missiles affirm moscow turkey defies the u.s. and its nato allies receives the 1st shipment of a much feared air defense missile system from russia with u.s. turkish relations on a collision course just how well washington react i'm a little rock in berlin this is the day. i. tried to dissuade turkey from taking the s 400 but. he is not a country that needs to negotiate with other countries to seek admission or bow to pressure when it comes to beating our needs for self defense but russia is going to deliver this as 400 to turkey. and that will have consequences going to

through we say busy each time this is a done deal comes the process continues the record there will be a disassociation with the f. $35.00 system. also coming up a war of drove them out of syria on our refugees are being told to demolish their new homes in lebanon we have a special report the threat a very angry i've lived here since 2013 and within a span of 2 weeks they've decided that everything has to be demolished it's very hard for us. to our viewers on p.b.s. and the united states and all around the world a very warm welcome what we began their day in turkey which has received the 1st shipments of a russian s. 400 missile defense system despite the threat of sanctions from the united states and the concerns raised. by its nato allies all the shipments arrived by plane at

a military air base near on corrupt nato is worried about the potential consequences of this controversial acquisition but no amount of objections could persuade turkey to undo its deal with russia. turkish t.v. broadcast this footage of a russian air force cargo plane at an air base in ankara delivering parts of a russian s 400 missile defense system but turkish foreign minister confirmed deliveries had begun. and if we say this each time this is a done deal the process continues. russian sources say as $400.00 anti-aircraft system could reach targets at an altitude of up to 30 kilometers and has a range of 400 kilometers turkey is a member of the western nato alliance the u.s. has warned it will not allow turkey to participate in the f. 35 joint strike fighter program if it acquires the s 400 the us has also threatened

other sanctions. what we have heard so far from the white house is that sanctions would target individuals or specific arms manufacturers i feel the most important thing about these sanctions is their symbolic effects could have far reaching consequences if a fragile turkish economy. russian media say deliveries of the s. $400.00 system will be completed by the end of the sama this purchase of russian equipment is said to intensify tensions between turkey and its nato partners. now steven cook is a senior fellow at the council of foreign relations and an expert on turkish politics his latest book false dawn looks at the failures of middle east uprisings and why the hopes for more democracy in the region have all but faded well he's normally based in washington but he happens to be in berlin and is joining us and

we're so happy to have you here stephen we agreed that we're going to use 1st thing why is turkey so debt sets on acquiring this russian missile defense system well there's 2 primary reasons why the turks have insisted on buying this system 1st they had asked for the american patriot system and the united states said no you can have it but you can't have the technology that you want to develop your own system the turks have been interested in developing their own defense industrial base and they wanted what we call technology offsets that's the kind of technology out of the patriot system that the united states doesn't give to too many countries the 2nd reason is because the turkish president does feel after the failed coup in july 2016 a sense of threat and that coup many of the forces in that coup came from the air force and should there be another attempt on his life he'd like to have a system that can shoot down f.

16 aircraft because this really interesting the timing of this deliberately almost coincides with that failed attempt to 3 years ago that's true i think it may be a coincidence but certainly that is something that is driving president erred on a sense of his own vulnerability is what has really ramped up the turkish effort to take delivery of the system why is this i. acquisition causing so much alarm with washington and with nato allies well as your lead in indicated it has to do with the f. 35 joint strike fighter turkey is part of a consortium that is building this most advanced weapon system that the united states has built in a generation and they're supposed to get by 100 of these planes there is concern within the u.s. military that with the s 400 and with russian technicians who service the s 400 that those russian technicians will get an idea of how the f. 35 works and communicates with the other f.

35 planes so what next i mean what options does the u.s. have really well there are 2 things that the united states is going to do the 1st thing is already the pentagon announced today that it is seeking funds from congress to source parts of the airplane that had previously come from turkey from other places congress is already moving to prevent funds that would allow the united states to transfer the f. 35 that the turks already have on order in fact to turkey the 2nd thing is there is legislation that has been passed that provides that gives the president and states the authority to impose sanctions on turkey these aren't necessarily economic sanctions on the country it is sanctioning individuals or entities or companies that have facilitated the transfer of the 400 to turkey and as president trump are willing to sanction turkey well that is a question that i think remains an open one and certainly the congress would like

to the state department in the defense department are recommending strong sanctions for this but of course on the sidelines of the g. 20 meeting in osaka just last week president trump indicated that he was not necessarily inclined to impose strong sanctions and he does have a prison provision in the in the legislation where he can suspend those sanctions will be direct. to impose sanctions but he can immediately suspend them let's talk a little bit about the president of turkey because he is already really under a lot of pressure i mean the leader has plummeted after that controversial decision to let his the chief of the central bank go let's just put it that way he's also pressing ahead now with oil drilling off the coast of cyprus and now of course this acquisition of this russian missile defense system i mean why would he want to hurt himself economically alienate our allies i understand you know what you said that he feels vulnerable but still it doesn't make sense i mean what is the strategy

behind the there is a strategy and some of the things that you mentioned the drilling off of cyprus in particular taking the delivery of the s 400 strikes a chord with turkish nationalists and we know that president reagan is vulnerable politically there was just a rerun election in istanbul that his candidate lost by 800000 votes. taking on the cypriots but in particular by taking on the united states and defining the wishes of the united states on this question of the f. 400 he can stir his base and the nationalist feelings that main turks feel there is a tremendous amount of resentment in turkey towards the united states now we're seeing with this deal that the bilateral relations between russia and turkey are kind of cement they are solidifying let's put it that way it is really remarkable because merely what 4 years ago they were chess as they fell out spectacularly right what changed well after. the turkish air force shot down

a russian plane that had veered into turkish airspace on its way to syria lattimer putin. punished the turks and punished president air go on and at the same time president and one needed someone to look after his interest in syria at the time the united states was becoming less directly involved in syria and so he was forced to apologize to president putin and was forced to seek president putin support in pursuing turkey's interest in syria this is then blossomed into a broader defense and economic relationship right steven cook senior fellow at the council of foreign relations and an expert on turkish politics thank you for coming today pleasure to be here in berlin thank you. now still to come on the day berlin reveals the latest treasure on its world famous museum island well despite the complicated and expensive challenges caused by its position the new extension opens

its doors a mere 20 years after was 1st commissioned. the british destroyer h.m.s. done could see through turkey's bosphorus on its way to the persian gulf it will be britain's 2nd advanced warship in the region amid a tense standoff with iran while tensions spiked this week after iranian gunboats reportedly tried to impede a u.k. super tanker in the gulf this after britain seized an iranian oil tanker off to brawl to all this to the bellicose rhetoric between tehran and the white house over the iranian nuclear deal and today it was president donald trump once again warning that iran better be careful. and so we're wondering where is this escalating crisis in the mideast headed well the threat to regional stability appears to have forced one gulf country to rethink its strategic commitments this

week the united arab emirates started a surprise troop drawdown across war torn yemen where it's part of the saudi led coalition fighting iran backed huth the rebels well the u.a.e. troops are now redeploying from strategic military bases in yemen at the ports of moca coca in the red sea as well as on parin and in the very strategically important port of aden saudi arabia's military is reportedly moving in to fill the vacuum while some observers believe that the u.a.e. is pulling out of yemen to strengthen the home front in the face of increasing tensions with iran others say it wants to cut its losses and leave the quagmire that is the yemen conflict. all right one welcome and now what to the program peter sells very to and he is an award winning yemen journalist

and senior analyst with the international crisis group a very good evening sir now the you. have the most important ground force in yemen why did they decide that they can no longer go further. well the 1st thing to say is that when we say that the u.n. has the most important ground force they're not doing the frontline fighting in yemen they've been equipped in training and assisting yemeni forces on the ground and what they're doing at the moment really is pulling out a lot of the heavy equipment that they've been using and the bulk of the forces there on the west coast the red sea coast servo yemen so it's maybe not quite as large of a drone as people are perhaps saying but nonetheless it does. say they have a lot of skin in the game there are how significant is this decision to scale back well it's pretty significant evidently the big question we have is 1st as you say

whether or not the saudis will step in to fill the vacuum and whether the emirates is a doing this more to signal to their partners abroad particularly in washington where there's been a lot of displeasure with the yemeni war that they are backing out that they're backing down and they don't want to fight particularly for the port city of her data or whether or not they're willing to scale back up again but certainly that the signal we're getting from them is that i want to concentrate on supporting down main allies yemeni allies in the south of the country and working with us on counterterrorism it's how big of a blow is this to the saudi war effort. well the last piece of low hanging fruit if you like the last relatively easy military target for the answer to the forces in yemen was the city of her data and last year u.a.e. back

a group of yemeni forces who came within spitting distance of attacking the city they were halted by international intervention those this un deal to demilitarize the city the really hasn't gone much further since the end of last year if the sense is that the only way to sort of advance militarily is through data this is a pretty big deal but the general consensus is that this war can't be won militarily so if we believe in a political solution to the war in then this shouldn't make a huge difference the concern from the saudi side as i understand it is this signals that the movies that the other side are backing off makes them feel more confident in their position less likely to compromise. so if this war is not winnable and a political settlement can't be negotiated where they go from here well that's a really good question that definitely looks like the most likely outcome for the forseeable future. several different things we're looking to see the war escalates

on the front lines and particularly maybe her data. we are likely to see the u.n. trying to get international pressure to get the parties back to the table to try and negotiate a deal and we're going to see a lot of a lot more economic warfare a lot more attempts by the internationally recognized government and we can know who these are cutting off their access to resources mainly through fuel imports let's talk about iraq because they support the with these militarily anger stad but they are also dealing with a lot of tensions in their region what does this decision mean for that. well the iran the iranians of death need more more deeply involved in poor and given the more and more supports mainly financial and in training capacity building if you like. this this isn't news at all we're seeing the regional

tensions ratchet up there's been talk about whether or not yemen will be drawn further into the regional rivalry between the iranians on the one side and the u.s. and saudi arabia on on the other but this allows them really it's a sustained pressure on the saudis and indirectly on the americans by these cross border attacks that they've been allegedly supporting which the who sees an ascension in with drones and missiles so from where they said it means the sort of the status quo remains unchanged and they can sustain that pressure on the use criticize very senior analyst with the crisis group an award winning a yemen journalist sir thank you for joining us on the program and. next we shift our attention to lebanon where some of the refugee camps for the 2000000 syrian refugees in the country have been declared illegal forcing some of them to demolish their own homes well lebanon has taken in more syrian refugees

than any other country relative to its population and now many of them are on the move again. it's back breaking work in scorching heat. and his neighbors demolished the rubes under which they've lived for 6 years the refugees from syria have to tear down their huts using only their hands and a few simple tools. the 10 day and i'm very angry i've lived here since 2013 and within a span of 2 weeks they've decided that everything has to be demolished it's very hard for us i have diabetes and see all 113 huts in this refugee camp near us all are set to be destroyed a decision made by the lebanese government to stone buildings are deemed illegal and must now be removed as quickly as possible. mourning the soldiers come by and tell us to hurry up that many of the refugees have illnesses or suffer from

depression when i look at what some have lost their legs we have nothing here in the city. tower fled bombings in the syrian city of homs with his wife and 3 children here the 60 year old grandfather and his family found refuge a room a kitchen a toilet and a roof over their heads the family was grateful but is now all the more shocked following the demolition order. to me my whole being in the light we are just crushed by the news that they want us out we were safe here but what should we do now is just as hard as when we had to leave syria that many that i can never get my own. cell has been hit hard by the influx of refugees the quiet border town took in 120000 syrians 3 times its own population to run down electricity and water supply is close to collapse the local schools only have space for 3000 pupils but

there are 12000 children many locals worry about their jobs but that. the syrians i've been in many businesses that competed with aus and i lost my job as a result. i was a majority of our beach disposal my schools and clinics already and didn't function properly before the war since these problems have grown with the arrival of the refugees. when i consider the mission. still he says he understands these concerns and is willing to implement the expensive eviction order but he calls it manipulative and aimed at forcing the refugees back to their homes. yet if this increases the pressure on the city council the refugees the ide organizations but it doesn't fix any of the problems at all. so far none of the refugees have left they fear persecution in syria but life in

this camp will only get harder for them now. and his family have been told to move into a tent made of toppled and plastic electricity and running water have not been connected yet it off as little shelter from the summer heat and the bitterly cold winter. so some devastating accounts are there before like as the refugee rights director of human rights watch in washington and he has just returned from lebanon where he met with the refugees and are saw. yes i spent the last month with the refugees watching them dismantle their own homes it's a really heartbreaking thing to watch firsthand and they have the deadline was july 1st and basically now the lebanese army will go in and actually destroy demolish completely those shelters that don't meet their requirements which basically means that they have to be about waist high they can have 5 cinder blocks height but

beyond that it's supposed to be soft which means canvas plastic sheeting and so they're looking immediately to whether they walk there or dismantlement will have complied with these codes these housing codes that have been in effect for years and then of course looking ahead to the winter the prospect of living in these flimsy shelters now with the harsh conditions to come. berlin's famous museum island has a new addition a stunning entrance a gallery that's drawn the attention of architecture critics around the world and german chancellor angela merkel attended the official inauguration of the james cmon gallery this morning 20 years after it was 1st commissioned designed by famed british architect david chipperfield the engines and gallery connects the

surrounding buildings well situated on the historic in the historic center of berlin on the river spree the museum island is home to 5 world class museums and galleries will combined the tree visitors to masterpieces of history art and architecture 3 and a half 1000000 people visit every year and the new entrance a gallery combining ancient and modern well it sharked even more to the city's cultural collections. all eyes are on architect david chipperfield and the new james seaman gallery designed by his berlin office ready it's the entrance to a unique ensemble of museums containing some of the world's most important cultural treasures the linz museum island chipperfield architects has been working on the master plan for renovating and modernizing the ensemble for 20 years the main function of the building is to be an orientation for visitors. that come to the me

but this collection of buildings known as the museum island. in the city pointed here this is a new sort of urban corner this was a very in a way incomplete. corner and therefore. this building in the way that it designed it i think is an offer a generous offer. as a piece of city as much as being a plane or a place to buy tickets and go to the bathroom. there's much more than the ticket office. there's also a $300.00 seat order tory i'm. amanda museum shop clad in french will not wood. from the central hub visitors can walk underground to some of the other museum those things. that.

we will be able to go right into the noise museum. in the future you also be able to go left into the pertinent so. this will become part of a route. which allows you. to come out into this level go through the pergamon come back out even on the other level there is a sort of you know. interchange. connection to building process was full of challenges. this original foundation pile stands as a reminder of why construction costs soared we were. there for many months nearly 2 years immersed in mortar surgery to build the foundations and water work most of those concords. the 1st show in the galleries temporary exhibition space will commemorate the building's namesake jewish berlin patron and connected

james cmon. the new gateway to berlin's cultural acropolis is a cool component of a master plan for the island devised by david chipperfield and approved by the city in 1909. the main purpose of the new gallery is surfacing and connecting but it also gives the ensemble a central focus the james gallery a dazzling new attraction on the unesco world heritage site museum island. a must see the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either added over your nearest or you can follow me at her rock don't forget to use our hash tag the day if this happens to be your weekend i wish you a fantastic weekend for now thank you for spending this part of your day with us.

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