better quality of life. so we really started expanding our perspective on what we were trying to accomplish here. woodruff: and, it s friday. david brooks and ruth marcus take on a week full of foreign tests for the trump administration. all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: it was the most highly anticipated meeting yet of the trump presidency. for the first time since he took office, mr. trump was face-to- face with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. on the agenda? syria, north korea, and mosco
better quality of life. so we really started expanding our perspective on what we were trying to accomplish here. woodruff: and, it s friday. david brooks and ruth marcus take on a week full of foreign tests for the trump administration. all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: it was the most highly anticipated meeting yet of the trump presidency. for the first time since he took office, mr. trump was face-to- face with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. on the agenda? syria, north korea, and mosco
leader. we begin in northern syria where turkey shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants y.p.g. to withdraw from near its border. the u.s. and kurdish allies refusing to give up their gains. the syrian government offensive in the northern country side of aleppo enters its third week. pressure continues on the opposition forces on the ground. heavy russian airstrikes throughout the day targeting the last remaining stronghold of rebel force forces, the pressure continues, the syrian government trying to achieve two objectives in aleppo, one is to encircle the rebel controlled east of the city. they are close to that. they are just a few kilometers away from laying siege to the neighborhoods inside that city and trying to reach the border towards turkey, so heavy airstrikes, the opposition facing pressure not just from the skies. it is facing many enemies on the ground. you have the syrian government, as well as their allies, fighters from the lebanese movement hezbollah as we
the standoff between turkey and kurdish fighters in northern syria is intensifying, as the turkish army continues to shell positions occupied by kurdish fighters for the second day running. turkey wants syrian kurdish y.p.g. fighters to withdraw from areas they ve captured in northern aleppo. y.p.g. who have the support of the u.s. are refusing to give up gains and say they will push back. the security have you not krill is being asked to intervene. we have a report from the turkey-syria border. the battle for syria s northern corridor, opposition groups are still holding out being targeted by russian jets. the government s ground forces are a few kilometers away and r.p.g., kurdish armed forces approaching from the east. turkey stepped in, and for a second day shelled positions of the y.p.g. and allies. it s not just a message to a group turkey calls a terrorist organization, it s an attempt to force it to retreat from recently captured territories close to the border. t
and criticizes the country s rich elite. plus. reporter: i am phil lavelle in london where it is british film s big night. it s the bafta s 2016. and i have all the day s sports, leicester city s unlikely push to win the english premier league has suffered a setback. they have been beaten 2-1 by title rivals arsenal. who are now just two points off the top. hello. the turkish prime minister has told the german chancellor angela merkel his country will continue to strike back at kurdish fighters in northern syria. turkey wants the syrian-kurdish y.p.g. fighter to withdraw in areas they have captured in northern aleppo. but the y.p.g., who have the support of the u.s., are refuse to go give up their gains and say they will push back any advance from isil. the syrian government has now called on the u.n. security council to intervene and stop turkey shelling from northern syria. al jazeera s zeina khodr reports from the turkey-syria border. reporter: the battle for s