A free parts of an assault to drive out Kurdish Peoples Protection units a y p g turkeys president is vowing to crush the group which views as a Terror Organization static or reports from the turkey syria border. The border echoes with the sounds of war turkeys offensive on africa is now well underway the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting Free Syrian Army fighters inside syria. Turkish president brigitte type edge was defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of course a juggler. This is a National Struggle and then this National Struggle we will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. Its been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y. P. G. Kurdish fighters that im proud considers terrorists but theyre also the us is best ally on the ground in fighting i still regardless of International Complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive were on turkeys border with africa a
A vote on immigration in the coming weeks all are important work for the American People had to be put on hold while this manufactured crisis was dealt with up we made no substantive progress and i want to end on the serious bipartisan negotiations. To solve issues. Border Security Health care defense spending and many other matters so im glad were going to get back to work here i did joe castro has more from washington d. C. The compromise to reopen the u. S. Federal government has passed now both chambers of congress and the compromise looks like this Senate Democrats have agreed to reopen the federal government through february eighth in exchange they are accepting the word of republican leaderships that the contentious issue of immigration will be the next order of business with a vote scheduled by made february now critics and liberals and immigration advocates are criticizing democrats for having backed down from their initial demand in this fully they had wanted immigration and
Our latest headlines activists say 500 people have been killed by Syrian Government forces bombarding Eastern Ghouta, nearly a quarter of them children. The red cross becomes the latest aid charity to become embroiled in scandal after revealing that 21 staff paid for Sexual Services whilst working for them. A man and a woman have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash which killed two Young Brothers in coventry. Britains Womens Curling Team have lost to japan in the bronze medal match at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Now, the worlds longest river flows from lake tana in ethiopia, through sudan and into egypt and is vital to all three countries. But who controls the water . Alastair leithead reports in this special programme, damming the nile. The river nile is the worlds longest river. Its where the worlds first war over water could be fought. The first of its two great tributaries, the white nile, flows from lake victoria, but ourjourney begins in
Its where the worlds first war over water could be fought. The first of its two great tributaries, the white nile, flows from lake victoria, but ourjourney begins in ethiopia, following the blue nile from lake tana, as it sweeps through africas grand canyon to where a dam is being built, close to the sudan border. Lake tana, the source of the river, is a place of myth and legend. Its the biggest lake in ethiopia and many of its 37 islands have their own monasteries. Its a very sacred place for ethiopian orthodox christians. This monastery dates back to the 14th century. Some of these paintings are more than 400 years old. The nile appears in the Old Testament and legend has it that the ark of the covenant was briefly brought here. But all is not calm on these waters. The struggle for control of this great river is dividing the three countries that share it. The nile is the bringer of life, and from where it launches itself downstream, it has the power to bring peace or bring war. This
Paul is now happy and healthy and riding 100 winners a year. Time to check out the weather. Spell of disruptive snow elsewhere earlier in the week. Weather is not acquired this weekend. Not overly warmed by the present of a lot of sunshine. Thats the theme for the rest of the day. Not overly warm but many seem almost unbroken sunshine. The eastern side of scotla nd unbroken sunshine. The eastern side of scotland and North Eastern england, temperatures one, two, three up the eastern shores. Five, six, seven a little further to the west. Tonight were bringing cloud from the north sea and in that cloud will be some wintry showers. Mainly light at stage there will be a cold start to the new day on monday and feeling much colder right across the British Isles compared to the weekend. Theres wintry showers a lwa ys weekend. Theres wintry showers always there to be had across the eastern side of the British Isles. Temperatures much lower than the weekend for many locations especially through