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Round in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. now some of the other stories making news around the world egypt's president adel fatah sisi says he will run for a second term in march a lections he's been challenged by some me and on the country's former armchair forces chief anon has called upon state institutions to remain neutral in the campaign when. pope francis has warned that the native peoples of the amazon have quote never been so threatened thousands...

National defense strategy calls for an increase in the size and budget of u.s. armed forces which is supported by the president. turkey has intensified shelling of the northern syrian town of afrin in a move to oust a u.s. backed kurdish militia on chrissy's the tens of thousands of kurdish fighters massed there as terrorists and is valid to press on with a full scale operation against them but syria has warned against an incursion and has threatened to shoot down turkish jets. their target is a differing syria that's where turkey believes the kurdish y p g militia has its bases artillery roun...

Conundrum. you're trying to, like, rest and prepare for, like, an event, right? but, at the same time, it's like the day before christmas and you're 5 years old, so you're like trying to balance those two things. so i actually took like advil p.m. last year. >> reporter: did you? >> just to go to bed. >> reporter: do it against because it worked! once these guys get rolling, they are going about 225 miles an hour! i got to ride with a living legend, mario andretti. only driver ever to win the indy 500 and daytona 500 and formula one world championship. little did i know i would be more scared ...

Video game pros. formula e uses only electric cars. and the competitors, they sit in simulators side-by-side. and race through a virtual las vegas course. and the fact that $1 million on the line, it goes to show how popular e-sports has become. >> it's amazing. it's the first of its kind. like it's the biggest one ever. and competing against a real racing driver makes it even better. >> when you're on the racetrack, you work much more with the g forces. you have more physical input. you have to press the brake much harder. and have the risk of being at 200 miles per hour. >> i hope this is ju...

Country, and we need to take better actions in order to reduce the amount of gun violence. i am not afraid to stand up to the nra. we did it here in maryland. and we passed sensible gun safety legislation that includes background checks, that bans the sale of combat assault weapons on our streets. and these are the things we need to do, as well as allowing our law enforcement agencies to actually share information and track down the illegal trafficking in guns, which today is not a felony. under our federal law. and i believe we need to make it a felony. >> that's one of the issues you're push...