uninvite turkey whose flirtation with russian made weaponry has now turned rather more serious. ground insisting it would go ahead with its purchase of the four hundred missile defense system. as four hundred deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always. trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and be valued by the it's a relationship if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. who doesn't want to reach the security of their partnership. echoing mike pence his words turkey's vice president head back over twitter saying it was the us that had to choose between friendship with turkey and continued support of the kurds in northern syria regards as terrorists well let's break hussein international relations expert to discuss this further coming into the program say now it

meanwhile the u.s. is ramping up the pressure on turkey to cancel the purchase of a russian missile system secretary of state raised his concerns over the s four hundred talks with the turkish foreign minister in washington that was after vice president mike pence threw down ultimatum to ankara a nato meeting. if turkey completes its purchase of the russian s four hundred missile system turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. we're doesn't want to risk the security of our partnership that. deal is a done deal. earlier the pentagon halted deliveries of equipment for the f. thirty five stealth fighter jets which turkey is in the process of buying the u.s. says those supplies cannot resume unless calls off its purchase of the russian s four hundred missile system turkey is one of washington's key allies within nato and u.s. the fence officials have said if turkey were to use the f. thirty five and the s. four hundred within the same integrated system moscow would gain back door access to crucial intellige

armenian genocide setting back in one thousand fifteen turkeys autumn in a government carried out mass killings that claimed the lives of more than a million armenians france was at the time one of the main safe havens for those who fled today it's home to europe's biggest armenian community france announced earlier this year that it would observe annual commemorations on april twenty fourth to be useless always reports from the southern city of musée which was the first port of call for media refugees. fear is incomplete she was born in france as the granddaughter for survivors of the armenian genocide she says she has inherited their trauma allegory salsa loss also just your. as a teenager i began to ask questions about my background my grandfather had always told me about the village where he grew up and was a haven of peace until it was wiped off the map just like the armenians they were left with a feeling of injustice of having suffered collectively this has been passed on to me part of my heritage has been cut out actually more to much more on people. who are her grandparents c

last year six million russian tourists visit turkey and they were hoping that in twenty one thousand this number will grow. and will set another record i think that we have to move forward with the. areas ation process and we will take these steps in the future mr putin i also discussed this issue. also as we met today will show discuss the problems in syria and other regional issues weeks changed our opinions on the syrian settlement and the way also discussed the. situation with the us withdrawing troops from the region of course we discussed the. issue that problem by the way also talked about the situation in other areas of syria. so. talked about some additional steps that could provide for peace and stability in syria. and also together with the russian federation i would like to note that unless we. get rid of all terrorists in syria which is a threat to our national security there is not going to be any peace in the region so we will continue this fight also we talked about humanitarian tragedy in the lead we. emphasized that is important to peace and stability in a

regulating the. u.s. . fighter jets to turkey that's a protest against the purchase of a russian missile system which comes off from a major setback for president in a local election. live from moscow what's. very welcome to the program with us this hour. comedian and political newcomer has won the first round of ukraine's presidential election. took the lead in sunday's ballots with twice as many votes as incumbent president poroshenko those who rivals will face off in a second round vote on april the twenty first it takes a look at why support for the ukrainian president has been plummeting. they counted on him gave him all kind of help and thought he'd take the x. soviet republic somewhere new the result roughly eighty five percent of ukraine voters want to show petro poroshenko the door the western establishment is baffled for them choosing between someone as hated today as the chocolate king pershing co and funny guy all of them are zelinsky aka is a president is a tough one backing the winner of round one who has no political background at all is like opening pandora's box

to come inside story is next. is turkey's president under threat. and his party suffer unprecedented defeats in local elections after years of consolidating power how because shock. and how can he recover this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me peter dopy wretch up to has dominated politics in turkey for the past sixteen years but after winning every election since then his a.k. party suffered a setback in sunday's local elections voters apparently particularly fed up with what critics say is his increasingly autocratic rule as well as the falling value of the turkish lira rising inflation and high unemployment the justice and development party lost control in major cities including isthmian and the capital ankara mr challenging the opposition's result there and in turkey's biggest city istanbul from their. small. i after almost two decades of constant losses turkey's opposition finally has reason to celebrate. the people's republican party or c.h.p. one of the mayoral position in the capital ankara and it would seem is on course to capture is stumble tur

in a difficult environment in turkey still so they're starting point was not as easy as perhaps you would like to say it is. peter than let me let me say it in this way our president added on has been using polarization for a very long time to galvanize his own water base but he didn't realize that in doing so you was also are galvanizing oncor sort of dating opposition in a way that they themselves would not be able to do if it wasn't for president and ours have. in istanbul what does this tell us about how politically savvy mr erdogan is now or not i mean putting a government sponsored vegetable stalls obviously didn't get traction with any one people were it would appear able to see right through that. i mean i mean if we're talking about president are there once leadership i think there is no questions their president or the on has been the leader of our party since it was founded but he has also been the leader also very traditional voter base in turkey and that is the center right vote in turkey and the fact that he has been able to consolidate the center right voters be it un

were undermining party unity ahead of october's elections still talking elections turkey's election board has approved recounts in almost a third of istanbul's districts after the ruling party disputed early results in local elections the initial count in istanbul and in our interest shows the president's ak party on course to lose control of both cities its voting irregularities and what affected the outcome the opposition candidate for the marin assembled i was calling on the election board to just declare him the winner. in the mountains of southern nepal rescue workers are finally reaching villages made homeless by a devastating storm three days ago it's been interesting has a report from bob a district or at least thirty people were killed and hundreds injured as the gale force winds flattened entire communities. for these people in southern nepal what began as a hailstorm ended in death and devastation when strong winds reach their village of said they took shelter in their homes in less than two minutes sixteen people were dead and hundreds injured in this municipality alone

baking bread on d w. this is d w news live from berlin turkey's president suffers a blow in local elections the opposition is celebrating as it gains control of the capital ankara the commercial capital istanbul looks set to fall what does this all mean for president carter wanted and for the future of the country look at the latest also coming up. it's no laughing matter comedian volodymyr is a lens he wins the first round of voting in ukraine's presidential elections he's come in well ahead of incumbent president petro poroshenko. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us it is being called a severe setback for turkey's president rich of tire paired one is a key party has lost control of the capital ankara in local elections and is also facing defeat in istanbul these elections are seen as a referendum on his leadership and many voters say they are completely unhappy with the way he's handling the country's economic downturn. it's an unfamiliar position for red chip tayyip erdogan in local elections seen as a test if you support voters delivered the turkish president his wo

turkey. the opposition wins in the capital, ankara, for the first time in 25 years. here in the uk, parliament is getting ready to vote on a range of alternatives to the prime minister's brexit deal, in the hope of finding a way to break the deadlock. the islamic state group reveals its secrets. we talk to captured british is fighters anyone that's still immersed by islamic state methodology is wrong. it's a gang. a comedian who plays a fictional president on tv is on course to win the first round of ukraine's election. we start in turkey, where president recep tayyip erdogan‘s governing party has lost control of several big cities in local elections, including the capital, ankara. it is a poll that is being seen as a referendum on president erdogan‘s leadership. in istanbul, both the opposition and ak party have declared victory, with the tally still very close. mark lowen reports from istanbul. there is a saying in turkish. whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. today, the biggest prize in the elections is too close to call, with fewer than 3000 votes between the governing ak par

create a stable and effective government sonia able al-jazeera madrid. now turkey says a man held on suspicion of spying for the united arab emirates has killed himself istanbul's prosecutor says he m. hassan's body was found in still very prison he was charged alongside another suspect earlier this month they were accused of monitoring arab citizens on behalf of the un when earlier we spoke to met chen ecclesia managing editor deniz somehow that's an english language news site he says the death further complicates the diplomatic tensions between turkey and the u.a.e. i think it's significant for the for the fact that to even now you know will not be able to gather further information. on one on their motivations or or what sort of. aimed a hand in turkey in terms of political issues i think it's also important because the you we will you know will try to use this against turkey based on its already existing rivalry is toadies if you're a living this is not something that will serve this is this is not an incident that will really serve to try to use interests of our we did find don'

he said the death of the complicates the political tensions between turkey and the u.a.e. i think it's significant for the for the fact that to eating out you know will not be able to gather further information. on on their motivations or or what sort of. aimed a had in turkey in terms of political implications i think it's also important because the you we will you know will try to use this against turkey based on its already existing rivalry and strategies but you know this is not something that will serve this is this is not an incident that will really serve to turkey's interests least of all we did find out in right after they were arrested that. these two individuals were at work to build some sort of an anti to ease structure this is some of the information that we have received. from our sources an attack on a protestant church in bikini faso has left six people dead gunman shot five worshipers in a pastor as they were leaving a service in the small more than ton of syl god she recently there has been a surge in attacks attributed to all groups based in the north. a rare g

states and we value relations if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership. the pentagon halted deliveries of a quick moment thirty five stealth fighter jets which turkey is in the process of buying turkey is one of washington's key allies with nato and u.s. defense officials offensive turkey want to use the f. thirty five and the s four hundred within the same integrated system moscow would gain back access to crucial intelligence. turkey was quick to hit back over another sensitive issue in its relations with washington warning the americans against forming an alliance with the kurds in the north east of syria whom turkey considers terrorists we discussed the rift between the two nato members and regional allies with ex-pats. i think we see a change or two to transformation what would you expect next

seemingly protected from demands for restitution but that's not the opinion in turkey specially in the city of god. young that you guys and they should. find you middle. name isn't. nameless and. that we don't at all my. name is that down on those i want the money i should when there was a debate the internet. yes smash on an average and then say that and i said it was when he was going to say from this is negative i've had. this black list includes objects and so in the british museum in london but also in the pentagon in berlin although they were all acquired before nine hundred seventy turkey still wants them back. it's not a question of museums anymore because it's a request of the state of turkey. they also are in the process of overcoming. colonial attitudes towards cultural heritage and in this process they have started to realise that. countries in the west have not always been upfront about their practices of acquiring collections binge eating ass of nation their lives. and they can. do given busy. busy gunson shante can and can't and then just. as said we didn't give. them a made.

there. the u.s. is spending and with turkey over its ties with russia we'll explain just why. would. you put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. the two going to be pros this is what before three of the more people. interested in the. security council should have a mandatory one percent of all stock bond for x. transactions to go into social security so that every individual let's say when they become eighteen they've got fifty six thousand dollars in there that they can go spend on college if they want to that's a that is a that is an extra analogy of this economy that's being recycled repurposed regenerated into an ecosystem an economy that is like more mimics that of nature. the program us suspended a key contract with turkey in protest. over russian weaponry the pentagon to suspend the deliveries of equipment for the f. thirty five fighter jets which is in the process of buying washington's demanding that i encourage. the russian. hundred masel system turkey is one of washington's key allies within nato and u.s. defense officials

dampen the party mood a little as the u.s. threatened to uninvite turkey his forte shouldn't with russian made weaponry has turned rather serious. standing its ground insisting it will go ahead with purchasing the s four hundred missile defense system. as for honda deal is the done deal and we will not step back from this in any case we have been always. trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and be valued by that sort of nations if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world or doesn't want to risk the security of that partnership. turkey's vice president hit back over twitter saying it was the us that had to choose between friendship with turkey and continued support of the kurds in northern syria from ankara regards as terrorists but turkey wasn't the only alliance member rounded on at the nato birthday p

a new voice for turkey international broadcasters including v.w. respond to the government's crackdown on independent media with the launch of a new view to. bring gulf it's good to have you with us they thought that he was dead but it seems the leader of so-called islamic state. might still be alive and still in command in propaganda footage released today by a man believed to be baghdadi phrases the easter sunday suicide bombings in sri lanka which killed hundreds of christians he says that the attacks were to avenge the loss of islamic states last stronghold in syria he was the. in this two thousand and fourteen video at the mosque in mosul he's been reported killed or wounded many times. shocking video when with me here in the studio to talk about it is analyst from the german it's a treat for international security affairs here in berlin good to see you again what do you make of this video i mean first of all can we be sure that this is who we think it is well i think so he looks like. he has grown old and he's not really concentrating he doesn't speak as well as he did

gain access to crew. intelligence. this comes at a difficult time for turkey's president on sunday his party suffered a major blow with local elections they lost control of major cities including the capital ankara thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating however the a.k. party is reportedly planning on challenging the results alleging there have been widespread voting irregularities. back the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking over fifty one percent of the vote turkish president claims the result was a victory. the results show that in these elections as has been the case in the november two thousand and two election we as the a k p have once again come first by a wide margin. over calipers live to gregory copely from the international strategic studies association thanks for joining us good to have you on set i was always. the us was thrown out of a gourd of thousands at the key here saying get rid of these s four hundred systems or you're not going to have this contract for. about one hundred thirty five years which the

deal a major defeat to president recep tayyip his party lososes local elections in turkey's largest cities, istanbul and ankara. now he is disputing the results. we'll speak with turkish professor koray caliskan. then to alalgeria, where after o decades in power, 82-year-old president abdelaziz bouteflika resigned tuesday after weeks of mass protests. >> i went out to celebrate the resignation of bouteflika. god willing we will have 100% democratic transition, which is very important. amy: now algerians are continuing their protests, demanding an overhaul of the entire political system. we will get an update. then to france, where yellow vest protesters took to the streets saturday for the 20th straight week of demonstrations in spite of a government clampdown. >> macron must give into our demands. everyone needs to live better with a month's salary so we are always here. we will always be here until he gives in. amy: there protesting macron's economic policies demanding fair wages for working and middle class citizens and heavier taxation on the wealthy. we will go to paris. all th

rescue workers. and a new voice for turkey international broadcast broadcasters including v.w. respond to the government's crackdown on independent media with the launch of a new channel on you tube. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we begin this program in spain where the governing socialists are claiming victory in sunday's general elections now they won ninety twenty nine percent rather of the vote but fell far short of a parliamentary majority and that means they'll have to enter potentially difficult coalition talks to remain in power the vote also saw far right party entering parliament for the first time in four decades with just over ten percent of votes cast. socialist politics triumphs in spain incumbent prime minister pedro sanchez says progressive politics one. spaniards have sent a very clear and categorical message to europe and to the world that it is possible to win against reactionary authoritarian and repressive politics with progressive proposals. but forming a ruling coalition won't be easy on likely allies the anti austerity far left party put de must

this week in washington, and one of the allies, turkey, has come under sharp criticism for its dealing with the alliance's principal adversary: russia. in a moment you'll see my interview with turkey's foreign minister. but first: some background on an increasingly tense showdown between turkey and the unite states. it was all smiles last week as turkey's foreign minister mevlut cavusoglu hosted his russian counterpart sergei lavrov to reaffirm a major arms deal. >> we have made this deal with the russian federatione will honor it. we bought it out of necessity, turkey is in nd of an air defense system. >> woodruff: but turkey's decision to buy russia's top-of- the-line s-400 surface-to-air missile system has angered washington, because of a big arms deal of its own: the u.s. f is selli5 fighter jets to turkey, a nato ally, and fearsn russia would gchnical access or insight to the state- of-the art planes. t this week, the pentagon f planned f-35 deliveries to anka, while offering the tur an american alternative to the russian missile. i am very confident in the patriot proposal that w

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uninvite turkey is for taishan with a russian made of weaponry has not turned rather more serious though stood his ground insisting it would go ahead with its purchase of the s four hundred missile defense system. those four hundred. rooms. all week. trying to improve and strengthen and deepen our relations with allies particularly united states and be valued by that sort of nations if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. does it want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. or doesn't want to risk the security of that partnership. echoing mike pence's words turkey's vice president hit back over twitter saying it was the us that had to choose between friendship with turkey and continued support of the kurds in northern syria regards as terrorists but turkey wasn't the only alliance member around it on the nato birthday party the us v.p. also lashed out in germany saying didn't cough up enough on nato especiall

latest statement, however, was purely indicatered for the nationalist all of a sudden in turkey and i think it was just a response to the feeling, popularity of the president, a feeling with all the domestic problems he's facing and in some ways realizing that he's losing his battle in european calls -- capitals because ecently the -- parliament also endorsed a resolution recognizing the armenian genocide. >> when the facts are stacking up when other european nations are signing up to the idea that this was genocide, france very much at the forefront of that. why is turkey still not seeing thingsgs the way others ? >> i thinknk the armenian joururnalists -- armenian-turki journalist who was killed d in turkey, he probably put this in the best way. by the w way, he was killed because he was talking aboutut the g genocide issue but he was sayingng that it's such a horn dowels crime that people e do n wantnt to acaccept that they h done it. politically this goes right into the core of the turkish identity, the turkish news state in some ways this was the most perfect genocide. you got

planning new attacks. on a new voice for turkey international broadcasters including the response to the government's crackdown on independent media with the launch of a new you tube channel. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. spain's governing such this one the country's national election but full well short of a parliamentary majority with just twenty nine percent of the vote prime minister paterson just must now attempt to form a coalition government a process that could take weeks or even months sunday's votes also saw a far right party enter parliament for the first time since the end of military rule in one thousand nine hundred seventy five vox took ten percent of the vote. the reality sinks in an election that leaves no party in power many in spain were relieved however that the far right had not done even better than it did at the polls. but i mean as big as hopeful for me i think it's a good result insincerely i didn't expect it i thought the right wing was going to win so it's cool for me. but i mean. me but then we think that the socialist victory is good and now there is

in a bid to prevent leaving the eu without a deal. tu rkey‘s turkey's plans to purchase an advanced russian air defence system because a deepening diplomatic row with the united states. and a hunt for salvage from a stricken container ship leads to the discovery of an historic wreck complete with cargo. first to tokyo, where it's being reported that prosecutors have entered the house of the former nissan chief, carlos ghosn where he has been re—arrested amid fresh allegations. ghosn was released on $9 million bail last month following three earlier indictments for financial wrongdoing. he could now face more criminal charges. a short while ago, mr ghosn issued a statement and in it he said: and he declared that he was: our correspondent in tokyo, rupert wingfield hayes, has more on mr ghosn‘s re—arrest. this was something of a surprise because the allegations that mr ghosn has apparently been detained to investigate this morning by tokyo prosecutors are part of an investigation being carried out by renault in france, not by nissan here injapan. it is not clear exactly why pros

here now jazeera including spying allegations turkey arrest two suspects accused of working for the us plus. under pressure will examine examine the rising suicide rates of french police officers. more on that stay with us. how the weekend does look promisingly quiet or at least quiet given that this is a satellite picture showing the storm will still go on through the southeast and it will keep going overnight it's going to be daybreak on saturday voysey the back edge of it tight green lines quite dark so that's significant thunderstorms you already know this now daybreak on saturday should say it offshore for the most part kerning back in through canada and snow in newfoundland still with the backwash as could be quite poky in the appalachian mountains and it's not that warm though the sunny side atlanta the twelve degrees however florida is fine now twenty six in the sunshine in miami much the same through much of texas and oklahoma the cloud that you see coming in from the pacific so for washington state california to have it set you're running through the northern plains will it b

athens and in turkey but really quite disappointing in spain where rain's going to fold around the east coast or as you go a weekend the summer eventually reappear but it's not going to be for everybody fifteen in madrid this is come sunday by which time it's much the same in london in paris in fact most of france for much of europe and nice to king weekend clearly not true bierria the pay off that is showers seemed likely in morocco for a time it'll be cloudy and briefly sherry in our dear even tunisia but it will all eventually spin through east at this well look at the wants graph of central parts of libya and in tripoli could be up to thirty three degrees in quantas and the wind which is light is go across and brings or present conditions i think to much of tunisia. it. was. on counting that cost it's been called. a horse while russian banks moved to hungary is kicking up a. populist governments threatening the independence of central banks and is it the end of the runway with jet airways counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is a really fabulous news for one of the best i've e

place. the united states has warned turkey not to buy a russian anti—missile system which it sees as a threat to some of its fighter jets. the us vice president mike pence said it could undermine turkey's place in nato. turkey must use. —— choose was dubbed as that want to remain a partner in the alliance in the history of the world? or does it wa nt to history of the world? or does it want to risk the security of the partnership? by making reckless decisions that undermine our alliance. this is turning into quite a stand—off between the two countries. this anti—missile system is very important to turkey. it says it needsit important to turkey. it says it needs it because of the groups that are involved in conflict. in countries around it, for example iraq and syria. it needs a kind of system that can destroy missiles. however, america is concerned because they believe it can also target f 35 fighter jets. that's because they believe it can also target f 35 fighterjets. that's a stealth fighter jet and did something america has become increasingly concerned about. as a result,

we value relations if turkey completes its purchase of the russian as four hundred missile system turkey risk expulsion from the joint f. thirty five program turkey must choose. those who want to remain a critical partner the most successful military alliance in the history of the world. doesn't want to risk the security of their partnership echoing mike pence's words turkey's vice president head back over twitter saying it was the us that had to choose between friendship with turkey and continued support of the kurds in northern syria in ankara regards as terrorists but turkey wasn't the only alliance member or the nato birthday party in the us v.p. also lashed out to germany saying but didn't cough up enough to nato his budget given the size of its economy shortly after germany announced its defense spending will hit one point two five of g.d.p. by twenty twenty three a number that still doesn't meet the minimum two percent set by nato international relations expert hussein back she says nato is not as united as it used to be. demand that until two thousand trained twenty. membe

united arab emirates and turkey for a while the i.r.s. that happened after following a couple of months of technical surveillance by the turkish intelligence on those people intelligence followed those two are out nationals for a couple of months and when they contacted a suspect who's name is on the investigation file of murder intelligence warned the turkish police and they arrested those two people according to the security sources and uncle they believe that. between turkey and egypt turkey and u.a.e. and turkey and saudi arabia have been strained mainly following the military coup in egypt in two thousand and thirteen those three countries have lost their intelligence gathering capacity and tricky and that's why and now they are trying to. build up and maybe intelligence work and this is what the turkish security believe in ankara right now and that's why they say they think that the united arab emirates is using other out nationals to spy inside truth to you what we have learned so far is that these people were here to follow up with what nationals what they are doing how they are

more the startup benefits it gets a commission for each suggested tour. to turkey now where president richard tight add a one declared victory in local elections but the opposition's success in key cities including the turkish capital ankara dealt a significant blow to add ones government sunday's local elections were why the scene as a test of support for add one as the nation of eighty one million people faces a daunting economic recession with a double digit inflation rising food prices and high unemployment ballot counts were still underway a monday in turkey's largest city and commercial hub of istanbul. now for more on that issue i'm joined by he's professor of economics at the constancy university of applied sciences good to have you with us on the show how big a role would you say to the economy play those local elections. well clearly the economic recession which turkey is going through has been the main concern of the turkish turkish citizen but the mixed outcome also illustrates the challenges voters are facing on the one hand there is a massive this at this facti