we are very close to the area in syria which the turkish army which declared the turkish army which declaredis city. we are here this morning and i can confirm that i was told there we re can confirm that i was told there were heavy clashes in the centre of the town and the turkish army bombing the eastern side of this city, not just today bombing the eastern side of this city, notjust today but bombing the eastern side of this city, not just today but also from the last night, according to eyewitnesses. so it seems that the situation is still unstable or not fully under control by the turkish army but the important thing happen today the syrian opposition, the militants declared also that they ta ke militants declared also that they take control of another town, south of the tel abyad area, which means the turkish army and the opposition, 110w the turkish army and the opposition, now they are fighting in the area, about 18 kilometres from the turkish border. that means the operation is 110w border. that means the operation is now wider than what they declared three days ago. anyway, the fig

as well as their local allies but erdogan making it very clear the turkish army will not say once we control members we will leave it to quote our arab brothers because they are the rightful owners so the operation has begun the question is what happens when these troops reach the center of the city we understand that there are few 100 s.t.'s fighters holed up in memphis there is also the u.s. military so the u.s. military's presence in and around memphis on the outskirts of members syrian army troops there trying to make their way to members but the presence of the u.s. military prevents them from doing that so you have all these forces at play it is still unclear how this battle is going to play out there could either be confrontation or there could either be an agreement or there could either be a surrender so this is what's happening on that front line at the time and speaking of agreement then are we learning anymore whether it's from the political aspects or the military aspects about the agreement that was reached by the s.d.f. and the syrian government. well that's an agre

them have reportedly left the area now today turkey's defense ministry said that the army the turkish army and their forces have captured. we are hearing some very different information from the kurdish lead as forces they there they are saying that's not true the battle is still going on and in fact there seem to still be clashes because we can hear gunfire and shelling we also heard some military airplanes hovering above us today now the situation on the ground seems to be messy and a week at a very different information on what's exactly going on there are you hear so that is on the syrian side and how is this operation affecting local people on the turkish side. well the curacy situation here at the turkish border is very tan as journalists we have to move locations all day as well because sometimes security forces would tell us it's not safe here there have been reprisal attacks from the syrian side curator's fighters firing mortars and rockets into turkish border towns at least 10 people were killed civilians here on the turkish side we just went to one funeral today and it was very

has warned and basically said when we are busy fighting the turkish army we can take care of these isis prison as we feel betrayed and we have to fight 2 battles now one against a turkish army and the other battle is still going on against the so-called islamic states now of course the cutter side has an interest of raising this issue of bringing this up because the international community is very worried about the situation of the isis prisoners over there but from everything we hear from the syrian side the situation in the camps is quite chaotic right now correspondent your honner the border between turkey and syria for us thank you very much to you and your. well turkey has reacted with defiance to all the nato countries criticism of its offensive in syria now in an exclusive interview with the turkish foreign minister to shove a short who said that ankara would not be deterred him to furthur them this is a vital a matter for us it's a question of national security of survival whatever they do whether it's an arms embargo or something else it's only strengthens us 15 years ago we pr

forces there to come from the turkish army which i wouldn't suggest there's an alignment. fighting is very high and turkey is not there is fairness i can see to invade the kountry this is not the turkish policy according to official state announcement rather to clean up the area and pro wide a safe haven for the refugees in turkey. i'm afraid we have runs out on this one appreciate your time and same by cheney international relations expert my guest. german interior minister has described the shootings around the city of hama as an anti semitic attack 2 people have been confirmed killed 27 year old shooter allegedly showed in this video at the moment of one attack has been arrested while shooting outside a synagogue another the shop there are also reports of a grenade being thrown at the jewish cemetery at least reduce the threat level but still a warning to be careful details his evangelise it's us. as mentioned earlier 3 shootings have been reported by the police on wednesday afternoon and highly germany one took out of a synagogue the other at a local co-op shop and the

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish frontier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria while turkey began its operation only this month after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the area and managed to get access to one of the bases abandoned by washington these are some pictures from inside that we spoke to advisor to president bashar al assad who told us the incursion is an act of aggression against syria itself. you know it's really not an encouraging it isn't a good question it is a horrible aggression i gave it. to again 3 syrian people and what they speak about this safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and tell international community again is this invasion and the gun. lie about his objectives and about his purposes and about what he wants a. lot of your putin has been in the saudi capital riyadh this week on his 1st visit to the gulf state in over a decade the president held talks with king solomon of the crown prince signed a long list of

that's been that's done that before and that's why i believe that the optimism that somehow the turkish army and the turkish government can take responsibility of these isis captives is is completely unfounded secondly i think it's quite rich from anyone that if it that's been affiliated or still is affiliated to the turkish government to talk about. to talk about. some sort of you know a fret. by vs the for why p.g. about the isis prisoners the turkish government aired on has been threatening europe for the past few years with the more than 4000000 syrian refugees in the country trying to take anything it can. from europe and from the western world by frightening them with opening the doors to more than 4000000 syrian refugees to cross the borders into europe so i think it's quite rich from from your guest in istanbul to talk about how the u.s. the f a y p g are doing this as the if the kurds in northeastern syria have very limited resources to look after and to to actually hold these people accountable the isis captives accountable and if turkey if the turkish army is going to attack the w

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria turkey began its operation only this month after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the region and managed to get access to one of the bases by and by washington these are some of the pictures from that we also spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us think question is an act of aggression against syria itself and i think it is not done karajan it isn't a good action it is horrible and that action against. city and. city and people and what they speak about the safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and out international community is against this invasion and i've begun. lying about his objectives and about his that this is and that about what he wants . to be until the deals saw and done gifts exchanged that this president putin visit saudi arabia will look back at a high profile meeting after the short break. you know world big booty. and co

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria so i could began its operation only this month off to the us withdrew its forces from the area managed to get access to one of the bases of by and by washington these are some pictures from there we spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us the incursion is an act of aggression against syria itself. and i think he did not then encourage and it isn't a good question it is a good action i gave it to the. city and then to the end people and what they speak about this safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and out international community again as this invasion and i've begun. lying about his objectives and about his that this is and that about what he wants . any and all of deal signed and gifts exchange started since president putin's visit saudi arabia look back at the high profile meeting after this short break. put themselves on the line to ge

artillery bombardment are targeting the defenses of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces as the turkish army advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition syrian national army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep populated areas the s. the f. is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the nato alliance but kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flap to rain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkey's air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the syrian border town of primates to the border town of russell and to the east it is an area the u.s. military would drew from earlier this week it seems the turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. international aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infras

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria. began its operations earlier this month after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the area and managed to get access to one of the bases of . these are some of the pictures from inside we spoke to an advisor to president who told us the incursion is an act of aggression against syria. you know it's really not. horrible. people. just imagine if any country would like to go inside another country. international community again is this invasion and. this is what who. has been in the saudi capital riyadh this week on his 1st visit to the gulf states in over a decade when the president talks with king solomon on the crown prince they signed a long list of deals 20 agreements worth over $20000000000.00 was signed in sectors such as aerospace health and advanced technology there were also some gifts handed out with the russian leader presenting his hostess with a rare bird of prey while receiving a painting. the current state of

supports the turkish offensive he claims the army is fighting for a good cause the enemy here in the uk to carlow we are hosting 125000 syrians you might be able to imagine how difficult that is we want a safe zone to resettle the $3500000.00 refugees that have become a burden for turkey over the past 8 years but europe occasionally sends a little money but we pay the real price syrians should go back to their homes. the area northeast syria that is supposed to become a safe zone is anything but. for days the turkish army and syrian opposition fighters have clashed with kurdish militia and while they are busy fighting each other there are concerns that isis jihadists which are already defeated in the area might be able to regroup. international criticism of the turkish military campaign is growing the united nations say the offensive has caused more than 100000 civilians to flee but the consequences of also been dramatic on this side of the border in turkey and many people we've talked to here are hoping that the violence won't continue to escalate but this includes people inside ric

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier and which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria. to keep began its operation earlier this month after the u.s. withdrew its forces from the area we managed to get access to one of the bases upon the by washington these are pictures from that and we spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us the incursion is an act of aggression against syria itself. you know it's really not done karajan it isn't a good action it is horrible and the russian i gave it says syrian sovereignty syrian territory syrian people and what they speak about this safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and how the international community is again is this invasion and i've begun lying about his objectives and about his bed this is and that about what he wants a. 1000000000 dollar deal signed gifts exchanged glances president putin visits saudi arabia look back at a high profile meeting after this short break. so what we've

tried and shared by the turkish army during the last few hours we have several casualties several kid and others wounded mostly from the civilian population and. i think that created a lot of fear among the people about the gain in other areas little bit far from the border. the life continues as it was and there are a lot of people who are trying to support those in the border cities and towns and everyone is trying to work everything together in order to pass this period of time of peace. that we are facing though he tell me if you can't you know these airstrikes that are coming from turkey what are they targeting i mean what is being hit. we really don't know what what they are trying to target but mostly they are targeting civilian populated areas mostly neighborhoods in the cities and the towns where the borders. that is why i mean gerri kill off the casualties from the civilian people so we don't know what they are what they want. shelling to get within a site each city what is going to be in for for them so we are still more interesting to ation and we are. so far we haven't no

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish frontier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria and when he's coming away after this will break . you know world of big. and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made street refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. seem to have already lost i think it is syria and what it says and this is that. the political process is no longer important factor in this conflict at the moment the moment they will not be able to have any leverage. inside syria or the political process its will be to do as a process of the as an election as we said before. welcome back. in the saudi capital riyadh this week on his 1st visit to the gulf state for more than a decade and the president talks of king solomon and the crown prince and they signed a long list of dea

have been reported from border towns in northeast syria so that 6 pack to to continue today the turkish army get support from an anchor a backed syrian opposition fighter group called the syrian national army so in terms of manpower and equipment the turkish side is clearly outnumbering outgunning the syrian kurdish fighters but these fighters there in northeast syria have also said they are determined to fight back until the very end to defend the territory so this is likely not going to be a swift and smooth military operation there but rather another stage in syria's 8 year war. so the kurdish forces in northeastern syria they are holding thousands of fighters in detention what is going to happen to those fighters well that's a big question and that's also a big concern us said will president trump said it's now europe and turkey has responsibility to take care of these fighters and the families not just the fighters but also thousands of their families women and children are being held the big concern is what happens just like you were saying what happens when why p.g. has to pull out it

may in fact withdraw the turkish army back to the turkish rentier in which case the syrian government would start to reassert its sovereignty over that part of syria so keeping on its operationally at this month left us with troops forces from the area and managed to get access to one of the bases abounded by washington these are pictures from the we spoke to an advisor to president bashar al assad who told us the incursions an act of aggression against syria itself and i think enough time and courage and it isn't a good question it is horrible at the national i guess if. city and. city and people and what they speak about the safe zone just imagine if any country would like to have this if go on inside another country there and out international community again as this invasion and i've begun. lying about his objectives and about his fitness is and that about what he wants. a. 1000000000 dollar deal signed and gifts exchanged to us president putin visited saudi arabia who looked back at the high profile meeting of the shortbread. what you should. put themselves on the line. to get ac

heard the shelling the pounding very clearly very loudly today especially in the afternoon now the turkish army says they have taken some villages very close to the border. inside syria and they're now surrounding some of the biggest cities especially. and while the turkish military says they're making progress the kurdish fighters then northeast syria say they have so far been able to repel these attacks so very conflicting information that we're getting them so. well up to call it is a very close to the border it's a town of about 100000 people and this is the 3rd day of the operation so you can hear shelling old day basically so this is of course affecting people and then there have been civilian casualties on both sides of the border at least 6 or 7 people were killed inside syria there hasn't been an update of these figures and then there have also been at least 8 people who were killed here on the turkish side because the kurdish militants have been firing mortars and rockets into turkish border towns including actually carlo where i am right now we've just seen the pictures of a funeral

but the question is how long will they be able to defend this territory the turkish army has captured along with their allies i must mention the syrian opposition national army they have captured a number of villages and now the focus of their operations is to capture 2 key border towns that is across the lane and tell behind us so the military operation ongoing the turkish army confirming they've lost the soldier the syrian opposition saying at least 8 of their fighters have been killed the s.d.f. also mentioning that up to 20 of their fighters have been killed in this ongoing operation. all right zain are in fact we were looking at the live picture coming from a towel that's the that's one of the towns one of the kurdish forces controlled town that zain i was referring to and as you can see there are plumes of smoke pretty consistently coming from particular sites in that town we'll keep you right up to date of course with developments on this ongoing turkish operation. well russia has expressed concern over the impact this operation could have on detained eisel fighters who are in

that's been that's done that before and that's why i believe that the optimism that somehow the turkish army and the turkish government can take responsibility of these isis captives this is completely unfounded secondly i think it's quite rich from anyone that if it that's been affiliated or still is affiliated to the turkish government to talk about. to talk about. some sort of you know a fret. by the s. t. f. or why p.j. about the isis prisoners the turkish government aired on has been threatening europe for the past few years with the more than 4000000 syrian refugees in the country trying to take anything it can. from europe and from the western world by frightening them with opening the doors to more than 4000000 syrian refugees to cross the borders into europe so i think it's quite rich from your guest in istanbul to talk about how the s.d.f. or why peter doing this as the of the kurds in northeastern syria have very limited resources to look after and to to actually hold these people accountable the isis captives accountable and if turkey if the turkish army is going to attack the wh

tried and shared by the turkish army during the last few hours we have several casualties several kid and others wounded mostly from the civilian population and. i think that created a lot of fear among the people about the gain in other areas little bit far from the border. the life continues as it was and there are a lot of people who are trying to support those in the border cities and towns and everyone is trying to work everything together in order to pass this period of time of peace. that we are facing now. tell me if you can't you know these airstrikes that are coming from turkey what are they targeting i mean what is being hit. we really don't know what what they are trying to target but mostly they are targeting civilian populated. mostly neighborhoods in the cities of the towns where the border. is that is why. the casualties are from the civilian people so we don't know what they are what they want. shelling to get within the site each city what is going to be in for for them so we are still more interested to ation and we are. or so far we haven't not responded against th

which if used as terrorists at least $160000.00 ethnic kurdish civilians were up rooted as the turkish army and its allied arab militias moved in before we hear from brussels we have this report from a syrian town near the turkish border. i. a few boxes and some clothes that is all they could rescue from the house and russell i know after days of bombing a classroom is their new home their old one is now just rubble schuchat in his family found shelter in this school with dozens of others mostly kurdish refugees from russell i'm a border town is now under the control of the turkish army and i live malicious. joy not a leave our homeland we will return to turkey and their allies have come to plunder they don't want to rebuild they want to destroy. the experience like these that feed those fears this video is alleged to show the militias allied to turkey showing off a kurdish woman they've taken captive as if she were the spoils of war. one of many war crimes that the islamist fighters stand accused of they're set to take control of the buffer zone between russell i'm and tower by yet under t

the turkish syrian national army has joined the offensive and there's heavy fighting in border towns where the military says it's hit $181.00 targets and seized some areas but kurdish forces say that they've repelled fresh ground attacks they're also warning of a humanitarian crisis as thousands of residents begin to leave there's international concern about the situation iran is a turkey's military to end the attacks and pull out of the country the european union says the offensive sets back any hope of progress towards ending the conflict well we have our correspondents covering developments in erbil and but 1st let's go to sin and pursue live from istanbul and sit in obviously the president was in fiery mood and in defiant mood when he made that speech to party officials a few hours ago he's clearly set out an agenda that he wants his domestic audience to listen to as well as his international critics. exactly so hale of course the his messages were to the domestic audience to tell that the operation was on track as it was planned but he had harsh statements mainly against the ara

the syrian army and the turkish army could be facing each other that it could be clashes and this is of course absolutely no good news ok so this is all focusing now on mondays where you know as you're mentioning it looks like considerable reinforcements are headed headed to help the kurds in light of this house turkey been responding to these developments. well president ed once a spokes person abraham cullen just tweeted earlier today that turkey is still determined to continue this operation until all goals have been achieved which is according to ankara fighting terrorism and setting up the so-called safe zone now he has also called what's coming from the kurdish side propaganda and he has urged the world not to buy into this but i'm sure there are crisis talks going on right now in ankara and elsewhere possibly also talks with russia as a syria's most important ally that the turkish government might not have expected these developments i mean they're facing fear as international criticism sanctions flats and now a changing situatio

the strategy of the turkish army along with its local syrian allies the opposition syrian national army has been is to target the trenches tunnels depose basically the defenses to make it much easier for the army. to push in so if it is continuing they are trying to advance as much as possible we understand what they're also trying to do is to cut the supply lines from one area to another because the immediate focus of this turkish military operation is the 100 kilometer stretch of territory that begins here behind me in the syrian border town of tel aviv extending the line which is another syrian border town this 100 kilometer stretch of territories with us is where u.s. forces withdrew from earlier this week and that really has been the focus of the heavy firepower being used by the turkish army against the or the wife e.g. zain i also believe it's now exactly a week to the 2nd anniversary of the liberation of iraq up for myself their previous syrian stronghold which i believe is less than 100 kilometers on the other side of the border from where you were standing and that was a

the turkish army is also bombing kurdish forces with artillery. doctors describe the situation as a humanitarian emergency and are calling for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor out of the city for the injured. u.s. vice president mike pence met with turkish president richard type. the u.s. delegation hopes to convince everyone to declare a cease fire the turkish president had previously stated he would only talk with the us president. he may have changes to. however he's shown no sign of willingness to stop the assault on kurdish troops and there's been no word of progress after the meeting. meanwhile damascus in moscow are changing the facts on the ground in syria. assad's troops have entered the town of call bani after kurdish fighters called for help. there accompanied by russian forces who are working to secure areas previously under u.s. control. lawmakers in the legislature have heckled the territories leader for a 2nd consecutive day carol lam is being urged to address the demands of the territories months long protest movement t

or not under fully control by the turkish army.syrian opposition militants declared also that they take control of the another town south of tal abyad the area which means that now the turkish army and their oppositions. now they are fighting in the area or in the distance. indeed about 18 kilometers from the turkish borders. that means that the operation is now more wider than what they declared three days ago. anyway, the fighting will still continue until they declared that this morning that the more than a0 positions from the farms high hills and small villages now is under the turkish ground control from the beginning of this operation. and the kurds who are under attack are saying that one of the results of this fighting means they can't guarantee that they can keep prisoner all the islamic state prisoners that they're holding in islamic state detention centers. and indeed we've had reports today that many families of those isis prisoners have now managed to escape. that's right. i talked today with one of the commanders of t

that's been that's done that before and that's why i believe that the optimism that somehow the turkish army and the turkish government can take responsibility of these isis captives this is completely unfounded secondly i think it's quite rich from anyone that if it that's been affiliated or still is affiliated to the turkish government to talk about. to talk about. some sort of you know a fret. by the s. the f. or why p.g. about the isis prisoners the turkish government aired on has been threatening europe for the past few years with the more than 4000000 syrian refugees in the country trying to take anything it can. from europe and from the western world by frightening them with opening the doors to more than 4000000 syrian refugees to cross the borders into europe so i think it's quite rich from your guest in istanbul to talk about how the u.s. the f a y p g doing this as the if the kurds in northeastern syria have very limited resources to look after and to to actually hold these people accountable the isis captives accountable and if turkey if the turkish army is going to attack the wh

says ok we're leaving the area and we're leaving it up to the turkish army to see what's going to happen there's also the russian army there's the syrian army they could move further further north and but the question is are all these players who have competing interests in syria holding behind the scenes negotiations to try to carve up who takes what in this corner of syria but the most important question is what you said the people the fate of millions of people who are who really are afraid of each other and afraid of the new authorities that are going to emerge in this really strategic corner of syria. in chuckle a on the border they think is a no that's because president gave an update on the operation he says his troops planned to push 35 kilometers into syrian territory also added that civilians on the turkish side have been killed. 'd 18 civilians have lost their lives on our side of the border including a syrian baby 147 civilians have been injured terrorism launching attacks from churches parks and hospitals and one other note there are conflicting estimates on the number of pe

that's why we moved a little further away today now the turkish defense ministry says that the turkish army and its allies have captured the syrian border town address and i in northeast syria this is a city of about 50000 people that's an estimation here they have been trying to do so in the past days by in circling the city and now at that has been and that has been that's important to mention one of the 1st main targets now they have apparently managed to do so we saw some video footage all of back syrian opposition fighters inside the industrial area overdress ion and we know that's in the city center so they are inside the city right now kurdish forces have earlier denied that the turkish army's allies have captured that but it seems right now clashes that are continuing so that's on the syrian side how is this operation affecting people on the on the turkish side where you are. well the atmosphere here is very tense there have been a number of reprisal attacks from the syrian side moore says rockets was sent over into turkish border towns there have been several civilian casualties he

well this is very much an active front lines throughout the day the turkish army and its ground an air offensive heavily bombarding a number of locations close to the border among those locations is the syrian border town behind me tel aviv so heavy bombardment but at the same time the kurdish led syrian democratic forces have been retaliated and they have been firing rockets that are landing here in the turkish border town of our chuckle a what we understand from the governor is that 2 turkish civilians were killed along with a syrian child so civilian casualties here on the turkish side of the border as this operation is now in its 2nd day what we have seen the strategy of the turkish army throughout the past few hours has been to heavily target and bomb board the defenses of the s. the f. to allow their ground forces to move into northeast syria the area of operations is now confined to a 100 kilometer stretch of territory that really begins behind me in the town of tel aviv stretching all the way down the line what we understand is that the turkish army has managed to move in advan

complicated here because the kurdish fighters in north in syria have said they would fight the turkish army until the bitter and they have called on civilians to defend the territory that they have called to have 3 days of general mobilization here so they are not going to give up this area without a fight and these people are equipped and trained by the u.s. military and that they have battled the so-called islamic state so this is not just an easy military intervention here for turkey this is going to be a conflict that can drag on for weeks for months possibly. reaction what are we hearing what to expect from the big players in the iran and russia. well there are some talks still ongoing as i understand has summoned the u.s. ambassador just a little earlier interesting lee there have been talks between unger and mosco again and russia now at least 2 according to one lawmaker that was quoted in the media said that they won't get involved into this conflict but they have turkey to refrain from doing anything that could endanger the larger so-called peace process in syria iran has turkey no

forces in syria have been warning about they say we can't fight to battles we can't fight the turkish army and at the same time take care of these isis prisoners in this is of course leading to growing concerns internationally that in the end the so-called islamic state might benefit from the emerging chi is there in northeast syria. you've gone there reporting for us from the turkish syrian border let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world typhoon hog abyss has roared across japan leaving at least 35 people dead and many more injured in one of the strongest storms to hit the country in recent history rescue efforts are underway after record rains triggered major flooding and landslides. hong kong pro-democracy activists have scaled the city's lion brock peak 500 meters high to erect a statue that they called lady liberty it represents of injured female protester believed to have been shot and the eye by police additional pop up protest took place in multiple locations across the city on sunday. thousands gathered in central berlin on sunday to protest

army iss, turkish planning to come across the border with syria.s means the kurds, who have been fighting isis, fighting daesh, will mostly flee southwards. about 2 million people. so we're going to have what is in effect a major act of ethnic cleansing it is not clear from what the white house says how far the turks will go. they say it will be on the border, but they also say the turks will take over a refugee membersl of former isis , particularly women and children. but that is right over on the iraqi border. if the turks go that far, than they are taking over a big chunk of northeast syria. so this is sort of good news for the turks. it is very bad news for kurds who lost 11,000 dead fighting isis. and for isis, it is very good news because it means their main opponent, the syrian kurdish forces, are either going to be fighting the kurds and the turks are going to be running away or are going to be dead. so this is the sort of news i think isis has been waiting for for its opponents to split up. it is pretty extraordinary. the statement that "

has returned to the northern corner of syria is posing posing a threat because the turkish army cannot advance in a number of areas the russians which backed the syrian army they too have deployed their military police along a number of front lines among those front lines is members the city of many bish so the turkish army is now unable to capture this town so a lot of obstacles not just on the ground but diplomatically because the russians are exerting pressure on turkey to engage with this with the syrian government in one way or another russia making it clear that it doesn't it's not accepting the turkish incursion into syria saying this is just unacceptable to the only way turkey can operate in syria is they can temporarily push a maximum of 10 a maximum of 10 kilometers but they need to pull back and they're not just talking about in the east of the euphrates it seems russia wants turkey to end its military presence in all areas across the northern syria there is going to be hard bargaining ahead and we are now understand that the turkish president or the gun will be trave

organizations n.g.o.s all withdrawing are pulling out not because of the turkish military operation but because of the i said the government army at vons seeing that. sort of action on the turkish side of the border with syria thank you. just as a deal with the u.k. is still possible in the coming hours could be decisive. updated a new ministers only state of negotiations today he told the meeting in luxembourg that he wants britain to turn its latest proposals into a legal agreement by the end of today this could then be given to a new leaders to sign off at a summit the begins on thursday. that isis from barbara in brussels welcome barbara this sounds like positive news you better bring us up to date. yeah i mean negotiators have been in this so-called tunnel that is they've been talking to each other without interference from the outside without information for the press at least in official information for the press in order to be able to really focus on the issue this has been going on since the weekend and then 1st everybody was very skeptical and then somehow the good news seemed to increase over time and now there is se

will be destroyed and they are going to be removed outside from that 35 kilometer area and but turkish army is not going to move out is not going to be withdrawn because the security of the place of this region requires that after this happens turkish. after this the region will be left to turkish security and the operation will and according to our agreement with united states as soon as we finish this process all the sections that will be lifted that with all this action that was with that we were subjected to it will be lifted. and a letter by mr president this was in the media this this this letter that has not suitable for diplomacy at all we not forget in this house but. for our relationship for our for the good relationship it there's no point. to to keep this to do well on this to develop this letter so this is not our prior this letter is not a priority at the moment when it comes to time about this we are going to do what is needed i want to. emphasize. press members the syria crisis and the agreement we had reached last night with the united states this is the this is a. summary

independently confirm what is happening in the battlefield because we do not have access but the turkish army and the turkish government has repeatedly said that this operation is aimed at targeting the militants and its words the militants and not the civilians and that the bombardment will avoid civilians and civilian infrastructure. protests in ecuador have clashed with security forces on a 7th day of anti-government demonstrations thousands of people marched on the streets in the capital they're angry of a fuel price hikes introduced by president lenin modena live in or is refusing to resign. 2 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in germany worshippers were marking young people or the holiest day in the jewish calendar a suspect is in police custody taiwan's president has promised to defend the island sovereignty and described growing pressure from beijing as a threat to regional security side and made the comments during a national day speech and said china is using its one country 2 systems proposal to threaten the island beijing considers taiwan a rog