Hello im Barbara Starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes protests in the kurdish enclave of syria which turkey says its preparing to attack a new treaty for a new era britain and france sign a new border agreement and pledge to uphold their historic ties after brets it the u. N. Calls for yemens main port to stay open for vital aid deliveries when saudi restrictions begin again on friday and the deadly storm sweeps across Northern Europe killing at least six and leaving tens of thousands without power. In sport Roger Federer his form is as hot as the weather at the Australian Open with temperatures hitting all the degrees the defending champion kept his cool to progress in surround. The u. S. State department has urged turkey not to take military action against the kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u. S. Backed Syrian Democratic forces in the north east
Perth for the second leg of south america told. A fashion dilemma in kenya as the import of secondhand clothes falls out of favor. And a major storm blows through europe killing at least nine people and disrupting traffic. The u. S. State department is urging turkey not to invade in syria Turkish Forces are massing on the border in preparation for action against the kurdish y. P. Gee what turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u. S. Elsewhere in syria Stephanie Becker has more now from. The turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the Syrian Border president. Has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area of afeni. For almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. Inside africa and thousands marched on thursday in protest to turkeys aggression in the of the north the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we wil
Alone Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program. Turkey says its taken control of a key mountain in Northern Syria as it steps up its offensive against kurdish fighters Opposition Leader likes in a rally is arrested during our government protests in russia and the flap at pioneering viacom prot the founder of furniture giant ikea has died. Hello thank you for joining us yemens government has accused the separatists of an attempted coup after they took over its headquarters in fierce clashes in aden at least ten people have been killed in the main airport in the town was shut down the group for its control of yemens Southern Region which was an independent country up until ninety nine. The civil war has already torn the country apart after who the rebels a seized control of the capital sanaa in two thousand and fourteen president how these government was forced to move to aden in the south adding to that tension the United Arab Emirates is arm
World before it melts away, we speak to a photographer and shining light on some of the coldest places on earth. Well, a fivemonth standoff over of grand stands disputed president ial election ended over no deal over who should rule. The two candidates who allege Election Fraud cannot agree on what a new unity government looks like and we will be live in kabul in a moment but first we get a look at how we even got to this point with Stephanie Becker in this report. Reporter a frenzied campaign, before anyone knew just how complicated it would all turn out. Enter Abdullah Abdullah president ial candidate number one. And president ial candidate number two ghani and said they were the best choice to replace karzai and then afghans came out to elect their future leader and Abdullah Abdullah won by a narrow margin and had to go to a runoff and it happened in june and this time ghani took the lead. What we are concerned about is once again continued fraud. Reporter ghani agrees to a recount