Just archaeological object but its part of the Cultural Heritage of the region or of these countries and at that point you realize youre talking about a political dimension or a cultural political dimension. As a director i cannot say i dont know when somebody asked me how did your collection actually come into being so my responsibility as director of this museum is to know everything about the objects. Well the key documents in this file the ones that tell us basically that it was ok to take up the objects and this we have to do for everything and im considering that we have roughly 500000 objects you know that this is. A huge task ahead for us something that has to be done over decades really 500000 objects all and so thats an ongoing process that will take until im retiring but the important thing is somebody is doing it every day because you have to have a was i was this is said to have made a new going to close the critics on the present is an extent bush said you know i said that is ideologue a big spikes on in just music lamisil never going off in a divorce exact a mode where yeah. The professor. And. All the friends you see here have been pretty good. And we would be acquiring stuff and the pergamon stopped acquiring in the 1930 s. 40 years before the signing of the Unesco Convention which isnt retroactive this is. So the museums collection is seemingly protected from demands for restitution but thats not the opinion in turkey especially in the city of god tep young these are guys and they should come. Forth so often i leave a minister. You know seeing. That we dont at all my. Name is that down on that was that i was the man i should when there was a to break into and there was. A man and a leg and then say and then i said him as many people and he said from this is made in that way that he did. This blacklist includes objects on show in the British Museum in london but also in the pentagon in berlin although they were all acquired before 970 turkey still wants them back. Its not a question of museums anymore because its a request of the state of turkey. They also are in the process of overcoming. Colonial attitudes towards Cultural Heritage and in this process they have started to realize that. Countries in the west have not always been upfront about their practices of acquiring collections begin to do yeah savation. There is. A palooka. Heres john dowd and they can i know. Given busy im. Busy im no gunson shante can play in kent and then. The visual ascent we didnt get in on money and then i made. Them to shoot it in this new they are abusing in. The pillagers happened over a century ago but turkey isnt ready to forget. Like china and italy turkey has made the restitution of its treasures a political priority. Within its Culture Ministry the turkish government has set up a special restitution unit. 40 or so lawsuits have already been won resulting in the return of over 4000 objects. One of the special units successes is the restitution of this music of orpheus stolen in the 950. 00 s. Then purchased by the Dallas Museum of art after several years of legal wrangling the museum was obliged to return it. While village nations like turkey have a Legal Framework to demand reparations this isnt the case in the private sector where only the market rules. In this antique shop window how many artifacts have a perfectly established origin in many cases its practically impossible to verify. Does the private antiquities market have its own rules immune to International Legislation you know asco had attempted to extend its 970 convention to better control private transactions a new convention adopted in 1905 the unit the convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects obliges sellers to prove the legal origin of an artifact it also obliges buyers to demand proof but although the original Unesco Convention is recognized by 113 nations only 37 party states have committed to the united wired convention. So the market is winning thriving with its own often shady rules chadian as embodied by the freeport system one of the main thoroughfares of the art market trafficking. The best known are here in geneva but the exist throughout the world free ports were originally special Economic Zones which stocked in transit merchandise to reduce or avoid customs duties our dealers are soon renting space in these huge warehouses to discreetly store artifacts by allowing people to store all kinds of objects without the slightest control free ports have long been considered as a hub of antiquities trafficking its estimated there are over a 1000000 works deposited here more than twice the number contained in the movie. This swiss establishment guarantees its clients 100 percent confidentiality its high security site is protected from theft but also from prying eyes artifacts can be stored safely here for years since before. Pulling on the. Left you. Know i mean he can join would you like to find a not understood it should one image with one on sauce fiske out. On a t. V. I would order to keep the tax. Mask set up. No taxation an appealing advantage for our dealers while the works remain inside a free port they can be sold and bought without being subjected to any kind of tax customs duties are only paid once when a work definitively leaves the freeport a perfectly legal tax haven right in the heart of your. These facilities explain why the gallery phoenix keeps most of its merchandise in free ports and these showcases only a small part of the collection is displayed the gallery belongs to tom one of the biggest antiquities dealers in the world. In 2010 customs discovered in alley are tons warehouse in the freeport of geneva this is 2nd century romance a copper guess since then it has been the center of a complex legal battle. It will be awful you know all to prevent thank our love and do i love on this on the on it off and off on dr to for thats off leak put on their own music. So to sally they dont. Know jane alcopop level. Fesses said proposition the dont assume she miss you dont you think the jackdaw do see the idea dont know a dip book or perform a shop or add me read of get this used extraordinaire and just admit contat dont get those the large amid count down do. In their next young cities used to get examplar good news all morning dont say im a modest shock silliman of a more haste to find them out there learn the calculates your. New not as your phony palomar show set in success you on the course that the president dont love and. Relation many and depend on the year the. Mariana kids who are out there here yes just the most ridiculous who belong on get heated this is sack of elapsed hasta documentation please r. C. N. See levity the question more elect claire early in this. Heavy. Faced with doubts over the objects origin the sale was finally cancelled as this a coffee because it was probably looted in turkey swiss authorities decided to alert ankara let your for me do cool let your key sit there. But get up with said you. Will poison you i didnt go see aunt jackie man who thought they did agree. To set this expose does she want to sit for you call the steam press and yes youre reported for it does i confess keep as to the tumble bruce doc. Online via our own lot theyre full of the story of it were talking my live any longer than 2 they clearly allowed one or both own them. Except that after being restored in london this or coffee because didnt return to geneva until 2009 so the turkish lawyer heading the case believes it comes under the new swiss law which demands every approachable origins for all works of art imported after 2005 in september 2015 swiss justice finally ordered the repatriation of the 2nd office to turkey but tom continues to claim ownership based on a certificate delivered by the company art loss register or for years that if you get a positive early. Book of us by that suit the glare is that if it lasts nethers does all cope what is a really really classic may see both this late hour of. Getting. A sucky sucky sucky due to a for me. What is an art loss register certificate the precious open sesame of the art market a document which states that an object wasnt stolen. Founded in london 25 years ago as a private Information Service with over 400000 listed objects are lost register who owns the largest database of stolen artifacts in the world for a fee any buyer or seller can ask art loss register to verify that a piece is not listed on its database. These registrations these. Could also be registrations from a museum just in case items ever started on the register them on the database just in case they show up for sale somewhere else and myself is examples of the serfs from the National Museum of iraq. In 20032004. And what was amazing is they were very careful and you can tell it was well because they went into the basement once theyd stolen everything and they destroyed all the documentation for the objects so that people would know what had been stolen unfortunately the major objects have been recorded elsewhere. They can say actually a different words that weve entered just to help bring that up so here they were brought on they were put. Braided have a heart Something Like that and. In the case of the Baghdad Museum an inventor really existed so stolen objects could be captured on to the database but in war zones very few museums keep precise inventor his and theres no way that objects discovered during illegal digs will ever be listed obviously thats incredibly difficult when youre looking at lucido not logical material that has been looted out of the ground it was taken out of the ground and potentially the only people that even know of its existence of the people who dug it out. And yet this certificate is widely used on the antiquities market as is the case toms sarcophagus. I wish i had a clue powers. I would say. Its weve always been very clear about what our certificates are for and they state very clearly that an item is not in our database and its not been registered with us but that not every theft or loss or looting event is registered with us so its not complete. The art loss register certificate nonetheless remains the main document supplied by a seller to prove his or her good faith a precious certificate which can multiply the price of an object by 10 but why is this as provided by a private company and not by a public body at least on a european level changes in National Laws you go across an interesting nation states in the make it very difficult to resolve issues relating to stolen art in particular because suddenly limitation periods change principles of acquiring good title shaynes. Is something that people take advantage of to get around the system. You know no choice about renegotiating it we would have a deal and we would be now one of 3 times you put a deal and you disagree with that deal this is a terrible truth is that were still not it was black so thats what you want but its about maybe his son goes head to head with the chairman of the u. K. s practicality which ties the towns very loose tough im shocked theres not a loose about its often shop its pretty clear actually its clear as bricks it means but so yes it is and its just as clearly when you see. On down to see. One of the really special things about working for al jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know its very challenging the body but the killer because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are the people we live to tell the real story so ill just mandate is to deliver indepth enemies and we dont. Here in cuba good audience across the globe. On behalf of her majestys government i apologize reservedly sturrock apology for one of the darkest episodes in British Intelligence it was a really good grievances that the libyans could be quite useful to the west 8 years after the death of gadhafi aljazeera world investigates western collusion with the Libyan Security services. Gadhafi rendition and the west. On aljazeera. Charlie rangel in london with the top stories on aljazeera turkey has pounded cutters positions in northeastern syria with asterix for a 2nd day sending residents fleeing turkish troops and their allies have encircled the Kurdish Border towns of russell and until of yeah while tuckers kurdish shelling has killed at least 6 civilians including a child in tuckers towns president recip has defended the turkish insult saying it will allow Syrian Refugees to return home he dismissed the growing criticism and threaten to send millions of refugees into europe if leaders that label the offensive as an occupation the u. N. Security council held an emergency meeting earlier to discuss the situation afterwards the Us Ambassador to the un told turkey to protect syrias citizens or face the consequences turkey is now responsible for ensuring that all isis fighters in detention in prison remain in prison and that isis does not reconstitute itself in any way shape or form. Failure to play by the rules to protect vulnerable populations. Failure to guarantee that isis cannot exploit these actions to reconstitute will have consequences u. S. Congressional democrats have issued subpoenas for 2 business men charged with Campaign Finance violations ukrainian love parnassum better Russian Eagle freeman or associates of president Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani they were involved in giulianis efforts to get ukraine to investigate one of the leading democratic president ial hopefuls joe biden according to the indictment both men funneled foreign money to political candidates in the u. S. Trump is currently facing an impeachment inquiry into whether he withheld military aid to ukraine for personal political gain ecuadorian Human Rights Organization defense sorted del pueblo has confirmed 5 people have died in the protests against president men in marinas austerity measures at least one indigenous protester was among those killed in the unrest in ecuadors capital quito volunteers from the Catholic University say at least 2 children and 2 elderly people died. Those are the top stories you can find much more on our website up next our trafficking. With the absence of common legislation and with skyrocketing prices trafficking has taken on industrial proportions. That it will be in the majority but the evolution is very good but there is a mental note that this bill is evil i didnt meet them look it up but dont believe its really just come and join us and repeat this story to us a lot that the semester the 2nd just that not a 2nd at the argument and indeed a sound a bus if you know your generality and if you dont know is that the teacher there that us both out there is played as a catalyst to go play. Like. Today looters have direct access to the market all they need to do is post their object online where it can be sold anonymously in recent years the number of websites selling archaeological artifacts has increased or 100 fold on one of them we found this clay nail probably from a rock officially this type of object has been banned from sale since 2004 but on these platforms no one cares about origin export licenses or legal documents its the final stage of what has become global trafficking. Believed to be the 3rd highest illegal trade in the world antiquities trafficking was rarely in the public eye and. Yes it has gone unnoticed for years but footage of destruction by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant isis has caused a Major International commotion. On only i being here oh me my. Scenery let me. Ask you who. Music to tweet music. The music. On your hike you. See. Me and. The. Tweet. Song battle of the. I dont going to come i said petition that cmon theyre demented he said you have. The stage destruction by eisel hides another reality much harder to measure mass looting. Since its founding has been suspected of part financing its activities through antiquities trafficking. See pool could it be a least 6 now and again my guess would not stay. In pretty then the 2 security that no 3 said maddon it took until it is like you think that. This was a key subject at a press conference to present the new red list published by i called the International Council of museums for 15 years i come has been publishing lists of rare objects from various countries which threatened to turn up on the International Art market this time it concerned antiquities from iraq and syria suspected of financing eisel operations as proof that the subject is being taken seriously several International Figures attended the meeting including Richard Stengel representing the Us Government who would launch the offensive might we just go and essentially has this the department. Also why. Are you going to. Good evening im delighted to be here. What weve seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that theyre practicing is the weapon ization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that bearing or selling an artifact is worth finances that beheadings of muslims in the middle east. Dont sell dont tax one quick solution. You know by now selling is a very good slogan its obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. One of the things that weve seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. But how do we know what exactly is going on in the field absa the association for the protection of syrian archaeology has been recording cases of plundering in syria the association based in strasbourg and founded in 2011 at the outbreak of the countrys civil war is headed by syrian archaeologist. According to information gathered by hobson eisel isnt the only armed group plundering sites in syria all the actors in the conflict are to blame. Lee. Will act here in Moscow Military talks here young. Man year or you dno. More active. An example. That. This is the most complex here like you see on the dodge. City many of the many people. Especially. Sick. Asiri. Whats the extent of this trafficking and how do the local networks that supply it operate to find the answers you need to go into the field most makes regular visits to turkey. To meet other members of his association. With. 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Not so long ago it was still possible to cross the border and large quantities of merchandise alive here in gaza untapped 60 kilometers from the Syrian Border. According to several sources this turkish city is a hub for the trafficking of objects plundered by isis. Show. Doesnt have is full of antiquities stores in one window check most spots what he thinks ossified smuggled in from syria. Before. The start. Really understood the pollution im ashley initials. To witnesses here so. You know a little bit. But since i didnt. Know it was below sound with respect to the unit im actually happy. There is doing so as you. Say the normal mostly diffuse young missive by the city but if they were. Serious and. You. Shouldnt. The yellow new york. Was another one of the Muslim American ramadan i mean there are not and they are. Not going to be all of the. Original if they get there someone almost. Made it about it it gives them with a paltry. Amount a small group. 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After an 8 hour search the customs officers seized 123. 00 pieces archaeologists have estimated the value of the collection at 95000. 00 euros the collector will be questioned further the customs offices is facing 3 years in jail. She got it took it as the shuttle is ok. If you are there if you. Dont like. The calling you order it from the last if it. Is a hippo she said. And. They get in the shop. As european dealers and collectors are subjected to a growing number of controls they now represent only a small part of the international antiquities market far behind the chinese a new category of collector has appeared every year in europe they flock to special. The oceans ready to spend fortunes to buy back their National Heritage. A spending spree that has seen prices skyrocket and guarantee. That hes now getting. Very good. On ah i see steve as i suppose. These are moderates who preach if the whole event dont and the taliban for the. 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The reason Bernard Gomez is sure hell find a natos prepared to buy this chinese seal is because wealthy chinese buyers are willing to invest fortunes in highly symbolic assets. These assets include a good number of plundered National Treasures objects with a high financial and ideological value. Purchases are driven by a strong patrie arctic feeling and encouraged by the state. Of. Your hundreds. If a town tour and the. Then shut down obama plea deal when the ha. Ha to go. Home being surety you. Harleigh. This is believes that those who wish to become cultured should invest in safeguarding National Heritage she has even founded an association which aims to repatriate historical masterpieces through any means. If. Records see the. So much he that soil pressure you tenderfeet how shitty that means you and that this is your father said that the he could see him truly that japhet how you shout that evil will. Not go miss regularly visits mrs barnes home and headquarters to collect the funds necessary for buying back plundered chinese works that are sold in europe i am a foreigner working in china since long time i understood that when there isnt a question of really when. There is no beyond of chinas but only one voice its a National Really it belongs to our national and everybody sings the same things you know event if our countries. When german soldiers. Are turning their. Better what youre there to hear dont hit the bush should you do it or the bush. Bears are coming out there tony the only just a total washout and up. Toward our values he sound and about our total war so much so so quaid so jail so jennifer sure she. Has their feet haha. And then a washing. Machine that soldier she is out that you know. The message got across in the west 2 plundered artifacts must be returned to china otherwise sooner or later you will be held accountable former president of the french union of antique dealers christiane did he personally paid the price in the late 1990 s. He bought a collection of chinese gold plates the for selling part of it to french businessmen is wrong swapping know for 1000000 euros later the 2 men donated the plates to the queen may lose him in paris when one of the most welcome again yearly pills can lay a few years after their donation to the chinese announced that the plates had been looted and beijing demanded the repatriation in 2007 the 1st lawsuit was filed but not pursued 80 years on did he receive a phone call from the french Culture Ministry is all d. C. News or youll shoot liz a g. T. P. Nuno you. Dont see it if i see you dont also send you blue eyed new laden as you need for this and that youll be done it. But only real name law accomplices usually mama 6 internets you know shes she ok. So christian did cancelled his donation to the green a museum and flew to china to return the plates to the authorities the other generous patron of the arts from swapping know would return his plates in person to the Chinese Ambassador in paris a month before the official visit to beijing by French Foreign minister. A model for cultural diplomacy. Cant. Dawn. Dani babb. Were. A. The date is given him your film it is yours she averred. It was a little less all fed will do need a buzz the i pray you read it deal or guess your lot. As. Bargaining that has taken on a new dimension. And. Parity is now being used for political leverage as a bargaining chip between states. The status of antiquities has changed once thought of as part of the heritage of all mankind Cultural Assets are now being held hostage by armed groups and used by states to narrow nationalist political and economic agenda thats. Action is needed by imposing tougher rules recognized by all through International OrganizationsCultural Heritage may regain its true place in our societies. Hello rain may be in the wrong place on its way again to australia though the frontal system ziggler go across the southeast nothing much there brought in these bubbles that might suggest showers in victoria New South Wales is the breeze curving back into the coast all the way up this east coast halfway up through queens and where the rain is likely to fall it will come inland to a certain degree but probably not as far as you want and if youre on the beach you dont want to top 15 in sydney looks a bit disappointed 20 were now late rather nicer in the sunshine but 18 in purses a cloud comes in and a weak front comes out from the sas still we have not change season yet we are changing it 30 in hobart a disappointment and the rain is still there on the coast of New South Wales and southern queensland now look at this persistent cloud underneath which is rain falling over wellington theres a few more hours of that still to go and then things will clear up so friday looks a little bit cloudy and quite a lot went where such a day is rather need proof meant rain in the form of an incoming typhoon is the problem for japan as im sure youre away on friday the rain 1st arrives on saturday and late on sunday the heart of the typhoon probably goes over the top of tokyo. 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All. 0. Hello im Maryam Namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes turkey pounds Kurdish Forces in northeast syria for a 2nd day killing dozens of people and forcing tens of thousands to flee. Indigenous protesters in ecuador parade 8 Police Officers they captured as the 5 people are confirmed dead in antioch steroids he demonstrations. And 2 businessmen who helped President Trumps lawyer investigate joe biden are arrested for Campaign Finance violations and subpoenaed by democrats. And all of you just in doha with School Sports women any way to make it illegal to be actually supposed to live inside a stadium better and more coming up later this hour. Turkey has pounded northeast in syria with as strikes for a 2nd day killing dozens of people and sending tens of thousands fleeing turkish troops and their allies encircled the border towns of. Which are held by Kurdish Forces after seizing villages around them and kurdish shelling has killed at least 6 civilians including a child in turkish towns the president has defended the turkish assault saying it will allow Syrian Refugees to return home he dismissed the growing criticism and threaten to send millions of refugees into europe if he does that label the offensive an occupation well opponents and allies of turkey say the offensive could harm the fight against eisel worsen syrias humanitarian crisis and further complicate the 8 year conflict well in a moment well go live to Charles Stratford he is standing by on the border between turkey and syria 1st we have this report from dana harder. Turkish airstrikes and artillery bombardment are targeting the defenses of the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces as the turkish Army Advances into northeast syria on some fronts turkish soldiers and their local allies the opposition Syrian National army pushed a few kilometers deep capturing several villages in mainly spare sleep Populated Areas the s. The f. Is outgunned and outmanned by the 2nd largest army in the Nato Alliance a kurdish led forces are putting up resistance promising to make any battle long and hard the flat terrain however will make it difficult to hold their ground in the face of heavy firepower their media focus of turkeys air and ground operation is a 100 kilometer stretch of territory from the Syrian Border town of tell me to the border town of ras alain to the east it is an area the u. S. Military would drew from earlier this week it seems that turkish army and its local allies want to secure areas before moving into towns. International aid agencies are warning of an impending humanitarian disaster they also warn of mass displacement turkish commanders say civilians and civilian infrastructure are not the targets of the Campaign Thousands of syrians are already on the move fleeing hostilities which are still largely confined to border areas but the safe zone turkey says it wants to create extends 480 kilometers along the border and 30 kilometers deep turkey says the operation is about getting rid of a Security Threat it considers the Syrian Kurdish armed group the y. P. G. Which forms the backbone of the as the f a terrorist organization the turks also want millions of refugees it is looking after to move to the safe zone both the men say you know for years syrians fled from morocco do as. Yes they fled from the y. P. She took his province of so is home 2400000 serious and 125000 of them live here and this Turkish Border town they need to be able to go home. The western arab countries are not on board with turkeys plan that some say will create demographic changes president Pressure Type or gun hit back. With 3600000 Syrian Refugees in our country whiting to go back to their homes the European Union look at yourself at the moment you cannot call or to find no operation as an invasion our job is easy we could just open the doors in 2600000 refugees whove seen them back to you but. Saudi arabia should look in the mirror they put human in the situation and look whats happening in the 10s of thousands of people are dying in yemen saudi arabia you should talk about this 1st you cannot criticize our operation or so egypt you cannot talk at all you are the murder of democracy in your country leaders of turkeys government and military commanders have been spelt out the scope of their campaign much may depend on planned talks between article on and us President Donald Trump next month but the growing criticism of turkeys actions in syria is another battle the government in ankara is facing. On the turkey syria border. Strafford is following developments from the town on the turkey syria border which is one of the places hit by shelling earlier and joins us live now. Residents there are starting to feel the impact of this offensive but 1st if i can ask you about what people in the Syrian Border towns have been faced with today. Well as you heard in that package sustained bombardment of artillery and the use of air power as well by the next. We understand certainly according to sources that weve spoken to from across the border things happening very very difficult. Reports of thousands of people fleeing from villages in that area. We had extended according to aid agencies is populated by around 450000 people they are very concerned that oversees this military Campaign Continues as to whether they are going to be able to get to these people to respond to their humanitarian needs. That the exodus as you can imagine is that theyre fleeing south into away from the borders 15 aid agencies have come together and released a statement saying that yes this the sex of this in areas is happening and members of their staff are having to flee as well again suggesting the difficulties that theyre going to face in trying to help these people the u. N. A. C. R. Thats the uns Refugee Agency appealing for restraint from all sides involved in this in this conflict we understand certainly the seating all those things have been quiet the fighting still its obviously on go and we have heard from sources of ours with the Free Syrian Army as you heard in saying this report these are all syrian fighters that were being backed by turkey since the revolution really started in syria years ago that were brought here to petition page in the ground force in a ground operation and we understand theres a been a lot of fighting in and around villages around the town of russell i mean the f. S. A. Saying that they have taken control of around 15 villages in the Industrial Area of that town of course its impossible for us to confirm confirm that in the last few minutes weve heard what sounded like potentially an as strike certainly bits of artillery in and around the location we were at which was directly on the border. But we will move from the Turkish Security forces about 2 hours ago very concerned there for the civilian population and oversee concern so they say for the media but the speculation iesus that we cant confirm this of course that they are preparing for some more of a concerted effort if you like off to these 23 hours of quiet concentrating will not be out. Tel aviv is very much the focus of the offensive right now but of course the concern is that the furthest south the turks the more civilians could be impacted by this offensive already you have you have hundreds of thousands of people in that order area who are vulnerable to an escalation in violence what the fear is surrounding them. Well as i say certainly according to the u. N. They brought about half a 1000000 civilians living in that area they say and i area that stretches in about 5 kilometers into syria 90000 of those already they are internally displaced anyway they have fled fighting during the war in syria there are concerns that as the Turkish Military and their allies with the Free Syrian Army push further south than obviously they and their teams. Are going to find it increasingly difficult to get to these people and give them the aid the shelter that they need. Interestingly we know we havent seen any electricity for example in the town of to lobby of now for 24 hours we understand that there are potentially well tens of thousands of people still in that town the turks have said that they are not going to be targeting civilian areas but you know we can only imagine that they could well be s. D. F. Positions in in that town very close to civilians. The the b. S. D. S say that at least 9 civilians had been killed as they tried to flee in what they described as a cold war from to lobby out its all these all these reports that obviously suggest the worst fears of the International Community aid agencies could well be could well be coming true and the turks as i say announcing on the International Stage as we heard the president order one. Intent determined to continue with this military campaign into syria thank you very much after bringing us all the latest from the tukey syria border well the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations has told me to protect syria citizens or face the consequences when that warning came off the u. N. Security Council Discussed the tack offensive that an emergency closed on meeting and diplomatic editor james bays has more on this now from u. N. Headquarters in new york. The u. N. Security Council Ambassadors had been talking about colombia in open session and then read that because their members to you for my quince notice in but when they headed to the deliberations on syria they were held in the closed consultation room next to the chamber perhaps they didnt want yet more division on the latest phase of syrias long war to be seen in public behind closed doors they couldnt agree on words for a joint statement instead the u. S. Ambassador tried to sum up her countrys position after days of controversy and confusion in washington on whether President Trump had given the green light to the Turkish Operation and we just finished our consultations on syria