got a clue the but it got me last activists say brandon is one of hundreds of innocent peachey shot bythe police in some cases fatally since the reintroduction of the empty chair a law then we can get off on sunday ok come on the lot of folks at the see a little little last night ok. they set up an sign for mandalay confront accident. we asked general friends on e. he was in charge of the conflict zone to come and. pick them up only. like every political or law enforcement official we approached in chile and neighboring argentina the general refused to give us an interview. in contrast to the point immunity enjoyed by the police it's almost impossible to find him a peachy leader who hasn't spent time in prison. hugo lekan ira named environmentalist has been a community leader for ten years and then you mean for the pre-med and got to say let me end the thought of to defend their limo to deal with they are new and god said no and they won't allow god to send. hugo was wrongly accused of terrorism held for three years and then released. but i mean. i mean we don't know relieving. them of

this conflict is as much about turkey's anger at the united states over its support of the white peachey and particularly its announcement of creating a thirty thousand strong border force with the white peachey which has triggered this crisis now preserve the earth one does believe according to sources in the palace he does have a good relation or potentially a good relationship with donald trump he told me but i need put a lot of store on these telephone conversations with world leaders a position of advisors i spoken to in the palace they say the real problem with turkish u.s. relations isn't between the two presidents but more people around all the time particularly former military generals who hold great sway in the white house they are seen as a problem probably earth wants to believe that if he can have a conversation with trump possibly they can strike a deal worth one thousand like to make deals with leaders and if if there is a possibility of the fusing this crisis it could be this conversation if that conversation fails it could well determine that turkey to continue its opera

his announcement of creating a security force which would draw heavily on this peachey kurdish militia which actually triggered this crisis which triggered this intervention by turkey and also is widely believed to have been the reason why moscow gave the green light to this operation because moscow was very unhappy with the kurdish militias decision to go ahead with and cooperate with the u.s. on this and now the kurdish force they believe sided with the united states went along with this plan which would allow the u.s. have a long term presence in syria they feel very much abandoned by the u.s. because. with this intervention by turkey and they see very little pushback by washington this is a complex situation dorian turkey is also using german made tanks for its offensive against the kurds in syria this is anger german lawmakers which was some calling for a suspension of arms sales to turkey what impact is the turkish appearance of having on relations with its nato allies. well it is certainly causing street strains in concerns but i think at the moment to its nato allies we are wat

has been attacking the kurdish region for more than ten days now a framus controlled by the white peachey a syrian kurdish group that turkey considers a terrorist organization stephanie decker reports. some of the people of. this protest is in the kurdish run area in northeast syria where people say they feel betrayed. or we condemn the turkish state we condemn russia because had it not been for russia giving the green light turkey. would not have been able to attack a free in russia and turkey your fate and will be at the hands of the heroes of the wipe e.g. just like the end of ice. in africa and funerals are held for fighters from the peoples protection units. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish groups across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl. this is said to be video gin that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sources have told al-jazeera that most people in these areas have fled due to the heavy bombardme

units or y p g considered a terror group by ankara trying to capture an area controlled by the white peachey in northwestern syria. the region borders turkey and these costs all from fellow kurdish forces to the east president has also threatened to attack kurdish held man bitch and his one pro kodesh opposition parties in turkey not to protest against the military operation. there has been nobody protesting on the streets so far the h.t.t.p. congress has not attended either anybody that he needs those calls a mix the mystical taking to the streets and high price i need to stress this this is a national struggle we will crush any one who opposes our national struggle. well stephanie decker is following everything for us from un taqiyya and so day two now of turkey's military offensive into northern syria what do we know about how the operation is progressing well the ground offensive started today we had heard that this was going to start yesterday we didn't really move now what we're seeing is some movement of us f.s.a. fighters the free syrian army which is backed by turkey together with t

forces which have helped defeat eisel in syria the turks say the why peachey is a terrorist organization allied to the p.k. k. which its been at war with for decades to any deck or has more from a talk in or the turkey syria border. two separate issues that have been angering and first of all that border force talk of thirty thousand troops being trained by the united states to ensure its stability that's according to the united states will anchor president rest of type two one calling it an army of terror and saying they will drown it well we've had some backtracking from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson saying it owed turkey an apology that it wasn't a border force but a force that would deal with internal security pretty much preventing the resurgence of weisel of course the issue that turkey has with this as the backbone of that force will be made up of the white p.g. which of course turkey considers linked to the p.k. a terrorist organization the other thing we have going on at the moment is turkey's threats to enter africa in this is a self declared independent kurdish cou

while we with a manhunt was in progress and there had been another shooting at the mit peachey communityis he at them you know when open some ocarina them you know number so yes i won't go a lot more to be so you know rough i don't know where it was the end but on the cme look on the mark and this is the him look at him once and then look at them russia was part of a group of some fifty london sma to change which is occupied a small area outside by a law in order to fall. you know they're not that i'm all about that i thought ok. you know i got a lot. and i question of. the authorities said they were terrorists and raided the community. and so i don't know. and i don't know. that i wanted to. they didn't want to go but you know many died and other. you know thought they were going to go imo what are all very you know yeah. it's full in months to the day since the disappearance of santiago mold and all day the rani organized in the results time to move the date is not also remembering rough and long well he was also become a monster to the cool those days and old news as protesters mix wi

strikes on the border district targeting the kurdish white peachey this after days of shelling ankara fears the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault syria has warned against any operation and said it will shoot down turkish planes well turkish backed syrian rebels are also reported to have mobilized a frame and turkey's president says the next target will be the syrian town of man beach which a u.s. backed kurdish led force captured from i still in two thousand and sixteen then look at them there we will wipe out this corridor will step up starting for the wished effort operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed by bed b. since the promises made about have not been kept so far nobody can say eighty three when we do what is necessary. stephanie decker has more from the turkey syria border. turkey launched its air campaign shortly before sunset and this follows a week of increasingly strong political rhetoric coming from the president from the prime minister from the

terrorism terrorist organization killed because turkey regards the white peachey which is the military branch of q why did that to save the strongest political code disputed party in syria and turkey wanted united states to stop these global problems but you know it is. using several. excuses continued to lie and this is where we arrived at this point. where he's going to take a turkey u.s. relations to think well they remain strategic partners it seems like things are getting worse between the. actually you notice if tried to worship turns by saying that it has no military presence in an afternoon specifically but if. the first of all there may be that many people are equipped and trained. in our can also work but the american presence military presence. of will may be absent this may be understandable but if turkey continues the military operation in carriers it to limby and to the east of you afraid this then it will come across with him oh hello to allies will be fighting third country but this is something that is not acceptable not only in an alliance and what reaction do you ant

proxy in its war against islamic state jihad inside syria while taki on the other hand thinks the why peachey 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. to you leon reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well now to some of the other stories making news this hour and in germany the social democratic leader martin schultz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with uncle america's conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many of 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 the winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan john the north has promised to send athletes to the games in pyongyang in the sout

even push all the way east to the iraqi front here the turkish offensive against the kurdish why peachey fight is in syria's african region has already strained ties with its nato ally the united states turkey considers the white beach a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in u.s. led efforts to combat i still in syria and the u.n. says that at least thirty people drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of yemen this week the u.n. says the boat was carrying people from somalia and ethiopia back to africa heading to chip boosie. absent without help still coming up in twenty five minutes time off to insights. the parting shot to me and mars leader from a veteran u.s. diplomat bill richardson says on some suit she lacks moral leadership and resigns from an international advisory panel of the door hinge or crisis while they bicker what about the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. frustration over me and morris handling of the raw hinder crisis has boiled over into an argument between on some s

been civilian casualties often random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets why peachey positions turkey's offensive is now well into its second week the village where the smoke coming from it is inside syria now turkey has been shelling these border areas on a daily basis there is also supported on the ground by free syrian army fighters this is the syrian rebels that turkey supports and they have a presence here in turkey along the border. we spot a few free syrian army fighters on the side of the road there rarely seen this openly in turkey turkey has brought many of these episodes. fighters from syria they are now waiting along the border for orders to advance we managed to speak to one of them who tells us the battle won't be easy record that. we're facing quite a few challenges first the weather didn't help us as it was foggy and raining second the why p.g. has advanced snipers that's why we are taking it slower trying to control these mountains first turkey is a with the moment is to secure its border area with african. air strikes and artillery can be heard all a

reports of turkish troop movements along the northern syrian border and at the edge of the white peachey held territory now turkey has been angered by u.s. confirmation that it's helping syrian kurdish fighters set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel marianna honda reports. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. specked could use 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 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 the kurds gain power in neighboring syria the u.s. and the european union say the p.k. k. is a terror group but in

says one million people live in that area and killings the syrian why peachey kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed p k k party which has fought for autonomy for decades decker joins us live from ankara and turkey near serious northwestern border so stephanie what more do we know about what is happening with the with these border the border force. well the border force and the issue of our free are two separate issues however they're both issues that are ongoing and crowd the border force the specifics of it as the americans have broken it down that they will be training or at least establishing a thirty thousand. border force and what we saw there what you mention with the us i can see it rex tillerson sort of backing off because of the anger that this caused in ankara the turkish president rest of time. saying that this was an army of terror and not turkey was going to drown this army because of course what you referred to they see the white p.g. which would form the backbone of this force as a terrorist organization linked to the a it's complicated but it's basically they don't want to

as the border with iraq takesh forces have been fighting for a week now to expel the kurdish why peachey militia from the a-frame region the why b.g. is a key part of the s t f which is backed by the us dozens of people have died in the fighting each side says it's killed hundreds of enemy fighters. will continue to all branch operation which is on its seventh day today until we reach all of our targets after this will cleanse man bids from the terrorists as it has been promised to us nobody should be bothered by this because the real owner of members is not those terrorists but the arab brothers they're after this we'll continue our fight until no terrorist is left al-jazeera stephanie deca has been inside syria she sent us this from as just east of frayne. we're in the syrian city . this is an area that is part of sort of eastern fraud with their operation pretty you know you can feed life is pretty much normal here or was a lot of children in these areas were in the turkish press tour so to speak they're very keen to show us their operations here what is striking is the influence and

tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border further west threatening to attack kurdish why peachey forces in a frame ankara strongly criticize. is the u.s. for arming and funding the y.p. chain which has played a significant role and the battle against eisel ankara links the syrian y.p. chain kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed pick a party the us secretary of state says reports of the forces being created have been mis portrayed the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must have turkey close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors have a doctor has more from and near the turkish syrian border. two separate issues that have been angering and first of all that border force talk of thirty thousand troops being trained by the united states to ensure its stability that's according to

the enclave of a frame to drive out fighters from kurdish peoples protection units and as the wife peachey. u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in israel the latest stop on his tour of the region it's the highest level u.s. visit since president trump decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in december and jordan agreed to disagree with king abdullah over the jerusalem decision. the united nations has launched its launches yet humanitarian appeal for yemen it's asking for almost three billion dollars in donations almost three years of solid lead as trucks and fighting with hooty rebels left forty five percent of the population in desperate need of lifesaving assistance. a plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees to man ma is due to begin on tuesday bangladesh on man margaret to send back around seven hundred fifty thousand refugees i think violence in iraq and state since october two thousand and sixteen the program is set to take two years however many refugees say they're feeling pressured to go home and i'm worried about their safety a motorcycle bomb was

from the turkish perspective the story still to the different because turkey believes that the white peachey is an offshoot of the p.k. k. the could be some workers' party which is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but also by the you not to the states and the e.u. 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 by this move turkey believes that pick a king is going to be alleged to my stand turkey say 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 we're moving to our other top stories police in the tunisian capital of fired tear gas at protesters who threw stones at offices and set fires to thais hundreds of demonstrators have been marking the seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring many of the issues which brought people to the streets back then is still causing the same problems today anger has been rising over new austerit

arrant ground offensive in the african region in northern syria as an enclave for syrian kaddish why peachey fighters who are backed by the u.s. like b.g. says have killed at least six people a contentious u.s. spending bill will be up for another photo monday friday the senate failed to agree on the legislation forcing a government shutdown republicans and democrats and blaming each other for the deadlock mike hanna reports. house democratic minority leader nancy pelosi was the monger thousands of people protesting near the white house her presence at the moment no longer needed on capitol hill when to go see a chanst between senate democrats and republicans on the new wording of a stopgap funding bill fell apart democrats were quick to blame the president and right wing forces within his administration negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jell-o. it's next to impossible as soon as you take one step forward the hard right forces the president three steps back but republicans in turn accuse the democrats and schumer in particular of negotiating in bad ways like that so

entered the own cave of a three part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit why peachey the taleban says it was behind an overnight attack on a luxury hotel in the afghan capital in which at least eighteen people were killed . jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize to receive them as. in zimbabwe they all physician m.d.c. alliance has been holding its first rally of the gear but concerns are growing about the health of the opposition leader morgan chang president emerson man and god the son of p.f. has promised to hold elections within five months long time leader well but it was forced out of office in november by. the hiring process has more after it's just i'm a capital. leaders in the opposition i like to say that i'm on a good explosives and i is going to be president elicited and i got the chance to take place in a few months time but there are some of the songs and some challenges so i get out of a kit kats a little country outside the country at a hospita

as the border with iraq turkish forces have been fighting for a week now to expel the kurdish why peachey militia from the african region the y p g is a key part of the syrian democratic forces backed by the u.s. dozens of people have died in the fighting each side said it's killed hundreds of enemy fight has begun you. will continue to all branch operation which is on its seventh day today until we reach all of our targets after this will cleanse man bids from the terrorists as it has been promised to us nobody should be bothered by this because the real owner of members is not those terrorists but the arab brothers they're after this we'll continue our fight until no terrorist is left out is there a stephanie attack as being inside syria she sent us this report from just east of . where in the syrian city. this is an area that is part of sort of talking eastern fraud with their operation pretty you know you can feed life is pretty much normal here or was a lot of children in these areas were in the turkish press tour so to speak they're very keen to show us their operations here what is

been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets why peachey positions turkey's offensive is now well into its second week the village with the smoke coming from it is inside syria now turkey has been shelling these border areas on a daily basis i was also supported on the ground by free syrian army fighters this is the syrian rebels that turkey supports and they have a presence here in turkey along the border. we spot a few free syrian army fighters on the side of the road they're rarely seen this openly in turkey turkey has brought many of these f.s.a. fighters from syria and they are now waiting along the border for orders to advance we managed to speak to one of them who tells us the battle won't be easy record that. we're facing quite a few challenges first the weather didn't help us as it was foggy and raining second the why p.g. has advanced snipers that's why we are taking it slow and trying to control these mountains first. turkey say with the moment is to secure its border area with after the. air strikes and artillery can be heard al

been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets why peachey positions turkey's offensive is now well into its second week the village where the smoke coming from it is inside syria now turkey has been shelling these border air. on a daily basis i was also supported on the ground by free syrian army fighters this is the syrian rebels that turkey supports and they have a presence here in turkey along the border. we spot a few free syrian army fighters on the side of the road they are rarely seen this openly in turkey turkey has brought many of these f.s.a. fighters from syria and they are now waiting along the border for orders to advance we managed to speak to one of them who tells us the battle won't be easy record that. we're facing quite a few challenges first the weather didn't help us as it was foggy and raining second the why p.g. has advanced snipers that's why we are taking it slow or trying to control these mountains first. turkey's a but the moment is to secure its border area with afy. air strikes and artillery can be heard all along