Syrian fighters known as the white b g ill go iffy as the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border has been deploying troops and tanks that are in preparation for a ground assault Stephanie Decker has more from antakya. The situation around the fitting is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand Free Syrian Army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the east of affluence and this is all in line with the political rhetoric thats been coming out of anger over the last week or so the last voice added to that the Defense Ministry on friday saying that the operation would happen that there should be no delay and that turkey had no choice but to rid of what they call terrorists along this border all of this very significant player is russia and this is why weve seen the chief of staff and also the target head of intelligence in moscow on thursday a
Reports from washington. This is not the anniversary any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president we will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again its clear with this. It isnt republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential Government Employees wont be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just wont get paid until its over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children brought into this country without documentation President Trump threw it out and said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly dr you know its so far away from comprehensive Immigration Reform and if you want to take that further step ill take t
Glass has this update from couple. Afghan special forces have been clearing the hotel floor by floor trying to find the gunman and get and evacuate staff and guests from the Intercontinental Hotel the siege started about nine oclock on saturday night when at least four gunmen attacked the hotel its unclear how they got into the hotel that is something thats going to come under investigation the hotel was very busy on a saturday night a Wedding Party was ongoing we also know that a number of guests were in the hotel delegates for a conference to be held on sunday so a very busy time its unclear exactly how many people were in the hotel we know that several people were trapped at the time of the attack special forces entered the hotel to go after the attackers they turned off the electricity at the Intercontinental Hotel is a heavily guarded hotel one of the two five star hotels here in the Afghan Capital and its considered a rather safe place for foreigners and prominent afghans to gath
A vote on the Government Spending bill has been delayed until monday after the two sides failed to reach a compromise money for federal agencies was. Acting a range of departments including possible to Visa Services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection for undocumented migrants who enter the u. S. As children publicans and democrats blame each other for the m. Pos hijo castro has more from washington d. C. The shutdown of the Us Government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was dashed when Senate Democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached a group of bipartisan centrist senators have been working behind closed doors to reach that compromise so far whats been discussed is a temporary measure to reopen the government until february eighth and then to addre
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