In a move that could save 2,500 jobs and at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, economics commentator grace blakeley, and the political commentator giles kenningham. Stay with us for that. Good evening. The long planned Turkish Military operation in north east syria has been launched. Kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy airstrikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. The turkish decision was prompted by President Trumps announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the Islamic State group are being held by Kurdish Forces. President erdogan of turkey says his aim is to create a so called safe zone cleared of kurdish fighters. The kurds were key allies of the us in defeating Islamic State and they say theyve been betrayed by President Trump. Tonight, Boris Johnson spoke to mr trump, expressing concern about the risk of a humanitarian disaster in the r
Through art. We will be reporting from islamabad. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and iam in syria where turkey has launched a ground offensive in the north of the country, just hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. The move follows President Trumps controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the area which is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces. They played a leading role in the fight against Islamic State, but are regarded as terrorists by turkey. Turkey says it wants to set up a 30km safe zone along the border, to resettle up to two million Syrian Refugees living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says that ten civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the turkish syria border with this report. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside
The partners of two top full fight it out on social media over leaked personal stories. Two top footballers. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in syria where turkey has launched a ground offensive in the north of the country, just hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. The move follows President Trumps controversial decision to withdraw us troops from the area which is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces. They played a leading role in the fight against Islamic State, but are regarded as terrorists by turkey. Turkey says it wants to set up a 30km safe zone along the border, to resettle up to two million Syrian Refugees living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says that ten civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the turkish syria border with this report. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras
Hello. Turkey has launched a ground offensive in northern syria, hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish controlled north east.
Hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish controlled north east. Its the start of a turkish offensive that is alarming europe, has