.d.f. successfully liberated the territory formerly controlled by isis, they also maintained -- including more than 2,000 foreign fighters, even when many of their home countries refused to take them back. beaver given the sacrifices of the s.d.f. and the fight against isis, it was particularly insulting for president trump to imply that the s.d.f.

forces. all we need right now is financial support because the african national defense security forces has essentially been fighting this war since 2014 and no major foreign force forces have been engaging in a battle in a big scale or even at a smaller scale. the support we get from the resolute support and also from the u.s. forces here is only limited to financial. even though peace talks between the taliban and the us have collapsed many people still hope the negotiations will resume in the near future but they acknowledge peace in afghanistan is not going to be straightforward the consensus is that the afghan security forces can't face the taliban without outside help that's a given but there is another potential problem in the future when peace finally comes to afghanistan how can 2 bitter enemies who fought in kill for 80 years come together in a national defense force. it's one of the many problems afghanistan will need to overcome if peace is to become a reality instead of a dream tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. the speaker of iran's parliament has told al-jazeera that tehran is open to start

some said that the fdf, the syrian defense force made up of kurds and some arab syrians, lost more than 10000 fighters taking on isis. it is true, monday who joined the fdf, did so to liberate their homes from isis. however, even after their homes of liberated, the fdf, kurds and arabs alike, continue to pursue isis all of the way through the fridays rivers valley. with the last reminisce of the we're ultimately defeated earlier this year. the stf wasot not only fighting for themselves, they were also fighting for us. they are fighting to help ensure that there we're no more isis directed her in spite the facts like those carried out in paris, if going full orlando and san bernardino, after the fdf, successfully liberated isis, they also made and gained custody of more than 10000 isis detainees. tcluding more than 2000 warren. even when monday of their home countries refused to take them back. given the sacrifices of the fdf, in the fight against isis. they were particularly unselfish for president trump to apply that they may not not be releasing isis detainees. in the ongoing violence

president trump reiterated his afer to mediate and arbitrate negotiation b between syrian defense forcesnd the turkish military. our desire is not to shut down thehe turkish economy. our desire is to see an appropriate response. these sanctitions willll be very severe on n the turkish economy. will continue to ramp up these sanctions. we were very clear warning the government of the sanctions. meantime,n the syria's army has entered areas in the northeast of the country, leading to the growing possibility of a direct confrontation wiwith turkish led forces. theine mortimer has more on turkish syrian border. >> sanctions are the one weapon that america has that could make president erdogan think again. the fact that they are limited sanctions doesn't mamatter. it sendsds a signal to the world markets, foreign investors, and currency speculators. the signal is that turkey is at loggerheads with the strongest economy in the world. and that frightens the world markets. we saw this last year when president trump imposed sanctions ovover the prosecution a an americican priest.t. the sanctions

. >> the syria defense force warns attacks will continue to allow isis fighters to flee prisons leading to a resurgence of the terror group. if the u.s. won't stop the turkish attack it will turn to russia for help. >> out rage over the u.s. decision to pull troops played outd on the street of san francisco today. we have the that part of the story. >> reporter: bay area curds were making their presence known in union square. >> these people are out raged about what's happening in their homeland. >> we're feeling pain and sadness. >> others are protesting president trumps decision to pull back u.s. troops from northern syria and turkey brutal assault on u.s. backed curdish troops and civilians. >> we're watching genocide unfold. nothing is happening. >> air strikes are targeting civilians sp hospitals. there's no justification for that. >> the same procurdish group protested saturday. next to the ticket counter. >> he visited the northern syria territory this summer. >> i have seen people being killed by isis. show the victory over isis is farfetched non-sense. isis hasn't been defeated

with syria possibly brokered by russian officials for protection against turkey and that syrian defense forces are moving into position in northern syria along the border with turkey. the u.s. controversial move has led to protests around the globe. >>> happening now, one of those protests is going on in san francisco. not just any intersection. it's in union square right in te heart of the city. that's where abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live, and cornell, you've been following the protesters all day long. >> reporter: these protesters have been out here from early this morning. they have been sending a strong message all across the city. they want the northern territory in syria protected from kurdish forces and earlier they wanted everyone to know this. bay area kurds were making their presence known in union square. these people and their supporters are outraged about what's happening in their homeland. >> all of us are feeling pain and sadness. >> reporter: they're protesting president trump's decision to pull back u.s. troops from northern syria and turkey's brutal assault on u.

fortunately 49er defense force that out. still scoreless, rolls off gets pushed out inside the 15. let san francisco a 69 receiving yards. this time drill the field goal. 49ers on the board 3-0. redskins try to answer. they had a good drive going but alexander knocked the band ball out of, scooped it off san francisco 13 take away the season. 49ers inside the five. he lost his footing. san francisco settles for yet another field goal. final seconds of the game. 49ers up, and i do nothing. sack to end the game and then place a little slip and slide. san francisco pitches a shut off on the road for the first time since 2012. it was far from pretty but they 16-0. >> mud bowl 2019 champions. >> it is tough to prepare for, tough to make it rain in california. ruin our field, we talk about it. but you have an idea going in. had no idea it was going to be looking like that. >> i can't wait to we get here. we are looking forward to the carolina panthers now. we're going to be prepared, seattle lost a ravens at home. 49ers have a two-game lead of and a fee west. hosting carolina next sunday

by the kurdish forces, the sdf, the syrian defense forces, he said that early intelligence was very helpful in supporting this operation. and explain the significant of that. >> the significance of that cannot be underestimated. look, the kurdish forces are forces who are on the ground in the region. they understand better than any of the other partners and allies not what is happening at the high levels but what is happening on the ground. they hear what people are saying. they understand when things are shifting. so the intelligence that they would have provided would have been key to u.s. forces. it would have been key to our partners and allies who understood what is happening here. and that intelligence would have allowed us to have a high level of confidence that either baghdadi was there or that he was likely to have been there so i think there is immense amount of irony and it is extremely unfortunate that as we were relying on the intelligence that were provided by the kurds to carry out this really important raid at the same time we were by all accounts betraying the kurds with ou

they want to clear of terrorists we know that those groups they're targeting are either syrian defense forces or other why p.g. kurdish backed kurdish led forces that have been at the heart of the fight against eisel and of course working alongside both european and american forces in the areas causing great deal of controversy on both sides of the atlantic and of course in the middle east the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army have launched as we just said operation piece spring against the p.k. in the why p.g. and dash or eisel terrorists as they are known in northern syria quoted they are saying that our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor or across our southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terror threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists simcoe sulu's our correspondent in istanbul just bring us up to speed sin em on what w

coming from european countries who have been detained caught by the us detained by the kurdish defense forces and are still there on the ground either in syria or now in there in iraq and european countries have made the decision that they prefer them to stay there they prefer of and for them to go through the judicial process in iraq and even be condemned to death although europe is against the death penalty that would be their preference now i don't think the speech that struck me today is going to change that what we have seen is a bit of change and thinking now that with the possibility that these fighters and their families have a skate from detention because of all the chaos on the ground there and that makes european governments a bit nervous that they don't know where these people are anymore and they may well be coming back to europe on their european passports but they're moving very slowly even with the new risks and i don't think we're going to see any sudden action or willingness to bring them back. trump talked a lot today about turkey's president but he did not mention russia o

pence: the syrian defense forces have be a strong ally of the united states. pres. trump: they didn't help us in the second world war, they didn't help us in normandy. vice pres. pence:he united states of america did not give a green light to turkey. pres. trump: he has been telling me that for two and half years. vice pres. pence: the president 's are concerned about instability -- the president is very ctacerned about ility in the region. pres. trump: they are there, we are here. jon: donald trump stands accused of betraying america'l's kurdish , of allowing islamic state to regroup, of creating a humanitarian disaster, of givin russria, and iran a major strategic victory. on t upside, he is bringing 1000 u. troops out of syria. but they are not coming home. they are being redeployed to iraq. a week of artillery fire , bombing, and fightg has claimed the lives of many civilians and prompted at least 160,000 to flee their homes. all the result of one phone cal between presiderdogan and donald trump. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: a short time ago president

keyword of the in the death of the so-called islamic state leader abu bakar al baghdadi the syrian defense forces maintain they tracked down al baghdadi providing d.n.a. evidence before the u.s. raid in which he killed himself. and the british prime minister gore's johnson is to make another attempt to force a snap election in december johnson has already lost one vote this week which he called after failing to secure britain's exit from the e.u. by october 31st. thousands of firefighters are battling 2 massive blazes across california a new fire broke out in west los angeles on monday but the worst hit area is sonoma county in northern california and more than 200000 people have been told to leave their homes. this is d. w. news from berlin for more follow us on twitter and news or visit our website it's dot com. he watching every news from berlin after the break you heard elf or small have all your business headlines and i'll see you again at the comedy hour to. kick off. happy days hope i receive a mention of the finding nothing special at the top of the bonus he got the win at home against i

against kurdish militants in north eastern syria turkish planes are said to be targeting syrian defense forces positions video has also emerged purportedly showing a bombing raid on the cement border crossing with a rock no that is significant because it's the kurds only octave supply line in terms of casualties no word at this point but we do know the offensive comes less than a day after president told trump. to a troll u.s. troops from the region let's go live now to our. for some more on this very fluid situation of course we're just learning some of the details what more do we know break atone for us. from what we understand the combat planes seemed to have delivered an air strike against a checkpoint on the syria iraq border the bridge has been destroyed 2 bridges that is have been destroyed no casualties as of yet reported now we also understand that the iranian foreign minister is on the phone with the turkish foreign minister and that they are having talks regarding the situation and we also understand there are a large number of you know kurdish military forces amassed military force

turkish back forces say they've taken control of a key border town in northeastern syria washington terrorists are threatening to impose sanctions on take defensive has forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region to seek safety. you're watching news live from berlin on the deck spicer our tech show shift is off next don't forget you can get all the latest news from our website that's state of utah com and your company secrecy. we speak different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we also think up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w. made for mine.

they played in the death of the so-called islamic state leader abu bakar al baghdadi the syrian defense forces say they tracked down al baghdadi and provided crucial d.n.a. evidence before the u.s. raid in which he killed himself. in the iraqi capital baghdad demonstrators are defining a curfew and say they won't leave the streets until the government steps down its reports from the holy city of karbala saying mass gunman opened fire on protesters there killing 18. you're watching the abuse from berlin after a short break close up on a topical political issue don't forget you can get all the latest news and information by heading to our web site that's d w dot com a little rock in berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you for spending this part of you to us. secret drugs trials in. my house psychiatric patients in a hospital in romania. being used as guinea pigs without their knowledge or consent . on behalf of european drug companies and research institutes. close up next d.w. . to france dear antone oh dear cecilia this is opposite us i'm sitting on the terrace in twilight it's peac

syria defense forces we have been in contact today and we received repeated assurances from now the gobi bill and now. it greatly welcomed the opportunity for she's far to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas in the safe zone we're they still have a presence i mean it's actually it's hard to believe that the kurds are voluntarily going to pull back and give up the autonomy they've been enjoying and say ok we agree we'll give up everything in exchange for not being slaughtered is that the thinking i mean how do you explain this is this is a it's a fog of ceasefire essentially we don't know and they don't know necessarily what was agreed to what is clear is that if they do withdraw 32 kilometers behind the border with turkey at least the forces you're leaving a massive civilian population there that's going to be basically beholden to the turks and creating that kind of reality on the ground where you have an occupied zone a de facto annexation of this piece of territory is is quite alarming to the turkish me to the kurdish population in both turkey and in syria itself like