the offensive in it live attempting to retake the last stronghold of anti-government forces in syria . turkey bites back against the asset regime ankara says it will repay its own casualties. must be confirmed as soon as possible. for it to be permanent the assad regime's aggression. president has emphasized that turkey will take the necessary measures if the regime continues its aggression its . airlifted to hospital some of the turkish troops injured in a sad latest assault on it lived a sad is trying to recapture the province from rebel forces rebels often armed by turkey 5 turkish casualties followed 8 others last week all at the hands of sads forces. this is the latest in a series of escalations between turkey and syria turkey wants to defend its border with syria and the said regime wants to regain influence within its own borders the civilian cost of all this has been high in recent weeks nearly 700000 civilians have been displaced. adorn a turkish military convoy enters northern syria joining the effort to halt assad's offensive showing that turkey means what it says about defending i

turkey correspondent in istanbul. how significant is this latest escalation between syria and turkey. well diary clashes between nato member turkey and syrian regime forces have been extremely rare in the nearly 9 year old syrian conflict turkey has militarily intervened in 3 operations so far in syria against the so-called islamic state against kurdish led forces it considers a terrorist threat but it has so far avoided attacking. troops so what we have been seeing there are the latest incidents are some of the most serious confrontations between the 2 countries so far in the past week has trying to reinforce its military posts in it live by sending in hundreds of military vehicles and reportedly thousands of troops all of this in an attempt to stem deadly offensive on and all of that as you can imagine as more instability to an already talks economics than you you why is so important to both syria and turkey or willing to deadly flooding there. well it is one of the last remaining areas out of bashar al assad's control the last rebel held a bastion there in syria home to about 30000

important to both syria and turkey or willing to escalate the deadly fighting there. well it is one of the last remaining areas out of bashar al assad's control the last rebel held a bastion there in syria home to about 3000000 people most of them internally displaced assad one still retake all of syria so he definitely needs a turkey's president edwin on the other hand wants to stop assad because if the ellipse holds turkey faces another large scale influx of refugees hundreds of thousands of people have already fled to areas near the turkish border some say up to a 1000000 are basically waiting there in search for security fleeing outside so russian backed offensive turks present and what has repeatedly said he already has for a 1000000 refugees that is something that has proven politically costly for him so he says we caught on state anymore refugees and then of course look at the humanitarian situation there people are living in makeshift camps it's winter it's freezing cold and some organizations say that needy hoffa it lives free 1000000 civilians are children ok

of speculation that article 5 could be invoked which would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war with syria and russia but of course that that's still speculation as of now as for the turkish president we haven't heard anything from him but we have heard from turkey's ministry of e.u. affairs who said that syria will be held to account for what happened. turkey is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot of this chaos is stemming from disagreements over a cease fire that came into effect early this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of breaking the cease fire by launching its offensive against militants in a loop and on the other hand russia and syria turkey of not holding up its end of the bargain in the cease fire was supposed to remove terrorist groups from the iliad province and try to in negotiate with the more moderate militants to divide them based on their approach to them so the but the effort so far made. an anchor

russia is a key president assad who rejects turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists they often sit by his troops is legitimate. and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might. prolong the original confrontation in syria. on turkish border with syria. over the timing turkey is no longer preventing syrian refugees from traveling into greece by sea and on land move is seen as an attempt by encroach of force the european union to reengage with the situation in syria lawrence lee has this. many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and release the refugees into europe in large numbers once again this perhaps is a taste of what might still come this was the scene on the shores of the greek island of lesbos already a nightmarish place for the 10s of thousands of men women and children who had come over from turkey and who are now trapped there in itself a dingo arriving isn't any different from any other day but the implication was that the turkish authorities didn't try to stop it. in the same way the routes was being cleared for refu

that syria and turkey are prepared to go to war over syria or over it lead. i think the public sentiment and i mean even if we were to put it on in the government aside there is a huge public sentiment against bashar assad and what russia is doing and i think that sentiment combined with the atrocities happening in combine with the wave of a new big wave of refugees i think there's a willingness to even push for that to stop that particular wave of refugees coming into syria so this this by this nationalistic or this military istic tone in the against aside from coming from the government there is also a public sentiment that supports that and that's also interesting for the turkish public when it comes to syrian conflict i think it has turned into an existential. place for turkish intervention into syria or turkey's operations syria because i mean what will come after assad. you know claims victory an adlib and it take takes control of it will he be stopping there all or the next target will be now then the northern syrian areas under the control of the mode

russian and turkish delegates are meeting to discuss fighting in syria turkey's military is warning of retaliation against further attacks in the rebel problems a turks were killed by syrian army shelling on monday. a winter weather has worsened conditions for syrians living in a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley it comes as the ongoing economic crisis in lebanon is having a serious impact on humanitarian programs the shortage of funding means fewer families are receiving support the scale sorry courage is joining us now live from a camp in bekaa valley sorry just tell us more about where you are and what's happening there. wearing plenty of layers but i'm shivering it's super cold here it's absolutely perfect so the wind just whipped up and you can see there's snow if your home is just started snowing but they're all about probably 300 people living in this refugee camp it's one of many in back of ali. a few of them they said that the conditions are so harshly would prefer to die now these are people who have left the war in syria some of them in have been here for years and the

possible but i'll just leave jill veg as well turkey's border with syria well turkey is seeking broader support for its operation in northwestern syria and is putting pressure on the new by allowing refugees to leave for europe the nearby greek island the post just 15 kilometers off the coast of turkey is a ready struggling with the effects of overwhelming migration johnson awful us has more. many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and release refugees into europe in large numbers once again this was the scene on the shores of the greek island of lesbos already a nightmarish place for the 10s of thousands of men women and children who crossed over from turkey and are now trapped here in itself doing a riving isn't any different from what happens on any other day but the implication was that the turkish authorities didn't try to stop it the greek government is asking for increased european support. for your daughter your but needs to help not just with money but personnel and equipment you need to help protect mali time borders

free speech is vital for the fight against the disease also coming up a serious escalation in syria turkey pals reprisals against president assad's forces after more than 30 of its troops are killed in an air raid in northwestern syria u.n. calls for an immediate cease fire. and the golden bear for helen mirren the british actress takes home the lifetime achievement award at the berlin international film class. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us there are signs that the world could be heading for recession as fears grow over the spread of rapid spread of the coronavirus asian markets spiral downwards on friday with tokyo sydney seoul and bangkok each losing 3 percent those losses followed the previous day's tumble in the us and european markets the dow stopped its worst one day drop in 9 years while london frankfurt and paris all posted losses of more than 3 percent. the market's reaction comes as the virus continues its advance $56.00 countries or territories have now confirmed cases the world health organization is warning governments repair for a pandemic south korea has se

all right thank you very much joshua bar and have tail on the turkey syria border thank you hashem of course following those attacks an adlib province turkey is warning that it will now allow syrian refugees to and to europe their reports i'm already used to down police coast guard and border security officials on land and sea crossings well that's prompted greece and boag area to step up security on their side of the border to try to stop anyone coming through if turkey goes through with its threat it would be backing out of an agreement it made with the e.u. in 2016 at the height of the refugee crisis under the deal turkey was to resettle syrian refugees and stop them crossing the eastern mediterranean routes from turkey to greece and around 4000000 refugees and says it cannot cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence and live war correspondent laura sleeze been following the situation for the past few years this story and sent us this report. many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and release the refugees into europe in large numbers once a

this is news coming to you live from berlin a dramatic escalation in syria turkey reprisals against president assad's forces up there more than 30 of its troops are killed in an air raid in the northwest development puts on the potential collision course with syria's backers in moscow also coming up south korea's rush to protect themselves against the coronavirus as officials reported another huge jump in case infections are increasing their faster than anywhere else. plus trillions of dollars of stock markets fueling fears of a global recession as the corona virus spreads through more than 50 countries. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program nato has scheduled emergency sessions today as tensions grow between turkey and the russian backed syrian government ankara is battling retaliation after forces killed at least 33 turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northwestern syria and it's calling for an international no fly zone to protect the it live regions civilian population further military action threatens to put ankara on a collision course with moscow. a major escalation and dozens of

they had been discussing the situation in syria of course turkey has lost 33 soldiers in syria. quested a nato meeting and stall. scene that needs to expresses its deepest condolences to turkey they also said need to allies have promised to solidarity with the cherokee let said check back in with our he's following the story for us on turkey's boards with syria actually held there from yet stoltenberg offering a lot of support. sympathy condolences in practical terms what do you think do you think turkey will be happy with the outcome of that meeting. no i don't think so for different reasons now the turkish government has been saying in the past they watch not only words of sympathy or solidarity from the e.u. and nato in particular who want action because because this is how they see what happens and this is why since yesterday all the statements from the turkish government if you read in between the lies there is this feeling of being betrayed by the e.u. and nato in particular they say we have committed troops on the side syria particularly province and we wanted support from

refugees and that point that un stoltenberg makes about refugees could be crucial because while turkey deals with syria to the south it also appears to be putting pressure on europe to the north remember there are millions of syrian refugees in turkey many of whom have always wanted to travel on into europe and ankara is now saying it won't necessarily stop them if that happens on a full scale it would go against the deal that turkey signed with the e.u. back in 2016 syrians in turkey are in fact already making their way to the greek order and greece is reportedly tightening its sea and land crossings in response. so let's talk all about this and introduce you to today's panel starting on skype from a stone but we've got meth addict who is the managing editor of the daily sabah english language newspaper in amman wilf dinnick spokesman on syria for the humanitarian aid organization mercy call and in london fadi had kura consulting fellow in the europe program at the international think tank chatham house gentlemen thank you for your time i think we've got 2 separate things to talk about one is this lat

were launched after 5 turkish soldiers and 3 civilians were killed by shelling in syria's rebel held in the province turkey has now sent more reinforcements to live and is threatening further action an investigation is underway in kenya into what caused a stampede at a primary school that killed at least 14 children. 40 other students were seriously injured police say the stampede to happen when panic broke out as students were leaving school it's unclear what caused the panic. malawi's constitutional court has voted to an old last year's disputed presidential election citing widespread is the vote in may return peace and with a recurrence of power for a 2nd sparking opposition protests a new election must not be held within 150 days well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement thanks for watching i think americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting trampy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent of americans believing that we're on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other o

already toxic mix on the ground i mean remind us why did you can be important that both sides with syria and turkey are willing to risk such an escalation in fighting. well many refer to it live as the final battle in syria's war it is one of the last remaining areas outside of bashar assad's control the last major rebel held stronghold in syria with about the ssri 1000000 people now asad his wote to retake all of syria so he needs it lip turkish prison and one on the other hand has invested a lot of political capital in standing up to damascus during the war in the past 2 years and now he fears that his country is going to be the country that pays the humanitarian price if it falls a large scale influx of refugees hundreds of thousands have headed to areas near the turkish border where refugee camps are overcrowded conditions daya temperature now in winter temperatures a sub 0 and add one has repeatedly said that his country already hosts nearly 4000000 refugees and he just can't take in more people polluted given this rise in tensions and what is de rigueur to go from here. well it's difficult to

way of turkish would tell us and so how is moscow would like to view the incident between turkey and its ally syria. well i would agree with the argument that this is unlikely to escalate primarily because both russia and turkey both put a high priority in terms of this partnership and been developing so moscow would not like to see the syrian government move keep moving forward on this that being said i very much doubt that targeting of turkish troops was a deliberate rather they've been fighting this jihadi groups who reside in it live but no but in terms of this agreement to referring to it is there such agreement from september 2018 this was signed. with the assumption well what if they're putting this specific commitments up on that are 2. separate between the terrorist groups and the moderate rebels for the purpose of the subdominant and russia small to be able to negotiate some kind of a and to do this with the moderates now turkey has not done this yet and for this reason. been a big motivation behind. the recent intensification of the conflict primarily because. becomes a staging ground to

in a the province will continue to monitor events and we have these next crucial brother on the turkey syria border thank you fred where is the russia correspondent for the christian science monitor he says turkey's next move will be crucial in determining the future of its relations with russia turkey is is trapped between east and west they have not got what they wanted with european union or any of the historic things that tricky wanted. and they are turning to russia using it as a counterbalance it's not just the s. were 100 missiles it's it's the south stream pipeline which was just recently inaugurated in an earlier one which is a huge investment and now both countries are committed to it it will be so their industry pipeline that feeds russian natural gas to europe so they have a lot of mutual dependencies and they're growing but yet at the same time they they have these fundamental differences that could iraq war that any time so what erdogan decides on any given morning is is really critical. a boat carrying refugees including children has arrived on the greek island of last fall's

next we turn our attention to syria turkey's president russia type everyone says the turkish military has quote neutralized dozens of syrian government troops in retaliation for an attack on turkish forces in syria now says 5 turkish soldiers were killed in the syrian attack an adlib province a syrian war monitor is reporting that retaliatory strikes by turkey left at least 13 syrian troops dead turkey has had military observation posts in rebel held at lip synced 2017 it was set up under an agreement with russia and iran. and earlier we spoke to did correspondent dorian jones and he told us about these clashes between turkish and syrian forces. well there's been a sustained military operation going on throughout the day turkish forces using heavy artillery and according to turkish president the one backed by fighter bombers have been pounding around 40 identified syrian regime forces sites this follows a deadly attack by syrian regime forces on turkish forces in it live president heard one has promise that they will be revenge for those attacks those deaths will not go on the answere

they amass reporting earlier from london next to syria turkey is the president's arrest of tyrants says the turkish military escort neutralize dozens of syrian government troops all that's in retaliation for an attack on turkish forces in syria well the deadly flare up in war torn at libya's heightening tensions between turkey and russia they're the 2 biggest foreign powers in syria's long running conflict but they back opposing sides and the problems. ankara is keen to show it means business. more military vehicles continue to head towards its lead today after the killing of turkish soldiers in the province the turkish president said his country had been forced to retaliate against syrian troops and he warned moscow not to stand in his way. there was as a result of these airstrikes people 5 of whom are soldiers and 3 civilians were martyred of course we said this cannot go on and the necessary response was given at the moment we are doing what is necessary from the ground and from the air. while the turkish defense ministry says that damascus had shelled their troops despite being awar

london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes a major escalation in northern syria turkey says it as we palliatives after turkish soldiers and civilians are killed in syria and shelling hong kong shot several crossings that link it to mainland china in response to the coronavirus an election victory overturned allow weise constitutional court nullifies the 2019 result saying a new votes must be held in 150 days and a lifeline for yemenis in need of urgent care center airport is partially reopened the sick patients can be flown out. in sports a 50 year wait is over for the kansas city chiefs. to start. to see. the chief speech in the san francisco 49 ers to win the super bowl. turkey says its military has had thousands of syrian government targets killing many troops the strikes were launched after 5 turkish soldiers and 3 civilians were killed by shelling in syria's rebel held the province well turkey has now sent more reinforcements to adlib and is threatening further action priyanka reports. towns and villages and don't press syria under attack by government jack it's. a

russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who rejects turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists they often sit by his troops in as legitimate and they will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might and . in a wider and prolonged the original confrontation in syria has about al jazeera jill vegas or one turkish border with syria while in the past half an hour the u.n. secretary general and hinted to terrorists is spoken out about the latest escalation between turkey and syria in recent days i've warned repeatedly about the risk of a serious escalation of you're still in northwest syria i fear that with the events of the past 24 hours we have reached that point these one of the most alarming moments across of your nation is the syrian conflict without urgent action the risk of even greater an escalation girls by the oh well there are fears the airstrikes will lead to a renewed refugee crisis with turkey warning it will allow syrian refugees to enter europe for more on this let's go to nightmare and monday you know european brokaw centenarian m

russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who jacked turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists the often served by his troops is legitimate and will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences the might and. you know wider and prolonged original confrontation in syria possible but al-jazeera delivered as a want to its border with syria or gebran as under is in new york where the united nations has called an emergency meeting after that attack on 33 turkish soldiers there were calls for the escalation and for turkey and syria to build on previous negotiations to strike a new immediate ceasefire what have you been hearing at this meeting game. yeah that's right this was an emergency meeting that was called by the you know european union members of the united nations united security council excuse me as well as the united states and the u.k. this was a meeting that is still going on we are actually right now hearing from the syrian ambassador to the security council or the united nations i should say this meeting clearly indicates the urgency that the unit

whatever happens with saket it won't end there or any time soon turkey says it will deepen its involvement in syria against the government it's now labeled the enemy enter chapelle al jazeera. diplomatic editor james bays is standing by for us now in geneva but 1st let's cross over to her here's all the turkey syria border. we can really emphasize that you know that obviously this huge number of turkish deaths rocked the turkish establishment and the reaction has been swift and direct. indeed where you have here is. shock and calls for revenge and this explains the series of announcements and statements that were made by different government officials about the need to take more of an aggressive 7 stance when it comes to syria one of the key allies of president follows up. on the dole at best city who is the leader of the ultra nationalist m.s.p. party said that it's time now for the ground in beijing to a ground military operation in in syria the defense minister who paid a visit to the area earlier today and who visited the injured in that i highly hospital said that many targets in many many gov

back off to dozens of its soldiers were killed in nato calls on syria and russia to hope their offensive. turkey also says it's allowing refugees who have fled the fighting in syria to seek shelter in europe also coming up on the program this is a reality check for every government on the planet. get ready. the world health organization warns the global risk of coronavirus is very high with around 50 countries now affected. in the worst challenging in weeks threatens to derail libya peace talks taking place in geneva. and on p. december in doha with all its supporters china's most famous athletes with a big swimming champion sun myung is banned for 8 years for breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming up. welcome to the program our top story nato has called on russia and syria to halt the offensive an adlib as violence continues to escalate in the region the military alliance held an emergency meeting and has condemned the continued indiscriminate as strikes is follows the death of $33.00 turkish soldiers on thursday member states expressed solidarity with their ally turkey but they

more now on one of our top stories the escalating tension between turkey and russia over syria and the broader impact that may have in europe on the middle east so turkey is seeking broader support for its operation in northwestern syria and is stepping up the pressure on the e.u. by allowing refugees to travel on words to europe that's prompted garia to step up security on their side of the border to try to stop anyone coming through turkey made an agreement with the e.u. in 2016 at the height of the refugee crisis under that deal ankara was to resettle syrian refugees and stop them crossing the eastern mediterranean route from turkey to greece turkey hosts around 4000000 refugees and says it can't cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence in libya. well the nearby greek island just 15 kilometers off the coast of turkey is a reading struggling with the effects of overwhelming migration locals there have been fighting back against camps on the island while the government demands european supports. many times the turkish government has threatened to open its borders and rele

and syria actually engaging in an all out war. well martin this is the 1st time that turkey and syria have been so close to a war and the 9 year long civil war some parties discuss that they will never get into a by later in the war a direct war but some say that this can also a brink's for both of them because it turkey now has been supported we are seeing a strong support from the american side to tricky inside of his position inside this glacial zone there which turkey didn't have during operation peace bring in last october where turkey said turkey was receiving threats from the syrian kurdish fighters group y p g in. northern syria so right now it is also seen as a turkey it is actually a question mark whether turkey is going to break down its. alliance with syria so far but only given the situation on the ground especially into their school ations on. a corporation with russia seems to be necessary for turkey and turkey is trying to balance this relation between moscow and washington so far. until yesterday there was no statement from russia that could smooth in the te

has warned of possible military intervention in the last remaining rebel held province turkey is giving syria's leaders until the end of this month to withdraw its military units from positions near turkey's observation post in. its 2 year since turkey russia and iran agreed to establish to rise jones there. but tension between russia and turkey has increased following the deaths. of 8 turkish soldiers in a recent syrian army attack by deploying more troops into syria turkey is sending a clear message that it stands ready to retire if syrian government forces continue their offensive turkish leaders are determined to prevent the worst scenario which to them is president bashar al assad's troops defeating the rebels and the millions of refugees trying to cross into turkey and join the many already hear about al-jazeera istanbul. syria at the crossing not far from the border with turkey and what is the latest. well according to the civil defense units yesterday at night there were 17 people killed because of the syrian government spawned by arguments backed by the russians in western the countrys

a major escalation in syria. turkey hit backk after 36 soldiers are killed. this is a reality check for every government on the planet. coronavirus isof very high, already 50 countries affected. continue to slide as the coronavirus takes its toll on the global market. ♪ after a week of what was labeled a reduction of violence , afghannistan, the u.s. and taliban are expected to sign a peace deal that could put an end to america's longest-running war. president donald trump sending his top diplomat for the signing and said the afghan people should embrace the chance for new future, but there's a long way to go. the deal is seen as a possible for space to hold talks with the government in couple to decide kabul tore -- couple -- decide the future of the country. [no audio] >> himself an immigrant from afghanistan, so american diplomats, luke perry representatives held more than a dozen negotiations with talks briefly called off by president trump in september. the u.s. team wanted the taliban support in its counterterrorism efforts while the taliban demanded a

russia is a key ally of president bashar assad who rejects turkey's expanded presence in syria and insists they often sit by his troops. as legitimate and they will continue and if russia and turkey fail to overcome their differences they might and . in a wide and prolonged the original confrontation in syria possible but i'll just see about jill vegas on turkish border with syria. well following the attacks in a live turkey warned it will allow syrian refugees to end to europe that's prompted greece involve garrett to step up security on their side of the border to try to stop anybody coming through if turkey goes ahead with its right to would be backing out of an agreement it made with the european union in 2016 at the height of the refugee crisis under the deal and crew was to resettle syrian refugees and stop them crossing the eastern mediterranean route from turkey to greece turkey has around 4000000 refugees and says it just can't cope with any more people fleeing the latest violence in ellipse turkey's move is seen as an intense buying critique of force european union to reengage wi

and it turning points in turkey in syria was when this hurt shot down a russian fighter aircraft at the end of 2015 because ever since then lusha has significant leverage over turkey when it comes to syria let's not forget that it was earth again who flew to set pieces but at the beginning of 2016 so made sweet crude. and sucrose fusillade apologized to putin for the shooting down of that russian aircraft why kate did earth again do that 1st because of the serious here russian sanctions yet that includes in place on the turkish economy but there was another raise that if you have a look in the immediate period after that search shot down that russian aircraft up until earth again flew to said he spoke to apologize the pogues in their office spying in the amounts of turkish soldiers and police officers who are dying in combat we're. the p.k. and the p.k. k. and russia are traditional friends so i will leave it to cross hopes to draw their own conclusions on that matter you know this supports the say that says that a turkey in syria is at the mercy of rus

their phone call the presidents of russia and turkey agreed to prioritize a meeting about syria is it live profits amid rising tensions between their forces . and after turkish troops are killed in syria turkey should fishel says they will no longer stop refugees from crossing into the e.u. it's reported large groups are already making their way to the greek border. as bernie sanders surges in the polls one billionaire donor to the democrats tells the party to unite behind anybody but bernie claiming the socialist senator it cannot beat donald trump. a very warm welcome to you you're watching our senior international with me now we start with the rising tensions between russian backed syrian forces and turkish troops in syria days one that most hawkish soldier has been killed by shelling in profits that follows reports 33 turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by syrian forces the presidents of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russia's foreign minister spoke out in support of the syrian

this is the latest in a series of escalations between turkey and syria turkey wants to defend its border with syria and the said regime wants to regain influence within its own borders the civilian cost of all this has been high in recent weeks nearly 700000 civilians have been displaced. adorn a turkish military convoy enters northern syria joining the effort to halt assad's offensive showing that turkey means what it says about defending its own border. well the 2 most senior health officials in who barry that's the province at the center of china's coronavirus outbreak have been fired this news comes as the death toll from the virus tops 1000 and more than 42000 cases have been confirmed nationwide now the chinese territory of hong kong has had relatively few cases just 40 have been confirmed and because of the need to keep it that way to curb the spread of the virus the pro-democracy movement has suspended its large protests and gone underground for an hour. the face mosque an emblem of hong kong's lurch from one crisis to another once an icon of the pro-democracy demonstrations now

a major escalation in syria turkey hits back off to several of its soldiers were killed by government forces in rebel held. greece and belgariad tighten their borders after turkey threatens to syrian refugees into europe. a warning from the world health organization that the corona virus outbreak could get bigger as nigeria confirms the 1st case in sub-saharan africa. on patrol with the democratic republic of congo's army as they fight armed rebels responsible for a series of attacks in the east. and i'm peter similarly a sport of china's most famous athlete a lympics swimming champion son yang is banned for 18 years for breaking anti doping rules details and reaction coming out. so then a strike on turkish soldiers inside syria is increasing tensions on its borders and prompting concerns about where a new escalation might all lead an emergency meeting of nato ended with it calling for syria and russia to hold that it libya fence if it will turkey says $33.00 of its soldiers were killed there on thursday nato expressed solidarity with turkey but offered no additional support. allies c

killed by shelling on ad lib in the north west turkey backs opposition groups and had sent reinforcements to counter president bashar al assad's offensive syria's main ally russia is blaming turkey for not coordinating it's true.

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a major escalation in northern syria turkey says it has retaliated after turkish soldiers and civilians are killed in syria and shelling. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up hong kong shot several crossings that link it to mainland china in the sponsor the coronavirus and election victory overturned malawi's constitutional course nullifies the 2019 result saying a new vote must be held in 150 days and could this be the 1st step to the white house for a democratic candidate makes its choice for presidential nominee. turkey says its military has had dozens of syrian government targets killing many troops the strikes were launched after 5 turkish soldiers and 3 civilians were killed by shelling in syria's rebel held province turkey has now sent more reinforcement to adlib and is threatening further action priyanka gupta reports. towns and villages and don't press syria under attack by government jack it's. a grim reality throughout the 9 year civil war. for the 1st time the government assault and it has put turkey on the syrian regime it direct mi

now turkey earlier issued an ultimatum to syria to pull its troops back from turkey's front line in syria is there any sign of that happening. well i think misty to even before this attack from texas president might just tell you it was he said there would be no stick to facts on the ultimatums that he was given a choice to turn into drawing the masks reaching for his from the recent game. that was echoed by the spokesman of the ruling party of nature like yesterday said that they all fit to carry out this ultimatum if there is to withdraw and i think that the coming weekend which is making the files will be a key inflection point in this conflict will took the right to its operation to getting their regime called just a key so i will be there is an expectation that tookie will send great looked into syria today ahead of the ultimatum but the key point for bunker is what will it do about the russian russia controlling syrian airspace has many took the forces on the ground extremely vulnerable to an strike turkey schaffel's cannot provide them with a cuppa and for the last couple of weeks

authorities in turkey say at least 22 turkish soldiers have been killed in an air raid in northern syria turkey has been stepping up efforts.