in turkey trying to be a part of turkey. the democratic issue. an issue for independence. >> thank you commander going to have to cut you off the. so initial uk french reaction. and how do you judge is process? >> the agreement. clearly written in france carved up the map of the middle east. they fought to institutionalize those divisions by creating mandates. kurdish national aspirations that required military confrontation turkey and with dark forces. and after fighting along will war no great power had an interest and continued violent conflict. the us was offered as a protectorate of the kurds. he didn't want the us to become a colonial power. he did nourish that responsibility. clearly the problems that exist in the region were set in motion and then institutionalize later. so your question about the negotiations the pkk what you should be absolutely clear that they do not want an independent kurdistan. they want to enjoy democratic equal to the citizens of turkey. other citizens of turkey don't have rights and democratic privileges. in 2012

to come in turkey. we -- when we receive intelligence report from our allies and other nations, it is easy to act together. that's what we need and we expect. more cooperation and more empathy to understand the difficulties we are facing as a neighboring country to one of the most difficult crisis area in syria. >> reporter: prime minister in the last couple of hours, the special envoy has been making comments sounding pretty down beat about his prospects. he says fighting has seriously intensifyied around aleppo. if his plan is failing, what is plan b? >> really this is a very important and critical question. unfortunately international community didn't have a plan a until now. forget plan b. we had some proposals, but the international community didn't have a clear strategy regarding the syrian crisis didn't have a clear response and reaction to war crimes committed by the regime, when the regime has used chemical weapons against civilians, and used [ inaudible ] to areas including aleppo. 300,000 peo

i'm ali from turkey. >> where are you from? >> from turkey. >> okay. and i'm "strange inheritance" professor in -- i'm assistant professor in turkey. the first question about the beginning of history, kurdish -- >> we just ask you sir to speak slowly and clearly into the mic? because we're taping this. >> okay. >> thank you. >> my first question and comment is about the beginning of history. your frame of the beginning of kurdish independence is the following: u.k.-france establish a commission, the independence of kurdistan was about, was a matter of time. but it was interrupted by ataturk's independence war. this was your framing of the beginning. but why we ignore the elephant in the room? the u.k. and france were there in this region and they colonized iraq syria and some part of the middle east region. and why they do not let the establishment of kurdish state in their own colony of territory. if they were so good. it is my first question. second is about the current process in turkey. and the government is quite out of -- [inaudible] in a sense o

turkey suffers sporadically from cuts, this nationwide power outage seems to affect 40 provinces in turkey is unprecedent unprecedented. they do not remember such an outage in a generation. >> we'll come back to you soon for updates. thanks, for now. >>> we are going to have our news story waiting in the studio. talking about nigeria, we were talking on a moment ago. elections, hopefully the results today. what is it going to mean? >> a lot of hard work to turn the economy around. it is a big economy, indeed. let me explain. hello there, as you have been hearing, the nigerian election is too close to call. over the past 15 years, nigeria has been one of the fastest growing economies. last year a statistic boost when gross domestic product was boosted. the news sectors such as mobile fine. in south africa the biggest economy. the country has a tough time ahead of it. as i mentioned, whoever wins the election will have their work cut out for them. nigeria's growth is fueled by the high oil prices. the price of crude, the fall of it led to a depreciation in nigeria's currency. we are going to

turkey just goes crazy and we need turkey. nato needs turkey at a time its airbases and spy bases are being used. ethan: can you imagine a need great enough to say maybe this is not so important to use the "g" word. geoffrey: i think president erdogan is faced with a lot problems with his dispute with armenia. now, he doesn't understand genocide. he says it couldn't have been genocide because there are still armenians living in turkey. he doesn't understand that genocide means wiping out part of a race. you don't have to find an order. there was no order to kill the jews. what is fascinating is to look at the language that was used by the turks and the language that was used by the memorandum. they were not deporting, they were relocating or evacuating the jews. that was based on the language the ottomans used of the armenians. they did not -- their laws of abandoned property. property was not abandoned. these same euphemisms, the genocide euphemisms. ethan: let's assume that you are right, that this unquestionably was genocid

. >> turkey is more important. president obama when he went campaigning he said i'm a lawyer and i know it was genocide and i'm going to say it was when i'm president.p he doesn't ever use the g-word he uses [indiscernible] which no one understands which is armenian for the great catastrophe. britain which was most active denouncing these, when turkey was important they started to say the evidence was not unequivocally which was a crafted deceitful phrase. i did a freedom of information act search and i found the memorandum explaining to the ministers where this formula had to be used. and it actually said turkey is neuroalgic. the position is unethical but the strategic commercial realities means there's no other options. we need turkey and nato needs turkey with their bases and spy bases are being used. >> can you imagine a need great enough to say that well maybe this is not so important to use the g-word. >> well, i think that they are faced with a lot of problems with his deputeht with armenia. people don't un

i'm pretty sure that they can stay in turkey. that they will get shelter and access to one of the existing camps for syrian refugees in turkey. >> when people make this hazardous journey from syria when they try to get to europe are people smugglers involved in do they have to pay to get aboard vessels like the one that turkey fired at? >> the problem is there are no legal ways for refugees to come to europe. the doors are not open. there are a couple of refugee resettlement projects so whole of europe takes 75,000 syrian refugees. that's a good thing, but as you know in the region of syria there are 3.8 million syrian refugees living in neighboring countries, and some of them they are desperate. we are nearing year five of the conflict. they don't want to continue to wait in refugee camps. they want to have a normal life and hence they try to come to europe and they will come more and more. they try to use people smugglers. there are offers from the smugglers from other countries to europe, and so desperate syrian refugees will

it's a diplomatic tug of war between china and turkey. the family says they are from turkey and want to return. beijing says they are from the northwest region of china. >> reporter: the fate of 17 muslim uyghurs here in thailand is still in limbo. their detention because they illegally entered thailand is sound. that's something their attorney is going to appeal. >> translator: this case is definitely tied to politics. these 17 uyghurs are from turkey. they have family members back in their hometown. the passports are issued from the turkish interior ministry. >> reporter: they contend they are from turkey and have been given turkish passports. chinese officials say they are from the west of china, and they are not alone. there are more than 300 uyghurs here in detention for illegally entering thailand. >>> the u.n. estimates that will are at least 10 million people word wide who aren't citizens of any country, and that means they can't get support from any government. daniel lak reports from canada's yukon territory where he met a man t

of turkey. they are officially turkey citizens. >> the chinese government is demanding the 17 be repatriated to china. they are frustrated by widening economic and political disparities between themselves and chinese as well as the chinese authorities religious policy. many have smuggled themselves out of china in recent years mostly heading via southeast asia for countries such as turkey, where they have ethnic links. last month the head of the world congress called on the global community to accept them who have fled china as political refugees. the congress is made up of members living outside china. speaking to reporters in tokyo, she mentioned nations such as malaysia and cambodia that repatriate illegal immigrants to china. she said handing them over to the chinese authorities could result in their being persecuted. >>> two passenger trains collided in thailand, home to many of the country's tourist sites. more than 50 people were injured, including foreigners. this is the third train cras

is -- that can be posed by extremists forces as turkey would call them from across the other side. so it appreciates appreciates what it faces. the relationship has been strained because of the saudi backing for the coupe against egyptian president mohamed morrissey, turkey remain as supporter, but in this common cause for the saudis he has been suspicious of iranian actions against isil in iraq, he has said that iran's attempts to fight isil in iraq is an attempt to increase the influence there. so he sees iran playing a similar role, and that is why he has come out in support of the saudis on this one. >> turkey will hardly be one with to be dragged into a conflict that may escalate. >> no, it is not turkey already has enough trouble with managing it's own border with syria it has -- it tries to strengthen that border to stop foreign fighters crossing for example it knows the risks already posed by conflict spilling over so it hasn't shown any enthusiasm at all of getting involved in the conflict, in that conflict certainly on it's own and it has tried to manage that border witho

the 17 say they are from turkey and want to be returned there. beijing says they are from china's northwest region. scott heidler has more from bangkok. >> reporter: the fate of 17 muslim uyghurs here in thailand is still in limbo. >> translator: this case is definitely tied to politics. these 17 uyghurs are from turkey. they have family members back in their hometown. the passports they have are issued by the turkish interior embassy. not from the embassy here. >> reporter: the politic is between turkey and china. they contend they are from turkey and have been given turkish pass ports. chinese officials say they are from china, and they are not alone, there are more than 300 uyghurs here in detention for illegally entering thailand. and all are now caught in this diplomatic war. >>> at least 10 people have been killed in a stampede in bangladesh. it happened as thousands of devoteees gathered outside of the capitol. the holy site at tracks pilgrims to take part in an annual ritual there. >>> a state funeral has been held for former australian p

. >> politics in between turkey and china. 17 uyghurs contend they are from turkey. chinese officials say they are not from turkey. they are not alone. there are more than 300 uyghurs in detention for illegally entering thailand. all are caught in a diplomatic tug of war. >> a rally has been held in el salvador's capital. the solid ardy against violence. >> dressed in white, the people called for piece and justice. thursday was declared a public holiday. el salvador is one of the most joint nations with a high crime rate. >> thousands have been protesting in mexico to mark six months since the disappearance of 43 students. parents staged a rally. they don't accept the findings saying the children were killed by a drugs gang. >> thousands of people are marching here in mexico city six months after the students went missing. the students marching are not just calling for justice, but the suspension of elections in guerrero on june 7th. if anything they'll produce a continued corrupt local place, a political class packed with people with ties to organised crime. they sa

turkey says europe has to have a certain level of responsibility. the u.s. has to bear a certain level of responsibility stopping the individuals from getting on the planes to begin with. turkey is grappling with a massive flow of foreign fighters. it has a huge border with syria. people who are determined to do so will eventually make their way across. turkey says it needs all the help it can get at all the various stops along the way to prevent the individuals from reaching isis territory. >> arwa damon for us in istanbul perhaps turning over a new leave. the turkish government. thank you. >>> new developments in the shooting of two police officers in the protests in ferguson, missouri last week. jeffery williams is charged with two counts of first degree assault. officials say they caught him with help from the community and williams said he was not trying to hit the two police officers. he claims apparently, he was aiming at a demonstrator. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: 20-year-old gel jeffery williams was the man who shot outside the fergu

turkey will emphasize it can't do this on its own. it needs the assistance of europe when it comes to people boarding planes. it wants to see more support from the united states. and one also needs to remember that turkey is in fact one of the key areas where the u.s.-backed training of vetted members of the free syrian army is going to be taking place. so yes, turkey is doing their fair share at this point. there is belief that more needs to be done. but the big issue at hand is what can be jointly done to try to prevent this smuggling from taking place. >> lots of stuff in the works right now. thanks very much arwa damon, reporting live from istanbul. >>> other news we're following, the u.s. embassy to south korea injured seriously last week in a horrific attack is out of the hospital. five days ago, mark lippert was slashed by an assailant wielding a ten-inch knife. it took 80 stitches to close the wound on the embassy's face and arm. before leaving the hospital today, he met with reporters and says he's healing well. >> i'm happy

turkey's police given new powers and critics say they will over step the mark plus. >> i'm rob mcbride and formula one circuit trying to figure out a future without formula one. ♪ syria president says he is open to dialog with the united states and assad made comments in a television interview with broadcaster cbs and said no pressuring of syria's sovereignty. >> in syria we could say that every dialog is a positive thing and we will be open to any dialog with anyone including the united states regarding anything that hastings mutual respect. >> reporter: these comments come after john kerry he wants to start negotiations with assad to end the conflict a conflict that is now in the fifth year and joining me from london is a senior associate at the middle east center at carnegie endowment for international peace and good to have you with us and doing this by assad will advance the talks between he and the united states? >> no i see nothing new in them the syrian president bashar al-assad suggesting or seeking dialog for quite a while and there is frankly nothing new in that. the real

the family says they're from turkey and want to return there. beijing said that they're from china's northwest region. we have more from bangkok. >> the fate of 17 muslim uyghurs here in thailand is still in limbo. the thailand civil court found they were in detention. their attorney will appeal. >> this case is definitely tied to politics. these 17 uyghurs are from turkey. they have family members from their hometown. the passport they have is issued by the turkish not from here. >> these 17 uyghurs contend they're from turkey and have been given turkish passports. chinese officials say they're not from turkey, but they're from china and they're not alone. there are 300 uyghurs in detention for illegally entering thailand. for the time being they are all now caught in this diplomatic tug-of-war. >> now the cost of hosting a formula grand free is enormous. german has lost its grand prix while south korea has also hit a financial wall. following >> the country has committed itself to the 2018 winter olympics. from south korea, rob mcbride reports

new leader of the kurdistan refusing to band against turkey despite by a jail of pkk leader force to put down weapons and said must be freed first before peace is achieved and we report from the mountains in northern iraq. >> reporter: buried in the heart of these mountains is the pkk stronghold. to kurds it's a symbol of their struggle. the grave stones of pkk fighters is testament to a long and brutal war and fighting stopped two years ago and the person in prison in turkey declared cease ceasefire and a deal with the government and last month he called on his men and women to lay down their weapons and end their armed struggle in return for political reforms, cultural rights and recognition of the kurdish identity but the new leader of the pkk said they were manipulated by turkey. >> translator: declaration of intent in his letter on february 28, it was not a decision to lay down arms and in the same document there are many conditions mentioned which need to be met first including forming a committee in the turkish parliament to supervise the talks, other than that we will not lay

and some are doing it like saudi arabia and turkey and cutter and some places i.s.i.l. is supported by iran and syria and international forces like u.s. israel and others supported i.s.i.l. and the main reason to support the group is use it for their benefit and fought a proxy war on their behalf but i.s.i.l. got out of control and they want to keep it under their control so they can use it again. >>> away from the battle for i.s.i.l. these fighters are free to move in this vast mountain range and thousands of men and women are based here and their women's are always loaded and their road to piece with turkey can still be far away for now the ceasefire is holding. there are moments of calm and fighters remember their fallen comrades and await orders either to resume fighting or abandoning their guns. ♪ i'm with al jazeera, mountains northern iraq. >>> you can see the rest of that exclusive interview with mr. bank on talk to al jazeera, it fist airs saturday at 5430 hours gmt. greece prime minister says that he is optimistic after talks with eu leaders in brussels and

and families say they are from turkey and want to return and beijing claims they are from the northwest region and scott hydler is in bangkok. >> reporter: 17 people in thailand is still in limbo, bank bangkok because they entered thailand is sound and they will appeal and he says they have other factors at play. >> translator: this case is definitely tied to politics, the 17 people are from turkey. they have family members back in their hometown. the passports they have were issued by the turk issue interior ministry not from the embassy here. >> reporter: and that politics is in between turkey and china, the 17 people content they are from turkey and have been given turkish passports and chinese say they are not from turkey but the western province in china and not alone and 300 people in detention for illegally entering thailand and all of them are caught in this diplomatic tug of war. >>> the u.n. estimates there are at least 10 million people worldwide who are not citizens of any country, they can't have proof of a national identity and means they cannot get support from my governm

and the male belly-dancers taking turkey by sheer hip-swinging force. i will never forget the first time a nurse placed my newly-born son in my arms -- an absolutely overwhelming experience. and i cannot imagine what it must be like being told a few hours later that your baby has died. that, we're told, is what's been happening to parents in serbia. allegations have surfaced in the country that criminal networks have been kidnapping babies at birth. those affected say up to 10,000 infants have disappeared. their desperate fight to uncover the truth and recover their children has so far proven to be a long, lonely journey. reporter: when it becomes too painful for her, she goes out and walks for hours. she can hardly bear the longing for her son. last year, biljana todic gave birth to a boy. just hours later he disappeared. biljana: it's just so awful that my child isn't with me any more. when i imagine that someone else may be raising my child, the thought hurts. reporter: on april 20, 2014 biljana gave birth in a hospital in the western serbian town of

in turkey that is on camels as they wrestle each other. camel wrestling was started thousands of years ago by nomadic tribes in central asia. there are still thousands of fighting camels in turkey, camel wrestling festivals and even beauty competitions are held during the winter. a chance for local people to earn a bit of extra money. >> feeding and milking the cows. cleaning out the stables. a daily routine. the store next door holds his true passion. they are treated to a daily wellness program. not to improve their carrying of burdens but to prepare them for wrestling matches. >> they love these. it relaxes them and gives them energy. >> they don't look aggressive on first sight. but he knows why they wear their muscles. >> it is in their nature to assert themselves against rivals. that is why we don't have to train them for the matches. we just give them love. they are like our own children. >> a town on turkey's coast. there is no desert here and camels aren't indigenous. but the inhabitants came from central asia and brought the trad

three british school girls on turkey's border with syria about to cross. ran away from their families to join islamic state. now turk turkish officials say, this is the moment they crossed the border. they are being aided by a man they call a spy, who is under lock and key in turkey. >> a syrian citizen but he works for the intelligence services of a country that is a member of the coalition. a very complicated situation. >> the foreign minister did say the man is not from the european union or the united states. also includes saudi arabia, qatar, bahrain australia and canada. the three girls flew from istanbul.from london on february 17th after paying cash for theirs tickets. in the video the girls are seen getting out of a taxi helped by two men one of whom is the alleged spy. another video shows the man being detained. it's unclear how the videos were recorded. british police and the girls' families have issued appeals for their daughters to return home. the police have said if they do they won't go to jail. >> and many think that it is unlikely actuall

turkey is making clear that it does want to be part of this fight. it's sending military aid. but there is still serious concerns, tackily about isil recruits from the west going through turkey and ending up in syria and here in iraq. so there is a lot to discuss. all of that obviously will not be made public, but turkey plays still a contentious role in all of this. not just here, but in the north. in the kurdish region as well. jane. >> thank you jane. >>> the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in aden, jamal is trying to mediate an end to the political crisis in the country. on tuesday he briefed the u.n. security council on the situation at a closed door meeting. >>> more than 2,000 members of china's top legislative advisory body are meeting in beijing. a widening anti-corruption campaign is dominating the country's biggest political event. but the meeting is dismissed by some as a rubber stam top the decisions of the ruling national people's congress party. at adrian brown reports. >> reporter: it's china's most important annual political bothering. but -- gathering

turkey has compiled what is called a pool list. these are various different names from different countries and nationalities that have been brought to the attention of turkish authorities. anyone on the list is barred from entry into the country. the names on the list have increased which turkey has says is in part due to greater intelligence cooperation. at the end of the day, there needs to be more that is done. when it comes to the case of the three teenage girls, john if you remember that were able to make it into syria, turkey says if they were alerted about this earlier, perhaps they could have prevented the girls from reaching syria. they could have done something beforehand and able to return them back to the families. turkey was able to detain one syrian man involved in helping them but not able to stop the girls from crossing. >> arwa damon, thank you. >>> new developments in the shooting of two police officers last week in the protests in ferguson. 20-year-old jeffery williams is arrested and held on bond charged with tw

from back here and turkey bernard smith reports. >> reporter: the festival marks the start of spring began this year along the border with co kobani and where pyd fought off a four-month assault and the government is suspicious of anything that may lead to greater autonomy for the kurds marched on. >> pyd with i.s.i.l. in kobane and we could actually see right now more possibility for a corporation or talk with pyd and the turkish government. >> reporter: could be good news for turkey kurds, these activists spent the last ten days traveling through turkey on a peace train and want to cement a two year long ceasefire with an end to 30 year conflict between separatist kurdish pkk and the turkish state, 40,000 people were killed. but the general view among activists and analyst to a return to conflict between pkk and turkish state is extremely unlikely but the peace process has a perception among some kurds that the turkish government is dragging its feet like granting cultural rights and giving some sort of autonomy to kurdish regions. he lost 50 members of his extended family in the f

turkey is moving a little far from democracy. are. >> reporter: turkey's prime minister had defended the prosecution of the 16-year-old. >> they deem every criticism as an insult. not launching investigation into the incident, just prosecute. >> summoned into a court in western turkey in suspicion of making critical comments about erdogan in a facebook post, teaching the world a lesson. >> more than a third of married palestinian women are victims of domestic violence. recordreporting from bethlehem. >> reporter: domestic violence lasted over 13 years first at the hands of her ex husband then at the hands of her brother when she got divorced. >> translator: one day my ex husband brought a plastic pipe and beat me with it. i could no longer stand the pressure i was under. >> reporter: nadia has been staying in the state house for almost a year, longer than she has seen her children. this is one of the three shelters in the occupied west bank for female victims of dmisk domestic violence. a major problem is the women's reluctance t

turkey is moving far from democracy. >> turkey's primaries has defended the prosecution of the 16-year-old. >> the criticism is an insult. >> while the 16-year-old is the latest to draw attention to the issue,'s not the youngest. last month a 13-year-old student was pulled out of class and summoned to a court in turkey about criticizing erdogan in a facebook post. the government is intent on eaching youth a lesson on the perils of dissent. >> a russian dissident is released from prison after the murder of an opposition leader. >>> plus rains close roads in the balkans. >>> and criticisms of iran, find out later this hour. >> a heated debate over the crisis in ukraine continues at the u.n. security council. ukraine's u.n. ambassador said that pro-russian rebels continued to violate a cease-fire. >> illegal pro-russian armed groups continue their attacks against positions and check points of the ukrainian army as well as civilian residences. since the cease-fire on the 15th of february militants have undertaken over 750 attacks. >> while russia has denied allegations that it is sending troop

: we not turkey will not release ochelan from prison. if they don't move today they will tomorrow. ochelan started this peace process and if they want to resolve the process they must release him. without releasing him this peace process will not succeed. >> reporter: while its leaders talk peace with turkey, they are providing military support to syria. i.s.i.l. is a knowledge threat to security. >> i.s.i.l. supported by iran and syria. the main reason to support the group is to use it for their own benefit and make it fight a proxy war on their behalf. but i.s.i.l. got out of control. the coalition doesn't want to end i.s.i.l they want to keep it under their control so they can use it again. >> reporter: away from the battle against i.s.i.l, these fighters are free to move in this vafs mountainthis vast mountain range. thousands of men and women are located here, their weapons always loaded. for now the ceasefire is holding. fighters remember their fallen comrades and await orders, either to resume fighting or abandon their guns. omar

in turkey the focus is expected to be on peace talks. from turkey bernard smith reports. ♪ >> reporter: the kurds have good reason to celebrate. the festival that marks the start of spring began this year along the border with kobani. that's where syrian kurdish forces fought off an assault. where the turkish government watched on. >> turkey has not received any threat from pyd in terms of security. the victory [ inaudible ] of isil in ka banny, and what we have been seeing here you know there, we could actually see right now, more possibility for -- for cooperation or talk with the pyd, and the turkish government. ♪ >> reporter: which could be good news for turkey's kurds. these activists have spent the last ten days traveling through turkey on a peace train. they want to cement a two-year long ceasefire that brought an end to the separatists kurdish pkk, and the turkish state. 40,000 people were killed. the peace process has faltered and there's a perception ai don't think some kurds that the turkish government is dragging its feet

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turkey and egypt, right? >> yeah. as you know there's been great unhappiness about the turks for a long time amongst a number of western countries who say they haven't been doing enough. but we've been reporting last week they arrested a facilitator who was helping those british girls get across the border into syria and they seem to be taking a much more aggressive stance in the last say, two or three months on this issue. >> u.s. air force veteran arrested now. we're getting more details. we'll have a lot more on that. peter and pamela thanks very much. >>> still ahead, the historic nuclear negotiations under way right now between the u.s. and iran. if an agreement is brokered what would that mean? much more on this, the latest developments when we come back. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to y

. >>> in turkey a teenager goes on trial charged with insulting the president. >>> arrests are made in india after a mob drags a suspected rapist from prison and beats him to death. ♪ >>> a senior commander of the al-qaedaed link rebel group us in are front has been killed in syria, abu hammam al-shami died in an air strike in the city of idlib on thursday. he held the title of general military commander for the al-nusra front. >> reporter: his death comes at a critical time for the organization. there have been reports that the al-qaeda branch has been asked to cut links with the organization and become a purity syrian force so it can receive funds and weapons. this video was reportedly filmed in apep low in december. it emerged after al-nusra announced his death. he was also fighting for al-qaeda in afghanistan and iraq and analysts say he was among the so-called hard liners. >> they were the hard liner extremist pro-al-qaeda segment of al-nusra that have been against the offer made to al-nusra in recent times to take a different course than it is now. al-nusra has been asked by ma

turkey, lebanon and jordan. we need to give them the support necessary to ensure these demographic changes that they are experiencing are, in the end, not destabilizing to their stability and their security. and then very importantly is the humanitarian assistance that will follow in trace of the counteroffensive when that ultimately kicks off. it could be argued that the clearing operation will be important to remove daesh out of the population center. but we're going to find that these people have lived under indescribable conditions. and so our ability to quickly apply the humanitarian assistance necessary to the female populations, to the more broadly the liberated populations, to the internally displaced persons that will come home as we begin to clear these population centers of daesh, supporting their return to their homes, the necessary humanitarian assistance to the restoration of the central services, electricity, water and then ultimately reconstruction. as your question presupposes, this is a huge bi

says he's a turkey citizen. kurds are voting in their ring fountain a new government. the syrian information minister also said the kurds are a major partner in the fight against isil. the syrian kurdish fighters are urging more air strikes from the u.s. led co defense against isil. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: these are kurdish forces in syria. the people's protection units or the ypg. they have been on the frontline in the war against the us limb i can state of iraq and the levants. they say that they are defending their lands against isil. they are also the anti-isil coalition's only partner on the ground in syria. the group's political wing is the py it. >> on the ground, it is the kurtz who are fighting isil. the support we are getting is limited to air strikes it made us stronger no doubt. but we are not receiving any weapons and ammunition. >> reporter: the u.s. led coalition does acknowledge their advancement. but it is carol to identify the fighters as the y.p.g. in its statement it also them the a

he allegedly flew from egypt to turkey. turkish officials denied him entrance after he refused them access to his electronics and turkey sent him on a return flight to egypt. it appeared that his electronics had been tampered with. now after a search of the electronics, the fbi was able to recover some of what was on his computer. more than 108 propaganda videos including excuse of multiple prisoners. the fbi found web searches for ways to cross from turkey into syria. his division attorney se tells cnn that his client will plead not guilty here in court. there were communications with his egyptian wife and this letter he wrote, he apparently said according to authorities i will use my talents and skills given to me to establish and defend the islamic state. there are two possible outcomes for me victory or martyr. talking to law enforcement officials, what makes this case unique is this allegedly is someone who was not just influenced overnight by isis propaganda propaganda. he was influenced right after 911 and had sympat

recep tayyip erdogan. >> we want a free turkey a free life i want to be acquitted. i'm sure the the public also hopes for this. >> the bhoi is identified as his initials mea because the turkish law protects his oift butidentity but does not protect his are criticizing the president for his presidential palace. >> launched into criticisms that aren't even harsh but are humorous in nature. >> former prime minister could face two years in prison for a widely shared social media post in which she shared a satirical verse sergs of theversion of the turkish national anthem. >> nowadays we can see that turkey is moving a little far from democracy. >> reporter: turkey's prime minister has defended the prosecution of the 16-year-old blaming the prosecution. >> neither launch the investigation into the subject nor prosecute. >> reporter: while the 16-year-old is the latest to draw attention to the issue he's not the youngest. last year, a 13-year-old was pulled out of class under suspicion of making comments about the president in a facebook post. >>> annalan attack at a nigh

the kurdish rebels in turkey has renewed his call for peace with the government. abdullah aracharan's announcement was read during the celebrations. bernard smith reports. >> in the heart of kurdish turkey celebrations to mark the start of spring. the jailed leader of the kurdistan worker's party, abdulah orchaland called to end the conflict. would recard it historic and to decide to strategies and tactics in line with the spirit of this new era. >> reporter: the call for congress is an attempt to kickstart a stalled peace process that began two years ago. he wants a new constitution and citizenship currently based upon kurdish ethnicity. >> the end of conflict is here for sure. the politics has replaced the conflict. from now on, we will have competition based upon politics rather than weapons. >> reporter: 40,000 people have been killed in the tarmed conflict -- armed conflict. few believe the pkk will restart that fight. but it seems unlikely the ppk will disarm by giving up weapons or even burying them, least because the kurds are fighting isil in syria. so th

we have an old friendship with turkey and they are an ally. and where we began this conversation just some months ago and where we are today, i think there's been significant progress from the conversation about turkey's role in the coalition and all that we want to accomplish together, and in particular what we would like to accomplish in syria. that conversation isn't over. but there has been much progress. i just met with a turkish delegation yesterday and i intend to head back in the very near future to continue that conversation. and part of that conversation obviously is those measures or are those measures that can be taken either collectively or by a larger coalition to provide protection for the modern syrian elements that we support and ultimately will produce over time. i won't get into the specific details of the conversation but that's an important conversation and we're going to continue the conversation in the future. >> it is fair to say that there are significant decisions that our government needs to make and if they're made,

in terms of informing turkey. what the turkey prime minister said, is not accurate. there are always lessons to learn. the lessons will not just be that we can tighten arrangements on airplanes and at borders, but also, we all have a responsibility, schools parents, families, communities universities and colleges, oliver responsibility to fight this poisonous radicalization of young people's minds. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the minister of cities will be signing a deal tomorrow that will deal infrastructure that is musty -- much needed for the past 30 years. we are finally addressing infrastructure needs. demonstrate a commit and to the northwest which has been lacking for the past couple months. >> my friend, who has campaigned can still -- consistently on this issue. from the announcements being made, as a result of implementing the deal, we expect to proceed with construction of a high-level bridge crossing the canal, a high-level crossing from chester road will open up land for development south of boring 10 town center. this will divide traffic relief resilienc

of individuals that had been flagged, baring entry into turkey. now that list has gone up around 12,000. turkey still says more needs to be done on a wider scale when it comes to international efforts and intelligence sharing to stem the flow of foreign fighters. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> a 20-year-old protestor has been charged with shooting two police officers last weekend in ferguson. he admits to pulling the trig trigger. he says the officers were fought his target. stephanie, good morning world trade center -- good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: he said he was shooting with somebody out in the crowd, one of the demonstrators. he was not targeting the police saying he was shooting from a car and he hit the two officers who were standing side-by-side. they said that he has admitted to doing the shooting. they've recovered the weapon as well. the question is whether or not he was truly targeting those two police officers. one thing we did here we heard the prosecutor say he was a known demonstrator. i talked to a couple of people who s

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turkey's coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying 300 syrian refugees. turkey shot at the ship as it passed through the strait and ignored warnings to stop. 330 refugees are being detained, including 85 children: >> syrian kurdish fighters are urging the u.s.-led coalition to launch new airstrikes on the islamic state in iraq and the levant. they want to target isil-held regions. they want to help kurdish fighters. >> they've been on the front line and on the war of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. these fighters say that they're defending their land against isil. they're also the anti-isil coalition on the ground. >> on the ground it occurred to us to fight isil. but it's limited to airstrikes. it made us stronger, no doubt but we're not receiving any weapons or ammunition. >> the u.s.-led coalition does acknowledge the advances and the air support that it provides, but it's careful to avoid identifying the fighters as the ypg. in its statement it calls them the anti-isil forces. there may an reason why many consider the ypg fighters to be the

. >> translator: we know that turkey will never release him from the prison. they want him to decay and spend the rest of his life there. turkey must take steps and has no other options. if they don't move today, they will tomorrow. ocalan started this peace process and if they want to resolve the problems, they must release him. he needs to meet us and his guerrillas, without releasing him this peace process will not succeed. >> you can catch our complete interview on "talk to al jazeera" on saturday. >>> dead lock talks on iran's nuclear program have been suspended until wednesday. iran's negotiators have returned home saying more consultation and coordination is needed. and the u.s. secretary of state will update his european counterparts on the progress. james bayes has more from the talks in switzerland. >> reporter: after six days of almost non-stop negotiations with iranians, secretary of state john kerry was still being positive. how is going? >> we're working hard. making some progress. >> reporter: secretary kerry headed into a lake side restaurant,

why did turkey not reach out to the u.s.? >> well it could be a couple of different reasons, just the bandwidth bandwidth, the capabilities of the turkish security services on the ground. perhaps connections weren't made between one arm of security versus the other and the easiest thing to do was to send this guy back to egypt, but it's something that the u.s. and turkish officials have been working on. >> okay. let's pivot, you know to this talk about the u.s. military drone that syria says it shot down. now we have pictures and some video from syria reportedly showing pieces of this drone. my first thought was reverse engineering. i mean is it possible that you know classified technology here could be divulged? >> i would be less concerned about the predator air frame itself. it was made in the mid-'90s. it's been around for a long tile. it's the stuff that's attached to a predator. the observation with infrared cameras, technology that sucks up everything from radio to cell phone frequencies. now, does syria have the capab