. >>> istanbul opened a new underwater tunnel linking the european and asian side of the city. we report on the engineering milestone. >> reporter: the project is 150-year-old dream that became a reality. a turkish-japanese consortium took on the task of sub merging and anchoring the tunnel to the riverbed. talks started in 2004 but it was stopped because of archeological findings. it is more than 60 kilometers and has the capacity of more than 1 million passengers a day. the most important part of this project is the undersea tunnel. and it basically connects asia where i am with europe. the ride between the two stations on the two sides is only four minutes. the tunnel runs under the strait that connects the black sea and divides istanbul between asia and europe. it's 13.6 kilometers long including and under way stretch of 4.4 kilometers. the tunnel cost more than $4 billion to build. and the turkish government said that's money well spent. >> not only joining two continents, it's making the dreams of 50 years coming true. linking history with today and linking today with the

the subway will take commuters to and from the european and asian sides of istanbul. they'll be able to cross the strait in four minutes as opposed to a 30-minute ferry ride. the japan international cooperation agency helped finance the product with loans of about $1.5 billion u.s. prime minister shinzo abe will attend the opening ceremony. >> translator: i like everything the japanese make. i'm sure this subway built with japanese support will be wonderful. >> city officials hope the tunnel will ease boat traffic. it will provide something else for railway travelers. they'll now be able to go by rail from china all the way to britain. >>> now, the friendship between turks and japanese goes back to more than the founding of modern turkey. turkey's ambassador to japan describes relations between the two countries as excellent. >> his excellency, prime minister abe, is visiting turkey now. actually this is his second visit to turkey after six months. in may, he also visited turkey. and during that visit, the strategic partnership was signed by the two prime ministers. t

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we are also pleased to welcome from istanbul and historian who -- and historian who works at a university. thank you for joining us on the debate. we welcome back johnny cartdep. we will be getting your views in a moment. you can join the conversation on facebook and on twitter. #f24debate. a wide range of reforms. they were long-awaited. let's get the breakdown. >> a raft of long-awaited reforms. though the population is 99% muslim, modern turkey was founded on principles of secularism. while many women wear islamic headscarves in public, they have been banned from wearing them in state institutions. on monday, prime minister recep tayyip erdogan lifted the restriction. >> we are lifting the ban that bars women from wearing the headscarf. this is a violation and discriminates against the freedom of religion. >> this as many turks welcomed the move. some feared that it would move the country away from its secular values. >> we are living in a civilized society. everybody should be free to do what they want. >> this is a bad decision. it is tearing apart the foundations of the modern turki

. >> in the istanbul, there's a tunnel connecting the continents of europe and asia. the underwater passage way is considering - is considered an engineering milestone. >> the marmaray project is 150 year old ottoman dream that became a reality. a turkish-japanese consortium took on the task of submerging and anchoring the tunnel to the bosphorous riverbed. work started in 2004, but it was stopped many times because of archeological findings. the unit worth is more than 60 k/hr, and has a capacity of more than 1 million passengers a day. the most important part of the project is the undersea tonne -- tunnel, connecting asia and where i am. the ride is 4 minutes. >> the marmaray tunnel runs under the bosphorous, the strait connecting the black sea to that of marmaray, dividing istanbul between asia and europe. the tunnel is 13.6km long, including an underway stretch of 1.4km. the tunnel cost more than $4 billion to build. and the turkish government says that is money well spent. marmaray is not only joining two continents, it's making the dreams of 50 years come true.

. >> driving across istanbul is never easy. crossing the bridge over the bosphorous takes hours. >> translation: our commute to the other side will be easier, especially in the morning rush hour. >> it will relieve the traffic by 5%. >> there are at least 14 million people living in istanbul. the government hopes the new train will ease traffic congestion by 20%. tuesday is also the 90th anniversary for the founding of the tush rish republic. the government called it a day of unity, national pride and celebration. once the party is over, the people of istanbul hope getting around will be a little easier. >> construction of the tunnel started almost a decade ago. it was delayed after a series of major archeological discoveries, including the largest fleet of medievalships that was ever found. here are the top stories we'll follow, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be an capitol hill testifying about the launch of healthcare.gov, the website for the affordable care act. lawmakers are call for kathleen seb

the subway will take commuters to and from istanbul. they'll be able to cross the strait in four minutes. bridges already connect the continents. the japan international cooperation agency provided financing with loans of about $1.5 billion. in a japanese construction company managed the project. >> translator: i like everything the japanese make. i'm sure the subway built with japanese support will be wonderful. >> city officials hope the tunnel will ease traffic on the bridges and open up space for ferries on the bhosphorous. abe spoke at a party attendejap part in the construction project. he said his country is proud to have served as a partner for turkey and realizing a 150-year-old dream. >> translator: i hope the bhosporous subway will become the tie between turkey and japan. >> prime minister abe's previous trip to turkey produced tangible results. he hopes the latest visit will further strengthen relations. >> this partnership is signed by the two prime ministers, that is aimed at increasing the excellent level of relations bet

live to istanbul. omar al saleh has more on this from istanbul. this coming ahead of a deadline set by the u.n. >> yes, that's true. basically it says that syria did need that deadline. now the opcw said that its inspectors visited 21 sites out of the 23 sites declared by syria. it said the other two sites were too dangerous to visit, but they were confident and satisfied with the removal of the equipment and it was brought to the inspectors and they oversaw the destruction of aerial bombs, war heads, as well as all the mixing and filling equipment. now this brings us to the end of phase one, and two, which was meant to end by november 1st. after november 1st it will be the start of the more important phase and it's phase 3. that phase will last until the end of june next year and involves the u.n. mission support to monitor, verify all the destruction complex weapons which is estimated to be around approximately over 1,000 metric tonnes of chemical weapons. because the opcw and the u.n. have no mandate to destroy that, it will probably mean that

once the party is over, the people of istanbul just hope getting around will be a little easier. aljazeera, istanbul. >> as omar stated, the tunnel facing several delays due to archeological finds, including the largest fleet of mid evil ships discovered. stay tuned for our special coverage of the testimony of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. that coverage begins in just two and a half minutes. you can check us out 24 hours a day an aljazeera.com. spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact

>> good morning, early morning, from istanbul. it doesn't help. we've seen this a couple years ago when we had a similar situation. i don't think the impact of the shutdown is significant yet. the asian markets have not yet been particularly depressed. i think they're up in early trading. we'll see how that pans out into europe. so no panic in the markets yet. but from an image point of view, you're right, it doesn't look good. those who run businesses really want to be left alone to get on running their businesses. we had the sequester impacting u.s. gdp growth in the first half of the year. instead of being up 2% or 3%, it's been in the 1%, 1.5% range. so, i think people are troubled by it. it's not good from an image point of view. the government does look like it has nowhere to go. the crucial issue is how long will it take politicians to sort out the crisis and come to an agreement and, of course, deal with the debt ceiling crisis we have coming down the road, too. >> martin, americans here, they have crisis fatigue. they've been through this

from the monuments of rome to a turkish bath in istanbul. from the markets of naples to new friends in spain. and from the scalps of the alps the the running of the bulls in pamplona, you'll want to get the most out of every mile, minute, and dollar you spend in europe. in this three-part travel skills special, we start in the netherlands, venture through germany, dip into italy, sweep through switzerland and france, before finishing in england. in this first episode, we start in amsterdam, cruise the rhine, visit rothenburg, and finish in munich. our main tips in this show -- settling in upon arrival and transportation. exploring europe by car and by train. we landed at amsterdam's schiphol airport. to get to europe, americans need only a passport, plane ticket, and money. airports are well-designed and user-friendly. notice how easy it is for english speakers to step right over that language barrier. here in amsterdam, like most of europe, everything's in two languages -- dutch for locals and english for everyone else. and there's an infor

. >> i am now joined live from istanbul. omar, an important milestone happen reached in terms of destroying or tarting to destroy syria's chemical weapons, but really, what difference does it make to people on the ground? >> i'm sorry to say, it will not affect anything, because people are continuing to suffer. there is lack of food, lack of medicine, and above all, they are being killed, not only by chemical weapons, but by conventional weapons, as well. i've been speaking to a senior syrian opposition member. he told us while the news could be good to the international community when it comes to eliminating syria's chemical stockpile, but there are over 100,000 people, even over 120,000 people killed with weapons like tanks, you asked missiles and others. nothing has changed on the ground for millions of sirens. >> what does this mean for the next few stages, having reached the milestone? >> i think it will be fair to say that the first and the second stage of the whole plan is the easiest part. now the difficult one is ab

. >> only ombudsman should know, earlier this year, antigovernment protests erupted in the sense of istanbul over a project to build a local park. most media outlets ignored the protests then gave more air time to the government. he was working for sabah daily, criticizing the paper for its coverage. the articles were censored. then came his new york times op ed, taking the authorities to task for their close ties to the turkish government. he had gone too far, they fired him. >> i would say in the past five, six months was growing this content of sabah's readership about what they perceived as partisanship pro-government output particularly on the front page and this i had to convey because they kept coming and they kept increasing. this is my job. i cannot simply ignore if some part of the readership sees or questions or demands answers, on a specific issue which they find problematic. >> there seemed to be a pretty clear case of the muzzling of an independent voice in turkish media. certainly his writings indicated that the media owners were entangled in politics because of their addition

we have covered them in paris tunisia, istanbul. they have been meeting everywhere in the past few years. in the beginning there was a pretense where they were speaking to a so-called united opposition that was marching at least in their own words in lockstep towards a brighter future for syria, a future without bashar assad in it. that has become aggressively more difficult, or that vision is more out of whack with reality these days. john kerry is going to a meeting trying to face an opposition that within itself is divided on whether or not to attend this conference. the opposition groups that will be there in london -- the syrian national coalition -- that is the umbrella group will stop within that group you have a faction called the syrian national council that has made it clear that it opposes any peace conference, any way, shape, or form, of any regime if bashar al-assad will participate in it. they say it would be a joke to allow a man who has been brutally murdering his own people to sit at a table and talk about peace. wh

omar al saleh has more from istanbul. >> reporter: the opcw says they went to 21 of 23 sites declared by syria. the remaining two were not visited by the inspectors because of safety and security concerns. they removed some of the items in those sites to be verified and inspected at another location. now syria has met two key deadlines, but the most important one is yet to come, and this is called phase 3. it involves the destruction of an estimated 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons stockpile. the opcw needs to approve the plan of the destruction. >>> here now to talk ariel castro this milestone is michael lujan. he is joining us via skype from the hague. michael how convinced are you that the asaw regime no longer has the capability to produce chemical weapons? >> we're completely convinced actually, based on the declared materials. our inspectors have been there for 30 days. they visited all of the sites that the correspondent mentioned and a verified firsthand that the critical equipment that is needed to run their production facilities in what are called mixing and filling sit

more istanbul. >> the ocw said this was the most challenging mission ever undertaken by the organization. it's inspectors went to 21 sites. the remaining two were not verified by the inspectors because of safety and security concerns. what they did however was remove some of those items at the sites to be verified and inspected at another location by ocw inspectors. now, syria has met two key deadlines, but the most important one is yet to come, and this involves the destruction of estimated 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons stockpile. the ocw needs to prav syria's plan for destruction f >> witnesses about the u.s. strategy in syria. ambassador robert ford has testified before the foreign relations committee talking about how best to support the syrian opposition, as an alternative to assad. the conflict will continue to drag on. >> the conflict in syria now is a grinding war of attrition. the regime is suffering serious manpower shortages. for that reach, it has brought in foreign fighters from hezbollah, and from iran and iraq. and meanwhile, the modern opposition that we support i

aryun robin and wesley schneider scored the goals in istanbul. romania take the play-off following a 2-0 win against estonia. >> boz nia reached the finals with a 1-0 win. a decisive goal scored. they were in group g ahead of greece on goal difference. >>>. >>> bosnia's victory sparked celebrations in sary i'vo. our reporter has more from there. >> this is an historic day for sports. this is the first time that a soccer team from bosnia qualified for the world cup. they hope to qualify for the world cup. supporters and players hope to go to the world cup next year in brazil. 2,000 people were watching the game in the sarie i'vo square. many came from all parts of the country and city. they started celebrating. the celebration will last until the early morning. it is also important to say that this is one of the biggest events. bosnia was the better team and was dominating the match. the supporters will say they waited too long for the first goal in the second half. all in all it is absolutely fair and deserved for bosnia to go to the world cup ne

my grandparents fled istanbul and had to start a new life in greece. i heard similar horror stories from my grandparents about how they got here. i see these refugees as people. but others don't care about them. >> a fisherman and a children's eight project, both trying -- aid project, both trying to make a difference along a fortified border. >> throughout history, european countries have not exec recovered themselves with glory when it came to dealing with people from other countries or cultures. fortunately, the times of brutal wars between neighbors are over here in europe, but prejudices still persist, especially regarding ethnic minorities. swedish police kept secret lists of members of the roma community there, for no other reason than they were roma. that is illegal. police are only allowed to register people's data to deal with crimes and ongoing critical -- criminal cases. >> afternoons spent with their children and grandchildren are more of a distraction than a pleasure these days. they are among the 25,000 roma living in sweden, and they ar

she already secured a spot in the season-ending championship in istanbul later this month. meanwhile, world number two, you the -- novak djokovic, won shanghai masters. the new european kite surfing champion has been crowned near barcelona in spain. -- he managed to defend his european title. both germans pocketed the most points in the tournament with spectacular jumps that wowed spectators as well as judges. beautiful cities in italy, and perhaps the world. venice. but its canals and lagoons put the city under constant threat from rising water levels. engineers have been working on an elaborate barrier system to control the amount of water in the lagoon starting in 2017. the ambitious multibillion euro project was put to the test for the first time this weekend. >> venice just would not be venice without water. the lagoon and the canals are what make the renaissance city so iconic. but water is also venice's biggest problem. 40 to 50 times a year the city experiences what is called aqua alta, high water. things are getting worse. sea levels are rising, and over the past c

. >> in istanbul the two turkish airline pilots, kidnapped in reprisal, were being reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes, but plenty of emotions and grad tute for negotiations brokered by qatar which enabled their relief. >> back in beirut, celebrations from where the nine men set out a year and a half ago. questions remain about the identities of the armed group that kidnapped the turkish pilots. there's uncertainty about how, if or when assad's regime is releasing women prison, a demand made by opposition fighters who had held the lebanese. >> chemical weapons inspectors say they are making progress in syria. so far they visited 14 of the more than 20 sites on their list and syrian state tv showed video of the inspectors at one of those sites. security still remains a concern as the civil war inside the country wages on. inspectors have nine months to find and destroy all of syria's chemical weapons. a president election in the maldives has been cancelled due to police inference. the island nation developed 500 miles south of india. election officials say they couldn't carr

in istanbul the two turkish airline pilots kidnapped in a reprisal were being reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes, but plenty of emotion and grad attitude for negotiation -- gratitude for negotiations brokered by qatar. one was not amused by their captors. >> translation: we were not treated badly or exposed to physical violence. if that was the case we wouldn't have arrived home. >> back in beirut, celebrations from the city where the nine set out a year and a half ago. questions remain about the identities of the armed groups that kidnapped the turkish pilots and there's uncertainty about how, if or when assad's regime is releasing women prisoners, a demand made by opposition fighters who held the lebanese. >>> this, then, is essentially a three-way swap. on the one side the nine shia muslims captured in syria by sunni rebels, suspected of being hezbollah fighters, helping the regime - something they deny. in retaliation two airline pilots abducted in bay rult. why turkish - they back the syrian rebels. the third element. more than 100 female prisoners held by the syrian gove

. >> in istanbul the two turkish airlines pilots kidnapped in a reprisal two months ago were reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes, but emotion and gratitude for negotiations brokered by qatar, enabling their release. one of the pilots says they were not abused by their captors. >> even treated badly, i can say that clearly. we were not exposed to violence. if that had been the case, you an be assured we wouldn't have arrived home. >> back in beirut, celebrations in the districts of the city where the nine men set out a year and a half ago. questions remain about the identities of the armed group that kidnapped the turkish pilots. also, there's uncertainty about how, if or when assad's regime is releasing women prisoners. the demand made by opposition fighters that held the lebanese. >> so this is essentially a 3-way prisoner swap deal. on the one side we have the nine shi'a muslims from lebanon captured in syria by sunni rebels. they were suspected of being hezbollah fighters, something they deny. in retaliation the two turkish airline pilots were abdoubted in beirut. why t

. >> in istanbul, the two turkish airlines pilots were also being reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes here but plenty of emotion and gratitude for the intention negotiations brokered by qatar which enabled their release. in beirut, set up where the nine men had set out a year and a half ago. yes remain about the identities of the armed group that k kidnapped turkish pilots about how, when and why the assad regime is releasing women prisoners. andrew simmons, al jazeera, beirut. >> up next, the train carrying liquefied petroleum derails and explodes >>> welcome back, a massive fire is burning in canada after a train de-railed and exploded. it happened in alberta near gainford. the train was carrying liquefied petroium. this fire is so big, emergency crews are letting it burnout. this is the second time this year a train carrying petroleum de-railed in canada. now, 2 people were killed in july when a train exploded in quebec. >> i am meet rollicked testifisty deon another day can be expected over the southeast. stalling out across area. notice the lack of rainfall alon

eye iran robin and wesley snyder scored the goals in istanbul. romanian take the playoff spot at the expense of turkey following their 2-0 win against estonia. it was a historic night for bosnia herzegovina they reached the finals for the first time with a 1-0 win at lithuania. he scored the decisive goal. they win group "g" ahead of greece on goal difference. richard, al jazerra. >>> dance on the ground a pitch, dance on the ground the streets as well in sarajevo. our reporter stephon has more from there. >> reporter: this is a had i toss i can day for sports in bosnia. everybody though this is the first time that a soccer team here qualified for the world couple of they have missed four opportunities to qualify for the european cup. another four for the world cup and supporters and the players on the national team say month more waiting, it's time to go to the world cup next year in brazil. some 3,000 people were watching the game in the game. and after that many more came from all parts of the country and city and started a big party and celeb

. >> reporter: in istanbul the two pilots kidnapped were also reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes here, but plenty of emotion and gratitude for the intense negotiations broken by qatar, which enabled their release. back in beirut finally celebrations in the predominantly shia southern districts of the city where the nine men had set out a year and a half ago. questions remain about the identities of the armed group that kidnapped the turkish pilots. also, there's uncertainty about how, if or when assad's regime is releasing women prisoners, a demand made by opposition fighters. andrew simmons, al jazeera, beirut. >>> trying to gain control over dozens of fires burning near sidney. a look at the devastation. that is next on al jazeera america. about 28 different instruments on the outside. >> it's one wild ride. we're flying at 300 feet over the gulf of mexico. come aboard nasa's laboratory in the sky. >>> the two inmates had initial court appearances about an hour ago. police say they found the convicted killers hiding out in a motel in panama city on saturday. >

. >> pelley: holly williams reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, thank you. the white house is telling us this evening it is open to having talks with european leaders about u.s. surveillance programs. those european leaders called for meetings after reports that the national security agency has been eavesdropping on their telephone calls. the main architect of the c.i.a. strategy to dismantle al qaeda is speaking about it for the first time on television. mike morrell was the agency's longtime deputy director before retiring last month. in a "60 minutes" interview, john miller asked morrell what he thinks of the c.i.a.'s enhanced interrogation techniques that many have described as torture? >> reporter: let me read you a list of some of the techniques that were used by the c.i.a. to get information. waterboarding. hitting. bouncing suspects off walls. confining them in small spaces. loud music. sleep deprivation. nudity. keeping suspects in physical stress positions. if these were americans being held overseas by a foreign power, would we have called that "t

. >> pelley: holly williams reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, thank you. the white house is telling us this evening it is open to having talks with european leaders about u.s. surveillance programs. those european leaders called for meetings after reports that the national security agency has been eavesdropping on their telephone calls. the main architect of the c.i.a. strategy to dismantle al qaeda is speaking about it for the first time on television. mike morrell was the agency's longtime deputy director before retiring last month. in a "60 minutes" interview, john miller asked morrell what he thinks of the c.i.a.'s enhanced interrogation techniques that many have described as torture? >> reporter: let me read you a list of some of the techniques that were used by the c.i.a. to get information. waterboarding. hitting. bouncing suspects off walls. confining them in small spaces. loud music. sleep deprivation. nudity. keeping suspects in physical stress positions. if these were americans being held overseas by a foreign power, would we have called that to

forty eight year old guided his new side gala tasa right away to all short time to you ventas as the istanbul team sealed their first point in champions league group b. mancini was unveiled last monday after the italian signed a three year deal to take over from five to ten am who is now coach of turkey. while chelsea manager joe is a marine you lost his temper and walked out of a pretty much press conference off the journalist once again questioned his squad selection the portuguese coach had left out belgium when a kevin the brewing up for the trip to south bucharest but to remember is struck twice to help the blues triumph or nil on record their first points in groupie. but you have this tendency you only ask about the good of the lot so that the super bowl. well meanwhile majesty united midfielder ryan giggs overtook rao's record of champions league appearances by choking up the game number one hundred forty five at ukrainian signed shutdown united have to settle for a point after danny welbeck first off opener was cancelled out by vyacheslav shift chokes late leveller to leave both sides

. >> i want to thank you for joining us today from istanbul. before we go, let's say hello to james creedon. it's time for a media watch segment. >> just taking a look at how that story was playing out in the media today, you can see it was not conclusive that it was an assault of a homophobic nature. a lot of these articles did not even mention the possibility of it being motivated -- >> it is tit for tat for what happened in the hague. >> many people are interpreting it as tit for tat. this is a headlining you can see they have put a rainbow in the background. that headline is a little less circumspect. the reason it is seen as homophobic is because of the part of the lgbt sign. this comes a week after headlines from a dutch it will matt -- a russian diplomat attacked in the hague, and these are photos of people demonstrating outside the dutch embassy at the time. it has been tit for tat, and it has raised the issue of perceived homophobia or very real homophobia in russia. that is a story of how they are brainwashing the russian people. also

forty eight year old guided his new side gala tasa right away to all draw at home to you ventas as the istanbul team sealed their first point in champions league group b. mancini was unveiled last monday after the italian signed a three year deal to take over from factory terry who is now coach of turkey. while chelsea manager josie marino lost his temper and walked out of a pretty much press conference off the journalist once again questioned his squad selection the portuguese coach had left out belgium when it having the growing up for the trip to south bucharest but to remember is struck twice to help the blues triumph or nil on record their first points in groupie. but you have this tendency you only ask about the good of the not so good to see the world. well meanwhile majesty united midfielder ryan giggs overtook rao's record of champions league appearances by choking up game number one hundred forty five at ukrainian signed shut down to nets united have to settle for a point after danny welbeck first opener was counseled by vyacheslav shift looks like leveler to leave both sides joint to

it is simply not possible today to have almost nothing between istanbul and new delhi. >> and the question we have approached but maybe need to tackle head on. does the team as a complete green light from the supreme leader? the ayatollah said there were nuances in his support for the decision of the first arabian president to chat on the telephone to his counterpart in the u.s.. >> we support the government's diplomatic movements. and we place important on diplomatic efforts. and we support what was in this last trip. in our opinion, some of what occurred was not proper. while we are optimistic about our government's diplomatic stasis, we are pessimistic about the american. >> he goes on to say that u.s. government is not trustworthy, breaks cut -- breaks promises. what does he mean when he says some of what occurred is not proper? >> you have to look at this picture that it is almost as difficult as in the west or pwashington to deal with domestc affairs. he said that he is confident about his team. they said he also has doubts regarding the issues of such negotiations. at the end of the

forty eight year old guided his new side gala tasa right away to all short time to you ventus as the istanbul team sealed their first point in champions league group b. mancini was unveiled last monday after the italians signed a three year deal to take over from fatty terry who is now coach of turkey. while chelsea manager josie marino lost his temper and walked out of a pretty much press conference off the journalist once again questioned his squad selection the portuguese coach had left out belgium when a kevin the growing up for the trip just out bucharest but to remember is struck twice to help the blues triumph or nil on record their first points in groupie. but you have this tendency you only ask about the good of the lot so that the super bowl. well meanwhile majesty united midfielder ryan giggs overtook rao's record of champions league appearances by choking up game number one hundred forty five as ukrainian signs shut down to united have to settle for a point after danny welbeck first off opener was counseled by vyacheslav shift looks like leveler to leave both sides joint top of gr

going to create a stir among the growing relation now the newly growing relation between kabul and istanbul. >> how many coordination would there be between the operation like this between the angst and the americans? >> as far as john kerry is concerned, you know the relation between the you know, and special president karzai are very strained as far as the signing of bilateral agreement, there is also president karzai interviewed several weeks back where he almost tried to back out of this agreement. his statement is if this agreement is not in the interest of afghanistan, so afghanistan will never shy of the opt being out of this agreement. so you know that president karzai and john kerry they are personally close to each of th them. so i think the americans are trying ouse the personal relationship between president karzai and the secretary of state to break the defenses over the bilateral agreement. because generally this year, the president of the united states and the president of afghanistan, they agreed that the by lateral security agreement -- bilateral agreement will be signed by

. >>> serena williams in the semifinals of the championships in istanbul later on saturday. on friday williams was presented a trophy for ending the year as the world's number one. the american is the oldest woman to hold the top ranking at 32. this year williams won both the french open and the u.s. open. >>> right now china's li na is ahead of the final. she's one up. >>> the 17-grand slam champion will play in the semifinals in the swiss indoors. federer wins in straight sets. demetriov has been in a winning streak. >>> south africaen signed half of his match fee after he has been found guilty of ball tampering. south africa has sealed the test victory on day four and pakistan can only manage 326. that means south africa win by innings of 92 runs. >>> bellow is now tied for the lead at the shanghai master. the spaniard with a 5 under par third round. roy mcilroy chances are fading away. he's six shots behind. >>> to the france champion chris vroom has won in japan the event staged by the tour de france organizers in a bid to build popularity for cycling in the country. th

you have abu dhabi and istanbul announcing equally big projects. are you building too fast too much? >> i think the thing is people in europe and north america are looking at this thinking, how on earth is this possible? the answer is because we don't actually derive much of our market from the point-to-point market here. the population here is relatively low compared to the size of the airport. our secret here, of course, is we've grown a very high quality destination for tourism and commerce so we have huge numbers of visitors each year, but more importantly we're being seen as the international hub of choice joining cities on the planet. airports are compensating for lack of airport growth and development particularly in places like europe. where the growth has clearly got to come from somewhere because more and more people will continue to want to travel so that airport capacity has to be provided. i'm convinced that ourselves and all of the other airports in the region will be providing enough capacity for that growth and more. >> just to buil

. >>> more from istanbul. >> hundreds of people gathered outside a courthouse in ankara. some tried to go inside the court. police fired tear gas and water cannons trying to disperse the crowd. there were several injured as a result. inside the courtroom there were also tensions, family claiming shouting that they do not trust the court will serve them any justice. now, the session was adjourned till the 2nd of december. the accused officer did not turned up, he joined the court via video conference. there are however other courts expected to take place in november for other policemen accused of beating protesters during the protest that took place late may. and about for two weeks in june. those protests left at least six people killed including a policeman. now opposition protesters as well as rights groups accused the government and police of using excessive force and brutality. of course the turkish government has released that. >>> israel has released the name of 26 are prisoners due to be released from israeli jails. there were celebrations, some are prisoners were

. >>> now the season-ending wta championships got underway in istanbul, but can anyone stop serena williams? we'll take a look at that coming up in sport. ♪ >>> hello again before we move on some breaking news out of moli this hour, a suicide bombing is reported to have killed a boy and two un troops. the attack happened in the northern town. the two un soldiers were reportedly from chad. six others have been injured. we'll bring you more details when we get them. the u.s. city of detroit has filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in the united states history, but in an irony of sorts even declaring it's a broke could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: for the motor city, first came the debt then came the bankruptcy, then the bankruptcy bill, and it's soaring like detroit's historic skyline. the city council dutifully continues meeting, but since the state took over the finances, it is kevin orr who calls the shots. only his office knows the real total. >> my question is, has it exceeded $62 million and i don't have that answer and i should have that answer. >

it will be addressed at the next meeting, set for the 31st or november 1 in istanbul. there was a sign that there was some disunity among these brigades. since the frustration, there's a feeling that we need to rely more on our own resources. there is mistrust of this old deal between the u.s. and russia. will it rehabilitate syria or not? that is the background. going back to address these questions of whether the u.s. is serious about taking steps to end the killing, that really does not have a place for assad. that would give more trust and credibility for a lot of these groups to be a part of a mainstream free syria. >> hello there. my name is edward. congratulations on your hard work. i would like to ask you if you could, put yourself in the shoes of your adversaries. first, the vision that you have put forward for the solution that president assad should step down -- why do you think you would do this? that is my first question to you. have you heard the possibility that assad himself may organize elections? that would give them legitimacy. the second part of the

the dutch had already won group d, and wesy snyder scored the goals in istanbul. it was a historic night for bosnia, they reached the finals for the first time with the 1-0 win at lithuania. scoring the decisive goal they win group g ahead of greece on goal difference. al jazeera. >> thousands of fans celebrated bosnia's success in the streets of. >> i want to thank ever every fl the good times we had together, inside and outside of football stadiums in every city we played. i want to thank those who supported us, and own those who were against us because without them this would not be as sweet. >> beating egypt 6-1. we'll probably get exciting penalty shootouts in brazil but will any get this far as in england. the local cup game could not be separated after 120 minutes of football. where does the stop take? 29 of them. that's english fa record. they won 15-14. i've actually been there, but that's another story. that's your sports. >> it's foreign forces leave afghanistan the international community has promised to continue giving aid money. $160 million has been

. >> serena williams overcame her opponent and injury to reach finals in istanbul. williams overcame jelena jankovic. she'll play li that, who is up to third in the rankings. williams will aim for her 11th title. year. >> sebastian vettel took a step towards winning a fourth straight formula 1 world title. he be in poll position. sebastian vettel needs to finish fifth or better to win. the german will have nico rosberg, compatriot racing beside him with mercedes. mark webber is third. fernando alonso qualified in eighth. >> it's a great circuit. i like the track around the middle sector with the high speed corners. it's not a secret in your car behaves the way you want to through there, and, for sure you'll enjoy that a lot. i think we did that today. a great result for the team. obviously mark is on a different strategy. we'll see what the race brings tomorrow. >> the motogp title could be decided within the next 24 hours. defending champion jorge lorenzo will be on poll. marc marquez could win the title in his debut year if outscores jorge lorenzo by 8 points. mar

and wesley snyder scored a goal in istanbul. romania take the playoff spot at the expense of turkey. it was an historic night for bosnia, they reached the finals for the very first time when they won their win at lithuania. [ cheers ] >>> thousands of fans celebrated bosnia's success on the streets of saroff you. it is a rare cause for celebration following nearly four years of war. >> translator: i want to thank every citizen for all of the good times we had together in every city where we played. i want to thank all of those who supported us, but also those who were against us, because without them this would not be as sweet. >>> mexico scraped into the playoffs with a little help from the us. mexico lost 2-0 to costa rica, and at that statement it looked like they run of five straight world cup appearances would be over. but just when it looked like panama would clench the playoffs the usa scored twice in the dying moment. helping them to snatch a 3- -- [ technical difficulties ] >>> chile and ecuador look their places in the

. >> in istanbul the two turkish airline pilots were being reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes here, but plenty of emotion and gratitude for intense negotiations brokered by qatar which enabled their release. we were not treated badly. i can see this clearly. if we this suffered physical violence, you can be sure we would not have arrived home. >> in beirut, celebrations of the southern districts of the city, where the nine men set out a year and a half ago. >> questions remain about the identities of the armed group that kidnapped the turkish pilots, and also there's uncertainty about how, if or when assad's regime is releasing women's prisoners. a demand made by opposition fighters who had held the lebanese. >>> the kidnappings g highlights how complex and intertwined syrian conflict has become. >> yes, that's the case. the release of the lebanese and the turkish hostages came after secret talks, diplomacy, phone diplomacy on behalf of lebanese security officials, with the qataries and the turk and the syrian government and syrian rebels. it started with med

. >> aljazeera reporting from istanbul, turkey. omar, thank you very much. >> it appears that the number of people killed by drone strikes in pakistan may have been overestimated. the pakistani defense ministry now says 67 civilians were killed by those drones, about half the number another agency reported earlier this year. in all, more than 2,000 people have been killed by those u.s. drone strikes that were targeting suspected al-qaeda fighters in pakistan. last week, pakistan's prime minister urging president obama to stop those attacks. >> severe weather in the mid went and southern plains causings problems in the region. >> it's the same system that actually produced all of the snow across the sierra on monday into tuesday. take a look at this temperature map behind me. you can see the cooler air really across the west concentrated there, but the front is on the move. where you can see the major differences in temperature perhaps from memphis and houston back to denver, that's where the front is situated pushing toward the eas

joe has the latest from the wta championships in istanbul. details coming up in the sport. >> news of racism in the >> news of racism in the >>> in this aim of the internet we probably see one of these - we are about to see them - several times a day - dot com.org and others. in an expansion of internet names non-latin characters are being introduced. these are the first four domain names available in foreign script - the chinese character for gain, the arabic word for web or network, and two representing online and site. the new sufisms reflect the global nature of the -- suffixes reflect the global nature of the internet. it cost $185,000 to apply for each of these new domains. let's talk to internet analyst barry fox, joining us from london. always good to talk to you on the program. why hasn't this happened before now, it's, after all, the worldwide web. >> yes, it is. have you to think back to where the internet began, and it began in america with the american military. and it was - it was the secure system that the military talked to ea

enough, at the bank of reconstruction in istanbul, the key driver behind this, an individual from bp and azerbaijan, said we cannot do this without public money. of course he is making a pitch erie this has to be underpinned by money from the puic coffers. not only because it is dollars, but it is state that dollars. of italy,dit agencies germany, and so on, would support an infrastructure project in the event of a seenem, such that we have where populations push for their own democratic control. >> what most surprised you in researching the oil road? >> what most surprised me was the way in which the same substance, this crude oil, which is the same substance that passes through a pipeline in the caucuses and through a pipeline in western europe, it has a completely different impact on the populations it passes through. in the caucuses, it is a securitize court or. it is a militarized corridor. in italy, austria, germany, it is not. therefore, its impact, the same material, the impact of the people that live alongside it is totally different. we are so blind to the impact that it ha

coalition, and that is a measured decision that the syrian coalition will face and discuss in two weeks in istanbul. >> more on this, to josh uee land. >> director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. on the surface it looks like geneva ii will be hard to pull off, given the opposition within the opposition. we are five weeks away. is there enough time to make it happen, do you think? >> it will be touch and go, there's no doubt. the united states, europe, russia want a political process going. i think they believe that this is the only way to try to force both sides to recognise that they can't win, and that they have got to stop fighting and try to reduce the amount of refugees flowing out of the country, perhaps - you know, reverse the flow of refugees, and certainly to take the pressure off jordan, lebanon, iraq, turkey, the countries overflowed with the refugee problem. the winter will be tough. they want to get going and will have to drag the opposition to this meeting. there's no doubt about it. >> you mentioned russia and the u.s. who else needs to be at the

beirut, but they are waiting for a call from the turkish embassy so they can start the journey from istanbul to beirut. this is a 3-way deal. one syrian activist who is close to the northern storm brigade - the group that abducted or kidnapped the lebanese hostages says that their demands of releasing syrian female prisoners from syrian government prisons in syria have been met and now that they are either on turkey's territory, or they are about to reach turkish's soil. there could be around 102 female prisoners. this is complicated and fluid. things may well change >> andrew simmons in lebanon, and our turkey correspondent - thank you for the updates. >> a suicide bomber killed 16 syrian soldiers on the outskirts of damascus, at a checkpoint in a pro-government neighbourhood. the syrian observatory for human rights said the attacker drove a car at soldiers >> elsewhere in damascus - government forces are reportedly storming the rebel held suburbs. there was shelling. military reinforcements have been arriving. opposition activists report military airstrikes in aleppo. these are the picture