but they too at the same time in iraq to kurdistan rule so against. the kurds of south iraqi kurdistan developing their nationalist aspirations and now with what's going on in north of the. with the u.s. until recently was saying the relationship with the cause is transactional but right now off the vices i think the talk is that is beginning to understand and well seasoned to be gullible in this sense the the us is going to maintain a longer relationship with the kurds and i agree with joshua yes this is at the expense of turkey the that the us is slowly less concerned about losing turkey to russia which previously the state department and the u.s. has always been worried about but i think that concern is much less now than what it used to be especially with the one at the helm this may change somewhat actually ask about the want to change of attitude so that you raise that i mean the u.s. was against the kurdistan the independence referendum and iraq and yet they seem to support the some of the type of action if it ever went to get to that point in

g a terrorist group linked to kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. fighters waged a long war against turkish dominance but in a hundred ports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. backed kurdish force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying to a key will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do not let the kurdistan workers party or open their eyes within our borders we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of fall border god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror. ticky has fought kurdish factions. then its borders for more than thirty years and doesn't want to see they could gain power and neighboring syria the u.s. and the european union say the p.k. k. is a terror group but in northern syria the americans say they're supporting kurdish forces not the p.k. k. specifically the kurds are th

the kurdistan workers' party is on the terror list so the us and the e.u. the organization it works with in syria is exactly the same. turkish prime minister banal yoder am said ground forces may be deployed across the border on sunday russia says it has withdrawn its troops from the region. afghan security forces have been battling a group of gunmen that stormed a luxury hotel in central kabul officials say the attackers entered the intercontinental hotel on saturday evening and began firing at guests some residents and staff managed to flee others were trapped inside afghan media reporting several casualties officials say at least three of the four attackers have been killed the raid comes days after a u.s. embassy warning of possible attacks on hotels in the city. turning now to the u.s. it's been a year since donald trump was inaugurated despite trump's promise to bring people together the country remains wracked by political division the federal government shut down overnight after congress failed to reach a last minute deal on spending that means gove

state in syria could be facing trial in kurdish held territory not back in france if in syria in kurdistan there are judicial institutions that are capable of assuring a fair trial with guaranteed rights of defense they will be judged the. debate over what action should be taken against this holding french passports has been gathering pace since the arrest of a notorious female the crittur in syria last month she was blacklisted by both the un and the u.s. and is said to have recruited more than two hundred french citizens according to a u.s. based research group more than fifteen hundred extremists of french origin joined ourselves ranks over a three year period and around three hundred of them have since returned to france where to get further into this i'm happy to say that experts on terrorism at law for university louis harrington joins us live on the program louis good to have your company what do you think of benjamin proposal kicking into a kind of course syrian kurdistan it's not even an independent state of course what do you think is driving his call. well i think clearly this i

came at the expense of development in kurdistan and the dramatic cut in oil prices has cost us a lot. remember, we have 2 million refugees. that is what caused the current situation, not the referendum. why should we call it a failure? reporter: while politicians here negotiate with baghdad, many people in iraqi kurdistan are struggling to make ends meet. welders in this workshop come from kirkuk's different ethnicities -- kurds, arabs, turkmen. they have worked together for decades regardless of who is in power. like many in the kurdish region, they have learned to live with conflict and uncertainty. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, one year ago he helped to save lives when a gun man entered the quÉbec mosque. now the community is rallying behind the man they call a hero. south korean officials have ordered an investigation into a fire that swept through a hospital, killing as many as 40 people. it took firefighters several hours to put out the blaze, the country's deadliest in over a decade. it started in the emergency room at the

evacuate other areas and send christmas troops from easter and the stone of syria to the western kurdistan of syria thus creating vacuum that hash the shabby and a lot of shia militia led by iran to come and take that area or isis to come back and take that area so for a united state is an interest in international community interest so to send a strong message to ankara to stop terrorizing credit people in kurdistan of syria many thanks for your time and your views and i guess that the shared a past president of the kurdistan national assembly of syria. ok let's switch over to breaking news coming out of afghanistan where a group of armed men have reportedly attacked a hotel in the afghan capital of kabul according to local media there citing the country's interior ministry spokesperson perpetrators is still believed to be inside with reports of heavy gunfire occurring local journalist. joins me live on the line he's been following this story what's the latest the reports come coming in walking you tell us below. according to an afghan special forces commander from c.r.u. the crisis respo

terrorist outfits and you've got these type of people who came in from the outside from places like kurdistan from afghanistan from. ston and they you they tried to instigate and they were supported by the swathes of sort of tweets that were coming out of washington and another interesting thing is a few of us we did some analysis on these twitter accounts and you find that these twitter accounts are all verified somehow they've got a little bit but they've only been around for like weeks or months they've got a handful of tweets and the only tweets i've got calling for sedition in iran now this is america israel saudi arabia interfering at least from a distance within iran's internal affairs yes iran has got economic problems absolutely but a lot of those economic problems we mustn't forget because the commitments that america had with the chase c.p.o. way have been flagrantly abused the d.j. c.p.o. way j.c.t. oh it was signed america turned around and put some new sanctions on iran which is ridiculous one of the other things that was said at the meeting today shippey are u.s. and russian ni

is using the kind of islamic states i saw in syria and iraq kurdistan was the largest terrorist organization in the world and we did that for the sake of global security when we got rid of i saw the war started supporting those who fight in the kurdish people so it's a shameful stance by the americans. i mean do you think there will be support from u.s. forces to the west of ukraine particularly in the aftermath i don't think that. international relations professor hussein bunchy give us his views on turkey's growing military presence in syria. the expectation was that turkey in a very short period and controlled the area in affluent and. stop and clean up turkish decision to extend their operational command which probably will last a little bit longer tonight president grant talked to the president. donald trump the american side was insisting on it that turkey is not going to stand the operation and what is more important. causality it should not be the case this is somehow a warning by the americans to the turkish president i think the confrontation between turkey and the united states of

not just in the kurdish jaspar and europe but also in other parts of kurdistan and countries they are mobilizing daily they are preparing for a central demonstration or rally on saturday in cologne but all the people i mean they are very furious they want to have to organize and mobilize all the more critic forces to stop the turkish offensive right to middle to trim the kurdish center for women's affairs thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us on d w p q. now as we heard more protests are being planned in fact in germany cashes broke out in hanover airport overnight during a demonstration against a military operation in syria protesters chanting fascist edge on marching with signs and flags of iraqi kurdistan it came to a dispute with a true group in the chicken area in front of the counter of a turkish and i the situation was quickly brought under control. let me not been yukked it with some other stories making news around the wild a powerful earthquake in the pacific ocean has prompted tsunami warnings for ponce of alaska and canada the epicenter of that eight point

of karbala against the turkish offensive crowds marched through the streets carrying the flag of kurdistan demonstrators also voiced their concerns over the u.s. role in syria. i mean you american stance in the region is unclear but unfortunately the u.s. is using the kind of islamic states i saw in syria and iraq kurdistan was the largest terrorist organization in the world and we did that for the sake of global security when we got rid of i saw the us start to split from those who fight in the kurdish people so it's a shameful stance by the americans. for more on the turkish role in syria we can now bring in nicholas davies author of blood on our hands the american invasion and destruction of iraq thanks for being with us here on our to international. so president controversial figure in the self but he plans to advance his syrian offensive to mung beach how much resistance is he going to encounter from kurdish forces there and how far could this escalate. well this could escalate into a whole new phase of the war. these are experienced well trained and well equipped by the u.s. forces t

iran has reopened its border with iraq's kurdistan region the crossings to a real and there were closed in october iraq requested the closure to protest the kurdish referendum for independence nigeria's very says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed group boko haram of managed to escape they were found near mangano close to the northeastern border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who were being kept as slaves waited reese is in a blue joins us live from there so first of all what more do we know about how they escaped. well basically semi they've been recently there been some military operations in northeastern nigeria especially around the shores of lake charles i remember because of the receding waters that been some islands forming inside the lake on the borders of. cameroon and nigeria so a lot of these fighters displaced from other parts of northeastern nigeria moved in there and held these people hostage and according to the military because of the ongoing operations there the ground and operations there some of them t

slice of northern syria let's discuss this now with dr scheiner car bias is the president of the kurdistan national assembly of syria. the turkish ground operation against the syrian kurds i mean it's well under way they told people it was happening but it was already happening when they told them so they're always going to stop this at any point could it develop though could this become a fully fledged war in such a sensitive region. could you repeat the last section i didn't he just went in is this going to develop into a into a full blown conflict do you think given how sensitive the region is. i'm sure it does not help destabilize the region i'm sure they would cause more radicals to come into the region you know we have to look at the underlying issue to the turks they do not oppose kurdish entity created anywhere doesn't matter whether iraqi kurdistan syria or turkey or iran so they're against the kurdish people there are not against terrorist organization as they claim everybody asks for their god given right human rights simple right the turks are against that so yes this is the st

is using the kind of islamic state i saw in syria and iraq kurdistan the largest terrorist organization in the world and we did that for the sake of global security when we got rid of i saw the war started supporting those who fight in the kurdish people so it's a shameful stance by the americans. i mean do you think there will be support from u.s. forces to the west of ukraine particularly you know. i don't think. international relations professor hussein bagchi gave us his views on turkey's growing military presence in syria the expectation was that turkey in a very short period controlled area. and. stop clearing up turkish decision to extend the operational command which probably will last a little bit longer and the president talked to the president. donald trump the american side was insisting on about turkey is not going to stand the operation and what is more important. causality is should not be thought this is somehow a warning by the americans for the president i think. the confrontation between turkey and the nicest of america is getting more and more likely. that the turkis

thousand at the rally which german intelligence ses has been organized by groups of close to the banned kurdistan workers party the offensive by turkish forces against the wife militia in northern syria has also drawn protests in neighboring lebanon. the turkish embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in northern syria the kurds have now started a campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. but street protest song going to stop turkey's president and russia tired of the one he's announced his forces will now push further east to a town called man beach there no one should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach aren't these terrorists there are arab brothers there. or they keep afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is in direct contradiction of the interest of his nato ally the united states just hours before a senior white house adviser had called on to take his troops un

the kurdistan strangers had hoped their protests would draw attention to the human cost of turkey's military operation in northern syria many of them have friends and family there and say they fear for their lives. they came from across germany united against a turkish military offensive in the kurdish held enclave of afrin. and this is. her family or from the affected area that civilians are being killed the murder and hatred have to stop it's not rice. turkish troops syrian fighters have led a week long offensive in raging german kurds the use of tongues made in germany has added to their anger. and that's why it's so awful to know that my own government is providing weapons that are being used against my people. to go to stern was born in germany it's her home but her thoughts are very much with her family and our friend her friends and relatives have been following every development on the news. communication with them has been difficult. there's no connection directly to melbourne on the dollar so much with guns not just rice on the border we can see into turkey. the troops also have ot

joins us from erbil in iraqi kurdistan welcome to detail what are you hearing from your contacts in africa all there's a lot of bombing by the turkish our forces artillery and there have been a lot of civilian casualties also children and they're quite worried about the current situation what's on going after. kurdish forces in that area has been backed by u.s. troops in the past america at the moment its response to this is to defense it has been quite luke warm how the kurdish fighters feel about that. well i was talk to people enough in yesterday and they said there are sort of discipline because they were the ones that fought against isis with american support and now turkey with the help of even geodes groups are attacking us so they are disappointed. but american troops are still there i wonder do you think this means the end of the u.s. kurdish alliance all in three and there are no american troops that's the reason that the u.s. says they have no responsibility there well there's a possibility that the turks won't move further and that the city of mumbai that you are there are u.s.

other hand thinks the wife is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers' party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well here in germany social democrat leader martin scholz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with americans conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan job the north has promised to send athletes to the game in chiang in the south bundt the talks are limited to the north's plan to send in our troops including singers dancers and an orchestra. to stock exchange in the indonesian capital jaka

is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a french court has dismissed a case against soldiers who were charged with raping children in the central african republic soldiers tasked with keeping warring factions apart were accused of abusing the children at refugee camps the court found no evidence to support pressing charges the allegations were first published in britain's guardian newspaper. north and south korea have begun a second round of talks to hammer out the details for the north's participation in next month's winter olympics and count chang delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of panmunjom so far they've agreed to include in our troops from the north and may potentially field a joint women

government and considers the syrian kurdish groups terrorist groups with close links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p.k. case that has waged a decades long fight incites turkey the serious syrian kurds are actually denying those slings you have to know that as well but anchor as especially feel fool off a so-called kurdish corydoras developing along its borders which might then inspire further separatist notions among turkey's kurdish population. the story for us tonight and tell you thank you very much. and the. headlines around the world of the iraqi government has condemned to death by hanging. the woman. to join the terrorist organization. that killed at least nineteen people and wounded. officials say. they were all. u.s. vice president has met with. the men discussed the president. recognized. urged. trust and confidence in the two state solution between the palestinians. and here's a story that we are following for you. the decision. and thorns from an orange tree. that's all she needs one boy. in a remote corner of the philippines she's one of the last to practice an ancie

story short turkey consider is the syrian kurdish groups terrorist groups with links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has waged a decades long fight inside turkey and ankara specially fia's the creation of a kurdish corydoras along its border inside syria and fears that this could further inspire a separatist notions within turkey's kurdish community. the u.s. and russia are calling on court to stop the operation in northern syria isn't turkey isolating itself by pushing ahead. well this operation is definitely going to complicate relations with both washington and moscow just to highlight the complexity of these old you have to know that turkey a nato ally is now bombing a kurdish groups inside syria that the u.s. on the other hand considers its most important ally in their fight against the so-called islamic state group and russia on the other hand the strongest supporter of syrian president bashar al assad is controlling the end space of both offerings and the russians have now said they will demand in the united nations turkey to stop this oh peroration so we're going

the kurdistan workers party and the white p.g. in syria they couldn't stand worker's party is on the terror list of the us and the e.u. the organization that works within syria is exactly the sign. away could go the us announced a new border force for syria to be headed by the y. paid jamie now it's opposing nato ally turkey is bombing the white p.j. in syria putting anger on a potential collision course with washington. with turkey shows no signs of backing down it says its tanks my cross the syrian border lighted today. germany's political future has been shaped today by one party the center left social democrats their due to hold a key vote on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader martin schulte is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from within his party form a coalition talks can only begin if schultz gets a yes vote from the gathering of social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote conveyed to minority government or fresh elections. sunday i

the kurdistan workers party and the white p.g. in syria they couldn't stand worker's party is on the terror list of the us and the e.u. the organization that works within syria is exactly the sign. away could go the us announced a new border force for syria to be headed by the wipe a.j. . now it's a nato ally turkey is bombing the white p.j. in syria putting anger on a potential collision course with washington. but turkey shows no signs of backing down it says its tanks my cross the syrian border lighted today. in romania the masses have returned to the streets to protest corruption at the highest level at the heart of the country's ruling elite there were occasional scuffles with police as an estimated fifty thousand people converged on the capital bucharest with smaller demonstrations taking place across the country was romanians have had enough countries ranked one of the most corrupt in europe and now people are turning on the politicians tens of thousands descended on parliament many carrying giant yellow hands with the slog

position and the turkish government once a tougher stand by the german government towards the outlawed kurdistankers' posse the p k k and also suspected members those are the people government believes to be behind the failed coup attempt and twenty sixteen well meanwhile turkey's president rich of type just yesterday was in paris he met with the french president among my corn and mccaughan was very clear in his statement he said at the moment there's absolutely no chance of turkey joining the european union is that issue going to come up in the talks today between the two foreign ministers maybe i mean this statement certainly didn't go down well with the turkish president i believe he on said that turkey is not going to wait at the door forever on the other hand i mean relations with the usa are terrible with russia they are not on an equal level middle eastern partners have not proved to be reliable so turkey needs its european partners but the european union has also given up a lot of leverage an influence on turkey and the human rights and democracy developments over that so it's much it's

or peoples protection units is the syrian army at the kurdistan workers party an enemy of the turkish state for the us the why p.g. has been useful against the so-called islamic state and washington arms the kurdish group to defeat i asked now the us is calling for a border security force in syria that would include the wife turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on forces in the free looks to achieve that goal the campaign is turkey's next right in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. in germany's bonus the have there been some high scoring matches today a few surprises freiburg for instance producing the performance of the day coming from behind to beat like section seve

well the text government says the syrian kurdish groups have links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has been waging its own fight inside turkey for decades now and the ankara government is especially worried there could be some kind of a kurdish corydoras developing along its border and this could then further inspire a separatist notions in turkey's kurdish community. yulia both the u.s. and russia are not happy. could you briefly tell us why i would do this why he would isolate himself like this. well this is the big question here and as you said i mean he is risking deteriorate or deteriorating our relations with both washington and moscow i mean just to highlight the complexity of the situation the turkish military is now bombing kurdish forces inside syria that the u.s. on the other hand a nato ally considered as their most important proxy in their fight against the so-called islamic state russia itself has now said that they demand turkey to stop the operation and they want to address the united nations france a major european power has also called for an emerge

military operation in syria protesters chanting fascist thirty one marched with signs and iraqi kurdistan flags situation was quickly brought under control. a tsunami warning issued for the west coast of the united states and canada has been lifted the warning followed a seven point nine magnitude quake two hundred fifty kilometers off alaska's kodiak island footage posted on twitter initially showed streams of cars leaving the island after residents were warned to move to higher ground. in what officials in the philippines are warning as a violent eruption of the country's most active volcano could be imminent modes my own has been spewing lava and ash prompting all thought is to expand the danger zone thousands of people living nearby have been told to leave the area. human rights activists in germany are criticizing the government's decision to deport afghan refugees from don't hold off airports tonight at least ten failed asylum seekers are due to be returned but activists say saturday's bombing of kabul's intercontinental hotel so it's not safe to send people back that attack left tw

the white people's protection units is the syrian army of the kurdistan workers party an enemy of the turkish state for the us the why p.g. has been useful against the so-called islamic state and washington arm to the kurdish group to defeat us now the u.s. is calling for a border security force in syria that would include the why p.g. militia turkey is dead set against that plan it will mark that turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey. turkey's attack on y p g forces enough free to achieve that goal the campaign is techies next ride in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us techies nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. let's look now at some of the other stories making news around the world celebrated french chef paul bocuse has died at the age of ninety one often referred

flooding event build america is a journalist in abbeville the capital of the kurdistan region in northern iraq and he joins us for more vladimir thank you very much for joining us what is the reaction been there to a president i don't want announcement while the kurds in syria have said they will defend themselves and the whole. international community to stop but that's because they're also thing i deduce that that's from other provinces in syria we mentioned vladimir that the main target to is the city of offering that's in a kurdish enclave on the border why does everyone see this area such a major threat to turkey security was i think. one of the targets because. there is no presence of u.s. troops so it's more easy for our long who are free. while the other areas the other kurdish areas there's american troops it's been reported loud to me that everyone has vowed to quote drown this syrian critics border security force that is being set up by the u.s. were also talking about u.s. backed militias here what does this tell us about on cross ties with washington well i'm not very happy y

iran has reopened its border with iran's kurdistan region the crossings to erbil and silly mandir were closed in october iraq requested the closure in protest at the kurdish referendum for independence. so you have lines it's rebel architecture now stay with us here and i'll just say in the philippines millions live in overcrowded slow but some of found another place to call home public cemeteries wonder when he meets those living among the dead at this time on al-jazeera. he takes his own ways to find the human. from the simplest to the greatest money. rebellion is on the way. led by a new breed of architect puts people before i call. the tech using the tools of the trade. least trying. to redefine. your. low. yeah. he does are you up or you have a ploy. if they shout then you cannot. go about it actually. them a couple of corleone. to you on. ha ha. ha ha. that bite your car scene was a little. scene though because they're both mentally must. doesn't he look ridiculous into bypass like being the king of the hill and say these to you my name is a vitamin i'm an architect i'm a writer

want you to look into a crystal ball, but looking ahead, we see bp moving back into that troubled kurdistan market, hearing about fresh potential difficulties in the niger delta, is there a great deal of geopolitical risk out there that could impact oil prices >> yes i don't think you mentioned libya there, where from time to time we get problems affecting the industry because of rival groups we have nigeria, kurdistan is another issue which was a factor towards the end of last year perhaps slightly longer term is the potential impact on the iranian nuclear deal we did see demonstrations in iran recently, which is another factor and to some extent people are watching saudi arabia with the very, very major reform process going on there so there is quite a list of geopolitical factors, which we're keeping an eye on all the time by their nature they're hard to predict and we'll have to wait and see what happens >> thank you very much neil atkinson from the iea in paris >> all right thank you very much. let's look at how markets are doing this morning actually in europe we had a bit of a spike

the kurdistan workers' party and it's an alp older than the zation for turkey e.u. and the united states they are listed as terrorist groups so turkey says that as of this united states is directly strengthening and arming k.k. while arming the i.p.g. and ancora says the weapons that the u.s. provides to them will be used against us one day and that's why we should sold this problem immediately we should launch an operation before y p g and p k k. k fires the arms to turkey and this is the turkish disk. course but of course one major concern was whether russia would ever say que go for turkey because russia has a strong word over a friend but it seems after today it today's statements by love bro that russia also will support turkey in a decision to launch this operation and even the syrian regime sees the united states as a traitor because of this corporation with the. so many thanks indeed seven corsi over there in and attack here an armed group has launched an attack on an airbase in libya's capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say that