on 4 years ago opposition leaders fear airto one is using them to build up local militias loyal only to him even drawing parallels with the violent brownshirts of nazi germany. this is no standard police check when the situation suddenly ask relates to a man in uniform pulls out a gun and shoots this kind of violence is becoming increasingly common in turkey and it's carried out by men and women who aren't actually police officers they're called back a voluntary community police force mainly out in the evenings patrolling neighborhoods vehicles and residents on foot they're allowed to carry weapons after just 3 months of training where worried about the huge powers these rather are educated and untrained forces are going to be given the back she were reintroduced by turkish president richard type area one as a kind of auxiliary police force after an attempted coup 4 years ago the government says they've made many neighborhoods safe for the opposition however here's the aim is to create local militia members loyal to president to 11 politician sees parallels with the violent essay bro

in syria and turkey is very much in the middle of that as potentially an asset for the west i mean airto on was in washed you know not so long hero as a renewed the american turkish cooperation on terrorism admittedly there is a fault line as we've already heard that the united states has been looking to kurds to help out in in syria and iraq particularly against the so-called islamic state which is still there even though it's a court to minor at this point there's also the need just for the united states as a leading power in nato to take the lead in sorting out this new confrontation between greece and turkey and working with nato so i would say it's a little premature to say using sanctions but there's going to have to be no matter who is the u.s. president and active role in working with all the countries with the u.s. and with the as a nato alliance to try to keep this situation under control now it is true that the turkish integration of the s 400 is a major technical and political problem for the united states and others and. and it was a mistake i think for her to want to do tha

you gave evidence earlier in the airto be honest. difficulties that people like you are facing? they didn't listen and took it on board are my recommendations and they were very sorry and apologetic about the delay and someone should not express this kind of delay, bearing in mind it isa this kind of delay, bearing in mind it is a year since i was put on the waiting list. they didn't listen to the comments i made about using nightingale hospitals or private hospitals to clear out some of the backlog, but i have not heard that this it is actually happening yet, i would like to know if it is, but they do not know. rob, we really hope you manage to stick to that date of the forthcoming operation, thank you very much for talking to us. and just to let you know that at 3:30pm on the bbc news channel, we'll answer your questions on the contact tracing app. joining us will be our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones and isobel braithwaite, from university college london. send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email

i was just speaking off airto that was president trump.eekly average every day this week is 15,000 new cases, and obviously testing has gone up massively. there is another thing around today which caught my attention. estimates suggest between 170 and one in 240 people you meet in the street has the virus. that is quite a range, obviously, between those two figures. that is sort of tangible, i guess if you go out and engage in any activity like going to a shopping centre or evenjust engage in any activity like going to a shopping centre or even just going toa a shopping centre or even just going to a big supermarket orjust commute to a big supermarket orjust commute to work, the chances are, you would probably need someone within your day who has the virus. yeah, which is why some organisations like the bma are now calling for restrictions to be tighter, not least around households, and the mixing between households. it is worth saying that just after 8:20am this morning, we will be speaking to doctor susan hopkins, deputy director of publ