in ankara after several meetings today with turkish minister number 2 and turkish minister number 1. i have a green light to discuss confidentiality, budget, and scope of the contract. and then sure enough, about three weeks after that, mike flynn gets the contract. quote, under the terms of the contract, company a, which is the flynn intelligence group, was to receive a total of $600,000 broken into three $200,000 payments. among the deliverables that mike flynn was expected to produce in exchange for this money, quote, the contract noted company a was supposed to deliver findings and results including but not limited to making criminal referrals against the turkish guy in pennsylvania who the turkish government was blaming for the coup. and then within a couple of weeks, flynn was at a fancy hotel in new york city meeting with his business partner, who was charged today and their turkish government contact who was charged today, and those two ministers from the turkish government, one of whom we believe is erdogan's son-in-law, his jared if you will. the purpose of that meeting in

guy in the poconos to the turkish government, because the turkish government keeps demanding it, even without mike flynn secretly on their payroll to try to get that. and without the deputy head of the landing team at the intelligence community secretly on their payroll to try to get that. there are reports that the trump administration is still thinking right now about handing that by over. there is also the unresolved allegation that was made by former cia director james woolsey, who says when he was briefly part of the discussions that took place between flynn and flynn's company and the turkish government on this matter, he recalls a meeting at which they discussed a covert plot to actually go kidnap this guy in pennsylvania in the poconos and take him -- put a bag over his head presumably and fly him to a remote prison island and thereby spirit him away to turkish custody. woolsey went public with an allegation that this involved a kidnapping plot. whatever happened to that? and then there is the timing here. this remarkable new indictment was filed with the court last week, but

, and it was never lost on the turkish foreign policy. there were a number of u.n. members in turkey's bid for becauseip to the u.n., it resulted in a kind of --iliation of turkish defeat turkey unanimously elected as a member of the u.n. and security council. when it comes to the case, it thisinly has advantage and is the start of this discussion that hurts saudi arabia in the region. that the uaegh will limit mohammad bin salman's role in politics. and to encourage the other elements if there are any. the expectation is not to change the democratic landscape, but some progress will be considered effective in turkey. we are referring to a very delicate relationship with saudi arabia. on the one hand turkey wants to have access but on the other hand it finds itself in the middle of this dangerous turkish-iranian rivalry. and here there's an emerging rival and what turkey can do is to weaken mohammad ropeit's a tight but this can work to preserve the relations with saudi arabia and there's unassertive line against turkey, but it's a matter

armed forces, the turkish army. just as luck would have it, i got to be in istanbul for two of s, 1970, 1980, so i had a certain sense of the resilience of turks. open, bars stayed stayed open. traffic was down, it was kind of nice. but it also left me with a sense of we are going to have to live with the fact that the army will never be checked by a civilian government. well, that happened. and continues to go on happening, if you will. so what role does president erdogan now envision in the middle east? i will not start going on here about the kurds because i know that will come up. just saying -- not that i forgot it. not something i want to try to deal with in these remarks. so what is the look forward? idlibs the outlook beyond ? places?ther these are places that no one had ever heard of in this country, but then we have never heard of an up scare archduke in an even go --bscure town in syria sarajevo. there are any number of flashpoints as we look at syria. and i know we will talk about that, too. in the meant

have you from the turkish government... have you seen from the turkish government... have you seen the relatives? quaycentre relatives of people crying in court forjustice to smack your message to me is that all of these people, whether it be the hundreds of journalists or the thousands of academics... dinner how many people died in the hand of the pkk? to think it is all right to glorify terrorism? —— do you think. they are supporting one organisation or an other, otherwise they would not be in trouble. let's talk about one specific case... let's talk about osman kabbalah, a turkish businessmen and philanthropist... 0k. he businessmen and philanthropist... ok. he is widely regarded in turkey asa ok. he is widely regarded in turkey as a man who is tried to build temperatures in turkish society, particularly with the kurdish community but far beyond the kurdish community. he was arrested more than a year ago. he spent months and months in prison without any charges being laid, in the end of the council of europe intervened and the commissionerfor council of europe

a warm reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes. the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington surprise military withdrawal has reshuffled the deck following their talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. with the students and you today we have reached an understanding on how the russian and turkish military representatives on the ground will continue to coordinate their actions under these new circumstances with an aim and to a bad akkad the terrorist threat in syria with. this community based interest groups. but one likely point of contention the northern syrian city of man bridge controlled by kurdish forces encore of use them as a terrorist threat turkish television broadcasting these images of a convoy moving into position for a possible offensive on manage. the kurds meanwhile requesting and receiving help from syrian government forces backed by russia. a potentially explosive situation says one local expert out of court that the fight over money could lead to an uncontrollable military escalation

something i never dreamed i would see with respect to the turkish armed forces, the turkish army, just as the habit, i got to be in a stumble -- istanbul, in 1970 and 1980, so i had an understanding of the resilience of the turks. but it also left me with a sense that we are just going to have to live with the fact that the army is never going to be checked a civilian government. well, that happened. and it continues to go on happening, if you will. so what role does the present envision now in the middle east, i will not start going on now i'm just saying, it's not that i forgot it, it's just not something i want to do within these remarks. so what is the look forward? what is the outlook beyond mintage? these are places that we've never heard of in this country. but then we've never heard of and obscure archduke in an even more obscure town called sarajevo in 1914. there are any number of flashpoints as we look ahead on syria, and we will talk about that too. but in the meantime, the war that nobody wanted, but everybody got, and apply that to some of the developments in syria now, i

that's right the turkish foreign minister speaking here at nato headquarters now what he is saying is that turkey is very much willing to cooperate with an international investigation into the killing of the saudi journalist cashel ji he says that saudi arabia needs to do far more to be transparent that so far it has not done nearly enough to be transparent or cooperate he said often the saudis are giving contradictory information to turkish investigators over what happens now of course or turkey's desire to be part of an international vesta geishas to push for that comes after the un's human rights chief said that an international investigation should indeed be launched the turkish foreign minister also said that in terms of drugs in terms of a body he said there has yet been no body he confirmed the fact that investigators of course have no idea what happened to him joshua thanks very much mom and our joins us now from oso busoni consulate in istanbul so mohammed clearly the authorities want to maintain the pressure on the saudis there. that's right peter and this arrest warrant tha

turkish said that he hadn't co—operated. sorry? turkish officials said there wasn't sufficient cooperation... exactly, that's what i'm alluding to. so he came and there wasn't any cooperation. he didn't offer anything, and he just went back. so we didn't get the cooperation that we wanted to from saudi arabia. we're still hoping that they do come up with some cooperation, otherwise we are going to go to the un for an international investigation and the un have already welcomed this so... the thing is... ..so i think that's where things are going if the saudis don't co—operate. well, it just looks like turkey isn't so keen. for all of the noise you've made about the killing ofjamal khashoggi, it seem turkey isn't so keen the un and the international community involved... no, that's not true, you haven't listened to... here is the view of the head of human rights watch middle east — she's called sarah leah whitson — she said this the other day, "the main thing holding up an international investigation, led by the secretary gene

turkish said that he hadn't co—operated. sorry? turkish officials said there wasn't sufficient cooperation... exactly, that's what i'm alluding to. so he came and there wasn't any cooperation. he didn't offer anything, and he just went back. so we didn't get the cooperation that we wanted to from saudi arabia. we're still hoping that they do come up with some cooperation, otherwise we are going to go to the un for an international investigation and the un have already welcomed this so... the thing is... ..so i think that's where things are going if the saudis don't co—operate. well, it just looks like turkey isn't so keen. for all of the noise you've made about the killing ofjamal khashoggi, it seem turkey isn't so keen on getting the un and the international community involved... no, that's not true, you haven't listened to... here is the view of the head of human rights watch middle east — she's called sarah leah whitson — she said this the other day, "the main thing holding up an international investigation, led by the sec

a warm reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes . the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington's surprise military withdrawal has reshuffled the deck following their talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. to consume it today we have reached an understanding on how the russian and turkish military representatives on the ground will continue to coordinate their actions under these new circumstances with an aim and to a battle kate the terrorist threat in syria with local churches who introduced interest groups. but one likely point of contention the northern syrian city of man bridge controlled by kurdish forces encore of use them as a terrorist threat. turkish television broadcasting these images of a convoy moving into position for a possible offensive on man bridge. the kurds meanwhile requesting and receiving help from syrian government forces backed by russia. a potentially explosive situation says one local expert out of court to pull a fight over money could lead to an uncontrollable military escal

and turkish t.v. has broadcast footage of what's believed to be a convoy of military vehicles heading toward the border with syria turkey has threatened military action against kurdish militias which bunker views as terrorists syria's kurds of requested protection from damascus now that their u.s. allies are rolling out. you're watching news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com let's watch. how about taking a few grams you could even take a chance on long. term. don't expect a happy ending. to the churches last. every journey begins with the first step and every language the first word in the.

is a turkish military assault on kurdish forces on the horizon a turkish t.v. station as broadcast images of what it says is a convoy of turkish military vehicles heading to the border with syria views the kurdish military in northern syria as terrorists and this thread military action kurdish forces have been left vulnerable after that shock announcement that their ally the united states will withdraw all its troops from syria and they have requested help the syrian government has now sent troops to the flashpoint town of money beach setting the scene for a potential shutdown. joining me now in studio is daniel galaad he's the editor in chief of zenith magazine which focuses on middle eastern affairs so if syrian forces are indeed in beach could this be a game changer in a civil war no i don't think so i don't think it's going to be a game changer i think this has been much more of a symbolic move and we've seen actually a repetition of the scenario of the second turkish military offensive about a year ago to the capital of frame where the kurdish forces had c

turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia counterparts jena high school on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman's involvement there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking cell but only a few senators received that cia briefing turkish sources say fida gave those he met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in because shuggie murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration and washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a v

is a turkish military assault on kurdish forces on the horizon a turkish t.v. station as broadcast images of what it says is a convoy of turkish military vehicles heading to the border with syria views the kurdish military in northern syria as terrorists and this thread military action kurdish forces have been left vulnerable after that shock announcement that their ally the united states will withdraw all its troops from syria and they've requested help the syrian government has now sent troops to the flashpoint town of money beach setting the scene for a potential shutdown. joining me now in studio is daniel galaad he's the editor in chief of zenith magazine which focuses on middle eastern affairs so if syrian forces are indeed in. could this be a game changer in the civil war. no i don't think so i don't think it's going to be a game changer i think this has been much more of a symbolic move and we're seeing actually a repetition of the scenario of the of the second turkish military offensive about a year ago to the council of free and where the kurdish forc

this is news live from the tension simmer in northern syria syria and turkish backed forces closing in on a king kurdish held town damascus says the kurdish forces requested the regime's support to break down the situation also coming up. security is tight in bangladesh ahead of sunday's general elections violence and intimidation mob the campaign our correspondent reports on voices hopes and fears as the country decides its future. plans with tens of thousands made homeless by indonesia's tsunami disaster means one volunteer doing her part to help those in the. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has entered to threaten to launch an operation against us back forces in the city of man bitch the red areas to the east of man bitch controlled by the turkish forces which turkey say use as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate moscow and chris say they'll coordinate ground operations in syria despite the fact that they're ba

turkish and syrian opposition forces of control over a nearby neighborhood. and they sometimes fire it as. the u.s. forces are still patrolling but they haven't stopped. fanatic residents can continue their daily lives as normal but as the new year approaches the prospect of a peaceful twenty nineteen grows at a democrat. and i'm joined now by international security analyst hines shorts a welcome hines why is turkey so intent on attacking the kurdish find his in man bijan and elsewhere bearing in mind that the kurds are the main force fighting the so-called islamic state. curlew you put your finger exactly on the dilemma that we have here of one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist from the turkish perspective the kurds are probably part of the p.k. k. which they call a terrorist organization that wants to set up a turkey a kurdish independence state on there for form a turkish border view that is an absolute no go and as a report rightly pointed out the two lines are being drilled movie spotlights will be different from the ones that we've seen y

turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia counterpart gina hospital on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman's involvement there's not a smoking gun there is a smoking cell but only a few senators received that cia briefing turkish sources say feeder gave those he met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in because shuggie murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration and washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a vo

turkish and syrian opposition forces have control over a nearby neighborhood. and they sometimes fire it as. the u.s. forces are still patrolling but they haven't stopped. for now residents can continue their daily lives as normal but as the new year approaches the prospect of a peaceful twenty nineteen grows ever dema. and i'm joined now by international security analyst hines a show it's a welcome heins why is turkey so intent on attacking the kurdish fighters in man bijan and elsewhere bearing in mind that the kurds are the main force fighting the so-called islamic state. her lou you put your finger exactly on the dilemma that we have here of one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist from the turkish perspective the kurds are probably part of the p.k. k. which they call a terrorist organization that wants to set up a turkey a kurdish independence state and therefore form a turkish for interview that is an absolute no go and as a report rightly pointed out that the lines are being drilled with the spotlights will be different from the ones that we'

the turkish president announced that his country would attack. it's unclear when the operation will start, but the mood in the town is tense. >> is nothing remarkable about the streets of the town, busy with traffic and locals out doing their shopping. but the residents of this northern syrian town are no strangers to conflict. for several years, they suffered brutality of the so-called islamic state until the group was ousted by kurdish and arab forces. tonight, local residents fear a new assault on the city. >> people will no longer have homes. there are young children, and it's winter now. it's cold. the children could fall sick. some could die. everyone will be displaced because it's war, and we know the army arare ruthless. >> they are ready to join the turkish forces to oust the syrian forces in control of the town. >>>>einforcemements come from al sectionsns of the free syrian armymy. we are readydy for the launch of operations to regain control of the territories controlled by the kurds. >> turkey has didispatchedananks and armored vehicl

president donald trump announced that he was withdrawing american troops the turkish president. has threatened to strike why p.g. targets in northern syria the kurdish group has gained significant control in the area after being backed by the u.s. in its fight against eisel but after a deal between ankara and washington in june turkish and u.s. troops have been holding joint patrols in man bitch that's west of the euphrates river turkey wants a city cleared of the y.p. . or let's go live now to our correspondents in the hot issues in the turkish town of that's right in this border area is in the center first of all tell us about where turkish troops are moving to and how we should interpret this this troop movement so soon after the trump announcement. yes the turkish army reinforcing their positions along the border and inside syria they've sent troops and personnel and tanks thirty kilometers south from where we are standing to the front lines north of the city of memphis there has been no statement from the turkish military but we're seeing this as a message that the turkish

now a new pictures have emerged on turkish media showing the fifteen men suspected of murdering saudi journalists. the images show the men arriving at the stumble airport in the saudi consulate before and after which of these killing in october saudi arabia has rejected turkey's request to extradite the suspects for trial earlier this week the u.n. secretary general renewed his call for what he called a credible investigation into the case he said those responsible must be punished for more on this let's cross over live to sin and cos all in istanbul so what do the pictures tell us in em. well the pictures are in a way different from the previous pictures that have been revealed to the media because these are from different security cameras that have been that are around eighty different points around a stumble from one hundred forty seven different cameras and according to. according to turkish intelligence a stumble bureau technical analysts have gone through three thousand five hours of video recordings in order to get out the order to get the details of this of these people's move

well the turkish government has long seeing the kurdish forces and the i.p.g. militia as a start in their side they're very threatened by. her to critique the turkish government has for years in dealing with insurgency from kurdish the kurdish minority within turkey who have been fighting for independence or for greater rights within turkey and they see why p.g. in monday just connected to the p.k. k. a group that they call terrorists within turkey i would just another kurdish group so for them the kurds on their border are a terrifying prospect and the turkish president i did type are gone actually just said that if the you know kurdish threat is no longer there then the turkish forces have no reason to be in syria and they said you want to extend all these developments and links to u.s. president donald trump's decision to pull out american troops from syria because he was troops had given some kind of protection of the goods who'd led the fight against so-called islamic state in the region i mean it's deeply linked you know the u.s. government forces are the

this is deja vu news line from berlin tensions simmer in northern syria syrian and turkish back forces closing in on a key kurdish town damascus says the kurdish militia requested the regime support will break down the situation also coming up. security is tight in bangladesh ahead of sunday's general election run ins and intimidation mob the campaigning our correspondent reports on voters' hopes and fears as the country decides its future . and after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match some holders of italian club not only take a stand against discrimination in football. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has threatened to launch an operation against u.s. backed kodesh forces in the city of man bitch the red areas to the east of man bitch a controlled by the code is forces which turkey sees as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate. mosco and chris say they'll coordinate ground operation

this is deja vu news line from berlin tensions simmer in northern syria syrian and turkish backed forces closing in on a key kurdish held town damascus says the kurdish militia requested the regime supporters to break down the situation also coming up. security is tight in bangladesh ahead of sunday's general election monitors and intimidation montt the campaign our correspondent reports on georgia's hopes and fears as the country decides its future. and after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match some holders of italian called not only take a stand against discrimination in football. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has threatened to launch an operation against u.s. backed kodesh forces in the city of man which the red areas to the east of man which i controlled by the kodesh forces which turkey sais as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate. well sco and chris say they'll coordinate groun

of an expected offensive by turkey turkish that militias have been gathering close to the town of man beach which is currently held by the syrian democratic forces that's a largely kurdish alliance supported by the united states this month turkish president roh chipped want to males that his country would attack mandates is unclear when the operation will stop but the mood in the town is tense. there is nothing remarkable about the streets of man bitch busy with traffic and locals out doing their shopping but the residents of this northern syrian time and no strangers to conflict for several years they suffered the brutality of the so-called islamic state until the group was ousted by kurdish and arab forces and snag local residents fear a new assault on the city some of the nuts people will no longer have homes their young children and it's winter now it's cold the children could fall sick and some could die everyone will be displaced because it's war and we know the free syrian army is ruthless turkish backed rebels from the free syrian army and moving towards man page that are read

news live from berlin the syrian military enters the cheat kurdish held town to the turkish attack as syrian and turkish backed forces close in the flashpoint town of man pages bracing for an assault on the syrian government says kurdish forces requested it support also coming up with tens of thousands made homeless by indonesia's tsunami disaster catches up with one volunteer doing her part to help those in need. plus israel of having the world lose a great heart has to understand and look at the people the celebrated right samos all those dying at the age of seven thousand nine. hundred ninety three was mackinnon thanks so much for joining me another twist in the syrian civil war a syrian government forces off a support to the kurds at the own request. the deployment of the syrian army to the town of mann bridge comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault turkey sees the u.s. backed kurdish forces as a terrorist group russia is welcoming the syrian move but turkey has condemned it is now sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks on the shifting situation itself t

and have a permission for that so they took some water samples but the turkish people the turkish investigators were not able to do a proper search with through the fire brigades because that the well over there is a valid more than twenty meters deep so now that there is a question what happened to demolish it just but is saudi said that they they have given the remains to a local call of greater but never named the local call the greater but now it turns out that the saudi agents have carried the body remains to the to the consulate residence and the remains can still be of their experts come up with this idea also because the prosecutor's office have claimed before they have concluded that jamal just by the was drained before being dismembered by a top bake inside inside the consulate building in a stumble so it is when you speak to the experts also other experts that i have spoken before told me that since the body was drained the blood was taken out already if it was packed properly they could have they could have preserved the body parts that's why the turkish investigators maybe weren't

the previous speaker has presented it where our host and now the turkish foreign minister the turkish. minister of defense here in moscow and they say that together with russia and with iran during you will continue to walk in on the new constitution of syria and let me remind you that the turkish foreign minister troubleshot goya few days ago said that if mr also elected. all honest election without turning just kind of this turkey will recognize that there's a huge shift in the position of ok mr bout that ok reminder that me started on was a friend of president also done till two thousand there well ok mr babbitt you said it wouldn't take long but i want to get this to far and i want elias to have some say so and then if you've been listening to what dimitri said i'd appreciate your take on that his saying that bashar al assad is the best alternative for syria. and the white b.g. is kurdish organization a military security and even a business that it was created at the end of my twenty eleven when. even starts in syria they were equipped trained and organized by the united states an

a part of, you know -- the turkish i believe alienated turkish expectations. it's orchestrated, you know, openly anti-turkish air force. they have access to -- it finds itself, you know, in the middle of this standard turkish iranian rivalry. here there is an emerging rivalry in saudi arabia. what turkey can do is to use the case there's a certain caution. that's why, you know, i know this is -- is that it's actually a negotiation to moderate rivalry and interest in the gulf. well they, you know -- turkish egyptian and that can't stop from here. if you're working together toward a regional common app. such a common ground. and i believe there's room for negotiation between turkey and saudi arabia. these are two major powers and the transformation of turkey may help in the sense that turkey had saudi arabia may understand each other to the earlier terms. but however saudi's distance from anti-qatar position and moderation toward the muslim brotherhood. you may not think -- but the alternative is the illusion of perspectives -- keeping the domestic power. thank

turkish t.v. station has broadcast images of what it says is a convoy of turkish military vehicles heading to the border with syria ancora view on produce the kurdish militia as terrorists and the domestic threat and warnings of military action across the border kurdish forces have been left vulnerable after that shock announcement that their ally the united states will withdraw all its troops from syria so now syrian kurds are requesting assistance from their former enemies and damascus which is sending troops to the flashpoint town of money beach setting the scene for a potential showdown. meanwhile heavy rainfall in northern syria has caused widespread. flooding and this hampered relief operations on the turkish border aid agencies say tents and relief supplies in several refugee camps in the province have been swept away by the floods food stocks and drinking water have also been affected refugees fleeing the war there have been waiting for days or assistance. authorities in egypt say police h

turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia counterpart gina hospital on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin sons involvement there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking cell but only a few senators received that cia briefing turkish sources say feeder gave those he met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in the because shuggie murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration and washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a vot

military forces from northern syria it comes after the turkish president. spoke with president trump again on sunday president trump has tweeted about a phone call saying the president had one of turkey has a very strongly informed me that able to eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria and he is a man who can do it for us turkey is right next door our troops are coming home our correspondent is in the holder has been following developments from the turkey syria border she sent this report. undoubtedly what we are seeing is a new relationship between these two nato allies to united states and turkey over the past few years it was a strained relationship over syria policy now you're hearing u.s. president donald trump in one way or another choose a turkey as its representative in syria saying that god told him they will fight eisel he gave him guarantees that they will fight isis so it's almost as if the u.s. president is saying we're pulling out and turkey is going to represent our interests in syria turkish officials over the past few days have been st

turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with his cia counterpart gina hospital on a range of issues including syria as cia director hospital has been leading the u.s. investigation into the crucial g murder after she briefed some senators earlier this week they said they were certain that the killing could not have happened without saudi crown prince mohammed bin sons involvement there's not a smoking gun there's a smoking cell but only a few senators received that cia briefing turkish sources say feed agave those he met on capitol hill on thursday information regarding the evidence ankara has in the because shuggie murder as well as the information ankara has supplied to the administration in washington senators are considering three lines of action against saudi arabia not just as a result of the khashoggi killing but the humanitarian disaster that's been caused by saudi action in yemen the a's are sixty three the nays are thirty seven the motion is agreed to first a procedural vote is expected next week following a vote

news live from but in the syrian government deploys it's on me to a key kurdish held town to deter a turkish attack and syrian interrogation actually in the us is closing a flashpoint town is bracing for an assault so muskets says kurdish forces requested support but where does that leave the kurds whose main ally the u.s. is preparing to leave the region also coming up in thailand same sex couples get ready to exercise their rights to that partnership but it's a new your being introduced early next year full short of full equality with heterosexual couples. can't israel down the walls music great artists and an advocate for peace be renowned right at a loss all dies in the age of seventy nine. five hundred on freaked out you could join me and other twists in the syrian civil war as government forces officer port to the kurds at their request all the deployment of the syrian army to the town of man beach comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault baron while russia welcomes the move turkey decries it is sending its effect. and for ministers to moscow for talks on the shifting situation foll

this is d w news live in the syrian military entered a key kurdish held town to deter a turkish attack the syrian and turkish backed forces close in the flashpoint town of mountain bridge is bracing for an assault on the syrian government says kurdish forces requested its supporters also coming up with tens of thousands make over the find in asia tsunami disaster p.w. catches up with one volunteer doing her part to help those in need that. i knew it was because thanks so much for joining me another twist in the syrian civil war as syrian government forces also supports to the kurds at their request. the deployment of the syrian army to the town of money comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault turkey sees the u.s. backed kurdish forces as a terrorist group russia is welcoming the syrian news but turkey has condemned it and encouraged now sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks on the shifting situation all this off to the surprise u.s. announcement that it's pulling its troops out of the region region the syrian flag visible from a distance flying over several

in that phone call, trump asked the turkish president can you handle isis. erdogan responded yes, as long as we have support from you. he said okay, we are done. turkey is going to be taking care of the isis presence in syria. this leaves the u.s. allies on the ground in syria in a lurch. turkey views that fighting force an extension of a territory group. the u.s. is leaving the troops on the ground in a tough place. mattis's resignation came after they said they would bury the members of the kurdish fighting force in the trenches and tunnels and holes they are digging now. we are seeing how complicated this is all getting and effectively we are seeing the u.s. pulling out of the very vital mission to fight isis in syria and leaving it up to their turkish allies who clearly have more pressing priorities on the ground in syria. >> fascinating. thank you for that report. >> that's the beginning of the upheaval in washington. the third government shutdown of the year. now entering the third day. right now, no end in sight. >> we apologize, but due to the lapse

counterpart i've been hearing from the turkish turkish politicians that all the debate it was always on the phone with the saudi prosecutor and at that time it created that it created an impression that it was the foreign minister who was actually guiding and manipulating the saudi prosecutor where actually he hasn't he doesn't have to be in the in the process as well that's why turks were kind of actually. the uncomfortable loge of various attitude towards turkey and now they they welcome this and there was a general cool for jimmy had to be sent after he was killed because the embassy was his responsibility and it was his department that issued the passports of the saudis it scored or course this is actually a this is actually the most important thing because the consul general who was a member of the foreign ministry employee is named to be the prime suspect of murder and all this in i'm in the cell the some of the discourse was this is a role corporation inside it within the state itself everything happened happened inside the state inside the saudi consulate which means the fore

this is t w news live from berlin the syrian military enters a key kurdish held town a turkish attack a syrian and turkish back to forces close in the flashpoint town this month it is bracing for an assault the syrian government says kurdish forces requested and support also coming up with tens of thousands made homeless by indonesia's tsunami disaster didn't you catch up with one volunteer doing her part to help those in need. plus israel on the world lose a great artist and a could of peace celebration of rice a loss of all those guys at the age of seventy nine. mackinnon thanks so much for joining me another twist in the syrian civil war as syrian government forces also support to the cuts at their request. the deployment of the syrian army to the town of man comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault turkey sees the u.s. backed kurdish forces as a terrorist group russia is welcoming the syrian move but turkey has condemned it is now sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow the talks on the shifting situation all this off the surprise u.s. announcement that it's pulling

turkish foreign minister certainly thinks so and the u.n. chief antonio has also repeated his call for saudi arabia to properly investigate the death of the saudi journalist. the european union is warning turkey against taking any military action in the syrian enclave of man beach turkey's president has threatened to send troops there if the u.s. doesn't move kurdish fighters out we'll tell you why it matters one hundred ninety six countries have agreed on a way to enforce the historic climate deal reached in paris three years ago but other delegates in poland say it doesn't go far enough break down the good the bad and the unfinished business from cop twenty four. and has just become the first european country to officially recognize a third i'll have more on why it's a victory but not for others and throughout and so finally my handle is. with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live dot com it's been two and a half months now since the murder of saudi journalist. and we're still. no closer to finding o

story and i want to bring you in why is extraditing so important for the turkish government. well some turkish ministers have gone as far as to describe him as turkey's osama bin laden and reason why he's seen as such of danger he says he's not only blamed for masterminding the failed coup attempt for his network of followers but according to uncreate he says those followers are still posing a threat to turkish democracy and every week now we're seeing more and more of the hundreds of his followers a legit follows being detained on top of the tens of thousands that have been held since that failed coup and beyond also looking to washington to crack down on the. believed to be vast business networks across the united states which anchor claims to be bankrolling his network and further undermining turkey's democracy. stefan what is the position off the u.s. government on this issue. the u.s. government holds one position and that is that the turks have to present proof of what they're saying and alleging in terms of the involvement of mr gillum in the coup from two thousand and

the previous speaker has presented it where our host and now the turkish foreign minister and the turkish. minister of defense here in moscow and they say that together with russia and with iran direct you will continue a war going on the new constitution of syria and that may remind you of that the turkish foreign minister trouble for goya few days ago said that if mr also elected . all honest election without turning just kind of this turkey will recognize that these are huge shift is a position ok mr bout that ok reminder that me started on was a friend the president also done till two thousand there well ok mr babbitt you said it wouldn't take long but i want to get this to far and i want elias to have some say so and then if you've been listening to what dimitri said i'd appreciate your take on that his saying that bashar al assad is the best alternative for syria . the white b.g. is kurdish organization a military security and even a business that it was created at the end of my twenty eleven when. even starts in syria they were equipped trained and organized by the united states an

p g z one hundred reports from tap on the turkish border on the complex battle for power in syria. it's thirty percent of syria's territory that can tip the balance of power the north east was america's zone of influence in this divided country it will soon pull out its forces about getting longtime allies to wipe the syrian kurdish are group. truck decision to force. not only to see if. there's. a closer version crusher. under the syrian government. the white b.g. dominated syrian democratic forces is reaching out to the syrian government and russia the main power broker in syria to prevent a possible turkish military offensive or takeover of territory the u.s. has said it is going to coordinate its pull out with turkey a signal that turkish troops or its local allies will move in there is a new relationship between the nato allies after years of disagreement over syria but the warming of ties is testing russian turkish cooperation u.s. withdrawal from from syria and that puts at risk relations between russia and turkey because if that is states and turkey managed to reach the dea

let me start from here the turkish investigation teams have concluded that democracy democracy should do was brutally murdered then the body was chopped into pieces and but it remains were taken out of the council eight in some luggage is made by those saudi agents that it would seem those pictures and right after that we see those people arriving in the saudi consuls residence which is very close to the coast great good thing around it's three zero nine pm in the in the afternoon they are carrying these a if you like we just at these fast luggage is inside the consulate residence and when you look at the pictures you see the flags in meaning is it the black hole van that is trying to park in front of the council a residence then they. drive or make simple makes a maneuver and park fisk park still went inside a parking spot in the residence garden which also shows us that they are trying to take out the luggage is from the from the vehicle to the residence without showing anyone because it is a very. the residence the street where the residence is and there's a traffic passing by. the

we were told from turkish sources a range of issues were discussed including syria now turkish forces then say a group of senators requested a meeting with the turkish intelligence chief about the murder up and in that meeting which was described as informal the intelligence chief explained what evidence turkey had about about the killing and explained what evidence turkey has given to the us about the killing of the u.n. envoy to yemen has called for both sides in the four year long war to end the violence now he made the comments at the start of talks in sweden warring sides have agreed to a prisoner exchange. you know the fighting continues on the ground in yemen at least seven hoofy fighters and one soldier from the saudi and iran to coalition have been killed in al donna province coalition forces are trying to push the who feeds from the hills to the south of the town of damped has also been fighting in the central city of. a u.s. sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass of the u.n. general assembly and measure failed to

the northern city of them on beach at the request of civilians and kurds in the area amid fears of a turkish offensive. in france plans to expand its a riot control arsenal despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow best protesters caused by rubber bullets. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us the attorney general of alabama is looking into a decision from ation campaign in the run up to last year's state election the operation involved more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing the republican candidate the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something that's significant for us to explore and we'll go from there those behind the alabama scheme were meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but as our team in the comments they in fact created their own. some of the activity pointed to as alleged russian meddling in the united states was actually being carried out by the cyber security form new knowle

let's get more on this now from autumn unfruitful olu who's a film a turkish ambassador to the united states welcome to our team could have you with us syrian forces say that remember to the request of the cuts they're expecting an offensive by taki what do you think's going to happen next i think you have to look at the situation from two related but different perspectives one is that turkey declared the official policy is supportive of the. territorial integrity and national unity of syria and. its industry and work membership as the territorial to say have had a. republic so i think it's safe that it doesn't. it has no problem with the syrian. forces who have an armed forces controlling and a member of. turkey's problem is not the who controls. amidship but. that whole party. membership was under. their control control of. by p.g. bitch porter key is an extension of the peak take a terrorist organization. an extension of it in syria so if disunity in move into membership means the departure ish and emanation of i.p.g. influence. in one village then there should be no problem for tu

neighboring turkey the people of my own shoes been through a lot since syria's civil war started now turkish supported forces may be poised to attack the city and the kurdish militias will theory and troops come to the aid all the codes also coming up even egypt raises the threat level around and a crack in town rerouted flights and told people to stay away from the volcano eruptions triggered a deadly tsunami over the weekend. and the woman takes on the male dominated world of municipal politics we have a report on abderrahim the first woman to say that has been married she needs u.s. capitol. hill. i'm going home free glad you could join me reports from syria say the government of president bashar al assad has sent troops to the north all the country that is ahead of an expected offensive by turkey talk ish backed militias have been gathering close to the town of man beach which is currently held by the syrian democratic forces it's a largely kurdish aligned supported by the united states. and earlier this month turkish president wretch of type one and now that his country would attack it'