turkish security. the fact that the united states is now working with a kurdish group in syria that turkey regards to be a terrorist organization, has compromised turkish security. from turkish perspective, what kind of nato ally is the united states, if it keeps doing things that undermine turkish security. - turkey has felt that there's a double standard in europe. that other states have gone ahead of turkey, when turkey should already be in it. - erdogan needs europe because eu excession process, and the common market that turkey shares with eu, are both economically beneficial. and we know that erdogan wins elections, so as long as he delivers economic growth. - [narrator] turkey continues to be a strategic ally with both nato and the united states, but those relationships are increasingly complicated. - the question is becoming much less clear, at least on the short terms. the united states, and most of our european nato allies, believe that nato should be alliance of democracies, and turkey isn't

it wasn't the turkish state though, was it? imean... there has been a legal proceeding against the gunman and there's no connection, it seems, between him and the turkish state. he said... he said he was inspired by the accusations of this statesman and he is free now, with his passport in his pocket. that clearly is a bitter thing for you to swallow. oh, yeah. of course, and my wife hasn't got a passport but he has, so... you talk about your wife, dilek, she is in turkey, she is not free to travel. she's been stopped from visiting you in germany. yeah, she was stopped in the airport and taken hostage, really, i mean without any accusation. there is no accusation against her. no investigation, and she's done nothing other than marry me... and... how hard is that, because you have no prospect of going home, she has no prospect of leaving turkey? this is the price i'm talking about. so this is part of the deal, and he loves taking hostages and he tries to punish me by, you know, keeping the family away from each other. do you... this is a

decision to cooperate with their turkish -- from bring over nigeria, was delivered to turkish security forces and in return clearly behind the scenes , that reform has to be introduced with respect to the kurdish minority. i think it was a huge idea. there was a huge idea in this town that i would like to think i was fortunate to be able to be on the margins. a bigwas going to be exercise not just on trade, but i saw in my own reince plank on the margins how this keep eip might impact turkey and are there ways in which one could get into turkey and get them involved. i don't materialized it would have been a huge idea. i suspect the world would have been a different place than where it is right now. i would like to see if there are more questions. >> very quickly, i would go along with what steve said. at the end of the day, the big ideas that turkey would like to extract from the european union, such as the customs union and an extension of the eu-turkey migration deal. there are going to be have to negotiated and agreed upon at the eu level. the policy of divide and rule, yes, to a l

the conflict has gone through many ups and downs but things escalated recently when the turkish navy blocked access to an italian drill ship in february the vessel was part of efforts to explore recently discovered gas fields on the southeastern tip of the island the heads of the e.u. backed the greek cypriot leader nikos anastasio address the european commission's president jiang close junkers said he was strictly against the behavior of turkey's turkish president to go on issued a warning to cyprus and foreign companies though not to infringe on what he calls turkey's sovereignty where do things go from here and is diplomacy the only way forward i'm sam is a band at the presidential palace in the casea this week the president of the others tells me he's ready to jump out of a television interview and begin peace talks if the turkish cypriot leader calls him he also confirms u.s. energy giant eggs and mobile is on track to start exploration in the distant mediterranean sea and he says he is confident the u.s. knows how to protect its interests because the atis president of the repub

decision to quaff braid with the turkish party to bring over nigeria was to deliver him to the turkish forces and in the end a deal is struck and reform has to be introduced with the cultural right. i think it was a huge idea. there was a huge idea in this town. i was fortunate to be on the margins of this. tt ip was going to be a dig geostrategic exercise and i saw it with my own eyes how this tt ip might impact turkey and are there ways in which turkey could get involved in it. had that materialized it would have really been a huge idea and i suspect the world would be in a very good place then where does actually right now. >> i want to see if there are more questions. >> very quickly. i would go along with what was said but at the end of the day the big ideas that turkey would like to extract the european union such as an extension of the migration deal are going to have to be negotiated and agreed upon at that level. so following a policy of divide and rule yes to a certain extent but in terms of achieving a big boost that turkey needs domestically in terms of economy but also mov

here in germany police are investigating several suspected allston attacks against mosques and turkish properties across the country this weekend in berlin a mosque and a turkish cultural club were set on fire police saying they believe the attacks were politically motivated in the other incidents five bombs were thrown at a turkish immigrants association in the western town of mischa day a turkish shop burnt down in the town of it's a hole and on friday a mosque in the south and in southern germany was torched nobody was injured in the attacks. two prominent turkish journalists have been reunited with their colleagues off to spending well over a year behind bars the two men were released on bail on friday but they and sixteen other stuff at the independent newspaper jim hood yet is still on trial for allegedly supporting terrorism the battle for freedom and justice is far from over . the staff of turkey's gym harriet newspaper celebrate the long awaited return of editor in chief. and investigative journalist ahmed shafik the two were held in

of the syrian city of afrin is now in turkish hands and corrupt back to find says raising the turkish flag up to a lightning advance against kurdish militia overnight while the battle for africa has forced more than one hundred and fifty thousand people from their homes we ask what's next for the region. and in football the pressure is beginning to show as opposed to seek a season reaches its climax we take a look at the best of a dramatic weekend so fuck. i'm edith to money thank you for joining us vladimir putin has one of russia's presidential election now that's according to partial results which gives him around three quarters of the vote so no surprises there vladimir putin as we've seen there has been reelected for a fourth term with a commanding lead. over his rivals but few are expecting a second place for communist candidate pawel gruden and that's the guy right there of the communist party and in third place firebrand ultra nationalist vladimir zhirinovsky who heads what's called the liberal democratic party so let's all take a look at the latest results putin has taken sev

i'm sami's a ban on the turkish side of nicosia considered by some to be the world's last divided capital now this is the buffer zone also known as the green line this demilitarized area patrolled by the un is perhaps the most important symbol of the greek turkish dispute that divided the island of cyprus since one nine hundred seventy four a couple of weeks ago i sat down with nicholas and this in theory he is recognized by the international community as the president of cyprus in practice the only governs the south and greek side of the island now this is what president understands the others told me i have called the message that the madrid. to meet at any given moment we've missed of. in order to a police. to have a talk to see the workers we are where we are planning for the future where we are going to be an acceptable spot for what. is going to continue when we have to sit with. decisiveness. to see how we can proceed. ok so why do if you're only one talks refuse use them i haven't received a clear answer when ok but if the turkish cypriot leader if he calls you today and says let'

i am sinegal and i speak turkish. it is a language many here now want to master. isabel is the world more than another country you must learn this long read or listen for and out you know university we just. learned. turkey is making it easier for cynically students to enter their country senegal is making it easier for turkish companies to invest in their country especially in this project senegal wants to turn this land into a residential city for hundreds of thousands of people construction of an international airport conference center and factories are complete next up a university government buildings a railway line luxury apartments and the state of the art basketball stadium almost all of the construction is done by turkish companies. since president has come to power trade to africa tripled to eighteen point eight billion dollars last year turkish airways expanded its coverage to twenty three destinations across the continent last september the turkish military opened a base in somalia to train african soldiers on a tour to west africa erdogan calls for fr

reunited after more than a year behind bars for two turkish journalists returned to the independent newspaper laureates after being released on bail but their battle is far from over . and colombians vote in the first of a parliamentary elections to include the former falkirk rebels movement to the political party right wing parties who oppose the twenty sixteen deal say bill amend it if given enough a vote of support. i need a committee welcome to the program the leader of the french far right for national party marine le pen has proposed changing the pot his name to a more last year now which roughly translates as national rally that's one of a number of changes delegates are considering at a potties conference in the north and city of new now the gathering is aimed at true branding the potty and marine le pen was reelected as their leader delegates also cut their last formal ties to her father found shawn marie le pen abolishing the post of honorary presidency and effectively stripping him of his job. as i'll talk to our correspondent in paris lisa lewis it's good to see you lisa so what i

the military turkish ministry is now trying to. trying to defuse the booby traps that they're in sold inside installed inside the city and prison that are gone into mourning he said that they will not give off to the syrian government until everything is under total control of the turkish military and actually there are some debates about this side of the operation they're in because. often supporters i'm in the white p.g. n.p.o. ideas supporters who are named to be an offshoot of the p.k. k. out the kurdistan workers party for turkey they have been saying that turkey has actually captured the city and they're ready to fight to liberate our friend from the turkish forces on the other side on the other hand the turkish territory get about the african operation has been that they're trying to clear the out the organization by its border to protect their boundaries and protect their territorial integrity and that's why the turkish operatives have been saying that we support serious territorial integrity we don't actually compromise an

also coming up turkish fighters raised their flag in the syrian town of puffery their victory follows a two month offensive against a kurdish militia more than eight hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee the fighting we will find out what's next. plus a day of drama in the bundesliga like seacoast a runaway leader inspired munich and keep the variance for the first time ever. the . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. latimer putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president near final results give him around three quarters of the vote many say his victory was a foregone conclusion that's after his most serious rival opposition leader alexina volley was barred from running. it was the birth. of the precious currency and future in the terror plot to me a person was met by jubilant supporters when he made a brief appearance near moscow's iconic red square. should thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. this victory demonstrates the hope and

this is a gift from the turkish armed forces to the turkish people and our glorious martyrs on this day a reference there to the victory of turkish forces against the western allied forces one hundred three years ago in deliberately in the first world war the turkish president was at the commemorations and made this announcement tell us it's not. most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army a cleaning the remains in the traps i left behind in the center of affray al flags of trust and stability away vincit of rags of terrorist and so on the fifty eighth day of operation olive branch turkey's first objective is realized that a fight here larry shows him some civilians have chosen to stay instead of joining tens of thousands of others into syrian regime areas to the south. that's reporter the kurdish y p g now in terms to avoid direct confrontation with turkish forces instead engaging in guerrilla types of action the turkish have proved with force their intention to push back the white p.g.a. away from

a fin that conflict started the turkish troops and turkish support the syrian troops syrian groups have been entering the city from the western front which is a mahmoudiya neighborhood we're actually entering into a particularly violent episode of already a bloody conflict which so tens of thousands of people being displaced which most of them took shelter in the town itself and they're they're now being displaced again and they're taking root towards the south they don't want to go back go to towards the turkish captured areas but the regime also doesn't allow them to enter into regime areas so that we're actually facing a double human tragedy of civilians trapped inside the city as well as to civilians trying to flee from that the turkish authorities saying that their attacks are not hurting civilians are not killing civilians they're also being quite clear as andrew was explaining is report they're saying that the actual picture a bomb ta spittle is not they showed pictures of a building that had not been bombed want to get any of sources saying inside of our freeness just the pictur

the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a y.p. g techie says the y p g is an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist p k k group it claims it's made up of terrorists and is a threat to its national security. across the border news of africa's capture was met with jubilation by turkish president and one and his supporters most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army are cleaning the remains of the traps they left behind in the center of the free in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of terrorists. one of the first actions of the turkish banks fighters was to demolish a statue commemorating a legendary kurdish figure. there are also reports from the syrian observatory for human rights of looting right across the city. but the kurds remain defiant with an official warning that the war with turkey has now entered what they called a new phase. was tha

from the syrian city of africa is now in turkish hands and her back to find has been raising the turkish flag after a lightning advance against kurdish militia overnight the battle for afrin has forced more than one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes we ask what's next for the region. i'm edith to money thank you for joining us vladimir putin has won russia's presidential election all that's according to partial results which give him around three quarters of the vote so really no surprises there vladimir putin as of mention has been reelected to a fourth term and with a commanding lead over his rivals but few were expecting a second place for this man the communist candidate have a good dean in and in third place a firebrand ultranationalist vladimir zhirinovsky who heads what's known as the liberal democratic party let's now take a look at the latest results. hooten has taken seventy three percent of the vote in has fifteen percent. coming in third with seven percent since supporters have been celebrating in moscow and putin has been russia's leader for eighteen years the t

syria now where at least one hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee the fighting as turkish forces take control of a free it has been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia if they use as terrorists kurdish sources now accuse the turkish military of mass looting and destruction that's as turkey vows to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town have been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it's the turkish flag that waves over after in. the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a y.p. g techie says the y p g is an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist p k k group it claims it's made up of terrorists and is a threat to its national security. across the border news of africa's capture was

the turkish flag is raised in the syrian city of a free present and says kurdish forces have been pushed out. and you watching all just their life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes russia's vladimir putin is widely expected to win a fourth term as president but one opposition leader is urging voters to boycott the election. also a state of emergency is lifted but the dispute between three lanka's buddhist and muslim communities is far from over. and australia takes on china's rise influence in southeast asia hosting the ten nation at sea and blog for the first time in sydney. welcome to the program turkish president rest of the birds one has declared the center of the syrian city of a free and to be entirely under the control of his forces now the turkish flag has already been raised in the former kurdish stronghold free syrian army forces backed by the turkish military captured the town center just before dawn on sunday the free syrian army says seventy kurdish why p.g. fighters were killed during the advance. now the development comes almost three months

reunited after more than a year behind bars two turkish journalists returned to the independent newspaper june gudiya to also be released on biochar the battle is far from over. and china's president tried can see is already firm grip on power xi jinping can now rule the country indefinitely after palmer approves a constitutional amendment scrapping presidential term limits. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring it thanks for joining us in france the leader of the far right for nasir not in le pen has proposed changing the party's name to national rally and that's one of a number of changes delegates at a party conference in the northern city of labor are considering the gathering is aimed at rebranding the party mouthing the pen has been reelected as party leader and delegates also come last formal ties to her father the party's founder of pan abolishing the post of onery presidency and effectively stripping him of that job. and we're going to go to paris now to talk to our correspondent there lisa louis lisa mother le pen she wants to give her party a new name instead of. it's

in the middle east probably the turkish concern to get the missiles to turkish territory will be much more justified than it is the case now so it is a. cautious movement of turkey and by the way for hundreds will be not delivered before two thousand and twenty and the turkish diversification of defense is something which it seems that the more they are necessary than ever before disability concerning the natal that what type of airlines is this is why you need america would try to impose military sanctions so towards turkey in future could be a possibility the president's reaction i would say is justifiable from the future challenges but mr broadsheet the structure you don't know what's going on behind the scenes basically in a nutshell doesn't president anyone care what nato thinks a by go and i had to they say no he's going to rile lebanese happy to do that is he or no. i think president don's position is this when the greeks did buy this indeed nobody was thinking anything but they did the same time the problem is the they are much better three hundred of course of four hundred an

also coming up turkish fighters raise their flag in the syrian town of offering their victory follows a lightning advance against a kurdish militia the fighting has just been placed more than a hundred and fifty thousand people will ask what's next. plus a day of drama in the bundesliga leipzig hosted by the way leaders fire munich and beat the the variance for the first time. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. vladimir putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president your final results give him around three quarters of the vote out of moscow rally he emerged to thank his supporters. thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. this victory demonstrates the hope and the trust of the russian people that we will work just as hard and just as responsibly and just as effectively in the coming. light of my putin there addressing crowds at a rally in moscow many said that his victory was a foregone conclusion some potential candidates were barred from running incl

we have already seen videos of thought turkish backed rebels. mistreating civilians so it's really going to be difficult to see because a lot of severe loss and i would be adopted many of them will soon return because they're afraid of repercussions especially those that were using to support kurdish fire sources in the demonstrations they are afraid to go bark so a lot of cars are actually afraid of graphic changes in our stream because they're afraid that they're killed bring in. civilians from other areas from our affairs so to me you say that they're afraid to go back for those who have fled do we know where they've gone. there's two show villages close to us three in the there's according to some reports around hundred fifty thousand civilians there some of them they want to go to aleppo but the sharon government doesn't allow that so they don't have really a lot of options on those they go to other kurdish leaders in other parts of northern syria like obama york on the until now and there are most of them are afraid to go bark but we have

many of them formed queues desperate for the aid provided by the turkish red crescent. to mow his job we think one hundred thousand people are present and on the road to fin tone center he will step up humanitarian aid efforts to reach these people. some locals pronounce the relief at what they saw as a liberation. we were treated unjustly that aig. but thank god a group of fighters came in there and we thank them. but no we are suffering because of a lack of food and water. and their women are out in the mountains and they're not being allowed to come home. yet and here we hope that our women and children will come home that night a unit. but not everyone agrees with turkey's presence in a free and kurdish groups across europe gather to protest what they see as the an exception of territory that is rightfully kurdish and frankfurt demonstrators criticize germany's delivery of arms to turkey. will send. the most finally stop with the export of weapons and arms. must. be acceptance of the must murder in a free and raja in syria needs to cease the the and the propaganda o

news live from but the turkish led forces it seized freedom in northern syria the turkish flag has been hoisted over the town and this is often a rapid advance against kurdish militia overnight more than one hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee their homes we have the latest from the region force there coming up russians go to the polls to pick a new president levy refuted is expected to easily win a full time in office but can he mobilize voters turned off by the predictability of the contest. and by i mean it will have to wait another week to grandpa that when disney get title that soft of their closest rival shaka overcame foes fuck a royal blues loss could have put the variance just three points away from that six successive championship will have all the action from getting. the. five hundred the home free good to have you with us turkish led forces have taken control of the said to offer a free in town in northern syria statements by the turkish army confirmed by and observe a group. according to those statements and based force it is said to show syrian rebels f

authority has come under criticism in germany for its proximity to the turkish government this is the asians property has already been the object of many arson attacks now the association is demanding public protection for its mosques it's also demanding wider discussion of discrimination and threats against muslims meanwhile people here refuse to be cowed they still pray despite the attack on the heart of their community. british authorities investigating the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter say they found traces of iran of agent to the pub and restaurants the pay visited shortly before they collapsed. and his daughter remain in critical condition a week after falling ill. police vehicles being taken away for testing they might be contaminated and could become evidence in the spy case that has gripped the picturesque english town. and patrons who enjoyed a pint of this pub are now all extras in the thriller they might have rubbed shoulders with a former russian double agent and been exposed to nerve poison now the hundreds who passed through the pub and a nearby piz

s live from but a turkish led forces say they have seized the northern syrian town of alfre the turkish flag has been hoisted over the town they stopped a rapid response against kurdish militia overnight called nine hundred fifteen thousand people have been forced to flee their homes and also coming up russians go to the polls to pick a new president kennedy made putin is expected to easily wait for the whole face but can you mobilize voters turned off by the predictability of the contest. i'm going to the home free in a ballot thanks for joining me turkey's president threats have to have added wants his turkish led forces have taken complete control of the center of our free town in northern syria. and over one hundred fifty thousand civilians have been forced to flee to her. well journalist yvette in event of a comeback is monitoring the situation for us from the kurdish city of northern iraq let me explain just exactly what is happening in africa right now. well over there has backed rebels today they have entered the city of anthro and they seem to have taken control of the thirty c

was that the how are our forces and afan will be a nightmare for the turkish troops and its allies the resistance and afrin will continue until the liberation of every inch of the town and until the return of the residents of afrin into their villages and homes. what are you what the idea. for this of alien population of africa in turkey's offensive has been devastating more than one hundred fifty thousand people most of them kurds have been forced to flee for their lives in the last week as turkey attacked the city from the air and the ground at the bottom of the of us we fled because of the airstrikes and the bombardment of our villages by the turks there is no united nations or international community anymore they have forgotten all morality what can we do if civilians turkey is amongst a country. without all. up until the recent turkish attacks afrin had been a safe haven cheering syria's war now in its eighth year after the capture of africa and it's unclear what will become of those fleeing the town and if or when they will be able to return to their homes. let's go right to due

oh god the turkish bank the free syrian army says it's now taken full control of the frame from kurdish forces. logs the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here and also coming up a state of emergency is lifted but the tension between sri lanka sinhalese and muslim communities is far from over also the polls are open in russia in an election considered a foregone conclusion for the president but it could help decide the country's leader after glad to be a putin. and a potential new problem or for donald trump after reports that the fired f.b.i. deputy director has turned over notes to the special prosecutor. good to have you with us welcome to our desire on a turkish present reza the one who has declared the center of the syrian town of freend to be entirely under the control of his forces to untold crowds in that kind of color that many of the kurdish fighters had already fled the town backed free syrian army fighters entered a free just before dawn on sunday it comes almost two months to turkey launched its cross border operation to push back kurdish forces fr

the european court of human rights today condemned to turkey for detaining two turkish journalists in the wake of the two thousand and sixteen coup attempt the court in strasbourg france joined a recent ruling from turkey's constitutional court saying the rights of sahin who you see here and his colleagues. were violated the court decided infringements on the pair's right to freedom of expression as well as their right to liberty and security. and let's bring indeed abuse max holzman he is in strasburg following this case for us hi max how significant is it that the european court of human rights has ruled in favor of these to journalists. you can't get much higher than the european court of human rights especially of course in europe so what this does it sides with the constitutional court in turkey and let me just remind everybody how this played out because the constitutional court in turkey which is of course the highest court in turkey said that these two journalists need to be released but then a lower court said we're not going to do that we're against the constitutional court

the raising of the turkish flag over the town of affray in northern syria. this footage is said to show turkish backed rebels entering the town on sunday morning. i was there at the time these men have been fighting since january to ask the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a white b.g. over the plans it does allow us are going to have to take he says the group is an offshoot of the band p k k terrorist group and as such a threat to its national security. across the border in turkey news of the dick she was met with jubilation by president added one and his supporters. most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army her cleaning the remains and the traps they left behind in the center of power for in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of terrorists. for this a billion population of a fraying turkey's offensive has been devastating more than two hundred thousand people have been forced to flee for their lives in the last wee

i think it is the turkish perspective of birth from the turkish government but we have the other side of the coin the people who are not there are not happy with this turkish operation of course they also. started to bring to the other countries reactions and probably on the international organizations to more of one example turkey and european union have a summit in bulgaria and definitely syrian issue will be one of the topics between turkey due to pay union of the refugee. crisis i think there most probably dietrich is governments primary concern will be to fight p.k. as you said in the beginning to your report. t j k is definitely experiencing a military defeat at the moment the turkish army is pushing with the entire force there and being i will say the syrians not only from turkey but also within the syrian territories where the people have been forced to leave their areas now they start order to come back i say i'd expect turkey russia and syria they will make a call for ration order to create further safe havens i just need a twenty second answer from you say was washington's

at least eight turkish soldiers killed in syria's african region and offensive against kurdish fighters. hollywood gears up for the oscars we turn the spotlight on bias against women in the industry. and the united states and russia squaring off over their military capabilities the trumpet administration says it plans to sell ukraine hundreds of anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from russia this after vladimir putin unveiled plans to develop his country's nuclear weapons arsenal which included a video depicting an attack on the united states. it certainly did not enjoy watching we don't regard that as the behavior of a responsible international player president putin has confirmed what the united states government has known for a long time that russia has denied prior to this that russia has developed been developing destabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations president trump understands the threats facing america and our allies in this in this century and is determined to protect our homeland and preserve peace thro

believe this is a gift from the turkish armed forces to the turkish people and our glorious martyrs

two prominent turkish journalists have been reunited with their colleagues off to spending well over a year behind bars the two men were released on bail on friday but they and sixteen other stuff at the independent newspaper jim hood yet is still on trial for allegedly supporting terrorism the battle for freedom and justice is far from over . the staff of turkey's gym harriet newspaper celebrate the long awaited return of editor in chief. and investigative journalist ahmed shafik the two were held in a turkish prison for over a year at least on bail now they returned to their news room to greet colleagues despite the joyful mood their return doesn't signal the revival of the rule of law in turkey. to the there was no legal basis either for my arrest nor for my release it was a political move and nothing else that's how we have to see it there is no rule of law in talkie the idea that courts here are independent is the biggest talking. you are the people. together the journalists celebrate the birthday of a keen eye to lie despite his absence he's the newspaper's chairman and the onl

fighters took control of the prison turkish forces maneuvered the u.n. who owned it was deeply alone by reports of civilian deaths and it was also concerned about reports of kurdish fighters using civilians as human shields and drew simmons al-jazeera killers of the turkish syrian border well good this is a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations where he specializes in syria turkey and the kurds he says turkish troops are entering a free from the west i actually confront with sources inside a friend that conflict started the turkish troops and turkish support the syrian troop syrian groups have been entering the city from the western front which is a mahmoudiya neighborhood we're actually entering into a particularly violent episode of already a bloody conflict which so tens of thousands of people being displaced which most of them took shelter in the town itself and that they're now being displaced again and they're taking root towards the south they don't want to go back go to towards the turkish captured areas but also doesn't al

on current facts finds has praised the turkish flag in the syrian town of freeman been a victory follows a lightning advance against kurdish militia the fighting has displaced more than one hundred fifty thousand people we ask what's next for the region. and coming up after the news will catch up with a deal drama in the bundesliga rb leipzig coast and runaway leaders buying munich and looking to beat the variance for the first time ever. welcome to the program vladimir putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president now that's according to partial results which give him around three quarters of the vote many say his victory was a foregone conclusion with some key potential candidates banned from standing hootin has been russia's leader for eighteen years as either president or prime minister. i. think that. the country's old and new leader received an enthusiastic welcome when he made a brief appearance to thank his supporters at a rally near moscow's iconic red square. by sea but then i guess it was you know putin then went on to his campaign headquarters to continue th

this mosque and turkish cultural center were a home away from home for many in this berlin neighborhood they're outraged by the hate directed at them as this. on the look the walls the windows the carpet nothing can be saved and it's lost all its value. is. the whole mosque has to be renovated and rebuilt. the police report says that witnesses heard a loud clanking sound around two in the morning and saw a group of young men running away then flames started billowing out the windows it took the fire department an hour and a half to put out the blaze too long to protect the building from the flames but there were no injuries police suspect a politically motivated arson attack they refused to rule out far right groups as the culprits but say could also be a kurdish group or people associated with the turkish opposition there have been no arrests so far enough either not to finish a criminal complaint for aggravated arson was filed and in this day geisha has been launched by state authorities. the complex belongs to the association of mosques the german branch of the torture state religiou

this is a gift from the turkish armed forces to the turkish people and our glorious martyrs on this day. a reference there to the victory of turkish forces against the western allied forces one hundred three years ago in deliberately in the first world war the turkish president was at the commemorations and made this announcement. the result of the most of the terrorist have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army and cleaning the remains of the troops a little hind in the center of referee our flags of trust and stability away even inside of rags of terrorist and so on the fifty eighth day of operation olive branch turkey's first objective is realized how here look how different they had some civilians had chosen to stay instead of joining tens of thousands of others into the syrian regime areas to the south it's reported the kurdish y p g now intends to avoid direct confrontation with turkish forces instead engaging in guerrilla types of action the turkish have proved with force their intention to push back the wipe e.g.

kurdish y p g fighters attempt to repel advancing turkish backed forces. free syrian army fighters entered the town earlier supported by turkish army airstrikes and artillery shelling now it comes almost three months after turkey launched its cross border operation to push back kurdish forces from its border let's join andrew symonds our correspondent in the turkey syria border we spoke to us earlier and drew and there seems to be movement on the military front it's a very fluid situation what more can you tell us. it's a very fluid situation it's also a very violent situation in terms of the free syrian army pushing overnight into saturday morning it started around one thirty perhaps a little earlier according to some reports we're hearing and the free syrian army with told initially it's unclear exactly where there were about before they pushed forward from the southeast they came in large numbers with turkish military backing them up all the way in the sky and also on the ground a lot of turkish warplanes involved in this a lot of surveillance now head