opposed turkey's membership to you not because turkey then fulfill. the criteria which was true of course but just from a sort of a very a principal position that turkey was justin belong to you. and that was a big mistake because at that time -- i'd long was actually awful feeling it'll taking positive steps and we the democrats in turkey we need it -- germany's support i think that should not be -- forgotten she is not necessarily. a friend of you know she's also very pragmatic political leadership things about her on a political future and the refugee deal the flex dot. having said that -- there. the what the county crisis i do want to emphasize your bill adeline and his government they're acting like a lease the students you know like a spoiled child. when things go fine? he claims he older credit to himself and to his government and when things go wrong. she blames everybody else that turkeys in the coming crisis it's it's his own fault. and i find it's actually -- this was including sp leadership a germany should actually help turkey. it is his

what turkey's as and was very. it's within the framework of the international law to conduct to basically try these people who committed a crime on turkish soil second to i think we are the discussion is not whether the us or in other countries should cut the relation with saudi arabia are not different to the relation is to be revisited but is there any equals to mohamed in some on is saudi arabia should be reduced to one that did seven months because i think what many is saying right now many people are trying to be careful to make a distinction between what harm it means and man and the saudis state mohammad is a man and a king someone himself as well true i think here the question should be are we willing to go back to the business as usual with someone more or less all the evidence and that we had before that the gallup tell a story we are out of time thank you very much to all our guests gullit delay saved lodges and toby cadman and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting

and turkey. the president weighing aggressive pressure to secure brunson's release including tariffs on turk i steel and aluminum. as a result turkey currency plummet today record low and economy is now on the brink of disaster, however, last night in ohio president trump was adamant that the u.s. did not agree to lift sanctions or make any kind of deal in return for brunson's release. >> we spoke to turkey, and we went through a system and we got him out, they've been trying to get him out for a long time. well, this has nothing to do with anything. there was no deal made at all, there was no deal but we are very happy to have him and have him in good shape. i hear he's in very good shape. >> while there was no deal to secure pastor brunson's release it will lead to better relations between trust and turkey, possibly great relations. so certainly the possibility that those sanctions and tariffs could be lifted down the road. now, today, though, pastor brunson back here home in the united states

s because turkey believes that unless you get to us on board no matter what turkey dolls' the result of its action will not be very consequential regarding the political career of m.b.'s himself so let's bring in terms when i was you know the question as well as you know the question gathered he also talked about wanting the eighteen people arrested in saudi arabia to be tried in turkey. that seems to be a deliberate turning up of the heat on saudi arabia put more pressure on them do you think that's right. i think exactly right i think it's not only does it impossible to attract in turkey he indicated that he can and will go more out of the saudi arabia because he'd he in soon it that is not the does not alter to has and he put some very important question for instance like where is the body who is the local collaborator what is the nature of the relationship of these eighteen people so the question that he paused and he said that remains to be and answered and vote to answer them is very crucial for the evolution of these cases because it's not only who does eighteen people are lik

and turkey. trump had applied increasing economic pressure to turkey, including by ratcheting up steel and aluminum tariffs against the country and by applying the sanctions to two turkish leaders. and all of that caused the turkish currency to plummet and put turkey's economy into something of a crisis, and that precipitated brunson's release on friday. now, the president touted this as a victory for the u.s., saying that previous administrations wouldn't have been able to free brunson. and he took the opportunity in the white house to talk about a separate situation, and that's tensions between the u.s. and saudi arabia over the alleged killing of a saudi journalist at the saudi consulate in turkey. trump said the two events had no connection in terms of the timing of brunson's release. trump said that the administration is looking for more information about the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, that journalist, before he decides what kind of punishment to levy against saudi arabia. but the mom

so depending on what kind of support turkey will have from the united states turkey will have a stronger voice to request the extradition of these offer shows. it's not no one can assure that saudi arabia will accept to extradite those people or will can sound be willing to send those people in order to it's. protect his son to get away with this situation but. prisons are down the road that he will be chasing after this case and i have to remind that there is a local election coming up in a couple of months in early two thousand and nineteen if i don't play it fails in this he will be losing in the local elections a lot of credibility this is also another impact that is being tough. thanks very much. joining us today here in the studio and sultan baraka director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the institute so a seven hour meeting between the cia boss and her opposite number so for mr erdogan on his desire for the direction of travel of this is clear but he won't get that unless this external pressure brought to bear on riyadh donald trump. it's true but i actuall

crackdowns on some cards on lawyers and turkey that casts some doubt on the idealism of turkey as a venue and then second you have the intersection of the issue of a turkish domestic chord but saudis doing activities within a diplomatic enclave and you know people coming in with diplomatic authorities and that's why you create one of these international tribunals or you are to go to the international criminal court or the international court of justice to resolve this then that international tribunal wouldn't have to deal with these issues of the in their play between domestic turkish law and international law with regard to what can take place in an embassy who has jurisdiction that cetera there's going to be too many endure in their native turf wars between turkey and saudi arabia if there was a prosecution in turkey and so that's why the fairest the way to get that resolved is the have it in the international tribunals out and let me bring you in head in kugel in amman turkey as human rights record what's the will see how shall they what's the what's for you the real concerns wel

turkey after bronson's frillies and turkey will have the leverage to put some international pressure over saudi arabia regarding. his case of course it's not the only thing there are some economic issues that the turkey needed support from washington plus the military corporation and members in northern syria that's going to she have a chance you know he is joining us for more on this from washington d.c. has there been any reaction so far where you are she how big ministration will certainly be happy about this. absolutely several tweets from donald trump and the . bronson just released will be home soon and in all capital letters actually the pentagon has said that bronson will travel on a military plane by germany to the united states one would expect the administration will want to make the most of this with with some sort of arrival perhaps on saturday morning one would think u.s. time because this is such a big issue amongst evangelical voters in the united states the trumpet ministration the republican party a relying on evangelical voters to go to the polls in the november mi

with turkey. i hope that happens, ok? richard, do you have anything to say, richard burr? we welcome the pastor back to north carolina. he has been missed. , tohis work in turkey spread the word of jesus christ, is absolutely crucial and it is a foundational thing about this country, the united states, and that is why we love him so much. welcome home. president trump: tom? tom: pastor brunson, you mentioned the state team. the folks on the ground in turkey am of the two times i was there, were amazing to work with. they deserve a lot of credit. i know how many times they met with you, and how much time they spent with noreen, and we are proud of them. they have done an extraordinary job. thank you. [applause] president trump: he doesn't speak good english anymore. he forgot english. he spent a lot of time over there. fantastic. great job. patrick? patrick: what a special guy. what a special man of christ. andomes to the oval office instead of saying thank you for your prayers, he says let me pray

turkey and greece. turkish government ask what hundred million dollars and and then the prime minister says turkish independence economical or otherwise is very very important they say yet again look what they what they do one hundred million dollars they ask the usa to. give you. more importantly. mystery. has been welcomed with a great support and now you see that you see this what kind of. games they have been playing for for this country. and most importantly in other news here america accepts to. lend money to turkey and you see it there. when it comes to a plane and you need a plane man manufacturing well because of to aid from the usa they accepted to stop to manufacture no planes in turkey and you had say told us that look we will provide give it to planes whatever you want why do you need to make them in your own country so all these projects that we had in turkey for a strong offer a better turkey has been stopped with the agreement of the c.h.p. in the past so if those projects hadn't come to

the syrian conflict is dominated by foreign powers mainly russia iran and turkey they have different interests at stake and support different sides in the conflict with weapons logistics and personnel russian president vladimir putin is president assad's closest ally russia has been taking an active part in the war since two thousand and fifteen putin wants to strengthen russia's military presence in the region syria is its sole access point to the mediterranean sea president hassan rouhani of iran is the other major assad supporter from day one to iran has supported damascus with advisors weapons and troops syria in return provides iran with a crucial route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. turkish president rich one would like to topple assad has supported various radical rebel groups from the start and since january turkey has had troops of its own in syria one of at of on its goals is to limit kurdish influence in the region. during advance recent visit to berlin german chancellor angela merkel agreed to this weekend summit russia iran and turkey have used the syrian conflict

turkey as well. some 15 years ago sent a unit to kenya and extracted a turkish citizen back because they considered him as a terrorist. the question to the saudi government is to tell the world, what would lead to them if that is the case. eric: we have a lot more on this coming up throughout the half hour. steven nelson and walid phares, a warm homecoming for pastor brunson. certainly heartwarming to see he and his family ratified and relieved that he is back. arthel: is thepresent syllabus the heartwarming homecoming , the president is gearing up for anotherrally . a political rally as we get closer to the midterms. we take a look at where the races stand. it's easy to trust geico! thank you todd. it's not just easy. it's-being-a-master-of-hypnotism easy. hey, i got your text- sleep! doug, when i snap my fingers you're going to clean my gutters. ooh i should clean your gutters! great idea. it's not just easy. it's geico easy. todd, you will go make me a frittata. and back pain made it hard to sleep

we feel much different about turkey today than we did yesterday. and i think we have a chance of really becoming much closer to take it maybe break even having a very very good relationship we know the people and as the pastor said these are incredible people the people of turkey are incredible people and i think we have a chance now to really have a great relationship with turkey i hope that it happens ok earlier president trump tweeted that there'd be no form of concession by the united states there was no deal made with turkey for the release and return of pastor andrew branson i don't make deals for hostages he said there was however great appreciation on behalf of the united states which will lead to good perhaps great relations between the united states and turkey. and in a burst of twitter diplomacy the turkish president made clear the release was not a response to u.s. pressure. the turkish judiciary reached its decision independently says president at a one i hope that the united states and turkey will continue their cooperation as the all

sanctions imposed against turkey over the brunson case we spoke to turkey. and he went through a system we got about it was no deal. at all there was no deal but we're very happy to have him and have him in good shape by here is in very good shape. has to bronson had lived in turkey for twenty years he left the courthouse a free man a concession which could improve strained relations between ankara and washington. for brunson's wife noreen it had been a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and supporters of fetzer look good when the cleric that turkey blames for a failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen bronson's lawyer called the trial a farce. there was no need for this case which did so much harm to my client to turkey as a whole and damaged relations today's ruling proves that it will not be refuted for years brunson led a small evangelical church in izmir prosecutors claim some of its members belonged to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party welcoming bronson's freedom washington is now pressing for the release of severa

the bigger part is for turkey because there are some topics that turkey is experienced as a nation and the latest one is as you know by a little tension diplomatic tension between it with saudi arabia over journos to mouth a ship just mysterious disappearance or maybe killing according to the official sources as media states now turkey believes that as washington give support to ancora over this issue turkey will have the leverage to create a public opinion in international arena and will have a chance to create international pressure over saudi arabia especially regarding demolish it just case because there are lots of rumors there are lotsof that is suspicious on the other hand the gain for turkey is that turkey turkish lira has lost forty percent since the beginning of this year especially following the dispute between washington and uncorrupt over bronson's house arrest decision so this is also good news for the turkish markets and international markets but of course and other thing is the military corporation that turkey and united states are handling in syria as men bridge on the

it has emerged that an advisor to the saudi king visited turkey on thursday and the fa ct visited turkey on thursday and the fact that jamal khashoggi was visited turkey on thursday and the fact thatjamal khashoggi was an american resident has also put the us government in a difficult position. we have communicated with the saudi ambassador to the united states. it is my understanding that he is on his way back to saudi arabia. we have said to him that we expect information upon his return to the united states. when and if we have additional information to bring you we will bring it you right away. the us has major arms and other business dealings with saudi arabia and is also concerned about the overall direction of politics in the country under its new leadership. lot of people in the us government have said we need mohammed bin salman to succeed. we need the crown prince to be successful, because he needs to be the agent of change in saudi arabia. i think a lot of those people are wondering whether mohammed bin salman can be that agent of change. saudi arabia remains an important part

and alliance between turkey between saudi arabia egypt and against turkey and maybe three of them with several ations i expect that and fact because on today just bring in your senator i want this you just mentioned earlier about the you know trade between the u.s. and saudi arabia is worth billions of dollars fifty five billion dollars sales alone in two thousand and eighteen you know how do you reset that relationship off to something like this does the money talk louder than politics. it does but this could be a major public diplomacy debacle for the saudis as turkey slowly releases evidence showing that indeed there may have been a plot to assassinate or kill. and i think that turkey really maybe does not also want to go into a full confrontation with the saudis or no one is aware of his limitations he's also deferential to the saudi kings he respects them as the protector of islam's holiest mosques in the past for example when saudi king says that encore of the turkish capital early on in violation of diplomatic protocol went to visit them in their hotel room this never happens in

a four nation summit beginning today in istanbul turkey as president. is meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also expected to discuss access to humanitarian aid the drafting of a constitution and reconstruction of the water on country. on friday seven people were killed when syrian regime forces shelled south east and it's the deadliest attack since the deal was reached to prevent a white skin offensive on the province. seven years of war in syria at least three hundred fifty thousand killed and a country in ruins now the rebel stronghold it labe faces a scene the next humanitarian crisis is imminent. it live is the last part of syria not under the control of president bashar al assad many of his opponents have fled here but it is only a question of time until his troops and his allies retake the region in northern syria. turkey and europe fear that a majority of the three million people living here will try to flee initiating another refugee crisis preventing this will be the main goal of the political summit in istanbul. the syria

and turkey? former white house press secretary sean spicer is on deck and he joins us straight ahead. >> jon: fox news alert. chaos now at the israeli/gaza border. tens of thousands of palestinians protesting at this hour. trey is live for us right now. >> good morning, jon. for the 29th friday in a row palestinians are protesting along the israel/gaza border. today's demonstrations certainly have increased not only in the amount of people but also in the tactics that are being used by palestinian protestors. we've seen deliberate efforts to obstruct the view of israeli snipers and actually a number of efforts to try to cross the border from gaza into israel. so far five people are dead. one person killed right by behind us here. i want to show you the scene. the black smoke you see coming from tires set on fire by palestinians protestors. you'll hear a loud explosion coming from a pipe bomb or grenade. we've heard a number of those today. any white smoke is tear gas. settlement talks failed in c

today's summit in istanbul a step towards a political solution to the country's seven year civil war turkey's president. says russian french and german counterparts we go live to our correspondents for the latest also coming up a criminal record and a passion for you was president donald trump details emerge about the man suspected of sending a series of mail bombs to prominent democrats fingerprint evidence that tracked down the florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to a sponsor. and here in germany it's another key vote for a chance or shaky coalition countries conservatives are bracing for a blow in state elections and has so we take a look at what's at stake in sunday's vote. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evans dean. turkey says they will push for concrete steps to resolve the syrian conflict during a four nation summit it's hosting today in istanbul turkish president which of time aired on his meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also expected to discuss access to humanitarian aid the drafting of a con

turkey. turkey was against the. president. who was supported by saudi arabia so there are different. relationship but today for the first time since. the. telephone conversation with president. presidential sources the. statement that was issued. they're going to cooperate and then we've heard mohamed . investment conference and. the killing. will be taken to. turkey and saudi arabia and then after he addressed and he said we have differences with. country has a strong economy even a government spokesperson saying statements that were made about. the question is. reaching out we have to remember. good relations with turkey but. really been isolated. isolated his credibility credibility. so right now he does not hold the cards and turkey is the one that holds the cards . it is indeed and i mean we have to remember you know this is all about a journalist and obviously turkey has some issues with the free press anyway i mean how is all of this being welcomed in turkey itself because it does seem that the president of the high and

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now turkey says saudi arabia is top prosecuted as a method the killing of journalist ji was premeditated this follows his meeting with turkish investigators in the stumble. hundred eighty nine people are missing feared dead after a passenger plane crashed into the sea off indonesia's coast traffic controllers lost contact with the lion air flight thirteen minutes after takeoff following a request from the pilot to turn back to jakarta. former army captain giant was so narrow as promising to take brazil in a radically new direction after winning a beautiful presidential runoff vote despite upsetting many with remarks suddenness racist and homophobic also nado tapped into voter frustration over corruption and economic problems. and german chancellor angela merkel has decided not to run again for the chairmanship of the christian democratic union party merkel maintains she'll stay on as chancellor until the next election in three years time the party will meet next month to choose her successor both major parties in german

on some cards and lawyers and turkey that casts some doubt on the idealism of turkey as a venue and then second you have the intersection of the issue of a turkish domestic cord but saudis doing activities within a diplomatic enclave and you know people coming in with diplomatic authorities and that's why if you create one of these international tribunals or you were to go to the international criminal court or the international court of justice to resolve this then that international tribunal wouldn't have to deal with these issues of the in their play between domestic turkish law and international law with regard to what can take place in an embassy who has jurisdiction etc there's going to be too many and there intern a turf wars between turkey and saudi arabia if there was a prosecution in turkey and so that's why the fairest the way to get that resolved is the have it in the international tribunal and let me bring you in hebron kugel in amman turkey its human rights record what's the will see how they what's the what's for you the real concerns well in terms of turkey i think t

turkey doesn't want to burn bridges with saudi arabia right away but turkey says whatever it takes turkey will be after the real truth and and turkey wants this investigation to be closed in a real and factual way ok so there were many thanks for that from what i heard us go live now to shell his consulate building and istanbul surge all is said and said as all steroid questions but the the real question is how long is he prepared to wait for the answers. well that is a good question i mean three weeks now when the turks seem to be patient as ever and not even though they have from the beginning going to do to also made some sort of set specific dates will be it's maybe not necessarily in that clear tone that's to widen gave when he said on sunday that choose the he would reveal the naked truth but they have managed to at least force some sorts of movements that say from not only the saudis but also the united states and even the international community if you remember in the beginning of this case when she entered and went missing the initial comments that were being made from that say t

have already you know claimed asylum in turkey look at. how many of the three an armenian in italy who they've been able to run away from it live. that i did not know but thank god that my discussions with my dear friend mr putin. has resulted in the memorandum that we've talked about which started a completely new process. and thanks to that process. there is now a light at the end of the tunnel that. sustainable cease fire can continue. in this way or that way but you know that the provisional. helps the people living in it can you imagine. the number of people living. underground. in the. year when it's leaders of countries state leaders it is responsibility to think about the lives and sufferings of these people but the steps we have taken in addition to those who manage to deter he is quite clear right in the open . of course you have to provide humanitarian aid. and indeed as human beings we. discussed today in the summit. what support because prior to syria after the syrian people in relation to education the construction infrastruc

decades and turkey doesn't want to rip up the relation immediately but turkey is asking for justice and health and the responsibles to be held accountable for this murder case peter as you say this in him he was talking very respectfully about king selma talking about him in very respectful terms does that mean that he's expecting the king to quote do the right thing if you will and by that does he does he expect seriously these eighteen people he was talking about to be extradited. well actually even though these people are expedited. i understand from our dance teachers that no one should be getting away with this murder because you can you can dismiss those people you can punish those people according to sharia or whatever law you have in your country but who gave the order of the smarter this is the question the president our don has been asking in his speech and this is a question that all we journalists have been asking since the beginning of. this appearance also he asked very is the body unless you find the body of jamal khashoggi this case is not closed and of course how he

and turkey are in istanbul and washington for reaction also coming up voters in the world vaults we're in the german state of the very ahead of elections on sunday that look likely to abandon the political status quo and we'll look ahead at the upcoming new what if initials league matches as far away sheriff said to host england in an empty stadium all the details coming right out. of her office great to have you along everyone a turkish court has lifted the house arrest of u.s. pastor andrew brunson the ruling allows him to leave turkey immediately present the was arrested two years ago on suspicion of having links with us for that goodman the cleric uncle of blames for the failed coup attempt back in twenty sixteen his attention has cost ties to fall apart between washington and carla both sides imposing tit for tat penalties. all right let's get you the very latest on this developing story yulia han is on the ground in istanbul covering events for d.w. news and maya schrader joins us from our washington bureau where you want to give you the first word the pastor has been sentenced b

i love turkey." when the verdict was read out he we pt when the verdict was read out he wept and hugged his wife, who has been very concerned about this. there has been time spent under house arrest. not in jail. that is partly because he has been in some ill health. getting back to america will be a priority. he will stop the us air base in germany along the way to japanese alp. —— on the way home. rescue teams in florida are urgently trying to find people trapped or killed by hurricane michael. so far at least 12 people are confirmed dead — five of them in virginia after flood waters rose quickly. many communities have been hard hit by the disaster. more than 1.4 million homes have been left with no power in florida, alabama, georgia, virginia and the ca rolinas. rajini vaidya nathan reports. this is home now, after michael came and left. the hurricane destroyed many homes, including wet four—year—old armani lives. many homes, including wet four-year-old armani lives. my clothes are in th

will be key in the coming days the director of the cia is there in turkey now reviewing the evidence and we're going to follow the facts oh we're going to demand that those responsible . or held accountable the expectation was that the turks went far more from washington than has already been announced turkey wants more meaningful action from the united states and together and i assume that they're sharing the information that they have with has been and if that evidence shows that this was an assassination order the highest levels of the saudi kingdom as alleged the trump administration will be tested in the meantime the president the vice president and secretary of state or continue to emphasize the importance of the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia both economically and geopolitically she ever term c o two zero washington alive now to mike hanna in washington for so mike president trump first began several times regarding the hush shoji killing and now he has been interviewed by the wall street journal what did he have to say to them well indeed his tone has been inc

and turkey continues to pursue him . during a recent visit to berlin turkish president red chip typo to one present a german authorities with a wanted list of so-called terrorists believed to be living in germany didn't i was on that list. demanding that the journalist be extradited to face yet another trial this time with a possible twenty year sentence. do and i had planned to confront the one at a press conference in berlin but he pulled out at the last minute. he later explained he did not wish to give the turkish president an excuse to cancel the event. it might sound strange to my german colleagues that a political leader could boycott a news conference because of a reporter but heard one is not used to being in the same room with critical journalists. doing the presented an alternative to one's terrorist list a roster of over two hundred journalists imprisoned in turkey. he said it was his duty to stand up for the rights of his colleagues. joining me now is john didn't die himself welcome mr didn't dawn on the tur

andrew bronson who was in jail in turkey that was the reason for the trumpet on make up turkey went into a strategic pause it stopped releasing evidence unnamed turkish security officials stopped talking to journalists and i think that is primarily because at on was hoping that behind closed doors he would convince trump and the u.s. administration now that he had made off with trump to publicly back turkish position but we saw in the last few days that if not the whole u.s. administration definitely president trump is trending away from turkey's position and closer to the saudi position and i think therefore the turks have started decided to start leaking evidence again so yesterday secretary pompei was in our u.s. state department secretary of state and i think it's either to build pressure on secretary pompei or or perhaps even sort of he takes a message back to washington that turkey will not back down turkey started releasing evidence again journalists who had access to audiotapes or who talked to people had access to audiotapes started painting details of this gruesome murder

but mr khashoggi was killed in turkey by another state, which is also a regional rival of turkey. so this is why turkey is giving more importance to this case and trying to get all the international media and the international media and the international public behind themselves in this case. as a way of making a point against saudi arabia. putting saudi arabia in its place. tu rkey‘s putting saudi arabia in its place. turkey's relationship with that country was in about condition in the last two years, especially their relationship with qatar affected the relationship with qatar affected the relationship between turkey and saudi arabia. so this will be the new episode in the relationship between those two countries. thank you very much. well, the saudi government is also facing new questions about its role in the war in yemen. a proxy war has ravaged the country since 2015, as a government coalition, led by the saudis and supported by the uk, us and france, has clashed with houthi rebels, backed by iran. the fighting has killed at least ten thousand people, and coupled with dis

was against the coup against the president morsi in egypt turkey sided with qatar when saudi arabia imposed an embargo and try to isolate qatar or dog on sending turkish troops to qatar and turkey is relationship with iran as well a source of contention between these two countries so it was a strained relations the two to begin with and in particular with muhammad the bin man they have been suggestions that he even called a turkey part of the axis of evil with iran now today for the first time since that she killing the president or the gone and mohamed bin so man had a phone conversation what we understand from presidential sources here it was muhammad bin so a man who requested that conversation of course there was a statement released saying that they discussed cooperation and then we heard the saudi crown prince address the investment conference saying that the culprits will be will face justice and that they're cooperating with turkey and then after that he he expressed a softer attitude towards qatar a country that they imposed an embargo on qatar and mohamed been saying you k

pompei all will travel to turkey on wednesday. our correspondent dorian jones he is on the story for us tonight in istanbul good evening to you dorian let's start with the whereabouts of the syrian or the saudi rather console can we confirm that he has fled the country tonight and do we know what investigators are looking for inside his residence. well media have confirmed he has left the country where he's actually fled or has just been recalled by riyadh it's still unclear but the stumbles saudi consul is becoming the focal point of this investigation turkish sources linked to the investigation have again been briefing international media tonight and they have been directly linking the console to the death of. they say that he the saudi journalist was beaten and interrogated in the. main office at the consulate in the president of the consul general and then he was subsequently murdered and his body then was dismembered in the in the office of the consul general in itself and these three sources coming from turkish sources are s

i want to talk about this case in charlotte over the german journalist in turkey. what influence does germany have in a case like this in speaking of political will what can germany do to help one of its journalists. they definitely can put pressure. the cases i've i mean the most popular one was of course then mr chow who was very lucky to be working for. which is a very very powerful public. so that was helping to. but of course. talking meet germany has germany starkey but politics also gets in the way we know that there have been reports that the turkish president richard tell your bear to one that he is following a policy of. holding german turkish journalists almost as hostages and using them as leverage to get you to what he wants out of the european union or the germany i mean are you hearing those accusations i mean is that something that's on your radar when you're talking about the risks to european journalists i think it's definitely power games played. as always i think various sides that's also i think for an terry of politics important to show power

the before resources of our intelligence community working with the intelligence officials in turkey in our interactions with saudi arabia and also with other countries around the world are going to follow the facts and then decisions will be made the cia director is likely to be one of those who president trump says will gather at the white house wednesday to go through the evidence that has been collated in recent days the one common message from all in the trumpet ministration is the importance of the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia but there would be no greater test off this relationship than if it was determined that this killing was indeed an assassination ordered at the highest levels of the saudi kingdom mike hanna al jazeera washington some guys have layers and i'm quoting she joins us live and so we've been saying president speaking in anchorage is the posy i'm about the country's law and justice what have we been hearing him say about the casualty case today. well. he was expected to speak actually about a shift in this supposed enough state counsels he sat some are un

at all turkey has been against the assad regime russia has been an ally of this regime but turkey has recognized that negotiating with russia is the way to sort out syria there's no point bothering with the u.s. they have very little influence now james thanks very much let's talk again to abraham price he's a professor of conflict resolution of the institute for graduate studies we're also seeing these reports that when there was this meeting aimed at reconciliation between king solomon and members of the ashaji family the crown prince was in the room at the time if we accept that as being true how significant is the fact that the crown prince was there while the cum prince being in there actually sends a message from king solomon that he has not abandoned his son and as being the one in charge and. for what but i think of saudi arabia in the moment and actually this is the. goes in accordance with the changes or with the actions of the city that can summon the euler goal when he sag to senior officials intelligence and media other person and also all of the baddest of eighteen indiv

turkey. he is extremely thrilled. yesterday, more than ever, we want to thank turkey. we want to thank the president. i just spoke to the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what is in place with regards to the saudi arabian citizen. i have asked any from the denies that. i guess the secretary of state mike pompeo will really get on a plane go to saudi arabia. necessaryr places if which you probably will. but with regard to this, go to turkey. king told me that turkey and saudi arabia are working hand in hand very closely on getting to the bottom of what happened area so we'll see what happens. mike pompeo is leaving within an hour or so. he's heading to saudi arabia. we are going to leave nothing uncovered. but that being said, the king from the denies any knowledge of it. he did not really know. i don't want to get into his mind but it sounded to me like killers are toue get to the bottom of it. but his of a flat denial. [inaudible] >> all i can do is report what he told me. he told me in a very firm way that they have no knowledge of it. he said it ver

consulate so therefore that what turkey's as king is not the international law what turkey's as and was very. it's within the framework of the international law to conduct to basically try these people who committed a crime on turkish soil second to i think we are the discussion is not whether the u.s. or in other countries should cut the relation with saudi arabia or not definitely the relation is to be revisited but is saudi arabia equals to mohamed in some on is saudi arabia should be reduced to one that builds a month because i think what many is saying right now many people are trying to be careful to make a distinction between one met in san juan and the solid state mohamed is a man and a king someone himself as well true i think here the question should be are we willing to go back to the business as usual with someone more or less all the evidence and that we had before that the gallup tell a story we are out of time thank you very much to all our guests gullit delay saved lodges and toby cadman and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visitin

calls on saudi arabia to release details of the investigation into a journalist's disappearance in turkey we've got live reaction on the story coming up this hour. also ahead facebook is investigating which left millions of users days of day after launching a content. hundreds. this is clearly a political move when you have major tech companies pointing themselves as the gatekeepers of political thought we've been experiencing censorship throwing. everything you need and. acting back thirty days. biggest state heads to the polls tomorrow with the right wing party predicted to get its first seats there are key party members. are. their agenda. this is very well known. the. kind of. iran the clock across the world this is r t international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome our top story this hour the u.s. is finding itself charting a tricky course over the disappearance of a dissident saudi journalist in turkey while president trump speaks about protecting america's multi-billion dollar business with the saudis the u.s. national security adviser is cautiously pushing