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Back into downing street? the poll figures say probably not. the most accurate type of survey we saw in the last 2017 general election that correctly predicted that theresa may would lose her majority has also predicted that boris johnson is on track to win by a comfortable majority. that would mean that the conservatives if they do get to 10 downing street wouldnt have to govern with anybody else. something we havent seen in a good couple of years here in the uk. >> thank you very much for all ...

Spoke with his turkish counterpart yesterday. the foreign minister. pushing turkey to follow through on its promise to establish a safe zone near the syrian/turkey border and allow mainly kurdish forces to withdraw. turkey considers the kurds a threat. the u.s. has worked with kurdish fighters to attack isis. the trump administration has deployed american forces to eastern syria to protect oil fields there. turkeys defense ministry announced it captured 18 syrian government fighters. there are r...

Donald trumps withdrawal from this buffer zone. he has reinforced their control more or less over the oil-rich south of the country. and there are hopes as the defense secretary said they would actually use that oil to help pay for guarding the prisoners, but ultimately the europeans are torn particularly with the isis fighters, but even the families as to whether they come home. at the moment theyre langui languishing in the camps but potentially could be released and become another army. >> sa...

Turkey is asking these questions, you have orrs pointing the finger at turkey. how did they not know he was that close to the border. just a few away from the border. >> joining us with that live report the syria/turkey border. >> more on the security impli nations on this operation, we are live in london with the international security director for the asia pacific terrorism. good to be with you. >> how is the death of the le leader abu bakr al baghdadi and is it bigger than the killing of osam...

Expressed their desire to help with the implementation of a safe zone along the syria-turkey border. the united states remain focused on our core mission, and continue to work closely with the defeat isis coalition as we implement the next phase of the campaign. al-baghdadis death will not rid the world of terrorism or end the ongoing conflict in syria, but it will certainly send a message to those who would question americas resolve, and provide a warning to terrorists who think they can id. th...

The nato defense. i spoke with our allies and called on other nations who had much at stakes to offer their support to help mitigate the ongoing security crisis. turkey continues to bear speedometers responsibilities. a number of allies offered to help along the syria/turkey border. the united states remains focused on your core motion and continue to work closely as we implement the next phase of the campaign. baghdadis death will not rid the world of terrorism or the ongoing conflicts of syria...

They were, in fact, so close to the turkey border in idlib province which has a lot of terror groups there and organizations, not always -- not necessarily isis, though, some al nusra and others who at times clash with isis fighters. if this was a safe house then whose house was it? you asked about the jet, why would they come in and destroy this jet. if this was a safe house that was some kind of an isis leader or former isis leader, there is the potential that there were things there that isis...

Making an official statement from the white house regarding the syria situation at 11:00 a.m. this morning, this as kurdish forces are now pulling back further this morning after an agreement was made between russia and turkey that extended the area under turkish president erdogans control. under the agreement, turkey will hold the area it seized in the invasion that began on october 9th, while russian and syrian troops will control the rest of the syria/turkey border. the deal gives kurdish fig...

Are now just left to roam free. after all it was erdogan and putin who sat down at the table >> yeah, potentially into the in sochi yesterday and brokered wild. we ought to celebrate the fact this deal. that the obama administration essentially what were seeing play out today is that deal put started this campaign to defeat the islamic state on the ground, into effect, syrian and russian take terrain away from them, and troops moving into the syria/turkey border to help that the trump administra...

It is early morning right now along the syria/turkey border, but in a matter of hours at the end of the day there, the tenuous, so-called ceasefire there is scheduled to come to an end. the pictures in to us today are demoralizing, especially for those who have worn the uniform. these are kurds throwing rocks and potatoes and tomatoes at armored u.s. troops who are retreating from syria and leaving the kurds targeted and on the run. the kurds anger is not at our troops per se as individuals. the...