for now, the deal between the european union and ankara to stop the flow is working. ankara is still refusing to comply with some of brussels' demands. >> refugees and mike rants are still heading for -- migrants are still heading for european shores but in much smaller numbers. as a result of stricter border policies and other elements. people e preventing trying to leave for territory in the europe and take back thousands already there. turkey wants incentives for its services, specifically 6 billion euros to help them deal with the refugee population of 2.6 million. and also visa-free travel for its citizens. europe insists turkey meet the remaining five of 72 preexisting conditions. ankara, which had been cracking down on kurdish rebels says that's a nonstarter. >> during the process, turkey is going through in which we lose many lives in terrorist attacks and while we're carrying out perations to eliminate these terrorists in turkish town is, it is out of the question to amend the anti-terror law. >> that is an impasse the controversial deal left hanging in the b

what is ankara -- but it is ankara that needs to live up to the premises of the migration joe, accordingto berlin. german chancellor angela merkel says turkey must rein in its broad anti-terror laws to open up the gateway to visa-free travel. mounting diplomatic tensions threaten to derail the summit, already the subject of scorn from a groups could doctors without borders boycotted the event, saying interest being a "fig leaf for failure onto military action." while amnesty international lamented the field bombing of hospitals and targeting of civilians, saying humanitarian responses could not improve while they go unchecked. the damage caused by flooding and landslides in sri lanka will cost within $1.5 billion to repair. last week sri lanka suffered its worst natural disaster since the tsunami in 2004. 109 people are feared to have been buried in landslides. these of torrential rain forced more than 350,000 people to leave their homes and some of them have now begun to return. a far right candidate has narrowly lost the presidential election in austria. norbert hofer was beat by alexa

in ankara the capital of the government denies any massacre of kurds. violence has spread here too. government blames the pkk for civilian deaths in this town. >> what they did was they held them as a human shield. they did not allow people to leave their homes. turkey without kiloton citizens. it is never done it before and it would not do it now. >> many kurds would disagree. turkey's military operations have moved on. from this town to other kurdish areas. the turks say they're going to finish the pkk once and for all. she is listening. her 20-year-old son was killed in the basement. politics change. heartbreak stays the same. katty: a lot of questions there. you're watching bbc world news america. the economic and political crisis in venezuela is taking a heavy toll. basic services even at hospitals now in short supply. the popstar katy perry is locked in a battle with a group of elderly nuns. over the sale of a convent. a court is expected to rule on the matter on tuesday. it feels more like a castle that a convent. this imposing bill has 21 bathrooms and some 60 bedrooms. hear

reporter: turkish president erdogan takes a swipe at the eu as ankara and brussels come close to reachingn agreement to lift visa restrictions. erdogan is defined, concerning some eu demands. >> the european union lets terrorist build camps and provide opportunities in the name of democracy. tells us if you change your anti-terrorism legislation, we will lift the visa restrictions. sorry, we will go our way, you go yours. reporter: turkey must fulfill eria more crit before they will lift the visa requirements which includes narrowing their legal definition of terrorism and protecting personal data. erdogan thanked his supporters after the prime minister announced his legislation, closing a rift between the two. the prime minister had lukewarm support for the president. he's expected to be replaced by someone who will push for the reform which erdogan said must be done as soon as possible. >> the presidential system issue is not his personal request. the place in which turkey has found itself in as a result of its experiences has created an urgent need for both the presidential system and

arthur buckle was missing at bed check this morning at the ankara psychiatric hospital at bayside state prison. you'll notice a small tattoo under his left eye. corrections officers and local police in three towns canvassed wooded areas, camps and rural neighborhoods. so far, no sign of buckle. it is the second time an inmate escaped this same psychiatric unit in the past six months. >>> nbc 10 has learned wilmington police wrapped up their internal investigation of the officer-involved shooting of a man in a wheelchair. [ shots ] officers killed jeremy mcdole in his wheelchair back in september. they were called to the scene after reports of a man firing a gun. new court documents show the city believed the officers were justified in shooting him. investigators say mcdole had a revolver and that residue on his hands indicates he fired the gun before police arrived. >>> what is in our water? that was the topic of discussion tonight at the academy of natural sciences in center city. lead in the water, as you know, has become a hot-button issue after the water contamination crisis in flin

. >> we've had i am thinking back, roger mcnamee ankara swisher friday argued we are in a pause momentvation, between hardware cycles. in a pause moment with ipos since square and service works. does that make sense to you? >> yeah. especially on the technology front. people don't really know what's going to happen next. i think the tech business is always unpredictable, seems slightly more unpredictable now. big companies build new products like apple watch and the kind of don't do well, big companies build off the wall products like amazon echo and people are saying it may be the next big thing. we are in a moment where sure things don't look like sure things and weird things are kind of doing well. it's difficult. >> meanwhile, we have an interesting story from texas. uber and lift plan to shuttle down indefinitely in austin after voters decline to support a proposition shielding drivers from stricter background checks. they say that will hurt drivers. both companies stopped operations in austin, it is unclear whether it is temporary or permanent withdrawal. they think austin and li

turkey immediately protested an ankara considers terrorists and says wearing the patches was wrong. >wearing those ypg patches was unauthorized and inappropriate and corrective action has been taken. >> reporter: the new images make clear that u.s. forces are close to the front lines of the fight against isis in syria. the pentagon insists the role of u.s. forces has not changed. >> they are not on the forward line. they are providing advice and assistance and, again, i'm not going to get into details but that mission has not changed. their role has not changed. they are not leading this fight. >> currently, with more than 200 u.s. forces on the ground training syrian and kurdish fighters, cnn's barbara starr spoke with the coalition who say they still need more american help. >> translator: we have requested a continuous supply of weapons at a level that is consistent with the size of the mission we face. >> reporter: in iraq, the u.s. continues air strikes and artillery barrages against isis fighters in support of iraqi fighters to retake the town of fallujah 40 miles west of baghda

in ankara today, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said that issue is an internal matter. >> ( translated ): you see the e.u.'s attitude. what is it? the e.u. says we should soften our stance in fight against terrorism and against terror organizations. since when have you started to govern turkey? >> sreenivasan: since the migrant deal took effect, the numbers crossing from turkey have fallen dramatically. still, the e.u. today allowed five member countries to maintain new border controls for another six months. >> woodruff: the government of malaysia says two more pieces of debris have been found from malaysian airlines flight 370. the jetliner disappeared more than two years ago off western australia, with 239 people on board. the latest debris was discovered in south africa and on rodrigues island off mauritius. but they offer no clue to what happened to the plane. >> sreenivasan: back in this country, senate negotiators have agreed on $1.1 billion in emergency funding to fight the zika virus. that's less than president obama wanted, and it's likely to be reduced further in the house.

in march, ankara signed an agreement with the european union to curtail illegal migration. for more on this i'm joined now by david miliband, c.e.o. of international rescue committee. david, why is this happening? why this surge that we're seeing in the last couple of weeks? >> i think there are two main reasons that explain this terrible, horrific wave of death in the mediterranean from north africa. the first is the increasingly desperate tactics of the smugglers themselves. i think the official who just spoke about their tactics got it absolutely right. these are desperate people and they're being exploited by smuggling gangs. the second thing obviously is as the weather has gotten better over the last couple of months, the number of people flowing from norfol north africa into is grown. 40 or 50,000 have come into europe this year. the people from africa are coming from nigeria, somalia, from gambia, from the places like the man in the film and you are seeing this is a global refugee crisis not just a syrian crisis. >> sreenivasan: could this be a different wave conside

know, terrorist attacks in cohad aren't worthy f the attacks in brussels or paris, and even those in ankara and istanbul and the sinai don't get as much attention. so, all of these are important, and having a hearing like this tries to put it on an equal scale and not suggest that some lives are worth less than others. i think there are some other reasons. the middle east, we've needed something. we've needed oil. and so, that has probably made us more focused on the middle east, and we haven't focused as much on africa because maybe we didn't perceive that we needed something as much. but also -- and again, this is a good reason to have a hearing like this -- our foreign policy as a nation has just had an east-west axis that's been undeniable. we've cared about europe, we've cared about the middle east, we've cared about the soviet union, now russia, we've cared about china. but if you look at the diplomatic effort that focuses south of the equator in africa and the americas, it's just been less. and so, that's something that's good about a hearing like this. i wanted to ask a question. i'

he attributed the decline to a deal reached between ankara and the e.u.w of migrants. listen. >> translator: after april 4th, the number of migrants crossing to europe by illegal means has acongressed to 2-digit numbers. on april 4th not even one migrant attempted to sail to the greek islands. the figure for the month of april is 80 to 90. the fact that the number of migrants have decreased is a clear sign that the work we're carrying out with the european union is a clear success. >> under that e.u. deal, turkey agreed to take back migrants in return for funding and a renewal of talks on joining the 28-nation bloc. >>> in europe, the belgian capital is taking another step in recovering after the terror attacks that struck that city in march. the brussels airport is partially reopening its departure hall this sunday, 40 days after a suicide bomb that hit that airport, following an opening ceremony, passengers on three flights will be able to check in at departure halls. on sunday afternoon, passengers for other flights will be able to check in at a tempor

these rare images wearing the significantnia of the kurdish forces they're fighting alongside as ankarasiders the terrorist. >> wearing the ypg patch was unauthorized and inappropriate. corrective action has been taken. >> reporter: the images made clear that the u.s. forces are very close to the front lines of isis in syria. >> they are not on the forward line. they are providing advice and assistance. and, again, i'm not going to get into the details but that mission has not changed. their role has not changed. they are not leading this fight. they are supporting those forces at the leading edge. >> reporter: there are currently more than 200 u.s. forces on the ground in syria training and encouraging fighters. cnn spoke to the leader. >> translator: we have requested a continuous size of weapons on a level that's sufficient with the size that we fight. >> reporter: in a military barrage against isis fighters in support offic react forces fighting to rae take the town of fallujah which sits just 40 miles west of the town of baghdad. one commander was killed in the city. >> that was ji