but -- but today turkey. turkey does not play a role yet in the coalition talks, by the way, but this will come up. as a german think and do tank active in turkey and the united states and more than 100 countries around the world, we have really high interests in raising this topic, and we are very proud to be able to organize this conference in crucial times incorporation with middle east institute. i would like to dwell on three areas where i think we also will get some interesting discussions today. one is concerning turkey's domestic situation. after the coup, the rifts aggravated between -- within turkish society between turks and kurds, akp and opposition mr. erdogan and the followers, secularists and devoted muslims, country side and between generations. this is not the situation which should be welcomed by anyone. we should try to do as much as possible to keep the turkish society together and not to split them. so from my point of view no political force inside to bridge these dangerous trends. maybe

we went to turkey we'd probably be arrested. but. it's difficult for john to find supporters in germany most turkish reporters don't want to work with him in the beginning i was dreaming of what i was thinking of that i mean there are two thousand three thousand he took his journeys into. and there would be no problem to find out people to work with but now i understand that it's not that easy because it's their interests for them when the they feel threatened by the government because of that and i can understand that but it is of course in the beginning it was a bit disappointing for me. in january twenty seventeen turkish journalist heiko baghdad moved to berlin to work with chen he left his wife and children back in turkey. heiko has visited billy and often. sunday will not only to see if you know what i mean this was just another trip. i'll do some work here and then go back home. that's what i plan to do religiously she rejects him i think that things in turkey so calm down soon and i can go back and live in peace. but i didn't

but opposed by turkey stephanie decker has more from the turkey syria border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on africa in turkish officials had said all week that the operation was imminent. much of the president. spoke just a few hours before the jets to call them academy. we would wipe out this corridor will step by step starting from the west africa operation has to factor started in the field this will be followed by ben being much since the promises made it up maybe you should look and kept so far nobody could say anything when we do what is necessary. throughout the morning along turkey's western border with the turkish army had brought in bulldozers gravel and concrete blocks appearing to build up their defenses along the border with syria. tank shelled specific locations on the mountain for hours later this mountain would be targeted by airstrikes the army made us move from this position a few hours before the campaign officially began and this is just one of the locations that the turkish army is shelling out free in

biggest friend of turkey is actually i think it's the biggest enemy of turkey today turkey is trying to create more options approaching to russia or thaw it feels like turkey is trying to make a deal with it so he wants to be more you should speak up the future of the syria. northern syria is all about the relationship between them of course and they position to wipe they did they will work together they prefer to. rallies against the military operation have been held in turkey as well as a number of european countries and broke up a gathering and aimed at least a dozen.

about half a year ago all of turkey and turkey always indicated that it will lot. is this the kurdish forces to pose its threat to turkey so i think the fact that the united states and the old these special force was a trigger but they didn't really change to secure asia the turkey is determined that the kurdish forces or little the northern syria border will not be a threat it's amazing that the u.s. is in the past week managed to completely betray both its rival allies in this in this conflict first a bit of a trail of turkey announcing this border security force made up primarily of kurds without any consultation with turkey and then as soon as turkey you make make an issue of it immediately drop the kurds all together and say oh we're nothing to do with them and basically give turkey a free hand to slaughter them. on wednesday the two koreas agreed to march together under a single flag during the upcoming winter olympics the north will now send twenty two athletes to the pyong chang games international olympic committee president thomas back praised the agreeme

from his prison cell in turkey. said he rejected any trade off that would see him released in exchange for new arms sales to turkey he told the german d.p.a. news agency for my part i don't want my freedom tainted either by the sale of tanks or by the deeds of any war mongers i don't want to be a part of any dirty deals you tell was responding to an interview in news magazine with the german foreign minister. to block a major arms sales to turkey he said quote it will stay that way as long as the case remains unresolved. rejected characterization of the talks between the two countries. if it's a deal that the public about the arrangement that's not the case here. on monday you kells lawyer filed a motion with the turkish constitutional court calling for him to be freed the country's foreign minister. said he hoped release was imminent. but for days another istanbul court has ignored a constitutional court order to free to turkish journalist prompting fears you chelles imprisonment could drag on. in other news the eu

turkey used old east german army weapons against the kurds in turkey and history is repeating itself in syria. and it's not just german tanks german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. this article look at some other stories making news around the bond meanwhile says it's preparing reception camps for the drugs or return of muslim refugees who fled to neighboring bungler this because of the military crackdown in the buddhist majority country bungled this says it is also preparing for the transfer of but it needs more time. to conservative car bombs detonated near a mosque in the libyan city of benghazi on tuesday killed at least twenty seven people and injured dozens more the attack took place as worshippers were leaving the mosque many security officials were among the casualties they have believed to have been the target of the attack. gunmen have stormed an office save the children aid agency in the afghan city of jalalabad two people were killed when the militants battle security forces who had surrounded the building is the nucleus of the sponsibility th

and syria but turkey does not want that turkey wants to basically crush any critter shas peroration and they want to attack the kurdish people are not terrorists as there is no such terrorist this is a nonsense for the turkish people anybody wants to run as per the kurdish right they call that it is a terrorist and our opinion is turkey with iran they are both side of the coin whether she ours journey the islamist radical trying to control either iraq the the shia in this case the sunni by turkey control syria and they're each trying to grab the power and have some understanding to undermine us in the international community so in our opinion it is difficult for the us to do anything but i think they can do much better that the truthy. should not have a green light to invade kurdish area that will undermine what the us have done in syria in terms of fighting isis all because the kurds would be forced to evacuate evacuate other areas and send christmas troops from easter and the stone of syria to the western kurdistan of syria thus creating vacuum that hash the shabby and a lot of shia m

this is infuriating turkey an error to want it is driving turkey towards russia and i believe it's a dangerous policy for the united states because it'll be very difficult and it will isolate the united states from iran turkey and eventually even iraq met i'm going to turn what do you think the u.s. is up to here how are you gauging take us response on the military response. and i mean just literally three hours ago president are done he made an a very very strong speech and this has been the most inflammatory speech that he made is so far so i. think that to y.p. g. forces take a affiliated forces is an imminent threat for the security of turkey and is very firm on this issue with this rhetorical present and has been trying to emphasize underline this fact and there ma'am i have to say that. when taking into account the military situation on the ground it is very hard it's getting getting increasingly hard at the moment and wait no one taking into ankara's firm stance against by p.g. . that i suggest that armed confrontation in the north of syria between turkish military or turkish

in jail in turkey than in any other country. from germany we arranged for our turkish crew to meet with john sculley go to trial against the two of them is still under way in turkey. adam girl and i were colleagues and chant the same fate because of our reporting. we posted a video showing turkish intelligence officers sending weapons and ammunition to islamist rebels who were fighting the assad regime in syria. adam's crime was that he published these allegations the turkish government says that the trucks contained humanitarian aid not weapons and president had no one made a very public threat. was. your point the journalist who published this story will pay a high price. and we did pay we quarter at one committing a crime and were arrested the toaster's in jail for allegedly revealing state secrets adam and i were put in solitary confinement sounds right next to each other . but the constitutional court ruled that we had done nothing wrong and ordered our release but i had one doesn't carry. on a couple of big i don't accept

fighters who turkey considers to be terrorists. god willing in the coming days we will continue the operation to purge our southern border from terror for which the first step was taken with you freely shelled operation and now i with a frame. we expect america to support turkey and its legitimate adverts we expect our friends to display an attitude of perfect to them and this issue of survival let are so sensitive and so critical for our country generally after an operation i hope these powers will not give rise to error by appearing on the same side as the terror organization. more than twenty people have been taken to hospital after parts of an upper floor and into the stock exchange building collapsed daybreak and rubble fell from a balcony all to people in the lobby below. two suicide bomb blasts in baghdad have killed at least twenty six people wolf a talent is a feared among the ninety five wounded in that square in the iraqi capital all roads to the square have been closed. meanwhile trump first told journalists that he's n

turkey fossum kurdish militias in syria with tanks and troops ready to roll turkey's defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion we'll take you live to istanbul also on the program. germany social democrats prepared to vote on whether to back their leadership. and some said he wouldn't last until christmas but the president is still that will take a look at his first year in office. welcome to the program turkish forces have been firing on targets across the border with syria the country's defense minister says an operation against a kurdish controlled klavan serious african region has begun move comes just days after turkey's president red tape type one said he would stamp out what he called nests of terror on the border military intervention puts turkey at odds with the united states which has backed the kurdish militias and its fights against the islamic state group. not even the rain could dampen their spirits. thousands of kurds demonstrated against a possible invasion of turkish troops president add ones in once meant that he wants to drive kurdish militias

and nato between turkey and its western allies because for russia the greatest prize could be if turkey breaks with the west and is special with united states yes speaking of the united states what are we to make of washington's luke warm reaction to all of this. let me ask you i mean why why has america's response so far been so muted. well because washington is walking a very fine line on this issue i mean the u.s. clearly doesn't want to anger turkey a key nato ally but of course it has also no interest in an all out extensive a war against the kurds because of course the course played a key role in defeating isis the islamic state in syria so the u.s. so the u.s. in a way is in a very difficult position here and we heard from europe that one of russia's aims here really is to destabilize already strained relations between turkey and the u.s. so let me show i mean how is the u.s. reacting to that if we if one of the goals of russia is to see to nato allies basically fall out with each other well it seems to be that for now at least the u.s. is siding with the with turkey a key nato a

he's inside of turkey why shouldn't we be placed. take his air and ground forces have been pounding kurdish positions in africa and that targeting the y. page a militia which is backed by the us. took his tanks have been shelling the kurdish controlled syrian on clay and fighter jets have been bombing from the sky and chris says the y. page a is a syrian army of the kurdish workers party opaque. it considers that a terror group. could just on workers party and the why p.g. in syria they couldn't stand worker's party is on the terror list of the us and the e.u. the organization that works within syria is exactly the sign. that the syrian operation doesn't come without risks for turkey of a not sever rockets from syria landed in a turkish border city one person has been reported wounded as turkey escalates its involvement in syria the dangers for civilians grow on both sides of the border. correspondent delia han joins us for more you know you know we understand that turkish forces have crossed the border into syria and are attacking t

the biggest enemy of turkey is the today's friend of y. p.g. turkey's biggest enemy. of the spring of syria so today turkey is trying to create more options approaching to russia or thaw it seems like turkey is trying to lead to make a deal with the thought but it is very difficult to say because kind of a chest game for that many layers so turkey wanted to be more influential to speak up on the scam or it detection they would negotiate i think the future of the syria special northern syria is all about the relationship between them of course and the position to i.p.g. little they will work together all they prefer to work with by p.g. you describe it as a chess game a very big consequences another big move is that turkey is a vital u.s. ally in the middle east doesn't it how far could this strain the relationship. turkey and worst of all need to have difficult times in its parts for instance. turkey started with operation nine hundred seventy s. or before previously in the nine eleven turkey a difficult time in the united states not the first time but this is differe

as a result of recent developments in turkey more generally obviously turkey has been . you know getting closer to russia and there is a certain distance between turkey and they as a result of developments in syria but also since the attempted coup in turkey a couple of years ago said that relations are quite tense and here in germany it is clear that the export of arms to turkey is likely to be turned back to be possibly even stopped completely as a result of these developments there's a lot of political pressure that no further on steel should be done with turkey thank you very much t w political correspondent. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today a gunman have stormed an office of save the children of a save children aid agency in the afghan city of jalalabad eleven people were wounded when the militants security forces who surrounded the building has been no claim of responsibility the taliban issued a statement denying all. police in pakistan arrested a man suspected of being a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven

turkey russia. and the us i think europe which is very become more like a less relevant actor and of fight despite being bearing. brunt of the fighting in syria with the refugees and attacks in iraq could play a significant role here by mediating between these forces because of actually their economy power political. leverage on russia turkey and others and tokyo and the kurds are two potential allies of europe in the syrian conflict john sinan going to yield is richard weiss thank you very much indeed for your contributions of program and thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a james i sorry you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is. from me on the whole team here by phone now. the latest news as it breaks the government of mali so maggie has pushed to have a series of laws that if as will make argentina's economy more competitive with detail

turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk, who have long fought an insurgency in turkey on behalf of the kurdish minority. and it wants them pushed back from the border town of afrin. turkey's president has his own troops fighting for their hero. and with elections next year, war rallies his support base. translation: this is a national struggle, and in this national struggle, we will crush anyone who stands against us. that's a message that resonates in border villages, where grape grower omer gazel and his friends watched the jets. translation: we felt proud and happy as they took off. everyone came out to bid them farewell. but the ypg has backing, too. both in syria, where kurds rallied today, and beyond. translation: we condemn the attack on afrin, and we tell our brothers there that they are in our hearts, and that we are with them. because of the bravery of the ypg heroes, we will win the battle in afrin. the us armed them in the fight against the islamic state group, infuriating turkey. france too voiced support for them today, calling on turkey to pull back. but

so at first the question was that whether turkey would be able to launch the suppression because turkey has been through a military coup in two thousand and sixteen the military is lacking personnel and turkey also has conducted that euphrates field operation and has lost more than eighty or if it is special forces people which means a lot to the turkish army and turkish to some of the military factions in turkey you were actually against a military operation to belong in our friend and also russia has a strong word on that front we have to keep that in mind but we see that russia gives support to turkey through its statements against united states and turkey was upset also because united states took this the situation unilaterally it didn't consult they didn't consult turkey which is they are nato ally which is their strategic partner that's why when president added on at rest united states during his speech yesterday he also challenge the strategic partnership was real or not by his words also the government spokesperson back here bose that said that the united states is playing with

of thirty million kurds in turkey there was no way turkey would ever allow that in a million years they didn't see this truck campaigned on ending the process of nation building ending the process that euphemism of democracy promotion and ending regime changes which he said as counterproductive and destructive to u.s. policy across the middle east he also said what are we doing in syria if hillary clinton has her way we will be starting world war three with russia in syria over al-qaeda and this is the trump administration has compete clearly capitulated to the. and they're running trends foreign policy tell us in the house it permanent in deafening if you open the occupation of syria their goals are now open to regime change once again back to the obama era confronting iran because iran is not allowed to have influence in syria no matter what damascus said i think tillerson should give us a list of the countries in the world that are allowed to decide who their allies are and which ones aren't because it's always complained in eastern europe that countries are allowed to ally with enjo

but turkey says the german government is harboring terrorists. turkey's domestic political troubles are now playing out in germany. in february twenty seventh teen turks in the western german city of obama campaigned in favor of a referendum that would give president head one more executive powers the turkish prime minister attended a big rally there john didn't go because of the charges against him in turkey german reporters once exactly welcome there either. no matter what means freedom everyone means freedom. i mean it's looking armisen that's at the top of what we've heard every certainly noticed that some people are criticizing the turkish government without any justification all. lloyd we've invested so much in germany some of us have lived here for decades we pay taxes and contribute to this country's prosperity that we feel betrayed it sliced into garbage for us i was an officer i don't know why but since the one nine hundred eighty s. the german media have to trade turkish working as asians in germany the turkish people and the turkey. n

are we is it being discussed in turkey that we could have turkish and u.s. forces standing you know face to face. well of course this is a huge topic here that you have to know there are no american soldiers inside the efren area so we will not see turkish an american soldiers actually fighting each other directly but yes this is highly highlighting the complexity of the situation you have a nato ally turkey actually bombing kurdish forces that the u.s. considers its most important ally in their fight against the so-called islamic state group so you see this is a very messy situation ofter all and of course at this is a very huge topic and it's going to further complicate relations between the two nato partners turkey and the u.s. and also comes down to the fact that turkey and the united states have very different attitudes and opinions about kurdish groups we know the turkish president . has failed to flush out what he describes as terrorists from the kurdish enclave in northern syria why do kurdish groups why do they pose such a threat to turkey well to k

the biggest friend of turkey is actively thinking that the biggest enemy of turkey for today turkey is trying to create more options.

turkey and reinforce the f.s.a. with thousands more men over the last few days these buses drove the fighters across the border into syria they will be part of a ground offensive against the y.p. ji the kurdish group turkey considers to be a terrorist organization it is also however the group the americans consider their best ally in fighting eisel the international dimensions are vast russia and now wants to pulled out a few hundred military personnel that had enough money in shortly after the campaign started and russia controls this airspace meaning turkey could not be flying their planes without russia's consent turkey says it is only targeting what it calls terrorists but there are already reports coming out of africa in that civilians have been affected it seems syria's seven year war is entering yet another phase another phase stephanie and no shortage of international actors involved. absolutely and we've known this throughout this conflict that really has increased you had negotiations ongoing between turke

forces foreign minister sergei lavrov says you need actual actions by the us made turkey in great turkey's president reagan tayyip erdogan says he wants to prevent a kurdish corridor being opened on the border with syria. there has been nobody protesting on the streets so far. congress has not attended either anybody that heed those calls and makes the mistake of taking to the streets holding a high price i need to stress this this is a national struggle we will crush anyone he opposes our national struggle. afghanistan's interior minister says for afghans and fourteen foreign as were killed in the siege on a luxury hotel in kabul. the taliban's taking responsibility for assassin a sixteen hour attack on the heavily guarded into continental hotel they say they were targeting government workers security forces and foreigners. and they six people have died in anti-government demonstrations organized by the catholic church me dissin the democratic republic of congo where i'm sixty nine have been arrested the protest to say president joseph kabila is violating the constitution by staying in of

and turkey saying that the u.s. did not keep a quote single promise to turkey regarding the kurds and that there is no trust between the countries but he also said that the u.s. has distorted a recent phone conversation between the two leaders president trump relayed concerns the escalating violence in africa syria risks undercutting i shared goals in syria he urged taking to deescalate limit his military actions and avoid civilian casualties. one time statement about the content of the phone call between trump and i was one was probably drafted before the conversation took place because it did not reflect the truth well turkey claims trump didn't express any concerns about escalating violence saying that it was just an exchange of viewpoints but the call comes after on current nouns that would be extending its operation and syria to another kurdish held city well the operation has been underway for over a week now with casualties on both sides but neither side seems to be willing to wave a white flag m m m . should

turkey used old east german army weapons against the kurds in turkey and history is repeating itself in syria. and it's not just german tanks german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. now a smaller stories making news around the world today an explosion has gone off at the office of the save the children foundation in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad local media reporting that suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the agency there's no word on casualties. two consecutive car bowl steffen ated near a mosque in the libyan city of benghazi on tuesday killing at least twenty seven people and injuring dozens more. worshipers were leaving the malls many security officials who are believed to be the target of the attack or among the casualties. police in pakistan arrested a man suspected of being a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven year old girl cases sparked nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction police said the arrested twenty four year old man had confessed to the girl's murder and his d.n.a. match samples found

this is news coming to you live from turkey steps up its assault on kurdish militias in syria turkey troops and allied syrian rebels advance on the kurdish enclave of. dozens of combatants all reported killed turkey's president will be no stepping back we go live to istanbul also coming up. hurry up already germany's conservatives urged social democrats to finish coalition talks quickly warning that germans are losing trust in democracy after months with a new government plus a scandal brews in belgium over the fate of these migrants pressure is growing on the government to back down from deportation plans allegedly devised with sudanese officials accused of torture. also ahead of the world economic forum gets underway in switzerland today and our senior business correspondent is on hand. women are at the forefront of this year's forum but trump is also invited how will that go down business we'll have live coverage throughout the day and all week from davos. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. turkey has intensified its offensive all of branch against kurdish militias in n

and turkey has turned turkey into an open prison which under ten percent of refugees are housed in camps. most refugee children don't attend school and that hinders women from integrating into society. most adults in fact they don't speak any turkish at all. if they do find a job most don't have any kind of legal protection pension rights or insurance is that more than they are quite simply being exploited. children. until twenty sixteen you arrivals and people smugglers met openly in the bassman a district of izmir. since the e.u. turkey deal this is the end of the line for thousands of syrians. adnan chad has sent his family were stranded here after fleeing the war in syria a family of five now live in an old shack. welcome to our home. this is where we sneak if tend the couch into three beds the others sleep on the fuel and use the cushions that's their mattress. we live in a small apartment it's the will of allah and that is active. their son tomorrow also lives here like the rest of the family he was traumatized by the war and fears he was the victim of a poison gas attack. i don't

this is alienating turkey it's been driving turkey into the arms of russia as we've seen over the last few years turkey was hoping that that relationship u.s. kurdish relationship would begin to reverse once isis was destroyed that is not the case the united states is building an argument for remaining in northern syria. saudi arabia would like the united states remain there israel would like the united states to remain there to cut down assad's government and to deny the syrian government oil water and agricultural land that's what chopping syria into two and developing a long term relationship with the kurds in the north helping them it to develop greater independence will ultimately do it'll keep syria very weak this is a way to night iran the fruits of it's a victory in syria and also to bring russia down a notch so i think the united states is seeing this as a way to hurt its enemies russia and it won and to help its allies. both israel and saudi arabia the trouble is is that turkey is collateral damage here the united states' relationship with turkey is going from bad to worse an

news live from berlin tam germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points looser migration to terra to disputed arrests of german citizens our correspondent has the details. also coming up the tell all book that u.s. president donald trump try to stop from publication the white house hits back at numerous skating claims it is including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the cold is paralyzing communities along the east coast. i'm headed home for good to have you with us germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister. and his turkish counterpart. who were meeting to discuss recent disputes including over a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens were among those arrested including dead as you show a correspondent for germany's divots newspaper he has been in a

by pushing turkey further away and i think the e.u. as such needs to come up with a more coherent common approach when it comes to its relations to turkey. many thanks indeed for breaking it all down for us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has warned iran that the world is watching its response to anti-government protests her comments came at a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticize the u.s. for calling that meeting saying the protests in iran are a domestic matter mudslides and tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million are built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze have a look at this. and i witnessed on board

can do more to reassure turkey. i think they are trying. so they're right now trying to figure out where turkey is going with the operation in afrin. we no he what they're saying. it's about the border security. by don't know what the outcome is. they don't know exactly how far they'll go. are they putting occupying forces in? are they doing this in the air and back off? they're trying to figure out the goal here for turkey. and number two, they are trying to rk work behind the scenes diplomatically to reassure turkey that we understand their border concerns. they are legitimate border concerns. but there are better ways to address them than by cross-border attacking such as what they're doing. i also want to make a point here that the afrin area is way in the northwest of syria. it's historically kurdish region. the kurds have always been there throughout history. this is not a pocket of terror attacks from the pkk. i can't cut dispute that there hasn't been cross-border strikes out of afrin but it's not a hot bed

k. a banned kurdish group active inside turkey. syria says the plan is an attack on its sovereignty and russia is describing it as a plot to partition the country from moscow or a challenge reports it's the youth but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the us on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow surrogate lavrov said the creation of his own controlled by u.s. backed rebels risks syria's territorial integrity turkey's president also opposes the plan he's attacking reports of the u.s. backed kurdish border force russia type says turkey will launch its own military operation against the kurds in the northern syrian city of a free shot at then it is secure well and good now the united states has confessed that they are forming a terror army along our border what we have to do is to strangle this terror army on our borders before it is born turkey has for its kurdish factions inside its borders for decades and doesn't want to see them gaining more power in neighboring syria box in northern syria the americans

does this mean turkey is not an enemy or syria turkey is not an enemy of to us turkey is a member of nato so it didn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in person having this step as a direct threat to its national security. in light of recent events the u.s. state department issued a rather measured statement to the farm a spokesperson said turkey should ensure its military operations were limited in time and scope that's after the turkish president earlier accused our allies of providing military support to the kurds with washington first and foremost in the line of fire has more the technician president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the trump administration.

turkey used old east german army weapons against the kurds in turkey and history is repeating itself in syria. and it's not just german tanks german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. and let's bring in political correspondent standing by studios. leading foreign policy expert in merkel's conservatives has labeled turkey's syrian offensive illegal was. taking on the conflict. the chancellor herself has not said anything publicly about the conflict but her spokesman has spoken of all of those and has been very reluctant in fact to condemn what's happening in the oven in syria at the moment to condemn this to. action the government's position is that. it is not clear whether international laws being broken by this offensive and that to the whole thing should be seen in the context of developments in syria in in its entirety so the german government is pushing for a peace initiatives in syria to be accelerated and this situation in a free in northern syria to be included in those kinds of negotiations in other words there is a great reluctance on the part of th

no, turkey has form in this. in 2016, operation euphrates shield, led by turkish troops and syrian rebels, cleared is from jarablus, al—rai and al bab, and also hit ypg positions. turkey says this offensive will be a continuation with syrian rebel support. what it boils down to is yet another front in the syrian conflict. a seven year long civil and proxy war that has killed an estimated half a million people. one year since president trump's inauguration we're looking back at his first year in office. pennsylvania was one of the key states in delivering his victory. he inspired hope among many working class voters in places like bethlehem, a former steel town that hadn't voted for a republican for president since the 1980s. nick bryant went there to see how people rate his performance so far. it was rust—belt towns that helped put donald trump in the white house — one—time steel powerhouses such as bethlehem, pennsylvania, which hadn't gone republican since the 1980s. democratic strongholds that became t

turkey views them. views them as terrorist groups to kurdish military organizations kurdish military wing turkey views them as terrorists and it all started this whole conflict started when the united states decided to create this so-called syria border defense force and they'd were going to create it in northern syria and so this is the situation in northern syria right now here you have the the yellow the yellow areas are the ones controlled by the kurds the greens or the turkish turkey backed rebels and the red ones are the syrian controlled syrian government controlled areas now when the united states decided to carve this whole thing into to basically that this is this is how the united states described this syrian border defense force from the outset to have a listen. the coalition is working jointly with the syrian democratic forces to establish and train the new syrian border security force currently there are approximately two hundred thirty individuals training in the inaugural class with the

this is d w news live from her lead germany and turkey look to bend a nearly geared long breath was triggered by the jailing of this german turkish journalist but dennis you chelsea that is something he doesn't want his released tainted by any dirty deal between the two nato allies also coming up the slap that made this sixteen year old girl an icon of the palestinian resistance to w. asks her father about his hopes for her future in an exclusive interview. plus apple says that it will pay thirty eight billion dollars in foreign cash taxes and after sustained criticism for tax evasion policies like the tech giant says that it will create thousands of new jobs in the united states under a new five year investment plan plus the biggest underwater cable on the planet pluto show you the wonders that these divers discovered in the eastern mexico. and g.w. goes to ohio one of the swing states that handed donald trump the u.s. presidency as he approaches one year in office do they still believe that they put the right man in the white house. plan. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for jo

turkey used old east german army weapons against the kurds in turkey and history is repeating itself in syria. and it's not just german tanks german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. let me bring you up to fit some other stories making news around the world two consecutive car bombs detonated near a mosque in the libyan city of benghazi on tuesday killing at least twenty seven people and injuring dozens more the attack happened as worshippers were leaving the last many security officials are among the casualties they have believed to have been the target of the attack the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in afghanistan gunmen stormed an office of save the children aid agency in the have gone city of jalalabad two people were killed and twenty others injured when the militants battle security forces huzzah rounded the building the british based charity has suspended its operations in afghanistan police in pakistan have arrested a twenty four year old man suspected of being a serial killer responsibly for the rape and mur

turkey wants to preserve. the integrity and keep open the possibility of a unified syria by preventing a continuous syrian court all. controlled by. kurds in the north and i think this is why we are. watching the way you look at it mr mccauley washington's two allies on now what why do you think that the u.s. will intervene and if it doesn't which side would it take. i don't think they're us really into. the us is responsible is the reason why turkey felt compelled to intervene to stop this operation in the first place because. the us even though they backtracked. to the initial announcement today said they want to establish an army of course parallel force in most all countries off the road there is only one flag one army so the us says i'm going to create another force to patrol and control and secure syria's border but turkey what of the screen work is not an enemy of syria turkey is not one and i mean of to us in turkey is a member of nato so it doesn't make sense and i think turkey was quite right in pers

what are turkey‘ here? outsiders is hideously complicated. what are turkey' here? turkey is trying to reduce the territorial control of the syrian and kurdish forces, which are supported by a nato led coalition including the uk and many other countries. but this is only a small part of the area under control by the turkish forces and it is one place where the us is not cooperating with the kurdish led forces so it is very unlikely turkey will procure any use of strikes to attack other parts of northern syria. this does not make huge sense diplomatically because turkey cannot call up diplomatic support for a growing mission. it doesn‘t make much sense militarily because it is a hugely risky manoeuvre against a very disciplined fighting machine. it makes some trends for —— some sense it makes some trends for —— some sense for president erdogan. he is worried about a further challenge to him rising from within his own party in 2019 in the presidential election, so this might end up strengthening his position inside turkey but it is hugely risky militarily be

essentially puts turkey in direct conflict with the united states a risk that turkey for now appears willing to take had a net positive no lose votes and regardless of the price. we will tear down the tetter kota door that they are trying to establish in the region. well there's some tough talk coming from turkey yet it concedes that it discussed this military offensive with the u.s. and with moscow beforehand well let's pull in our correspondents in russia and the us tonight your english other joins us from moscow and michele macneill is in the u.s. capital washington to both of you good evening yuri i want to start with you can we confirm what russia is saying i mean did it give turkey its blessing for this operation olive branch. hi brenda there was indeed a small russian contingent in africa contingent and to the chorus believed even the russians who was there would be more or less safe from turkish attacks experts say kurds obviously believed that the turkish and forces wouldn't come because russia has a sort of agreement with the pentagon covering that part of syria but last we