i could not allow this to happen and russia's logic always has been that only those legally in syria meaning syrians of course and russia invited officially by damascus have the authority to stay in syria so under this logic turkey is not legally in syria but at the same time it's really dangerous to ignore it negotiate and you always have to remember that the resteal the province also in syria is north home to from 2 to 3000000 people not controlled by the syrian government where. turkey bag forces all over including some jihadist and islamists are in charge and that situation that crisis and that there are a should be resolved and cannot be resolved without turkish assistance what exactly just go through the main points that they have agreed on all here they signed a memorandum with 10 points number one and most important is that both turkey and russia agreed to respect political unity and territorial integrity of syria which is very important i mentioned there are areas. in syria's north not controlled by the syrian government and you cannot talk about successful ending of the cris

then i heard that it has more from turkey's border with syria. russia has been handed another victory in syria this is what it means the russians entered when the americans left russia laying claim to members city a strategic city in the northern countryside of aleppo its strategic location on an international highway that connects east to west syria most of the players in the syrian conflict would want to control this city because it is a supply line a supply lines run through the city and for turkey it is important because if it is to create this safe zone in the area east of the euphrates it will need access to members in order for this safe zone not to be an isolated pocket to connect it to other areas in syria so the russian president a presence along the front lines between our separating these syrian and turkish armies actually means that the turkish led offensive to capture this city which was held by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces is no longer possible if turkey wants to avoid a direct confrontation with russia so this development rea

fighters who we haven't heard of yet and the long term political future of the kurds in northern syria although russia seems very kate as it says to bring the syrian regime and the kurds into to a lot of unanswered questions with respect to the political future of the kurds of northern syria. 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

brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in. president putin offered help to remove and disarm kurdish fighters at the turkish syrian border together with syrian border troops but it's delayed we share turkey's concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region the stenches and the separatists moved in recent times where in our opinion artificially created by outsiders. kurdish fighters have until tuesday evening local time to clear turkey's 30 kilometer deep so-called safe zone along the syria turkey border russian military police will then start joint patrols with turkish forces along almost the entire northeast and syrian border. what it goes on is on the by removing threats posed by their terrorist organization this operation in syria guarantees syria's territorial integrity and political unity we never had eyes on the country's territory and sovereignty as turkey all steps we are taking in the field we have taken with sensitivity. both leaders agreed that the syrian constitutional

the us it is still unclear exactly how things will unfold on the ground as the us pulls out from syria russia continues to fill the vacuum and the syrian government finds the brokered deal fake and what the y b g engaging with the syrian government and russia there may be many new questions ahead see them to solo al-jazeera. and they know how the has more now from xanga or funny a turkish border with syria. turkey is calling this a win in the words of the foreign minister we got what we wanted and turkey got what it wanted because it conditioned a cease fire to a withdrawal of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces and of course the united states guaranteeing that turkey can create a safe zone this is what could turkey wanted to do create this zone in order for millions of refugees to return but it's not just that what happened is that these 2 countries nato allies have now restored their alliance a 7 decade old alliance before the arrival of the high level u.s. delegation to ankara relations were at an all time low now we heard the u.s. vice president call turkey an ally describe the relat

brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in. president putin offered help to remove and disarm kurdish fighters at the turkish syrian border together with syrian border troops but it's delayed we share turkey's concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region the stenches and the separatists moved in recent times where in our opinion artificially created by outsiders. kurdish fighters have until tuesday evening local time to clear turkey's 30 kilometer deep so-called safe zone along the syria turkey border russian military police will then start joint patrols with turkish forces along almost the entire north east and syrian border. what to go on is on the by removing threats posed by a terrorist organization this operation in syria guarantees syria's territorial integrity and political unity we never had eyes on the country's territory and sovereignty as turkey all steps we are taking in the field we have taken with sensitivity. both leaders agreed that the syrian constitutional comm

confrontation with turkey a very important ally to russia but it also doesn't want troops to stay inside syria russia wants the kurdish settlement the region also to be controlled by syrian forces which is already starting to emerge right now but the question of course remains how russia will convince the turkish troops of leaving syria after this whole operation is finished and for the 1st time russia has actually strongly from the damned the rush of the turkish operation a tad it's unacceptable and any any allegations or any suggestions that were made by president one that russia had some kind of given some kind of clearance for this operation are completely untrue giving a strong message definitely to turkey that there are limits to this operation meanwhile the envoy the russian envoy for syria has said that there is a dialogue which russia is facilitating between the kurds and the syrian forces and he hopes that if this dialogue will fight be finalized in some kind of agreement that the situation in syria will normalize as he described it not making clear what normalization would mean but it is s

syria. the boy who started the syrian war on al-jazeera. russia and turkey reach a deal to allow kurdish backed fighters to withdraw from north east and syria. hello i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up another delay for bars johnson's bid to fast track his role as they leave the e.u. is rejected by britain's parliament. the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine testifies in an impeachment inquiry and explains how the president tried to pressure kiev to discredit his political rival. an apology and a planned chill as president announces new economic measures aimed at stopping violent protests. now turkey and russia have reached a deal to clear out backed fighters from within syria and launched an offensive in that area last week but suspended that operation following a u.s. brokered cease fire a step back and has more from sochi and russia. 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. was at the turkish syrian border to go with s

to push back the kurds to a potential confrontation between the military forces of turkey and syria and russia. well that is the big danger that is that is facing these syria now and it's all focused around the strategically important town of man beach you have to mask his forces now taking control of the town and turkish forces camped outside with the turkish president project type reiterating his commitment to take that town and to turn it back to what he says its rightful owners now these people are groups that have been fighting the syrian regime for years and damascus will be equally determined not to let that happen in between now you have moscow trying to defuse the risk of a confrontation and up until now russian president president vladimir putin while strongly backing to the mask his regime has developed of working relationship with now he has to manage this feat of balancing the both damascus and in what is expect to be the biggest test of this diplomatic operation being carried out by putin if he gets it wrong the escalation syria will witness a major escalation in the conflict we

russia. at nato headquarters defense ministers of faced with one of their own turkey suddenly patrolling northern syria together with a nato atmos treat russia can be allowed to endure this major test of its unity also coming up. the european union's human rights prize goes to el hum tosi for his work defending china's we go minority is daughter tells you the family hasn't seen him since he was put in prison 2 years ago our family members are no longer able to visit and we don't know if we still had the most interesting room with him we don't even know if it's still alive. and more than 4 decades after his death he's a hero for some in spain but others he's a haunting figure the remains of former dictator francisco franco exuma relocated and reburying easier than lane's arrest the legacy of franco for good. mood. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us at nato headquarters they have a problem with one of their own defense ministers have been discussing turkey's actions in northern syria in the last 2 weeks in a highly unusual event turkey a nato member is now closely collaborating in syria with

pulls out from syria russia continues to fill the vacuum and the syrian government finds a brokered deal and with the white gaijin with the syrian government and russia there may be many new questions ahead see them because solo al-jazeera. has more from santa your father that's his border with syria. turkey is calling this a win in the words of the foreign minister we got what we wanted and turkey got what it wanted because it conditioned a cease fire to a withdrawal of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces and of course the united states guaranteeing that turkey can create a safe zone this is what could turkey wanted to do create this zone in order for millions of refugees to return but it's not just that what happened is that these 2 countries nato allies have now restored their alliance a 7 decade old alliance before the arrival of the high level u.s. delegation to ankara relations were at an all time low now we heard the u.s. vice president call turkey an ally describe the relationship strong what this means for turkey is it is has been empowered it gives it a stronger bargaining

liberating in syria with a nato rival russia moscow and ankara have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the region was controlled by the kurds who were backed by the us president trump withdrew american troops that decision cleared the way for the turks to move in. to. moscow is the new puppet master in syria russia's defense minister talks with the head of a kurdish militia there and it's clear who's giving the orders. that's the reality facing nato defense ministers scrambling to catch up with the political reality of post-war syria and more to the point the west's role there. there are different views. on the allies as stated in the meeting also views which are publicly no it was a strong support for a political shoot solution a strong. support for stronger international engagement german defense minister and a crack from karrenbauer proposed an international force to police a secure zone but she only had a few details for a moment to look like u.s. defense secretary marc asper might support have an idea i think it's fine that because it's somethi

pulls out from syria russia continues to fill the vacuum and the syrian government finds the brokered deal fake and with the wife gauging with the syrian government and russia there may be many new questions i had seen them because so little al-jazeera. and saying a ha that has more now from china or for near turkey's border with syria. turkey is calling this a win in the words of the foreign minister we got what we wanted and turkey got what it wanted because it conditioned a cease fire to a withdrawal of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces and of course the united states guaranteeing that turkey can create a safe zone this is what could turkey wanted to do create this stone in order for millions of refugees to return but it's not just that what happened is that these 2 countries nato allies have now restored their alliance a 7 decade old alliance before the arrival of the high level u.s. delegation to ankara relations were at an all time low now we heard the u.s. vice president call turkey an ally describe the relationship strong what this means for turkey is it is has been emp

especially regarding the syria crisis but what matter is is there a stab at the raw after is and there is a will from russia turkey and syria to end this crisis and to bring peace long awaited peace to syria. russia's defense ministry has confirmed its military police are now heading to the turkish syrian border we talked to political analyst about the deal and he says instead on the conditions ankara had agreed earlier with us. it's a very important deal and both sides didn't get everything that they wanted they got enough where to leave the table and were happy. for my turkish perspective turkish was. the diplomatic gains it made at the table with the united states by having them. to deal with by dealing with the russians because while in reality the u.s. presence is waiting in the last real power brokers in syria are turkey and russia so the deal with the americans. meaningful consequences. needs to be reaffirmed by the russian president that's exactly was the president today he has this deal we are for and we see that even those treaties not dealing directly with the regime through russia you see that t

pulls out from syria russia continues to fill the vacuum and the syrian government finds the brokered deal fake and with the wife gauging with the syrian government and russia there may be many new questions i had see them because solo al-jazeera. and our correspondents anahata has more from that's the attack is border with syria . turkey is calling this a win in the words of the foreign minister we got what we wanted and turkey got what it wanted because it conditioned a cease fire to a withdrawal of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces and of course the united states guaranteeing that turkey can create a safe zone this is what could turkey wanted to do create this in order for millions of refugees to return but it's not just that what happened is that these 2 countries nato allies have now restored their alliance a 7 decade old alliance before the arrival of the high level u.s. delegation to ankara relations were at an all time low now we heard the u.s. vice president call turkey an ally describe the relationship strong what this means for turkey is it is has been empowered it g

this is due to reduced life from berlin what will happen to northern syria turkey and russia's leaders are meeting as uncorrupt threatens to resume a military offensive against kurdish forces in that syria a cease fire runs out tonight also coming out the unveiling of a new emperor of japan scenario he told formally ascends the chrysanthemums broke the world's oldest hereditary monarchy. and about the prime minister wins a 2nd term justin trudeau as liberal party comes out ahead of the conservatives but just barely and he loses his majority. i'm sumi so let's got to thank you for joining us we start with a meeting that could decide the fate of syria's kurds turkish president rajapaksa one is meeting with his russian counterpart vladimir putin in sochi for talks on northern syria now turkey launched an offensive there 2 weeks ago to clear the area of kurdish militias and carve out a so-called safe south a u.s. brokered cease fire to give the kurds time to withdraw is due to expire late today more now on the region in northern syria and the players who want a stake in it. it's a fight tu

the middle east and that's not not close it will at least for the time being but clearly in syria since 2015 russia has been the strongman and clearly after there after a trump was elected and his intention is to withdraw from syria that basically materialized more so over the last few days clear the way for russia to dictate the pace of events there now along with turkey and iran and the stand up process now having said all of that clearly ringback turkey now is a player in northern syria along with iran and clearly any political process is going to have to have the blessings of all these 3 in one city and none arab parties in syria and the last person we've heard of we've heard from and and that doesn't basically count at all at this point in time is the syrian president bashar assad and it's clear what's happening in syria or northern syria is none of his business and it certainly is something that president putin dictates along with president of the wind at this point in time mo and we'll talk to you later i'm sure in the meantime thanks very much ok if you're just joining us here on al-jazeera

the headlines: as turkey's invasion of northern syria continues, russia warns it will not allow syrian troops to be attacked. is it a done deal? negotiations continue between the eu and the uk. there are reports they could be on the brink of a breakthrough. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: a difficult moment for hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, as she gives her annual policy address, with protests rocking the territory. and... oh, my god! the train that is just too close for comfort. we visit hanoi's train street, one of the city's most unusual tourist spots. good morning. it is 7:00am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2:00am in syria, where turkey is continuing its military offensive in the north. it is aiming to defeat kurdish forces, whom turkey regards as terrorists, and to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle millions of syrian refugees presently in turkey. the conflict erupted after the us withdrew its troops from the region. they had been supporting syrian kurds in the area. president trump's action has been widely condemned for al

now deciding events and ina syria. russiatil just a few weeks ago it was america that was the key foreign force. sarah, thanks for joining that was the key foreign force. sarah, thanks forjoining us. an american pharmaceutical company, says it may have developed the first drug to slow alzheimer's disease. the company, biogen, says it will soon seek regulatory approvalfor the drug in the us. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is with me. this seems like a remarkable breakthrough. an extraordinary turnaround for the drug, because in march biogen without warning courted clinical trials involving more than 3000 patients worldwide, some with them in the uk, saying this drug does not work. but now it has analysed more data and it is said four patients with early alzheimer's, on the high dosage, it does bring significant clinical benefits, slowing their cognitive decline and allowing them to preserve more of their memory, language skills and ability to do things like wash and dress themselves. we have got to be cautious becaus

wants to revive the 998 agreement between syria and turkey in which syria committed to stop supporting could issue fighters russia was quick to fill the vacuum left by the u.s. withdrawal from north eastern syria but by moscow's own admission achieving any kind of lasting solution will be a long and complicated process steps last an al-jazeera sochi. so let's take a closer look at the safe zone that anchor wants to create so as we mentioned it will run along an area around 30 kilometers inside syria along the turkish border and russian and turkish joint patrols are one up to 10 kilometers deep on both sides of an area that runs between. let's go to the border now with the latest development there charles stratford holly so what is the situation on the ground what are we hearing if anything at charles from the s.d.r. . will certainly no reports of any fighting overnight but interesting really no reaction from the kurdish s.d.f. across the border with respect to this deal bait made by russia and turkey the fact of the matter is is that the s.d.f. we believe according to our school sees still control or still presen

syria, russia and iran are the winners. the kurds are once more on the and the united states, under president trump, is sadly diminished. syrians are at throwing rotten food at retreating u.s. troops. administration's policies are tragic for reasons beyond the human suffering it's unleashed. our national security, undermine our fight against terrorism, and diminish credibility. we are so much better than this. i call on my colleagues on both to speak out isle and condemn the actions of this administration. sanctions on pass turkey and seek to compel erdogan to stop turkey's assault kurds. and we must compel this administration to live up to our nation's values. allies and our confront our enemies and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, for five minutes. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life great constituent, also a great friend, his name is john carthur. he passed away recently at the 96.of john was just 21 years old in

sanctions pushing on with its offensive in northeast and syria russia moves into the void left by trump's retreats. hello i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. disruption in hong kong's chamber carry law is forced to postpone have annual policy speech as no make it shout down. the white house stands accused of stonewalling an impeachment investigation against donald trump. aca and violent clashes in barcelona on a 2nd day of protests over the jailing of 9 separatist leaders. turkey's president about iran has dismissed a proposal for a cease fire in northeast and syria insisting the operation will continue until his country's objectives have been achieved agency doctors without borders says it's now been forced to suspend the majority of its work in the region because of the offensive and as the operation continues russia says its troops are now on patrol in northern syria then a halt to reports. the russians moved in after the americans moved out in a deliberate withdrawal the city of mumbai is moscow's latest victory in syria its military police now patrols a fro

syria. well look russia's role in syria is increasingly viewed critically here at home according to official figures russia has lost at least 112 soldiers and continues to spent plenty of money there and that's why many russians according to polls view their country's involvement in syria very critical and now only a minority supports the kremlin's policy because the military operation has been going on so long and the conflict in syria soon is still so far from ending this is a messy war air strikes russian asterix mean civilian casualties there is no peace in syria the islamists from the so-called islamic state are still not defeat it. right. bringing us up to date there thank you yuri and you can watch our full interview with the german defense minister right here on you at 6 30 pm central european time now japan's emperor not a veto has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne at an elaborate ceremony attended by dignitaries from around the world and that he told pledge to fulfill his duty as a symbol of the state at the imperial palace in tokyo the new emperor took the title earl

our top story: as turkey's military offensive in syria continues, russia says it will not allow clashes between turkish and syrian troops. russia's envoy to syria says turkey has no right to deploy its troops permanently there and should not go more than 10 km over the border. russian military police are patrolling the lines between syrian and kurdish forces. the uk says late—night negotiations with the eu over brexit were constructive and will continue in the morning. and this video story is trending on bbc.com: a royal visit to pakistan, as the duke and duchess of cambridge are welcomed by imran khan. prince william's mother, princess diana, was a hugely popular figure in pakistan. that's all, stay with bbc world news. plenty more on the website, and you can get in touch with me on twitter. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. global slowdown. the international monetary fund points to trade was in brexit uncertainty as it cuts its growth forecast yet again. india's gaming boom. way many of the country's 500 million gamers are thinking about going professional.

syria. turkey has -- russia has a base in southwest syria, now they will occupy space in northwest syria russia gets a big win. >> essentially russia and turkey now in charge of maintaining the ceasefire in syria. we're absent --? >> yes. >> how worried should we be? >> well, we should be is one thing, we have done is take ourselves off of table. and against this -- these soldiers that came in syr iraq, chasing isis. they were not there to protect the border turkey or keep the kurds and turks apart, we lost 12 soldiers in last 5 years fighting in syria,. ththe kurds 12 to 18,000. that is saving u.s. soldiers' lives, and what is happening with the fight in isis and influence of iran and russia is very disturbing. i don't see how you get this back. no one believes that turkey or russia will pullback out of this, they are stuck. >> because have more insight into this kind of strategy, i have the same -- what could go on behind the scenes that makes this a longer chess move that we're not persevering from here? >> if we -- okay. if you want to pullback all soldiers out of afghanistan, that is fine,

couldn't agree more that you want to find peace solution in syria the need to talk to russia and clearly if the west wants peace in syria that if you look i. know the idea that i haven't heard much about that i want to switch gears just real quickly here i don't want to go into them around called american domestic politics but you know it much to my mind donald trump will be impeached he will not be removed but he will be impeached by the democratic congress decide if american foreign policy well again they should call the show on predictability cause it's very difficult to so many variables in there well does anybody want to call him well i think i'll know although that i think probably 3 major areas one will be did they think they're going to isolate the u.s. within i notice this but they're also going to isolate the united states in international affairs and i think from trump you're going to see possibly more brazen foreign policy because he would have he would really need in order to win the election under pietschmann he would need some big win and want to win means does it mean str

agreement of the turkish and also basically of the turkish forces because the deployments of russia in syria are rather limited and. in the region the turkish forces are some period 2 russian forces so i must go actually in this case depends on the purpose forces not to attack but as russia is one of the biggest military powers in the role of turkey probably will think about twice to attack any russian post or russian military deployment within syria ok so the be some the diplomatic efforts in the background head of any military movements there now there's a high risk with this russian deployment between these 2 heavily armed forces on the ground in northern syria that we could see body bags with russian soldiers heading back to moscow is there an appetite in russia for the no not at all the has has been a lot of criticism tow words the russian engagement any point within syria as it's very costly and we haven't or people in russia have seen cuts in for example source of expenditure so it's also risky for moscow but it also offers the opportunity to present put it and muster itself as an int

so is russia's influence in syria set to increase yet further and how should the international community respond to russia's partnership there with a nato member turkey those are just some of the questions being discussed by nato ministers during a 2nd day of talks in brussels. moscow is the new puppet master in syria russia's defense minister talks with the head of a kurdish militia there and it's clear who's giving the orders. that's the reality facing nato defense ministers scrambling to catch up with the political reality of post-war syria and more to the point the west's role that. there are different views. on the allies as stated in the meeting also views which are publicly know it was a strong support for a political should the solution on a strong. support for the stronger international engagement german defense minister and a great crime karrenbauer proposed an international force to police a secure zone but she only had a few details for a moment to look like u.s. defense secretary marc asper might support have an idea i think it's fine that because it's something that we've b

sanctions pushing on with its offensive in northeastern syria while russia moves into the void left by. hello i'm. also coming up. violent clashes in boston on a 2nd day of protests over the jailing of 9 separate. the white house stands accused of starting warning an impeachment investigation against donald trump. and history in the making palestine host saudi arabia and a wild cup qualifying match but not everyone is happy. he is president russia has dismissed a proposal for a cease fire in syria and sustaining the operation will continue until his country's objectives have been achieved aid agency doctors without borders says it's been forced to suspend the majority of its walk in the region as the offensive continues and russia says its troops and patrol in northern syria reports. the russians moved in after the americans moved out in a deliberate withdrawal the city of mumbai is moscow's latest victory in syria its military police now patrols a front line that separates the turkish and syrian army's their presence stops a turkish led military advance towards the city which sits on

possible involvement you're going to be putin speaking to arab media all foreign powers should leave syria russia would like to do exactly the same thing it's not an open ended commitment where i think this would be their ideal solution about but also russia pushing for the renewable the 1998 agreement between turkey and syria the question is how is this possible if i'm sorry let's call a spade a spade or a gun try to kill us they have our friends they've they spent together syrian and turkish cabinet you know just you were killed during meetings you know in the. state of the states are called monsters. you know i just can't imagine how after everything that they can return to business as usual but that may. you know business as usual the i'm a bit you know it's how you open hostilities i'll take that any day of the week. but also you know there was a very good article in the american conservative about the u.s. house elyse by daniel works and then let me just call it very quickly the border issue for you what happens when the u.s. commits to unnecessary and unwinnable wars and gives local partne

officials arrive in turkey but on the ground in syria russia says its troops are patrolling to keep theconflict contained also coming up. cut along separatists clashing with spanish police in barcelona for a 2nd night now after long prison sentences were handed down to.

un korea that it is permanently ending its offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria turkey and russia say that they are now establishing a safe zone along the syria turkey border allowing russian troops to move into areas that are still under kurdish control. british investigators are probing what appears to be one of the worst human trafficking tragedies in u.k. history $39.00 bodies were discovered in a truck container in an industrial park on the outskirts of london the driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder police say the container was transported to the u.k. via belgium the bodies have not yet been identified. former israeli army chief of many guns has been tasked with forming israel's next government after benjamin netanyahu failed to recruit enough lawmakers to join his coalition if guns does not garner enough support within 28 days israel may face yet another election september's vote ended with no clear winner this is d.w. news from berlin for more news you can always go to our web site that's d w dot com. if your former prime minister has told d. w. news that he was

bipartisan outrage is building over turkey's invasion over syria. russia and turkey reached an agreement for patrolling areas of syria abandoned by the trump administration. the announcement featuring a meeting between turkey's president and vladimir putin. >> translator: i'd like to thank them for very business like and open conversation, talks and all this obvious has been done on the basis of mutual interest. >> democrats say the president should have seen this coming. >> turkey, russia, iran, syria, assad regime are all being empowered by this when the president is withdrawing all of these nations are being empowereded. >> now as for the situation in syria, mitch mcconnell as well as other gop senators have introduced a resolution opposing the president's green light to turkey. that may be too little too late as turkey, a nato ally, and russia, have now joined forces. wolf. >> thank you. joining us now, a democrat serves on the intelligence and oversight committees. two of the three panels that heard testimony. pivotal testimony today. congressman, tha

and russia have reached a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from northern syria and credit launched an offensive in that area last week but then suspended that operation following a u.s. brokered cease fire step back and has more from such and russia. with only i was left of the u.s. brokered cease fire in syria russia stopped didn't president putin offer to help to remove and this. was at the turkish syrian border to go with syrian border troops but it's delayed bespoke we still today we share turkey's concern about the growing threats of terrorism and the growth of ethnic tensions in the region these tensions and to separate this 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 poli

interviewing you before when the syrian conflict was at its nadir and when the criticism of russia's military conduct in syria was very loud very problem and then. as this war is now a drawing to a close hopefully drawing to a close in large part thanks to russia's own efforts how would you characterize russia's observance of the laws of war in syria on it.

mission in syria is over which again is what russia would like to achieve a full u.s. withdrawal from syria monk so makowski there in washington thank you so much thanks ron. well during that news conference mr trump also took the opportunity to touch on the financial and military commitments the u.s. has invested around the world he said there's no reason for us taxpayers to be burdened by endless wars in the middle east we don't want to keep soldiers between syria and turkey for the next 200 years they've been fighting for hundreds of years we're out but we are leaving soldiers to secure the oil the united states taxpayer is not going to pay for the next 50 years you see what guantanamo costs we're not going to pay tens of billions of dollars because we were good enough to capture people that want to go back to germany france u.k. and other parts of europe well a little earlier we spoke with rena sharp she's a republican strategist and consultant she says the killing of baghdadi is an historic feat for the trumpet ministration. there are so many layers here john pak a

bipartisan outrage is building over the president's green light for turkey's invasion of syria. russia and turkey reached an agreement for a patrolling area of syria abandoned by the trump administration. the announcement featuring a meeting between turkey president and none other than russia's vladimir putin. >> i would like to thank them for a very business-like and open conversation, talks and all of this has been done on the basis of good mutual interest. >> reporter: democrats say the president should have seen this coming. >> turkey, russia, iran, syria, the assad regime are being empowered by this when the president is withdrawing all of the nations and they are being empowered. >> reporter: as for the situation in syria, mitch mcconnell as well as other gop senators have introduced a resolution opposing the president's green light to turkey. that may be too little too late as turkey, a nato allies, worth remembering a nato ally, has joined forces with russia in the region. wolf. >> very disturbing developments indeed. jim acosta reporting. thank you. let's get more on the break

turkey and russia have reached a deal to clear out kurdish backed fighters from northern syria and iran launched an offensive in the area last week but suspended that operation following a u.s. brokered cease fire said boston has more from such in russia. with only hours left of the u.s. brokered cease fire in syria russia stepped in president put an offer to help to remove and this goodish fighters at the turkish syrian border together with syrian border troops it was delayed 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 political unity we n

syria. groups suspended their work as turkey pushes ahead with its assault on the kurds. meanwhile, russia says syrian government troops now control a kekey town as they seek to maintain the turkish offensive. tonight, bulgaria's football federation chief says he is resigning part of the fallout after monday's game between bulgaria and england that was marred by the fans and the racicist chants. probably one of the most appalling that cytosine and foototball. >> a deal to stop the u.k. from crashing out of the eu could now be in reach. talks are underway in brussels. time is running out. brent: welcome to our viewers. tonight, the united states is trying diplomacy hoping to broker a cease-fire in northern syria between turkey and the kurds. mike pence and mike pompeo had to turkey on wednesday. the u.s. has already slapped economic sanctions on turkey for the assault on the kurds. the decision by president trump to withdraw military forces from syria, that decision has left a vacuum. syrian government forces have moved into the area as are their deal to thwart the turkish led assault. it s

troops out of a key part of syria, russia's vladimir putin and turkey's president erdogan meeting today, and what they've now decided to do with the vacuum left by the u.s. abc's james longman from iran. >> reporter: cementing their power in syria, turkey and russia redrawing the map, as the u.s. pulls out, after a six-hour meeting, presidents putin and erdogan agreeing on a new plan for northern syria. the president of turkey telling the kurds their positions will be destroyed and that they must pull back further. the new deal anows turkey to keep this area they've already taken and forces the kurdish fighters to pull back from more territory, to the east and west, along the border. president erdogan trying to resettle millions of syrian refugees from turkey in that kurdish region. but the fate of hundreds of thousands of kurdish civilians already uprooted is now in the balance. the u.n. warning of a looming humanitarian crisis and with their american partners pulling out, the kurds may have little choice but to accept the terms of this deal. in six days, turkish and russian forces wil

heavily armed forces on the ground in northern syria that we could see body bags with russian soldiers heading back to moscow is there an appetite in russia for the no not at all the has has been a lot of criticism tow words the russian engagement any point within syria as it's very costly and we haven't or people in russia have seen cuts in for example social expenditure so it's also risky for moscow but it also offers the opportunity to present put in and muster itself as an international broker of a big international player was probably putin hopes to gain some support for within the domestic audience in russia ok it's not just the war that's going on there the fighting that's happening this also has to do with the migration situation inside turkey and of course it affects europe as well president wants political survival in many ways depends on his resettling 1500000 as he claims he wants to do syrian refugees in this 30 kilometer safe zone as he calls it does he have russian backing to do that at least it's in russian favor or it's for their action benefit because europe's you fear another refugee influx and they were probably willin

wants to revive the 998 agreement between syria and turkey in which syria committed to stop supporting could issue fighters russia was quick to fill the vacuum left by the u.s. withdrawal from north eastern syria but by moscow's own admission achieving any kind of lasting solution will be a long and complicated process steps last an al-jazeera sochi. a closer look now on the map. and there are encouraged wants to create. it'll be along the border obviously between turkey and syria it goes about 30 kilometers into syria the joint patrols themselves would be 10 kilometers deep on both sides of that area running between. and well here is some of inch of it now here at the turkey syria border with more under this agreement there are a number of for the 1st time that the russians have told the syrian government that they will be able to come back to their borders and carry our joint patrols for the 1st time they've told the turks that they will be able to carry out drug patrols on the border area with them for 10 kilometers deep inside. and again reiterating that they want the kurdish fighters to leave the that the fi

officials arrived in turkey but on the ground in syria russia says gets troops are now patrolling to keep the conflict contained also coming up a. couple on separatist clashing with spanish police in barcelona for a 2nd night after a long prison sentences were handed down to 9 cars along leaders those politicians spearheaded catalonia is a $27.00 team bid for independence. and it's a deal finally in sight there are positives saw in from both the e.u. and u.k. negotiators but brussels warns time is running out. plus making music for peace in mali. the musician there tells us why she's pursuing her passion despite the risks. i'm brian thomas. to have you with us turkey is rejecting calls for a ceasefire in northern syria between its forces and kurdish troops u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pump a are on their way to turkey today to push for an end to the fighting now this comes after the u.s. imposed economic sanctions on korea for targeting the kurds inside syria last week president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. forces from syria left a military and the

population is a long-term challenge that has not addressed and i've managed to entrench itself in syria russia and iran shows few signs of divergent to underestimate much of the submit on that stability and the turkish incursion never the syria with a major setback with a crisis in the relationship and despite these challenges to have leverage for the us national security interest. in the ten days since his decision to withdraw forces with turkey's invasion of the region your assessment has borne out. rarely does a foreign policy decision has yielded this may disastrous consequences this quickly. most importantly that makes the american people less safe likely thousands of fighters and supporters would break out of prison yesterday officials told foreign policy that the turkish backed horses are deliberately releasing the isis detainees that were previously held and they have already transferred to the insurgency to utilize to inspire external attacks. also i expect this to come true in the coming weeks andhi months he also forced kurdish forces to meet an agreement with assad to sustain in no