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
The Central Government in madrid accuses catalan leaders of quote, inciting rebellion. We will go to barcelona. Host thank you very much for your company. German president Frankwalter Steinmeier has warned of new walls as the country marks 27 years since reunification. He may be common in a speech during an event commemorating german unity date which saw the countrys leaders gather. The celebrations are being overshadowed by strong showing by the nationalist alternative for Germany Party in last months general election. Reporter on the 27th anniversary of german unity come its leaders have reasons to be cheerful. Smiling selfies had a serious message. Though germany may be prosperous , were in crisis have arrived on their doorstep war and crisis has arrived on their doorstep. We cannot detach ourselves from what is going on in the world. We have to ensure globalization takes place in a humane way. Reporter closer to home come in germanys president Frankwalter Steinmeier says the countr
The u. N. And United States are appealing for calm on both sides. Fresh protests erupted at the catalan capital of barcelona. The government is refusing to drop its bid for independence. Plus, calls for justice growing louder in malta following the murder of an anticorruption journalist. Demonstrators take to the streets to pressure the maltese government. And from great hope to great misery, south sudan is one of the worlds newest states, but today, millions of the people there are reliant on food aid. We have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Brent im brent goff. Good to have you with us. Tonight, residence in the syrian city of raqqa are bringing to a close their first day free of the rule of the socalled Islamic State. The syrian city was the capital of the Islamist Groups socalled caliphate. Troops fighting i. S. Say they have captured one of the militants last holdouts, the hospital you see right there. But there are still pockets of resistan
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Brent the eu poses a record penalty on google. The company is giving its own shop line Shopping Service and unfair advantage over its rivals. A major milestone for colombia. The countries rebels declare an end to half a century of war. They officially lay down their weapons. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. Tonight, a massive cyber attack is underway, disrupting businesses and government offices around the world. As you can see behind me, this ransom ware attack is spreading quickly. In just a few hours, this is where ransom ware hits have been confirmed. We are hearing that this malware is similar to the ransom ware that locked hundreds of thousands of computers in 150 countries last month. It was in ukraine where the latest hire attack was first noticed. At the airport, banks, and government institutions he screens all show the same message. Oops, your important files are encrypted. If you want to recover them, send 300 in bitcoin to the following address. We do