the saudi consulate in istanbul back in 2018. england is dropping its coronavirus travel restrictions for russia travelers coming in from more than 50 countries from july 10th passengers arriving from places viewed as low risk will no longer need to self isolate for 14 days and the french prime minister eduardo philippe has stepped down and that also magically triggers the cabinets resignation as well so paves the way for a widely expected government reshuffle he said palace says a new prime minister will be named in the next few hours. back to our top story once again the murder trial of jamal khashoggi and. with us now from london he is the head of international law at all from stock white nice to see you. this i was talking to our correspondent about this earlier this whole process of trying people in absentia who are frankly never going to be arrested does it achieve anything other than the symbolism of it. surely if you're for symptoms a program 1st truly does of course because of genius she is a social action and she's exer

and what do the people of istanbul think about this issue. well it's a very emotional and heated debate it's not a new one as you mentioned religious hotline is have long complained for turning this building back into a mosque so everybody here of course has an opinion we talked to some people here around the i.s. afia today let's listen to what they told us. going by the assault on mets conquered this place it's a heritage from him so me at a mosque again. it's our only wish that this place is open for islamic prayers and we want it to be a place of worship for muslims. that don't belong to the turkish people it's not a church it should be a museum i think i also feel belongs to all humankind people of all religions should be able to come and pray or visit here and. you get what kind of international reactions can we expect if turkey really goes ahead and changes. well remains to be seen what the actual verdict of the court decision of the court will be because they say it will be published within the next 15 days but this would be a hugely

it is a different story in istanbul. take a listen. >> we are ending our longing after 86 years today. we have been waiting for the opening for so long. thanks to our president and the decision of the court, todaday,e will have our prior prayers -- our friday prayers here. >> we are witnessing history today. today is the day that i guess sophia is returning back to its origin, a structure that served as a mosque is returning b backo its origins after being converted to a museum. was over inter istanbul at the highest -- at the idea sophia. -- hagia sophia. president erdogan is taking center stage. talk us through his position on this issue. got [ [inaudible] when the opposition won control of istanbul and on kura. erdogan used to be the mayor of istanbul. the istanbul election was re-held in june, and then a smalall islamic party told his voters to vote for the secular opposition, rather than for erdogan's party. thatat was even more of a shock. since e then, twtwo of erdogan' former lieutenants, a former deputy prime mi

yes of the the highest the fear is istanbul's landmark. it symbolizes the byzantine the ottoman as well as the turkish period. the architecture is so marvelous that the old byzantines believed that the dome was held by god himself the beauty of their cover that little mark but it also marked over to this. young a score to show knows everything about the whole yes a few for 20 years he's been guiding tourists to the world heritage site and when he talks about it he is still amazed every time. but right now everything is different 1st in museums closed due to the coronavirus and then the museum was suddenly no longer a museum. because president bridge of time bad one turned the heaviest of fear back into a mosque. as a christian citizen of this country it saddens me but i'm trying to stay calm as the mosque the highest of fear will still be open for visitors they can even enter free of charge in the future but the rules will probably change that we give you short notice is give a shit load of all which. visitors will now only be permitted ou

was murdered and dismembered at the saudi construct in istanbul in october 2018. my brother is a senior fellow at atlantic council's eurasia center he joins us now from istanbul good to have you with us what do you think is going to be the outcome of this trial . you know thank you for having me and laura. i don't want to prejudge what you do so proceeding is going to be but it seems pretty clear the evidence is really strong in the turkish government had them as your last report indicated leaking the information about the murder of democracy or get back in 2018 have that not happened nobody would know about this so the turkish government feels i think extremely confident that there will be convictions but the outcome is going to be inconclusive in terms of justice because a the suspects are not here in turkey being the person that even the cia believes with moderate to strong competent order to murder the crown prince and solomon isn't isn't being judged and in fact the world have kind of gone back to business as usual with him so now the most consequential outco

accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi to start in taki this is a live shot of the court in istanbul province the main court where proceedings are expected to get under way in about half an hour's time that's $1030.00 local time she's death at the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months investigating the case to this day jamal khashoggi is remains have never been found child strafford has more . this is the last moment jamal khashoggi was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had e.g. ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandy's indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police a security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving to stumble on the day who shows he was killed other video evidence shows them checking

police say security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day she was killed other video evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general intelligence ahmed ella siri a former royal advisor soldo qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man may have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma on her show she's murder caused widespread revulsion around the world he'd been self-imposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if he returned home he formally been close to the saudi royal family but in recent years became a vocal critic of the saudi crown prince some western governments and the cia said they believe muhammad bin solomon ordered the killing the kingdom denies that last december a saudi called sentenced 5 men to death and 3 to jail after a long and secretive trial. the un's special rappo

doesn't celebrating conversion of istanbul's iconic landmark hagia sophia back into a mosque through a much awaited court decision at dream turkish muslims have been chasing for 85 years i'm very happy i wish hard use of fear remains as a mosque until the judgment i ask for them i as soft as a mosque is a legacy of 5 on my mat i got it back turkey's present project a part on the signed a presidential decree shortly after the country's highest court revoked a 934 cabinet decision that turned to other face in termes see him change i mean. like all our other mosques the doors of high gas sophia will be open to all locals foreigners muslims and non muslims being the common heritage of humankind hagia sophia will continue to embrace everyone in a most sincere unique way with its new status. high gas off the ice turkey's most popular tourist site attracting nearly $4000000.00 visitors a year and so you know ask a world heritage site and part of the historic areas of to stumble the un wants to make sure no changes are made to the structure we deeply regret this decision made by the turkish

under bridges reckoning in the heart of istanbul the highest sophia to open as a mosque for friday prayers after more than 18 years as a museum. i'm welcome to the program on raster growing in the united states following president trump's announcement that he'll send federal troops into several democratic controlled cities he says the troops are needed to deal with a surge in violent crime but the trump deployment of federal forces already operating in portland oregon has been targeting protesters demanding racial justice for the man himself caught in the crossfire. it stings it's hard to bring the mayor of portland tear gassed by federal offices in the middle of his own city. ted willow was in a group of protesters outside a federal courthouse he said he saw nothing which provoked this response but. the irony is portland protesters are angered that the democratic man had backed his own city police using tear gas until a federal judge ordered it should only be used when there was a safety issue. for the 55th night in a row protesters flooded the streets of portland and a new chant was bein

a cathedral faster than a mosque and later a museum now istanbul's landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow minded yes this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian fenty and one of the world's most famous landmarks the hagia sophia museum in istanbul has been turned back into a mosque turkey's president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the building's conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral august affair was converted into a mosque after the awesome and conquest in force $153.00 while unesco a greek russian and other church leaders have denounced took his decision its foreign ministry insists that it's a domestic issue of national sovereignty will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st a report from al-jazeera said i'm close to istanbul. doesn't celebrating conversion offer stumbles iconic landmark hagia sophia back into a mosque through a mu

criticism does not only come from abroad like yourself that some people in istanbul consider the habeas of fear decision to be a political maneuver by out. there dr already have enough mosques in istanbul we don't need another one i think this has clearly been a political decision. to make you wonder if you just do that to distract people from the actual problems in this country the economic crisis and high inflation he was and is all about i also feel miserable hagia sophia is a museum i am absolutely against making it a mosque because istanbul is home to many religious beliefs but if she hears. the tourist guide young his quarter shoulder for example belongs to the greek orthodox minority in turkey people in his church see themselves as descendants of the byzantines who built the heaviest yet in the 6th century for them it's part of their identity. but younis is reluctant to voice criticism he says his community has experienced many setbacks and yet they've always managed to move on. and that nationalists of course now celebrate the highest afia decision as a victory. because because

let's go to istanbul where did jones is standing by for us hi dorian tell us more about what's behind this decision. well president heard one has been flirting with his idea ever since he came to power in the early 20 years ago but why now well the church economy is in deep trouble very very badly hit by the cove in 1000 epidemic and i think this move is seen as very much trying to try to change the conversation given the fact the polls indicate he's ruling a.k.p. is at record lows albeit it still the main party it is hemorrhaging votes out of alarming rate according to one supporters so this is very much seen as consolidating both his religious but his nationalist base as well and that's particularly important because in the last few months 2 new center right parties were merged which are seen as posing a major challenge to earth one going forward so this is very much rallying the base and changing the conversation well as we mentioned the highest the thea's one of istanbul's most iconic buildings let's take a look at the legacy of the you know world heritage site. empires have falle

police say security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day who shows he was killed other video evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general intelligence of medulla siri a former royal advisor sar o'dell qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man may have no trouble who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma on her show she's murder closed widespread revulsion around the world he'd been self-imposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if he returned home he formally been close to the saudi royal family but in recent years became a vocal critic of the saudi crown prince some western governments and the cia said they believe muhammad bin solomon ordered the killing the kingdom denies that last december a saudi court sentenced 5 men to dance and 3 to jail after a long and secretive trial. the un's s

ok so that's an impulse in istanbul and now mike hanna in washington d.c. might as sin and was referring to the kalama did have words for the u.s. today. is this case still active in the u.s. does it still have traction given everything else that's been going on. indeed years congress is still making representation is to get the full classified information about exactly what the intelligence summaries within the us are about this particular case now where it was says that the director of national intelligence sent a classified annex to congress to it was and classified document which basically said you cannot release this classified information now several members of congress have said that that classified information included intelligence information that the crown prince of saudi arabia was directly implicated in the killing however now congress sent a letter back to the director of national intelligence demanding that it be allowed to make this classified information public one democrat senators going so far as to invoke legislation to force of director

welcome to the program istanbul's highest afia as open for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than. it follows a controversial decree from turkish president. to turn the former museum back into a mosque himself was in attendance along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral the building has stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. president personally began friday prayers with a recitation from the koran this is the 1st time muslim friday prayers have been held in the hog use of fia for 86 years just 2 weeks ago turkey's highest administrative court canceled the building status as a museum then ordered it to be used as a mosque despite covert 1000 thousands of believers began gathering outside the istanbul landmark last night just for us it's a symbol of islam or rather the hockey is a few years symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity. thanks to our revered president trichet type won and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again. critics say the transformation of it takes the country one step further away from a secular turkey an

reporting from istanbul thank you so much . china has ordered the united states to close one of its consulates the foreign minister has given us officials 72 hours to leave the consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu that comes after washington told beijing to shut its diplomatic mission and houston texas earlier this week relations between the 2 countries are at their lowest point in 40 years. it was less a question of if china would retaliate but rather how and the answer is here the u.s. has been told to close its conscience inching to. raising the stakes yet further and this diplomatic standoff. to me the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china wants and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this. all of this includes the u.s. imposing sanctions on communist party officials and companies linked to the mass detention of weak and ordering china to shut its mission in houston citing concerns about espionage the clear out is under way the president even floated the potential to cut diplomatic t

of correspondent giuliana standing by for us in front of that courthouse in istanbul yulia there's already been a trial in saudi arabia so why another one starting in turkey today. well this is mainly because the turkish authorities and many others so are unhappy with how the saudis explained and prosecuted to mass murder as you mentioned there was a trial in the kingdom but it was largely secretive and human rights organizations have condemned it as a travesty of justice so in march istanbul prosecutors have presented their indictment and they have charged 20 saudi suspects over their role in just a minute to including 2 former top aides to saudi crown prince mohammed bin sajjan these 2 men are being charged with a leading the operation with giving orders to the saudi hit team that came to istanbul in 2018 to carry out the killing the prosecution here is seeking aggravated life sentences for all the suspects but as you mentioned it's a trial in absentia none of the suspect is actually here in turkey at court and according to the information we have right now there is also no one here in t

news live from berlin a start of a new era for istanbul's highest sophia. for the 1st time in more than 80 years the building opens for muslim friday prayers we have the latest on president are the ones controversial decision to change the status of the world famous monument also coming up china orders the closure of the u.s. consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu that move comes after the u.s. told the chinese to shut down their consulate in houston texas. and back from vacation yet there is no vacation from the pandemic germany is offering incoming travelers free coronavirus testing to guard against a 2nd wave of coping 1000. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us yes ophelia has opened for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years that comes after a controversial decree from turkish president wretch up tired to want to turn the former museum back into a mosque or to one himself attended prayers today along with several 100 guests the building was originally a cathedral and it stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 y

the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had egypt ching as waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 santis indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police a security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul on the day she was killed other video evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general intelligence of medulla siri a former royal advisor sar o'dell qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man may have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma on her show she's murder caused widespread revulsion around the world he'd been self-imposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if

in istanbul and. we listened almost 10 of them and they were mostly to drivers technique technical people working in the consulate and the consuls of residence in istanbul basically their testimonies were interesting because they they repeated what they said before before the indictment was fired they were ordered to take some days off for instance one statement was very interesting one technical worker said that he was in my ear he was called by the security personnel to the residence to lit the fire for the oven the tunder that was recent the built inside the garden of the consuls residence after he lit the fire the security person who is working for the consulate made it made him a joke saying that if a person falls into the town during he gets he gets bird and a couple of days later when he went back there. he figured out that the marble surrounding the leader of the town who was the color has changed and some kind of bleach was used so the testimonies how not finished in the 2nd hearing for this

cathedral in the east and roman empire for a 1000 years now one of the busiest tourist attractions in istanbul is a museum but not for much longer if techies government gets the go ahead to convert it back into the mosque it was during the ottoman empire there was also opposed by some secular groups as well as the heads of the eastern orthodox church the greek government and the u.s. tuckey's highest consultative body met on thursday and says it will announce its ruling within 15 days. once a church later a mosque and now a museum i also fear has always been precious and sacred for both christians and muslims built as a church in the 6th century they are sufi i was converted into a mosque after the concurring of what was constantinople in 1453 then turned into a museum by mustapha camel ataturk following the foundation of the turkish republic in 1923 now the turkish government wants to alter its status from may seem to mosque reopening go for sophia for shit means and it's really the most traditional for respect on our site for the world which establishes in the woman's. at the same time it's

and a religious reckoning in the heart of istanbul and i guess the fear is due to open as a mosque for friday prayers after more than 80 years as a museum. i'm sunni so misconducts good to have you with us a court here in germany has given a 2 year suspended sentence to a former nazi concentration camp guard for his role in killing thousands of people during world war 2 the former guard known as bruno d. is now $93.00 he did sisig he wasn't responsible for the killings that took place at the camp the trial is likely to be one of the last of those involved in the holocaust. a 2 year suspended prison sentence from a juvenile court not the outcome one might expect for a role in the murder of over $5000.00 people but bruno di now aged $93.00 was a small cog in the nazis machinery of killing and he was a teenager at the time he was a guard at the form of concentration camp near go down skin what is now poland from august 944 to april 945 historians as deeded sentry g.t. keeping watch preventing inmates from fleeing in court he denied guilt saying he needed little about the killings and was

istanbul is home to many religious beliefs. reporter: this tourist guide belongs to the greek orthodox minority in turkey. people in his church see themselves as defendants of the bison teens, who built -- byzantntines, who built the hagia sophia. he says his community has experienced many s setbacks. yet they have always managed to move on. >> nationalists now celebrate the decision is a victory. because we are a very small community, they do not hear us. in a country with more than 80 million people, it is not easy to make a few thousand voices heard. reporter: nearly 4 million people visited the hagia sophia last year. he hopes he can continue to show this monument to as many tourists as possible. because for him, regardless of its status, it remains the most beautiful landmark of the stumble -- of istanbul. >> she spoke with a nobel prize winning novelist who has been critical of the decision to turn thee hagia sofia back into o a mosque.. >> a museum for the e past 86 years is now a mosque a again ad will l let go with mus

or earlier we spoke to our correspondent in istanbul yulia han and we asked her about the international reaction to everyone's plan to change the status of why a selfie. well remains to be seen what the actual verdict all for the court decision out of the court will be because they say it will be published within the next 15 days but this would be a hugely controversial move we know that he also talks church is very unhappy with these plans there was criticism from greece from russia we heard the ecumenical patriarch bartholomew who is the head of some 300000000 orthodox christians and who is based here in istanbul he warned it would disappoint christians willed widened quote fracture east and west u.s. secretary of state my campaign has also urged turkey to respect the ideas of fia's museum status so domestically turning it back into a mosque might be a triumph for add on for a certain time but internationally it certainly comes with a lot of risks that was there reporting from istanbul you're watching live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed b

a correspondent in istanbul thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today russian police have arrested more than 100 people at an opposition rally in moscow demonstrators had gathered wednesday in the capital to protest constitutional changes passed earlier this month the reforms could allow president vladimir putin to stay in power 16 more years. china's economy is back on the block returning to growth in the 2nd quarter the economy expanded by 3.2 percent year on year that's higher than experts predicted it raises hopes of a similar recovery elsewhere in the world. another 1300000 americans applied for unemployment benefits last week roughly the same amount as over the previous 2 weeks millions of american workers have lost their jobs since the coronavirus and the national unemployment rate stands at 11.9 percent. u.s. president donald trump as replace his campaign manager. less than 4 months before the election the man taking over his former deputy bill stepien the reshuffle comes a

in istanbul for us on the story thank you. and now to some other stories making news around the world iran must barack obama and joe biden are among several high profile twitter accounts hijacked by scam is twitter is investigating the breach off a fake tweet supposedly sent from the account tried to do people into making bitcoin donations. brits in the u.s. and canada a warning that russian spies are attempting to carry out cyber attacks on corona virus vaccine researches british intelligence services did not say which research scientists may have been targeted or if any information has been stolen russia has denied any involvement. and the european central bank chief christine the god has called on euro zone the this too quickly agree on a coronavirus recovery plan after risk meeting the e.c. be held back from topping up its exhaust and a big stimulus for the euro zone europe's economy is slowly rebounding from the pandemic. spain has held a state ceremony to pay tributes to corona virus victims and medical workers but the n

sam is a than the afternoon of october the 2nd 2018 journalist who walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul he was never seen alive again now 20 saudi nationals are on trial in turkey accused of involvement in his murder turkish prosecutors charge the suspects in march none of them are present in court they're being tried in their absence they're accused of killing and dismembering his body his remains i've never been found the case true international condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months investigating the killing will bring our guests in a moment but 1st charles stratford takes a look back at the events that unfolded before and after. this is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding. he's turkish fiance had e.g. ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 saudis indicted for murder to be tried in thei

at this moment in time istanbul isn't prepared. whether that's in respect of crisis management training or construction safety. irrfan adam who survived the earthquake in yellow agrees 20 years ago when his photo was printed on the front pages many people in turkey. we were alone. but memory fades he notes and overall caddis misses growing. it because i live because i've had to experience what it means to lose your family. my life is never going to be the same again the. problem is if you've never had this experience you won't understand what's going on which is why so few people think about the possibility of the next earthquake but i'm semi under their thumb guess you. names on a memorial stone not all that if an adam has left to remember his parents and his sister by now he is hoping that others are at least spared the same fate. we now take you to the netherlands to meet a couple that lives near the village of ted headman they own a house vote and when the koran a crisis forced them to change their initial korea plans they came

shouldn't harm the people who lives inside turkey as a christian because the core existence in istanbul and in the many other parts of the turkey since from 1000 years are all together to beat each other but when you're go to europe who can tell me that all the sister. morphew says if i was going to when i say running out of time i don't want to jump in with one very quick almost a yes or no question you say that the session be opened up to muslims praying could it be opened up to both muslims and christians praying in it. i do not think that muslims and christians can pray in them off at the same time ok all right yanis just last point to you this is a unesco world heritage site we've heard from the greek cultural minister saying that no change can be made without the approval of the un's own intergovernmental committee i mean this is quite an interesting point can turkey unilaterally change the status of the eyes of fair well or legally gone but would sooner mr the one. disprove spoked full of all international law regarding the riveters in this the middle is there anyone in syria or

phil: dorian jones in istanbul. thank you for that. lawmakers here in germany have backed plans to phase out coal by 2038. the government is trying the end -- is trying to end the dependence on fossil fuels. experts say 18 years is too long a wait. >> the future without coal power. the message put out loud and clear by environmental activists, who raped it across the front of the german parliament -- who the raped it across the german parliament. they want the end of coal to happen sooner, to meet the targets set out in the paris climate agreements. >> we are protesting against the coal lobby because it doesn't promote the coal phaseout because it leaves coal plants in grid. this coal law is an historical mistake that amounts the paris agreement and gives the companies billions in compensation without receiving anything in return. the law is the result of three years of consultation, process almost as laborious as abandoning coal itself. the aim? to reassure industry that it will still get reliable power, and at the same time to persua

so nearly 2 years after journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul and was never seen again and the trial of the 20 saudi nationals accused of killing him has begun in turkey fiancé a teacher has been so vocal about bringing his killers to justice she was among those to testify on friday but she may not get the kind of justice she's hoping for this trial against the man is happening in turkey in their absence. of course through widespread condemnation including in the un special rapporteur who spent months investigating the case she was kalama is urging the international community to not let the case out of their sights. i call on them to ensure that the last next session in november that they are far greater international presence so that we continue to deliver that message to saudi arabia and to the rest of the world that you cannot get away with killing a journalist and let's not forget that these is a state exit. of course we are focusing on individual sport this is a state exit the seas why the presence of other states of other members of the internati

almost 2 years after journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered in istanbul a turkish trial has begun for 20 saudi nationals accused of being involved. as was among those to testify but none of the accused were anywhere near the court and g.'s murder inside the saudi consulate provoked outrage around the world and the u.n. special reportorial who investigated the case says the world must not forget. i call on them to ensure that in the last next session in november that they are far greater international presence so that we continue to deliver that message to saudi arabia and to the rest of the world that you cannot get away with killing a joint or least and let's not forget that these is a state exec you shouldn't of course we are focusing on individual sport this is a state executive this is why the presence of other states of other members of the international community is important. to this day remains have never been felt it's all strata takes a look back at how all these events unfolded this is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 the journalis

in istanbul judea what is going on at the monument. well the 1st friday prayer is underway inside the iris of fear but also outside as you can see behind me there are thousands of people who are joining these prayers right behind me actually you can see many of my colleagues from turkish media who are our also praying now are joining these prayers according to the information we have about 500 people were allowed inside the i.o.c. fia there was a limitation due to coronavirus the measures but outside we actually souls thousands all people today many of them wrote their prayer rugs some of them even came from other parts of turkey just to peel here today and to attend this event it's a highly symbolic event for president everyone himself who is inside i a severe right now he earlier recitals apart from the koran so he is joining this prayer we've seen him a wearing a mosque and sitting socially distant to members all 3 is that cabinet today is probably the day that the prison aired on his telling his supporters islamic conservative vote

let's go to where istanbul will be joined d.w. correspondent dorian jones welcome dorian i did today's case attracted much attention. well among human rights defenders of local and international yes they were out in force a pivotal case for human rights in turkey along with critics of the government but mainstream media which is pretty much under control of the president heard one and his government paid attention to this focusing more on earth one speech today we've made some powerful statements and also the jamal khashoggi case drew a lot of attention given the fact that the government strongly backing it media which many of the opposition do get the news as one of much of the young social media is burning with that there was outrage over the conviction of ton of college and they see this as another attempt to silence human rights defenders and it really does illustrate that turkey is a part of 2 parallel worlds exist supporting the government who get one view of what's going in turkey and opponents and critics who get another i