the americans claim to the 5 day cease fire as a diplomatic victory but the kurdish y p g militia was not at the table for the negotiations before the agreement to pause fighting syria's brussel lane was already the scene of heavy clashes local humanitarian groups say civilians were being caught between the fronts the announcement to freeze combat surprised some observers turkish president rich uptight appear to one had previously announced he would not agree to halt the offensive he's denied rumors that mike pence threatened turkey with new sanctions should he fail to support the plan. shortly after the vice president announced the ceasefire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. out of it it's not the end of the operation it's not a ceasefire you could only have a ceasefire between 2 legitimate governments were suspending our operations so the terrorists the targets of our operation can leave the security zone. the turkish government also expects the y.p. g. militia to give up all its weapons and will continue its dialogue with russia

g. militia to give up all its weapons and will continue its dialogue with russia. assad's military backers have moved their forces into position in northern syria in conjunction with syrian troops. damascus and moscow so far have shown little willingness to accept the security zone. as night fell the fighting in wrestling had almost totally stopped with only a few shots to be heard the wait his own to see how long the ceasefire will last. at the very latest on this now with correspondent she's joining us from the turkish city of. good morning to you how's the ceasefire holding up what are you hearing. well the turkish government doesn't call it a ceasefire but a pause off its military operation because it says cease fires can only be negotiated between a chit of a posses and it doesn't consider the kurdish forces there in syria legitimate it considers them terrorists now we're getting fresh reports all the shelling and gunfire there in the syrian town over russell i'm which is one of the main targets of this turkish offensive it is unclear at the moment where these

weeks saying that it aimed to force out kurdish y p g militias which if used as terrorists at least $160000.00 ethnic kurdish civilians were up rooted as the turkish army and its allied arab militias moved in before we hear from brussels we have this report from a syrian town near the turkish border. i. a few boxes and some clothes that is all they could rescue from the house and russell i know after days of bombing a classroom is their new home their old one is now just rubble schuchat in his family found shelter in this school with dozens of others mostly kurdish refugees from russell i'm a border town is now under the control of the turkish army and i live malicious. joy not a leave our homeland we will return to turkey and their allies have come to plunder they don't want to rebuild they want to destroy. the experience like these that feed those fears this video is alleged to show the militias allied to turkey showing off a kurdish woman they've taken captive as if she were the spoils of war. one of many war crimes that the islamist fighters stand accused of they're set to take control of

but it's not clear if the kurdish y p g militia will fully abide by the agreement throughout the day there was heavy fighting in the syrian town of ras a lying local humanitarian groups say civilians were also pinned in among the fighting the end that it's meant was completely unexpected such as president dredge up tired added one had previously said he wouldn't agree to a cease fire he's denied removes that might pence direct into turkey with new sanctions should he fail to support the plan shortly after the vice president tonights the cease fire the turkish foreign minister gave the press his government's view of the day's events. due to the i don't it's not the end of the operation it's not a ceasefire you can only have a ceasefire between 2 legitimate governments were suspending our operations so the terrorists the targets of our operation can leave the security zone. takesh government also expects the white peachy militia to give up all its weapons and will continue its dialogue with russia. assad's military backers have moved their forces into position in north in syria in conj

germany does not understand the security concerns facing turkey and correct considers the kurdish y p g militia to be a terrorist organization museum. we expect germany as an ally and as a friend to fully support us in the fight against terrorism. both foreign ministers dismissed german defense minister on a great crime caught in byers controversial proposal to set up a un protected securities law in a northern syria. the moment we don't have time for the theoretical right now i for the people of syria at the time for theoretical debates is over here we have to should depart for. the 1st germany needs to come to an agreement on this there are different opinions in the government that's democracy but i do not want to get involved masses prioritising other things above all humanitarian aid for refugees a lasting cease fire and a political solution to the conflict. earlier we spoke to our correspondent union in istanbul she told us how realistic germany's proposed permanent ceasefire would be while that does not only depend on germany of course the current cease fire even though turkey doesn't cal

the strike by the kurdish y p g militia 3 mortar shells struck residential buildings in the border city of a chuckle there were no injuries. this is where the shell hit the fridge was completely destroyed and the shell shocked right through the 2nd wall. across northern syria at least 70000 people noice fleeing the turkish incursion according to the united nations refugee agency. international criticism of turkey is growing the u.s. defense ministry also reporting that turkish forces shelled u.s. troops in the syrian border area angry rejected the claim that washington has threatened turkey with sanctions if it does not withdraw turkey's president disregarding all foreign criticism. yes we will not stop no matter what the others say they are threatening us on all sides i have told trump and the others to stop it well those are the criticism also from turkey's neighbors at a meeting of the our oblique the organizations general secretary condemned the military operation as an invasion. for more on this i'm joined from istanbul by darren johns daryn there's been much criticism of this offe

symbol reviled by the turkish leadership anker and to crush the kurdish forces in syria the y p g militia which it sees as terrorists linked to the p.k. k. but the kurds are putting up a fight the y.p. g. where the united states a key ally in the campaign against islamic state until president donald trump decided to pull u.s. forces out. of the fighting has already displaced as many as 200000 people in syria living near the border many simply don't know where to go and international efforts to get to get under way these people are camping by a road niqab on a. while and now we fled our village we were scared of the bombs and we were worried about our children so we came here to save ourselves here we just sleep on the ground. international criticism of turkey's venture may be intensifying but president regift tired everyone is pressing on he says his aim is to create a safe zone to resettle syrian refugees currently in turkey as well as to defeat the y.p. g. for more i'm joined now by correspondent you leon she's been following this story for us from the turkish syrian border now yulia of

g. militia of the syrian kurdish militia are an al shaab of the local p k k that has waged a decade long insurgency here in turkey they're considered terrorists not only by turkey but also by the european union and the u.s. and now turkey is seizing the opportunity to clear its borders of these terrorists and eliminate a national security threat that's the turkish reasoning here julia thank you very much for filling us in their views judea han there in istanbul. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today iraq's president has condemned attacks on protesters and journalists during a wave of anti-government on rest earlier the government ignore that soldiers had used excessive force against demonstrators more than 100 people have been killed and 6000 wounded in a week of demonstrations against corruption and economic mismanagement. hundreds of haitians have joined protests in the capital port au prince demanding the ouster of them baffled president joked though the demonstrators are angry about corruption rising inflation and a lack of food and fuel at least 17

invasion of northern syria to create a 30 kilometer buffer zone between turkey and the syrian kurd y p g militia which turkey considers to be terrorists but the turkish president's threats they have soured the mood here in germany to this is what heir to one said he would do with syrian refugees in turkey if the european union doesn't stop criticizing turkey's foreign policy. the end of the e.u. will come because of this lack of sincerity and he took. that state of affairs does not seem well but it's the number exit it's not happening unexpectedly. set us up for that reason and those who speak hypocritically have no value in our ice. cream if you. coupler they panic when i say we'll open the gates don't panic when the time comes these gates really will open up a lot of our children. from war now want to take it to be used teri schultz in brussels terry has covered nato for many years terry's good to see you before we talk about nato i just want to get your take on the u.s. house recognizing the armenian genocide do you think that's going to have any reverberations. within nato. i'm not sure bran

g. militia which considers a terrorist organization at least 160000 ethnic kurdish civilians have been operated as the turkish army has moved and we have this report from a syrian town near the border with turkey. a few boxes and some plates that is all they could rescue from the house and russell ion off the days of bombing a classroom is the new home their old one is now just rubble shot to his family found shelter in this school with dozens of others mostly kurdish refugees from. the border town is now under the control of the turkish army and the allied nations . they leave our homeland we will return to turkey and their allies have come to plunder they don't want to rebuild they want to destroy. the years like these that feed those fear as this video is alleged to show militias allied to turkey showing off a kurdish woman they've taken captive as if she were the spoils of war. one of many war crimes that the islamist fighters stand accused of they're set to take control of the buffer zone between russell i'm and yet under turkish surveillance. for the refugees from the region this is a ter

turkey's national security against what they call a terrorist turkey is clearly saying these y p g militia in syria are linked to the p.k. k. a group that has waged a decades long insurgency here in turkey the conflict has killed about 40000 people that's the estimate so now the way the turkish media. are phrasing it this is a security operation designed to create a safe so for turkey to possibly resettle about $2000000.00 syrian refugees in the area so this is the way they are selling this whole operation now so turkey is looking to drive out kurdish fighters from this area secure it and then move syrian refugees. yeah but but well it sounds may be very easy as you say it but it's a complicated and risky operation particularly because the kurdish fighters said that they won't give up the territory without a fight they have called for a general mobilization they're calling upon civilians to defend the territory there and these kurdish fighters are experienced fighters they have been trained and equipped by washington by the u.s. and they have battled the islamic state for years so they hav

by kurdish militia y p g it appeared to be no casualties the grenade came in here he says the fridge was destroyed and the grenade went straight to the other wall. in northern syria tens of thousands of people have left their homes international criticism of turkey is growing daily on friday the u.s. defense department said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region and kind of denies this washington has threatened sanctions and called for turkish withdrawal but turkey's president appears unmoved. we won't stop regardless of what the of us say they want to threaten his sights to trump as i've said stop its. 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 t

least 3 grenades from the syrian side exploded in people's homes apartments television by kurdish militia y p g it appeared to be no casualties the grenade came in here he says the fridge was destroyed and the grenade went straight to the other wall. in northern syria tens of thousands of people have left their homes international criticism of turkey is growing daily on friday the u.s. defense ministry said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region hunker denies this washington has threatened sanctions and called for turkish withdrawal but turkey's president appears unmoved. we won't stop regardless of what the of us say they want to threaten is the own sides to trump in view of as i've said stop it. meanwhile media reports see germany has reacted to the ones offensive in northern syria by announcing a ban on weapons exports to turkey. well for more we're joined by the deputy correspondent you hear han she's standing by at the border town for us in the tuchis town of july pina good to see you you here now we understand of course it is day 4 of this offensive w

it is considered the birthplace of the kurdish militia group y p g in 2011 they rose up against syrian president bashar al assad driving his troops out of the city a year later they defeated the jihadist al nusra front hundreds of kurdish fighters died the people here are proud of the independence they gained. we're happy and content more than ever before without the kurdish forces keeping order here. but their independence is under threat once more turkish president retch up tired out of one has moved troops and weaponry to the border he sees the white p.g. as a terrorist organization that needs to be wiped out. at a party meeting on saturday he left no doubt about his intentions. the operation is imminent maybe today maybe tomorrow. peace efforts. the kurds have tried to appease a safe zone was established along the border spanning 100 kilometers an agreement was reached between turkey. the usa and the kurds in september but the y. p.g. withdrew from that agreement now turkish and u.s. troops are patrolling the safe. lies in the middle of it. mohammad muslim is assembling metal parts

g the democratic forces that the party there or the militias there they have not reacted so far for them it's a big lots because they have to withdraw 30 kilometers 20 miles from the border region and this includes major kurdish cities like chemistry and co bonnet so this means for them that they have to we align themselves with bashar assad and there are a lot of people in the region who opposed the syrian regime during the last few years and they are in great danger and they're very much afraid off the secret services the security police officers coming back they will probably need to flee the region maybe to northern iraq and the kurds will say ok bashar assad is better than the turks here but still it's true. it's the end of the autonomy so this is the this is actually a big loss for them so there's still some uncertainty and insecurity in the region yet turkey is determined to send back hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees who are currently in turkey to repatriate them to northern syria to the so-called safe so how do you see that happening. this would be a major demographic cha

are having some success in this the american decision to work with this syrian kurdish militia the one called y p g which is an anathema to turkey absolutely made putin's task is objective much easier all right robert ford we'll leave it there we thank you very much for joining us on the news hour. coming up in just a moment as the u.s. imposes new terrorists on european goods we ask is the white house opening a new front line in the trade war and the countdown is on to the biggest day in the history of japanese rugby we'll look ahead to vail world cup quarter final against south africa. had though that how much is have been steadily. coming down across areas of the middle east is quite a bit of travelers been streaming up from west to east in the last few hours and we will actually have the potential as we head through the weekend mostly dry on saturday but about 37 celsius in baghdad 27 in beirut and we could see a few showers with this sort of mass here across into will central and southern areas of turkey but it's really sunday that we see this a bank of tab becoming a lot more extensive in pus

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the same overriding purpose, which is to push back and deal a blow to the syrian kurdish militia, the white p&gill to customers and for all. lots of discussion about the former islamic state, isis fighters that are in camps, thousands of them, in camps that are protected and looked after by the kurdish letter on the ground. if this camps overrun in the middle ofa if this camps overrun in the middle of a consideration, what happens to those cited? i think this goes to the height of the question, how ambitious is president erdogan feeling? if he hasjust ambitious is president erdogan feeling? if he has just intent on creating the style buffer zone along the border, then it isjust possible that people plus microspheres will not be realised. crucially, most of the camps that hold those isis fighters are not in that area, they area bit fighters are not in that area, they are a bit further south. the kurds have been making noises about we might have to release them or we might have to release them or we might have to turn our back on the fight against alarming state, which is ongoing, despite what pr

and you know frankly, hari, think the g issue here was not isis, was the syrian forces. 60,000 forces, snd militia, 70 shall-- 60,000 that essentially belonged to the united states. and we were maintaid on the ground with fevery american advisors. and it gavus a much bger footprint in syria and than the 2,000 number of american troops spsgested. and president trump basicveally that away without any kind of a justification from anyofine for what he wa s getting. the criticism has been on relieving pressure on isis but the real cricismci should be on liquidating that kind of an asset without a clear explanation. >> all rigt, vali nas, thanks s. much for joining u >> thank you.>> reenivasan: today marks one inside the tree ofopened fire synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, killing peoe and injuring six others. in that time, almost 450 more people in the une ed states have been murdered in mass shootings. last m ivette feliciano returneurto pittsburgh to talk with tree of life survivors about pain, healing and commemoration. few weeks away from the start the jewish new year and the high holidays. it

g over fewas options now. it was, tragically, the one party that was allies with both turkey and the kurdish l militia inside syriahat has defeated isis. he could''ve negotiated with bot of them. there was a special u.s. envoy who had made some attempts, but esident erdogan has been intent on doing this for a very long time. biggest threat to turkey and he has always feared a kurdish state.ng so he is looo create a buffer zone along the border with syria, but that will further dismember syria, which is in the middle of two other wars. hiura: so wh impact does have on president al-assad? robin: you have the war through isis but there are still 20,000-30,000 isis spider -- isis fighters somewhere along the border between syria and iraq who have engaged in insurgency that engages gularly in conflict. you have the eight year civil war and rebels including an al qaeda faction that are holding idlib province. laura: how long do you think this will go on? will turkey's president be able to maintain it if therexis rnal pressure?rn robin: i think erdogan is intent on this. he has gamed preside trump very well. he likes to

g w news live from berlin tonight the u.s. president declares a victory for his foreign policy in northern syria trump takes credit for a turkish ceasefire even though longer as offensive against kurdish militias was made possible by the withdrawal of u.s. forces also coming up tonight police find $39.00 bodies in a truck park and an industrial park near london they have to move the vehicle so that they can identify the victims plus russia's manipulation of their athletes doping results the country is facing a long ban from international competition as a result but the top brass of russia's enticed to be agencies to tell the w news that someone else did it. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us he is declaring it a victory made possible by what he did today u.s. president almost trump announced he's lifting sanctions that he imposed on turkey 9 days ago saying that turkish president everyone has promised him to end the assault on critics forces in northern syria now the removal of sanctions came just hours after russia and turkey announced that they are establishing a safe zone along the syria turkish border russia with more control more power in syria than ever also made possible by u.s

g who want autonomy the latter force alongside the u.s. and turkey against the so-called islamic state but offensive could now force kurdish militias to throw in there. with the syrian government and its russian and iranian allies and then there's the us the main goal for the united states and its allies was to defeat islamist forces in syria and i guess washington c s i s has now been defeated and has started withdrawing its troops from northern syria clearing the way for the turkish offensive. artillery and aerial bombing light up the sky as turkish troops continue their offensive in northeast syria. they're knocking turkey's plan to carve out a buffer zone along the border and to move against their longtime enemy the kurdish led syrian democratic forces the kurds say several civilians and soldiers have already died in the isolde and they claim turkish bombs are struck a prison holding fighters from the so-called islamic state. retaliates restrikes came from within syria. some hitting homes on the turkish side of the border. turkish president rejects edda one over so the start of what he calls operation peace spring it's an offensive made