Sixty minutes turkeys president promises to crush kurdish fighters as military continues its air and ground operation in Northern Syria. To shut down but dont get a lot more from all. A lot work. Today would be a good day to end u. S. Senators hold talks in a bid to end the government shutdown. More than a Million People gather as pope francis holds a final boss in peru ending his controversial tour of latin america. Fighting between police and im t. Government protesters in democratic republic of congo has killed at least six people. The u. S. Is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria turkey soldiers have entered the on klav awfully in part of assault to drive out Kurdish Peoples Protection units or why p. G. Turkeys president is vying to crush the group which he views as a terrorist organization Stephanie Decker reports. The border echoes with the sounds of war turkeys offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation s
For greater trade links and investment. The imf has increased its growth predictions for this year and next to 3. 9 . It says that reflects growing momentum and President Trumps recent us tax reforms. The imf says the good news has been well spread out with 120 countries, representing 75 of the world economy, seeing stronger growth in 2017. Business leaders have noticed it too. 57 of the worlds leading chief executives believe growth will improve over the next year according to a survey by the consultants pwc. And thats been reflected on stock markets around the world, which have repeatedly set record highs since last years davos gathering. Lets get more on this story from sally, whos in place in davos. Thanks a lot, samantha. We have plenty of snow here, thats for sure, it is still falling, the forecast is it may stop today, i imagine the organisers are hoping it will because its been quite a Logistical Mission to try to clear the literal metres of snow piling up all over this resort.
The center for American Progress action fund this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing. We will begin with our fantastic panel and we will be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in disinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. P. Has addressed these issues and we released a report called war by other means. Just on monday, c. A. P. P. Had an event for the release of our report, Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the district of colombia on their Election Security preparedness. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and has been subject to much less public discussion. The extent to which the russian government uses corrupti
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in tokyo, where japans nikkei index has sunk more than 4 in early trading. The malaise has spread to asian markets after share prices plummeted in the United States the dowjones index finished nearly 5 down, dropping by more than 1100 points. Its the biggest one day fall since the financial crisis a decade ago. You can see the asian markets here. The hang seng will start trading in about 30 minutes time. This fall in the asian stock market is the steepest in over one year due to fears of a surging us economy leading to sharp Interest Rate hikes by the Federal Reserve sparking speculation that banks may be forced to tighten policy aggressively. Shifting our attention now to the dowjones industrial average, shifting our attention now to the Dow Jones Industrial average, that finished nearly 5 down, dropping by over 1100 points. The nasdaq also down by 3. 9 overnight. Lets speak to t
Also this morning rage boils over in court. A father of three girls abused by the doctor of the American Gymnastics Team apologises for his actions and says hes no hero. Talk is cheap. The boss of the fbi hits back at donald trump in a row over a memo that accuses the bureau of bias. In sport, scottish hopes soar as they start the six nations in wales today, and theyre both hoping to snuff out englands hopes of becoming the first side to complete a hatrick of titles in 130 years. Ireland kick off in france. Theyre back, the spice girls say the time is right to explore new opportunities, but what will those those opportunities be . Well try and find out. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Your saturday looks great, damp and cold in most places. There will be snow in some high ground in the north and then the weather looks set to stay cold through the rest of the weekend and into next week. All the details on the way. Looks great. Thanks, ben, see you in a bit. Small businesses affec