the syrian town of reza pounded by texas at tillery across the border. a week into takis offensive a new than syria fighting still rages here to push back syrian militias seen here at battling kurdish fighters who are counterattacking to retake the town. the turkish onslaught has left the kurdish autonomous administration in northern syria little choice but to turn to the assad regime for help. all syrian government troops have pushed forward to stop the turkish advance. they have reached the city of man bridge a strategic town situated on the nature highway. syrian state television was on the ground as local celebrated the troops arrival. russian troops have also been spotted in the town and the russian foreign ministry says its soldiers have created a buffer between the syrian and turkish army is to avoid a direct confrontation. it's moscow that has gained most from the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the subsequent turkish attack on the deal between the kurds and moscow's ally are sad gives russia access to northern syria previously under us way. as was

bombardment by took a shot tillery grown troops continue to make their way toward syria. alarm in the turkish border town of a colleague at least 3 grenades from the syrian side exploded in people's homes apartments tell lieschen by kurdish militia y p g it appeared to be no casualties the grenade came in here he says the fridge was destroyed and the grenade went straight to the other wall. in northern syria tens of thousands of people have left their homes international criticism of turkey is growing daily on friday the u.s. defense department said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region. and korea denies this washington has threatened sanctions and called for turkish withdrawal but turkey's president appears unmoved. we won't stop regardless of what the of us say they want to threaten is the own sides to trump you have as i've said stop it. meanwhile media reports see germany has reacted to the ones offensive in northern syria by and then sing a ban on weapons exports to turkey. well for more we're joined by the deputy correspondent

attacked on all sides the kurds have pounded by took a shot tillery with death and destruction on the ground. and from the turkish military footage shows the shift force with which they're targeting could if militias. turkey is battling for territory held by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces ankara says the offensive will secure turkey's border and create a safe zone for syrian refugees. but right now this part of syria is anything but safe. this is the 6th time we've had an explosion in the city people are afraid of this house you see here they were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. and the u.s. pentagon wants turkey to stop to be clear we are not abandoning our courage partner forces and u.s. troops remain with them in other parts of syria the impulse of action a president or want to invade northern syria has put the united states in a tough situation given our relationship with our nato ally turkey who has fought alongside the united states in the past and president trump is threatening sanctions. if turkey does something that they sh

tillery and aerial bombing lights up the sky as turkish troops continue their offensive in northeast syria. they're not getting takis plan to carve out a buffer zone along the border and to move against the longtime enemy the kurdish led syrian democratic forces to cut say several civilians and soldiers have already died in the assault and they claim takesh bombs that struck a prison holding fighters from the so-called islamic state. retaliates restrikes came from within syria. some heating homes on the turkish side of the border. turkish president rejects edda one of a so the start of what he calls operation peace spring it's an offensive made possible by washington's decision to clear the way by withdrawing u.s. troops we were put into this battle interjected it was supposed to be a 3030 day period and we've been there for many many years and it's time to get out we're speaking to bus it's. we've told the president or to go on how we feel but we are speaking to us and we're seeing what can be made out of a situation both the u.s. and turkey belong to nato it's caution. i count on t

we see pictures of plumes of smoke rising up from these towns that have been a heavy sustained the tillery and strikes with reports of civilian buildings have been among those buildings have been targeted insists that this operation is only against the syrian kurdish militia who they consider as terrorists and say that these the safety of civilians is a priority for this operation and the the goal here is to. one called safe zones along the border with syria but for them to be safe. of the turkish president means that there can be no more kurds living there so we're talking about getting rid of the kurds we're talking about demographic engineering in northern syria are we not. well that's certainly is the fear among many about this operation although turkish presidential spokespeople have insisted that this operation isn't again sicko's it's only against what they say is this terrorist organization they say that the priority and safety of civilians is the up most in their minds but the fact that the turkish president is talking about sending between one and 2000000 refugees currently livin

pounding towns across the syrian border here at least 4 possibly 5 towns have been struck took issue tillery 2 have been bombarding the area along with mortar fire there have been some reports that the syrian kurdish forces have retaliated using small fire and mortars attacking nearby turkish border towns and this is just the very beginning of what is seen the turkish forces are laying the ground for a major ground offensive possibly they can start at night in the early hours of the morning part of a very major operation that turkey has been planning for many months i what are you hearing from northern syria. well it's very difficult to get a real report from what's happening but we do understand that from statements released by the syrian kurdish forces if the scribed major panic in town centers with the airstrikes claiming at least one person has been killed several of the injured including reports of 2 children among those injured that numbers are expected to rise as minute much of the 5 by turkish forces is in heavily populated areas we're also getting reports that there are large number

there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. he's putting up a fierce resistance to it he considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside us schools he's a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the us withdrew some of its forces from the area turkey is nato's the 2nd largest military power blocs chief met the 30 foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation and the risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering why turkey hostage it amid security concerns or expect churches to act with restraint

conflict zone is and they have vacuity just days ago they've also come under fire from turkey shot tillery although with no reported injuries. this is c.c.t.v. footage of a large camp holding tens of thousands of family members of islamic state militants and it shows an apparent escape attempt the campus controlled by kurdish forces and they say the situation is critical and in the kurdish town of kemi a car bomb claimed by us. took its president richard type has lashed out at the u.s. his criticism him know that we won't stop no matter what anyone says. because all those threats are coming from the left and the right for us to stop this. i've told mr trump and others if you're going to stop this stop it but you haven't so i will take matters into our own hands. civilians who once fled i-s. are now again desperately seeking refuge as another humanitarian crisis unfolds in syria. his dying jones is standing by for us and daryn what's istanbul's reaction to the u.s. threats. well president heard one in a very tough speech said we're not going to step back we're going to continue with this op

ministry that was after a sustained day of bombardment by turkish fighter bombers and turkey should tillery that hit a whole variety of of towns and settlements all across the syrian border of this syrian port on the syrian kurdish region all the main towns are believed to have been hit by strikes as well as targets of belonging to the syrian kurdish militia we also according to a statement released by turkey's defense ministry said $141.00 targets have been hit and that underlines the scale of the operation that is on folding it had been expected be far more limited at least in the early stages but this indicates that the turkish government all keen to get on with this operation. and underlines how large an operation this is going to be absolutely does indeed seem far more expansive and rapids than many observers had at the haps though and with that what do you then hearing from northern syria where we are getting is very difficult to actually confirm these reports but we hire hearing reports very distressing reports from the syrian kurdish militia saying that in one town there was huge pa

there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. he's putting up a fierce resistance to it he considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside us will seize a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the us withdrew some of its forces from the area turkey is nato's a 2nd largest military power blocs chief made to turkey foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation on the risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering why turkey hostage it to its security concerns i expect turkey to act with restraint to

1st phase the 1st the turks will move and they are moving in with you know with the bombings with the tillery sort of clearing the way for the personnel for the grunts and what kind of reaction have we seen from the kurdish forces as well the kurds of course they don't like when they're being called terrorists because of course they do not consider themselves as terrorists and they're saying that it is a complete disaster they are saying that the turks are targeting civilian areas and they are saying that people for instance the spokesman of the of the kurds he said that people are in panic that people are panicking and here's basically here's the official statement by the. let's get. ready to confront and respond to all kinds of attacks that could be launched against us because all minorities ethnic and religious groups to come together as one so. and raise our voices against turkish attacks the young people have a great responsibility and role in confronting attacks by the turkish state so basically would turkey doesn't want to see doesn't want to see the kurds in syria mingling and having

s forces and the turkish military where seeing ongoing and hearing ongoing on tillery strikes as well we heard what we believe to be a fighter jet above a few minutes ago boston fireball appeared on the horizon we've also heard announcements being made by the military over loudspeakers in this town warning people not to gather in groups and to stay as far away from of the border as they can and now the border is i suppose about half a kilometer behind me you can imagine the kind of fear and tension here even on the turkish side of the border but you know the big questions are is what kind of humanitarian crisis could such an operation cools when there are hundreds of thousands of people on the syrian side who we understand many of whom now off fleeing towns and villages that have troops isha forces based in and are being targeted in and let's not forget that many of those people fled to those s.d.f. controlled areas for safety in recent years as we've seen increasing victory for the stiff with the help of u.s. led coalition forces and ironically the x. in the fight against eisel so ve

areas on the border with turkey just within the last few hours and turkey's are already using heavy all tillery and conducted air strikes in syria now after turkey's offense began today there were signs of panic on this trees of rush i know one of the towns under attack with residential areas close to the border now throwing more confusion on the situation in syria president trump put out a statement that the u.s. does not endorse is attacking has made it clear to turkey that this operation is a bad idea now president trump has also said that he's monitoring the situation to make sure necessary casualties would not occur and now with no u.s. troops in that region it's very unclear just how the u.s. would even monitor the turkish defense now the security general of nato has urged to ricky to not further destabilize the region through its military action. continent turkey to act with restraint. i'm sure that the action may take each other and should go disproportionate michoud. we must not jeopardize the games made to get the games over coleman enemy us because this is continues to pose a great t

there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. to kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. is putting up fierce resistance turkey considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside u.s. forces a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the u.s. withdrew some of its forces from the area. turkey is nato's a 2nd largest military power blocs chief met the turkish foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation under risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering. why church a hostage at the mit security concerns or expect churches to act with restrai

earnest we can hear what sounded like tenchi multiuse we've seen rockets being fired there are big ol tillery batteries close to here as well so this is very much an ongoing operation we're hearing some some recent develops in the last few minutes or so certainly from f.s.a. sources now these are sources free syrian army so it will seize inside syria who is saying that the white p.g. could use full seize so they're saying have taught.

that have been held by the syrian kurdish militia this follows hours of bombardment by took a shit tillery and supported by a turkish fighter bombers that have been pounding all along the syrian border as far as 3040 kilometers deep into this territory a sustained bombardment and this is a bunch of the much the way it's typical techies tactics from 2 previous operations of heavy bombardment the pave the way for the operation which is going expected to be a far more attracted a mole difficult leg of the operation given the fact that some of this fight is expected to be in heavily densely populated towns and this will race a specter of a high and growing number of civilian casualties which we already appear to have a code already in dorian with the u.s. security umbrella what are the kurds are they bracing for they say that they plan to fight against the turks but against the turkish military i mean they don't stand the biggest chance are we talking about an imminent slaughter or bloodbath taking place here. well they have also seen initial statement that they would stand and fight but now w

there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. to kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. is putting up fierce resistance turkey considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside u.s. forces a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the u.s. withdrew some of its forces from the area turkey is nato's a 2nd largest military power blocs chief met the turkish foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation under risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering. why turkey house legitimacy security concerns i expect turkey to act with restraint turke

looming we see pictures of tombs of smoke rising up from these towns that have been a heavy sustained the tillery and strikes with reports of civilian buildings have been among those buildings have been targeted insists that this operation is only against the syrian kurdish militia who they consider as terrorists and say that these the safety of civilians is a priority for this operation and the the goal here is to was. called safe zones along the border with syria but for them to be safe. of the turkish president means that there can be no more kurds living there so we're talking about getting rid of the kurds we're talking about demographic engineering in northern syria are we not. well that's certainly the fear among many about this operation although turkish presidential spokespeople have insisted that this operation isn't again succumbs it's only against what they say is this terrorist organization they say that the priority and safety of civilians is the most in their minds but the fact that the turkish president is talking about sending between one and 2000000 refugees currently living in

probably i just think there's a lot of hypocrisy meantime turkey's conduct today i'm not tillery strikes in northeastern syria as reported by local media it comes hours after washington announced it was pulling its troops out of the area video yesterday apparently showing american military vehicles leaving 2 of its outposts until recently washington had anything between 10150 military personnel stationed in the region. koblick told us america's exit from syria will leave civilians and kurdish fighters in a vulnerable position. we have to remember that in the 99 days turkey with the substantial u.s. military support by the way really carried out a genocide against its purpose kurdish population killing about 3000000 kurds so we know about turkey's tippet the towards the kurdish people and. one has to be very concerned replay of that in northern syria i'm sure turkey is trying everything you can not to have it happen because obviously if it incurred the military wrath of the united states that would be devastating for them but you know mistakes happen and that is the risk of what's happeni

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thousand troops on a 50-mile stretch of beach which was fortified with machine guns, canyons, canyons, a tillery and tens of thousands of german defenders with 5000 ships involved in the armada crossing the channel and they took the germans by surprise. it is absolutely extraordinary military victory. >> soldiers left their transports and their landing kraft to enact drama of fighting that has been described as the most underrated example of heroism and history of warfare. bret: it allowed more than 100,000 soldiers to search across europe. back home fdr's health was failing. when he goes to tehran he is healthy but travels back and develops a form of pneumonia and over christmas in 1933, beginning of 1934, he develops a he develops a series of ailments that sidelined him. bret: despite the physical limitations of the art was elected to a fourth term and as roosevelt took the oath of office the war was still raging. he knew victory was within reach. the allied leaders once again decided to meet in this time in yalta to discuss postwar europe, another grueling journey for f fdr. >> for fdr in his

this, but if about there is any truth to grant having anil tillery motive -- tear motive -- an wouldor motive, it prevent troops from attaching to other theaters of the war. many soldiers comment on this in trying to explain why they are not making as much progress as the home force would like them to make or the press was insinuating. i am not sure grant was sitting in his tent saying, i know i'm not going to do anything but at least i'm keeping lee busy. -- the campaign certainly had that effect. that was a valuable contribution. does better innt the second and third volumes. thank you very much. [applause] >> i do have to ask, second and third volumes. the first volume is fantastic. i can't recommend it enough. i am waiting for two and three as i'm sure many are. what can you tell us about that? >> i am working hard on it. in 2006, this project so the first volume came out 2018. that is another thing. you look at these public historians, people who are not academics, people who are not paid to do research, people who and day jobs that they work then produce scholarship, that is quit

. >> the turkish defense ministry says it its warplanes and all tillery hammered kurdish positions along the border striking 181 targets. it's ground operations began into syria. forcing an estimated 60,000 people from their homes according to witnesses on the ground. >> there are people still inside and the morning we were hit with six to seven shells and now there are people who can't leave. >> distraught u.s. special forces soldier working in syria alongside the kurds described te was witnessing saying i am ashamed for the first time in my career. turkey is not doing what it agreed to create it is horrible and it's not just soldiers on the ground. the senior u.s. military planner at the pentagon explained u.s. strategy all over the world is based on partnership. now he says the narratives is the u.s. military is only your friend when it's convenient. retired army major general dana petard will build a partnership with the kurdish forces explained the reaction within the u.s. military. because there's been some anger, dismay, you don't turn your back on those who have shed blood alongs

. >> they'll fire things across the border and art tillery and r strikes. these are things that a military would do prior to a ground incursion. do we see turkish tanks or armour vehicles or whatnot and moving across the border and into syria. x part of the military operation. we don't have any confirmed report about it yet. the other big question is how far is south of the border will the turkish military operation go. the u.s. military in conjunction with the democratic forces and actually with the turkish military has been holding of what the pentagon had been calling security mechanism. what most people would call it safe zone, south of the border. it is a bit of a bumper zone. the u.s. military were apart of that. they moved o ut ut of the area . the belief is the turkish president erdogan wanted to take the entire security mechanism because he saw it as an area that was occupied by kurdish forces and civilians. he saw it as a threat to turkish security. of course people see the kurds ast as terrorists. so far there is already unconfirmed -- >> they se

leave after president bush the second, she was ready to go and work on injuring violent extremism until tillery clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what you are doing. she said i'm doingy a lot. and hillary clinton decided she was just the right person to create a brand-new jobor for. and the job was special representative to communities around the world. that little job. [laughter] she is banned in the national security council his adjustable jig she you she had a special first time ever position at the state department. the most important for me, is she is the very i'm going friend. when she was at the state department, i was at the state department and we work together. i was always amazed at how incredibly smart she is. she strategic in her thinking and she has a way of staying things that you will understand. these are very complex problems. when we are talking about violence extremism. i don't know if you remember this but you once said to me, if you knew what i know you wouldn't sleep at night. which of course made me not sleep at night.me [laughter] i knew that

. >> reporter: from the border town that we are in, we heard quite a few arrest tim ril-of a tillery strikes and they were fired across the border which is literally just down at the bottom of the valley into syria. this is an operation that the turks have been saying that they want to carry out for quite some time as you described. and it was difficult for them to carry it out when there were american troops just over the border working alongside the kurdish that are now being targeted by turkey. >> that mark stone reporting from the turkish side of the turkey/syria border. joining me now is matt bradley in erbil east of the area we are talking about. democratic forces spokesperson says that there is a lot of panic in the region. and there is legitimate fear that this could lead to a new humanitarian crisis in that area. i remind everybody syria has been in addition to a civil war a humanitarian crisis for several es. >> reporter: that's right. i mean, the story of syria since 2011 has been one of successive humanitarian crises and spilling out even as are far as europe. and we're a

there are civilian casualties among the thousands of people fleeing turkey shell tillery shells soldiers and their syrian rebel allies turkey says it's conducting what it calls an anti terror operation to create a safe zone so syrian refugees in turkey can return. kurdish syrian democratic forces all s.p.f. he's putting up a fierce resistance to it he considers the main kurdish fighting force of the f.d.a. was aligned with a group which is full the turkish government for decades b.s.d.'s fault alongside us schools he's a highly effective in defeating eisel in northern syria and the turkish offensive began after the u.s. withdrew some of its forces from the area turkey is nato's the 2nd largest military power the bloke's chief met the turkish foreign minister in a prescheduled visit he called for restraint but no harsh criticism of the turkish government i shared with him my serious concerns about the ongoing operation and the risk of further destabilizing the region escalating tensions and even more human suffering why turkey hostage it amid security concerns i expect turkey to act with

it's all search for a possible military offensive in northeastern syria the defense ministry says all tillery has been positioned on a border town a day after u.s. forces withdrew from the area. also iraq's president saleh has condemned the time of protesters and media during violent and government demonstrations more than 110 people have been killed in iraq over the past week thousands have been injured. at least 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced in violence in the eastern democratic republic of congo more troops have been deployed to stop rival groups from fighting. the u.k. may threaten to withhold security cooperation from the european union if it doesn't get a deal soon according to the spectator magazine now the magazine cited british government sources as saying downing street will take an aggressive stance if talks break down prime minister boris johnson will have to ask the e.u. for a delay to bret's it if he cannot negotiate a deal by the end of the month let's get more on this from lawrence who of course will talk about spectator magazine the moment laurence about

forces have come under turkish tillery fire near karbala we'll have more on that after the break. hello it has rained in london for quite a few hours now and you can see why the clouds just streaming in from the atlantic and heading off towards the baltic states as a change in the west east asia this is dipping down the tail is dipping down to the bay of biscay but this is saturday's picture that much the rest of europe is enjoying nice warm sunshine 20 to 25 degrees or thereabouts and take you tween saturday and sunday now the night could be a bit chilly but we're not back cold yet and we back up the same by day all that changed really is it's not raining is hard in the baltic states is still cloudy in denmark and the rain has tucked into those western france northwestern spain on the north of portugal but that's as far as it's got by the end of sunday so not much of that is going to tuck into morocco enjoy the sunshine 24 about or even into new 0 g. is where we're talking about temperatures around the 30 mark still is over see hotter in egypt 35 encourage down to 42 in the valle

artillery fired from positions along the along the border quite close to here it will sound like large on tillery fire as well as what seemed to be certainly maybe even cuts to show rockets we understand the targets have been hit as yet targets have been hit these according to. these and still sees in the towns alltel abhi out which is very close to here i'm just hearing another biology of particular e. seemingly from my left the town of. as well a place called karma surely another place called russell i now we understand that these places all these towns are well within sort of 30 so kilometers from the border this certainly seems to have been quite a dramatic escalation as i say in the last couple of hours no no real reaction or no reaction as yet according to our understanding at least from the a.c.f. it's important to recognize that communications here the internet mobile phone coverage has been completely blacked out in the last i would assault a probably about 3 hours or so so getting information to the 2 journalists here is proving very difficult indeed to see the very keen to control the

earnest we can hear what sounds like tenchi multiuse we've seen rockets being fired there are big ol tillery batteries close to here as well so this is very much an ongoing operation we're hearing some some recent develops in the last few minutes or so certainly from f.s.a. sources now these assaults these free syrian army so little sees inside syria who is saying that the white p.g. could fool sees so they're saying have targeted the town of kut a commish which is inside to be a suggestion that obviously there seems to be some sort of retaliation or response from the white b.g. as i'm speaking now i can hear what sounds like heavy machine gunfire now they say it would be difficult to confirm impossible to confirm but would suggest the troops may in fact be moving forward and we might be beginning to hear the beginnings of a ground incursion we had as i say it's probably been about 56 hours now since the artillery bombardment reports of these air strikes started and we know that it's a fight is free syrian army fighters are going to be involved in this operation and they came in from syria i