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germany's foreign minister issues a warning against tourists traveling to turkey after human rights activists were arrested by ankara and a rabbi over german companies supporting terrorism also this exposed and vulnerable a turkish news agency publishes a map showing the location of american military bases in northern syria sparking concern in washington and trees a maze approval rate it's now where the u.k. prime minister has ever been so unpopular in the months following a general election.
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hello there welcome come to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international now is there animosity continues to grow between and korea and berlin turkey has reportedly put dozens of german companies on a list of supporters of terrorism and arrested several human rights activists the developments have led the german foreign minister to declare turkey unsafe for tourists and investors with more now his peter all of. the latest scandal in this deepening divide between turkey and germany revolves around well allegations that may or may not have been made by turkey against sixty eight companies and she registered here in germany now on this list of sixty eight are the likes of c.a.'s the chemical giant and daimler who of course make luxury motor cars and this was then followed up on thursday with a response from the deputy turkish prime minister met sim sec he said that these
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were completely false and that turkey welcomed german investors so just who was telling the truth so we reached out to the german interior ministry and asked them if they'd received the list that was reported in the german press they got back to a saying that turkey how'd sent materials to the criminal police but there'd been no concrete details and the police forces decided not to follow them up but this follows hot on the heels of another major diplomatic scandal involving the arrest of a german human rights activist in turkey well this prompted the german foreign minister to break off from his holiday come back it's a burden for the turkish ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ministry and well some of the harshest words we've heard to date from sigma are gabriele in his role as germany's top diplomat we will take another angle when it comes to relations with turkey to this is the conviction as martin schultz and the german chancellor
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to the reason much else we can do ankara has to take responsibility and we have to make it clear that this kind of politics is not without consequences and from their side uncurse have called the statements from mr gabrielle unexceptable have called them in at a ten to interfere in the turkish judiciary and also president to once people have issued statements suggesting that this could be understood at the table to try and win. votes by german politicians ahead of the upcoming election by trying to look strong on the international stage but you can not get away from the fact that relations between turkey and germany are at the lowest ebb that anybody can remember in recent memory certainly we've seen them fall out over military reasons we've also seen them fall out politically or pretty much not to speak of society that they haven't fallen out on just yet and it certainly doesn't look like it's getting better anytime soon. ok let's discuss this
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a bit further now we're joined by the head of the yet research center for turkey in studies niall finn good evening t. thanks for coming on. it if we were listening to that report there germany issuing sort of a warning to keep saying look you know your sort of actions at the moment won't be without consequences you know we can retaliate for sort of things could germany do now i think in light of what's happened well i think this lease dispute has to be seen of in the context of what was essentially been a kind of tit for tat ongoing argument this going on between turkey and germany now for almost over a year we were kind of goes back to a quiet kind of political arguments made. german parliament. denounced ameena genocide as having taken place in turkey and turkey responded to that by stopping german or makers from coming to turkish air base in germany now.
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so this is kind of been an ongoing dispute that has kind of flared up now and again especially in the times when there's been the lections in the two countries so i think a lot of this plays out on the long lines of the eternal internal diamond dynamics in both countries and ultimately. what's new here is that we're now talking about the germans now threatening to back up their criticisms of turkey which should be made by many of the european governments they're trying to back up now or threatening to back up now with european measures not european measures or economic measures now whether that actually comes to fruition is open to debate. you know these are two nato members so we're not going to talk about sanctions. there's been talk of limiting e.u. funding that's going to turkey or certainly i suppose because the germans governments if you want to vest have to have one first investors off investing in turkey which will obviously have a chilling effect. but ultimately these two countries are so economically into this
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hard to see that. anything to see will happen but that's what i mean this is what you say there you mentioned this is just a series of tit for tat split each time the stakes seem to get higher but ultimately both countries economically as you say rely on each other considerably so you wouldn't expect any sort of dramatic consequences to come out of the sort of rallies that we're seeing at the moment well it depends what you mean in terms of dramatic consequences like these obviously two countries that very. germany can do really.
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heard it today with regard to these you know this latest round but with regard just briefly to the human rights activists being arrested. you know how will that play out i think do you think a deal will be done somehow. i don't know if it's in terms of a deal being done i think. the question of human rights obviously has become increasingly a hot topic in between between kind of turkey and its european neighbors recently accused turkey of moving towards or through terrorism and this is obviously a kind of one of the biggest. incidents in that regards but then also like this is been going on not just for kind of international human rights organizations this is taking place to
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a lot of civil society organizations throughout turkey but that's partly because in the context of last year lows for coup emotions of running very high and basically was happened it's made it very easy for the government to essentially associate any criticisms of the government with criticisms of turkish democracy ok all right very interesting to see one at a time there and that was nothin head of research center for turkey studies thank you thank you. the american military says it's concerned for the safety of its troops after a turkish news agency released a map showing the location of u.s. bases in northern syria in a comment to r.t. the u.s. central command said that the sources which contributed to the story cannot be independently verified adding that it would be very concerned with officials from its nato ally would purposefully endangered forces by releasing such sensitive information making arrant has more. this is how america's military presence in
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northern syria allegedly looks now according to turkish state news agency on the dollar it claims to have detected america's hidden outposts scattered across the kurdish held areas the agency reports there are as many as ten including two air bases one in army leon which is large enough for cargo planes and used to supply kurdish forces and another inherent hit which is slightly smaller and reportedly used by military helicopters there's also said to be eight more military points which it's claimed are used to house military consultants operational planning offices and units to engage in active conflicts plus the equipment kept that allegedly includes artillery batteries rocket launchers and all made vehicles with the turkish news agency revealing washington's active operations in a war zone in thirty much detail with accurate or not it's likely upsetting for the us and course the pows that ally the discussion of specific troop numbers and
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locations would provide sensitive tactical information to the enemy which could in danger coalition and partner force we respectfully request that you refrain from disseminating any information we chose not to disseminate all the details listed by the on an agency like the number of u.s. special forces and strategic talks of the outposts arguably a bigger question here is not about the publications accuracy but rather why would turkey want to undermine its ally by revealing potentially dangerous details of its secret military bases well perhaps it has something to do with the location of these bases which form within the region controlled by the kurdish militia a group the u.s. considers to be a key ally in the fight against eisel but one which turkey deems as terrorists probably the turks are doing this and thinking the same line in response to this
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event. thinking that you know we can tamper with turkish interests probably the turks to our thinking well we could probably hear that could challenge the american administration and other me to allies if you're not for fully respected as a member then probably you should rethink this relationship in a sense threatening need to stability now turkey regularly slams the u.s. over its support for the kurds but now by revealing this sensitive information it appears and correct is using more direct tactics to strike back at its nato ally. we will stay with syria because reports are emerging that president trump has decided to hold a covert cia train and assist program for moderate rebels in syria although u.s. officials have so far declined to comment publicly this story has been gaining a lot of media attention and many publications are framing the reported move as a victory for putin they suggest trump has capitulated on a key u.s. foreign policy goal in order to try and improve relations with russia the rebels
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were being trained to fight against the moscow backed government of bashar al assad the cia program was launched back in twenty thirteen under the obama administration it has provided training for commanders from the free syrian army bases in jordan and supplied to certain opposition groups with weapons and also equipment well the scheme has reportedly cost one billion dollars a year and it's not without its critics either in twenty fifteen overall spending on the program is reduced following claims of its ineffective sound in twenty sixty in clashes between two different rebel groups one armed by the cia and one by the pentagon raised further questions as did reports that some of the weapons intended for syria we repeatedly being stolen by the jordanian intelligence agents and resold on the black market one former u.k. ambassador to syria told us that this significant of the decision to end the
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program is being overblown. it is hysterical quite simply if you can put rusher in a headline in the mainstream media in the west that makes the news in truth being and saleable it is not based on any objective reality. in this case what may turn out to be quite modest inflection of american policy long overdue supported by those pillars of the deep state. the national security agency. getting. doing something which you eminently sensible just because a line through a little bit closer with russia is. now as europe experiences
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a surge in migrant arrivals many are raising concerns over how it's being handled italy which is currently accepting most of the new comers says it doesn't have the resources to cope and in spain activists have protested against refugee policies in violations of their human rights while in greece and angry demonstration has been held against delays in the immigration process. about one hundred refugees migrants protested outside the german embassy in athens delays have left thousands separated from their families and stranded in drinks divisions between different ethnic groups have also been emerging in the overcrowded camps. during.
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the. problem which is. most of the just sort of decisions. african people sometimes if they are just says start by saying they want to get their rights by their hand and floyd's subsume of the. us a little they consider so syrian people they get assigned him quickly and just not true it will be. not only fun to spot old. people coming from africa feeling neglected when they are arrived suddenly they
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faced the. different treatment because of their skin and skin color or because of different other variables when you feel that not receiving your interview in a couple of months but in four five six months that you're seeing that there's a longer rejection rate for your community or for the group of people you are from your attention and your frustration raises. we modestly has been desperately calling for help to you saying if he was isolated in the band and by members the block has repeatedly voiced his readiness to help but it seems that of these patients he's rapidly running out is. now reports the city of messina in sicily geography is double trouble for the locals in southern italy that is failing to cope with the ceaseless flow of migrants and refugees first of all the island of sicily is the migrants primary destination after they cross the mediterranean and
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the port city of messina is their gateway to mainland europe the mayors of local towns have gathered together right there to discuss the issue there are seeking help from rome there you have one called liked rome and its turn is seeking assistance from the e.u. and there you have your second conflict the italian government has even threatened the european union that it could issue temporary travel visas for the migrants which is of course going to be a thorn in the side of the e.u. now this of course leads to a lot of confrontation between officials in brussels and rome they need a unity of purpose international regional effort and this is why the european union continues to work with the quartet for libya to die and that there is a unitarian approach the only thing. europe is to. do to lead to the location we are continuing to push in europe you know particularly
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to actually in general the only thing that counts. ever since january italy has received more than eight hundred thousand migrants and refugees and this is just the official figure the real one could be much higher among the president measures that could be thrown in now restrictions against n.g.o.s who are helping the. migrants and also even setting down the ports we ask the people in the streets where all of this is going there are no jobs for our people and so of course there won't be any for migrants they can't stay here because we're still in crisis germany in the you and helping us in italy the migrant crisis was caused by wrong european policies there's no doubt that the arrival of the migrants causes trouble with public order and safety we are experiencing social tensions because of this i blame our government for this they dodge the problem instead of using common sense anyway italy is not
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a cosmopolitan nation which doesn't mean we are racist but we should help migrants and their country is right behind these doors more than forty local mayors have spent hours discussing the issues and try to find solutions to this hopefully we'll get a word from them when they come out. a prank reporting from sicily there now the u.k. prime minister to resign may has hit record low approval ratings following her snap election setback. as more. well this is one of those records that nobody wants to hold to reason may's approval rating is at an all time low according to this source mori research and what this poll is done is that it's looked at all the modern day politicians and where their popularity was at a month after the general election and two reason may have the lowest approval rating of any prime minister a month after the vote pouring salt on her wounds will be the fact that the same
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research data has shown that the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbyn he scored a personal best he's never been more popular than he is right now and i think what the pollsters are most fascinated by is this b. which the prime minister's fall in the popularity ratings has taken place back in april when two reason may call for the snap election her personal approval ratings a massive her conservative party worse an all time high but she was then seemed to have waged a bit of a disaster of an election campaign she refused to take part in televised debates she did many huge social policy issues and of course the u.k. was also hit by a string of terror attacks in the run up to the general election here and and after that disastrous election result to top it all off there was also the gren fell tower disaster which
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a lot of people have said has become sort of two reason may's hurricane katrina moment the prime minister was forced to apologize for the government's inadequate response to the tragedy and also for the failings that led up to it happening in the first place and if all that wasn't enough there's this sort of slow chug chug of the brags that negotiations are under way it is becoming ever more apparent that these talks with brussels are going to be long and they're going to be painful we've just time for the second part of these negotiations. wrapped up in the u.k.'s brags it minister david davis however upbeat he tried to sound he couldn't hide the fact that michel barnier the e.u. chief negotiator of all effectively complaining that britain hadn't done its homework that the e.u. still waiting on britain's clarifications on a number of key issues going forward so the prime minister now has a lot to think about as the politicians head away from parliament and from
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westminster for their summer break meanwhile across the atlantic donald trump recently found himself in a similar situation his approval ratings after six months in office were the worst of any american president in the past seventy years but times polls perhaps can be misleading in explains how best to interpret the. we're six months into donald trump's presidency and the pollsters tell us that his ratings have tanked but these pollsters don't exactly have the best record remember what they said right before the election most polls give clinton a better chance of winning than slave for hillary all the major electoral map forecasters show hillary clinton winning the election. day trumped by the conventional wisdom and expectations polls showed hillary clinton was the favorite to win and they weren't wrong in the sense that hillary clinton did win the popular vote through the polls were wrong about this race the entire time warps
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why are american pollsters getting things so wrong and can you read between the lines to get a more accurate picture here are some helpful tips posed in america made out to look precise and definitive. so is there something we're missing to understand any poll you first need to know who's taken it. recent surveys in the u.s. seem to have picked out maybe democratic votes is leaving the republican voice behind but reports suggest americans are equally divided when it comes to party affiliation so what should we be looking for response rates or the actual number of people who've taken the pope over the last two decades in the u.s. view of people who seem to be interested in getting their opinions out to post as meaning the blanks are filled in for them based on probability and relying on factors like political preference and polish choices. that leaves us with something referred to as a sampling error which can be anything from one to five percent still
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a sizable number of possible mistakes. so now you know you pose shouldn't be taken at face value. some american pollsters even admit that they're having trouble getting things right you really don't have to justify it when you are the network and you have millions of viewers a.b.c. washington post c.b.s. new york times whatever you know that big into that whole release are an automatic several million viewers that poll is going to be discussed other networks are going to be picked up by the associated press and so. you can be curious and get away with that next time you see a catchy headline based on a poll do the work the media doesn't want you to do read between the lines ok what mop and r.t. new york. now high tech children's toys could be spying on them apparently that's
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the warning the f.b.i. has to american parents the bureau posted an advisory on its website detailing the possible safety risks posed to youngsters by internet connected toys it says that smart devices with senses cameras and microphones could all be used to collect and store a child's personal information adding that they could become vulnerable to exploitation and identity fraud well that could happen in the event that children reveal personal details in conversations with or near the choice cyber security expert amy negan told us that there could also be physical risks and that parents should make sure protections are in place there is absolutely real worst case scenario here we're connecting our children to these toys which are connected to the internet in that sense we are exposing them to anyone around the world and a child can imagine a child in a normal setting saying to their teddy bear that's connected at all mommy's not
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home she went to the grocery store it's you and me buddy all of us send the hacker knows that child is alone at the house and with a g.p.s. connected to a. they know exactly where their child is alone at their house one of the greatest things that parents can do is actually take control of the situation and make sure your password protecting the wireless routers which many people don't like doing and they keep it open which means opening the front door. finally this hour it is the last business only day at the max twenty seventeen hour show near moscow more deals are expected before the doors open for the public to see the latest innovations that the russian and global aviation industries do you have to offer the last part which is there for us and she met with military aviation expert douglas berry. hello welcome to day story here at maks the international aviation and space shuttle michigan here above me that is a mix thirty five a fighter jets just to prove that we really are here and also it's just behind me
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as well that makes thirty five because what we got to be talking about today is all seeing is military and to join me to talk about what makes that plane so unique is douglas barry he was an expert when it comes to military avionics thank you very much indeed for joining me so let's just very briefly talk about this particular plane what is it about the make thirty five that makes it so unique thirty five is probably the last iteration of a very famous fighter family of mccoy doing fulcrum family the thirty five is an upgrade in terms of pain junes avionics radar and weapons systems so this may move mean that the aircraft is in service but offered to you. what is it about this particular show the sheer that's really impressed you what stood out for you to go through two things one just continues to develop its military capabilities secondly the chinese in the arena and presence they're both here in significantly more numbers and showing more equipment new level we've ever seen before that are marked to show not just barry who's a military geisha specialist i should say thank you very much indeed for joining me
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in the meantime this being a race of a kind actually it's a kind of qualification because over the weekend there's going to be a race between a plane and a car and it's not just an ordinary plane either it's a make twenty nine fighter jet and it's going up against what's known as a buzz eat which is a kind of racing car that's for the public to enjoy over the weekend as it is it's the close of day three here at max but let's look back over some of the things that i've been able to experience in my time over the past few days we've seen some amazing planes and that is the flying the sky there it's amazing to be here to take this for instance this is trace and it can fly they can also drive and they can spread. this behind me you can see is you rick and you rick is a drone as we know drones can fly and they can check out traffic and i can even spy on you but this one is particularly special as it can save people as well.
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another thing that i've seen here is a flying taxi just like those from back to the future road. and we don't need to. die had a sweetie experience of what it feels like to operate one of those cars so what is he now he says lol yeah i'm calm but it's basically it has sort of problems that make the operator to the rams you've got this big car that looks a bit like the fact that bill is going to get all the pins of flips upness got the most is on it so it's got four different modes of i spoke to one of the men behind this project and he says it's only a couple of years to go before we'll all be able to enjoy the ride oh and trying to turn to if you go to dulles or just to pop up your mobile app and you will call for an elevated walkthrough for the for the there are tons.

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