Is out there a lie from a headquarters. Coming up a palestinian is killed in his home demolished in a raid by Israeli Forces in the occupied west bank a rare or so if unity by the two koreas ahead of the Winter Olympics but not everyone is happy in the south and why tech giant apple is taking the large sums of cash back to the u. S. While creating thousands of jobs. Hello turkey says its not satisfied with assurances from the u. S. Over a kurdish led border force in Northern Syria that ankara views terrorists media reports has spoken to a u. S. Sponsored force of thirty thousand something the Turkish Foreign minister says would cause irreversible damage to relations with the United States and the u. S. Secretary of state in those reports says those reports arent accurate and has held a meeting with his turkish counterpart on wednesday Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Is only training kurdish fighters in the area something its been doing for a long time the United States hears and takes seriously their concerns are our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of Syrian Refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate. We must have turkeys close cooperation cheating a new future for syria that ensure security for syrias neighbors while tensions are also rising along the turkish Syrian Border on a second front with turkey reported to be massing forces near the kurdish controlled. In the Northern Syrian town as part of a socalled deescalation zone but turkey is threatening a military operation against the Kurdish Forces over there Stephanie Decker joining us now live from antakya in turkey near syrias northwestern border to talk about both stephanie what is happening in the free and also that new border force that the United States is announced. I think this shows you some of the complexities of this war when you have allies supporting opposing sides of this war and sooner or later those tensions were going to start to unravel particularly once a sort of common enemy of ice still had been pushed out so just briefly when it comes to that Border Forces you mentioned this is supposed to be around thirty thousand troops backbone of those forces would be the wife e g thats of course the group that turkey has an issue with sees it as a terrorist organization linked to the p. K. K. What turkey wants is for them to hand back those weapons that the americans gave to them to fight i suppose as they say the fight against isis is now over what the americans are saying that this force will be necessary to prevent what happened in the octomom of iraq to stop the resurgence of iceland also as a sort of temporary wrongs influence in the region so its complicated and just briefly there are enough but even which is close to where we are yes theres been a build up continuous buildup of tanks turkish troops along the north and the western part of that border are drawing messages coming out very strongly saying that they will go away and we have at the moment the turkish chief of staff and the head of intelligence in moscow where certainly this will be discussed why because the russians are enough they have troops on the ground and they also control its airspace airspace will be crucial when it comes to what turkey wants pushing the white b. G. Out of that so very very complicated indeed but these things are the two sides that at the moment are moving on lets take a look at what exactly that will mean. The turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the Syrian Border president russia has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area about fifteen for almost a week now theres been sporadic shelling. After the mines in the north west of syria turkey borders the area on the north and west turkish troops are present inside syria on its southern edge and to the east are Turkish BackedSyrian Rebels so it is in effect surrounded a freeness one of you autonomys enclaves controlled by the Syrian Kurdish p. Y. T. Party and its armed wing the y. P. The i. P. G. Has been working with the u. S. In order to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain further east of the Euphrates River in turkey seize the y. P. G. Is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k which it together with the u. S. In europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and im chris says it has every right to protect its borders the timing is interesting it will let you know after you have been there for quite a long time its never through like you know was it a serious issue to threats or turkey but are going to probably needed these kind of nationalistic. You know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. With the Upcoming Elections in turkey so i think that comes the doctor. You know set aside when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u. S. Announcement of a socalled border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the y. P. G. Will form its backbone not. The United States and nato supports a terrorist organization that threatens turkey can this be acceptable its only acceptable and inexplicable. But u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says its not a border force the u. S. Role has been mr trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however thats not what others involved in syrias war think ankara ron moscow and damascus have a voice their opposition to the force so with all the latest developments stephanie would it be fair to say that the war in syria is entering perhaps a new phase. Yes i think i think so i think it was a really highlights how sort of internationalize this conflict is thats not new but certainly now youre seeing opposing saw i suppose in countries trying to carve out fears of influence and it is incredibly complicated and yes we have more moving talks now the u. N. Has talks in indiana in the russians have invited all sides to sochi later in the month but it is looking very difficult as to what any one side is going to agree upon it still remains a very very complicated battlefield ok Stephanie Decker thank you was on market rickly is a global risk analyst at the Geneva Center for Security Policy he says the objectives of major geo political players in the region are diverging. We are witnessing now if you on the second part. In syria the first one was the defeat of isis and this is almost done except for a few pockets and there were some kind of agreements between the Different Actors in the region about for school which was defeating isis now the second objectives are popping up and obviously here this is where you have problems because the u. S. Has relied on surrogates to conduct forces that have that are completely opposed to the objectives of or turkey turkish interests are to secure its southern border and to. Avoid the kurds to establish a presence along the border but for the americans what is very important is that what weve witnessed with the full of isis is the rule of russia as well as iran so keeping iran in check is very important for the americans and having surrogates proxies on the ground is part of this of this equation Israeli Forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank as really police say they were searching for a man who killed a rabbi one week ago iran joining us from jenin thats in the occupied west bank with the latest on the raids iran and more on the palestinian man who was killed. Well there were conflicting routes reports throughout the morning now initially will be israeli said is that the man that was killed was linked to the attack and the killing of an israeli settler rabbi on january the ninth however the Palestinian Health ministry has issued another name saying that the man actually killed was a thirty one year old palestinian called a smile as major all he was from the village that im in now on the right took place around late on wednesday night around Eleven Oclock around two oclock in the morning the israeli army came and let me just show you what locals are telling us is they shelled the house completely destroying it as you can see but its not just the house another two houses in this local area also shelled and demolished as well now whether this was a case of mistaken identity or bad intelligence on behalf of the israelis we dont know yet thats really unclear but what we do know is that the man that was killed wasnt the man that the israelis and they said he said and when it comes to these raids in iran as well as the detention off palestinians give us a sense of how regular any they occur in the west bank and East Jerusalem as well. Well the raids take place like you say on a very regular basis it will depend on what the israelis feel they intelligence that they havent how much of it they can actually act upon but whats really more important about all of this is actually the house demolitions there are two forms of house demolitions here and im just going to show you because it is quite a sight to see when you see a palestinian home being demolished one of them is a form of collective punishment against the families of those either convicted or even suspected of mounting attacks against israelis the other is a form of military tactic the israelis threaten to bomb the home unless the family of the people the person theyre looking for comes out so yes there are a number of raids across the occupied west bank and occupied East Jerusalem not all of them look like this but certainly this with this type raid is very common ok imran khan reporting from janine thank you a fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed fifty two passengers only five people managed to escape the bus was on the main road between it was back to stan and russia a routine used by Migrant Workers police are investigating what caused that blaze and russia is dismissing what it calls a groundless accusations by the u. S. President that the kremlins helping north Korea Evade International sanctions in an interview donald trump also cast doubt on whether talks with north koreas leader would be useful and warned the north is getting closer to building a missile capable of attacking the u. S. Mainland he said china could do much more about praised restrictions on oil and coal deliveries to the north. Well theres been a mixed response to news north and south korean offaly its will march under a unified flag at next months Winter Olympics theyll also form a joint womens Ice Hockey Team for the games in south korea. Several petitions have been filed with some complaining it could affect the teams medal chances the announcements follow the first high level meetings between north and south in more than two years. Our reporter kathy novak has more from seoul. The Winter Olympics are just twenty two days away and the two koreas have come to a last minute agreement that they will walk together at the Opening Ceremony the south korean government says its all part of an effort to promote this event as the peace olympics but not everyone here is happy a recent poll found only about four out of ten support the idea of marching under a unified Korean Peninsula flag and others are against the idea of a joint womens Ice Hockey Team. I think we need to carry our own flag im also against a united team because the athletes have worked so hard as a team so this is not fair and then its going to leave that up we should be unified anyway so i think its a good idea we are the only separated nation in the world and i think its mainly because of political reasons. Some critics have questioned the decision to allow south korean athletes to train at a north korean ski resort which is known as the leader kim jong uns pet project they worry that south korea is helping promote tourism there and while there has been a thaw in north and south korean relations these talks have been limited to discuss india lympics and not the bigger issue of north Koreas NuclearWeapons Program so the question remains what happens after the olympics when the u. S. And south korea are due to resume joint military drills which always anger the north slope heads on aljazeera how delays in aid shipments to yemen are pushing the. Country to the brink of famine and pope francis wades into a centuries old conflict in chile calling for unity in the struggle for indigenous rights. Has a really cold winter air in the Northern Hemisphere is sitting here just about the town of siberia hes going to southern limit and thats more or less the southern limit but its by no means as cold as fos a lot of austar for example very modest three residential tiles minus eighteen and were above freezing in beijing as we all through most japan having had the snow fall that settled quite nicely now the suns out so turkey is at nine degrees apart or minus one come friday we still got the option to be bringing a bit more snow through for her car or maybe rain on the coast of honshu otherwise things change very little in the squat on the course it will be foggy thats one of the things that does happen particularly in the Korean Peninsula all these temperatures you see in china are above average in most cases by four or five degrees and its not going to change the next day or so its still relatively warm time here this cloud forming a few showers in the far south west to china maybe but further north and such one otherwise its dry just not as cold as you might expect the rain is the south of that it is gathering again the coast of vietnam possibly cambodia and the knives and so as well the heaviest rain in the last day or so has been further south in java i think thats for the where it will carry on. It is the stuff they retain some. Wonderful migration and generations of this good luck to mind altering the landscape is the stuff of mine. A stunning portrayal of a life and one womans determination to save the community. Russians three hundred. At this time to see a. Hollow egg on the top stories on aljazeera ties between washington and turkey are under strain after reports the u. S. Is forming a Kurdish Border force in Northern Syria the Turkish Foreign minister said relations would be irreversibly damaged if it goes ahead americas top diplomat says the reports are inaccurate and that the u. S. Is only training fighters Israeli Forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank Israeli Police were searching for a man who killed a rabbi a week ago north and south korea will march under a unified flag at the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics theyll also field a joint hockey team the gesture of reconciliation follows the first talks in more than two years. Well the u. N. Is calling for the yemeni ports of her day thats remained open beyond friday to continue the delivery of life saving goods these Saudi Led Coalition has allowed the ports operation after u. S. Funded cranes were installed on shoes they used to handle seventy percent of yemens import. Its the damage from a twenty fifteen air strike and a blockade by the saudi Led Military Alliance has severely restricted aid axis. Is the deputy regional director for the International Committee of the red cross in the emmen he said the aid is critical for the survival of millions of people who are on the brink of famine. The yemeni population is dependent on aid. Its ninety percent of the needs of the yemeni people are sustained for imports and as such. The restrictions on imports prevent the. Flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid from reaching the yemeni population so that is where things should be moving on lessening both christmas we need more we need less restrictions on imports fuel is key and a central for the survival of the population in yemen fuel is essential for the running most hospitals in a Health System that is faltering only forty five percent of house the facilities are functioning today in yemen but fuel is also important for water water pumping stations depend on fuel. Sewage Treatment Plants depend in fuel vehicles that collect the garbage depend on fuel and all of this creates a vicious circle were the population being weakened after years of exhausting their resources and not having any more the capacity of staying will only have more epidemics like diphtheria coming back to them if these conditions are not treated immediately the u. S. President has been compared to former soviet dictator just stalin over his attitude towards the media the comments from fellow republican jeff flake were delivered on the floor of the senate flake criticized President Trumps reference to fake news and alternative facts and for portraying the media as the enemy of the people our White House Correspondent kelly halkett has more from washington where the president such as the floor of the u. S. Senate the setting for a remarkable rebuke of a sitting president preparing to mark the anniversary of his first year in office. A member of Donald Trumps own Republican Party calling on fellow senators to fight back against the president s attacks on americas constitutionally protected free press we are rather in an era in which the authoritarian impulse is reasserting itself it was a searing condemnation of the Trump Presidency repeatedly flaked challenge the president s statements and claims and accusing him over roading public trust in american institutions by threatening anyone who challenges him. Tryst war with the media has been intensifying since taking Office Multiple reporters and news outlets have been targets of trump on twitter accused of disseminating what the president calls think news another republican senator john mccain is aqualung flake sentiments in an editorial published on wednesday mccain writes reporters around the world face intimidation threats of violence harassment persecution and sometimes even death as governments resort to brutal censorship to silence the Truth White House is defending the president s conduct that we welcome access to the media every day im standing right here taking questions the president does so regularly the committee to protect journalists reports that in twenty seventeen two hundred and sixty two reporters were jailed for their work of those twenty one were imprisoned on charges of fake news a phrase coined by donald trump trumps anti media rhetoric has been copied by other World Leaders including president rogge regal to tears today he recently branded a philippine news website as fake news after it was critical of his government senator flake calls trumps actions despotic like that of Joseph Stalin who also characterized journalists as an enemy of the people even the key to khrushchev forbade it use. Telling the soviet communist party that the phrase had been introduced by stalin for the purpose of quote annihilating such individuals unquote in spite of the condemnation trumps contempt for journalists and his dismissal of unfavorable News Coverage appears unlikely to subside kimberly hellcat aljazeera washington. The u. S. Technology giant apple says its going to create twenty thousand jobs for American Workers that will go down with well with donald trump in his America First campaign apples been criticized for employing huge numbers of workers and asia to make i phones as well as other devices and for avoiding u. S. Taxes by having huge reserves of cash in Foreign Bank Accounts she have written scene reports. Apple has long been criticized for its huge cache of some two hundred fifty billion dollars that it made through its foreign subsidiaries but refused to repatriate to the u. S. In order to avoid paying u. S. Taxes thats ninety four percent of its total cash under the new tax bill passed at the end of last year apple and other multinationals got what they loaned one to a reduction in the tax rate on those holdings from thirty eight percent to fifteen and a half percent however apple has to pay that fifteen and a half percent whether it repaired trees the money or not on wednesday apple announced its tax bill will come to thirty eight billion dollars a saving of some forty two billion dollars according to analysts the Company Also Announced it will open a new campus in the u. S. Twenty thousand more employees and spend three hundred fifty billion dollars over the next five years this is really good from apples p. R. Without is out there talking about an Innovation Fund jobs money back in the pockets of their employees money being repatriated so this is a win win all around however its not clear whether the expansion plans on new apple hasnt announced any changes to its manufacturing model which is based around asian factories nor is it clear how much of its money at times to repatriate at all analysts say much of any repatriated money may go to paying down the ninety seven billion dollars in debt that it incurred as it rewarded its shareholders in stock buybacks and dividends and giving its shareholders even more billions of dollars and that could spark control received. Without the announcement of the new campus and more job creation in the u. S. But as for those drugs at the new campus many will be in Technical Support the location has yet to gnomes but according to reports they will be paid an average of thirty six thousand dollars a year other investments will be in expanded data centers around the u. S. Warehouses for equipment break this is an announcement that should be capitalized on by President Trump who criticized the company during the president ial election campaign. On wednesday the dow jones of twenty six thousand points for the first time an indicator of the president is used to suggest a booming economy has also hit a record Closing Price so it seems like the president s plan is working as he laid it out Tax Reform Tax cuts he wanted seem to be taking it affect him in a very meaningful way in that jobs are going to be coming back overseas and most importantly money thats been overseas is coming back but the main beneficiaries off the dows rally and apples announcement will be the minority of americans already raking in the cash from their stock market investments. The British Government has appointed a minister for loneliness to tackle the growing problem of social isolation an estimated nine Million People suffer from loneliness in the u. K. And the new portfolio is meant to advance the work of the british politician joe cox who was shot dead by a far right activist two years ago. In a country of more than sixty Million People and in an age where we can instantly connect with friends relatives and even strangers around the world it may seem counterintuitive that any of us could find ourselves feeling lonely yet more than nine million of us say that we always often feel like. Two hundred thousand older people have not had a conversation with a friend or relative the more than a month. Up to eighty five percent of young adults with disabilities say they feel lonely most days as yourself used to say loneliness doesnt discriminate but just as loneliness can affect any of us so any of us can help to tackle. An attack in pakistan southwestern city of quetta has killed a mother and daughter who were taking part in an Anti Polio CampaignPolice Sources say they were immunizing children against the disease when a gunman opened fire on the teams pakistans government regularly organizes and campaigns the spite threats from the taleban. Pope francis is urging Indigenous People in chile to stop using violence in their struggle to regain land they say was stolen from them the Roman Catholic leader a celebrated mass in the region at the center of the fight for justice our latin america editor of a syrian human reports. Least ten churches have been set on fire. This is how indigenous my pooches prayed with branches and cries to the sun and the earth and it was with their traditional rites not the catholic churches that pope francis began his visit to chiles most rest of region. We can hear alco sing of a sorrow that cannot be silenced said trees of injustices that have re onesies taking place. The pope dedicated his homily to the my pooches acknowledging that their blood was spilled on this very airbase chosen for the people ceremony and that is still being disputed by seven hundred families. Thousands walk long distances from all over the region to attend even from neighboring argentina. We are separated by the Andes Mountains but we are the same approach of people with the same demands for the return of our Ancestral Lands that were taken from us. But many couldnt get here because of barricades put up by massed groups who clocked access roads but yet our region has been beaten by too many conflicts since the pope is closer to god than we are hopefully he can into his seat on our be have for peace. Three catholic churches were targeted by arsonists in the lead up to the popes visit no one has taken responsibility doesnt. Hear me i repeat. What pope francis privately you know him. But the vatican spokesman told aljazeera the pope is not here to mediate the pope called for my pooches to be recognized as equals but he made no mention of the key issue of land rights instead he warned against confrontation and violence. And violence begets violence destruction increases fragmentation and separation it. Can turn even the most just cause into a law i. Hope frances is repeated plea for unity is what many wanted to hear but its unclear whether it will contribute to easing a centuries old dispute in cheese poorest region. You see in human. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera ties between washington and turkey are under strain after reports the u. S. Is forming a Kurdish Border force in Northern Syria the Turkish Foreign minister said relations would be irreversibly damaged if it goes ahead americas top diplomat says the reports are inaccurate and that the u. S. Is only training. Israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank Israeli Police say they were searching for a man who killed a rabbi one week ago iran has the latest. The right took place around Late Wednesday nights around Eleven Oclock around two oclock in the morning the israeli army came in. Let me just show you what locals are telling us is they shelled the house completely destroying it as you can see but its not just the house another two houses in this local area were also shelled and demolished as well a fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed fifty two passengers only five people managed to escape the bus was on the main road between pakistan and russia a route used by Migrant Workers police are investigating what caused the blaze russias this missing what it calls a groundless accusations by the u. S. President that the kremlins helping north Korea Evade International sanctions in an interview with donald trump also cast doubt on whether talks with north koreas leader would be useful he said china could do much more but praised restrictions on oil im cold deliveries to the north aid agencies and the u. N. Calling for the day that to remain open beyond friday to continue the delivery of lifesaving goods Saudi Led Coalition has allowed the ports operation after u. S. Funded cranes were installed it used to handle seventy percent of yemens imports of a damage from a twenty fifteen air strike and the blockade by the saudi Led Military Alliance a severely restricted eight axis more than eight Million People in yemen are dependent on food aid pope francis is urging chiles much approach eight Indigenous People to end violence in their struggle for more rights he held mass in the. Region which is at the center of a long running conflict between the government and indigenous groups. Those are the latest headlines on aljazeera inside story is coming up next they with us. Some call it the business of death the worldwide arms trade is booming on the number of dead from wars gun battles and on gang crime is rising with thousands killed every day is it possible for governments to control powerful companies that dominate the global weapons market this is inside story