intensifying. and not playing by the rules why a tweet by the manager of an american basketball team has sparked a political firestorm in china. now turkey s defense minister says its forces are ready to begin a military offensive into northern syria the u.s. president has begun withdrawing troops from the region and threatened to destroy turkey s economy if a tax cut is fighters there will be live on the turkish short syrian border in a moment but fast can be how could reports from washington d.c. where transactions are drawing criticism from across the political divide. as u.s. troops begin pulling out of positions in northern syria their commander in chief donald trump defended his decision to withdraw now we ve captured isis we ve done what we ve done we had 50 soldiers in the area talking about and i said we want to bring our soldiers back home it s been a long time it s a major shift in u.s. foreign policy one being criticized by members of the president s own republica
actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience rebellion is without question britain s fastest growing pretty good religion. welcome to the weekly here on r t international where we bring you the latest headline news on the top stories from the past week. hundreds of eisel militants have reportedly fled numerous detention camps in northern syria previously guarded by the kurdish forces the kurds retreated from some of their positions after turkey started its ground invasion which it calls an anti terror operation. turkey wanted to create a buffer zone in syria 3 pritish fighters plans to then settle the millions of syrian refugees there are currently in turkey the one says of 813-0000 civilians have fled the turkish advance warning that the figure could rise to some 400000 those escaping have urged the international community to step in. america and other countries should protect us they re committing sin here our children women is there really no mercy but rat
the chilly protectionism is being felt here in davos and economist tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus move over football handball grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championship. hello and welcome i m terry margin good to have you with us but us will remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader one quite knows attempts to oust president nicolas maduro when western nations have backed those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting the door oh who s cut off diplomatic ties with washington. a defiant nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in the gita meant i. get a ok then move i think there is no doubt in the world that donald trump wants to bring in his own de facto unconstitutional government a coup d etat in ven
economy but it does add up and is not insignificant and there are political repercussions where voters who six weeks ago went to the polls and sent a strong message against this kind of anti immigrant demagoguery. now look at her public and party and understand they are willfully ignoring the message they sent so i mean the senate is said that next session is me set the december the twenty seventh how likely is it on that day that they ll be able to come up with any kind of compromise. you know it s it s very hard to say because trump might decide tomorrow that he really wants to go tomorrow and so let s wrap this thing up or he might hold the line because the fox news crowd is is really cheering him on. it s a strong possibility that this lasts into the new year until january third when democrats actually take over the majority the house new congress comes in and presumably if the government is still closed at that point their first order of business would be to pass a bill
is less likely to on while hospitals bought concerns remain as infections rise across europe. vladimir putin puts mason in his science. the russian president blamed the alliance for creating tensions and a victory for workers in amazon. they can now form a union to fight for their rights. ah. in the u. s. state of minnesota, a white police officer has been convicted in the killing of a black man and a racially charged trial. kimberly potter shot and killed 20 year old dante right during the routine traffic. stop in april. john hendrick reports from minneapolis. find the defendant guilty. fine. the defendant guilty again in minnesota, a white police officer is convicted of killing a black man. kim potter lowered her head as she was found guilty of 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 20 year old dante wright. as she was taken into custody with no chance of bail, her husband shouted his support as police ought to arrest right on a warrant. after an april traffic