those officials misspoke and the plans were misrepresented antiwar activist richard becker says the turkish military advance in syria has created a difficult situation for the u.s. . of course the nato alliance is not a defensive alliance it's an office of alliance that's headed by the united states and which so many more countries now belong to since the fall of the soviet union but turkey despite that expansion continues to occupy a very important place in nato and so again here we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances. conflicts between turkey and kurdish forces in northern syria has caused global loam and triggered mass protests in

turkish and y.p. g. forces cast again on saturday as i'm pushes ahead with a military operation aimed at clearing the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. kurdish and other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the african region and this video kurdish fighters target turkish other cultures with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe rather one rather just supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on its enemies. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army

on sunday, turkish troops crossed the border over the border,

we do begin this hour with breaking news the turkish foreign minister is demanding concrete steps from the u.s. to end cooperation with kurdish groups in syria which ankara views as terrorist linked the minister added that washington has broken its promises and is unlikely

the turkish government says those arrested include journalists, politicians, and activists. the government is accusing them of spreading terrorist propaganda by speaking out against the deadly military offensive. in egypt, a coalition of opposition parties and pro-democracy groups are calling for a boycott of egypt's upcoming presidential elections. the authoritarian egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi is almost certain to win the march elections after nearly all of his challengers were arrested or disqualified. in japan, a woman has filed a landmark lawsuit suing the japanese government for sterilizing her without her consent because of a mental disability when she was 15 years old. she's one of an estimated 16,000 people in japan who were forcibly sterilized under japan's eugenics law, which was in force from 1948 until 1996. in france, o oxford professor ad renowned islamic scholar tariq ramadan has been detained in paris after he w was accused by two women of rape and sexual assault last year. ramadan has denied the accusations. and gene sharp, a lifelolong advocate

in northeast syria where people say they feel betrayed come on and then i go in for we condemn the turkish state we condemn russia because had it not been for russia giving the green light turkey would not have been able to attack a free russia and turkey your fate and will be at the hands of the heroes of the wipe e.g. just like the end of ice. in africa and funerals are held for fighters from the people's protection units. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish group across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl and this is said to be video that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sources have told al jazeera that most people in these areas have fled due to the heavy bombardment. and the u.n. estimates around fifteen thousand are now displaced inside the region about. we're also told there been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets white peachy positions turkey's offe

and he's the operation is showing up turkish security measure us off. and is fighting continues on the turkish border. the operatation lookss set to continue. far beyond its second week. our new american movement that's how us president donald trump describes his policies in his first state of the union address last night that was one of those republicans. and democrats sat and watched silence and starting face and over axle has one speech. please know. from his usual rhetoric donald trump called for unity discuss interview in a dress. the highlights of. of american history. and i think it was a message of unification match who welell republicicans so unificatio. democrats some divisiveness. in the parties who speak for bottles. massachusetts representative joe kennedy to cry trump's partisanship. on his robach of civil rights protections this administration. isn't just hard. the laws that protect us. they're talking the very idea. that we are all worthy of protection. over official democratic response incidents haidian spanish. and came from one of the

for we condemn the turkish state we condemn russia because had it not been for russia giving the green light turkey would not have been able to attack a free we say to russia and turkey that your fate and end will be at the hands of the heroes of the wipe e.g. just like the end of ice. in africa and funerals are held for fighters from the people's protection units or y p g. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish group across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against until this is said to be video that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sources have told al-jazeera that most people in these areas have fled due to the heavy bombardment. and the u.n. estimates around fifteen thousand are now displaced inside the region about and we're also told there been civilian casualties after random shelling in turkey denies this and says it only targets why peachey positions turkey's offensive is now. well into its second week the villag

bomber blew himself up among groups of tourists close to the landmark blue mosque and i give sophia turkish authorities blamed so-called islamic state for the attack. in a special session today the german parliament the bill does talk to honored the victims of the holocaust it's key moment was an address by holocaust survivor anita lasker of all fish she was a member of the women's orchestra pit so a group that was forced to perform for high level nazi officials in her speech she warned against rising in telling semitism here in your. anita lost her parents in the holocaust after moving with a sister to england she swore she'd never return to this country but today she told the german parliament how she survived by playing cello for high ranking nazi officials and as people were marched to their deaths she warns against ending a national conversation on germany's past. one is. you can't resent today's youth because they refuse to identify with the crimes of the past. but to lie about what happened that's unacceptable. it was a deliberate move to invite many young people to the bundestag spe

russian president vladimir putin has agreed to excellent efforts to establish turkish observation post in syria. said that a syria press conference held in the russian city of sochi was an important achievement. an agreement was announced to draft a new constitution for syria. the moon puts on a rare show today, super big and superbright. in 35 yearsrst time that a bloom own sync up with a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse. most of south america and africa were out of luck for the eclipse. hawaii and alaska had the best few along with the canadian yukon, australia, and asia. this trifecta will not happen again until 2037. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: a busy day with corporate earnings. an update on late movers. we have earnings from facebook, -- numbers didn't meet analyst expectations, and microsoft beating earnings and revenues after the tax law change but you still see it down by 1%. --: paypal is down by 1.5% revenue a little bit ahead of expectations, i

a turkish court has sentenced three syrian nationals to wife sentences in connection with a suicide bombing which killed twelve german tourists and wounded sixteen others the attack took place two years ago in the historic center of istanbul of the suicide bomber blew himself up among groups of tourists close to that landmark blue mosque and the hodges afia turkish authorities blamed a so-called islamic state for the attack. here in germany in a special session of the german parliament the boom this tog there was a ceremony to honor the victims of the holocaust now its key moment was an address by holocaust survivor anita lasker vaal fish she was a member of the women's orchestra of auschwitz a group that was forced to perform for high level nazi officials in her speech she warned against rising anti-semitism here in europe a need to ask of us fish lost her parents in the holocaust after moving with a sister to england she swore she'd never return to this country but today she told the german parliament how she survived auschwitz by playing cello for high ranking nazi officials and as peopl

they also signed a turkish striker. and then they paid arsenal £20 million for the all walcott. and the surprise move was not alexis sanchez leaving arsenal, but where he ended up. manchester city was the expected destination, but manchester united were offering much more, and ina deal united were offering much more, and in a deal valued today at £30 million, armenian midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan went the other way. andy last deal worth reminding you about was actually a loan —— and the last deal. with the world cup happening in russia this summer and an england place to play for, daniel sturridge went on loan to west brom, swapping the race in the champions league for a relegation battle. but regular first—team football is what he needs a few wants to be on that plane to russia. the clock ticking as scottish clubs try to make deals ahead of tonight's deadline, celtic, rangers, aberdeen, herts, against the clock as they look to bring in players before midnight. —— hearts. scotla nd players before midnight. —— hearts. scotland known in recent years as the land of

turkish officials say the turkish president and russian president vladimir putin has agreed to accelerate efforts to establish turkish observation posts in syria. they also said a peace conference held monday in russia was an important achievement. at that conference an agreement was announced that would have drafted a new constitution for syria. hundreds of people staged a protest in the capital of kosovo today, asking the government to do something about extremely high pollution. an error-quality monitor installed in the united states embassy there measured here -- measured air pollution is very unhealthy. the city has severe air pollution problems due to outdated coal plants that -- outdated power plants that use coal and exhaust fumes from old cars. the moon put on a rare cosmic show today. super bright, and is the first time in 35 years that a blue moon has synced up with a total lunar eclipse. luckof the u.s. was out of for the eclipse, hawaii had the best view along with australia, alaska, and the yukon. this trifecta won't happen again until 2037. global news, 24 hours a day, powe

turkish security forces were not. prioritizing it has been a wake up call definitely but security forces are now. a better prioritizing me collecting better intelligence say you are very much more rigorously own chad the stakes are in the states tourism numbers have declined dramatically after the attack the year twenty sixteen has been a catastrophe for istanbul's economy but now tourists are returning. from living we came to istanbul i was a little worried but there are police around so i feel safe we should worry about something that happened two years ago with a crazy guy so go where you want to go do what you want to do adobe for information is if i didn't feel safe here i wouldn't come here in. my city gaieties in castable that is showing around a group of chinese visitors since luton asked me today. that she hopes she will never have to victimise an attack again and wants to show tourists her city helped them find the best spots for beautiful memories shot. on that report by a correspondent you johann i spoke t

than two years after of a bombing in the heart of istanbul you kids trying out a german tourists a turkish court sentences three men to life in prison.

for the war be considered a public health problem one group of turkish doctors has been arrested for saying so and for criticizing a popular war i mean. it. i am the air with news great live on air and streaming online for you to facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining as guantanamo the u.s. military prison in cuba has long been a symbol of human rights abuses during the so-called war on terror it's been notorious for its treatment of prisoners including reports of torture abuse and the prolonged detention of suspects without formal charges former president barack obama vowed to close the infamous facility within a year after taking office but while many prisoners were released obama was unable to keep his promise to shut down guantanamo altogether now his successor donald trump has signed an executive order to keep open the u.s. military prison in cuba trump announced a decision in his first state of the union address say the u.s. may send more detainees to guantanamo. progress to ensure that in the fight against isis and al qaeda we continue to have all necess

more than two years after a bombing in the heart of istanbul killed twelve german tourists a turkish court sentences three men to life in prison we'll talk to our correspondent in istanbul to find out why others were allowed to walk free. stryker .

all right let's move on now to some other stories making news around the world a turkish court has handed life sentences to three syrians over the two thousand and sixteen suicide bombing that killed twelve german tourists in istanbul an iraqi national was also found guilty turkish authorities have blamed the attack on the so-called islamic state. in norway have kicked off an emergency meeting in brussels to discuss whether to provide extra funding to palestinian refugees the u.n. agency overseeing palestinian aid is facing a financial crisis after the u.s. withdrew sixty five million dollars in pledged support some five million people are now urgently in need of support. the office of australian prime minister malcolm turnbull is called an urgent investigation after hundreds of top secret government documents were sold in a second hand store the files were found locked inside filing cabinets that were sold as x. government furniture. and president onil trump is called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the union address trump also

or the turkish government but after all we don't we shouldn't be forgetting actually that. the president. and when we talk about him i mean he's he's clearly the president of the turkish republic and he was elected actually to take care of the interest of the of the turkish republic of the interests of his own country not the interests of the syrian people so we have been seeing this shift and changes in turkish foreign policy towards the syrian conflict from from the first to the from the early stages of this conflict in which he was actually calling for president bashar assad to step down and until then there are stages in which he actually started to become the haps more interested actually in containing the core dish issue in the north of syria let's move on what do you think the u.n. special envoy if there is that under mr is doing in sochi what's his. well i think he's trying to capitalize on this meeting in sochi because the installer believes that if he can actually channel that that the outcome of the sochi conference because after all he believes that russia is a

military convoy in italy that's according to the turkish army two of the victims were civilians including the person who died the attack was carried out by kurdish militants the convoy was on its way to it live to assist in the creation of the deescalation. meanwhile an iraqi kurdish television channel has film some of the damage in the kurdish enclave of afrin in syria afrin has been under attack by turkish forces for over a week the video shows the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. here as inspector general for afghanistan says the pentagon told the office to keep quiet about how much of the country is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups however the spokesman for the resolute support mission in afghanistan says the data isn't constant find and there was no intention to conceal it he says human error is to blame for the misunderstanding here's what the inspector general's office said in its report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been speci

tonight and how could he talk about how we'd better to whipsaw or self between our kurdish allies and our turkish allies and we lose either way ok jim jethro's thanks for joining us coming back to our panel here let's talk about the elephant in the room that caused the shutdown was. rocca mench what will the democrats do to get doc up because there's going to be a wall on the table tonight for negotiation you know one of the things i have a problem with which may be addressed by the president but i doubt it is that we've been living in a government in a country that basically operates on two or three weeks cycles that's impossible it should never be less than a year from now to an old two year deal. dr has to be dealt with both sides feel very strongly the problem is the president talked about the wall when you talk to republicans privately most of them say they know it's kind of a waste it's twenty five billion dollars all told but the bottom line is we want to help these kids and overwhelmingly the american public wants all of the kids as reflected by all the polling the problem is how obscene

enclave of afrin in syria afrin has been under attack by turkish forces for over a week the video shows the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. now the u.s. inspector general for afghanistan says the pentagon told the office to keep quiet about how much of the country is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups however the spokesman for the resolute support mission in afghanistan says the data isn't classified and there was no intention to conceal it he says human error is to blame for the misunderstanding here is what the inspector general's office said in its report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons most least of which is that this is the first time since has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer the instructions are coming from the pentagon and they are given to the special inspector for general afghan reconstruction and from what we understand they've instructed him not to give out certain pertinent information especially about casualties a

the school is for young turkish people many of them dream of finding work in turkish television. while john watches his friend at work i try to interview some of the turkish students but they don't feel like talking they'd found out that we were coming and debated whether they should talk to us some said that if they appeared in the same reporters jan it could have their careers. because they would have been talking and somebody says that he was in the course of job. once they get cut off. from the project i think their duty is to these kinds of things as of. mustapha is working on a new project. it's a film about the twenty for teen taksim gazey park protests in istanbul showing how the turkish people rose up against repression. in the summer girls little. break you may be and how they had their hopes dashed. or starve i was among those who tended to the wounded. only to do. good work. we didn't leave our country our country left us. if you still read the book it's not a good feeling gen ducasse of the day i did it you should know your own you work for your country for half a ce

for several hours it seemed like the syria congress in sochi would collapse before it began turkish backed opposition figures refused to participate after arriving at saatchi's airport overnight offended by the presence of syrian government flags. we were surprised to see that none of the promises were kept needed a brutal bombardment stopped nor were the syrian regime flags and slogans removed from the conference banners and we have seen a lack of diplomatic manners from the host country which. two hours late spring seedings finally got underway. but the chaos continues during russian foreign minister sergey lavrov opening remarks in the conference hall. in the room one thousand three hundred ninety three international observers and delegates from many walks of syrian life political religious ethnic cultural and business they pushed ahead with dialogue agreeing in the ends to embrace twelve principles developed in the un the stalled geneva process and to form a constitutional committee comprising syrian government and opposition figures but there was no disguising the absence of the main

that's according to the turkish army two of the victims were civilians including the person who died the attack was carried out by kurdish militants the convoy was on its way to adlib to assist in the creation of the deescalation zone. meanwhile an iraqi kurdish television channel has film some of the damage in the kurdish enclave of afrin in syria after an has been under attack by turkish forces for over a week the video shows the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. the u.s. inspector general for afghanistan says the pentagon told the office to keep quiet about how much of the country is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups however the spokesman for the resolute support mission in afghanistan says the data isn't classified and there was no intention to conceal it he says human error is to blame for the misunderstanding here's what the inspector general's office said in its report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons least of which is that this is the first time since has been specifically instructed n

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staying with syria where one person has died and two have been injured following a bomb attack on a turkish military convoy in it live that's according to the turkish army two of the victims were civilians including the person who died the attack was carried out by kurdish militants the convoy was on its way to live to assist in the creation of the deescalation zone. or meanwhile an iraqi kurdish television channel has film some of the damage in the kurdish enclave of affray and in syria africa has been under attack by turkish forces for over a week the video shows the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. now the u.s. inspector general for afghanistan says the pentagon told it to keep quiet about how much of the country is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups however the spokesman for the resolute support mission in afghanistan says the data isn't classified and there was no intent to conceal it hugh says human error is to blame for the misunderstanding well here's what the inspector general's office said in its report. this de

one person is dead in two injured following a bomb attack on a turkish military convoy in syria that's according to the turkish army to the victims were civilians including the person killed the attack was carried out by kurdish militants convoy was on its way to italy to assist in the creation of the deescalation zone that meanwhile an iraqi kurdish t.v. channel is filmed some of the damage in the syrian kurdish enclave of africa after it has been under attack by forces for over a week the video depicts the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. u.s. inspector general for afghanistan says that the pentagon told him to keep quiet about how much of the country's territory is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups the spokesman for the resolute support mission in afghanistan responded that the data isn't classified and there was no intent to conceal it he says human error is to blame for the misunderstanding is what the inspector general's office said in its report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons most leas

one person has been killed and two injured in a bomb attack on a turkish military convoy in syria that's according to the army two of the victims were civilians including the person killed the attack was carried out by kurdish militants convoy it was on its way to live to assist in the creation of the deescalation zone. meanwhile an iraqi kurdish television channel is film some of the damage in the syrian kurdish enclave of afrin and friends been under attack by turkish forces for more than a week the video depicts the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. in an unprecedented move the pentagon is apparently instructed the inspector general for afghanistan a watchdog which oversees the situation in the country to keep quiet over how much afghan territory is controlled by the government and how much by the taliban and other insurgent groups that's according to the watchdogs latest report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons most least of which is that this is the first time since has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassifi

committee that is based in saudi arabia and compromises many rebel groups they've sent a delegation on the turkish pressure reportedly that came to sochi but they refused to leave the airport they stayed for about ten hours at the airport of sochi and they took offense at the various banners that were hung up in the city for these talks for this such a peace conference because it portrayed a syrian government flag there were other preconditions that they had this the turks tried to get them to come but to no avail nevertheless there were many other parties many denominations ethnicities christians you see these muslim sunni's and shias there's certainly a lot of debate internationally turkey russia iran three big players the guarantees of the astronaut peace process they were all here and all in agreement the western partners for example the united states they only sent junior representatives and from what we've been told by sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister they haven't displayed much optimism much enthusiasm for this sochi peace peace conference as the new year to go it would so yes it'

committee that is based in saudi arabia and compromises many rebel groups they sent a delegation on the turkish pressure reportedly that came to sochi but they refused to leave the airport they stayed for about ten hours at the airport of sochi and they took offense at the various banners that were hung up in the city for these talks for this such a peace conference because it portrayed a syrian government flag there were other preconditions that they had this the turks tried to get them to come but to no avail the other side that didn't make it also where the syrian syrian kurds the s.d.f. they had no significant official representation here either nevertheless there were many other parties many denominations at this city's christians you see these muslim susan she is there certainly a lot of debate internationally turkey russia iran three big players the guarantees of the astronaut peace process they were all here and all in agreement the western partners for example the united states they only sent junior representatives and from what we've been told by sergey lavrov the russian foreign mini

delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented then boarded the jets and after spending ten or so hours in the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here it isn't going the way that the rebels wanted it to go so there's more incentive here to sit down and talk nevertheless not this time around. my staying with the same thing about with more and often now. here's what people have been saying about redacted the night with us exactly just full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to find you know really what it is that really packs a punch. yampa is the john oliver of hearty americans do the same thing we are apparently better than bluegrass. and see the people you never heard of love right back to the night my president of the world bank paid to write it to me it's like you sent us an e-mail. a

delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented which they then boarded the jet and after spending ten or so hours at the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on he went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here to see them sit down with the syrian government perhaps other factions other denominations and the cities who are represented here and to talk about their differences not try to. necessarily resolve them here and now you know that's expecting a lot but at least get the ball rolling at least voice their concerns voiced their positions which is what this vent this venue this space is entirely about getting everyone to sit down and to establish a precedent where they can talk to each other because the syrian civil war has dragged on and on people tired of it internationally in syria weary of the fighting and does well it isn't going away

delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented. they then boarded the jet and after spending ten or so hours at the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here to see them sit down with the syrian government perhaps other factions other denominations and the cities who are represented here and to talk about their differences not try to necessarily. result them here and now you know that's expecting a lot but at least get the ball rolling at least voice their concerns voiced their positions which is what vent this venue this space is entirely about getting everyone to sit down and to establish a precedent where they can talk to each other because the syrian civil war has dragged on and on people tired of it internationally in syria weary of the fighting and well it isn't going the way that the rebels