the turkish media is controlled by the turkish government. it became almost a nation in the turkish media. >> vladimir putin is sophisticated and advanced media master manipulator than the others. russia's media system is largely controlled by the government, the kremlin and vladimir putin itself. >> reporter: the majority of russian people get information from all tv channels controlled by the government. russia has the upper hand, it has a history of financing a strong and sophisticated propaganda machine. russia is inundating with its message. turkey does not have that. >> the first wave of coverage focused on technical questions - was it in turkish air space or not, were the pilots warned or weren't they. the next day the russian media were making it about president recep tayyip erdogan and his family. moscow-based channels, including the russian language and english language zeroed in on allegations that recep tayyip erdogan, through his son bilal was profiting from oil deals with i.s.i.l. >>> to back up the stories, they ran with this i

after that, the turkish ship went away. all of that comes after the deteriorating relations between russia and turkey. turkey downed a russian fighter jet last month. turkey said it violated turkish air space on the border with syria and the russians after that were very angry, and they imposed economic sanctions on turkish products. there was heated rhetoric between the two countries and things could escalate further. >> in syria, russian airstrikes and missiles have killed 40 on the outskirts of damascus. it happened in central douma. witnesses say the airstrikes were backed by missiles from regime forces. le rebel held area has come under frequent attacks by the syrian regime. >>> there are reports that two are dead, 20 injured in the central african republic as voters go to the polls. earlier there were reports of heavy weapons fire in a mostly muslim district in the capital. machine guns and rocket launchers were used near a school where people were voting on a new constitution. the country is do to hold elections late

we have more now from the turkish port city. >> reporter: the turkish foreign ministry confirmed that the turkish military in moscow was summoned by the russian defense ministry, and the turks were not giving any further details. they said they had no command. now what we know the version of the events is coming from one side, and it's coming from more according to the deal tails of the new version of events that the russians are saying is that surveillance russian ship was very close with the approaching turkish fishing ship. it was actually about 550 meters between the distance between the two. the russians tried to establish communications with the turks, and then they used some visual signals and other means to try and persuade the turkish ship to go away. then according to the russians they had to fire some small arms. after that the turkish ship went to that. all of that comes after the deteriorating relations between russia and turkey. turkey downed a russian fighter jet last month. turkey said it violated turkish air space on the border with syria, and the russians after that

>> turkish news agency. relations between russia and turkey deteriorated rapidly and nobody benefits from that. both sides will suffer because of that. i do think there is maybe a third player who was involved in creating this situation recently. we know that islamic association to fight isis was created. we know there is the nato coalition. then there is the russian-syrian coalitions. there are three coalitions to fight isis. is it so difficult to fight it? maybe isis is not the problem. president putin: i'll talk about syria later and i'll go back to the conflict between russia and turkey. we believe that the actions of the turkish authorities towards our plane is not -- it is a hostile act. they downed a military aircraft, and our servicemen died. an accident, and the turkish authorities tried to say that they were not aware it was a russian plane, but what would they do? they should call us and explain. what did they do instead? they turned the brussels and said they were offended. where we trying to thr

after the russians fired those small arms, the turkish. i sped away. >> can you put this hundred perspective for us against the backdrop of what's been happening between these two countries in the past weeks. >> we've seen escalated tensions, heated rhetoric. it all started, relations deteriorated when turkey downed a russian fighter jet on november, last month and the turks said that plane violated turkish air space. russia adopted economic sanctions against turkey and then there were heated accusations and counter accusations. the turks and the russians, well actually turkey tried to calm down the relations. the russians refused. a week ago, a russian naval ship passed through, one of the naval shapes was carrying a rocket. relations between the two countries are not going well and it could actually escalate even further. >> that remains to be seen. omar, thank you so much. >>> and international conference is underway in rome told the conflict in libya. members of the two rival political factions are attending along with the u.s. secreta

the president said that the turkish forces violate iraq's sovereignty. the iraqi prime minister said that his forces are able to push isil fighters out on their own. the increasing scrutiny about the way in which it does so. the recent report highlights increasing human rights abuses in parts of iraq which have been reclaimed from isil. more from irbill. >> they've had recent success in recapturing territory from sinjar. now they're hopeful they can defeat armed groups with help from their ally it is the american must intervene with or without permissio per. >> we will consider any such troops to be an act of aggression. one of those groups accused of abuse as it is popular mobilization forces. a mainly shia militia. but president obama said he won't authorize airstrikes to support them. it all goes back to the 2003 u.n 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq. that's when paul bremer was sent by president bush to oversee iraq's transition nat government. bremer made a series of decisions including disbanding the iraqi army that many say have contributed to the rise o

secondly issue wasn't sure about the turkish this. russian didn't have'm time to start -- many people said, maybe putin is using this, he knows not to reduce the prices at that it point and delay the reduction of the prices. so, i have some concern about that. as many look at turkey, that may be the starting point of disagreement, but when you look at the russian media right now -- of course i'm saying the english language russian media -- i think the problem goes back to not that disagreement about at the turnish -- they're talking about the nato radar system. more seous people are talking about -- some of them are talking about landing of u.s. russian passenger jets in ankara, and blame people in 2012 or 2013 they were carrying spare parts for the sir yarn military. some of them -- the syrian military so somebody of them took it to 300 years ago, but these were more -- [inaudible] >> no point to one nato, one strategic divergence over syria, so is there a way to really pinpoint where kind of -- it may have soured or just an incident

several hundred turkish soldiers are said to be deployed in mosul which are under turkish control. they have already been on a training mission since last year. the turkish prime minister has denied expanding military operations. the chinese president xi jinping and african leaders are wrapping up the two day africa china summit. chi that will invest 60 billion dollars across the continent. >> reporter: it is of course as you mentioned the final day of the summit. it has been quite a response from african leadership here. so far. of course linked to that 60 billion dollar pledge to africa mostly to do with loans and infrastructure, development and leadership, including the president, has said that relations with chi that and south africa in particular are at their best ever and we've also heard from the zimbabwen president and chair who has also dispelled criticism against china and their presence and interest in after road accidentry ca. he has expressed his gratitude for china's involvement. a lot of symbolism behind this conference in this conference this week >> yeah. definitel

turkish authorities have stop russian ships in the port. the vessels are said to pre to prevent the leaving of the port. al jazeera's bernard smith has this update from istanbul. >> we understand from turkish officials that they're expecting four russian cargo vessels in port. they said they're exercising their right to do so. normally they don't prevent them from leaving port. the suggestion is that this is some sort of tit-for-tat action not only for russia delaying a turkish vessel but also the economic sanctions that russia is going to impose on turkey. they're not supposed to kick in untillan 4th but we're hearing reports of cargoes and fruits and vegetables coming back here to turkey. chaz chad police say all the bombers were women, and boko haram are suspected to be behind that attack. a state of emergency is already in place in the region where the armed group carries out frequent attacks. well, three gunmen dressed in police uniforms have been killed in burundi's capital. it's the latest incident in a country hit by violence since

turkish airspace, protection of turkish airspace, turkish borders, is important. our army did their job to protect this airspace. >> that was the turkish prime minister speaking in brussels. you are watching "dw news" live from berlin. still to come, counting is underway after the west african country held its first free election in decades. early results suggest be former prime minister will be the next president. we will have more from our correspondent, plus business news. we are back in 60 seconds. >> can we preserve biodiversity? >> it grows two centimeters in five months. we are quite happy. >> it presents answers from all over the world. traditional knowledge. >> it will help ease pain. >> projects. >> i live on the coast. i feel it is my duty to protect the area. that is why i bring my students so they learn to love nature at an early age. >> visions. >> our strategy is based on the traditional lifestyle as a way of preserving the environment for future generations. >> global ideas on facebook, twitter, and dw. >> you are with "dw news" live from berlin. h

the turkish prime minister has denied expanding military operations. the fbi is investigating the mass shooting in the state of california as an act of terrorism. there are reports that the woman who took part in the attack had pledged allegiance to isil on facebook. gabriel elizondo now from san bernardino. >> a dramatic turn of events just 48 hours after a mass shooting killed 14 people. investigators are now saying it is a terrorism investigation. >> based on the information and the fact that we know them, we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. we have uncovered evidence that has led us to learn of extensive planning, obviously we've uncovered evidence of explosiv explosives. >> the first picture of tashfeen malik, the second shooter, a number of pieces of evidence has informed their decision on terrorism but offered few details on what that evidence is. >> despite rampant speculation there was no evidence released by the fbi that isil directed the attacks, carried out by malik and her husband syed farook. neither suspe

the turkish ship went away. the russians that have were very angry and imposed economic sanctions on turkish borders. there is heated rhetoric between the two countries and things could escalate. >> syrian and russian jets have targeted and killed dozens of people in the east. it was in response to rebel mortar attacks which hit neighborhoods in damascus. is. >> in this moment of sheer panic and desperation, talk of a truce is irrelevant. bloody bodies clutter the floor of a temporary basement clinic. in this rebel-strong hold outside damascus, infants are checked for vital signs. a doctor tries to save another child who has lost his legs. the streets are littered with debris and shards of glass. at least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on sunday. most of the victims were children and women at a market and a school. activists say syrian and russian jets were targeting rebels who shelled damascus from the area. the news agency says rebels launched mortars on sunday killing a young girl and injuring three

the russian jet which the turkish government said entered their air space. vessels are said to be prevented from leaving the sport. russia would not allow a turkish ship to enter its port. >> there are inspecting four russian cargo vessels. officials say they're merely exercising their right to do this. normally they don't go to such helpings as delaying vessels from leaving the port or preventing them from leaving the port. the suggestion is that this is a tit-for-tat action not only to russia inspecting and delaying a turkish vessel but also the economic sanctions that russia is going to impose on turkey. they're not supposed to kick in until january 1st, but already we're hearing reports of cargo and fruits and vegetables being turned back. >> triple suicide-bombings, the attacks on a bus i couldn't market injuring another 80 people. the bombers were all women, and they suspect the armed group boko haram to be behind the attack. the government said the islands are a gathering point for the armed group as it fights for coalition, three gunmen dressed in po

iraq summons the turkish ambassador for answers about turkish forces deployed near mosul. >>> is this an end to the chavez era. venezuelans prepare for a vote that could change the balance of pow power. [ clapping ] >>> negotiators reach a draft deal on climate change. now the work begins on a final agreement >>> and... >> after somali, south-east asia is at the center of pirate attacks. we have this report from singapore, where sea robberies are increasing, and several international pirate syndicates are based >>> hello, iraq is asking turkey to withdraw its troops from an area, an i.s.i.l.'s controlled city in the north. iraqi's foreign ministry lodged the turkish ambassador calling it a hostile act. turkey is accused of violating its sovereignty. the baghdad government says the troops were deployed without the knowledge of the government. they were assisting local volunteers fighting i.s.i.l. >> translation: this is not a new camp. 2,000 volunteer fighters from mosul has been trained and supported following the fight against d.a.e.s.h. it's been upon the request of the government >

>> turkish news agency. relations between russia and turkey deteriorated rapidly and no one benefits from that. both sides will suffer because of that. do you think maybe there is a third side, a third a player who was involved in creating the situation? recently we know on islamic situation to fight isis was created and we know there is the nato coalition and then there is the russian syrian coalition, so there are three coalitions to fight isis. is it so difficult to fight it or maybe there are other plans involved. may be isis is not the problem. >> so, i will talk about syria, later and i will go back to the conflict between russia and turkey. we believe the actions of that turkey authorities about towards our plane is not-- it's a hostile act. they downed a military aircraft and our servicemen died. if it was just a accidence, and the turkish authorities try to say that they were not aware that it was a russian plane, but what would they do, they should call us and explain, but then what did they do ins

. >> reporter: the turkish foreign ministry confirmed that the turkish military attache was summoned by the foreign ministry and the turks were not giving detail. we know the version of the event was coming from one side, and coming, according to the details, or the version of event that the russians are saying, that the russian ship was close with the approaching turkish ship, and was about 550 meters between the - the distance between the two. the russians tried to establish communication with the turks. that did not work. they used visual signals, and other means to try to persuade the turkish ship to go away. then, according to the russians, they had to fire some small arms. after that, the turkish ship went away. all of that comes after the deteriorating relations between russia and turkey. turkey downed a russian fighter jet last month. turkey said it violated turkish air space. the russians were angry and imposed economic sanctions on turkish products. there's heated rhetoric between the two, and things could escalate further >>> a fellow at the washington institute for middle

has turkish tv given more information about this? >> well, i think basically what's happening is turkey is confined with the russian version of the event. what's interesting in this incident is turkey foreign ministry doesn't show very harsh reaction to this incident, and they say we are going to list the fishermen and captain and make a new evaluation. turkey at the present is not interested actually in the technical details of the incident rather than it tries to show a very precautionary attitude about the incident. >> obviously, all of this comes after the downing as they mentioned there, the downing of the russian jet last month by turkey. we saw relates deteriorate. you think we'll see them on air and by the sea of more clashes by turkey and russia. are any serious enough to cause an escalation? >> i think now it is very clear that we could describe turkey and russian relations as a crisis level and i think this crisis is going to raise. turkey when they shoot the russian airplane, it said that we followed our engagement rules,

they target turkish construction workers and the country's valuable agricultural and tourism sectors. >> reporter: moscow is warning these sanctions are just the beginning. in a meeting with the chief of nato, turkey's prime minister continued to protect his country's sovereignty. >> i can say that the protection of our airspace, land borders is not only a right but a duty for my government. and no turkish prime minister or president or authority will apologize cause of committing -- because of doing our duty. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin turned down a meeting with the turkish president in paris. they both were attending cop21. putin repeated his assertions that turkey had no legitimate reason to strike the plane. instead, he claimed it was because turkey is buying oil produced by the islamic state militant group. >> translator: we have every reason to believe that the decision to shoot down our plane was motivated by the desire to secure these tracts of oil delivery to the turkish territory, in particular, to the harbors where it's loaded on to tankers. >> reporter:

it's likely the reason that prime minister has known about these turkish troops for over a year now thee angry she's trying to take control of what is happening to his own country. that's certainly the view i have heard from several people that i have spoken to during the day here in iraq. but what we are also hearing is that we need -- iraq needs to get itself together and to formulate a coalition that's really talking to each other. the moment you have a lot of very disparate interests trying to fight against isil and what iraq would see -- and they have said this for a very long time now is they would like the coalition to be much more unified. >> imran kahn reporting there. kristen sloo saloomey joins me m new york. kerry announced meeting in new york alongside ban ki-moon, what is it that they are hoping to achieve? >> reporter: well, they are hoping to get all sides together on the issue of syria. and plot a way forward with -- plot away forward in terms of a political deal. government transition in syria. we are there are issues being worked out in terms of who represents the opp

the fighting will move closer to the turkish border. they are going to fall on turkish territory.that is inevitable. and the russian military are given orders to shoot 1st and shoot to kill. destroy any target that potentially can threaten you. they want to level the score and maybe see a turkish plane down. if nothing will be done there is a higha high probability that they will do more which will eventually transform and escalate into a local conventional war. they greatest problem with that is conventionally in that part of the world turkey is stronger than russia. on the ground absolutely. on the sea also, air most likely which would mean that russia and russian forces could suffer humiliating losses which means that the conflict may escalate further to the black sea. it is a very big thing. and just conventional cruise missiles which also should be taken into account, the russian operational plan or russia will be conventionally weaker and russia is conventionally weaker, they are going to go nuclear. limited tactical nuclear attacks. and just days ago putin said these cruise

ankara imports a lot of oil from here and in return, the kurdish region a lot of turkish products. the relation between baghdad and ankara are strained over revenue disputes going back a decade and with turkish troops on iraqi soil, tensions was risen, despite the fact baghdad has known about the troops since they arrived. writing on political affairs, this reporter said other concerns lie behind the decision to send trooops tohelp train the militia belonging to the governor of mosul, in particular the iranian role in the region. >> turkey wants to maintain good relations with kurdistan and wants to help the kurdish regional government, but baghdad and iran opposes that, so by sending in troops is just one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> those good relations angered others. speaking in baghdad, a leading shia politician issued a warning to ankara. >> in case these forces didn't leave and didn't get hit by iraqi air force, it will be followed by other forces, american, saudi, qatar and other islamic countries. therefore, it's a beginning and a test. that's why t

bolt after it failed to respond to warnings. >> the turkish foreign minister confirmed that the turkish military attache were summoned. the turks gave no further details. we know the version of the events is coming from one side, moscow. according to the details of the version every vents that the russians are saying is that surveillance russian ship was very close with the approaching turkish finishing ship. it was actually about 550 meters, the distance between. the russians said they tried to establish communication with the turks, then used visual signals and other means to try and persuade the turkish ship to go away. then according to the russians, they had to fire some small arms. after that, the turkish ship went away. all of that comes after the deteriorating relations between russia and turkey. turkey downed a russian fighter jet last month. turkey said it violated turkish air space on the border with syria and the russians after that were very angry, and they imposed economic sanctions on turkish products. there was heated rhetoric between the two countries and things could e

the ball is on the turkish side.ut there's also egypt as part of that coalition and many other countries. the saudi arabia initiated the establishment of this coalition. we have our differences in terms of resolving the syria crisis on some of the issue. but there are months of convergence. we are in contact with this country. i met the king of saudi arabia. we're also have regular meetings at the level of the foreign ministry of the defense, level of the defense ministry. we're also considering some joint projectes es in military cooperation. it's worth billions of dollars. so we don't even consider this alliance as anti-russian. we need to combine our efforts and not to, not try to use the resources in different ways. and, you know, the u.s. also set up a coalition, and most of the countries are part of that initial coalition, so saudi arabia's also part of that coalition, so why create a new coalition? the u.s. has this coalition already. do they have their own plan? or maybe they have some internal differences. t

as far as the iraqis are concerned they want all turkish troops out of iraq. and also said that that troop is in iraq to help train and equip the iraqi forces in the area to fight isil, which took control over mosul over a year ago. >> samantha powers said that expanded military presence can have the blessing of the iraqi government. >> i belief is as we operate in close coordination and consent of the iraqi government, that all countries should do that. our understanding of the original iraqi--turkish deployment is that something that was negotiated with the government of iraq, and so we're hopeful that this additional deployment is something, too, that can be done in that manner that a sovereign government is making adjustments about which capabilities are deployed and making sure that it has visibility with everything going on in its country. >> let's talk to al jazeera's kristen saloomey, who joins me live from united nations in new york. >> tensions are very high between russia and turkey. russia calls the turkish presence in iraq illegal under internatio

after november 4 when it was shot down by the turkish fighter close to the turkish and syrian border. today we are in a very different situation. we are actually on the brink of armed confrontation, regional confrontation between turkey and russia. and the turkish and the russian forces are on the total collision course. there is a campaign increasing and under the campaign with the support of hezbollah and the allied militias and others are pressing ground defenses against the turkoman positions and moderately successful there is increasingly the ordinance being used including fuel bombs delivered by air and the rocket launcher system to uproot the opposition forces. and some of the findings are already happening just on the turkish security and border -- theory -- syrian border. and these are dumb show is basically that are going to forward the turkish territory. and of course, the russian military were given orders to shoot first and shoot to kill. and putin said you should destroy any targets that potentially could threaten you. and the russian military of course wants to level th

>> sarah, are you turkish?food is extraordinary. i mean, really, really amazing. when i was here last, it was a very different mood. now at least the tenner of the things said by the government are increasingly ugly. an intolerant. you have this social activism that's very unusual. certainly the government is appealing to traditional islamic values whether it's for show or not, there seems to be some reevaluation of how much of a party town do we want to be? >> these days, the powers that be don't like it. >> do they genuinely not like it, or are they appealing to a political base? >> oh, no, it's populism. it's a political base. and lots of people, of course, play along saying that they don't want to drink, et cetera, because that's the way you get your contracts, that's the way you get things done. >> nationalism seems to be working internally. >> yes. >> nationalism and xenophobia, it's a vote getter almost anywhere. >> it's a vote getter but it's a vote loser as well in the sense that there's so much backla

turkish authorities have stopped russian ships in the black sea port. the vessels have been prevented from leaving the port. that comes after another incident outside the russian port earlier this week. officials there reportedly didn't allow the turkey vessel to approach the port. our correspondent in istanbul, what is going on there right now in that port? >> reporter: well, we understand from a port official that turkey is exercising its right essentially to inspect boats in its port. these are four russian car go ships that are in sample son port on the black sea. we don't know whether they contain car go or have off-loaded, but that doesn't matter. turkey says it's inspecting its boats. it's in its right to do it but normally it doesn't bother. it seems this is tit for tat. we might see more of this in the coming weeks as russia's economic sanctions begin to impact on turkey. we know that russia is to impose sanctions on russian fruits and vegetables. they're not supposed to hit until january, but already we've been hearing reports of lorries being

the turkish president has repeatedly denied the allegations. get reaction from bernard smith from istanbul, but first rory challands from moscow. >> reporter: essentially what it was doing was laying out what it says is the evidence supporting claims that it has been making for some days now. the claim is this, that isil is involved in a $2 billion a year trade in illegal oil. oil that it steals from the territories it occupies in syria and iraq. turkey according to russia is the principal buyer of this oil, and it gets into turkey by three main smuggling routes, and after that it's then sold on. the revenues from this are then channelled back to isil in the form of mercenaries and ammunition and weapons, but the main controversial plank of its allegation is not this. the main controversial plank is this is not some casual smuggling operation, this is something that the turkish state is involved in and the president and his family directly profit from. erdogan recently has said that if it's proven that turkey is involved in this trade, then he

it turkish troops on iraqi soil tension has risen. despite baghdad knew about them since they arrived. he writes regularly on political affairs, he says other concerns lie behind ankara's decision to send in troops to help train militia belonging to the governor of mosul, particularly ray crane vinnie role. >> iran opposes that. so by sending in troops it's just one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> reporter: but those good relations have angered others. speaking in baghdad, a leading

government says that it can confirm that the russian jet did enter turkish airspace before being shot down. >> reporter: these comments by the u.s. ambassador at u.n.'s headquarters in brussels, the first time an american official has gone on the record and explicitly stated that the u.s. has data backing up turkey's version of events on november 24 saying that the russian plane had, in fact, entered turkish airspace. until now, they hadn't been so forthright, although they offered, of course, turkey their full support. just before the u.s. ambassador spoke there was a joint conference between nato secretary general and the turkish prime minister and he did say clearly that all nato allies full support turkey's right to defend its airspace at the same time restabing contact with moscow and deescalate the situation. i think certainly to be fair to ankara there are some efforts to deescalate the situation, but at the same time it's not clear what those contacts are. they seem to be pretty much severed >>> the remains of the pilot killed in that incident have been flown home to russia. a

to go directly to the point, that does not prove a link with the turkish government. catherine: so, how credible would you say the russian claim is that they have evidence that the islamic state group is trafficking oil and the turkish president is benefiting? that is a very specific claim, isn't it? >> exactly. so specific that i think the russians have to show the documents. nobody knows exactly. the families involved with official oil systems in turkey -- that does not prove anything. others -- wait, let like others, for the russians to show the documents and put them on the table to prove that. catherine: you said that oil makes around funny 5% of ash around 25% of resources -- makes around 25% of resources. what other resources does the islamic state group have? >> trafficking of other things in the country. antiquities are sold everywhere in the world. against theto fight structural -- catherine: artifacts taken from places like palmeiro -- palmyra. about 25% of be resources. all the rest are what they call taxes on the population. trafficking maybe even on huma

lake issues to be in the import of turkish troops. en to say to make a statement and those are shooting turkish and jets. so everybody is trying to understand the first reaction. and to be borer officials. but that press conference end it was amazing. that we will present the proof that turkey is helping isis. and with that administration in northern iraq. to pass through this area to be confused. what is russia the trying to do? to establish relations of the prepared this of the parts of russia and since then so what is russia of trying to do? i partly understand house some have economic problems. with these distractions to rally to public opinion. yes they have economic problems and with day really a short period of time. to even say that the united nations will not be the same again. but once it begins that the russian plane shutdown. nobody talks about the russia of played any more. so the passenger aircraft so that thises is isis. but what happens after that precious turf debut propensity. almost as an excuse with the air strikes

turkish soldiers near the city of mosul, mosul held by fighters by of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. earlier the iraqi president said that their presence violated international law. and the iraqi prime minister hyder al abadi said that his forces are able to push isil fighters out alone. but there is increasing scrutiny by the way that it is doing so. increasing human rights abuses against sunni arab by iraqi and kurdish security forces. in those parts of iraq which have been reclaimed from isil. we have more from erbil. >> peshmerga troops have had success in recapturing isil. now they're hopeful to defeat the armed group in other parts of the country with help from their allies. >> the they have been using airstrikes as a former officer i can tell you that you want them, you need troops on the ground. the americans must intervene with or without permission from the iraqi government. >> but president haider al-abadi disagrees. he said that iraq has no need for foreign ground troops. we have not asked any country to send ground forces. we would consider any such groups as an

the fighting will move closer to the turkish border. they are going to fall on turkish territory.that is inevitable. and the russian military are given orders to shoot 1st and shoot to kill. destroy any target that potentially can threaten you. they want to level the score and maybe see a turkish plane down. if nothing will be done there is a higha high probability that they will do more which will eventually transform and escalate into a local conventional war. they greatest problem with that is conventionally in that part of the world turkey is stronger than russia. on the ground absolutely. on the sea also, air most likely which would mean that russia and russian forces could suffer humiliating losses which means that the conflict may escalate further to the black sea. it is a very big thing. and just conventional cruise missiles which also should be taken into account, the russian operational plan or russia will be conventionally weaker and russia is conventionally weaker, they are going to go nuclear. limited tactical nuclear attacks. and just days ago putin said these cruise

six kurdish fighters and one turkish soldier was killed. turkish tanks have surrounded the town in an 11-day operation against the kurdish workers party or the pkk. talks with the group collapsed yearly this year. in yemen 13 houthi rebels have been killed in fighting with pro-government forces. houthi fighters have been trying to reinforce their positions in maree province east of the capital. rebels have held that city since september of last year. thousands of displaced sunni iraqis are calling on an international body like the u.n. to guarantee their safety to return home. the tribes fled their homes in the province of saloou darks ne. some now live in the kurdish region. >> reporter: this man used to be a soldier. he says he was siting i.s.i.l. and then captured on his way back home by militias. his crime was being sunni. he showed us burn marks on his body where he was tortured for ten days in a youth center because used as a prison. his uncle, who was a police officer died. >> translation: they used to hang up. they used an electric

the turkish government, the first priority is to restore the relationship.hat is happening at the moment is there is a war of votes between turkish government and russian government, and i don't think russian government or turkish government, they're not interesting to produce conclusive evidence or mutual allegation, but instead they have preferred to accuse each other by involving--by practicing votes rather than trying to convince more about the allegation. >> an academic in ankara, thank you. >>> montenegro has been invited to join nato 16 years after the bloc bonded in the 1990s. the country is strategically important as it sits on th on the adreatic sea, but russia is not happy. >> welcome as growing members of the club the alliance stressed the importance of the move. >> montenegro's going to nato is another step for the integration of the balkan nations. it is important that nato keeps its door open to keep our ambition of an europe whole and free and at peace. >> ththey have already done huge amounts of work. we did implementation of reforms deeply

the turkish troops didn't par chute in. they came on a request from the mosul governor. >> reporter: turkey feels its military presence in northern iraq is important not only for the fight against i.s.i.l. but for the long-term national interest. the president they were sent there with consent >> translation: we are not withdraw our troops. we are determined to continue the training process e we will do that with mutual understanding. we sent reinforcements to protect our soldiers who are training iraqi fighters. >> reporter: the disagreement between ankara and baghdad is an extremely sensitive matter here in northern iraq. politicians and military officers have been told not to voice their opinions. others here will tell you that this war of words is not helpful for kurdish fighters who are manning a front line against i.s.i.l. that is more than 900 kilometres long > >>> supreme court justice in israel are considering an appeal from a palestinian family for being threatened with eviction. the family lives close to the al-a

in are seeing a weakening turkish stocks. you are seeing a weakening in turkish bonds.ll the assets declining because of this key concern. it looks as though the central bank doesn't have quite as much independence as would be hoped. the government really pushing to keep things low. in on let's check bloomberg first word news. courtney donohoe has more. courtney: u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl made his first appearance before a military judge to face charges of desertion and missed behavior the enemy. he was arraigned tuesday during a short hearing. he deferred entering a plea and did not decide whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury or one with just a judge. if convicted at a general court-martial, he could get life in prison and up to five years for desertion. a new poll shows ted cruz gaining on donald trump in the republican presidential race. with theshows trump support of 28% nationwide with cruz 4% behind. hillary clinton is sharing her plan to cure alzheimer's disease. more than 5 million americans have the disease. jury inclined to indict anyone

they're saying that they will end the turkish invasion by military means. we are watching these people who say they want to fight turkey. if necessity don't do their duty, then we will take action after a while. >> reporter: iraq's government has filed a formal complaint with the u.n. the prime minister want turkish forces to withdraw from iraq immediately. >> translation: sending turkey's armed forces without the permission of the iraqi government is not considered a help against terrorism. it is a blatant violation of iraq's sovereignty. there is no other military armed forces of any other country except turkey on the iraqi land. it is without our permission or knowledge. all said otherwise is pure fabrication. >> reporter: many believe other regional powers are influencing iraqi retrospect rock. since turkey recent shot down a russian war plane moscow is using methods to tell ankara that relations are no longer friendly. >> translation: they have been here for years. there is an agreement between the peshmerga iraqi troops, turkey and the u.s. to deliver

they want all turkish troops out of iraq. turkey also said that that troop is specifically in iraq to help train and equip the iraqi forces in the area to fight isil, which took over mosul over a year ago. >> our belief is just as we operate with the consent of the iraqi government, that all countries should do that. and our understanding of the original iraqi--turkish deployment is that that was something that was negotiated with the government of iraq, and so we'll hopeful that this additional deployment is something that could be done in that manner that where a sovereign government is making judgments about those who are deployed. >> kristen saloomey joins us now from united nations in new york. hi there, kristen, what are they trying to accomplish in this meeting? >> of course, tensions between russia and turkey are very high at this stage. russia calls the presence illegal under additiona inter national law. with all of this as a backdrop russia is just listing their discontent and their disapproval with the presence of

clearly alah decided to punish the turkish people by depriving it of its reason. but, of course, we shouldn't be nervous in our reactions here. we shouldn't panic. we won't do that. our actions will be responsible, responsible to our people and to the rest of the world. we do not intend to give them arms. if they think that they can send us tomatoes and murder our people there, they are mistaken. i am sure that they will regret what they have done. we know what we have to do. in order to repulls these terrorists forces, we have mobilized the army and special forces, but all government, all political parties and the media must be mobilized as well. the strength of russian is that it bringings together many ethnic groups and many nations and many cultures. orthodox, muslims and jews and so on are all united. we have to fight against all forms of extremism xenophobia. under the historical foundations of our society and of the russian state in general, it is harmony between creeds. in 2016 there will be elections to the state duma and addressing all political forces i

turkish russian relations has been very strained. the very latest from istanbul. >> the leader of hdp party expected some sort of backlash. when he left turkey his visit to russia was to try improve the deteriorating relationship. but the governing -- the ruling ak party, says that it was a huge mistake for the leader to be in the country. the official line of the turkish government is it shot down the russian military space because it violated its air space. therefore, the turkish government is going to form an spolapology for the russian government. saying that the pro-kurdish party has some sort of links with the pc part pkk party, urgc to extend itself. we are expecting it to further deteriorate relations. >> hashem ahelbarra reporting. >>> pegasus airliner jet, five aircraft were also damaged in the blast. the cause of the explosion is still not known at this point. meanwhile, turkish informs continue to bomb kurdish sites. troops and tanks have been deployed to towns on the borders of iraq and syria. turkish state media says it

a ship was escorted past turkey on monday, while turkish leaders insist russia is a friend, not a foe we will approach very calmly, we will not escalate the tension. we will never do anything which will be seen negatively by russian people, russian people is a friendly people to turkish people. >> word war 3.0 this time on the program. we'll begin with ambassador, professor of the practice of international relations at harvard university, and former u.s. ambassador to nato. ambassador burns how do you do a negotiation if a negotiated end to the conflict is your desire when there as many war aims delegations? >> well, it is certainly an extraordinarily complex situation in syria, and the fact the civil war in syria has bled out into lebanon, iraq, jordan, and turkey, and now into europe with the flow of refugees there. and i any negotiations rarely succeed when the parties to the conflict believe that by fighting they can chive their aims. negotiations almost always have beater chance when the -- the protagonists, the people fighting understand that fighting cannot get them to the plac

the turkish go announced that it would intensify its efforts against pkk fighters in that area. wanting independence from turkey. but talks between any two parties collapse earlier this year bringing peace talks to an end. >>> protesters are calling for an end to the turkish security operations there, which have been targeting suspected members of the pkk. ♪ >>> after first of all sitting out peace talks on friday morning, houthi rebels have returned to negotiations with yemen's government in switzerland. they have been upset about the announcement of a humanitarian aid deal, as the two sides accuse one another of breaching the ceasefire, pro-government fighters say they have taken more territory from the houthis. >> reporter: a rare moment of joy against the sorrow of yemen's war. celebrations on the streets of ta den, mark the return of more than 260 prisoners of war. these fighters with the pro-government southern resistance movement, some of them barely into their teens, were freed in exchange for more than 300 houthi rebels. >> translator: we suffered a lot, the houthis exe

turkish f-16' s shot down the jetliner near the turkish-syrian border, saying it was over turkish airspace and ignored warnings to move. putin claims turkey had other options and calls it a stab in the back on the part of the turkish government. he also rejected international efforts to oust syrian president bashar al-assad, who he has long supported. the man dubbed the most hated drug company ceo for significantly raising prices on medication is under arrest, accused of securities and wire fraud. the charges relate to martin shkreli' s former job as a hedge fund manager, when he allegedly took stock from his company and used it to pay off his debt. shkreli stirred outrage this fall when his pharmaceutical company jacked the price of a drug used by aids patients by more than 5000%. flying to cuba about to get a the u.s. and cuban officials have reached a deal to restore regular airline flights. it comes after a year of rapid diplomatic progress between the two nations. right now, travelers can only get to cuba on charter flights. commercial flights would allow thousands more people to visi

if the court can prove he was talking about turkish kurds, that would violate the constitution. 's basic purpose is tarringedit demirtas by him with the brush of succession is him. --successionism,. catherine: and we have unrest in kurdish towns. can you give us contact in those regions as the government continues its crackdown? >> yes. ince the insurgency revived july, the pkk has decided to bring its battle against the government into the towns. this has resulted in the state thesing curfews on all of city in the name of hunting down the pkk militants in those urban districts. this is have the results of actually paralyzing the civilian population in those towns. it prevents them from fleeing when there are bullets and tanks going down the streets outside their houses. they can't go out and it is preventing them from going to hospital. this was highlighted on friday when a baby being taken down the stairs in a block of flats were shot. we don't know who buy. the family radio for an for the police to say they were going to take the child to the ambulance. the police said, ok. f