sarah: with me in the studio now is the chief negotiator for syria's opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks. thanks for being with us. i understand you are not supposed to speak on afrin, only here to talk about negotiation. maybe i can ask you this -- are you worried that american support for the kurds will lead to the partition of syria? >> exactly. good evening. one of the most important things in the future of syria is the unity of the syrian people and territory. we know well that this militia, byd, has their own projects. they are not opposition and they are not also regime. they have their own project. they want to establish federalism system that is married to the division of syria. any support for any militia which has ideologically project makes us afraid that this might be leading to a kind of division in the future. sarah: do you support turkey's actions? >> i know that the problem is pyd. pyd has a lot of problems with syria relations against syrians. we saw them when they entered r aqqa city. now in the schools they forced their ideology even on the student and the

in studio now is nasir al hariri he is the chief negotiator for syria's opposition at the upcoming geneva peace talks mr hariri thanks for being with us i understand you're not supposed to speak on after being you're only here to talk about negotiation maybe i can ask you this are you worried that american support for the kurds is going to lead to the partition of syria exactly. one of the most important and. the fuel for syria is the unity of the. two which will be and you know will smith. has their own projects. opposition they are they are not also. regime they have their own project they want to establish for the rule is a system that's may lead to the division of syria so now any support for any militia who has a geological road project yana makes us afraid that this might be lead to a kind of division in the future do you support turkey's actions. now i know that the problem is people id your id has a lot of problems with syrians a lot of violations against civilians we saw them when they entered iraq a city when they raised a huge picture of our beloved learn now in their schools t

eight previous rounds of occurred in geneva, few expect a breakthrough this time, but the u.n. envoy remains optimistic here at outside the u.n., kurds protesting against another ongoing conflict in the region. 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 u.s. forces are stationed. ankara in washington are increasingly at all its. there's a serious trust issue between the allies. >> i stated the reasons why we cannot trust the u.s.. they have supplied the kurdish e.g. with weapons. president trump said in a phone call that they would stop equipping them, however, no actions have been taken. i stated that we needed concrete actions to reestablish the trust necessary for negotiations. >> with ankara seemingly disregarding the u.s. concerns, washington saying they would

migrants those refugees here in germany hue of a lesser protection who do not have protection under the geneva conventions which means they don't are not entitled automatically to bring close family members legally to germany well that was that right was suspended for them at that runs out early this year and the serious you expects the social democrats to go along with that earlier compromise and extend that and speedy leader has been quite clear that he certainly doesn't see that on the cards so this definitely isn't helping in finding the kind of let's say harmony that would be needed to at least find a common level there but then again of course this is a lot of public statements we've seen a lot of public drama over that very issue of formulating a coalition and the more interesting bit is really what is going on behind closed doors come sunday. thank you. guys over northwest may have been filled with hot air balloons back got to be bad across the whole weekend of the small town of mondavi is hosting the international balloon meeting of the it's a thirty edition b. event welcoming pilots

the irony is though that the body the all the traits fair trade is the world trade organization in geneva which the united states president has also said that the u.s. wants out of he also made head nod again to china referring to intellectual property theft which he said washington would no longer tolerate now in a major trade deals as you know better than anybody else taking years of painstaking negotiations through the business leaders gathered in davos believe that he will actually read buddies deals or are they just moving on now without the u.s. . but of course a year ago we saw president rip up t.p. pay on the sidelines of the world economic forum we have heard from white house officials that he may be looking to renegotiate t.p. pay now he says to make it a better deal reading between the lines of course that means a better deal for the united states the same can be said for nafta the same indeed can be said for the paris climate agreement as well although that's not a trade deal essentially though he said in that speech that he's looking for bilateral trade deals not multilateral

imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. more than 170,000 people are expected to visit this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. the tech companies' latest developments include driverless taxis and new advances in artificial intelligence, including some uncannily human robots. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is there. a powerful and largely invisible technology is on the march. it's learning how to drive. it can recognise individualfaces, and it knows an awful lot about our personal preferences. that technology is artificial intelligence and, in las vegas this week, tech firms are showing off how hey, sophia, can we shake hands? in a las vegas university lab, i'm meeting sophia, a humanoid robot. how sophisticated do you think you are as a robot? i want people to perceive me as the robot i am. however, i wouldn't want to trick people into thinking i'm a human. i just want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways, which includes looking like one. sophia, who's had advance notice of my q

syrian government and opposition of the two days of talks in vienna come after eight previous rounds in geneva even though a breakthrough seems as far away as ever u.n. special envoy for syria stuff on demist euro remains optimistic meanwhile in the north of the war torn country another conflict is raging turkey's offensive targeting kurdish militia in the region of free most the turks appear to approve of their government's new war but speaking out against that military campaign it carries risks of a correspondent in stamboul filed this report on how operation all of branch is being perceived back home for. more on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting there e petrino take howard lee critical the majority of to people it seems support operation on a french in this tea house at least no one thinks the offensive is a mistake to do that the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we won't let them shove them of unused just got us is all we have fighting against isis and other terrorist groups th

migrants, the refugees here in germany who have less protection, who do not have protection under the geneva conventions, which means they are not entitled automatically to bring close family members legally to germany -- that right was suspended for them. that runs out early this year. the csu expects the social democrats to go along with the earlier compromise and extend that. spd leader martin schulz has been quite clear that he does not see that on the cards. this is not helping in finding the kind of, let's say, harmony that would be needed to at least find a common level. what then again, of course, this is a lot of public statements. we have seen a lot of public drama over that very issue of formulating a coalition. the more interesting bit is what is going on behind closed doors, come sunday. anchor: as well as this new book, president trump has been vocal about shrinking the country's trade deficit, but it does not look like it is going to happen anytime soon. analyst: it is a gap that is increasingly widening. despite donald trump's america first policies, the u.s. is buying even m

sales of luxury watches also began to rebound last year and at the annual fine watchmaking show in geneva manufacturers say sales are on the up tick tick tick. when it comes to watches there are still fans of analog design and many are prepared to reach deep into their wallets for it some of the most prestigious brands are currently featured at the geneva watchmaking show. customers come from all over the world. because you know watchmaking is doing well overall the indicators are all good europe is strong china is coming back and so are the tourists the us is quite promising for distribution channels were a bit overloaded like that's now in secure shelters so we're in for a great year in twenty eight. even easytrieve sure i mean. prices for luxury watches can top one hundred thousand euro. still demand is rising. for swiss manufacture of mom piggy global sales rose twelve percent last year and could reach the one billion dollar mark this year the second hand market is also robust. it's a next big thing in the watch in this route. to secondhand sales we should look to the car industry whe

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. hawaii's emergency management agency has been forced to send out a tweet reassuring citizens there is no missile threat to hawaii. it comes after residents allegedly received emergency alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile. it was later revealed to be a false alarm. david willis is in washington. this mu

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. dentists have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle tooth decay in england. new figures indicate there were nearly 43,000 operations to remove children's teeth last year — a i7% increase on four years ago. the british dental association says england now provides a second—class service compared

from the united nation, in geneva, came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i am sorry but there is no other word one can use but racist. you can not dismiss entire countries and continents as "shitholes". across africa there has been a furious response. the botswana government called donald trump's comments "reprehensible and racist". it may be just words, maybe in another part of the world, but on this continent, that word is an insult. chant: build the wall, build the wall. "build the wall" was the cry of voters who loved donald trump's hardline stance on immigration during the election. we are going to build the wall, folks, don't worry about it. and he was said to be doing a victory lap at the white house last night, believing this row will rev up his base. donald trump launched his campaign for the white house with an attack on mexican immigrants and rose to political prominence by claiming, falsely, that barack obama was not an american. this latest racial controversy wil

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. meanwhile, a speech this morning by the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has been disrupted by protesters shouting support for brexit and president trump. mr khan's address to the fabian society in london was suspended for several minutes while the demonstrators were taken out of the building by police. yesterday, mr

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. despite the furore over the president's comments, the political analyst eric ham says mr trump's words will resonate with his republican base. we know how the president feels about courting his base and making sure they stay in the fold. in fact coulter, a very conservative provocateur has said upon hearing these comments that she feels validated and

government and the opposition of the two days of talks in vienna come after eight previous rounds in geneva a few expect a breakthrough this time but the host u.n. special envoy for syria stuff and mistura remains optimistic outside the u when current protested against another ongoing conflict in the region the turkish military operation in the syrian region of a three at the turkish offensive is turning into a diplomatic dispute between nato allies turkey and the united states u.s. president trump has urged turkish president ever to one to limit the advance or risk confronting american forces on the ground. thank you operation all the french continues on its path he supports the turkish allies rebel fighters and it's to city of about one hour strike from a friend soon they could reach men bitch and now the kurdish held enclave where some u.s. forces are stationed. ankara and washington are increasingly at or it's the military operation has turned into a serious trust issues between the nato allies. and then i've stated the reason why we cannot trust the u.s. they have supplied the kurdish

unfortunately, over the last 2—macro three years in syria, hospitals have been a target under the geneva convention, hospitals, and medics, are supposed to be protected, but they have almost been used as a key target, and it really does break the will of the people when you see the hospitals destroyed. ghouta has the last conclave that the syrians and the russians have not defeated, and it appears that they are having a final push. we are all hopeful that these talks will start again. i think a lot of us very closely involved had been devastated by the silence of ireland politicians and western politicians are really calling on president trump, who we just heard, prime minister may, president macron, and others to get behind a ceasefire. we feel if a season that can be imposed, this humanitarian aid that is stacked up on the borders of syria can get in and said those people, and the un peace process will develop to allow free and fair elections in some time. but at the moment, things are absolutely desperate. we have been in direct contact with the russians, with president putin and in d

government and the opposition while the two days of talks of vienna come after eight previous rounds in geneva do you expect a breakthrough this time around but host u.n. special envoy for syria stuff on the mr remains optimistic outside the u.n. the kurds protested against another ongoing conflict in the region but turkish military operation in syria of a free fall the turkish offensive is turning into a diplomatic dispute between nato allies turkey and the united states u.s. president donald trump has urged turkish president to want to limit the advance or risk or fronting american forces on the ground. operation although if branch continues together with our life even wrapping fight is turkey is pushing on with this massive offensive in north and syria to drive felt what they call kurdish terrorists they have entered to city of thoughts about when i was driving from a free in turkey is a family to advance to what's meant bench and other kurdish held enclaves where some u.s. forces are stationed ankara and washington increasingly at both the turkey doesn't seem to be to go right about drawin

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. the president left without responding. peter bowes, bbc news. iran has said the us has crossed a "red line" by imposing sanctions on the head of itsjudiciary and has vowed to retaliate. ayatollah sadeq amoli—larijani is among 1a individuals and bodies targeted. and bodies targeted. and the pressure over thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme? thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme ?|j thejudiciary, and the pressure over iran's nuclear programme? i don't think they are that much linked, and these new sanctions are a consequence of the recent protests we have seen in iran. and the fact that the white house wanted to show a reaction. donald trump and the white house were very vocal, trying to offer support t

our correspondent is in geneva where she says this feels like quite a moment. yes, it did. in fact it took place here in this room at the international olympic committee, thomas bach called it a milestone, he reminded us who were listening, that he too was from a divided country, he is from germany, which has only been reunited in the last two decades or so, so i think he personally took it as a real achievement that the two koreas will march under the same flag, they will field one unified team, ice hockey, and 22 north korean athletes despite they missed the deadline to register, they will now be allowed to ta ke register, they will now be allowed to take part in the olympics next month. church bells and music venues in england are to be offered extra protection against attempts to silence them by people living in newly built housing nearby. the government is changing planning—guidance so that long—standing, but noisy, community facilities won't have to make expensive changes because of complaints from new neighbours. instead, housing developers will be responsible fo

reach deep into their wallets for it some of the most prestigious brands are currently featured at the geneva watchmaking show. customers come from all the coming back and so are the tourists the us is quite promising career distribution channels were a bit overloaded like that's now easy to show just so we're in for a great year in twenty eight. degrees which i'm sure i mean. prices for luxury watches can top one hundred thousand a year and. still demand is rising. for swiss manufacturer of my piggy global sales rose twelve percent last year and could reach the one billion dollar mark this year the second hand market is also we're past. it so next big thing in the watch in this room. to secondhand sales we should look to the car industry where other brands also sell the. own second hand car until recently trade in second hand watches was handled by others everyone is involved except for the brands themselves which i believe is commercial nonsense so you know. that new watches are still the mainstay and with consumer demand taking over nicely luxury is still the watchword . i'll have for fift

three years in syriac, hospitals have been a target under the giroud can then —— under the cheever geneva convention, hospitals are not supposed to be a target. ghouta is it last big on clear that the syrians and russians have not defeated, and it appears that they are having a final push. we are all hopeful that peace talks will start again. i think a lot of us very closely involved have been devastated by the silence of on politicians and western politicians and already calling on president trump, who we just and already calling on president trump, who wejust had, president macron and others to get behind a ceasefire. we feel if a ceasefire can be encouraged, this humanitarian aid for these people can get in and save them. and the un peace process will develop to allow free and fair elections for some time. but at the moment, things are absolutely desperate. we have been in direct contact with the russians, with president putin and with president assad, and they have in the past and load ceasefires, and i think what we really need that is a countrywide ceasefire. otherwise, we are going

refugees who enjoy lesser protection than the geneva conventions now we don't want to go into too much legal detail here but they don't automatically have the right to bring their close family and that has been a bone of contention for a very long time here in germany there this see is you says it expects the social democrats who are more left leaning to continue with what they've done before which is to actually hold those families from doing migrants here in germany now that is quite a steep expectation with the social democrats finding it very hard to read to a continuation of a grand coalition in the first place michela c.s.u. then apparently taking a more hard line position when it comes to migration and that brings me to tomorrow's guest of honor the young varian prime minister viktor orban that's a very interesting choice he's been a very outspoken critic of america. yes he has actually so has the c.s.u. in the past but only then when it comes down to election day that's when they suddenly close ranks again now victor coming here can be seen as a provocation this is you here poi

government and the opposition well the two days of talks in vienna come after any previous rounds in geneva even though it wakes or seems as far as ever un special envoy for syria stefan the mystery remains optimistic meanwhile in the north korea of this a war torn country another conflict is raging on turkey's offensive targeting kurdish militia in the region of a friend almost turks appear to approve of their government's new war correspondent in a stumbles filed this report on how operation all of branch is being perceived back home. the war on every channel the military operation in syria as the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting they repaired trio tick how critical the majority of turkish people it seems support operation all of branch in this tea house at least no one things the offensive is a mistake would be that the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we won't bottom. desertion we are fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who don't want to help us should at least not stand in our way angel almost. you know our

nations must speak, we will be back line for an emergency session in new york and that the council in geneva. we must not become silent. the people act one crying out for freedom. freedom loving people must stand for the cause. the international criminal tea m cause. the international criminal team made the mistake of failing to do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i am joined do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i amjoined by do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. i am joined by a journalist from the guardian. talking about the situation in 2009 there. the suggestion 0bama's administration stood by. didn't do anything. trump has been forthright. condemning what has been going on in iran. any sense, do you believe, the donald trump administration has strategy to back that up?” donald trump administration has strategy to back that up? i do not think so. playing into the domestic audience in the us, and frankly i do not think the words will be listened to by protesters in tehran and other cities. months ago, the president of the native states