And one mans marathon mission, can kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge break the two hour barrier in austria . Hello and welcome to bbc news. The pentagon has confirmed Turkish Forces have fired on us forces in kobane, in Northern Syria. No troops were injured and turkey says it was responding to an attack in the area and didnt intend to target the us. It can only increase tensions, after the turkish offensive against kurdish forces, allied with the us, began on wednesday. There has been heavy fighting and both civilians and dozens of kurdish fighters have lost their lives. Turkey wants to create a buffer zone across the syrian border. 0rla guerin has this report from the turkish town of akcakale. Gunfire. Here is turkeys response to International Calls for an end to its offensive. Its forces continuing to pound North Eastern syria, creating a new landscape of the displaced 100,000 people and counting, in just three days. But turkey is paying a price. Full state honours today for two civilian
Free of kurdish militias. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues, as turkey claims its taken control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ain. Almost immediately, there is incoming fighterfrom kurdish fighters. Allahu akbar. Tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. Some are now sheltering in the school. But how do you explain it to a child . There was shelling, says this man, i had to flee my house in the middle of the night. We didnt know where to go. We walked about six miles, and im sick, and i dont have any medicine. But turkeys president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. Translation the west and the us all together say to us, you are killing the kurds. The kurds are our brothers and sisters, ourfight is not against the kur
Translation my stomach was in knots. But now im feeling better. Im very happy that eliud has broken this record. There have been violent clashes in North Eastern syria, as Turkish Military continue their offensive against kurdish forces. Never mind, ill find someone like you. Coming up was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century . Coming up in half an hour the best of this weeks exclusive interviews from the Victoria Derbyshire programme. One of the biggest storms to hitjapan in decades typhoon hagibis is causing damage and disruption with heavy rain and high winds. Damage and disruption the eye of typhoon hagibis made landfall shortly before seven oclock local time. It is now moving up the eastern coast, with wind speeds of up to 140 miles per hour. One man was killed when his car overturned, several more people are missing after a landslide destroyed two homes. At least 60 people have been injured. Rivers are overflowing in tokyo, where hundreds of thousands of people ar
Never mind ill find someone like you. And coming up, was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century . Good evening. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in North Eastern syria. Much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. Turkey claims its military has entered the town, but the kurdish led, Syrian Democratic forces, dispute this. Since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly fifty civilians are believed to have been killed and more than 100,000 people, have fled their homes. Ankara says it wants to establish a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the frontier with syria, to keep out kurdish militias and resettle syrian refugees. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience, has sent us this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues. As turkey claims its taking control of a key syrian town. This pro tu
And coming up, was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century . Hello, and welcome. Turkish forces have continued to strike targets in North Eastern syria on the fourth day of their offensive against kurdish militias. Pressure is building in the United States to stop turkey continuing its military operation. Kurdish Authorities Say more than 190,000 people have been displaced as result of the turkish incursion, triggered by president trumps decision to withdraw us troops. Turkey says it wants to create a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the syrian border, what it calls a safe zone, free of kurdish militias. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues. As turkey claims its taking control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ayn. Almost immediately, theres incomin