Inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison for anyone who oppose their rule. Reports. Kurdish fighters triumphantly into right there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking. Wasnt easy for. The Syrian Democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u. S. Began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling but. We control rock up but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are laws to fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to safe areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. Tens of thousands of people have been affected by the fighting they mostly live in poorly equipped camps north of the city. I heard the news of a cease fire and took my family but then we c
Fifty thousand refugees refugees have arrived in baghdad theyre sure that just since saturday its the bangladeshi authorities to speed up its vetting process the refugees are stranded on the bangladeshi side. Are crossing every hour from daybreak b. And while the u. S. Says they need to be moved further inland to safety and to better conditions our correspondent. Has travelled to a refugee camp bob the border with me about to see first hand what conditions are like. A list ten to fifteen thousand people are stranded here in no mans land what is called zero line between myanmar and bangladesh brought out this area. This babe will have fled me on my within the last two days that been stranded you have and has no safety to go to most of the people are exposed to whether majority are women and children or elderly people that the government has given permission to some of the aid agencies to bring Critical Care medicine and food but the idea theyre still taking shelter in the pedophile and
Face charges and if they did he wants the Security Council to act and across party group of u. S. Politicians have written to the secretary of state calling for meaningful steps to be taken against me and miles military time to challenge the reports now on the latest exodus to head for bangladesh. A list ten to fifteen thousand people are stranded here in no mans land are what is called zero line between myanmar and bangladesh brought out this area. This baby will have fled myanmar within the last two days ive been stranded here and has no safety to go to most of the people are exposed to whether the majority are women and children or elderly people the government has given permission to some of the aid agencies to bring Critical Care medicine and food but the idea theyre still taking shelter in the pedophile in a manmade dike just doesnt make sense are coming under critical review by the un agency and other International Aid agency that why are still kept here we are on the border gua
Last sundays election. Tina parties took nearly two thirds of the vote. Is beingion result called a tectonic shift abroad as well as in austria. Is austrias swing to the right a threat to europe . Thats the question i will be discussing with my guests. It is a pleasure to welcome ulrike herrmann, a journalist who says the swing to the right in austria is not an exception but the norm. All of europe is shifting to the right. With us well is as well is frank hofmann, dws eastern expert. Theays it austria moves to right, paris will respond with a. Tronger core europe finally, great to have Matthew Karnitschnig on the show once again. He has austrian roots and his politicos chief european correspondent. Issays austria plus threat closer integration. I would like to talk first about the causes of last weeks election result. Matthew karnitschnig, let me austrian. You as an mainstream parties have been governing together in the grand coalition in austria for what seems to many voters to be a
Secretary of state has criticized the full countries imposing a blockade on gaza Rex Tillerson says the solving the group is on willing to negotiate despite katha bigging ready to engage. Has more from washington d. C. Florences comments in an interview with Bloomberg News marked significant change in tone gone was the optimism we heard three months ago when tillerson last visited the region instead he expressed his frustration saying there appear to be a real will unwillingness on the part of the quartet of blockading countries in personal progressing with these talks in contrast saying qatar has been very clear that theyre ready to engage now the fact that tillerson is returning to the region this following week and to push further these talks is a long ways from where the u. S. Policy on the gulf crisis started back in june if you remember thats when u. S. President donald trump was quick to come to the aid of saudi arabia praising its leadership and in a shooting this blockade and