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this daughter left home to join islamic state jihadists. four years later her mother in chechnya fears she will never return. i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. it was a packed house today when europe took center stage in the swiss alps. angela merkel spoke first in the day, but it was emmanuel macron who had the headliner slot. he told the forum that globalization has to ensure prosperity for everyone for all classes in society. emmanuel: the globalization in general is going for major prizes. organizations, states, companies, civil society should find and implement solutions. brent: angela merkel made the case for closer european ties, as well as more free trade. her warning against economic nationalism comes one day before u.s. president donald trump is due to arrive in davos. it was a chance to break political gridlock here in berlin. >> the chancellor's speech remarked her return -- marked her return to the political stage. her address focused on europe and its future. one of her key areas, the world's problems will not be solve

relations defeat of islamic state they are also considered terrorists by the turks tonight in northern syria the front line of a proxy war between and washington a test of two nato allies whose weapons now run the risk of targeting into other go off in berlin this is the day. we will handle offering. those stepping back from a friend. or two and we need to purge people are calling on you to get out of our friend you are a terrorist and we discussed this with our russian friends that we have an agreement with them. the russians threatened us with a turkish attack if we didn't hand over a free to the syrian regime. and we also discussed this plan with the other coalition forces you know this. view what's happening in a free is a war against the whole of humanity and. also coming up tonight the world economic forum is now underway and india's prime minister narendra modi today fired the first warning shot aimed at protectionist policies and perhaps a protectionist president yeah i'm going to take a hack. get restrung it is essential that the spirit of competition between the major nations

the jihad is the fighters they are we were fighting for islamic state where are they now. first and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey and the turkish government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds and north and syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey the big question is where do they go from there it's possible that they go to afghanistan it's possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the turkish government that is not willing. i guess as it should there are people people looking at the story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to seal its borders i mean why would they a well z. hard to come in well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organizations at least passively supporting it by letting al

the jihad is the fighters there who were fighting for islamic state where are they now. first and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey and the turkish government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds in northern syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey and the big question is where do they go from there it's possible that they go to afghanistan it's possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the turkish government that is not willing to fight i guess as it should in their people people looking at this story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to seal its borders i mean why would they a well the hardest to come in well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organization at least passively supporting it

state until they wanted some point. merging or if not merging at least learning to co-exist maybe a sim b.o.'s is there a positive coexistence i mean you see them fighting each other especially in eastern afghanistan which is the stronghold of the islamic state a country you see them marching because the afghan taliban a pretty much nationalistic in its outlook they're really focused on afghanistan why the i.a.s. of course with the whole idea of a caliphate has a much broader approach and much bigger international appeal they want to strike abroad as well they're not you know exclusively focusing on afghanistan as do the taliban what does all of this mean for president musharraf's go unused government and just the basic security of the country well i think is really against the wall with respect you know his eye. government is disintegrating there's a lot of infighting war mongering you know amongst his own rings he has fired the one of the most powerful governess in northern but province in december that guy govern not

state. let's bring in susanna george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad she joins us for more on the story hi suzanne a good to see you give us an idea of what the atmosphere is like in baghdad after these the twin bombings. the mood in iraq capital is very tense the people who we spoke to at the scene of this morning's attacks said that they were worried as they saw iraqi politicians preparing for elections those are rocky national elections that are slated to be out later this year they were worried that old wave of bombings when soon cond to the iraqi capital and so they're concerned that this is just the beginning and that more like this will follow suzanne of this must be an embarrassment for the government prime minister all of bodies government declaring victory over the so-called islamic state last month concretely how are they going to improve the security situation there well adi was very quick to react to the attack this morning he called a meeting with his top sec

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the jihadists the fighters there who were fighting for islamic state where are they now . first and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey and the turkish government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds in northern syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey and the big question is where do they go from there it's possible that they go to afghanistan it's possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the turkish government that is not willing to fight i guess as it should in their people people looking at the story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to see all its borders and what would be a well jihad has to come in well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organization at least passively supporting it by l

the jihad is the fighters there we were fighting for islamic state where are they now. first and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey and the turkish government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds in northern syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey the big question is where do they go from there it's possible that they go to afghanistan it's possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the turkish government that is not willing. i guess as it should there are people people looking at the story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to seal its borders i mean why would they go well the heart of the coming well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organization at least passively supporting it by letting

islamic state has recruited more young people here than anywhere else. and more and more chechen fighters are now returning home they're both respected and feared. how will this affect chechen society. circlets fear to date on d w names. pay. cut and cut. it. this is g w news live from berlin a new front line in a new war in the middle east turkey defines international criticism and pushes ahead with its offensive in syria turkish troops and syrian forces are advancing on the kurdish enclave of. the goal to destroy kurdish militia which turkey labels as terrorists and you wind says the fighting has already displaced five thousand people and left many others trapped also coming off the world economic forum gets underway in davos with a free trade clean.

allies in the fight against the so-called islamic state. we are telling the turkish army straight we are ready. what we are prepared for anything and our troops are well equipped to defend our free will be. a free not i feel as a military strike that could track the entire region into a new war. correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome doria as we heard in the report that the main target for appears to be the white. they're fighting islamic states so why is turkey starting this shelling now. well that's because turkey said for many months in fact years that the white piccies linked to a kurdish rebel group fighting an insurgency in turkey the p.k. k. a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and uncle says that this militia is sending its soldiers across the border to support the p.k. k. in military operations that the militia the knife but the fact that the syrian militia controls much of the nine hundred kilometer border with turkey turkey argues that this is a clear and present danger and it has to be dealt with. turke

well the sions defeat of islamic state they are also considered terrorists by the turks tonight in northern syria the front line of a proxy war between and washington a test of two nato allies whose weapons now run the risk of targeting each other off in berlin this is the day. we will handle a free test no stepping back from a friend. or two and we do kurdish people are calling on you to get out of our friend you are a terrorist we discussed this with our russian friends that we have an agreement with them. the russians threatened us with a turkish attack if we didn't hand over a free to the syrian regime but. then we also discussed this plan with the other coalition forces and the united states. what's happening in a free is a war against the whole of humanity. also coming up tonight the world economic forum is now underway and india's prime minister narendra modi today fired the first warning shot aimed at protectionist policies and perhaps a protectionist president yeah i'm going to take a hack. give me strength it is essential that the spirit of competition between the major nations of

and as islamic state pulls back in syria and iraq many of its fighters are returning home to europe will look at the threat they pose back home. and handball gets a new european championship at the final in zagreb spain sees off sweden to lift their first ever title in europe competition. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the stars of the music industry descended on new york city for the annual grammy awards last night and the surprise winner of the night was bruno mars who beat tough competition from likes of. xeon kendrick lamar he took home six awards was not just about music following the lead of the golden globes participants sported white roses as a visible show of solidarity with movements confronting the culture of sexual harassment and show business. bruno swept the grammys this year with six wins including record and album of the year for twenty four k. magic and so on with the if and that's what i like he gave a heartfelt speech as he accepted his award and you know those songs were written with nothing but joy and one reason and for one reason only and that's l

the jihad is the fighters there who were fighting for islamic state where are they now. first and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey and the turkish government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds in northern syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey and the big question is where do they go from there it's possible that they go to afghanistan it's possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the turkish government that is not willing to fight i guess as it should in their people people looking at the story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to seal its borders i mean why would they go well jihad has to come in well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organization at least passively supporting it by

led coalition against the so-called islamic state because that could wish and has recently announced a plan to establish a thirty thousand men strong border security force and that food would mainly consist of kurdish fighters kurdish fighters the turkish government considers as terrorists you it tells more about the why p.g. that you mentioned who is this group and why has this been blacklisted as a terror organization. well they are a secular western friendly group that has been fighting jihadists inside syria long before actually the islamic state and to the scene and in the past years they have been proven the only maybe the only effective local proxy against islamic state fighters so they were backed by the us led coalition against isis but the text government as you said considers them a terrorist group with close links to the outloud to kurdistan workers party the p k k that is here in turkey fighting for independence and is fighting the turkish army on turkish soil so the turkish government announcing a military assault but can turkey actually legally encroach on syria this i

has troops stationed there to fight cervical the islamic state. turkey's offensive in syria is having political repercussions and here in berlin germany regularly sounds weapons including tanks to its nato allies those weapons are being used in the cross border offensive that some german lawmakers are calling illegal contracts to upgrade the tanks are being put on hold. the shelling is relentless turkish forces a stepping up their offensive in northwest syria they using german made tanks to roll into afrin the german government had recently considered reinforcing these tanks against landmines at least until the turkish offensive began that upgrade now seems to be off the table. the sadness to germany is following the reports about the turkish military intervention in northwestern syria with great concern because . it that's why the government is calling on all parties involved to end all military actions and is demanding an unconditional access for humanitarian help less than three weeks ago germany's foreign minister met with his turkish counterp

her husband who went to syria to fight with the so-called islamic state. he took celina together with their three children i know he will never come back because he was killed last march. since then she says she hasn't heard from her daughter salinas one of hundreds of chechens who have left their homeland since the beginning of the syrian war to join us. and the women mostly followed their husbands as is customary for chechen women to do. official figures of the number of chechens fighting for the terrorist militia at seven hundred almost all are listed as missing some of the mothers give us these photos desperate and hoping to get some sign of life from their children. it's pretty much house her son answered and grant looked at photos of celina we want to know if answer would allow himself to be recruited by terrorists and would go to syria as his sister did you. know i will not go. recruited. after all i have my own mind and i do not listen to the others. isn't giving up hope of seeing her daughter again she even shows us children's things she has bough

her husband who went to syria to fight with the so-called islamic state. he took salina together with their three children i know he will never come back because he was killed last march. since then she says she hasn't heard from her daughter salinas one of hundreds of chechens who have left their homeland since of the beginning of the syrian war to join us. and the women mostly follow to their husbands as is customary for chechen women to do. official figures put the number of chechens fighting for the terrorist militia at seven hundred most all are listed as missing some of the mothers give us these photos desperate and hoping to get some sign of life from their children. betty matts house her son and seller and grand daughters somalia and look at photos of celina we want to know if answer would allow himself to be recruited by terrorists and would go to syria as his sister did. you know i will not get recruited. after all i have my own mind and i do not listen to the others. isn't giving up hope of seeing her daughter again she even shows us children th

not managed to enter the military academy also called islamic state has claimed responsibility is the third attack in kabul in recent days including this weekend's powerful car bomb where the talabani used an ambulance as a weapon. all right and then we can take you to kabul now of where the security situation has been very precarious for some time now but the uptick in violence over the past couple of days is very concerning and journalists are here contrary is on the line from the capital with the latest terror what is the situation in kabul right now. well the situation in call everyone is in shock and everyone is terry and horrifies of the recent terrorist attacks because it was in the attack the only attack today we have had a couple of attack over the last few days in fact three attacks over the last ten days in kabul and hardly more than two hundred people killed so people are still in or even though the afghan government a declared a public holiday today because the indonesian president was coming to afghanistan is in afghanistan so that's why but it's still people there are s

state --the taliban o or islamic state. if you harm the government there, it is most visible to international media. you can really cause carnage and damage. and that is what a lot of analysts say, you see the united states pressuring pakistan. it may be a coincidence but the moment the pressure group, we see an uptick in violence in afghanistan. brent: you mentioned islamic state and the taliban. they have been responsible for these past incidents in the last week. doesn't that mean anything? islamic state seems to be playing a bigger role. sandra: it has been on the ground in afghanistan as a solid force in 2015. a lot of people say it is dismantled members from the pakistani taliban being pushed over the border and other member s of different groups of the taliban. you have two forces on the ground competing but they do have a common enemy, which is the united states, the western alliance and the afghan government. brent: do you see the possibility of maybe islamic state and taliban merging or if not merging than learnin

the threat level goes up in russia as hundreds of so-called islamic five islamic state voters head home from the conflict in syria and iraq reports from chechnya. also ahead the world economic forum gets underway in switzerland today security costs topping eight million euro german chancellor angela merkel french president. and u.s. president all are expected. i want to welcome i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. turkey has intensified its offensive all of branch against kurdish militias in northern syria the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the turkish enclave of freeney in northern syria on saturday. is controlled by the kurdish y p g militia which has been a key ally of the u.s. in the fight against so-called islamic state but turkey sees the wife as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stop backing them turkey's president right chip time era to one. there will be no letting up until the job is done. operation all of branch is anything but a peace offering the following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional is marching across t

thank you all islamic state is facing major setbacks on the ground in syria and iraq some say that it could be close to defeat in syria now this means many of the fighters who flocked to join our ass are now returning to their home countries and many of them come from europe so how are nations here in europe dealing with them how much of a threat do they pose or brussels correspond hershel's fall their tracks to belgium where that country's i-s. is managing to find new recruits in europe. this park in antwerp was a hotspot for islamist recruiters and were a known belgians to battlefields in syria and iraq now some of them are headed back making many communities nervous earlier return is trying to reintegrate in society are reluctant to be identified and her city councilor he owns there knew some of them personally and asked them to share their stories with me nobody was willing to speak to many of them came back read a huge feeling of shame. and they don't want to to show that to show did name allowed to rule to be on t.v. to say ok i went there and there was a fool and they came back

the kurds appear to be indispensable in the fight against islamic states now that that fight appears to have been one big looks to the rest of us and so they've been abandoned. well there is an i beam that i've been in court just on i know the kurds they kind of always say the kurds have no friends only the mountains are the the friends of the kurds they had been abandoned by outside powers who kind of use them and then abandon them many times in their history they they're used to that to some extent but because for the bigger powers there's always the bigger picture and the kurds are sort of the spencer bow i would believe that right now for russia course it's important that the turks so well they have to go for parts of the nusra front and the opposition and it would brahmans but there's even a bigger target that's to put the wedges between turkey and the nato and its western allies because for russia the greek the great real prize would be break up if not a break out of turkey from the its alliance with the west and america and then russia could more west believe that it can secur

as the islamic state terror group pulls back in syria and iraq many of its recruits are returning home to europe look at the danger they now hold. and the chinese filmmaker documenting the dark side of the recycling business to watch some of these children have been surrounded by garbage since they google children exposed to harmful substances and toxic fumes most of the garbage comes from overseas but now china has banned almost all imports of plastic waste from abroad. i'm serious almost comical to have you with us all the stars of the music biz descended on new york city for the industry's annual grammy awards the surprise winner of the night was bruno mars who beat out. tough competition the likes of jay z. and kendrick lamar to take home six awards but music was not the only item on the bill following the lead of the golden globes many participants and attendees war war white roses as a visible show of solidarity to the times op movement confronting sexual misconduct in show business. bruno swept the grammys this year with six wins including record and album of the year for twenty

state. also coming up palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the landmark also peace accord is over and he lays the blame squarely with israel and donald trump. and the u.s. president issued a strong denial against accusations of racism after his allegedly remarks disparaging african countries trigger international condemnation. i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us we start in iraq or at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's al tyrone's square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarity to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. mustafa salim is a journalist at the washington post a baghdad bureau i asked him if iraqi authorities fear further attacks. yes according to the actual chile they sa

and essential if not the most important proxy in its war against islamic state jihad is inside syria while taki on the other hand thinks the wife is a terrorist organization with links to the turkey based p k k the kurdistan workers' party that is fighting for independence and fighting the turkish army inside turkey so this is a very huge conflict i do not see any solution to this conflict so yes this is going to cause definitely much more tension. reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well here in germany social democrat leader martin scholz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with americans conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan job the north has promised to send athletes to the game in chiang in the south bundt the talks are limited to the nor

that's not to say algeria hasn't had issues with islamic state recruitment. the security services have arrested and disrupted a number of recruitment cells. i was there in may. they just just arrested somebody who was actively recruiting about 300 people on facebook. they had busted the cell. it was in downtown algiers. this is what's interesting about i.s. requirement in algeria, it doesn't seem to me that aqim and islamic state are competing for the same recruits. aqim seems to be using their traditional family and social networks to recruit people while islamic state has gone online. so as a result you have a different type of recruitment and a different profile to the extent we can even go with profiles of recruits. i find that really interesting. also just a couple of things about algeria since i've been asked to talk about them. we heard it from the previous panel, but given its historical experiences, this is a country that is very, very worried about foreign fighter returnees because they were such a huge part of the civil conflict. they already have

state until they wanted some point. merging or if not merging at least learning to co-exist maybe assume b.o.'s is there are a positive coexistence i mean you see them fighting each other especially in eastern afghanistan which is the stronghold of the state a country you see them marching because the afghan taliban a pretty much nationalistic in its outlook they're really focused on afghanistan while the i.a.s. of course with the whole idea of a caliphate has a much broader approach a much bigger international appeal they want to strike abroad as well they're not you know exclusively focusing on afghanistan as do the taliban what does all of this mean for president musharraf's going to use government and just the basic security of the country well i think he's really against the wall with his back to you know his government is disintegrating this a lot of infighting warmongering you know amongst his own ranks c. has fired one of the most powerful governess in northern province in december that guy governor refusing to

is an ally in the fight against the so-called islamic state turkey served runs towards men bridge was particularly provocative says washington has its own troops stationed. but an end to the offensive is not in sight though you're yars that there is there that. which we have previously cleared of terrorists one hundred thirty thousand brothers have returned and settled back into their homes. now we're doing the same thing in africa step by step will clean our entire border with syria of terrorists and make sure our brothers who have been living in our country for years or turn to their homes. the syrian human rights observatory says at least forty four civilians have been killed the numbers could be confirmed but the committal don't let the price for the offensive will be. paid by the fighters as well as the innocent. well how long will this offensive last for more let's bring in correspondent erin jones covering the story for us from istanbul dorian how much is turkey been expanding this incursion and what areas are under its control right now. well turkey is claiming strategic victo

our but this latest attack is similar to previous bombings by so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susannah george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad susanna thanks for joining us now this is the second deadly attack in baghdad in just three days how are residents in the city coping the mood in the iraqi capital is very tense there's a lot of anger especially in the neighborhood where the attack occurred one of the people we spoke to at the scene of the attack said that he wasn't surprised that the attack occurred and it just shows that the iraqi government is only concerned with military victories against the sonic state group and not concerned with protecting its own civilians in civilian areas in baghdad so that's a normal kind of tension norm and anger that you see following these attacks which is one of the reasons why certain groups carry them out in the first place to stoke that anger and stability well clearly hurting as many civilians as possible was the goal of the bombs were detonated during rush hour at

led coalition had against islamic state in syria and now we've got a different conflict is the u.s. willing to let its best ground troops just in to be delivered to the turks and just be abandoned. well it could certainly be read like that right now at least and there is a critics here in the us who actually actually make that point that you made that the us it's basically leave it leaving the courts out hanging to dry and and this could only change and as i said before if if perhaps this this this this offensive which is supposed to be limited it extends and becomes a full fledged war than then it could be that the u.s. will will will try to rein in turkey and briefly i mean is that how we'd seen in moscow is well. yes it seems that the russians have used the currents to achieve the a wide goals goals much more important to moscow than surrendering a small seat in syria brant or the correspondence michel in washington during the shadow in moscow to both of you thank you very much here's some of those stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.s. justice department

well so-called islamic state may have claimed responsibility for the latest kabul attack but it's been almost completely defeated on the ground in syria and iraq while that means many of its fighters are returning to their home countries what kind of threat do such battle hardened veterans opposed to their hometowns in places like germany france and britain belgium is the european country with the highest per capita number of foreign fighters our brussels correspondent teri schultz followed their tracks. this park in antwerp was a hotspot for islamist recruiters luring young belgians to battlefields in syria and iraq now some of them are headed back making many communities nervous earlier return is trying to reintegrate in society are reluctant to be identified and hurt city councilor he owns there know some of them personally and ask them to share their stories with me nobody was willing to speak with many of them came back with a huge feeling of shame. and they don't want to show that name to refer to be on t.v. to say i went there and i was a fool and they came back there are some e

and so-called islamic state polls back in syria and iraq many of its fighters are now we're turning home to europe we'll look at the threat they pose back home. and handball gets a new european champion at the final of the zagreb spain sea off powerhouse sweden to lift their first ever title in the european competition. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us at least five soldiers have been killed in afghanistan after gunmen attacked an army post close to a military academy and the capital kabul reports coming in indicate there was a gun battle between insurgents and soldiers at the outpost after. one of the attackers. some ten soldiers were wounded authorities say the jihad is did not manage to enter the military academy so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for this attack it is the third in kabul in recent days. for more i'm joined now by. he's the head of tolo news t.v. in kabul thanks for being with us this morning on short notice why is call facing so many attacks right now two reasons one is because they don't just sit down and present trying to get as announced a

state. also coming up palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the landmark oslo peace accord is over and lays the blame squarely on israel and donald trump. and germany's social democrats call for a better deal to win over skeptical party members and keep formal coalition talks alive but senior conservatives from angela merkel's camp won't have it. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news from iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and one hundred five wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad bodies still being recovered from the site at central tyrone square it is fear that the death toll could rise the iraqi interior ministry says that the explosives were detonated by two suicide bombers. the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there has been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarities to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state in other news now

led coalition against the so-called islamic state in syria he slammed plans by the u.s. to establish a certain a thousand strong border security forces along the syrian border with turkey that's a force that would mainly consist of kurdish fighters since the u.s. is backing such fighters but i'm going to considers these kurdish fighters terrorists and i quote mr add on he said a country we consider an ally and he means the us is insisting on forming a terrorist army and it's our mission to strangle this army before it is even born so you see there really harsh words here by the circus side and meanwhile you know the why p.j. has been the closest ally of the us i'm fighting islam ists in syria will a turkish attack lead them to a further deterioration of us turkish relations. well i think so if there is going to be a further deterioration between because the two nations they are actually nato allies but they have very different strategic goals in syria and at the core of this conflict is really the why p.g. militia the u.s. as you rightly said is considering them an impor

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in two thousand and sixteen publicizing her book about being an islamic state militants bride in syria she decided to escape when her four year old son was taught to behead a teddy bear as shown in this jihadi propaganda now persone occasionally visit schools as part of the belgian government's anti radicalization efforts but she declined our multiple requests for an interview some are attorneys have other motives for staying in the shadows those are the ones that were there and muslim community you don't want to see the back and to be you don't show any feeling of shame. about the fact that. he's losing. here. that's how returning. seems to feel set free after receiving a suspended sentence for three also wrote a book and publicly praised islamic state he said his only regret was coming back we couldn't speak with him as he's in prison on unrelated charges sources tell me returning is and their families are urged to keep a low profile by belgian authorities but they're not the only ones i'm told the brother of a belgian fighter gave a television interview a couple of years ago with hi

and at mount look at some other stories making news around the bond islamic state history in response ability for a deadly attack in afghanistan gunmen stormed an office of save the children aid agency in the afghan city of jalalabad two people were killed when the militants battle security forces who surrounded the building. to 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 worshipers were leaving the mosque many security officials were among the casualties they are believed to have been the target of the attack. police in pakistan have arrested a twenty four year old man suspected of being a serial killer responsible for the reap and murder of a seven year old girl the case has sparked nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction police said the suspect had confessed to the girl's murder and his d.n.a. match samples found on her body. meanwhile says it's preparing reception camps for the gradual return of muslim refugees who fled to neighboring

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in the fight against so-called islamic state do they feel in some sense abandoned by the washington by washington in this conflict now i mean if you're say a man and there should be something like a strategic relationship and the kurdish forces always sat it's a kind of tactical relationship for them and that for them their own strength is important saw ok sure on one side because you are cooperating against a common enemy and suddenly you're in a situation where the who western states are in a way supporting the turkish offensive against the kurds but according to the statements we can say that they are ready they said we want to ask for any support we believe in our own strength and we we will defend our city until the end of the turkish government of course argues that the white b.g. in northern syria is linked to the p.k. k. which is considered a terrorist organization the good issue organization in turkey what do you make of those claims i mean sure they all saw that or stated that they have ideological ties but at least i mean. id is not k.k.k. the democratic administration of

the islamic state are not really very much deeply know the text. they just know branches of things, and they're very superficial, so we have to deal with them, and mostly, they are the kind of people who have not, you know, very low educational grade. so, that's the first thing i looked at, and i work on it, and i think i don't know whether it's coming -- certainly, there are brilliant people, quote/unquote, also among the islamic state, but that's the first thing i noticed. so, we're working for the next, second reconciliation, and so far, i've got 220 people asking to participate in this operation, among them, 120 islamist state people, foreign fighters, returnees. but among the 900, almost 1,000 people who are in prison now, the hardliners are islamic foreign fighters, they are really, really -- they're against everything. they call usa tahote, all of us, the monarchy, everything, all of the arab world, all of the european world, all the american world, they are tahote and they have to be burned down. they are very, very, very tough. i'm approac

the us armed them in the fight against the islamic state group, infuriating turkey. france too voiced support for them today, calling on turkey to pull back. but the turks are ploughing on. this unverified footage posted on pro—government media aiming to prove turkey's military might. in the hills beside the border we found a further build—up, as the offensive shows no sign of ending. reinforcements are perched here, a show of strength, ready to back up the ground troops and fighterjets who are ready inside syria. every few minutes, you hear the thud of an artillery strike. turkey has clearly committed militarily to this operation, and has widespread popular support here. but if the turks suffer losses or civilian casualties grow, that could change. and the risk is clear. this border town was hit by a rocket, said to be from the ypg, killing one and injuring more. turkey is on dangerous ground, and a likely long, costly offensive is onlyjust beginning. we will hear more about this. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. and in washington, it's been an

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

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that is bombings by the so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susannah george she's the if in the neighborhood where the attack occurred one of the people we spoke to at the scene of the attack said that he wasn't surprised that the attack occurred and it just shows that the iraqi government is only concerned with military victories against islam mixtape groups and not concerned with protecting its own civilians in civilian areas in baghdad so you have that's a normal kind of tension normal kind of anger that you see following these attacks which is one of the reasons why certain groups carry them out in the first place to stoke that anger and stability well clearly hurting as many civilians as possible was the goal of the bombs were detonated during rush hour at a very busy square why is this area of the city the scene of repeated attacks. this is an area of the city that's in the heart of central baghdad it's near a lot of important government buildings there's a lot of commercial districts i

led coalition had against islamic state in syria and now we've got a different conflict is the u.s. willing to let its best ground troops just in to be delivered to the turks and just be abandoned. well it could certainly be. like that right now at least and also critics here in the u.s. who actually check to make that point that you made at the u.s. it's basically leave it leaving the courts out hanging to dry and and this could only change him as i said before if if perhaps this this this this offensive which is supposed to be limited extends and becomes a full fledged war than that then it could be that the u.s. will will will try to rein in turkey and briefly i mean is that how we'd seen in moscow as well yes it seems that the russians have used the currents to achieve the allied goal goals much more important to moscow than surrendering a small seat in syria brant are the correspondents michelle in washington during her shadow in moscow do both of you thank you very much. and here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a fifteen year old hi

her husband who went to syria to fight with the so-called islamic state. he took celina together with their three children i know he will never come back because he was killed last march. since adventurous as she hasn't heard from her daughter salinas one of hundreds of chechens who have left their homeland since of the beginning of the syrian war to join us. the women mostly from their husbands as is customary for chechen women to do. official figures of the number of chechens fighting for the terrorist militia at this. seven hundred almost all are listed as missing some of the mothers gave us these photos desperate and hoping to get some sign of life from their children. back at pretty much house her son and so on and granted don't look at photos of celina we want to know if answer would allow himself to be recruited by terrorists and would go to syria as his sister did. you know i will not get recruited. after all i have my own mind and i do not listen to the others. isn't giving up hope of seeing her daughter again she even shows us children's things s