berlin has also threatened to suspend -- to ankara.he turkish government has criticized gabriels remarks. >> the unfortunate statements from berlin are political posturing ahead of upcoming elections in germany. sadly, this is become fashionable in germany. hi reporter: so far, some say they will go ahead anyway. >> i reckon this advice refers more to the bigger cities and less to the turkish coast. we're still going to fly there. >> it's hard to say it was the right decision to go. you worry about it if you have kids. but now we are on our way. reporter: german-turkish relations have been tested many times in the past few months, after trying to pay down tensions, it seems her linen is running out of patience. -- berlin is running out of patience. brent: where is this dispute headed? i'm joined by our political correspondent. he is at our parliament studio here in berlin. and our correspondent, dorian jones communist and bull joins us as well. good to see both of you. talk to me about this travel advisory. the german foreign ministry

the ambassador pledged to deliver that message to ankara. berlin is demanding the release of german citizen peter steudtner, being held on terror charges, one of six human rights activists arrested this week. >> germany's foreign ministry summoned turkey's ambassador on wednesday morning. berlin is demanding the immediate release of german journalist and human rights activists who the government says has been arbitrarily jailed. foreign minister sigmar gabriel has decided to break off his vacation and return to berlin. he will be at the foreign ministry on thursday to discuss what to do now, in view of the dramatic escalation of turkey's actions. the foreign ministry has hinted at punitive measures to change and kara's -- to change ankar''s attitude. considering these arbitrary acts directed at our citizens, i do not think it makes sense to continue negotiations on extending the customs union. that could have ramifications for its ports. there are also calls to and e.u. financial assistance to turkey. the situation is that mr. erdogan keeps

, to finally send a message that ankara understands. we must make it clear to ankara that they are way out on a limb. after all, ankara depends on good economic relations with the european union. reporter: and chancellor merkel was quick to deliver that message. >> we are certain that the arrest is unjustified. we the german government condemned the arrest. we declare our solidarity with all the prisoners. and the german government will do all it can on every level to secure peter steudtner's release. reporter: some of the detained are being held here, at istanbul's women's prison, including the director of amnesty international's turkish branch. for amnesty, justice for germany's political parties, there can be no doubt. the terror allegations against the detainees are unfunded and simply being instrumental lies to buy turkish president erdogan for his own political purposes. brent: earlier we spoke to peter steudtner's partner. we asked her what she thinks of the terror accusations being leveled against him in turkey. >> the only word

thousands of people are continuing to march across turkey — from ankara to istanbul — in protest at thet of president erdogan. it has become an act of defiance against what they see as the erosion of democracy. the european commission has released a new action plan to reduce the numbers of migrants crossing the mediterranean. ninety million dollars is being provided to stem the flow into italy — which has borne the brunt of the crisis. now it's time for world business report. stuck in reverse gear! general motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss—making brand opel. but is the traditional car industry coming to an end? we'll get a hands—on look at the latest in driverless technology. welcome to world business report. i'm rachel horne. today the eu commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to general motors for the $2.5bn sale of its european operations. gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group — that's the french company which owns peugeot and citroen. it's easy to see why general motors wants to sell — their european operation,

well there are wide ranging right ranging repercussions from a fall out between ankara and berlin what we have seen in what's triggered this latest flare up which has prompted the foreign minister to cut short his holiday come back to berlin an issue which is quite a strong statement from zig mar gabriele well that's been the arrest of a german national a human rights activist human rights campaigner who was amongst it a group of others who was arrested and accused of having links to a terrorist organization now that prompted this statement from gabrielle to the german people warning them of potential risks of travel to turkey suggesting that they could be potential targets while they're there that they could be targeted for restaurants so he said by a device that all those traveling to turkey for business for holidays register with the consulate or embassy of germany that's nearest to them where they are he's also made some recommendations towards businesses advising against investing in turkey he said that there was no legal certainty in the country at the moment and that x. proposed

the arab news, meanwhile, covers the final leg of a march in turkey, from ankara to istanbul. it began with a few hundred people and it's swelled to more than 20,000. started by the leader of the country's main opposition party, demonstrators are protesting the perceived lack ofjustice in turkey's judicial system. the daily telegraph reports a lack of eligible men has left an "oversupply" of educated women taking desperate steps to preserve their fertility, according to a global study on egg freezing. and roger federer has urged wimbledon officials to reconsider its rules to stop injured players from turning up for an easy pay cheque only to drop out. it reports two retirements on centre court on tuesday left the crowd feeling short—changed. so, a full review. with us is jane foley, a senior strategist at rabobank.

printing crisis between in and ankara still ongoing at the moment there was the crisis over the incirlik air base now this was the base in which germany was flying reconnaissance flights as part of the coalition fight against isis it was using a base within turkey german lawmakers from the bundestag wanted to go and visit that air base they were told repeatedly that they couldn't and now prompted the german defense ministry to move those aircraft from that base in incirlik in turkey over to jordan what we have seen over the past is some well really grumpy slanging matches between the leaders of turkey and germany they would revive gas chambers in concentration camps if they weren't ashamed this is their mentality they're disturbed when we see that this is not seem entirely. your practices are no different from the narcs you practice is of the past my comment that the nazi comparisons in turkey's part must and is valid without its are but unfortunately we see that this comparisons have been starts well they're all strong economic and social links between germany and turkey at the moment b

thousands of people have been marching across turkey, from the capital ankara to istanbul in protesto—called ‘justice march‘ was sparked by the arrest of an opposition mp, but has become an unprecedented act of defiance against a government accused of an erosion of democracy. our turkey correspondent mark lowen joined the marchers and sent this report. chanting. turkey's spirit of protest is being kindled. with every step of what they call the march for justice. tens of thousands walking 450 justice. tens of thousands walking a50 kilometres from ankara to istanbul, starting when an opposition mp was jailed at becoming something far bigger. people can't speak freely, ok? for example, something far bigger. people can't speakfreely, ok? for example, i can't defend myself in the trials. soiam can't defend myself in the trials. so i am here forjustice will stop we need our rights. --. we need our rights. right now, too many people are injail. rights. right now, too many people are in jail. in boiling rights. right now, too many people are injail. in boiling hot heat and rain, they have wa

issues a warning against tourists traveling to turkey after human rights activists were arrested by ankara and the rag over german companies supporting terrorism. exposing vulnerable a turkish news agency publishes a map showing the location of american military bases in northern syria sparking concern in washington and freezing mase approval rating plummets by the u.k. prime minister has been say were unpopular in the months following a general election. hello there it's good to have you company watching r.t. international now is animosity continues to grow between ankara turkey has reportedly put dozens of german companies on a list of supporters of terrorism and arrested several human rights activists the developments have led the german foreign minister to declare turkey unsafe for tourists and investors with more his piece or all of. the latest scandal in this deepening divide between turkey and germany revolves around well allegations that may or may not have been made by turkey against sixty eight companies registered here in germany now on this list of sixty eight are the likes of

he is due to address parliament in ankara shortly, at the time it was bombed. the failed coup was a traumatic event in the country's history. 260 people were killed. more than 2,000 people were injured. in the aftermath, more than 150,000 state employees have been sacked, and another 50,000 people have been arrested. mark lowen has been at the event in istanbul, and sent this report. they returned to where the nightmare began. seized by the tanks a year ago, it is now renamed 15 july martyrs bridge, tens of thousands celebrating victory today. they call it turkey's second independence, joy and relief clear, and they remember the 260 killed as the people stood up to the plotters. last year, a lion, that lion is turkish nation, was tried to strangle, by cats. they are militants with tanks, f—16s, bullets, rifles. but they couldn't strangle the lion. it was the greatest ever attack on the turkish state, rogue soldiers bombing buildings, blocking roads, and driving tanks into civilians. by dawn, it had failed. then came the purge, 50,000 arrested, and 150,000 sacke

relations between ankara and berlin hit a new low as the german foreign minister threatens economic retaliation following the arrest of several human rights activists. and flexing their wings for the final time the max international air show wraps up today just outside of moscow we take a look at the highlights of this year's event and here are some live pictures right . thanks for tuning it it's one pm here in the russian capital you're watching the weekly on our team to national with us. this week r t spoke exclusively to the russian lawyer at the center of a scandal over her meeting with president eldest son ahead of last year's election it's the latest in a range of stories claiming there was direct collusion between the kremlin and trump in order to get him into the white house however we've been hearing the lawyer side of the story. we all know her name now a television star telly official natalia vessel needs sky natalia the sound this guy of natalia vessel in its. wake up one morning and find you are the focus of the all the fire and stream media it. turns out it was nothing we managed

its citizens to exercise caution and if they travel to turkey the latest move in a dispute over ankara's arrest of human rights activist spellings also threatening to frustrate german investment in turkey. ankara meanwhile is accusing the government in germany of being irresponsible and even of harboring terrorists the german foreign minister said added that no one safety can be guaranteed. in the current crackdown in turkey. ntia most absurd things are possible you've been traveling turkey for years but you have acquaintances and friends he's a job visiting here's turkish citizens who have been possible. being sustained should find tacky secret services it being close to the government. one of the sudden you're tara supports us you visits a hotel here. personal you visit to cultural events we is associated with it. in other words completely innocent germans. come associates and. hence this increase the travel advisory to all citizens of our country gonna go exist unless. the us president donald trump has publicly criticized his own attorney general trump said he regretted so appointing

a crisis in relations between ankara and berlin hits a new low as the german foreign minister threatens economically tally and warns against traveling to turkey following the arrest of several human rights activists . and flexing their wings for the final time in the max international air show wraps up today just outside of moscow we take a look at the highlights of this year's event. thanks for tuning in you're watching our team to nationalise to weekly here as just trying to eight in the morning here in the russian capital i'm emily so this week r.t. spoke exclusively to the russian lawyer at the center of a scandal over her meeting with president eldest son ahead of last year's election as the latest in a range of stories claiming there was direct between the kremlin and trump in order to get him into the white house however we've been hearing the lawyer side of the story. i don't know her name now and television star the telly official in that sky natalia vessel needs sky natalia the cell next guy at the new talia vessel at sky i . don't wake up one morning and find you are the focu

i joined people walking 280 miles from ankara to istanbul.ined them last monday about 70 miles from istanbul as they marched in the boiling heat along a motorway. they had trudged through rain, up two hills and villages. they are led by the sprightly 68 sage opposition leader but it is not under a political banner, it is under the word justice. they are fighting what they see as the erosion of turkish democracy. 50,000 people arrested since the failed coup last year, more than 1a0,000 dismissed or suspended. a feeling that the government has seized the opportunity to crush all dissent. it has rattled president erdogan —— president erdogan, who has long busted the march for, in his words, siding with terrorist groups. jeremy corbyn has written a letter of support to the march as it reaches its end point near istanbul where the opposition mp has been imprisoned for the last 25 years. the question now is whether this can grow beyond today to bridge the divisions in turkey's notoriously fractured opposition and become a credible political challen

how low can relations between berlin and ankara go?ns between germany and turkey has been spiraling since the beginning of the year which began with a german journalist's arrest on terrorism charges. a germany prevented president erdogan from speaking in germany. tensions flared again when turkey prevented german lawmakers from visiting german troops stationed at the military base. germany responded with plans to pull out its troops. and with the arrest of the human rights activist, germany has announced a review of turkey's request for weapons sales. the crisis deepens. correspondent: another row with turkey but now german headlines point at a new approach. the headline reads, in its contact --conflict with turkey, the germans enter attack mode. this following the detention of six human rights activists in germany -- in turkey, including a german human rights activist. --including a german national. germany's economy there has warned corporations of investing in turkey considering the political climate. these messages did not sit well

-- so prepared in ankara saying that they need to e stopped. in the military as well. so all of these at that time because we have a turkey with lots of coalitions and, unfortunately, there is no democracy, as democracy with its ups and downs, pluses and minuses, compared to the democracy we have today. we still have military rule. any time there is a democratic change or a move toward democracy, we have the political elite working with the military and then they give a signal and then the elected officials take a step back. so we still have an over shadowing of the political elite over the turkish democracy. so we cannot call that a turkish democracy when we come to the end of the 1990's. then what happens? women don't like to tell their ges but i tell people i just am in the tenth anniversary of my 35th birthday. so i'm old enough to remember the 19 -- to remember this. i listened to my grandparents the first few years of the republic, the challenges they had after the war of independence and things that they suffered through after 60 and eve

many academics still work at institutions like the university of ankara.ut thousands of scholars have lost their jobs in purges that have mostly affected alleged followers of us-based cleric fethullah gulen and left-wing critics of the government like yasemin ozgun. >> the dismissed lecturers have started organizing what they call "street academies". they give lectures in cafes or in public parks. the classes take place rain or shine. today, former students and colleagues have come to support yasemin ozgun. >> my contract wasn't extended for political reasons. but a university doesn't necessarily need a building. it can be anywhere. and that's why i'm here. >> on top of regular university, i do my best not to miss any street academy lecture. >> ozgun's lecture is about feminist politics, a subject that would be hard to find on the syllabuses of most turkish universities these days. so far, the authorities are tolerating the street academy, but nobody knows for how long. after the class, the lecturers and students warm up with some hot soup. ozgun feels enc

turkey the situation in turkey is not transparent we should call it for what it is we're waiting for ankara to return to european values and it all came about following the arrest of peter now he's a human rights console tinti was arrested in turkey along with the director of amnesty international turkey it del s. and four others they have been accused of aiding and being part of and helping a armed terrorist organization that hasn't been named as it stands at the moment now that prompted this statement from. the german people warning them of potential risks of travel to turkey suggesting that they could be potential targets while they're there he's also made some recommendations towards businesses advising against investing in turkey he said that there was no legal certainty in the country at the moment and that x. appropriations had already taken place and he couldn't warn against them taking place it again in the future of the german chancellor angela merkel spokes person has described the whole predicament we're in at the moment is serious and signs that this is the latest in deepening

will be suspended if ankara implemented the constitutional overhaul that was backed by referendum in april which will expand the powers of the turkish president. so these are the things that we'll all be watching for you here in hamburg at this big g. twenty summit. yaz you're just speaking there donald trump and his wife melanie have just disembarked. a couple of minutes ago there and you were just looking at them come in to a lot of other leaders of course. coming into the city as well for the summit tomorrow and on saturday. now the host city of hamburg has been preparing from us protests organized by radical left wing groups police expect around one hundred thousand people to take part in incredible number the first groups already flooding the streets and they've got a message for those attending the summit. well homburg has already seen some unpleasant scenes just a few hours before the first delegation arrive for the g. twenty a porsche dealership was targeted in an arson attack destroying eight luxury cars police believe left wing activists were behind the incident now here's

thousands of people have been marching across turkey, from the capital ankara to istanbul in protestch‘ was sparked by the arrest of an opposition mp, but has become an unprecedented act of defiance against a government accused eroding democracy. our turkey correspondent mark lowen sends this report. turkey ‘s's spirit of protest is being kindled. with every step of what they called the march for justice. tens of thousands walking 450 kilometres from ankara to istanbul, starting when an opposition mp was jailed but becoming something far bigger. people can't speak freely, ok. for example i can't defend myself in trials. so i'm here forjustice. we need our rights. too many people right now are staying injail. need our rights. too many people right now are staying in jail. in boiling heat and rain, they've walked, opposing the purge since last yea r‘s walked, opposing the purge since last year's failed coup. over 50,000 people have been arrested, 140,000 sacked or suspended. they say that president erdogan is crushing all dissent. this man was fired as a university professor for critic

while ankara dismisses any accusations of clamping down on foreign visitors on companies since at all on narrowly won his constitutional referendum he will effectively have the unchecked power. to do so. sean sought spicer has resigned as u. s. president donald trump's press secretary and communications director. the move came after trump hide already named anthony scaramucci as his new communications director. sean spicer side on twitter he will continue his service throughout august. meanwhile sarah saunders named was named as the new white house press secretary we're joined now. by washing correspondent phillip crowther. philip this announcement came quite suddenly boss it's not necessary surprises it. no i was only a matter time before sean spicer would leave israel officially as press secretary we hadn't seen him at the podium for quite a few weeks. him move to the background had been replaced at the podium by sarah huckabee sanders who has just been announced as the new press secretary. the third woman ever to hold that job that was announced by anthony scaramucci at the podium

accession talks will be suspended if ankara implements the constitutional overhaul that was backed by referendum in april which will expand the powers of the turkish president. so these are the things that we'll all be watching for you here in hamburg at this big g. twenty summit. discussing some of it now with political commentator and. she joins us from place to say you had l. all eyes on. trump what are your expectations for that meeting. well let's hope actually something that will come out of it but i think a word of caution. present actually comes as. sort of facing hostile atmosphere of hostile atmosphere back home in america hostile atmosphere opposite from britain most of the european union leaders. are quite hostile to him we have seen thawing of relations with the french president extending an invitation to him for busfield day but in germany he will need to appear to be tough so he probably will make some lip service tough talk against russia. but i think that's probably he will have to do that for a new domestic audience and to gain some brownie points in europe in genera

ideal as are and for others they've been accused of assisting an unnamed military terrorist group ankara says the comments by the german foreign minister were unacceptable however this is just the latest incident in a deepening crisis between the two countries tensions erupted over there in charlie airbase after germany had to move its aircraft from there to jordan after its officials were repeatedly access to the site we discussed the issue with a former turkish foreign minister. she of course is going up fortunately and the. statement made by mr. foreign research shows that germany is planning to bring the. even to a higher level and of course we can listen will suffer from it because when there are. notices for german citizens not of the kid it means that the businessman will not also visit turkey and germany is one of the countries that has huge investment in turkey if disinvestment goes down the turks economy will suffer a few turkey's human rights record of course is not the best level president turkey was not part of us democracy but since last year's attempted coup. things are go

another rally happening and ankara, how do you think the countries with acting on this either speak?orth pointing out it was a traumatic night. it was for me, i am a turkish citizen, i grew up in ankara, i can't quite find the words to describe the feelings to see tanks driving down the roads were i grew up. it was a deliberate action of destruction and terror, it was dramatic in so many ways. turkey is entitled to express little bit of anger at the top and with that as it is in the pic of unity that the president would like everyone else to think. he commands the support of precisely 50% of the country. there was a referendum three months ago and the result was a bit in doubt but the point of it was it exposed the country is definitely divided but the president commands only half of that support. who are his supporters? they are a new middle path that has been created over the last 15 to 20 years. these are people who has lives drastically improved, better schools, better jobs, better health care, things like pensions and mortgages, lots of things we are used to in the west we re th

some, walking the 280 miles from ankara.nt or state, you're treated well. but if you are thinking differently, asking for some benefit, some rights, then you are treated as terrorists. recep tayyip erdogan is a very tough leader. he doesn't like us, he doesn't like modern people. it began when an opposition mp was jailed, but grew fast. tens of thousands, marching in the heat, headed by the sprightly 68—year—old opposition leader. they are fighting repression, 50,000 people arrested since last year's failed coup. 140,000 sacked or suspended. he arrived to cheers of "rights, law, justice", and he vowed to fight what he called a dictatorship. translation: we will rise up against injustice, oppression and persecution. i want peace and fraternity. i call on all of us to live together. let's not fight any more. let our differences be our richness. this has shaken president erdogan, who slammed the march for "supporting terrorism". he has huge support in half the country, but the spirit of resistance has been awoken. the more secu

bozo it was just a mortimer has more now from ankara. it is good news for some of those that you journalists because the court has ordered the release of seven cumhuriyet stocks. removed released includes looser caught. it's the paper's best known cartoonists haakon car raw. who's had an editorial board member and a well known columnist and bolan looked coup. of who's the newspaper's lawyer. however the court is still detaining them bigger guns marat some bonds to the editor in chie. %-rd sheik the investigative reporter? i'm country go sell my house so the best known. newspaper columnist tin and turkey. and two of those are full ours said some very strong things when they gave testimony this week in the trial. marat someone shoot the editor in chief so the aim of this trial is to intimidate all journalists in turkey. what he meant was that if the government can crush you move over yet? which is the flagship. all state opposition press in turkey. then it would send a signal to reporters everywhere in the country. and get off which so oft

we see it, another report prepared in 1999 by the secret service and ankara, ankara -- i cannot think of the names, so it's prepared in ankara saying that, that they need to be stopped in the military as well. so all of these at the time because we have a turkey where there's lots of coalitions, and, unfortunately, there is no democracy as the democracy with its ups and downs, pluses and minuses compared to the democracy we had today. we still have military old rule. anytime there's a democratic change or a move towards democracy, we have the political elite working with the military, and then they give a signal and then the elected officials take a step back. so we still have an overshadowing of the political elite over the turkish democracy. so we cannot call that a turkish democracy when we come to the end of the 1990s. then what happens during the other timecards women don't like to tell the agent i tell people i am, i just, i'm in the tenth h anniversary of my 35th birthday, last year for some old enough to remember the 1980 military coup and i listened to my grandparents. the fi

every day, step—by—step, he walked from ankara to istanbul.mpted coup last year took place, no protests so big has taken place in turkey because of the emergency laws in place. the government has already called the marchers and those supporting it as supporters of terrorism. i think she thought she had lost us. we are still with her. that is the point at which you will have the polite. we will get back to her over the course of the afternoon. fascinating events taking place in turkey. it is a year ago this coming weekend that there was an attempted coup that very nearly brought the end to president erdogan. his response has been swift and some have said he overreacted. this is the consequence of that. we will see what the official government responses once the marchers reached its conclusion. the shadow education secretary, angela rayner, has made clear that jeremy corbyn's suggestion that labour would look at ways of writing off student debts is only "an ambition". during the election campaign, the labour leader said the party would look at w

but at the same time we have seen that the new policy was waiting in ankara. due to the changing comment in the domestic governor and this time it was concept in this period, was judged by the critics again as this time that turkey had to turn back to the previous route. meaning this was policy more cautious one. and less ideological one. we have seen a third one one coming up. after a period of living a little bit out of relation, normal life, with russia and together with israel, and one issue was also coincided with turkey's operation. the previous judgments had something again we have seen that turkey has been somehow accused of having another towards the split in russia so all of these kind of judgments was mostly focused on two points. one factor was bringing down the conduct of foreign policy to one person. meaning previously it was this time, this was our president erdogan. and also it was associated with the explanation of the mainstream of muslim identity and so as to my answer for a personal one, these were not explainable right answers, because wha

but we saw an unprecedented march from ankara to istanbul. its slogan was ‘law, rights, justice‘. feeling is, or the strong belief, that you are really pursuing anybody who criticises you. it‘s a case of if you‘re not with me, you‘re against me. but that‘s the point i was making. millions came out after the failed coup. now you see people coming out, marching in protest, which is why my original question to you was what has happened to that spirit of unity? i want to ask you specifically about the fact that journalists feel that they are not able to speak out openly, that the first thing, and secondly we‘ve got to the stage where turkey locks up more journalists than any other country in the world. in the last year with scene 160 media outlets close down, we seem to scene 160 media outlets close down, we seem to govern scene 160 media outlets close down, we seem to govern 500 journalists or media workers sacked from their jobs, you have 150 journalists in prison, which accounts for a third of all journalists prison, which accounts for a third of alljournalists in prison globally.

the arab news, meanwhile, covers the final leg of a march in turkey, from ankara to istanbul. it began with a few hundred people and it's swelled to more than 20,000. started by the leader of the country's main opposition party, demonstrators are protesting the perceived lack ofjustice in turkey's judicial system. the daily telegraph reports a lack of eligible men has left an "oversupply" of educated women taking desperate steps to preserve their fertility, according to a global study on egg freezing. and roger federer has urged wimbledon officials to reconsider its rules to stop injured players from turning up for an easy pay cheque only to drop out. it reports two retirements on centre court on tuesday left the crowd feeling short—changed. so, a full review. with us is jane foley, a senior strategist at rabobank. thank you forjoining us. all of the newspapers make frightening reading when it comes to north korea. the south china morning post not holding back as much as it does. it presents the facts. it does present the facts. this situation has been building. 0ver facts. th

this is the scene live in ankara, where he is due to address crowds in front of parliament.er chinese nobel peace prize winner liu xiaobo is buried at sea. the former british prime minister tony blair says eu leaders are willing to compromise in order to persuade the uk to remain a member. if we were looking at this from the point of view of the interests of the country, one option within this negotiation would be britain staying within a reformed european union.

the event is being held to mark the end of a 280—mile march from ankara.sition to highlight the mass arrests and sackings since last year's failed coup. a state of emergency has been declared in the canadian province of british columbia, where the authorities are trying to battle more than 180 wildfires. thousands of homes have been evacuated and some destroyed. most of the blazes started after lightning strikes in dry electrical storms. the church of england will vote today on whether to allow special services for transgender people after their transition. at an annual meeting in york, prominent figures will address calls for the church to update its attitudes towards sexuality. the lake district will find out today whether it will be given unesco world heritage status. if successful, it would become the uk's 31st such site, as caroline rigby reports. from the great barrier reef to the taj mahal and the grand canyon, they are some of the most recognisable sights in the world. soon the lancs district could be a member of the club. later today but will dele

the event is being held to mark the end of a 280—mile march from ankara organised by the opposition tod sackings since last year's failed coup in the country. a short while ago our correspondent selin giritjoined us from istanbul and said while the protest was widely covered by the turkish media, it's not known how much detail they could report. at this rally, there are hundreds of reporters. this space is packed. we could hardly find a space for us to make this live report. now the speech is over, there is more space. but it was packed. whether the turkish media will report everything, that's another question. we were walking around and asking people questions about why there were here, why they were attending this rally and what they thought of the march. they were saying, is this going to be on air? why are you asking? 0ur voices are not heard in the turkish media. then we would say we were coming from the bbc and they said, ok, i'll speak to you. that is the main mood, the opposition feel they are not heard in turkey. they feel the media are under pressure, and they do not get fair

relations between ankara and berlin hit a new low as the german foreign minister threatens economic retaliation following the arrest of several human rights activists. and flexing their wings for the final time to max international.

and it's totally overhauling its relations with ankara.he german foreign minister touching on many areas in his declarations this thursday. among them, warning that there are risks to anyone wanting to travel to turkey from germany. is comes after turkey arrested a german human rights activist two weeks ago. take a listen. most absurd things are possible in traveling to turkey for years where you have acquaintances and friends who have been visiting for years turkish citizens possibly being suspected by turkish secret services of being close to that -- movement. all of a sudden you are a terrorist supporter. a hotel who belongs to such a person or you visit a cultural event associated with it come in other words completely innocent german citizens can become associated. hence this increased travel advisory to all citizens of our country. the turkish foreign ministry has accused germany of harboring members of terrorist groups and preventing them from being brought to trial. to jerusalem now, the metal detectors installed last week at one o

the event is being held to mark the end of a 280—mile march from ankara organised by the opposition toings since last year's failed coup in the country. we can speak to our correspondent selin girit, who is in istanbul. we were talking an hour ago about the significance of this protest, how unusual it is, particularly in the lights of events that have happened since the coup attempt last summer. happened since the coup attempt last summer. i wonder how extensively is this march being reported in the turkish media because there have been lots of questions about how free is taking now in terms of its reporting of dissent, never mind the opportunity for people to take part in anti—government protests. opportunity for people to take part in anti-government protests. here at this rally there are hundreds of reporters. they could hardly find a space to make this live report. now the speech is over... inaudible. whether the turkish media wanted everything reported, that is another question. people walking around were asking questions about why they were here, why they he said this should be a

a crisis in relations between ankara and berlin hits a new low as the german foreign minister threatens economically tally and warns against traveling to turkey following the arrest of several human rights activists . and flexing their wings for the final time of the max international air show wraps up today just outside of my.

when the police academy in ankara became the operational center of the gulen movement, it became much clearer in 2002, and i would say more or less allowed the gulenists to run the government. the minister of interior, minister of education, ministry of justice. it put a coalition between the gulenist movement and our party because i party didn't have that trained bureaucracy or the manpower so they more or less relied on the gulenist movement. so the police academy is critical because by definition the job of the police is criminal activity. so the gulenist movement where, by controlling the police academy, it penetrated into the police academy but the police academy also penetrated into the gulen movement. so you had a mutual penetration, and i would sit and that mutual penetratiopenetration the mentae police activity, of police work, very much dominated the gulen movement. and in 2002 i would say especially between 2002-2004, entire police force more or less controlled by the gulenists networks. so the third time of this gulen is i call it the period of -- or it became more or less

daughters and what they did was they told everybody that all their relatives there go on vacation in ankara to visit cousin of course that didn't happen then they went missing about one month ago and the relatives then organize a search and eventually notify the turkish authorities who detained the family now the search was organized by ex-husband because she was traveling with their six year old daughter lisa so he hopes to take lisa back from spot line up and that's when an altercation happened at the airport. where you. know. it was. so after the alter cation happened turkish police intervened and that's when their family has been detained now what we do know about this case according to. relatives is that her behavior apparently changed quite dramatically over the past couple of years yes according to x. father in law met her new partner and the family converted to islam her behavior. started to change drastically here's how he described it i knew daughter in law. would change their religion to islam and it seems to me the most radical branch of it will stop. using computers to stop so

no sign yet of ankara softening its stance.nt: poland's right-wing government says it will not be backing away from controversial plans to reform the country's justice system. the country's president and he will not veto two of the bills that critics feared would limit judicial independence, but this morning he signed a third bill that will allow:'s justice minister to name the heads of all lower courts. the president's decision comes amid nationwide protests. thousands of polls have taken to the streets. the european commission plans to discuss the issue on wednesday after talk of sanctions and withdrawing voting rights from poland if the reforms are passed. muslim leaders have told worshipers to continue a boycott of the al-aqsa mosque in central jerusalem. even after israel remove controversial metal detectors at the entrance. those metal detectors sparked deadly violence. muslims saw the barriers as a violation of their offfficial authority over the site. many protested, including by praying in nearby roads. israel said the

as many as 20,000 people marched the 450 kilometers from ankara to istanbul.he rally at the end drew hundreds of thousands. >> we marched for the justice that no longer exists in this country, for our fellow citizens who are in prison, and for all the journalists who have been arrested. announcer: kilicdaroglu began to march to protest the detention of a member of parliament from his chp party. president erdogan accused him of supporting terrorism. yet, the march was allowed to go ahead. the result was the largest opposition rally since the protests in the park four years ago. could this be the start of a new political movement? melinda: bulent mumay, you said in your opening statement that it's questionable how well president erdogan will actually do in the 2019 election that is scheduled. could what we've seen there be the beginning of an opposition movement that could actually threaten what appears to be his ironclad rule? bulent: actually, there is hope about that. that started in the previous referendum in april. basically, chp had 25% vote in the country