the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive. sneezing in the valorous has been under the authority or indeed or shape of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts a ballot near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. well the case of a jailed ukrainian film director all legs in solve will be part of the talks on friday between french president and russian leader vladimir putin and that's from a source in mr office the crimea born since all has been on a hunger strike in a russian prison since may and he is said to be gravely ill since op was sentenced in twenty fifteen by a russian court to twenty years in a penal colony for planning terrorist attacks on the crimean peninsula russia annexed crimea in two thousand and

and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. of several journalists including. it says the move is excessive. it's good to have you with us tonight the red cross says that fifty people most of them children under the age of fifteen have been killed in an airstrike that hit a bus in northern yemen the children were traveling through a crowded market in rebel held. and it's thought that they were on their way to summer school the saudi led coalition that launched the attack said that they were targeting rebel positions and they said that it was quote a legitimate military action but the coalition is for. in condemnation from for these latest civilian deaths and for more on this airstrike i'm joined now by steinberg he's a middle east analyst from the german institute for international affairs and security affairs good was good to see you again these are dramatic pictures the story is dramatic survivor saying that the rockets intended target was the bus that was filled with school children i mean are these children paying the price of a proxy war yes they are and i

for security and cooperation in europe who go it previously condemned last year's constitutional referendum in turkey as unfair the turkish government has accused them of sympathizing with the outlawed p k k party. all it took was his signature u.s. president donald trump insisted he was powerless to stop the separation of immigrant families at the country's southern border but he has now issued an executive order to reverse course trump's move means families entering the u.s. illegally will now be detained together it is a rare policy retreat for the u.s. president following days of public outrage. you could have a lot of happy people it was that easy president effectively reversing a policy that has separated children from their parents but the executive order does nothing to reunite more than two thousand children who have already been taken away families who illegally cross the border will now be detained together while their cases are considered but trumps order click for changing a court ruling that limits the detention of immigrant children to twenty eight days critics now say trump

but as turks digested the news election monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe expressed doubts about how fair the presidential and parliamentary elections had been. this is not and we didn't regard it as being an equal playing field in relation to media and he wasn't and neither in relation to campaigning either the defeated presidential candidate condemned the elections as unfair from start to finish but here they want to concentrate on uniting a deeply divided country so mr. as of today please do not act like the president after a k. party be the president for eighty five million people embrace everyone. that's a message will resonate with a lot of turkish voters many of whom were devastated by the result. will only twenty five this is a very beautiful country. i want to live in this country. but as a young woman everything is in danger it's becoming harder to live here women are not respected and the education system is upside down. but others were happy that the one hundred one many destroyed the result was a win for democracy and for the country nin

for security and cooperation in europe to monitor these elections as we did before. as you did before and the ransome of europe and the parliament as you rejected their criticism out of hand when they said to you that the vote last year had not lived up to the standards of the sea and the council of europe your president said i do not see hear or acknowledge reports by the o. s. c.e. observer mission so why bother to invite them once again when you are going to reject any criticism no i don't object to criticism and we have been in whiting or e.c. or e.c. order and parliamentarism of the council of europe to monitor the elections in turkey every single elections when there is a local elections actually council of europe it again or observes the elections last year some of the members of this at the committees unfortunately participated to campaign or. prop ekk party d.p. including under who go who is a german policy you don't like what they say you accuse them of being pro peace or play saw the observers should be or projective and ballasts they cannot take a site th

for security and cooperation always c e said the opposition did not really have a chance to compete. yes well it's their job to test it they don't have a chance. so they actually got i forgotten exactly how many because best part of two million votes for the school two point seven me that there is competition and besides they have to say things like that that's their job why the criticism is not their job the only see is is a neutral organization and they very well respected the report said quote intimidating and center phobic rhetoric media bias apart compay define and seeing and of the quote hidden the voters' ability to make an informed choice this was not a fair election was it i think it was a very fair election i was for the whole of the campaign i didn't see intimidation and i wasn't just sitting in budapest a regular of objective new out of it. there is no such thing as objectivity i don't believe in fairy tales either. do you think that the r.c. is objective no do you think that anybody is objective do you think that even it is not subjective the issue is c.e. said these ele

a member of the german left party intending to travel to turkey to represent the organization for security and cooperation in europe had previously condemned the west years constitutional referendum in turkey as unfair the turkish government has accused him of sympathizing with the p k k part. phin the world cup in russia france took on peru in the second of thursday's group c. clashes a first have strike from killing in embalm pay was enough to settle the tie in france as they the nineteen year old became the nation's young as ever world cup goals or as france returned to the top of group c. or even while have been eliminated from the competition after failing to pick up a point from their opening two game. the rivals denmark in australia had to kick off the day with an exciting match in some are the danes took the lead after just seven minutes nikolai you're going soon found christiane eriksson whose stunning volleys flew past the australian goalkeeper ten minutes before the break australia claimed the handball the referee consulted the d. or the a.o.r. and the australians got a penalty.

for security and cooperation in europe warned over the reported instances of the. proportionate use of force by armenian which we also have also to. keep in mind that trial had also the storming of the stage buildings state institutional buildings of the state of public radio. or so you should probably be very frank to concede there was a situation in a very open minded mr show to prove the twenty second. was clinging to power the demonstrations had risen the last thing on his mind on that day the twenty second was actually standing down he had discussions with the opposition leader passion which he broke off after just a few minutes accusing him of issuing ultimatums and blackmailing the legitimate or thirty miles away as a blackmailing tolerance policy is still going calling armenia after the war try who by you or by the way asked have you found any every just that it's going by these kind of intolerance and blackmailing is not promoting democracy in armenia because despite the movement has the followers of supporters the rights of the freedom of expression for t

but as turks digested the news election monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe expressed doubts about how fair the presidential and parliamentary elections had been. this is not and we didn't regard it as being an equal playing field. in relation to media. and he wasn't and neither in relation to campaigning either the defeated presidential candidate condemned the elections as unfair from start to finish but here they want to concentrate on uniting a deeply divided country so. as of today please do not act like the president after a k. party be the president for eighty five million people embrace everyone. that's a message will resonate with a lot of turkish voters many of whom were devastated by the results. only twenty five this is a very beautiful country. i want to live in this country. but as a young woman everything is in danger it's becoming harder to live here women are not respected and the education system is upside down. but others were happy that the one hundred one many described the result as a win for democracy and for the country thank you

organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action needs to be on the pre bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. we have some sports now and tour de france winner thomas received a hero's welcome when he returned to cardiff wales thursday a sea of supporters lining the streets near the city's castle was thomas in the winner's yellow jersey did a victory lap for thousands of fans a ceremony to recognize as a chinese achievement follows he's the first welshman to win the tour de france a thirty two year old. himself still has state of disbelief. mind blowing expect this. to know what to expect the reception r

the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is me and the previous bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. while here in berlin a new bike lane has made cycling more fun more more hazardous depending on how you look at it literally rather than a straight or gently curved line this one is all about curious and tight angles. berlin is on a quest to make the german capital more bike friendly that this new bike lane seems to have missed the many more. i have never seen a bike lane like this. it's really difficult to stay in the leg but it's also part of. the new lane has left local residents in a bit of a

of the world bank kristin ago gave up the secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe thomas graham. the president of the enter american development bank luis are there tomorrow and the african union special envoy on women peace and security into d.r. thank you so much to all of you for joining us here today ladies and gentlemen please let's give our panel in a very warm welcome thank you now before we can talk about possible solutions i just like to get all of your assessments of the current situation because the united nations says the following about violent conflict it says that the number of global conflicts that reach the threshold of war that's more than one thousand people per year dying because of battle battle deaths has more than tripled in the past decade and chris alina i'd like to turn to you now because we know that the world bank that your mission is really to to lift people out of extreme poverty those people are increasingly living in conflict prone areas. what worries you the most about the state of security in development right now i would

the organization for security and cooperation in europe he's previously condemned last year's constitutional referendum as unfair the turkish government accuses him of sympathizing with the outlawed p k k party. from correspondent do you. so what tell us more about what president has against. well mr has been an observer of previous elections here in turkey that's what you mentioned including last year's controversial constitutional referendum and back then he harshly criticized the conditions under which the vote was held saying it was not democratic not fair and more than two million votes might have been compromised so he's known as someone who at least once questioned the legitimacy the credibility of turkish election results later on and that might be the more important issue here he was accused by turkish government officials of sympathizing with the band p k k a rebel group which in their eyes makes him not in an objective observer there were photographs of him on social media showing him holding a p.k. k. flag mr who call themselves denied these accusations saying he was just attendi

the organization for security and cooperation in europe says that voters had no real choice meanwhile putin struck a softer tone then he has recently towards the west on monday saying he. would put diplomacy first. when you seem to need it we have no intention of engaging in some kind of arms race it was just the opposite we will seek to develop constructive relations with other countries. we call on our partners to have a constructive dialogue but. all right i'm joined here at the big table now by gustaf from the think tank the european council of foreign relations which is based here in berlin good stuff it's good to have you on the show and we just see we just saw mr putin they are saying he doesn't want to do arms race but a couple of weeks ago he presented to the country an invincible new nuclear weapon so which putin is telling the truth while put he hardly ever tells the truth so let's stick to facts. on arms race yes russia is sitting freezing his military budget russia is arming up russia is preparing in maneuvers full france or for against the west. hears that if the russian

for security and cooperation in europe who had previously condemned last year's constitutional referendum in turkey as unfair the turkish government has accused him of sympathizing with the outlawed p k k party. many turks fear the outcome of the weekend's election could be fixed allegations of tampering emerged after last year's constitutional referendum president erda one sharply rejected those accusations which were also made by international observers this time around those suspecting potential fraud are on high alert our correspondent you'll johan has this report from istanbul. christ. this video shocked millions of tests it was recorded during the constitutional referendum last year the footage purports to show dozens of ballot papers being stamped as valid after the vote. and her colleagues are still angry at this apparent evidence of irregularities and the prospect of it happening again this year. shah you've been in all of this is one reason why many people think elections in turkey a rigged. i don't believe last year's referendum really went the government's way through arses th

the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is when the premier bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. now for some of the stores. around the world. moscow says it's considering retaliating against the new sizes from. washington and the u.s. state department announced the punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of former double agent sergers and his daughter yulia britain the u.s. and britain say russia was responsible the kremlin denies any responsible. u.s. authorities say a fifty one year old man has been arrested on suspicion of setting the massive holy fire in southern california is o

principal deputy chief monitor of the me the organization for security and cooperation in europe that's as has the special monitoring mission in ukraine thank you so much for being with us this morning first of all. weeks have brought a dip in the number of cease fire violations in eastern ukraine they are down considerably from when we last talked a couple months ago do you see a sustainable trend there a real deescalation are more interest still richest or a ceasefire violations in the free if not four digit numbers on single days it is through the looking back into two thousand and seventeen where we have been richest in all the four hundred and one thousand ceasefire at the year that's more than a thousand a day we are now on an average number of approximately seven hundred cs final violations as they still start getting high and the forty thousand plus violations we have seen today do not suggest that these come anything near by a stable situation give us an idea of what it's like for your monitors who are there on the ground in eastern ukraine in what is effectively a war zone and