have beenspects arrested here in belgium linked to both the parents and belgium attacks. investigators have confirmed they are really dealing with one cell. concerned iss very the interior minister in belgium. he has earmarked 15 million onos to crack down radicalization to prevent these ingocities ever happene again. they are cracking down on drugs in residential neighborhoods. a lot of the suspects started out as petty criminals. morel is very low in belgium. saw 25ursday night we counterterrorism police officers called in sick saying they were overworked and understaffed. updatethank you for that on the terror charges in brussels. the greek navy has sent a tank landing ship to the island of to house refugees and migranants amid freezing coldd weather in europe. ship is providing accommodation for around 500 migrants. groups working there say 16,000 people are stranded in precarious conditions in camamps on the island with many families and children living in tents in freezing temperatures. vessel greek military will host about 500 migrants whose camp tents have been fl

we have seen french citizens, belgium citizens do terrorism. they'd be allowed to come into this country to do it here. why aren't we tightening that up? that's what should be done. so, mr. president, i'm going to conclude the evening. it's late. sally yates was a profile in courage, a profile in courage. maybe some of her courage, her insight, her wisdom would rub off on the people in the white house. maybe they'll back off and repeal this executive order and then we can work together and truly try to tighten up the laws , the actions of the administration to prevent terrorists from coming here. this resolution makes us less safe. it was poorly done in a slipshod, quick way that foretells real trouble in the white house. and most of all, it's done more to tarnish the great american dream, the great moral force of america that has made us in pare greatest country in the world. in one and two days undoing the work of generations. please, mr. president, reconsider. really think about this. don't just tweet. don't just get mad. don't just call nam

we have seen french citizens, belgium citizens do terrorism. they'd be allowed to come into this country to do it here. why aren't we tightening that up? that's what should be done. so, mr. president, i'm going to conclude the evening. it's late. sally yates was a profile in courage, a profile in courage. maybe some of her courage, her insight, her wisdom would rub off on the people in the white house. maybe they'll back off and repeal this executive order and then we can work together and truly try to tighten up the laws , the actions of the administration to prevent terrorists from coming here. this resolution makes us less safe. it was poorly done in a slipshod, quick way that foretells real trouble in the white house. and most of all, it's done more to tarnish the great american dream, the great moral force of america that has made us in pare greatest country in the world. in one and two days undoing the work of generations. please, mr. president, reconsider. really think about this. don't just tweet. don't just get mad. don't just call nam

eurostar would remember that you go through very strict audit checks in brussels before you leave belgiumou get to britain —— border checks what it says here is if you get on in brussels and say to them, you are only going to the next stop, which is lille in france, within the schengen zone, which doesn't require a border check, you can say you are going to lille and stay on all of the way to the uk and evade all of the checks between belgium and the uk, which the daily mail says is a risk in terms of terrorists and criminals being able to exploit the loophole. it says at the bottom of the front page that the bottom of the front page that the lille loophole was closed when it was revealed in 2011, then it says turn to page four. surely, you can't — can't someone check your ticket to realise your ticket only goes as far as lille? i know this because i got the train about two weeks ago from brussels to london and they check your ticket when you get on at brussels and you go through customs at brussels but i would be astonished if many people travel from brussels to lille by that mechanism b

they're the ones responsible for the metastasisization in germany and belgium where the families are so upset. that's the problem. we can't go off and sue twitter. this is going to stifle innovation and that's not the culprit. the culprit is the policy, the jv policy on isis that allowed them to grow and fester and incite more terrorism. eric: i'm going to go to juan after the comment about obama being partly responsible. >> you have a policy argument, a serious argument. i think you and i would agree that no court would say you should sue the president of the united states because his policy is some-- is in dispute or somebody-- >> i was joking. >> that's what i took it to me, but i think that in general, going back, there's a point i agree with gina on. i think you're right, these people have to do a better job of keeping bad guys offment i didn't realize. you say they had verified some of these terror actors, that's outrageous. but i do think that going back to what eric said about first amendment rights, we don't want any of these big corporations limiting who should speak and i

elgin started off as neutral -- belgium started off as neutral before they were invaded. then you have germany, austria, hungary, the ottoman empire. world war i stretches beyond what we are seeing on the western front. you have a middle eastern theater. you have a lot of what is happening in places that are now part of the modern middle east. susan: we are now back in the net it states with buildups of armaments. mitchell: right, they are showing how america is becoming prepared for the war. we really started the war completely unprepared. we had to rely on the allies for everything from shipping to mostly what armaments we would use in combat, especially airplanes. but here, you show the navy built up. the navy central role was not for much combat, but destroyers were used to protect the truth transfer ships as they left american port. because they were under threat to fight the merchant ships were from german u-boats. susan: how was the war financed? mitchell: war was financed from the american coffers, but eventually, there were similar drives where americans were ask

that was especially true when we visited prisons in belgium.gs, we learned that when an inmate escapes from a belgian prison, authorities will try to catch him, but not charge him with an additional crime. >> the law that says the effect of escaping is not a crime. but they can do another crime. for example, if they escape with their prison clothes, keeping the prison clothes is a crime. unless they send the clothes back. and in the past we have someone who escaped, jumping out of the window. after two, three days, we get the clothes back washed and cleaned. so he didn't make any crime. >> and even though belgium has one of the world's lowest crime rates, we met our share of murderers there as well. but shawn schaeffer's interview was one of the more unusual ones we conducted. we met him in the segregation unit of prison haselt, a maximum security facility. >> on 30 december, i killed my wife. >> okay. why and how? >> i killed her with a big knife. >> why? >> because i had no gun with me. >> okay. but why did you kill her? >> oh, why? i was ver

tomorrow, in holland, we're gonna use money we picked up in belgium today, then we'll be in france, andust got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: a huge manhunt continues in turkey for a gunman who opened fire on revellers celebrating the new year at an istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people. and a fire on board an indonesian ferry has left 23 people dead, with many others still missing. let's just remind you of the breaking news this hour. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's start here with the straits times, starting with singapore's first baby to be born in 2017, something positive, before also looking at that shooting on new year's eve in turkey. on the new york times international edition, its m

our correspondent robert hall is in belgium for us now. which was demolished during the battles for passchendaele. passchendaele is a milestone in the series of events marking the centenary of the first world war. not least because if you talk to people about the first world war probably the first images they conjure up are of passchendaele, because of the mud and the scale of the losses. a little bit more about that in a moment, and about those commemorations, but first, let's hear the memories from two people, they wrote it down and they were there. "my wound was slight and i was hobbling back and then a shell burst, slick upon the dartboards, so i fell into the bottomless mud and lost the light." "there was not a sign of life of any sort. not a bird, not even a rat or a blade of grass." the words of those who tried to sum up the hell of paschendaele. three months when more than half a million men died. three months when the allied army fought an enemy, the mud and the cold, to gain a few miles of ground. a century ago, ypres was under s

tomorrow, in holland, we're gonna use money we picked up in belgium today, then we'll be in france, andthe way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm maiko oi in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: a huge manhunt continues in turkey for a gunman who opened fire on revellers celebrating the new year at an istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people. and a fire on board an indonesian ferry has left 23 people dead, with many others still missing. let's return to the new year's eve attack on a night club in istanbul. hundreds of people were killed in terror attacks across turkey in 2016. a short time ago i asked michael daventry, a london—based turkish journalist, just how much more the country can take. a very pertinent question. i mean, by my accounts, if you go back to about the first ofjune 2015 and co

how, should we ban people from france or belgium because they've had terrorism problems?at we're going to say to the world that we're going to discriminate against the largest religion in the world, that's what we're saying, we're going to pick on you to discriminate against coming from a country that in our very fabric says we will never discriminate on the basis of religion. it is also, by the way, let's be very clear what the president is ing. he's putting our soldiers in harm's way. he's putting our diplomats in harm's way when we aggregate these agreements don't you think that people that have ill will towards our country are going to use that as a basis to garner more madness in our society? >> intelligence officers have made that an argument as well. we should point out that we've asked donald trump's campaign, his transition, and we've asked the white house exactly what will states they're going to be talking about stopping immigration or stricter rules on immigration, whether a state like france, as you pointed out, or belgium would be among that list. so far we

isis also claiming responsibility for a coordinated terror attack in belgium.ew themselves up at the brussels airport, while another explosion took place ban hour later at a train station. more than 30 people were killed in the bombings and hundreds more injured. by autumn, iraqi forces were leading the fight to retake mosul from the islamic state. troops taking heavy fire and heavy suicide bombs as they go block by block trying to remove isis militants from iraq's second largest city. also in the middle east, the civil war in syria continues to drag on. the u.s. along with rebel groups work to defeat the militants but russia complicating the situation by launching airstrikes against both isis and rebel forces. the fighting leading to an ongoing humanitarian crisis. millions of civilians forced from their homes and tried to leave the country, while others remain trapped in syria without reliable access to food or medicine. in other news, earthquakes rattled various parts of the globe. in february, a magnitude 6.4 temblor hit taiwan killing more than 100 people.

fresh from victory at the sydney international, she takes on kirsten flipkens of belgium hoping to book place in the second round. you can follow it all over on radio 5 live sports extra, there's full commentary from melbourne. andy murray is already through to the second round of this, his first grand slam as world number one. he got his campaign off to a winning start, beating ukraine's illya marchenko. as nick parrott reports. will this be the year andy murray finally stepped out of the shadows of the australian open? he has reached five finals, but has yet to win it. top seed for the first time at the grand slam and on the other side of the net was world number five, illya marchenko. if anyone thought this would be a big introduction to the tournament at the beginning of the year, this was wrong. andy murray was made to sweat for almost an hour before he could ta ke for almost an hour before he could take the first set. the ukrainian was determined not to give the world number one an easy ride, breaking at the first opportunity in the second. the britain needed a tie—break to ove i’

including from the top left here a film producer from india, a 19-year-old woman from israel, a dual belgium turkeyish citizen, at least 11 turks were killed including the young man you see in the lower right. there was one american among the 69 people wounded, the u.s. has identified him as william jacob rock. we turn to other news now in the u.s. cautioning north korea after leader kim jong-un claimed the country's close to testing a ballistic missile. the state department released a statement reminding him banning those tests, to refrain from provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric. what are north korea's nuclear capabilities? >> reporter: it's important to check between the rhetoric and the reality, isn't it? we do know of course that they have nuclear capabilities, the fifth and largest nuclear test carried out under kim jong-un in september 2016 not long ago at all. two nuclear tests last year alone, of course there was a response with sanctions but that doesn't seem to be stopping him. we do also know that the majority of their successful missile test and there were a number of

if they come from belgium or france, if someone is conducting cyber attacks against the united states and we pass a imposes sanctions as mandatory, would you advise the president to sign it? mr. tillerson: that second element leads the executive ranch no latitude or flexibility a broad array of cyber threats. i think it is important that those be dealt with on a country by country basis. other elements into consideration and the relationship. giving the executive the tool is one thing. useiring the executive to it without any other considerations, i would have concerns about. understand, if you said it was mandatory you would not advise him to sign it because you want the president to have the flexibility to decide which countries to sanction and which to not sanction? mr. tillerson: under which circumstances do you sanction? sen. rubio: because you want to take other things into account, like the desire to improve relations with that country and therefore, the president may be does not want to sanction them even if they are attacking us? mr. tillerson: there could be a whole array of

. -- be belgium. host: talk about how trench warfare was done. >> trench wherever is probably the most iconic battlefield aspect of world war i.. it did not define the whole theater, but at least on the western front. with both stalemate sides were using weapons. it against to the point where both sides could not go further on the battlefield without risking suicide attack, which is what happened in the battle of the song with the british -- britain -- battle of the somme with the british. you get a type of warfare that makes it difficult to survive. they huddle into trenches to get some sort of children. host: forhost:--from a strategic standpoint, what are the germans trying to capture. >> the germans were on the defensive for most of the war except early on. the somme,ks around where they moved around a little bit. here you see completely different scenery. heguess this is in the alps, t italian theater. host: can you lineup the signs? who are the allies and who are the axis powers? >> the allies w

the 12-year-old had not seen his father, serving in belgium, for three years. he raced home to his mother in tears crying as loud as he could the terrible news. the war is lost, the war is lost. that boy was my father and two decades later, his enemy was his homeland. it was through the grace of britain, he could leave germany as a refugee and find his freedom. on that same day, 500 miles away in london, a different scene unfolded as prime minister david lloyd george presided over a celebratory meeting of his cabinet. ministers only two , ministers sat around the table to celebrate the victory. one was the 55-year-old prime minister himself, known as the welsh wizard. hhdecember 1960 replaced asquith as prime minister, much to the blame -- much of the wayne had been laid on asquith. a victory at last in hand, lloyd george was now a hero. the other man at the table from that first group of ministers was winston leonard churchill, age 43. if you've had been asleep the previous four years and happened upon that meeting, you might've assumed churchill had served in

officials say 15 foreigners were killed, including citizens from israel, france, belgium, tunisia, india, jordan and saudi arabia. at least 23 people have been killed and 17 more are missing after a ferry caught fire off the coast of indonesia. the vessel was en route to a resort island around 50 kilometres from the capital, jakarta. here in the uk, the queen is said to be feeling "better" despite missing a new year's day church service as she recovers from a heavy cold. other members of the royal family attended the service at sandringham, the queen's norfolk estate. now on bbc news. the syrian national orchestra for arabic music was founded in damascus in 2003. but, after the outbreak of war in 2011, many of its members were forced to flee the country. our world follows four musicians — as they prepare for a ground—breaking series of concerts, reuniting orchestra members in exile, and those in syria, in the hope of changing perceptions of their war—torn nation. over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus. performing arabic music at the highest level. but when war brok

belgium striker michy batshuayi doubled the lead two minutes before half time as peterborough left space, willian made it 3—0, much to the delight of his manager antonio conte. he'd not have been too pleased to seejohn terry sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity though. conte has said the club will consider appealing. peterborough made the numerical advantage count as tom nichols swept home from close range. pedro grabbed his second of the afternoon to seal chelsea's spot in round four. when you change that many players it is never that easy to play a good game. everybody wants to be a team. but today we showed that we are a team and i'm pleased for the players, that at this moment, who are playing less, they showed me good form. i'm satisfied for the result and happy for the performance of my team. the biggest difference today was was how clinical they are around your box. they pass it into the corner of the net. we made chances but hit them over the crossbar. we have got to work on this with our centre forwards. but we were outstanding for 15 minutes, then we sat off

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belgium has be the same. munich has to be the same. we have the start in germany. they do their own thing. but we need, in those cases, we needed it centralized. host: had the munich security conference, europe and something like the fbi. a centralized system across national borders. >> we just need to take some parts out of the systems into the federal guidance. this needs to be taken a close look in the future. how many offices can be put on the spot instead of looking around where you can draw together. it needs to have a structure throughout the republic. host: something we will be hearing about in the coming days and weeks. thank you for being with us today. britain has appointed a new ambassador to the european union. playing ichiro key role representing britain's interest when the government starts formal brexit negotiations. his appointment comes after the shock resignation of his predecessor sir ivan rodriguez. he attacked the government for being m modeled. benjamin netanyahu has called for a soldier convicted of manslaughter to be pardoned. the military

we have been short france for a while versus germany and belgium. i think the central scenario is you're not going to get a le pen presidency, but the experience of 2016 will keep investors on their toes. >> it will be another exciting year. gianluca, thank you very much for that. >>> donald trump dismissed a dossier which contains potentially explosive allegations about his alleged dealings in russia as fake. he tweeted he is the victim of a media witch hunt after several news organizations made reference to unsubstantiated claims to the dossier. two u.s. officials with direct knowledge told nbc news that briefing materials prepared for president-elect trump included information that circulated among trump opponents and was passed to u.s. intelligence agencies making damaging allegations about his dealings with russians. neither official said the fbi was actively investigating the information. the sources would not comment on the nature of the allegations. just at the top of the hour, the kremlin says it does not have compromising material on presi

they suspect the diamonds made their way to belgium, where they arrested and alleged middleman. , a case oftash jewelry worth almost 6 million euros and a kardashian west engagement ring worth around 4 million. the reality star is said to be cooperating with authorities. police are operating on a tight schedule. toy can hold the suspect up 96 hours before deciding to charge them or let them go. >> lets get some business news. kate is in the studio. we started with the detroit auto show. causing a bigs shadow. >> his threats on posing tariffs have put the industry on the defensive. toyota, which with simple doubt on trumps twitter feed has announced it will allow $10 billion in the u.s. over the next five years, including a new headquarters in texas. the japanese firm said its decision was not specifically tied to trumps criticism. the political stakes have threatened to overshadow the motor show itself, but there are still plenty of innovative designs. thank you so much for joining us from the auto show in detroit. makinggen has been headlines after the arrest of one of the top executive

most of those killed were foreign nationals, from countries including israel, tunisia, france, belgium and saudi arabia. at least 23 people have died after a ferry caught fire off the coast of indonesia. another 17 are missing. and this story is trending on bbc.com: pranksters have tampered with the iconic "hollywood" sign overlooking los angeles. it comes as california enters its first year with marijuana legal for adult recreational use. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: police investigating the death of a 12—year—old girl who was knocked down by a car on new year's eve in oldham have arrested five men. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. with india still reeling from the government's demonetisation drive, prime minister narendra modi has plans for a new india. and slowing the flow, as cuts take effect in production, we ask if it will take oil prices out of the year—long slump. good morning, and happy new year. welcome to asia business report live from singapore. in a new year is addressed to the nation t

uk and france and belgium. the issue here is lone wolf, self radicalized. you have the boston marathon bombers refugees. they did not come here as trojan horses. >> the san bernardino couple. that is another case where the wife was using immigration system to get here. does the u.s. have the big problem that the president seems to think it does? >> not according to his critics. there is frustration that not only would this move not fix the problem, it would, in fact, cause more anger. something that donald trump does not think is possible. one thing i saw fascinating is that one of the demographics who got behind donald trump most, white he vevangelicals. to see their response to this is fascinating for two reasons. one, the president promised he would do this. it is not a surprise to many people. two, there were many people who got on the trump train because they thought a lot of these promises were just talk. to your point, he proven that he is a man of action. whether or not he will move congress and other agencies is not yet clear. as of now, he is tryi

the 12-year-old had not seen his father, serving in belgium, for three years. he raced home to his mother in tears crying as loud as he could the terrible news. the war is lost, the war is lost. that boy was my father and two decades later, his enemy was his homeland. through the grace of britain, he could leave germany as a refugee and find his freedom. on that same day, 500 miles away in london, a different scene unfolded as prime minister david lloyd george presided over a celebratory meeting of his cabinet. of the ministers who had led britain to war, only two ministers sat around the table to celebrate the victory. one was the 55-year-old prime minister himself, known as the welsh wizard. he had begun the war as chancellor of exchequer. in december of 1916, and he will -- he became the prime minister. much of the blame for the stalemate and slaughter of the first years of the war had been laid on his predecessor. many historians now think unfairly. with victory last in hand, lloyd george was a national hero. the other man at the table from that first group

belgium, germany, and the united kingdom have all been hit by the system. week, snapnd of last has claimed the lives of -- the u.n. refugee agency says european governments aren't doing enough to help. telling gains foot has this report. -- alan has this report. : thousands of migrants in miserable conditions as temperatures drop. the u.n. agency has called on governments to acts with the to save lives. we are particularly concerned by reports that authorities in continue to push back refugees and migrants from inside the territory to neighboring terror test neighboring countries. theral have -- inside territory to neighboring countries. reporter: rain created soaking conditions intense. a syrian refugee is worried for his daughter's health. at least five refugees have died in greece as a result of the wet the weather. in serbia shelters prioritize women and children. around 1000 men are sleeping rough in belgrade. eastern europe is experiencing a severe cold snap. call your coming from siberia has driven temperatures down by -- cold air coming from serbia

he continued his preparations for the innovations of belgium, under the design of his predecessor. underestimating the british treaty obligations to belgian independence and a floundering iago similarly discounted london. i think it is very interesting how the german government lived in a world of illusions, that is why i fear for the vicious well-known book of many years ago entitled "war of illusions." i think it is a very apt title to understand the peculiarities in the mentalities of decision-makers in berlin and also in vienna. not surprisingly balon returned , from london empty-handed and suspecting that he had been misled, he unleashed his wrath on yargo and the great chancellor in subsequent years. he told the former that, i quote, "he must be a terrible responsibility for the stage managing of this war which is costing germany generations of splendid people and throwing it back by a hundred years." as to holvig, he rejected the chancellor's protestations about the origins of the war as fairytales that he should be ashamed of to tell. i have spent my entire life building up

when they invaded france, belgium, and the netherlands, guys with parachutes, falling out, and use gliders to cross the maginot line. and that sounded like a hell of a good idea. i grew up in the eastern sierra and i was making it a point to climb this 14,000 foot mountain, as often as i could. my son by the way and his son have done it all. they have climbed every 14-er in north america. but, anyway, i thought that being a paratrooper would be great. so when i was going to the infantry school, i volunteered and was accepted, went through and i was assigned to a paratrooper regiment. it was during that time that general donovan, who was somebody roosevelt had put in charge, had actually started and was the coordinator of coi. -- the coordinator of information, the coi. because roosevelt had great difficulty trying to figure out what was going on in europe. and he would get a report from the, the political part of our representation in berlin, from our embassy there, and he would get reports from the navy and when it all came down, it was a completely different story in the newspapers. so,

we have former ambassador to belgium.h back eight years ago, there were people unhappy with the election of president obama? >> i think this is qualitatively different, partly because we haven't had a candidate who got 46% of the vote in a while and he has created this much controversy and partly because of the nature of president-elect trump with his tweets and the like it, would be important to focus on bringing the country together and as you start doing arm wrestling with john lewis, you start doing arm wrestling with meryl streep, you are distracting from the mission that needs to be done. liz: but to be fair, ambassador, they started it. listen we're not in playground atmosphere here. i don't mean to sound like that, you know, you have meryl streep giving her speech. you had john lewis coming out and questioning the legitimacy of donald trump as president when he won multiple counties in john lewis's state of georgia. >> liz, when you're talking about the president, it is not who started it. we don't have to have le

. >> look at belgium, look at france, look at germany. areas where we had isis cells. >> you mean -- >> those run by refugees and terrorists and rapists and killers, that germany. >> that that is only thing that existing in germany right now are terrorists and rapists. >> yes. >> are you kidding me. >> i have been to germany before this is ridiculous. >> refugee crisis in germany, in places like the uk, and paris. >> this is a global issue. >> it is, finally we have a president that says not here, it is only 90 days. days. >> alison, military monday. >> yes, as a reminder chasing news with nj101.5 do a joint segment, every couple of weeks we honor a local veteran that week we honor pat o'neill, he grew up in new jersey, graduated at westpoint, and served in military. for him joining military was a way to give back. >> my parents were always helping people, they instilled in children that idea of giving back, and public service is important. everyone should try to to one form or another. >> after fortunated with service he -- he was finish

it could be belgium. the unique aspect of world war i was trench warfare. tell us about that. allison: trench warfare is probably the most iconic battlefield aspect of world war i. it certainly did not define the entire world war, but at least on the western front where a lot of the british are focused right now, what happened was you had a stalemate that both sides were using weapons. people could not actually go further on the battlefield without risking basically suicide attacks, which is what happened, especially in the battle of the somme with the british. andhad over 60,000 killed one day. you get a type of warfare that is very difficult for people to survive. they huddle into those trenches to get some sort of shelter. susan: from a strategic standpoint, what is happening in this battle? were the germans trying to capture? mitchell: the germans were on the defensive for most of the war, except early on, and then a few other attacks, like allison mme where around the so they move forward a little bit. i think in this case, it's completely different. this is, i guess, in

this belgium -- in belgium, in germany, of course, on the island in greece where many, we have a lotts who are coming, who are fleeing isis. what has really happened this europe? it's not a positive. >> well, i think that we have had a dramatic situation in syria, one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our generation, to be very frank. the displacement of millions of people, not to mention the death and injury of many more. we have had to make our part in contributing to helping those people. we have done that. finish we will continue to try and provide eye sigh lumbar -- asylum where we can, but of course we also want to help the neighboring countries who are housing many millions of these refugees provide financial assistance to them and, ultimately, we would like to find a solution to the root cause. you mentioned isis and isil. the european union and its member state constitute 40% of the anti-isil coalition, be and our member states are very active both militarily and in other ways. so i think this is a common cause between europe and the united states, and we will continue

but, there were others from germany, belgium, canada.arah: with more, i am joining -- i'm joined by our correspondent from turkey. i.s. has now claimed this attack. looking at what we know now, doesn't bear the hallmarks of a i.s. attack? reporter: you can call it a typical i.s. target. the turkish secular, upper-middle-class celebrating. i have been there myself a few years back when i was a student. it is above all a place where people celebrate life with alcohol, western music. isis has claimed this attack through their news agency. they say it was an attack on christians having their pagan feast. isis is now openly claiming this attack. it has not done so for past attacks. with the other attacks, it was always the turkish authorities blaming the attacks on the so-called islamic state. sarah: why is i.s. focusing on turkey right now? reporter: until 2014-2015, western governments have been accusing the turkish government of sort of an open door policy. the sleeper cells of the so-called islamic state have been established there. and t

. >> i am born in belgium and what do you want to know about this? >> well, when did music enter your life? >> music entered my life before i knew it, my father, he walked around with me and, sang and then i stopped crying, and i smiled. he made up his mind, this is a musician. the queen elizabeth in belgium she was very fond of music, she decided that i should have a special scholarship because she felt that there was a lot of potential there. i made my debut in carnegie recital hall in the year 1959. my teacher was edwin berry. she never charged me for anything so i remember i asked i said thank you to take care of me. i've got this big concert because of you. and she said you proved me right. ♪ ♪ i'd been so lucky, where all these great artists, girt leigh who was a friend of bartok, and i got them all, to learn from people like that it takes you years to understand what they were saying but once you get it you get something very precious. it's not interpret, its understand how music is made. how its put together, >> has your understanding of cert

. >> ( translated ): belgium is now an important centre for militants.it is not only an important while important things happen, while our mosques are set on fire, nobody seems to care. instead of saying 'thank you' to my state which put down the attempted coup in my country, you are standing by the plotters. the mutineers are already in your country. >> reporter: turkey's president erdogan has been ramping up the rhetoric in relation to the military personnel accused of complicity in the coup and seeking asylum in nato countries. erdogan has said it is simply inexcusable to give shelter to what he calls terrorist soldiers. despite international concerns about ankara's attitude towards human rights, nato has been at pains not to upset turkey and its unpredictable president. such is its strategic importance. at a recent news conference, the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg expressed solidarity with turkey. >> it was shocking to visit the national assembly in ankara, where i saw the damage caused by bombs from f-16s, bombing the and of course turkey

open to get a british team together by the summer to take on the likes of switzerland, belgium and francecame to the complicated net stuff, i left that tojohn. it complicated net stuff, i left that to john. it would complicated net stuff, i left that tojohn. it would be great to see a british team on the world stage. that is enough heading! concentrate on my foot skills. we are doing foot skills later with joe wicks. we have had lots of texts and e—mails and facebook messages on potholes this morning. £14 billion funding issue on that. that is how much they say it will cost to repair all of the potholes in england by 2020. masses of correspondence. tammy says the front wheel of bicycle went down a pothole. it stopped and she didn't. one ambulance, a hospital visit and a week off work. even though the pothole was filled, she is still nervous about that section of the road. in fact, nervous about that section of the road. infact, cycling nervous about that section of the road. in fact, cycling has never been the same for. lots of cyclists involved. gary, back in 2015, he hit a pothole in th

around the world, a key suspect in last year's brussels airport bombing has been transferred from belgiumfrance and placed under formal investigation over his alleged involvement in the 2015 paris attacks. belgian authorities say he was the so-called man in the hat who accompanied 2 suicide bombers at the airport last march. the former secretary to not see propaganda -- nazi propaganda boss joseph goebbels has died. closerk brought her into contact with one of the worst war criminals of the 20th century. in a recent documentary, she said she knew nothing about the murder of 6 million jewish people during the holocaust. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, going undercover to stop an underhanded trade. however bbc investigation rounded up these cap traffickers of baby chimpanzees. chilean authorities have detained more than 40 people suspected of arson as wildfires burn across the south and center of the country. at least 11 people have been killed and several thousand left homeless. fighting the flames with whatever they can find. a tree branch. a bottle of water. the

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most of those killed were foreign nationals from countries including israel, jimmy shere, france, belgiumaudi arabia. —— tunisia. 23 have died after a ferry caught fire off the coast of indonesia. this story is trending online. a prankster has tampered with the iconic hollywood sign overlooking los angeles. it comes sign overlooking los angeles. it co m es after sign overlooking los angeles. it comes after voters in the state approved the use of marijuana for aduu approved the use of marijuana for adult recreational use. that is all from me. stay with us here on bbc world news. goodbye. now on bbc news, it is time for reporters. hello, and welcome to this special edition of reporters. in this special edition we look back at some of the best reports from this year from the network of correspondents around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea as we fly over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. the captain has said we are a civilian air craft but it made no difference whatsoever they just repeated that threat to l