The partners of two top full fight it out on social media over leaked personal stories. Two top footballers. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in syria where turkey has launched a ground offensive in the north of the country, just hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. The move follows President Trumps controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the area which is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces. They played a leading role in the fight against Islamic State, but are regarded as terrorists by turkey. Turkey says it wants to set up a 30km safe zone along the border, to resettle up to two million Syrian Refugees living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says that ten civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the turkish syria border with this report. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras
Hello. Turkey has launched a ground offensive in northern syria, hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish controlled north east.
Hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish controlled north east. Its the start of a turkish offensive that is alarming europe, has
Footballers over stories leaked to the tabloids. Turkey has launched a ground offensive in Northern Syria, hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time American Allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the bor
Year we start in washington where top level talks are due to take place later between the us and china over their increasingly damaging trade war. Theres growing concern a deal is still a long way off with reports that theres been little progress behind the scenes this week and that the chinese team plan to leave the talks a day early. Thats been hitting Financial Markets in the last few hours. The us and china together account for more than 40 of the worlds economy. But their standoff is affecting the whole world as Global Supply chains are disrupted and components go up in price. Lets take the iphone for example designed in the us but assembled in china. If the trade war isnt resolved by december, the us will impose a 15 levy on the iphone among other Tech Products made in china, so prices around the world could rise. Germany is europes biggest economy almost half its output comes from exporting and trade tensions are helping push it into recession. This week the new boss of the Inte