after the fall of. the monarchy. the be . coming to you live from berlin did he react to a u.s. house of representatives a resolution accusing him of genocide president condemns the resolution as worthless amid rising u.s. turkish tension the u.s. lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to close the mass killings of armenians turks and

a century ago genocide we'll go live to ankara. a rare moment of joy screams find each other in a refugee camp the pledge of the turkish incursion in northern syria but now their future is seanad in uncertainty. and the grim for talent is also in london and damning indictment of the emergency response to a public inquiry accuses the fire brigade of serious shortcomings in tackling the place. 72 people. as your show remembers the victims of this gentleman splurges 18 years ago really just man who was on top of a mass grave in his own back garden. already strained relations between turkey and the united states have taken

a turn for the worse on 2 fronts turkey's president richard avedon has condemned a resolution in the u.s. congress which acknowledges the mass killings of armenians by autumn and turks in world war one as genocide edge one says turkey does not recognize that vote it has no value the u.s. house of representatives also of course for sanctions on un chorale for and turkey's continuing military action in northern syria. for the very latest are now joined by our correspondent in istanbul yulia edge one of really out of reach by those developments in the united states tell us more about what he's been saying. well u.s. president. rejected the sanctions decision that you just mentioned and he slammed the u.s. genocide resolution as i quote him here meaningless and unexceptable he called it

the biggest insult to the turkish nation and he blamed the measure on. sentiment in the u.s. now to give you a little background several countries including germany and france have recognized the mass killings of armenians by the ottoman empire off to $915.00 as genocide but for the us this really is an unprecedented move a move that is really seen as a huge provocation here in turkey the government in ankara accepts that many armenians living in the ottoman empire with killed in clashes with awesome and forces during world war one but it denies that these killings that were orchestrated systematically and concerted you'd geno side now the fate of these 2 measures that in the u.s. remains unclear because the u.s. senate still has to vote on them before they become law but the damage has been done turkey summoned the u.s. ambassador to day and this is overall another huge blow to turkey u.s.

relations attack us it was relations are already under a lot of strain you're here give us some context as to why this is the case. well this would take more than just a few minutes to explain but let me give you a few points here now this relationship has been problematic for a long time even before the latest developments in syria president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. forces from north and syria which basically gave green light for taki to have its military operation there now this whole peroration is seen highly critical by large parts of the us administration and the political arena there by international partners as well then also turkey nato ally is moving closer to russia is getting closer to russia it has board a russian made missile defense system the s 400 system recently that has angered washington and turkey on the other hand is very frustrated over the u.s.

has refused refusal to hand over. the man that ankara blames for the failed coup attempt here in turkey in 2016 so a lot of issues but interestingly present edwin still rely as heavily on his personal ties to president trump and he is expected to travel to washington in november the 2 men will meet so many interesting developments that we have to see what comes out of that face to face meeting how the ceasefire in northern syria has ended here want to plan for that region. well it was a tacky russian deal and the bases of this and everything that that continues now and moves on now is a base on this russian takesh deal the 2 countries say they will have joint patrols along the syrian border at a depth of 7 kilo made to starting on friday and while the russian defense ministry

says all the kurdish forces have withdrawn from the area about $34000.00 fighters have left according to russia turkey seems to question this present add on at least today threatened and i quote him here again to retaliate in the have iest way should there be still some kurdish fighters in the area or should they try to attack taki now he really says he is ready to restart the whole operation if he's not happy with the developments in the area. in istanbul thank you very much for that update from. a tens of thousands of kurds have fled their homes in northern syria since turkey launched its military offensive many have source shelter in camps in neighboring iran where they face an uncertain future. hama and her daughter lyin are looking for a neighbor they lost track of when they fled northern syria they've been combing the bardo refugee camp in iraq for the past 3 days.

well for that there were. the one. i was on the route along with a little. while michelle i'm happy she's my neighbor my aunts my mother everything i love her and her daughter very much we're always together fuck her husband mohammed and their 2 daughters survived the turkish military offensive they say it was a gift from god. would you overjoyed your arm that came out of the turkish army didn't invade commercially it just bombed the city from the other side of the border we fled our houses very close to the border our children were afraid the bombing was indiscriminate people die i love you it's jani. and now turkish president erika one is planning to resettle a 1000000 syrian refugees from turkey in northern syria. it's

really forcing some people out in order to make room for others is not acceptable. the barda rush camp in northern iraq is overfilled the syrian refugees are being brought here in passes from the syrian iraqi border the turkish military incursion took many residents by surprise the refugees were not able to bring much with them . mohammed fetches water he's afraid that he and his family will have to stay put here a long time after all the occupying turkish forces are cooperating with the free syrian army which includes many radical islamists in its ranks. the world the new if the turks and the free army stay we can't go there. where afraid because they're cooperating with our yes they're letting us fighters move through their territory the dogs are more. fun like hopes that her family will be

able to return home again one day she wants to be a role model for her daughter she doesn't want to let turkeys resettlement plans are in her. the fact that oh if they came they'd be welcome if they have no homes i take the mending give them something to eat and drink it doesn't matter if they're arabs kurds christians or muslims we're all syrians they are. the worst thing about being displaced is that her children will not be able to go to school again for a long time and opportunities could pass them by. being up to date with some other stories making news around the blood in somalia at least 5 people have died after a boat capsized during severe flooding 2 children were among those who drowned in the accident weeks of heavy rains have swollen rivers and destroyed farmland 180000

people have been forced to leave their homes the u.s. army officer says he heard donald trump press your cranes leader to investigate his democratic rival joe biden can alexander wind also. that he reported the phone call when is the 1st white house staff member to testify leave the schmidt inquiry against president trump. ukraine and russian backed separatists have agreed to start pulling their forces back from the front lines in eastern ukraine representatives from the organization for security and cooperation in europe have negotiate the deal and are monitoring the withdrawal would both sides hope the movement has restart the stored peace justice. lebanon's president michel aoun has asked the current government to stay on in a caretaker role until a new government can be formed prime minister saad hariri and his cabinet resigned

on tuesday following almost 2 weeks of mass demonstrations but how did his departure is unlikely to satisfy the testers who are demanding more speaking changes. soldiers dismantle a protest camp to let through the morning traffic this one blocked a major highway north of beirut. the night before thousands stayed on the streets to celebrate her reason recognition says they see his departure as a victory but for them it is just the 1st step. basically on the part of the year of the war regards to the when it seems we need to start with the would be there would be a government bigger to deal with it will be with this not this one that they put up the demonstration was to change the whole system that moxie that was stolen by

political parties for 30 years i doubt that i can choose the protesters celebrated the moment of the 1st big change to that political system prime minister hariri announced to the nation that he was stepping down. and look all around us about them i am going to the presidential palace to submit the government's resignation to president michel our own and sad people in all regions. in response to the will of the many lebanese people who have taken to the streets to demand change to head like. but there are powerful forces in lebanon who are against the change the protesters are demanding for hariri and instance resignation supporters of the shia muslim political movements hezbollah and amal rampage through the main protest camp that was the worst violence since protests started nearly 2 weeks ago. activists are determined to continue their fight to reduce departure has lifted their spirits

but it may not be enough to end the country's turmoil. the report of a public inquiry into the grenfell tower fine london has said emergency response had serious shortcomings 7 stupid people died in the file more than 2 years ago today's report only callous the emergency response which the judge led inquiry says had systemic failures and was gravely inadequate and london correspondent big mouth has this report. you know the big. brand fell tower in flames the fire lost it all night people jumped out of the windows in a desperate attempt to feed the blaze joe delaney lived by in film to talk just as he said the firemen couldn't get in because their key didn't fit and they seemed overwhelmed. it was just chaos because. you could

just see that they thought they really this was so they all sort of paul did not want us and some of them were in even without breathing apparatus on you know breathing apparatus some of them didn't have helmets even you see there joe delaney provided his video to the inquiry he says he wants to see the people responsible for the safety lapses brought to account. just getting inside the tower. you know people in handcuffs people in courtrooms people in jail cells. you know people in print where it says what they're done wrong because what you say . the inquiry has had about a catalogue of failings that led to the fire spreading uncontrollably such as fire lifts for the emergency services not working but also that the building itself did not comply with fire safety regulations any criminal convictions that the residents

here so desperately want to see are not expected any time soon they can only come out of a separate investigation that's being led by the police they inquire report criticizes the fire brigade for a series of bad decisions on the night of the fire with disastrous consequences but many people blame the local council they say complaints made before the fire were ignored and that they didn't feel safe. when the facts were neglected totally neglected for decades they had intention to sell it and therefore they were just probably waiting to phase us all out spent minimal money on it and gave it minimal attention because it was of minimal worth to them at the time as well we are in full occurred in a context of cuts in the context of privatisation in the concerts of deregulation and in a context of. residents of social housing will not listen to. local

people hope that there will be real change in the future and they want to see faults like those in grunfeld tower remedied in other buildings to avoid a repeat of the disaster. in joining me now is phil muffy he's a former firefighter an advisor to the government on fire safety well control now what do you make of the criticism levelled at london's fire service industry port. i think some of the criticisms are genuine. i think what's slightly odd is the entire emphasis being on the fire brigade the way it has been in the last only 24 hours or so there were holes in the regulations that clothing didn't comply with building regulations the public materials were found to be flammable so the manufacturers are awful the people at city. put. a price the reason it's called bow is because the people who received a copy of the report early received on monday that includes the bereaved survivors

relatives and called participants it was disappointing was that it was leaked yesterday before those people were able to speak out themselves because they all signed an agreement not to do so until today. and to the film which of anger and outrage when this tragedy took place 2 years ago and some of that anger remains how much progress has been made in the u.k. to help prevent fires like a grand friends from happening again. not as much as most people would like to see particularly people living in high rise blocks there are hundreds of blocks that still have this seriously flammable clothing wrapped around her however having said that whilst some of the clotting materials of chains some restrictions have been placed on what can be applied to buildings and people have been waiting for things to happen in the in the management of these buildings the fire safety money's been

was it was seriously questioned when this happened big things went wrong inside that building and there are elements within the report today such as relating to fire protection doors relating to the operations of lifts that will lead to an improvement in fire safety in high rise blocks so you yourself feel live in a high rise building tell us some of the action that you've taken in your own building following the grenfell tower disaster. well the design of the block i live in isn't dissimilar to granfer old shower it's a similar heights it's built in concrete built in the same period 50 years ago and using the same building codes and i took a really close look at the fire safety facilities within this block after the grim filter of fire happened and i found there were big big problems with the fire safety in fact everything that i thought might be wrong was wrong and the owner of

the building has subsequently had to spend about 2000000 pounds over the last 2 years putting the right putting right the things that been mismanaged and wrongly fitted inside inside the tower block. phil murphy a former firefighter and an advisor to the government and fire safety thank you very much for talking to d w thank you. to other news and britain will be heading to the polls on december the trust after lawmakers voted for a snap election prime minister boris johnson pushed for the election after failing to get his break that plan through parliament is not hoping to win a majority. thousands of anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in chinese capital santiago for a tribe of protests demonstrators clashed with police who used tear gas and water cannon the protesters are demanding free to equality and better products ever since

. to russia now where activists have been remembering the hundreds of thousands of people killed in this town a list purges of the 930 s. protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the state security service to read out the names of victims but far away from moscow close the chinese border our correspondent. met a man who discovered chilling evidence of those purges human remains in his own back garden. spill what ifs look at this hole here says we tally kasha and shows is the grizzly find on his property. the one i want to do you stand my house here while i was digging the hole for the foundations i found 1st one skull then a 2nd a 3rd and so on people who were. in the meantime for tally has more than 10 socks if human bones in his garden. a government commission says they come from

a mass grave dating back to the 1930 s. more. bitter he lives with his family in the far east of russia. the city on the chinese border saw mass executions during the stalinist purges period known by people as the great terror 'd. in the same time 8000 kilometers where the people of moscow are remembering the victims of terror. they tell the stories of their fathers and uncles grandfathers and great uncles the stories of their families persecuted by stalin between 19361938 i suppose enemies of the regime. my grandfather was arrested and tortured says this woman they knocked his teeth out. flooded may have been a core ski he was 76 years old rest in peace with. one

and a half 1000000 soviet citizens were arrested in only 2 years half of them were killed the ceremony is part of a national event which was instigated by the human rights organization memore ial 12 years ago. i'm happy that's a lot of people have come here especially young russians to remember the terror of the soviet regime we should never forget our terrible history look at that and when he does there's a bill let's see. many see the fact that the commemoration is taking place in front of the headquarters of the russian secret service the f.s.b. a symbolic. critics of russian president vladimir putin a former head of the f.s.b. fear a return to a more socratic government a more and more people who commemorate the crimes of the past faced intimidation they would know that the police 3 years ago we were accused of being foreign agents but we kept on anyway because a lot of people depended on us that's the most important. bitterly clash

a has repeatedly asked the authorities and lack of ashamed for help in dealing with the remains in his garden. before there was life asked them for the past year for much of the worth while they say they don't have the money or the stuff but. the only thing they promised was to come and pick up the remains but only after i broke them out myself. a small local undertakers business has helped with the burial of a small number of the victims of italy crash a complains they've been buried anonymously and without dignity. that a 4th body dead. moscow bureau chief. now a nepalese mountaineer has broken the speed record for climbing the once 14 highest

peaks or over 8000 meters high near will wrap up the record by scaling mount in china and that was only 6 months and 6 days after setting off on his record breaking effort the previous record holder took. to complete the same tree. in nigeria's biggest city lagos it can be tough for a young artist to find a niche and make a living but for 122 year old who's adept with a paintbrush and a drill izing his creative vision the search for a nice has been successful have a look. at the canvas our view of uses. at work. actually he's working on paper in this instance not on canvas. and yes he works while wearing

a good sized mask will show you what he looks like behind the mask in a sack you saw that day starts by creating a central subject then slowly fills in or fills out his mural with intricate lines and patterns that he says tell a multitude of stories. to mask purely for inspiration but ever present in the work he calls his technique i know is a developed in a moment of tedious waiting for someone on the telephone. to say that my own star the lions and. on the small people so i thought i had to keep drawing them but to blame motions you know because it's something i know these things before not really seen before and not really heard of before i know wisdom comes from a you reuben name for a child born with his umbilical cord around his neck. learned his very 1st

difficult breaths were in such a position and he has since found motivation from that knowledge. is deep down and just growing alliance. if. we found beauty in the i mean because whenever i create in my pieces i see. that in these before he works on just about any kind of surface and has become an independent artist in certain circles in laos with works that may last only a day. to those that could and should last decades or longer. but different stuff here's a recap of the top story that you're following for you and you turkeys doesn't enjoy one has condemned as unlucky the said resolution of the u.s. house of representatives accusing this country committing genocide the u.s.

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