that is what we are hearing so far from istanbul. the london fireworks are just minutes away. 0ur correspondentjonathan blake is in central london for us. not long to go, jonathan? not long to go at all. it has been a long wait for the 100,000 or so people who are packed into the viewing areas here in central london. in a last minute or so, the music has stopped, the dj has been keeping the crowd warmed up all night long. people have been here for several hours wanting to get the best view. for the third year in a row, the event has been ticketed will stop the organisers say it is to keep it safe and to make sure everybody gets a good view. the embankment is packed. it is not long at all to go until london celebrates the end of 2016 at the beginning of 2017. there will be 12 minutes of the fireworks set to a specially selected soundtrack featuring some of the artist who have died over the past 12 months. there will be 50,000 individual explosions at lighting up the night sky. three barges with 30 tons of equipment on the river behind

i want to bring in becky anderson live in istanbul. becky. >> reporter: john, yesterday was a day of mourning. today is the day the retribution. turkish war planes targeting what the army suggests kurdish military forces in northern iraq. in the last hour, more than 100 activists rounded up in country wide raids. this comes 24 hours after the offshoot of the militant group claimed responsibility for twin bombings at a soccer stadium that killed 38 as you say, at least, and wounding over 150. the first explosion, a couple of hours after the end of the soccer match saturday night between two of turkey's top teams followed by a suicide attack less than a minute later. that soccer sad upper marlbocer the building i'm reporting from. imagine a sporting complex like flushing meadows or the yankee stadium being attacked. it is easy to see why turkish leaders have come on out so strongly promising attackers effectively cold revenge for their actions. the blade of the state stretches far and wide is how the interior minister responded to the at

istanbul was the crown between the east and the west. and now you have more recently gone back to istanbul, you know, sort of lots of restaurants and bars closed and a lot of exodus from the major city. there's not much the united states can do absent protecting its own citizens in terms of its travel warnings but assisting the turks, at least as it regards the military border or the border of turkey. one of the challenges of the united states we don't want to get in the middle of what is essentially a fight between the pkk and the turkish government, the turkish government has shown, you know, sort of inclinations towards human violations after the coup attacks. so we have to be careful about how much we get involved. >> i want to show you some live pictures believe we have of a solidarity protest going on outside the stadium where this happened. you can see the flags flying there. a lot of people showing up. basically to say you're not going to scare us it seems. we're still going to stand and stand together. juliet, we appreciate you

as istanbul, it was the seat of the turkish-ottoman sultans. after the first world war, the last remnants of the ottoman empire disappeared. turkey, on the losing side, was reduced to its present size. in the 1920s, the political leader ataturk founded the modern turkish state. ankara, to the east, became its new capital. one of ataturk's major goals was economic modernization. development was focused on the cities. the effort led to mass migration from the countryside to urban areas. many villages were completely abandoned, escially in the 1950s and '60s. ( speaking turkish ) translator: this village of formerly 120 families now only houses 35. these 35 households mainly consist of elderly people-- old-age pensioners. i don't think anyone will stay, seeing what the village has come to. ( man speaking turkish ) translator: in our home area, there is no industry. there is no work. that's why people come to istanbul-- to work for daily wages. ( speaking turkish ) translator: according to the census of 1990, istanbul had seven million inhabitants,

this is istanbul, and a number of the emergency vehicles brought to the sight. we see a gurnee being pulled away from the sight. ian, do you hear us now? >> i do hear you. >> can you tell us where you are and what you're seeing? >> right now we are heading to the scene of the incident. we're hearing there are several people injured, we have not heard of any confirmed casualties in this incident. we heard there has been one gunman, just to give you context around this, there has been a heavy presence here tonight. a large police presence across the city because of the new year's eve celebration. this incident is something that the police were preparing for, something like this, but we don't know at this point who is behind it, and the details of the motivation behind this attack, this incident, tonight. >> i just want to tell you what kind of pictures we have been watching here. we have been seeing a lot of people leave the sight on their cell phones. they seem rather calm, but they are communicating with others, as they were walking away there. do you know if th

the significant start was today in istanbul but it will take years to complete. a number of small-scale trials have also been taking place in recent weeks. what do we know about those? have we had verdicts or is it too early to say? it is too early to say. yesterday, for example, ina early to say. yesterday, for example, in a south—western town 60 army officers, their trials started. it is too early to say. no conviction has yet taken place. but all of these people are accused of attempting to author of the government in thejuly 15 coup. they are accused of and some are charged with allegedly being members of an organisation of an islamic cleric based in the united states. the government accuses fatullah ghulam and his followers of being behind this coup attempt back injuly, a charge they deny. the government says they are a terrorist organisation. all of these people are tried with those accusations. 29 police officers that came to court this morning in istanbul, if convicted, 21 of them would be facing three life sentences and eight of them would be facing se

thank you very much. 29 turkish police officers have gone on trial in istanbul charged with —— in connection with the two in august. the authorities accuse fatullah ghulam of orchestrating the plot. amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges, some accused of trying to overthrow the government injuly. others are belonging terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in the two attack must have a fair trial. those who are not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against the country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than a thousand indictments had been prepared. if found guilty, 2i face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue soldiers from the army and police attacked parliament and various institutions across istanbul and ankara. thousands of turks took to the streets following calls to defend democrac

in istanbul, itshdp p party expressed condolences to the families of those who had been slain. the people taken into custody have nothing to do with the attack on an stumble. this is quite probably true. why would a mayor in a little town in modern province southeastern turkey, who is concerned with getting called before his reticence and wind get involved in the basic football stadium. is trying tot demonize the htp. to some extent this works because a lot of people in turkey do think the kurds are y arehe same and that the just the political cousins of the pkk. but that is a very dangerous policy, because if you arrest the mayor of a town, the people are going to shove his wife into the street, and the children will not play with his children on a playground. where willie end? this is dividing society. genie: jasper mortimer reporting from ankara. let's come back now to france, where one of the most influential women here goes on trial today. that is christine lagarde, the head of the international monetary fund. she is facing a possible one-year jail term over a multimillion

let's bring in beck yy anderson from istanbul. this caps off a violent year in turkey. >> reporter: absolutely, becky. this is a group calling itself t.a.c. it's signature tactic to strike a blow against the security. it is 24 hours since it claimed responsibility for twin bombings outside a soccer stadium. the first a couple hours after the match with two of turkey's top teams and the second, a suicide bomb attack less than a minute later. the soccer stadium is next to our position here in the heart of istanbul. that is the engine of turkey's economy and one of the main tourist attractions. imagine attacks close to a sporting complex like flushing meadows or yankee stadium for example. it is not surprise that turkish leaders from president erdogan on down. yesterday was a day of mourning and today is a day of retributi retribution. targeting the army and the positions were attacked in neighboring northern iraq. reports of more than 100 pro-kurdish political activists rounded up in raids country wide. this is the issue. this is wh

it is a huge electrical fire caused by an overload in the system in istanbul, turkey. but also sounds like fireworks. >> i see a person emerge out of nowhere. were they near the explosion? >> there are residents all

i think she felt she had a life full of love. 29 turkish police officers have gone on trial in istanbul over their alleged involvement in july's abortive coup. they've been charged with seeking to overthrow the government and belonging to a group led by the us—based preacher fethullah gulen, who the authorities accuse of orchestrating the plot. catharina moh reports. amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges — some accused of trying to overthrow the government in july, others of belonging to a terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in a coup attempt must have a fair trial. those not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against a country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than 1000 indictments have been prepared. if found guilty, 21 of them face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue s

thank you very much, andy. 29 turkish police officers have gone on trial in istanbul over their alleged involvement in july's abortive coup. they've been charged with seeking to overthrow the government and belonging to a group led by the us—based preacher fethullah gulen, who the authorities accuse of orchestrating the plot. catharina moh reports amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges — some accused of trying to overthrow the government in july, others of belonging to a terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in a coup attempt must have a fair trial. those not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against a country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than 1000 indictments have been prepared. if found guilty, 21 of them face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue soldiers from the arm

behind the istanbul airport attack in june. country this year. behind the istanbul airport attack injune. 360 people have died in 22 terror attacks this year, the latest of this month by kurdish militants, killing more than a0 people outside besiktas football stadium in istanbul. this person was among them, a lifelong besiktas support, he worked at the stadium. his mother called him a rosebud. translation: when i got the news, i collapsed. when i got the news, i collapsed. when they showed me his body at the hospital, i kissed him and then we buried him. may god spare everyone else this pain. may there be peace for turkey and no more bloodshed. the defining moment of the year came injuly. rebel soldiers the defining moment of the year came in july. rebel soldiers bombed parliament and drove tanks into civilians in an attempted coup. it failed but at least 265 people were killed and tens of thousands were arrested and dismissed, charged with links to the plotters. this lawyer went out that night to resist the coup. he has since represented some of

twin bombings in istanbul killed 38 people, most of them police officers. the first blast was caught on surveillance camera. watch this. at the moment a car explodes outside of a heavily populated soccer arena. shortly after that a suicide bomber blew himself up less than a mile away. 13 people have been arrested in connection with the terror attacks. >>> in cairo, local media reporting that 25 killed and dozens injured after an explosion in a small church attached to a christian cathedral. it is unclear who or what cause the blast. we have reporters on the ground covering these stories. let's start with cnn correspondent muhammad lila in istanbul for an update. what are you learning about that? >> we are learning a kurdish group a splinter from another major group has claimed responsibility for this attack. they have said they were targeting civilians but the police. a number were civilians and 155 injured, as well. all of this prompted a fiery backlash from the turkish government. this is what president recep tayyip erdogan had to say today. >> they are t

the explosion outside istanbul's main soccer stadium and moments later another one. dozens of police officers killed. f newscasters caught by surprise. this attack part of a bloody weekend wave including bombings in egypt and nigeria. >> trump's team. the likely pick for secretary of

devastating terrorist attacks in ankrah and istanbul and after the soccer game. two organizations have been behind the attacks, you have isis or the so-called islamic state and militant, the kurdistan party, the pkk. it's very difficult, george, to say exactly who was behind the attack last night. we don't have the evidence. we have to wait. even though the attack seems to target the police, most of the victims were police officers. and this tells me, even though there's no evidence, that probably the pkk was behind it because the pkk usually targets either the security forces or the police forces because you have a war taking place between the pkk and some other militant kurdish elements and the turkish government over the past year or so. >> that's sort of the background. also, the politics of the matter. but i'd like to get a sense of how people are feeling about these things on the ground there in turkey. there have been so many attacks over the past year. what is the sentiment, the mood when attacks like this happen so unexpected in such busy parts of cities

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in istanbul, the trial is underway for 29 turkish former police officers accused of aiding in the field military crew. they sought to overthrow the government, and loyal to for to look:. alleged thathave files have begun in other towns, but this trial is the most significant to date. >> istanbul's first trial related to the july 15 two gets underway under tight security. officers are accused of aiding the attempted takeover by disobeying their orders. >> everyone involved must have a fair trial. those who are not guilty must be separated out. those who are must be sentenced so they get the greatest punishment because it is a betrayal of the company. >> 21 of the former officers face life imprisonment. they are a handful of the 40,000 people who have been in prison since july's attempt to overthrow the government. 100,000 others have been fired or suspended from their jobs. they include journalists, teachers, judges, and government employees accused of being loyal to the muslim cleric erdogan says was behind the coup. it sparked international alarm with the rest continuing. the turkey in

more tightened security here in intan bu istanbul. this is after not just the ambassador was gunned down but also in an incident a few hours later. an older man with a shotgun tried to enter the u.s. embassy, was not able to get inside and was able to fire his weapon into the air. motivations are unclear. the motivations of gunman who killed the russian ambassador are quite clear after he opened fire shooting him from behind. he said that this act was to avenge the people of aleppo. he was killing the russian ambassador because of russia's role in the joint russian syrian offensive. it has been described as brutal and it t street will be named after the fallen ambassador. istanbul. >>> a photo at the center of a romantic mystery. >> no matter what you're doing stop and take a look. we have to find out who this belongs to. it is a couple getting engaged. claire gibson was walking a client's pet. she snapped the picture and now she wants to get it to the couple. >> if you're waiting until christmas to announce this hopefully we get in t

the trial in istanbul is the biggest today five months after the coup attempt. the power of reconciliation, the words of japan's prime minister as he visits perl harbor 75 years after japan's surprise attack. the offensive thrust the u.s. into world war ii. i'mre watching "france 24 james creedon. a rescue worker has found the main black box from the passenger plane that crashed near the resort city of sochi shortly after takeoff. according to a russian news agency, other jets of the same time have now been grounded, but this is not been officially confirmed. down and a7 meters mile offshore, russian ofestigators turned up one the flight data recorders from sunday's black seat jet crash, carefully preserving it in sea water until it can be analyzed. found with underwater search equipment and divers brought it up keeping the environment in which it found it. now it will go to moscow for further investigation. down justjet went after taking all from the southern city of sochi. there were 92 people on board. around two thirds of the member of the military choir alo

for more on this, we talked earlier with our correspondents in istanbul and moscow. i started by asking dorian jones , what he is hearing about this possible cease-fire in syria given that the story broke in turkey. doran: it is very fuzzy. the story broke in the morning with the turkey state news agency saying there will be a cease-fire at mid night local time. but then, there was very little verification or confirmation of this. dorian: the ministry of foreign affairs on the presidency both came back saying we have no knowledge about this or we cannot confirm it and then the turkish foreign minister did speak and said we have an agreement, two agreement with moscow. one, if the -- one, a cease-fire. two, an agreement to end the crisis. the turkish ministry, foreign ministry also saying that turkey and russia would act as guarantors, and if the cease-fire did take hold, that would provide the basis for a peace conference in kazakhstan next month. christopher: you are a bureau chief in moscow. how does that compare with what you are hearing in moscow? >> christopher,

since then they have carried out three more bombings in turkey, including saturday night in istanbul. all in all they have killed a total of 120 people this year. but they have come under criticism from within the kurdish community. bombing in november, which killed 11 people, a partyrdish mp of the hdp condemned the pkk. interestingly he condemned them, not the falcons. the pkk to the islamic state group. egypt's president identified to 22-year-old suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack against the christian population. speaking out for the victims, the president said security forces have arrested four people. a blast killed 24 people, most of the victims were women. >> a state funeral for the victims of sunday suicide bombing. the president and leader of mournedchristian church one of the deadliest attacks on the country's minority. >> the person who did this, he blew himself up inside the church. he was 22 years old. we have arrested three men and one woman. and we are still searching for two people. the bomberident said had detonated the suicide belt with over 12 kilogra

security is being stepped up around the turkish embassy in istanbul and the turkish embassy in istanbul and the consulate and istanbul and the embassy in ankara. the russian authorities in moscow are yet to make an official response other than this foreign ministry statement confirming that the ambassador has been shot. to give you more sense of what people are saying about the ambassador‘s killing, the mayor of ankara says that in his view the attack has been deliberately engineered to ruin the relationship between turkey and russia. that is his reading of it. and a few more words coming in from the russian foreign ministry, saying they will be making another statement in a short while but for this moment they are confirming, they are confirming the death of the russian ambassador to turkey after this shooting at a photo gallery, he was attending an event they are. this is an official statement now from the russian foreign ministry, the reports were unconfirmed but this report is now confirmed and the ambassador has been murdered in this attack, ambassador andrei karlov. the other as

richard engel joins us with the latest from istanbul. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, moscow has dispatched a team to investigate this incident. that team is already on its way here. there is a small service taking place at the airport in this country as the body of the ambassador is expected to leave and be repatriated to moscow. this is being described by russia as a terrorist attack. vladimir putin has already spoken out. he says the bandits responsible will be punished. what we know about the attacker is that he was an off duty police officer, that he was a part of the riot pe young man 22-years-old. he used his police credential, dressed in the youthful of a private security officer, when to the this photography exhibit, was apparently not noticed. he was thought to be a part of the security detail that was supposed to be there. then he pulled out his miss toshlgs gunned down the ambassador and then gave a statement saying that this was revenge for russia's involvem in the war in syria. the u.s. embassy is closed in i

, this is in central istanbul after a soccer match, and a business saturday night game. two separate explosions went off outside of the stadium. at least 20 people are injured. turkish officials say, at least one of the explosions was caused by a car bomb, and a state news agency says the police officer is the apparent target of the attack. we're following developments tonight in istanbul closely, we'll bring you more as we have it. >>> coming up here, he's the billionaire investor that president-elect donald trump leans on to help select cab dmet members and his economic team. and when it comes to the epa, carl icahn has -- well, he says he's supportive of climate change denier, that has now been chosen to lead the agency why he says he changed his tune on this pick. part two of my interview is next. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. thanks. hmm... the award-winning geico app.

. >> correspondent holly williams in turk which more now from istanbul. >> we have obtained video that appears to show the attack on that convoy of civilians, and injured people. reportedly wounding at least three. the ambulance and cars were trying to carry people out of aleppo and to safety. instead, they came under fire. this man was apparently shot while traveling in a ambulance. this comes a day after yet another cease-fire fell apart, and evacuation of fighters and civilians. offensive by the syrian regime back by russia and iron has left rebels with only tiny pocket of territory in aleppo, around two square miles, where several thousand civilians are thought to be trapped. after four years of fighting, the syrian government is in control of the rest, mystery for the regime, and it allies, russia and iran, that has come at horendous human cost, raging forces have inch discriminately bombed civilians. also unconfirmed reports that more than 80 civilians have been executed in aleppo by pro regime forces including children. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. >> well, an e-mail warn

cnn's ian lee joins us live from istanb istanbul. >> reporter: good morning. we have been talking to people inside syria on the ground and it seems to be quiet so far. there are reports of scattered clashes. we are getting images out of aleppo. it is gloomy and cold and importantly it is calm. the cease-fire is three parts. the stop the fighting between the different groups. one side you have turkey and al ey li lies. the second stage to create a dialogue there are violations to be resolved. the third step a month from now in kazakhstan, to have peace negotiations to hash out the end of the civil war that killed hundreds of thousand s of peopl. both sides said it is quite fragi fragile. you have isis and the al qaeda affiliate here in syria as well as the ypg. they are part of the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the united states. >> ian, we are getting more input from president assad about the american transfer of power. he is optimistic about a trump presidency. what more do you know? >> reporter: that's right. there is this optimism about a tru

as "newsweek" tells it, the president-elect has business interests in istanbul. it appears to be getting skoesed by the turkish government to try to make the united states of america do what turkey wants. that is the explosive claim, among several, actually, that "newsweek" is due to public tomorrow morning in this cover story that we got a sneak peek at. donald trump is postponing his long-planned announcement about what he plans to do with all of his business interests while is he president. that announcement had been schedule for thursday. it was billed as a press conference, which would have been his first press conference since i believe july, the last press conference was the one where he invited russia to please hack hillary clinton's e-mails. he hasn't given one since the summer. if he was going to give one this thursday, that would have been the first one since the president-elect and a long time before but bloomberg news first reported tonight and nbc news has now confirmed that the announcement about what he's doing with his business ties, that's being

thank you so much for joining us from istanbul. i wanted to start by asking you your response to the assassination of the russian abbasid are to turkey in ankara on monday. well, i have a sense of deja vu. we have seen or read about this in the 19th century when russia was the color of reaction is him in europe. they're playing the same role in syria and the region. the assassination was always an integral part of the real thetics of the elites like one ruling in russia. it did not come from another world. notice that the young man who assassinated the ambassador is not a jihadi. maybe he is a muslim believer who felt insulted by what the syrians has been doing in and aleppo in the last few weeks when he shouted "don't forget syria!" he't forget was just identifying with those people he -- being humiliated. being displaced. from the local population. and he felt he can't take justice -- can take justice with his fans. this cannot be justified, but this does not come to us forcednt from the displacement and killing of people in alep

violence also striking in turkey, carrying out attacks outside a soccer stadium downtown istanbul. more than 150 people were wounded. the bombing is just the latest that have hit turkey in the last 18 months. >>> a day of mourning as turkish president will defeat terrorism. >> the cost of upgrading the system in state prisons has ballooned to about $400 million. the court-appointed receiver who controls the inmate health anticipated a $182 million price tag. but that original estimate did not include the cost of maintaining the system, replacing worn-out equipment. the tracking of the dental records have been added to the system. california has more than 135,000 inmates. >>> new york police are asking for your help to try to identify this package thief. they caught the suspect as he grabbed the package and took off last thursday. anyone who recognized that man in the video is asked to call newark police. >>> well now to sentence where the salvation army received thousands of toys for the children in need, raising more than 120,000 toys to buy gifts for children. they dropped off al

holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. >>> in the city of light.pparis. the eiffel tower went dark last night with a show of solidarity for the people of syria. >>> back at home now. closing arguments are scheduled today in the trial of dylann roof charged with killing nine people at a black church in charleston. sheppard's 911 call for help. roof is charged with hate crimes from what prosecutors say was a sheppard testified, when she was asked if roof shot her, she said, no. and he told her i'm going to leave you to tell the story. >> she stood in the face of evil and almost evil backed down. >> roof's attorneys are not disputing the facts in the case. in closing arguments today, they will focus on whether he should get the death penalty. certainly some gripping testimony in that case. >>> coming up on the "morning news." protecting planned parenthood. president obama finalizes a rulo >>> and a fish out of water gets life saving surgery? yeah. this is the "cbs morning news." see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm

more than 40 killed by an istanbul soccer stadium and 36 of the fatalities were police officers. kelly cobiella live in london. do authorities know who's responsible? >> they have a good idea. there's been a claim by a kurdish militant group called the kyrgyzstan freedom. two members carried out this attack, a car bombing, very powerful and a suicide bombing at 10:30 at night and shook up people in istanbul and the reason the government suspected kurdish militants in first place, as you mentioned, police appeared to be the target. not civilians. that's the typical modus operandi for these kurdish rebel groups attacks government targets, not civilian targets. ali? >> one of the several devastating things that happened including a deadly bombing in egypt yesterday. at least 25 christians killed in an explosion at the koptic cathedral. what do we know about this one? >> this happened during sunday mass. a crowded sunday mass. the explosion happening in the part of the church primarily used by women. a couple reported a woman leaving a package inside and possibly detonating it remote

. >>> 38 people dead and nearly 200 others hurt after a series of explosions in istanbul last night. we know out of those 38 dead 30 are police officers. the white house releasing a statement this the two blasts happened outside of a major soccer stadium. this after fans had already gone home. so far ten people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. >>> president-elect donald trump's highest profile cabinet position we could know who will be nominated this week. sources tell nbc news he is expected to tap exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. nbc's chris palone shows us why this pick is drawing fire from both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: donald trump in baltimore for the annual army navy football game sitting alongside top military brass, next month he will be their commander in chief. trump met with rex tillerson. nbc news learned he is trump's pick for secretary of state. >> to give trump credit he said he was going to try to surround himself with really successful people who did well. we find ceo,people at the top of from democrats and republicans. t

richard engel is live in istanbul. how did security break down and what do we think the motives are? >> reporter: details are still coming in. it seems karlov was speaking at a russian sponsored art photo exhibit featuring russian and turkish artists. a few minutes into the remarks a man in a suit, clean shaven, dark suit and tie stood up, shout shouted allahu akbar. you can hear gunshots and he drops to the floor. there are media reports that say the gunman showed some sort of security badge either posing as a police officer, powas a polic officer to gain access to this diplomatic event. in addition to saying allah allahu akbar spoke turkish and perhaps arabic as well. there are reports he said something about aleppo saying the crimes in aleppo can't go unanswered. we are still trying to confirm this. there were numerous -- two russian reports saying he's died. but so far we have not been able to confirm that. so far the russian foreign ministry is saying only that he was shot, hospitalized and the kremlin is in touch

. >> reporter: they were the deadliest attacks in istanbul in months. killing nearly 40 people and injuring 150 others. a car bomb was detonated remotely, targeting a police van, exploding outside the city's main soccer stadium just hours after the end of the match. it sent them inside the stadium running for cover. plumes of smoke rising above the stadium. the impact was felt across the city, then gunfire ringing out and warning shots fired by police. according to turkey's deputy prime minister, 45 seconds after the first car bomb, a suicide bomber was stopped by police, and he then blew himself up. there's been a bloody wave of terror attacks in the last 245 hours spread to go egypt, where eyewitnesses say a woman placed a bag packed with explosives inside cairo's coptic church, killing at least 25 people. most women and children attend ago sunday service. and in nigeria, two suicide bombers striking minutes apart in a crowded market. it's blamed on a militant group. and a coordinate attack targeting police forces and this one, now the largest assault

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consulate is closed here in istanbul, as well, amid the heightened security concerns. we're also learning more about the gunman himself. a 22-year-old member of the riot police force. he was dressed as a police officer in the typical uniform of a diplomatic security, a black suit, black tie, a police lapel pin. white shirt. he was standing behind the minister the u.mi minist minister. the embassy was promoting russian culture. as the minister was giving some remarks he pulled out his pistol and gunned him down and made a statement in turkish for his involvement in the brutal military campaign in aleppo. >> a lot of speculation in regards to motive and if he was acting on his own as a lone wolf, as it were. have you heard anything on your end? do authorities think he was acting on his own? way too early to say. just a couple hours after the incident, we have to remember that, as well. >> the motivations he explained, he spoke for quite a long time after he shot the ambassador in the back at almost point blank range and then gave a statement. there were journalists assem

in cairo, egypt, a bomb went off in a coptic kissianate cathedral and attacks in istanbul targeted people outside a soccer stadium. holly williams is there. >> reporter: a kurdish militant group, the kurdistan freedom falcons has now claimed responsibility for this deadly attack which seems to have targeted police officers. 30 of those killed were members of the police force according to the turkish authorities and thoad was a national day of mourning here as they buried their dead. the first explosion at around 10:30 last night used a car bomb followed 45 seconds later by a suicide bomber detonating their device in a nearby park according to turkish officials. turkey said that the car bomb may have used nearly 900 pounds of explosives and the blast could be heard from several miles away. this follows a spait of devastating bombings here in turkey over the last year. some attributed to isis, others also claimed by kurdish militants. who are involved in a decades long conflict with the government here. and there was another lethal attack in cairo today. a bombing near the egyptian capitol'

holly williams joins frus istanbul. holly, what do we know? >> reporter: well, reena, the syrian regime has apparently agreed to this deal, along with one of the main syrian opposition alliances and the idea is, if it holds, this could lead to peace talks in january. but there are dozens of syrian opposition or rebel groups, and we've spoken to some groups this evening who say they did not agree to this cease-fire. remember, also, that this cease-fire deal only includes the syrian regime and some syrian opposition groups. this deal does not include isis or a powerful kurdish group. so while this could be a turning point, it certainly isn't an end to the syrian civil war. >> ninan: how is the u.s. reacting to this deal, hole? >> reporter: well, reena, the u.s. has called this a positive development. but this deal has effectively sidelined america in syria. russia's lethal air campaign in syria has managed to prop up the syrian regime, and it's helped moscow look like a truly global player, really for the first time since the end of the cold war