trump has announced that he's interior secretary ryan zinke he will step down at the end of the year zain he is facing more than a dozen investigations into his travel political activities and possible conflicts of interest with that hill name a replacement next week. australia has for many recognized west jerusalem as the capital of israel prime minister scott morrison said its embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem but not until a peace settlement is reached between israel and palestinians. residents in the good many city of four data say fighting has broken out again. and this is just a day off the warring parties agreed to a ceasefire at un brokerage talks the port is a lifeline for millions facing starvation in yemen civil war the deal is the first breakthrough in peace if it's after a four year conflict. and my rajapakse has resigned as sri lanka's prime minister it is a seven week political battle that sent the country to the brink of a ditch stiefel. was controversially appointed as prime minister was present in october a decision that created an unprecedented constitutiona

trump has announced that he's interior secretary ryan saying he will step down at the end of the year zain he is facing more than a dozen investigations into his travel political activities and possible conflicts of interest trump treats of that he will name the replacement next week. australia has formally recognized western racin him as the capital of israel prime minister scott morrison said its embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem but not until a peace settlement is reached between israel and the palestinians. ukraine formally created a new national the docs church president. petro poroshenko confirmed the decision following a historic synagogue in q metropolitan if any of the petrie thought church was chosen as the head of the new church several thousand people rallied outside the cathedral in support of the move. turning now to catch of bits of poland where marathon united nations climate talks are finally over delegates from nearly two hundred countries have opened their final dinner rescission off to two weeks of talks to hammer out rules for implementing that twenty fifte

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we don't trouble i think is complete and utter shock now it is fascinating though that listening to zainof there that we do have more of a sense of the reasons behind all the reasoning behind the decision in souple out troops from syria at least and that was. the thinking was crystallized in a phone call with president last friday we now know from multiple sources and that was look we don't know if people want a sphere of influence in syria then let them have it the u.s. has spent enough money and treasure and blood and so on in trying to get a sphere of influence that they've got nothing in return let you have it and the strategic relationship with turkey is more important than any strategic relationship with the kurds not seem to have been the last straw for for general mattis in addition don't trump is rejecting the idea of mission creep in syria the idea the bolton pompei or the security advisor secular state of been saying in recent days we're not there just for isis with that to counter iran this is a decision to say look we don't want mission creep we don't want to start confronti

launching a cross border attack against kurdish fighters the people on the ground there are other worries zain ahana reports from on the turkey syria border these syrian refugees have been living in this turkish border town for three years they say they can't return home as long as their towns and villages are controlled by the syrian armed group the white peachy while fighting eisel the why p.g. backed by the u.s. had taken control of predominantly arab and mixed areas across northern syria their residents say those territorial gains are about creating a kurdish state an accusation tonight. in two thousand and fifteen the white b.g. enter tel aviv under the pretext of fighting isis but they forcibly displaced the autopen looted their homes they started to impose the kurdish language and what they call democracy close like preventing us from practicing religion. the y.p. she could lose the autonomous enclave government in north eastern syria a plan to pull out of american troops will leave it vulnerable the group controls an area rich in oil and agricultural land valuable economic assets for t

who will receive the money and we just heard from zain a holder there about the complexities within syria so it's not as easy as handing money to a central government and say here this is for rebuilding your country because of the fraught situation there so there are just a great number of. questions to be answered and as you mentioned this is of course coming on the heels of a storm of criticism here in the united states and many concerns expressed abroad as well about the president's decision abruptly to pull u.s. troops out of syria and the subsequent resignation in protest.

chief renewed his call for saudi arabia to investigate the murder properly zain ahora has the latest from istanbul. it's been almost three months since she was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey continues to accuse saudi arabia of trying to cover up the crime because of its lack of transparency in the investigation turkey is also frustrated with what it sees as an action on the part of the west many european countries who are promoting the freedom of media for freedom of expression are closing their eyes and this country and the politicians you know you see this statement putting some sanctions on the people who are already in prison who will never be visiting dos countries calls are now growing louder for an international investigation what we have said since the beginning is it's absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to the punishment of those that were killed turkey has recently said there are discussions about opening an international investigation because a lack of cooperation from saudi arabia is blocking progress present are the one doesn'

influence they're dividing syria we're going to have a lot of political talks taking place all right zain her live for us in ankara saying i thank you. khan is the representative of the turkish people's democratic party to the u.s. he says kurdish forces were not expecting donald trump's announcement. they had absolutely no warning beforehand for the kind of a decision was coming just like many others in the agency that the u.s. government based the thing to be a purely a decision too early bill and expressed by the president and so and this has definitely not just taken the kurds by surprise but i think the first feeling is back of disappointment in regards to what trump said our need at the few weeks ago where where he said he's not the longer for guess the sacrifices the because made in the via against isis well i think we can definitely make that conclusion because . we know that the u.s. policy against isis was that of an enduring that big now we haven't even and achieved a territorial defeat the complete territorial defeat of isis yet we know that the fight is still going on in town

ethnic and somali communities this year has forced thousands of people to escape onto the kenyan side zain bus ravi reports now from nairobi. a refugee crisis is playing out on the ethiopia kenya border. last week a decade's old dispute over tribal lands on the if your side of the town of moore ali turned violent again forcing the most vulnerable to flee into kenya. if you want to go back home but our house is. the population of split by an international border that runs through the center of the town a legacy of colonial rule that adds to the tensions in a place divided along ethnic lines for generations continuing fighting this year has forced thousands of refugees into kenya many are still there too afraid to go back their population that is here is too hesitant to go back. to. is being. worked on and if this people stay here most likely the host communities will have a lot of pressure on their food stocks. the tribal elders on the kenyan side say they want an end to the bloodshed and are worried about communities on both sides of the border. what's happened of the ethiopian side really

of back door negotiations and like you mentioned yes the threat of military confrontation is real zain thanks very much well as allegation of the syrian democratic forces that helped in the fight against assad has now arrived in moscow to discuss a possible plan to stop a turkish attack east of the euphrates the armed wing of the s.t.s. is the y.p. g y p g controls a strip of territory from iraq to the east and banks of the euphrates almost thirty percent of syrian territory as you know was just saying that turkey is labeled a wipe e.g. a terrorist organization saying they are an extension of an outlawed group that is fighting for kurdish autonomy inside turkey. is a military analyst and columnist with the newspaper he joins us from moscow puddle welcome back to the news so they're worried that there will be an attack on their forces inside syria. well yes of course i mean that's what the kurds are always afraid of and. i've gone has made it quite clear that he wants to clear the border area of b.g. forces then kind of hundreds of mind the red job of the federation of kurdish enclave i

i'd say to her joins us from the turkish town of object collen near the near the border with syria zaini know you were listening in as well he didn't really say anything that we haven't heard before he seemed to this kind of be reasserting his position in turkey so that position as it pertains to the crisis in syria as he called it. well he announced that the operation the cross border operation will now be postponed it will be put on hold for a month as a result of understanding reached with the u.s. administration he was talking about a closer relationship really but with the united states that both countries now see eye to eye in syria. the u.s. administration's policy in syria really has been a major source of tension between these two countries and only last week are the guns threaten their cross border operation in the east of the euphrates to get rid of what he calls terrorists in reference to the kurdish armed group the y.p. g. an area which where where where u.s. troops were stationed and just two days ago we heard the u.s. president donald trump say that those troops will be l

her joins us now from the turkish down a turkish town pardon me a colony or the border with syria so zain how is this playing out on the ground. well the border you can see the border behind me it's quiet the turkish military is still on high alert last week president ordered gone threatened a cross border operation to rid the area east of the euphrates from what he calls terrorists in reference to the kurdish armed group the y p g on the other side of the wall territory under the control of the y. p.g. they have been digging trenches preparing for battle but since the u.s. decision to pull its troops out of northeast syria a major concession really to turkey it seems that this battle is put on hold at least for the short term while the stakeholders in the syrian conflict decide what to do with thirty five percent of syria's territory presence the military presence of u.s. troops was really insignificant but their presence was a deterrent for a for the white p.g. now the y.p. g. of course being the backbone of the syrian democratic forces they have issued a statement saying that this u.s.

ethnic and somali communities this year as forced thousands of people to escape to the kenyan side zain bus robineau from nairobi. a refugee crisis is playing out on the ethiopia kenya border. last week a decades old dispute over tribal lands on the if your side of the town of moore ali turned violent again forcing the most vulnerable to flee into kenya. if you want to go back home but our houses have burnt. the population of split by an international border that runs through the center of the town a legacy of colonial rule that adds to the tensions in a place divided along ethnic lines for generations continuing fighting this year has forced thousands of refugees into kenya many are still there too afraid to go back their population that is here is too hesitant to go back the script. is being. worked on and if this people stay here most likely the host communities will have a lot of pressure on their food stalks. the tribal elders on the kenyan side say they want an end to the bloodshed and are worried about communities on both sides of the border. what's happened of the ethiopian side

secretary general zinni has been listening in to what was said and of course is there in istanbul force zain or there's always clarification acquired in cases like this we have heard this time and time again but here is so clearly at a venue such as the doha four where you've got the secretary general the foreign minister of qatar and the foreign minister of turkey all you might say singing off the same hymn sheet. well yes turkey of course growing increasingly impatient with what they believe is a lack of seriousness on the part of saudi arabia even the united nations secretary general calling for an international investigation we're hearing this more and more the need for an international investigation because there is a belief that without a will from the international community is going to be very difficult to pressure saudi arabia to cooperate the feeling here really is that saudi arabia is not cooperating we heard the turkish foreign minister reiterate the same questions they've been asking for weeks now where is body we know that turkey wants the suspects extradited to face trial here

probes into his conduct he's leaving weeks before they take control of the house of representatives zain he played a key role in trump's efforts to roll back environmental regulations. well a federal court in the u.s. state of texas has ruled that the affordable care act also known as a bomb a cat is unconstitutional it found that a change in tax law last year invalidated the entire act by eliminating a penalty for not having health insurance republicans have repeatedly tried and failed to repeal the affordable care act since it was introduced in two thousand and ten rob runnels has more from washington. the texas federal judge's actions striking down the affordable care act will set off another round of legal maneuvering that will likely wind up in the u.s. supreme court but the law remains in effect none of the seventeen million plus americans who rely on the a c. a for their health insurance will see any immediate changes president donald trump posted on twitter that he predicted all along that the affordable care act would be declared unconstitutional but it was actually some actions

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as owner joins us live now from istanbul so zain frustration impatience being felt by turkey where are we on this investigation now. well questions remain unanswered the same questions that turkish officials have been asking saudi arabia for weeks now where is she is body who gave the order to kill the saudi journalist so yes turkey is growing impatient and believes that saudi arabia should cooperate more we have to remember saudi arabia's top prosecutor was in istanbul just three weeks after the murder instead of providing information he was asking questions to the istanbul top prosecutor in response the istanbul top prosecutor issued information about the investigation even though that the investigation was still open clearly angry at saudi arabia's responses thumble top prosecutor telling the world that what they have established was that. she was immediately suffocated moments after he entered the consulate behind me and that his body was dismembered but a lot of information has been leaked to the pro-government media or the international media by turkish officials simply to put pr

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