using german made two tanks and its offensive in northern syria and has been pushing for upgrades to protect them from mines that's fueled a debate in germany about berlin's approval of arms exports chancellor angela merkel's caretaker government says it won't consider the request until a new coalition deal has been signed britain's prime minister to resume is under pressure to withdraw an envoy taishan to the saudi crown prince over his country's military action in yemen prince mohammed bin solomon is due to visit london within weeks groups including stop the war in the arab organization for human rights in the u.k. want made to cancel his visit a saudi led coalition intervened in yemen civil war in twenty fifteen stephen bell is a spokesman for the campaign to block the visit and a member of the palestinian solidarity campaign he says some man is responsible for the world's worst humanitarian crisis. we are calling upon the u.k. government to withdraw the invitation. in our view it is not acceptable to lay out the red carpet for someone who is responsible for what the u.n. says is

and turkey is something that really needs to succeed from a german perspective likewise from the turkish government's perspective germany represents a very important country. now in other news funerals have been held for four policeman hours after they were killed in a bomb attack in indian administered kashmir it's the latest in a series of bombings by rebels who want to end the israel of the northwestern region which is disputed with pakistan mohammed vall as mall. norma's turned out in the hundreds of this funeral in the northern town of hockey about was was it's the birthplace of one of the four policemen killed early on saturday the blast happened in the nearby town of support in the northern part of the indian administered kashmir security sources say they're opposed to indian rule triggered an improvised explosive device targeting a police patrol. thank god the town is about fifty kilometers northwest of synagogue city some a capital of the regional government they say fighters planted the device beneath a shop in a marketplace to target the patrolled the blast or so damaged shops

the last thing syria needs is another standoff imagine the surprise when german saw the footage of turkey's military offensive against the kurds and they saw german made leopard tanks as the spearhead of that offensive comes at a time when germany's foreign ministers the rio is pushing the upgrades for the tanks supplied by to ankara this includes things like upgrades to the mine protection abilities that they would have with rumors that other upgrades are in the pipeline for the hundreds of tanks provided by germany to turkey this is all seen is part of a charm offensive by the german foreign minister as he seeks to normalize relations between germany and. we are disturbed when we speak about nazi mentality but you do apply this type of mental. in germany. does you know it's effect without question turkish nazis comparisons must stop unfortunately we see that these comparisons have not stopped. however when it comes to questions over whether german tanks are being used against the kurds. and says from the german government the norm the ground there's no official stance from the defense min

tourists to come back to turkey saying that the country is open for business it's a place that german tourists in go to it gives you a sense that people are trying to say well look we want to mend fences but the problem is the substantiative element of disagreement between the two sides the question will be whether we will hear from the two foreign ministers today more progress permanent as in positive progress rather towards mending fences are right and that question will be answered in the hours to come ok dominic or speak to them thank you. plenty more ahead on the obviously were news hour including a brutal cold spell grips the u.s. east coast at least eighteen people are killed after one of the worst winter storms in recent history and the fastest growing refugee camp in the world we'll look at what lies ahead for the rich this year plus. i'm late at the last hour finally find out whether the modeling lady that will be calling all the way to get that well. but first the u.s. president donald trump has gone on another twitter tirade calling the author of a book detailing his first

german lawmakers which was some calling for a suspension of arms sales to turkey what impact is the turkish appearance of having on relations with its nato allies. well it is certainly causing street strains in concerns but i think at the moment to its nato allies we are watching very carefully how you react to this operation they made very clear that france's call for an end to the operation france's move to go to the un security council they saw that was the act before mr said was supporting terrorism the message to its allies is you have a free hand and they won't be any long term implications on relations and for now at least that message does seem to be coming seems to be working they seem very muted criticism of turkey's operation no european leader all u.s. leaders call for its end and i think that turkey's message is you keep on this line in our relations will be ok but the concern among nato is that this operation is pushing turkey closer and closer to moscow and increasingly going forward they fear that turkey itself with moscow particularly in the result of the syrian civ

who's reported extensively from turkey you know good to see you so the german foreign minister and his turkish counterpart just a short time ago held a joint press conference after their talks what was the mood of their joint appearance the atmosphere was not exactly relaxed but it was friendly it was respectful and the message of the two foreign ministers is very clear yes there are problems there were problems and difficulties we don't agree on everything but we are willing to overcome this crisis this is an important message german foreign minister gabi a little said that they spoke about difficult issues without specifically mentioning which issues but i'm sure the case of a jailed german journalist in his usual is really high on the agenda all right so he's been in jail for more than ten months as we mentioned he's accused of aiding and abetting terrorists there has been no formal indictment are the talks today likely to facilitate his release any time soon well it remains to be seen but they have been some hopeful developments and that's something that. emphasized today some germ

turkey's ongoing military offensive in northern syria police expect more than fifteen times and which german intelligence has been organized by groups close to the banned kurdistan workers party take the offensive by turkish forces against the white militia in northern syria has also drawn protests in neighboring lebanon. the turkish embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in northern syria the kurds have now started the campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. but street protest song going to stop talk is president of the one he's announced his forces will now push further east to a town called man beach no one should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach aren't these terrorists there are arab brothers there yes. afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is in direct contradiction of the interest of his nato ally the united states just hours before a senior w

is using german tanks in its syrian offensive and that's having repercussions here in berlin. precious liquid and cake tao is right.

. >> certainly angela merkel has been very vocal because there is one journalist in turkey who say german turkish citizen who was working for a german newspaper. and she and other german officials have been very vocal in calling for his release in particular. but more broadly, certainly the trump administration and to some extent eu leaders are not pushed as hard as they can. obviously you see leaders going to china all the time looking for trade deals and you don't hear them necessarily raising publicly issues of human rights such as freedom of the press. >> sreenivasan: does theand up having an impact, does theand up making a difference that all kind of geo political needs end up coming in front of the lives and careers of these journalists? >> i think it does. i mean we can point to instances in the past, for example, under obama where he traveled around his trips to ethiopia and vietnam, officials put some pressure on those governments to release journalists in jail and it was effective. and we don't see that kind of pressure happening now under this administration. >> so what is the

our own two in the morning from turkey landed in our bedroom. my brother was asleep and my sister was playing on her mobile phone. of a mother who was also asleep. brother was killed instantly his sister lost both her legs and remains in intensive care along with her mother who was seriously injured so. at first i couldn't believe my brother had been killed. he was seventeen years old and just a civilian he. wasn't a fighter. he was just a regular person. so. the families are still in shock. so they spend a lot of time looking at photos and videos folk loaded by their neighbors in syria . and libya most of all i live here but i want to be able to visit my family and i want to see them alive i'm not in the garage and that's. the husband being to offer him for many years before the war started in syria she spent her holidays helping with the all of harvest those days are a distant memory now the chances of being peacefully at home with her family once again appear almost impossible. here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around

he told the german d.p.a. news agency for my part i don't want my freedom tainted either by the sale of tanks or by the deeds of any war mongers i don't want to be a part of any dirty deals you tell was responding to an interview a news magazine desh spiegel with the german foreign minister. in it get real vowed to block a major arms sales to turkey he said quote it will stay that way as long as the u. chel case remains unresolved. rejected you chose characterization of the talks between the two countries. what is a dirty deal if it's a deal that you wouldn't dare tell the public about there's a tit for tat arrangement if that's not the case here. on monday you kells lawyer filed a motion with the turkish constitutional court calling for him to be freed the country's foreign minister. said he hoped you charles release was imminent. many people. including. the court but for days another istanbul court has ignored a constitutional court order to free to turkish journalist prompting fears you charles imprisonment

is using german made leopard two tanks in its offensive in northern syria and it's been pushing for upgrades to protect them from mines that's fueled a debate in germany about berlin's approval of arms exports just the anglo merkel's caretaker government says it won't consider the request until a new coalition deal has been signed weeks of heavy rainfall in fronts of caused widespread flooding in the country's north and east rescue workers have evacuated people from their homes paris is on flood allowed as that of a saint is rising fast natasha botha reports. stranded restaurants and submerged bridges as the river seine in paris continues to rise its pedestrianised banks have disappeared usually bustling with walkers and cyclists and now a no go zone and the city is on flood alert no privacy to get within we have overcome for some hate whites into floods going over six majors one in spring and the other in winter it is clearly a question of paris adapting to climate change you from. the city council has put in place special measures river traffic has been stopped only emergency boat

germany and turkey are looking to mend a serious political rift triggered by ankara's arrest of german turkish journalist denis you tell eleven months ago the two sides have now resumed bilateral talks after berlin had vowed to block major arms sales to turkey until his case is resolved it has now signaled that that could change but you child says he does not want to gain his freedom as part of any dirty deal from his prison cell in turkey doneness you child reports in an interview with the german press agency that he's doing well but he rejects the idea that his release should be linked to the reauthorization of arms sales to turkey he said for my part i don't want my freedom tainted either by the sale of tanks or the deeds of any woman because i don't want to be a part of any deals it comes as a reaction to his speech and to view this month with the german foreign minister says it in it said the federal government had not approved a major deal with turkey and that it will stay that way as long as the u. child case remains on resolved meanwhile rejects this depiction of. what is a dir

german foreign minister as he seeks to normalize relations between germany and turkey. was the only they are disturbed when we speak about nazi mentality but you do apply this type of mentality in germany. does you know it's a fact without question turkish nazis comparisons must stop unfortunately we see that these comparisons have not stopped. however when it comes to questions over whether german tanks are being used against the kurds answers from the german government the norm the ground there's no official stance from the defense ministry from the foreign ministry or from those who deal with exports at the ministry of economics here no tanks see no tanks speak of no tanks is the lying coming from the german government at the moment but when it comes to the german people they don't seem convinced that they should be providing arms to turkey right now i don't think so why not. because boris. han has caused a disturbance in this region so i don't think we should sell him tanks well i think that's awful became finitely two weeks of fighting against an entire people this

german police shut down a huge kurdish demonstration in cologne protesting against turkey's intervention in syria we'll find out why. and germany's greens are like two new leaders and unusually they're both from the party's centrist wing and we'll see what that could mean pretty green future in german polish tanks. and maya schwager welcome to the program. at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister also says more than one hundred fifty were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police checkpoint on saturday morning that's how the band have claimed responsibility . the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint one of the crowd was sitting in much shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows. you know i'm from the bottom of. the casualties a very high with bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere. a hospital coordinator describ

and german tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin calls political reasons reports suggest gabble had made his release a precondition for restarting arms sales to turkey gobbler now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in airstrikes on of rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country is the target of almost daily air rights where the syrian government and russia. thousands of government supporters have held rallies across iran for a fourth day state television showed protesters with an iranian flags and chanting slogans against the u.s. and israel the rallies are response to a way of anti-government protests broke out at the end of december. the leader of germany's free democrats has defended his decision to not join a governing coalition with merkel conservatives and the greens christian linder

germany and turkey pledged to patch up their damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats met to discuss a long list of thorny issues for migration in terror to the disputed arrest of german citizens. and soaring to success after dominating the four hills tournament ski jumper. was looking for a historic final stage when could the polish face make a clean sweep will bring you the action. hi michelle henery good to have you with us. a day after an explosive book about donald trump's presidency went on sale he stepped up his attacks on its claims trump said the book called fire and fury was a work of fiction and that its author had never stepped foot inside the oval office trump was speaking from the presidential country retreat camp david after meetings with republican congressional leaders. the book that questions donald trump's fitness for office seems to be doubling in its impact and largely things to the us president himself trying thought of his series of early morning tweets defending his mental capacities as not just smart but genius and a very stable genius at that. at

can germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two country's top diplomats hold talks on a long list of thorny issues from my kitchen to terror to the disputed arrests of german citizens honest. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the cold is paralyzing communities along the east coast. i'm michelle henery good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump says he sees progress in the conflict with north korea speaking at a press conference after a meeting with republican congressional leaders trump said the discussions between north and south korea about the upcoming winter olympics are quote a big start and he said he hopes talks will move beyond the games he also talked about fire and fury the tell all bestseller about his presidency let's listen to exactly what president trump said. i consider it a work of fiction and i think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something do something like that the libel laws are very weak in this country if they were strong you it would be very helpful you

remain in the spotlight german military trucks have also been spotted on the syrian border. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the islamic state group has said that it was behind a deadly attack on the offices of the save the children aid agency in afghanistan security forces surrounded the building but the militants broke through killing four and injuring twenty eight britain based charity has suspended its operations in the country. the death toll from tuesday's twin car bombings at a mosque in the libyan city of baghdad has risen to thirty five the blasts minutes apos are believed to have targeted security officials who are amongst the worshippers one of libya's most deadly attacks since it slid into turmoil in twenty . first of three brazilian judges considering form of president trees ignite in the last year to sell his appeal against his prison sentence as voted to uphold his corruption conviction the courts two of the judges must give their opinions for the sentence to be final and former president no lula relit his supporters ahead of the d

and german tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin calls political reasons reports suggest gabble had made his release a precondition for restarting arms sales to turkey gobbler now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. north korea's representative to delimit committee has said his country's athletes are likely to participate in the winter olympics that south korea is hosting next month the two countries are set to discuss the issue on tuesday after a sudden thaw in tensions us president or not trump has called the talks a big step. after the politicians tried and failed it's taken to figure skaters to break the ice on the korean peninsula that's all that makes up the modest north korean winter olympic team that will likely no participate in pyongyang the news went down well with south korea's major ally the u.s. with president donald trump saying he hoped it was a sign of things to come i would love to see them take it beyond the olympics we have a very good relationship with south korea i would love to see it go far beyond the olympics absolutel

beefed up security during clashes with german turks who support the military operation. and the world that marks international holocaust remembrance day to meet a ninety five year old survivor who is working to ensure that the atrocities of world war two never happen again. welcome to the program at least sixty three people are dead and have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister also says more than one hundred fifty were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police security checkpoint on saturday morning the taliban have claimed responsibility. the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint while i was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered the bottom of. the casualties a very high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere. a hospital co-ordinator described the attack as a massacre the blast happened on a bus

german police shut down a huge kurdish demonstration in cologne to protest turkey's intervention in syria we'll find out why. and holocaust survivors and their families have gathered at the former altar with death camps for ceremonies are taking place to mark international holocaust remembrance day becomes amid warnings of rising anti semitism in europe. time i asked waiter welcome to the program at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister says

and german tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin calls political reasons reports suggest gabble had made his release a precondition for restarting arms sales to turkey gobbler now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. to sports now and for sloan to have made the biggest deal of football's current transfer window by signing liverpool midfielder felipe. the deal to bring the brazilian to cut a loan is reportedly worth one hundred sixty million euros continue spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for your going club scene has long been billed as a replacement for his countryman neymar who left barcelona last summer. ski jumping superstitious for his tournament has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips can use talk was untouchable of the first three stages and with the overall victory almost in the back he had a record in his sights at bishop often he was hoping to become just the second man after germany's stand one of all to win all four events let's find out if he managed it. head and shoulders a

german police shut down a huge kurdish demonstration in cologne to protest turkey's intervention in syria we'll find out why. and holocaust survivors and their families have gathered at the former altar with death camps for ceremonies are taking place to mark international holocaust remembrance day becomes amid warnings of rising anti semitism in europe. time i asked waiter welcome to the program at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister says more than one hundred fifty people were also injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police security checkpoint on saturday morning the taliban have claimed responsibility. the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint. i was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered the bottom of. the casualties a very high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere. a hospital co

since the violation of basic rights, the jailing of germans, german citizens, journalists in turkey, the med lipping of turkish officials in the german election campaign, "the refusal to german lawmakers to visit german troops on the nato base and the linked relocation of the units outside nato territory to jordan. this is unprecedented but it happened. ladies, we have a lot to discuss. i'm looking forward to that, your input and active participation. i would like to thank middle eastern institute and mei and the friedrich foundation for making it possible. let me introduce the panel, from johns hopkins, well informed specialist. doctor, the floor is yours. >> thank you to all of you for coming. thank you for that kind introduction, thank you to middle east institute for inviting me and bringing us here. when you study turkey every day it's a fascinating day to be study iing and to be following what's going on. we have much to talk about. i want to briefly introduce our panelists as well. have you their biography in the brochure so i won't spend a lot of time on that because obviousl

was discussed in the fate of thousands of students teachers and journalists being held in custody in turkey. hungary's prime minister has criticised the german chancellor as a stance on the european union and migration speaking at the party conference the c.s.u. chancellor angela merkel's conservative sister party victor said migrants without the right to stay in europe should be sent home his comments come at an awkward time for the chancellor as she prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the social democrats. viktor orbán the right wing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u. party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. on the. i told our bavarian friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe where you need. me. and that the european people step by step will force decisions co

a decision on upgrading military tanks supplied to ankara turkey is using german made leopard two tanks in its offensive in northern syria it's been pushing for upgrades to protect them from mines and that's fueled a debate in germany about balance approval of arms exports chancellor angela merkel's caretaker government says it won't consider the request until a new coalition deal has been signed plenty more ahead in the news including another step closer to doomsday scientists issue dire warning on how humans are destroying the. a reason for celebration or shame a strain is national day attracts control over sea. and in sport simona halep sets up an astray and open final with. both players aiming for a first major title. britain's prime minister to resign mays under pressure to withdraw an invitation to the saudi crown prince over his country's military action in yemen crown prince mohammed bin sultan is due to visit london within weeks groups including stop the war and the out of organization for human rights in the u.k. want me to cancel his visit to saudi led coalition intervened in

and german turkish nationals in detention in turkey for what berlin calls political reasons reports suggest gabble had made his release a precondition for restarting arms sales to turkey top player now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. donald trump has been stepping up his attacks on claims and it is an explosive new book about his presidency trump said the book called fire in fury was a work of fiction and that is author had never stepped foot inside the oval office or trump was speaking from the presidential country retreat camp david after meetings with republican congressional leaders. the book that questions donald trump's fitness for office seems to be doubling in its impact and largely things to the us president himself trying thought out of his series of early morning tweets defending his mental capacities as not just smart but genius and a very stable genius at that. at this hastily called press conference at camp david the republicans hope to talk party priorities instead came questions on those tweets and the bit everyone in washington is talking ab

is using german made leopards two tanks in its offensive in northern syria that has been pushing for upgrades to protect them from mines that's fueled the debate in germany about berlin's approval of arms exports chancellor angela merkel's caretaker government says it won't consider the request until a new coalition deal has been signed. but miss prime minister theresa may is under pressure to withdraw an invitation to the saudi crown prince over his country's military action in yemen crown prince mohammed bin solomon is due to visit london within weeks groups including stop the war on the out of organization for human rights in the u.k. want me to cancel his visit saudi led coalition intervened in yemen civil war in twenty fifteen stephen bell is the spokesman for the campaign to block the saudi's visit and a member of the palestinian solidarity campaign he says crown prince mohammed bin solvent is responsible for the world's worst humanitarian crisis. we are calling upon the hugo government to withdraw the invitation. in view it is not acceptable to lay out the red carpet for someo

tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin cool's political reasons reports suggest god had made his release a precondition for restarting alms sales to turkey top player now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and hundreds of venezuelans have queued outside supermarkets after the government ordered shops to slash their prices authorities in caracas and forth price cuts and response to spiraling hyperinflation the country's in the grip of an economic crisis with food and medicine shortages affecting millions. thirty two sailors have been reported missing after an iranian oil tanker and freight ship collided off that used coast of china a tanker caught fire after the crash a search and rescue mission is underway at the scene all crew members from the cargo ship have been rescued. the u.s. east coast may be wrapped in bone chilling weather but that hasn't stopped some avid surfers in new jersey from taking advantage of good waves video taken from lined beach cams showed a few surfers

they can tackle the issues through dialogue and cooperation relations were strained by the arrests of german citizens in turkey and burns criticism of the turkish crackdown following the two thousand and sixteen failed coup. went to visit of the childish mission i own for i believe we have the response of. to find a way to get along today our historical legacy and the wishes of our citizens we must not forget that we've both made it our business to do everything we can to overcome the difficulties there have been and german tarkus relations and to find more common ground in the future by remembering everything that binds us together. we have a difference of opinion on certain subjects we have some problems in fact there was an escalation there was tension but as to foreign ministers we believe we can overcome this through dialogue we believe we can better improve our relations three mutual understanding and sincere cooperation. now it is christmas offer docs christians around the world thousands have attended but not that strong that over to ethiopia orthodox christians follow the old julian

mean german cities of berlin and cologne crowds waved kurdish flags demonstrators branded president ever the wanted terrorist and accused him of killing civilians in africa meanwhile at least two hundred people gathered outside the dutch parliament in the hague on wednesday calling on turkey to end its military operation. the international relations professor hussein bob she gave us his views on turkey's growing military presence in syria. the expectation was that turkey is in a very short period and control the area in affluent and. stop and clean up turkish decision to extend their operational command which probably will last a little bit longer tonight president grant talked to the president. donald trump to the american side was insisting one of the turkey is not going to stand the operation and what is more important that the civilian casualties should not be the case this is somehow a warning by the americans to the turkish president i think the confrontation between turkey and the united states of america is getting more and more likely. that the turkish soldiers move face the ame

police in the german thursday of cologne are preparing for a large protest by curtis groups against turkey's ongoing military offensive in northern syria and he thinks that more than fifteen thousand at the rally which german intelligence say is has been organized by groups close to the banned kurdistan workers party the offensive by turkish forces against the y.p. jean militia in northern syria has also drawn protest in neighboring eleven on. the turkish embassy was the target of the protest in beirut while the battle with guns and tanks goes into its second week in northern syria the kurds of the start of the campaign to win hearts and minds in other parts of the world. but street protests song going to stop turkey's president. he's announced his forces will now push further east to a town called man beach no one should take issue with this because the real owners of man beach aren't these terrorists there are arab brothers there. afterwards we will continue to fight up to the iraqi border until no terrorist is left. other one threat to attack the entire kurdish controlled area of syria is

relations between germany and turkey. they are disturbed when we speak about nazi mentality but you do apply this type of mentality in germany. does not effect without question turkey snatches comparisons must stop unfortunately we see that these comparisons have not stopped. however when it comes to questions over whether german tanks are being used against the kurds. and says from the german government the no on the ground there's no official stance from the defense ministry from the foreign ministry or from those who deal with exports at the ministry of economics here no tanks see no tying speak of no tanks is the line coming from the german government at the moment but when it comes to the german people they don't seem convinced that they should be providing arms to the right now i don't think so one of. it because boris bed and all. the han has caused a disturbance in this region so i don't think we should sell him tanks but i think that's awful became from the turks a fighting against an entire people the should not

there are reports that german sub being detained in turkey for this social media relating to the often offensive our correspondent darren jones in istanbul told us what he knew. what we understand is in the last twenty four hours or so five journalists have been detained in the early morning raid by the police in. india because the main kurdish city in turkey turkey what we understand is that these people belong to mainly perm kurdish media and also media critical of the government now this comes on top of the arrests of around thirty people on monday for social media posts opposing the for an operation because i'm very concerned about what is going on on social media twitter picket particularly if they are aware that critics and potential opponents of the operation most of the news from on from the social media given the fact that the perception among many in turkey is that the mainstream media is broadly under the control of the presidency and the government and to underline those concerns prime minister been a real drum on sunday met with leading journalists of of the country mainst

citizens in turkey and berlin's criticism of the turkish crackdown of the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen the foreign ministers acknowledged that differences remain that said they believe they can tackle their issues through dialogue and cooperation. australia's great barrier reef has long been under threat from manmade pollution but no hold the world heritage site is being destroyed by one of its natural predators tens of thousands of crown of thorns starfish are currently eating their way through coral the southern end of the reef. nasa says the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller thanks to what many scientists claim is the most successful environmental agreements in history which shows that chlorine levels in the stratosphere have rapidly declining dr manmade chemicals known as c f c's were bound over thirty years ago and a hawkster is more finally a rare good news concern in the environment nasa scientists say ozone depletion is going down is a lead is the protective gas in the atmosphere that shields from harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun this is the source of