china which are estimated bursaries on the world state that's according to the secretary of defense james blunt civs. trump enters his second year in office the government is said to be shut down over funding bill we take a look back at the highs and lows of the president's tenure throw far. and a new red alert of the apparent witch hunt against communism emerges we tell the story of a student who's been hounded for saying in the media of communism never actually failed. i will welcome you watching r.t. international called casting to you live from the russian capital and the carrot and we start this hour with breaking news turkey's president has confirmed his country's started a military ground operation i kurdish held region in syria after turkish cross border shelling of the area started on friday pulis lir explains how events unfolded. what we're hearing from need took is president of the one who over the last few days has repeatedly threatened that he's going to launch this ground operation is confirmation now that it has begun and it is understood that it's an operation between the turkis