p.k. k. which are currently with a lot of arms which were provided by the united states in the syrian parts of kurdistan so turkey wants to get rid of them this way of freeing the so important for turkey really the united states on the other hand which are also one of the power brokers of course they don't have no specific interest in a free and really i mean their military bases are not in a free but they are and they are in the just so they will just let everybody do what people really want to do there i think russia which is supporting the syrian regime of course but on the other hand if the syrian regime takes a friend or not it's not of great importance for four for russia and iran again of course they also have an alliance with the u.k. with the y. p.g. but again it's not the region which is important for them in the middle of all this is free and what is going to happen if nobody steps in to help the kurds there. well i think if the syrian regime doesn't get in now i think that turkey will s

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they no that's not true i mean why why do you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really. so there. was a. generic what is it that then. nothing to do with why is it them. that was so lame muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party p.y.g. speaking with g.w. sarah kelly last monday still a muslim was arrested in prague today at the request of turkey you can watch the whole interview with him on our website d.w. dot com china's communist party has proposed removing from the country's constitution a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power that means president xi jinping could remain in office after his second term ends in two thousand and twenty three and perhaps indefinitely he's already the most powerful chinese leader since moussa dong since taking office more than five years ago he has overseen a radical shake up o

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true i mean war where you yourself though once with the p.k. know i was with them civilian and you know and so there. was an injury and remember what is it that then nothing to do with why is it them. germany's chancellor merkel and france's president and the new macron have urged russia to cooperate in maintaining a cease fire in the rebel held on clay of eastern ghouta in a conference call today they called on president putin to put maximum pressure on the syrian regime yesterday the un security council voted to pass a cease fire resolution but despite that vote deadly airstrikes by russian backed syrian forces continue. to rule there were supposed to be a break in the bombing and stayed the stone get as far as responders are back plucking life from the rubble it has been a long and deadly week in this rebel held enclave. and at this hospital doct

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true but i mean we're where you yourself though once with the p k k no i wasn't really them. and so there will be. was and i didn't even know why is it that the most influential why is it then. that was still a muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party the p y g speaking with sarah kelly last monday so a muslim was arrested in prague sedate at the request of turkey you can watch the whole interview with him on our website d.w. dot com. the place where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried has closed i'm in a rally with israeli authorities the church of the holy suffer kershaw to store sunday its leaders are protesting legislation that would tax church assets and allow that the state to seize church property they called it an unprecedented attack against christians in the holy land no word was given on how long t

p.k. k. which is from a journalistic point something journalists do they do listen to different sides of a conflict in order to understand what's going on and yes the state prosecution is asking for a jail time of up to eighteen years but since he was not demanded to stay here in turkey there were no no bans and he can actually leave for germany i wonder whether he will be back and actually be appearing in court any time soon again. many journalists who were. tell us about the situation other reporters well yes right there are dozens of other journalists still in turkish prison still behind bars and why this has been a very happy day for dan his huge l. it has been a terrible day for several other turkish journalists well known turkish journalists who were charged today. with a terrorist propaganda in the name of the so-called green movement and actually they were sentenced to life times in jail this is a very very harsh sentence for journalists so of course this day has mixed emotions and many peo

p.k. k. which has waged an insurgency on turkish soil for decades turkey has banned the kurdish group as a terrorist organization or to one is now hoping for muslims extradition. they broke up the religious community they told this nation apart. that's why we are fighting these terrorists otherwise we do not have a problem with our kurdish brothers. our problem is with terrorists. muslim was wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in ankara which killed thirty people the attack was claimed by the. muslim denies any involvement d.w. spoke to him exclusively just one week before his arrest turkey says that the why p.g. and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true well i mean war where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really an engineer and so there.

p.k. k. is outlawed kurdish movement. well let's just ask you turkey says that the y.p. cheney and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true. you yourself though once with the p.k. no i was with him. and you know they were in so doing libya was in the end and you know why is it that then that nothing to do with why is it then and you can watch that entire interview at our website view dot com well earlier i spoke with correspondent lot american building bergen who's in the syrian town of qubani muslims hometown i asked him what's been the reaction there to the kurdish leaders arrest well most of the reactions are that there are this sort of idea of unbelief they are like us in the like how is it that europe can all do is that they can all do as the kurdish leader although sadly most of them played a very vocal role and really more support for the fight against isis and go bani for instance so that the people here and kurds there are a bit upset also because turkey is now attacking a

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true i mean we're where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was with them civilian and you know open so there. was an injury and you know to do this what is it that the. most and to do with why is it them. that was still a muslim the former leader of the main syrian critics' political party at the p y gene speaking with the deed to abuse there are kelly last monday so they muslim was arrested in prague today at the request of turkey you can watch the whole interview with him on our website d.w. dot com. the place where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried has closed with israeli authorities the church of the holy supper curragh shut its doors sunday its leaders are protesting legislation that would tax church assets and allow the state to seize church property they called it an unprecedented attack against christians in the hol

p.k. k. which everyone agrees is a terrorist organization for turkey but that the y.p. do you would actually fight that if given enough support so i'm told that this seemed a bit outlandish also to the turkish side but mattis believes that this can be done and tell you what it took. these suggestions and comments from octaves. the two defense ministers were speaking at exactly the same time which is also interesting in itself minister john equally was briefing the turkish journalist while mattis was briefing the english speaking and most of the international press so it made it difficult for us to get immediate reactions but what i heard from turkish sources is that the turkish side did not give any ground on saying the white is a part of the p.k. k. a terrorist organization and that the u.s. as well didn't give any ground on saying that the wife is not a terrorist organization and is in fact the best chance to fight isis in the north of syria so as a defense about secretary mabus said there is common ground and there is uncommon ground but he also said that there is a

p.k. k. which is regarded as a terrorist organization but american money american arms five thousand truckloads of weapons of some have been poured into this mass presumably to fight assad but actually that really hasn't made much of an impact except to give the terrorists arms that's why it's so complex it's not that complex russia syria the united states working with the allies enough for and against britain and turkey no that's completely not the case nato civil war well it's nato civil war but it's not that civil war within a civil war because it's not all clear why america is essentially backing both sides turkey is claiming that they're the ones who are sorting out the problem to some extent it looks like they're right but i'm telling you it's exactly the biased well i think it should be on the side of washington and moscow finally united i can't believe you just said it's against london now but anyway i meant ok self at the same time thank you that's it for the show. i could see that they wo

p.k. k. which has been fighting a decades long insurgency inside turkey now what i'm calling to report to turkish reports is that they are saying that there was this deadly car bombing in the capital on current twenty sixteen which killed over thirty people injured schools more now they blamed that on a suicide attack of a member of this syrian kurdish militia the white peachy and i think by dive dive by the fact that sully muslim was the head of its political wing at the time that directly links him to the attack now has to be said that the both the p y d and the y. p.g. militia have tonight any involvement in that attack that they strongly dispute that they were involved in any way linked to the insurgency inside but from unger's perspective they have strong evidence from their point of view that links this militia to that attack and therefore link salim muslim cell now has to be said the fact that the czech court dismisses case and the fact of the muslim has been traveling for europe meets with

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true but when you have no war where are you yourself though once with the p k k no i was with them civilian engineer and so there. was an engineer in engineering why is it that then that nothing to do with why that they met for example the atlantic council they say that the y.p. g.'s casualty data confirms that kurds from turkey total nearly half of the y.p. g.'s self reported casualties between twenty thirteen and twenty sixty the implication there now that those are coming from the p.k. no no no we have actually i mean we have some numbers there were syrian kurds or syria they were among the people and then when the syrian conflict started they tended to defend their families and their syrian their curves for them not the people here anymore and we have i mean many people. because you know somebody for mr o'donohue was in syria for twenty years an

p.k. k. which has been killing turks for many years but also over the past three weeks the white p.g. has launched some full rocket attacks on sarky killing at least seven citizens as well as several soldiers on the battlefield so they hold the united states squarely responsible for the support political economic but more importantly military support that they have given to the white p.g. and i guess they've come out here to make it very clear to the section of states that regardless of the diplomacy that may be taking place on the ground the turkish people are very angry and reject the u.s. this stance. and of course jim all those trucks from. the turkish operation in a free and this is of course why the situation. and so difficult because the united states has continued to support because they have been the. strongest fighting in syria so far. as far as the united states are concerned they will say that it is the wife. of the syrian democratic forces. in the fight against the. point to the fact that the u.s. actually considers unprescribed the kurdish. as a terrorist organization an

p.k. k. which the u.s. and the e.u. do recognize as a terrorist group right. well that the fact that the that there is an association between these two groups is a fact in the sense that they share a certain. you know i think heritage political affiliation having said that they are two separate organizations with two distinct histories and goals for the want to claim that. that wife is a terrorist threats to turkey he has to substantiate that the government the turkish government has never actually provided any facts to substantiate that the y.p. she has engaged in acts of terrorism in turkey or targeting turkey as opposed to the p.k. the p.k. has done that but as far as why peachy is concerned that's not the case so what i don't is doing is that sort of you know. conflating these organizations and and presenting them as one in order to provide the justification for his government's intervention into syria if service for your opening statement appears to indicate that you would agree with in regard to the association between the p.g. militia and the k.k.k. so

p.k. k. which is a turkish kurdish group who they call terrorists they've put bombs in shopping malls in turkey so a difference of opinion over who provides security the same thing with political inclusiveness everybody agrees there should be political inclusiveness let's look across the border in iraq and see that there's supposed to be elections in may and over two and a half million people remain this place many of them some of these how do you have political inclusiveness when the big chunk of your population won't be able to be in participate in those elections lauren senator dan thank you very much indeed. an advisor to the former president of south korea has been sentenced to twenty years in prison trace in syria at the center of a corruption case that led to the impeachment of part going hey there have been a report from seoul. choice soon she'll might be the most disliked public figure in south korea at the moment many say she deserves the twenty year prison sentence and the more than sixt

p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they no. true i mean we're not where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really. in so doing. it was amended and you notice what is it that then nothing to do with why the film was salo muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party the p y g speaking with us last week solid muslim was arrested in prague yesterday on sunday at the request of turkey you can watch the entire interview with him at our web site did you doctor. now for some of the other stories making news at this hour students have visited their high school in parchman florida for the first time since the shooting there many left flowers to remember the seventeen who were killed in the attack at the major's stone douglas high school classes at that school are set to resume on wednesday. six people are in hospital after an explosion destroyed a shop in the city of leiceste

p.k. k. human p.k. which is listed by european union as well just because they share the same ideology a marxist communist lens i don't wish it so this is unfortunately the crew terrier for many different political parties and the politicians and the countries . and how can we defeat terrorists with this understanding and with those kind of double standards this is not only a problem of the u.s. which is a very serious. prior knowing in the war that they're fighting or all sorts of terrorist organization in the war but in syria they are collaborating with that there is sort of an assertion or what will come back to turkish u.s. relations near the end but i just want to ask another question about syria here another war has gone on for seven years almost up to a million people been killed more than five million refugees now your government has always said that it supports the syrian people's right to freedom and it supports their quest for for for democracy there not only have you you said that in statements bu

p.k. k. which is considered a terrorist group quite by britain but at the moment that's where things stand if convicted jim matthews could be looking at ten years in jail lauren and even baba thank you very much indeed a court in london has rejected an appeal by two nigerian communities who want to sue the oil company royal dutch shell oil spills in the niger delta it up hold a ruling last year that the company can't be held responsible in the court actions of its nigerian subsidiary and who has for the better and okalik communities said to having to appeal again this time to the u.k. supreme court. no house of cambodia's parliament has passed a law making it a crime to insult the king anyone found guilty of the charge could face a fine and up to five years in prison rights groups for the law could be used by prime minister who are insane to stifle dissent further in the past year the government has cracked down on its opponents closing critical media outlets and dissolving the main opposition part

p.k. k. . the kurdistan workers party which is listed as a terrorist group by turkey and the us. the fourth are you pull flick between the picking and turkey has cost around thirty thousand lives from both sides as the result of this operation should have been launched much earlier our border should have been cleared of terror as the weather gets colder women launched different campaigns to support the army some are knitting schools and socks for the soldiers . others are sending jars of jam or will pray for the safety of the armed forces. i made a presentation protestants approach to the after an operation something that is quite rare in turkey but it is parliament members say the military intervention in africa is actually an invasion in the area. and there is nor ever sure tread. for the turkish borders and the turkish state some of those who oppose oppression all of brent's play what they call turkey is misguided policies in syria for escalating the situation others say this is a move by the government to preserve the nationalist vote in next year's election none of them howe

p.k. k. the kurdistan workers party with which turkey has been in conflict for three decades russia controls the airspace over threaten but ahead of the turkish operation it withdrew hundreds of its soldiers from near the city kurdish fighters held after in six years ago after the syrian president bashar al assad soldiers left northern syria. let's go to our guests now joining us from istanbul met him at the yangon and affiliates of the political science department at the university of bill kent in butlins on a muslim member of the diplomatic committee of tev demme the movement for democratic society that's an alliance bringing kurds together in northern syria and joining us from moderates so in it's me on skype is joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all joshua coming to you first who is going to end up fighting whom he i don't think there is this is it designed to avoid fighting and it should be a win win for everybody because turkey gets to stop its invasion over twenty turkish soldiers have been killed so far syria gets

britain's ally the usa backs the left wing p k k allied forces in our friend and britain de facto back to turkey because of nato membership which wants to wipe out the p.k. k. and britain de facto backs both assad and putin in their attempts to destroy islam ists in syria then again just to resume realize all of this we will be continuing to work with the u.n. and the process and finally i would just say that the u.n. envoy has our full support in the work that he is doing is trying to bring an end to this by finding a place. the solution from syria a political solution britain is mean aiding the white helmets organization it is called for the overthrow of the government in damascus and if you came minority government needed to raise a may support stefan demba stora then why was a foreign secretary boris johnson no way to be seen with him at the peace talks in russia at the end of last month could it be that the pm sees russia as the enemy and we call on all that matters including russia to ensure that this violence stops yes britain is in full cold war mode against moscow let alone against jeremy corbyn who wanted answers to questions about to raise a

jihadist kurdish militia group which i quote considers to be a terrorist organization is considered by the vast majority of talks to be just an extension of the p.k. k. that's the turkish base kurdistan workers' party which has been bombing turkish towns and cities and killing turkish civilians as well as police officers and military for decades so this support that they give their military against such a group like i see is a lot greater than to be damaged by the death of thirty soldiers obviously it is something concerning but the fact that the people are behind this it probably actually spurs the money even more to essentially support the military to try and routes out any presence of the y.p. g. on the border with their country jamal thank you. now iran is marking thirty nine years since its islamic revolution hundreds of thousands of people have been taking part in mass rallies and president hassan rouhani has been speaking in freedom square the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution saw the overthrow of the shah of iran and the creation of the islamic republic has more from. the founder of the islamist republic of iran ayatollah ruhollah kho

p.k. k. or key. it is done with his party which it's been fighting for decades the turkish military plans to create a thirty kilometer buffer zone near the border president ranger type anyone has warned people in the area to evacuate. watch out mark one of the it's up to those in the area whether to evacuate to places where terrorists are present or not as we have openly declared without playing games we will continue to clamp down on terrorists regardless of whom they are accompanied by nobody should expect us to act according to the statements of those who do not even respect their own words algis there as you sat down with the turkish foreign minister and asked him about the operation in northern syria. there had been white p.g.p. terrors for the region and they were sending harassment fires and the rockets to turkey to different parts of turkey and it became a serious threat to our security and also to our borders we warned you warned the countries who have been engaged with them nevertheless they increase the harassment fires that's why we launched this operation. turkey's president at one annou

against his party's armed affiliate which it perceives as terrorists solenn muslims spoke to earlier this week host sarah kelly asked him if his party had links to the p.k. k. a kurdish movement outlawed by turkey. let's just ask you turkey says that the why peachey and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they no that's not true i'm going where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really young. and so there. was a. generic what is it that then. nothing to do with why the fam. that was so lame muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party the p.y.g. speaking with sara kelly last monday still a muslim was arrested in prague today at the request of turkey you can watch the whole interview with him on our website d.w. dot com china's communist party has proposed removing from the country's constitution a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power that means president xi jinping could remain in office after his second te

wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in ankara which killed thirty people the attack was claimed by the p.k. k. while muslim denies any involvement d.w. spoke to him exclusively just one week before his arrest turkey says that the why peachy and that the. that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true and one where you yourself though once with the p.k. no i wasn't really an engineer and so there. was an engineer and didn't even want to use it. to do with why is it then that for example that p y d has said his arrest was any legal and immoral act by czech authorities if extradited he would be the most high profile kurds in turkey captivity in nearly twenty years. joining me now as correspondent robin meade vandalism back he's in the syrian town of call bani which is muslims hometown not to me what have been the reactions in co bonnie decided muslims the rest. then the christian go back into a very unhappy

started to make noises that we will continue to support the democratic forces which basically is a front for the y p t and the p.k. k. and so it's one wonders who's in charge example united states in this sort of reminds one of what happened in two thousand and sixteen when the u.s. administration and the u.s. secretary of state at that time he made an agreement with the russians and then almost immediately afterwards as you order adulatory or bomb syrian government positions in beirut who are killing almost one hundred syrian soldiers and and immediately afterwards isis attacked their positions and took those positions as if they were. as if they knew what was about to happen so the united states is i think it's unclear who's in charge but we do know that trump has given the huge amount of authority to the military and the people in charge right now in the united states the sort of joint mcmaster calley and there are there are close friend. petraeus these people. they are revisionists alice a crook of congress conflicts forum the head of conflicts form wrote a very interesting article recently showing how these peo

back in one nine hundred ninety eight signed the other on the agreement which prohibits the syrian regime in all forms to support p.k. k. or its lethal organizations. if the syrian militia if the government forces if the bashar assad's forces fight alongside with y. p.g. it is a clear violation of nine hundred ninety eight of the agreement and this is truly a clear pursing a clear red line in. missional defense understanding i think the syrian regime's intentions clear goal is to replace them at least curb any kind all kurdish autonomy intentions in the west of the u. freighters away from the us covered right now oksana bosses are being questioned by british politicians about sexual misconduct in haiti in twenty eleven the charity is already apologized to the haitian government but the u.k. government wants more answers some of that stuff accused of using prostitutes joining an aid mission in haiti after the earthquake but to be phillips joins us from london what have we heard so far barnaby. what we've seen is senior oxfam executives being grilled by parliament's international development committee and it is an exerci

p.k. k. that's the kurdistan workers party and outlawed group which are in car consider this to be a terrorist organization so since this operation was began this army we have over twenty talker soldiers who have been killed we have at least seven civilians who have been killed by rockets fired by the white p.g. and on the other hand there are reports of at least a hundred and fifty plus y p g fighters being killed there are claims that the turkish military has also killed civilians claims that sort of keep strongly denies in fact it says that the reason why this operation is taking longer than it should is because it's trying to exert all the possible means to ensure the safety of civilians there's also been video that the that shows why p.g. another kurdish groups bussing guinn civilians through the city of our which is the main targets of the cyclist operations they claim that they are being used as human shields that is the target in the y.p. g. obviously say that this is a natural response by the kurds or citizens to protect what they consider to be their city so it is escalating day by d

p.k. k. and the syrian regime already came to an agreement we know that the syrian regime had preconditions which is why p.g. has to fulfill it so that they can come in for example they said that they want to have the weapons which the y. p.g. got they said they want to control the border they said they want to recruit and they want to establish a new administration they are so i think the reason why nothing has happened tonight is really because there are still discussions probably between the syrian government and turkey what would it mean if we saw an all out confrontation between syrian forces and turkish forces in. well as we said we will see more while and and in the end if the syrian government takes over again the syrian courts will those who lose of course because they will then have to live again under a regime which has persecuted the current some of for a very long time even though one must say that the situation now under the white p.g. is much better because they are also not interested in human rights or a better situation for the syrian kurds really all right so good chance we cou