press freedom is also a key concern the organization for security and cooperation in europe oh i see reports to the arena qualities in coverage of political campaigns since two thousand and fifteen out of the and his are forty came to power after the financial crisis of two thousand and one which swept away turkey is a stylish parties now they are forty is working hard say avoid a recession which could see it going the same way critics say the line between the states and the government has become blurred and the gap between the support for arabs. and the opposition has narrowed considerably soon on al-jazeera the stumble . australia placed in mark in the world cup later on thursday the team known as the socceroos need to when to stay in the tournament but ball is not the most popular spectator sport in australia but it is helping migrant children enter great into society andrew thomas reports. in western sydney this is an innovative program to get refugee and migrant children involved in sports football united has been running for more than a decade helping newly arrived children to

the organization of security and cooperation in europe he's on skype from sydney in british columbia thank you for your time as this breaking news develops michael rory explain there a few scenarios of who could possibly be behind this in your mind what's the most likely outcome. thanks for having me well you know tim for them to say you know it's the fault of the cranes i think it's not. the standard line if you will of the russian playbook to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of his colleagues other deputies in that so-called d.n.r. parliament i he controlled the t.v. station and we're pretty much humiliated and their colleagues so i think come kind of the writing was on the wall that perhaps his dates were numbered and you know i i was talking to a colleague earlier and we always referred to as a kind of joke as someone who's like a cat with nine lives because in twenty fifteen he narrowly survived. sniper bullet injury to his left leg lower leg and then also a few months ago i know that one about the of cu

for security and cooperation in europe wrote on twitter relieved the dark. is alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public and the committee to protect journalists said this is extreme action by the ukrainian authorities has the potential. to undermine public trust in journalists and to mute outrage when they are killed in russia where ukraine says the attempt on bob jenkins life originated the government has described the affair as an anti russian provocation the story is strange to say the least i don't know how much the end justifies the means in this story thank god that person is alive it does not change your attitude towards ukraine a country where being a journalist is dangerous it does not change the core of the situation the only thing this is changed is that thank god this person is still alive the kremlin and state controlled media are drawing parallels between bab janko as fake death and the nazi truck poisoning of the script powells i

for security and cooperation in europe says other candidates weren't able to compete equally with organs ruling fetish party. voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and zina phobic rhetoric media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate hindering voters' ability to make a fully informed choice the ability of contestants to compete on an equal basis was significantly compromised by the government's excessive spending on public information advertisements that amplified the ruling coalition's campaign message or been stupid thirds majority will allow him to press ahead with constitutional changes and hardline policies on immigration don't a whole reports that would if. analysts talk to the left wing activists energized opposition would strike a blow to victor all bands power they were wrong maybe now i'm starting to look i mean our country hungry is still not there where we would like it to be but it's already started to go the way that it chose for itself we're going to go together this way in victory or been declared hims

it is the secretary general of the o.s.c. e the organization for security and cooperation in europe what you've seen so far here does it make sense to you do you think it's a good a good solution i think it's encouraging this is a conference about promoting copper approaches to migration governance and this is now the second. round. the first one was in july of last year when i think what we see is that cooperation between sending transit and host states doesn't it for yes among the sort of stated aims here are set out by the italian foreign minister a short while ago dealing with human trafficking and the smuggling networks that he said there was ample evidence fund terrorism and also trying to combat the return of i sell fighters to countries in europe via the smuggling and migrant routes is that where your organization the o. a c. perhaps has a role absolutely this what we call migration security next is very come in we come in as a platform for dialogue. for dialogue among the fifty seven participating states plus the six mediterranean partner countries but also as an actor that

independent monitors are questioning the fairness of the elections the organization for security and cooperation in europe says candidates couldn't complete compete rather equally against party. voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and zina phobic rhetoric media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate hindering voters' ability to make a fully informed choice the ability of contestants to compete on an equal basis was significantly compromised by the government's excessive spending and public information advertisements that amplified the ruling coalition's campaign message. the first batch of six hundred afghan refugees to be deported from turkey has left the country i'm curious says the move follows a major influx of refugees crossing over from iran rights groups have criticized turkey for deporting them to countries where this conflict saying it's putting the refugees lives at risk. supporters of jail the palestinian teenager had to maybe have released footage of her being questioned by israeli military authoriti

the attendees at the shanghai cooperation organization talks north korea and regional security dominated the agenda china's president xi jinping says the blocks roll on the world stage is getting bigger. as the number of member countries has grown our strength has also progressively grown the attention and anticipation that the peoples of all countries of the region and the international community have for us is also growing as we uphold regional safety and stability and push for development the responsibilities we undertake will also grow bigger. we're joined now by florence lowy is following the story from beijing so the xi jinping feel the shanghai organization role is getting bigger because of the divisions among western allies in groups like the g seven. well the shanghai cooperation organization or the s e o some people call it is certainly seen by some analysts as a sort of counterweight to the groups and the blocs dominated by the u.s. and its western allies now this grouping was set up in two thousand and one it had six or original members led by china and russia it only just a