A coming up in the next sixty minutes. Diplomatic and military tensions on two fronts in syria turkey builds up troops on one stretch of its border as the u. S. Plays down its role in supporting a new force a further east a palestinian is killed in a raid by Israeli Forces they say he was involved in the death of a rabbi last week. A rare show of unity by the two koreas ahead of the Winter Olympics but not everyone is happy in the south. Donald trumps presidency has had a huge impact on feminism in the United States and across the globe and how to contain a look at that coming up. And im sorry after all have all your days sport including was right at the limits. Is the Australian Open becoming too hot to handle for some players ill have more on that. Hello turkey says its not satisfied with assurances from the u. S. Over a kurdish led border force in Northern Syria that anchor is calling a terror army media reports a spoken to a u. S. Sponsored force of thirty thousand something the Turkish Foreign minister says would cause irreversible damage to relations with the u. S. Well the u. S. Secretary of state says those reports arent accurate and he held a meeting with his turkish counterpart on wednesday the United States hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of Syrian Refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must turkeys close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syrias neighbors while tensions are also rising along the border on a second front with turkey massing forces near the kurdish controlled. But syrias foreign minister says any attack there would be an aggressive act. To shoot down turkish fighter jets. Stephanie decker joining us from. Turkey near syrias North Western our border to tell us about the the reports of troop buildup perhaps in or close to are free and by the turks stephanie yes its been happening for a week now and more rivals according to turkish media today a couple of times so theyve been basically building up their tanks and so their troops along that border so thats the western and northern part of this mornings news news that to the troops has been put on the highest state of alert also over the last couple of days if you might remember during that turkeys built this wall along this border with syria that the army has taken down some of that part for a potential lets say incursion into that area all of this is still premature because it hasnt happened yet yes theres been sporadic shelling but it is a very complicated situation there in also not because russia has troops inside this area and it also controls its airspace i think thats why were also seeing. Turkeys head of intelligence and chief of staff in moscow today talking to their counterparts theyll be trying to figure out some sort of way forward so it is very very complicated just briefly we spoke to sources inside after the there was a protest there today were being told thousands of people on the streets weve seen some pictures there difficult to confirm but certainly were being told that it is tense people are nervous but it is pretty much business as usual and that just adds to as you mentioned that tension about the other border force that turkey has with the United States like take a look at everything thats happening right now is all pretty complicated the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the Syrian Border president russia has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area for almost a week now theres been sporadic shelling. After the mines in the north west of syria turkey borders the area on the north and west turkish troops are present inside syria on its southern edge and to the east are Turkish BackedSyrian Rebels so it is in effect surrounded a freeness one of you autonomy is enclaves controlled by the Syrian Kurdish p. Y. T. Party and its armed wing the y. P. G the i. P. G. Has been working with the us in order to push ice a lot of syria not enough rain further east of the Euphrates River in turkey seize the y. P. G. Is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k which it together with the u. S. In europe considers a terrorist organization a free has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians the americans have never had a presence here unlike the other kurdish run area of syria but the russians do and im chris says it has every right to protect its borders the timing is interesting it will let you know africa has been there for quite a long time as never threw like you know. A serious issue to threats or turkey but are going to probably need to these kind of nationalistic. You know rhetoric and potentially use its military in order to be able to gain more. With the Upcoming Elections in in turkey so i think. You know set aside when it comes to actual interaction and into a friend tensions have been stoked further in recent days by the u. S. Announcement of a socalled border force which will be based east of the euphrates along the border with turkey and iraq and the y. P. G. Will form its backbone not. The United States a nato ally supports a terrorist organization that threatens turkey can this be acceptable its unacceptable and inexplicable. But u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says its not a border force the u. S. Role has been mr trade and turkey is owed an explanation he says the build up is aimed at countering the resurgence of eisel will be internally focused and is important for the stability of syria however thats not what others involved in syrias more think ankara on moscow and damascus have a voice their opposition to the us and with all of these developments syria entering a new phase in the war i think it is safe to say theres always been this conflict of interests you know these these countries that are all involved in this battlefield at some point would be fighting a condom and meanwhile for example eisel is now been pretty much pushed out of all its territory in syria so its now coming down to spheres of influence whatever which country wants to hold so for example of a lot of people will tell you that the turks talking to the russians about there could potentially potentially be a deal on the table in exchange for of course a province that is still fully held by the rebels by a powerful rebel group. Which is led by the the group for me known as the front theres fighting going on there are the Syrian Government and russian airstrikes that has displaced over two hundred thousand people just in the last week so theres still a lot of complexities going on inside syria at the time also were going to have various International Conferences again taking place in vienna and to the u. N. And in sochi sponsored by the russians and i think its very difficult to see how this conflict now into its seventh year is going to really come to an end because all sides have their own interests in that they dont seem to be done just yet ok Stephanie Decker thank you. U. S. Secretary of state has indicated the American Military is there for being a long haul. United states desires five key states or syria. Forced isis and al qaeda in syria suffer and enduring defeat do not present a threat to the homeland and do not resurface in a new form second the underlying conflict between the Syrian People and the assad regime is resolved through a un led political process prescribed in Un Security Council resolution two two five four and a stable unified independent syria under post assad leadership is functioning as a state third iranian influence in syria is diminished their dreams of a northern arch are denied and syrias neighbors are secure from all threats emanating from syria fourth conditions are created so that the refugees and i. D. P. s can begin to safely and voluntarily return to syria and fifth syria is free of weapons of mass destruction lets talk about this and speak to Joshua Landis is the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma but he is joining us via skype from a so thats an elite thanks for speaking to us so if you just listen to what the u. S. Secretary of state had said recently on this issue of the thirty thousand Strong Border force he said that it had been mis portrayed what does that exactly mean and do you understand what the u. S. Is it is doing with this border force. We dont know what it really means and he has an articulate what he means is that a police force not an order horses east so we dont know whether this is just a rebranding are whether this is something substantially climb down by the United States to give less arms to the kurds up Northern Syria. The United States in this announcement is saying that its going to stay there and its going to support kurdish nationalism United States says were not supporting kurdish nationalism but what else can it be theyre giving arms to kurds to establish an army for an independent unclaimed in Northern Syria is that we know that im an aim here when it comes to the us and its relationship with the kurds i mean what is it what is the ultimate aim for the us with its policy where the ultimate aim is to hurt iran and to keep syria very weak that that seems the stated aim of course is to get rid of ah side and out regime change in syria to turn it into a afaik a true these are unachievable by the United States which has not succeeded in the last seven years of revolution in supporting the rebels so what it does do though is that by staying in Northern Syria which is about twenty five to thirty percent of the country this part of the country of syria has most of syrias oil and gas it controls the top but damn the major dam on the Euphrates River which generates electricity and water and is also the bread basket of syria by retaining all of those resources and denying them to us ah the United States achieves certain goals which is to beggar assad and to deny money iran and russia the fruits of its victory in damascus this can keep the region very poor and it will help israel and saudi arabia both of which do not want to see iran have a healthy syrian victory so then where to russia and iran fit into this u. S. Plan and will they allow it to go ahead. Well you know the u. S. Says that this gives them leverage by recalling all these resources that assad and russia will come on bended knees and they will agree russia will force us out i dont believe thats true russias not going to force us without russia spent the last several years trying to keep a side in so this this leads to a standoff and unfortunately it leads the Syrian People in a terrible situation because they they continue with an onside government which is quite dictatorial and they have american sanctions they have their water and gas tonight them they will not be able to rebuild the Syrian People or the big losers and america and russia continue to arm wrestle over control of the us from all right Joshua Landis we thank you for speaking to us on aljazeera. 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First Israeli Forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank Israeli Police say they were searching for a man who killed a rabbi a week ago and one khan has more from joining in in the occupied west bank have been conflicting reports on thursday morning about the identity of the palestinian man that was killed in this village west of janine an initially the israeli said that the man killed was linked to the murder of a rabbi a settler rabbi and then nablus on january the ninth however the Palestinian Health ministry has issued a different name jerome whos from this village now the raid began around Eleven Oclock late on wednesday nights Israeli Special forces came in now we dont know who fired first but we do know that two Israeli Special forces soldiers were injured and the palestinian man was shot that then around two oclock in the morning the israeli army came in and locals telling us that they shelled the house im going to go away so you can see the damage that was created that was a family home its now just a pile of rubble and its not the only one there were another two houses in this local area that have been turned into rubble now wont palestinians here asking themselves is whether this was a case of the stay. Can identity or that it was simply bad intelligence on behalf of these readies the israelis have said who. Intelligence they were using to accept pawns in this particular right but theres a lot of very angry palestinian his family here mourning the un is calling for the yemeni port of the day that to remain open beyond friday to continue the delivery of lifesaving goods the Saudi Led Coalition has allowed the port to whopper a day after u. S. Funded cranes were installed on tuesday it used to handle seventy percent of yemens imports but damage from a twenty fifteen air strike and a blockade by the saudi Led Military Alliance has severely restricted aid access yeah the deputy regional director for the International Committee of the red cross in yemen he said the aid is critical for the survival of millions of people who are on the brink of famine. The yemeni population is dependent on a. Ninety percent of the needs of the yemeni people are sustained for imports and as such. The restrictions on imports prevent the. Flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid from reaching the yemeni population so that is where things should be moving on lessening both christmas we need more we need less restrictions on imports fuel is key and a central for the survival of the population in yemen fuel is essential for the running most hospitals in a system that is faltering only forty five percent of house a facility is are functioning today but fuel is also important for water water pumping stations depend on fuel. Sewage Treatment Plants dependent fuel vehicles that collect the garbage depend on fuel i know all of this creates a vicious circle were the population being weakened after years of exhausting their resources and not having any more the capacity of staying will only have more to be done makes like diphtheria coming back to them if these conditions are not treated immediately a fire on a bus in kazakhstan has killed fifty two passengers only five people managed to escape the bus was on the main road between pakistan and russia a route used by Migrant Workers police are investigating what caused the blaze russia is this missing what it calls groundless accusations by the u. S. President that the kremlin is helping north Korea Evade International sanctions in an interview with donald trump also cast doubt on whether talks with north koreas leader would be useful and warned the north is getting closer to building a missile capable of attacking the u. S. Mainland he said china could do much more but praised restrictions on oil and coal deliveries to the north. There has been a mixed response to news north and south korean athletes will march under a unified flag at next months Winter Olympics theyll also form a joint womens Ice Hockey Team for the games in south korea has changed several petitions have been filed with some complaining it could affect the teams medal chances the announcements follow the first high level meetings between north and south in more than two years a reporter kathy novak has more from seoul. The Winter Olympics are just twenty two days away and the two koreas have come to a last minute agreement that they will walk together at the Opening Ceremony the south korean government says its all part of an effort to promote this event as the peace olympics but not everyone here is happy a recent poll found only about four out of ten support the idea of marching under a unified Korean Peninsula flag and others are against the idea of a joint womens Ice Hockey Team. I think we need to carry our own flag im also against a united team because the athletes have worked so hard as a team so this is not fair and then its going t