troops from syria but in the pinion pace in the new york times r.j. type part of the pullout must be timed carefully he says only turkey can provide the leadership in the region to create stability there are fears the u.s. pullout will pave the way for a turkish assault against american ally kurdish fighters in northern syria chinese state media have confirmed north korea's leader kim jong un is visiting beijing where he'll meet president xi jinping china is jiang yang's main tipple matic an economic ally kim visited the country three times last year trip comes as kim seeks to continue improve relations with south korea the us president will visit the mexican border on thursday in an attempt to pressure democratic opponents in congress to end the partial government shutdown for adding south donald trump all address the nation to make its case for a controversial wall along the mexico border is demanding more than five billion dollars to build it something democrats strongly oppose the dispute over the funding has led to a partial government shutdown which