really soon to reconcile. w. t w news coming too long from berlin from chinese currency in freefall in the diplomatic spat between washington and the lira plunging record lows out there donald trump the ramps up tariffs on imports for bush president ever gone into finance saying his country would emerge victorious in an economic war also coming up. skirmishes in google where us as an expatriate romanian to return home to call

my government to resign they say they were forced out of their own country by corruption. and weiner pilots staged the biggest strike in the budget airlines history calling for better pay and working conditions industrial action comes at the point of europe's summer holiday season. you're. going to show i'm sorry harmon it's good to have you with us president trump has stepped up his pressure on turkey with new tariffs sending that country's currency into freefall washington is doubling tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum imports apparently over anger as a arrest of an american christian pastor on terrorism charges the liras nosedives someone european markets tumble president aaron alone is calling it an economic war

and promising that turkey will emerge victorious. the president tried to reassure a nervous public saying his government had the situation under control he promised turkey would ward off what he called an attack from abroad and called for an international struggle. if anyone has dollars euros or gold under their pillows they should go exchange it for turkish air is it our banks this is a national domestic battle this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against us. president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite

sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying if the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. or your staff are covering this story for us from washington stefan talk to us about the timing why is trump going after turkey right now. sarah timing and opportunity those are the two key words in all of this the timing for the u.s. administration is or can be better as it is right now the turkish lira is in freefall as you reported as we have seen and heard the lira lost forty percent in this year and two thousand eight hundred against the u.s.

dollar and this is significant there is a tariff back and forth between turkey and the u.s. and so the timing is right for the u.s. and for the white house to push a little harder because and here we come to the opportunity it's all about andrew johnson evan jellicoe pastor detained or now under house arrest in turkey the u.s. had lobbied heart and intensively for his release that didn't go anywhere so far and i think washington lost its patience i gave it turkey and the u.s. or our nato allies other concerns in washington that this could damage their relations. yes and no i think washington is a little bit wary of where this could all end this rift between turkey on the other hand though the relations between the u.s. and turkey into nato as nato allies isn't good in the first place and that's

specifically after turkey decided to purchase four hundred missile systems from russia that obviously didn't bode very well with president trump and the white house here so you could say yeah there is some limited concern as of now i would say it's fair to say that the concern is not too big yet since relationships within the nato with the ally or between allies u.s. and turkey are so strange then the way that state of mind and washington thank you . all right let's get the view now from turkey correspondent doreen jones reporting for us in istanbul dorian turkey's foreign minister has said further pressure will only hurt bilateral ties he's vowed retaliation but how much worse can relations get while the potential is to get a lot worse currently u.s. forces are working with a syrian kurdish militia just across turkey's border turkey considers that militia

a terrorist organization and if they so wish they could put a lot of pressure on those u.s. forces and the kurdish militia they're working with that would ratchet up tensions further on top of that washington is looking for ankara to enforce its new sanctions against iran and cry out for a few so do so given the current climate is unlikely to change that stance that again puts the two nato allies on a collision course potentially is for a lot more difficult times ahead. turkish currency tanking for months now but investors seemed really concerned now inflation as it nearly sixteen percent the central bank is. rated response what choice is just air to want to have going forward to manage this crisis. well president speaking today has made it perfectly clear that he doesn't believe this is anything to do with financial imbalances he believes this is a sustained campaign by on the western powers to remove him from power he said very

clearly that in the twenty sixteen failed military coup attempt that was behind this they say they failed in that coup now they're trying to use the exchange rate to oust me from power that is why he's taking such a tough line that is why he's calling for national unity for people to unite against what he calls this economic war to remove him from power that will not take any of the measures that international investors are calling for a major aggressive hiking of interest rates and to threaten the currency that means more pressure on the currency investors more investors fleeing the turkish market but now it is just a currency crisis if these fools continue coming a systematic financial risk to the turkish system the banking system itself could come under threat that's why everyone is very concerned about the go the coming days ahead ok briefly how does russia factor into this equation because the kremlin is that who in caldera to want to discuss this trade dispute.

well that's always been turkey's card will be strained relations with washington that it says it will move closer to moscow relations have remarkably improved between moscow never been closer most analysts suggest although there has been suggestions that i had reached the limit because of ongoing differences in syria but now this latest ratcheting up of the crisis in washington does suggest a move even closer to moscow even though it may not be in its own interests as a way of punishing the u.s. that group further ratcheting tensions with washington and causing further concern among turkey's nato allies all right this story insurance for us is terrible thank you. well made a bit of quarter of romania's population lives and works abroad that didn't stop thousands of them from returning on friday to march against a government they say is corrupt many claim they were driven to leave romania by such corruption as well as by for poor financial prospects now they hope that a groundswell of popular discontent lead to the early exit of the ruling social

democrat party who take home thieves. that wasn't of these expatriates have come all the way back to remain here to protest against the current state of their homeland many of them left because of corruption low wages and the like of opportunity but the problems that are gripping the country never seem to have improved the situation may have even got worse protesters say the government has been hindering the nation's fight against corruption calling for early elections. but what i'd like to change first the corrupted leaders in romania the living standard a decent one. let alone is that the government must grant us the possibility to be a normal country i came from bilbao in spain just for this protest of romanians living abroad we're fed up we must be united victory for romania many protests like fees have become regular ever since the governing social democrats

took power in early twenty seventeen the left wing ruling party tried to decriminalize several corruption offenses through an emergency decree although failed in the end the attempts triggered most anti government protests. now the six-pack treats are the latest people to join the call for a fresh vote an estimated three million rumanians are working abroad living in countries like germany italy and the u.k. it doesn't mean they care less about their homeland. is a look now at other stories we're following for you around the world authorities in belarus have freed a day or spawning detained on suspicion of gaining an authorized access to the computer systems of the state run news agency paul york by. russian service as one of a number of journalists taken into custody this week faris of a press crackdown by still being treated as a suspect and cannot comment. so while boys main opposition party the movement for

democratic change has file in a link. will challenge the recent election results the constitutional court appeal will delay the presidential inauguration a widget only planned for this sunday m.d.c. leader nelson chamisa seen here in file footage has called the vote outcome from jail it illegal and illegitimate. that. two palestinians were killed and dozens injured by israeli gunfire during protests along the gaza border a volunteer medic treating demonstrators was reportedly among the dead israeli military said wires curled stones explosives on fire bombs elsewhere a truce on the use of missiles and airstrikes agreed by hamas and israel late thursday appeared to be holding. well at the peak of the summer vacation season ryanair pilots are ramping up the pressure on their employer pilots in germany sweden ireland belgium and another ones went on

a twenty four hour strike on friday forcing europe's biggest low cost carrier to axe about one sixth of its scheduled flights only recently ryanair has recognised unions for the first time in its thirty year history but it's been unable to quell wising protests over slow moving wage negotiations. 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. it's not 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 of 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 pilots demands. and it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw

just because passengers want to fly cheaply. this is something from the show it's 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 in southern france about sixteen hundred people have been evacuated to escape flash floods calls by heavy rain the hardest hit region is start or helicopters help some seven hundred fifty people to safety has. flash floods reduce campsites to much. but it's something you become so it was here

so the ripple swept right through it. rescue workers were supported by helicopters and evacuating compass and saw them france. search teams including divers combed waters for german man who still reported missing it's feared he may have been swept away in his caravan the man was accompanying children at a campsite in the god of the region which was hardest hit by the flooding. more than one hundred children were evacuated from the site. it was it started raining then suddenly a flash flood came down from the hills everything's flooded a catastrophe of the rubble several people were hospitalized with hypothermia and minor injuries. no one has their suitcases we just have what we're wearing but the main thing is we're ok. the storms and heavy rains that caused the torrents erupted after weeks of blazing temperatures. and wind are of our top

story this hour turkey's current state of the lira has crashed record lows after u.s. president donald trump and else. the well tensions between washington and encore have escalated over the west of an american pastor in turkey. and that student means you're up to date as always you'll find the latest on our web site called i'm sarah harmon in berlin. earth. oh. to millions of species a home worth saving. and those are big changes and most start with small

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