Fiercest rivalry inflames the passions of football fans, and on saturday afternoon, it is time once again. Hold onto your seat when it they take on dortmund and the latest edition of that. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers in pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. Tonight, nato is struggling to find a common voice over its members, turkey, and the offensive in Northern Syria. Nato ended a two day summit in brussels acknowledging there are different issues different views on the issues as secretarygeneral Jens Stoltenberg put it. The behavior of another member, the United States is not helping things. Having pulled its troops from the region earlier this month, washington says it will send them back to syria to prevent Islamic State from capturing crucial oil fields in the east of the country. Reporter it isnt easy keeping up with americas position in syria, after President Trump emphatically said u. S. Troops were coming home, his statement seemed in doubt as reports
Since the hated berlin wall was torn down. An art installation weaves together hopes for the future. One of the toughest sports on the planet prepares for its world cup title. England rugby favorite against south africa. There is a habit of grinding out wins in japan. I am phil g gayle. Welcome to the program. Turkey and russia have launched joint ground patrols in northeastern syria. The operation is part of a deal to in the two countries to force kurdish fifighters out of the territory near turkeys border. Military vehicles are patrolling a 10 kilometer deep zone marking a major powershift, a month after u. S. President donald withdrew his forces. Lets get the latest from dw correspondent dorian jones in istanbul. Welcome. What is the purpose . Reporter the patrols are a key part of like after a signed up ankara signed up with moscow. The Syrian Kurdish militias have withdrawn. They see these patrols will verify the withdrawal of the forces. Forceded patrol will last for hours, cover
Camp guarded by the kurds. Also coming up tonight, the Prime Minister of ethiopia wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his initiative in resolving the border conflict. Plus its one of hanois hotspot for selfie seekers, but Vietnamese Police are cracking down on a photo craze they say has gone off the rails. And the International Day of the girl child aims to promote and empower girls. Dw has been around the world asking girls what they are ambitions are. Equal money a as boys and gis should be president. Our viewers on pbs and the United States and around the world, welcome. It was a green light at the beginning of the week. Now its a red light from the pentagon. The u. S. Military is warning turkey its incursion into syria could jeopardize progress against islamic. Its calling on its nato ally to stop operations. The United Nations has 100,000 civilians have fled their home since the offensive began read a zico. The assault is raising fears of ennis of as of an Islamic State comeback. Kurdi
Condemned the Spanish Governments plans to sack the Regional Administration as a coup. Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out on the streets of barcelona to protest against the decision of the Spanish Government to take control in the region. The spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said thered be new elections to the catalan parliament. He said hed been left with no choice by an illegal independence referendum and leaders who had chosen confrontation. In the past hour, catalonias president , Carles Puigdemont compared the actions of the Spanish Government to those of the countrys former dicator, general franco translation in my latest letter to the spanish president , i asked him for dialogue, and i reminded him that. Today, the Ministry Council has shut down this claim and this petition. They have announced a series of measures that directly represent the liquidation of our Self Government and the democratic bill of the catalan, that catalan people decided at the ballot box.
Viewing area yesterday ranging from sunny in the 40s out west to snowy and barely making it to 20 to the east, well basically see a reversal of yesterdays weather in terms of the timing of light snow. Unlike yesterday, pretty much everyone will spend a fair amount of time under the clouds with occasional peeks of sun this morning before light snow starts to move into our western counties early this afternoon. Itll gradually spread eastward throughout the afternoon and evening and exit the viewing area by midnight leaving many with, much like yesterday, a dusting up to an inch or two ofofhe white stuff. High pressure will then make its way south into the viewing area fridayy which will translate to a day offdeceiving suushine with highs only making it into the teens. After dropping below zero friday night, well see another cold day saturday with the possibility of light snow from saturday into sunday as temperatures finally get a decent nudge back into the 30s and 40s late this weekend