i'm outside the headquarters of turkey's ruling ak parti, in the capital, ankara. my guest is president recep tayyip erdogan. he's busy preparing for elections which he's called a year and a half early. is he trying to pre—empt a possible slide in his popularity, or simply trying to tighten his grip on power? and how worried is he about military escalation in the middle east, following that decision by donald trump to pull out of the iran nuclear deal? president recep tayyip erdogan, welcome to hardtalk. barack 0bama says donald trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear dealwas, iquote, "misguided and could trigger an arms race in the region." do you share that specific concern that we could see other countries in the region developing their own nuclear weapons programmes? it has to be preserved but i mustjust ask you, specifically, do you share barack 0bama's concern that this could trigger an arms race in the middle east, countries perhaps like saudi arabia seeking their own nuclear weapons programme if iran begins to enrich uranium again? so you're disappointe

its presidential candidates thousands of people rallied in ankara where the republican people's party decision in his first speech. for democracy to be a president for all turks called the twenty fourth snap election a year and a half ahead of schedule zimbabwe's ruling party has launched its election campaign ahead of a presidential vote in july president. remains a candidate for the poll his party lost several seats in recent primary elections leaving analysts predicting it will be a closely fought campaign it will be the first election without the former leader robert mugabe in power since independence in one nine hundred eighty. people in lebanon head to the polls on sunday for parliamentary elections it's likely regional players iran and saudi arabia will be closely monitoring the outcome of the vote as the rift between them deepens lebanon is caught in the middle how so how about i reports from beirut. it's the last day of election campaigning opponents trade accusations and lebanon's main political parties why for a bigger say this is a country that is divided along sectarian l

a trench will flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people the powerful waters that vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. police in paris have fired tear gas at some protesters during a day of largely peaceful demonstrations across the country tens of thousands of people protested president emanuel mccall sweeping reforms a year after he took office critics say his economic and social reforms favor the wealthy and corporations by cutting some worker protections. and slovakia instead of celebrating i'm a wedding friends and family are mourning murder journalist young kid siac and his fiance martina could siac had been investigating high level corruption in the country they're still on resolved killings in february have rocked the country's political class mass protests following the death of the couple triggered the resignation of the prime minister amid demands to battle corruption and protect press freedom. it should

a trench will flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people a powerful water as fat vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. last weekend russia's first floating nuclear reactor embarked from st petersburg it's now crossing the baltic sea at nine kilometers per hour headed for the arctic it's meant to generate power for around two hundred thousand people in eastern siberia but many fear it could be an environmental time bomb. environmentalists say the reactor represents a floating chair noble and they fear it could become a nuclear talk tannic russian authorities say the academic almost sofa is safe and unsinkable the one hundred forty four metre hull carries two modified naval reactors the fuel rods and on board yet they'll be added in more months. to harden the sport we are escorting this ship at the moment to attract attention to it we want to urge the baltic states and also the nordic countries to do everything possi

other stories making news around the world last floods have hit a neighborhood in turkey's capital ankara injuring six people and dragging cars from the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded all residents sought shelter on the top floors authorities said cleanup crews had already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood terrace police have fired tear gas at some protesters during a day of the largely peaceful demonstrations across the country thousands of people took to the streets of the french capital to protest government policy is a year after president emanuel now calls election critics say his economic and social reforms favor corporations and the wealthy by abolishing worker protections and increasing police power. voters in lebanon are gearing up for their first parliamentary election in almost a decade hopes are high that the vote on sunday will and prolonged political gridlock but forming a government could take months or even longer in part due to the country's complex party system. locals in china captured the moment when a huge chunk of mountain collapsed

flash floods have hit a neighborhood in turkey's capital ankara injuring six people and dragging cars from the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded while residents sought shelter on the top floors authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. voters in lebanon are gearing up for their first parliamentary election in almost a decade hopes are high that the vote on sunday will end prolonged political gridlock of forming a government could take months or even longer in part due to the country's complex party system. and tunisians go to the polls tomorrow in their first free municipal elections it's seen as a step in the country's democratic transition tunisia it was the birthplace of the so-called arab spring and has been held up as a democratic success story but there is widespread frustration over unemployment and low economic growth u.s. president dollar trump has made a fresh vow to protect gun ownership he was speaking at the end of all national rifle association convention the n.r.a. is the most powerful pro-gun lobby in the u.s.

a tarantula flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people the powerful water sent vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. russian opposition leader alexina vall me has been released from custody after being detained yesterday at an anti putin rally in moscow some one thousand six hundred activists were arrested in other demonstrations across the country against president putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president on monday. to bundesliga football now and i'm joined by tom good noise from d.w. sports to talk us through the penultimate set of fixtures tom welcome it was a big day on saturday wasn't it it certainly was now as always with the last two much days of the bundesliga season or of the games could go on saturday three so was really makes for a very exciting couple of hours. have had an accident season this year and they had a chance away from home against out book to guarantee their second place finish in

but a rental flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people the powerful water sent cars floating through the streets and they also flooded dozens of homes and offices. and staying in turkey president recha type everyone has launched his campaign for a snap general election that he called for june twenty fourth he's been addressing crowds of thousands gathered in istanbul told them opposition parties are trying to divide the country and he vowed to resist their efforts there is much on the line for the upcoming ballot winning will secure winning it would secure him sweeping new presidential powers narrowly of proved last year. for more about the start of the election campaign in turkey from our correspondent let's go to julia hahn in istanbul how did president present himself today and what did he say. while he spoke in front of thousands tens of thousands of supporters waving turkish flags and flags bearing the symbol of the islamic group to this to add once party he gave a fierce speech since there is a lot indeed at stake for him he doesn't onl

a trench will flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people the powerful water said vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. russian opposition leader alexina vali says he's been released from custody after being detained yesterday at an anti-poaching rally in moscow novotny had called for a nationwide protest against president putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president on monday some one thousand six hundred activists were arrested in other demonstrations across the country. french police say forty thousand people hit the streets in paris yesterday in a protest targeting president emanuel mackerel the demonstration comes one year after mccrone took office in a landslide election when organizers of the protests say the young president's social reforms hurt working people macron first sale a president of the rich that's what more than seventy percent of french people say according to a recent survey and forty thous

presidential candidate for next month's election thousands of people rallied in ankara where the republican people's party and its decision has promised a struggle for democracy and to be a president for all. its. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. who. for generations millions of indonesians have depended on the chip to run river but today the river is poisoned. textile factories that supplies some of the biggest fashion brands are using it to dump talks to chemicals. and steve on this episode a one on one east we investigate the human cost of the world's most polluted river . on the chittering river fisherman like rudy no longer catch fish big catch cluster . but i am beginning to figure out a god. but the i hate although us look us up our last. a. a lot will kill all the. indonesian rivers dump two hundred thousand tons of plastic into the sea each year . but for the millions that live along the river there's something worse than

i found out you grew up-- >> i grew up in ankara, turkey. >> stephen: in ankara, turkey.the acropolis in greece. i was 10 years old. i could have worn that to the met ball. >> stephen: that is that's-- >> it looks like a pajama outfit. i saw some people who looked like they had on a couple of pajamas, but it was a beautiful thing. i grew up in turkey, so we traveled a lot when i was a kid. >> stephen: there you are again. >> that was me in fourth grade. >> every little black girl has a picture that looks like that, where you're bangs are rolled up to here. where are the black girls in the audience you know what i mean. you know what i mean. your bangs are rolled up to here. >> stephen: what were you doing in turkey? >> my dad was an electronic engineer who worked for the grt gft and we were assigned overseas. >> stephen: an electronic engineer who work forked government. >> here we go. i know what you're going to say. >> stephen: what years are we talking. >> '60-'66. >> stephen: that's when the united states had missiles secretly in turkey. your dad was a spy! your dad w

since my visit to ankara injanuary last year both turkey and the uk have suffered grievous attacks bymilitarily we are aware of the risk of foreign fighters dispersing from syria and iraq. to counter this we have today agreed to take concrete steps towards measures that will formalise our information sharing. our intent is to agree that when turkish authorities return a british citizen suspected of terrorist offences to britain, they will do so with vital evidence such as media taken from mobile devices and transcripts of interviews. this will support our efforts to secure the convictions of those who seek to do us harm. we've also reaffirmed our commitment to deepen cooperation between the home office and the turkish ministry of the interior. this commitment means that we will look at how our police, border, customs and coastguard agencies can share information more easily in order to tackle the terrorists and organised criminals involved in money laundering, drug smuggling and people and arms trafficking. turkey is on the front line of many vital issues for the uk particularly in sy

cleric fed to large arch enemy of turkish president and the one many who work at the school fear that ankara will strike again. the portions of in the world the lists of lists of people who were. the worst in kosovo this commission has also started their issues so. call sources is human trafficking. the abductions have put the government in pristina in a tight spot. the interior minister and the head of the intelligence services have been fined the prime minister's office is doing everything it can to limit the damage. to those persons if you look at this summary of the whole situation of is that you did not represent a threat to the course or society and it was the they were put in the group of the predation that should have not been deported there is no it sounds that someone can be in that we board any more forceful lawyer and intelligence expert lobby not lead pastika says the government's reaction is a sham he doubts that the police and intelligence services could have carried out this operation without the knowledge of their superiors. describe another much of. what is most disturbing

action is these deaths all right well look at all next to all this in turkey let's get the view from ankara we're joined by saying that chief international relations professor at the middle east has called university turkey's been pretty outspoken about this over the last couple of days first of turkey as i mentioned to our viewers just now recalled its ambassador to israel over the gaza situation president was also accused the country israel of carrying out genocide against the palestinians or says going to mean now for ongoing israel turkey relations are they going to deteriorate quickly. i think it rose. on friday turkey's government already called for a big demonstration i think there will be more than one million or twenty million people from all over the country and this will be also used for domestic purposes because turkey is entering into early elections it is an international opportunity now for the government to make more points of it but what is more important is of course that president. the leader of the verdict against israel against israeli decision against american decision

since my visit to ankara injanuary security.sh is defeated militarily we are aware of the risk of foreign fighters dispersing from syria and iraq. to counter this we have today agreed to ta ke counter this we have today agreed to take concrete steps towards measures that will formalise our information sharing. 0ur that will formalise our information sharing. our intent is to agree that when turkish authorities return a british citizen suspected of terrorist offences to the uk they will do so with vital evidence such as media taken from mobile devices and transcripts of interviews. this will support our efforts to secure the convictions of those who seek to do us harm. we've also reaffirmed our commitment to deepen cooperation between the home office and the turkish ministry of the interior. this commitment means that we will look at how our police, border, customs and coastguard agency ‘s can share information more easily in order to tackle the terrorists and organised criminals involved in money laundering, drug smuggling and p

bleeding allies moscow is making inroads with ankara now turkey russia and iran gather regularly on syria and trump isn't being invited but they at least friends still buy american guns right we signed historic agreements with the kingdom this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a one hundred ten billion dollars saudi funded defense purchase. and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense company that was trump boasting before saudi arabia saudi arabia america's chief ally in the middle east the clear that it is buying russian s. four hundred missiles which turkey is also doing that's a new low for us policy and things aren't looking up you can bet there are no one filled russian bass or ships in countries that matter it's moscow as doris day almost unbelievably vacant american posts in egypt jordan libya could tar saudi arabia syria turkey and of course iran where we have no embassy america's policy has been simple divide red versus blue shia versus sunni friends versus enemies problem is the world isn't black and white there

bleeding allies moscow is making inroads with ankara now turkey russia and iran gather regularly on syria and trump isn't being invited but they at least friends still buy american guns right we signed historic agreements with the kingdom this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a one hundred ten billion dollars saudi funded defense purchase and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense company that was trump boasting before saudi arabia saudi arabia america's chief ally in the middle east declared that it is buying russian s. four hundred missiles which turkey is also doing that's a new low for us policy and things aren't looking up. you can bet there are no one filled russian basser ships in countries that matter to moscow as doris day almost unbelievably vacant american posts in egypt jordan libya could tar saudi arabia syria turkey and of course iran where we have no embassy america's policy has been simple divide red versus blue shia versus sunni friends versus enemies problem is the world isn't black and white there are

bleeding allies moscow is making inroads with ankara now turkey russia and iran gather regularly on syria and trump isn't being invited but they at least friends still buy american guns right we signed historic agreements with the kingdom this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a one hundred ten billion dollars saudi funded defense purchase and we will be sure to help our story friends to get a good deal from our great american defense company that was trump boasting before saudi arabia saudi arabia america's chief ally in the middle east the clear that it is buying russian s. four hundred missiles which turkey is also doing that's a new low for us policy and things aren't looking up. you can bet there are no one filled russian bass or ships in countries that matter it's moscow as they are today almost unbelievably in american posts egypt jordan libya could tar saudi arabia syria turkey and of course iran where we have no embassy america's policy has been simple divide red versus blue sheer versus sunni friends versus enemies problem is the world isn't black and white there a

frustrates efforts to resume the peace process with trump bleeding allies moscow is making inroads with ankara now turkey russia and iran gather regularly on syria and trump isn't being invited but they at least friends still buy american guns right we signed historic agreements with the kingdom this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a one hundred ten billion dollars saudi funded defense purchase. and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense company that was trump boasting before saudi arabia saudi arabia america's chief ally in the middle east declared that it is buying russian s. four hundred missiles which turkey is also doing that's a new low for us policy and things aren't looking up. you can bet there are no one filled russian basser ships in countries that matter it's moscow as doris day almost unbelievably vacant american posts in egypt jordan libya could tar saudi arabia syria turkey and of course iran where we have no embassy america's policy has been simple divide red versus blue sheer versus sunni friends versus enem

on the way back i'm going back via antaliya and ankara. their moment, and there's something about this cup run that has their manager believing his side, who he affectionately calls "my boys", will do something special against madrid. we are liverpool, and not only a really good football team, this club has in its dna that they can really go for the big things. nobody expected us to be here, but we are here, because we are liverpool. this team clearly has "it", that magic you can't quite explain. can you repeat the question, please? laughter. even in front of the world's press, they cut relaxed figures. but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerard's team won their fifth champions league trophy, in istanbul. it's time to step out of their shadows. it's about us creating our own history. we want to go one step further and remember it for the right reasons, and that's us winning the champions league. there's the small matter of getting past real madrid first, a side aiming for their third consecutive champions

status symbols missed in just says as president he would not use the gigantic presidential palace in ankara but rather turn that building into a university so democracy just is an economic reforms these are some of his core promises during this election campaign you mentioned the economy is very important right now and at the moment the turkish currency the lira is plunging sauce about twenty percent of its value against the dollar and the euro since the beginning of the year let's hear what. i had to say about that turkey is now a free market economy and you can bring your money in freely but the government is considering penalize ing those who move their money abroad why would any investor come in the current situation even turkish investors don't invest money in turkey. they all move their capital elsewhere. you can't regulate the economy with policing measures when we get elected we will solve these problems in three months by working with experts and applying universal principles and laws like that which i say when we get elected it sounds like a very easy solution but does her inch ev

. >> a massive flood swept through the turkish capital of ankara. vehicles have washed through the roads and residents remain shocked. look at this video rain. expected to last three hours saturday afternoon. all of this coming down in nine minutes. in all four people were injured and more than 160 cars and 25 businesses sustained injuries -- occurred damages, rather according to the mika brzezinski stri of labor. >> certain-- images of labor. >> bill karins? >> good morning, everyone. the northeast saw some rain yesterday and that is clearing out for your monday. just a few showers left over. as we go throughout the afternoon hours, we'll watch this little storm system over the appalachians. we'll see some hit and miss showers. southern pittsburgh, pennsylvania, mainly north carolina, hit and miss showers at worst. the storm system slowly clears out. but as you can he tell there is not a lot of bad weather out there. hot in texas, oklahoma, gorgeous in the south east and no comp warm afternoon after a gorgeous morning with highs in the 80s in most

bleeding allies moscow is making inroads with ankara now turkey russia and iran gather regularly on syria and trump isn't being invited but they at least friends still buy american guns right we signed historic agreements with the kingdom this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a one hundred ten billion dollars saudi funded defense purchase. and we will be sure to help our story friends to get a good deal from our great american defense company that was trump boasting before saudi arabia saudi arabia america's chief ally in the middle east declared that it is buying russian s. four hundred missiles which turkey is also doing that's a new low for us policy and things aren't looking up. you can bet there are no one filled russian basser ships in countries that matter to moscow as doris day almost unbelievably they can american posts in egypt jordan libya could tar saudi arabia syria turkey and of course iran where we have no embassy america's policy has been simple divide red versus blue shia versus sunni friends versus enemies problem is the world isn't black and white there a

vehicles were swept down streets in ankara after sudden downpours turned streets into muddy rivers.ix people were hurt and 160 cars and 25 businesses were damaged. the man who stopped last month's attack at a nashville waffle house by tackling the gunman is being called a hero all over again. the gofundme page james shaw, jr., has set up for the victims has passed $227,000. de'ebony groves was among the four people killed. her mother accepted her diploma at her graduation ceremony this weekend at belmont university. up next, when he was accepted in this army, it was quite a feather in his cap. touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. up to 90% of those with moderate to severe psoriasis had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. most people were still clearer after one year. with taltz, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may increase risk of infections and lower your ability

that you are mr foreign minister why if you want to continue did your president tell parliament in ankara last october to tell the truth we don't need the membership anymore so which is it you want to do what i view or you don't want to do anymore which is a this is the reaction. this is a reaction. when european union behaves turkey that on that turkey needs european union turkey needs european union and european union needs turkey we are everywhere of this but some european countries unfortunately don't see the fact so why so you don't leave you any man or you said your meal time trees in the european union actually against turkey your membership made big my shirt off the e.u. countries you member states actually are in favor of turkish actually you know when membership anymore he said you struck not you have the air as it were the reaction to this is the reaction of the country who has been waiting at the door for sixty years ok sixty years so i was away that it is turkey is a mistake so why they said yes so why threaten europe in march last year when the diplomatic pressure what can w

ankara, mr.rning in erdogan called an economy meeting.s , -- president trump reneges on the iran deal. lose.electable let the midterms begin. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ," live from new york, i am tom keene. francine lacqua, there is just no news flow. where do we begin? let's talk turkey. simin is istanbul with us. we have an economy meeting coming up. francine: right. this was called by the president. this goes back to what we were quizzing the deputy prime minister in washington about, which is is the central bank really independent. it is quite a move. i am looking at a lot of m&a news, including the media landscape with liberty global selling their access to vodafone. tom: we have appreciation of the west virginia dollar. we will look at that coming up. right now, our first word news. here's taylor riggs. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has arrived in north korea to prepare for president trump's summit with kim jong-un. pompeo'speii a'-- second visit there in recent weeks. is said toligarch have met a

weather still in place across parts of the middle east chiefly those northern areas of had flooding in ankara turkey has seen some lively downpour some wet weather also making its way it was that eastern side of the mediterranean lebanon jordan well possibly as well could see some wet weather a lot of clout there across much of iraq to the east of that iran generally try and fine for monday it will go downhill as we go through the week some showers there into that eastern side of afghanistan that will pull away a couple picks up to around twenty five degrees celsius not too bad to the north of that as that cloud coming into iran some really heavy right likely to see some flooding into parts of iraq as a result of these live the showers still a few showers there just around eleven and by richard around twenty two degrees celsius but it shouldn't be as bad as it has been recently fits for the selfish generally dry across the right information or the process saudi arabia could see some possibly some rain thirty eight thirty nine celsius here. in doha are a keen southerly wind so with the possibi

lovely city, but come on. 0n the way back, i am going back to ankara, it the reds, that is all that mattersrtunate, flights have been counselled out of john fortunate, flights have been counselled out ofjohn lennon airport today, leaving hundreds stranded. got it from an emotional perspective, but disgusted from the perspective, but disgusted from the perspective at the way it has been handled. as a family, it meant so much to us. those fans are desperate to be here because they truly believe it is their moment. there is something about this cup run that their manager is saying they can do something special against real madrid. this club has it in its dna they can go for the big things. nobody expected us to be here, but we are here, because we liverpool. this team clearly has the magic you cannot explain. even in front of the press, they cut relaxed figures, but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerrard's team won their fifth champions league trophy in istanbul. it is about time they step out of their shadow. it is about this team and creating our own histor

into that western side of russia there's the heat there kiev twenty nine celsius twenty seven in ankara and twenty seven there for athens as well similar picture as we go on into thursday not too bad shot perhaps a little livelier up around the baltic states and it's quiet at long last there in london forty degrees temperatures going in the right direction nineteen celsius there for madrid but you do see that wet weather just sliding across the far northwest of africa so northern areas of algeria seeing some very wet and windy weather it's going to slide as well little further east which slowly but surely by thursday. unpack it for us what were you here and what were you seeing whether online horrendous things humans told us there's absolutely no doubt about that or if you join us on the sat a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth have far bigger fish to fry chips to eat this is a dialogue talk to us about some of this success if perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots themselves are making the decision to join the colobus conversation amount is iraq. welcome

weather system here it's brought us a lot of wet weather and some of it has been very very heavy for ankara here we only had ninety minutes of rain but this is what those nine minutes caused her if it flooding there really is quite dangerous and i feel very sorry for that man that fortunately we haven't had any reports of fate teletubbies that man did survive we've got more wet weather still to come we're not expecting anything quite as severe but there's still likely to be some rather spectacular downpours over parts of turkey wants more we've also got this area of rain that's working its way eastwards and still pulling itself together so for some of us in iraq and in a run this still going to be a good deal of cloud and quite a bit of wet weather around also further east there's also another weather system here that's edging away further eastward still but for some of us nafta stand still really to be a few breaks of rain over the next day or so now a little bit of that unsettled weather is just spilling a little bit further south so some of us in parts of saudi arabia are likely to see m

separatist forces so his main opposition party has named as his presidential candidate at a rally in ankara and his first speech and promise to struggle for democracy and be a president for. three other smaller parties are also backing him he will take place on the twenty fourth of june a year and a half ahead of schedule the president. called a snap election last month. the world's chemical weapons watchdog is considering a french offer that would enable it to assign blame for chemical attacks. can only determine whether an attack with a banned substance has taken place not who carried it out it comes as the czech president and misses his country had tested a substance that britain alleges was used to poison a former russian spy on its soil. allegations the czech republic had produced novacek the nerve agent used in service cripple and his daughter. i have drawn this conclusion was produced and tested here though in a small amount and then destroyed we know where and we know when it's a park received to pretend like none of this happened. the head of. has resigned after the airline's frenc

on the way back i'm going back via antaliya and ankara.verpool airport today, their match tickets now expensive reminders of memories never made. gutted, from an emotional perspective. disgusted, from the perspective of the way i've been handled. as a family, it meant so much to us. well, those fans are so desperate to be here because they truly believe this is their moment, and there's something about this cup run that has their manager believing his side, who he affectionately calls "my boys", will do something special against madrid. we are liverpool, and not only a really good football team, this club has in its dna that they can really go for the big things. nobody expected us to be here, but we are here, because we are liverpool. this team clearly has "it", that magic you can't quite explain. can you repeat the question, please? laughter. even in front of the world's press, they cut relaxed figures. but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerard's team won their fifth champions league trophy, in istanbul

six people have been injured in the turkish capital ankara, after dramatic flash floods engulfed theluge, and others had to scramble to safety, as their vehicles were swept away. officials in hawaii say there've been new lava cracks in the ground, as mount kilauea continues to erupt. these new fissures and the existing cracks are emitting hazardous sulphur dioxide fumes, and more people are being moved out of their homes. a number of properties have already been destroyed. as you can see here, the huge piles of molten rock give an idea ofjust how active the volcano currently is. there are still no reports of any deaths or serious injuries. commemorations have taken place on the scottish island of islay to mark the 100th anniversary of two first world war troopship disasters that took the lives of hundreds of american soldiers. princess anne took part in events to mark the sinking of the ss tuscania and hms 0tranto in 1918. from islay, here's our correspondent glenn campbell. as islay remembered the twin tragedies of 1918 at the american monument on the island, a naval tribute by thre