today as the european parliament instructs for votes on a resolution over measures introduced by ancora in the aftermath of an attempted coup in two thousand and sixteen this includes the sacking of civil servants the closure of media organizations and the arrest of journalists turkey has also been heavily criticized for its ongoing military assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria meanwhile turkish president to one has been invited to talks with the e.u. ministers in ball garia in march let's talk more about the story we have at the european parliament in strasbourg our correspondent barbara vessels and by our side barbara what exactly is the parliament voting on today. the problem is voting on more really comes down to a devastating critique of the human rights situation in turkey what punishment really says is that turkey has completely left the policy of being a state where the rule of law has any traction it has changed sort of unrecognizably from the country that over a decade ago was allowed to start. was the european union and they list they make a long list of parliamenta

support for a militia that's ancora considers to be a terrorist organization namely the wife number two the handover for law going on the man sarky holds responsible for the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen obviously the u.s. has their own concerns it claims that sarky is not cracking down strong enough on who groups that they consider to be terrorist or at least radical in their words organizations and that is the problem by the comes down to really a very peculiar situation we find ourselves diplomatically and politically and elizabeth which is you have the two largest armies in nato allies incapable of agreeing military strategy when it comes to syria incapable of being political strategy when it comes to the future of syria and whether what kind of role different groups will be playing and incapable of actually reassuring the other not that they're allies but that they're not enemies and that turkey is asking from the u.s. to essentially boost their confidence in washington that washington is not working actively against sarkisian interests so that's where we find our

remarkably well from the standpoint of the agencies involved but we hear the exact opposite from ancora prime minister room for example just recently called that deal again and i quote a big big lie accusing the e.u. of not sticking to the original agreement and that agreement actually promised turkey a certain amount of money but also political concessions such as free travel for turkish citizens to europe that didn't happen and also complaining that the funds from pro brussels are actually coming in too slow and it would rather rather have that money coming into its budget directly instead of being channeled to n.g.o.s and you and agencies but that doesn't happen for the obvious reasons and brussels concerns about the state of democracy and human rights here in turkey so the turkish perspective is not a positive at all. in the last two years since this deal was signed political tensions between turkey and the you have also put a big strain on the steel you have german citizens that have been imprisoned in turkey and recently turkey bombing kurdish and nato allies in syria does think t

called on world powers to put an end to turkey's campaign against kurdish forces in northern syria ancora launched the offensive in january against coldish y p g fighters turkey regards them as a terrorist group. ecuadorians are voting in a referendum on whether to prevent only limited presidential reelection polls indicate the motion will pass and walk for more leftist president rafael correa from returning to power president lenin moreno proposed the referendum and that of political feud with korea. is voting to elect a new president after a campaign in which same sex marriage became a key issue the servant of congressman fabrizio of otto leads a field of thirteen candidates if no candidate receives forty percent of the vote goes to rico will hold a runoff for the top two in april. a polish opposition group has demonstrated outside the president's residence in warsaw urging him not to sign into law a controversial bill on the home of cost the bill would impose jail terms for suggesting that poland was complicit in nazi crimes israel the u.s. and international organizations of all strong

a turkish prison for a year without charge his detention has soured relations between berlin and ancora now there may be new hope for his release plus celebrations in ethiopia as the government releases some political prisoners and drops charges against others so what's behind the boom. i'm sara kelley welcome to the program thanks for joining us south africa's president is hanging on to his position despite an ultimatum from his party that he leave today or face a no confidence vote in parliament speaking on state television jacob zuma described the agency's moves against him as unfair and said that their arguments are wrong because president zuma remains defiant in a live television interview he responded to his party's cause to resign i don't need to be for news on what i have done unfortunately. no one has been able to provide what is it to that i've done so i've found it very strange that i'm going to be told by my organization you now must go. because. we now have three no president who must come in. not to follow in any policy of the in c. there's nothing more that makes. early y

live from berlin a top syrian critics' leader is arrested in prague on a warrant issued by turkish ancora says saleh muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish movement is a terrorist and wants to extradite him to go live to our correspondent in his hometown in syria also coming up you. know her spite in syria that's despite a unanimous u.n. vote for a cease fire and the bombs keep raining down on the people of eastern time. and the german chancellor names her picks for the new coalition cabinet she surrounds herself with fresh faces including a cabinet job for one of her fiercest critics. i'm michelle henery welcome the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party known as the p y d has been arrested in prague at the behest of turkey has been seeking sell a muslim after turkish court charged him with sedition turkey launched a military offensive last month in serious afferent region against his party's armed affiliate which it perceives as terrorists celeb muslim spoke to earlier this week host sarah kelly asked him if his party had links to the p.k. k. a kurdish mov

forces turkey has warned that it will confront syrian government forces if they enter the city now ancora began a military offensive there last month aimed at displacing the kurdish y p g militia that control the reach him. an entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. it's against this backdrop that syrian state t.v. reported on a move that could change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulletin announcing that militias allied to the syrian government would soon arrive in a freeing to help kurdish forces push back the turkish offensive. meanwhile in government held aleppo just south of a free syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive and in support of y p g fighters many of whom can be seen in the city. and there the syrian army and we are one of the syrian people and one we are all one and we have one will. during a visit to jordan the turkish foreign minister said a deal wouldn't affect his count

from berlin a top syrian critic should leader is arrested in prague on a warrant issued by turkish ancora says saleh muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish movement is a terrorist and wants to extradite him we'll go live to our correspondent in his hometown in syria also coming up you. know over spite in syria that's despite a unanimous u.n. vote for a cease fire and the bombs keep raining down on the people of eastern ghouta.

that i have to react because he was himself in the beginning of the problem he was getting to two ancora coming and going back and there was not a current a phobia then and also we have to remind that that there is the. opening of corridor for combining by turkey of the peshmerga against isis so so here i think we have to just just not to stars does the shows at first i don't think that turkey has any and the problems about kirk's having their rights their cultural rights their position in syria but turkey has problems about their connections of id and why p.j. we came because these connections are bringing the problems of the weapons that are getting into the hands of the p.k. k. against turkey the training in syria that is that may get into the hands of p.k. k. against turkey and of course using the territories that are had by why puji as a base against turkey does are the concerns of turkey but in the beginning if he can remark in think and remember that turkey always supported the rights of kurdish people in syria and also turkey in the beginning said that this is a federal structure

state meets turkey's president says america begins to we choose his rhetoric on the conflict between ancora and the kurds in syria around. frasier and if you would recommend that private american citizen choose one way or z.t. products or services. not of your generation tran thank you for that us intelligence warns americans against using chinese made small planes but the warning comes from those embroiled in want to toughen control facilities. thank you for watching the news headlines he went on to international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate. we start with a late. on wednesdays high school shooting in the american city of parkland in florida police claim the suspect nicholas cruz has confessed to being the gunman responsible for killing seventeen people the police report says cruz told officers he shot students you saw in the school's hallways and on the ground it also says he admitted ditching his rifle and a vest he was wearing in an effort to blend in with the crowds to escape in addition to the seventeen people who died at least a dozen others were injured in the assault vide

movement in the case dennis you chel has continued to be in detention which has soured relations between ancora and berlin. this maximum security prison in istanbul is where denise is being held one year after the journalist's arrest and no formal charges have been made so why the state nation it's a question for which turkish prime minister banally has a simple answer. on cause. it is not my decision to make but the courts. have both called and i hope that he'll be released soon. and i'm confident there will be development soon or not the. critics are don't feel that the judiciary will treat you case fairly. but you drams remarks have given germany renewed hope. in this time of the mystic that there will be a judgment soon so you are since i don't quite mourn and i hope it will be a dentist you chose a favor you always been working for weeks to ensure that happens in their lives and talking with. it is now up to turkey's high court to decide if one year will mark the beginning or the end of you just incarceration. and for more let's bring in correspondent julie hahn who joins us this evening f

ground that would lead to more alinea ating and more isolating of the united states and it seems ancora is not looking to ease tensions with washington for the time being the turkish government has even renamed the street where the u.s. embassy is located in the capital it will now be called olive branch named after anchor as military operation which has seen u.s. trained kurds moving across the region to fight against turkey. nearly four months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of rock are slowly returning to what is left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and local say they have been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. we were forced to leave our homes because of eisele when we returned we found everything with rubble look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed or a human rights watch has called for international support in clearing the rubble and demining rocka it says

why do these weapons still arrive you must be plotting against turkey iran and perhaps russia well ancora began operation olive branch in the african region just over three weeks ago now and it plans to expand it to the syrian town of man beach the town host u.s. troops which helped kurdish forces defeat eisel in the area the turkish president demanded washington with a draw its forces from man beach thirty nine to target the us soldiers well ankara said the start of the military campaign in the region to defend its border after the pentagon announced it was training our so-called security border force led by kurds and the washington later backtracked on its announcement the move deepens the rift between the two countries who are saying banksy from ankara is middle east technical university says the crisis of trust between turkey and the us may have catastrophic consequences the moment the turkish government then took his presidency not to be confident towards american policy is probably. distrust. problematic understand ground truth will continue america is in other words the protector o

apply to the afridi region sarky launched an offensive against the kurdish y p g there last month ancora considers the y. p.g. terrorists deployed further special forces to a free a monday on sunday turkey welcomed the un resolution calling for the ceasefire but said it wouldn't affect its campaign in a free well it took days of negotiations for the un security council to reach any agreement on the syrian cease fire and the other similar wrangling over a resolution on yemen let's go live to a diplomatic editor james at the u.n. for us in new york hi there james so what are they saying there about the cease fire currently in eastern guta and what else is happening in yemen at the u.n. . well there's a great deal of unhappiness about the situation with regard to syria because remember after days of wrangling and negotiations here at the security council they finally on saturday afternoon new york time did pass a resolution but of course the fighting has not stopped and i think what's added to the anger is the suggestion from president putin that there can be now a five hour pause in syria

she faces up to one hundred forty two years in jail so the party yesterday and ancora elected a new leadership and as we hear today and nother investigation has been opened against one of the new lead us for speaking out against the offensive in north of syria and what kind of information are turks getting on this offensive i mean how are turkish media covering this operation well took as news media almost overwhelmingly pro-government now so their reporting is really energetic on the military operation they follow a long tradition of really militaristic nationalism here. and they follow the government line really they would for example not talk about civilian casualties in northern syria among the kurdish population although international media are reporting about these casualties in the pendant media on the other hand say they are facing censorship self censorship even so on these conditions in a country where citizens don't even have access to the pedia and seclude pedia anymore without a v.p.n. client in such a climate in such a country it's really difficult for people to come up with an i

agencies as mentioned are celebrating this deal as a success we're hearing quite the opposite from ancora prime minister for example recently just said again he things this deal and i quote him here is a big big lie. queues in the e.u. of not keeping its promises because this agreement was initially about financial aid about money but also about political concessions such as a visa free travel for turkish citizens who want to go to europe that didn't happen and encore also complains that the funding is actually coming in too slow and it would rather have the money directly coming into its government budget instead of to n.g.o.s and u.n. agencies but of course for the obvious reasons told us about it brussels is not willing to directly fund the turkish government ok so two very different perspectives on the still max political tensions with turkey have also put a strain on this agreement you have a german citizens that have been imprisoned in turkey also recently turkish troops attacked our kurdish nato allies in syria can you continue to work with al gore on this. we really need to separa