Committee is suspended who was immediately for. Olympic officials banned russia from the upcoming winter games over state sponsored doping clean athletes will only be allowed to eat as neutral. And a state of emergency in Southern California as firefighters battle severe wildfires almost two hundred thousand people are ordered to evacuate. Plus look out for those bitcoin millionaires as the cryptocurrency breaks through the Twelve Thousand dollar barrier the champagne corks are popping for some lucky investors will find out whats inflating the bit when bubble. And. They met him it is the first black woman to win britains prestigious turner prize for our she is also the oldest at sixty three we will look at her work. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Great to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump is expected to announce today that he will move americas embassy in israel to jerusalem recognizing the city as the capital of the jewish state it is a major change in american pol
Death for the two state solution. Also coming up the Russian Olympic Committee is suspended with immediate effect a limb pick officials ban russia from the upcoming winter games over state sponsored doping clean athletes will only be allowed to compete as neutrals. Or. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Great to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump is expected to announce today that he will move americas embassy in israel to jerusalem recognizing the city as the capital of the jewish state it is a major change in american policy and one that the palestinians and arab states say could threaten the middle east Peace Process one palestinian diplomat has called it the kiss of death for the proposed two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Israel long ago declared jerusalem as its eternal capital but the rest of the world never recognized the move and to date no major countries have an embassy in the ancient city Donald Trumps decision would change that and could
Plummeting ever since september selection and now theyve been overtaken by the far right alternative for germany for the first time what does this mean as they launch a make or break vote for another Coalition Government with the conservatives. And as venezuela battles hyperinflation and cash shortages for the government launches a Digital Currency backed by oil proponents say the petro could lift the country out of an economic crisis critics say in some parts. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us. The United Nations says the Syrian Government is targeting civilians in the rebel held enclave of eastern guta and that it must stall the syrian observatory for human rights says the Government Air raids on eastern. Close to the syrian capital damascus killed at least a hundred people on monday around four hundred seventy were injured a suburb has been under siege by Regime Forces for more than four years this as syrian media reports that militias loyal to the Syrian Government will s
with syria so its own forces launched a major military offensive into our freedom last month in a bid to expel the kurdish fighters that control the region the offensive is full of the complicated and already but will during web if alliances and rivalries in syria. with us here in the studio to help break this down is middle east analyst marcus khan from the german institute for international and security affairs there in berlin good morning marcus what do you make of the syrian army s plan to back kurdish militias fighting turkish forces enough rain i think it s a rather clever move because it serves two purposes first it keeps turkey it be a regime which always requested president assad to be removed. and it. keeps the kurds at bay and allows the syrian regime to push you over the territorial integrity to keep syria together turkey has massive military resources