There were more metals of for grabs at the Winter Olympics and a french olympian takes his third gold. We will bring you that and a lot more from day 11 in pyeongchang. Sarah i am sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us. We begin in syria were governmentbacked troops have entered a kurdish enclave in the north of the country raising the specter of deadly confrontation with turkey. Columns of fighters were seen moving into threthe r egion. Turkey reports that they shelled the area and response of the fighters have been pushed back. The region is enjoyed by kurdish forces. Turkey considers them to be terrorists. Let us get you the latest on these developments. The syrian progovernment fighters. As you can see, dorian jones is standing by with the latest from istanbul. What are you hearing . Dorian the turkish president says that turkey should successfully repel the column of the Syrian Government fighters to support the syrian militia. They say the matter is closed, sa
Poland, he says he will continue his fight against corruption and rally political opposition from abroad. Host i am sarah kelly. Welcome to the brea program. Thank you for joining us. We begin with a report that is really police have enough evidence to recommend prosecutors charge Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery following a 14month investigation for the recommendation has been handed to the countrys attorney general. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing in. A live tv wrongdoing. In a live tv address, he says all the recommendations against him will end with nothing, and he will continue to lead israel responsibly and faithfully. He has been questioned several times over the past year and is a suspect in two separate cases. Israels Prime Minister netanyahu has held the post for nine years but now his future seems uncertain. Foro many months, a special police unit has been investigating allegations against the Prime Minister. These probes are known as cases one and 2000 1000 and 2000. Case 1000,
Sent europes temperatures plunging. Extreme weather warnings and place in many countries, especially in the east. Host it is good to have you with us. We begin with a decision that threatens to slam the brakes on diesel industries. One of germanys top courts has said cities are allowed to ban diesel cars to curb pollution. Environmentalists have welcomed the ruling but it is a defeat for the Auto Industry as manufacturers may be forced to pay to improve exhaust systems. It could also mean millions of diesel owners are no longer allowed to drive their cars. At the moment, most because maybe driven a german cities regardless of the engine they have. Following todays ruling, cities with high levels of air pollution could opt to outlaw all, a clear victory for the Environmental Group that initiated the legal action. Today is a great day for clean air in germany. We fought for clean air for people and cities. For threshold have been surpassed in many german cities. The nitrogen oxides admit
We will be a from one of the organizations criticizing the government. And, the World Economic for um gets underway in davos, but not everybody is thrilled with the Business Elite in the outs. In the alps. Brent i am brink off. Its good to have you with us. Tuey is intensifying its offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria. That, despite criticism from the international community. The United Nations says the fighting is already displaced 5000 people and left vulnerable civilians trapped. Ankara will press on with the operation against groups it regards as terrorists. Turkish forces firing on other towns along the syrian turkish border. Officials say the aim is to diaper attention from the main campaign. Their advance on the enclave is the fourth day of a push by forces and syrian rebel allies to clear the northwestern border of ypg fighters. Ankara considers them to be allied with insurgents who, for decades, have fought against the turkish state within its own borders. Turk
And a tragic exit is more than 120 thousand muslim people have fled the latest violence in myanmar. Plus, at lego, apparently all the pieces do not fit together as they should. The company, famous for its building blocks, suffers a drop in sales. 1000 jobs are now on the chopping block. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Tonight the u. S. Government has announced it was scrapped a program created by former president obama designed to protect illegal Migrant Children from deportation. While making the announcement a short while ago u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions said the Trump Administration is ending the program because it is unconstitutional. The deferred action for children arrivals, daca program, was implement to five years ago and effects nearly eight hundred thousand immigrants allowing them to legally work in the u. S. Saracens sessions says this has been unfair to american citizens. It wasnt unconstitutional exercise it was an unconstitutional exercise