turkey is a small open economy. okay. turkey is not china. it doesn't have those huge savings and reserves as chi china has. turkey has an externt deficit. they have to borrow every day from financial markets to get the economy going. on the longer term basis it has to borrow to get the technical imports to fdi and the good things we talk about. just as a fact of manner. turkey is dependent on the global market. has to borrow to keep running the economy. now, this means the door opens in the global economy is important. on the good side and bad side. let me say little bit on the good side. there's a strong banking sector in the economy. and government has room. loefls of fiscal discipline. akp government has nothing to do with this. this is 2002 reform after the financial crisis complete inf program. very standard applied many mernling countries with this crisis. the cry ss of 2002 was a triple crisis with banking sector, government and exchange rate crisis. a typical solution to that crisis. i just told you. as economists we are good at prov

the pkk talks about turkey. in that kind of atmosphere maybe a lot of kurds could afford, well let's just solve our issue. let's not care what happens to turkey afterwards. when it came down to this process, the kurdish question for a lot of kurds is tied in with the level of democracy in the whole of turkey. the two can't be separated from each other. the solution is tied there with turkey's standard of democracy and with erdogan that's taken a rapid nose dive and that's why maybe the only difference that to the june 7th elections may or should have been maybe. a lot of people criticized for not being open to a coalition with the akp. have criticized them not being open to the coalition of akp. they had to turn to the mhp i personally don't agree with. if they had said we are working to working with the akp, we are okay withered go erdogan, it wo benefit any of the people, not just the turkish people and why i think the divergence to the htp's peace process and pkk, too, important to specify. none of us can tal

economy the becoming economic hub of this you know island for turkey is designing of turkey's africa open it in the field of economy and the turk one is a humanitarian. he has been very successful in the your official packet right down before post conflict reconstruction efforts and the last issue is force protection surely but again this is the question i can't be all right answer here soon this force protection so you're talking about three main elements humanitarian security and cooperation with the sudanese government midsomer run this is something that gives the turkish government a foothold in an extremely important area in the world so how significant is this development. without to see it there are of course many others who in the last couple of years of. greater presence in the area we have to remember that china has a in this very first overseas facility anywhere in the world in djibouti and very close by we see that various developments and the eritrean port which has been given giving to iranians and others. the whole area in the last two or three years has been subject t

is designing of turkey's africa open it in the field of economy and turkey one is a humanitarian. he has been. successful in the your official packet right down before post conflict reconstruction efforts and the last issue is force protection surely about a gay swarm this is the question i can be all right answer here soon this force protection so you're talking about three main elements humanitarian security and cooperation with the sudanese government midsomer run this is something that gives the turkish government a foothold in an extremely important area in the world so how significant is this development. without to see it there are of course many others who in the last couple of years of. great presence in the area we have to remember that china has a in this very first overseas facility anywhere in the world in djibouti very close by we see that various developments and the eritrean paul which has been given giving to iranians and others. the whole area in the last two or three years has been subject to a raising up military presence and so forth. in the in the red sea and

in turkey we lack liberte. some people even claim, pro—govermnent newspapers, they are saying our democracy is not european, we have turkish democracy. it seems they are trying to invent a democracy without free speech. i don't think it will work but i am there. i am at least saying this to you, to other journalists, in turkey, outside of turkey. in turkey, the don't print, but hey listen somehow. let me talk to you about istanbul. it is almost like it is a character in the book because you describe evocatively how istanbul changes over a0 years. you know, where they dig the well in the first place is a little village outside the city. by the end of the book it is just another suburb is sucked up by the city with industrial zones and high rises and condos and everything else. has the change in istanbul changed the people and the character of the city? good question. ok, first, the change, and this is the success of erdogan, the change in the last 15 yearsis bigger than in the first 50 years of my life. it is

turkey has refused. corruption raises the issue of not simply about the decision to cooperate but if corruption becomes too systematic, turkey is no longer going to be will to walk rate with united states on key issues even when they have shared interests. it's one of the things, there was lots of frustration over isis but eventually turkey got on board and seem to be making enough for to confront isis. it has engaged in meaningful cooperation that helped western ighters. to the extent there judiciary becomes compromised, undermined by the purges to better get away with corruption, that is going to make this more difficult. that is a long-term issue that is going to have long-term consequences. >> that makes perfect sense. n the other hand, what erdogan would hear from what you said is just because i got rid of your guys in my police, you are now saying we have a problem with corruption. at least now i have people i can trust. we are back to the situation that we live in different worlds. the bigger prob

is designing of turkey's africa open it in the field of economy and turkey one is a humanitarian work he has been very successful in the your official packet right down before post conflict reconstruction efforts and the last issue is force protection surely about a gay swarm this is the question i can be all right answer here soon this force protection so you're talking about three main elements humanitarian security and cooperation with the sudanese government midsomer run this is something that gives the turkish government a foothold in an extremely important area in the world so how significant is this development. without to see it there are of course many others who in the last couple of years of. great presence in the area we have to remember that china has a this very first overseas facility anywhere in the world in djibouti very close by we see that various developments and the eritrean paul which has been given giving to iranians and others. the whole area in the last two or three years has been subject to a raising up military presence and so forth. in the in the red sea an

economy becoming an economic hub of this you know island for turkey is designing of turkey's africa open it in the field of economy and turkey one is a humanitarian aide you know her key has been. successful in the your official packet right down before post conflict reconstruction efforts and the last issue is force protection surely about a gay swarm this is the question i can be all right answer here soon this force protection so you're talking about three main elements humanitarian security and cooperation with the sudanese government midsomer run this is something that gives the turkish government a foothold in an extremely important area in the world so how significant is this development. without to see it there are of course many others who in the last couple of years of. greater presence in the area we have to remember that china has a in this very first overseas facility anywhere in the world in djibouti and very close by we see that various developments and the eritrean paul which has been given giving to iranians and others. the whole area in the last two or three years has b

united states is going to need turkey to on board. turkey will want a better relationship with american officials. more than 2,000 cases of diphtheria have been recorded among rohingya refugees who fled to bangladesh from myanmar. the world health organisation says at least 20 people have already died from the highly contagious disease. the uk is sending an emergency team to help fight disease as claire fallon reports. leaving manchester, british medics heading for bangladesh. now, another threat — diphtheria. the makeshift home to thousands of rohingya muslims, this is the refugee camp. those living here left myanmar and a situation described by the un as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. 6,000 people have been killed, a figure denied by the government in myanmar. wonderful... among the a0 plus staff, sent by britain, becky, a children's nurse at watford general. i know from my experience as a paediatric nurse and as a mother, families will be feeling desperate. i know there are loads of children involved, 75% of the people a

turkey has taken in more refugees from war torn syria than any other country more than three million syrians are registered in turkey the un children's agency eunice out says about one point two million of them are children but living as refugees in turkey means children are forced to grow up very fast. the rattling noise of sawing machines has become the soundtrack of this childhood she works twelve hours a day monday to friday in this clothing workshop in east onboard the women here a sewing underwear and iris has to make sure they never run out of fabric. she earns about fifty cents an hour. as the house and i have of course i'd rather go to school but it's just not possible we have to pay a lot of rent and food the water bill everything is expensive that's why i need to work and help my family. and us is eleven years old and not the only child in this workshop. has been working here for two years like out us he is from syria. from damascus is for teen he is the oldest among the kids. the youngest here is only six years old. the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promi

last friday, turkey's chief prosecutor issued an arrest warned for attempting to overthrow turkey's government. not so long ago, turkey was lined up for membership of the european union and the turkish president more recently said that in full membership is not offered, then it will be the end of the game. turkey wants to have its cake and eat it. last week, she was given millions of dollars for u.s. funding to help the country become a fully fledged member. this is not syncopated the leader of the turkish opposition -- this is not the leader of the turkish opposition in the people's democratic party's has criticized turkey's dealing with the islamic state. and the israeli defense minister is on the record stating that turkey has paid isis for oil. but why should we be surprised? president erdogan stems from the muslim brotherhood, which it continues to support. do not be fooled by erdogan turning on isis. it has long supported and continues to support extremist groups, including the president himself many years ago said that democracy is a train that we ride to reach our destination. he was a

we do not, turkey does not. and at the end of the day, we just have to push back as ambassador edelman said. but don't cut off this relationship. it is crucial to us. >> very good. i appreciate it, gentlemen. my time has expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you all very much, both for your service at the state department, as well as for being here today. ambassador crocker, you talked about the fact that we're not even at the table in the discussions in syria right now. and i would argue that part of the problem there is that we have a state department that is not functioning in the way that we would like it to. because we have an administration that doesn't recognize the importance of diplomacy and the role of the state department and foreign policy. not even sure how much it recognizes the importance of foreign policy. but i wonder -- i'm not going to -- i'm going to ask you, ambassador jones, because you were most reasonable the state department's top diplomat for the middle east. and i wonder if yo

in absentia many of his colleagues are still detained in turkey why is it so difficult to get them out of jail. well we have unfortunately in the context of an authoritarian government which is being cracking down on human rights defenders and civil society activists with the excuse of. it to cover oppression they're engaged and i was actually at the trial of peter. ted. the week before last together with some of the other human rights defenders who were released on bail and the chair of the international in turkey remains in prison and testified in court video from his prison cell in izmir today's human rights day which marks the adoption of the un's universal declaration of human rights on the tenth of december back in one thousand nine hundred forty eight what's your sense how far have we come well i think on the whole the situation is positive i mean we are very good at talking about all the bad things that are happening in the world but we have a hugely grueling human rights movement we have people octave.

sealing the deal turkey says it will buy a defense system from russia despite being. and i'm glad this is live from doha also coming up on the program the european governments stand accused of being in the abuse of thousands of refugees and their efforts to stop migration. fears of a detour there outbreak of refugees living in camps in bangladesh more than one hundred suspected cases are reported so far plus. i'm catherine soy and kenya's capital nairobi i'll be telling you why after fifty four years of independent people and still deeply divided along ethnic lines. so then turkey is expected to finalize a two billion dollars deal with russia to buy the s. four hundred surface to air missile system was made at a joint news conference between president vladimir putin and russia type one turkey's ties with russia have become stronger in the past year and many see the new defense deal as a sign of weakening relations with nato deals and notes off to putin visited syria and egypt on the same day i want to go as more from ankara. a warm welcome for russian president vladim

talk us through turkey's religion with israel. president erdogan was so against israel when he spoke to today. >> has been a mutual exchange of insults. they called each other terrorists. clear rift inery the reconciliation between turkey and israel that's been going on for one year. what matters more is the relationship between turkey and the united states. very clearly how they are moving and thethis american important decision will bring trouble in a rather difficult relation and we know that he is a very important member of nato. it's more straining to the western alliance and considering regional matters in the middle east. genie: thank you for coming in to speak with us. macron isis, emmanuel hosting germany's angela merkel and five african presidents, trying to boost the fledgling g5 militant force that's fighting islamic state in northern africa. it brings together troops from burkina faso, chad, niger in the desert region that is played by extremism. france is currently leading cocounterterrorism o operatitio. james andre

syrians are registered in turkey the u.n. children's agency eunice out says about one point two million of them are children but living as refugees in turkey means children are forced to grow up very fast. the rattling noise of sawing machines has become the soundtrack of this childhood she works twelve hours a day monday to friday in this clothing workshop in east onboard the women here a sewing underwear and iris has to make sure they never run out of fabric. she earns about fifty cents an hour. as the house and i have of course i'd rather go to school but it's just not possible we have to pay a lot of rent and food the water bill everything is expensive that's why i need to work and help my family. and us is eleven years old and not the only child in this workshop muso has been working here for two years like agassi is from syria colleagues from the moscow's is thirteen he's the oldest among the kids. the youngest here is only six years old. the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him

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syrians are registered in turkey the u.n. children's agency eunice out says about one point two million of them are children but living as refugees in turkey means children are forced to grow up very fast. the rattling noise of sawing machines has become the soundtrack of this childhood she works twelve hours a day monday to friday in this clothing workshop in istanbul the women here a sewing underwear and iris has to make sure they never run out of fabric. she earns about fifty cents an hour. as the house and i have of course i'd rather go to school but it's just not possible we have to pay a lot of rent and food the water bill everything is expensive that's why i need to work and help my family. and us is eleven years old and not the only child in this workshop muso has been working here for two years like agassi is from syria colleagues from damascus is thirteen he's the oldest among the kids. the youngest here is only six years old. the turkish owner lets us film but only because we promised we would not show him in our r

a german activist who spent months in jail in turkey is speaking out about his time behind bars peter mares legal problems began earlier this year when he visited turkey to speak at a human rights workshop joyner was then accused of supporting a terrorist organization and imprisoned in turkey for months in late october after one hundred thirteen days and pretrial detention he does jordan it was released and allowed to return to germany however the case against him is still continuing in his absence the forty six year old was recently honored with the quaker it helps service peace prize for his work as a human rights activists. and today story spoke with the w exclusively about his time behind bars and his hopes for the future mr start now first of all thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview you were in turkish prison nearly four months and you returned to germany just in time for your daughter's fourth birthday how are you doing no well i'm doing fine but taking it very slowly so rather no work just some mediocre some official contacts meetings but taking it slowly

turkey does not. at the end of the day we just have to push back as ambassador edelman said but don't cut off this relationship. it is crucial to us. >> i appreciate it, gentlemen. my time has expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all very much both for your service at the state department and as well as for being here today. ambassador crocker, you talked about the fact that we're not even at the table in discussions with syria right now. i would argue that part of the problem there we have a state department that is not functioning in the way that we would like it to because we have an administration that doesn't recognize the importance of diplomacy and the role of the state department in foreign policy. i am not sure how much it recognizes the importance of foreign policy. i wonder, i'm not going to, i'm going to ask you ambassador jones, because you were most recently the state department's top diplomat for the middle east. i wonder if you could talk about what we could be doing to bette

and a political opponent of president goes on trial in turkey. leaves the procurators opposition party and his supporters say his trial is politically motivated. i'm gonna go to have you with us widespread condemnation today of president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday un's. terry general antonio terra saying the move will only jeopardize prospects for peace trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the u.s. president throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind. he dismissed warnings that his decision could light the fuse of one of the world's most explosive powder kegs this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peac

member state protected un buffer zone keeps them apart greece and turkey are also at loggerheads over the aegean sea located between the two countries. they've been contesting sovereignty and other rights in the area since the one nine hundred seventy s. tensions have run so high since then that the dispute has twice almost led to the outbreak of military hostilities. the migration crisis has further strain ties between the two countries greece and turkey have become the landing point for many migrants hoping to reach europe from africa and the middle east the deal between turkey and the e.u. to return refugees that arrive from the greek coast has helped ease tensions but a long list of grievances remain. so the first visit by a turkish head of state in greece in sixty five years what can we expect let's bring in correspondent. then that we have dorian jones in istanbul welcome to you both and the let's start with you how will anyone be received there in greece. well there's a great deal of fear and trepidation over this trip. for starters it's a huge security operation here the entir

turkey is expected to finalize a two billion dollars deal with russia to buy the s. four hundred surface to air missile system you know it was made of a joint news conference between president vladimir putin of russia type turkey's ties with russia has become stronger in the past year and many see the new defense still as a sign of weakening relations with nato deal with an l. substitute in may the whistle stop tour of the middle east this morning from her. reaction to president announcement has been swift there is a feeling of accomplishment here in turkey that turkey on the verge of signing a deal to parties and defense system as four hundred missile defense system from russia of course this is not going to come as good news to need to which has been cruelly following the deal between turkey and russia the united states has over the years been encouraging turkey to buy its own defense system to. turkey say it's highly prized and it doesn't know how much technology america was ready to part with in this in purchasing department ms now all this just shows how fraught

also german citizens how do you touch on the situation in turkey on the human rights situation after having been through it yourself now well judging the political situation is very challenging for me because i've been for a month in the turkish prison but i don't know anything. on the political process is really between germany and turkey i didn't follow the political process in turkey before so i might be a specialist on solitary confinement in one turkish prison in the moment but i cannot say anything about the political situation looking into the. traditional system and the judicial procedures are a see that for a lot of the political detainees that the situation of rather unfair their the trials are postponed there are sometimes not even means until now locked in as you jail doesn't have an indictment there are other german like michelle told you there's a process ongoing but it's very slow and this is actually very very challenging and also not according to traditional procedures as they should be so there's a lot of solidarity from my side toward sam and i hope that i can say

it was a treaty mag ninety four years ago and this treaty is not only between turkey and greece. villas on treaty as it's not and also defines greece's out of border and therefore that of the e.u. their respective sovereignty in the aegean sea and air space is something both turkey and greece have been at loggerheads overfit decades and that's nearly led to military conflict twice greece is revisiting the lasagna treaty isn't up for discussion. of the world series this treaty presents nor gaps it needs no revisions or updates this treaty is valid as it is and it completely covers the matches it needs to you know. side prison is another issue which turkey and greece disagree over the northern part of the island is still occupied by turkish troops following the invasion back in one nine hundred seventy four that came after greek nationalists tried to unite cyprus with mainland grace. the migration crisis is further strain ties between the two countries where greece and turkey have become the landing points for many migrants from africa and the middle east hoping to reach europe rel

in turkey the trial of a pro kurdish opposition party leader has begun. tosh has been accused of links to kurdish militants charges he denies the leader of the people's democratic party was first detained under the state of emergency that followed last year's failed coup his supporters say the case is politically motivated use a leonardo da vinci painting of christ that sold for a record three hundred eighty million euros is heading to a museum in the united arab emirates the newly opened louvre says it will be holding the renaissance master's rare work the announcement follows reports the pieces mystery buyer was a little known a saudi prince wildfires in southern california have destroyed hundreds of homes and are forcing thousands of evacuations people have shared a striking pictures of the blazes on social media of this video posted to twitter was caption not your typical morning commute it was filmed there west los angeles and topanga state park it has been shared hundreds of thousands of times a one person commented some of these images coming out o

in turkey the trial of a pro kurdish opposition party leader has become. so they are hot damn near tosh has been accused of links to kurdish militants charges that he denies the leader of the people's democratic party was first detained under the state of emergency that followed last year's failed coup his supporters say that the case is politically motivated. turkish president has begun a two day official visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state in sixty five years in the capital athens he met with prime minister alexis tsipras to discuss relations between the neighboring countries both are members of nato but the relationship has been rocky for decades occasionally even going to the brink of war. and greece and turkey have tried to normalize relations in recent years but there is still thorny issues to resolve. greek turkish relations have been tense if not adversarial for decades the two countries have disagreements over three major issues the island of cyprus control of parts of the aegean sea around their two countries and recently the mig

off we go then, turkeys. this devon farmer wonders if the bones found down the road might be from those original birds. potentially these, in some way, are direct descendants of the ones that arrived, and here they are back in devon. so this's quite nice. in what else but a sandwich box, the turkey bones have now been taken to the city museum to go on the display after christmas dinner. jon kay, bbc news, exeter. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz. it was bone chilling cold in bournemouth this morning, compared to other parts of the country. we will look at that in a second. look at this stunning picture from uckfield, east sussex. beautiful. a nice foggy one from staffordshire. we didn't quite have as much fog as we thought. it was more frosty than anything. my yus four on the coast there. 15 degrees at the same time in scotland. that is how incredible and weird our climate is sometimes. or weather! this evening, lots of cloud across the country. there will be no freezing fog or frost or anything

turkey and the u.s. are to resume issuing visas to each other's citizens. they had been suspended in a bitter row, and turkey arrested a local embassy employee in october. but in a statement earlier, the turkish embassy in washington and the u.s. embassy in ankara said the issue had been resolved. earlier, a reporter from the bbc's turkish service explained the background to the problem between the u.s. and turkey. reporter: back in october, the turkish government detained by a u.s. embassy employee, and this led to a bit of a row with the u.s. embassy, because the u.s. embassy is a diplomatic compound. but the turkish government had detained this employee because in the aftermath of the coup attempt last year, there had been a series of raids in -- and series of operations against people that turkey considers to be terrorists, because turkey believes that the coup attempt was launched by what they call a terrorist organization manned -- sorry, led by fethullah gulen in the u.s. the u.s., of course, is n

turkey is of the us‘s opinion but is talking to russia and turkey has reacted angrily when the us recognised the capital of israel asjerusalem us recognised the capital of israel as jerusalem and other us recognised the capital of israel asjerusalem and other problems in the region where they might have been some disagreements but donald trump has a tower in istanbul so this is a messy situation. to put it mildly. always good to get your analysis. seref isler about. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the pub, the pay packet and the power of social media. how one man was reunited with his missing money. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has gotten under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we will use money we picked up in belgium today and we will use the same money in france. it has just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think i

then and spent on jerusalem thousands have protested in muslim and arab countries including jordan turkey pakistan and malaysia several demonstrations focus there on u.s. embassies things turned violent in the lebanese capital beirut where security forces fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters meanwhile tens of thousands of moroccans demonstrators in the capital abbas. the winners of this year's nobel peace prize have received their award during a ceremony in oslo the group i can have spent more than a decade working toward a treaty to ban nuclear weapons but the group warned of the dangerous still facing the world today saying that a moment of panic or carelessness could be enough to start a nuclear war. activists gather in to celebrate the witness of this year's nobel prize the international campaign to a bullish nuclear weapons can they see this what a spiteful untimely. the campaigners have received a nobel prize at a moment when much of the world once more as worried about the changes of nuclear war. as the norwegian royal family looked on the chairwoman of the nobel committee

they did so because they do not want to share membership with turkey. two weeks ago in washington, lawmakers crafted a letter calling on rex tillerson to designate the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. this comes on the back of a bill introduced by senator ted cruz proposing the very same. president erdogan has of course objected to these. just last summer, he published information detailing the position of all u.s. military positions in northern syria in -- which has of course angered the u.s. and directly leading the pentagon to admit it has 1500 more troops on the ground than the 500 had previously declared. erdogan remains a danger to any potential peace. he cannot be trusted. but there are others within his regime who offer some optimism. they include the high minister who seeks to act as a catalyst in bringing together the u.s., russia, turkey, and iran to bring an end the bloodshed in syria. -- has all terror motives without truly wanting either to succeed. so she has -- and the addition of government -- egyptian government.

also german citizens how do you touch on the situation in turkey on the human rights situation after having been through it yourself now well judging the political situation is very challenging for me because i've been four months in a turkish prison but i don't know anything. on the political process is really between germany and turkey i didn't follow the political process in turkey before so i might be a specialist on solitary confinement in one turkish prison in the moment but i cannot say anything about the political situation looking into the. judicial system and the judicial procedures are a see that for a lot of the political detainees that is a situation of rather unfair there the trials are postponed there are sometimes not even until now locked in as you jail doesn't have an indictment there other german like michelle told you there's a process ongoing but it's very slow and this is actually very very challenging and also not according to traditional procedures as they should be so there's a lot of solidarity from my side toward sam and i hope that i can say the same that

there are partrts of the treaty that turkey has not fulfilled. forr insnstance, underer the try it is obliged to give the ficial mororities in turkeyy such as the greeks, the armenians and the juice a free hand when it comes to their education and religious affairs. but for the last 30 years turkey has kept closed the greek orthodox seminary on an island in the sea of istanbul. the greeks very much want that to be reopened and turkey has repeatedly refused to do so. the problem with relations between greece and turkey is that they are very much tied up to quid pro quo. the french have a word, horse trading. everything is very carefully horse traded. each side demanding an equivalent gesture from the other. neither side is prepared to say we are going to do this because it's the right thing to do. and if the other side doesn't reciprocate, to hell with them. unfortunately when the greek and turkish government get together they are like two merchants in a middle eastern bazaar. genie: the trial of the leader of turkey's pro-kurdish opposition got u

turkey cannot dictate what israel should be doing. and they are sending clear messages to israel and to [indiscernible] themselvese making proud as the sons of the ottomans. you will see, these of the remaining masses of the protesters here. labor and some of the flags and they showed some extreme anger against this kind of move. and they are saying tomorrow and the day after, till friday, their activities will never stop here in istanbul. it is one of the biggest cities ragewill show anger and against this kind of decision that completely provoked the muslim world. >> many thanks for that. our correspondent in a stumble. the secretary-general for the palestinian liberation organization we have been hearing from him,. he says trump's actions not exclude the united states from ever taking part in middle east peace talks. , dictating, closing doors for negotiations. americas qualifies [indiscernible] the palestinian leadership will call for an emergency session for the palestine council to steady his speech and review all the options an

steel with turkey also coming up. turkish german journalist michel or two who said set to walk free that's after it and istanbul court orders her release and that of five others but they still face terror charges will get you the very latest and austria's new chancellor is sworn into office having a race between coalition he's pledged to get tough on immigration but downs that turned out in protest. i'm well arrakis a pleasure to have you with us turkey has released german journalist masella to go after nearly eight months in prison but german officials say she has only been let go on the condition that she doesn't leave the country to who was charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and publishing terrorist propaganda following a failed military coup in july twenty sixth. a day of celebration for mashallah tolu supporters and legal team after more than seven months in custody in turkey the judge has decided to release the thirty three year old german on bail. now i am happy again but this has been a ba

in absentia many of his colleagues are still detained in turkey why is it so difficult to get them out of jail. well we go unfortunately in the context of an authoritarian government which is being cracking down on human rights defenders and civil society activists with the excuse of the attempt to cover oppression they're engaged and i was actually at the trial of peter. temple ten and the week before last together with some of the other human rights defenders who were released on bail and a ton of the chair of a most international in turkey remains in prison and testified in court video from as prison cell in izmir today's human rights day which marks the adoption of the un's universal declaration of human rights on the tenth of december back in one thousand nine hundred forty eight what's your sense how far have we come well i think on the whole the situation is positive i mean we are very good at talking about all the bad things that are happening in the world but we have a hugely grueling human rights movement we have people octave promoting and defending human rights you know cou

hundreds of human rights workers are currently behind bars in turkey human rights activists. recently returned from istanbul after being held there for weeks shot auto parts in his burning home. on his way to germany to reunite with his family after spending nearly four months in a turkish prison and the weeks since his return he's been trying to readjust its continuing doing my relaxation exercises which i did before going into prison during prison i'm doing it still it's a lot of talking with friends with colleagues it's also just getting back into normal rhythms like taking care of the children etc they human rights activist was teaching a seminar in istanbul when he was unexpectedly detained by turkish authorities during his time in prison he learned to come to terms with the rules. as maybe the strictest one had for several days but also there. i was treated mainly was a respect for the work guards i had great great inmates in the way. who through similar situations like i did and for me it was very important to feel the solidarity from the outside as well from the feder

bring us up-to-date with turkey's response to trumps announcement. and what kind of action can we expect? the turkish parliament has unanimously passed a resolution saying that it rejects this dangerous attempt an absolute and unquestionable terms. the presidential speech -- has called this null and void. we had the turkish foreign country saying that one simply cannot declared jerusalem as the capital of israel. statement from the foreign ministry condemning it and calling on the u.s. to review this announcement. we had a statement from the eu affairs minister who has said by mr. trump hasent, sent a message that he does not respect the international law. furthermore he has called it a obligation -- provocation and said the whole world must condemn it and this is immoral and shameful. also the president has spoken to nearly a dozen world leaders and the oic summit has been called in istanbul and that will be deciding on the course of action. president erdogan has earlier said that this announcement could have an impact on the diplomatic relations be

a german activist who spent months in jail in turkey is speaking out about his time behind bars peter lloyd there is legal problems began earlier this year when he visited turkey to speak at a human rights workshop joiner was then accused of supporting a terrorist organization and imprisoned in turkey for months in late october after one hundred thirteen days and pretrial detention he destroyed not was released and allowed to return to germany however the case against him is still continuing in his absence the forty six year old was recently honored with the quaker helps service peace prize for his work as a human rights activists. and today story spoke with w exclusively about his time behind bars and his hopes for the future. mrs don't know first of all thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview you were in turkish prison nearly four months and you returned to germany just in time for your daughter's fourth birthday how are you doing now well i'm doing fine but taking it very slowly so rather no work just some mediocre some official contacts meetings but taking it sl

so far flynn's turkey lobbying. so mike flynn worked for turkey while serving as the national security adviser to donald trump. what did turkey get for all that? one way to do it is to compare turkey's agenda to russia's which we know was working on our politics. that clearly got tangible benefits. the positive effort in the campaign. that's a lot since russia is not typically friendly with u.s. administrations. and turkey hasn't been that friendly either. after an attempted 2016 coup, he was cracking down about only . >> reporter: at least 160 people were kill and more than 1,000 injured. the crackdown is now underway. they are now calling for the death sentence to be reinstated to punish some of them and the cleric. >> this was before turkey ever paid mike flynn any money. he was singing a different tune about erdogan. flynn giving a public speech saying that erredered afghan was too close to obama. >> the turkish military, anybody switched on and paying attention, they have just been excised for many years by, wh

president airline of turkey has accused the u.s. court of attempting to undermine his government by using evidence fabricated by supporters of for to the glen the self exiled turkish religious leader on a blame for orchestrating an attempted coup last year. and over the. air to one even launched his own investigation of the us prosecutors who deny the claim one of the big arguments that the turkish government has made repeatedly is that this current case in the united states is an extension of a corruption case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed zurab also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to laundering money until his attorneys say the gold trader will say anything to get a lighter sentence very big bad news for. the same time started on this very powerful in turkey so. you know he's made. you know supporting him and most of the country do not here does all the geishas year or they hear the pro-govern

politically and militarily turkey opened its first and largest military base outside turkey in somalia last the pember and over the past three years it has expanded its diplomatic relations with more than twenty seven african countries the turkish government says it's determined to clear africa of the influence of. the man it's accuses of orchestrating last year's coup attempt in turkey. run many schools in the continent nearly all have now been transferred to the recently established model foundation. we think that if there are relations between the two countries these schools will be the bridge between them if there are schools this should strengthen it and the people as well and that's what we want with the president or do want to visit to sudan ties between the two countries seem to be growing indeed as turkey has influence and role in the african continent people morgan are just there. soon as he has banned emirates airlines flights the decision comes two days after a number of chinese he and women say they were barred from boarding their flight for dubai port the u.a.e. says that

and a political opponent of president heir to one goes on trial in turkey. leads the pro kurdish opposition party and his supporters say his trial is politically motivated. me so misconduct that to have you with us widespread condemnation today president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday u.n. secretary. general antonio tara saying the move will only jeopardize prospects for peace trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the u.s. president throwing decades of diplomatic caution to the wind he dismissed warnings that his decision could light the fuse of one of the world's most explosive powder kegs this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lastin

international human rights day with a call for the release of a turkish german journalist imprisoned in turkey and hear from an activist who's just been freed from detention their. boss it's the best film that europe asked to offer this is a group home of bitter if that is there the square. a dark swedish comedy wins big of the european film awards will bring you all the highlights from camera to the osbournes. and the top brass of the doormen may have had enough after another loss but coach peter bosch the team say they'll be making an announcement later today. and sarah harmon welcome to the program it's good to have you with us. arab league foreign ministers have demanded the united states reverse president doll drums decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital that decision has sparked violent protests not just in israel and the palestinian territories but also in other countries in lebanon security forces fired tear gas and water cannon the protesters near the u.s. embassy in beirut president trump a said he was only recognizing reality despite warnings that the move could jeopard

just over christmas. off we go then, turkeys. this devon farmer wonders if the bones found down the road might be from those original birds. potentially these, in some way, are direct descendants of the ones that arrived, and here they are back in devon. so this's quite nice. in what else but a sandwich box, the turkey bones have now been taken to the city museum to go on the display after christmas dinner. jon kay, bbc news, exeter. they just around the theyjust around the corner from here claims to make the world's first self the beverage. they are -- printing of chocolate powder portrait from a photo. but unlike other selfies, of course, this one lasts until you drink it. donald trump's tax reform is set to ta ke donald trump's tax reform is set to take approval in the house of congress after some last—minute glitches. it means the lower house will have to vote again tomorrow morning. much more in everything on the bbc website. 0ur quiet spell of weather continues apace across many parts of the british isles at the moment. t

the us and turkey are staunch nato allies. i remember a time when turkey sided with the us in the first gulf war against iraq, for example. the two countries have disagreed, such as with syria. turkey is of the us's opinion, but is talking to russia. turkey has reacted very angrily when the us recognised the capital of israel asjerusalem and other problems in the region, where there might have been some disagreements, but donald trump has a tower in istanbul, so this is a messy situation. the immense power of social media was once again in evidence at christmas when a welder from london left his christmas wage packet in a pub. chi chi izundu takes up the story. this is the story of a welder, a pub, and lost wage packet. last thursday, after a few hundred people had been here at the alexandra pub celebrating their christmas parties, at the end of the night a small brown envelopes stuffed with cash was spotted on the floor. the only reason i realised it was a wage packet was because i used to get paid in a similar packet when i