social worker his parents still live in northern syria. you know is keeping a close eye on the news he said but also angry with the german government. that germany is providing weapons for this war. and it just tears me apart inside. to talk. english the german government has condemned the turkish offensive and his band new arms exports to turkey but berlin has not canceled existing weapons contracts. and the guns and germany is the world's 3rd largest arms exporter so we're selling weapons to dictators like air to one and we don't really care what happens with these weapons these in. arms exports are highly controversial in germany the kurds are strictly opposed to weapon sales to turkey and they take to the streets over it like here in berlin the demonstrators are demanding economic sanctions against ankara and a stop to the fighting and northern syria. the west has left the kurds to fend for themselves the kurds and are on their own. we're trying to apply a bit of political pressure including on the german government on the whole. of al

northern syria many of them fear for the lives of their families there. all week. looks forward to soccer training with his club. like most of the players could he know comes from the kurdish autonomous region and northern syria. he finds it difficult to concentrate on the game on the conflict in his homeland is still going on. we are worried about our families and the team talks about it. it's not just me but others have relatives there we support each other. always. came to germany as a refugee from syria and 2012 he now has german citizenship and is studying to be a social worker his parents still live in northern syria cutty you know is keeping a close eye on the news he said but also angry with the german government. that germany is providing weapons for this war. and it just tears me apart inside. to talk. english the german government has condemned the turkish offensive and his band new arms exports to turkey but berlin has not canceled existing weapons contracts. and the guns and germany is the world's 3rd largest arms exporter so we're selling weapons to d

the vast plains of northern syria are home to the kurds. they are a distinct ethnic group with their own language and culture. but no country of their own. and they were close american allies. >> so we're going to the edge of the front line. >> reporter: for five years the kurds here in northern syria fought with the full backing of the american military against their common enemy, the terrorists of isis. >> there's no question that they were our vital partner in defeating isis. >> reporter: brett mcgurk ran counter isis strategy under presidents obama and trump. >> they never stopped fighting isis, and they did so at great cost. >> reporter: 11,000 kurdish men and women were killed. 24,000 were injured. >> it was very clear for them at the very beginning that this would mean a fight for life or death. >> reporter: delar deriq is a kurd who has researched the long persecution of her people. >> it was a historical battle for survival, for not being wiped out from history. >> reporter: but in the end, the kurds believed it was worth it. they

it cannot occupy over a prolonged period of time in northern syria. the kurds have a long history of struggle. they will continue to resist. the fsa and turkish forces will bear the brunt of its retaliation. >> why are the kurds failing time and time again to gain their autonomous territory, the and iraq or be in java? >> we supported a flawed iraq policy in iraq. we ignored 93% of iraqi kurds who voted for independence. >> well, they are not united. kirkuk fell because it is an open the door for soleimani. >> we opened the door to around comfortably on the kurds is a mistake. it speedy lack of kurdish unity. >> we know there's a problem with lack of curtis unity. it's always been the case. the 30 years i worked on the issue it's been a problem. if a you a supportive for the kurds had supported self-determination for iraqi kurds and it stood by its allies in northern syria, the whole course of events would have been different. and i daresay you might still have survived and be with us today. >> all right. i also want to ask about ice is because earlie

they got him and they got him despite what was happening in northern syria at the time. we got him, but many of the things that lead us to get him, to put us in a position to succeed were undone by donald trump in the days and weeks before the raid. the close cooperation with the kurdish people on the ground, the american military intelligence presence on the ground, that has all now been ended or removed. so while we are now safer in the long run, the real question is whether we have made some of our counterterrorism efforts more difficult at a time when isis is likely to reconstitute itself. but this is where donald trump and his supporters get frustrated with people like you who, i am sure you would acknowledge, you are doyens of foreign policy—making establishments, the elite. you are thoroughly and consistently churlish about donald trump's foreign policy but here we are, a guy who hasjust delivered a big win for the united states, and he has done by cooperating with everyone on the ground today in northern syria, not last week or last year, but today. he thanked

there are 60 british children who will be living in tents in midwinter in northern syria by then. can i ask him again to revise as a matter of urgency our policy on their return? again, i thank my right honourable friend, and we certainly share his concerns about the humanitarian situation. i've already made clear the uk's policy in relation to unaccompanied minors and orphans, which is that we are willing to see them repatriated. we will consider wider requests for consular support and more generally, subject to national security concerns, the real challenge that we've got, of course, is that we don't have a consular presence in syria accessing the children or anyone else for that matter of uk nationality is very difficult. but we do respond to all cases on a case—by—case basis. dominic raab said the uk was also concerned about the effect on the humanitarian crisis of turkish military action in syria. a labourmp said ministers should do more. can i tell him that abandoning the kurds who led the fight against is has seen over 10,000 refugees fleeing to iraqi kudistan on top of

is longstanding allies the kurds in northern syria and in that region in general so you know we'll wait and see exactly what comes out of this meeting at the moment as i said you know members of the senate were present and also you know unlike pompei oh i'm president they're so we'll see what they say like i mentioned big topics being discussed today in washington are responding. to war if you probably think you. well here's some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world in bolivia supporters of ousted president evo morales at staged protests in the capital the pilots there demanding that interim president janine on yes' step down and that morale is to be reinstated and has declared herself president on tuesday after morale is went into exile in mexico following widespread unrest in the country so lame authorities say hundreds of people have been injured and over a 1000 arrested in nationwide riots fresh protests erupted on tuesday after the country's currency fell to an historic low demonstrators are demanding that president sebastian pinera step down. 23 palestin

my withdraw forces from northern syria? my own view is that he is his own expert. he is his own national security adviser and his own secretary of state. he has tremendous confidence in his views on people have told him all along that he would never get anywhere in politics in the last i saw he was elected president three years ago. i think he has tremendous confidence in his own views. he has not surrounded himself with foreign policy, with people with a big foreign policy reputation and he has surrounded himself with people who have a diminished reputation. i take that as a sign that the main person he listens to is himself. brett mcgurk, a big player in the administration's counter terrorist strategy until 2018, he said the other day that donald trump is not a commander—in—chief. he makes impulsive decisions without knowledge or deliberation. are you of that school of thought? he is commander—in—chief. of that school of thought? he is commander-in-chief. the point he was making... that he is not fit to be, thatis making... that he is not fit to be, that

forces from northern syria. i understand from her answer that representations have been made to the secretary of state, could the minister advise what representations were made to the u.s. about his decision to withdraw forces from northern syria? >> thank you very much, mr. president. i think it is very important to be clear about where responsibilities lies in relation to the impact of these military actions. turkey is responsible for the decisions it has made in conducting this incursion. turkey is totally accountable for the action of its military forces and the militia groups it is employing. they are responsible for the humanitarian suffering they are causing through their military operations, and they are accountable for the detention, custody, and escape of any da esh fighters. our discussions with united states concerned these issues and more, mr. president, but it is my habit, as you know it as the senate knows, to go into the contents of those private discussions. >> final supplementary question. >> r

like most of the players could he know comes from the kurdish autonomous region and northern syria. he finds it difficult to concentrate on the game on the conflict in his homeland is still going on. in the familiar. we are worried about our families on the team talks about it. it's not just me but others have relatives there we support each other he's. always. came to germany as a refugee from syria and 2012 he now has german citizenship and is stunning to be a social worker his parents still live in northern syria how do you know it's keeping a close eye on the news he said but also angry with the german government. that. show.

you ignored that letter and went ahead and launched military action to northern syria. can you explain why you ignored the president? >> this letter was presented to mr. president this afternoon and i've also underlined the fact that it should not be considered by your country such as the united states. and in the control has been instrumental in the killings of hundreds of civilians and he is a person labeled for the terrorist leader who is incarcerated in turkey so a person like this should not be welcome by a country such as the united states and similarly, this person was welcome by a country such as russia, so it's very difficult for me too understand this when were trying to fight terrorism on a global scale. therefore going to sustain our fight against terrorism in a healthy fashion, we need to be much more sensitive than we are. it will happen to us today and somebody else tomorrow, that's a saying that goes in our language. we have also provided information in the documents to her and to marketers in the white house. including mr. president. and i've also submi

syria. protest of a guy. with broad police firing tear gas and water cannon at demonstrators in santiago it comes despite president sebastian bin year as plans to rewrite the current constitution a central demand of protesters strong winds of pushing bush was closer to the outskirts of australia's biggest city firefighters in the state of new south wales are on high alert with temperatures set to rise they say they're already seeing more fires breaking out the city region has been does ignited a being catastrophic danger for tuesday those are the headlines and news continues here 'd on al-jazeera after inside story. karim within limits cambodia's opposition leader is released from house arrest. as they try to return from exile can they maintain pressure on the prime minister despite a government crackdown is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm mr cambodia's prime minister hun sen has silenced all voices of dissent in recent years his government has shut down independent media

you ignored that letter and you went ahead and you launched a military action into northern syria. can you explain why you ignored the president's warning? >> translator: well, this letter was represented to mr. president this afternoon. and i've also underlined the fact that a terrorist such as feto should not be considered as an interlocutor by a country such as the united states. and this individual, feto, has been instrumental in the killings of hundreds of turkish civilians and he is a person labelled as like a son for the terrorist leader who is currently incarcerated in turkey. so a person like this should not be welcomed by a country such as the united states. and similarly, this person was welcomed by a country such as russia. so it's very difficult for me to understand these when we're trying to fight terrorism on a global scale. if we're going to sustain our fight against terrorism in a healthy fashion, we need to be much more sensitive than we currently are. it happens to us today and it will happen to somebody else tomorrow, is a saying that goes in our language. we ha

he insisted he‘d done the right thing by withdrawing us troops from northern syria. democrats and some republicans have fiercely criticised the move. british voters have been urged not to "give up" on stopping brexit by the outgoing european council president. donald tusk said leaving the eu would leave the uk a ‘second—rate player‘, and that brexit would likely mark the ‘real end of the british empire‘.

they have been criticised for the recent campaign into northern syria, the campaign into northern syria, the campaign against the kurds that they launch last month. they will be keen to show they are in intelligence and military player. they now control this territory and they have produced this person, this key figure of islamic state. so it will bea figure of islamic state. so it will be a vitaljustification for their operations, and one they will hope to build on. thank you very much indeed. that is the very latest, and you can have a look at our website for more information. an investigation based on the phone of a 17—year—old teenager who killed herself has revealed the shocking scale of self—harm and suicide material being shared across networks of private instagram accounts. we've been able to see inside the mobile of the norwegian teen who live—posted her suicide on instagram. new analysis by a team of norwegian journalists has revealed that her account was linked to another 1,000 accounts posting similar dangerous content, around half of them in english. at least anothe

troops from northern syria. this is this is a great because it's like i just today with the president with president trump about like you know why you know what about protecting the kurds they were our allies things like that he said literally well they didn't really protect us in world war 2. and they weren't there at the invasion of normandy but we've still got people essentially. the just blows my mind at the end of the day that we're allowing yourself and i'm happy to see troops leave but u.s. troops leave we shouldn't be there in the 1st place but there's better ways to you know protect allies things like that but allowing turkey to describe a border and start bombing the way right one of the things i think that's interesting is that we don't know at all the scale of this operation. and it marks the 3rd. military operation that turkey has taken in syria and northern syria in 3 years so they keep going on there and as you said you know one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter i mean. this i

23 had asked the court to allow their families to return home from our whole camp in northern syria but as launching reports now from the hague the judge ruled the mothers need not be sent back figuring out what to do with women and children associated with the enemy isn't a new problem for a country but when you bring i sill into the equation it becomes hugely controversial. at issue in the netherlands what to do about $23.00 dutch women and their $56.00 children under the age of 12 many born in the vast desperate el whole camp in northern syria their families have demanded they be brought home the government had said no thanks excel than i was even a kindler and for ordering in his ruling the judge demanded that the dutch state had achieved see to show it was trying to repatriate the children and their mothers to if the kurdish come command has said so and all within 14 days so if the kurdish resort authority saying we're only willing to give back the children if the dutch authorities also take back the women then that's the way it has to be and that has been the kurdish position

policy hands especially if you visit to turkey in northern syria at the expense probably kurds and so particularly on the syrian issue for us turkish relations are you know very bad 7 place and the only wonder there are 2 seems to have a positive spin on it is the president yeah as you're saying that the difference is i have a strategy in the middle east that they run very deep so can you see those be results moved. no i don't it's really hard to see what a winner would look like out of this meeting certainly trump is not going to reverse himself in terms of the fact we have seen 2 turkish involvement in jordan syria turkey is there to step in i think that there will be some strong pressure on her long term reign in the rebel forces that he's using because those are sort of fierce fighting proxy militia agents on the ground who are most responsible for the civilian attacks certainly though the pressure of the neighborhood phone call but yeah i mean going to the heart you know i'll be very curious that the press conference is actually going on concurrently and of course the president i

we have no problems with our brothers and sisters in the northern part of syria. he needs to give these individuals passports. he was making a mistake. one political party has more than 50 mps of kurdish ethnicity. we have to make a distinction. have an ethnicity. they don't have a nationality. don't have a flag. back againstfight terrorists, tomorrow you ought to pay very hefty price. thank you very much. pres. erdogan: thank you. pres. trump: thank you. >> the house intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continued impeachment inquiry hearings on friday and on c-span two. with testimony by former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. find the procedures for the hearings and the questions the committee helps to have answered at our website, cease and .org/impeachment. watch c-span.org on your computer or mobile device, or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. areng up this morning, we getting your reaction to the first public health impeachment inquiry heari

there are a lot of talks about the turkish invasion of northern syria that it's really all about setting up muslim brotherhood states. similar to gaza strip. would that be viable idea or do you think it is being intimate as we speak right now? >> i don't think it is viable. they might think about it, but for erdogan and turkey to hold on to that plan for a long time, it might be very problematic. there are going to be a lot of terrorist activities. of course erdogan intends to hold that piece of land for a long time. he's establishing his different services. the future will show but i think it's too early to talk about it at a don't have any direct information site don't want to speculate. >> ahmet, pleasure talking to you as always. great question from the audience. everything we just talked about in his presentation from the morning is on investigative journalism website so you can follow up on that and it's time for lunch now. we will be back here at 1:40? greg, 1:40? 1:45. 1:45 and we will have a fascinating panel on this date with michael rubin and michael talk to us about some over

syria. the spokesman for turkey's interior ministry says that his country has begun a program to repatriate captured eisel fighters an american and a german were deported on monday with fighters from denmark ireland france and the netherlands to be deported in the coming days. britain's prime minister boris johnson has been given a boost in the country's election race after the head of the bracks it party nigel farage said he would not challenge the conservative party for seats both parties are in favor of the u.k. leaving the e.u. but different over the terms of the exit agreement those are the headlines stay with us up next whose truth is it anyway looking at the role of journalist as protests in hong kong continue i think the prime minister. should be in to give a great take on the political ticker and making this country the great place although pretty much it is delayed. drama bricks it on al-jazeera. i'm.

about the impact of the decision to withdraw forces from northern syria? >> i think it is very important to be clear about where responsibilities lie in relation to the impact of the military actions. turkey is responsible for the decision it has made in conducting this incursion. turkey is totally accountable for the actions of its military forces. they are responsible for the humanitarian suffering they are causing through their military operations. for the are accountable detention, custody, and escape of any daesh fighters. discussions with the u.s. concerned these issues and more. but it is not my habit, as you know, to go into the contents of those private discussions. reports indicate thousands of held or isis fighters are -- order. >> please start again. i lost track of the question. >> order. >> thank you, mr. president. reports indicate that thousands fighters aresis being held by kurdish forces in northern syria. what about the consequences for with the against daesh military action and the u.s. decision to withdraw from the region? one of myyne

cnn goes inside of northern syria where u.s. allies abandoned by president trump pullout are being forced out of their homes and into camps. >>> plus arrested on thanksgiving day 1983. now after 36 years in prison for a murder they didn't commit, three men are finally free. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm erica hill in for jake. we begin with the politics lead. the first impeachment hearing scheduled for next wednesday focus on a constitutional grounds to impeach president trump. the news comes as the president insists he would love for secretary of state pompeo, cleave of staff mulvaney and energy secretary perry and other current and former administration officials to testify but he must protect the presidency. it is focused on the with holding of aid to ukraine and today we learned the first official action to withhold the aid happened on the very same day as president trump's controversial call with the president of ukraine as cnn's sara murray reports. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee focusing the first hearing on

syria without spilling one drop of american blood. not one drop. actually i have to be honest. one soldier stepped on a nail. and i said don't tell the press that because they will say, but once soldier stepped on a nail. i said how bad was it? just don't mention it please. not a drop of blood. and we don't have to defend the borders between turkey and syria. but what we will do is we did keep the oil. if you don't mind, we kept the oil. and we will distribute that oil, and also about ourselves. we turn faraway nations into very, very dangerous war zones and then they demanded that american citizens accept unlimited migration from those terror afflicted nations and regions. we did not fight them over there, only to invite them over here. we don't want to do that. to protect our communities by administration, restricted migration from terror prone nations and implemented the toughest that we've ever had, no issue has ever been so horribly discarded by a party as that issue by the democrats. they want open borders which mean crime, they

up the mounting human cost of turkey is offensive in northern syria a special report on kurds living in fear in ankara so-called safe zone i saw an airplane over a house we wanted to flee and then a turkish plane bombed us with civilians not military and we were at home at home. has seen a day of high profile political designations as the widening scandal of the 27000 murder of an investigative journalist gathers pace on tuesday prime minister joseph most cats announce the departure of his chief of staff keith schembri this was followed by the press. nation of the country's tourist mr conrad mit's a journalist cat daffy want to kill it sure was murdered in a car bomb attack on the island 2017 and a reputation for exposing corruption one of the country's political and business in the us and that named mr sharon was the big secret reports last week police investigating the killing arrested prominent multiset businessman new york and fenech on board his yacht while he was apparently trying to leave the country 3 men are already facing trial for most kind of want to go it is coming but t

the problems in northern syria is controlled by a bubble forces opposed to president bashar thank the main group operating in the area is he at the who the shah h.t.s. . is opposes talks with the government and its fighters are deployed south near ponce hold where government troops are on the offensive a few days ago president bashar al assad made a surprise visit to newly captured territory south of. reinforcements are pouring into the area and for the 3 and a half 1000000 people living there the buildup is a sign that war fighting is imminent and then there's one yes that iraq is going to him it's him to move troops to a position territory and we kept truth he's using the same tactic that helped him take over homes and there are further north not far from the battlefield it's another relatively quiet day in s. him a village south of it live city this is where i was born 9 years ago his only no live in a war zone he goes to school in the morning and then spends long hours in the afternoon collecting firewood ahead of the harsh winter when temperatures can fall below 0 a little him is

with the united states at the same time now on the border with syria in northern syria you have turkish troops patrolling the border with russian troops now so you know he's sticking his fingers in the cookie jar on both sides how long can that last. well up until now this for mazing juggling act has has carried on and has sustained even though many people predicted it was unsustainable and i think the reason why has sustained is that all the parties involved realize if it does fail the results could be cataclysmic for serious self you could see a further escalation in the conflict and the situation is already bad escalating into even worse situation involving russia america turkey iran so at the moment all parties feel that even though they have conflicting interests they have to somehow make this this relationship work you know use dorian jones with the way it is from istanbul dorian thank you. an indian boy has become the very definition of inspiration after repeated successes in the sport of swimming but. here's the story remarkable is that he has touched milestones despite having n

syria. britain's prime minister boris johnson has been given a boost in the country's election race after the head of the bracks it party i just fire rajiv said he would not challenge the conservative party for seats both parties are in favor of the u.k. leaving the e.u. but deferred over the terms of the exit agreement those are the headlines that stay with us the stream is coming up next looking at the role of social media in politics and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour i hope you'll join me that way. and you're in the stream today should twitter allow political ads we ask what role social media plays in politics and what impact a ban on political ads will have joined the conversation tweet us at a.j. stream or leave a comment on our live chat and you too will be in the stream. twitter's c.e.o. jack dorsey recently announced that the company will no longer allow political advertisements on its platform the move the company says is to make sure politicians and political

you ignore that letter and you went ahead and launched military action into northern syria. can you explain why you ignore the president warning? well, this letter was represented to the president this afternoon, and i've also underlined the fact that it's areas such as feto should not be considered... this individual has been instrumental in the killings of hundreds of turkish civilians. he is a person labelled as like a son for the terrorist leader recently incarcerated in turkey. a person like this should not be welcomed by a country such as the united states. similarly, this person was welcomed bya similarly, this person was welcomed by a country such as russia. so it is very difficult for me to understand these when we are trying to fight terrorism if we are going to fight terrorism if we are going to sustain our fight against terrorism and a healthy fashion, we need to be much more sensitive than we currently are. it happens to us today and it will happen to somebody else tomorrow, is a sign that goes in our language. we have also provided information on the document t

syria turkey wants to clear the area of kurdish fighters and create a so-called safe soon to our syrian refugees to return which has more from shunyo

syria it happened near the town of a naser turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces last month israeli opposition leader barry gantz is proposing a deal to end it unprecedented political crisis he says his party's willing to go into coalition with the likud but its leader benyamin netanyahu could have no part to play dances called on that in yahoo to resign following an indictment in corruption cases iran is restoring internet access after the government imposed a shut down last week in response to widespread protests and demonstrations followed the government increase in fuel prices by up to 50 percent. but the headlines the news continues after counting the cost stay with us. they don't believe in the 2 state solution still believe in the 2 state solution we

syria after which turkey marched in leading lawmakers have been arguing deserted the u.s. as allies there the kurds. at the white house there was little sign of washington and on grower on the same page regarding the kurds with everyone defending his decision to invade syria as part of an chorus fight against terror our let's bring in our correspondent pablo foley now he is in washington the relations of course between turkey and the u.s. have not been going well they've been going south quickly in fact to the 2 leaders did they find any common ground that they can build on. well karl it was one of those press conferences that at times you were left wondering you know what exactly what was happening and it was quite interesting particularly hearing president trump said that he was a big fan of president of the one we just heard there the sound bite where president trump was saying that in fact you know president added one didn't have a problem with the kurds it was only a certain faction of the kurds now president and the one actually also said it wasn't it wasn't the he s

proving the wisdom of this approach, we recently secured a permanent cease-fire in northern syria without spilling one drop of american blood. not one drop. actually, i have to be honest. one soldier stepped on a nail. it's true. i said, "don't tell the press that because they'll say one soldier stepped on a nail. i said how bad was it? they said it's ok. i said don't mention it, please. they like to mention exactly what happened. take it low-key. stepped on a nail. not a drop of blood. we don't have to defend the borders between turkey and syria. they have been fighting for a thousand years. but what we do is we did keep the oil, if you don't mind. we kept the oil. we kept the oil. we'll distribute oil. we'll help out the kurds and other people. we'll also help out ourselves. past leaders military adventures turned faraway nations into very dangerous war zones. then they demanded that american citizens accept unlimited migration from those terror-afflicted nations, and regions. i don't think so. i don't think so. we did not fight them over there only to invite them over here. we don't wa