militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold he. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on white g. forces and affray in looks to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. not some of the other stories making news around the world egypt's president abdel fatah assisi says he will run for a second term in march elections he's being challenged by saudi and on the country's former armed forces chief anon has called upon state institutions to remain neutral in the campaign. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant says it has captured images of what's likely to be melted fuel inside one of the damaged reactors

militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think we'll sit idly by to watch events unfold he. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on white g. forces and affray mooks to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the u.s. turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. that some of the other stories making news around the world thai police have arrested a suspect that kingpin an illegal trade in endangered species one shot back allegedly went a large trafficking work responsible for much of the illegal trade in the region he was arrested on friday in connection with smuggling fourteen runa horns worth over one million u.s. dollars. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant says it has captured images of

militia turkey is dead set against that plan. turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold he. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence at any cost from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey turkey's attack on the g. forces an african looks to achieve that goal. the campaign is turkey's next round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world veteran irish politician gerry adams has handed over the leadership of the nationalists in fame party to mary lou. adams led the party for thirty four years and was known around the world is the political face of the irish republican movement which renounced violence back. in two thousand and five. the family of u.s. rock star tom petty says the musician died of what they're d

g m a in the kurdish militia backed by washington the group controls the afrin region ankara sees it as the syrian arm of the kurdistan workers' party or p.k. k. which it considers a terror group a the turkish military has been locked in a bloody conflict with the p k k for decades last weekend the us announced it would set up a thirty thousand strong border force in northern syria led by the y.p. gee that angered turkish president right to type out the one who accused washington of planning to form a terror army he reiterated his criticism after the first raids that the name of this organization is kurdistan workers' party and the name of the organization in syria is why p.g. the kurdistan workers' party is on the terror list so the u.s. and the e.u. the organization it works with in syria is exactly the same. turkish prime minister banal a year older him said ground forces may be deployed across the border on sunday russia says it has withdrawn its troops from the region. afghan security forces have been battling a group of gunmen that stormed a luxury hotel in central kabul offici

ally in the fight against islamic state but turkey sees y.p. as a terrorist organization and is the u.s. to stop backing them. operation all of branch is anything but a peace offering the following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle a free and there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends kind of also discussed it with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and. this is probably russian threat to pull turkey. if the western alliance three think is it klink the us position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the kurdish militia during the war against so-calle

all in northern syria on saturday is controlled by the kurdish y.p. genie militia which has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against i asked what turkey sees the b.g. as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stall backing the turkey's president. there will be no letting up until the job is done operation olive branch is anything but a peace offering following as strikes the takesh military with the support of its regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria techies president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends and i've also discussed it with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say taqiyya looking to russia for the supposed. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and a logical outcome of this is probably russians thre

these are pictures filmed by the kut ish militia group. turkish media report that fighting between the the turkish army and its allies is intensifying in the direction of freeing. turkey claims a threat is growing at its. i cry considers the y.p. g. to be the syrian faction of the p.k. k. which sees as a terror group reacting to attack u.s. military attacks in recent days has shelled texas border towns claiming civilian lives while many techs were you for it at the start the mill changed. neither for soldiers nor. for civilians must not have been quoted both sides of the border fear what operationalise branch could still bring. in jones is in istanbul and joins me now from there through the turkish president has spoken out saying that he's ready to target syria's model bridge means the region what is the significance of this for the military operation. for the turkish forces they say it is key is part of their efforts to remove what they say is his tariff right on the southern border of syria but for nato it is a nightmare scenario because

these are pictures filmed by the kut ish militia group. turkish media report that fighting between the the turkish army and its allies is intensifying in the direction of fraying. turkey claims a threat is growing at its. correct considers the y.p. g. to be the syrian faction of the p.k. k. which he sees as a terror group reacting to attack u.s. military attacks in recent days the why p.g. has shell texas border towns claiming civilian lives while many techs were you for it at the start the military's now changed. neither for soldiers nor. for civilians with the much motivation. of a few sides of the border to operationalise branch could still bring. us bring in our correspondent dorian jones in bold dorrian do you have any reliable information on how the turkish offensive in syria is proceeding. well it's very difficult to get any information reliable or independent from this conflict most of the reporting if not all of it is coming from embedded journalists on both sides and much of it appears to be spinning their version of events for f

government views the y.p. ji as terrorists. the shuttered turn of yielded as evidence of the force that turkey has brought to bear enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far it's because. the operation will continue until the threat has removed. but the kurdish why p.g. wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p g controlled territory crashed into this mosque in the turkish border tode of kilis causing fatalities and paddick as worshipers try to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides but turkish president rich one says he will expand the offensive eastwards. for u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks each ally determined to ba

phone call and that did not share concerns about the escalating violence in the kurdish militia there have played a key role helping us forces against the so-called islamic state the turkish government calls the y.p. g terrorists. the shutter turn of yielded this evidence of the force that turkey has brought to be enough turkey's government is determined to press on with all of branch which to them has been a success so far. the operation will continue until the threat is removed. but the kurdish y p g wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fight. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p g controlled territory crashed into this mosque in the turkish border tone of kilis causing fatalities and panic as worshippers tried to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides but turkish president rich one says he will expand the offensive eastwards. u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might

militia in northern syria has also drawn protests in neighboring lebanon. the turkish embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in northern syria the kurds have now stars of the campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. but street protests song going to stop turkish president. he's announced his forces will now push further east to a town called man beach no one should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach aren't these terrorists there are arab brothers there. afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is in direct contradiction of the interest of his nato ally the united states just hours before a senior white house adviser had called on everyone to take his troops and all armed fighters out of the conflict he appealed to or want to focus on the longer term strategic goals of ending violence in syria but the turkish president seems to

will no longer arm the kurdish y.p. gene militia in syria has also reiterated demands that the us pull troops as of the key northern syrian town of month edge turkish and y p g forces clashed again on saturday pushes ahead with a military operation aimed just clearing the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. in other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the north west of the african region in this video could his fighters target turkish other cultures with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe added 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 motss from the free syrian army and our military. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified independently so if you took journalists close to the front line in syria on saturday he approached this militia watch over territory they've co

turkish artillery continues to shell y.p. g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are heading into the region as the offensive enters its second week turkey looks set for the long haul. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world in yemen separatists in the southern port city of auburn have seized government buildings after fierce clashes on sunday with the forces of president after a green monster hobby dozens of people have been reported killed or injured in his prime minister accuse the separatists of melting a coup. or being as the temporary government base the rebels controlling the capital sanaa. afghan officials say the death toll from saturday's bomb attack in kabul could rise more than one hundred people have been reported killed so far at least two hundred thirty five were injured some of them are in critical condition the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. during president front five myra's praised jordan for taking in hundreds