in now that's just 60 kilometers away from co bonnie and this is off to kodesh militia allowed him to pass flee through the checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bath forces reached the area of tel so far more than 10 people have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. who has been quick to react to the turkish offensive that has condemned the operation against the kurds and called on ankara to halt its military action in northeastern syria france and germany have also temporarily stopped arms exports to their nato partner. for his part has said he hopes both turkey and the kurds can prevent detained islamic state fighters from fleeing amid the chaos kurdish officials have already said though about hundreds of family relatives of foreign i still have escaped from detention because don takes a look at how the crisis may unfold. this is turkish and kurdish fighters beating each other black and blue and there's hate begets hate a hydra that was though

are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east west through the kodesh territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who purportedly reaching the area in aleppo now that's just 60 kilometers away from khobar me and this is after kurdish militia allowed them to pass freely through their checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bet forces reached the area of tell so far more than 10 people have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. e.u. has been quick to react to the turkish offensive it has condemned the operation against the kurds then called on ankara to halt its military action in northeastern syria france and germany have also temporarily stopped arms exports to the nato partner. as a curacy our political analyst we spoke to says there's still room for diplomacy despite the tensions. the syrian government considers itself the actual sovereign power in all of syria so therefore it doesn't need any agreement wi

soon democratic forces as well as your syrian army to patrol the syria turkish border and for your kodesh militia who are guarding the checkpoints to allow them free passage the syrian media continues to appall. that the syrian army is advancing northwards we're hearing from libya nice television that in the coming hours they should be entering the strategically important border town that is held by the kurds called bani at the same time there are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east waste through the kodesh territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who posted reaching the area. in aleppo now that's just 60 kilometers away from co bani and this is off to kurdish militia allow them to pos freely through their checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bath forces reached the area telling so far more than 10 people have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. the e.u. was quick to react to the turkish offens

are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east west through the kodesh territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who purportedly reaching the area of banbridge in aleppo now that's just 60 kilometers away from khobar me and this is after kurdish militia allowed them to pass freely through their checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bath forces reached the area of tell so far more than 10 people have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. the e.u. was quick to react on the turkish offensive with germany and france announcing they are banning arms exports to ankara and it seems their block is ready to consider a unilateral response. so really there are problems on board or should be on the table i hope for. today we'll agree that it's very clear european signal austins at least they strong in favor to decide an e.u. arms embargo and if not then all 28 member states it unilaterally decide not to. use and they

so any escalation there again threatens peace and stability there is in that region and the whole kodesh issue is potentially explosive as we know in the region because it has got implications in iraq which i feel to mention as well iraq iran syria and turkey i mean you know this is a big potential issue and the explosive issue. legendary soviet cars not love has passed away at the age of 85 in 1965 he conducted the 1st ever spacewalk marking a major milestone in the history of space exploration they almost had an illustrious career he commanded the soviet half of the historic apollo mission in 1975 the 1st joint space mission between 2 superpowers the capsule docked with the american apollo capsule for 2 days in space with astronauts and cosmonauts traveling between the ship's. nasa has expressed condolences on the loss of imax here in the on of they interrupted their live broadcast from space to commemorate that cost a lot we all know it was also a writer and artist creating more than 200 paintings depicting his adventures in space his name was given to moon craters as well as streets

soldiers will be pulling out as turkish troops on the syrian allies continue their offensive into kodesh controlled towns now in the light is advance the forces said. this is important because that will ensure supply routes from turkey as the operation goes on sunday seen some heavy bombardment of other towns too as it's fools events it. bubbles are taking control of. but all this fighting is forcing more civilians from the home that's the united nations number there now is to medic 130000 people have been displaced but the u.s. secretary of defense is the number one concern in his decision to move u.s. troops out of north syria was the safety of those american forces we believe that the turks now intend to go further south than originally expected and to go both west and east which would increase their is zone from beyond the 30 kilometer depth and nearly 440 kilometers wide at the same time we've learned the last 24 hours and it looks like the s.d.f. is cutting a deal with the syrians and russians we should say yes to have does so the surge of forces that are in syria democracy forces

syria paving the way for a turkish offensive against the remaining kurds as turkey prepares to drive kodesh find his away from the syrian turkish border the kurds accuse washington all of the bandaging them a key allies in the fight against the so-called islamic state or succumbing to. hong kong's for democracy project is a met with rubber bullets and tear gases they define have found on face masks i look forward to speaking in arresting those who violate that ban activists explained just what's at stake. plus environmental activists back out on the streets to door attention to the climate crisis extinction rebellions taking action in cities around the world paralyzing traffic and occupying buildings. i'm helena humphrey glad you could join me u.s. president donald trump and his plans to pull u.s. troops out of syria drawing fire from both sides of the ali washington senior congressional politicians according on trump to reverse his decision that concerned that the pullout when it out in a which it's long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in the region fighters that have been key u

both kurdish forces and turkey fusing each other of violations under a deal brokered with the us kodesh fighters have to leave an area $32.00 can on which is deep in syria where turkey wants to establish its so-called safe side but russia says he will resume the offensive if the fighters don't withdraw by chuse day evening. he also said he'll discuss syria with his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week. well hundreds of villages have attended funerals in eastern afghanistan for the victims of friday's deadly mosque tag at least 66 people were killed during president last injured dari a spokesman for the governor of the province said 36 people were also wounded no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but both the taliban and i still are active in eastern afghanistan especially in one go home province. meanwhile afghanistan's independent election commission says the results of the presidential election can't be announced 2 to technical issues afghan voters went to the polls on september 28th a commission says the saturday deadline was impossible to meet because of problems

says syrian kodesh fighters will move 30 kilometers away from the border in northeast syria within 150 hours after that time turkey and russia have agreed to conduct joint patrols both leaders say they'll work to ensure the safe return of syrian refugees now in turkey. we are not going to allow any separatist agendas in syria we gave kurdish rebels 120 hours and said they would withdraw they would move 30 kilometers deep we're going to have 10 kilometers deep and russian security will operate there in man beach and teller thought all the y.p. g. will be removed with their arms. to achieve a stable and long term stabilization in syria on the whole in l. view it's only possible while observing sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country it's the very basic position and we discussed it in detail it's necessary for syrian refugees to return to their motherland we will help relieve strain on countries who host them. has been monitoring the talks for us in sochi and sent this report. this means that after the united states a failed as the minister of defense here described earlier

i'm a decorator is welcome to the program turkish forces are continuing their attacks on kodesh controlled territory in northeastern syria there that these are the latest images from the war zone turkey says its capture of the cane border town iran's ally and thousands have been forced to flee their homes as criticism ounce u.s. president on will trump as a gang defended his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the region and end cooperation with kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state. well joining me now from istanbul is davies darren johns daryn there has been much criticism of this offensive also from arab states the kurds are saying they simply can't and won't prioritize guarding i asked detainees in the face of this incursion what does that mean for security in the region well it's going to be a major problem given the fact the syrian kurdish forces are responsible for over 10000 islamic state militants in jihad this and tens of thousands of other sympathizers and family members held in detention centers all across this area which is increasingly becoming a w

past that in germany a lot of people are supporting a president out of one but others supporting kodesh. population in turkey and in the area and in iraq we have a debate among those political groups in germany i think they should continue by debating that but my my demand on them is to the to that peacefully and to discuss the things but not taking any any action against the other groups because in germany every everyone has a right to state his his position but have has not the rights to take violent action thank you so much for talking to us talking to you know going hot foreign policy spokesman for the conservative parties in the german parliament. thank you so this is still believed by from our top story this hour 2 people killed in shooting attacks at a synagogue and a kebab shop in the east and the city of hama. police custody. because brady is that well bring us up to date. well actually the latest news that we're just hearing now from some source is talking to the german press agency have been saying that police now now think that there was just one attack in the shooting today

terrorist forces have carried out ground and air attacks in northeast syria as they attempt to crush kodesh vitus because say that several people have already been killed including civilians and they claim that tucker bombs have struck a prison holding fighters from the so-called islamic state now u.s. president donald trump has called tuckey's assault quote a very bad idea he withdrew u.s. troops who have been supporting the cuts. black smoke fills the sky above a line the town on the turkish syrian border is one of the targets of one car as moms. turkish armed forces say the strikes aren't aimed at civilian areas. but despite the assurances many local residents took to the roads to bring their families to safety. kurdish forces here are once part of an uneasy coalition with turkey with both sides working to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria however uncorrupt has branded the kurdish led forces terrorists because of their links to militants who have carried out attacks against the turkish government in a tweet turkish president. said his armed forces intended to neutralize the ter

decision the concern that the pullout will allow turkey to in which its long planned offensive against kodesh finds his in the region fighters that have been key u.s. allies in his fight against the so-called islamic state. leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. they leave behind them empty bases near the turkish border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for kurdish forces u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled that guarantee by tweet the kurds fought with us but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so they have been fighting turkey for decades it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars many of them tribal and bring our soldiers home u.s. troops were in syria to support kurdish forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state but turkey has long resented the presence of kurdish paramilitaries near its border it considers them terrorists kurdish groups in the region have protested the move they feel abandoned by the u.s. and they fear a turkish invasion is imminent. he.

photos were sources to fighting the turkish forces but there will also be a problem for the militias kodesh militia they will realize if these. hardy's do escape they could well open up a 2nd front against these kurdish forces so it is a major dilemma but the fact that these forces could be released is a big concern internationally given the fact there's over 2000 foreign jihad is being held in these camps as well and pressure on turkey will also be growing given the fact now we're getting videos released purportedly showing militias linked to these turkish incursion arab militias executing kurdish prisoners and also we're getting reports in a monitoring group that civilians to have being executed by these arab militias this is tonight among those that are being reported killed is a prominent local kurdish official a woman activist who was killed along with her driver last night as we've been reporting some allies have begun to stop weapons sales to tech event undeterred prior to the embargo turkey's foreign minister. spoke to me and had this to say. this is a vital matter for us if you it'

the remaining kurds as turkey prepares to drive kodesh fighters away from the syrian turkish border the kurds accuse washington all of the bandaging them a key allies in the fight against the so-called islamic state also coming up. hong kong's pro-democracy project is a met with rubber bullets and tear gases they define have found on face mosques.

syria a good way for a turkish offensive against the remaining because as to he prepares to drive kodeshfighters away from the syrian turkish border the kurds accuse washington all the bandit that they key allies in the face against the so-called islamic state also coming up the nobel prize for medicine goes to a trio of scientists for their groundbreaking walk on oxygen levels in cells that research does.

hearing from kodesh sources that they've signed an agreement with the damascus government that will see the 2 sides work together to what they say prevent confront and pushback turkish aggression all of this comes as we hear from local media that locals are celebrating the news in the town of. in the north east in syria locals have been going to the streets extremely satisfied with the latest developments syrian state media is reporting that the syrian army is making its way to the north of the country while lebanese television says that the syrian forces within the next 48 hours will into the strategic more than warded town of bani that is controlled by the kurds now we hear this amid war in concerns that pro took his forces have cut off the main east west road through to kurdish territory so this altimeter leaves the city of isolated so no doubt there's going to be a massive escalation in that particular area we all 6 receiving reports that the syrian army has already entered the town of money in aleppo now this is just 60 kilometers away from khobar me and we understand that the kurd

so turkish troops and their syrian allies are advancing on the kodesh held city all man bridge this isjust hours after president jet typo on warns the offensive would intensify syrian government troops appear to be positioning themselves for a possible confrontation with turkish forces that follows a deal between syria's government and the kodesh syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. a deal that alonso. soldiers deployed close to the border with turkey government soldiers have been quick to the cause the army is now based in several locations in the north and on the political side a foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg they have unanimously condemned the turkish events of and calling for an arms embargo here's a nevada reporting from march accolade just on the turkish border with syria there's a lot of information there's only can you distill it a little bit for us maybe just starting with the movement of the turkish forces and now the syrian government forces as well. yes a new front has been opened the opposition syrian national army announced that they're starting an offen

syria for than 160000 people have fled the areas then north and syria they are moving deeper into kodesh controlled areas to what cities are like rucka but of course now with the troops advancing this is actually a nightmarish situation for many syrians that there are many syrians here on the turkish side of the border as well that we've talked to in the past days they're saying that this is an absolutely horrifying idea for them that a set of his troops might be returning to these areas there in north in syria we also hear that aid organizations and she owes all withdrawing are pulling out not because of the tactics military operation but because of the asset to governments our army at van thing that. there was giuliani reporting european countries have condemned the turkish assault on the kurds some each new countries including germany have stopped all weapons sales to turkey suddenly turkey is looking isolated and alone u.s. president donald trump he is now scrambling to deal with the strategic disaster that he refuses to acknowledge as such nevertheless trump is slapping economic san

escalation there again threatens peace and what's the billeted the rigs in that region and the whole kodesh issue is potentially explosive as we know in the region because it has got implications in iraq which i feel to mention as well iraq iran syria and turkey i mean you know this is a big potential issue and the explosive issue. ukrainian pay has published documents he says reveal corruption involving kids the u.s. democratic presidential hopeful joe biden 2014 biden was the u.s. france president and the go to man for ukraine well as son hunter was on the board of a ukrainian gas company skew taylor has more. with its big personalities and explosive revelations politics is like a good t.v. show take the bidens ukraine plot for example which is currently stealing all the time former vice president joe biden his son hunter trump of course i mean crane in president all have recurring roles but a new character has appeared on the scene ukrainian m.p. andrei catch now to catch us and took center stage and accuse biden of making a pretty penny from his dealings in ukraine and with one company

people there according to the united nations 160000 people have to escape they're fleeing deeper into kodesh controlled areas than in north in syria to what cities like iraq about the big question are there are they actually fleeing to what safety because the situation has changed now says troops all returning and for many people on the syrian side but refugees here on the turkish side as well this is an absolute nightmare. well european union negotiators have indicated they want more concessions from british prime minister boris johnson if abraxas deals to be agreed by the end of this month and pressure is building on all sides as an eve summit looms later this week johnson says he wants to strike an exit deal at that summit meanwhile in london queen elizabeth spelled out the government's legislative program at the opening of a new session of parliament. queen elizabeth on her way to deliver her 64th queen's speech steeped in pomp and tradition the formal opening of the parliamentary season sees the british monarch reading out the prime minister's legislative agenda my government's priority

president everyone follows his own agenda he wants to ward off any recognition of the autonomy as kodesh region he labels the kurds terrorists and opposes them. for some time he's been demanding a security zone along turkey's border with syria 30 kilometers wide 480 kilometers long now he plans to resettle some of the nearly 3600000 syrian refugees to which from turkey. and one has been coming under increasing pressure at times because of the refugees the mood among the turkish people has changed. we want them to get our fair response is possible we don't want them around us anymore even now more and more refugees are being repatriated to northern syria. is into one security zone just how politics. motorist want to come back to the kurds on the question of power feel very hard done by they feel they've been stabbed in the back a very from often of the western media represented as the good guys in this story are they the good guys the poor guys say i would say good i mean there are certain elements of the p.k. k. the organizations who use terrorist means to to come to to fulfill some aims

of syria also so-called sunni arab regions in the area of it live then they have already captured kodesh areas around of rain and now this is the 3rd invasion into the north an eastern part which is mainly. populated here the kurdish militias have detained more than 12000 suspected of as fighters and their families in so-called 7 prisons and camps this is a big and so tended to christie nobody knows what's going to happen with them if they could can flee or if if the reshape of the eye is terrorism can raise again the problem is that that this invasion in this respect creates a lot of inside tenet. these reserve the the i as fighters and their families on the one hand but also refugees in the total on the other because the main objective of the one in this invasion is to reshuffle the demography of the region that means to settle sunni arabs which are already refugees in southeastern turkey in a quarter of a populated area in northeastern syria ok so the e.u. has come out criticizing in fact we've we've we've heard voices cautioning restraint but how much sway does the e.u. have here the

game going to look like here what do you fear is going to happen we don't know what fear actually it kodesh people and people in our town is syria they didn't know what fear from and of think we cuz we skype everybody one by one i'm and the people are very relaxed they believe in their right they in their struggle so they do not have anything fear against this kind of envisioned all right because they are talking tonight about the situation of the kurds in northern syria thank you if you show your time tonight. well the white house is also piling on the pressure for turkey to end its cross border operations in syria u.s. treasury secretary steven says that could face powerful saying visions for this military operation and he's echoed a threat made by president donald trump earlier this week saying that the u.s. will shut down the turkish economy if goes too far the president is concerned about the ongoing military offensive and potential targeting of civilians civilian infrastructure ethnic or religious minorities and also the president wants to make very clear it is imperative that turkey

escalation there again threatens peace and what stability there is in in in in that region and the whole kodesh issue is potentially explosive as we know in the region because it has got implications in iraq which i feel to mention as well iraq iran syria and turkey i mean you know this is a big potential issue and the explosive issue. now the u.s. president has also said he hopes washington can mediate the situation in syria let's listen to a quick clip of exactly what he said. so what we have is really 2 choices you have the choice of bringing in the military and defeating everybody again or you have the choice of but actually doing some very strong things to turkey so that they take it a little bit easy on really competition that is i don't think it's been fairly or we can mediate i hope we get mediate what do you make of 1st pulling out of northern syria and now wanting to mediate the conflict there. incredible i mean the decision by trump to withdraw what fools american forces were in the growed was couper an invitation for the torch to intervene that is the reason why the turks hadn't bee

syrian democratic forces as well as your syrian army to patrol the syria turkish border and for your kodesh militia who are guarding the checkpoints to allow them free passage the syrian media continues to a port that the syrian army is advancing northwards we're hearing from lebanese television that in the coming hours they should be entering the strategically important border town that is held by the kurds of cold bani at the same time there are reports that the pro turkish forces have cut off the main road traveling east west through the kurdish territory already on sunday you had your syrian army who are portly reaching the area of banbridge in aleppo now that's just 60 kilometers away from co bani and this is after kurdish militia allowed them to pass freely through their checkpoints now this comes as we continue to receive reports that on sunday the turkish bath forces reached the area of tell so far more than 10 people have been killed on both sides many more have been displaced unfortunately it seems as if the situation is just going to deteriorate. the e.u. has been quick to react

1000000 possibly 2000000 syrian refugees to the northeast syrian eric currently controlled by searing kodesh militia that considers its terrorist turkish forces are ready to great what he called a 30 kilometer deep safe zone in that region where the turkish president says he wants to send back refugees it's a hugely contentious policy but on cross says it has to send but these refugees because the people's patience is fast running out and let the german ministers it was into a key scene very obliging why is that the case well i think there is absolutely recognition in europe that turkey has borne the brunt of the refugee flow out of syria 3600000 refugees in turkey an enormous number and in fact the interior minister of germany paid tribute to turkey for that today so certainly there is that recognition and there is also concern that many of those refugees could find their way to greece and then on to western europe if in fact not more is done to shore up this deal with turkey now the the interior minister promised to bring turkey's concerns back to brussels to the new incoming president of

and this fight isn't over our baghdad his death was announced a joint kodesh u.s. operation targeted and i spokesman the man considered a potential future leader of the group he's also reported dead but even now over 10000 eyes militants remain to jihad and vengeance. all right and we continue now to our middle east correspondent bason our reading he joins us from beirut where he is closely monitoring reaction say in the region the best what has the reaction been to the death of the man who unleashed a brutal reign of terror across iraq and syria mourning the actually don't have official the actions especially from syria 1st of all the operation took place in north west of syria. also going to a new speakers today focused on 3 many poles the continuous off the syrian army deployment in north. georgia borders 2nd the national budget and the getting it was in mean my notes in the newspapers we don't have any official statement from the. u.s. on the other to be likely on the streets that the people off you. the help they hope this will one of the loveliest in the simp

past that in germany a lot of people are supporting a president out of one but of those supporting kodesh. population in turkey and in the in syria and in iraq we have a debate among those political groups in germany i think they should continue by debating that but my my demand on them is to the to that peacefully and to discuss the things but not taking any any action against the other groups because in germany every everyone has the right to state his his position but have has not the rights to take a violent action thank you so much for talking to us talking to you going hot foreign policy spokesman for the conservative parties in the german parliament thank you so let's go to turkey joined correspondent to yulia han in istanbul welcome. what are you hearing about the military operation. well the operation started at 4 pm local time just 3 days after u.s. president trump sudden decision to pull back u.s. troops from the area the decision was announced as you mentioned by president add on was at the same time the chief commander of the turkish armed forces he did not do that as usual i

people there according to the united nations 160000 people had to escape they're fleeing deeper into kodesh controlled areas than in north in syria to what cities like iraq about the big question are there all the actually fleeing to what safety because the situation has changed now says troops all returning and for many people on the syrian side but refugees here on the turkish side as well this is an absolute nightmare. let's preview now some of the other stories making news around the world spanish riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets against pro independence demonstrators in barcelona after a court imposed long prison sentences on catalan separatists leaders dozens were injured in the clashes spain's supreme court convicted the 12 catalan politicians of illegally promoting independence. a large fires force an overcrowded camp for asylum seekers to be evacuated on the island of samas greece is not yet clear what started the blaze although it followed earlier clashes in that camp site houses thousands of people despite being built for just a few 100. or even ministers are gat

reported a violation of the deal and later today it was a deal struck between turkey and russia to allow kodesh militia with which turkey considers terrorists to with draw some 30 kilometers from the turkish border the deal also allowed syrian regime forces who are backed by russia to return to these areas in north and syria so overall a very tense security situation it's very difficult to understand what's exactly going on on the ground but the turkish government says that not all white p.g.d. cottage fighters have withdrawn from the area and if they don't do so let me quote the turkish foreign minister here techie will wipe out the terrorists that. thank you so much giuliani reporting from istanbul and we say in the region because in iraq that country is in the grip of deadly unrest the united nations is urging iraqi authorities to show restraint saying it has multiple reports of security forces using excessive force to quell antigovernment protests demonstrations calling for an end to corruption and inequality erupted earlier this month and at least 250 people have died in the following and

other headlines now turkey has pounded kodesh positions in northeastern syria with as strikes for a 2nd day sending tens of thousands fleeing kurdish shelling is also killed at least 6 civilians including a child in turkish border towns. u.s. congressional democrats of issued subpoenas for 2 businessmen charged with campaign finance violations equality and left us about a russian eagle froome and were involved in trump's lawyers efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. and indigenous protesters of paraded 8 police officers have taken captive in the protests against president lenin madre knows austerity measures at least 5 people have died in the un rest in ecuador. german chancellor angela merkel has vowed 0 tolerance for hate after wednesday's shooting in eastern city of halle security has been stepped up across the country but the jewish community has criticized the slow reaction of the police forces andrew salmon sent us this report from how. this is the only suspect in the house shooting flown in to face germany's federal supremes court stefan belly it is charged with 2 coun

news ahead on al-jazeera the latest from northern syria turkey's president delivers an ultimatum to kodesh force that's also argentina's election is heating up as the leading candidates make their final picture and score christiane that ronaldo marks yet another gold story milestone details but someone would like to. head over some heavy rain across the southeast of the united states all tied to tropical storm ernesto this is it but it's moving quite swiftly across the southeast where the main weather is over the next couple of days but if you can see by sunday it really does pick up a pace and actually eventually it'll push out into the west of the atlantic so just sitting off the coast of the eastern seaboard so it'll produce more rain some heavy at times across this particular portion macare not quite nasty in the southeast in the meantime the threat of heavy rain and tornadoes and very strong winds at about 60 kilometers an hour out towards the west that's where we've got the the snow piling into the rockies and then by monday as it works its way east and actually feeds into this much

turkish troops building up of the border with syria ahead of a possible offensive against syrian kodesh fighters military vehicles have been arriving at the border and a turkish presidential an aide said they would cross into syria shortly as follows the withdrawal of u.s. troops from kurdish controlled northern syria turkish considers kurdish fighters terrorists it wants to create a safe zone and resettle millions of refugees their critics accuse the u.s. of abandoning an ally who fought against the so-called islamic states they fear the withdrawal could cause more instability in the region. and for more on this i'm now joined by our turkey correspondent in istanbul you know do we know when this offensive in syria is supposed to start. well it seems there's some last minute diplomacy going on right now phone calls have been exchanged again between washington on korea and ankara and moscow so we might see some developments there but according to turkish officials and the tenor of the media reporting here all day it seems like this so peroration could start to any moment now possibly wit

kodesh fighters have to be even area 32 kilometers deep into syria turkey wants to establish its so-called safe zone but russia type says he will resume the offensive if the fighters don't withdraw by tuesday evening he also said he'll discuss syria with his russian counterpart vladimir putin next week but has more now from on the techie syrian border. volunteers and medics say that off to being repeatedly denied access by turkish backed forces to the town of russell i knew they were eventually allowed in and able to evacuate some of the injured from the hospital there and also deliver medical aid now there have been sporadic clashes in the town the wider sees far across the border area though it does seem to be holding has been a statement made by the s.d.f. the kurdish forces commander was lume abdi he's accusing turkey of scuppering this us brokered deal by not allowing kurdish fighters out of the city of russell and we've spoken to some of the syrian forces in there and they dates a well they say the kurdish forces are refusing to leave their positions meanwhile president over the war

top stories for you this hour on al-jazeera russia and turkey have reached a deal that allows kodesh fighters in northern syria to withdraw further away from the turkish border under the agreement russian and turkish forces will also conduct joint patrols britain's parliament rejected to prime minister barak johnson's plan to fast track his brakes a deal with the e.u. means there is now little chance of the u.k. leaving the block by october 31st and the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine has just wrapped up 10 hours of testimony before the impeachment inquiry into donald trump democrats leading the depositions they william taylor's provided the clearest account that the president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military 8. the anti-government protests in chile are now being described as the worst to hit the country nearly 30 years 15 people have been killed in the past 2 weeks unrest started in the capital santiago over an increase in the cost of train tickets which has since been scrapped but protesters are now fighting what they say is government oppres

kodesh fighters have to leave an area which is 32 kilometers deep into syria where turkey wants to establish its so-called safe zone. there's a curfew in place in parts of chile's capital after more protests over a planned public transport fare hikes president sebastian pinera has now backed down on the hikes the crowds those still out on the streets the decision to increase fares provoke nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations. and a direct flight from new york to australia has touched down in sydney as part of quantities attempts to expand long haul commercial flights the boeing dreamliner aircraft took 19 hours and 15 minutes to reach sydney it carried 15 people most of them pilots and cabin crew who was brain monitoring equipment to see the effects of long distance travel on them back with the news hour in half an hour head to head continues next. thank you but you're watching head to head on al-jazeera english my guest today is miss blake and betsy former speaker of the south african parliament former deputy president of south africa we were talking in part one about the political economic leg

combat headlines turkey has pounded kodesh positions in northeastern syria with as strikes for a 2nd day now sending tens of thousands fleeing kurdish shelling has also killed at least 6 civilians including a child in turkish border towns. u.s. congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 businessmen charged with campaign finance violations ukrainian left on ass about a russian eagle for him and were involved in trump's lawyers efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. and indigenous protesters have paraded 8 police officers they've taken captive in the protests against president let in the rain as austerity measures at least 5 people have died in that on the rest. of america to us live now from quito what's been the reaction there and to the police officers being taken hostage and then paraded in this way. merriman's have been a very very confusing situation we've been here all day next to the cultural center which has now become the headquarters of the general headquarters of the indigenous movement and it and its leaders and just a few moments ago the funeral process

or terrorists now we have the syrian government forces in position and fighting alongside kodesh forces inside syria and of course there is this concern of a direct clash between turkish troops and also syrian government troops what's the prospect for that or how do we even avoid that possibility. well 1st of all i think would be a mistake for this year even if you come into direct confrontation with turkey secondly i think the russian effect is more significant than the presence of some forces loyal to the assad regime it is going to he's conducting an operation to e.u. and russia are you know having diplomatic channels open and they're basically. turkey is looking at what russia will do instead of assad regime. i mean assad regime brought in some force which it was conducting an operation after it and a received the the answer or the response. that took you put forward and you know they were pushed back but they recently i mean did that relationship between y p g and assad regime was also interesting to look at because assad regime wants to was says claims to be wanting the territoria

brokered truce in the region comes to an end takesh president ship type i do want says syrian kodesh fighters will move such a kilometers away from the border in northeast syria within 150 al is off to that time turkey and russia have agreed to conduct joint patrols both me to say they'll work to ensure the safe return of syrian refugees in turkey. we are not going to allow any separatist agendas in syria we gave kurdish rebels 120 hours and said they would withdraw they would move 30 kilometers deep we're going to have 10 kilometers deep and russian security will operate there in man beach and teller fought all the y.p. g. will be removed with their arms this is crucial to achieve a stable and long term stabilization in syria on the whole in l. view it's only possible while observing sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country it's the very basic position and we discussed it in detail it's necessary for syrian refugees to return to their motherland we will help relieve strain on countries who host them. all step boston has been monitoring the talks in sochi and sent this r