Come, giving your company the resources and stability to thrive. Mufg, we build relationships that build the world. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Continue bombing syria. A warning to moscow as violations of turkish airspace for violations of turkish airspace. A strike on a hospital in kunduz leaving aake while spot open in the u. S. Drawdown. Illustrating the world of harry potter. One artist is bringing the boy wizards adventures to life with every stroke. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television on in america and around the globe. A conflict in syria and the migrant crisis are linked. Being affected by both. The countrys president was in brussels meeting other leaders grappling with the influx of refugees. Russias Bombing Campaign in syria has violated turkish airspace wanting a warning from nato. Russias state pr machine distributes this type of footage. Russian jets pounding targets in syria. Real or thethe show recent incursions into turkeys airspace. They are of great concern to nato. Turkey is a key member of the alliance. This does not look like an accident. It is a serious violation of the airspace. There were 2 violations during the weekend. Turkeys president in brussels did not mince words. We cannot tolerate this kind of thing. Nato has taken a tough line against this, and i am convinced it will continue to do so. Any aggression against turkey is an aggression against nato. Pressures aggressions over turkey and in syria are a huge concern, to the eu as well. Has beendent attracting attention, i security, and making attractions all over brussels. Trying to woo turkey and help them with their migrant crisis. Point,is a departure something turkey does little to stop. The president says a his country shoulders the biggest burden with two3 million refugees. He has warned of the more could be coming as the war in syria at scullys in syria escalates. This was confirmed by the president. Another 3imates million potential refugees may come from a well from alecto and its neighbors. Work morewants to closely with tricky to keep refugees there. Proposes one billion euros in humanitarian and other aid to turkey, Holding Better refugee camps, and copolicing turkeys coastline to stop smugglers. They will resettle hundreds of thousands more refugees directly to persuade more from reaching the eu. There is no end in site to syrias war, or the arrival of those determined and desperate to escape it. Bbc news, brussels. Laura tony blair told the bbc a political settlement will be needed to into the civil war in syria. A former british Prime Minister will need to sit down to achieve at a desirable outcome. Gary odonoghue expressing the importance of the syrian conflict to western nations. We have to recognize this is a fight about our own security, not only the struggle in a faraway country. The truth is we have hundreds of thousands of refugees coming from syria to europe. The first wave will be refugees. This second wave, i fear, will be terrorism. To deal with that problem, which is the outcome of the crisis in syria, and try to resolve the actual crisis in syria. View rushers involvement in syria . He is going to support his hezbollah. D and theyre going to do that so in any negotiations in the future of syria they will have greater leverage. What is important to the west and our allies is that we are clear that we are going to obtain our own leverage to have an outcome that is reasonable. If you have an outcome in syria, or you try to produce an outcome, with alasad staying for anything other than the transitional time, there will be a problem. Will be a confrontation between the coalition and russia, that is inevitable . I hope not, and hope they get a strong, clear message. It is not accept the ball they attack not acceptable they attack people that are part of the opposition we support and represent the majority of the people are in a syria. We know the problem in many of these countries is you have a minority with power for a long time. The majority has risen up and wants a new constitution. Ago, despiteears the terrible relationship i have with alassad we should try to agree to a transition. Recalled for him to go, but did not get him out. Now the country has disintegrated. You have millions of refugees. We will have to have a political settlement. Will we have to talk with him . Inevitably. That, effectively, and to get the outcome you need, you will have to do that from a position of strength. There are people that we can back, we have to act them. We have to realize that without commitment we will not have the strength and ability to affect the outcome like we want. It is incredibly complicated and difficult. As we see from what has happened in syria, in action inaction has consequences like action. Laura what is motivating the russian president to act in syria . That is a question that i addressed. He joined us a short time ago. In this book, you write about Vladimir Putin is haunted by the mob rule. M rule of how does that explain his intervention on the behalf of president alassad. Looking at his life, when he was a young officer in the cage in the kgb, many forget about the events in 1993 when there were mass protests. In his mind, seeing people on the street is an answer patient pation of hisr power. When the Security Forces break down, what you have is chaos. He sees that in syria. He saw it in ukraine, which led to the russian intervention in crimea. And it consistent theme, affects him deeply. It is at the core of his vision of the powerful state. What thees he care world thinks of him . He has been criticized for the syria intervention. Does that matter . Like any leader, he probably cares greatly how he is perceived. I know from talking to one of his oldest friends, that after the events in ukraine he stop caring as much as. Partly because he felt his views were not being recognized and respected. This is not a conversation about angela merkel. When he felt when you try to explain what he saw happening in ukraine, specifically, the west did not see it like he did. She said he seemed to be in another reality. At that point he saw a shift and more aggressive tone. Now it seems he is defiant. Laura you write that as a child he took up martial arts because he feared being bullied. Is there a link, that he was surrounded by bullies, that actions in syria. Does he see america as a bully . He talks about the united a bully wielding power unilaterally since 20062007. It to begin with the war in iraq, which he opposed despite good relations with president push. President bush. From that point on he saw an american march through other parts of the world in the middle east and on rushs referee. Periphery. Ussias i think that he does see russia as a weekend state, that he is setting about to restore it to its greatness, that means standing up to the United States and nato. Laura take you for joining me. Commander of the u. S. And allied forces in afghanistan said the airstrike on the hospital in the city of kunduz was a mistake. Here is general campbell where he explained the circumstances leading to the strike. General campbell we were engaged in a fight with the taliban. Our forces divided air support to Afghan Forces at their request. The decision to provide aerial fires was a u. S. Decision made within the u. S. Chain of command. The hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. I must allow the investigation to take its course and did not at liberty to discuss specifics. Laura for more on his comments i spoke with the bbcs nick bryant. The u. S. Account of what led to the strike on the hospital has been evolving and changing. It is now a mistake. Nick the story changed. It was u. S. Aid forces that came under fire, then they changed it to Afghan Forces. The language has changed dramatically. Originally they used the cold dehumanizing military jargon Collateral Damage to describe the 22 civilians killed. Then they said it was a tragic incident. Yesterday general campbell said if errors were made the u. S. Military would acknowledge them. Today he said it was a mistake. Laura what the general campbell say this means for the u. S. Timetable of troops withdrawing from afghanistan . He sent a powerful message to his commander and chief saying the drawdown plan is unrealistic. There are 9800 military personnel in afghanistan. 1000lan is to reduce it to nine the year and make it an embassybased force in kabul. They say we need more troops there for longer. Will withdraw too soon we not be able to do Counterterrorism Operations or assist and train the afghan army. Given the resurgence of the taliban, he sent a message it would be dangerous to withdraw too quickly. Laura is it your since the u. S. Is haunted by what happened in iraq when the troops left . Analogy. Y see a direct the worry is that if you leave a void, it is filled with extremists and insurgents. Laura an agreement that allowed facebook and other Technology Giants to send personal data from the eu to the United States has been ruled invalid. Arrangementbor of failed to provide adequate protection for consumers. The European Commission said they will work for a new framework allowing companies to transfer personal data to the u. S. The new chief executive of volkswagen warned that the aliens put aside to cover the scandal of rigged emissions tests might not be enough to meet the cost. There was a meeting of 20,000 employees from the fallout from the 11 million diesel cars will have painful consequences. He said all planned investments are being reviewed. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come, the worlds best investment. That is the argument in a new book. The author will be here to explain why. Salvage experts on the isle of right has invented a lifesaving device. Lifesaving it has been produced in a few months. A month ago, this did not exist. Today, it is saving lives. It was tested for us by these volunteers. E with a long rubber tub grab handles. Passing ships can inflate one in 4 minutes when a migrant ship cap sizes, and throw it to those in the water as they await a rescue vessel. 50 people can take hold. It is the idea of a Marine Salvage expert. 1 searinged to act by one searing image. The image of the young lad on the beach. It was devastating. It is already in use and theng hundreds of lives in mediterranean last month. Organizations have ordered more. Here. Bes are made all paid for by the public in a Fundraising Campaign led by the of an iconicinger pop band. Thet is deployed in mediterranean, and they are saving lives. It is a brilliant idea. The british people do what they always do, rise to the challenge. The people of the isle of right have raised enough money to buy 18 of the devices, as well as the 4 already sent to the mediterranean and 8 more being sentenced week. Being sent next week. Laura Girls Education is the worlds best investment with wideranging returns. That is the argument in a new book that provides hard evidence to back up the claim. And the formerp director of the economic council. In all the years you have been looking at Girls Education, what works . Educating girls has a broader impact. It reduces maternal and infant mortality. It affects the health and education of the children. A startling statistic is that every girl in south a in south asia had a secondary education we would have 2 million less child brides and less child rape. It is the vast number of things that this intervention affects the highesthis returning investment the world can make. Laura rebecca winthrop, how can you get education to places . That is a question. That is a burning challenge Girls Education has to face. There are things that work. 3 of kids are1 out of school in conflict affected countries. There are 70 countries where children are being attacked for going to school, a number of them are girls. There are places around the world that are experimenting with the guards, Community Protection committees, monitoring and reporting mechanisms that are linked to n. U whe linked to u. Processes. The biggest thing we can do is to sustain education during humanitarian crises. Laura something we are seeing in syria. You say 8 of girls in Subsaharan Africa then is their education win 75 start. What can you do to help those girls . There has been improvement in the number completing a primary education. Very few, less than one in 10 will complete a secondary education, which is what we know has the highest returns. We know in this world where Technology Goes to all corners, people, particularly girls, will to thrive. Policies that are important is that we have had a vast increase in children in africa going to school because they have eliminated charging a fee per child in primary school. If you charge a large family a fee per child they will only 2 oldest boys. When you have fees per child you cannot design a plan that was not more likely to discriminate against girls. In secondary school we see the same thing. Interventions that work are making secondary education free. If not, giving stipends, awards,. Nd scholarships to girls in mexico and brazil we are seeing conditional patch transfers. Parents are told you will get a certain type of aid, but only if your girls are going to school. That is ensuring the parents are doing what if they can. There is the government issue. There will have to be a serious increase in teachers that are able to teach math and science. It is not a shortterm goal to get to secondary universal education. Laura thank you for being with us. For all of you harry potter fans, theres something new to look forward to. After the bestselling series, films, and a theme park, j. K. Beinggs tales are illustrated. We have gone to the studio to learn about what inspired his vision of hogwarts. When it comes to illustrating bookost popular childrens in Childrens Book history, you feel pressure. This is the final design. Harry potter was the trickiest character to nail. It was a case of going back to the story and thinking who is harry for me . I saw a young boy in the London Underground with his mom. I thought i have 2 stops to introduce myself and to say your son is perfect for a project, but i cannot say with the project was under wraps. I thought, i will never hear from them again. Two weeks later i got a message from the boys mom who said that she would be keen to help me in any way. Of the a portrait professor. There are several portraits for me to stamp my own idea of the characters in the book. On my partner, but i may have aged her considerably. On mys hermione, based niece. Quite bossy and telling me off a lot, so she is quite good for hermione. I got letters from jk rolling. It is quite a pressure situation. I thought, this is really happening. She sent this beautiful letter saying that she liked what she had seen so far. I think that that meant more than anything, really. People are asking what do you use. They expect you to use posh paint, but i use anything. House paint, childrens wax crayons. Anything within arms reach, which is a terrible confession. I lie awake every night worrying about how much there is to do. I am on book 2. There are moments when you think, it is not happening, and it makes you appreciate the times when it clicks. It is a rare moment, but when it does it makes it worthwhile. Of jkthe darker side rolling j. K. Rowling that i look forward to illustrating. The one im really looking forward to doing. Laura jim kay bringing harry potter to life. That brings todays broadcast to a close. You can find all the news on our website. To reach me and the team go to twitter. I am lauratrevelyan. Thank you for watching and tune in tomorrow. Make sense of International News at bbc. Com ews. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newmans own Foundation Giving all profits from newmans own to charity and pursuing the common good, Kovler Foundation pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs, and mufg. It is a global truth. We can do more when we work together. At mufg, our banking relationships span cultures and support almost every institute across the globe, because success takes partnership, and only through discipline and trust can we create something greater than ourselves. Mufg, we build relationships that build the world. Bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc woodruff good evening, im judy woodruff. Gwen ifill is on assignment. On the newshour tonight the death toll rises in south carolina, as new flooding dangers emerge. Then, the top u. S. Commander in afghanistan calls the airstrike on a hospital, a mistake. Plus, ann romney on her new memoir about living with m. S. , and a forecast about the president ial campaign. This sentiment is not only out there. I think its real, and i think that politicians. Theyre turning to people outside of the norm to say, you go in there with a wrecking ball and just smash it all to pieces