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Cathy Newman is joined by Elif Sarican, a Kurd from Turkey herself, and an activist for the Kurdish Women’s Movement.

Well President Trump is facing growing outrage from his own party over his decision to pull US troops out of Syria – the threat of impeachment from House Democrats – and successful legal proceedings which might force the release of his much  guarded financial records.

We are joined from Istanbul by Gulnur Aybet, senior adviser to President Erdogan.

The United States has warned that Turkey could face ‘very powerful sanctions’ – this after Turkey’s president Erdogan declared he would not stop the operation in Northern Syria no matter what anyone says.

Five militants from the extremist Islamic State group have broken out of a Kurdish prison in northern Syria – after Turkish shelling nearby.

For more now on the Turkish assault against Syrian Kurdish fighters, which they launched today, we’re joined by Dr Janroj Yilmaz Keles – a Turkish Kurd who’s a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.

With Syria’s northeastern border becoming a warzone, as Turkish forces launch their offensive – rebel held Idlib is all too familiar with the reality of near-daily attacks by the Syrian regime and its Russian allies.

Turkey has launched a series of airstrikes and artillery fire against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria – as President Erdogan declared his mission was to eradicate ‘the threat of terror’. Witnesses reported panic in the streets, claiming civilian areas were being targeted. In the last hour – President Trump declared the US did ‘not endorse’…

Germany’s Interior Minister has described a fatal shooting in the city of Halle as an anti semitic attack and suspect a far right motive – after two people were shot dead.

Turkey says it has “completed preparations” to launch military action in Northeast Syria, just a day after President Trump’s decision to pull back US troops from the border. 

Well there are suspicions that the timing of Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria could be a distraction from the President’s impeachment headache.

I spoke to the former Republican senator Jeff Flake – who’s become one of the most prominent critics of the President – and who appealed last week to fellow Republicans not to support Trump’s re-election bid in 2020.

The Pentagon, apparently wasn’t told…  likewise troops on the ground. But amid growing outrage – President Trump has defended his decision to pull US forces away from the Syria-Turkey border – which could pave the way for Turkey to launch an attack against Kurdish fighters who led the allied campaign against the militant Islamic State.

Zack plays Zac, a man in his early 20s who has Down’s syndrome and runs away from a state-run care home. In a case of art mirroring life, the two strike up an unlikely friendship on screen – and off.

The US Democrats calling for Donald Trump to be impeached say that demanding other countries interfere in US elections for personal gain is a gross abuse of power.