There was much confusion this week about u. S. Policy toward kurdish allies in syria and to nato member turkey. President trump seemed to make a major policy shift by saying the u. S. Would authorize Turkish Military action over the border but later appeared to backpedal. We have more with two guests. Last year, there was the issue of the pastor held by the turks. The turkish economy went into a tailspin on the back of american pressure. This is a serious threat. The key to me is what is offlimits . In the previous statement from the white house, it seemed pretty clear that the u. S. Was saying we are not going to stand in the way of the turkish government doing what they want to do in northern syria. And now, he is saying yes, but if they do anything offlimits i have a difficult time interpreting what that may be. It seems that in the u. S. , trumps own allies in Congress Went up and said, hang on, these allies are key in the fight against the Islamic State, and the Islamic State is n
Yesterday. This morning you see green arrows across the board. The dow indicated to open up by about 63 points. S p futures are 8. 5 points above fair value and the nasdaq up by more than 22 points. The bond market, the tenyear note is yielding 2. 722 . And check out the dow utilities. That index closing at a record high for the first time in six years. It added three points to close at 554. Yes. Well see what happens today. Lets get over to andrew right now. He has more of todays top corporate stories. Andrew, good morning. Good morning to you, becky. That whole Net Neutrality issue may be over. Netflix will pay verizon to deliver Faster Service for delivery of its movies. Netflix struck a deal with comcast to pay for faster delivery over the internet through a practice known as interconnection. Weeks later, Reed Hastings came out, saying he reluctantly agreed to pay the fees so his customers would get better service. Now its a trend. Prices of netflix may be going up as well. Thats t
Only good on northern senegal. Ah, hi there. This is al jazeera and these are the headlines. Tens of thousands of people have launched and francis capital to demand Government Action on the cost of living and on climate change. Left us politicians are calling for a general strike. Natasha butler has been up those demonstrations. We can talk to some people and i have to say though, one of the main things that comes up again are peoples concerns about inflation. One man told me that his next maybe says that unless temperatures to well below 0, she really put a heating, hes just too scared about having to pay very high energy bill. So those are some things. The people that you, its been called by a is in this crappy hide with really across the spectrum of the metal. So even some intellectuals, recent undergo price window for literature. And yall, normal approach people to come out with full time right now with the u. S. President has been accused of inciting chaos, terror and destruction
A, a passionate protest in paris. Tens of thousands unite to demand action from the french government on the rising cost of living. Ah, hello there, im an associate a and this is al jazeera life and also coming up a fire to rons infamous evan prison kills for inmates. A government is blaming it on riots and trashes. As brazils president ial candidates go ahead to head in a debate, we look at how the slums have become a Battle Ground for when i arrived where they were removing my brothers and friends bodies, we couldnt do anything. Harper, i can relatives call for answers after to keep the latest mining thoughts. Ah, well, tens of thousands of people have voiced their frustration and france has rising cost of living. Theyve joined forces to march in the capital, paris demand and Government Action on inflation and pension. Reform natasha bucket was that there was violence as some protesters fought with police in paris during watered otherwise been a peaceful demonstration. Thousands of p
Im 0 venue in doha with the top stories here on al jazeera, russia is taking another step towards the annexation of parts of eastern ukraine. Vladimir putin has signed a degree decrees recognizing the occupied regions of her son in the upper region paving the wave of formal annexation on friday. This follows the referendums organized this week, which western countries have old announced as a sham. Ukraine has called an emergency meeting of top officials. President Vladimir Zalinski says there will be a robust response and the but it didnt, it typically give you a key on the eve of those steps, brochures with its aggression or early on the butterfield but with its aggressive policy. It continues to provide artificial referendums. And here it is essential for us all of all our partners, all the civilized world. Leaders can certainly france supports you, crime in the United States, or want to be very clear about this. The United States will never, never, never recognize russias claims on