And coming up in sportsday at half seven, ireland book their place in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a seven try win over samoa. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Thereve been fierce clashes between turkish troops and Kurdish Militia in North Eastern syria. Much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. Turkey claims its military has entered the town, but the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces dispute this. Since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are believed to have been killed and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. Ankara says it wants to establish a 20 mile deep buffer zone, across the frontier with syria, to keep out Kurdish Militias and resettle Syrian Refugees. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border our middle east correspondent martin patience has sent us this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues. As turkey claims its taking con