he reiterated his criticism after the first raids that the name of this organization is kurdistan workers' party and the name of the organization in syria is why p.g. the kurdistan workers' party is on the terror list so the u.s. and the e.u. the organization it works with in syria is exactly the same. turkish prime minister banal a year older him said ground forces may be deployed across the border on sunday russia says it has withdrawn its troops from the region.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 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 politi

kurdish fighters turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group linked to kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. fighters who have 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 couldst force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying tikki 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 p.k. 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. turkey has fought kiddish factions within its borders for more than thirty years and doesn't want to see the kurds 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. specifica

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 is

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 sloga

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 unarmed fighters

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 jakarta has been ev

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 ancient technique .

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 to see if tur

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

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

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

as an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe consider a terrorist organization but the y.p. g. has been working with the u.s. to push ice a lot of syria not enough lean but further east of the euphrates river the americans have never had a presence in africa but the russians do and often has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians it will let you know africa has been there for quite a long time it's never through like you know was it a serious shortage or turkey but they are going to. probably need it this kind of nationalistic. you know. use its military in order to be able to gain more street. with the upcoming elections in turkey so i think that comes to. you know it's at the start when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u.s. announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the wife will form it's fact. no

government as you said considers them a terrorist group with close links to the outloud to kurdistan workers party the p k k that is here in turkey fighting for independence and is fighting the turkish army on turkish soil so the turkish government announcing a military assault but can turkey actually legally encroach on syria this is a sovereign state. well from an international law ex perspective this is somehow a graze own there are people who are arguing this is definitely a violation of international law others say it is not but you have to know the turkish army is already inside syria since twenty sixteen with its military operation called you for its shield designed to push back the islamic state and kurdish kurdish fighters as well they're inside and they entered it live province about three months ago in agreement with russia who is a close ally of syrian president bashar al assad so would mr adelman was suggesting now is basically an extension of an already existing turkish military offensive inside syria but this of course would have been would need to be discussed in the turkish nation

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 toward god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror. turkey has fought kurdish factions within its borders for more than thirty years and doesn't want to see they could gain power in 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 the most effective fighting force against the islamic state in syria and they've been very successful at that that's the american purpose but the turks regard the kurds and the y. b.g. as a dire threat to us. president trump promised iran that he would stop being and training could fight is but the pentagon never made that official now turkey is furious about reports of a new u.s. backed border force of thirty thousand personnel with the syrian democrati

the kurdistan workers' party which is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but also by the not to states and the so turkish officials say that this is a threat to turkish national security and territorial integrity and turkey has been fighting against the people here for thirty seven years why this through turkey believes that the taking is going to be legit to my sense of turkey saying they have all rights reserved to have a counter-attack whether it's inside or outside turkey if there is a threat it's for its national security for all in all the developments in syria several people are in hospital after suspected chemical attack in the rebel held area of eastern guta the damascus suburb which was designated a deescalation zone has come under a heavy bombardment as government forces see to take it back from rebel fighters a workers at the scene say the victims are being treated for suffocation from what they suspect is chlorine gas. now hundreds of people that protested in the tunisian capital to mark seven war this is the revolution that sparked the arab spring but

is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the us. when europe consider a terrorist organization but the white b.g. has been working with the u.s. to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain but further east of the euphrates river the americans have never had a presence in africa but the russians do and after he has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians it will let you know offering has been there for quite a long time has never threw like you know. a serious shortage or turkey but they are going to probably need it this kind of nationalistic. you know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. with the upcoming elections in interview so i think that comes to. be. you know so the start when it comes to. church and into extreme tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u.s. announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the white b.g. will form

the german city was delayed for two hours after some demonstrators brought flags of the kurdistan workers' party considered terrorists by the european union despite the protests the turkish media has repeatedly vowed to rick's sons the operation and most recently claimed it would be extended all the way to the iraqi border. we're going to continue the early french operation until we achieve our goals and then as promised to clear my own beach of tourists after. i was struggling up to the iraqi border until motorists are left president says turkey will push on words to the city of man beach and then further to the east towards of the iraqi border the move would not only mean an all out offensive against the syrian kurds but could also threaten u.s. personnel stationed in this area the turkish foreign ministers urged the u.s. to immediately withdraw from man beach american troops have been assisting the local kurds in that anti eisel operation with a pentagon official recently announcing the creation of a thirty thousand strong border security force in the region this was to be comprised largely o

the kurdistan workers' party and it's an alp old organization for turkey e.u. and the united states they are listed as terrorist groups so turkey says it as if it's a united states is directly strengthening and arming p.k. k. while arming the i.p.g. and unclear says the weapons that the u.s. provides to them will be used against us one day and that's why we should solve this problem immediately we should launch an operation before why p.g. and p k k. fires the arms to turkey this is the turkish discourse but of course one major concern was whether russia would ever say to go for turkey because russia has a strong word over a friend but it seems after today in today's statements by love row that russia also will support turkey in a this isn't to launch this operation and even the syrian regime sees the united states as a traitor because of this corporation with the wife. and the son mentioned that russia has also reacted suggesting that the formation of a zone controlled by u.s. backed rebels could lead to the partition of syria but that when you mine used to. g

is an offshoot of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it together with the u.s. in europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and i'm chris says it has every right to protect its borders and the timing is interesting it will let you know africa has been there for quite a long time and it's never through like you know was it a serious issue to threats or turkey but there are going to probably need is this kind of nationalistic. you know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. with the upcoming elections in in turkey so i think. you know set aside when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the us announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the y.p. g. will form its b