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Ofa we dont see this as the beginning of a new campaign. Well be live throughout the day in beirut, moscow and washington with the latest reaction to the unfolding events. The other news. A Romanian Tourist who fell into the river thames during the Westminster Bridge terror attack has died. A sharp rise in the number of accident and Emergency Departments turning away ambulances in england. Good morning, its friday the 7th of april. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Russia has strongly condemned us M...

Another apparent i-s. attack that killed four americans. despite the ongoing fighting washington remains committed to withdrawing its troops meaning syrias kurds are about to lose a powerful ally then theres the issue of a safe zone along the border with turkey a u.s. proposal. but who should create it and who should police it for russia which backs syrias government forces the answer is clear. we are convinced the best and only solution is the transfer of these territories to the control of the...

And kurdish led troops was bombed in an attack claimed by islamic state. and exactly one week ago in kurdish held man bitch near the turkish border. in. another apparent i asked attack that killed four americans. despite the ongoing fighting washington remains committed to withdrawing its troops meaning syrias kurds are about to lose a powerful ally then theres the issue of a safe zone along the border with turkey a u.s. proposal. but who should create it and who should police it for russia whic...

Police it for russia which backs syrias government forces the answer is clear. we are convinced of the best and only solution is the transfer of these territories to the control of the syrian government of syrian security forces on the ministries of functions. but turkey equally wants control of this buffer zone to protect against what it sees as the kurdish threat. good liberal. proposal for a safe comes with the goal of keeping terrorists and terror organizations away from our border. on camer...

Turkeys controversial leader meets with president trump at the white house today, president recep erdogan is critical of nearly everything the u.s. wants to accomplish in the middle east and the war on terror, but the relationship is conflicted certainly. mohammed nilou has more. how did the presidents decision to arm the syrian kurds undermine, perhaps loom over this meeting today? >> good morning, dave. yeah, its certainly going to loom over the meeting in a big way. look, you have two world l...

Fatah gullon and turkey wants them extradited because they say hes behind the failed military coup attempt last year. two very big demands. its unclear whether the trump administration is willing to concede to either of them. but of course, the fallout also might be some of the intelligence information that was passed on to russia. look, we know that in syria and the fight against isis, russia and turkey are not fighting directly, but we know that theyre backing opposite sides. russia backs syri...

President trump at the white house today. president recep erdogan is critical to nearly everything the u.s. hopes to accomplish in the middle east, but the meeting comes a week after erdogan was angered by the u.s. decision to arm kurdish fighters in syria. cnns mohammad lila has a preview this morning of this incredibly important meeting. good morning. >> good morning, christine. on the surface of it, youd think these are two world leaders that would get along very well. theyve got a lot in com...

Putin. the white house scrapped an earlier meeting because of tensions between the two countries. russia of course strongly backs syria, and president putin blames the rebels for using the chemical weapones. the united states offered no proof to -- refute that. president putin said his meeting with president obama was substantial and constructive and made it clear russia is not about to budge. >> translator: everybody remains with his position. we understand each other. we hear, we listened to e...