what does this mean that turkey is not on an enemy or syria turkey is not on a number 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 the recent events the u.s. state department issued a rather measured statement the department spokeswoman said turkey should ensure its military operations were limited in time and scope and said to the president earlier today accused its allies of providing military support to the kids with washington first and foremost in the line of fire ball this lee has details the techies president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the top administration. america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us and we will run out of patience i told barack obama the same unfortunately i didn't get any response. those who see the backing of us will not stand the turkish nation it is our national struggle. is essentially turning on and has allies he's accused the west of providing weapons and ammu

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.

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 percy having this step as a direct threat to its national security in all the turkish president has been speaking out about the ongoing military operation he's accusing his allies of providing military support to the kurds with washington first and foremost in his line of fire police lyrics like. the turkish president added one has come out with guns blazing and some pretty harsh rhetoric for the trump administration loves us old little boy america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us we will run out of patience i told brock obama the same unfortunately i don't get any response . those who see the backing of the us will not stand the turkish nation it is our national struggle is essentially turning on and has allies he's accused the west of providing weapons and ammunition to the kurdish militia he says that aside from five thousand trucks weapons and ammunition from some two thousand planes has been provid

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 it had enough reason 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 a serious seven year war is entering yet another phase stephanie decker of turkey syria border. meanwhile syrian state television says government forces have taken control of a rebel held air base in northwest syria who base an adlib province was captured

is turkey's target for the record the white b.g. equals the kurdish army and for all these years who's been giving the kurds all kinds of support right. over the weekend the kurds were extended in all of branch that's what ankara calls its military op the kurds say they repelled an attack on sunday but where does that wipe e.g. get its guns. tapered on couldn't care less why washington's been helping the kurds to destroy eisel for this man the kurdish militias are no better than terrorists that explains his latest messages to america the us is in the process of creating the terror army only what we have to do. in the but america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us or we will run out of patience does anyone from the us government have anything to say we urge turkey to exercise restraint and ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration and scrupulous to avoid civilian casualties some very restrained council there to be restrained think about it mr aired on rants that america u.s. officials don'

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 or 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 about they should look and kept so far nobody could say anything 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 and 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 this is just one of the locations that the turkish army is shelling out free in is pretty much

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

the kurdish militias in syria now turkey doesn't buy into this kind of rhetoric in all the right to you know like words some of these statements coming out from. the white house but he doesn't buy into that the most important thing was the disarmament of these militias washington saying that while the turkish prime a president go on is saying that we know and we do have turkey reports about how much they give them and the types of weaponry they supply them one of the things that they supply is the anti aircraft and i mean anti war craft or word war plane missiles for what does that have any helicopters or war plane that the. p.g. are going to use against and even though that is defeated now what's the idea of training and having this security while turkey is offering more to offer inside syria they are telling them that we are your allies on the ground and we can help in solving the syrian problem already the three go on to the iran turkey and russia they've. achieved major success and major inroads in suchi in. the united states is being greeter eating and isolated it's the donald trum

unfortunately you can't do you proper journalism in turkey anymore. but mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily said disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the friend offensive. when it comes to national security every journalist bears responsibility that's how it is everywhere in the world. but that doesn't mean they're not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellectuals in turkey who can't use freedom of speech with hatred of the government. out of the offensive enough in looks set to stay turkey's main story for now the government has announced that it intends to further expand the operation. and finally a look at the unusual procession through cairo today egypt removed a mass of thousands year old statues year by fear of king ramsay's the second to its new home the grand egyptian museum enjoy the ride will see you again at the top of the hour. same. cut. people. information. they want to express. on facebook and twitter updates in touch follow us. home.

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

can you comment on the relations between russia and turkey. how can you comment on the situation that has transpired. before i entered this room when i was still right next door i talked to the president of turkey. and we discussed this situation among other things. fairly confident that the turkish military or the turkish leadership or the turkish state had nothing to do with this incident although you are right this part of it is supposed to be controlled by turkey games but let's be frank about it let's face it even we are not always able to control the territory that we are in charge of in turkey sometimes these and they will to do that as well the situation is quite complex and they were supposed to have their observers in this area but they were unable to do so so for it's not that easy you remember when we deployed our military police. the militants attacked them and they were encircled. and then it took some professional and courageous action by our rescue teams our military our. helicopter pilots and our special forces we were able to

turkey considers the u.s. backed y p d an extension of the kurdish rebel group p k k that it was for four decades and korea has been angered by the y.p.s. expansion in more than syria after the us backed into the group and the fight against all but of the washington state it will train an army to patrol the border region with the wipe india as a key component tuckey responded with its own military. offensive air strikes and ground up tuck's potentially puts turkey in conflict with its nato ally and turkey say this may expand its operation in mosul in syria to the city of mumbai each after a free and has been cleared the task of taking of a member it will fall off auction of the free syrian army that's allied to the syrian government whether the us will try to convince turkey from taking mumble as it's done in the past is unclear at this stage russia syria's ally says it will not interfere in the conflict but it does control over enclaves airspace which means turkish air strikes that began on twenty january mus

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

of evidence of the forces that turkey has brought to bear on freedom, a a turkey presses on with operation all of branch -- which, to them, has been a success. >> the o operation will continue until the threat is removed. >> the kurdish ypg wanants the woworld to know they will not surrender without a fight. >> we will resist, and we will not allow the enemy to invade our land. we will never retreat from here. >> those do not appear to be idle words. missiles crashed into this turkish border town, causing panic as worshipers attentive to free the wounded from the rubble. the death toll rises on both sides, as president e erdogan promisises to expand eastwards. u.s. troops stationed in northern syria might soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks, each ally determined to banish the other from the region at all costs. brent: for the latest now, i am joined by journalist vladimir van wilgenberg. vladimir, it's good to see you. whatat are you hearing from your contacts? vladimir: the fighting is going on, especially in the villages near the turkish border. we are having classes ther

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

our own two in the morning from turkey landed in her bedroom. in one of. my brother was asleep and my sister was playing on her mobile phone. of our mother who was also asleep. brother was killed instantly his sister lost both her legs and remains in intensive care along with their mother who was seriously injured so. at first i couldn't believe my brother had been killed. he was seventeen years old and just a civilian. he was just a regular person. the families are still in shock. they spend a lot of time looking at photos and videos by their neighbors in syria. i live here but i want to be able to visit my family i want to see them alive and not. for him for many years before the war started in syria she spent her holidays helping with all of harvest those days are a distant memory now the chances of being peacefully at home with her family once again appear almost impossible. president. must be present in the parliament to be allowed to form a new government supporters considering. president without having to return. say the death toll from saturday's.

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

unfortunately can't do proper journalism in turkey anymore. but mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily sabbat disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the afrin offensive. and when it comes to national security every journalist bears responsibility that's how it is everywhere in the world. but that doesn't mean they're not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellectuals in turkey who cannot use a freedom of speech with hatred of the government. to be out of the offensive enough in looks set to stay turkey's main story for now the government has announced that it intends to further expand the operation. are geneses now simona halep will face carlene of us new yaki in saturday's. australian open final in melbourne well that's after the top seeded romanian got the better of germany's i'm going to leak kerber in sri marathon sets in the other semi number two seed wozniak he overcame a second seat wobble to defeat belgium sillies matins the dane is a former world number one but has yet t

with the upcoming elections in turkey so i think that comes the doctor cannot be. set aside when it comes to the attention of interaction and into a frame tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the us announcement of a so-called border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the y.p. g. will form its backbone not. the united states and nato supports a terrorist organization that threatens turkey can this be acceptable it's unacceptable and inexplicable. but u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's not a border force the u.s. role has been mr trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara ron moscow and damascus have a voice their opposition to force. more than seventy. for the war in syria stephanie do all these developments mean that the war is entering a new phase. well i think now that the common

well turkey says it has assurances from washington that the u.s. will no longer arm the kurdish y.p. militia and syria has also reiterated demands that the us pull troops out of the key northern syrian town of mon bitch turkish and y p g forces clashed again on saturday 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 afrin region in this video kurdish fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president wretched type added one ready to supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the chinese. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized oh. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military the lives. of. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified independently turkey took journalists close to the front line in syria on saturday here will iss

target, says turkey, is linked to the pkk, kurdish insurgents inside of turkey. some troops here are kurds taking up arms against the kurdish militia. this commander denies he is betraying his people. >> i am taking part in this offensive not to fight the kurds but to save them from the terrorism of the ypg. they have planted terror into the heads of our youth. mark: shelling intensified as turkey's president vowed to neutralize every last terrorist. many of those involved are sent from here to the nearby frontline. the terrain is bumpy, the threat is constant. any car, any passerby, is scanned for explosives. we are patrolling the front line with turkish troops, the closest position of the ypg kurdish militia, just a few hundred meters in that direction where they fire artillery. we heard a couple of incoming mortars. the turkish military offensive is focused on clearing the villages around this area of the ypg, and turkey says it wants to establish a buffer zone pushing the militia about 20 miles deep away from its border into northern syria. among local reside

rose: first of all, nato is already actively on the ground in turkey. we are not operating in syria, the we are on the ground in turkey, providing for air defense, for control, for surveillance. we are doing what we can as a nato ally to help turkey in their fight against terrorism, which has been going on a long time. but in addition to that, we have been hearing from the turks here at nato headquarters who have been getting briefings -- there is a lot of information flow. allies have the opportunity to ask the questions they need to ask. i do think that will continue, and there will be great interest in this matter in the coming days. terry: it is one thing if the opponent is bashar al-assad or terrorists the pkk. it is another thing if the united states is on the other end of this operation. rose: i think we need to continue to bear in mind that the two countries have been operating closely together in the fight against daesh in syria and iraq for many months, and so they are accustomed to paying attention to de-confliction, and accustomed to staying

the call on turkey to show restraint was echoed by the u.n. security council on monday but operation all of branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven year syrian civil war. reports also coming in the journalists being detained for the social media relating to the offensive. and during jones in istanbul. what we understand is in the last twenty four hours also five journalists have been detained. by the police in. the main kurdish city in turkey what we understand these people mainly media and also media critical of the government now. they are around thirty people on social media posts opposing the operation the government very concerned about what is going on on social media twitter particularly critics and potential opponents of the operation most of the news from. the social media given the fact that the perception among many of the mainstream media is broadly under the control of the president and the government and to underline those concerns prime minister been on sunday met with leading journalists of the cou

turkey is the second largest offensive in the alliance. the kurds which have been bombarded with artillery and rockets are the most important militia alongside american and british and other special forces in the fight against the so-called islamic state. that, of course, was successful further to the east of these mountain changes. as far as turkey was concerned, that success is disastrous. the reason for that is the kurds have been fighting a separatist war for decades using the mountains as inside syria as a launch pad for attacks against turkey. the american announcement a couple of weeks ago they were going to back the establishment of the 30,000 man mostly kurdish force to secure the border with turkey and iraq with the islamic state enraged the turks. that is where there will be steady tension with the allies. >> sam kiley, thank you so much on the turkey/syria border. >>> the government is back open this morning. a new spending plan in place. commitments are made, but old deep-seated mistrust alive. can a bill get through congress

the main kurdish city in turkey turkey what we understand is that these people belong to mainly procrit ish media and also media critical of the government now this comes on top of the arrests of around thirty people on monday for social media posts opposing the for an operation. very concerned about what is going on on social media twitter picket particularly if they are aware that critics and potential opponents of the operation most of the news from from the social media given the fact that the perception among many in turkey is that the mainstream media is broadly under the control of the presidency and the government and to underline those concerns prime minister been a real drum on sunday met with leading journalists of of the country mainstream journalists where it is reported he issued a fifteen point plan on how to cover the are for an operation the message is that they want to control this message they want to prevent any possibility of dissent or protests as this operation continues to drag on and on top of that also we've heard reports of dozens of other people in istanbul a

congress controversial operation against syrian kurds we'll get the latest from our correspondent in turkey. balance today the country center left social democrat party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader martin schultz is in its favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his own party a no vote could lead to a minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow at the s.p.d. congress and vaughan thomas thanks for joining us the congress is now underway and martin short is just spoken to the delegates why did he promised members to win them around. martin shows specifically mentioned two areas in his speech which finished a few minutes ago here in bonn one he stressed what the party had achieved in the exploratory talks with the conservatives on social justice issues and also on his european policy which is something particularly important for him the second argument that he stressed is that those exp

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

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

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

turkey lying at the foot of the caucasus mountains this already volatile republic has of late become a focus our recruiting ground for so-called islamic state. draws name is not only the geographical chantelle but also the heart of touch. after a debilitating what in the ninety's it was rebuilt with the. money from moscow. nowadays the city seems peaceful but appearances can be deceiving. chechnya has become a hotspot of religious fanaticism since searching for new recruits here. we do high unemployment social discontent and soured hopes to drive many in the region towards one of the most perverse forms of islam and into the hands of the jihadists but the. jihadists are sowing on fertile ground in chechnya despite a near total state surveillance and to despite the two leader. demonstrations of allegiance towards putin and the kremlin rule in the last few years whole families left for iraq and syria they will be coming back now with that victory of isis has been declared a key step in containing militants returning home would be to prevent young people from joining the terrorist organ

the shattered turn of yield is evidence of the force that turkey has brought to be enough turkey's government is determined to press on with operation all of branch which to them has been a success so far it appears. the operation will continue until the threat is removed. reject a little 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 on. 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 killis 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 soon find themselves caught between kurds and turks each ally determined to banish the other from the region at all costs not only in the middle of memory or through meantime donald trump has arrived

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. 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 an app for a move 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. ok time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the wilds thai police have arrested a suspected kingpin asians in the trade in detention species its name has been shy back he allegedly ran a launch trafficking network that smuggled parts to chinese and vietnamese tailless he was arrested on friday in connection with the smuggling of fourteen rhino horns wealth and one million u.s. dollars. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima

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

about half a year ago of turkey and turkey always indicated that it we lot. the kurdish forces to pose a threat to turkey so i think the fact that the united states and now these special forces was a trigger but they didn't really change the situation that is determined that the kurdish forces or little the northern syrian border will not be left with it's amazing that the u.s. has in the past week managed to completely betray both its rival allies in this in this conflict first 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 make make an issue of it immediately drop the kurds altogether and say well we're nothing to do with them and basically give turkey a free hand to slaughter them turkey's military action against the kurds in syria triggered protests across europe people took to the streets in a number of capitals to denounce the shelling and demand at the escalation of the crisis we're closely following the story and we'll of course be bringing you a

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

reporting to turkey syria border. gypsum president. has announced he will run for a second time the elections are set to take place in march so you see various to power in two thousand ousting his predecessor mohamed morsy and a military coup. reports. the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president thomas but data sisi has made it official anesthetic a lot about info to collect you might have been today as a to members of the sysop moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way that way i think of the elections as one source of going to get him a seal or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square