he recites turkish poems, accompanied by a saz. the kocaturks are now part of the turkish expat community in berlin. here they will find help and support. yet despite all optimism, they are all united in their longing for home, and worry for those left behind. ♪ anchor: the kocaturk family has now found their own home and even received their first engagements. are you looking forward to the new year and all the surprises it has in store? or would you rather know exaxacy what to expect? in the carpathians of ukraine, many people believe in the supernatural powers of soothsayers and folk healers, of whom they call molfars. the tradition is deeply rooted in the region. they heal, predict the future, and are even consulted on political matters. our reporter met one of them, magdalena, and felt surprisingly enchanted. reporter: the landscape around the settlement of verkhovyna in the carpathians is remote and magical. so it's perhaps understandable that the regegion is associaid with magic.. this is magdalena mochiovski. she is a molf

. >> turkish forces firing on other towns along the syrian turkish border. officials say the aim is to diaper attention from the main campaign. their advance on the enclave is the fourth day of a push by forces and syrian rebel allies to clear the northwestern border of ypg fighters. ankara considers them to be allied with insnsurgents who, ,r decadedes, have foughtht againse turkish state e within its o own borders. turkey wants to prevent kurds from gaining their own independent territory. ankara promises and unrelenting campaign. >> all terrorist elements will be cleansed from the region. our brothers who came to the country from syria to save their lives will be able to return and continue their lives. regardless of price, we will tear down the terror corridor that they are trying to establish in the region. >> amid the attacks, russia has pulled back ground troops from the region. washington back to the ypg militia during the war against the islamic state, but is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to "exercise restraint in its mili

brent: and we know the turkish forces are coming across the border. there is a russian component to this, and also a u.s. component. the u.s.s. has backed kurdish forceses in the pasast. they consider the militia to be the best ground troops in the battle against the islamic state in syria. now america appears to be doing little to stop turkey's offensive. do the kurdish fighters deal the u.s. has abandoned them? vladimirir: the f fighters arart happy with the statements, because it seems that turks are being allowed to attack. a call between donald trump and president erdogan had trump calling on turkey not to escalate and to show restraint because civilians could be hit byby these aacacks. in generalal, the kurds want president trump to call turkey to immediately stop is a tax. -- to stop those attacks. brent: the turkish president has announced his country's military will expand this offensive and move even closer to u.s. forces stationed in syria, so vladimir, are we going to see a confrontation between two o nato allies? vladimir: well actually,

reports as without borders planned on protesting in front of the turkish embassy. over prevented from death and that by police many of them were angry off the ratchet tied at on told an onion michael but he was misinformed about imprisoned journalists. out on the ice. when you say it's that's iran or not for the french present. is not informed about the situation of thirty students. when he say's that's turkish journalist all terrorists or spies on that's why there are you jae millz. very jailed just because they deserve jobs. the office of the portraits known as see this all sounds set that will blow he wasn't the journalist it was important to support freedom of the press. yeah i noticed in the painting stencils which american propaganda to graduate a messages. first and foremost on the passenger side and my talents of people's freedom especially the freedom of the press. the rights to express yourself and that rights the right to hold your opinions about it. after being. over fifty thousand people have been jail since the ball screwed it died july twenty sixteen

they say they may bring in reinforcements to meet the turkish advance. attack whiched the will be a quagmire from which it will only exit after suffering great losses. >>sdf and ypg arere supported by the u.s. having played a major role in dislodging the islamic state group amid syrian strongholds. they struck -- shelter some 800,000 civilians, some are atta by earlierer fighting in the syrian civil war. france, russia, and the u.s. have called on turkey to act with restraint to avoid civilian casualties. has announced new sanctions on 25 people and companies over their links to syria's chemical weapons program. it comes as 30 international diplomats including the u.s. secretary of state are meeting in paris to push for action against perpetrators of deadly chemical attacks. the french initiative after russia repeated vetoes entered -- ended an international inquiry as to who is to blame for using toxic gas against civilians in syria. fight for their brereath, dozensns of residents treatment after the syrian government forces bombarded a rebel held encla

the turkish military operation. the turkish offensive is turning into a dispute between nato allies turkey and the united states. u.s. president trump has urged resident erdogan to limit the advance or risk confronting american forces on the ground. >> operation olive branch continues on its path eastwards. soon, they could reach -- and the enclave where some e u.s. forces are stationed. ankara in washingtgton are increaeasingly at alll i. there's a serious trust issue between the e allies. >> i stated the reasons why we cannot trust the u.s.. ththey have supplied the kurdish e.e.g. with weapons. president trump said in a phone call that they would stopp equiuipping them, however, nono actions have been takenen. i stated that we n needed concre actions to reestablish the trust necessary for negogotiations. >> with ankara seemingly disregarding the u.s. concerns, washington sayaying they would prefer turkishsh troops to leave the area. >> i think erdogan will make a decision to deescalate in that region. i think he'l

the former deputy ceo of turkish -- laundering billions of dollars. >> the former ceo of turkish bank faces several years in prison. he was found guilty of helping iranian's circumvent sanctions in oils deals worth billions. the ruling wass based on the testimony of a witness. allegedly turkish president signed off on the illegal businessss. no subprime, the turkish government has criticized the ruling saying in no uncertain terms it is clinically motivated. it is a scandalous process. there is no other way of seeing it. it is clear that the case was only there to get mixed up in turkey's internal affairs. it could have far-reaching consequences. other banks are suspected of doing business with iran's oil sector fighting cells cut off from the u.s. financial markets, something that would hurt any major bank. >> oil prices are trading at a three-year high. oil supplplcould be limited by unrest in the e countr it's not currently under threat, but there is added uncertainty to the market. opec suspends production caps in an effort to lighten the market. let's take a look at what will be

turkish forces have started firing on targets across the border with syria. the country's defense minister says an operation against the kurdish-controlled enclave has begun. the move comes just days after turkish president recep tayyip erdogan one says he would stand out what he calls nests of terror on the border. a military intervention puts turkey at odds with the united states, which has backed the kurdish militias in ththeir figt agaiainst the soso-called islamc state. reporter: not even the rain could dampen their spirits. thousands of kurds demonstrated against a possible invasion of turkish troops. president erdogan's and oscar that he wants to drive kurdish militias out of the syrian enclave brought them onto the streets. >> the world needs to hear us and end these threats from turkey. erdogan wants to intimidate us. but we will kill any attacker who sets foot. reporter: 20 kilometers further north, turkish tanks roll on unperturbed towards the border region. security there is high. media reports say there have been exchanges of gunfire, but no one

of acting against turkish interests. president erdogan: the usa technologies to has established an army of terror along our country's border. it is up to us to drown this army of terror before it is born. halida: the syrian government and its key ally, russia, denounced coalition plans. at a news conference in moscow, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov warned the move could lead to syria's partition. lavrov: even if we take into consideration that i.s. has not been completely destroyed, as the americans say, because some groups still remain, current u.s. actions show they do not want to maintain syria's territorial integrity. halida: despite being on opposing sides, russia and turkey have recently supported each other in a did to bring peace to syria. it is unclear how turkey's threats might affect that cooperation in the future. brent: strong language there. for more, we go to correspondent dorian jones. good evening to you, dorian. we have erdogan threatening to use military force against the u.s.-backed order forc

the head of the sewing shop is turkish. he allowed us to film here, but we had to promise him that he wouldn't be in the report. child labor is illegal in turkey. he knows that but, as he says, without work, families would be even worse off. we meet ekrem imamoglu, a district mayor of istanbul. he admits that child labor is a massive problem in turkey. >> our options are limited. are e we trying to get the childrdren into our schools? give them books, pencilsls, satchels? of course e we're trying to. but we don't always reach them all. often more help is needed than we c can give. >> after work, aras takes us to her family. she has two sisters. her mother hasn't gone back to work since becoming pregnant. her father does have a job, but even combined with aras's income, the e family can hardy make ends meet. they don't receive any financial support from t the state. >> i was the only one to work in syria and my salary was enough for all of us, even for my parents. but here it's different. the rent, the costs for the kids. i

french president emmanuel macron is hosting his turkish counterpart, recep tayyip erdogan, today. they will discuss on corrupt's relationship with brussels, the humanion in syria, and rights violations and a media crackdown in turkey following the failed coup d'etat in 2016. i will continue to press turkey on the issue of the jailed journalists who were prevented from doing their jobs. i will raise this issue with respect for defending our values and interests. just as journalists are expected various's stories, leaders are expected to discuss issues they may not agree with. molly: for more, we will go to our correspondent standing by for us now at the presidential palace. walk us through why are we seeing this meeting now and why, here in paris? reporter: president recep tayyip erdogan should be here any minute. behind me, you see the toublicanan g guard is in place welcome him. the president is on a mission. he wants to improve relations with the european union. today, turkey has become increasingly isolated and as the turkish president said, he wants to reduce the number of tur

turkish president recep tape erdogan said his forces would not back down. campaign was backed by moscow. all in. i offering will be settled. also indicted out. i would be step back from friend. is a little. rules we discussed this with our russian friends. lubbock items but we have agreements yet what is going to city to comb through. the russian foreigngn minisy boys concern encouraged her he to show restraint pulling its own troops from the region. meanwhile the us position is increasingly ambiguous. washington is one of the mamain backers of the syrirn democratic forces and the white bg. working directly targeted by ankara. us defense secretary jim mattis said washington was given advance notice from jersey before saturday's are strikes hours. he called her he entrusted nato ally with quote legitimate security concerns. turkey said the ypg militia as part of the pkk. a pro independence kurdish movement which it considers a terrorist organization. well here is your castle has been discussing the situation off the fronts requested a meeting of more that we

to the turkish defense minister the turkish military started offensive in the african region in northwest syria on friday. targeting syrian kurdish fighters. anand thahait woud be hard accounts and everybody has some of his it out again. we have lived of course t this kind of operation is an important one it's a cross border operation and as it's being mounted we need to do whatever it takes to a certain extent. to minimize possible losses. getting and now us only unless you anchor at claims the kurdish people's protection units or ypg militia. is an extension of kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy in turkey. the ypg militia controls strategic northern syrian towns including man beach and african. over the past few days thirty has deployed tanks and troops to the syrian border. and tension mounted on thursday when turkey's foreign minister went to moscow to see question approval for the planned operation. this comes just one day after the u. s. against isle militants in the region. tensions between the us and turkey increase from washington announced plans to create a border r securiy fo

michalski: mostly turkish. and he was not the only one who was bullied. kurdish, black, gay students and girls were also badly abused. and the school did nothing. case, because he was jewish it was even worse. melinda: your opening statement see this asu do not an isolated phenomenon and yet the governments anti-semitism report comes to the conclusion that in comparison with any other time before world war ii or thereafter, open anti-semitism has rarely been less tolerated by the broad majority of society than today. how do you reconcile that statement with what your child experienced? mr. michalski: firstly, we germans have learned how to answer questions about anti-semitism. would say -- i am anti-semitic or i hate shoes. people have -- or i hate jews. people have learned how to answer the questions so they do not appear anti-semitic. but they are. the fact that the management of the school, the headmaster did nothing to protect my son, even after we asked him again and again shows a pretty big resentment against jews because otherwise, this person woul

as the turkish army bottles kurdish fighters in syria president president precious time one threatens to take the fight. all the way iraqi. america first doesn't mean america alone as the message president trump takes the double story addressed the world economic forum idea today. some of the ways is whether on record as a. level of the river. rising to between four and five meters higher . leaving the turkish president russia top other one said today that his army will push all the way through northern syria as far as the iraqi border. this is it continues in operation to crack down on kurdish fighters in the are. turkish offensive in the northwest and syrian region of africa has opened up a new front in the syrian conflict. and it's straining ties between ankara a nato ally washington. as because the us forces all allied to the kurds and his on them as well together they force against the islamic state group but turkey. considers the white bg that's one faction of the kurdish militia groups to be a terrorist organization. is well attackers president had to say about operation in nor

turkish forces are targeting kurdish white bg fight is because they are affiliated with the pkk agree on her abilities to be a terrorist organization. but the white bg dominates the us five syrian democratic forces. have played a crucial part in helping the us and international commission which includes s fronts in e uk t to fight islamic s stae group in syria. the cuts have already c cld in washington to support them in the face of the turkish attack bbc east west tacky s also pledged to drive out kurdish fighters. what small the syrian democratic forces have also said they considering sending reinforcements to africa? which could potentially further raised tensions between washington and ankara. the as vice president mike pence has wrapped up a trip to israel with a visit to the western wall in jerusalem the holiest site in judaism. and a speech to the israeli parliament connected yesterday pens page to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of next year. that was worry welcome to israelis was greeted with dismay by palestinians you see he's in jerusalem as the ca

fighting on the turkey-syria border intensified today as turkish troops and their allies advanced on the kurdish enclave of afrid inside syria. the offensive is aimed at neutralizing a u.s.-backed kurdish militia that turkey cocontent -- considers to be a terror organization. the town is said to be surrounded, but the kurds say they have repelled turkish troops from two o villages seizd on sunday. pope francis h has apologized fr insisting that victims of pedophile prieiests shall proveo be believed, butut continued to defend chilean bishop accused of covering up the most notorious pedophile priest. francis repeated that anyone who makes such accusations without providing evidence is guilty of slander. germany's social democrats are promising some tough negotiations with angela merkel's conservatives on forming a new government. the spd voted by a slim margin to join formal coalition talks on sunday. the party says that it is not satisfied with a luminarias agreement reached more than week ago, and is calling for a renegotiation of some key issues. spd leader martin schulz had this t

turkish government officials and foreign investors on a bracing themselves of units of steps by u. s. regulates as. which could include fines as high as several billion dollars. at least eighteen people have been killed and two hundred and sixty injured after a passenger train slammed into a truck in rural south africa. officials say the truck driver was taking chances allegedly tried to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming train. germs on re teach how to spend it. elizabeth's with a four hundred people on board most of them were sending home office holidays. so the only person who is her name and she's the latest nigerian schoolgirls be rescued after she was seized along with dozens of others by boko harm islamists frorom a boardinig school ninety four years ag. kidnapping solved global outrage and drew attention to the thousands of nigerians have been taken by both arms surgeons eighty of the cycle cheap off school girls. free dossier following talks with governments but more than a hundred remain in captivity. in some thirty years it is snowing in parts of florida with re

it is mountainous, which makes it hard to pick up positions in e face of f ypg sniper we need the turkish artillery so that we can advance. >> after days of fighting, turkey and the f fsa say they he captured from the ypg. the battle is shifting on the front lines. the road remains long. >> this is a sign of how turkey's campaign has left syria and farther away. kurdish leaders say they would won't attend peace talks. attend peace talks. they are being led by moscow as well as turkey. the opposition group says it will not be attending. as the talks get underway, activist say 11 people have been killed in government airstrikes. the bombs hit a vegetable market . they also reportedly struck a out ofl, putting it service. it is one of the few opposition controlled areas in syria. they are waging a campaign against rebel groups. >> today is the deadline for candidates in egypt to put themselves for elections in march. five figures have called for the vote to be boycotted after several candidates withdrew, except for the incumbent president hihimself. politiciansng, the said thehey would run.

it launched several rockets that landed on turkish cities. we have more. troops were joined by free syrian army fighters as they continued therefore should -- push -- the push against ypg fighters. the offensive began sunday morning with a persian's north -- with east of afrin incursions into the northwest and east of afrin. a series of ground strikes cleared the way for troops to make their way over ththe border on saturday. ypg fighters responded by firing rockets into turkey. in a northern syrian town, hundreds took to the streets to protest as what they see as illegitimate aggression by ankara. the turks used rubber bullets to disperse protesters. this is a national struggle. we will crush anyone who opposes our struggle. turkey says s the ypg militia is part of a pro-independence kurdish momovement, whicich is considered a terrorist organization. the ypg is also a ally of the international coalition fighting the islamic state group in syria, leading countries to voice concerns over turkey's aggression. france condemned the attack and called for a secu

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

a turkish court handed him an 18 month sentence for spreading terrorist propaganda in support of the pkk party. time for business news. france's president trying to dru m up business in china. correspondent: emmanuel macron spoke favorably about china's gigantic $1 trillion infrastructure initiative. it is a revival of new shipping, road and railway investments. correspondent: emmanuel macron's first visit to china began in a city with symbolic meaning. it was the start of the historic silk road that connected china and europe. beijing has been trying to connect t that road foror yearst the response hasas been cold and will now. macron said it is time to get behind the initiative. >> the n new initiative can brig us into alliance with france and europe if we work together. correspondent: the plan will see nenew road l links and shippppig links througughout asi itit has raised worries of chine expansionism and country living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia raised fears of what beijing was buying was influence. the french president sa

in germany, more than 10,000 people took to the streets of cologne on saturday to protest the turkish military bombing and ground offensive against the kurdish of afrin in northwestern syria. protesters also rallied in paris over the weekend to denounce the turkish military offensive in afrin. the syrian observatory for human rights says the offensive has killed at least 51 civilians, including five children from the same family. in new jersey, immigration and customs enforcement agents, known as ice, have detained two fathers as they were dropping their children off at school. on thursday, roby sanger was detained by ice after dropping his two daughters off at school, while gunawan liem was detained after he dropped his daughter off at the school bus stop. a third man, harry pangemanan, has taken sanctuary at the reformed church of highland park in new jersey after he says he saw undercover ice agents waiting outside his home as he was preparing to drive his daughter to school. all three immigrants are originally from indonesia. meanwhile, a number of immigrant rights activists will

the turkish president says he is ready to use full force to crush the ypg kurdish melissa -- militia in northern syria. notn the same way we do allow suppers terror groups to operate within our borders, we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of our border, too.o. sees the ypg as an extension of the pkk, which is been in t the southeast o of tuy since the mid-d-1980's. the ypg has been a key ally in the u.s.-led coalition and the fight against the islamic state group. they controlled large swathes of territory in northern syria, including the city of raqqa. borders a 30,000 strong force that will be trained by the u.s. and allies, a measure criticized by turkey. >> we expect the u.s. and its allies to support turkey in its legitimate efforts to defeat terrorism. hopeg the operation, i that these powers will not appear on the same side as terrorist organizations. >> it is unclear whether erdogan will go through with his threat. in september after iraqi kurds voted for independence, he threatened to close the iraqi-kurdish border but never did. it was reported on sunday th

a turkish court has ordered the release of two journalists from detention. they were jailed along with thousands of others in the wake of a failed coup attempt in 2016. stilill to comome, digging out survivors. more than a dozen people are still missing in southern california after deadly mudslides tour a path of destruction through towns already hit by wildfires. british prime minister theresa may theresa may'y's office says the coununtry will not hold a secocond referenendum on brexit. this after promiminent brexit supporter, nigel farage, said the second referendum might be a good idea. many politicians are called for a second poll saying the consequences of the decision were not clear for voters at the time. farage says a second vote would end the debate. earlier we talked to our london correspondent and asked her why farage is posing a a second referendum. is i it a stunt? >> i thihink it is a bit of a stunt. not many would dare to call for a second r referendum, because th havave lot to lose. they won the first referendum and not many remain to dare to

the turkish president holds talks there in prague paris with president michael sata signing number business deal the two men discussed a whole host of issues including human rights. and press freedoms. the author of it in century book about the from presidency stands by his version of events. contradicting claims by the president of the two men. i was says she cream called rules of the catalan separatists the the oreo. must remain in prison right is a response more than two months

the united nations says the turkish offensive has killed at least 24 civilians and displaced more than 5000 people since the ---- it began on saturday.. the tuturkish offefensive againt afrin has spsparked protests in cities across the world. this is protesester abdul darwi, who is originally from afrin, speaking at a protest inin athe. >> right now there is chaos. airstrikes everywhere. he does not air children or schools. he strikes everywhere. amy: meanwhile, in more news on syria, the united states has accused the syrian government of carrying out a chemical weapons attack during its ongoing offensive against the rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta outside the capital damascus. this is secretary of state rex tillerson. >> only yesterday, more thanan 0 civilians, most of them children, were victims of an apparent chlorine gas attack. the recent attacks in east ghouta is attacks that sure al-assad's regime maybe continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people. amy: t the syrian govevernment s denied using chemicacal weaponsn the ongoing g conflict. in afghanistan, isis

on monday, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan slammed the united states for the proposal and accused the syrian kurds of being terrorists. in iraq, at least 27 people were killeded in a double suicide bombing in the center of the capital baghdad during rush-hour on monday morning. the majority of the attack's victims were street vendors and day laborers who had gathered in the market looking for work. no group has claimed responsibility so far. monday's bombing was the first major attack in baghdad since the iraqi government declared victory overer isis. in libya, at leastst 20 people werere killed amid clashes in te capital tripoli. the fighting shut down the main airport. the government says the clashes began when a militant group tried to free imprisoned members from a nearby prison. palestinian president mahmoud abbas slammed president trump and the united states in a speech sunday, saying trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem is a slap in the face. negotiationscal should be under international mediation and not solely american mediation. dould i ma

amy: activists say the turkish government has used the failed military coup and the state of emergency to enact a far-reaching crackdown against dissidents, journalists, teachers, intellectuals, human rights activists, opposition lawmakers, and kurdish communities in turkey. back in the united states, in an unexpected move, the republican-controlled federal energy regulatory commission has rejected the trump admininistration's prproposal to bolster coal-fired and nuclear power plants. trump has repeatedly promised to bolster coal production and the number of coal jobs in the united states. but his plan to do so, which was outlined last fall by energy secretary rick perry, has faced widespread opposition from not only environmentalists, but also a wide array of corporate interests, incncluding dow chchemical and koch industries. mumultiple former energy commisission chairs have alsoo criticized t the plan, saying gt would raraise electricy prpric across the northeast and midwest. in alabama, residents have raised more than $150,000 to support tina johnson, whose home was burned to the g

army is continuing its advance on idlib province, causing thousands of civilians to f flee for the turkish border in freezing winter conditions. israel has published a blacklist of 20 differenent organizations worldwide whose members are banned from entering israel over their groups' support for bds, the nonviolent boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement targeting israel over its treatment of palestinians. among the groups whose members will be banned from entering israel are jewish voice for peace, national students for justice in palestine, american friends service committee, american muslims for palestine, codepink, and the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights, as well as palestinian solidarity groups in france, italy, norway, sweden, britain, chile, and south africa. in response, the director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights, yousef munayyer, said -- "when israel, which aims to portray itself to the world as liberal and democratic, blacklists activists dedicated to nonviolent organizing and dissent, it only further exposes itself as s a fraud." meanwhile, multiple news o

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