between the two and between turkey and the united states it includes turkey's purchase of s. four hundred missiles from russia it includes well i mean it's includes differences between the united states and turkey when it comes to syria and actually the whole of the middle east it includes public opinion towards the united states in turkey and public opinion towards turkey in the united states so i would not call it a problem between the presidents idea trick is the u.s. turkey crisis beyond repair at this point or do you think that it can be mended whale to tripes special tides if you want to put it to egomaniacs getting at each other. squarely thing what i think about the two. that's always difficult in particular because they are both determined by. let's see the messy policy consideration in the united states for instance that they have in the elections. and the bible belt the parts store the bible bit is important the it's up in the united states as support for president trump and his party so we'll have this space and i would say that to the the parts store who is of th

but turkey has scenes turkey is not a backwater anymore turkey's economies grow and it is a number of the g twenty if you know it when you actually take a look at the relationship between turkey and not it's the snipers for a century turkey depended on u.s. aid to property economy that is no longer true the largest trading partner that turkey has today is the european union that trade is worth eighty four point seven billion dollars with the united states it's only nine dollars and if you're actually keeping a look at what we're turkey's interests lie. why is much more are we not only you got countries that have been pouring a lot of investments and business into turkey i totally agree that the united states and the mutually need other turkey is in a very rough neighborhood it's in the backyard of russia if borders syria iran and iraq and i have to say here that the united states actually should really can reconsider what its policy and its strategy towards turkey yes right now i don't see the trumpet ministration having a coherent strategy not only to turkey but to the meet middle ea

province borders turkey but that border has been shut for several years now and turkey has repeatedly said it cannot take in more refugees and this is why turkey is engaged in intense discussions with the russians over recent weeks on trying to find a way to solve this crisis peacefully now what does russia want from turkey they want turkey first and foremost to exert influence over the groups that controls the so-called moderate rebels to accept some sort of reconciliation agreement and at the same time to get rid of all groups linked to. the sham so far what we understand is that there is no agreement as of yet now if you hear statements from the syrian government they've been saying we are going to retake it either through force either through reconciliation agreements but at the end of the day the decision lies with russia the syrian government cannot carry out this operation without a russian green light because it needs the air cover if its forces are to push into the province and it is going to be a very difficult battle simply because it will be the last stand for the oppositi

and other countries are waging an economic war against turkey the u.s. has threatened sanctions if turkey doesn't release past that andrew brunson he's being tried on terrorism charges related to the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen but turkey's economic troubles began well before last week for more than forty five percent this year alone some investors blame are the ones repeated calls for lower interest rates in the face of high inflation the finance minister who's out of the one son in law is put together what he calls a decisive action plan to revive the economy over the wires encouraging turks to sell dollars and buy liras to strengthen the currency system casal who joins us now from istanbul. turkish central bank's decision to increase the liquidity in the markets has been welcomed by the turkish business world however when it comes to central bank decisions especially to increasing interest rates there are two different schools of thoughts one which is a presented by president don sais that there is a specification law in the international

that they would like to the other side to respect that of course turkey has the rule of law turkey the president of iran has worsened much more visibly since. cicerone i started his prime ministry in two thousand and three then the rule of law in the united states has deteriorated since early twenty seventeen i mean there's the long ways to go i suppose for america but it one level that's a that's a very good point i hadn't actually got about that part of the problem is that the client the rule of law in both countries and if we look at what can really help get to said that you know and have reports we've got two men who are very unlikely to back down and say just how bad could this get. oh it's as bad as it can get i mean i guess short of an actual war between the two countries. and perhaps turkey pulling out of nato which i don't think is going to happen but the two countries can make things are extremely bad for each other. i'm concerned that we have only seen the surface of the problem and if things continue to deteriorate it would it would get very very bad for both countries my f

turkey's president says he will not lose an economic war with the u.s. the turkish lira tumbles to record lows. and a heatwave that could cause a full blown food security crisis in north korea. plus a pollution climate change and tourism take a toll on the mediterranean sea and the fish nets. gun battles continue between taliban fighters and afghan forces in gaza. heavily armed men stormed the provincial capital attacking several government buildings including police headquarters overnight at least fourteen fleece officers have been killed entire city is in lockdown in the main highway connecting it to the capital is closed let's talk has been following the story throughout the day from kabul so saw the attacks been going on well over twelve hours what are you hearing now. fifteen hours in fact very very difficult to get hold of anyone in gaza at the moment so far and how as we understand it been damaged and it's very hard to get any communication with it with anyone down there last information we had from the hospital in gaza is that there's at least fo

and turkey over mine b. and other places along the border between syria and turkey have not been mentioned and that's another reason why i think there's still space to deal with there so those that shoe has not dropped yet and it would be good if it doesn't so that we could have those conversations and i would say at the moment the strategic relationship is there on paper and it needs to be reaffirmed in these to be reaffirmed quickly rob appears and former us ambassador to turkey thank you so much for your time sir my pleasure thank you the u.s. is planning to impose even higher tyrus on chinese imports upping the ante from ten percent to twenty five percent the proposed levy will cover two hundred billion dollars worth of goods civil ready being imposed on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese imports president trump accuses china of unfair trade practices and is putting pressure on beijing to reform particular hain is joining us from washington d.c. patty give us some details of what you're hearing

has kept turkey. turkey away from a lot of threats facing east and north. as always great to get your thoughts on. we're going to move on to some other news now and israeli police in jerusalem have closed the gates of the compound after a knife attack police say an israeli palestinian man tried to stab an officer in the old city before being shot dead the closure means the worshipers will be unable to pray at the mosque jordan which is the custody of the al aqsa mosque compound has urged israel to immediately reopen it. meanwhile at least two palestinian protesters have been killed and two hundred and seventy wounded during more demonstrations near the gaza israel border fence palestinians have been staging protests every friday since march they're calling for a right to return to ancestral lands which are controlled by israel and that their families were forced to leave their also demanding an end to the israeli led blockade of the gaza strip child stratford as at a medical tent near that border fence. the medics say it's obvious that this man has been inj

the turkey. the president has accused the united states of betraying its allies as the country's currency crisis deepens the u.s. imposed sanctions on turkey over its refusal to action an american preacher but in the past few minutes we've heard that the white house national security advisor john bolton has met turkey's ambassador to the u.s. to discuss the detention of the pastor so incautiously reports from istanbul walking through a business street to people take nervous glances at the foreign exchange screens wondering how much less their money might now be worth. here's a massive yes the dollar is one of the prices about what she wants to buy over on serb budget. give me a discount on leaves. a request it's turned down turkish lira is down at least thirty percent against a dollar in ten days this doesn't only hurt the buyers but the sellers too. including tibet's carts all he has run this shop for at least twenty years how far his products are imported is cost horizon tremendously stronger m

has an air base in turkey twenty sixteen failed to turkey decide to go and was behind that coup he's based in pennsylvania he is a turkish cleric the turks said we want them extradited the american said no they've tried several times since then and every point the americans have blocked that now at some point after the coup andrew brunson was arrested the turks said he was involved in setting up the coup he spoke to people that should have been speaking to the american said look simply he was an evangelical christian pastor in the tone of izmir and he spoke to people as part of his ministry he certainly wasn't part of any plot to overthrow the government and so they said we want him released no the turks ignored the calls for that a week ago the americans then decided that they were going to sanction two senior figures in the government in ankara they took the steps necessary to do that as synonyms said in her report there were discussions a turkish delegation was here in washington just over the last few days we spoke to people in the state department which is the foreign office of

turkey's economy and turkey's position as a country will never give up or don't pay attention to whatever he said to the contrary there are a number of a comic terrorists around the world and are taking steps to stop them from achieving what they want to do when we catch them we will subject them to do appropriate punishment. because they are committing heinous acts against this country and we cannot let them get away with it let's get the view from berlin that is where dominic cain is joining us from because german officials are now weighing in on the situation in turkey. yes that's right kiran as you were saying in the introduction of america has spoken about how it really would not be helpful to germany for serious problems to develop in the turkish economy that's something that's a view that shared not just here in germany but also across e.u. institutions that the fear of turkish debt as it were is something that really does exercise people as i say not just politically here in berlin but across the continent the point to make here is that as bad as this fall in the value of the lira

leaders who say turkey's stability is very important for them turkey's private sector relies heavily on european lenders support also comes from turkey's regional partners in syria russia and iran who are also suffering from u.s. sanctions. over use of the us dollar as a world reserve currency will lead to its own deterioration many other countries will choose to switch from trading in dollars to the national currencies turkey imports energy from both russia and iran and that cost constitutes almost half of its trade deficit that's why economics warn trading in national currencies with these countries is not feasible experts say market dynamics should be the priority what we need to do is that ok to say ok we are slowing down the economy and we are the one ready to get into a very recession in a very small period of time and we first of all hike rates and we saw all problems with the with the u.s. but president our don is adamant raising interest rates is not the answer that he say's would only make the rich richer and the poor poorer seen on kosovo's al-jazeera the stumble. the cris

and turkey is escalating turkey has filed a complaint with the world trade organization of u.s. tariffs on steel imports well donald trump ordered a doubling of tariffs earlier this month after turkey refused to release an american pastor who's been detained for nearly two years the turkish government retaliated with tit for tat the u.s. imports both sides have sixty days to find a solution before the issue goes to the disputes body. there's no difference between the direct attacks on our call to prayer in our flag and the attack on our economy the goal is the same the goal is to bring to heel turkey the turkish nation to hold a captive we're a nation that prefers to be shot in the nick rather than to be chained to the new. well u.s. president donald trump has ruled out as we mentioned he's ruled out making any concessions to turkey speaking to the reuters news agency he said i think it's very sad what to accuse doing i think they're making a terrible mistake there will be no concessions trump also said he wasn't concerned that the tower of smart cause further economic damage in

clearly have right now it would be very very important to safeguard the repayments of the debt that turkey has to to foreign investors is from ever leaves debt that needs to be paid to spanish banks to italian banks to french banks as well as to some amount or at least a lesser amount of german banks and there are one hundred eighty billion dollars to you over the course of the next twelve months so investors need to be saved to get their money back and that's what is causing the fear right now the turkish lira the subject of a recent edition of counting the cost as well i think everything pretty neatly summed up by the guest charles robinson from renaissance capital who said these tough economic times for turks now really they've only gotten even tougher haven't they get all the background of the lira slide and what is next for the currency counting the cost it is in the show's section at al-jazeera dot com and you can get in touch with us as well really mentioned it before but here came our contact details on screen now at the hash tag and a.j. news grid at a.j. english on twitter if you

and turkey is escalating turkey has filed a complaint with the world trade organization the u.s. tariffs on steel and alimony and ports. a doubling of earlier this month after turkey refused to release an american pastor who's been detained for nearly two years the turkish government retaliated with tariffs on some u.s. imports if. there's no difference between the direct attacks on our call to prayer in our flag and the attack on our economy the goal is the same the goal is to bring to heel turkey in the turkish nation to hold a captive we're a nation that prefers to be shot in the nick rather than to be chained at the nick meanwhile two people have been detained after bullets were fired at the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital ankara six were fired from early monday morning in the gator and security post but no one was injured in the attack so has the latest from istanbul. this incident has taken place at a time when there is unprecedented tension between ankara and washington d.c. not forgetting of course the ongoing dispute that there is over the arrest of the american past

that turkey has to. be loyal to otherwise iran as a country has the right to appeal to arbitrary international arbitrary so even if turkey says ok i'm afraid so i will not count i will not deal trade with iran turkey will have to pay this price for the energy amount that it promises to buy even though it doesn't purchase so it is a bilateral tribulation between iran and turkey and turkey says the u.s. decision is unilateral and it doesn't bind us or it's him because he will lie for us to stumble thank you senator. malaysia's former prime minister has been back in court facing money laundering charges as a corruption probe intensifies he denies moving money into his own personal account this is all part of a wider investigation into the disappearance of billions of dollars from the state investment fund set up by. foreign soil reports in kuala lumpur. back in court to face more charges former prime minister of malaysia has pleaded not guilty to receiving proceeds that stem from unlawful activities he's al

turkey complains to the world trade organization about u.s. terrorists the latest salvo in the deepening trade war between the two. children armed with guns on the front line the reality of war in yemen. the muslims around the world celebrate the festival of eve. in sports finding champions south korea rinse the knockout rounds of the asian gangs football event some young men with a goal against coca stamets sets up a last sixteen match against iraq. but let's start in afghanistan where rocket attacks have interrupted a peace message by president. which he was delivering for the muslim holiday of. now police say the taliban was behind a series of rocket strikes in kabul one of them actually landed near the presidential palace and the other's close to a nato compound and the u.s. embassy now these attacks come just days after the president offered a three month cease fire to the taliban. could begin again we if we think that with rocket attacks this nation will surrender they have to think again this is a brave nation is always ready to defend

and turkey has hit the turkish lira hard on the currency markets u.s. president donald trump has doubled steel and alimony and tariffs on turkey to force the release of an american pastor who's being held on terrorism charges it's a move that the turkish trade minister has condemned is against world trade organization rolls of this move us increased pressure on the turkish economy with the arrow for falling to a record low president. addressed the issue at a rally and he was urging citizens to sell their dollars and buy layer instead to prop up the tanking currency. all the turkish president says he will not use an economic war with washington. the dollar will not stand in our way do no worry about it i see it again i call on you all citizen to change the euros to dollars and to gold that you are keeping beneath your pillows into liras in our banks this is a domestic and national struggle we will not lose his economic will we will respond to those sure will you make enormous source against us with our national currency. tweeted that he had increased the

states and turkey. resisting many demands from the united nations has no start of its vision after. a little. bit of terrorist organization ministers organization. is uniting the united states and there are other issues and that's why i think we're not going. to thank you how would you characterize the relationship between the u.s. and turkey can parrot what it has been in the past i mean as you said the u.s. and i mean start talking and iran don't agree on a lot when it comes to foreign policy but they're still able to build bridges in other ways how would you characterize the relationship now between the u.s. in turkey. i mean it's quite kinds specially the alleged need to go to the united states has also. ministers because of the. past three turkey has been arrested and he was imprisoned. and they demand his release immediately but. to say about this but on the other hand as i said. one of the i mean the leader of this terrorist organization that lucky that is in you know city torch has asked many ti

the first reaction came from turkey's foreign ministry with a written statement saying that it turkey strongly protests the us the situation to sanction turkish officials also it turkish foreign minister said the decision doesn't comply with state seriousness and it's an intervention in turkish judiciary system which is an independent entity also turkish foreign ministry recall mend that you're not to this should go back on the strong the situation as it damages the constructive efforts and bettering the by later relations if not turkey would respond in an equal and way as far as we know turkish officials are now working on a sanction list in case also today we heard that turkish officials will also be talking to nato leaders and european leaders because this is the first time that the united states is threatening a nato ally in is such a strong way especially while the relations have have come to a better status but one thing is important yesterday the turkish foreign minister had a phone talk with my pump aoe upon his request and to morrow in singapore during the asean meeting turki

and turkey's president has vowed to defy what he calls u.s. threats to his country's economy one speech follows an opinion piece in the new york times warning that the u.s. must respect the sovereignty all that partnership could be in jeopardy his country would seek new friends and allies if u.s. pressure continues. i may be living in the semi autonomous kurdish region of northern iraq a struggling under a weak economy before the battle to push out iceland two thousand and fourteen the economy was growing and there were high hopes for a surgeon and foreign investment and that's after going to reports from there are signs things are improving but people say not fast enough. the story of flight is one shared by many here creating a first regional airline in northern iraq became a dream deferred. the war to purge ice all grounded the airline then a political dispute with the federal government in baghdad brought more delays in jude three years after the airline was registered it began flying passengers from erbil to cities in sweden germany and h

and watching al-jazeera let's pick up the top stories for you turkey's foreign minister says his country is willing to talk with the u.s. to try and resolve a diplomatic dispute as long as there are no threats washington impose sanctions on ankara last week over the detention of an american pastor turkey responded in kind but not before its currency the lira plummeted. a suicide attack on an education center and afghanistan's capital kabul has killed more than fifty two people most of them students that happened in the mainly shia neighborhood no group has claimed responsibility so far. the party of brazil's and present former president ways and i'll say a little bit to silva has registered him as a candidate for the a come. in presidential election thousands rallied in the capital brasilia to show their support for his candidacy was convicted and jailed for corruption tied to his time in office. israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza after a month long shut down across crossing was closed because of heightened tensions between the israelis and the palestinians henri'

and turkey snowsuit mistreat anybody or not at their finest moment. we do not believe that they've gone past the point of no return we've seen over the past couple of months. in different areas the ability to agree on controversial topics. so it's not yet clear that all is broken. but the risk is there absolutely thank you very much alphonso of us good to mammas from the economist intelligence unit thank you very much for having me. when afghanistan's military is sending special forces to help defend the embattled city of gaza knee from a taliban attack more than three hundred people have died in four days of fighting the president called an emergency meeting with police and military chiefs while the u.s. is carried out as strikes on taliban positions against me is just two hundred fifty kilometers south of kabul on the highway connecting the capital in southern afghanistan. the taliban has turned the ancient city of gosney into an urban battle field the assault is now in its fourth day with two hundred seventy thousand residents locked inside their h

deep in turkey second on the crisis has its currency hit an all time low. hundreds of families far from informal settlements have occupied private land in south africa and protest against what they say is unfair land ownership. and german chancellor angela merkel says no european union member can dodge the challenge migration poses a migrant exchange deal agreed on wednesday has come now into effect marco has been meeting at spain's prime minister petro sanchez to discuss the implementation of that deal and let's germany send my guns back to spain within forty eight hours if they have already applied for asylum there are. those who have a right to study must be distributed fairly across europe this is an issue we constantly address so if we have not found a solution but the more countries which believe that if it boudin sharing is needed for those who can permanently stay with us because they are entitled to asylum or civil refugee status that's something the european union must achieve. police have blocked off streets and mobilize hundreds of officers for

of turkey imran khan of course had a go ahead of him the country the economy is in poor shape. the united states are rock bottom. one is gone need to be improved emraan had. done he extended an olive branch to india thing that really got outstanding issue again looting the key issue of. the extra step. of young leadership who have replaced the old guard who have ruled this country for several decades his. party and our country but he also has. many challenges board on the internal and external front. consul residues in saudi arabia of blocking citizens from performing the muslim pilgrimage the size its nationals were unable to get permits to travel to mecca saudi arabia saying an unspecified number of qataris have a ride for the pilgrimage the saudi arabia bahrain of egypt diplomatic ties with qatar more than a year ago. supporting terrorism a claim the qatari government strongly to the lead. now the asian games are underway in the indonesian capital jakarta with the opening ceremony festivities were in full swing on thursday when the ceremonial torture of arrived in the capita

sovereign and kept turkey prosperous a little kept turkey away from a lot of threats facing east and north if they want to albany and the united nations has published a report on how to better protect palestinians of commission to look into ways to protect civilians in gaza and on the palestinian territories from what it calls excessive and indiscriminate force by the israeli military rosalyn jordan has more from the united nations. the u.n. general assembly ordered the secretary general and tonio good tenors to come up with the report of recommendations so that there could be new ways or perhaps a reinforcement of old ways of protecting palestinian civilians in the ongoing dispute with the israeli government the recommendations for coming from the secretary general are for the first would be increasing the number of you would personnel in the occupied palestinian territories in order to help palestinian civilians improve their quality of life the second recommendation is essentially more money for u.n. and other governmental organization programs to improve health care education and

russia says turkey was supposed to expel or dissolved the heat a sham the group formerly known as el nostra as well as what our city in the syrian branch of al qaida those fighters are designated as terrorists by the international community they are powerful and they have in the past we checked with ultimatums to disband. lenders all turkey wants to avoid military action so it's using the threat of military action to force will start to disband the announcement that see a rebel groups are united under one command is an example. part of it live lies on the border with turkey which wants to avoid any military offensive that would cause human suffering further displacement and the collapse of the ass and a process. front war especially in the syria area so i. started. for months now members of the so-called radical groups have been targeted in unclaimed attacks that some link to a campaign to eliminate the province from foreign fighters disagreements over at liberty turkey and russia were evident during talks on syria and such the province was not mentioned in the final statement it liv

they related to turkey or if it has more to do with india's internal economic issues but of both perhaps contrast with say the japanese yen which is what people are putting money into now because it's being seen as more of a safe bet and that as you see in the same one month and upward trend the thoughts of a valley can satcher who is a financial analyst we spoke to regularly on al-jazeera he says as well this falling there it is one factor definitely hurting emerging markets what we're seeing is the reduction of dollars being supplied into the system the end of the quantity of easing when the markets the global markets were flooded with cheap and free dollars everybody got terribly excited and particularly across emerging in front of markets and we've see lash of the. dollar has been weaponized whether it's deliberate or by design it's not clear to me but it's become a very very powerful financial instrument to coerce a financial instrument in the hands of president trump and essentially did the reprice in turkey has spilled over into other markets as you said the rand more than ten per

this speculation continues turkey should. then we could see a renewed crises on the european banks especially in countries like spain france and italy let's move on to other news now a u.s. jury has ordered that the makers of a controversial wheat can pay two hundred eighty nine million dollars and damages a california groundskeeper has dying of cancer which is monsanto ignoring the health risks of its product roundup to mainly johnson's lawyers of the products gave them a form of cancer called on hotchkin lymphoma monsanto says it will appeal the ruling mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the case brought by the plaintiff dwayne johnson has been lasting for four weeks the jury has been considering the verdict for the last four days and it's found that the weaved killer that johnson used known as roundup did indeed lead directly to his cancer it has a war did to more than two hundred sixty million dollars in damages but importantly two hundred fifty million dollars of those are in fact humor to damages meaning that the

turkey as president. yes this large rally and have this massive for his citizens yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold under their pillows as you go exchange for lirot our banks this is the national domestic battle this will be my people's response to those who have wage an economic war against us turkey's currency has lost more than thirty per cent of its value so far this year at least fifteen percent of that was just on thursday night the turkish going to be has been struggling for a few years of recombination of several financial and political factors the lira tumbled even faster after just presidential election which gave all executive powers to president our john i wish that. or mr r. and his you know eighteen would be very really ready to hear a robust economic program today after they had been elected are fortunate with a little bit later on that as a growing about fragile economy the lira was not protected against any current suspect lation especially after the two thousand and sixteen failed coup and turkey's continuing dispute with the united

and turkey has descended into a financial crisis for turkey and at the center of it is the american pastor andrew bronson who stands accused by turkish officials of having links to terrorist organizations as well as espionage mr bronson lawyer said on friday that they would be appealing the decision and also that they would probably take the case to the country's constitutional court as well and it's a case that has been vocally supported by the president donald trump but it has had a very negative effect on the relationship between the two nato allies and of course the negative impact as well on turkey's economy and the turkish lira has already created some forty percent this year thanks in part to the sanctions that have been put on to government ministers as well as tariffs of bartz there had been some stabilization of the turkish lira this week. due to measures and also a pledge by catto to inject some fifteen billion dollars worth of investment directly into the turkish economy but so with the threat of further sanctions there seems to be still a worry that this could impact the turki

wall we've also got turkey saying that they will support a new constitution which the u.n. envoy has been talking about do we know what that would involve. yes when you talk away when when you ask syria to turks there are two important things one case is there and the other case is the territorial integrity of syria and turkey have always stated that they support a new constitution in syria and now there is a fifty member constitution comet established in this such a meeting and as far as we have learned from from the sources from the offer shows in this cause this constitutional committee will be complete in writing the new constitution by november but as far as we know turkey had one concern one condition actually because a couple of days ago. russia has been the syrian democracy force forces which is spearheaded by the id metts what bashar assad in damascus and an autonomous kurdish region in up on the north was on the table that's why turkey was concerned and turkey had this condition that there will be a north there will never be a federal entity or kurds in northern s

turkey's lera slide starts when it starts to infect others in the present response at the boycott of u.s. electronics. and afghans. he almost cut off and a rapidly rising death toll as the battle for gaza me drags on. the stuff you want to. divide over hong kong status the talk beijing want to ban it's raising new questions about freedom of speech in sport in cricket so ben stark's has been found not guilty over friday the trial followed a points out sort of night club involving stocks last september. rescue teams in italy are scrambling through massive chunks of concrete and rubble after a motorway bridge collapsed it came down in an industrial area of the city of genoa during stormy weather about noon local time at least ten vehicles were on that bridge when it gave way sending them plunging more than one hundred meters into a riverbed railway and buildings below police said happened in the middle of an unexpected thunderstorm and the cloudy conditions made visibility worse for drivers at least transport minister has described this as an immense tragedy horse it is on the hayward i

but many analysts say the problems go beyond turkey's diplomatic rift with the u.s. while there are fears turkey's currency crisis could spiral foreign tourists are reaping the unexpected benefits saw a new guy a go explains all turkey's currency has devalued by forty percent against the u.s. dollar it's proven to be a boon for the tourism industry this year alone compared to this time last year there's been an increase of twenty five percent in visitors coming here and the drop seems to be cheaper prices. which is. good. this is cheap for us it's been pretty inexpensive i think one dollar is like sixty or so that's been good for us but. the cost of coming to turkey today is cheaper than staying in a resort in brazil where i'm from so it's definitely worth it and we're loving it here and for those working in retail aimed at attracting as many foreigners as possible it's been a welcome upturn because of. the turkish. compared to our currency like the stops are getting cheaper for them so they are like more able to get their staffs but of course this is the high season

major reforms have transformed turkey's health service delivery to. seventy six million people. but the new system is struggling to cope with the pressure is a rising from its own success. is recovering from pioneering and expensive surgery on her cancerous leg it's all part of turkey's reformed health for all system but she's suffering a setback. what. the agent of this ship do not know it. she did it on the ship. when we did it going to the home of. we don't this. it do to give it. to. her body is trying hard to cope with a major artificial born in her leg. right . the only yup we get it is all goodness. you show what you just want to see that the church is near you just. going to jail you. can't intimidate us young. like john says their forms now face their own set of challenges increased access and affordability of gear as flagship facilities but marmer a university hospital under pressure. and as with all health systems they are now being asked to treat the ailments of the modern world like obesity thirty five percent of the population in turkey is now overweight or clinica

turkey and russia seem to have come to an agreement to stop the syrian government from carrying out a military offensive on italy any more fighting there would trigger a humanitarian crisis and lead to the collapse of the so-called astonished process zain harder reforms. president bashar assad says it live is the syrian army's next target the opposition controlled northwestern province is home to almost three million people at least half displaced from other rebel areas after so-called surrender deals. but the syrian government's ally russia appears to be giving turkey a chance to what it called stabilize the province turkey is being asked to fulfill agreed commitments in the so-called fast enough process jakey has been accepting responsibility for the situation in. expect to fight terrorists. russia says turkey was supposed to expel or dissolve the heat a sham the group formerly known as el nostra as well as what our city in the syrian branch of al qaida those fighters are designated as terrorists by the international community they are powerful and they have in the past rejected ult

has more from inside syria near the border with turkey. in the last ten days at this fifty thousand syrians have crossed the border of from turkey side to the syrian side to spend their either the feast with their family with their relatives and the daily crossing at the skate is five thousand syrians per day according to turkish officials numbers that they tell us but the spike they come here the sentiment of each of the feast is not that much felt especially in the camps people know that there is a feast there is a need and it's a very important celebration for the muslims but they are so upset when we ask them how they feel about that because they miss their home they miss obvious to spend the aid with their family of course forward's is one of the major problems over here during the day the other missing sacrifice some sheep and other animals to share the meat with the relatives friends and and with the neighbors but however they don't have any money they are dependent on the it's that are delivered in a month it's only about school of

has been selling products made by turkey's largest home appliances company for twenty five years but lately his sales have taken a hit because. we've had to put our prices up because of the current economic situation and that's affected our sales despite this he is optimistic that he and the country kind of weather the current economic storm which began as a war of words with tuckey's nato ally the u.s. over according to the president donald trump the arrest of an evangelical pastor andrew bronson sparking a trade spot between the two countries is the start of the holiday week a turkey and despite the slump the shopping malls that are all packed with people but prices have shot up in recent days and people are feeling the pinch to consider going to affect us a lot of my pension is already gone because of this i don't know how all afford holiday presents for my family who need you we need money to show we can't do anything about it. this is about the games being played between global policy it's kind of a cold war. the devaluation in the turkish lira may be good for exporters but the

began after turkey detained an american pastime to keep most of the links to the failed coup. but twelve months state of emergency has been declared for the italian city of genoa as the search goes on through the rubble of the collapsed bridge at least thirty nine people confirmed dead so far the deputy prime minister is blaming a lack of maintenance. no new report from human rights watch says prospects for a free and fair election next month in the maltese are under threat from a government crackdown on dissent in a fifty two page study researches described how the government of president abdul gayoom has introduced vaguely worded laws to intimidates and arbitrarily arrest critics it also details how religious extremists and criminal gangs enjoy political protection and have assaulted and even murdered dissenters with impunity targets of this crackdown have ranged from activists and journalists to supreme court judges human rights watch says the un should call on them all deeds government to put an end to the abuses which are eroding fundamental rights patricia gusman is the

threatens to impose more sanctions on turkey as the country faces further economic pressure. and in sport find out why jamaican sprint king you say involved is causing a fan frenzy in sydney. pakistan where the former cricketer iran can't has been officially sworn in as prime minister of the country it was what has taken carr more than two decades to get the top job after retiring from sport and turning his attention to politics but he's elected prime minister in a vote in the national assembly on friday his three party won the most seats in elections last month. to our correspondent in islamabad and he certainly proved the fact that while he was a minority or head of a minority party what twenty years ago he's got the top job but he's also got some pretty huge tasks to try to solve. the small party. become the largest single party if you look at the elections that are. on dec twenty fifth of july. made a lot of progress but as you correctly. face many challenges both on the internal front and on the external on the internal front. go against corruption and political stabilit

turkey's president is accusing the u.s. of betraying its allies as he tries to stem a currency crisis last week the u.s. impose new sanctions on its fellow nato member after ankara refused to repack creator detained american preacher the central bank has now stepped in to try to stop the liras free for its restrictions on how much lira and foreign currency banks need to hold and given loans from a stumble simcoe saw the reports walking through a business street people take nervous glances at the foreign exchange screens wondering how much less their money might now be worth. the dollar is that if prices are up what she wants to buy overruns her budget. and give me a discount on leaves her request is turned down turkish lira is down at least thirty percent against a dollar in ten days this doesn't only hurt the buyers but the sellers too. including tibet's carts all he has run this shop for at least twenty years how far his products are imported is cost horizon tremendously. triangle one office and we are almost at stagnatio

turkey has filed a complaint with the world trade organization over u.s. tariffs on steel and elam in new donald trump doubled levis earlier this month after turkey refused to release an american pastor accused of links to the failed coup of twenty sixteen. now the impact of u.s. sanctions are being felt pretty much everywhere with iran being a key target of washington the unemployment rate there is at around about twelve percent and that means more than three million people are out of a job there's also a growing number of working poor and they are just struggling to cope with the rising prices zain bazarov the reports from tehran. the busy bosom of a factory floor where business seats and board rooms are left behind for overalls and dangerous work. mirabeau makes industrial scale water valves and employs hundreds of people around the country and if things go to plan the intend to hire hundreds more by this and i don't think some industries inside iran more development in the more export we can do the more factories will be brought online so we could empl

and turkey over possible sanctions now the u.s. has decided to act at the president's direction the department of treasury is sanctioning turkey's minister of justice and minister of interior both of whom played a leading roles in the arrest and detention of pastor brunson the two ministers targeted a senior figures in the turkish government still a man so i loue is the interior minister abdul hamid gul is the justice minister the u.s. says they are involved in organizations responsible for the continued detention of this month american pastor andrew bronson the taxi he's a spy who was involved in the field twenty sixteen coup in turkey the americans insist he is simply a christian pastor who's been targeted because he met many people from different communities while in the country the u.s. sanctions says that any property or share in property that two men may have in the united states is no blocked and it says that any u.s. citizen business or entity should no longer cut any transactions with the government ministers from talking.

if it does experts fear it could have a spillover effect into europe where turkey is because lenders are so you have al-jazeera. the battle of the afghan city of gasoline is no into day five and it shows few signs of ending according to the u.n. as many as one hundred fifty civilians have been killed since the taliban began its attack afghanistan's military is sending reinforcements off to the president called an emergency meeting with the police and the military chief correspondent shelob ellis is just back from afghanistan monitoring that story for us the information seems pretty patchy in terms of the percentages who controls what what do we know so it's been patchy since this began early friday morning essential the cell phone towers have been down there been damaged we believe this jam is in place being used by the military so it's incredibly difficult and cell phones come back every so often and we managed to get snippets of information the latest from this morning being that the taliban is in control of more of the city than the government is which is a vastly different line t