sees the kurds as allies in the fight against islamic state turkey has also said some syrian refugees could be resettled in the zone. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. police have begun to disperse crowds in hong kong off to thousands of protesters marched to the u.s. consulate and urged president donald trump to quote liberate the secy demonstrations a calling for help from foreign governments as they press for more democratic freedoms beijing meanwhile has alleged that hostile foreign groups have been fomenting the unrest. china's trade has shrunk shrunk in august as the tower of war between beijing and washington worsens beijing's global exports fell by one percent from last year while imports were also down chinese trade with the u.s. was badly affected exports to washington sank 16 percent while imports of u.s. goods also took a severe hit. russians are heading to the polls for regional and municipal