in april 2019, mikel konate reported on the plight of the men, women, and children in northeast syriaeing islamic state's self—declared caliphate in its final days. the al—hol camp sheltered more than 70,000 displaced people, most of them women and children abandoned by the jihadist fighters. i had worked in afghanistan for a while... first it is the people are locked in. they have no freedom of movement. it is more like a jail than a camp. and of course, they're mostly families from the islamic state. so you always observe how people welcome your presence before you start to shoot. the situation inside the camp was deteriorating day by day with the lack of food and medicines making living conditions impossible. malnourished babies were rushed from the battlefield to a crowded clinic where medical staff did their best to save their lives. those in critical condition travelled for two hours on a bumpy road to a hospital for treatment. konate managed to gain the trust of those fleeing and they shared their stories of suffering and survival. among them, a young woman who was forced to fo

state department this week all agree the situation in northeast syria has grown even more complicated but many members of the coalition argue this is a consequence of unilateral u.s. action the seizure of oil fields a particular point of division one that could threaten the unity of a group that is held together in the 5 years since it was formed by khanna al-jazeera washington. all right lynn jordan is live for us now in washington where those meetings taking place so roslyn it would seem that in the killing of abu. i would beckon in baghdad he was the one is the one bright spot in all of this a lot of areas of contention news those meetings take place well as we heard from mike hanna the real problem is the president's decision to essentially give the green light to turkey to carry out its attack on what turkey has called terrorists which a lot of officials including here in the u.s. government have said were actually partners of the u.s. and the global coalition kurdish fighters and making the syrian defense forces or estee out people who were very very skilled in going after membe

still to come here on al-jazeera turkey blames kurdish y p g fighters for a car bombing in northeast syria that's killed 19 people class. some present versions prince andrew admits he made a mistake by staying at the home of a convicted sex offender. how much of western and southern europe has been suffering from flooding a big change in temperature even snow this is in england this is a must as she now admits lee we're talking about a river overflowing its banks but you know don't build on the would be the the message from that nevertheless the rain is not just in this part of a newsgroup society yorkshire cross to wales as well as the whole of the circulation here and to give it more rain to is not welcome now it's all gone south the air involved is quite cold we've had snow in spain we always got snow in france and a high temperature in 0 of only 4 degrees on sunday to assess where it's warmer rain and the amount of it is a big problem particularly in croatia but i think it is going to be involved obviously stretches back into north africa snow's been falling in vast quantities the othe

russia is setting up a new military airbase in the northeast of syria in an area recently controlled by u.s. forces the new base is in the city of chemistry it'll has combat helicopters and a defensive systems russia and turkey have been carrying out joint patrols in the area since the withdrawal of kurdish y.p. g. forces the investigation into the 2014 downing of the malaysia airlines flight m.h. 17 has found evidence that strongly connects russia to ukrainian fighters in the east investigates is released phone call recordings they say between separatist fight says and high ranking russian officials in the weeks leading up to the attack russia's foreign ministry says the phone recordings are partly false and of not being confirmed so far 4 people including 3 russians have been charged with murder the airplane was shot down over eastern ukraine killing all $298.00 people on board dermont dual is principal russia analyst at the global risk consultancy of various maple croft he joins us from london dara macdill what's really going on here. well i mean the j.i.t. has been continuing its

. >>> president trump says the cease-fire in northeast syria appears to be holding.ts, the situation on the ground is anything but secure. >> reporter: a pair of russian attack helicopters was not something we expected to run into here. followed moment later by a u.s. military convoy hauling supplies into syria. russia confirmed it's setting up a new base in the northern city under the noses of u.s. troops here. yet for all the security forces now jostling for control, they've been unable to ensure security for the local population. these two teenage girls were among five young people killed when back-to-back explosions tore through the city this week. when the turkish offensive forced kurdish troops to pull back, it left the region vulnerable to attacks. this is no ordinary cemetery, this is reserved for the martyrs, the 11,000 mostly young men and women who have been killed in fighting or violence since this conflict began. isis claimed most of these lives, but the kurds now say these nts the military offensive are part of the coordinated turkish-led campaign of et

cbs news foreign correspondent charlie d'agata is in northeast syria with an update on their mission.> reporter: u.s. troops on patrol here today making their presence known in this region. as we have watched them repositioning around oil facilities, their reach is nearing what it was before brumentd'president trump's ordeo withdraw last month. right beside their allies, the syrian-led democratic forces in their fight against isis. top kurdish commander moslum cobani told us not just yet. with the americans, we started a project together, we are partnering, he said. once this job is done, we can leave. we don't want the americans to stay here for 400 years. but it is a job that has become much harder, and it saw kurdish protestorsn. hold a joint turkish convoy passing right through the same territory controlled today by u.s. forces. turkey and kurdish forces have accused each other of cease-fire violations, and publiccatincomplicating matters further, the syrian regime has clashed with kurdish troops. none of this would have happened if president trump hadn't given the green light to

northeast syria at least 19 people were killed and dozens injured in the explosion it happened a busy bus station in the city of al-bab in the. eastern turn to side us raf is an assistant professor of international relations at the university of nottingham he says that violence is likely to continue as long as syria remains under an unsteady regime i think that what it tells us is that we have a very confusing and complex situation where there is no overall control in a state we've got as you pointed out several players the russians the syrian regime the turks and also some others who are involved in the state and whenever you get this lack of governance in control as we discovered in iraq and in the honest down you create a situation where terrorism is rife where you will have these sort of events happening and so what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls what who is responsible for what and who is saying was becomes ever more increased over time so i think the solution to this really has to be to restore the territorial and and governance integr

kurdish incursion into northeast syria a month ago. this will be a press conference between president trump and president erdogan. so we'll see in which direction the questions go here. i'm sending it back to you guys. we're anticipating president trump any moment now. the headline here at least one of them, so far, they have been meeting for four hours, the two of them at one point during the day started with oval office meeting, bilateral meeting, a lunch between the two. at one point republican senators were brought into the room to sit down to talk with the president and talk with the turk erb president. as you know there were bipartisan concerns about the initial decision that president trump had made back in early october to withdraw u.s. troops from northeastern syria. but this is also an opportunity for some of these republican senators who by the way are seated here inside of the east room to pose those questions directly to the turkish president. at one point senator lindsey graham even saying this would act as a civics lesso

state department this week all agree the situation in northeast syria has grown even more complicated but many members of the coalition argue this is a consequence of unilateral u.s. action the seizure of oil fields a particular point of division one that could threaten the unity of a group that is held together in the 5 years since it was formed by khanna al-jazeera washington and roslyn jordan brings us on now on that missing of the foreign ministers in washington. the main issue for foreign ministers at this ministerial in washington was what to do to keep isis from restarting its presence in iraq in syria and in other parts of the middle east there's a general agreement that even though. he has been killed by u.s. forces that his idiology is still very attractive and so what the members of the global coalition have to figure out is what sort of military support what sort of diplomatic support what sort of financial support should be given to countries that are considered vulnerable so that isis cannot enter rate into their societies and then start controlling parts of their territ

now least 12 people have been killed and several were injured in a car bomb attack in northeast syria the explosion went off near a car garage area in the city of al-bab that's and lepers east and countryside. the iraqi high commission for human rights says at least 7 people have been killed there and more than 170 injured just over the past 2 days security forces fired live rounds during anti-government demonstrations on friday iraq's top cheer leader grand ayatollah ali al sistani called for calm in his weekly stand and protesters are angry about widespread corruption unemployment and poor basic services. gunman in sri lanka have attacked buses carrying with women voters but no casualties have been reported it's being seen as an attempt to intimidate voters as polling for the presidential election gets underway former defense minister goes by rajapaksa and current minister subject to permit us of the 2 main candidates ethnic tensions have been high since the easter bombings earlier this year that killed hundreds in elfin and as has moved from colombo. there are almost 13000 polling

state department this week all agree the situation in northeast syria has grown even more complicated but many members of the coalition argue this is a consequence of unilateral u.s. action the seizure of oil fields a particular point of division one that could threaten the unity of a group that is held together in the 5 years since it was formed by khanna al-jazeera washington of oslo in jordan joins us live now from washington we know u.s. officials have been concerned about the possible reemergence of ice and what was the focus of today's talks. that was the number one focus trying to make certain that even though the caliphate has been dismantled in both northern syria and in iraq to make certain that eisel does not find a way to reconstitute itself and to try to once again put hundreds of thousands of people under their control there's also the concern about eisel inspiring other groups to try to take up separate efforts this is something which might pompei of the u.s. secretary of state addressed when he opened the conference on thursday morning today we're watching the space on

forces raided his compound in northeast syria on saturday he'd been on the run since 2017 the terror group has named his successor. lebanese president michel aoun has pledged to form a new technocratic government following weeks of widespread anti-corruption protests and the resignation of prime minister saad hariri lebanon's current political system requires posts to be given to members of different religious sects that's something that wants to do away with. thousands of protesters have once again been gathering and she lays capital santiago to demand a social change the ongoing protests have paralyzed the city and forced chilean president sebastian pinera to cancel 2 high profile international summits spain has now offered to host one of them the top $25.00 climate summit. migrant camps on greek islands are quote on the edge of catastrophe in parts due to overcrowding that's according to the council of europe's commissioner for human rights who says the situation has significantly worsened over the past year in recent months greece has once again become the main point of entry for

forces raided his compound in northeast syria on saturday he had been on the run since 27 team the terror group has now named his successor the risk posed by california's fires is finally easing as high winds across most of the state start to go down over 200000 residents of been allowed to return home but forecasters caution that no rain is expected and an elevated fire danger could remain through this coming weekend. the greek parliament has adopted sweeping reforms to its national asylum system as the country struggles to handle a surge in refugees and migrants arriving on its shores new rules what in part speed up deportations for projects at asylum applications the controversial moves aimed at addressing overcrowding in migrant camps on greek islands or the situation has become dire. dirty overcrowded poor sanitation a struggle for survival in desperate conditions the migrant camps on the greek islands are on the edge of catastrophe that's what the council of europe's commissioner for human rights said after her visit to camps on lesbos samos and corinth she didn't pull her punches a

bombing near a busy bus station in the northeast and syria turkey blames why b.g. fighters for the attack that's killed 9.

. >> the turkish incursion into northeast syria is a tragedy. it was long-standing u.s.ernment policy in two administrations to keep them from happening. >> we have been telling the kurds that we would try to make sure that they weren't murdered or tortured. >> but the president had also promised he would bring the troops home. >> i campaigned on bringing our soldiers back home, and that's what i'm doing. >> he sees an election coming with americans in syria, and he just pulls them out. he's trying to fulfill those campaign promises as an inoculation against the lies. >> he pulled them out of northern syria, but there remain u.s. troops in syria. >> those who remain will continue to execute counterterrorism operations while staying in close contact with the syrian democratic forces who have fought alongside us. additionally, the united states will retain control of oil fields in northeast syria. >> u.s. troops are still there. they're just not protecting kurds, who lost thousands of people while helping the u.s. fight isis. >> we certainly betrayed an ally in the kurds.

charlie d'agata, cbs news, in northeast syria. >>> protesters in iran clashed with police this week, a sharp rise in gas prices sparked protests in a reported 100 cities across the country. a thousand people were arrested. one person was killed. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> in colorado, jurors hearing the murder case against patrick frazee are expected to begin deliberations tomorrow. frazee is charged with killing his fiancee and the mother of his child, kelsey berreth. as nikki battiste reports, testimony wrapped up with a bombshell. >> reporter: nearly a year after kelsey berreth disappeared, seven women and five men are set to decide the fate of her fiance, patrick frazee. prosecutors called frazee a cold, calculating me ining mani killer who never testified on his own behalf. the star witness was a secret girlfriend named crystal lee. told authorities he tried to get her to kill berreth three different times. he she said he beat his fiancee to death with a baseball bat on thanksgiving day and berreth's last

troops in northeast syria the operation followed of the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops from the region said it is aiming to protect its borders from kurdish from the region said it is aiming to protect its borders from kurdish militias who it classes as terrorists since then hundreds of i saw fighters have reported who it classes as terrorists since then hundreds of i saw fighters have reportedly broken out of kurdish jails some of them are either nationals and politically broken out of kurdish jails or some of them are either nationals and political analyst use of area believes europe needs to take responsibility for those going analyst use of area believes europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. the president said the situation right extremists says the president is setting situation right now. if you doubt me concerned that the inverse are strong views doubly concerned that the employers are strongly opposed to strongly opposes this and governments are worried about the difficulty a person strongly opposes this and governments are worried abo

crunched an offensive in northeast syria the operation followed the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops from the region said it aiming to protect its borders from kurdish militias from the region said it aiming to protect its borders from kurdish militias who had classes as terrorists since then hundreds of ice and fighters have importantly broken out who had classes as terrorists since then hundreds of beisel fighters have importantly broken out of kurdish jails some of them are either nationals and political analyst you said but of kurdish jails some of them are even nationals and political analyst yousef area believes that europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. erema believes that europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. since the president is sending situation right now even the president is sending situation right now. the concern that even are strongly opposed to the concern that even are strongly opposed to strongly oppose the biggest concern about the difficulty of prosecuting these strong because the biggest concern about the difficult

state department this week all agree the situation in northeast syria has grown even more complicated but many members of the coalition argue this is a consequence of unilateral u.s. action the seizure of oil fields a particular point of division one that could threaten the unity of a group that is held together in the 5 years since it was formed by kana al-jazeera washington. rosalynn jordan is live for us now from washington so rosalynn how contentious are those discussions going to be among the coalition members given the decision by president trump to withdraw u.s. troops in northern syria and what that entailed. well those discussions are now happening behind closed doors so unless some diplomats come out and tell us exactly what the climate was during these talks that are starting mid-morning on thursday and running into the early afternoon before the conference is over we're not going to have a real sense of how divisive it is but certainly the commentary going into thursday's ministerial was very much one of the situation is much more complicated than it needed to have been be

their operation all of the sudden withdraw most a month after it launched an offensive in northeast syria their operation all of the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops from the region and chris said it's aiming to protect its borders from kurdish militias of u.s. troops in the region chris said it's aiming to protect its borders from kurdish militias classes of terrorists since then hundreds of ice off i just have reportedly broken out classes terrorists since then hundreds of isis fighters have reportedly broken out of kurdish jails some of them are e.u. nationals this glamorous news of erin believes the kurdish jails some of them are e.u. nationals this glamorous news of erin believes that europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. that europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists . the president is sending situation right now you know we could see the president's standing situation right now you know we can sound that even. stronger but this is. about you got to. stick you. to prosecuting these people. also and my. mom. saw those with us so it's not. clear cut

troops from stone offensive in northeast syria the operation follow the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops from the region and chrisette is aiming to protect his borders from kurdish militias who went to the region and chris said is aiming to protect his borders from kurdish militias who are classes as terrorists since then hundreds of isis fighters have reportedly broken out of curses the terrorists since then hundreds of isis fighters have reportedly broken out of kurdish jails some of them are nationals political analyst use of believes that jails some of them are nationals political analyst use of believe see europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. europe needs to take responsibility for those extremists. says the president is sending situation right now you don't weaken the president's standing situation right now you don't be concerned that you are strongly opposed to strong that. are strongly opposed strongly oppose this concern about the difficulty of prosecuting. this concern about the difficulty of prosecuting these people and also. so it's not scott and

less enthusiastic about another development that has major impacts in northeast syria. unilateral withdrawal of u.s. forces from the region, which led to a massive military operation by turkey against kurdish militia that had long been fighting alongside coalition forces. the kurds for sisal out of northern syria -- the kurds forced isil out of northern syria, losing 11,000 troops in the process. now the kurds have been driven from their song holds -- strongholds by the turkish military. they are turning to russia and syria for support. thehe ground, at least, global coalition is beginning to fragment. the division intensified by president trump's decision to redeploy u.s. forces to guard oil fields in northwest syria. pres. trump: we want to bring our soldiers home, but we did leave soldiers because we are keeping the oil. i like oil. we are keeping the oil. correspondent: the shift in the objective is of deep concern to the coalition. some contending the seizing of oil facilities in a sovereign state contravenes geneva conventions. >> russia has an excellent propagand

charlie d'agata, cbs news, in northeast, syria. >> villafranca: protestors had in iran clashed with police this weekend. g prices sparked protests in a reported 100 cities across the country. a thousand people were arrested. one person was killed. in colorado jurors hearing the murder quais against patrick frazee are expected to dlin delib rations tomorrow. frazee is charged with killing his fiance and the mother of his child, kelsey bar rhett, at nikki battiste report, testimony wrapped up with a bombshell. >> nearly a year after kelsey berreth disappeared, seven women and five men are set to decide the faith of her fiance patrick frazee. prosecutors call the frazee a cold, calculate, man i latif killer who never testified on his own behalf. the star witness against frazee was his secret girlfriend, an idaho nurse named krystal lee. she told authorities he tried to get her to kill berreth three different times and when she didn't, he did she testified he told her he beat his fiance to death with a baseball bat on thanksgiving day and that berreth's last words were please, stop. after the

turkey sends more tanks to its southern border as it begins joint patrols with russia and northeast syria. and i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from tire also coming up thousands of anti-government protesters marched to pakistan's capital demanding prime minister imran khan's resignation. lebanese banks reopen for the fast time following 2 weeks of protests but customers are facing restrictions on transfers abroad. and in britain nigel that party launches its campaign and calls on the prime minister to build an alliance to finally leave the european union. now turkish and russian troops have started joint patrols in north east and syria and follows a deal between the 2 countries to remove kurdish y p g fighters from that area the so-called safe crn and for once to create runs along the turkish syrian border and extends about 30 kilometers into the syrian side the russian and texas joint patrols will run about 10 kilometers deep along the border from. russia and techie have started those patrols turkish does want to establish what it's calling the safe zone in that border

charlie d'agata, cbs news, in northeast syria. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a cbs news investigationcheme involving president trump's nominated ambassador to the bahamas. >>> plus, actor tobias menzies joins us with season three of the hit series. >>> in "eye on earth," we'll take you to sequoia national park where scientists are going to new heights to study the effects of climate change on the largest trees in the world. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ fo >>> from the

tonight russia is flexing its muscles in northeast syria as the u.s. lowers its profile.sident trump says the ceasefire there seems to be holding. but charlie d'agata reports the situation on the ground is anything but secure. >> reporter: a pair of russian attack helicopters was not something we expected to run into here. followed moments later by a u.s. military convoy hauling supplies into syria. russia confirmed today it is setting up a new base in the northern city of qamishli right under the noses of u.s. troops here, yet for all its security forces now jostling for control, they have been unable to ensure security for the local population. these two teenage girls were among five young people killed when back-to-back explosions tore through qamishli this week. when the turkish offensive forced kurdish troops to pull back, it left the region vulnerable to attacks. this is no ordinary cemetery. this is reserved for the martyrs, the 11,000 mostly young men and women who have been killed in fighting or violence since this conflict began. isis claimed most of these lives

forces raided his compound in northeast syria on saturday.

given russia's increasingly prominent role in northeast syria following withdrawal, are you aware of any united states efforts to push russia to address the global isis problem? to take back his own isis writers who have emigrated to syria. >> yes. that's a major topic of discussion in the counterterrorism dialogue. we had two meetings. a number of other meetings at lower levels involving fbi, cia etc. the russian government with respect to the foreign terrorist fighters northeast syria has agreed with us that countries who have their citizens who are detained, who left their homeland, but you got land or elsewhere detained in northeast syria. they should take those citizens back to their home countries to be prosecuted. >> has russia done? >> they have. in fairly large numbers. we have the opposite concert. which is are going to be treated when they get sent back to russia. from my perspective my discussions with the brushes from the are an aggressive agreement with people shot pressure on other countries, particularly victims. what happens to those people and particularly family mem

turkey sends more tanks to its southern border as it begins joint patrols with russia and northeast syria. again i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up thousands of anti-government protesters and launch to pakistan's capital demanding prime minister imran khan's resignation. lebanese banks reopen for the 1st time in 2 weeks but customers are facing restrictions on transfers abroad cuts. decades old trees falling in sierra leone as it's cast the cash strapped to government tries to replace the lost mining revenue. now turkish and russian troops have started joint patrols in north east and syria and follows a deal between the 2 countries to remove kurdish y p g fighters from that area now the so-called safe soren that wants to create runs along the turkish syrian border and extends about sassy kilometers into the syrian side the russian and texas joint patrols will run about 10 kilometers deep along the border from jobless to maliki has a has more from shannon before shannon from near the border. the joint patrols is a delicate task for turkey and russia

months to repatriate its nationals despite repeated pleas from the kurdish led authorities in northeast syria for them to take home their citizens and let's not forget that most of the people we're talking about here are very young children repatriation is what western europe should have done a long time ago and it should do now it should be working with turkey to make this happen and so when i think it's going to happen between now and monday if turkey does go through on its promise. what is going to be the reaction from the european countries well i imagine there is quite a lot of discussion now within europe as to what to do and i can't i don't have a crystal ball i can't predict what the what's going to happen or how this might take place will these citizens be actually loaded on to planes and will the planes be turned back will they be dumped at the gates of western european consulates and embassies in turkey we'll have to see how this plays out but the best option for western europe would be to cooperate with turkey rather than continue to drag its feet and and reject the pleas of autho

at least 1000 people have been killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack in northeast syria. the explosion occurred in the turkish controlled town of al-bab near aleppo the turkish defense ministry says the attack was carried out by syrian kurdish fighters but there has been no claim of responsibility from any group turkey and its syrian rebel allies of down to 3 separate offensives in northern syria against kurdish militia in the winter. i think that what it tells us is that we have a very confusing and complex situation where there is no overall control in the state we've got as you pointed out several players the russians the syrian regime the turks and also some others who are involved in the state and whenever you get this lack of governance in control as we discovered in iraq and in the honest down you create a situation where terrorism. is rife where you will have these sort of events happening and so what we will see is more of these incidents. as the confusion over who controls what who's responsible for what and who is saying was becomes ever more increased over tim

in northeast syria kurdish guards overwell dating with thousands of suspected islamic state to harvest from dozens of countries. we're on the road in northern syria traveling through a war zone about 100 kilometers from the turkish border. this is the outhouse aka prison. more than 5000 suspected terrorists are being held here some of them are german. we are the 1st german t.v. crew allowed to film here but we can't show the kurdish guards or specify the prisons exact location cutter mohammad top shoe is a 26 year old suspected iowa's fighter from hamburg now wounded he regrets joining the terror group. for me and even if i was young if someone asked me now if i would do it again but i would say no never again. a few months ago this former job training center was conferred into a high security wing but the kurdish authorities say they are overwhelmed inside more than 80 men are crammed into one small room each a potentially dangerous terrorist most are from syria and iraq but the kurds say some also come from france the u.s. and germany the guards feel they simply can't cope prisoners

save the children have identified around 60 british children that are stranded in northeast syria.t has said that we have a duty of care to them, no matter what their parents may have done. these are innocent children. some are now malnourished, some are suffering from life—threatening illnesses. what is the government doing to ensure that those british children are repatriated? when we return from the election, when this house resets after the election campaign, it will be midwinter in northern syria. there are 60 british children who will be living in tents in midwinter in northern syria by then. can i ask him again to revise as a matter of urgency our policy on their return? again, i thank my right honourable friend, and we certainly share his concerns about the humanitarian situation. i've already made clear the uk's policy in relation to unaccompanied minors and orphans, which is that we are willing to see them repatriated. we will consider wider requests for consular support and more generally, subject to national security concerns, the real challenge that we've got, of cours

turkey says eight civilians have been killed in a bomb attack in northeast syria.r syrian rebel allies. rescue workers say a bomb in a vehicle exploded outside a bakery. turkey has blamed the syrian kurdish, ypg militia for the blast. the ypg hasn‘t yet responded to the allegation. turkey regards the kurdish fighters as terrorists, and wants them pushed away from the frontier. the headlines on bbc news: the environment agency continues to warn there‘s a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire — with five severe warnings still in place. the chancellor defends conservative party analysis of labour‘s spending plans, as labour says they are a complete work of fiction. the royal family lead tributes to those who lost their lives in conflict as the uk marks remembrance sunday. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s gavin. good evening. liverpool seized control of the title race today at anfield with a convincing 3—1 win over champions manchester city in the premier league. jurgen klopp‘s side have every match at home in the leag

resurgence of the extremists now already isis launching 3 suicide bombing against kurdish positions in northeast syria just this morning now even a pentagon and state department officials held meetings today to try to persuade turkey to abandon its expected invasion which seems of course too late now and this has caused so much criticism that even senator lindsey graham the top republican and ally or president is once again cautioned the president's decision to pull back u.s. troops from northern syria. this is this is a great because it's like i just today with president obama were present trouble about like you know why you know what about protecting the kurds they were our allies things like that he said literally well they didn't really protect us in world war 2. and they weren't there at the invasion of normandy but we've still got people essentially a pair of. blows my mind at the end of the day. i'm happy to see troops but u.s. troops leave we shouldn't be there in the 1st place but there's better ways to protect allies like that but allowing turkey to describe the border bombing the way. one o

terrorism in the sahara as in the levant region the military intervention carried out by turkey in northeast syria has brought up real questions which must be tackled. all right let's bring in our guests for today's discussion joining us now from paris john locke law and international law consultant and professor at the university institute of pius via skype from santander for reese. chief strategy officer at rasmussen global and former director of policy planning at nato and from ankara we're joined by use of well about a security analyst and retired colonel gentlemen welcome to you or john let's start with you did nato need a wake up call as maclaurin writes when he says that the organization is brain dead . yes he's absolutely right and did he return to the theme because the braindead remark was made 10 days or 2 weeks ago and he returned to the theme only only recently. and said that he had he was very pleased to have raised this issue and to put it on the table and he asked the question which really is the ultimate question and it's an ultimate question because a nato doesn't have the answer

heads turkey's sons more tanks to with southern border as it begins joint patrols with russia in northeast syria. those in favor. say. the u.s. house of representatives votes to proceed to. next public phase if it's impeachment inquiry into president donald trump bus. decades old trees falling in sierra leone as its cash strapped government tries to replace lost mining revenues. hello after weeks of protests and roadblocks across lebanon some schools and banks have reopened their doors there's been concern over funds being sent abroad because of reports that some banks may impose restrictions customers are also angry over limits imposed on how much money they can withdraw each day meanwhile protesters continue their calls for the entire government to resign let's bring in zain a photo she's joining us from the roots of financial district to talk us through the restrictions of the measures imposed by banks to prevent capital flight so you know. well there has been no formal announcement by the central bank but we have been thinking bank employees as well as customers there imposing for example a

turkey says eight civilians have been killed in a bomb attack in northeast syria.n of tal abyad, an area controlled by turkish troops and their syrian rebel allies. images from the scene show a column of black smoke rising into the air. rescue workers say a bomb in a vehicle exploded outside a bakery. turkey has blamed the syrian kurdish ypg militia for the blast. the ypg hasn't yet responded to the allegation. turkey regards the kurdish fighters as terrorists, and wants them pushed away from the frontier. voters in spain have returned to the polls for the country's second general election injust over six months. the socialists, led by the acting prime minister pedro sanchez, won the most seats in the last ballot in april but were unable to form a government. spain has been struggling to put stable governments together since 2015 and this year's vote has also been overshadowed by fresh unrest in catalonia. firefighters tackling around 100 bushfires in australia say they could now start to threaten sydney. at least three people have died in the fires in new south wa