the correspondent dorian jones story of german chancellor angela merkel has told turkey to immediately halt its offensive in northern syria have we heard any reaction from the turkish side yet. well there's been no direct response to chancellor merkel's call for sunday president one has been dismissing calls similar calls from other european leaders saying turkey's england to listen to what he says is this call to end the fight against terrorism they said this is very much about the future of the country nothing will dissuade turkey from continuing its operations and in fact turkey does appear to be ramping up its operations given the fast moving developments happening in syria now that turkey very much see this is a key moment this is not a moment now to step back but rather to operations up further there's even speculation taking could extend its operations far beyond the original objective of a 30 kilometer safe so turkey really sees this as a critical moment for the whole region this is a moment the turkey has to address all its concerns and see this is a chance to do that it will be lost in the future and given the f

german chancellor angela merkel has told turkey to and mediately halt its offensive in northern syria merkel made a demand in a phone call with turkish president type at a one on sunday that's according to a german government spokesperson now it comes a day after germany announced it would stop arms exports to turkey but the fighting rages on in this driving thousands of people from their homes. safe at last sheltering in a school classroom in a hostile fire when the 1st bomb was found see her. is mile took her 2 children and fled their border town home leaving all their possessions behind the pregnant mother has no idea what the future holds. why doesn't anyone help us our children will suffer and what it was supposed to do where are we supposed to go help us if just for the children it's a small block and oh. more than 200 people are sheltering in the school about 5 to a classroom food and water are scarce medical supplies to you and yet conditions here are better than for their friends and relatives still in. videos purported to originate that show a desperate situation. all of us of sinc

german chancellor angela merkel has told turkey to in mediately halt its offensive in northern syria merkel made the demand in a phone call with turkish president wretch of thai have everyone on sunday according to a german government spokesperson it comes a day after germany announced it would stop arms exports to turkey but everyone seems unmoved by efforts to stop his offensive or portable you know a blue cross joins me now in studio and william has more on this now look chancellor merkel is known to be cautious when it comes to getting involved in any sort of international conflicts what you make of this phone call cautious is to put it mildly i mean i go america has been in power for most 15 years there's almost no examples of her taking a leading or proactive role. especially when it comes to foreign policy especially comes the military policy not only angela merkel but germany as a country does not tell other countries what to do given its history of occupying other countries and yet this phone call and yet this phone call so this is incredible and on top of that the threat that germ

the creation of an international safe zone in northern syria chancellor angela merkel supports the move but the coalition partners in this government the social democrats they are angry because they say they were not consulted in an interview with g w news caterina barley and s.p.d. member of parliament criticized the way that crown current power made her syria proposal but didn't rule out that the german military will have to be involved in this polity you support the idea of a security zone in northern syria possibly with the help of german soldiers but this proposition came as a complete surprise and also it was as planetariums also to the foreign secretary for example so this is not the way to introduce any kind of diplomatic or military solution but now it's here if you like it it's not here if we have any sort of mission in syria it has to be backed by the united nations and i think none of us sees that really coming yes but it let's say the united nations backers are you in favor or not of this idea it's a very clear idea without possibly for the region or your paper enough we ar

controversial judicial reform or so coming up turkey pushes on with its offensive in northern syria german chancellor angela merkel tells the turkey's president the assault must stop as mediately a syrian government troops get set should have growing along of course.

german chancellor angela merkel has joined other european leaders in demanding that turkey and its offensive in northern syria there's widespread concern in germany that turkey is fighting with weapons sold to it by other european nations german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall have a long list of urgent issues to discuss brags that europe trade conflicts are not least of all turkey's offensive against kurdish forces in northern syria. i spoke to president earlier won for an hour today turkey does of course have justified security interest but i believe as does the federal government that the offensive must be stopped in view of the grave humanitarian consequences. of humans and the fact that turkey's offensive is being powered by weapon systems acquired from the west angers many berlin in paris of now halted all weapons exports to turkey but that's not enough say german opposition parties the international reaction is feeble we have to hold a very clear stop sign. erda one for his part has threatened europe saying that he'll send 3 and a half 1000000 migrants on into europe if is

syria. emmanuel macron and angela merkel today sought to show unity at a meeting in southern france. as the eu and britain appeared close to a tentative brexit deal. after holding bilateral talks in a cabinet meeting, the two leaders say they were convinced that brexit talks are in the final stages and a deal can be adopted by eu leaders tomorrow. the house impeachment inquiry is exposing new details about president trump's actions toward ukraine and those of his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. a former aide to mike pompeo is speaking to the house impeachment panel's today behind closed doors. michael mckinley who resigned last week is a career foreign service officer and was mike pompeo's defective chief of staff. he is expected to discuss the treatment of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. it global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ data is out today reinforcing the idea that the recent upswing in the industry continues. with retail sales, the repo

president the manual macron and german chancellor angela merkel a meeting in the southern french city of 2. blues issues ranging from breaks it of course syria are expected to be on the agenda ahead of the daisy hughes summit in brussels merkel and mccrone visited the headquarters of airbus to highlight european cooperation well meanwhile in brussels last minute breaks that negotiations are continuing after leaders from the u.k. and the e.u. failed to reach a resolution in marathon late not talks they're attempting to reach an agreement that can be discussed in the summit on thursday and there appears to be a breakthrough as the e.u. council president has just said that the basic foundations of the deal are ready let's go to touch about the live in brussels tell us more about what you might be hearing around this breakthrough in water a deal could involve. all we know for now is that the e.u. council head. done an interview with the polish television which he said that he hopes that they'll be some clarity on these breaks in negotiations between you and u.k. officials in the next 78 hours that would take us to about midnight on wednesday a b

offensive in northern syria as international criticism ounds with turkish backed troops ramping up their bombardment of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and german chancellor angela merkel tells turkey's president the assault must stop immediately also coming up poland at a crossroads as voters elect a new parliament today the ruling conservative long and justice party is seeking an absolute majority but critics fear another term could harm poland's democracy and thousands gather in berlin for a show of solidarity against anti-semitism and right wing violence that's after a deadly terror attack on a synagogue in the city of karbala earlier this week. i'm calling assman welcome to the program as turkey ramps up its assaults on kurdish forces in northern syria hundreds of people have escaped from a camp for supporters of so-called islamic state international condemnation of turkey's offensive is mounting as well with german chancellor angela merkel phoning turkish president wretch of tire air to want to demand an immediate halt up to 200000 people have so far been forced to flee their homes in the area. syrian rebels backed by turkey advance into russell are in one of sev

french president called on the german chancellor angela merkel are meeting in the southern france city of toulouse issues ranging from brought to syria are expected to be on the agenda ahead of thursday's e.u. summit in brussels merkel visited the headquarters of air bus to highlight european cooperation well get a check on the weather up next and then hundreds of schools facing closer how a building collapse a spark fear a poor construction standards in kenya also ahead. on poll recently sweden where the indigenous sami people say by way of life is under threat not just from climate change but from the government solutions to stop it. hello the thunderstorms are over the lebanon and elsewhere a couple days ago are still visible in this massive cloud here most of the activity i think is going to be of a turkey but you certainly couldn't rule out something happening now a bit further research maybe through jordan where some parts of iraq in the clouds gone 1st for the south and society temperature wise what it was quite warm is not really cool down very much beirut still at 28 for example although in baghdad 36 is quite a cooling tren

merkel has always been outspoken against this trend. the fact that she is now being rewarded for this is something even the opposition left party welcomes in syria. for just this race is coming too soon the most important thing is for merkel before the end of her term to get a hold on the country and to make the security services aware of this problem and to ensure that society can push back against anti semitism and fear for chancellor merkel remembering the holocaust and showing solidarity with israel are a matter of fundamental government ethics she made this clear in an address to the israeli parliament early in her tenure it a bonus every government and every chancellor of the federal republic of germany before me was aware of our historical responsibility to help protect israel that their surprise honors those who have actively taken part in helping the world be a safer place for jews. but for chancellor merkel this has never meant she would avoid political disagreements with the israeli prime minister. well ahead of today's ceremony. frank hoffman had the chance to talk with the president of the world jewish congress ronald well. you're g

syria. ahead of that, the ffench president will be holding talks with chancellor angela merkel for a united. >> british and e eu negotiators insisted they are closeeto a deal, but stilll no cigar. thatitial indications are negotiations are moving in the right direction, but whether we will be able to conclude or revise, or withdraw the unclear.%-on thursday, >> talks between officials have intensified in recent days with the irish backstop still the main sticking point. the eu's chief brexit negotiator had given the two sides until midnight tuesday to reach an agreement on a finalized legal text. only then could the draft we put forward in time for approval for a two-day meeting starting on thursday. the summit is seen as a last with the deal ahead of the october 31st deadline. even then, hurdles remain. prime minister johnson must also get any new deal approved by lawmakers if he hopes to avoid another deeay. he is relying on support from both conservatives and the .emocratic unionists though the head of the latter has suggested that they are support is not a foreggne conclusion. >>>we do

syria we'll get analysis from our correspondent in washington. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern state of touring you have saving you is projected to get 21.8 percent of the vote a drop of more than 11 percentage points the left party is at 31 percent the best showing ever in the state the social democrats dropped to 8.2 percent the far right alternative to germany has more than doubled its share of the votes to 23.4 percent the grains are at 5.2 percent and the pro-business free democrats a whole ring out the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the state parliament. we have this report with some reactions from the state capital air force was scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this sadly a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular perm yeah. but a family as current governing coalition an alliance with the social democrat s.p.d. party and the greens can't continue as it

syria we'll get analysis from our correspondent in washington. thank you so much for your company everyone german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern state of her c.d.u. is projected to get about 21.8 percent well that is a drop of a whopping $11.00 percentage points the left party is soaring and has secured or is projected to secure 31 percent of the vote that is their best showing ever if there were the social democrats dropped to 8.2. the a of d. the other big winner this evening has serves to about 23.5 per cent the greens are at 5 point one percent and the f.t.p. at 5 as well at the 5 percent threshold that is needed to enter the state parliament now we have this following report for you with some reactions from the state capital erfurt. scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this shuttling of a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular perm yeah border obama low at a time of those current governing coalition an alliance

the german chanellor angela merkel has told president erdogan that turkey's military operation in syriamily members of islamic state fighters are reported to have escaped a camp for displaced people in northern syria after turkish airstrikes nearby. kurdish forces guarding the camp, which contains thousands of people displaced by fighting across syria, say that more than 700 people — mostly women and children — linked to is have fled the camp. the situation remains confused and it's unclear where they may have gone. the kurds have warned that they cannot continue holding thousands of is militants and their families in the face of the turkish offensive, which is now in its fifth day. speaking at a news conference in istanbul, the turkish president erdogan said the country's military will continue to advance into syrian territory. translation: we will divide the terror corridor, down the middle, 480 kilometres, then we will com plete 480 kilometres, then we will complete the operation by taking towns on either side under control. we will advance 30 to 35 kilometres into syrian territory,

colleagues there so 1st germany suspends weapons exports to turkey then merkel tells president want to hold a mil is military offensive in syria now the german defense minister is calling for an internationally controlled security zone in northeastern syria it sounds like germany is becoming more assertive with its foreign policy while certainly germany's defense minister and this is an interesting aspect here looking ahead into what is essentially no longer such a stable government that is reassessing whether it actually wants to stay in this coalition just a couple of weeks from now and clearly she wasn't just speaking as a defense minister let's have a listen but she said. this is 1st of all a proposal that i'm making as party and as defense minister i notice a proposal that is supported by many defense and foreign policy experts in my party before going public with this recommendation i informed the chance that. this will definitely be discussed within the government but we can't simply talk about europe needing to be more than a bystander we must come up with our own proposals to catalyze discussion. must come up with the

weapons exports to turkey we heard that merkel in a phone call with turkish president air to one she demanded an immediate end to the military operation in syria now we have this plan for this safe zone this internationally administered safe zone in northern syria how surprising is germany's sudden assertiveness on the international stage all surprising is that to you this kind of a proposal for a military in the issue given northern syria is pretty one of a kind coming from germany but certainly germany has acknowledged that it needs to do more in the area of security and defense as you know it's been under a great deal of pressure among amongst others from president donald trump saying germany needs to pay more for defense it needs to pay more into nato and i think there is a sense in that in this country particularly with the pullback of the united states from international responsibility that europe and germany need to get more directly involved that said there's still a long long way to go are the chief political correspondent belinda green on the story for us tonight here in berlin and melinda thank you and you can watch that interview i

syria back in 2015th we'll have an update from the scene. of the e.u. accuses britain of launching a stupid blame game after a call between germany's chancellor angela merkel and u.k. prime minister boris johnson a source says that merkel told johnson his plan to leave the easier it was overwhelmingly unlikely or did she brags that alex has the story. and turkey says it's completed preparations for an offensive against syria's kurds a surprise move by the u.s. to pull troops from northern syria has plunged the security situation into turmoil plus the nobel prize for physics has announced a trio of space researchers women for their contributions to understanding how our universe evolves and what the earth's places and it is. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program in germany police are investigating after a man rammed a stolen truck into a line of cars injuring 9 people the incident happening in the town of limburg in the west of the. police quickly detained the truck's driver a syrian national was lived in germany since 2015 the motive behind the incident is still unclear. this is the track that dreamt into several cars in the western german city of lim boo

syria we have analysis from our 1st ponit in washington. and one of our thank you so much for your company everyone. german says other merkel's conservatives have suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern state of the room via her c.d.u. is projected to get 22 percent of the vote a drop of the leaven point 5 percentage points the left party is at 30.7 percent their best showing ever in through into the social democrats dropped to 8.2 percent the far right popular alternative for germany more than double the number of votes to 23.6 percent the greens in the pro-business free democrats are hovering at the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the state parliament we have this report now with some reactions from the state capital over there for. scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this stuff believe it or a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular perm yeah obama lol but if obama lows current governing coalition an alliance with the social democrat s.p.

syria that 'til now was seen as an ally of the u.s. in the fight against isis the quick fire decision met with strong push back from european leaders. spokesperson for angela merkels such a military intervention by turkey would lead to further escalation in syria and would further destabilize the country. comes ahead of a possible meeting between trump and erdogan next month >> thank you. >>> let's get to sue herera for a news update. >> good morning, jon, good morning, everyone. here's what's happening at this hour a u.s. appeals court temporarily blocked release of president trump's tax returns to new york state investors. it granted delay at the request of the president's lawyers until the appeals court could consider the issue. >>> talks between gm and union workers hit a snag according to top negotiator for the union in an email to union members, he said he believes there's not much hope reaching a settlement soon the union received a counter offer from gm sunday. >>> riot police cleared the streets of central hong kong of black clad protesters and another night of rage. earlier, two protesters were charged with violating the new ban on wearing masks at rall

syria back in 2015 we'll have an update from the scene. of the e.u. accuses britain of launching a stupid blame game after a call between germany's chancellor angela merkel and u.k. prime minister boris johnson a source says that merkel told.

lot of eyes also today on the german chancellor angela merkel she is meeting the french president in france for talks on bragg's it also on syria what can we expect . right well if we talk about briggs it of course it will be a topic between the 2 but we should not overestimate the role that the heads of government play in the e.u. at the moment they have their chief negotiator who has a mandate of course they've kind of tweaked it because remember in the past they said that he was not allowed to open the legally binding withdrawal agreement so basically that the war's documents that is changed apparently they're willing to do that now but apart from that what people here the sherpas so the people that are negotiating say is we absolutely want to avoid having the leaders haggling over text on thursday when they come together through that maybe decisive summit here in brussels so really what they want them to do is either have the agreement that they go she did so this this draft that might emerge today or not and then say yes or no but they don't want them getting into the text and actually trying to make a difference all night

merkel an award for her commitment to fighting it. nato has been struggling to find a common voice over the offensive by its own member turkey in northern syria the alliance ended a 2 day summit in brussels acknowledging different views on the issue as secretary-general yun stoltenberg put it the behavior of another member of the united states did not help either even though it pulled its troops from the region earlier this month washington now says it will send them back to syria to prevent so-called islamic state from capturing crucial oil fields in the east. it isn't easy keeping up with america's position in syria after president trump emphatically said u.s. troops are coming home his statement down as reports came in that the white house had set out options for leaving u.s. forces in northeast syria the new order seemed to be modifying the objective of keeping. a to include the safeguarding of the oil fields the region is in a state of flux after trump declared he was withdrawing u.s. troops creating a vacuum on tuesday russia and turkey struck a deal on a 30 kilometer deep safe zone to enable the withdrawal of armed kurdish units from t

syria hundreds of people have now escaped from a camp for supporters of so-called islamic state international condemnation of turkey's offensive is mounting as well with german chancellor angela merkel phoning turkish president of thai of everyone to demand an immediate halt up to 200000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the area. syrian rebels backed by turkey advance into russell i mean one of several towns in syria close to the turkish border in an area that's been under kurdish control and that turkish forces and their local allies aim to seize them. here they're posing in front of a poster of jelena he may be in a turkish jail but the leader of the p.k. k. kurdish separatist movement in turkey remains a potent symbol reviled by the turkish leadership anker and to crush the kurdish forces in syria the y.p. gene militia which it sees as terrorists linked to the p.k. k. but the kurds are putting up a fight the y. p.g. where the united states key ally in the campaign against islamic state until president donald trump decided to pull u.s. forces out. of the fighting has already displaced as many as 200000 people in syria living near the border many simply don't know whe

merkel an award for her commitment to fighting and. germany's foreign minister heiko mosque is set to meet his turkish counterpart. in ankara today for talks on the situation in syria the discussion is likely to be a difficult one with germany and turkey at odds over an christian courage and into northern syria to fight kurdish militia ahead of his visit mosque told turkey it had to stick to the ceasefire and protect civilians in the region that prompted cover to warn germany not to tell turkey what to do. for more on this i'm joined in the studio by deed foreign policy editor said a cigar said i have to ask you what is on masses agenda well. we know that the agreement reached between turkey and russia in sochi is currently underway so from us it's really important for the ceasefire to continue so that's going to be one of the main topics the other issues of of course going to be the refugee issue we know that president are 2 on wants to relocate at least $1000000.00 refugees that are currently living in turkey to the zone that turkey is controlling and northern syria which is 120 meters why and 120 kilometers wide and 32 kilometers deep and yet no police so basica

merkel's conservative the other is not social. i'm rebecca raters welcome to the program germany's foreign minister heiko mass is called for a lasting cease fire in northern syria has also urged turkey to comply with international law when dealing with refugees masses in ankara for talks amid tensions over turkey's military campaign in the region. it wasn't an easy visit for heiko mass in ankara it's better to talk to each other than about each other germany's foreign minister said that the 2 countries difficult relationship in spite of serious differences turkey remains a close nato partner maher said in an attempt to set a more positive tone but he acknowledged that in light of the agreement between turkey and russia it was time to face the new realities in syria and to protect the civilian population but think of the fight. with regard to the sochi agreement it is of paramount importance that we 1st ensure that the cease fire is maintained and extended. it must demanded turkey's presence in syria must not be permanent said germany's criticism was unfair as was the criticism of the plan for patrick nation of refugees he said both russia and the us had accepte

syria. martin, thank you very much for that update. chancellor angela merkele gunman tried unsuccessfully to get into a synagogue yesterday before opening fire on the street outside. a man has been arrested. the former us vice president, joe biden, has made his most direct call so far for the impeachment of president trump. addressing supporters in new hampshire, the democratic presidential hopeful said mr trump had already indicted himself by obstructing justice. the white house is refusing to co—operate with the impeachment inquiry. there should be a ban on eating and drinking on local public transport in a bid to tackle obesity in children, according to the outgoing chief medical officer for england. in herfinal report, professor dame sally davies says ministers need to take radical action. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has more. too much fatty food, too little exercise. it is proving to be a disastrous mix for children with the number of overweight and obese school pupils growing fast. now a hard—hitting report from the former chief medical offic

special troops stormed his hideout in syria and at germany's far right party surges forward in the state election it is a bruising defeat for chancellor angela merkel's party knocked down into 3rd place . on leyla iraq it's great to have your company everyone well we begin with the news from brussels that the european union has agreed to postpone britain's departure from the block for up to 3 months in a tweet year paean a council of president adonal to the remaining 27 e.u. member states had agreed to accept the u.k.'s request for a brig's it flex tension until january 31st of next year. all right let's get your reaction our correspondents are standing by in brussels and london barbara vessel and very good to amass a very good day to you both barbara i want to go to you 1st the e.u. has granted the u.k. a so-called flex tension what is a flex tension. that's a flexible thingy that says you can go you can leave us whenever you're ready to it means that whenever britain would have ratified the deal and it would be ratified by the european parliament all the formalities would have gone through finally after all this time and then they could just leave

as well joumanna >> french president emmanuel macron and angela merkel urged turkey's leader to halt a military operation into northern syriaarate phone calls this weekend. macron said the operation risk creating a, quote, unsustainable humanitarian crisis and both germany and france suspended arm sales to turkey. >>> meanwhile, the united states says it will pull out its remaining 1,000 troops from northern syria u.s. officials say the removal will take place, quote, as safely and quickly as possible the announcement comes as president trump faces mounting criticism over his decision to take u.s. military forces out of the region and in a weekend treat, he threatened imposing, quote, powerful sanctions on turkey nbc's richard engel filed this report from inside northern syria. >> reporter: the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u.s. allies the kurds of syria. advancing with the help of arab militia's. u.s. officials tell nbc news and they say militias include former members of al qaeda and isis it means turkey, a nato country is using alleged terrorists

northern syria but the difference is that the zone will be under international control and not turkey's in an exclusive interview with g w. who is seen as a possible successor to chancellor angela merkel said she discussed the idea with merkel and put it to germany's western allies is that interview. when 1st look is this. my recommendation is that we've established an internationally controlled security zone in cooperation with turkey and russia. and this security zone would seek to resume the fight against terror and against isis which is currently come to a standstill it would also ensure that we stabilize the region so that rebuilding civilian life is once again possible. and so that those who have fled can also return voluntarily. bring in the w.'s chief political editor she conducted that interview of course with the german defense minister mikhail thanks for joining me 1st of all just walk us through this what exactly is a k.-k. hoping to achieve with this move she's trying to change the game and make the europeans an active rather than someone who stands on the sidelines of this conflict that has been is now brewing there in what turkey sees as its fear of influence and the cl

forces from syria saying he didn't want his country mired in the ancient disputes of others but he did say some u.s. forces will stay to protect the oil their. german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have suffered a crushing defeat in the eastern state of 3 according to the probe preliminary official results her cd gets 21.8 percent of the votes and drop of more than 11 percentage points the left party is at 31 percent their best showing ever in the states the social democrats dropped to 8.2 percent the far right alternative for germany has more than doubled its share of the votes to 23.4 percent the greens are 5.2 and the profe is miss frayne democrats are hovering at the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the state parliament we have this report with reactions from the state capital what. scenes of jubilation at the left party headquarters the socialists achieved their best result ever topping a state election for the 1st time this stuff believe it or a strong left party is simply the best thing for this state it was a good result for the far left party led by popular perm yeah obama lol but if obama lows current governing coalition an alliance with the social dem

offensive in northern syria as international criticism out with turkish backed troops ramping up their bombardment of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and german chancellor angela merkel tells turkey's president the assault must stop immediately also coming up poland at a crossroads says voters elect a new parliament today the ruling conservative.

for a military operation into the northeastern part of syria, a decision that's been met with strong push back from european leaders like angela merkelicials in d.c president trump tweeting president erdogan is confirmed to visit on november 13th. >>> the currency market responsing, elevated geopolitical risk sends the lira lower, trading at the lowest level in a month we'll continue to watch. carl, back to you. >> quite a day yesterday >>> let's get to sue herera for a news update. >> indeed, carl. thanks so much here's what's happening at this hour, everyone secretary of state mike pompeo welcoming estonia foreign minister to washington, they're expected to talk about security and defense issues pompeo ignoring a shouted question about the state department barring ambassador sondland from testifying before congress about ukraine. >>> lbgt activists at the steps of the supreme court this morning, the court set to hear arguments in a case dealing with lbgt rights. the question is whether the civil rights act of 1964 which bans discrimination on the basis of sex applies to lbgt people. >>> a bomb went off in afghanistan, wounding at l

syria in 25th date police are now looking for a motive and update. also on the program the e.u. accuses britain of launching a stupid blame game following the call between german chancellor angela merkel and u.k. prime minister barak's johnson a source in london says chancellor merkel told mr johnson his plans to leave the e.u. was overwhelmingly unlikely that it should you know any threats are down a list house a story. about prize for physics has announced a trio of space research as well as for their contributions to the understanding of how the universe evolved on the feet earth's place in it's. time for welcome to the program prosecutors in germany have charged a man who hijacked a truck and crashed it into a line of cars with attempted to 9 people were injured in the incident that happened overnight in the western town off limburg police quickly detained the driver and identified him as a syrian national who's been resident in germany since 2015 is most of hasn't been established. this is the truck that rammed into several cars in the western german sit. limburg on monday police believe the person at the wheel pulled the truck's original driver out of his cab there was immediate

syria and 2015 police are now looking for a motive for the update from also on the program the e.u. accuses britain of launching a stupid blame game following the call between german chancellor angela merkel and u.k. prime minister barak's johnson souls in london says chancellor merkel told mr johnson his plans to leave the the.

offensive in northern syria as international criticism mounts with takesh baksh troops ramping up their bombs bodman of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and german chancellor angela merkel tells turkey's president the assault must stop immediately also coming up to the people of code and elect a new parliament today in the wake of controversial justice reforms we need for judges being targeted hope.

the german chancellor angela merkel has delivered a key policy speech in the bundestag the parliament outlining her government's approach to it turkey's offensive in syria and other issues facing the european union the chancellor telling lawmakers that she wants europe to take a leading role in the world on climate protection and the regulation of tech giants she also voiced concern about turkey's military campaign. against the kurds in syria warning of the offense of potentially dire humanitarian consequences. now when it came to breakfast at the chancellor said progress was still needed especially on customs issues listen to us he said and it will not go off and up in recent years months and weeks we thought several times that we were on the very edge of the solution only to see everything fall apart again which is why i cannot see with any certainty what conclusions the european council will reach but i can see quite clearly that we will not allow you a hard border to divide the island of ireland until a hatred and violence to flare up again thank. you all as the germans house or another in your leaders head for talks in brussels it appears the e.u.

syria according to president. but it's unlikely to mean the end of the so-called islamic state also coming up germany's far right party surges forward in a state election it's a bruising defeat for chancellor merkel's party knocked into 3rd place and are back on top of the buddhist league after a win against frankfurt could do full speed the team to break by munich stranglehold on german football. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program world leaders have welcomed u.s. president all trumps announcement that the leader of the so-called islamic state. was killed in a raid by u.s. special forces in syria trump said baghdadi blew himself up as u.s. troops stormed his hideout but satisfaction at the death of baghdad he has been tempered with several leaders cautioning that although isis as leader may be dead slowly state continues to pose a threat. so far for me it's 90 for iraq and so close to turkey need the village operation in series know the province of the world's most wanted man met his demise leave the remains of the i.s.i. fast in which i'll be back i'll back out he spent his last i hey much of his family plus plus followers died during the u.s. special forces operation. of my house and s

in northern syria international criticism outs with turkish baksh troops are ramping up their full involvement of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and german chancellor angela merkel tells turkey's president the assault must stop immediately also coming up the people of poland elect a new parliament today in the wake of controversial justice reforms we meet the judges facing targeted for criticizing the ruling party.

president from president putin chancellor merkel and many others but unfortunately they haven't done anything really to to realize that if he has safe zones in syria especially on the turkish syrian border we will have saved many lives and we will not have had the. refugee crisis in the way it has developed over the last 2 or 3 years. what exactly given turkey the right to violate syrian sovereignty if we're talking about the authority in the region. well it's our self-defense it's in tune with the international law u.n. charter article 51 and our fight against terrorism if you are attacked from another country and that country doesn't take care of that terrorist threat then you are anti-gay to entitled to support yourself so we have had this terrorist threat from dying in the jobless area and we went in and clear that area from $3000.00 tires there are no dilution elements been jobless and above at the moment we went into our free where you had to take a terrorist there and be clear that the area we have returned those places back to their local or theirs those places are not run by local people local councils are not occupiers they are the same