south korean dark comedy makes a movie history becoming the 1st foreign language film to win best picture at the oscars. i mean sport in some alarm make a big move in the race to win the italian league title coming back from to kneel down so when the. top of that so. we begin in syria where 5 turkish soldiers have been killed by shelling in northwestern if the syrian government troops attacks their military post earlier syrian opposition forces began a military offensive to push out government troops footage shows the rebels and if the province with newly supplied turkish armored vehicles trying to recapture the town or sort of cake. and dozens of graves have been vandalized in the southern suburbs of it live video appears to show groups affiliated with the syrian government forces destroying the graves in the village syrian forces have controlled the area since late last month it was said of course show low is inside syria at the crossing and joins us now live sit in this ap
a. parasite. and south korea celebrates off to power site becomes the 1st known english language film to win the best picture. welcome to the program now top story teller saying they ve killed $101.00 syrian soldiers an adlib province after hitting on $115.00 government targets it comes hours after 5 turkish soldiers were killed in shelling by syrian government forces turkish troops have been sent into the region which is the last rebel held area in response to an advance by the syrian army. it s now from istanbul. the turkish soldiers were stationed in a recently established military post in tufton as in province. there is the 2nd time took his military has come under direct fire in province earlier this month 8 soldiers were killed in an attack by syrian army in the same area and ask a nation that increases the risk of a full blown military confrontation between ankara and damascus. as tension grows a sudden counter offensive by the rebels they launched an attack to retake
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff president obama and afghan president karzai nounced today that u. S. Troops in afghanistan would shift away from a combat role this spring. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we look at the changing u. S. Afghanistan relationship after 11 years of war against al qaeda and the taliban with an endgame in sight. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner looks into the faas decision to review boeings troubled 787 dreamliner. Brown ray suarez talks with Washington Post reporter cecilia kang, who walks us through the hightech offerings at this years Consumer Electronics show. Samsung came up with a very interesting 5. 5 inch flexible screen that kind of makes you imagine all kinds of possibilities woodruff plus mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. Support also come
Competitions popularity plunges. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org hollande has announced the french troops have gone on an intervention in mali. This came a request for help out to the west africans countrys president. Theyre continuing their drive southward. They already control twothirds of the former french colony. They are on advance. They are now threatening to take this out as well. They are reported to have overrun the strategically important town in central mali. The army has so far been unable to recapture it. As the year grew that they could establish a safe haven for as long as the militants, there was growing pressure for assistance and now france has started military operations. French army forces gave their support this afternoon to units in mali to fight against terrorist elements. So far, the German Government is holding back. A military solution alone will not solve the problem in mali. We must therefore intensify political efforts. In ge
Welcome to the journal. What the headlines today this hour. Islamist rebels advancing in mali, and confirmation french troops are on the ground to support the west african countries. Whats after talking with his afghanistan counterpart, president obama says they will take a support role in afghanistan this spring. It is election time in germany and the chancellors competitions popularity plunges. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org hollande has announced the french troops have gone on an intervention in mali. This came a request for help out to the west africans countrys president. Theyre continuing their drive southward. They already control twothirds of the former french colony. They are on advance. They are now threatening to take this out as well. They are reported to have overrun the strategically important town in central mali. The army has so far been unable to recapture it. As the year grew that they could establish a safe haven for as long as the mi