fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera the united states and turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker in any sample he's accused of links to the u.s. base cleric who turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's feel cool the u.s. says those allegations are baseless. at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranger refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children this is the first such incident since people started escaping violence in myanmar's rakhine state in august. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has said in a newspaper interview that spain will not be divided catalonia held a referendum a week ago that authorities says say showed voters overwhelmingly support independence. u.s. president donald trump has accused iran of funding north korea's regime and described it as a bad player in the twenty fifty nuclear deal the agreement name is iran's nuclear program in return for relieving economic sanctions the all reports trump me decert

. yeah with iran and turkey. and the bank but yes. with the beyond the economic and. could be done and as military intervention and action as and story. with and welcome to the program on it is a peron i'm iran and turkey may seem like on likely partners following events of the past few years especially in syria but they all saying the same thing about the recent yes vote and the kurdish referendum neither want could his people living in northern iraq to secede took his president visited head on on wednesday regift five and the one met with iran's supreme leader and president to discuss ways to cut the kurds dream of their own homeland turkey is threatening to stop buying oil from the kurdish regional government in iraq while iran has mobilized troops on its border with the region well iran and turkey have said they stand behind vox national government here is what everyone said at a press conference on wednesday. we correspond with the iraqi central government as far as we're concerned this referendum is illegitimate we have already taken certain steps but from this moment onwards mor

from turkey on saturday as part of an operation to take the province the f.s.a. is being backed by turkish soldiers gunners government has pledged to improve safety standards in the country's energy sector after an explosion killed seven people in the capital it happened after a fuel tank or a court fire at a gas station in accra the army into the practical public of congo says rebel fighters have ambushed a bus and attacked villages in north kivu a local mayor says at least twenty two people are missing security forces blamed the attack on ugandan rebels called the ally the democratic forces or a.d.f. . the un has brought in huge doses of a color a vaccine health crisis in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of her him to refugees are taking shelter in cox's bazar close to the border with me and they're fleeing violence in myanmar as a northern rakhine state aid officials say camps are getting too crowded thousands are at risk of disease that sit inside story next the news hour after that of away . with. turkish troops on the border with syria uncle are supporting what was a serious

the future of the g.c.c. will be and. hear their story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. turkey and the us impose mutual. deepening diplomatic disputes. back to watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha also ahead spain's government insists the country will not be divided as pressure grows on the government after huge launch in barcelona against independence. one of the middle east eternal issues water has become a factor in the kurds drive for independence. fifty years after his death. america to remember a revolutionary icon. thank you for joining as the united states and turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker any sample is accused of links to the u.s. based cleric who turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's field goal. report from washington. the u.s. fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant visa services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the turkish embassy res

the law accord in turkey has sent its forty people to life in prison for attempting to assassinate president to one senior military officers and special forces were among those convicted it was the first high profile verdict against those accused of being involved in the failed coup last year those are the headline to news continues right here on al-jazeera after inside story keep it here. when. iran and turkey join forces to oppose quotas secession and obama yes this song really appalling crime and. beyond the economic and what more can be done and as military intervention and action this is inside story. and welcome to the program on it is a peron i'm iran and turkey may seem like on likely partners following events of the past few years especially in syria but they all saying the same thing about the recent yes fall of the kurdish referendum neither want could as people living in northern iraq to secede took his president visited head on on wednesday regicide and along met with iran's supreme leader and president to discuss ways to curb the kurds dream of a own homeland turkey i

rights organizer peyser story goes on trial in turkey he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism the case is expected to test the already strained relations between the two countries joining with skinny never had a good night for a bundesliga teams of the season long german cup tournaments for dortmund a seventeen year old leads the way is the club advance in defense of their time. and reports of sexual assault in europe's halls of power revelations of abuse in hollywood that started with harvey weinstein trigger more records this time stories of assault and harassment from people who work at the e.u. headquarters in brussels. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the strained relations between germany and turkey will be tested further today with the trial now underway for a german human rights activists arrested in istanbul. is one of a number of germans currently imprisoned in turkey berlin says he had been wrongfully detained and has been campaigning strongly for his release he was arrested m

muslim world and learning about turkey and the surrounding region. it's a book about that region, but it's also very much a book that's very relevant today as we see things over the summer that we've seen with charlottesville, things in our own country with the election of donald trump. it's very much a book about what is america, and what does it mean to be an american. can you talk a little bit about what is-- how would you describe what this book is. >> well, i think that this-- the fact that it seems a little like there are a number of books in one comes from the genesis of the book, actually. i mean, i had moved to turkey with the idea that i was going to become a real foreign correspondent and write about foreign countries and in-- i had never been anywhere, really and had never been to turkey and never really left to america, lived in london for three months. so it was a very dramatic experience for me i was learning things, maybe five new things a day and during that first year, maybe the first two years, i was often talking to friends of mine, particularly two friends of mine

on al jazeera. turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official and both countries suspend visas services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. hello i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up at least twelve or endure refugees drowned ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from myanmar to bangladesh the red cross dramatically cuts its operations in afghanistan after a series of attacks against its members. and spain's government called in the national police to god kept landes key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on the independence. diplomatic dispute between washington and ankara is intensifying after reports that taki has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. consulate worker last week another american consulate employee was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the turkish lira has dropped sharply since by a country suspended visa services for each other's nationals mamma doe reports. in the latest sign offering diplomatic relations between two

handing out short term visas to visitors from turkey now turkey says it will do the same thing to the u.s. . about this and this is all just a lie from doha also coming up the campaign to drive all qaeda linked fighters from it live in syria they promise to fight to the death. finding their voice catalonia is silent majority speak out against a break from spain. and remembering a memorial is across latin america fifty years after the death of a revolutionary i call. we're going to begin with that rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute between turkey and the u.s. in the past few hours has effectively barred most u.s. citizens from entering the country the moves come shortly after the us. us announced it would stop issuing all but immigrant visas i did the diplomatic missions in turkey both countries cited security concerns around their embassies and consulates and claimed the measures were necessary to cut the numbers of people coming in and out of the buildings for more now we can speak to diane estabrook in washington d.c. dime give us some of the background to this story first of all rig

sheltering there off a million of them have arrived in just the last five weeks. a court in turkey is convicted forty two soldiers in a major trial linked to the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen forty seven people including many military officers are accused of trying to assassinate president do want most of those convicted were given life sentences. and at least fifty people have been killed and eighty others injured by an air strike in syria is there or is or province this amateur video reportedly shows the nearby town of mayor dean also being bombed u.s. and russian backed forces a separately trying to retake the region from myself. up to date with all of our top stories much more on everything coming up in about twenty five minutes time when i'll be back with the news hour that's off the inside story which starts now. yeah with iran and. but yes. with the beyond the economic and that can be done and as military intervention. is and story. and welcome to the program on it is a peron i'm iran and turkey may seem like on likely partners following events of the past few

intervention. as and. and welcome to the program on it is a peron i'm iran and turkey may seem like on likely partners following events of the past few years especially in syria but they all saying the same thing about the recent yes vote the kurdish referendum neither want could people living in northern iraq to secede took his president visited head on on wednesday regicide and the one met with iran's supreme leader and president to discuss ways to cut the kurds dream of their own homeland turkey is threatening to stop buying oil from the kurdish regional government in iraq while iran has mobilized troops on its border with the region well iran and turkey have said they stand behind vox national government here is what everyone said at a press conference on wednesday. it would have had on your signature. we correspond with the iraqi central government as far as we're concerned this referendum is illegitimate we have already taken certain steps but from this moment onwards more decisive steps will be taken well that was after his meeting with iranian president hassan rouhani there

was unwilling to any terrorist groups despite claims by islamic state. to turkey now were another diplomatic scandal appears to be brewing with washington the u.s. embassy in un chrissy's it is restricting visa services across the country in response to the detention of one of its employees and turkey's head back saying it will to the same recent events have forced the you know it's a stays good months reassess the commencements of the government of the security of the u.s. mission facilities and personnel in order to minimize the number of visitors to our embassy and consulates while this assessment proceeds effective immediately we have suspended immigrant visa services at seoul u.s. diplomatic facilities and. the employee in question who worked at the u.s. consulate in istanbul was arrested last week he's accused of espionage and plotting to overthrow the government turkish authorities claim he's got links to exiled cleric. who lives in the us who the turkish government sais was the mastermind behind last year's failed coup attempt well turkey has long been urging the u.s. to e

syria as part of an agreement between russia iran and turkey the escalation zones it's a move that bringing peace to syria we'll get to our guests but first this report from. from the border with syria turkey's cross border operation is underway these are soldiers from a special unit tasked with setting surveillance post in province. turkey aims to enforce a cease fire agreement that was signed last month as. president and i serve on the move was crucial for turkey's national security. is that our front here we have to take our precautions no one has the right to tell us why are you doing this we're the country with nine hundred eleven kilometer border with syria where there was that under harassment and threat no one has the right to tell us why did you do this. turkish soldiers are seen here in. a village on those border with. not far from areas controlled by the white p.g. syrian kurdish faction turkey has repeatedly insisted it won't allow fighters to expand further to worse the northwestern provinces of and lattakia thank you this is a delicate operation for turkey. is those c

nations and the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs thank you very much. turkey's president much of type of line has arrived in iran where he will hold talks with officials on kurdish secession efforts or one met iranian president hassan rouhani and is expected to hold talks with discipline leader ayatollah khomeini he told turkey's parliament on sunday that he expects to agree to a deal with the ronn on how to respond to last month's kurdish referendum turkey fears an independent kurdistan in iraq will have a domino effect on its own fifteen million ethnic kurdish population interest simmons joins us live now from istanbul enter is there any reason any suggestion that the iranian troops turkish troops will engage in some sort of joint action on the iraqi border. general consensus rachele is that that will not happen but you could see some announcement of cooperation between the iranian military in the turkish military the chief of staff from turkey flew out to tehran two days ahead of the president arriving to have talks with his opposite number expect to see exchanges of i

already inside syria they were inspected by turkey's top general before moving in to take part in forcing a deescalation zone inside story next so stay with us here now to syria on counting the cost a scandal made in japan kobe steel admits that it fakes data on components used by the world's biggest makers of planes trains and automobiles plus bubble trouble why the i.m.f. is signaling danger ahead for the global economy even as growth ticks by counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. turkish troops cross the border into syria ankara says it's to enforce a deescalation zone deal with so many foreign forces in the country though which they don't mean for the unity of syria and the prospects of peace this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than dozens of turkish soldiers of crossed into it lead province in syria as part of an agreement between russia iran and turkey the escalation zones it's a move that bringing peace to syria we'll get to i guess but first this report from . from the border with syria. turkey's cross border operation is underway these are sol

into turkey and get refuge here mr goodchild want role do you see turkey playing in what mr landis has said also in the stablish meant off as a deescalation zone. let me say this first time in the aleppo war russia has expanded after experiencing to other poor russian strategic decision makers i think come to conclude that siege warfare in syria is not working so right now they have an different plan right now and they are trusting on the ankara's mediating power on those. sunni armed groups in and around it there so i think this is the plan that they are planning to follow first they are coming with a. sort of proposal to daws armed groups right now in operating in and around to sleep if you want to live it sleep than we have and proposal for you . for your families you know you can go to the north of here to resettle there to rehabilitate and to reintegrate meaning that at the end of the day if they accept this proposal and say yes then if we vote expect the expiration of your official packet so another option if they prefer to stay in it meaning that they also accept this is a g

germany. that is not the case for syrian refugees in turkey. millions of people have fled the war from syria to turkey, hoping to get to europe. but there are now stranded in turkey because of a controversial deal between erdogan, turkey's president, and the european union. many syrian refugees say they no longer feel welcome in turkey. >> a young syrian whom we'll call mahmut fled his country's civil war and now lives anonymously in istanbul. his flight was a nightmare. he says that when he reached the syrian border, turkish soldiers abducted and threatened him and other refugees. >> so he was pointing at me the gun and he said i should say my last prayer. another had a panic attack, started to cry and yell. after 10 minutes he looked at us and said, i am kidding. >> mistreatment of refugees at the turkish-syrian border is being reported more and more frequently. this recently filmed cell-phone video shows turkish soldiers beating and kicking syrian youths who have crossed the border. human rights organizations are alarmed. racist attacks against refugees are on the rise in turke

visitors from turkey now turkey says it will do the same thing to the u.s. . and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha the millions the parana also ahead the campaign to drive al qaeda linked fighters from it live and syria they promise to fight to the death. finding their voice catalonia silent majority speak out against a break from spain and a close race in liberia to find a successor if africa's first elected female president. of the format a dispute is escalating between the united states and turkey says it want to process any visitor visas for u.s. citizens that softer washington suspended non immigrant visa services at its missions in turkey dynasty book reports. the u.s. fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant visa services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the turkish embassy responded in kind to the u.s. the visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a us consulate employee met in tokyo claiming topas was fine for an e

in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey and the u.s. suspended visa services for each other's nationals and made a deepening of diplomatic dispute. the international committee of the red cross says its curtailing afghanistan operations after a series of attacks against its members at least twelve russian jew refugees have drowned most of them children as another boat capsizes on the way from me and to bangladesh. i'm joined again with the sport more controversy over kneeling in the n.f.l. as the u.s. vice president walks out of the game plus egyptians celebrate after their team reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven yes as they brought their place in russia next year. good to have you with us here on the news hour now the united states and turkey have suspended visa services for each other's nationals it's the latest in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consular worker stumble he's accused of links to the u.s. based cleric turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's failed coup diana estabrook reports now from washington d.c. .

states and turkey as relations between the two countries reach a new low. and again you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. cries for unity from the so-called silent majority hundreds of thousands of demonstrators catalonia to remain part of spain. the campaign to drive al qaeda linked fighters from it live in syria they promise to fight to the death. and campaigning over it's time for the voters to decide who can be the leader of africa's just a quick. follow the diplomatic dispute between turkey and the u.s. has escalated ankara has now suspended all normal immigrant visa services at its embassies in the u.s. just hours after washington did the same in turkey it means most turks in americans now can't apply for visas to travel to each other's countries let's go live to washington d.c. and speak to our correspondent there diane estabrook and diane why is always happening. well this tit for tat actually was prompted last week by the arrest and the detention of a and an embassy a u.s. consulate employee in turkey and is stamboul who the turkish government claims had

belarus but for turkey this is the first time or course like in nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's during the cuckoo years turkey had the same suspension is a suspension decision from other countries better they have been both allies they are both nato members so this is very distinct to actually turkey retaliated by retaliated back last night by. suspending sending the services to the foreign occupier to use the government governing parties spokesperson market and also that we respond to them on the same level by our embassy in washington because u.s. decision was released by the u.s. embassy in ankara right we are trying to be a call and you know call blathered so we want everything to be settled by diplomacy this is what he says but we are reading from the news reports and i also had some confirmation from a source as an anchor at that what triggered united states for taking out this the situation to suspend service is that right turkey arrested one of the employees in u.s. consulate he was a translator working for the american consulate in istanbul and he was accused of being a

rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute between turkey and the u.s. in the past few hours has effectively barred most u.s. citizens from entering the country the move came shortly after the u.s. announced it would stop issuing all but immigrant visas at its diplomatic missions and turkey both countries thought of security concerns around the embassies and consulates and claim the measures were necessary to cut the number of people coming in and out of the buildings let's get more on this now we're joined by cost pondered on estabrook she's live for us in washington d.c. what's going on di and what's led to this. well it was a bit strange that developed of doing the the u.s. and turkey as far back as the obama administration and then late last week there was an employee at the u.s. consulate in turkey who was arrested for allegedly spying now the u.s. says that was not the case that the this was this did not happen and that is what launched this war over visas. i are the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying turks can't come to the us unless they are m

is al-jazeera. hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official in both countries suspend visa services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. at least twelve ranger refugees drown ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from man not to bangladesh. and spain's government called in the national police to guard catalans key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on independence. m p seven in doha with all the day's sports news including a very public statement from the v.p. as mike pence walks out of an n.f.l. game even mealing players i'll have more on that later. a diplomatic dispute between washington and curry is intensifying after reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. calls you know it work or else we cannot the american consular employee was arrested and as some. allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey a turkish lira has dropped sharply cents in both countries suspended visa services for each other's nationals

reminder of our top stories the united states and turkey have suspended visa services for each other's nationals is the latest in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consular worker in istanbul. the international committee of the red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan it follows the deaths of seven members of staff in the country this year. but at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying reckon you're refugees from me about to bangladesh capsized it's the third such incident. people started fleeing violence in me and mars right here in state in august. i was there as journalism has been vindicated in a landmark ruling issued by britain's office of communications known as off called the decision addressed complaints made against al-jazeera its investigative unit which produced the undercover series the lobby the series broadcast in january and expose the israeli embassies covert campaign to smear british citizens critical of israel and its policies taken swisher as this report. in a four part series broadcast in january a

turkey along with other human rights activists he is facing charges of supporting a terrorist group berlin calls the claim unacceptable. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us spain is bracing for the possibility of catalonia declaring independence within the next twenty four hours but spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has vowed that his government will not allow the region to breakaway spain he says will not be divided now this comes as opponents of independence stage their biggest protests to date organizers say that nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police. with the number of three hundred fifty thousand the protesters called for an end to the country's worst political crisis in decades. but as we've heard council and leader charles put them on is expected to make and eagerly expected speech to the regional parliament on tuesday joining us now to discuss the situation is. the l.d.s. he is joining us from madrid today hi good afternoon to you pablo so tell us how likely is that they're saying that they can't to land l

the independence movement and catalonia the ongoing brics the talks and recent troubles in turkey it's all of that bad at least that's how the international monetary fund seems to look at it it's optimistic for global economic growth the washington based institution the said its forecast for twenty seventeen and twenty eighteen is now higher than expected twenty point six percent for this year and three point seven percent for next year the i.m.f. describes the current economic upturn as the broadest in a decade pointing to stronger than expected upswings in europe china japan and the united states as well as emerging countries in asia good times ahead from the perspective of the international monetary fund but how does wall street see it let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york hi good to see you now do you think investors share that optimism that we're seeing from the i.m.f. . well i mean on wall street do not necessarily need the opinion of the i.m.f. to make up their minds if the economy looks brighter or not in the past couple of weeks months we've got some pretty so

national paid their story nothing faces up to fifteen years in jail and turkey along with other human rights activists he's facing charges of supporting a terrorist group allin calls the claims unacceptable. and also coming up germany confirmed their place in next year's world cup after crushing azerbaijan five one the reigning world champs now have a perfect ten out of ten record in their qualifying campaign will have all the. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show in spain there's been a massive row in barcelona against plans by coghlan leaders to declare independence now this march came as the spanish prime minister said he would take measures to prevent the region from breaking away organizers say nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police putting that number of just three hundred fifty thousand the protesters called for an end to the country's worst political crisis in decades. we'll go live to barcelona first we have this report from did this who was at that demonstration. was. long live the nation is their message. christina a student from bar

between berlin and ancora. eight human rights activists on trial in turkey for allegedly helping terrorists while they walked out of in istanbul prison thursday freed on bail tonight we're learning that this was made possible by one of the biggest names in german politics who was sent by berlin to cut a deal with turkey's president i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. you really grateful. for everybody who supported us. even the. diplomatically and was trying to do it to you. we have a big new family you know thank you everyone wherever you are oh very you did it you got us out thank you very much. right now about twelve seconds or think i'm going to stop right here. also coming up america's opioid drug addiction claimed fifty nine thousand lives last year to date u.s. president on will trump is declaring the crisis a public health emergency not quite at the level that he promised just two days ago . it's a national emergency we're going to spend a lot of time a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis. we begin the day with a german politician coming out of reti

barcelona they say they don't want catalonia the split from spain. turkey flexes its military might along the border with syria as part of an operation to rid the province of al qaeda linked fighters a painful healing process we need a teenager wrongly just the scaped me i'm are with his life. and i'm far it's all the case for anyone including poland are the latest team to qualify for next year's world cup in russia. let's begin the program with some breaking news the u.s. suspended all non immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in turkey now that means that turks will not be given visas to visit the u.s. unless they're actually planning to move there well for more we can speak to tom ackerman who is in our washington bureau so tom this just literally broke what in the past five ten minutes or so what else do we know. well this apparently represents a further ratcheting up of the tense relations between the united states and turkey and specifically the government of president air two on the specific circumstances the united states just a couple of days ago had protested the

will stop handing out short term visas to visitors from turkey now turkey says it will do the same thing to the u.s. . another boat tragedy involving will hinge or refugees fleeing me and mark two people are dead several others missing. finding their voice catalonia as the silent majority speak out against a break from spain. remembering memorials across latin america fifty years after the death of a revolutionary i call. that we begin this news hour with a rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute between turkey and the u.s. in the last few hours has said it won't process visas for u.s. citizens who want to travel from the u.s. . to turkey the only ones it will hand out will be for people who want to move to turkey permanently it's come shortly after the u.s. made a similar announcement about some u.s. visas for turks a few days ago a u.s. consulate employee was arrested in istanbul they've been charged with having links to businessman for till the golan the government blames golan for last year's failed coup ok for more we can speak to diane estabrook in washington d.c. diane give us

countries with nothing in common. quarter of an hour into the program welcome back turkey has launched a military operation against militants consisting of former al qaida fighters in western syria the move comes after turkey russia reached an agreement during talks in kazakhstan last month. you know. russia and iran developed a plan the decisions which were made being implemented in the us we are operating together with the free syrian army while russia is outside. well i was supporting the free syrian army against. terrorists in the mission that's being coordinated with russia turkish troops are poised at the syrian border but have not yet we believe crossed. the country. also in syria on the rights of islamic states jurors or province another development this week government forces entered the eastern time considered to be one of the last remaining strongholds in the country the russian military also gave aerial support in the latest advances there. ok back to the latest developments of what's happening today open province on the border with turkey we're joined by keith amar is direct

november fifth on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin tonight justice on trial in turkey and a surprising twist a court in istanbul has ordered the release on bail of eight human rights activists among them the german pages toit no he was arrested back in july on terror related charges the case has tested relations between turkey and germany will go to stamboul for the latest also coming up the rerun that no one wants to watch ahead of tomorrow's disputed repeat presidential election kenyans say their country is deeply divided and. the music legend fats domino dies at the age of eighty nine he was one of the first art is inducted into the walk and roll hall of fame will take a look back at his legs. by brink off it's good to have you with us and we start off with some breaking news from turkey a turkish court. has ordered the release of the german activist peter storrie on bail along with seven other defendants all accused of having links to terrorism for lin has dismissed the allegations against the story as politically motivated and it had demanded his release his trial began

from berlin germany human rights organizer peter started now goes on trial in turkey today he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism this case is expected to test the already strained relations between the two countries. protests as kenya gears up to hold another presidential election the country has been gripped by unrest after an august poll was an old by the top court but can officials guarantee this vote will be free and fair. china unveils its new leadership lineup and president xi jinping leads the pack which includes many of his loyalists but no clear successor. and reports of sexual assault in europe's halls of power or revelations of abuse in hollywood the started with harvey weinstein trigger more reports this time stories of assault and harassment from people who work at the e.u. headquarters in brussels it's easy number four and a good night for honestly good teams in the season long german cup tournament for dortmund a seventeen year old lead the way as a club the bands and the fans of

accused of links to the u.s. base kerry cold turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's failed cold dan estabrook reports from washington. the u.s. fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant visa services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the turkish embassy responded in kind to the u.s. the visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a u.s. consulate employee met in tokyo claiming tokyo's was fine for an exiled turkish cleric the u.s. says those accusations are baseless oh look i was a look are retired and basswood her and former principal representative to the european union says the u.s. is sending a clear and deliberate message. from the army to come say. already there warning. you know the. whole world what's going. on in turkish. press the exiled cleric fedele a good one has been a bone of contention between the u.s. and turkey for nearly two decades turkish president to want claims that masterminded last year's bloody military coup attempt

to suspend these a service is a turkish citizens is. turkey's currency and stocks fall. out of there i've already watching. from london also coming up. shows the scale of the refugee crisis in bangladesh as another boat capsizes drowning twelve refugees ten of them children. spain ascends national police were tech catalonians top court has pressure grows on the region's president not to declare independence . police fire on kenyans demonstrating about proposed changes to election rules. and why a colombian shelter for abused animals seized from drug. is set for closure leaving their futures hanging in the balance. hello turkey's president has described the u.s. decision to suspend most visa services for turkish citizens as up setting the mood was in response to an american consulate employees being arrested in istanbul accused of links to last year's failed coup in turkey turkey immediately suspended its own visa services in the us and is now reported to have issued a warrant to question a second u.s. consulate worker richard tither one expressed his disappointment during a visit to

mall massacre her family. turkey has started its military operation inside syria dozens of soldiers have crossed on armored vehicles into it in the province it's part of an agreement between russia iran and turkey to set up a deescalation zone there. are reports now from the turkey syria border. turkey's cross border operation is under way these are soldiers from a special unit tasked with setting up a surveillance post in province. turkey aims to enforce a cease fire agreement that was signed last month. president. said the move was crucial for turkey's national security. is that our front here we have to take our precautions no one has the right to tell us why are you doing this we're the country with nine hundred eleven kilometer border with syria where there was that under harassment and threat no one has the right to tell us why did you do this. turkish soldiers are seen here in. a village on those border with. not far from areas controlled by the white p.g. syrian kurdish faction turkey has repeatedly insisted it won't allow the fighters to expand further to worse the northwes

coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey and the u.s. suspended visa services for each other's nationals amid a deepening diplomatic dispute. at least twelve or hinder refugees have drowned most of them children another boat capsizes on its way from me and mark to bangladesh. also spain's government insists the country will not be divided as pressure grows on the catalan government after a huge march in barcelona against independence. fifty years after his death rallies across latin america to remember. but we find out what's behind a round over a new postage stamp in island of the revolutionary icon. i'm joining us cover the sport more controversy over nailing in the n.f.l. as the u.s. vice president walks out of the game plus egyptians celebrate after their team reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven years as they book their place in russia next. company welcome to the news hour now there are reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. consular worker last week another american consular employee he was arrested in istanbul over allegations

zone agreed on by turkey russia and iran further inland in iraq a us five syrian fighters say they're preparing for a final push to retake neighborhoods still held by ice or officials from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces believe the last phase will take between seven and ten days the operation to retake rocka with the backing of u.s.'s support has been going on since june and both syrian government forces and as the air fighters are continuing to battle i saw in the arizona province this is the last major i saw stronghold in eastern syria russian backed syrian troops have been pushing along the western bank of the euphrates river with s.t.'s fighters on the eastern bank. at least ten people are dead and more than one hundred others are missing in fast moving wildfires across the u.s. state of california this was a scene just a few hours ago in the southern region where more than five thousand homes were evacuated as high i.q. is struggle to control the blaze many are still fleeing their homes after the governor of california declared a state of emergency in seven counties rob

is an hour of international news from the bbc newsroom, and the next we turn to turkey, which is having a serious i’ow to turkey, which is having a serious row with the us at the moment. to borrow a phrase from mark lowen our correspondent there, turkey is sticking the knife in further. #eyamerika is now top trending topic. that roughly translates as "hey america." and the reason some turks want america's attention is that there are reports that prosecutors want to question a us consulate worker. that's after turkey detained another us consulate worker last week. that move prompted the us to announce it was halting most visa services. it put out a statement on sunday which says it is reassessing the turkish government's commitment to the security of us mission facilities and personnel. turkey quickly responded with exactly the same actions. in fact, as new york times journalist ceylan yeginsu points out, "the turks appear to have just copy and pasted the us statement in retaliation." and remember — turkey and the us are supposed to be close allies. last month, president trump

how juicy or. where ever you. mean. turkey and the us suspend the visa services for each other's nationals a bit a deepening diplomatic dispute. play watching all just their arms the whole robin where it doha this is what's coming up . at least twelve are hidden joe refugees of john most of them children another bad capsizes on its way from me and mark to bung another. spain's government insists the country will not be divided as pressure grows on the catalan government drink huge margin barcelona against independence. after his death thousands rally across latin america to remember the revolutionary icon. welcome to al-jazeera there are reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. consular worker last week another american the consular employee who was arrested in a stumble over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the u.s. and turkey have also suspended visa services for each other's nationals as the diplomatic dispute escalates mohammed out has the latest. in the latest sign of fraying diplomatic relations between two nato allies th

abused animals cease from drug lords and circuses is set for closure. hello turkeys president has described a u.s. decision to suspend most visa services for turkish citizens as up setting the visa phrase was in response to an american consulate employee being arrested in istanbul accused of links to last year's failed coup attempt. at least suspended its own visa services in the us and is reported to have issued a warrant to question a second u.s. consulate worker the u.s. ambassador to turkey says how long the visa suspension loss will depend on talks between the two governments article one has the latest from washington d.c. . after the arrest of a worker at the u.s. embassy in ankara and a warrant issued for another the us took the unusual step of saying they would stop issuing visas for turkish nationals travelling to america the first explanation was posted by the u.s. ambassador to turkey on twitter we don't know if these arrests are singular events or if we should expect other turkish staff members to be arrested turkey quickly followed suit with similar measures but presi

agency. and judgement day for forty seven suspects accused of plotting to kill turkey's president during last year's failed coup. and i knew details are now coming out that say that the last vegas mass shooting was thoroughly planned police a statement paddock set up cameras inside. at his hotel room and in the hallway paddocks girlfriend who is a person of interest in the investigation has returned from the philippines and was met but by f.b.i. officials fifty eight people died and more than five hundred were injured in the attack and the calico reports. a steven public fires down on a crowd of concert goers on sunday night newly released police body camera footage shows panic and confusion offices scramble to locate the source of the gunfire and get members of the public to safety this is a dramatic snapshot of the moments before public was located on the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel police gave more details of how events unfolded the suspect i can tell you that we know now that he fired off and on for somewhere between nine and eleven minutes we know that the s

believe this is al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha head the diplomatic dispute between turkey and the us intensifies president says america's decision to suspend visa said this is what turkish citizens is upset . catalonia is either under growing pressure to drop plans to break away from spain ahead of an important speech on to the regional parliament on tuesday plus with the wind driven event this fire change behavior very rapidly is moving throughout the area as one hundred people missing twenty thousand evacuated as wildfires spread in the u.s. state of california. we begin with the iraq injury refugee crisis and the number of running a refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar has again increase they'd been a law in the last week but we're hearing reports that up to ten thousand people have crossed the border into bangladesh in the last few days now since the latest offensive began in august two hundred six hundred fifty thousand people have fled myanmar's rakhine state into bangladesh on sunday at least twelve rohingya refugees died when their boat capsized in the wate

turkey. out of there are already watching al jazeera live from london also coming up. the unity from the so-called silent majority hundreds of thousands of demonstrators . to stay part of space. the campaign to drive al qaeda linked fighters from its lead in syria they promise to fight to the death. of revolutionary remembered commemorations marking fifty years since the death. and the u.s. has suspended all normal immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in turkey it means turks won't be given visas to visit the united states unless they are planning to move there let's take you straight away to washington d.c. and speak talk or spot on that so tom explain what is behind this decision. the embassy says that the reason for this is security reasons but it's plainly linked to their previous condemnation of the arrest of a local employee at the u.s. consulate in istanbul who has been accused by the turkish authorities of plot a conspiracy or participating in a conspiracy to overthrow the turkish government more than a year ago led by allegedly by self exiled turkish pastor o

world. bloomberg. guy, matt? matt: thanks. an escalating diplomatic spat between turkey and the u.s. has tumbling, most notably low against the u.s. dollar. visa services have been suspended for citizens looking to visit the other country. relations between the countries took a nosedive, following a arrestedational being after the coup of president erdogan in july. we are joined now from the sample. it is beyond me why washington would care that much about the arrest of a turkish national, even though working at the u.s. consulate. why is it so important? reporter: this latest development is deeply disturbing, a development between two nato allies and f riends. as you said, last week turkey arrested a turkish national that worked at the u.s. consulate in his symbol, saying he allegedly had ties to the failed coup attempt that took place last year. at the time, washington said this development was deeply disturbing and damaging to bilateral ties. and this is exactly what we are seeing now. this is a shocking turn of events. a few weeks ago president donald trump praise to the turkish lead