I know im right matheson this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a massive explosion that gas station in gonna hold the forces thousands to flee for their lives. Turkish forces backed the Free Syrian Army in an operation to drive out a former al qaida affiliate from its bastion and the countrys northwest. Rallying for unity but spains Prime Minister rules out talks as the crisis deepens after catalonia his vote to break away. To get stronger as it nears the u. S. Gulf coast its already killed dozens across Central America. Ok were going to begin with breaking news from ghana as capital for Many Feared Dead after a massive explosion at a gas station wetness is say the incident happened when a tanker exploded at a station that sells liquefied natural gas flames and then spread to a petrol station across the street. Is joining us on the phone from. Seeing some very dramatic pictures there from the scene what more can you tell us about whats been happening. Well i think its important to point that this is an extremely busy part of this is a busy interchange and its one of the main routes out of the city its an area known as a comic. Buildings people in the area lots of street. City many more casualties that weve been hearing a lot as Emergency Services to c. N. N. And really establish what hospital i mean there is also of course a number of students. Going to university and you know weve heard people talking about this explosion being kilometers around i think this is going to be very interesting as events develop on sunday because theres probably going to be a lot of and quite a lot of anger because this is something thats becoming very worrying in december twenty sixth we had twelve people that were killed in a gas explosion in the city june twenty fifth ever in the cards of more than a hundred people and they tried on a fuel station. To serious people already. Done to make the distribution of gas and fuel safer that kind of. Major incidents in the curling give us some of the cation of the Emergency Services have been responding to this and if the government is giving any more information about the number of people injured or killed. Theres not a lot of information coming out about the number of People Killed and injured its the images to go with funding we know that a cordon has been set up the city have been quoted as saying that you know events are under control if you like but we know that it must have been a very chaotic scene at the time and it would have taken some time to actually get it under control if it is needed as they as they say. For now thanks very much indeed i want to talk now to Curtis Howard hes an eyewitness to that explosion is a local journalist with the g. H. One t. V. Network is on the phone for us curtis thanks very much for being with us what did you see. Ok so the explosion a kid just went around seven p. M. This evening and them immediately the explosion if it does happen like a group of people just sitting down there and we havent got no money and. Went up in the extrusion and it would be actually happened and my immediate expression of it i think we tend to keep the minute after seven people came in he came with thanks. And immediately decided to pull out. The i need to contain was on shouldnt break into the police to down one hundred twenty he needed to. Bring you from the site and make sure that he put the thought they want to read on to answer but at the point dont they dont just want some points the next to the gun and then the Police Station was to tell you destroyed by the pi and the number of cars and a couple. Other some part because there are other cars i gather. They got. All of the story. Because youve been speaking weve just been seeing more of the social media pictures that have been appearing obviously people very very frightened and its almost as mentioned before the campus of the university of ghana very close by there. Yes and so what the police did was that in its the its a kid. A lot of people there with the second unit theres a secondary school next and produce chamblee second the school theyre trying to patch as possible to get a student out of this school hard to keep the weekend i read us we didnt reveal that we might see but prepare we want to make sure that the kids the fun of the fat bank is that what. They need to expose that we can become so disastrous. To the people within the community through the back way that the local people of the military are to make sure that people comply with the directive to do this to make sure that that we need any time when the situation happening now government officials and trying to fight the dipping in something for mission or some point come out with what they find it can really tell we put a quick peek into how many cars are on had been recorded how many injuries had been called in and got me to read that press the print for think more morning given a. Job because there are so many and that we. They that number. Never knew there was nothing more to which one to believe. That all who dont want to bring in the right people listening to the bees on one condition then to the next and to contradict we spoke with the and the chief fire officer including that. Anything might have caused the fire it could be. Somebody it could be it could be trying to hide some time to. Clean up it could be new dam a mythical of course the passer by the president is beginning to hoping that someday we. Get every thought out for everybody to go to finally and briefly if you wouldnt mind is there any indication at the moment that there might be more explosions. Or not at all because the law of god thank god i was being in an hour and the pain for terri listed could exist. From the time understand that we are taking the fire has been brought under control and there is no more pain and to control the situation it just couldnt go to life. And that that same strain to many that decision until tomorrow morning when it gets there in commission and i question it was just to make sure that we are well protected so that in case of any other situation handle it much more probably ok weve been talking to coaches howard hes a local journalist from the g h one t. V. Network about the breaking news the explosion in gone is capital accra at a gas station where a tanker is said to have exploded at a station that sells liquefied natural gas will of course bring you more information about that as we get it. Ok lets move to syria where turkeys announced its starting a big operation in the province is in the sending its own forces but its providing logistical and intelligence support to syrian rebel groups in the countrys northwest much of it is controlled by talking its an alliance of factions spearheaded by the former alqaeda affiliate turkish president. Says he wont allow the Rebel Alliance to thrive along its border but. We have opened up a space in our region with Operation Euphrates Shield and now we are making efforts to take a step forward by maintaining security in a globe today theres a serious operation in italy and it will continue because we have our brothers there who came to fleeing violence in aleppo we cant tell them whatever happens happens you can either die or survive we have to extend a hand to our brothers now this step has been taken and it is under way atia mahabharata has more from doesnt happen turkeys border with syria. This is what we know so far the Turkish Military sending reinforcement of that i highly Border Crossing with hundreds of free syrian fighters also present in the area phase one of this offensive will be the Free Syrian Army leading the fight to take on the head in live face to will be the Turkish Military crossing into it live to secure the city this is part of a deal that was signed with iran and with iran and russia in a stand last month but with turkeys involvement in syria this could pose many challenges for the turkish mitzi first of all because the head of the same is one of the most powerful rebel factions operating inside syria they have issued a statement warning that any attack against them with be met with stiff resistance warning all those who try to dislodge them from it live to pay a heavy price the second major challenge for the Turkish Military is basically the town of a three an all the border with. Turkey which where there is significant presence of the s. D. F. Which is a coalition of turkish fighters i think minister planners in the Turkish Military were trying it out just like a delicate balance between the need to take on to hire some of the same time but also to prevent any attacks. As the operation starts well lets get more on the significance of it lit province the region was labeled deescalation zone last month after an agreement between Turkey Russia and iran but fighting has continued there the deal is not recognized by a coalition of armed groups who control large parts of the lip that alliance called head. Is dominated by fighters from the former Al Qaeda Linked group. Became its key stronghold in twenty fifteen the area is one of the few crossings still open on the Turkish Border which is a. As you concern for ankara bordering it live to the north is an area controlled by kurdish white forces turkey considers the y. P. G. An extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k which it says is a terrorist group Henry Barclay is a professor of International Relations at Lehigh University in pennsylvania hes joining us now from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed for your time if i understand it correctly its or. Already has to contend with fighting the Syrian Government forces being bombarded by russian airstrikes and its having to deal with other smaller opposition groups as well how much of a response how much opposition do you think its going to give to the f. S. A. And ultimately as part of phase two of them was mentioning the turkish troops. I mean. We actually dont know how many farms f. S. A. Troops the turks are sending into in the province but we have to remember that the al qaeda trained forces of sham. Are actually very very wily and have a lot of battle experience and it is quite possible that they will inflict fairly large casualties on the f. S. A. And if that were to happen the big crisis the big question for turkey will be does turkey send its own troops across the border because at the moment turkey has not sent its troops and if it does that present that to im reminded people that earlier turkey had their operation called you do you feel it is shield but you faces shield was actually a very expensive operation for turkey they lost about seventy soldiers in that operation and where the opposition was not as tough as as a counter position being in it live so this is a risky move on the part of the and it remains to be seen how much support mr dylan is going to get from the question president putin had conversations with president had one last week presumption is that they have some kind of a deal but will that will the russians allow for you for instance for Turkish Aircraft to cross into syria and. The opposition in italy maybe they want maybe the russians will want to do it anything to do it will there be good coordination with the turks i mean these are all very important questions for which we do not have answers but most importantly i think we have to look at this operation that turkey is mounting more as a domestic politics issue and also one that has to do with the United States turkey United States have now fallen quite apart of each other because of american support for the white b. G. For the syrian kurds in their struggle there. The mixtape and the turks have been trying to stop that blocked i had to convince americans not to do it but they have this by by aligning itself with iran and russia i think what the turks are trying to do is to send a message through to washington but im afraid washington is not in a mood to listen to that to that message secondly mr adelman has been threatening to go into syria for a long time hes been threatening to go into iraq following the referendum in Northern Iraq so hes been in the Turkish Press has been full of stories of imminent military action by by turkey and everybody has been expecting some kind of military action so theres a way in which you can argue that the in the operation will kind of satisfy this. Urge that has emerged in turkey and add one will be able to say yes we are doing military operations and of course they will be successful in his in his book and so this is it may be that the. Intervention is a side show for both domestic politics and especially us turkish relations only backing a professor of International Relations at Lehigh University in virginia thank you so much for your time thank you. The bodies that is being set up to rebuild the syrian city of iraq is appealing to the International Community for aid in anticipation of the eventual defeat of eisel there the Northern City is our source self declared capital but Kurdish Forces say theyre close to victory over the armed group got to look as though you dont reports. The fight is on. I still of losing its last bit of what it once called its capital. Kurdish forces over land north of rock a weeks ago now theyre closing in on the few remaining i thought fighters and. We are now in iraq and we are proud that are key. From two directions of united there are confrontations and there are a lot of civilians in the area. Abandoned neighborhoods debris and dust are whats left in some parts of a syrian city i still took over iraq on two thousand and thirteen the Syrian Democratic forces began the offensive to push them out nearly a year ago they said. Syrian kurdish fighters have been at the forefront but some foreign volunteers have joined them motivated by their own reasons to take up arms against eisel here something moving. Russia says its air strikes have killed scores of fighters a nearby darrows or where the group is still trying to cling to power. But civilians have been caught in the crossfire the syrian observatory for human rights says more than two hundred have been killed including women and children heartbreaking stories to tell every day it is hard to meet one Single Family who have fled recently iraq and there is or would it not have a Family Member killed on the way to safety the defeat of eisel fighters is expected in vaca among the destroyed buildings and rubble kurdish fighters say its just a matter of time before they declare victory. And now to zero plenty more ahead on the news. And. I will tell you why russians across the country took to the streets in the day their president is celebrated his birthday. I told him im bringing in the best actor in town and i want him to come and have a look. Like South African teenagers creating their own jobs in a country with alarming Unemployment Rate. Kind in sports the netherlands keep alive their slim hopes of making it to next years world cup details coming up later. Ok lets turn now to the fight against eisel in iraq the groups being forced from the northern town of all the fighting continues in surrounding villages Kurdish Peshmerga forces have fought alongside Iraqi Forces Say hundreds of fighters have surrendered as proGovernment Forces advance child strafford reports from debbys in Northern Iraq. Shia militia forces of the iraqi army target eisel fighters close to the town of her. The battle for what was i saw last urban stronghold in Northern Iraq is over the fight is still occupy villages to the west of the city i saw has been using car bombs to attack the advancing progovernment troops relative we destroyed this car bomb before it hit our convoy now our troops continue to was the village of riyadh which is strategic because it will help us secure the center of how we judge but there are many ideas ahead. And i still set fire to oil wells to try and make accurate Coalition Air strikes against them difficult most of these men are fighters with the iran backed shia militia known as Popular Mobilization forces or should the shah be. The i saw sign reads we are hitting you hard you persians who reject the true faith. Turned this building into a surreal local to impose that distorted interpretation of law. When they saw we were approaching a towards a building and. Villages welcomed the progovernment troops thank god you have liberated us says this man. A few kilometers away Kurdish Peshmerga make sure no eisel fighters escape it was thursday evening when the iraqi Prime Minister hyderabadi announced that the battle for how we was over now made a Kurdish Peshmerga defensive position here the peshmerga telling us that the smoke you can see on the horizon here is because shia militia groups in support of the Iraqi Military are lighting fires in leisel controlled areas trying to