who's been in jail since twenty sixteen vice president mike pence is threatening sanctions against ankara if i'm sure brunson is not released. a russian delegation is in lebanon to discuss plans to repatriate syrian refugees the groups holding talks with lebanese prime minister saad hariri that are almost a million registered syrians living in the been on during the general election in may several political groups ran on promises to send the syrians home xina holder has been meeting following that meeting in beirut. russia says it has a plan to facilitate the repatriation of refugees it sent a delegation headed by putin special envoy on syria to lebanon to discuss with lebanese officials the way forward there is little information on what this plan and visitors and some russian officials have been talking about setting up centers close to the borders and that the russians will provide guarantees to refugees once they return but clearly many refugees are concerned because what they want to see is the is the united nations involved in organizing these returns because they are demanding secu

ok let's bring in our guest joining us today here on inside story from ankara yousif cannily a turkish journalist and former the editor of the how to get daily news out of berlin we'll be talking to football commentator and radio host and in brussels julian to us french sports journalist and writer welcome to you all gentleman use of candy and korea first is he german or is he turkish of course he's a turkish gentleman like me i'm a turkish cypriot no one can deny my cypriot nothing my turkishness their message is ill is german all turkish origin and is proud of being turk and being a gentleman and this is what he has been saying all along and have therefore thinking that his idea or ignoring his turkish big grant or deny his german identity would of course be a racist up roasted issue and that's why he was really furious with the treatment he received the very he will start since really was a gentleman that he was a little he was a turk the so-called unacceptable eric glasser in berlin can he really be both. well officially the german citizen years played for the german national team

ok let's bring in our guest joining us today here on inside story from ankara yousif cannily a turkish journalist and formerly the editor of the how to get daily news out of berlin we'll be talking to football commentator and radio host and in brussels julian to us french sports journalist and writer welcome to you all gentleman use of candy and korea first is he german or is he turkish of course he's a turkish gentleman like me i'm a turkish cypriot no one can deny my cypriot north of my turkishness and miss it is ill is german all turkish origin and is proud of being turk and being a gentleman and this is what he has been saying all along and have therefore thinking that his idea or ignoring his turkish big grant or deny his german identity would of course be a racist up roasted issue and that's why he was really furious with the treatment he received the very he will start since truly was a gentleman then he was a fool he was a turk the so-called unacceptable eric glasser in berlin can he really be both. well officially the german citizen years played for the german national team an

teams said they were abused by some fans during the warm up before a domestic game use of cannily in ankara how is this being not reported in turkey how how is this being perceived in turkey is there any question in turkey that this is racism. yes and by and large there is a over as an acronym and. in all the end pro-government circles it media which is the government is getting less and there's any out. there this is the races who. acted in a manner defending it's not his national honor this is the general perception. as i said it his own power to place the photograph where he were to state a date after him remove the. photograph it from the colors and instead put of what put down shaking hands. this has become a national sentiment but don't forget this decision or this move came immediately after the enter supriyo where germany is it i mean even the chancellor merkel said they are committed that there was a problem in germany regarding treatment ordered by juries order for readers eric last if we just broadness for a second we live in a time particularly in the context of europe of identi

been in jail since two thousand and sixteen vice pres of mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew bronson is not released the heads of special forces of iran's revolutionary guard has warned donald trump not to start a war major general. says if the u.s. does begin a conflict iran will destroy all it possesses is joining many iranian agents who are reacting to a tweet by donald trump that want to run would suffer dire consequences if it continued to threaten the u.s. . the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera after people in power twelve boys and their football coach go missing deep in a cave in northern timer with rising floodwaters rescuers are running out of time and want to a nice big inside story of time and extraordinary keep on al-jazeera. provoking one of the largest corruption investigations in suffer american history the cold war scramble has left its mark on countries from brazil to. business leaders multinational corporations and politicians have been caught up in on the creation ranging from bribery and money to going to distorting the democr

ok let's bring in our guest joining us today here on inside story from ankara yousif cannily a turkish journalist and formerly the editor of the how to get daily news out of berlin we'll be talking to football commentator and radio host and in brussels julian to us french sports journalist and writer welcome to you all gentlemen use of candy and korea first is he german or is he turkish of course he's a turkish gentleman like me i'm a turkish cypriot no one can deny my cypriot north of my turkishness and miss it is ill is german all turkish origin and is proud of being turk and being a gentleman and this is what he has been saying all along many have therefore thinking that his idea or ignoring his turkish big grant or deny his german identity would of course be a racist up roasted issue and that's why he was really serious with the treatment he received the very he will start since truly was a gentleman then he was a fool he was a turk the so-called unacceptable eric glasser in berlin can he really be both. well officially the german citizen years played for the german national team a

minister who's been in jail since twenty sixteen vice president mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew bronson is not released. the u.s. government says it's freed more than eighteen hundred migrant children from immigration detention facilities you know when it comes just hours ahead of a court order deadline the government says it's reunited more than fourteen hundred children with their parents but at least seven hundred children are still separated as they are not eligible for reunification. french president emanuel macron has rejected any new trade deal between the e.u. and the united states said europe and france never wanted a trade war he said the u.s. needs to make clear gestures about reducing the trade dispute those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in about twenty five minutes after witness life and. but. ella must. mezzo live to have or does will that isn't. just a file. to store for millions of. men been forgotten our. alina lit instrumentalist. never got behind. degrees or whatever night. some up the fire may be deadlocked of a year for th

disaster that was an awful tragedy in turkey which overshadowed, it says, the lavish ceremony in ankaraf president gowda won the. —— erdogan. not only did he win the election, but in a referendum a few months earlier got new sweeping powers to the presidency. he has just sacked a a few thousand civil servants, mainly teachers, he has appointed his son—in—law as the finance minister and interestingly, when you look at who attended his inauguration, very few european leaders. i think you have bulgaria at hand and then you had missed the bureau —— mr maduro. at hand and then you had missed the bureau -- mr maduro. you know turkey extremely well, what do you make of the decision to appoint his son—in—law as the finance minister? people would think is this not nepotism? there are lots of qualified people around, it is in that light is certainly an interesting choice of. but with this being said, if he keeps on, i don't know whether he kept on his deputy prime minister, he has a very steady hand on the economy. he was finance minister and was outstanding. the stock about the financial times s

in ankara send him tell us about these new powers. the president is going to assume under this new system and what have been the reactions to this new turn. beginning from one of the house hours ago president became the head of the state and head of the government and for the first time turkey has a president who is aligned with a political party so in many terms this is first and turkey this is what they call executive presidential system which has never been tested before in any of the countries and the ruling party and presents have always have that this is a turkish president a presidential system now turkey has a parliament and the president the president has many executive powers as well as legislative powers and the despite the number of lawmakers in the parliament have been increased in the last election on june twenty fourth many critics say that the parliament is not as effective as before because it will not have the chance to monitor the presidency but even though. this by these critics the parliament has the right to. ask

quickly turned into racism and disrespect from the public on the media the streets in the capital ankara has already been renamed aves president told reporters he respected those decision. we're going. to keep. i'd like to express my admiration and my respect to him and it's good to. push it it's unacceptable that a young man who has given his all for the german national team this should be treated in such a racist fashion because of his religious beliefs so we did it and said show up today to have more of the top of the hour elvis will have your business update in just about. done beethoven. his work goddess fortuna. the maestro and famous. beethoven fischbach twenty. people world over t.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us.

been in jail since two thousand and sixteen vice president mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew bronson is not released. ugandan president yoweri museveni looks like he'll be able to run for a sixth term that's thanks to a court ruling that currently need to be under the age of seventy five to run to seventy or seventy three but would have been blocked from entering the next election due to be held in twenty twenty one now a new bill has been signed scrapping the age limit has the opposition accusing the seventy of a power grab philippine president has signed a new law to give the muslim community on the island of mindanao its own regional government armed groups in the region have been fighting for autonomy for more than forty years the conflict that has killed more than one hundred thousand people it's hoped the new law will help bring an end to the fighting. with all the headlines more news continuing here after al-jazeera world do stay with us. guns are part of the civic cookie. is simple but their knowledge of what. city but the more peaceful and lit are the. big

put a million people into chechnya into the caucuses if he starts moving them around mr erdogan in ankara will react very badly turkey has got literally a footprint on syrian soil it's his semipermanent presumably he wants to stay where do those people go and what kind of life do they have once they get there. well so far according to the russians that they want them to go back to their own basically areas but here we have two issues the first one is that the syrian regime has been still medically trying to prevent many people to go back to their areas may lay around were the masters basically the border with lebanon for example you have that which has been captured for more than two years it's completely empty and many other towns are completely empty so the russians cannot basically pressure the regime to allow those people to go back to their areas so as many of them cannot got to go back to their areas then they will be displaced elsewhere and that is something that people are not willing to basically risk their lives for and the other thing is that basically many of those people they

john how are you going to get the borders reopened with turkey proper relations reestablished with ankara you know the problem is that it isn't armenia cool or the border with turkey in fact it's talking that close to border with army in fact that border is open from the armenian side and it's talking should make decision. on opening the border. and our main year is ready to establish diplomatic relations with torquey without precondition. and without any precondition and that's that should make a decision and. with all of this happening at the moment with all of the international. infighting that's going on the european union and the united states do not have a good relationship at the moment liberal democracies in the west are in crisis with the rise of the far right russia and the united states have a troubled relationship though donald trump and me putin seem to be getting along just fine how do you see the the white house particular led by donald trump in terms of its impact on what happens to armenia and the armenian context do you look at what's happening in europe and the united s

been in jail since two thousand and sixteen vice pres of mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew bronson is not released the heads of special forces of iran's revolutionary guard has warned donald trump not to start a war major general. says if the u.s. does begin a conflict iran will destroy all it possesses is joining many iranian agents who are reacting to a tweet by donald trump that want to run would suffer dire consequences if it continued to threaten the u.s. . the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera after people in power twelve boys in their football coach go missing deep in a cave in northern timer with rising floodwaters rescuers are running out of time and want to a nice big inside story of time and extraordinary keep on al-jazeera. provoking one of the largest corruption investigations in suffer american history the cold war scramble has left its mark on countries from brazil to. business leaders multinational corporations and politicians have been caught up in on occasion ranging from bribery and money to bring to distort the democratic pro

a street in turkey's capital ankara has already been named in eyes -- renamed in his honor.resident erdogan told reporters he respectededzil's decision. have a lisisten. >> i would likike to expre m my adadmiration a and my respect to him. it is on except both the youngg man who has given his all for the german nationanal team shoud be treated that such -- with such a gracious fashion because of his religious beliefs. sarah: his resignation has also raised the -- questions about the behaviors of his sponsors. helena: of course those accusations of racism extending to the sponsors, namely mercedes-benz, a name spot -- a main sponsor of the german national team. ozil says they dropped him from their car campaign after photographs with him and erdogan were published. rip city's is reportetey examining those clalaims, but ol 's largest sponsor announced it will continue their real the -- relationship with him despite the controversy. we're joined here by a professor at the university of hamburg with a specialization in sports economics. thank you ray much for joining us. -- than

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deadline either now i do want has been sworn in for a second term as turkey's president at a ceremony in ankara also assumes sweeping new powers after a controversial referendum on the role of the president in april last year but critics say the changes undermine the strength of the country's democracy and centralized decision making in the office of the president. revamped his cabinet and named his son in law to the key post of finance minister is more on that with you neal this from the european council on foreign relations. so investment is really important for turkey foreign investment is really important but also there will be local elections in the next several months and for that president or will need to invest more on the economy so there's this tension between growth and financial discipline which president on seems to be favoring growth which will go bring him over what's bush police believe a woman who died after being exposed to novacek received a high dose of the nerve agent and must have handled its container don't study just died on sunday just over a week after she fell ill in

based cleric ayatollah glenn in ankara says was behind a failed coup attempt. u.s. has condemned recent violence in nicaragua accusing president no takers government of indorsing murder and intimidation at least three hundred people have been killed since anti-government protests began in april with local media reporting three more were shot dead on tuesday with hagar is refusing to step down and he denies that he controls the paramilitary groups blamed for most of the deaths of the united states government condemns the ongoing violence and intimidation by the ortega controlled armed groups in nicaragua that includes the arbitrary arrests of seven hundred nicaraguans who have opposed the ortega government as corroborated by multiple sources we also condemn the cowardly attacks on the catholic church leadership the buildings and it here and there along with the deaths of hundreds of protesters the attacks have been widely documented internationally and are completely unacceptable the nicaraguan government cannot continue its to excuse its behavior and blame others fo

since against ankara if andrew bronson isn't released the us government says it's released more than eighteen hundred migrant children from immigration detention facilities in announcement comes just hours ahead of a court ordered deadline by which immigration authorities have to return about three thousand separated children to the families the government also says it's reunited more than fourteen hundred children with their parents but at least seven hundred children are still separated as they are not eligible for reunification french president emmanuel mckown has rejected any new trade deal between the e.u. and the united states has said that europe and france never wanted a trade war he said the u.s. needs to make a clear gestures on its part to reduce the trade dispute those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. cutting off the supply of middle east oil saudi arabia temporarily suspend shipments through the straits opted to have its tank this hour attacked by the rebels off the coast of yemen without further fuel regional tensions and to hi

and our correspondent joins me now from the turkish capital ankara good evening to you you will have we heard president want today say that his country is and i'm quoting here in barking on the journey towards a strong government parliament and a strong turkey as a whole what does he mean when he says a strong turkey. well a strong country needs a strong leader a strong president that is his claim that has been his claim for the past months of course he is saying this country needs a strong leader to tackle the challenges all the perceived threats terrorism for example turkey is facing and now he is an almost all powerful head of state he can pull the strings basically from the presidential palace here and that's where we are but this whole promise of a strong nation is only credible if actions follow look at the economy for example the economy is not doing well at all still missed out on set today he is going to turn turkey into one of the ten most successful world economies soon but he just didn't say how he's going to do that so it will be interesting who are the people he's going

into what he calls racism and disrespect from the public and the media a street in turkey's capital ankarahas already been renamed in his honor ms it is what i believe it is now called the president and the one told reporters that he respected decision how listen. we're going to zoom into the earth to keep the i'd like to express my admiration and my respect to him you have to go to the earth the ocean it's unacceptable that a young man who has given his all for the german national team should be treated in such a racist fashion because of his religious beliefs so we did and as resignation from the national team has also raised some questions about the behavior of his sponsors helen humphrey has that story sara thank you very much indeed of course those accusations of racism extending it to the sponsors namely maceda spends a major sponsor of the german national team now ursus said that the car company drops him from their ad campaigns after those photos of the turkish president. were published sadie's is to reportedly examining those claims but largest sponsor has announced it will contin

a second time with greatly increased powers the ceremonies currently taking place in the capital ankara. from where we are joined by seeing them cause and. so this is now the start isn't it officially of the new executive presidency in turkey which gives. a sweeping new powers and abolishes the purpose of prime minister. exactly martin now prisons are done is at the turkish assembly turkish parliament he just finished taking his oath and. in the last one minute turkey is shifted to the new presidential executive government system from now on presenters are so proud john will run as the president of turkey for five more years with very huge powers in his head and today after the national anthem he is expected to come to the presidential complex where he will have a large ceremony and he will be and now seeing the new cabinet today and the new cabinet is is not going to be among the ruling party outpoint the deputies who are in the parliament right now but m.-o. technocrats and among some former ministers he has said so the cabinet and element is going to be a highly surprise for turkey e

government president trichet had the han started off commemorations by attending a koran recitation in ankara promising the families of the victims that they would not be forgotten on july two thousand and fifteen factions within the turkish military tried to overthrow the hun nearly two hundred ninety people were killed in the resulting clashes nor will it. the egyptian government has been accused of exploiting counter-terrorism and state of emergency law to crack down on opposition a report by human rights watch found the laws were especially abuse than the run up to and after the march presidential election it accuses egyptian police and security forces of unjustly arresting journalists activists and critics of president of the c.c. . the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea haven't braced warmly at a concert celebrating the end of a long state of war eritrean president who was on his first trip to the country in twenty two years old for joint growth and the making up of last time the former east african foes for a border war from one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand mohammed though

the west so more of us in turkey will see that rain there's also the risk of seeing a bit of it in ankara as well towards the south the draw as you might expect for many of us here beirut about thirty degrees and still pretty hot in baghdad at forty six now here in doha our temperature really depends on the wind direction at this time of year because it comes from the east that it brings in the humidity and the temperatures are actually lower but it feels very sticky that's what's happening on saturday so forty four degrees will be our maximum but it will feel quite sticky quite a bit of humidity around there on sunday the winds change that we firing down from the north and that's a draw a direction for the air and with dry air the temperatures can get that bit higher so forty seven degrees maybe even higher will be our maximum for sunday down towards the southern parts of africa lots of areas of rain here they're all working their way eastwards and dragging down the temperatures as they do so as well so durban eighteen degrees will be our maximum on saturday the rain clears for sunday an

put a million people into chechnya into the caucuses if he starts moving them around mr erdogan in ankara will react very badly turkey has got literally a footprint on syrian soil it is semi permanent presumably he wants to stay where do those people go and what kind of life do they have once they get there. well so far according to the russians that they want them to go back to their own basically areas but here we have two issues the first one is that the syrian regime has been still medically trying to prevent many people to go back to their areas malay around who are their masters basically the border with lebanon for example you have that which has been captured for more than two years it's completely empty and many other towns are completely empty so the russians cannot basically pressure the regime to allow those people to go back to their areas so as many of them can i will go back to their areas then there will be displaced elsewhere and that is something that people are not willing to basically risk their lives for and the other thing is that basically many of those people they

based cleric for toller golan ankara says he was behind a failed coup attempt. sixteen senators have quotes nigeria's ruling party in a major blow to president mohammad who biharis bid for reelection the defections make the all progressives congress or a.p.c. a minority in the senate thirty two members of the lower house are also changing sides most of the defectors are joining the main opposition a murderous has more from nigeria's capital abuja. relationship between the executive and legislature in nigeria has been solid for a very long time and the genesis of it was the election of leadership of the of two chambers of parliament when elections were won and lost in two thousand and fifteen the ruling party of the a.p.c. wanted sutton members to contest and win positions in the house of representatives and the senate but again there were some members of the ruling party including the senate present kind of senate president would effect it and some members of the party would join him in moving to all cross competition to another party went behind the scenes and

protests which followed calls turkey to withdraw its ambassador from tel aviv and expelled israelis from ankara it was six years before diplomatic ties were restored and israel agreed to pay compensation to the families of the dead subsequent patellas of escaped attack but not interception despite most activists knowing that the israeli navy will never allow their boats to reach gaza they say they will continue to try in order to raise awareness of israel seach stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. to zimbabwe now where opposition leader nelson chamisa has been reported to the police for holding an unlawful press conference on the eve of monday's election when campaigning is not allowed. to received an endorsement from an unlikely source former president robert mugabe who said he was the only viable candidate son of p.f. leader and current president. has accused the pair of striking a deal from harare a remote tussle reports. it's the second time robert mugabe has spoken to reporters since he was forced from office last november his reappearance hours before monday's general election was a surprise

she plans to tour nicosia, athens and ankara this month and provide an assessment to the u.n. secretary general on whether there's potential for the assumption of negotiations on the issue of reunification. the republic of cyprus has been steadfast ally and sip reyachts of all -- and cypriots of all backgrounds design an end to this sense legislation -- senseless division of their homeland. today the united states despite strong language and -- despite turkey's strong language and actions, is a friend to both cyprus and turkeys. as an honest broker to both sides we can help them see a unified future for cyprus is far more promising than the present division. our relationship with our allies must be based on shared values and mutual respect. at the core, the rule of law must be respected above all else. i encourage the greek and cypriot leader to -- leaders to help keep the lard work of reunifying a people divided for over a generation. tough and important issues remain but hopefully this illegal occupation will come to an end. a reunified island nation would serve as a spark f

protests which followed calls turkey to withdraw its ambassador from tel aviv and expelled israelis from ankara it was six years before diplomatic ties were restored and israel agreed to pay compensation to the families of the dead subsequent patellas of escaped attack but not interception and despite most activists knowing that the israeli navy will never allow their boats to reach gaza they say they will continue to try in order to raise awareness of israel seach stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. people have died as wildfires continue to sweep across the u.s. state of california more than thirty eight thousand people are still on the evacuation orders. reports. the entire community of keswick california has been turned to ash nothing remains a want slightly little town of about seven hundred people now resemble something like a far away planet from a science fiction movie the fire that roared through here was described as a tornado of flames there was nothing firefighters could do to stop it the way the front fire front was coming through it was going to do what it wanted to do we might be ab

interesting meeting between those kurdish fighters and damascus which is certainly going to make ankara sit up and take note. yes you have these are actually very interesting times for all the players who are playing on serious chess boards especially considering the latest social media rows between leaders of united states iran and finally turkish officials yesterday about about passive bronson's house imprisonment so this to this actually this meeting came at a very interesting time you know of turkey and you not to the states have been cooperating a security situation in men which they have been a joint patrolling since june fourth but what i have learned from my sources in that this is not the first time that the idea of the syrian. the syrian kurdish group has been sitting on a table with the syrian regime according to my sources in on curragh since it is since the situation in member begin in last june for at this is the sixth time that they have been coming together of course we know that russia is supporting an independent kurdish enclave in northern syria but also we have been

been in jail since two thousand and sixteen vice president mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew brunson is not released. president has rejected any new trade deal between the e.u. and the united states. europe and france never wanted to trade war. to make just about reducing the trade. now with all the headlines we're back with more news on al-jazeera to the street. for the first time since robert mugabe was forced from power by the army the people of zimbabwe well the next president but a struggling economy and frustration amongst many young voters means the result. is still hard to predict follow the election analysis there. ok and join the string live on our air and on today we discussed a new proposal to house migrants and refugees attempting to cross the mediterranean sea. and then later we'll welcome back past guests. eritrean to explore what renewed relations between the countries means for their people but first have a look at this story from out as. he reports from the hall where some of the latest news about pakistan's general election millions came out even

thousand and sixteen and the fate of hama correspondent and reports the threat of sanctions against ankara came during a conference to promote religious freedom. u.s. vice president mike pence talked about persecution during the first ever state department conference on protecting religious freedom around the world hence highlighted the case of u.s. born minister andrew bronson jailed nearly two years ago in turkey on charges he was involved in the attempted coup against president recip tayyip erdogan on but no one expected pants to say this if turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of faith and send him home to america. the united states will impose significant sanctions on turkey until pastor andrew bronson is free to nap after a tweet from president donald trump confirming the threat he is suffering greatly this innocent man of faith should be released immediately the turkish foreign minister immediately fired back also on twitter no one dictates to turkey we will never tolerate threats from anybody rule of law is for everyone no exception to the sun you know to

strong government in parliament as he was sworn in for a second term as president at a ceremony in ankara at that assumes office with sweeping new powers after a controversial referendum on the role of the president in april last year critics though say the changes undermine the strength of the country's the ocracy and centralized decision making in the office of the president meanwhile turkey's economy is struggling and the currency has fallen significantly in recent months. well funny how cora is a turkey analyst at the international affairs think tank chatham house he joins us live now in the studio thank you so much for being with us so first of all i guess the think the say about the cabinet is that the number would be fewer than sixteen down to twenty seven members but any particular appointments the you will be looking out for the most crucial will be the. check the former deputy prime minister will be appointed in a in a in an economy related role the markets financial markets tend to view him positively he's been absolutely critical in projecting a positive image for turkey among

the west so more of us in turkey will see that rain there's also the risk of seeing a bit of it in ankara as well towards the south the draw as you might expect for many of us here beirut about thirty degrees and still pretty hot in baghdad at forty six now here in doha our temperature really depends on the wind direction at this time of year because it comes from the east that it brings in the humidity and the temperatures are actually lower but it feels very sticky that's what's happening on saturday so forty four degrees will be our maximum but it will feel quite sticky quite a bit of humidity around there on sunday the winds change that we firing down from the north and that's a draw a direction for the air and with dry air the temperatures can get that bit higher so forty seven degrees maybe even higher will be our maximum for sunday down towards the southern parts of africa lots of areas of rain here they're all working their way eastwards and dragging down the temperatures as they do so as well so durban eighteen degrees will be our maximum on saturday the rain clears for sunday an

referendum on the role of the president and april last year so tim costello reports from the capital ankara. with a couple or escorts present projects a prior dawn arise in his palace. this time as the first president of the nia system of executive government in turkey addressing his international guess he pledges to build a strong country. in the new period turkey will go even further in every area from the economy to big investments basic rights and liberties after becoming stronger turkey will continue to share the resources it has with its citizens and friends. the new system is seen as the biggest change of governance since the republic was a stablished in one thousand nine hundred twenty three by most of a camel as the founding father of modern turkey. the post of prime minister has been scrapped but a seat is saved for a vice president the number of ministries has almost been held. we will strengthen turkey in every field including the defense industry and border security will make very big investments in every area from finance to macroeconomic balances in order to become one of the

sunday just pushing a little bit further towards the west we could see a few outbreaks of rain in ankara as well to the south of all of that is dry and hot for us in beirut thirty degrees and even hotter for us in baghdad and here in doha the temperatures will be rising as we head through the next few days at this time of year it all depends on the humidity that's what dictates the temperature so forty four degrees and still with a fair amount of humidity in the air as we head through saturday but on sunday it's a very dry air and so the temperatures will get that bit higher so forty eight degrees hot but a dry heat for us that in towards the southern parts of africa we've got a fair amount of cloud in the south you can see it all drifting its way eastwards as bored as a fair amount of rain and it's going to continue to do so is it just nudges its way eastwards there on saturday then it's going to be durban where we see some of the heaviest outbreaks of rain nineteen degrees will be our maximum temperature but as that system pulls away things will turn a bit cooler behind it and then our

based clerics a killer golan from ankara says was behind a failed to attend. the trumpet ministration has announced a multi-billion dollar aid package for u.s. farmers is being seen as an admission that americans are being hurt by the president's protectionist policies the money is aimed at shielding farmers from toms disputes with china and other leading trading partners white house correspondent kimberly hauck it has more. in many rural parts of the united states fears of an escalating trade war are real a lot of producers might not survive this. in early july the u.s. slapped twenty five percent tariffs on hundreds of chinese goods imported into the united states china responded with its own measures targeting u.s. products china's one of the primary markets for us poor consumer being an american farmers have been hit hard by the tit for tat tariffs we actually redirected shipments to from two that were in route to china to other countries to alternative markets. with an increasing number of americans suffering the consequences of global trade tensions us p

been in jail since two thousand and sixteen vice president mike pence threatened sanctions against ankara if andrew brunson is not released. the president has rejected any new trade deal between the e.u. and the united states. europe and france never wanted to trade war the u.s. needs to make just about reducing the trade. now with all the headlines we're back with more news on al-jazeera to the street. for the first time since robert mugabe was forced from power by the army the people of zimbabwe will see the next president but a struggling economy and frustration amongst many young voters means the result. is still hard to predict follow this election and i'll say. ok and join the streaming live on out is here and on today we discussed a new proposal to house migrants and refugees attempting to cross the mediterranean sea into your family could be and then later we'll welcome back past guests and one eritrean to explore what renewed relations between the countries means for their people but first have a look at this story from out is there is a summer he reports from lahore with some of

strip as your type i do one has been sworn in for a second term as takis president at a ceremony in ankara also seems sweeping new powers after a controversial referendum on the role of the president in april last year critics say the changes undermine the strength of the country and not proceed and centralized decision making in the office of the president while taking economy struggling with the current sea falling significantly in recent months and his inauguration address said turkey was entering a new era. today we promise to propel our people and our country forward under a new system of understanding of the ninety five year republic we are embarking on this road using this opportunity as best we can for a strong parliament strong government and strong turkey. we will strengthen turkey in every field including defense industry and security we will make very big investments you know every area from investments to matter economic balance issues in order to become one of the ten largest economies. this is a visiting fellow ear pain council on foreign relations joins me in the studio tha

john how are you going to get the borders reopened with turkey proper relations reestablished with ankara you know the problem is that it isn't armenia that cool or the border with turkey in fact it's talking that clause border with armenia in fact that border is open for the armenian side and it's talking should make decision. on opening the border. and i mean here is a ready to establish diplomatic relations with torquey without precondition. and without any precondition and that's that should make a decision and. with all of this happening at the moment with all of the international. infighting that's going on the european union and the united states do not have a good relationship at the moment liberal democracies in the west are in crisis with the rise of the far right russia and the united states have a troubled relationship with donald trump and let me putin seem to be getting along just fine how do you see the the white house particular led by donald trump in terms of its impact on what happens to armenia and the armenian context you look at what's happening in europe and the unit

started off commemorations by attending a qur'an recitation in ankara promising the families of the victims that they would not be forgotten on july two thousand and fifteen in july two thousand and fifteen factions within the turkish military tried to overthrow nearly two hundred ninety people were killed in the resulting clashes and hundreds more wounded. now the egyptian government has been accused of exploiting counter-terrorism and state of emergency laws to crack down on opposition or pork by human rights watch found the laws were especially abused in the run up to and after the march presidential election is accuses egyptian police and security forces of unjustly arresting journalists activists and critics of president until sisi to reuters journalists arrested in myanmar last year will go to trial on monday after more than six months of pretrial hearings the two men face up to fourteen years in prison for allegedly violation the official secrets act they were investigating the killing of ten rangar men and boys when they were arrested step voss and explains. why loan and child say t

a second time with greatly increased powers the ceremonies currently taking place in the capital ankara from where we are joined by saying them and. so this is now the start of this isn't it officially of the new executive presidency in turkey which gives rather tired edda one sweeping new powers and abolishes the past a prime minister. exactly martin now president are done is at the turkish assembly turkish file.

saying no light at the end of the tunnel for pastor brunson and they reported too that diplomats in ankaraexpecting him to be released at the july 8th trial. it was somewhat shocking that did not happen. we literally saw the united states jump into action from the president of the vice president, secretary of state and congress within minutes of that ruling on wednesday. rob: it sounds like president erdogan is trying to hold brunson as a bargaining chip. there was this guy who was a cleric that erdogan says tried to create a coup a few years ago. he is in the united states. sounds like he wants to trade pastor brunson for him. any chance that might happen or are we going to protect this muslim cleric living in pennsylvania? >> i can't speak for the united states but i do know that is not our policy. we don't trade. that would set up a terrible precedent because american citizens would be at risk when they travel internationally. someone could grab them and use them as a bargaining chip. we don't do that and i would not expect the united states to do that. jillian: the white house jumped o

sunday just pushing a little bit further towards the west we could see a few outbreaks of rain in ankara as well to the south of all of that is dry and hot for us in beirut thirty degrees and even hotter for us in baghdad and here in doha the temperatures will be rising as we head through the next few days at this time of year it all depends on the humidity that's what dictates the temperature so forty four degrees and still with a fair amount of humidity in the air as we head through saturday but on sunday it's a very dry and so the temperatures will get that bit higher so forty eight degrees hot but a dry heat for us that in towards the southern parts of africa we've got a fair amount of cloud in the south you can see it all drifting its way eastward as bored as a fair amount of rain and it's going to continue to do so is it just nudges its way eastwards there on saturday then it's going to be durban where we see some of the heaviest outbreaks of rain nineteen degrees will be our maximum temperature but as that system pulls away things will turn a bit cooler behind it and then our maxi

had a fiery exchange today, over a new d statute thatefines israel as a jewish nation-state.sh in ankara, turresident recep tayip erdogan condemned the law in provocative terms. >> ( translated ): with this legislation, it is proved without doubt that israel is the world's most zionist, fascist, racist state. there's no difference between hitler's obsession with a pure race and the belief that these ancient lands are just for the jews. d the soul of hitler, who e world to a great catastrophe, has risen again wiin some of israel's officials. >> woodruff: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired back in a tweet that accused ergan of "massacring syrians and kurds." ivanka trump, the president's daughter and senior advisor, is shutting down her namesake fashion company. she cited the need to focus on her work at the white house. her brand had come under fire for manufacturing clothes in china. she also faced ethical questions about winning trademarks in china since her father took office. and, owall street, blue chips advanced, on upbeat earnings reports. the dow jones industrial aver

trump discussed the importance of implementing the agreement in a phone call last month washington in ankara agreed the plan that would see the syrian kurdish y p g group leave beach turkey sees the kurdish fighters as terrorists because of their links to insurgents across the border. and the syrian army says it's captured a key strategic hill as it pushes into the rebel held a contest a region. the government events follows an intensive round of airstrikes and the syrian observatory for human rights has been reporting fierce fighting on the ground control of a current there would consolidate president bashar al assad's hold on the south. protests across southern parts of iraq of now into the second week as anger grows over unemployment and a lack of basic services demonstrators have been gathering at the main entrance of this natural gas field meanwhile iraq's commodities porters reopened after it was shut down by protesters three days ago dozens of activists have been injured in demonstrations that started in basra last weekend on sunday two people were killed in a shooting in the city of