this is not a pocket of terror attacks from the pkk. can't cut dispute that there hasn't been cross-border strikes out of afrin but it's not a hot bed of the pkk as they would have you think. the current thinkening on the u.s. side is that the turks shows this time and place to deliberately try to drive a wedge between the united states and the syrian democratic forces which we are working well with with east of the euphrates. >> where do you think this goes? before i ask you that? well do you think this ends in a shooting match between turkey and by extension the united states? >> i don't think so. i don't think either side wants it to get to that point. i think what's going on here is a political calculation by both turkey and russia to minimize if not completely eliminate u.s. military presence inside syria. both sides want us out. the turks are using this to drive a wedge between us and the sdf -- and you've seen probably christiane the sdf said they might come to the brother rescuer in afrin. which would take them away from isis wh

yes, none of us are going to be able to talk on behalf of the pkk, but even the pkk's approach during that time was to prioritize the situation in turkey generally, because i think they agreed the two can't be separated. >> excellent. sorry to wrap you up, but i want to turn the question for a different perspective to ahmet. giran has talked about the hdp as this tent party, not just pro-kurdish, supporting a lot of other interests. the akp is presenting itself as a welcoming party of the other population which is pious muslims. to what extent do you think islam is still important to election mobilization. do we see the policies the akp is putting through sort of to cater to a population or to actually construct a population they would like to see in the future? >> thank you for the question. let me bring the two issues together by another friendly disagreement. starting with the first issue. the fact that 200 strikers were relieved, excellent, wonderful. it wasn't a result of social resistance. it was a result of the regime's policy which makes it something mentioned in this conferen

even the pkk was saying this. in that kind of atmosphere, yes, maybe a lot of kurds, let's just solve our issue. not tecare what happens to turk afterwards. but when it came down to this process, the kurdish question for a lot of kurds is tied in with the level of democracy in the home of tech. so the two can't d separated from each other. this is what was decided on. the solution of the kurdish question is one that ties in with turkey's standard of democracy and that's taken a rapid nose dive. and that's why the hdp, yes, may be the only difference after the june 7th elections made or should have been made. a lot of people criticize them for not being open to a coalition with the akp. because of that closeness, the akp had to turn to the mhp, which i personally don't agree with. maybe that could have been done differently, if the hdp had set up straight after the election and come out and said we are open to working with the akp, we are open to being in a coalition of some sort with erdogan, then some things may

therefore, i think the support for a subsidiary of pkk is a national security threat for us. so we are puzzled and we find it difficult to understand with the u.s. is up to. they are telling us it is a short-term tactical partnership to combat daish, but clearly, this is not the right strategy. this is where we are, but we do still hope there will be a better understanding as we go forward and hopefully we can all work together to create a unified, stable, and hopefully prospering syria because it is in our national interest and security interest. we have no interest in one single inch of syrian territory. we have no call with kurds or -- we have no quarrel with kurds or anybody else. we went to be a player in the region to help in the beginning to prosper with our neighbors. is america today a source of equilibrium or disequilibrium in the middle east when you think of what president trump did on jerusalem, which was a real departure from the global breaksus, threatening to the iran agreement, which was really a you and blessed agreement that the eu was a partner. what can a

we recognize pkk as a terrorist organization. pkk is involved inside turkey. beyond that what is happening today is for the first time the turks are directly attacking american allies with air force, with field artillery. i saw 155-millimeter field artillery in the footage you just showed. this is bad news. we need to talk to the turks. turkey remember is our nato ally. they talk and they behave hike we're not. for example, they're buying massive russian anti-aircraft conflicts called s400. top of the line missiles but they buying it from the russians and not the nato member and not the united states. >> jon: nato country shopping for arms with the russians. we have to leave it there. thank you very much for your insights. >> julie: morning commute taking a tragic turn for people heading to work. live update on the search for survivors after a deadly train derailment. plus people say it was far from child's play when a young boy walked into a store with a gun and tried to rob it. >> it's ridiculous. >> it's sad that someone this young want to do this. packing

there are lots of connections between them and the pkk. also, pyd has a problem with the international community, and a. for example, turkey or iran or others. i cannot speak of support or not support. i know there is a problem, which is pyd. it must be solved. pyd must not allow civilians to be targeted, to harm civilians within these areas. sarah: let's talk about the attempts to solve the problems with the larger problems in syria. there is going to be a new round peace talks in geneva in january and you will be part of that presumably. is anything different this time, or are we continuing to go through the motions? >> no, there is international pressure arranged by the americans and international players to push on directions and see. this is a kind of test, the next round of negotiation to see if the russians is able to put enough leverage in the regime to come to the negotiation table. and for this reason, the next round will be only two days, and with specific ideas to see if the regime will accept and engage in negotiation or not.

links to their own pkk. they have been fighting an urgency here in turkey since the 1980s. operation because the americans support ypg in the fight against islamic state. this —— operation puts turkey in confrontation with its nato ally the us to america's support for the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government and the regime has said they will shoot down any turkish jet violating syrian airspace. yet they have gone ahead, determined to reduce the territorial control of the ypg, fearing that they will consolidate territory. this operation could bog turkey down in a long and potentially deadly military offensive. i spoke to fadi hakura, who is the manager of the turkey project at chatham house. i asked him whether this opens up yet another front in the war in syria. no doubt that the military intervention by turkey in north—western syria is another complication in a very complicated war. turkey wants to make certain that the ypg, which are closely linked to the pkk, do not establish their contiguous territorial autonomous zone. how will that go down in turkey?

links to their own pkk. they have been fighting an urgency here in turkey since the 1980s.gerous operation because the americans support ypg in the fight against islamic state. this operation puts turkey in confrontation with its nato ally the us to america's support for the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government and the regime has said they will shoot down any turkish jet violating syrian airspace. yet they have gone ahead, determined to reduce the territorial control of the ypg, fearing that they will consolidate territory. this operation could bog turkey down in a long and potentially deadly military offensive. mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. both us houses of congress will be back in session on sunday to try to rectify the failure to pass a new spending bill. a vote in the senate is then scheduled for one in the morning local time or earlier if democrats and republicans can find agreement. if the vote is passed it would end the current shutdown allowing government services to b

you mentioned the pkk.lso lending military support to the kurds currently fighting in syria, but also in iraq. it is a listed terrorist organisation, not just also in iraq. it is a listed terrorist organisation, notjust by turkey, but also by several states and organisations, including nato, the us and the european union. the fudge is that kurdish militia groups come ina fudge is that kurdish militia groups come in a number of different varieties. america will continue backing what they view as the good kurds to try to wipe out groups like ices. —— isis. we have to remember that america have been paddling up to fight a common enemy. more re ce ntly to fight a common enemy. more recently in libya, they supported the rebels, many of whom were affiliated with al-qaeda. we also must bear in mind that a lot of that logistical support that will be provided in theatres of war will be cove red. provided in theatres of war will be covered. donald trump's america will be offering logistical support without anybody, l

you mentioned the pkk.it's a party which has an armed branch that has been calling for an independent kurdish state within turkey for decades. but it is also lending military support to the kurds currently fighting in syria, but also in iraq. it is a listed terrorist organisation, notjust by turkey, but also by several states and organisations, including nato, the us and the european union. so the fudge is that kurdish militia groups come in a number of different varieties. and america will continue backing what they view as the good kurds to try to wipe out groups like isis. but we have to remember that historically powerful nation states, and especially america, have been palling up with ideological adversaries to fight a common enemy. they have done that in latin america, supporting the guerrilla groups, the contras, and more recently in libya, supporting the rebels, many of whom were al-qaeda affiliated. we also must bear in mind that a lot of that logistical support that will be provided in particularl

of involvement from turkey because of the kurdish group which is according to turkey, linked to the pkkhich is not really well—received in turkey. the group itself, the ypg, is denying that. we will see the un security council talking about this later today. we have seen france, the us and other powers edging turkey to restrain its actions and ta ke turkey to restrain its actions and take care that they wouldn't be any civilians involved —— urging. 0f course syria, as we have seen over the past couple of years, a very messy situation. so complex. he mentioned america because they have actually armed to the ypg because they were fighting is. it is complex. geopolitical in its consequences but more importantly, for the people of syria, with all of these different armed groups coming together and forming different alliances, you don't see a way out of it in the immediate future, very, very difficult. yes and also difficult because you don't really see one of strong international power taking the lead. you have the us that previously was involved. you have other powers and of course, turkey

turkey calls them terrorists, linked to its main enemy at home, the turkish kurds in the pkk. up another major crisis inside syria's already tangled war. just to the south, the syrian army is pushing ahead with its own offensive to retake ground held by hardline islamists. as fighting intensifies, so too the humanitarian crisis. 200,000 people are now on the run, heading north, adding to pressure on turkey's border. these two are among them. translation: i got the kids and put them in the car and we were off. we came here with nothing. in some places, they can't run away. there were more air strikes today in east ghouta, a besieged area on the edge of damascus under rebel control. thousands are now living in basements. this baby's life begins underground. translation: this child is only 20 hours old, born in the bombardment and destruction. the siege here in ghouta. no—one can see our suffering. all the children here have known nothing but war. they have to make the most of it. they have no inkling of the complexities of this conflict, but they live with its cost every day. tw

our state problems through more democracy, more phenomenal rights and freedom in return for terrorist pkk -- arms. there was this reconciliation process, and it was going reasonably well. the power vacuum, lack of functioning state in syria and part of a iraq, was that there was this fertile ground for the likes of terrorist organizations e.u.pkk, which is on the list, to include more weapons, more people, and obviously become a more formidable threat, national security threat for turkey. chosen ales us is uss terrorist organization to fight another terrorist organization, -- the u.s.eally has chosen a terrorist anothertion to fight terrorist organization. turkey is saying this, of h is a big threat to humanity. that is why turkey moved in syria, cleansed 2000 square ash, but we of d have been experiencing significant terror attacks, not only from dash but pkk. ethnically, i am a card. fromam a kurd and the come a humble background. my parents were illiterate and i am to deputy prime minister of turkey. the biggest kurdish city does not lie on the iraqi and syrian border. the biggest kurd

in the region. >> and how do you expect turkey to react if arms do end up in the hands of the pkk? >> i would expect turkey will make its own conclusions with respect to its own defense interests, which is why we are as attentive as we are to the issue of weapons provision, reprovision to kurdish and other elements associated with them in the north. >> as you're very family, president trump recently recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. and there are plans to start moving there. this is a very contentious issue. amo in your opinion, has this decision helped or hampered our relationships with countries in the region, and how are terrorist organizations in the region using this u.s. action to recruit new members? >> i believe virtually all of the states in the region have made it a formal governmental level clear their concerns with this decision. and i would not characterize their position beyond the eloquence with which they have already presented it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. just to follow up on the questi questioning, i do think we should have a classifi

turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk, who have long fought an insurgency in turkeybehalf of the kurdish minority. and it wants them pushed back from the border town of afrin. turkey's president has his own troops fighting for their hero. and with elections next year, war rallies his support base. translation: this is a national struggle, and in this national struggle, we will crush anyone who stands against us. that's a message that resonates in border villages, where grape grower omer gazel and his friends watched the jets. translation: we felt proud and happy as they took off. everyone came out to bid them farewell. but the ypg has backing, too. both in syria, where kurds rallied today, and beyond. translation: we condemn the attack on afrin, and we tell our brothers there that they are in our hearts, and that we are with them. because of the bravery of the ypg heroes, we will win the battle in afrin. the us armed them in the fight against the islamic state group, infuriating turkey. france too voiced support for them today, calling on turkey to pull back. but the

turkish court handed him an 18 month sentence for spreading terrorist propaganda in support of the pkk. time for business news. france's president trying to dru m up business in china. correspondent: emmanuel macron spoke favorably about china's gigantic $1 trillion infrastructure initiative. it is a revival of new shipping, road and railway investments. correspondent: emmanuel macron's first visit to china began in a city with symbolic meaning. it was the start of the historic silk road that connected china and europe. beijing has been trying to connect that road for years, but the response has been cold and will now. macron said it is time to get behind the initiative. >> the new initiative can bring us into alliance with france and europe if we work together. correspondent: the plan will see new road links and shipping links throughout asia. it has raised worries of chinese expansionism and country living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia raised fears of what beijing was buying was influence. the french president said the new trade r

sees the ypg as an extension of the pkk, which is been in t the southeast o of tuy since the mid-d-1980's. the ypg has been a key ally in the u.s.-led coalition and the fight against the islamic state group. they controlled large swathes of territory in northern syria, including the city of raqqa. borders a 30,000 strong force that will be trained by the u.s. and allies, a measure criticized by turkey. >> we expect the u.s. and its allies to support turkey in its legitimate efforts to defeat terrorism. hopeg the operation, i that these powers will not appear on the same side as terrorist organizations. >> it is unclear whether erdogan will go through with his threat. in september after iraqi kurds voted for independence, he threatened to close the iraqi-kurdish border but never did. it was reported on sunday that tanks had been moved to the border with syria with the army firing its ypg forces. genie: an update on the remaining girls being held by militant islamic group boko haram. a new video appears to show 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast nigerian town almost four ye

is closely tied with the pkk, the kurdish workers party that operates in turkey and has been fightinginst the turkish state since 1984. and in fact people will tell you, who have been to raqqah, that many of the ypg fighters that were there appeared to be actually from turkey. so the turks are concerned that there's a broadening area of northern syria that is under the control of the ypg, and afrin, of course, is a predominantly kurdish area north of aleppo. this operation dubbed by the turks as operation olive branch, began last night with well over 100 turkish air strikes on yng positions, including some video we saw, quite dramatic, put out by the turkish army, saying that the target was tunnels being used by the ypg. now, the turkish state news agency says that turkish forces have entered on the ground, into the afrin area. according to the ypg, there's fighting in three areas to the northeast, as well as the west of afrin. the turks have yet to confirm those reports of intense fighting. but it all goes to show what a complicated situation it is on the ground in syria, where you h

imprisoned leader of the pkk leader, they follow the same ideology but they have said repeatedly thatthe kurdish people inside syria and in turkey, which is a large number, are from the same i could even say tribe because the border was drawn at the fall of the ottoman empire. the kurds in iraq and syria and iran are different from each other but these are completely similar and the turkish authorities say that not a single bullet in the past seven yea rs single bullet in the past seven years after the arab uprising in syria, they have been controlling the city, had been shot from afrin towards turkey. turkey say it is for their security but again, none of those terrorist attacks against turkey have been carried out by kurdish, it has been isis militants which the kurds have been fighting in syria. we mentioned islamic state, i wanted to clear up one thing, how involved have the militia in afrin been in the fight against is in that part of syria? that place has been surrounded, one part was is, another was another islamic gi’oup is, another was another islamic group and the fsa and th

turkish forces are targeting kurdish white bg fight is because they are affiliated with the pkk agree on her abilities to be a terrorist organization. but the white bg dominates the us five syrian democratic forces. have played a crucial part in helping the us and international commission which includes s fronts in e uk t to fight islamic s stae group in syria. the cuts have already c cld in washington to support them in the face of the turkish attack bbc east west tacky s also pledged to drive out kurdish fighters. what small the syrian democratic forces have also said they considering sending reinforcements to africa? which could potentially further raised tensions between washington and ankara. the as vice president mike pence has wrapped up a trip to israel with a visit to the western wall in jerusalem the holiest site in judaism. and a speech to the israeli parliament connected yesterday pens page to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of next year. that was worry welcome to israelis was greeted with dismay by palestinians you see he's in jerusalem as the ca

state department or pentagon have a plan that those arms provided to not end up in the hands of the pkk as a recognized terrorist organization. >> yes. we have been extremely attentive to that issue but at the time they stepped forward as partners in the fight they were the only ones to do so. no other state or party were willing to take up this battle but we fully understand and appreciate the pkk and the terrorist threat to turkey and others in the region. >> how would you expect turkey to react? >> i would expect turkey would make its own conclusions which is why we are as attentive as we are where the weapons provision to those other elements that are associated with them in the north. >> president trump recently recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel and the plans to start moving bear. this is a very contentious issue among all muslim majority countries including our ally jordan so has this helped or hampered our relationships with countries in the region and how are terrorist organizations using this to recruit new members? remake i believe virtually all the states in the r

target, says turkey, is linked to the pkk, kurdish insurgents inside of turkey.e troops here are kurds taking up arms against the kurdish militia. this commander denies he is betraying his people. >> i am taking part in this offensive not to fight the kurds but to save them from the terrorism of the ypg. they have planted terror into the heads of our youth. mark: shelling intensified as turkey's president vowed to neutralize every last terrorist. many of those involved are sent from here to the nearby frontline. the terrain is bumpy, the threat is constant. any car, any passerby, is scanned for explosives. we are patrolling the front line with turkish troops, the closest position of the ypg kurdish militia, just a few hundred meters in that direction where they fire artillery. we heard a couple of incoming mortars. the turkish military offensive is focused on clearing the villages around this area of the ypg, and turkey says it wants to establish a buffer zone pushing the militia about 20 miles deep away from its border into northern syria. among local residents,

terrorists, them linked to its main enemy at home, the turkish kurds in the pkk.this is opening up another major crisis in syria's already tangled war. just to the south, the syrian army is pushing ahead with its own offensive to retake ground held by hardline islamists. as fighting intensifies, so, too, the humanitarian crisis. 200,000 people are now on the .un, heading north adding to pressure on turkey's border. got my kids and put them in the car, and we were off. we came here with nothing. in some places, they can't run away. there were more airstrikes today in a besieged area on the edge of damascus under rebel control. thousands are now living in basements. this baby's life begins underground. >> this child is only 20 hours old, born in the bombardment and destruction. no one can see our suffering. lyse: all the children here have known nothing but war. they have to make the most of it. they have no inkling of the complexities of this conflict, but they live with its cost every day. lyse doucet, bbc news, syria. jane: you are watching "bbc world news americ

turkey said the ypg militia as part of the pkk. a pro independence kurdish movement which it considers a terrorist organization. well here is your castle has been discussing the situation off the fronts requested a meeting of more that we can get to you and had schools in new york and correspondent daniel hoffman daniel was gone out of this meeting so far. well very little. it seems you know it was a meeting behind. closed doors so that that can c create ad the context urgent content of the discussions were not. made public at both we we had and just a few minutes ago actually a declaration from. the french a at ree presented to the united nations as united this meeting was. requested already weakened by the french foreign minister and what's close right after the french ambassador to the united nations said. why try to do was not only to focus on what happened in a friendly this turkish offensive this kind of to broaden their perspective at reminding insisting on the fact that for friends at at least? as the main a responsible par

known as the ypg, and insists they are linked to the outlawed kurdish militant group in turkey, the pkk. the ypg have been the main force fighting the islamic state group. they have cleared the jihadists from vast swathes of syria, increasing their own territory. the kurds now control a huge strip of the border with turkey, including the enclaves of manbij and afrin. in that worries the turks who fear the ypg linking up with other areas turkey has been incensed by us support for the ypg which it sees as terrorists. it says american arms given to them end up with kurdish militants across the border in turkey. the ypg are effective fighters, as seen by their pummelling of is. they've got their american support. washington wants ankara to pull back and turkey risks a major confrontation with its nato ally. russian forces control the skies over afrin and have have co—operated with the ypg and they have their own military personnel on the ground. the assad regime says it would shoot down any turkish jets and would see a turkish offensive as a violation of syrian sovereignty. and there are ci

turkey sees them as terrorists linked to the outlawed kurdish militants pkk and it wants them pushedrkish president has his own troops and with elections next year rallies his supporters. translation: this is a national struggle and we will crush anyone who stands against us. but the wye pg as powerful friends trained and armed by the us which has infuriated turkey, which thinks that the americans have chosen terrorists over their nato ally. in the hills by the border we found a further build—up as the offensive shows no sign of ending. every few minutes you hear the third of an artillery strike. turkey has clearly committed militarily to this operation and has widespread popular support here but if the turks suffer losses or civilian casualties grow that could change. and the risk is clear this border town was hit by a rocket said to be from the wye pg, killing one and injuring more. turkey is on dangerous ground and a long costly offensive is onlyjust beginning. mark lohan, bbc news, on the turkey— syrian border. thousands of people are expected to turn out in las vegas today for t

turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group, linked to turkey‘s kurdish militants, the pkk, who have beentate group. now this operation puts turkey in direct confrontation with its nato ally, the us. american support of the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government. and the syrian regime has warned that they would shoot down any turkish jet and see an incursion by turkey as a violation of syria‘s sovereignty. plenty of perils as turkey launches the operation, and yet it has still gone ahead, determined to reduce territorial control of the ypg, fearing they were consolidating territory on the other side of the border. this operation could bog turkey down in a potentially long and deadly military offensive. earlier i spoke to gurney yildiz —— from the think tank, the european council on foreign relations. i asked him what turkey aimed to achieve in the conflict. turkey‘s trying to reduce the territorial control of syrian kurdish forces and these forces have been supported by the us coalition. but afrin is only a small area and it is one place where the us is not co—operating wi

turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk who have long fought an insurgency in turkeyish minority. and it wants them pushed back from the border town of afrin. turkey's president has his own troops fighting for their hero and with elections next year, war rallies his support base. translation: this is a national struggle. and in this national struggle, we will crush anyone who stands against us. that's a message that resonates in border villages, where grape grower 0mer gazel and his friends watched the jets. translation: we felt proud and happy as they took off. everyone came out to bid them farewell. but the ypg has backing, too, both in syria, where kurds rallied today, and beyond. translation: we condemn the attack on afrin, and we tell our brothers there that they are in our hearts, and that we are with them. because of the bravery of the ypg heroes, we will win the battle in afrin. the us armed them in the fight against the islamic state group, infuriating turkey. france, too, voiced support for them today, calling on turkey to pull back. but the turks are plough

white pg and the turkish government sees it as an extension of the kurdish separatists in turkey, the pkk arming them. when you look in syria and how america is isolating itself when it comes to iran and then they stand up with a key nato allies like turkey, where is american power in the middle east at the moment? with the exception of saudi arabia they are almost absent. the argument from the white house would be look what a success we have had in the fight against isis and it is really under president trump that that accelerated by the process of the white house devolving a session ata the white house devolving a session at a power to the military generals, allowing the military to take command and supply the # with the weapons they needed and they are taking a lot of credit understandably in the fight against isis. i think this administration sees the middle east is one of their strong points at the moment. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — a special, and some would say long overdue accolade for minnie mouse, a star on the hollywood walk of fame. we'll have more at the

turkey calls them terrorists, linked to its main enemy at home, the turkish kurds in the pkk.syria's already tangled war. just to the south, the syrian army is pushing ahead with its own offensive to retake ground held by hardline islamists. as fighting intensifies, so too the humanitarian crisis. 200,000 people are now on the run, heading north, adding to pressure on turkey's border. these two are among them. translation: i got the kids and put them in the car and we were off. we came here with nothing. in some places, they can't run away. there were more air strikes today in east ghouta, a besieged area on the edge of damascus under rebel control. thousands are now living in basements. this baby's life begins underground. translation: this child is only 20 hours old, born in the bombardment and destruction. the siege here in ghouta. no one can see our suffering. all the children here have known nothing but war. they have to make the most of it. they have no inkling of the complexities of this conflict, but they live with its cost every day. lyse doucet, bbc news, syria. all

are linked ina kurdish the ypg and insists they are linked in a kurdish militant group in turkey, the pkkthey have cleared the jihadists from vast swathes of syria, increasing their own territory. the kurds now control a huge strip of the border with turkey, including these conclaves. that worries the turks who fear that the ypg linking up with other areas they hold and creating an autonomous zonein they hold and creating an autonomous zone in northern syria. turkey has been incensed us support for the ypg which it sees as terrorists. it's as american arms given to them and up with kurdish militants across the border in turkey. —— end up. the ypg are effective fighters with american support. washington wants and corrupt a pullback in turkey risks a major confrontation with each nato ally. russian forces control the sky at bath and have their own military personnel on the ground —— above. the assad regime said it would shoot down any turkish jets. and there are civilians in manbij who would be at risk of an offensive. no, turkey has form in this. in 2016, operation euphrates shield, they h

terry: it is one thing if the opponent is bashar al-assad or terrorists the pkk. another thing if the united states is on the other end of this operation. rose: i think we need to continue to bear in mind that the two countries have been operating closely together in the fight against daesh in syria and iraq for many months, and so they are accustomed to paying attention to de-confliction, and accustomed to staying in close to medication so their actions are transparent to the other. i only see that continuing. terry: thank you very much. sarah: that was rose gottemoeller, nato's secretary-general, speaking in brussels. fighting corruption is at the top of the agenda at the african union's annual summit, underway now in ethiopia's capital. over the weekend, african heads of state and government are due to join discussions of key challenges facing societies across the continent. our correspondent in nairobi brings us this report about how corruption affects people's lives. reporter: police checkpoints in nigeria have been part of everyday life for years. but here,

turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group, linked to turkey's kurdish militants, the pkk, who have beenn turkey since the 1980s. but it is a dangerous operation, because the americans back the ypg in the fight against the islamic state group. now this operation puts turkey in direct confrontation with its nato ally, the us. american support of the ypg has consistently infuriated the turkish government. and the syrian regime has warned that they would shoot down any turkish jet and see an incursion by turkey as a violation of syria's sovereignty. plenty of perils as turkey launches the operation, and yet it has still gone ahead, determined to reduce territorial control of the ypg, fearing they were consolidating territory on the other side of the border. this operation could bog turkey down in a potentially long and deadly military offensive. crisis talks in the us as politicians try to break the deadlock that's shut down the american government. it comes as tens of thousands hold protests — marking a year after the first women's march — held in opposition to president trump's inaugurati

turkey sees them as terrorists linked to the kurdish militant group the pkk, which has waged an insurgencyn place, ready to roll in. turkey‘s aim is to stop the kurds extending their territorial control in northern syria. standing side—by—side with turkey, syrian rebel fighters leading the ground offensive for now. the incursion is called operation olive branch, though it‘s anything but peaceful. we will wipe out this corridor of step—by—step, starting from the west. this operation will be followed by another. since the promises made have not been kept so far nobody can have a say when we do what is necessary. but turkey is up against kurdish military might. they‘ve been backed by the us in the war against islamic state, which has incensed the turkish government. an estimated half a million people have been killed in syria‘s war. the fear is with this new offensive, that number could rise again. mark lowen, bbc news, on the turkey—syria border. the headlines on bbc news: afghan security forces regain control of a hotel in kabul after it was seized by gunman — six civilians died and 160 oth