turkey needs europe and germany than germany and turkey -- germany and europe need turkey. that, bulent mumay, how can turkey afford to alienate turkey to this degree? this direct election byommendation that wassished president -- that was issued by president erdogan is being taken seriously by the german government. >> i think it shouldn't be. like fourmore than -- million people living here from turkey. half of them, let's say, most of germans.not they don't have german passports. haveone million people passports, which is the right to vote. the people who have german more wellare much integrated to the german communities. so the people who have the right who have turkish origins, i don't think they will be so much influenced by mr. erdogan. issue is -- second issue is the turkish voters -- erdogan told them not to vote for them. let's think. spd, whoon't vote for will gain from that? never work. so it's a pity. the third thing is, let's not vote for these three parties. let's talk about three other parties. ae party calls erdogan terrorist several times. >> the leftist p

turkey turkey historically has had an influence in that region of northern iraq kurds occupied the and they want it back they want it back as part of. everyone's. neo autumn and ambitions and and along with ports portions of northern syria down to aleppo. i think that this is a bit premature to say that it's going to result in war because it's not generally these referendums this is a referendum it's one of a number that have been taking place. the question is what will be the result of the what will happen from that referendum yeah. most likely it will be just to show the sentiment of the people there and they may not do anything in immediately they haven't before there was a rough an early referendum referendum and they didn't do anything. but if they go ahead and strike out the side well this is our chance and this could and the referendum will also include areas that the kurds have taken over from dosh in the war in iraq so they have this is actually going to the kurds i believe feel that this will give them greater leverage towards some form of autonomy the syrians have already gi

but again britain occurred recently visited turkey and tried to convince turkey otherwise you know the main focus right now is the ice is because we also need to understand that not a single bullet has been shot from the white p.g. into turkish borders so that he's trying to change the conversation right now so this is a very interesting talk to be to be heard hearing what might be going on behind closed doors in turkey thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us barack i.d.m. director of outreach for the kurdish policy research center thank you manila. in syria the u.n. has expressed concern over the civilian death toll in iraq. after coalition air strikes are days where i have has that report. yesterday unconfirmed reports indicate that over thirty people were reportedly killed in the us keeney neighborhood while eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city in recent days and weeks scores of civilians have reportedly been killed or injured in iraq out judah airstrikes and shelling when you first hear some

the christian democrats are all enemies of turkey. support is political parties who are not enemies of turkey. sarah: angela merkel swiftly fired back, telling him not to interfere and a harsh statement during a campaign event in western germany. have a listen. >> we will not let anyone, including the president of turkey, interfere. our german citizens, regardless of their ancestry, including german citizens with turkish ancestry, have a free right to vote. sarah: and there is a significant turkish population living in germany. for more on that, simon young joins us now. what are those turks living in the country -- what do the turks living in the country make of this appeal? simon: we have heard some official reaction from circuit community groups and it is pretty defiant. they are saying president erdogan is trying to answe instrument them during the election. he is saying they should use their democratic right to vote and ignore what the turkish president is saying. sarah: how unusual is this? are have turkey trying to interfere wi

this is quite challenging in terms of turkey and german relation if you look at from the two sides turkey is the germans top export partner and the vice versa. china turkey comes first and germany comes first in both countries so clearly they are the best partners for each other but i think you could see this relation in terms of turkey and relations if you would remember there was a tension between turkey and israel and two sides politicians were blaming each other exchanging it on public but when it comes to the financial relations actually the financial issue between turkey and didn't tell you that and i'll take speaking same thing between germany and turkey but also we should keep in mind that don you pronounce the majority of turkish public because he had been elected with the majority of the water but on the other side of the population hate him that's why today's story is very. much to the poor and fragmented but we should keep in mind that don actually calls the shots on turkish politics in every respect and since direction since to the. last year took politics was very much perso

washington is open almost amid reports turkey is thinking of buying nominate military technology for the story after the break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich. but you'd like to be close to see what before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters. there should. seem wrong. just don't all. get to shape out just come out. and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back the pentagon has expressed concern over turkey's plan to purchase an edge offensive stem from russia washington thinks that should invest in a system produced within nato as russian equipment might not be compatible. generally speaking it's a good idea for allies to buy into operable equipment with any ally with any partner with whom we intend operate we want them to buy things invest in things that will further invest in our lines well russia has not yet confirmed the deal but according to turkey pres

but again britain occurred recently visited turkey and tried to convince turkey otherwise you know the main focus right now is the ice is because we also need to understand that not a single bullet has been shot from the y p g. into turkish borders so that he's trying to change the conversation right now so this is a very interesting talk to me to be heard hearing what might be going on behind closed doors in turkey thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us director of outreach for the kurdish policy research center documented. in syria the u.n. has expressed concern over the civilian death toll in iraq after coalition airstrikes artie's were on guys you have has that report. yesterday unconfirmed reports indicate that over thirty people were reportedly killed in the us keeney neighborhood well eight internally displaced people from the same family were killed in a separate attack in another part of the city in recent days and weeks scores of civilians have reportedly been killed and injured in iraq out jus to airstrikes and shelling when you first hear some of these reports

i would say ever since turkey became a multiparty democracy nineteen fifty. this is the least free and most authoritarian the country is. during the government during the reign of a democratically elected government. those people who are on trial today there's five hundred people that we so what chance of them getting a fair trial. very few of them will not obviously we have to note that some of them are many of them are. nefarious coup plotters they do deserve to be punished but what we have seen in the aftermath of to cool is tha. turkish president everyone who has had a track record of. demonizing groups and brutalizing demographics that are not likely to vote for him. has houston post co state of emergency to crackdown on groups not related to the coup so he's got off their seculars liberals. leftists kurdish nationalists who have nothing to do with the school effort which seems to have been a. political civil war between two islamist factions everyone's akp and the glenville meant his left that out and i think he's continued to cry increases crackdowns o

the green party are all enemies of turkey support those political parties who are not enemies of turkey merkel simply responded saying quote we will not tolerate any kind of interference says this exchange between or when and mark all over the past week more than one thousand refugees have arrived in greece leaving many to question whether or no one has broken his e.u. immigration deal and the form of protest joining me now to discuss this further is former u.s. diplomat jim thank you so much thank you very for joining us jim now i want to start with why are we witnessing such a huge surge in refugees washing up on the shores of greece just over the start of this month that we've seen over two thousand refugees show up there but first i think we need a special prosecutor in germany to look at the air to one's interference with the german election this is clearly designed i think to have an impact on the election and it's clear that he's breaking his deal with the you he can turn that spigot off on any time he wants to it was never a good deal given the merkel has been you know mom. told

jumping off point for getting recruits into turkey and syria and the question for me is while isis was in control the attacks were fairly localized but now i ask myself if these networks are starting to pick up on on their own and whether they'll become just more widespread in the arctic or cross your. yes the fruit seller across from the bar in mumbai in brussels what's going on he knew a hell of a lot more that was going on than the police but no one seems to be engaged in understanding what is going on in these networks security cameras captured the moment of violence. passed the shop on the last round less in barcelona pedestrians can be seen trying to get out of its islamic state later claimed responsibility for the atrocity we spoke to former british home office counterterrorism adviser john mahmood he believes attacks of this nature are impossible to prevent. we always knew there was going to be blowback for what happened in iraq the vacuum that was created by the illegal invasion by coalition forces in iraq and the fact that isis filled that vacuum and they're now looking to hi

the christian dememrats are all enemies of turkey. suppppt is pololitical parties o are not enemies of turkey. sarah: angela merkel swiftly fired back, telling him not to interfere and a harsh statement during a campaign event in western germany. have a listen. >> we will not let anyone, including the president of turkey, interfere. our german citizens, regardless of their ancestry, including german citizens with turkish ancestry, have a free right to vote. sarah: and there is a significant turkish population living in germany. for more on that, simon young joins us now. what are those turks living in the country -- what do the turks living in the country make of this appeal? simon: we have heard some official reaction from circuit community groups and it is pretty defiant. they are saying president erdogan is trying to answe instrument them during the election. he is saying they should use their democratic right to vote and ignore what the turkish president is saying. sarah: how unusual is this? are have turkey trying to interfere wi

from from mica the problem for turkey is that turkey is one of the most important. military. and the second biggest army is still in turkey of the very nicest of america and i think. the point is syria is now trying to play russia. because if you ban on soft power try bad attitude towards america and american policy. will be not as usual as before we have lots of news stories still coming your way here on r.t. international today we are back in just a. manufactured two sentenced to public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room see. the real news. you can. import healthcare from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people south is declining life expectancy is falling childbirth deaths increasing because of these banal pleas and a lack of competition. thank you joining us here on r.t. but to syria now where a new deescalation zone is swiftly coming into force that's according to russia's defense ministry a little bit of what it was according to the agreement t

and we engage with turkey on issues that we disagree with. including syria. we have engaged more closely probably with turkey on syria than any other country because we believe these issues should be dealt with through dialogue and multilateral discussions. iran, turkey and russia i said are parts of the process and we've been able to do some good. >> rose: this was before the election of 2016. occasionally i would hear someone say five to ten years now the united states will be closer to iran than it is to saudi arabia. >> we're not competing. >> rose: i believe the political world is changing. >> i think the united states need to reevaluate the achievements of the united states and the failures of the united states in our region. >> rose: but does iran -- >> and based on that

to push for similar autonomy and turkey has been violently put in the kurds down inside of turkey has destroyed entire cities where kurds have been residing have rigged have declared in the basically to be terrorists and i mean all of them are p.k. you know they are all p.k. k. in the eyes of the of the turks so this is a problem and so. how would i know i think we're what conceivably could occur is a potential civil war and turkey so they want to keep that you want to keep it down you keep it down all right we got to keep an eye on this one thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us former pentagon official michael maloof. qatar just made a move that flies in the face of gulf state demands issued earlier this summer on thursday qatar announced it has restored full depth diplomatic relations with iran and promised to send its ambassador. back to tehran r.g.s. simone del rosario reports on the deepening rift between qatar and its middle east neighbors qatar's move to restore full diplomatic relations with iran breaks number one on the list of demands made by other arab nation

and united states of america the problem for turkey but turkey is one of the most important. allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of devices for america and i think. the policy is now from i will probably rush through the innocence of america and recall that the balance of power prior bad attitude towards america and american policy. will be not as usual before. and you deescalation zone has just come into effect north of the syrian city of homs. that he tells on after the break. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington to washington control the media the media over voters elected the businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . you can't import health care from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people self is declining life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these were not pleased with a lack of co

or from mica the problem for turkey is that turkey is one of the most important. military allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of the united states of america and i think . that. the focus here is now trying to play russia. the united states of america and because it's the balance of power for this type of bad attitude towards america and american policies will be not as usual as before just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow a new deescalation zone will soon come into effect just north of the syrian city of homs details just. seems wrong. but i. just don't. get to shape it just to. add to. it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you can't import healthcare from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people's health is declining life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these were not pleased with the lack of competition. joining us here on our two to syria now where a new deescalation zone has just come

you know of course you should keep in your mind that turkey is a nato country and the u.s. led operation in mosul nato taking part in the operation but it's also really surprising hold on boat this could kind of excellent take place in two nato forces so this is clearly a if you merchant idea disappeared just a mistake or dispute could be. kind of clinical from occasion and this came at a time when turkey in turn to it too small to creation in syria to draw my feet clear meters learned in the syria which we actually initiated this on photo you want to control the area like a safe zone for its own interests but this would be a actually a small message from the united states to get into into the bigger conflict for this kind of exchange of the messages on the stage not behind the doors actually which is also interesting yeah very interesting take there from co-author of the book the new turkey and its discontents we appreciate your time this hour. spain's interior minister has admitted that security flaws likely played a role in the recent terror attacks in barcelona cumbrian

we hear from the voices turkey's president is trying to silence. and much more. >> o'brien: the epic, tragic dimensions of harvey have understandably commandeered our attention this week, and the associated press now reports the confirmed death toll has risen to 12. but even as we focus on texas and louisiana, nature is taking a devastating toll elsewhere. heavy monsoons are paralyzing mumbai, india right now. more than 1,200 people have died so far. connecting the dots between a global warming and extreme weather is not a simple job for science. but the evidence gets stronger by the day, and it is topic of our "leading edge" segment this week. scientists are loathe to get ahead of their data, but what they see in houston fits like a key piece in a giant complex puzzle. first, the disclaimers: >> it's difficult to say anything about individual events. >> o'brien: kerry emanuel is a professor of atmospheric science at the massachusetts institute of technology. >> we have a lot of extreme weather events. whether or not the climate changes to attribut

mica the problem for turkey is that turkey is one of the most important. military allies of nato and the second biggest army is still in turkey of the united states of america and i think . that's wrong. to see it is now trying to play russia. the united states of america and because the balance of power for this type of bad attitude towards america and american policies will be not as usual as before a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital a new deescalation zone has just come into effect in syria i will discuss the details after a very short. one else seemed wrong. but i. just don't. get to shape out just to come out. and it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you can't import health care from china it's all very local. case of. price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result. life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these monopolies and the lack of competition. for joining us on this thursday morning here in moscow on. to syria now where a new deescalatio

see section is a rather popular in turkey. over 50% of babies are born not by natural birth but i these operations. that rate is the highest among oecd countries. but why do so many expecting mothers go through these operations? is it by choice or by necessity? the increase of caesarean sections are due to a range of factors, including the rise of the first births among older women, and multiple births resulting from ivf treatment. but are all of these ca esa rea n treatment. but are all of these caesarean sections medically justified? five years ago, turkey adopted a law making it the first country to punish elective caesarean sections, but it still has one of the highest rates of c sections among developed economies. doctors say the reasons for that are many, but that it is not about money. we don't do more than we do see section asa don't do more than we do see section as a doctor. the hospitals, yes, maybe. of course. but they don't push the doctors. if the patients as that, i am push the doctors. if the patients as that,

movement from turkey. >> yes i actually started as a technology programmer. in the period following the military coup i was a child but that era had very heavy censorship even before with one tv channel mostly american shows i have to tell you what makes no sense because about the frontier is the middle of nowhere where i am from there is no middle of nowhere. where are these people? we would watch things like that but what made sense is to show that because there was a major conflict in the part of turkey and all these other things going on with the heavy censorship regime. i was always the kid that was interested and then to learn about the atom bomb. so it seems like as oracle technology but then i thought and that i wanted a profession. that would not have ethical implications. well. >> so when i started as a programmer one of my early jobs i was very young, still a teenager, to have a project with the mainframe but to figure aisle to do with it with that internal internet there is no internet id and turkey. not in the early '90s. that i could just get on

not just for turkey, but also for the source countries. the tunisians, saudis, have to do work to stop people traveling. see the coalition we have done an awful lot to close those routes. i give the saudis and turks tremendous credit working on this problem. seriousroblems is a problems, a haven for al qaeda, and what my remarks -- remarks reflected is that we have to work together with turkey and our other partners to deal with this problem. and i think over the coming weeks we will be having those conversations. -- you askedon of about bashiqa -- what was your second question? is an issue between the government of iraq and the government of turkey. it is our position we want the government of iraq and turkey to have very strong ties. i think prime minister mr. abadi has had phone calls with eduhan, with improved stability in this part of the world. today, there were negotiations taking please between coalition forces and opposition- a syrian forces to create a national army. can you comment on this, and if this is the case, why did they

a country we have like turkey. in terms of how americans can help, one thing i am working to do is to get the congress and a session that would change legislation in one aspect i described, relating to 2900 americans or so detained abroad where the state department has not assessed whether or not they are innocent so they can provide more help to those who are actually innocent. and legislature would require the state department to do an andssment of those cases make a simple private determination whether was more likely than not that in each case an american is held arbitrarily in international law, and in those cases there would be quarterly reporting to congress required about facts and circumstances and what is being done to help them. it is worth noting that president obama established an office what is known as the international office of on very -- envoy of foreign affairs. very leanlys staffed and needs more support, but that is not just to help hostages of rogue states and terrorist groups, but also where

so i came on working with wild turkey to develop the campaign where we reintroduce wild turkey. this family that handles wild turkey, three generations. we went to kentucky, hung out with them, and i went to eddy russell-- >> stephen: who's the head of wild turkey. >> jimmy's son, jimmy russell, and i went to jimmy, who's the buddha of bourbon. and i said, mr. jimmy, i'm taking over this campaign. i hope this works. and he says, well, matthew, you know, if it doesn't work, we're just going to be stuck with a whole lot of bourbon. and there's worse things to be stuck with. ( laughter ) >> stephen: there you go. ( cheers and applause ) salut. that's a 101. ( cheers and applause ) >> is that the 101? >> stephen: of course, of course, i wouldn't want to be, you know, that's a very authentic story you just told. and as people who watch the show know, i will never be out- authentic'ed by anyone. so i responded on the show with my own answer to wild turkey, called savage cock. >> yeah! >> stephen: there you go. ( cheers and applause ) >> are we going to get to taste some of that, too?

from turkey to washington for your daily update on the us presidency. you might remember there was for or about a meeting that took place between donald trump junior and a meeting that took place between donald trumpjunior and a russian lawyer last year at trump tower. it turns out the first explanation we got from donald trump junior about this meeting was dictated by the president. that is the story the washington post has reported. the white house has responded saying it not accurate. this is the response. the statement that donjunior issued is true, there is no inaccuracy in it. the president weighed in at any father would based on the limited information he had and this is all discussion frankly of no consequence. just to remind you, the explanation we were given at the time by donald trumpjunior was explanation we were given at the time by donald trump junior was that he had met this woman in trump tower to discuss a ban on us adoptions in russia. that version did not last long and the press were already on to the real story so donald trump junior

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he knows no boundaries who are you to talk to the president of turkey know your place he's trying to teach us a lesson how long have you been in politics how old are you gabrielle then took the war of words to a whole new level claiming that the e.u. should only back the quote democratically minded majority of turks who don't support the one meanwhile the turks presidents now are facing a freeze on his financial assets also prominent german politicians have been calling to extend the freeze to one's family members as well. to discuss this in more detail i'm joined by. the assistant professor at the istanbul most university good evening to you we have a turkish minister comparing the statements of the top diplomat with the beliefs of the far right the german foreign ministry is branded that an insult so. it's a disagreement how bad can things get. first of all thank you very much for reminding me to such a such a discussion and i would like to stress the first topic that this tension is a tension you know for increasing the tension between those two countries bordering turkey side and

don't come back to turkey ever again. on monday, i'll report you to the public prosecutor, to make sure you're arrested if you try to enter turkey. reporter: he's also received hate mail from germans, like this email -- ozcan: and someone wrote this -- it's time to put auschwitz, buchenwald, and other camps into operation again -- that's where you filthy turks belong. up the chimney with you turks. it'll even create jobs for germans. in this case i pressed charges, but the prosecutor closed the case. reporter: like ozcan mutlu, politicians across germany have received threats -- at least one politician stepped down as a result. many have pressed charges. but their attempts often fail, because facebook won't reveal the identity of those who posted the comments. victims of cyberbullying want tough legislation. lawyer niko harting criticizes previous attempts. niko: the politicians have been really wishy-washy. on the one hand, they say facebook should only delete posts that constitute a criminal offense. but when you look i

need to in turkey. and i imagine this isn't going to help relations at all runner up publicist and former german intelligence officer thank you for your time. the syrian army's advancing on the embattled city of daraa zoran which has been besieged by ice all for three years the blockade house taken a crippling toll on the city and its people. this public park is one of the most beautiful parks in this neighborhood it was full of trees and. the sieging hunger lots of the trees have gone and we now bury i would bet here locals just can't get outside the city to bury those killed by i still shelling. the terrorists burying our dead in cemeteries and snipers are positioned along the road so. it's not only this park others too are all bare and have been turned to disseminate risk. and my friends used to play in the swings in the park but they were destroyed in the shallow. well you can always delve deeper to our teeth dot com on our other social media platforms too i'm going to know me a live news update fro

has told turkey to pass on to the rebels they support that firing on u.s. led coalition forces is quote not acceptable adding that patrols will continue and warning that coalition forces are always prepared and ready to defend themselves if need be which is not exactly the kind of dialogue you'd expect between two major powers meant to be important friends and allies but the reality of the situation is that northern syria is now a metaphorical minefield of possible clashes with conflicting alliances that could unravel at the slightest misstep. turkey remains a nato ally and an important part partner in play against dash we expect both those relationships does not do at all they should shift to continue. going to continue to work with the white b.g. as a part of the overarching syrian democratic forces. america i told you many times you need to side with us all those terrorist organizations you haven't had a good grasp of them and that's why the region has tended to. see. up till now america has more or less managed to navigate the murky waters between the t

today in turkey, this voucher is worth about $18 a month per person. that means 60¢ a day for food. >> like the original, these new care packages still depend on public donations. on the turkey/syria border, mike cerre reporting for abc news. >> abc7 has done a lot of work with care international, especially reporting on refugee situations around the world, and the heartbreaking images of syrian refugees has been going on for some time, and we want to talk more about this with the new president of care. so joining me right now in the studio is michelle nunn. michelle, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> i have to get right to syria because that is a crisis you're dealing with right now, and the numbers are staggering. >> yeah. the numbers are staggering, and i'm not sure even that the public recognizes -- first of all, you think about there are 12 million people in syria that are in need of humanitarian assistance and support. there are 4 million refugees outside of syria, living primarily in jordan and lebanon and t

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