greg mckenzie is at the scene of one of those stabbings, the one in stratford.d here to the stratford centre at three o'clock yesterday afternoon to reports of a stabbing. when they got here they discovered a teenager cemented by members of the public and his school friends, all tending to his stab wounds, trying to stem the flow of blood. sadly paramedics pronounced him dead at 3:49pm. just behind me, the tent is there marking the exact spot. with him was one of his school friends, who was also stabbed. he is recovering in hospital and is said to not life—threatening injuries. police have been here again this morning, the lead detective in this investigation is someone i spoke to a few moments ago. the response was prompt yesterday, we turned up straightaway, publicly rendering third stage already, a fantastic show of support from the community, rendering first aid. police got involved is our first response, my major investigation team were on duty and attended the scene, the crime scene is substantial, it causes disruption but this is a very major and tragic s

stratford live for us and it's a colleague thank you yes defense secretary marcus far has arrived in baghdad to discuss the deployment of u.s. troops in iraq as per says all u.s. troops leaving syria will go to western iraq and will continue to fight i saw that the iraqi military says the u.s. does not have permission to stay there as soldiers withdrew from northern syria just before the turkish operation against kurdish fighters began for more on let's bring in our correspondent. baghdad this seems to be a pretty significant misunderstanding if that's what you want to call it and what do we know. it was a very confused situation just 3 days ago we were hearing from the iraqi government that those u.s. forces leaving northeastern syria would be able to go to. base in western iraq now there are already about $5000.00 u.s. troops in iraq as part of a previous agreement and it was presumed that that would just be those troops would just be added to that agreement and then on wednesday a very strong statement from the iraqi military saying look they're only allowed to transit through ira

thank you for that update charles stratford now the united arab emirates is reported to be trying to silence this network the bloomberg news network says the u.a.e. is running a lobbying campaign in washington using a law firm to try to influence people working for members of congress the report says they've used twitter accounts hiding the u.a.e. filiation zz in an attempt to discredit al-jazeera and cutter because the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have led the blockade since 2017 against counter one of their demands has been the closure of the outer syrup media network more from patty culhane. this is a really in-depth report again from bloomberg news and what it says is that and this has been reported up until now that the blockade has taken a toll in the united states in essence they're saying that this very powerful lobbying firm in fact the most powerful in washington its name is a can grow stross and how are that the u.a.e. paid them $1900000.00 over the 12 month period ending in june and that what this law firm did is they had contact with staffers from 30 different members of cong

vice president mike pence charles stratford is standing by in chelan near turkey's border with syria so as we just discussed some of these issues but right now i can still see smoke out of there in the background and there has still been some fighting hasn't there is this as this cease fire slowly takes effect. toole intents and purposes certainly according to what we've seen and heard the cease fire does seem to be holding hey when we arrived early this morning early this morning sorry there was the sound of gunfire and what we understood could well be light artillery that was among some news organizations some. being reported as an indication that the cease fire in fact being being broken but certainly according to the free syrian army fighters the syrian rebels that we've spoken to they say that the situation is calm we understand that that smoke you can see behind me is some sort of fire is not necessarily to do with any kind of violation of the cease fire very interesting though listening to again president ordered a war on doubling down effectively on his plan to see this missi

an area mainly controlled by turkish and rebel forces let's go now to our correspondent charles stratford he's joining us live from atlanta i know you've been seeing and hearing those are all eventualities what are you hearing about the turkish operation so far. well certainly in the last hour or so things have quietened down in this immediate area but up until then as you say for the last 5 or 6 hours before then there was a heavy biology's of artillery rockets fired and then it was close to the time where the yet turkish defense ministry announced that a ground incursion had begun and there was a lot of heavy arms fire heavy machine gun fire quite close to where we are now a lot of traceable so traces that we could see there has been some reaction certainly from the s.d.f. in the last couple of hours as well most notably one from the chief spokesperson who denied that that ground incursion had started certainly in the in the immediate area to where we are now there were reports as well in the turkish media all of mortars fired by kurdish forces into into turkey no reports of casualties.

in a moment we'll be live with charles stratford he is monitoring the situation on the border between turkey and syria 1st this report from saying a hoarder. turkish airstrikes and artillery bombardment are targeting the defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flat terrain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of tell me to the border town of ras al-ain to the east it is an area of the u.s. military withdrew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas

syrian forces will move into a 30 kilometers own along the turkish border we'll go live to charles stratford shortly announce a collie but 1st step in and send us this report from sochi where presidents are to juan and putin finalize this new agreement. with only i was left of the u.s. brokered cease fire in syria russia stopped did president putin offer to help to remove and this omfg goodish fighters at the turkish syrian border to go with syrian border troops but it's delayed this book was due today we share turkey's concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region east tensions and the separatist mood in recent times where in our opinion artificially created by outsiders. goodish fighters have until next tuesday evening local time to clear turkey's 30 kilometer so-called safe zone russian military police will then start joint patrols with turkish forces along almost the entire north eastern syrian border. is on the barren moving threats posed by either terrorist organization this operation in syria guarantees syria's territorial integrity and

on the turkey syria border let's get a live update now from charles stratford he's also joining us from turkey's border with syria in the town of. charles what's the latest what do you have for us. well certainly in the last couple of hours in this immediate area there has been a low in the fighting we've heard a few will it sound to be outgoing artillery fire but certainly in comparison to the situation a few hours ago it has been a lot quieter as you say according to asil season seem to be backed up by. a as many as 9 civilians may have been killed in want to believe to be artillery fire from the syrian side including a 9 month old baby that was in sri different locations according to a civil lawsuit she's with the free syrian army of a coolness the syrian opposition which of course of being drafted in by the 6 to take part in this operation the turks having back them for years during the syrian revolution absolute says are telling us that you have to say there was fighters have taken control of potentially 5 villages in the east and you for each use area and food deliveries around th

char stratford in the turkish district of killen to a national border with syria charleston. the united arab emirates is trying to silence the al-jazeera news network and that's according to a bloomberg report. the u.a.e. is reportedly running a law being campaigned in washington d.c. using a law firm to try and influence staff in the u.s. congress they've also used twitter accounts hiding their u.a.e. affiliations in an attempt to discredit al-jazeera and catherine the gulf nation with a network operates the u.a.e. along with saudi arabia behind and egypt have been blockading katha since june 2017 with calls for the news network to be shut down that you call his war now from washington d.c. this is a really in-depth report again from bloomberg news and what it says is and this has been reported up until now that the blockade has taken a toll in the united states in essence they're saying that this very powerful lobbying firm in fact the most powerful in washington its name is a can grow and how are that the u.a.e. paid them $1900000.00 over the 12 month period ending in june

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at al-jazeera the white house well let's go live now to the the syria turkey border where charles stratford is live for us and . charles as we've been hearing just there from kimberly turkey's already saying that the army is ready to launch operations at any moment are we expecting any tuchis troop movements where you are. well certainly there has been quite a lot of troop movement in this area we understand having seen pitches all of. the heavy weapons being moved into position and we're hearing reports literally in the last hour that this seems to be. additional movement of turkish forces of turkish every weaponry into this area i'm standing in front of the town of tel aviv which was taking control of by the s.d.f. with the help of coalition forces from eisel into sal's and 15 i mean one of the 2 locations where we understand u.s. soldiers a small number of u.s. soldiers were withdrawn and withdrew a couple of days ago as we've been reporting there's a lot of tension as you can imagine and tension mounts as we get these increasing reports of a heavy weaponry build up interestingly in the

the number of those affected may rise fast senator there on the turkey syria border or it's all stratford is in jail and pienaar on the turkish side of the syrian border let's join them there so 1st of all charles from what we know who is in control of this strategic town of ras the line at this point. well certainly from what we know according to the the both sides there's a dispute as to who is in complete control of this town as you heard senator paul the government is saying that it is taking control of the center of russell and well literally in the last 10 minutes or so we've seen what we believe could well be artillery strikes certainly clashes. in and around what looks to be the center of the town the s.d.f. the syrian democratic forces are denying that claim by the government this is a very strategic town though this is one of the furthest east as part of this what the government say's the 1st phase of this military operation to try and capture an area of around 100 kilometers heading west down to a town called to lobby out it was interesting on the drive here a we saw will what.

from russia step basons in moscow with more on that shortly but 1st let's cross over to charles stratford who's arm the turkey side of the border with syria and charles we've been talking about a military buildup for the past few days now so just give us or paint the picture really in terms of what you've been able to see both through the day and through the night. but certainly what we've been reporting is consistent with fixedly what we've witnessed over the last couple of days here. last night for example our drive back to the hotel dozens of military vehicles heading towards this area where our live position is these vehicles included a p.c.'s we believe trucks carrying i mean ition they were flatbed trucks with tanks as well we've seen artillery positions as well very close by to hit and there are as we have also been reporting now confirmation it certainly seems the fight is with the f.s.a. the free syrian army which of course been supported by the turkish military by the turkish government in syria since the syrian revolution began years ago are being bussed over and will be potent

fighters in the border town of russell line which is considered a strategic point for both well child stratford is in jail and which is close to the scene of fighting in the attack he's border with syria but fast we go to sin and. i'm sorry we're going to come back to cinema shortly but right now charlie i'm going to ask you a little more about the fighting that you're just a few kilometers from talk us through what you're seeing there now. well this morning there has been heavy turkish artillery bombardment of understand s.d.f. turkish forces positions in the town of russell line exactly which is which is behind me the syrian rebels that a pretty surprising in this campaign with the turks are saying that they've taken control of areas of the west of the city in the last 1015 minutes we're beginning to see what looks to be artillery shells landing to the east as well so there seems to be some sort of effort to seal the city off these syrian rebel sources saying that they're finding it very difficult it's talking about kurdish fighters using very complicated and deep tunnel complexes and they sa

turkey and syria ole now wanting the same thing it seems the kurdish fighters have little choice stratford al-jazeera close to the turkish syrian border let's get more on the. joining us live from istanbul and despite the concerns for the kurdish population the child's touched on the turkish foreign minister was praising the day what did he have to say. well elizabeth turkey actually is happy and proud because they believe they have stopped this stablish went off of what they call a terrorist state by its southern border which was supposed to be run by the mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. and as we have always said turkey believes the why p.g. syrian kurdish fighters group inside the s.d.f. is a branch is the syrian branch of the out of kurdistan workers spited party which is the signature as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the u.s. and the u.s. well so they are happy that they're the y.p. to the kurdish fighters group is going down below the 30 kilometers of the designated safe zone and turkey is happy about another thing which is preserving to start just

way preparations are underway together with our commanders all that's across lives now to charles stratford who's on the turkey syria border trying you've been watching the movements of troops and military vehicles there talk us through what you've been seeing how imminent is an incursion. well it's very difficult to say but certainly indications are as we've been witnessing over the last 24 hours also this incredibly heavy military build up certainly last night driving back to the hotel we sold dozens of military vehicles heading in this direction those vehicles including a.p.c.'s what we believe will be ammunition trucks and flatbed trucks carrying tanks we know that their artillery positions as well along the border some very close to where we stand. and as you say there seems to be. confidence in the use of the free syrian army fighters that have been brought over from syria these are groups that the turks have backed since pretty much the beginning of the revolution in syria we understand certainly according to military analysts who are speculating that those forces in any kind of atta

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kurds the syrian army is also taking control of top from kurdish fighters and moved into i an isa stratford has this report now from jenin pina. syrian town of russell the turkish defense ministry declared victory over the kurdish forces for a 2nd time. kurdish fighters have put up fierce resistance and these are syrian soldiers in the town of tama just a few kilometers away after a deal was made between the sdn from the syrian government state media said the army would confront turkish aggression the turkish president remain defiant. we're not going to enter man beach the real owners of that area our big brothers and they are going to enter that area our approach to this is that they are going to enter there and we are going to make it secure for them the syrian kurds have made deals with damascus before especially in the battle against eisel but an commander said they were faced with a difficult choice this time there is little trust between the 2 science but the s.d.f. quickly suffered significant losses during battles with turkish forces and their syrian rebel allies it's an important d

correspondence all stratford isn't up to cali on takis border with syria so charles turkey saying willing and able to take the lead now what kinds of movements have you been seeing there on the border. well as we've been reporting we've seen a steady troop build up over the last 48 hours or so certainly last night trip back to our hotel and on the road we saw our boss called voices of military vehicles heading in this direction we're directly on the border the town behind me. was taken control of by the s.d.f. by those kurdish forces from i saw in 2015 and this convoy that we saw included a.p.c.'s we believe trucks full of ammunition flatbed trucks also carrying tanks so this this military movement by the us along this border certainly seems to have continued as you report. we've also heard and seen video footage all of the buses carrying in free syrian army fighters now these fight is. inside syria being supported by the turks it's pretty much the beginning of the revolution in syria. we have come to the understanding that they have been stationed in a base put in a base here in turkey t

ensure supply routes from turkey a kept open as the operation goes forward and as it is charles stratford has the latest for us from actual color on the turkey syria border we've begun to hear heavy artillery fire. and see a heavy artillery being fired across the border from here into positions we understand is close to the town of tell our backyard which is just across the border we're hearing now reports from members of the free syrian army that's the these are fighters that the turks of the enlisted into come and help with this operation that they say they have taken part solve or possibly full control of the town of so look we g.'s around 10 to 15 kilometers south east of tel aviv tel aviv . a powerful typhoon in japan has left at least 23 people dead the military is deploying soldiers to help with rescue and cleanup operations typhoon i gave this hit tokyo on saturday before moving north dozens of people are missing more than half a 1000000 homes are without power few people in tunisia a voting for the next president the choosing between 2 political newcomers the media tycoon now bel

is smith covering the story from iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region but 1st i speak to charles stratford. on the turkey syria border bringing us up to speed with the latest from the battlefield charlie the battle lines seem to be shifting. they certainly do certainly in the last few minutes for the 1st time since we've been here which is a good 34 hours now that being a volley of artillery fire fired by the across the border as you say the big flashpoint lot of focus of attention at the moment is this town among base where we understand syrian army already present there we have reports that but only if it's a fight it is these are the syrian arab fighters that have been brought in by the turks of dissipate in this operation we understand they and the turkish military are around 10 to 15 kilometers away from that city we understand that moscow the russians still very much involved in trying to calm things down to avoid any potential to avoid any confrontation between these 2 armies meanwhile in very interesting day despite repeated claims by say both sides to have control the latest yeste

meeting 1st we'll cross over to charles stratford he is joining us from the turkish syrian border if we just take a step back charles for a moment just tell us what more you're learning about the military agreements that have been made between the syrian government and the s.d.f. and what impact that's having on the ground. well what we do know is you are saying there in the introduction is that the syrian army has certainly moved into positions. close to the border here the town behind me is russell and now they're seeing some of the faces fighting in recent days and in fact he was about 2 hours ago now that the turkish defense ministry for the 2nd time this week declared that it had full control over that town the fighting there has been very fierce very close to the line if you call this way is a town called tell some other which we understand according to syrian news agency footage syrian the syrian army is very much there the syrian army's now positioned in a number of different towns heading along the border to the west is the furthest eastern position including as you say town

s controlled territory for safety in a country that has already suffered years of war charles stratford al jazeera on the turkish syrian border in other news a manhunt underway in eastern germany after at least one gunman killed 2 people and injured others near a synagogue this video shows the moment the gunman opened fire on the synagogue in the city of hama it's the holiest day of the jewish calendar the yom kippur war protest isn't ecuador have clashed with security forces during a 7th day of anti-government demonstrations thousands of indigenous people marched on the streets in the capital quito angry over fuel price hikes introduced by president lenin morena. to an asean presidential candidate in the bill carter we have been freed from jail just 4 days before the runoff vote we had been behind boson's august accused of money laundering and tax evasion the media mogul came 2nd in the 1st round of the presidential elections last month. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll have the news hour for you in just under one hour coming up next as al-jazeera world thank you for wat

so it's more than double that number charles stratford has more on the turkish syrian border at a press conference and s.d.f. spokesman denied the turkish military has claimed that it had full control of the town of russell lyon and since then there have been reports of clashes in surrounding villages again repeated at the group's call for the establishment of a no fly zone over northern syria and he highlighted what he describes as being the dangers of turkey's campaign with respect to the global fight against terror the international and national the turkish invasion threatens the reactivation of eisel and it has revived some of its cells we are still cooperating with the international coalition to fight myself but we are now fighting on 2 fronts one against the turkish invasion and another against deisel there's been more heavy shelling all around the town of tel aviv today armored personnel carriers tanks and heavy military equipment has been seen pouring towards the border despite increasing international condemnation there is no sign whatsoever of the turkish military pulling back

what's going out of there and grows only turkey let's cross over to charles stratford our correspondent who's been on the ground really as your colleague turkey syria border monitoring exactly what's happening we've been seeing a variety of pictures of smoke plumes of smoke coming up in certain areas or charles just explain to us where you are what you're seeing and hearing if anything . we are quite close to the borders certainly we have been speaking or getting information through from some of us sources with the y.p. g. . and they are telling us that there have been artillery strikes taking shots in the strikes east of the town called come in the last few minutes we've also been reporting airstrikes as you say on the town of russell i and there have also been reports again from. what p.g. sources say that there were. halted restrikes on 2 villages south of tel. which is directly on the border and we've also heard all of them have to do a strikes on the town of isa. we are in the last the last few minutes we've heard and we can't confirm this that there may well have been some sort of

a teenager has been stabbed to death near stratford shopping centre in east london.ear—old boy suffering from stab wounds on stratford broadway yesterday afternoon. they believed he was either attacked on a bus or shortly after getting off. scotland yard said no arrests had been made. the five—year—old daughter of imprisoned british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has returned to uk. gabriella has been living with a grandparent in tehran and visiting her mother imprisoned since she was arrested on spying charges more than three years ago pulled up her pa rents three years ago pulled up her parents decided to bring her back to the uk so she can start school. the bbc and government are being told to find a way of saving free tv licences for people over 75. of the corporation had agreed to fund the scheme as part of its new charter agreement but now says it cannot afford it. it was previously paid for by the government put up the immediate select committee of mps save both sides had to work together to find a solution. cambridge university said black student mad

says 100000 people have been displaced john stratford is at the turkey syria border . black smoke rising over northeastern syria turkish army tanks and reinforcements move towards the border with turkey military says it's captured a number of villages around the kurdish controlled towns of to lobby out and russell i mean it's reported most if not all their civilian populations fled. the u.n. says that more than 100000 people have been forced from their homes. there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkish artillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. to kurdish syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. he's putting up a fierce resistance in turkey considers the main kurdish fighting force of the s.d.f. was aligned with a group which is for the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fought alongside u.s. forces in the highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after t

correspondent charles stratford his life for us in. on the turkey syria border charles what else can you tell us about the situation on the ground in ras aligned . with certainly according to reports that we're hearing from people participating from groups batiste plating in a medical convoy the 2nd medical convoy to go into russell and in the last couple of days they're saying that so what they described as the 2nd batch of injured civilians and fighters and not injured fighters are preparing to leave the city now as you mentioned there was a statement from the s.d.f. the kurdish forces saying that their fighters had left the city a statement from their chief spokesperson very definitive in his words saying we do not have any fighters in russell lane anymore now that kind of statement was being disputed only literally half an hour ago or so by free syrian army fighters that we've been contacting inside the city these of course are those syrian fighters that have been very much in the forefront of this military operation with the. they

turkey said it took control of the area days ago but it's hold appears uncertain stratford has more from the turkish syrian border. street to street fighting in the syrian border town of russell i mean. these are kurdish fighters men and women in a force the s.d.f. leadership says is around $70000.00 strong. many of whom were trained by international coalition forces in the fight against feisal turkey has called them terrorists for decades and he's determined to clear them from near its southern border. it's the 16th of october 29th seen at 10 am says the male voice. yes the fighters are resisting against the enemy. calm down the attacker is behind the red door he says. the kurdish sdn from the turkish military have claimed victory in russell line over recent days. here kurdish fighters to show off a military vehicle they say was left behind by turkish forces. i don't know their tactics yesterday with 60 vehicles trying to get inside our comrades in the s.d.f. confronted them and as you can see this is the turkish flag were kept at this and they're scaped left behind as stuff. the s.d.f.

ok our want to thank you very much for giving us your analysis thank you let's bring in charles stratford who's joining us from a college that's on turkey's border with syria and the operation trial started with the reported sounds of explosions in what's the situation now what are you hearing . certainly in the last couple of hours we've heard repeated bowers use of artillery fired from positions along the along the border quite close to here it will sound like large on tillery fire as well as what seemed to be certainly maybe even cuts to show rockets we understand the targets have been hit as yet targets have been hit these according to. these and still sees in the towns alltel abhi out which is very close to here i'm just hearing another biology of particular e. seemingly from my left the town of. as well a place called karma surely another place called russell i now we understand that these places all these towns are well within sort of 30 so kilometers from the border this certainly seems to have been quite a dramatic escalation as i say in the last couple of hours no no real reacti

chance thank you very much for that update child stratford life forests in chainline pienaar on the turkey syria border and as childs mentioned there a lot of diplomacy going on the u.s. vice president expected in ankara we will be speaking to cinema very shortly about that in the meantime we want to take you to turkey's parliament where the foreign minister met let. briefing parliamentarians on the offensive in syria let's listen in. to the street on a plot form in the last one and a half years we have spent a lot of effort and in the last. september. we have had some results and. the trilateral meeting we have had in ankara we opened the door for the free and just and free and fair elections in syria and hopefully the. we and also we agreed that there will be a constitutional committee for syria. and turkey as all the way so he is always going to continue its support for political solution for syria . and. $3038.00 of october we're going to have and some of us. but all these political solutions that we're looking for is not an alternative for our struggle against. terror we always have t

on the turkish syrian border let's get the latest from john stratford who is in our on the turkish side of the border with syria charlie the tariq seemed to have achieved one of their objectives which was forcing the kurds to retreat east of the euphrates and now they have their sights on man big what's the latest on the battlefield hear hear. well evidence would suggest they're finding it a lot more difficult here there's a lot of heavy shelling a lot of heavy fighting what we've seen and heard over the last couple of hours in the town of lhasa line behind me now both sides have claimed victory least once recent days just looking at where some of the fighting seems to be going on it's very close to that border fence which to suggest that the turks have made very few gains there in trying to push kurdish forces back we understand that syria the syrian army are located in a town called solid summer which is about 30 kilometers to the south we also know certainly according to the turkish military the in the last 24 hours they are claiming to made a few gains southwest of here and west of

al jazeera is china stratford has this update now from. border with syria we now understand that syrian the syrian army inside that's a very strategically important town to the west of here which is very much within the area of turkey's plan to set up this safe zone we understand that ever say fighters these are the syrian rebels. fighters that have been brought in by the turks to participate in this operation are moving towards. going to stand they could be as close as so 10 kilometers away. this of course is a huge concern and the focus of attention we understand at the moment very much of the russians the russians saying that they are doing all they can to avoid some sort of confrontation between the what is now 2 separate armies we also hear reports from the city of russell i know which is to the east of here which is repeatedly be claims made by both sides of control there over the last few days still on going clashes there i think it's worth pointing out in terms of looking at the kind of ethnic mix in the complexities of this area.

of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university he joins us via skype from stratford ontario thank you very much for your time would new elections even make a difference. it's difficult to see how when you were the actions could make a difference because there was fundamentally a stalemate for the law said life was a little more than a year ago and that gave rise to the current prime minister as a compromise candidate their current prime minister was not a candidate for parliament he doesn't control the party in parliament and but he was a compromise candidate so my fear is that a new set of elections while possible under the iraqi constitution under iraqi law . would not result in a substantially different enough different parliament than the one that we have and it's extreme and and elections in iraq are a rather difficult to organize so it's difficult to see a new election on a short term basis to deal with what is in fact already a crisis in the country ok so what can be done or should be done issues and in the short term obviously it's a much more systemic issue

attacking kurdish fighters again if the evacuation isn't completed i choose day evening charles stratford is following developments for us from charlotte for on the turkey syria border. according to reports that we're hearing from people participating from groups but is approaching in a medical convoy the 2nd medical convoy to go into russell and in the last couple of days they're saying that that what they described as the 2nd batch of injured civilians and fighters and not injured fighters are preparing to leave the city now is a statement from the s.d.f. the kurdish forces saying that their fighters had left the city a statement from their chief spokesperson very definitive in his words saying we do not have any fighters in russell lane anymore now that kind of statement was being disputed by free syrian army fighters that we've been contacting inside the city these of course all those syrian fighters that have been very much at the forefront of this military operation with the turks they were disputing that saying that there could well be fighters still in the city they were saying th

child stratford has the latest now from jacqueline. we understand certainly overnight and this is despite another claim by the turkish ministry of defense that they had full control of the town of ras al-ain which is to the east of here we hear that there are ongoing clashes there the turkish military still contesting for control of that town that syrian army forces now we understand in the outskirts of money that's that strategic town strategically important town west of here now according to the f.s.a. these are the syrian rebel forces that are participating in this operation with the turks they're situated around 10 to 15 kilometers out side man beach we also understand that the the syrian army has advanced to various locations. in towns south of the m 4 highway that's that very important highway that turkish forces took control of in parts over the last 2 or 3 days polls have opened in mozambique is general election that could see the full email party extend its decades long rule president knew see seeking a 2nd term the vote is ta

fight for the caliphate so it's craziness what the have been doing in the past few days charles stratford has more from their techies border with syria. earlier in the day we heard gunfire and light artillery being exploded in the town behind me here russell i mean that's been. the site of some fierce battles in recent days but for all intents and purposes it seems like the cease fire is holding certainly syrian rebel forces that have been participating with turkish troops telling us that he has been quiet in areas under their control around the town of tel aviv they're also saying that kurdish forces are withdrawing from an area between russell line and an area that they had control of that basically took them right up to the pulled up to that section in between certainly according to those reports movement there for their all some worrying kind of ambiguities in this agreement the turkish government want to see.

let's go live now to stratford who's in a column techies border with syria and the sentiment from the international community is very much one of restraint but we're speaking about. strikes have already taken place on positions and. what more can you tell us about that charles. suddenly the artillery bombardment seems to be continuing very much in earnest we can hear what sounded like tenchi multiuse we've seen rockets being fired there are big ol tillery batteries close to here as well so this is very much an ongoing operation we're hearing some some recent develops in the last few minutes or so certainly from f.s.a. sources now these are sources free syrian army so it will seize inside syria who is saying that the white p.g. could use full seize so they're saying have taught.

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baptista adjei was stabbed while still in his uniform outside a mcdonalds in stratford, east london yesterday later, an 18 year—old died from stab injuries on an estate in camberwell, south london. five people have been injured in a knife attack at the arndale centre in manchester city centre. a man in his 40s was tasered by police and arrested at the scene, on suspicion of committing a terrorism offence. he's been assessed by specialist doctors and detained under the mental health act. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. late morning in central manchester. a man is arrested shortly after several people have been stabbed. an officer stands over him with his taser drawn. moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger. some customers were locked inside the shops, including one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker had just lashed out at. he was just going round presumably stabbing random people. it wasn't until the police finally came in, and she asked us if it was a real knife and they confirmed it was a real knife, she then obviously flooded with tears.

stratford reports now from the turkey syria border. but certainly according to a statement released now by the s.d.s. those kurdish will see today saying that there are no s.t.'s fights is left in russell lane they say that they left along with what we understand could well be at least a couple of 100 civilians wounded civilians wounded fighters in the 2nd to calm voice the 1st one having gone in yesterday. so yes the s.d.f. saying that their fighters have now with rule from that town. just to talk a little bit about russell i and it's been the focus of some of the heaviest fighting in the build up to this cease fire. we saw predominately what we believe to be. sorry syrian fighters these are the free syrian army fighters that have created a full frontal just fight fighting alongside the turks they effectively surrounded that city that was besieged. for well over a week so there were huge concerns for the civilians trapped inside a great relief that they are out now but what we're made to be seeing and what needs to be attention. needs

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lynch will supply routes from turkey as the operation goes forward let's go live now to charles stratford who's sin act kala on the turkey syria border charles what's the latest. well there's been another biology of altieri from positions close to here in the last few minutes we understand these turkish turkish forces are targeting as to positions in and around that town you mentioned which is very close. part of this 1st phase so the military say of this campaign we understand that syrian rebel fighters that have been brought in to help in this campaign will be backed by turkey for years during the syrian revolution control around 13 villages round. one of them that you mentioned there in the intro this is the town actually of so looking there are a poll that said there are advances being made by those syrian forces towards that town they claiming that they are in control at least a part of it very significant because as you say it would offer a supply line forces. to come back in potentially and surround. the look is around 10 to 50 kilometers south of tel aviv with respect to what's ha

continues deployments are underway preparations are underway together with our commanders charles stratford has more on turkey's border with syria. the turkish military build up and preparations continue here along the turkish syrian border we saw dozens of military vehicles coming in this direction last night including tanks and a.p.c.'s meanwhile we are also expecting that the f.s.a. this is the free syrian army that the turks have banked in syria since officially the beginning of the revolution there will be participating in any kind of military incursion into syria we understand that f.a. said f.s.a. fighters were brought over to turkey from on oxys last night military analysts expecting they could will be used in any kind of incursion from positions to the west of here meanwhile the calls by the f.d.a. to the people in that area across the border to resist the turks we have seen. protests in the last couple of days in the town of tele i'll be out which is behind me which was taken control of from i saw by the s.d.f. in 2050 we have seen small protests happening across the border in the

one has also indicated this offensive will intensify in the coming days this report from charles stratford . smoke rises over the northern syrian town of russell i mean the turkish defense ministry declared victory over the kurdish s.d.f. forces for a 2nd time here on monday kurdish fighters have put up fierce resistance and these are syrian soldiers in the town of tama just a few kilometers away after a deal was made between the sdn from the syrian government state media said the army would confront turkish aggression the turkish president remained defiant. we're not going to enter man beach the real owners of that area are arabic brothers and they are going to enter that area our approach to this is that they are going to enter there and we are going to make it secure for them. the syrian kurds have made deals with damascus before especially in the battle against eisel but an s.d.f. commander said they were faced with a difficult choice this time there was little trust between the 2 science but the s.d.f. quickly suffered significant losses during battles with turkish forces and the syri

fighting but the kurdish led forces in syria's northeast say it's more than double that number just stratford has more from actual kalai on the turkish syrian border at a press conference in s.d.f. spokesman denied the turkish military has claimed that it had full control of the town of russell lyon and since then there have been reports of clashes in surrounding villages again repeated at the group's call for the establishment of a no fly zone over northern syria and he highlighted what he describes as being the dangers of turkey's campaign with respect to the global fight against terror. and national the turkish invasion threatens the reactivation devices and it has revived some of its cells we are still cooperating with the international coalition to fight myself but we are now fighting on 2 fronts one against the turkish invasion and another against deisel there's been more heavy shelling all around the town of tel aviv today armored personnel carriers tanks and heavy military equipment has been seen pouring towards the border despite increasing international condemnation there is no sign

northeastern syria simcoe say only there for us in istanbul thank you said and well let's now go to charles stratford he is live for us in action on the tacky syria border charles how soon could we be expecting texas troop movements where you are because no one's been saying his army is ready to launch operations at any moment. yeah it's very difficult to predict certainly we're getting unconfirmed reports in the turkish media that there was some shelling that has taken place in recent hours a town called. across the border which we understand well it's to the east of here quite at quite a distance from here behind me across the border there is the town of. interestingly there is that in fact a joint turkish and us command station based here and we see the u.s. and the turks taking part in patrols in this area we also understand the reports around 2 dozen u.s. fool sees certainly some of those 2 dozen actually withdrew from. in the last certainly the last 24 hours it's very difficult to say if indeed any military operation does happen when in fact it will we will so hearing though certainly reports l

thanks for the update thanks the contacts well particularly from the turkish point of you charles stratford is in close to the turkey syria border so obviously charlie how this is playing out on the ground is crucial because that cease fire is just about to expire what are you seeing and hearing. well i mean certainly according to just listening to that press conference it sounds like we have to stay on 150 our extension to that to the to the initial ceasefire. which is interesting in relation to what we've been hearing here is speaking to members of the free syrian army that have been very much part of this turkish operation and we spoke to a commander earlier who said for example but the town behind me russell line that was very much the focus of so much fighting in the build up to that cease fire he was saying that. they his forces of his forces already have control of around 70 percent of it meaning 30 percent of it was still on of the control of the s.d.f. now we're right on the border here so that is an indication of the of the fact that according to according to him according to thes

moving all of its forces withdrawn from northern syria into iraq to prevent a resurgence of iso stratford has the latest from the. east and. the white a cease fire certainly seems to be holding we're getting reports of what's described as sporadic gunfire. in certain places most most notably that town of russell i mean we can't confirm whether in fact these are crashes or indeed celebrate tree fall or in fact munitions being destroyed which is very much part of this u.s. brokered agreement that says that kurdish forces must move back out of that security zone that proof proposed turkish security zone 444 kilometers wide along the border around 30 kilometers deep i think what's notable though is it's fair to say that this pullback by kurdish will seize is exceedingly slow and they do not seem to be pulling back from areas all the areas that the turkish military forces want them to let's not forget that the initial announcement to withdraw all u.s. forces for mold in syria was made by president trump in december 2018 there was a delay and then we saw on october the 7th this announcement by