a channel for my ideas for my world which it embodies what do you think about turkish food where do you put it in the world in a way i feel it really is the original fusion i would tell everyone. that will come find you. a thank you turkish crazy brick church centuries of history is experiencing something new for the new songs a new generation of chefs and who love us is keeping traditions growing one precinct influences. my journey through istanbul is nearing its end but in so many ways i feel as though i just scratched the surface of this grand cuisine that just took a shrewd everything my taste in see and smell has been a story and much stuff istanbul but also its people its pounced and its present and they all come together to form one diminishes city until next time always these

three in turkish go to shoes. it's a story of survival. it's a story about how people learned to live in such remote last five pretty cheap to the way it would be to cheat and how that instinct help them recover from the financial crash i would continue as long as i can stand. this is a story about iceland. aging on al-jazeera. with a big breaking news story it can be chaotic and frantic behind the scenes. people shouting instructions and if you're trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. it's when you come off air things seem pin

to realize you witness history in the making. the coca plant has long been a pillar of bolivia's traditions but its use in illegal drugs today is threatening the nation's culture not my idea also dorothy's are involved because they receive kick backs while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry malady my mother was strangled with a cable and brutally coupled with a pole it was a humorous crime who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes on al-jazeera the middle east's most religiously diverse country you still have to go to just communities you don't have one vision for the future you have nineteen of them divided along sectarian lines the confessional system in lebanon has destroyed the only really real more and heavily influenced by regional

allegiances and i was one prevailing over the other you have civil war so it's always this balance that's a he kept following its first parliamentary elections and nine years people in power investigates the state of lebanon on not just here. rising on the streets of harare amid claims as i'm bob way election was stolen at least three people have died. and this is our sara live from also coming up the u.s. pastor held and for two years over alleged political drinks now the white house imposes sanctions against government officials. for new cases of a democratic republic of congo just days after an outbreak was declared over.

and redefining immigration laws france reduces the time refugees have to claim asylum. in zimbabwe three people have been killed in post-election violence in the capital harare soldiers have opened fire on opposition supporters protesting over the slow release of election results the party of president has won two thirds of the seats in parliament but the results of the presidential vote is not yet. reports from harare. opposition supporters say they vote was stolen they are demanding transparency from the electoral commission official results show the readings on the party has won a majority in parliament these people are convinced the results. the police move in to disperse them but when that fails the odds to call for those who

try to resist what delta. follow president innocent and gaga has worn the opposition against causing trouble . and its leadership has forthwith to remove its violent supporters from the streets so peace returns to our country you know asking them to take business and step government is simply reminding them of their duties as the responsible political player was and is citizens the main opposition alliance say the army used unnecessary force three people have been killed. and this or that may be dealt with five a place who are best trained. or thought of trying to kill during the war. we are seriously left wondering what this means are we in war are

civilians the enemy of the state. the e.u. election observer mission says presidential election results should be released as soon as possible to avoid more violence but the longer it lasts to count the more. lack of credibility comes up with something real before therefore it's needed that it must be a trace abilities of the road down to the police station level. but opposition supporters say if they can is it doesn't when they want to accept the results center is over they opposition supporters i've been trying to get in but the police have been pushing them back so they've been burning tires and poet is they insist that their candidate the main opposition leader nelson chamisa has won this election there they are over there they are refusing to leave in protest. by law presidential results have to be announced by saturday most of our brains are

anxious about what could happen if the lisa doesn't accept defeat. so about boys home affairs minister says the government will keep the military deployment following the voters. under the command of the police. forces. remain to. across the country to maintain law and order the government of zimbabwe. places full responsibility. for the. destruction or property. of life on the. turkey has condemned the u.s. decision to impose sanctions on target senior ministers as places death by the trumpet ministration to get i'm proud to release an american pastor and have run some was detained in two thousand and sixteen accused of helping the group the turkish government says was behind a failed coup attempt i don't think has the latest from washington d.c.

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

citizen business or entity should no longer carry it any transactions with the government ministers from talking president donald trump has tweeted his support for the pastor well vice president might pence has repeatedly called for his release the president. and the turkish government i have a message on behalf of the president of the united states of america. release pastor andrew bronson now or be prepared to face the consequences. master bronson was recently released from prison remains under house arrest duty has yet been set for his trial fisher i'll just you know the way. a former egyptian minister says he's being detained by police in italy and fears he'll be deported to egypt mohamed massoud says on question that he's been detained based on requests from egypt he was the minister of poland to affairs under phone present mahmoud abbas's government is

a known opposition figure and has been living in exile in europe since july two thousand and thirteen when the military coup happened. the u.s. is that him to impose even higher tariffs on chinese imports upping the ante from ten percent to twenty five percent oppose levy will cover two hundred billion dollars worth of goods tariffs have already been imposed on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese imports president trump accuses china of unfair trade practices and is putting pressure on beijing to reform adrian brown reports. is precious in china only fifteen percent of the country is honorable that makes the law shouldn't fertile province of very important especially now. close to the border with russia this is soybean country. china is the world's largest consumer of soybeans but it can't grow enough and so is reliant on imports to meet

demand that means the decision to impose a twenty five percent levy on u.s. soil beans creates risk yet in this province the trade fight appears to be having a welcome impact. farmers like moon family being urged by the local government to switch their fields to soil from corn offering subsidies as an incentive that'll raise incomes moon says he has a lot to thank president trump for for one when you know when china stops importing from the united states is possible where the price of domestic soybeans welcome up and that means we'll make more money. soybeans may flourish in this province but only around ten percent of those consumed in china are domestically grown the instruction to local farmers to grow more soybeans was a political priority but the reality is this china is a long way from ever being self-sufficient in soybeans which means it's going to be

reliant on imports for years to come hi everybody i am a soybean in this cartoon video china appears to be targeting u.s. farmers it's been airing on the international service of state t.v. and has a clear message in china can buy soybeans from other countries if that happens soybean farmers in the u.s. could take an even greater hit. and the soybean plays an essential role in the chinese diet used in cooking oil source tofu as well as animal feed the government's now taking action to ensure there's no shortage of the what the government is offering more subsidies to soybean farmers so i believe the garment. has been very supportive of me in the whole soybean industry in the past cheap soybean imports hurt chinese growers but the tariff war with the united states could secure their future adrian brown al-jazeera in

a long jiang province northeast china. long is the managing director of the hong kong based research consultancy asia and a lesson she says even if there are talks over tariffs china may not be willing to do what the u.s. wants i think china will come to the table it is the united states the trump administration that has been pushing for this tariff fight china does not want a trade war and it will do everything that it can to stop it you know shut down. you know giving up then tie country as it were so yes china would want to talk the problem is what is the truth and ministry should demand it of china and whether china is willing to give that the point there is that it isn't whether china should open its markets or whether americans have

a right to demand that china does it every government does what it's best for its own people regardless of the abstract moral issue and grant now up until now china fuz that it can do a lot of things that. trade in other areas because it's got this huge trump card one point four billion people a market of one point four billion people and everybody wants a slice of that market. the democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of in the north eastern city of goma the ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to a recent outbreak that killed thirty three people that outbreak was officially declared over last week dr ali khan is dana think university of nebraska medical center college of public health he says better education is dangerous for all communities to understand how it is transmitted what we saw in the last outbreak we

hope to see in this outbreak which is a really active response back summation of contacts and hopefully hopefully shut the outbreak down very quickly unfortunately this outbreak is in an active conflict zone on the border rwanda and uganda which is very different from the location of the last outbreak and that's going to pose a challenge itself in the response so there's no lack of information from a scientific standpoint we know exactly what happens the disease is natural in bats and people get infected directly from bats or from eating infected bushmeat and then if there can be a large amount of person to person spread during a funeral or potentially during a how kids are in a health care setting so we know the science of ebola but what's missing is the education of communities to help them understand that sometimes in the midst of all these people who have fever and getting sick and dying there's potentially cases of a bolo that are very contagious and can infect others within the community so

that's where the education needs to happen and to make sure that such individuals are quickly moved to health care centers to ensure that there aren't these funerals where you keep touching people and infecting others and within how care settings to ensure there's good infection control practices. still ahead on al-jazeera oh my. calls to land reform and south africa present indicates your question head with plans to take property from white farmers. plus franklin turns fifty we take a look at the first african-american character from the popular one nine hundred sixty s. peanuts comic. from brisk north and fuel. to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia.

welcome back the levant and western asia it is this time and as we look at the forecast charts you see largely fine conditions we have got a lot of heavy showers around the caucuses southern portion of the russian federation down into armenia and georgia for back you and i suppose john it should be five thirty seven for baghdad a look at my sort of forty two still a fairly decent breeze stone through parts of iraq and kuwait the possibility of a little bit of lift the dust around for the time being temperatures creeping up once again and by to add up to forty four degrees following conditions though generally round the eastern side of the med who beirut's looking at highs of thirty one into the arabian peninsula a low forty's really at the moment across the western side on the eastern side of the potential look at forty four here in doha with a fairly brisk breeze picking up during the course of thursday but easing through friday and saturday before it begins to pick up once again so where i'm saying really is that this is helping to keep the humidity levels down for cats are enormous to me it's very very humid but not actual fact all those forty three

degrees it doesn't feel too bad at all down into southern portions of africa and we've got rusty fine condition little bit of cloud around the eastern cape but a largely fine picture otherwise sunshine expecting cape town highs of nineteen and a fine danger has both with a maximum of twenty one. the women sponsored by catalog use. where were you when this idea popped into it when they're online it's undoubtedly. cool or over to an inequality in our society today or if you join the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you have to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers for change join the colobus. announces iraq.

there again you're watching our. top stories this hour soldiers and zimbabwe have opened fire on hundreds of opposition demonstrators in the capital harare protests as angry about alleged vote rigging in the country's election the policy of president. two thirds of the seats in parliament but the results of the presidential vote is not yet. turkey is condemning the u.s. decision to impose sanctions on two of its senior ministers is the latest effort by the top administration to get an korea to release an american pastor under brunson is accused of helping a group the turkish government.