. ♪ >> turkey under u.s. sanctions. a defined president says the action is an attack on his country's rights. how will this play out? this is inside story. ♪ >> welcome to the program. it has been battered with u.s. sanctions over the deployment of russian defense weapons. turkey has said it is evaluating appropriate action for what it considers a hostile attack. on, has insisted it will not rollback its missile system. turkey's military agency has had authorizations banned by the u.s. the organization's top officials will face asset freezes and visa restrictions. the delayed move comes as president-elect joe biden prepared to take office and it is expected to increase tensions between washington. the turkish president says sanctions going to stop his country from building up its defenses. >> from our nato ally the united states, we expect support in our battle against tourist -- against terrorist organizations, not sanctions. we are never a country that chases after conflict with its neighbors. we are fighting for th

turkey. i do not think so because even though my friend does not know the real name of the turkish defense industry prison for this is not a particular month agency this is a stiff place that all projects are to be coordinated but the turkish procurement agency is separated in many different branches on their ministry it off the national defense forces isn't a strine of sanctions of course you have an f. back to do. agency but this is not at procurement agencies probably that will be ongoing projects which will not be affected such as in the case off the f. 16 programs but for the new cases if you assess the wants to buy some for exam procure some issues from the united states it is all name probably dos projects will be affected but i do not think that it will create too much problem for the turkish defense in dust in the next coming years especially in terms of logistics up live but for the large slot forms in order like turkish fighter jet programs will be affected but laws on all the long

turkey. is punished. missile defense systems from russia. president says the action is an attack on his country's winds so how will this play out between these nato allies this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. it's been flattened with u.s. sanctions over the deployment of russian as 400 defense weapons turkey has set its evaluating reciprocal action against what is considered as a hostile attack has also insisted it won't turn back its but chase of the missile system. turkey's military procurement agency has had its export licenses and authorizations banned by the u.s. the organizations top officials will also face asset freezes and visa restrictions the long delayed move comes as president elect joe biden prepares to take office and it's expected to increase tensions between washington and unka turkish president has said this sanctions won't stop his country from building up its defenses. they're not all from our nato ally the united states we expect support in our battle again

offensive in terms of turkey's poster in the region and where the e.u. is trying to to lead to limit the damage so i think it now is for president at the end to try to deescalate the situation and where the president biden is going to position himself on that question is going to be very important it was constructive for british many thanks indeed for response here thank you very much. to briggs if there's been a frank admission from the european commission chief of on the land at goshen asian teams have until sunday to decide whether to press ahead with talks for an easy you u.k. trade agreement wonderlands admitted for the 1st time that it's more likely that no deal will be done. we will decide on sunday whether we have the conditions for a an agreement on not in the meantime the commission has proposed for targeted contingency measures today they provide a short term fix to ensure basic connectivity in air and road transport for 6 months and we are also proposing to the u.k. to ensure resi proper access to each of us waters for next year one way or th

in turkey as asymmetric basically an imposition of america's will on turkey and turkey will not allow the united states to determine its bilateral relations and determine who approved cheers it's what was what's more important key big in the night to a lot and so do we need something here what's going to give. well i think both are important but at the end of the day just as with any country it's only national security is completely paramount so i think this is a time for soul searching for nato where they're going to have to decide going forward what type of a line they want to be and it's going to be also a kind of soul searching for turkey how important is needed to turkey how turkey to nato these are questions that are definitely going to have to be answered in the year going forward because as we did right now there is not a strong cohesion a side of the alliance and turkey has been very very effective in its contributions to nato it is the transatlantic community's southern flank but what washington wants they want to see everything is in black and white in your friends with rus

big people get into the space and guggenheim also said now that they're starting to buy between so turkey has no cure for a gold craze that leaves the lira vulnerable turkey is trying to stabilize their currency which has been not plunging over the past few years and part of the problem is that while foreign investors are piling in and driving up then they are higher than had fallen domestic savers business people and stuff like that they're piling into gold because they're very familiar with gold they have a 3000 strong history year history with gold so that is kind of destabilized saying their local currency right well this is the game that central banks play with fear money and the gold market so the demand for gold is always there to some degree and the gold bullion banks on the central banks they play around with interest rates and they owe is get that 3 or 4 percent move up in gold which they then scalp on an almost daily basis they come in and they dump huge sort shelves or should say short sells into the gold market and they scout the market continuously that's why gold prices bee

state turkey wants to buy this as 400 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just a weapons racket it's just the way for member states to pour money into their own estates. complex military materiel from u.s. contractors like riffing on a boeing and all the rest turkey no longer wants to participate in that racket and they're in why is the conflict should they tell i'll let i let said nato allies keep all their military sales inside the block well certainly that is the preference for washington washington would at the amendment however that is to not only be kept well inside the block but should be well and sat there and it states itself a part of the conflict between the united states and france for example and of course there may be reasons for this conflict is that france likewise would like to break out of this racket known as nato that's why president mccrone has described nato as being brain dead nature was facing many problems going forward and the conflict with turkey is just one more example of this current. gerald told

turkey is criticizing the e.u.'s plans to expand sanctions targeting its drilling operations in the eastern mediterranean european leaders agreed to expand the list of sanctions turkish individuals and companies that are hizbollah fugitive convicted in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri has been given 5 life terms for him was sentenced in absentia by a special tribunal in the netherlands. there's been a record 7 percent dip in c o 2 emissions this year according to preliminary figures from the global carbon project a group of scientists says the drop which they see as temporary is largely due to coronavirus lock downs that shut down industries and transport emissions fell 12 percent of the u.s. of the 11 percent in europe but only marginally in china. bangladesh has launched what may be the world's largest so called climate refugees project it's just a gated to house the growing number of people who've been displaced by climate change that economic hardship on their child reports from

and france is because france doesn't want turkey to get into e.u. that has been since jacques chirac france or mitterrand and sarkozy and all along and not only mccall saw they keep discussing with turkey about then getting in the e.u. but i think they have no chance because european union they consider themselves as a christian a christian part of the world and turkey is a muslim country so they don't want turkey to get in and i think there is nice with the european union here if he keeps insulting insulting all the president he has almost no chance in getting into the european union and the bigger picture also we had one before he called on people to boycott french products you know he has criticized before and that has been a wave of anti micro protests as a result in muslim countries do you think that these latest wired's are just going to see that intensify. it's not going to intensify because the prison micro on fuel t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is what freedom of satire is that you can makes a tire of eve

court of human rights called for the immediate release of the former leader of turkey's main kurdish party selatan democrats saying that he should be released from jail without delay president one dismissed that saying that they are not bound by the rulings of the european court and accuse them of always siding with what he said are terrorists attacking turkey but beyond that this will lead to further demands within the european union for tougher action to be taken to take against turkey it is growing concern over the judiciary and what they are opponents and critics said is being used to silence opponents of the government and on top of that there is possible further pressure from the incoming president joseph biden of the united states has been very critical of turkey's human rights record so turkey faces a an envelope visitation going forward in the next year both for the european union and washington going up against turkey and calling for of reforms right i am joined in istanbul thank you very much for your reporting. and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making

turkey according to the us based committee to protect journalists this month rule found that turkey was the 2nd worst jail in the world with $37.00 reporters currently in jail so this sentence will only add to the feeling that independent reporting carry severe risks can and will gender and as lawyers appeal the sentence. well yes the option c. of appeal is open to lawyers it's unclear whether they will take up the opportunity his lawyers will boycotting the airings today saying that the trial was a sham so it is unclear walty lawyers will do going forward. on cross will now step up its efforts to extradite him who is currently in thailand where he's carrying on his independent journalist activities which are very critical of the government in turkey operating a radio station a web page which does have a great deal of following in the country and this will undoubtedly need to further straight between hung from berlin and his very critical of the failure of what it sees as not in for a futile to return many people who have been accused and convicted of terror offenses you mentioned a

state turkey wants to buy this it's $400.00 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just a weapons racket it's just a way for member states to pour money into their own estates. complex military materiel from u.s. contractors like raytheon and boeing and all the rest turkey no longer wants to participate in that racket and they're in the conflict with regard to nato the expansion of nato for example to the former soviet republic of georgia made not only be to target moscow it may be in itself to target turkey as well following an expulsion of short from nato or putting further pressure or nato with regard to accepting georgia as a nato member this is a very serious conflict. across the us members of the electoral college have cost the votes in officially handed joe biden victory in the presidential election however donald trump says his legal challenge over alleged vote fraud is not out of it meantime the trumpet ministrations attorney general has resigned he earlier found no evidence of widespread election fraud caleb maupin wra

turkey is a valued ally and an important regional security partner for the united states and we seek to continue our decades long history of productive defense sector cooperation by removing the obstacle of turkey's s 400 possession as soon as possible the sanctions up put a ban on all u.s. export licenses for turkey's defense agency presidency of defense industries and an asset freeze and a visa restrictions on its president is mile dear and 3 other top employees sanction threatened to damage turkey's economy while the country is struggling to cope with the coronavirus russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the u.s. move goes against international law yet he says it comes as no surprise. this is of course another example of arrogance towards international law a manifestation of a legitimate unilateral coercive measures that the united states has been using for many years even decades left and right and of course it doesn't increase u.s. authorities on the international arena where it is a responsible participant in the international division of labor including military and tech

state turkey wants to buy this it's $400.00 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just a weapons racket it's just a way for a member states to pour money into their own estates. complex know what's your read material from u.s. contractors like raytheon and boeing and all the rest turkey no longer wants to participate in that racket and they're in why it's the conflict with regard to nato the attempted expansion of nato for example to the former soviet republic of georgia may not only be to target moscow it may be in itself to target turkey as well following an expulsion of shorty from nato or putting further pressure on nato with regard to accepting georgia as a nato member this is a very serious conflict. that as a for me i'll be back with headlines in about let's say 29 minutes this is arch international stay with us.

is angry about the relationship turkey and russia developed, more so after turkey's purchase in 2019. are these sanctions imposed by the u.s. going to have any effect on turkey? >> it is hard to say. i think in terms of the military sanctions being imposed, they are less than what congress has mandated and in the longer term, it might have some impact on turkish capabilities. it is more of a signal, to say to mr. erdogan that as a nato ally, if we are all going to be nato allies facing a lot of common threats, it is important for turkey to play its role and part of that role according to the americans is not to buy equipment from russia, which itself has been pushing against ukraine, they took crimea and the like, and the united states has proposed a perfectly good alternative which is the american patriot system. this is a case in which i think smart people on both sides should be able to sit down and talk about it, but i'm afraid mr. erdogan has gone too far in buying this particular soviet system. >> one of the issues the americans have is this sort of knowledge, this transfer of k

says suggesting that turkey was a north or a terry in state that was when he was talking relation to issues over freedom of the press he also in that interview touched on things such as police violence saying that he understood that there was violence within the police forces but he didn't think that that was an institutional problem he thought that was an individual problem just like you said there is violence in the general society there's also violence within the police but he also admitted that discrimination has played into a lot of the problems here in france particularly when it comes to the issue surrounding islam isn't saying that france was not against islam but he was aware that some of the problems here were home grown and he was looking to tackle those now he also talked at length about the global security bill this is a hugely controversial subject here in france and we've seen protests about that much criticized law over the past 2 weeks now with the protests are because many individuals journalists groups n.g.o.s and even. have criticized article 20. from an allies th

had already removed turkey from its f. $35.00 jet program because of the deal turkey or the russian s $400.00 ground to air defense systems last year and it insists it poses no threat to nato present one condemn the sanctions targeting turkey's weapons procurements sector. from our nato ally the united states we expect support in our battle against terrorist organizations and forces they have plans for our region and not think that we are never country that chases after conflict with tensions with its neighbors or any other we are fighting for the prosperity of our entire region and the world but this situation does not mean we will remain silent against our rights laws and sovereignity been trampled just like we don't want anyone's rights we will not allow anyone to take our rights either. robert hunter is the former u.s. ambassador to nato joins me now live via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us mr hunter on the program i mean the u.s. has always weary and then angry of the closer relationship turkey and russia were developing and more so after turkey's purchase of

lives from the growing of ours also coming up coming clean after calls from more transparent reporting turkey reveals as for one of our situation is so much worse than previously thought also on the show a mysterious illness strikes a small town in india $500.00 people most children have become sick in what appears to be a mass poisoning or now investigators say they have pinpointed the possible source of accusations of racism sparked a walkout at the champions league match to be used pressed harrington as in the studio to explain to us. on why our thank you so much for your company everyone when we began this broadcast with german chancellor angela merkel's impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers on germany's death toll from code 90 has hit a record daily high of 590 with more than 20000 new infections addressing the german parliament earlier today chancellor merkel revealed the depth of her concern for the nation. uncle americal has spoken in parliament on countless occasions but this time was different she framed the decisions now faci

just turkey we're not picking on turkey but it's going to happen to all countries maybe the united states might happen last but it will happen here right won't we know for a fact that j.p. morgan just played a $1000000000.00 fine for manipulating the gold market yes this is something we've been reporting on for 10 years that they were manipulating and breaking the law and manipulating the gold market they finally paid a fine to that effect so the recent weakness in gold in the past week or so this is the folks like j.p. morgan and others flooding the market with paper claims on gold sell orders for gold that doesn't exist that's been documented to be true because they desperately don't want people to get ahead of their ability to manipulate the global economy using interest rates and central banks by buying gold but what big coin is is he can't do manipulate because in this way because 1st of all there is no paper market . like there is in the gold market and even if one develops which is highly unlikely given the amount of catching up bitcoin has to do to catch up to gold we won't see re

state turkey wants to buy this is $400.00 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just don't weapons racket it's just the way for a member states to pour money into their own estates. complex military materiel from u.s. contractors like riffing on a boeing and all the rest turkey no longer wants to participate in the rocket and there isn't one of the conflict. new in the daughter of the top arabian general assassinated by the us earlier this year spoke exclusively to r.t. in a 1st media interview so an absolute money told r.t. is going on the ground programme about the response to his killing from her family in the country as a whole fight you can watch the interview in full here from wednesday you see how people come to the streets and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they want revenge and they are waiting for an answer because they know what general salim money did for them and they on they know so well why order to kill my father so so obstinate after killing my father i marry because a lot but everything

and then to see turkey go in and the pkk a designated terrorist organization within that but to see turkey come in and crush those very forces we worked with is disturbing as well. can you talk about the detention camps? and the threat of isys and i get reports about these detention camps releasing isys members. >> thank you for raising this. those detention camps those who are known to be isys members they are detention facilities specialized with much greater security than a large number of those fighters many who are not from syria are from all over the world and central asia and that is a big problem. there are other camps for displaced people many of whom who have been on - - you have lead the campaign somewhere isys children or the children of former isys families are a large number of women that were members of isys that were held hostage there is a very large number of those and it's very concerning because the population as a whole is around 70000 people so there are more than 30000 iraqis summer just shy of 30000 syrians and those from other countries and it has been challenging

51st us state of turkey wants to buy this $400.00 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just a weapons racket it's just a way for a member states to pour money into their own estates. complex know what's your read material from u.s. contractors like raytheon and boeing and all the rest certainly no longer wants to participate in that rocket and there isn't one is the conflict with regard to nato the expansion of nato for example to the former soviet republic of georgia may not only be to target moscow it may be in itself to target turkey as well following an expulsion of turkey from nato or putting further pressure or need to with regard to accepting georgia as a nato member this is a very serious conflict. anti-racism campaigners have set their sights on the leading art gallery in britain over a mirror all that shows an enslaved black child tate britain now accept that the work is offensive the chair of the ethics committee noted that members were unequivocal in their view that the imagery of their work is offensive trustees disc

sending engines and parts to a plant in turkey. therefore, having 5, 10, 20% tariffs on certain goods was not good. this is what we have. of course, most parties will keep track of the evolution possibly in the next few years of the customs agreement and they will want to adjust for that. >> this deal very much an extension of the current deal under the eu. where's the brexit dividend? >> there is not great dividend here because basically the free trade deal between the u.k. and turkey as of next friday will be less than what the u.k. and tuey -- this is why i say it is a little bit of a media stunt. what will be important is to watch if the brexit agement itself, the trade and cooperation agreement between the u.k. and eu, will serve. the agreement is dead, cannot be resuscitated because of the status of turkey. therefore, the type of provisions you find could be applied. that will be the first for non-eu countries. >> as ever, it is a pleasure to see you. thank you for joining us and providing your analysis. somehow lesser than t

on the 50 europe showed its ability to be firm with turkey by adopting sanctions to make it put a stop to its unilateral actions in the eastern mediterranean last october we gave turkey a chance we reached out a hand laid down conditions we have unanimously observed that turkey has continued with its provocations this firmness and the new sanctions are the sign of a new approach to very huge it didn't look you fired these sanctions will harm all the parties it is not benefiting on either side despite all this we believe common sense about shared interests would cause the right steps to be taken any difference can be resolved through dialogue despite the sanctions turkey's doors will remain open to all investors both the us and the e.u. administrations should not listen to the anti ticky lobbies rather go back to common sense and practical policies more from our 07 costello and istanbul. as nationalism is a very strong sentiment among the turks especially within the last couple of years as so ricky went through a failed coup attempt back in 2016 and the government has been successful in

exploration of natural gas off the coast of cyprus and greece reached out to turkey to sussman does negative continuation of you know where true acts and horse rhetoric the debate of the european summit and some of the term and we're ready to use the means to tell disposal turkey must stop its provocations and its hostile rhetoric and as we heard they of the european union summit are the 10 percent and e.u. member states potentially discussing retaliating measures that they can take against and call. for president. asking for the move all of. it's a nonsense because we still have a mandate of 2 years to go but what micron is trying to do is his trying to fight against radical islam and. the french prison macron has has been criticized by other. political opponents because they say that macron was too soft. radical islam and the muslim population i can tell you and they can show you that prison micron is not. islam is not a muslim he's just a radical islam and he wants to control radical islam prison micro fuel t.v. in order to explain to this population what freedom of speech is wha

state turkey wants to buy this it's $400.00 system from russia united states does not want turkey to do so because in many ways nature was just a weapons racket it's just a way for a member states to pour money into their own estates. complex military materiel from u.s. contractors like ripping on and boeing and all the rest turkey no longer wants to participate in that racket and they're in the conflict. across the u.s. members of the electoral college of cast their votes in officially handed joe biden victory now in the presidential election but double trouble says his legal challenge over alleged voter fraud is not over meantime the trumpet ministrations attorney general has resigned here earlier found no evidence of widespread election fraud keller moped rep stole up from new york. donald trump is still not conceding donald trump says he is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election no it's not over we keep going and we're going to continue to go forward we have numerous local cases where you know in some of the states a good rig from the from us now there was a last ditch effort

phil: a goldsmith in turkey is selling gold plated face masks. as you can expect, they are not cheap. they cost more than 2000 euros. as a budget option, you could go for a silver mask at just 200 euros. he says the vaccine is more precious than his silver and gold masks. lori drivers -- lorry drivers in dover have clashed with police. france lifted its blockade, but drivers can only return with a negative covid test. germany has reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll. 962 people died from covid in the past 24 hours. the country is planning to roll out its vaccination program after the christmas holiday. more world news at the top of the hour. in just a moment, i will be back with "the day." if enough, you can always get the latest information around the clock on our website. dw.com. ♪ ♪ >> u.k. health authorities announced new areas of britain will enter tier for restrictions after another mutation of the virus was the tech did come a to be from south africa -- detected , believed to be from south africa. trump says the $900 billi

turkey according to the us based committee to protect journalists this month rule found that he was the 2nd worst jail in the world with $37.00 reporters currently in jail so this sentence will only add to the feeling that the independent reporting carry severe risks can and will chandan dives lawyers appeal the sentence. well yes the option c. of appeal is open to lawyers it's unclear whether they will take up the opportunity his lawyers will boycotting the airings today saying that the trial was a sham so it is unclear walty lawyers will do going forward. to extradite who is currently in thailand and where he's carrying on his independent journalist activities which are very critical of the government in tokyo operating a radio station a web page which does have a great deal of following in the country and this will undoubtedly lead to a straight between on crime violent hunkers very critical of the failure of what it sees as not in for a futile to return many people who have been accused and convicted of terror offenses you mentioned that the strain ties between uncle around berl

asked to draw a turkey and kids, would you stop drawing the hand turkey with a smile this is not a happy day for him. if you're going to draw him with anything, it should be a pilgrim with an appetite and a cleaver hey, hand turkeys, if you can draw five fingers, you can draw one. ooh, i don't want to do the middle finger. it's too mean. ya burnt [ laughter ] >> seth: saying grace. look, i know it's your recently converted aunt's favorite part of the meal, but the rest of us have no self-control and just want to eat. and, by the way, i'm sure your mom's thrilled with thanking god for the meal she's spent seven hours making by herself. and mom, i'd love to help with the dishes, but the detroit lions aren't going to watch themselves the only thing ever worth praying for on thanksgiving is that grandma doesn't blurt out the n-word again >> she grew up in a different time >> seth: saying grace, ya burnt. >> ah, the downstairs bathroom, the closest you can get to a port-a-potty without visiting a construction site. turns out the smell of vanilla spice doesn't pair as well with the post-dinner

.>> reporter: they are the toast of the town, albany turkeys. nearly a dozen roam the streets and they are not afraid of anything. four lanes of traffic, no problem. they have a sort of celebrity status around town. people stopped to take photos and the turkeys stopped opposed. the california department of fish and wildlife says that even though turkeys like these appear tame, they are still wild animals. >> a lot of people seem to like the turkeys, especially in albany. they can be gorgeous animals. >> they have their own facebook page. the facebook page has been up a couple of years now, it tracks their sightings and other activities. but the main word of caution is don't feed the turkeys. >> i love birds, i have seven canaries, two cats in these nine babies. >> she feeds them everyday at 2:30. the turkeys always show up and the show begins. >> they just don't budge. they live here, they are the boss. and all of us human sort of have to navigate around them.>> so far the turkeys have not been aggressive, they've remained calm. after all, free

turkey according to the us based committee to protect journalists this month rule found that turkey was the 2nd worst jail in the world with $37.00 reporters currently in jail so this sentence will only add to the feeling that independent reporting carry severe risks it can and will gender and as lawyers appeal the sentence. well yes the option c. of appeal is open to lawyers it's unclear whether they will take up the opportunity his lawyers will boycotting the airings today saying that the trial was a sham so it is unclear walty lawyers will do going forward. will now step up its efforts to extradite who is currently in thailand and where he's carrying on his independent journalist activities which are very critical of the government in tokyo prating a radio station a web page which does have a great deal of following in the country and this will undoubtedly lead to surface trade between i'm from berlin and paris very critical of the failure of what it sees as not in for a futile to return many people who have been accused and convicted of terror offenses you mentioned that the str

and coronavirus numbers are climbing in turkey which now ranks 2nd globally in the highest number of daily cases after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians the government has changed the way it counts cases that has revealed a much worse situation than previously thought debbie's yulia han reports. and it was actually it was celebrating her birthday she turns 8 to date her 2 biggest wishes harry potter kate and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since tried to coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day. i know that like i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better i also miss school now everything is done why assume and it's so annoying they are ok i mean you know he has his mother's trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew she's often surprised how quickly the children have adapted to the difficult situation. to declare i must kill you or not the kids wear their masks withou

turkey. producing parts for $35.00 american presidents if you're the. president today if you can read our station but i don't think turkey will take any very aggressive steps right now especially with a new ministry she coming in we've already seen the turkish president call for a review of the sanctions where he's hoping that they could be lifted or east going forward. an investigation which claims they can name and shame that russian agents mainstream media outlets have published extensive and sensationalist details of security operatives a halt on that estate tales about how a dozen russian f.s.b. agents hailed live on the 4 years and so incompetent what they that the script writers claimed they managed to identify them their phone numbers that every step that cools that tax that addresses they even uncovered a private deadly plot to poison the bali with one of the most toxic substances known on the chalk here o.c. forgot about it he remembered just a few days ago g.-u. to a clumsy mistake by russian intelligence he's wise took the hit she apparently

turkey is criticizing european union plans to expand the sanctions targeting it's running operations in the eastern mediterranean the e.u. has agreed to wipe nick sanctions list of turkish individuals and companies involved in gas drilling activities which are contested by greece turkey is describing the move as biased and unlawful while in new countries say that they hope it will send a strong message. on the 50 europe showed its ability to be firm with turkey by adopting sanctions to make it put a stop to its unilateral actions in the eastern mediterranean last october we gave turkey a chance we reached out a hand laid down conditions we have unanimously observed that turkey has continued with its provocations this firmness and the new sanctions of a sign of a new approach to a very huge it didn't look these sanctions will harm all the parties it is not benefiting on either side despite all this we believe common sense about shared interests would cause the right steps to be taken any difference can be resolved through dialogue despite the sanctions turkey's doors will remain open

and coronavirus numbers are climbing in turkey which now ranks 4th globally in the highest number of daily cases doctors there are sounding the alarm after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians the government as we introduce stricter rules to contain the pandemic. yulia han has more. he recommitted all of that either as a celebrating her birthday she turns a 2 day or 2 biggest wishes harry potter cake and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since trick to coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day did i know that like i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better i also miss school now everything is done why is zoom and it's so annoying they are ok. he has his mother's trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew she's often surprised how quickly the children have adapted to the difficult situation. to turn musky do not know the kids where their masks without complaining even when t

turkey is worth their presence is seen by as our way johnnie's as a support and with former are for turkey are also paves the way for on crowd to expand its influence into the carcasses as their ties strengthen many experts wrong to his aspirations may face resistance from moscow and agger wait there all of the fragile relationship over libya and syria set up a solo artist or istanbul. argentina is poised to become only the 3rd country in south america to legalize abortion as politicians prepare to decide on a bill before congress pro and anti abortion rights campaign moves have held rallies and when a side is split the devastation is being debated have a vote in the lower house is expected to now really approve the door before it moves to the senate for an even closer vote is expected and estimated half a 1000000 illegal terminations are carried out every year in argentina to use a bow has been out amongst the protests and what a side is. what we are not told from under stars are the people that have. 7 followed up the good of. 2 all of those women for example. giving a chief of a fine to