erdogan and his a. k. p. his monetary policy with artificially low interest rates is causing hyperinflation, putting many turks in financial danger a year ahead of the next election. erdogan and his party are at an all time low in the polls. so the turkish president is trying all the more urgently to shine in other areas for example, in foreign policy, turkey wishes to be a mediator in the struggle to lift the russian naval blockade since turkey controls the bosporus, it controls the approach to the black sea. and erdogan has been blocking the accession of sweden and finland to nato for weeks above all to press for concessions from its members, especially on the one hand, he is allegedly concerned with certain american arms deliveries, but also with the possibility that the u. s government might approve further military intervention in northern syria to force kurdish militias out of the border area. how successful are erdogan's attempts at blackmail? and let me put that question right on to uh daniel and dani

lara: turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. those who air their grievances about him in public may find themselves behind bars. that's thanks to an article in turkey's penal code, which criminalizes insulting the president. in practice, it's been wielded against dissidents such as people who criticize the country's political corruption, crackdowns on the free press, or police violence. it's a charge he has been faced with. rapper orkun dk describes his lyrics as funny and satirical. but for the turkish president, orkun's music is no laughing matter. reporter: in his home studio in istanbul rapper orkun dk is recording new songs. despite being in trouble for old ones. >> i enjoy making music. and, yes, in my lyrics i also criticize what i think's going wrong. reporter: this is one of the videos for which the turkish president's lawyers have pressed criminal charges against orkun. to a distorted photo of rece tayyip erdogan he raps, "send me money." there's also some swearing. that's why orkun had to go to court. he was handed do

lara: turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. those who air their grievances about him in public may find themselves behind bars. that's thanks to an article in turkey's penal code, which criminalizes insulting the president. in practice, it's been wielded against dissidents such as people who criticize the country's political corruption, crackdowns on the free press, or police violence. it's a charge he has been faced with. rapper orkun dk describes his lyrics as funny and satirical. but for the turkish president, orkun's music is no laughing matter. reporter: in his home studio in istanbul rapper orkun dk is recording new songs. despite being in trouble for old ones. >> i enjoy making music. and, yes, in my lyrics i also criticize what i think's going wrong. reporter: this is one of the videos for which the turkish president's lawyers have pressed criminal charges against orkun. to a distorted photo of recepd me money." there's also some swearing. that's why orkun had to go to court. he was handed down a 14 month suspended jail

erdogan says if sweden did not keep this promise he would not send the ratification. he will not send the member sit -- membership ratification to his parliament which is required for sweden to join the alliance, we do not know what wil happen with this. i talked to nato officials who said we are going to presume turkey keeps its word along with finland and sweden and that on tuesday, the three will be signing an agreement which formally starts finland and sweden's membership process in nato. >> that was our dw reporter reporting in madrid. earlier i spoke with a doctor, a russian expert at the university college london. here is her take on nato's announcement that it will support ukraine, as long as it takes. >> i think we have definitely -- it iexcept that by all sides that this will carry on for months. and there is no end in sight. that has been accepted by nato and by president biden, prime minister boris johnson. in practice we now he war and on the ground we do not know how long it will take. that is why the timelines we have been hearing from the g7 and nato,

so diplomatically speaking, that is a big win for erdogan. in addition, he also got them to agree that there would be no arms embargoes between the countries and there would be a mechanism set up for intelligence sharing particularly on issues of kurdish resistance. and, you know, there was quite a lot of diplomacy that went into this. i think what is very interesting about this memorandum, it clears the way for sweden and finland to join nato. turkey gets a lot out of this by addressing its concerns on did your kiurdish resistance groups. but the language is vague enough that it can be interpreted differently by different countries. but it shows that even though there are differences between members, particularly turkey and other members, there are still ways that nato remains united. >> and natasha, for europe, this means that nato gets two smaller but sophisticated militaries, but also effectively double the length of the land border between europe and russia. >> reporter: that's right, max. effectively what nato has decided here according

erdogan, president erdogan, they will have this conversation. but it looks like it's going to in the right direction. and that will be a big thing for nato. to add sweden and finland, with that capability, that commitment to democracy and defense that will make nato stronger. and that will make the support for ukraine even stronger. >> and hugely increase the border, the nato border, along russia. it's good to see you, ambassador, as always. thank you so much. >>> coming up for us, dozens of migrants found dead in a tractor trailer in sweltering heat in texas. we have the very latest on the investigation that's now under way. blood pressure, they can't just take anything for their pain. tylenol® is the #1 dr. recommended pain relief brand for those with high blood pressusure. if you have e questions on whether tylenol is right for you, talk to your doctor. ♪ so i climbed into the cab, and then i settled down inside ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man ♪ ♪ i've been everywhereman ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. ♪ harp plays ♪ only two

if erdogan knew this would get done by the end of the nato summit, it would be a good opportunity to hash it out right now. turkey dropped their opposition and did not require concessions from the u.s. we also learned that nato is increasing the size of the rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops up from a level of 40,000 right now. president biden also announced plans to increase the number of u.s. naval destroyers stationed in span's naval base happening in his words much sooner than later. >> we're ready to face the threats of russian aggression. because quite frankly, there's no choice. it's been the most significant abuse of power since world war ii. an invasion of that many people in another country. >> so this summit will produce an agreement comprehensive assistance package for ukraine's defense. awaiting details of that. it also is efforting new steps to place a limit on the amount of income that russia can make from oil sales to finance this war. they're trying to arrange a price cap. it's a complicated effort. we'll see if their materialize that, neil. >> neil: thanks, jacq

and president erdogan is under a lot of pressure right now to turn the economy around before the june 2023 elections, or that is going to cost him dearly at the polls. and it seems one of the kill pillars of the strategy to try to turn the economy around is attracting investments from rich gulf arab states hoping to bring in billions of dollars into this country. but while the day might be a significant one potentially for the turkish economy, it is quite a sad day for those who have been fighting for justice for jamal khashoggi for years, including his turkish fiance, and they will now see the man that the cia concluded was responsible for ordering the killing of khashoggi arriving in their country where the murder took place. >> such important context there from jomana karedsheh. thanks very much. >>> one of the most colorful characters in the nfl is calling it a career again. tampa bay buccaneers tight end gronkowski retired once again. his quarterback and good friend tom brady asked him to join him on the buccaneers where they won another super bowl together. and gronkowski's agen

nick: erdogan said swedenh he a. he claimed that they promised to extradite 73 people and if they didn't, he would not send their admission to nato through the turkish parliament. the only problem is the document they signed does not cite 73 people and does not guarantee a single extradition. the agreement that you signed with finland and sweden says that finland and sweden will address the extradition requests. it does not say finland and sweden will confirm turkey's extradition requests. so are you asking finland and sweden to go beyond the language that you've agreed? >> now, you have read the text and the thing is, what is important is what we understand. these 73 people, sweden gave us a promise and extradite them. they will either extradite them, or not. nick: official told me erdogan will continue to extract as many concessions throughout the process as he can. including a deal that president biden endorsed this afternoon. until finland and sweden give into to his dends, no matter what the text may say or does

erdogan is in political trouble. polls indicate he will lose the election because of the state of the economy. this has caused him to turn the page on jamal khashoggi's murder and make up with the saudis. >> for there has been a strong reaction is that of turkey including from the opposition. what can you tell us about the response to this visit? >> it shows the government may have chose the dossier and the trial going on until earlier this year. and it has filed to the saudis. it has not forgotten how jamal khashoggi was murdered. his body was cut up in the saudi consulate in istanbul. the leader of the opposition said on television as if he was talking to the president, you are ruining turkey's reputation. the leader of the republic of turkey will embrace the menu ordered the killing! referring to the fact that the cia report into his murder found that it was in fact ordered by been some on-- mbs. >> a woman issued a wheat where she said that the crown prince's visit does not change the fact he is responsible for a

encouraged by erdogan, the turkish central bank has been cutting interest rates last year by a total of 500 basis points. and of course, the lira is under pressure as you said. year-to-date, it is down 20% against the dollar, the worst performer amongst emerging market currencies. investors are concerned with turkey's ultra loose monetary policy. and the war in russia also compounding the situation in turkey. dani: you are on the ground in istanbul, give us a sense of what it is like seeing these higher prices in daily life? >> we are seeing skyrocketing prices on the on almost weekly basis, everything from food, energy and housing. one example is, turks are finding it difficult to find affordable housing for renting oor buying. house prices have surged by 100%. almost on a weekly basis, we are seeing across-the-board prices rise. this could prove to be a huge headache for president erdogan, especially a head an election next year. we're seeing his polling at historic lows, both himself and the ruling party, mainly due to these economic strains. manus: thanks so much. manus, there is

what president erdogan tried to do was use this card as an instrument to apply political pressure on saudi arabia, but moreover, to appease and gain more support domestically. so again, this is the theme that i am talking about here, there was always part of an instrumentalization of the khashoggi situation. monte: do you think that turkey will be able to repair this relationship that it has with saudi arabia? what is the state of that? guest: i think they are trying to repair it. of course, turkey is not going to the best economic times -- the world, really is not going to the best economic times, but one of the things that i think both states have realized is that discord is not in their favor. that discord has not been fruitful. i think both want to make a stable region or contribute towards a stable region. and a stable region that is conducive to economic prosperity. also, a region that is not too attached or exposed or susceptible to the turbulence that is taking place on the global scale. there is an element of interdependency here that they are both trying to do reared and th

very important phone call took place yesterday morning between president biden and president erdogan in which president biden told his counterpart that if this deal could be struck before this nato summit began, it would be possible for the two of them to meet formally, bilaterally on the margins of that summit so that did appear to help push it over the finish line. yesterday after the president had met with the king of spain, he received a phone call from the finnish leader and the swedish leader just kind of getting a gut check on the details, contours of the plan. he did sign off and so the president and erdogan will meet later today and really is an historic development. >> and development that he was working behind the scenes effect definitively now turns out. but domestically, it is striking that he is struggling more. there are so many different issues, whether it is inflation or gas. i mean, guns. voting. there is just so many more things, so many more obstacles, it has to be frustrating for this white house. >> yeah, certainly is. and u.s. presidents always have a little mo

so now we've decided to join nato and erdogan is kind of stopping us, but that is just united us even more. before erdogan's talk about us letting the terrorists walk the streets and you know, that he didn't put his veto into this, it was more torn. um, while it's now we have gathered behind the idea that we have to deliver sweden is one of the largest deliver country that delivers the most, the number one country per capita who delivers the most weapons. and uh, yeah, the discussion is there of course. but um, but you are moving ahead with nato membership and that is quite a big turning point to roman very quickly if you would roman. the u. s. is also now promising to supply sophisticated surface to air weapons systems do you? they also though have extracted a pledge from the ukrainian government that these will not be used to fire onto west onto russian territory that was actually mentioned by christoph earlier. number one, will that pledge do you think be respected? is it in fact requiring ukraine to fight with one hand behind its back and number two will this pledge be enough to p

after persuading erdogan to stop blocking sweden and finland from joining the alliance and i'll be joined this hour for anita hill for her reaction for the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade and justice clarence thomas re-examining past decisions on same-sex marriage, contraception and consensual sex. we begin this hour with the january 6th hearings joining us now nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and white house correspondent eugene daniels. how will the committee push forward now. we've also seen that huge push back from the trump people from the president and his allies against cassidy hutchinson. what are the next moves from the committee? >> yeah, andrea a lot of push back on a wide range of things both disputing anonymously we should point out what happened in "the beast" that day for the president grabbing for the steering wheel and lunching at the security detail and the handwritten note that came up yesterday, a lot of he said, she said but the committee saying to me and others they stand by her testimony that they believe that she's credible and that they h

i actually put that to president erdogan, and he laughed and said things change. he certainly -- certainly do. and i think we're going to see that more and more. we're seeing how president putin's actions in ukraine really are kind of turning the world upside down. just think about this -- president biden, who came into office to organize a democracy conference buddying up with president erdogan. i think it's politics, the administration realizing that its key focus now, russian and china, means that other things need to be compromised. >> yeah, yeah. absolutely. that's a great point, well. i wonder here -- i was reading a piece earlier talking about how long the united states along with europe could sustain aid to ukraine, right? announcements from the united states, $800 million, $800 million, $1 billion, as well, air, land, and sea aid, as well. how long they could maintain this. when you look at the global economy right now with inflation where it is, energy prices the way that they are, as well, obviously summer it's easier to handle. as you head for the wint

what's the strategy to talk to president erdogan? >> well, we don't know if president biden will have a dialect with president erdogan, if he will really try to push the issue there with turkey there over the next couple of days. most i've spoken to have said they do not expect any breakthroughs to occur in germany or madrid on this trip. that turkey may hold out for some time. all of the other countries involved will begin the process after the summit of taking this back to congress, to parliaments, to ratify the expansion of nato town conclude finland and sweden. it's something that most think will be a matter of time a matter of if, not when. and it's really just a question of how long erdogan holds out. what exactly turkey wants. and there is a broad sense that it may not get resolved next week. but eventually, it will get resolved and you will see a historic expansion of the nato alliance. >> we will have complete coverage overseas next week. eli stokols, see in germany, thanks for being with us. >>> up next, the january 6th com

president erdogan was also wants to extradite -- >> >> we're a country that recognizes the role of. what so does sweden and finland. and again, we've had concerns that the deployment of russian, you know, as for hundreds by turkey and have taken action in this committee and the congress. so, i am, i want to, amen, support the ongoing talks, but let's recognize i. think. that the positions that sweden and him finland have taken are pretty much on the same page with the passage and the united states has taken with respect to the sdf. and the very important fight against isis and terrorism. so, sweden and finland have been, in my view, on the right side, in that fight against isis. so can you just lay out what you see is the timeline? again, whether your you believe that will be successful and getting everybody on the same page, including turkey, by the time the madrid conference comes around. >> i will say that we certainly are pushing for that. >> all right. i'm going to end their. i think we all recognize what the challenges here. i think we want to make sure these are comes short o

so phil, what happened in that meeting with erdogan? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting, there is a lingering, simmering tension between the u.s. and turkey in terms of their relationship, you would have had no sense of that listening to president biden's remarks at the top of that meeting with turkish president erdogan lavishing praise on him for what happened over the course of the last 24 hours. president erdogan signing off on a memorandum that would clear the way for the official invitation of sweden and finland to join nato, something that underscores that in this last 24 hours the idea that president putin may have invaded ukraine because he thought nato was adrift and perhaps could be fractured has been proven drama scli catastrophically to some degree to the russian sense of things wrong in every way. obviously the addition in the months ahead of two new members including finland that has an 8 money mi hundred mile border with russia, but also the u.s. presence and the u.s. posture in the region and in the alliance. presid

official who told us put it, to get everyone -- to put erdogan in the right frame of mind. right before the deal they called president biden just to get his final blessing and the officials said biden has been coordinating all of this with finland and sweden since november, trying to get to this day. the u.s. believes this is the most historic nato summit in decades because of the combination of this expansion of nato and the combined major increases in the deployment of nato troops to eastern europe and an increased readiness of those nato troops to deploy to eastern europe. i talked about that topic with u.s. ambassador to nato julie smith before the finland and sweden not smith -- and sweden announcement. >> thank you very much. thank you. secretary-general stoltenberg announced the number of troops on high alert grew from 40,000 to 300,000. that is a big jump. what does it actually mean? >> the alliance has somethingca. it's about 40,000 troops that are prepared to move within 15 days. by the end of this year, we're going to have a much larger pool of forces preassigned

always— the very critical moments erdogan always to — the very critical moments erdogan always to the side of nato. it was 2015 in _ always to the side of nato. it was 2015 in the — always to the side of nato. it was 2015 in the case of syria and 2014 in the _ 2015 in the case of syria and 2014 in the case — 2015 in the case of syria and 2014 in the case of crimea and that is why we were almost are in the situation, _ why we were almost are in the situation, erdogan also would support— situation, erdogan also would support membership of the new countries — support membership of the new countries. he nevertrusted support membership of the new countries. he never trusted vladimir putin— countries. he never trusted vladimir putin and _ countries. he never trusted vladimir putin and needed him and used the russian _ putin and needed him and used the russian federation in his domestic and international but at the same time _ and international but at the same time it— and international but at the same time it was— and international but at the same time it was never a full trus

erdogan to allow sweden and finland to be part of nato? >> first and foremost, this is a win for nato, a huge one, to bring those two high-tech militaries quit very capable. they deployed troops under my command to afghanistan. i know these militaries well. they will be very capable. in terms of the price, we are seeing president erdogan negotiating. he wants to squeeze two principal concessions out. he wants more attention paid to the kurdish issues. he feels there is some level of kurdish activity in sweden. he wants a cap placed on that and at a larger scale he wants more high-tech military capability in the hands of the turks, export controls lifted on some systems. gets very technical quickly, but bottom line these can be negotiated. i think we will see sweden and finland in the alliance by the fall. tom: maybe it is two or three miles at the maximum. when you see it, it is shockingly narrow. how does this submarine go up that canal? >> very carefully. and on the surface would be the two answers. at the end of the day, turkey's contro

background of this, there was a more transactional deal made between the administration and president erdogan, specifically over the delivery of some airplanes, that the turks always wanted, but essentially was scrapped from the program with and purchase of and that your systems from the u.s. years ago. host: what you think president biden's influence has been over this process? guest: i think u.s. leadership is essential. and there are some people in europe who say that a crisis like this should lead to a greater sense of strategic tommy and european solidarity, but in reality i do not think we will have the kind of response to the ukraine crisis without the u.s. leadership. so, you have a significant divide between european countries, germany, france taking a much more relaxed, maybe not relaxed but cautious position with russia than those other countries that feel this is an existential threat for them. and for the u.s. and the u.k., if it was not for them building these coalitions and filling in the gaps, i think that it would be much weaker. so u.s. is not obsolete. host: the american en

if i may say, all eyes are on president erdogan of turkey. he is having a meeting with the finnish and swedish. they want to join nato. he holds the cards to this move to go forward. this meeting is happening as we speak. there is growing optimism that by the end of it the turkish leader will give his seal of approval. guy: good stuff. thank you very much, indeed. we are looking forward to the coverage coming out of madrid. let's talk more about this. fabrice pothier of rasmussen's joining us now. what are your expectations for the summit? is europe finally taking its security seriously? fabrice: now they are clearly stepping up, because the situation has worsened since the 24th of february. i think this nato summit is about solidarity. one with the alliance to beef up the alliance defense on the eastern flank. i think the details will matter. there will be big announcements. we have already heard some of these from the secretary-general. i think it will be important -- [indiscernible] the solidarity of the alliance toward ukraine. quite fran

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this is a full one-on-one sit down with president biden and president erdogan. it comes one day after they have them join nato, which is quite significant. officials were confident officially they would get here and have turkey allow finland and sweden enjoin. they would not have been able to ultimately join nato. i don't think u.s. officials were expecting to get here this quickly. they did not think this issue would be resolved ought this nato summit in madrid, where presumably they would be having it with russia looming over it all. right now they are sitting on it one-on-one. we should note the white house did not ask for anything in return. the white house said they didn't promise anything in return for doing so, either. but the questions of how exactly this came to be remains to be s seen. the fine details. this certainly is one of the biggest take aways of president biden's time line in madrid. now it looks like it will go from 30 members in nato to 32 once the process has started and been completed. >> kaitlan collins, very consequential, thank you. let'

saudi crown prince talked with president erdogan. relations deter yait relations deteriorated after jamal khashoggi was murdered. he's due to talk with president biden who has criticized saudi arabia's >>> the first meeting of state parties to a u.n. treaty that would make nuclear weapons illegal is wrapping up. delegates are set to adopt an action plan aimed at bringing on board nations that are not part of the agreement. a draft of the plan calls for a group of scientific experts to be formed to deepen the understanding of the inhumanity of nuclear weapons. it also krincludes support for people who have been physically affected by radiation from attacks or testing. the u.n. treaty entered into force in january of last year. so far, 65 states have ratified it. that list does not include any countries that possess the weapons or the nations they protect, including >>> now we turn to major league baseball. japanese two-way star, shohei otani marked 13 strike outs as he earned his sixth win of the season. otani was starting pitcher and

only holdout among nato members against this bid by sweden and finland to join on the basis president erdogan's said the two countries provide a safe haven for turkish military groups. it is not clear whether some other concessions may have been part of the deal. what we know is that this allows nato to put forward a united front in the face of russian aggression. that is absolutely core to the summit. finland and sweden given up their traditional military neutrality in thehe face of the war in ukraine. maryam: at least five people killed in ukraine's second largest city. missiles hit apartment buildings and a primary school on monday. russian troops were driven from the region in may. thousands of civilians were returning to the city. ukraine says russia is attempting to force fighters to move away from the main battlefield in eastern donbass. ukraine's president has addressed the united nations security council, urging delegates to visit the site of monday's deadly missile strike on a shopping complex. at least 18 people were killed. officials say the death toll is likely to rise. >> i sugges

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by the way, a thing that biden achieved was negotiating with president erdogan of turkey who was blocking sweden and finland from coming in. but putting 300,000 troops on high alert, permanently stationing the fifth army corps in poland, all of these things are the very things putin wanted to avoid, that putin said he was trying to end by invading ukraine. i think it was a real win for the u.s., a real win for nato and a real loss for putin. >> i'm just wondering, what do you think is the result of that conversation or negotiations, call it what you will, with erdogan in turkey. certainly the kurds were of massive importance. was there too much given to turkey for this? >> you know, jose, that's a good question, but in the end it was finland and sweden that gave it to turkey, and they decided, okay, we're not going to recognize those kurdish forces which a lot of us regard as liberators and what putin regards as kurdish. i think that was the right call. >> president biden said he was willing to override the filibuster in order to go back to roe v. wade. >> we have to codify the law and ma

president erdogan met with them as well. jamal khashoggi was killed in turkey and erdogan tried to use that as leverage over saudi arabia. the saudis said, look, we would like our conversation we are cadogan as well to reflect that we want a new relationship, want to get this relationship back on track with the united states. it's from both sides here. but biden, yeah, this will be a tough one for him, but it's reality. >> thanks for leading off for us. fascinating stuff. >>> new diplomatic developments could one day put president biden and china's president xi in the same room together. diplomats from the world's top two economies met for nearly five hours monday. the talks could pave the way for a tpotential meeting in the coming months but disagreements on human rights, taiwan and can china's military expansions have strained relations between washington and beijing. >> just yesterday, you know, the chinese called the united states a bully. right, just in to cnn, new details on what president biden plans to tell the ameri

what assurances, if any, did you make to president erdogan about his request for new f-16 jets for his military? >> what i said was i said back in december, as you'll recall, we should sell them the f-16 jet and modernize those jet as well. it is not in our interest not to do that, and i indicated to them i have not changed my position at all since december. and there was no quid pro quo with that, just that we should sell. what i need congressional approval to be able to do that. and i think we can get this. >> my second question is on your trip to saudi arabia, which is coming up next month. as we just discussed, americans are paying almost $5 a gallon nationally on average for gas. so do you expect to ask the crown prince or the king to increase oil production and if so, how will you balance that with your desire to hold them accountable for their human rights abuses? >> first of all, that's not the purpose of the trip. the purpose of the trip, first of all, i'm starting off on that trip, in israel. and the israelis are -- believe it is really important i make the trip. and in addit

biden once called erdogan an au to crat. he was the last nato leader to congratulate president biden on his election victory, yet this week, they have looked like bros. we've heard from people in the room that the turkish defense minister was walking around yesterday saying we got what we wanted. is that f-16s, u.s. f-16s, for turkey? it does appear to revolve around events on tuesday. a senior administration official this week saying there was a call from president biden to president erdogan, but willie, we've also been talking to the finnish foreign minister who was in an 11th hour meeting with turkish officials on tuesday. listen to how he describes how it went right down to the wire. >> i think the first four hours with the turkish delegation, with sweden and nato secretaryate. it was tough. two hours not moving anywhere. coffee break. during the coffee break people have new ideas and good process. >> there appears, at least on the surface, to have been some deals done, for example, with this issue of members of the kurd

finland and sweden, a trilateral agreement in which sweden and finland gave into some of president erdogan's priorities. the agreement states they unambiguously condemn all terror organizations perpetrating attacks against turkey and names the organizations that turkey defines as terrorists. that is what a senior turkey's official tells me tonight is the most important part of this document. number two, the document says that finland and sweden drop embargoes that prevented him from selling turkey weapons and finland and sweden will address turkey's request to extradite kurds living in those countries. some of those extraditions include journalists, and the u.s. has refused some of turkey's extradition demands in the past. the nato secretary-general said today, he reiterated the core principle that countries that meet the alliance requirement can become members. >> nato's open-door policy has been a historic success. welcoming finland and sweden into the alliance will make them safer, make them stronger, and the area more secure. nick: that is a reference to the war in ukraine which has led

venezuela's president, nicolas maduro has been welcomed by the turkish president, erdogan. he is touring allied countries after the u.s. excluded him from the summit of the americas. cuba and nicaragua were also not invited. other latin american nations say they are skipping the summit in protest. at least 21 people have been killed after a train derailed in eastern iran. officials say the train collided with an excavator in a remote desert area before going off the tracks. dozens of passengers were injured. so are said to be in critical condition. not to those lucrative dinosaurs. the dressing park film franchise is one of hollywood's biggest cash cows and other were milking on the way with the final film, drastic world, dominion. critics say the special effects are out of this world. >> it is one way to sell tickets. drastic it while dominion takes us to a planet earth where dinosaurs are everywhere. fighting with humans for global domination. the final chapter in the story that began 29 years ago with jurassic park. that film created a new standard for special-effects. w

what assurances, if any, did you make to president erdogan about his request for new f-16 jets for his military? >> what i said, was i said back in december as you'll recall, we should sell them the f-16 jets and modernize those jets as well. it's not in our interest not to do that and i indicated to them-- i have not changed my position at all since december. and there was no quid pro quo with that. there's just that we should sell -- what i need congressional approval to be able to do that and i think we can get that. >> and my second question is on your trip to saudi arabia, which is coming up next month. as we've just discussed americans are paying almost $5 a gallon nationally on average for gas, so, do you expect to ask the crowned prince or the king to increase oil production and if so, how will you balance that with your desire to hold them accountable for their human rights abuses? >> well, first of all, that's not the purpose of the trip. the purpose of the trip, my -- first of all, i'm starting off on that trip in israel and the israelis are -- believe it's really important

the crown prince today, with turkish president erdogan. eric garlick once blamed -- again once blamed him for that journalist's marder. ended the remains of patrice lumumba have arrived in his home region, more than 60 years after his death. a single tooth was all that was recovered. it will be taken on a national tour of democratic republic of congo before being buried. bulgaria's prime minister petkov has lost a confidence vote in parliament over his physical and economic policies. his government took office in december after three elections in the sce of on year. 's centrist party has a second and last chance to form a coalition. if not, there could be yet again a new elections. for the first time in decades, the u.s. senate has taken a step towards passing major gun-control legislation. senators voted to speed up the passage of the bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun laws. the senate is expected to vote on the measures this week. the proposals for the number of recent mass shootings, including the uvalde school massacre. the war in

i want to thank president erdogan and the prime ministe for the constructive spirit of today's talks. in nato, we have always shown that whatever our differences, we can always sit down, find common ground, and solve any issues. nato's open-door policy has been a historic success. welcoming finland and sweden into the alliance will make them safer. nato stronger. in the area more secure. ros: marc, lots of talk about turkey. tell us why it was so relevant to this decision. >> wel the country has the second largest army in nato. it's been a member since 1952. it felt and said that finland and sweden were harboring what it calls terrorists. these are mainly kurdish figures. some turkish opposition figures. the country maintains they are members of the band military organization classified as a terror organization by the eu, the u.s. the plan coup failed and 2016. they wanted finland and sweden to lift an arms embargo the two countries imposed on turkey since 2019, so it was going to be a real thorn in the side of thsummit because this was the summit that was supposed to have approved th

this is a reversal by turkish president erdogan, who had opposed swedish and finnish membership, claiming that the countries provide a safe haven to a kurdish group that ankara regards as terrorists. the resolution of the rope is a boost to nato. and here is nato secretary-general announcing the breakthrough. >> we have always shown in nato that whatever our differences, we can always sit down, find common ground, and solve any issues. nato's open-door policy has been an historic success. welcoming finland and sweden into the alliance will make them safer, nato's stronger, and the euro atlantic area more secure. brent: let's go to our correspondent in madrid at the nato meeting. jack, do we know exactly how were we able to reach the resolution so quickly? reporter: it was a good day at the office for the turkish government in their negotiation teams, that's fair to say. they are claiming victory on this. let me give you a rundown of this agreement. essentially finland and sweden agreed to lift any bans on arms going to turkey that may have existed. they also agreed they would both support

critics have linked the band to anti— lgbt attitudes in the erdogan administration but authority so they are trying to maintain public safety. the last pride parade was in 2014 with more than 100,000 participants. this is all the time we have. do stay with bbc world news. hello. even with the weekend's rain in the west, it's been a rather dry month so far across most parts of the country. but if i show you the rainfall animation for this week, notice how it mounts up across these western areas, the colours deepening. it's here where we could see anything between 40—80 mm of rain, more especially around the hills and the coast. some eastern areas where so far thisjune, we've seen onlyjust over a quarter of our normal rainfall, not a huge amount is expected at all. although there's still a chance we could see a bit more towards the south—east corner through the middle part of the week. the reason, well, areas of low pressure are going to come in off the atlantic and then stall before working northwards, as this one did from sunday, leaving a trailing weather front to take us into monda

be asked to make the name change as part of a rebranding campaign launched by the turkish president erdogan last year. the un says it made the change as soon as it received the request this week. now, there's concern among some health experts that monkeypox and other infectious diseases could be transmitted to animals via human medical waste. it comes as cases of the virus surge outside of africa where the virus is usually found. our reporter shelley phelps has more. scientists are struggling to explain the current crop of monkey box cases. they have mostly been identified in europe, which is not used to seeing the virus. according to the world health organization, more than 550 confirmed cases have been reported by at least 30 countries outside of africa where the virus is typically found. it is not the first time they have been found outside africa. nature currently is that we are seeing a large number of human to human transmission outside the countries, but also, affecting this group of population, that has not typically been seen before. some experts also raised concerns monkeypox and

president biden will almost certainly be meeting president erdogan of turkey to discuss this. the other issue is about the announcement we have heard in the last few hours that nato is going to expand its rapid response force from a0,000 to 300,000. in other words, force from a0,000 to 300,000. in otherwords, placing force from a0,000 to 300,000. in other words, placing more forces on its eastern flanks to deter a russian invasion. the kremlin has already referred to this as being an aggressive act and that nato is an aggressive act and that nato is an aggressive organisation that threatens the security of europe. in other words, throwing nato's words back at it. . ~ other words, throwing nato's words back at it. ., ~ , ., , other words, throwing nato's words back at it. ., ~ i. , . back at it. thank you very much, frank, back at it. thank you very much, frank. from _ back at it. thank you very much, frank, from madrid. _ back at it. thank you very much, frank, from madrid. sorry - back at it. thank you very much, frank, from madrid. sorry aboutj back at it. thank you very muc