on a visit to ankara america's top diplomat attempts to improve worsening relationships with the key nato ally turkey that's the tensions grow in syria and the potential clashes between turkish and american troops. feeling the experience is being embraced by competitors from around the world at the winter games in south korea with blindfolds helping each other. resist specific russian athletes he offered me help or technical help the fact that he was willing. to reach out and help me in such desperate time shows that sport can bridge cultures it can bridge politics. and a new report into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election claims popular american media outlets were in directly involved in meddling themselves. watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me and if you are welcome to the program the u.s. secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has already met with the presidents and erdogan as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been at odds over washington supp

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has already met with president as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been told so over washing. and support for kurdish militias in assyria and chris is angry that the u.s. backs groups which turkey calls terrorists and rex tillerson tried to ease the tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough for ankara. always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian forces would be limited mission specific provided only. to achieve gestures although we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the white b.g. let's take a closer look now at the two groups just referred to by the defense minister the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization on the other hand american turkey have different opinions on this so we are based kurdis

one turkish german journalist that is you jealous says he was held hostage by ankara on a forty four year old was released on friday after just over a year in turkish custody ankara accuses him of spreading terrorist propaganda which he denies five other germans remain behind bars in turkey.

indictment and no trial we'll take a look at how this case continues to affect relations between ankara and berlin. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show south african police have arrested three people in raids on a business family with close ties to president jacob zuma and now the raids on a number of properties in johannesburg included this compound belonging to the group the family there accused of corruption links with the embattled president both sides now deny any wrongdoing the raids come just a day after the governing a.n.c. demanded that president zuma step down from office. our correspondent christine manuel joins us now in the studio for more good morning christine can you tell us something about the gupta family and why police really raided not only the family home but a number of other of their locations. because of the fact that the glimpses all closely related to the president all closely linked to the president for example one of the president's son is a serious business partner to the protests there have been allegations in reports and also in the public domain that the

a year without charge it looks to stop as though turkey is angling for a quid pro quo critics of ankara's offensive against syria's kurds fear it may involve a previously proposed deal for a tank factory. seeking speedy approval from germany turkish prime minister banally yielder him is hoping the two countries might soon cooperate on building tanks in turkey a deal potentially worth billions. in january german foreign minister sic mark gabriele signaled perlin would ok a proposal to retrofit tanks with new anti mine systems but that plan was put on ice after turkey invaded syria's a freedom region with german built leopard tanks gabriele rejected speculation a deal for a tank factory would be approved critics fear there may be a secret deal to approve the factory in exchange for the recent release of the german journalist dennys you cello also the foreign minister would never admit it but in my view it's perfectly clear there's a connection there if you look at the whole story i assume is a direct link to. the german foreign ministry has tonight those claims it says the country's acting

g ankara regards them to be a branch of the big ok and therefore terrorists but the u.s. led coalition sees the white b.g. as being allies in their fight against islamic state in syria in january the pentagon announced that it was creating a kurdish led security force right on turkey's thoughts that in northern syria as a response to a lot of the military campaign against kurdish militias they're threatening a direct clash with u.s. forces and to listen arrived in the turkish capital was met with a large number of protests against his visit author and journalist karen lojka felt has been specializing in coverage of the middle east believes that the u.s. has underestimated the conflict between turks and kurds they seem to have not really a good idea of the situation on the ground today overstretched their position and their relations immensely and the situation you know the relations of the kurdish groups on the other side it's not very stable as the americans lead a very big mistake and that is to meet it through. kurdish political presence actually in their own country a

has broken a promise made under the obama administration germinal el sheil reports now from ankara. rex tillerson didn't receive the warmest of welcomes when he arrived in the turkish capital ankara turkey has been angered by u.s. policy which it believes threatens its national security and president. made that clear during a three hour long meeting with the u.s. secretary of state's in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdish militia the y.p. ji. turkey says the y p g is a terrorist organization that's killed dozens of tucker civilians and soldiers in recent weeks this support for the kurdish fighters has baffled the turks who say the americans should be siding with their nato allies and not with an outward group according to tillerson the disagreements over syria are being resolved on both ankara and washington will now be working towards the same goal our two countries share the same objectives in syria the defeat of isis. secure and stable zones and independent and unified syria. tillerson and his counterparts. announced that they did stablished a mecha

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has met president erdogan as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been told so but washington support for kurdish militias in syria ankara is angry the u.s. backs groups that turkey calls terrorists to listen try to ease tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough. but always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian immigrated forces would be limited missions specifically the provided only experimental bases to achieve military objectives only we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to end all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. the white b.g. . well let's take a closer look at the two groups the defense minister was referring to the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization however america and turkey have different views on the syrian based kurdish militia

in a visit to ankara america's top diplomat improve relations with key nato ally turkey the tensions grow in syria over washington support for kurdish groups which he considers a terrorist. in the olympic spirit is being embraced by compared to this from around the world the winter games in south korea with rivals that. specific russian athletes he offered me help technical help the fact he was willing to reach out and help me and such like a desperate time shows that sport can bridge you know cultures it can bridge politics. here in the russian capital on the. international. our top story this hour the u.s. justice department has indicted thirteen russian nationals over alleged meddling in america's twenty sixteen presidential election r.t. correspondent kelly morgan picks up the story. it's being widely reported that these individuals thirteen russian individuals as well as three russian entities are being charged with meddling in the us election but if you actually read the indictment there are specific charges there is no such crime under the u.s. federal laws known as meddling a

kodesh forces in syria in the run up to the meeting the turkish defense minister made clear what ankara wants from the united states we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. the y.p. gee let's take a closer look at the two groups just referred to by the turkish defense minister the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group that's been fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years considers them a terrorist organization there why p.g. on the other hand is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria and who are gods then as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y p g as allies now in january the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led border security force in the region and that move triggered a furious reaction from ankara which started a military campaign against kurdish militias in northern syria the turkish president even threatened to target u.s. forces if they stood in the way of the operation and crew has long been complaining that the u.s. is failing to d

in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has met president as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been at odds over washington support for kurdish militias in syria ankara is angry the u.s. banks groups that turkey calls terrorists to this and trying to ease tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough to appease ankara. always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian democratic forces would be limited mission specific provided all of the experimental bases to achieve knowledge very objectives only we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the y.p. g. . well let's take a closer look at the two groups the defense ministers are fairing to you they're the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more uncertainty is both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization however america and turkey have different views on the syrian based kurdish militia called th

ji ankara's enemy would be neutered and there'd be no more need to throw away turkish lives the kurds in turn would survive and africa will be turned into another crater it's the least bad solution so far the only solution to stopping this now. kutluk you know what it is a very good step it's good news for us may god help them and everyone who supports but honey we are all very happy about this decision we want this crisis to end so people can return to their homes we are waiting for the pro-government forces to help us it's early days the details are still being worked out the issue is no one trusts anyone the turks are afraid asaad will ally with the y.p. ji the white b.g. are afraid that asaad will sell them out to the turks and as sad as ad probably wants both gone. militias have denied reports that they've reached a deal with ourselves forces those say they are in talks with damascus i was photojournalist danny makki who says surprisingly enough both turkey and the kurds are now looking to us for decisive action well it is ironic because both the.

that's the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting it is for more than thirty years both ankara and washington considered them to be a terrorist organization then on the other hand america and turkey have very different opinions about the syria based kurdish militia called the peoples protection units or the y.p. g eight and to regards it to be a branch of the p.k. k. therefore terrorists but the us led coalition sees the y.p. g. is being allies in the fight against islamic state in syria. in january the pentagon announced that it was creating a kurdish led security force that would be right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria in response and korea launched a military campaign against kurdish militias they're threatening a direct clash with american forces on the scale of morgan has been following the meeting between the u.s. and turkey and whether it's likely to produce any significant results. there seems to be an agreement that the countries will normalize their relations with each other but on the principle issue of disagreement which is u.s. support for kurdish forces in syr

muslim was wanted in connection with a two thousand and sixteen car bombing in ankara which killed thirty people the attack was claimed by the. muslim denies any involvement d.w. spoke to him exclusively just one week before his arrest turkey says that the why p.g. and that the people that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true well i mean war where you yourself though once with the p k k no i was really an engineer and so there. was an engineer and you never know what is it about that. nothing to do with why is it then that for example that p y d has said his arrest was any legal and immoral act by czech authorities if extradited he would be the most high profile kurds in turkey captivity in nearly twenty years. joining me now as correspondent love to move on building back he's in the syrian town of call bani which is solidly muslims hometown loving what have been the reactions in call body do so

ankara repeatedly said they want germany to extradite members of a movement, the people ankara claimbe behind the failed military coup in turkey in 2016. turkey has also threatened to reintroduce the death penalty for these people, so germany cannot just extradite them without breaching international human rights obligations. so i think this is not an option. there are other people turkey wants to return, including certain secret service employees. there are also talks about a potential tank deal, germany modernizing turkish tanks. in the end, we don't know, it is just speculation. but the big question is how high will the price be that the german government has to pay for deniz yucel's freedom. sarah: dw correspondent julia hahn, thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said work on the new middle east peace plan is fairly well advanced. he was speaking after signing a five-year aid package for jordan. president trump reversed decades of u.s. policy in december when he recognized jerusalem as

i'm kara ankara began -- ankara began a military front last month.orter: an entire town in morning. this has become a familiar sight in afrin in recent weeks, with residents routinely attending funerals for fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. it is against this backdrop that syrian state tv 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 afrin to help kurdish forces push back the turkish offensive. meanwhile, in government-held aleppo, just south of afrin, syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive, and in support of ypg fighters, many of whom can be seen in the city. >> the syrian army and we are one. the syrian people and we are one. we are all one, and we have one will. christopher: during a visit to jordan, the turkish foreign minister said a deal would not affect his country's resolve. >> if the syrian regime really goes into afrin, there is no problem. however, if it comes in to pro

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson promised america would limit its arms supplies to kurdish militias. we have always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian forces would be limited mission specific provided all experimental bases to achieve military objectives only the nato allies have been at odds over kurdish forces in syria in the run up to the meeting the turkish defense minister made clear what i am pro wants from the us. we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the white b.g. . let's take a closer look now at the two groups just referred to by the turkish defense minister the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group that's been fighting a turkish authorities for more than thirty years and quote considers them a terrorist organization the white p.g. on the other hand is a mostly kurdish militia based in syria ankara regards them as a branch of the k.k. however the us led coalition sees the white b.g. as allies in ja

use of german leopard tanks against the kurds in northern syria both sides know a strengthening of ankara and butlins military ties would likely be unpopular. while turkish officials have said the trial of denis your chair will begin on june twenty eighth in istanbul no charges were made against him during his here in detention but on the day of his release last friday he was charged with supporting terrorism or i want to tell you know about some of the other stories making news around the world. the premier of their tiny german state of sorrow land has been put forward as they as the new secretary general of chance i'm going to question democrats it's a significant move for on a cat's comp car and power they decision is fueling speculation that america will is lining up her successor. five women have been killed in a shooting at a church in the city of kids they are in the russian republic of dagestan a twenty two year old man fired at people leaving an evening service before being shot and killed at the scene the islamic state group said it was behind the attack . the u.s. special counc

on a visit to ankara america's top diplomats attempt to improve worsening relations with . turkey that's as tensions grow in syria over washington support for kurdish groups that turkey considers to be terrorists. the olympic spirit is being embraced by competitors from around the world at the winter games in south korea with rivals helping each other out with. specific russian athlete he offered me help technical help the fact that he was willing to reach out and help me and such like a desperate time shows that sport can bridge you know cultures it can bridge politics . and a new report into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election claims that popular u.s. media outlets were directly involved in meddling with themselves. you could even see my names the. international. the u.s. secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has met with president one as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been it all over washington support for kurdish militias in syria and chris angry that th

establish a buffer zone but how much of a challenge is that and could this lead to a quagmire for ankara this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dutton the war in syria has lasted for nearly seven years and in that time many regional and international players have had a direct impact on what's going on on the ground united states russia and iran have all been involved in some way or another is in the middle of a military operation in northern syria it wants to push out kurdish fighters from the area closest to its southern border but it hasn't been an easy fight on saturday seven of its soldiers were killed in an operation near the town of for in that's a kurdish controlled enclave in northwestern syria turkey considers the kurdish wife p.g. a terrorist organization and an extension of its outlawed p k k or kurdistan workers' party which it's been fighting for decades the turkish military plans to create a thirty kilometer buffer zone near the border president reject type and one has warned people in the area to evacuate. it's up to those in the area whether to evacua

relations with ankara and now turkey faces a new enemy pro syrian government troops the could say they've done a deal with syria to join forces to fight turkey syrian pro-government troops and their involvement well that was announced by syrian state t.v. on monday. set the tone for the following the turkish attacks on our families and their friends and following the request of our friends citizens from the regime to protect them from the ongoing tega should question that led to so many killings and destruction it has been declared now that popular troops were and to a friend within hours crucially how did turkey receive that news has the turkish foreign minister you know suddenly changed it were in him if the regime is intermediate to clean for k k m p y d then there are no problems however if they come in to defend the white g. then nothing and nobody can stop us this applies to efren as well as mehmet b. into the east of the euphrates river well our friend is part of northern syria and has an extremely complex mix of alliances with several regional and international players all involve

east expert and contributed to with allie risk about whether the tragic incident could be used by ankara for further escalation in syria i think that the turks the turkish president of russia . already intends to escalate so i don't think that this particular incident will be used as a kind of justification as we heard in his remarks you know he intends to go on to a member of german go on elsewhere reaching up to the iraqi border but i think that he will face some very very huge monumental challenges because even enough three in . the turks are encountering such difficulty. will be a different story that could threaten a potential showdown with the u.s. ally and i don't think turkey is ready for that so i think that the turks are in a somewhat difficult position but or do one has climbed the ladder of escalation and i think the problem he faces is who can bring him down allow him to withdraw other same time saving face it's quite a big predicament i think which he faces. south korean president says that he's ready to accept an invitation to.

the kurdish fighters it considers to be terrorists ankara says the group's an offshoot of the p.k. k. the kurdistan workers party with which turkey has been in conflict for three decades russia controls the airspace over threaten but the head of the turkish operation it withdrew hundreds of its soldiers from near the city kurdish fighters held after in six years ago after the syrian president bashar al assad soldiers left northern syria. let's go to our guests now joining us from istanbul mohammed yangon and affiliates of the political science department at the university of bill kent in bilin sell a muslim member of the diplomatic committee of tev demme the movement for democratic society that's an alliance bringing kurds together in northern syria and joining us from a so and it's me on skype is joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to you all joshua coming to you first who is going to end up fighting whom he i don't think this is it designed to avoid fighting and it should be a win win for everybody because turkey gets

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has held talks last in more than three hours with president of the one of the nato allies have been at odds over kodesh forces in syria in the run up to the meeting the turkish defense minister made clear. from the united states. we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the y.p. g r let's take a closer look at the two groups just referred to by the turkish defense minister the p.k. k. for example dakota start workers party a group that's been fighting took to use for more than three decades calls them a terrorist organization now why p.g. on the other hand is a mostly militia based in syria regards them as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y.p. as allies now in january the pentagon announced it was creating a code its led security force are right on turkey's doorstep in northern syria and in response launched a military campaign against kurdish militias well ankara has long been complaining a

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has met president as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been at odds over washington support for kurdish militias in syria is angry the u.s. banks groups that turkey calls terrorists to us and trying to ease tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough to appease ankara. always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the democratic forces would be limited mission specific provided all that you committed to achieve military objectives only we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the white b.g. well let's take a closer look at the two groups the defense ministers are very into there the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington.

use of german leopard tanks against the kurds in northern syria both sides know a strengthening of ankara and butlins military ties would likely be unpopular. well now i'm a gret karrenbauer might not be a name that rolls off the tongue especially for non german speakers try saying it ten times fast but you might be hearing it a lot more because in the future because chancellor angela merkel has told her conservative c.d.u. party that she would like her to become its general secretary that means that she would be in charge of the party's david day operations and of places her in pole position to take over as chancellor if america steps down it's by all means a colorful choice and a good come combo of the take the position as general secretary of the cd hugh although she already has helped more important posts within the party but conservative leader uncle america wanted a party manager whom she can trust one hundred percent and on a good come come by has been close to america for many years we can once again when we have known each other for many years now and i can say that we can rely o

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on a visit to ankara america's top diplomat attempts to improve worsening relations with key nato ally turkey has tensions going syria over washington support for kurdish groups which turkey considers terrorists. the limp experience it is being. embraced by competitors from around the world of the winter games in south korea with rivals helping each other around. the specific russian athlete he offered me a whole boy track because of the fact that he was willing to reach out and hold me insights like that just grit time shows that sport can bridge cultures it can bridge politics. and a new report into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election claims popular american media outlets were in directly involved in meddling themselves. here watching r t international live from our moscow studio with me in india today welcome to the program the u.s. secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has already met with the president earlier on as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been at odds over w

of plotting against ankara in syria it comes amid a fall out between nato allies over turkey's operation against u.s. backed kurdish militias in syria. why does the u.s. continue to send weapons to northern syria even after i saw has been cleared why are you still here 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

an outlawed group according to tillerson the disagreements over syria are being resolved and both ankara and washington will now be working towards the same goal our two countries share the same objectives in syria the defeat of isis dash secure and stable zones an independent and unified syria. tillerson and his counterpart. announced that they did stablish the mechanism so that the true nato allies would be able to resolve all issues and better collaborates but no details were given and there was another problem that was not going away the continued refusal by the us to extradite. the mounted york users of orchestrating the dramatic twenty sixteen field. only. environment in relation to fit to land do we have evidence do we not have evidence can he be extradited or not rather than having these discussions in the press and in public we will have these discussions and work together on these issues thank you very much us talkers religions have probably never been worse off but rex tillerson visit seems to have been a positive one clear message that the two allies will start working togeth

secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara a rex tillerson has held talks last in more than three hours with the president of the one now the nato allies have been at all kodesh forces in syria in the run up to the meeting of the defense minister the turkish defense minister made clear. from the united states. we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the. let's have a bit of a closer look now at the two groups referred to by the turkish defense minister of the p.k. k. for example the kurdistan workers' party a group that's been fighting turkish authorities now for more than three decades. calls them a terrorist organization now the why p.g. on the other hand is mostly kurdish militia based in syria and korea gods them as a branch of the p.k. k. however the us led coalition sees the y.p. ji as allies now in january the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led border security force in the region and that move triggered outrage from ankara which started a military campaign agains

support for kurdish forces in syria ankara claims any support for kurds is an acceptable branding their forces terrorists in washington argues that its support is limited in that it doesn't pose a threat to turkey. or for a journalist karen lloyd to spin specializing in the middle east and its coverage believes that the u.s. and underestimated the conflict between turks and kurds. seem to have not a really good idea of the situation on the ground today overstretched their position and their relations immensely and the situation you know the relation with the kurdish groups on the other side is not very stable especially because isis mostly disappeared and they announce it even by themselves that the relation with the kurdish groups now is to have a presence in the area to have influence rex tillerson said this very clearly we have influence over thirty percent of the country we have influence over a lot of people there and over the oil fields of syria he made it clear what is interesting interest is not to support the kurds and not really to have a good relation with turkey but to maint

secretary of state is in turkey this is in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson is that with president hu and as well as the country's foreign minister the nato allies have been at odds over washington support for kurdish militias in syria and is angry that the u.s. backs groups turkey calls terrorists rex tillerson is trying to ease tensions by claiming that support is limited but that does not seem to be enough for ankara it's. always very clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian forces would be limited missions. are provided all the political version is to achieve the lottery objectives although we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. k. the y p g so here's a closer look at the two groups just referred to by the turkish defense minister the p.k. k. that's the kurdistan workers' party it's a group that's been fighting the turkish authorities for more than thirty years anger on washington consider them a terrorist organization and on the other hand american turkey have very d

secretary of state is on a visit to ankara in an attempt to improve siring ties with nato ally turkey. the olympic spirit is being embraced by competitors from around the world at the winter games in south korea the rivals helping each other right bryza specific russian athlete he offered me hope boy technical help the fact that he was willing to reach out and help me in such desperate time shows that sport can bridge you know cultures it can bridge of politics. and french president emmanuel micron moves journalists out of the presidential palace which has been their home for decades. you're watching r t international live from moscow studio with me in india today welcome to the program the u.s. secretary of state is in turkey in an effort to mend ties with ankara rex tillerson has met with the turkish counterpart and with president. the nato allies have been at odds over kurdish forces in syria in the run up to the meeting the turkish if the defense minister made clear what ankara wants from the u.s. . we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to end all the su

ease tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough to appease ankara. always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the democratic forces would be limited mission specific provided only if a little beige is to achieve military objectives only we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to and all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. the white b.g. well let's take a closer look at the two groups the defense minister was referring to there the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization however america and turkey have different views on the syrian based kurdish militia called the people's protection units or the white petri anchor regarded as a branch of the p.k. k. and therefore terrorists but the us led coalition sees the white p.g. as allies in the fight against islamic state in syria. well in january the pentagon announced it was creating a kurdish led security force on turkey's doo

in ankara ties have been strained in recent months over u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria i think that you'll never reject the other doctor to our relations are going through a critical stage we are either going to mend fences or go in a different direction and we've come to an agreement to take joint steps together of course we need to take steps and yes of course both parties have expectations of each other we have expectations in relations to fit hoola glenn and the support given to the white b.g. by the u.s. we have stated our expectations quite clearly well the secretary of state mr tillotson says the u.s. and turkey share the same objectives in syria but also he's warning turkey over its operation against kurdish fighters in a fight and we recognize the legitimate right of turkey to secure its borders we take it seriously when our nato ally turkey says it has security concerns. as to africa we call on turkey to show restraint in its operation to minimize the casualties to civilians and avoid actions that would escalate tensions i

greece center of threatening row over the sovereignty of two small isles with ankara threatening to break legs if this doesn't back down. and the record moderates police corruption scandal the u.s. city of baltimore is introducing a so-called cease fire weekend i hope it temporarily stops a spate of killings. of people all around the city make commitments to just be peaceful and be valid for three days with to start with a week if you keep. a weekend no on the side. you're watching the live from moscow. thanks for joining us this hour. the release of a highly anticipated congressional memo approved by the u.s. president has ended speculation on one side and started on another this time over the fate of the investigation into trump's links to russia or let's take a look at a breakdown of the controversial memo it claims the u.s. justice department and f.b.i. illegally obtained a warrant for the surveillance of a former page and to be granted the warrants the f.b.i. used the dossier allegedly funded by the democratic party and clinton foundation. i think it's terrible you want to know the t

capital ankara turkey has been angered by u.s. policy which it believes threatens its national security and president. made that clear during a three hour long meeting with the u.s. secretary of state. in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdish militia the y.p. gee. turkey says the y. p.g. is a terrorist organization that's killed thousands of torture civilians and soldiers in recent weeks the support for the kurdish fighters has baffled the turks who say the americans should be siding with their nato allies and not with an outlawed group according to some the disagreements over syria are being resolved and both ankara and washington will now be working towards the same goal our two countries share the same objectives in syria that if the advices. secure and stable zones and independent and unified sure to listen and his counterparts. announce that they've established a mechanism so that the true nato allies would be able to resolve all issues and better collaborates but no details were given and there's

secretary of state hell talks with turkey's president as well as his turkish counterpart in ankara so rex tillerson let's couples although agreed an important relationship was in a bit of a crisis the u.s. top diplomat arrived in the capital late on thursday and breaking protocol rex tillerson held a three hour meeting with the president. and the foreign minister without a translator tell us and is an anchor at ease growing tension between the two nato allies over several issues with operation operations in syria being the tipping point to yell reports from ankara if you will. rex tillerson didn't receive the warmest of welcomes when he arrived in the turkish capital ankara turkey has been angered by u.s. policy which it believes threatens its national security and president. made that clear during a long meeting with the u.s. secretary of thing. in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdish militia. turkey says the y.p. g.'s a terrorist organization that's killed dozens of talk of civilians and soldiers in recent weeks this support for the kurdish fighters has

fighting in syria, conquer a threatening -- ankara threatening, and we speak with democratic forces ashey prepare for a possible attack. e tolawyers for -- prepar plead their case in the absence of their client, this after the last survivor suspect in paris refused to return court. on the eve of the winter olympics, north korea has held a large military parade attended by the military leader kim jong-un. north korea as a large military power grid it is -- power. it is normally held in april. now seen as a red flag. we have more from pyeongchang. inorter: for certainly many south kokorea, they will say its an act of provocation. north korea flexing its muscles with a large-scale military parade in the heart of the north korean capital, pyongyang. a celebration of north kokorean mililitary, coming at a sensitie time as this is the eve of the opopening ceremony of the wiwinr olympipic gas in n pyeongchang, south korerea. athletesororea has involved in the games, invited by south korea to join in n on e special moment for the peninsula. some in south korea will certainly see this as an act

a kurdish led border security force in the region and the move triggered a furious reaction from ankara which has long been calling on the us to stop arming the kurds however washington now seems to be denying it ever actually supplied their weapons in the first place. we have never given heavy arms to the y.p. jews so there's none to take but in terms of weapons the united states has provided weapons to the syrian democratic forces for use in iraq we need to arm and train and equip their pressure help the kurdish government in erbil and strong and starch allies we should be using we should be doing the kurdish region to be the bin smoothers really proving to be the most reused one of the long standing. support of the kurds were the peshmerga who are on the front lines fighting us now the turkish government considers these kurdish forces operating in syria to be terrorists and feels quite threatened by them and has been a long outspoken in demanding that the united states and its support for these forces why you still here why do these weapons still arrive america is in the process of c

due to arrive there thursday in a much anticipated meeting following a souring of ties of late with ankara the two nato allies have been at odds over kurdish forces in syria but washington's rhetoric seems to be softening. through where it's going to. new york there so what's been happening the buildup to this final leg to listens trip take us through it. well in the lead up to the trip of tillerson to turkey we are hearing u.s. officials make statements to the effect of supporting the turkish government and saying that their security concerns are fully legitimate let's take a listen to what we've heard nato or one nation one of our allies. and insurgent shooting inside its own borders and nato and america stand with turkey on an image should curity concern we have never given heavy arms to the wife to do so there is none to take by. now these security concerns that u.s. officials are referencing are security concerns that it could be argued the u.s. government had a lot to do with creating at this point the united states is currently supporting kurdish forces in syria and at this point we