Turkeys Prime Minister announces he is stepping down from office after rumors of tension with the president , recep tayyip erdogan. Lets take you first to the middle east. Monitors in syria claiming that air raids on a displaced peoples camp have left at least 28 people dead. This being reported to us by the syrian observatory for human rights. Lets get the latest with our correspondent who joins us live from beirut. What more can you tell us about these reported raids on this camp . Monitors,e are two the syrian observatory for human rights and a local committee, who are saying that at least 28 people were killed in an airstrike. Its not clear by whom, either syrian or russian air force. An is in a camp internally displaced persons camp, about 20 kilometers west of aleppo and 20 kilometers north of it live of idlib. Very close to the turkish border. There are a large number of internally displaced people in this part of the country, who fled violence in other places, notably aleppo to
Free at last. The case is one of these perfect illustrations of what went wrong after 9 11 with u. S. Involvement in afghanistan. The final prisoner is released, eight years after being cleared to go by the u. S. Government. Plus, protecting the antarctic. The effort to turn nearly a million square miles into a Wildlife Sanctuary and the two countries unwilling to allow it. Im Randall Pinkston in for antonio mora. We begin tonight with a deployments of American Special ops team into syria. President obama authorized 50 commandos working with special troops fighting i. S. I. L. Forces. The white house insists, the new policy does not violate the president s insistence to not have boots on the ground. Looking for solutions to the four year civil war in vienna but the politics take a back seat to the ongoing violence in the region. More than 100 people were killed, many of them civilians, during air strikes friday, one of them at a popular market in northern syria. More now from al jazeer
The state for support. Also the zika virus, colombia reporting two thousand women now infected with the illness the journey for dozens of refugees headed to europe ended in tragedy today. At least 39 refugees drowned trying to cross the sea from turkey to greece. Many victims believed to be from syria. The turkish government saying a boat carrying more than a hundred people sank today after hitting rocks. Some of the images in this next report are graphic. Reporter they are casualties of war and poverty. Among them a small child, other children and adults too washed up on a beach in turkey. Their boat had had sunk not far from the rocks. In all, about a third of the 120 people on board didnt make it, drowning as they tried to reach greece, a gateway to europe used by so many before thing. All this as politicians in geneva gather for talks to try to end the nearly fiveyear long war. We will save you. Dont worry. Reporter overnight another group of refugees tried to make the journey. The
Zika virus which causes birth defects. Colombia reporting that nearly 2,000 women are infected with the illness canted dates trying to candidates trying to become the next president have one full day of campaigning left before the Iowa Caucuses end. Our correspondent has more tonight. Reporter were now inside a 48 hours before iowa voters go to caucus. Monday night here in the state of iowa is what theyve all been waiting for and tonight the Gold Standard of iowa polls, the final des moines poll was released with Hillary Clinton only 3 poll ahead. Donald trump has a 28 percentageage but only five points ahead of his nearest rival ted cruz. Jeb bush has 2 of the vote. He has spent over 15 Million Dollars here in this state and iowa voters appear to send him down the river, maybe even the Des Moines River that lies right behind me now. Today was an important day for john kasich. He got the endorsement from the New York Times. He said any time somebody says something good about you he wil
On t. W. This is d w news live from thousands of civilians fleeing renewed fighting in syria as it lip service a scores of people have been killed in a surge of violence as Government Forces target rebel held town in villages despite a cease fire. Also on the program because opposition says it will win the controversial rerun of istanbuls merril election for president otoh one says he strengthening democracy after successfully overturning the original results. Teaching morality to eight machine. People. This is a bad thing. Yes why not meet a group of german scientists trying to teach Artificial Intelligence systems rights from wrong. Welcome to the program. Syrian Government Forces have intensified their shelling of rebel held town of the villages in italy province the air is supposed to be demilitarized following the truce struck in september which when militias and russia backed Syrian Forces but reports say fresh shelling has destroyed schools and medical clinics and killed scores