twenty one people suffered breathing problems after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel held on klav near the capital damascus so in observatory for human rights is accusing government forces of using chlorine gas in duma on one day the attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for some of the attacks. a regional government and yemen says one point five billion dollars worth of aid from saudi arabia has not arrived at the border as promised the saudi led military coalition launched a new who mattered tarion program and gehman on monday and response to mountain criticism over the humanitarian crisis or the coalition is supporting yemen's government against the rebels. we only heard announcements on t.v. that the humanitarian aid reached and was distributed that's not true nothing reached. yemen still faces oppression stemming from king solomon circle what is published about yemen is not true it was published that it has come but it did not arrive. a m

turkey says it has now launched its offensive on the kurdish held on klav of freenet in northern syria turkish jets have carried out as strikes on the border district targeting the kurdish y.p. gee this after days of shelling and current fears the establishment of a kodesh corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault syria has warned against any operation and said it will shoot down turkish planes or turkish backed syrian rebels are also reported to have mobilized a free and turkey's president says the next target will be the syrian town of man beach which a u.s. backed kurdish led force captured from i still in two thousand and sixteen. we will wipe out this corridor will step by step starting from the west africa operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed but. since the promises made about have not been kept so far nobody could say eighty three when we do what is necessary. stephanie deca joins us live from near the turkey syria border and stephanie give us the latest on. military action in and aro

to the south and most of those fleeing are traveling through government held territory too and on klav inside aleppo city that's controlled by kurdish forces botch the syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the government forces of blocking that well stephanie deca has the latest from the turkish syrian border. there is heavy shelling going on now along this western border with and this is in line with what the u.n. finds it's finding that a lot of people have fled from these border areas because of the shelling around five thousand people according to their sources on the ground also very very difficult to get out with the u.n. is saying that the local authorities enough have blocked all the roads this is in line with some people that we've been speaking to that the wife doesn't want people to leave because then they say turkey will absolutely flatten the city there are also reports some people have managed to get out but that government checkpoints because the only way out for them is a government controlled areas of aleppo have been sending them back things are very difficu

security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel on klav of duma. the first member of donald trump's cabinet is questioned over a possible collusion between the u.s. president's campaign and russia. and the love story of a cleaning woman and an amphibian humanoid lead to the oscar nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level o

dicky's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled on klav off often and reports coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border this comes just days after the turkish president. threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on the country's border ungar are deployed tanks and military equipment head of the operation putting it at odds with the us which is backed the goodish militia in its fight against islamic state only i spoke to did correspondent in turkey daryn jones and i asked him what he was hearing about the military operation while asserting there's a sustained bombardment of the syrian for an enclave which is controlled by a syrian kurdish militia this bombardment has paid much more sustained and previous bombardment in the last few days on top of that turkish forces are continuing to reinforce on the front here more times more armored personnel carriers and we've had the political rocketing up of tension for the turkish defense minister neurontin clear warning that this oper

border with syria the country's defense minister says an operation against a kurdish controlled on klav in syria's african region has begun by the move comes just days after turkish president reggie type erdogan said he wanted to stamp out what he called nests of terror on the border military intervention puts turkey at odds with the united states which is backed the kurdish militias in its fight against a so-called islamic state. thousands of kurds demonstrated against a possible invasion of turkish troops president add ons and once meant that he wants to drive kurdish militias i took the syrian enclave brought them onto the streets. and that's not all the world needs to hear us and these threats from turkey. who goes over the head of one wants to intimidate us we will kill any attacker who sets foot in our free. was all about. iran's twenty kilometers further north turkish tanks roll on unperturbed towards the border region of how tight security that is high media reports say there have been exchanges of gunfire but no one was injured turkey calls kurdish militias in northern syria te

twenty three syrian civilians have been killed in russian and government airstrikes on a rebel held on klav of the capital damascus three children and eleven women are believed to be among the dead in a suburb of eastern several and fits were injured attacks follow the death of at least seven civilians including children on tuesday or strikes in northwestern it would probably it's a province that's thought to be the largest area in syria it's one of the so-called deescalation zones set up last september an effort to scale back the conflict but with no letup in the fighting tens of thousands of civilians are leaving the area saying no to reports. they set up tents wherever they can on the side of roads in open fields syrians are still on the move trying to find a safe place many have already been displaced more than once these people are from the north and hama countryside and from the villages along the neighboring provincial borders of areas that have become battlegrounds. we fled the bombardment and the strikes we cango back because our house was hit and it is now destroyed they are targe

turkey's fired artillery into kurdish controlled on klav in northwest syria because border bombardmentf a frame comes after days of threats by president reject tired already went against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the y.p. ji ancora fears the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border the u.s. says it will withhold another payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees forty five million dollars was promised last month for food aid on tuesday washington and eyes that it was going to withhold more than half of a one hundred and twenty five million dollars aid package. the lebanese army says it's found the bodies of nine syrian refugees who follows to death trying to cross the border into lebanon it was discovered after a snowstorm near the mountainous area of the must now border crossing hundreds of thousands of children inside sudan may die if emergency action isn't taken to boost food security that's according to the new executive director of the un's children's agency unicef is visiting country. scientists in the u.s. have developed a universal blood t

palestinian state and turkey's president insists his military will take control of become a dish held on klav of a freend in northern syria as it batters the area with artillery craft and ground forces. bangladesh has delayed plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled violence including mass killings and rape. the process was due to begin on tuesday as a list of very fine details of people to be sent back in sterling completes their office at the revenge it will be forced to return to conditions that are still unsafe more than six hundred ninety thousand have crossed the border to bangladesh since the crackdown began last august stratford a small. for his and his wife she cheats or it doesn't matter whether the stance of the myanmar ban with the she government's report creation plan has been delayed they say they would not have agreed to return to myanmar anyway. if we do it here at least we get a feel if we are killed a member there is no federal just burnt. i made. we must be recognized as a hinge we want to houses rebuilt and freedom of movement if they kill us and mean

previous agreements russian jets in the syrian army have intensified their bombardment of the rebel on klav over the past two months four hundred thousand people live in the area and are suffering from acute food and medicine shortages. he was president donald trump's taken his america first message to the world's elite addressing the world economic forum in davos he declared the u.s. open for business and one that washington would no longer turn a blind eye to what he described as unfair trade practices our diplomatic as a james bass has more from deficits. as the band played a president trump stood somewhat quickly beside the man who founded the world economic forum klaus schwab his vision for almost half a century open world trade is not at all with the president's america first policy taking the role of salesman in chief trump declared no america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows so does the world american prosperity has created countless jobs all around that low trump who has recently as this week has been accused of protectionism after slapping terrorists

a low out top story turkey has fired artillery into a kurdish controlled on klav in northwest syria a cross border bombardment of a freend cons of the days of threats by present. against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the white peachy anchor of fears the establishment of a kurdish card or along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks that in preparation for a ground assault al-jazeera stephanie dark as more from antakya. the situation around the freeing is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluence and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of anger over the last week or so the last voice added to that the defense ministry on friday saying that the operation would happen that there should be no delay and that turkey had no choice but to rid of what they call terrorists along this border all of this very significant player is russia

as president signs his military will take control of the kurdish held on klav of africa and in northern syria allowing syrians to return home as ankara continues to attack the area without telling me across the ground the forces there all signs its actions are widening the conflict to. forces crossed into the aphelion district in syria's northwest corner on saturday turkey has now opened another front against the enclave around the town of as ours and it says the city of beach for the east part of the main body of kurdish held territory is next president also says turkey had an agreement over the operation with russia which withdrew its troops before the fighting started the offensive focuses on the white b.g. a u.s. ally kurdish group that turkey considers terrorists the i.p.g. forms the backbone of a broader coalition known as the syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. which says it's considering sending reinforcements to a free seventy deca has the latest from turkey's border with syria. turkey has now announced the start of the eastern front of the free syrian army fighters inside syria

least twenty on paper have suffered breathing problems off to a suspected chemical attack on a on klav near the capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights is accuse and government horses often using cloying gas and then on monday they attack prompt and warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries met in past to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for some of the chemical attacks. let's move on to other news now and gunmen have killed two people including an afghan policeman as they stormed the save the children aid agency. that began with a suicide bombing at the compound entrance jennifer glass reports. the attack began with a bomb exploding near the entrance of aid organization save the children in jalalabad security forces were quickly on the scene and gunfire exchanged afghan special forces have been called in to help so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack the taliban has denied involvement. is the capital of nangarhar province on the border with pakistan the area has become a stronghold

has killed at least two hundred sixty fighters in its military offensive against a kurdish held in klav in northern syria the offensive is aimed at neutralizing the u.s. backed kurdish militia that turkey considers a terrorist organization the u.s. has voiced alarm at the campaign and urged restraint from on camera. at these twenty seven people have been killed by two car bombings in benghazi in eastern libya dozens more were injured the bombs.

and these are all top news stories turkey has begun a ground operation against kurdish controlled on klav in syria's a three in region this follows a day of artillery and air strikes that killed at least six people turkey's president says the next target will be men b.j. and other towns under kurdish control the taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at the intercontinental hotel in the afghan capital kabul. the sixteen hour siege is now over leaving at least six civilians dad as well as five attackers the gunman stormed the building on saturday night the taliban say they were targeting government workers security forces and foreigners and afghan officials say one hundred sixty people including forty one foreigners have been rescued so far. there have been multiple deaths from a roadside bomb that struck a vehicle in afghanistan's western herat province the vehicle was carrying thirteen civilians there are reports between eight to twelve of the passengers were killed in the explosion provincial police are blaming the taliban and the taliban have also claimed responsibi

still his defense minister says an operation is underway against a kurdish controlled on klav in syria and reports are coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border the move against the on killed off offering comes just days off to turkey's president richard do on threaten to stamp out what he called nests of terror on his country's border any military intervention with stick it on through the u.s. which is backed the kurdish militia and it's fine to gain so-called islamic state. not even the rain could dampen their spirits. thousands of kurds demonstrated against a possible invasion of turkish troops president add ons and once meant that he wants to drive kurdish militias actually for syrian enclaves brought them onto the streets. and that's not all the world needs to hear us and these threats from turkey. who goes over the call of everyone wants to intimidate us but we will kill any attacker who sets foot in our free. was all about. a ranch twenty kilometers further north turkish tanks roll on unperturbed towards the border region of how tight security that is hig

game of saw thanks very much as turkey says it's now launched an offensive on the kurdish held on klav of afrin that's in northern syria after days of shelling turkish jets have carried out air strikes on the border district targeting the kurdish why p.g. and turkey's president says the next target will be the syrian town of man bench which the us backed kurdish led forces captured from i saw in twenty sixteen stephanie decker has more now from the turkey syria border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on a three turkish officials had said all we that the operation was in. the hand of much of the president to one spoke just a few hours before the jets to call them or call them go to go to the we would wipe out this corridor or step by step starting from the west africa operation has to factor started in the field this will be followed by bad being which since the promises by. kept so far nobody can say anything whether we do what is necessary. throughout the morning along turkey's western border with are freed the turkish army had brought in bulldozers

where twenty three civilians have been killed in russian and government and strikes on a rebel held on klav of the capital damascus three children and eleven women of believed to be among the dead in the suburb of east and several infants were injured well the attacks followed the deaths of at least seven civilians including five children. on tuesday by air strikes in the northwest and province. well thought to be the largest remaining rebel held area in syria it's one of the so-called deescalation zones set up last september in an effort to scale back the conflict but with no letup in the fighting tens of thousands of civilians a leaving the area saying a ha the reports. they set up tents wherever they can on the side of roads in open fields syrians are still on the move trying to find a safe place many have already been displaced more than once these people are from the north and hama countryside and from the villages along the neighboring provincial borders of areas that have become battlegrounds. we fled the bombardment and the air strikes we can't go back because our house was hit and

twenty one people suffered breathing problems after an alleged chemical attack on a rebel held on klav in syria near the capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights has accused the government of being behind the attack it says white smoke was released up to syrian forces fired a bottle of rockets into the neighborhood of duma attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries have met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those responsible for similar attacks but the united nations security council has also met to discuss the chemical weapons situation in syria that speak to kristen salumi at the u.n. christiane what prompted this meeting at the u.n. . well it was a last minute meeting called for by the russians after those statements were made coming out of paris from the united states accusing the russians of ultimately being responsible for these ongoing chemical weapons attacks in syria because the russians have vetoed resolutions at the united nations that would allow for investigations of those attacks

turkey is reported to be massing forces near the kurdish controlled on klav off in the northern syrian town as part of a so-called deescalation zone now turkey regards the kurdish party that controls the enclave as quote terrorists ankara is also unhappy with reports that the united states is forming a new kurdish military force that's further east in the area around the town of co bonnie media reports have spoken up for u.s. sponsored force of thirty thousand something the turkish foreign minister says would cause irreversible damage to relations with the united states and after a meeting with his turkish counterpart wednesday the u.s. sectors they rex tillerson says those reports are not accurate he says the u.s. is only training n.t.i. so kurdish fighters in the area something it's been doing for a long time the united states years and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has he

russian and the syrian government airstrikes have killed twenty three civilians in a rebel held on klav of the capital damascus three children and eleven women are believed to be among the dead in the suburb of eastern huta several infants were injured the attacks follow the deaths of at least seven civilians including five children on tuesday by airstrikes in the northwestern province. well turkey has accused the u.s. of unprecedented interference in its domestic affairs after a u.s. court convicted a turkish banker of helping iran evade sanctions met read. along with eight others was accused of moving billions of dollars worth of iranian money through american banks this guys this food and gold sales senior turkish officials including president that the han have been implicated in the case. this is a scandal is the city of a scandalous case it was clear from the beginning that this case was. interfering in turkey affairs and it's tearing up turkish domestic politics legally sane to listen area has been put into practice and now we want to how long the u.s. administration we don't allo

repeated violations by the assad government with at least eight people killed the rebel controlled on klav has been besieged by the government for almost five years now the kurds who control almost twenty percent of syria are also not at the site she talks are the focus of a turkish military operation in northern syria and ankara views their fighters as terrorists while we have reporters in such a rory chalons as they're monitoring those talks will cross to him in just a moment but first let's speak to stephanie decker who joins me now from gold bar on the turkey syria border. stephanie obviously a lot happening today and everyone trying to talk peace a dairy a different global locations but the fighting really does continue as far as the turkish offensive is concerned very close to where you are. yes you wouldn't get an indication that any sort of peace talks and negotiations were going on from where we are yesterday certainly was more intense when there was an active fight for a mountain strategically on the turkish syrian border just a little behind us but what we've seen today even tho

restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey soldiers have entered the on klav awfully in part of assault to drive out kurdish people's protection units or why p.g. turkey's president is vying to crush the group which he views as a terrorist organization stephanie decker reports. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president dredger type edulis defiant as he addressed a march crowd in the city of course on. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle we will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y.p. g. kurdish fighters that i'm proud considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting eisel regardless of international complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive we're in turkey's border with africa and throughout

the white tell miss rescue group it appears to show the aftermath of airstrikes in the rebel held on klav of eastern guta early on saturday late on friday night syria's opposition confirmed it had received an offer from russia for a cease fire deal the y. tell miss say at least thirteen people were injured in the overnight strikes since then fighting appears to have subsided stephanie decker has more from montauk in near turkey's border with syria. often when things are decided at the negotiating table thousands of kilometers away it's not exactly what transpires on the ground this is significant because it is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital damascus but what is most concerning is the situation that for the civilians the u.n. estimates around four hundred thousand people are trapped inside the area of eastern there is a severe lack of food and medicine and the u.n. also says that the issue of malnutrition is one of the worst in the syrian conflict so aid access into eastern for those people will be key and will be something that then could really change and improv

breaking news out of syria turkey's prime minister says jets have conducted air strikes on the syrian on klav of three in a targeted kurdish why p.g. positions and also we're hearing from the free syrian army which is confirming they have now started a ground offensive as well evening pictures coming through from the air as well quite dramatic of those plumes of smoke going up in the distance from what we assume are the air strikes we're going to get the latest from antakya now with stephanie decker who's following this one stephanie. that's right when it's been a week in the in the making come all and it seems it is now under way really what was the sticking point was negotiating with russia when it comes to the air space and this is what the big question mark was and just about an hour ago that air campaign started announced by the prime minister as you said we still some jets in the skies we were driving back from the border because the military had made us move away from where we had been throughout the day they've been shelling not much i have to say but certainly now jets in the sky bom