egypt, north korea and we will never stop fighting until pastor andrew branson is free.ause] you heard yesterday from his daughter jacqueline, pastor andrew branson is an innocent man who's been detained by the government of turkey for nearly two years. to date the country hasn't provided a shred of credible evidence against him. turkey recently took pastor brent and others prison and put him under house arrest. let me be clear, that is not good enough. we will not relent until pastor andrew branson is home with his family in the united states of america. [applause] so we've been standing for a most cherished values on the world stage. here at home to protect your liberties, president trump has been keeping his promise to appoint strong conservative to federal courts at every level. in fact, in the last year and a half, president trump set a record for the most court of appeals judges confirmed in the first two years of any administration in american history. and they are conservatives all. [applause] these men and women are strong principled conservatives. just like our

president donald trump has made the american pasta free from turkish detention andrew branson was arrested two years ago on terrorism charges he's case contravenes had to serious friction between washington and ankara president translate the pastas release marks a tremendous step forward in hubris relations and righteous. now with less than six months to go before britain is due to leave the european union the two sides are still at odds over the terms of brics the european council is set to meet next week in what's been billed as the last chance to stave off a no deal scenario with no independent majority in parliament prime minister is a may has to walk a fine line with her party and the country still divided. bret's that supporters are making a last ditch effort to prevent what they call a press of betrayal ahead of a rally in the southwestern town of torquey former you kept leader nigel farage insisted the current compromise being discussed is a sellout cricks it be watered down. and right now we're headed for sort of a halt in the hall file not a man's land and customs union membershi

after two years in detention andrew branson flew out of his mir in western turkey heading back to the u.s. with a stopover in germany the turkish quarter convicted him of links to terrorism but decided to let him leave president donald trump denied that been any agreement to lift u.s. sanctions imposed against turkey over the prince in case we spoke to turkey. and he went through a system and we got about it was no deal made at all there was no deal but we're very happy to have him and have him in good shape by here is in very good shape. past brunson had lived in turkey for twenty years he left the courthouse a free man a concession which could improve strained relations between ankara and washington for brunson's wife noreen it had been a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and supporters affects. the cleric that turkey blames for a failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen bronson's lawyer called the trial a farce. there was no need for this case which did so much harm to my client to turkey as a whole and damaged relations today's ruling proves that

president donald trump has met the american positive freed from turkish detention andrew branson who was arrested two years ago on terrorism charges he's case contribution to two serious friction between washington and ankara president trump sais the pastas release marks a tremendous step forward in u.s. to relations. the official death toll has risen to seventeen zero at least seventeen after hurricane michael smashed into the florida panhandle three days ago friday as governor has compared the devastation to a war zone michael is the most powerful recorded hurricane to strike the region. with this than six months to go before britain is due to leave the european union the two sides are still at odds over the terms of brics that the european council is set to meet next week in what's been billed as the last chance to stave off a no deal scenario with no independent majority in parliament prime minister trees may has to walk a fine line with a party and the country still basically divided. perhaps its supporters are making a last ditch effort to prevent what they call approach of bet

pastor andrew branson is on his way home after a turkish court released him from house arrest ronson was arrested two years ago on terror charges his detention has caused serious friction between washington and ankara with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. health officials in gaza say israeli troops have killed seven holliston is in clashes at the border fence separating the two sides the israeli military says its troops opened fire thousands of palestinian demonstrators began throwing rocks and fire bombs it's one of the deadliest incidents in months of protests along the border. in indonesia at least twenty two people are dead half of them children of to an overflowing river triggered landslides that destroyed a wall at a school rescuers are still combing through mud and rubble four other. officials say the death toll has risen to eighteen after hurricane michael smashed into the florida panhandle three days ago florida's governor has compared the devastation to a war zone michael is the most powerful hurricane ever to strike the region and. join rescue as that as they sea

by the united states there was no deal made with turkey for the release and return of pastor andrew branson i don't make deals for hostages he said there was however great appreciation on behalf of the united states which will lead to good perhaps great relations between the united states and turkey. and in a burst of twitter diplomacy the turkish president made clear the release was not a response to u.s. pressure. the turkish judiciary reached its decision independently says president at a one i hope that the united states and turkey will continue their cooperation as the allies that they are and fight against terrorist groups. no indication yet as to when or whether the sanctions imposed by the u.s. in retaliation for the pastor's detention will be lifted but the meeting ended in a prayer for president trying to go as you will be hoping for governess support among evangelical christians in the moving the term elections mike hanna al-jazeera washington. at least sixteen people have been killed in twin suicide bombings in southern somalia police say the bombers blew themselves up at a rest

transmitted audiotape of a phone he had left outside with his fiance and other news american pastor andrew branson has landed in the u.s. after being released by a turkish court on friday bronson is due to meet to president trump in the oval office trump says there was no deal made for bronson's release but thanked president treasurer for his help ronson spent two years in custody accused of espionage. rescue teams in eastern uganda searching for bodies after a landslide killed at least forty one people a. day sending monta and debris down the hillside and the region to the border with kenya many of those killed were at a market which was buried at least sixteen people have been killed and twelve. in somalia the blast happened in the southern city of. their reports suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a hotel and restaurant an explosion at an election rally in afghanistan has killed at least fourteen people of these thirty others were injured in the blast in the northeastern province of. and the u.s. special envoy has met taliban officials to discuss ending the seventeen year conflict in afg

peter yes finally off there's exactly staying two years in prison under pastor branson pastor andrew branson i'm sorry is free right now his house arrest and his travel ban has a have been lifted by the judge decision and also you was sentenced to three years one month and fifteen days but he over this served two years in prison so the rest of one year is suspect and right now technically. brunson is free and to go back to his country if he wants or if you want to say he can stay here of course this is a good news for the americans also also this is a good news for the turkish markets because all everybody was waiting for this court decision as there was the pressure on the turkish there are following the tension between the u.s. and turkey over. bronson's sentence mother of course i right now we are waiting for them to come out to the court right behind me also u.s. officials are here at the court u.s. embassy is charged affair is expected to give a presser right here in front of the gate regarding that this edition of pastor bronson's release so what does this do to all boy does this leave

indication when or whether the sanctions that were imposed against turkey because of the detention of andrew branson will be lifted however from the tone of what he was saying there it would appear that these sanctions may now be reversed remembering though that there are still a number of u.s. citizens being held on various charges within turkey. we know that turkey and the u.s. are dealing with a number of other challenges as well the war in syria is one but we seem to have the recent crisis now of the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi president trump has been making comments about that and he seems to be backing away from drawing any conclusions or taking any action too quickly against the saudis. well president trump is walking a tightrope in a way we heard him say that he's reluctant to impose any form of economic sanction or economic punishment should indeed saudi arabia is shown to be complicit in her. disappearance at the same time he's saying that he will be some form of punishment the u.s. will react strongly but underlying all of this is congress and the senate in particular whi

he's had a lot of victories in the white house or the message coming on the hills the pastor andrew branson's return to the u.s. gary tenney is live from the white house with that and more. reporter: last night was certainly a victory lap of sorts for president trump. the confirmation of justice kavanagh as well as of course the more than anything last night was about the midterm elections. in kentucky president trump is hoping to help gop congressman andy barr a retired marine fighter pilot running neck and neck for this policy. president trump took plenty of shots at democrats during the rally. at one point accusing them of being totally consumed by a trillion for power and told voters he needs more republicans to advance his agenda. >> we want to make sure it continues full speed ahead. we don't want democrats that are coming from a different place. we don't want them getting in office. all they'll do is abstract. under republican leadership, america is booming. >> the president largely focusing campaign efforts for republicans are hoping to add a theater to do the majority in this next we

by the united states there was no deal made with turkey for the release and return of pastor andrew branson i don't make deals for hostages he said there was however great appreciation on behalf of the united states which will lead to good perhaps great relations between the united states and turkey. and in a burst of twitter diplomacy the turkish president made clear the release was not a response to u.s. pressure. the turkish judiciary reached its decision independently says president at a one i hope that the united states and turkey will continue their cooperation as the allies that they are and fight against terrorist groups. no indication yet as to when or whether the sanctions imposed by the u.s. in retaliation for the pastor's detention will be lifted but the meeting ended in a prayer for president trump food go sit you will be hoping for governess support among evangelical christians in the moving the term elections mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well as a us political analyst and public policy professor at george mason university joins me now again from washington d.c. and as mi

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