really so irreconcilable. car. broken rule. story aug nineteenth two w. . this is d w news live from berlin turkey's currency in freefall amid a diplomatic spat between washington and on the road earlier a plunge is to record lows after donald trump ramps up tariffs on turkish imports the turkish president read to tight aired on his defiant saying that his country would emerge victorious in an economic war. also coming up the saudi led coalition

fighting two thousand rebels in yemen says that it has ordered an investigation into an airstrike that killed twenty nine children on a school bus the strike was widely condemned and thousands of holidaymakers are left going nowhere as ryanair pilots walked off the job at europe's biggest budget airline. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has stepped up his political pressure on turkey with new tariffs sending that country's currency into freefall in a tweet early on friday trump said the following i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminum with respect to turkey as their currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward against our very strong dollar our relations with turkey are not. good at this time trump's tariff increase

appears to be over on karisma refusal to release an american christian pastor who is charged with terrorism offenses in the country the leader is nosedived european markets tumble. and turkey's president retching type heir to one has responded to the leader as freefall addressing supporters at a party rally he defiantly made calls for a national struggle. going on. oh if there is anyone who has dollars euros oh gold under their pillows. they should go exchange it for turkish lira is at our banks. this is a national domestic bottle what this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against as. your good. of get coverage now of this we have team coverage in fact in istanbul dorian jones

is standing by and in washington we have stefan seaman's welcome to you both and dorian i'd like to begin with you because we just heard the turkish president saying that his country is in an economic war is it. listening to the president he said this is nothing to do with financial economic reasons why the currencies on the pressure this is the result of on loan where unnamed western powers trying to remove him from power he said they try to do this two years ago with a military coup they failed now they are trying to use the currency rate. as a new way of removing him from power and he said that this is a new war of liberation to defend the country calling on people to defend the lira by selling there are foreign currency for investors they say this is simply about financial imbalances that have to be addressed in the message from the want is causing panic among investors and seeing a resulting plummeting lira and with a message now from trump ramping up sanctions this fall only. narrative that this

is a political conspiracy and what's the view from the united states on that stefan because you know the u.s. president donald trump he says that he wants to double steel and aluminum tariffs on turkish imports why is he going after turkey and why now. well the timing is great for president trump of the turkish lira is in freefall that last forty percent of the year towards the dollar in this year alone and it makes sense for donald trump to capitalize on this right now for two reasons at least one is the case of pastor andrew bronson. there was a turkish delegation led by the deputy foreign minister turkey's deputy foreign minister just this week on wednesday in washington to talk about this washington had warned before that their imprisonment or detain detention of mr branson is not acceptable those talks on wednesday went nowhere and so trump and the white house ministration is. squeezing it

a little bit here trying to. make the turks understand that if they don't cough rating and sticking to their reportedly weren't they had given to the u.s. to free branson that they have to face the consequences tariffs is one tool to do this and as the u.s. president tries to say we as president wanted to doing what he wants joint i'd like to turn back to you because we heard erica won you know blaming the turkish economy's woes on the west but the turkish currency has been taking for months we have to mention i mean investors really concerned because inflation is at nearly sixteen percent but the central bank is reluctant to raise rates in response which is something that you would normally see a central bank do what is anyone's way forward here. well you're right i mean basically this is what vessels have been saying it's a slow motion train crash that's been waiting to happen for a long time the trigger is tensions with the u.s. but on the law you thought these financial imbalances inflation is double digit it

is he is can expect to get a lot higher because of the massive growth of spending that target is currently engaged in a policy that he reiterated he will continue to do and there are no investors say the until interest rates go up this common currency crisis will continue but one of make if he doesn't believe in first rate increasing interest rates a works in dealing with inflation this impasse means the currency rout is set to continue. ok and dramatic movements today we have to mention dorian johns with the latest from istanbul stefan simons with the view from washington thank you so much to both of you. well now the united nations is calling for a prompt and independent investigation into an attack in yemen in which at least twenty nine children were killed in the air strike led by the saudi led military alliance had a school bus apparently taking pupils to a summer camp a saudi spokesman said that it was part of a legitimate military action in its battle against fifty rebels in yemen but this

is attack had come in for strong international criticism. this is yemen doctors desperately fighting for the lives of children the school bus hit by an aerial strike. by witnesses say that they were on their way to a school summer camp. the devastation of the blasts showing just how powerful the strike was not about what the attack happened in the middle of the market and was aimed at the bus full of children. and our shops were open and people were going about their daily lives on that any of those who died were just local kids and shop owners. who's responsible the saudi arabian led coalition the coalition has been fighting hooty rebels on behalf of the yemeni government since two thousand and fifteen in a deadly proxy war the rebels are being backed by iran both saudi and iran and

vying for power and influence not only yemen but across the middle east this conflict has been unrelenting for civilians who are often caught in the middle even rights organizations say yemen has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis and peace is no way in sight that according to the united nations over ten thousand people have already died with over two million people displaced. last week the un announced that new peace talks will be held between those involved in the conflict these aren't likely to begin before september meanwhile the fighting continues. authorities in belize have freed a correspondent detained on suspicion of gaining unauthorized access to computer systems of the state run news agency paul york because his russian service was one of a number of journalists taken into custody this week in what critics said was a crackdown on press freedom his apartment was also searched other journalists have now also been free but the editor of

a popular news site has reportedly been charged with criminal negligence. and for more on this i'm joined now by my colleague macao bush have who is an editor with russia service he's following the story for us welcome to you and we know that d.w. has has now spoken with our colleague there in belarus after his release what did he have to say well yes so a correspondent of the it was released but there's more to report as expected all the suspects in this case were released you ring the day so that's a good news no they are pre and the wave of detention these obviously. would have told us that the conditions were kerry he feels all right. and as all the detained journalists they are not. allowed to speak about the case due to the obligation of secrecy so to bear up some good news in the case that important ok so

apparently he has an obligation of secrecy but are we learning any more details as to you know why the authorities are justifying this arrest. yes yes there seems to be sold out at least the investigative committee means to release today a statement that she buried it up to by one of the belorussian media outlets under scrutiny actively how the investigation i quote and reportedly admitted that she knew that a number illegally indeed used the music from the paid segment of state run news agency so the into radiation must have been successful the convention seems now very likely and if convicted the journalist might see a charge or even up to two years in prison what do we know about you know the process that is currently going on and what is next for our colleague especially

well the cases result they are all still suspect that that is what public also told us i don't think the case might really last long until the presidential elections next year so. they might feel kind of pressure before the presidential elections and we're sure that the normal journalistic david fees for many of the independent. bellerose will be disturbed now ok and of course you know very concerned here about press freedom and we appreciate you monitoring the situation for us. from his russian service thank you. and get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world in canada four people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern city of fredericton two of them were police officers

police have confirmed that they have one suspect in custody but are warning people to avoid the area the circumstances of the shooting are not yet known. zimbabwe's main opposition party the movement for democratic change has filed a legal challenge to the recent election results leader nelson chamisa seen here in file footage has called the outcome fraudulent illegal and illegitimate but the constitutional court action could delay the inauguration that the government has been planning for this sunday. and aid agencies are warning the potentially catastrophic effects of a heat wave on north korean crops they say that a full blown food security crisis is threatening the isolated country the population already faces food shortages and international sanctions and the reports suggest that now nutrition among children and horse. ryanair pilots have begun a coordinated twenty four hour strike across europe germany is likely to be the worst hit with two hundred fifty flight cancellations at ten airports pilots in

ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands have also walked off the job. it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline the effect is visible here at frankfurt han airport where chicken deaths are unstaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen many planes won't be flying today pilots union representatives in frankfurt say their message is ryanair must change. almost any amount about defeating ryanair it's about sending a signal that they have to stop trying to defeat their own employees. some passengers were forced to spend the night or early in the show and i felt airport many don't know when they will be able to fly out but some are showing sympathy for the pilot's demands. and it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw just because passengers want to fly cheaply. this is something joe from me and i think it's

a potential safety risk if employees don't stay at home when they're ill because they're on a freelance basis and wouldn't get paid so i do think it's justified. ryanair pilots are striking across europe for twenty four hours as they demand higher salaries and better working conditions that's led to the cancellation of four hundred out of twenty four hundred scheduled flights affecting more than seventy thousand passengers german cycling great young has been arrested in frankfurt on suspicion of assaulting a sex worker it comes less than a week after the former tour de france winner appeared in a court on the spanish island of majorca he was charged with breaking and entering the home of his neighbor the german actor and director til schweiger overexcite ling achievements were marred in two thousand and twelve when he was found guilty of doping he sent to be released from police custody later today. just a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you turkey's currency

the lira has crashed to record lows against the dollar after donald trump and announced a doubling of tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum tensions between washington and congress have escalated over the arrest of an american pastor in turkey. and with that you're up to date now on t.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching have a great day.