Hello im Barbara Starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes protests in the kurdish enclave of syria which turkey says its preparing to attack a new treaty for a new era britain and france sign a new border agreement and pledge to uphold their historic ties after brets it the u. N. Calls for yemens main port to stay open for vital aid deliveries when saudi restrictions begin again on friday and the deadly storm sweeps across Northern Europe killing at least six and leaving tens of thousands without power. In sport Roger Federer his form is as hot as the weather at the Australian Open with temperatures hitting all the degrees the defending champion kept his cool to progress in surround. The u. S. State department has urged turkey not to take military action against the kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u. S. Backed Syrian Democratic forces in the north east of the country but it has said it will attack the enclave around the city of a free while a freeness held by kurdish white b. G. Fighters who dominate the s. D. F. Russia also has forces in the area and turkey is actively seeking support in its planned offensive Stephanie Becker reports now from one path on the turkish side of the border where turkish tanks have been massing this week. The turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the Syrian Border present one has been threatening to attack the kurdish run area for almost a week now there has been sporadic shelling. Side after thousands marched on thursday in protest at turkeys aggression how to have the most with the goal of this large demonstration is to send a message to the world and especially to turkey concerning the turkish threats we will not be a fright. We came here to protest the attacks on offering we will stand by offering an outreach that. Is one of three autonomy as kurdish enclaves controlled by the Syrian Kurdish p y d party and its armed wing the y p g turkey sees the y. P. G. As an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k which it together with the us in europe consider a terrorist organization but the y. P. G. Has been working with the us to push ice a lot of syria not enough lean but further east of the Euphrates River the americans have never had a presence in africa but the russians do and africa has been relatively peaceful throughout this war and it hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians it will like you know africa has been there for quite a long time its never through like you know was it a serious churches or turkey but there are going to. Probably need is this kind of nationalistic. You know. Use its military in order to be able to gain more. With the Upcoming Elections in turkey so i think that comes the doctor. You know its at the start when it comes to the attention of tertian 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 white b. G. Will form its back not. The United States and he supports a terrorist organization that threatens their kid can this be acceptable it is unacceptable and inexplicably but u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says its not a border. The u. S. Role has been mis portrayed 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 war think ankara moscow and damascus have all boys through opposition to the force once again it highlights the complicated nature of syrias war isis been pushed out of most of the territory that it once held and so the battlefield is becoming perhaps even more complicated with each side trying to carve out its fear of influence and it seems the syrians are the ones that hold the least sway of all Stephanie Decker aljazeera and. Well for more on what all of this means for the crisis in syria lets speak to him hes a Senior Editor with news a Turkish English outlet that focuses on Turkish Affairs a service thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera theres a few different issues so lets just start with the town of free now i mean it doesnt seem to have posed a threat before so why do you think that the turkish authorities are focusing on the free and specifically now. Turkish authorities have been concerned and arguing that there are serious and real threats from our friend because theyre p. K. Key elements there even though us. See them as is syrian the more critic forces or the y. P. Force under s d f turks turks ration see them when they look at syria and the Syrian Kurdish forces they see them p. K. Care and they are doing that their tarzans of p. K. K. Elements there even though they have not been attacking turkey on the Turkish Border there are Still NationalSecurity Threat and prison are the ones arguing they have to go in and eliminate those elements i mean i guess a lot of it boils down to a basic disagreement on the nature of the why p. G. And the p y d which of course turkey sees as terrorist groups and the us and e. U. Dont not for the syrian kurds anyway theres also been the escalating factor of Rex Tillerson tillerson the us secretary of state apparently talking about a border force thirty thousand strong on the turkey syria border which of course would have members of the y p g in it he seems to have backtracked i mean what do you make of that and that statement coming out of the border force you think that the u. S. Is planning something similar and if so what would be its impact. You are right but you mentioned that us indeed appears to be backtracking but bunmi look at that us the pentagon is still telling everyone lossing that theyre going to quarantine you train equip and support the Syrian Kurdish forces and those forces how to go on though argues will be for internal stay bulleted forces not the Border Forces well this doesnt really make sense at the end of today those borders to be be protected on the syrian side by the syrian kurds and those syrian kurds will be the same forces not be are talking about so no of us does not call down border carts or force in a more but they will be Border Guards and will be us terrain sound come trained syrian kurds one of the things that has made the war in syria so intractable is that at this point there are so many countries involved almost fighting different enemies for Different Reasons and a lot of world powers its become a bit of a proxy war i mean now we know that turkey is sort of seeking moscows support to any you know if it was to start any kind of attack at in the area do you think that the situation in a free and i guess you know the y. P. G. Forces near the border does have the potential to escalate the fighting in that part of syria. I think this is a really great question Turkey Russia and iran as we all know they have been working together as a town the process to find some kind of pull to cool solution in syria but by milk at it we havent talk about it leap there is a real threat is coming out from ed lip that the Syrian Regime forces have been. Seeing their old those forces many of them in turkey supported forces bundy look at offering often is under the russian influence so even turkish inspiration has been attacking and criticizing us for offering it did really not make sense because from the beginning that have been no American Military forces present there and a couple days ago americans saying that you know this has nothing to do us even though today u. S. State Department Spokesman came out very strongly and called on turks not paying gage in wireless and not to in wait often very clearly told them not to do that so at this point turkish delegation general chief of stuff and turkish a chief of intelligence igor in must call today a kind of a get russian blessing for does offer an operation and we have not heard anything about those meetings yet so for now president our don seems to be very angry and wants to take out those elements who he sees them as threat to turkey was so far it doesnt look like that turkey has any support from either the russia or u. S. Or the western allies in a potential other hot spot in syria be interesting to see how the situation develops eleven ten year Senior Editor at. Think you for sharing your views with us. The un is calling for the yemeni portion of that to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving goods to continue on tuesday the Saudi Led Coalition authorized the ports opening and the use of four u. S. Funded cranes to help offload the aid or that handles about seventy percent of yemens imports but that much from a two thousand and fifteen airstrike and the blockade by the saudi Led Military Alliance has severely restricted aid axis more than eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine and the country is suffering outbreaks of color and syria well yes is that if you regional director for the International Committee of the red cross in yemen he said the aid is critical to prevent famine the yemeni population is dependent on aid. Its ninety percent of the needs of the yemeni people are sustained for imports and as such. The restrictions on imports prevent. Flow of commercial goods and humanitarian aid from reaching the yemeni population so that is were things should be moving on lessening those resources we need more we need less restrictions on imports fuel is key and central for the survival of the population in yemen fuel is essential for the running most hospitals in the house so somebody is faltering all the forty five percent of house facilities are functioning today but fuel is also important for water water pumping stations depend on fuel. Sewage Treatment Plants depend on fuel vehicles that collect the garbage depend on fuel and 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 to sustain will only have more to be done makes like diphtheria coming back to them if these conditions are not treated immediately. Israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and injured others during a raid in the occupied west bank the army says it was searching for a man who killed the rabbi a week ago and one can reports now from near the city of jenin. This is all thats left after the israeli raid that began on wednesday night three homes have been demolished its unclear who shot first but a palestinian man is dead and two Israeli Special forces soldiers are injured another palestinian man remains missing his mother explains what happened was the around eleven pm we heard heavy shooting i couldnt tell where but it was close by some meat isnt wanted by anyone he lives a normal life he came home an hour before the race and then left the house telling me to wake him up early when he got back because he had work the israeli army said the palestinian killed was linked to the shooting of a rabbi from an illegal settlement on january ninth the Palestinian Health ministry confirmed his identity thirty one year old. Its unclear whether he was the main suspect in the raid his mother is too distraught to talk to the media his brother voiced the familys anger having their home destroyed. This is a. Savage and aggressive policy a policy of terrorism i think they can terrorize us i think they are mistaken palestinians in the occupied west bank are subject to Israeli Military law which allows homes to be demolished as punishment palestinians are very angry that a man has been killed and houses demolished and they say the israeli army hasnt given any kind of evidence or even due process now the Israeli Army Says the operation is over for now but if its all on going to find the suspects involved in the killing of the israeli settler rabbi on january the ninth imraan khan west of jenin. Coming up on the program were going to meet the mexican families whose financial lifelines are being threatened by Donald Trumps immigration crackdown pope practice of francis performs the first airborne papal wedding and marry into flight attendants over chile and then support the n. H. L. First black player is honored sixty years on from the day he broke through to gangs of color that. British Prime Minister to resign may in french president come on when the crown have pledged to maintain their nations close relationship and cooperate on Security Issues this by the u. K. Is upcoming exit from the European Union france will also get more funding from london to help deal with the number of people gathering in ports like cali to try to reach the u. K. Jonah hill has more now from Sandhurst Military Academy whether to leaders met. With better to talk defense and Security Cooperation than britains world famous Sandhurst Military Academy. The british army may not be the global force it once was but fronts and britain are still the main e. U. Military power is just one of many things in common that these two leaders say they are keen to preserve post breaks it while this summit takes place is the u. K. Prepares to leave the e. U. We are and will remain a steadfast partner to our friends and allies and a strong and deep relationship between the United Kingdom and france remains in both our interests. The president and i agree on the importance of the u. K. France relationship not just to our security but to European Security they also share a border on the french side including the sometimes troubled port of kalai and a border agreement that emanuel mccrone initially had said he wanted to tear up instead britain will pay tens of millions of dollars more towards reinforcing it and helping france deal with the burden of migrants and refugees trying to reach britain it is mr mack rahms nod in the direction of common interests and continued close future ties. There are two things that cannot be changed our history and our geography these cannot be impacted by changes in the institution or office we are facing common challenges and we share the same destiny. The two sides also promised to help each other in their Foreign Military operations british helicopters to help frances fight against eisel and alqaeda in north africa french assistance in securing the e. U. Use eastern borders with russia but the real focus of attention here is as much defense as it is diplomacy it is the u. K. Government trying to forge a close future relationship with france inside the e. U. When britain is out as bricks of negotiations enter their most difficult stage trade talks there may well be more of this sort of treatment of e. U. Leaders britain trying to maintain influence while it still can and relevance when its all over. Aljazeera at sandhurst. In the United States stopgap legislation to keep the government operating beyond friday has managed to get through a procedural hurdle in the house of representatives the u. S. Is lower house approved the rules for debating the bill that would fund federal agencies through the middle of next month the measure still has to be approved by the house and the senate before it can be signed into law by President Donald Trump our White House Correspondent kimberly have reports. 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Government at midnight friday within required twenty eighteen government funding legislation democrats are demanding protections for doctor recipients they also want money for Health Insurance for low income children republicans are demanding money for President Trumps border wall along the southern border with mexico to stop illegal immigration they also want funding to rebuild the u.