until there is a credible political process what is the question why on the eastern bank of the euphrates which is controlled by the united states and their local com raid shouldn't we also wait for the beginning of a credible political process the answer can be only this because they're there they want to create the prototype of a new state or maybe again will see this dangerous game with kurdistan with the idea of a big kurdistan but i do not exclude it because the united states in this area as a rule is trying to maintain the situation in a heated state so that no one can calm down and in such muddy waters it's much easier for them to catch the fish they want is never lead to good results. you can see the full interview with russia's foreign minister on our team dot com next thursday. a harrowing story now the two astronauts who narrowly escaped a disaster on thursday when their rocket failed are now back in moscow safe and sound and a booster rocket malfunction on the so use just minutes after blast off forced the crew to abort the flight the two men on board were russian cosmonaut. a

americans are using diet to break through that area and cause havoc on the on the western side of the euphrates so that is being used so apart from the big strategic project that the americans are trying to do with the kurdish forces that is also being used as a tool to record havoc on other areas that are now under government control are starting to return back story to normality so it's not really benign what is happening over there ok kathleen a lot of time there director of british think tank focusing on the syrian crisis thank you so much for coming on to the program. thank you very much jaime is still trying to come to terms with the shooting at a college the story after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race. very dramatic development only mostly and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. i did the war planning for the principal force provider command in the united states military or for years i've worked on this region for years i do not understand this saud

the vast desert which was ruled by eisel and even in the greener pastures on the banks of the euphrates. these women told us that their relatives went missing in their isis and it's a struggle every day to put food on the table further upstream is the syrian end of the river euphrates very. still hold a few pockets the syrian democratic forces are not side and the iraqi security forces on this and have been able to clear almost all areas from isis but the question remains whether they'll be able to maintain the peace after winning the war. this meter fluctuates with the wind instead of electricity the biggest challenge here is rebuilding stripped underground cables and power generators for copper and brass now millions of dollars are required to restart just this substation which used to cater for three districts and nasi or me at this and people on a daily basis keep asking us how we have progress in restoring the power grid people are fed up from displacement and want to go back home they want incentives and hope this is only achieved by getting power back people in a time see electri

and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. u.s. vice president mike pence is accusing china of trying to undermine the trumpet ministration a comes just a week off the us president alleged china was interfering in the upcoming midterm elections to help his democratic rivals beijing is employing a whole of government approach to advance its influence and benefit its interests it's employing this power in more proactive and coercive ways to interfere in the domestic policies of this country and interfere in the politics of the united states the chinese communist party is rewarding or coercing american businesses movie studios universities think tanks scholars journalists and local state and federal officials and worst of all. china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections to put it bluntly president trump's leadership is working and china wants a different

the vast desert which was ruled by eisel and even in the greener pastures on the banks of the euphrates. these women told us that their relatives went missing in the rice will and it's a struggle every day to put food on the table further upstream is the syrian end of the river euphrates very. still hold a few pockets the syrian democratic forces are not side and the iraqi security forces on this and have been able to clear almost all areas from isis but the question remains whether they'll be able to maintain the peace after winning the war. this meter fluctuates with the wind instead of electricity the biggest challenge here is rebuilding isolate stripped underground cables and power generators for copper and brass know millions of dollars are required to restart just this substation which used to cater for three districts a nice your me at this and people on a daily basis keep asking us how we have progress in restoring the power grid people are fed up from displacement and want to go back home they want incentives and hope this is only achieved by getting power back people in a time

terrorists iran claims that the militants operating in this particular area in syria east of the euphrates are responsible for last month's deadly attack on a military parade in iran we do not know. exactly how many missiles were actually fired together with a statement on the launch several pictures showing surface to surface missiles being launched were published that again no information on how many of them reach the targets and the exact locations of the targets are not known what we hear from the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights known as a voice of forces fighting against the official syrian government in the rear that they have received reports about violent explosions at dawn not far from the city of. it's not far from the iraqi border and also not far from the town of has seen known as the latest strong of the recent like. scene of recent violence and also the latest stronghold of the islamic state militants in the region we also heard from the u.s. led coalition around three weeks ago that they were preparing a massive offensive on these areas to finish it up actuall

in order to eliminate both of the terrorist organizations of sores we had undertaken operations euphrates shield and the only credits as a result of which we have neutralized seven thousand five hundred guys and be right the terrorists and we have secured an area of four thousand square kilometers. we're going to liberating that area and tiredly of terrorist presence and our country rendered cities such as jet up loose blood into safe places where peace security. and well good flourishes and furthermore to say hundred and sixty thousand syrians returned to these lenses and we believe this number would increase anytime. we will never allow terrorist organizations to gain strength neither inside syria better nor near our soldiers and we will never accept a new threat but you know that under the disguise of fighting terrorism just like in the western part there few free. we will keep on eliminating on the threats up the stores which are imposed upon us the eastern part of the phrase nice little dakota we have also discussed the humanitarian intervention of the syrian conflict and we have agr

and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. five time world footballer of the year christina and aldo has been left off portugal's national team for a pair of upcoming internationals the thirty three year old has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a las vegas hotel in two thousand and nine or now denies the claim and on thursday trained with his team eventis for the first time since the allegations surfaced last week paul race has more. christiane over naldo pulled into the event as training complex in cheering on thursday the day after using twitter to deny he had a right to woman one of the biggest names in world football has been accused by american catherine majorca of assaulting her in his las vegas hotel room nine years ago she told the german newspaper spiegel that she had been paid three hundred seventy five thousand dollars by rinaldo to keep quiet majorca has now filed a civil lawsuit against the portuguese player whose own lawyers have threatened to sue the newspaper for damage

and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. a japanese comic in its sand has warned the british government that its manufacturing operations in the u.k. will be seriously disrupted if there's no gregs it deal between the united kingdom and the european union the company employs almost forty thousand people in the u.k. in a sense says its business relies on importing millions of components from the e.u. every day it's wanted a no deal brags it would add nearly six hundred fifty million dollars to its costs . other busan international film festival has opened in south korea with a star studded red carpet marking the end of difficult times for the event one three hundred twenty films from seventy nine countries will be screened over the next ten days rob mcbride reports from. it's a fitting opening film for a festival the coincides with what many hope is a new start in into korean relations beautiful days tells a story of a north korean defector who abandons her husband and son for a new life in south k

belongs to iceland and the real challenge is to counter rifle from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin jollied out of iraq by the iraq syria border and on friday or so a binge of aid will bring us more from al qaim where human rights watch is urging countries to hold fair trials for those accused of committing crimes under eisel turkey's foreign ministry has summoned saudi arabia's ambassador for a meeting of the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist saudi officials insist jamal khashoggi disappeared after he left the consulate building in istanbul the turkish government says they believe he's still inside a shell he had been living in self-imposed exile in the united states while writing columns critical of the kingdom and its policies under crown prince mohammed bin sound man thousands of yemenis have rallied in the second biggest city of ties in protest of the worsening economy the rio has lost more than half its value since war began in twenty fifteen or prices of basic commodities have soared to an affordable levels and many think the saudi led coalition is

from the tigress river in the east to the euphrates in the west, the rest of the country, after sevenears of chaos and civil war, is mostly back in the hands of the syrian regime. >>> five years ago, in your wildest dreams, did you think that one day you'd be partnered with the u.s. military? >> translator: honestly, no. we never thought this would happen and the americans would come here. but it happened. >> reporter: not everyone is happy about america's new-found friendship with the kurds in syria. the relationship infewer yates turkey, a long-standing u.s. ally that now shares a 250-mile border with turkey considers the kurdish forces in syria to be a terrorist organization because of their deep ties to a group blamed for deadly attacks within turkey. >>> america has a history of partnering up with the good guys, who then turnout to be the bad guys. how can you be sure that's not going to happen here? >> i know what they've done. they like us. we couldn't last 15 minutes if they did not protect us. >> they provide the security for our troops, those forward operating bases that are

and security personnel have died because of these terrorist activities we've carried out operation euphrates shield an olive tree campaigns and thousands of white p.g. and p.y.t. terrorists were rendered affectless and we've brought peace to thousands of square meters of area over two hundred sixty thousand syrians have been able to return to the area where we stopped peace and calm again we believe that number will increase neither intercooler syria terrorist groups will be able to floors we will never accept any in positions in syria or the region. so we talked about who was here but who wasn't here in the united states which really controls thirty percent of syria they have troops in the kurdish controlled region in the northeast of the country now we understand that france is trying to bring the united states on board the french president held talks with the russian president about the possibility of holding a high level meeting in paris between russian and american officials are going to need a mark on board if you're going to reach some sort of a deal that is accepted by all parties. w

from the tigris river in the east to the euphrates in the west, the rest of the country, after sevenwar, is mostly back in the hands of the syrian regime. five years ago, in your wildest dreams, did you think that one day you'd be partnered with the u.s. military? >> kobane ( translated ): honestly, no. we never thought this would happen and the americans would come here. but, it happened. >> williams: not everyone is happy about america's newfound friendship with the kurds in syria. the relationship infuriates turkey, a long-standing u.s. ally that now shares a 250-mile border with s.d.f. territory. turkey considers the kurdish forces in syria to be a terrorist organization, because of their deep ties to a group blamed for deadly attacks within turkey. america has a history of partnering up with the good guys, who then turn out to be the bad guys. i mean, how can you be sure that's not going to happen here? >> graham: i know what they've done. they like us. we couldn't last 15 minutes if they did not protect us. >> shaheen: right. they provide the security for our troops, those forw

and of course as we know the tigris and euphrates valleys which is supposed to be where civilization started, one of the most fertile regions in the world. and it was there he listed every tree when he found and marched his -- troops through the area. and at this banquet he invited 69,000 guests of all corners of his empire. you can imagine how long it took to get there. and while there is no surviving guest list, many of these diners according to legend dined under severed heads because if they didn't come, they found their other friends with their heads on poles. it was a mandatory banquet and on the tablet that is left describing the event they served 2200 heads of cattle, 27,000 sheep and lamb, 1000 spikes and canal -- gazelles, 10,000 eggs, 10,000 fish, 10,000 -- it's a tiny kangaroo. 1000 crates of vegetables, oil, pistachio, beer and wine because he wanted his guests to be healthy and happy. so he understood something, this king about empire. i say this only because when we talk about empire and the dominant countries, one of the things we find is just the way he tried to make

. >> ( translated ): to beonest with you after idlib, our target ot the east of the euphrates.is up to our rs, whether they are tribes or kurds, to decide what they want in the future, b under the slogan of returning syrian sovereignty to all syrian territories. >> woodruff: also today, syria's main border crossing with jordan reopened, for the first time in three years. and, a crossing along the israeli-occupied golan heights reopened. british prime minister theresa may insisted today that her government and the european union can still come to terms on britain leaving the e.u.tw thsides are hung up on the future of the border between british northern ireland and e.u. member irand. but y told parliament that she remains optimistic, ahead of an e.u. summit in brussels this week. >> we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospects of a good deal and leave us with a no deal outcome that no one wants. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal ishe best outcome for the u.k. and for the european union. t i continbelieve that such a deal is achievable, and that is the spirit w

belongs to iceland and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. is a visiting fellow and not immune averse sense of a conflict security and terrorism joins us via skype now from nottingham thanks very much for being with us so how much of a threat does isaw remain while it operates in these desert areas. well it's a it's ironic it's the drought it isn't. concentrated in territories like it was in the past and certainly not. thirty miles from baghdad as it was and in twenty forty or so what it's doing really is reverting to its reaps if you call i salute i wish to mouth wrong what was known as of iraq by people like us and the whole muslim ones or. and during that time it conducted with terrorist operations attacking those living or ones in cities and that is what is reverting to now it is just continual. and bomb attacks against soft target civilian targets there was an attack just or only twenty four hours ago needs a huge number of people were killed a total of seventy people have been killed in september

belongs to iceland and the real challenge is to counter rifle from regrouping and either side of the euphrates river was on a binge of it out of iraq the iraq syria border and on friday osama bin jawad will bring us more from al qaim where human rights watch is urging countries to hold fair trials for those accused of committing crimes under eisel yemen's cholera outbreak is accelerating rapidly the world health organization says about ten thousand suspected cases are now reported every week thirty percent of the cases affect children under five years old if left untreated cholera can kill a child within hours intensified fighting between the saudi led coalition and toothy rebels as damaged much of the country's water supply which may have caused the spike in the disease. thousands of yemenis have rallied to the second biggest city of tires in protest of the worsening economy the reality lost more than half its value since war began in twenty fifteen well the prices of basic commodities have soared to an affordable levels and many say the saudi led coalition is to blame but it's misreports in

tough fighting remains in the middle euphrates river valley and our hard-won gains in iraq and syria remain vulnerable. the enemy is adaptive. even though offensive operations with isis-held territory in syria are under way, isis has begun the transition into an underground insurgency, and sustained conditions-based u.s. presence will enable us to pressure the resurgency while simultaneously facilitating diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict. we seek to avoid telling the enemy when we will withdraw or leaving before the job is done. we do not want to repeat the mistakes that created the conditions for isis' emergence in the first place. we are not alone. we are working by, with and through a range of partners to defeat isis. in syria, we are vetting, training and equipping local syrian forces such as the multi-ethnic syrian democratic forces who are leading calm pat operations against holdouts. we have supported vetted security forces drawn from local populations to hold and secure isis-liberated territory. the 79-member global coalition to defeat isis remains committed to the c

and the real challenge is to counter rising from regrouping in either side of the euphrates river osama bin. the iraq syria border. india has deported seven ringette men it's the first time it's taken such action against the muslim minority for me and all its top court has rejected a petition to allow them to state the opposition accuses the right wing government of using the issue for political gain ahead of elections next year but reports. that being in india for about ten years six of them in a jail charged with illegally entry now these muslim or hindu me in iran they way back to a country with they say they endured five wins and persecution. they told india's supreme court nothing has changed for them and me and ma but filed in a petition to force the government to let them stay unfortunately the cork did not listen to this and has dismissed the abnegation that's even the way part of their deport. the seven men is some of the estimated forty thousand who have crossed into india escaping what they describe as years of persecution by me and most government it culminated late last yea

corporation that turkey and united states are handling in syria as men bridge on the side of the euphrates river and the corporation and the joint military petrol ng has been awaiting for two and a half months there was a delay because of the tension over bronson's troyer so now. this is both good news for turkey and united states elizabeth thank you very much for that medicine and. man let's go to shihab rattansi for the reaction from washington d.c. the u.s. administration and president trump especially shihab have been calling for pasta bronson's release of what you know what could this mean for the strained relationship what will the u.s. be willing to concede to turkey now why do we need to be very careful here we first heard that a deal had been struck at the end of last month so proceeding because shoji disappearance we've heard the negotiations around top on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly secretary of state mike pompei or the national security advisor john bolton having talks on the sidelines with turkish officials the parameters of a deal were suggested to be first of

france is having or has deployed a couple of hundred of its special forces in the eastern part of the euphrates and is fighting with the senior democratic forces the french they want actually there is the if the syria democratic forces to be part of any political solution in syria the turks they don't want that so you see the there are to be compromise. there are few actually. uncommon between these different parties and the entrance of these parties are very divergent in divergent in fact so this is why i'm not expecting them to agree on in fact they have been having negotiation of one of the final communique but i don't know if they have reached it's until now it shows i mean there are many many difficulties many opportunities they have to overcome in order to reach an agreement does it matter bats iran. and the united states and even syria itself actually represented this one that says it's always syria's future is being decided by others is an absolutely i mean forget about the syrians the syrians they are they are not in the summer they have not been in sochi. they were not part of the bil

there are some small pockets in the euphrates valley. there are some fighters in idlib to be sure. they key is to keep pressure on them without a doubt. they key is to be thinking longer-term in terms of sunni disenfranchisement, because we could be replaying the same problem we had from several years ago. we saw them several years ago began to be thinking about how to implement an insurgency strategy, and they are burrowing down and we certainly see this threat iraq and security. so if we don't keep pressure on them and if we don't address the problems of disenfranchisement, we should expect to see problems in the future. >> thank you for that and i look forward to working with you and your team because i just think her to keep the pressure on and we can act as if the problem has gone away because it hasn't. director wray, one to an emerging threat i don't believe we are effectively scrapping with his the threat of deep fakes for the use of video editing practices in his that artificial intelligence to create convincing video impersonations of public figures and government officia