we use it julia hahn there on the border between syria and turkey where the white house is also piling on the pressure for turkey to end its border operations in syria u.s. treasury secretary steven miller says that could face powerful saying for the military incursion and he's echoed a threat that was made by president earlier this week saying that the u.s. will shut down the turkish economy if her goes too far i just met with president trump and he has authorized and will be signing a new executive order giving the treasury department in consultation with himself and secretary pompei. very significant new sanctions authorities that can be targeted at any person associated with the government of turkey and a portion of the governor that was the u.s. treasury secretary speaking there let's take this story now to washington e.w.'s jeff one's emotions on the story for us good evening to you stefan we've got president truong and his cabinet they're threatening sanctions against turkey what exactly does that mean. well that means that the administration is so at least say and see it's a lo

s julia hahn 2 years ago the european union pledged to take in tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict zones such as syria and also libya according to the un the humanitarian crisis in libya alone is worsening with thousands of refugees held at overcrowded detention centers access to health care is limited and lots of people are at risk of abuse at the hands of smugglers and human traffic is one of the country's leading the resettlement pledge is german or as i see it is our aim is to prevent illegal migration and replace it with legal opportunities that. germany will accept 10000 refugees selected by the u.n. h.c.r. in the current resettlement program always give you the warden though that's the way we prefer to for the others the german chancellor angela merkel speaking so have the european union germany have they kept their promise to talk about that i'm joined by tom wills he's from didn't use david's. they've been crunching the numbers forwards and before i start i think it's we have to work point was worth pointing out that we're not talking about the deal between turkey

s julia hahn has more tonight from istanbul. we've seen an emotional ceremony here today for jamal khashoggi it started shortly after 1 pm local time marking the moment he walks into this building right behind me the saudi consulate here in istanbul a year ago and we all know he never reemerged today his friends human rights activists his fiance and also jeff bezos the c.e.o. of amazon and also the owner of the washington post which was a regular contributor gathered here to commemorate his life and his work and to them on justice and also to have what they call a moment of unsigned because that's what his kill is one to stay say to silence a man a journalist who would always refused to be silent to openly criticize human rights violations in saudi arabia and that's probably one of the key messages of the day that critical minds critical voices like mr bush should never be intimidated into silence that his murder actually turned him into a biggest symbol for press freedom and freedom of opinion worldwide. reporting from. over mo

let's get more now on the developments i'm joined now by julia hahn our correspondent in stumble what more can you tell us about the role that these kurdish forces have played in the capture of al baghdadi. well everything i'm telling you know is according to the kurdish forces there in northeast syria the s.d.f. it hasn't been independently verified but they claim now that they have been crucial their intelligence work has been crucial in the success and for the success of the u.s. military raid on buck daddy's a compound they say they had an undercover agent who managed to get access to the place well but daddy was hiding there in the it live and this person or as said and this has been a widely cited detail now brought out about daddy's underwear to conduct a d.n.a. test ahead of the rate to make sure that the person in question really was. himself now the kurds are also saying they killed another high ranking i as militant believed to be a right hand man of al baghdadi just hours after all but daddy him self was killed in a joint operation with the americans and an important note

region that seen its share of misery and violence already julie hahn is our correspondent in istanbul and is covering the story for us julia how soon could we see turkish forces moving into northern syria. well they're all a few reports that say the turkish artillery has started shelling syrian kurdish militia positions in a syrian border town late on monday but no scope or timeframe have yet been defined by ankara for this operation the turkish military however seems to be fully geared up for this cross border campaign in ne as syria forces have been deploying along the border but it appears they want to wait for the u.s. forces to fully withdraw 1st to avoid any direct confrontation between the 2 nato allies one of the latest official statements we have is a tweet by the turkish defense ministry and that said that turkey is ready and i quote all preparations for the operation have been completed ok before we continue julia let's take a closer look at the region and the u.s. that the u.s. is withdrawing. turkey calls it a safe zone but people living here feel in secure syrian towns close to the northern border could be se