A little earlier on the president. Announced that his countrys military action in Northern Syria house because hes called the operation a peace spring against a kurdish militants. Is in istanbul while come back yulia. Turkey taking on kurdish militants were talking were talking about 2 very an equally matched opponents were talking about a nato country against what are essentially of rebels on the ground. Well that strongly depends on the perspective youre taking for the turkish government these militants are a National Security threat they are saying these are terrorists they are linked to the p. K. K. That has waged a decades long insurgency here in turkey with an estimated 40000 People Killed so theyre saying we need to protect our borders here thats why this operation is necessary its the 3rd Turkish Military operation in north and syria the 1st one was in 2016 but this one now might be one of the most complicated here because the kurdish fighters in north in syria have said they w
Border town of tal abi at the ports from the kurdish that Syrian Democratic forces say their priority now is to protect the border and focus on confronting the president of unannounced the offensive into tweets before the strikes the Turkish Armed forces together with the Syrian National army Just Launched operation peace spring against the p. K. K y p g and diet. Straight to turkey that day w correspondent dorian jones joins us from istanbul welcome dorian as a tell us more about the Turkish Military operation. Well there has been this ongoing bombardment from the air within hours of the announcement of the operation jets have been relentlessly pounding towns across the Syrian Border here at least 4 possibly 5 towns have been struck took issue tillery 2 have been bombarding the area along with mortar fire there have been some reports that the Syrian Kurdish forces have retaliated using small fire and mortars attacking nearby Turkish Border towns and this is just the very beginning of
What weve got coming up were going to meet the victims a powerful pellet guns used by Security Forces in. Kashmir. Be on this rock is the entrance to a german who. Nearly half a century. Now 117 of the survivors are suing the state sponsor. And in sport the footballer who. Will be here with all the details. Of course has been told former president Omar Al Bashir accepted 90000000. 00 from the government of saudi arabia but she was on trial on corruption charges accused of possessing foreign currency and accepting bribes remember the military removed from power in april after months of antigovernment protests and he is also wanted by the International Criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity for more from him orgon. Inside the courthouse behind this wall is where the countrys former president and longtime leader former president bashir had his 1st hearing with judges now his defense attorney are saying that the charges brought against him which includes corruption and b
Park in the heart of the worlds most polluted cities. The on this rock is the entrance to a german on cave here in something where for nearly half a century. Now a 117 of the survivors are suing the state sponsor. And the still plenty of rain across central and northern sections of europe but not just that with severe thunderstorms back in the mix for the next couple of days eastern sections seeing some serious guys. Very nice across the south throughout the mediterranean at 10 much as a nazi about as might even let it go. The rain got 23 celsius for you monday in berlin that rain really on its way past you by then but we have got warnings in place or the way from the northeast of spain along the line of the albums fortune right there way across germany poland and eventually on tools better routes for the chance of some severe thunderstorms strong wind also a potentially some damaging hail now the winds are still pretty strong 3 much of the northwest and Northern Europe theres a layer
Conversations going to sound like i think the president is going to be offering the private the foreign secretary inside of Great Britain the help that he needs to resolve this situation quickly obviously were not going in there with guns blazing i wouldnt expect this to be any type of hostage rescue but i think the most important thing is that we get these sailors back we get the ship back and we prevent the rains from doing anything like this again but i would not expect to see any kind of military action to release that vessel markets as always great to get your insight thank you for your time. We have plenty more still ahead this news hour including he came to office promising to clean up South African politics so why is president Cyril Ramaphosa now under scrutiny. The World Health Organization sounds the alarm over ebola for countries bordering the democratic republic of congo. And some of golds biggest names suffer an early exit at the open championship in Northern Ireland peter