moved to istanbul. earlier. they believe the high number of political prisoners currently in prison with young children points to a deliberate government strategy. who is a woman convicted of faffed can expect to be released after two years if she has a small child. but that doesn't apply to our women which. i wish commuters were going to make sure for the grandparents help out of his has to work on the weekend. gets to enjoy his grandmother's home cooked food. in prison he has to eat the same food as the inmates. visitors aren't allowed to bring the prisoners food doesn't tell us that she often asks is mommy coming too we have to say no but we'll be visiting her soon. when he was a baby he often cried in the evenings. and i would make his take him back to the prison in the middle of the night i think it broke my heart that i would end up crying myself. i mean it was like to play with his grandparents broom in prison he's often allowed to sweep the yard. fear overshadows the whole family's life the state is incr

let's go live now to jamal shell in istanbul and just tell us what's happening that small one hundred days. well there are a small gathering go of human rights activists gathered outside there were led by amnesty international who one of the representatives read out a statement essentially to mark the one hundred days but also to remind the world the justice is still not being served through the perpetrators of that murder it's very important for remember that. with all the outrage. spillover that's happened in occurred as a result of this murder there were reports that the crown prince himself the key suspect in this was advised by members of the trumpet ministration that you'd be able to weather the storm that's you know it would only last for two or three months maximum and after that people would forgets about it and that's why one hundred days since the marjah many of the rights activists and friends and families of the monks actually believe it's so important that people aren't allowed to forget that the story isn't allowed to die down so long it is just this hasn't been served

flow horrific emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippen e the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law in november saying it feared a full scale invasion after russia captured three of its vessels in the current strait a third muslim the us says if a fish the ship and the toll most for us is actually another act of proclaiming ukraine's independence it will complete the assertion of independence of the ukrainian state

well let's bring in our panel now from istanbul matthew brize a senior fellow at the atlantic council a former u.s. ambassador to azerbaijan and former white house official in beirut we have rami kouri professor of journalism at the american university of beirut and nonresident senior fellow at harvard university and from cornwall in the u.k. on skype david haye human rights lawyer and co-founder of the legal consultancy sterling hay and detained international welcome to you all thank you for being on inside story ronnie corey. was your friend has anything positive come about in the last one hundred days that make you hopeful that justice will be set for tomorrow i would say yes there are some hopeful signs as well as some negative ones the most interesting i think and significant thing is the incredible bred depths and continuity of serious international concern about what happened to her about the behavior of the so the government the apparent connections with the crown prince his office clearly him possibly and the lying that the saudis did for a month or two about this the cover u

remember him and continue to ask questions about the murda child reports from istanbul. video just a few seconds long yes it's helped uncover a murder prompts hatched by one of the world's richest governments one hundred days have passed and security cameras recorded jamal khashoggi entering the saudi consulate in istanbul never to be seen again after continually lying about what happened to the journalists saudi authorities eventually admitted he was murdered inside the consulate however tall now no one has been punished for the crime turkish investigators identified one thousand suspects went to the country as part of a so-called hit squad it's included former diplomats and close aides to crown prince mohammed bin sandman and although intelligence agencies such as the cia have said they're fairly confident inside man was behind the murder of the journalist the kingdom has always denied his involvement instead blaming the crown prince's advisor saddam funny and general ahmed. the saudis say justice will be delivered but it'll be in their own way. that's we seems is thro

and has held a vigil in istanbul one hundred days off the journalist was killed in. the kingdom's rulers. ordered the killing of his chrissake. all saying in the region and his foreign minister says the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria does not affect operation against the kurdish why p.j. . defense chiefs have been briefing president on preparations for the offensive against syrian kurdish fighters why b.g. has been an important american ally in syria and the fight against eisel considers y p g a terrorist group reports from al bob in northern syria well bob is one of the places that was abrasive by the free syrian army backed by the turkish military two years ago compared to many other places this place is much safer and secure to people that we have spoken to and it's a large city and it was a large city even before before the syrian war broke out and there are at this three hundred thousand people residing inside the city and in the surrounding villages this makes things a little bit more complicated as well because most of those people are not real people bu

from istanbul leads to splits political split in the world orthodox christianity now his step was not supported by any other church maybe it will be supported by dialogue g. and oral by. or maybe bible garia but the rest are not supporting it instinct that it is an invasion on russian orthodox church canonical territory and we have these two results and one that you know of and could that lead you know to what i referred to as a schism earlier the fact that the orthodox church which has you know of some three hundred million followers the russians have said that they are going to break off relations with constantinople because of this decision mr brashness k. how would the other orthodox church is going to going to deal with this decision do they feel any pressure to align themselves with either constantinople or with moscow. of course the situation new is very difficult for now to decide i think actually all will depend from father curiel the head of a russian orthodox josh diplomacy is very complicated figure very connected do a lot of good in the present russia but also south by a

at istanbul's museum of the history of science and technology in islam they have built working models of some of al-jazeera reis water devices talk to debt left when turned explains them to me. as you have a look inside this building you can see the donkey and this stone creamery moving mechanism bringing into running these gears as you can see and then lifting the water up to these channels that's quite a sophisticated machine it is a surface. he was more fascinating engineering. water devices like hell gerry's were hugely important throughout the islamic world as their empire spread across the globe. engineers of the golden age built reservoirs and impressive dams many of which still survived today across the middle east and islamic spain as well as these dams in places like cord of iran and syria irrigation was also provided by nor ears from the arabic now which are giant scooping waterwheels but as populations grew throughout the islamic world it became necessary to have more advanced devices and towards the end of the truss century developed sophisticated water pumps. so have a l

many suspect crown prince muhammad bin solomon ordered a saudi hit squad to fly to istanbul last october that the united states is the main provider of saudi military assistance aid and support in the war in yemen so the the not united states is not an objective observer of the war of yemen it's an accomplice in the water of yemen. pompei was keen to lay much of the blame for what many describe as years of chaos in the middle east on former president barack obama's administration. president trump has reasserted america's control as a force for good in this region he said we have rediscovered our voice. there are millions of people throughout this region who are grateful for the u.s. led coalition success in the battle against eisel but there will also be many made nervous by a u.s. administration that blames the region's instability in the previous u.s. president on the wrong. al-jazeera. news hour including questions increase about the validity of the presidential election result in the democratic republic of congo vigils in washington and one hundred days after the death of. among doze

a vigil is held outside the saudi consulate in istanbul to mark one hundred days since his murder. and a bowing out why a japanese wrestling champion is putting a year before the took your name picks peter explains in sport. a surprising election result in democratic republic of congo means a major opposition leader will likely take overs president anding eighteen year rule but felix securities victory is being overshadowed by allegations of vote rigging and fraud in principle catholic church has reportedly suggested the runner up martin for you actually won by a landslide and as her attacks are reports we can shatter the results have some celebrating and others protesting on the streets. and announcement a few expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand nine hundred sixty feel it. is father lead congress opposition for more than thirty five years had a message of unity. oh. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of t

turkish media published images of a fifteen member saudi team that arrived in istanbul on the same day because so ji disappeared from this point on which evidence began to mount linking saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon to the murder now in may don't tell you but the saudis finally admitted that he was killed but said it was a result of the brule roll call advisor patani and deputy intelligence chief siri was sacked and eighteen saudis arrested but taken says it was a premeditated murder and on november tenth it said recordings from inside the consulate with several countries including the saudis the us senate passed a resolution in december holding crown prince mohammed bin someone responsible for the murder and last week saudi arabia said eleven people it believes were behind the killing of going on trial no names were released shelled as the latest now from istanbul human rights activists gathered outside there were that by amnesty international who one of the representatives read out a statement essentially to mark the one hundred days but also to remind the wall that justice

and they are also affecting the justice that to our c i matthew in istanbul istanbul is of course way this horrible crime was committed one hundred days on what would you say the dust has settled on this case. i don't think it's settled inside the turkish government based on the senior leaders i know but in a metaphorical sense unfortunately it has i mean there hasn't been much coverage about it not not even here on al-jazeera you guys really kept the flame alive longer than anybody. this one hundred days and every street helps but i'm afraid you're right that the dust has settled too to a certain degree notwithstanding the civil society activity that rami mentioned but i think i think we're in grave danger of that justice never being paid because there's not a strong power in the world right now you often played the role the play by the u.s. that's willing to get everybody organized and get pushing so i worry that this will fade away and you know what everybody considers justice who was listened to with the cia's conclusion is that there would be consequences personally for the crown

istanbul well qatar has asserted iraq of support in the efforts to rebuild infrastructure and cities destroyed during the fight against i saw the president of iraq with the emir of qatar in doha asama bin jade has more. iraq's government is looking for help to rebuild its cities which have been destroyed in the fight against isis and that was on top of the agenda of the meeting between the president of iraq and the emir of qatar we constraint on the bilateral reconstruction of iraq and the damage cities. and the participation of qatar and. you know the reconstruction which is important and also we talked about the transition of goods and material from turkey through the through our harbors to. qatar the other issues that they discussed was relaxation of reserve between the two countries this is in continuation of the iraqi president's tour of the middle east where he's also visited countries such as a kuwait iran saudi arabia turkey they have also discussed the issue of the g.c.c. blockade and the differences amongst all sides as the iraqi president has continued to visit these count

it's just a ninety minute flight from istanbul to turkish occupied northern cyprus from there it's a short drive through the buffer zone to southern cyprus and the european union more and more asylum seekers from iraq and syria are making the journey because shelters are overrun many have to live an overpriced hotels or on the street. a family of four receives seven hundred thirty five euros in aid per month. the number of asylum seekers arriving in cyprus has shot up fifty percent since twenty seventeen authorities are angry with turkey for allowing them to travel freely to the north of the island. some of these nationalities are exploited the fact that there are turkey for certain or agreements with these countries little cover movies are cool tools the u.n. refugee agency says the three to five year period for processing asylum applications is creating major problems because migrants are forbidden to work during this time it is extremely challenging for them to find employment and self sustainability and that has led to situation of homelessness and destitution that has set their

tour in jones and istanbul have been in moscow thank you bill. publishers for the the sound of problems are hard to coming out of i just thought. germany's chancellor has called for the reform of global institutions speaking of the world economic. what you call the fragmentation of the multilateral. the russian president vladimir putin is hosting he's. in moscow discussing the face of. the russian president vladimir putin is hosting. discussing the face of. in northern syria. today. what we were. when we were. even percent of americans or something and really experience hardship. for.

is meeting with istanbul's chief prosecutor special wrap up you know this column on isn't a week long visit to turkey with a forensic and legal team on monday she met with turkey's foreign minister stephanie decades outside the saudi consulate in istanbul where the murder of took place steps so we understand you managed to speak to the un special rapporteur what was she been saying. that's right well she's not giving any official media statements or press conferences while she's here but we did bump into her by coincidence because her schedule is not being made public she was walking around here she said that she wanted to get an impression of the place she's not being allowed in at the moment this is exactly what she had to say. what is your impression of just really with the foreign minister nothing ok are you related to the saudis and are you really. made a request to the saudi government for access to the consulate. and in saudi arabia we are waiting for their response to be fair. requests to them quite quite late so we need to give them a bit more time to. question or you think y

and they are also affecting the justice that our sea i matthew in istanbul istanbul is of course way this horrible crime was committed one hundred days on what would you say the dust has settled on this case. i don't think it's settled inside the turkish government based on the senior leaders i know but in a metaphorical sense unfortunately it has i mean there hasn't been much coverage about it not not even here on al-jazeera you guys really kept the flame alive longer than anybody. this one hundred days and every street helps but i'm afraid you're right that the dust has settled too to a certain degree notwithstanding the civil society activity that romney mentioned but i think i think we're in grave danger of that justice never being paid because there's not a strong power in the world right now you often played the role played by the us that's willing to get everybody organized and get pushing so i worry that this will fade away and you know what everybody considers justice who was listened to with the cia's conclusion is that there would be consequences personally for the crown p

at istanbul's museum of the history of science and technology in islam they have built working models of some of al jazeera water devices dr death left when turned explains them to me. as you have a look inside this building you can see the donkey and this stone creamery roofing mechanism bringing into running these gears as you can see and then lifting the water up to these channels that's quite a sophisticated machine it is a surface. he was more fascinating engineering. water devices like hell gerry's were hugely important throughout the islamic world as their empire spread across the globe. engineers of the golden age built reservoirs and impressive dams many of which still survived today across the middle east and islamic spain as well as these dams in places like cord of iran and syria irrigation was also provided by nor ears from the arabic now which are giant scooping waterwheels but as populations grew throughout the islamic world it became necessary to have more advanced devices and towards the end of the truss century developed sophisticated water pumps. so have all of this

at istanbul's museum of the history of science and technology in islam they have built working models of some of al jazeera water devices dr death left when turned explains them to me. as you have a look inside this building you can see the donkey and this stone creamery roofing mechanism bringing into running these gears as you can see and then lifting the water up to these channels that's quite a sophisticated machine it is a surface. he was more fascinating engineering. water devices like hell gerry's were hugely important throughout the islamic world as their empire spread across the globe. engineers of the golden age built reservoirs and impressive dams many of which still survived today across the middle east and islamic spain as well as these dams in places like cord of iran and syria irrigation was also provided by nor ears from the arabic now which are giant scooping waterwheels but as populations grew throughout the islamic world it became necessary to have more advanced devices and towards the end of the truss century developed sophisticated water pumps. so have all of this

at istanbul's museum of the history of science and technology in islam they have built working models of some of al-jazeera rees water devices dr death left when turn explains them to me. as you have a look inside this building you can see the donkey and this stone creamery moving mechanism bringing into running these gears as you can see and then lifting the water up to these channels that's quite a sophisticated machine it is a surface. he was more fascinating engineering. water devices like hell gerry's were hugely important throughout the islamic world as their empire spread across the globe. engineers of the golden age built reservoirs and impressive dams many of which still survived today across the middle east and islamic spain as well as these dams in places like cord of iran and syria irrigation was also provided by nor ears from the arabic now which are giant scooping waterwheels but as populations grew throughout the islamic world it became necessary to have more advanced devices and towards the end of the truss century developed sophisticated water pumps. so have a lot of

service comes just hours after church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in istanbul ending more than three centuries of russian influence and ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the split which as a provoked anger in moscow. let's bring in matthew cook for a journalist with the kiev post he joins us from the ukrainian capital for more on the story matthew thank you very much for joining us now this is a pretty significant day of the first mass of an independent ukrainian orthodox church after more than three centuries of russian control tell us more about the lead up to the split. good evening thank you for having me this is been a very significant event and it happened actually quite quickly when you consider it discussion started around october very quickly it was it became clear that ukrainian orthodox church would receive this decree of independence that would give it independence from moscow then the two unrecognized ukrainian orthodox churches that existed in ukraine they were unrecognized meaning they were seen as schismatic or non-canonica

having announced that it's leaving that the troops are being withdrawn during jones in istanbul tell us about this proposed safe zone in northern syria what is president one have in mind. well the safe zones going to be around two hundred fifty kilometers long and thirty two kilometers deep now this will really compass most of the key towns and cities all over northeastern syria another one envisages his area to repeal the removal of all of what he calls terror threats and what that me has in mind there is his syrian kurdish militia the white peachy and its political affiliate the p. y. t. he wants them all removed from this area he said they pose a threat to turkey linked to an insurgency inside turkey he claims and he stresses that this security zone will be under turkish control and he does say that this is non-negotiable and he sees beyond that they also we're getting from the vice president of turkey. he says that they won't tolerate the presence of these militias even on the border of the buffer zones of turkey is looking to possibly extend its influence even further into north

al-jazeera istanbul. south africa's government is introducing a minimum wage ahead of this year's general elections presidency will run a poser is promising millions of workers better pay as he seeks to increase his voter base in rural areas the bill has been criticized by opposition parties who say it was rushed through parliament critics say it could lead to increased unemployment as some business owners won't be able to afford to pay the minimum the minimum wage of one dollar forty cents an hour pressure is mounting on sudan's president omar al bashir to resolve a growing political crisis opposition parties have joined calls for him to step down following weeks of antigovernment protests and one party says it's withdrawing from cabinet him or morgan has more from the capital khartoum. thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president almighty bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign. the government needs to end its real and st

is the first of its kind a month secret service assess the nation's worldwide people we've talked in istanbul said they want to know more about what happened it's really good growth and that's what we're waiting for a result whoever is responsible for this murder must be brought to justice because it happened in our country. investigative journalist fairhope in new wrote the book with documents and footage gathered by his colleagues from turkey sabbat daily newspaper kushal geo to make it a good thing the primary sources told us that the hit squad had discussed the plan one hour before her show she was killed first they'd offered to take him to riyadh and if he doesn't accept they'd kill him they knew he wouldn't accept they plan to wrap his body parts in plastic bags then carried out in luggage this new video was released by the team behind the book on monday it shows senior saudi agents name does a tiger team sent to kill has to come so late unloading luggage and bags from when and taking them inside the consul general is residence just a few hundred meters from the crime scene the others h

moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow well let's take a closer look at the eastern orthodox church now it's one of the oldest religious institutions and second largest after the roman catholic church it has more than two hundred fifty million members around the world most of whom live in eastern europe greece the caucasus and parts of the middle east and africa orthodox church as a self-governed but the patriarch of constantinople based as bull is that spiritual leader. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from kiev as valentini jaco shipp professor of political science at the national university of academy in london as there then professor of sociology of religion and department head of theology and religious studies at king's college london and joining us and scott

istanbul. now what's being described as an ecological catastrophe on an international scale up to a million fish have been found dead in an australian river and algal bloom which can be caused by agricultural chemicals has been blamed for the deaths it happened in the darling river at menindee about a thousand kilometers west of sydney environmentalist's said the river system has been badly damaged by over irrigation and climate change. from one of the main headlines on al jazeera us president donald trump is visiting the border with mexico to drum up support for his proposed border war trump wants more than five billion dollars to start construction production and standoff with us democrats who refuse on wednesday he stormed out of a meeting with democratic leaders at the white house calling it a waste of time i'm honored to be in a gallon texas with the heroes of border patrol and they are heroes you know you her have so much border patrol ice and law enforcement generally you take so much he

at istanbul's museum of the history of science and technology in islam they have built working models of some of al-jazeera water devices talk to debt left when turn explains them to me. as you have a look inside this building you can see the donkey and this stone creamery to bring a mechanism to bring into running these gears as you can see and then lifting the water up to these channels that's quite a sophisticated machine it is a surface. he was more fascinating engineering. water devices like hell gerry's were hugely important throughout the islamic world as their empire spread across the globe. engineers of the golden age built reservoirs and impressive dams many of which still survived today across the middle east and islamic spain as well as these dams in places like cord of iran and syria irrigation was also provided by nor ears from the arabic now which are giant scooping waterwheels but as populations grew throughout the islamic world it became necessary to have more advanced devices and towards the end of the truss century developed sophisticated water pumps. so have all of

summit in istanbul all the decisions we have taken in there should be. continued of course there is a new representative. on that we i don't know how this process will continue but as . the letter has been read. just earlier of course surprise this but this is just applies to them it doesn't apply to us. as we said in istanbul. and we agreed we thought together. we have. agreed together. we will continue this process as we greet. my friend president reject typer one there alongside russia's vladimir putin outlining the next steps to take far as trying to resolve the war in syria or at least make some progress there there has been a lot to digest there actually and we're going to do that with thank you. our team and that is no one to share in london our senior political analyst and also rory chalons in moscow. to you first as i said lots to discuss there and i know these sorts of news conferences a very orchestrated but even so you saw two people there being very friendly very complimentary to each other and two men who are technically on the other sides

istanbul. video just a few seconds long yes it's helped uncover a murder prompts hatched by one of the world's richest governments one hundred days have passed and security cameras recorded jamal khashoggi entering the saudi consulate in istanbul never to be seen again after continually lying about what happened to the journalists your thirty's eventually admitted he was murdered inside the consulate however a toll now no one has been punished for the crime turkish investigators identified one thousand suspects went to the country as part of a so-called hit squad it's included former diplomats and close aides to crown prince mohammed bin sandman and all the intelligence agencies such as the cia have said they're fairly confident inside man was behind the murder of the journalist the kingdom has always denied his involvement instead blaming the crown prince's advisor saddam funny and general ahmed. the saudis say justice will be delivered but it'll be in their own way. that's we seems this throu

the fact that ukraine's president has gone to istanbul to witness this isa has gone to istanbul to witness this is a mark of how important people are making this moment. for them,, for many, this is thought of being a final moment of independence. it has been independent for many years but many people are regarding this because they have had this link for many years, this book break this last link —— this will break this last link —— this will break this last link —— this will break this last link with russia. the president is in the middle of an election campaign. political appeal for him. but what is the kind of practical cause of this. why have the two churches been driven apart in this way? a couple of aspects. country to country relations. goes without saying our ball. —— are awful. an ongoing conflict in eastern ukraine, rebels fighting the ukrainian army. not tenable any longer to have this link whereby effectively moscow controlled all of these parishes inside ukraine. also a realisation partly because of that conflict the mood has changed here in ukraine. before pe

this morning, wall to wall on television is the ceremony from istanbul where the man who heads the global orthodox community will be signing official recognition for ukraine to have its own independent branch of the orthodox church and that means that it will be separate from russia for the first time for hundreds of years. the fact that ukraine's president has gone to istanbul to witness this ceremony is a mark of how important people are making this moment. for them, this is, for many people, they are talking about this being a final moment of independent. ukraine has been independent for 27 years, but still had this link and many people here are regarding this as a moment that was a long time coming, but will finally break that last link with russia and with moscow. a lot of this is about the politics and relations between the two countries, the president of ukraine is in the middle of a presidential campaign, one can see the political appeal. but what is the practical cause of this, why have the two churches been driven apart in this way? well, i think there are a couple of aspects to

a saudi agents with bags reportedly carrying his remains serum gustier was that has the latest from istanbul. diplomatic up crossed the dark secrets of the shoot to murder the title of the first book to be written on the murder of saudi journalist. the authors conducted a series of interviews the third officials to find out what happened before and after the journalists killing going to stumble nearly three months ago. the book says' the case is the first of its kind a month secret service assess the nation's worldwide people we've talked in istanbul said they want to know more about what happened it's really good rather than this we're waiting for a result whoever is responsible for this murder must be brought to justice because it happened in our country. investigative journalist fairhope in new wrote the book with documents and footage gathered by his colleagues from turkey's sabbat daily newspaper kushat geo to make a good thing the primary sources told us that the hit squad had discussed the plan one hour before her show she was killed first they'd offered to take him to riyadh and if h

flow boresight emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippen the the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches is nobody watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian. president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law in november saying it feared a full scale invasion after russia captured three of its vessels in the current strait a third muslim the us says if a fish the ship and the toll most for us is actually another act of proclaiming ukraine's independence it will complete the assertion of independence of the ukrainian sta

al-jazeera istanbul well now a group of british politicians and international lawyers is off to visit detained activists in saudi arabia to investigate allegations they're being tortured and denied legal representation amnesty international says at least ten women were detained in may including some who campaigned for the right to drive the rights group says seven men are also being held in connection with their human rights work the. tragedy it was obviously a total disaster for saudi arabia and it would seem that the responsible people who are responsible for the operation were also responsible for the detention of these side raven women's rights activists at exactly the same time that saudi arabian women were getting the right to drive a major step for their own personal freedom and freedom from the so-called guardian lords in a way that was a was a huge step. internationally and rightly paraded to such and then in parallel these people being locked up after a voyage lasting more than a decade a nasa probe has performed to the most distant flyby in the history of space exploration

it's been months three months in fact in saudi john as you showed you walked into his consulate in istanbul never to be seen again and now the u.n. human rights investigator looking into his murder is meeting with turkey's foreign minister agnes callum od will have a what we'll have week long talks in turkey a special rapporteur says it's a crucial step towards formal accountability for the killing of the saudi journalist and critic of the saudi crown prince stephanie decker has more on this now from istanbul. the un special rapporteur on this column out has made it clear that she has undertaken this investigation upon herself because in her words she says it doesn't seem like the united nations or any member states seem to be pushing for an independent investigation and she's met with turkey's foreign minister she's meeting with the justice minister and she will be coming to istanbul where she'll be meeting also with the chief prosecutor people that have been involved in the investigation here trying to decipher what exactly happened in the building behind me in the saudi consulate now she

ahead in the news hour including a new chapter of christian history began what the stroke of a pen and istanbul. and manchester united manager continues as perfect start to the jobs on will have that inspired. an egyptian police officer has died while trying to diffuse a bomb near a church in cairo place were called to the eastern suburb of nasr city when the suspicious package was found on a rooftop to other police in an all monk or were injured in the blast and comes less than two days before egypt's christian minority celebrates the coptic christmas egyptian christians have been targeted in a string of attacks and recent years. professor of political science at long island university says there's often more attacks in egypt around the holiday season unfortunately we've seen a pattern of targeting churches for christmas just as happened last year with last a terror attack being the killing during a child's baptism back in november. we don't know who is taking claim for this and we also know that there was an attack on a tourist bus just last week exactly a week ago from tonight and so returni

sentenced to four years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda in the prison is on the outskirts of istanbul in that respect genghis and his wife count themselves lucky with the. news fortunate that the prison is a miles away and on a tallia so it's possible for us to pick up the children. this is the third year. he's gotten together with other fathers to organize a car share fairish kissel's wife is also a political prisoner. and imaging mom did you miss betty where her. on that money cry no she didn't is the child's reply or the my wife just posted some comments on social media she was charged with propaganda that's right terrorist propaganda. our lawyer told us that under normal

float off and what would have on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of a pick any document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law in november saying it feared a full scale invasion after russia captured three of its vessels in the current straight of the muslim the us so if a fish the ship and the toll most for us is actually another act of proclaiming ukraine's independence it will complete the assertion of independence of the ukrainian sta