bernard smith is live for us. bernard why has this taken on such significance? >> this has ban long-planned visit on president erdogan's session planned well before the crisis erupted. it has taken on significance because it's only last week that president are erdogan has accused to dominating in the region. also their continued backing for syria's president bashar al-assad. turkey wants it see him gone, and turkey is suspicious of the fight in islamic state in iraq and the levant in northern iraq. it says that iran is tries to increase its influence there. there are a lot of suspicions over what iran is up to, according to turkey. and it's interesting it's only last night that president met with saudi and in yemen turkey has thrown its support behind saudi arabia. we do know that turkey suggested that it might offer logistical support for the saudis. >> and is this like throw train relations further between the two countries? >> well, ultimately turkey and iran need each other economically. they're hopeing to increase bilateral trade this year to about $30 bill

bernard smith is there with the story. >> this was an emotional day they had seen a trial for 45 people accused of being responsible for what happened hundreds of meters below ground last may charged with murder. >> words are not enough to express our pain. i have another son. he still works underground. he goes there every day. every day he goes there and i wonder whether the news will come. >> reporter: the disaster happened when a pit was engulfed by flames and carbon monoxide gas. some 800 miners were trapped. an investigation found a long list of faults including a lack of gas detectors badly maintained gas masks. inspectors gave the mine an praipgoperating license they were given the go ahead. >> means they protect them. >> prosecutors are and inning 25-year jail sentence is for every one of the 301 victims. a month after the soma disaster, and turkey's parliament pushed through legislation aimed at improving labor safety. but this country still has the worst record in europe when it comes to workplace related deaths and so far this year more than 350 people have been killed accor

bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> for relatives of the 349 pipelineers killed at the solma disaster they are here to see the trial of the 49 who are accused of the disaster. including eight former managers charged with murder. >> words are not enough to express our pain. i have another son he still works underground. every day he goes there and i wonder when the influences will come. >> reporter: the disaster happened when a pit was engulfed in flames and carbon monoxide gas, some 800 miners were trapped. an investigation found a long list of faults including a long list of gas detectors badly maintained gas masks and no escape measures. separate investigation into inspectors who gave the mine an operating license. >> if the ministers do not grant the permission to launch an investigation, it is a direct intervention by government against justice. it means the government avoids putting the officers on trial it means that they protect them. >> reporter: prosecutors are demanding 25-year jail sentences for every one of the 301 victims. a month after the solma disaster and turkey's par

bernard smith is live for news istanbul. why has this taken on such significance now? >> it has been a long-time visit scheduled before yemen and has taken on extra significance because of what president erdogan said of iran and accused iran of trying to dominate the region because of its apparent perceived support in yemen but also because of it's continued support for bashar al-assad, the regime in syria. he wants to see him gone and suspicious of the fight in northern iraq. it sees that as iran's attempt to increase its influence there. so turkey is suspicious of iran's motives in the region. iran, of course, has bridled 65 iranian mps signed a motion yesterday calling for erdogan fought to be welcome in iran. interestingly last night erdogan received the interior minister. now these two countries have been at odds over the coup that in egypt. we don't know what they talked about, but it might have offered logistical support in yemen. >> is this likely to train relations further between the two countries? >> well, they do both economically need each other frankly. t

bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> for the relatives of the 301 miners killed in the disaster, this was an emotional day. they had come to see the start of the trial of 45 people accused of being responsible for what happened hundreds of meters underground last may. the defendants include eight former managers charged with murder. >> we cannot express our pain. i have another son. he still works underground. every day he goes there and i wonder when the news will come. >> the disaster happened when a pit was enduffled by flames and carbon monoxide gas. 800 miners were trapped. an investigation found a long list of faults including lack of gas detecters lack of gas masks and poor ventilation. there is an investigation going on into the inspectors who gave the mine an operatingness. >> if the minister dos not grant the mission to launch the probe against the civil servant whose wrong doings were confirmed with the report, it's against justice and means the government avoids putting officers on trial and it means that it protects them. >> prosecutors demanding 25 year jail sentences fo

let's talk to bernard smith about live in istanbul. i understand the trip was on the cards for some month, it's been planned. now we have to look at it through the prism of what is happening in yemen. >> yes, it was a long scheduled visit for recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president to iran. the first time he's been there for years. it's taken on a bit more significance because of yemen and because of what president recep tayyip erdogan had to say about it. he accused them of dominating the region in support of the houthis in yemen and turkey wants to see the back of syrian president bashar al-assad. iran is the biggest supporter, one of the biggest supporters and is sufficient of the involvement. he thinks that iran is using the fight as a means of extending it influence. outspoken comments coming from recep tayyip erdogan, and interesting, last night recep tayyip erdogan received the saudi interior minister. these two countries have been at odds various issues in the region not least saudi arabia's support. for the coup removing m

bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> reporter: gunfire from a sixth floor office in the main criminaltanbul. police special forces stormed the room where a prosecutor was being held at gun point by two armed men from a band markist group. the gunmen were killed in the shoot without. the prosecutor critically injured was rushed to hospital. but doctors were unable to save him. >> translator: we as the state do not see this attack as only targeting our prosecutor at the same time this attack was aimed at turkish justice turkish democracy and the citizens of turkey. >> reporter: the prosecutor had been investigating the death of a 14-year-old teenager who had been hit by a tear gas tan star during protests. the parents and others stay the investigation in to his death has been too slow. the hostage takers wanted the prosecutor reveal the names of the police officers suspected of firing the tear gas. >> translator: we learned that this action was in connection to. he was our son our brother his tkegd saddened all of us. >> reporter: central to nba to the police investigation in to how all

bernard smith, al jazerra, on the turkey-syria border. >>> a u.s. chief ashton carter is in south korea for a three-day visit. carter's trip coming among news that north korea fired two short range missiles off its western coast. defense officials saying the missiles only flew a few miles before plungeing in to the sea but it's seen as a provocation also controversy over the possible u.s. deployment of a missile defense system to south korea. ewan graham is a senior fellow at the school of international studies. he joins me now from singapore to talk more about this. so thank you for being with us. what is this latest visit going to do in terms of putting pressure on north korea and at the same time, shoring up support for it's a ally south korea? >> i think on the symbolic side we see ashton cart never his first asian trip going to two capitals tokyo and seoul. so it shows south korea is high up the list of u.s. priorities. he's also visiting the scene of an infamous naval attack that the north koreans sank a south korean ship five years ago. howev

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >>> following a high profile campaign to bring people to trial. men were initially freed after cutting grass around the police station as punishment. that sparked international condemnation and campaign for justice. >>> on tuesday it will be a year since more than 200 school girls were abducted in northern nigeria by boko haram. despite a global campaign to free them, most are still missing. haru mutasa, reporting. >> this boy is three years old all he seems to understand is the girls were kidnapped a long time ago. they don't want the chibok girls forgotten. >> it's not okay, something terrible happened in nigeria and we in neurnlg should nigeria should yeunt. unite. >> a year ago, boko haram attacked a government school in chibok. every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life, that's why they went to school. even though boko haram leaders forbid western education. the attack led to a global campaign to free the girls cmple with somehope the new administration will do more to find the girls. others are skeptical. >> the government is going

bernard smith - life in istanbul and just the speed on the latest developments there?> well fenerbahce called for a superannuation of the super league. games are going ahead today. a decision might be taken on that on monday. it could have been a lot worse. the team the fenerbahce team were on the way back after the game. when this gun attack happened. and had a body guard on the bus, not taking control of the wheel. the bus fell off a bridge into a river, riverbed below. so the driver was injured. no other players, no one else on the bus injured. it could have been worse. and the team management themselves - they condemned the attack. >> we understand it was a single lone gunman. are we closer to understand why this happened? >> i mean there's a lot of speculation swirling around about this. there is a long standing animosity, really on fenerbahce. this was strengthened back in 2010 when fenerbahce won the super league leaving the area runners-up. a few months after the season there was an investigation into match fixing. and the fenerbahce chair was found guilty. the

bernard smith is live for us in istanbul, why is this visit taking on such significance at this time. >> yes, it was a long scheduled visit for recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president to iran. the first time he's been there for years. it's taken on a bit more significance because of yemen and because of what president recep tayyip erdogan had to say about it. he accused them of dominating the region, in support of the houthis in yemen and turkey wants to see the back of syrian president bashar al-assad. it's suspected iran is using the fight. tuckey suspicious of iran's motives. iran bridled against this and 46 iranian mps signed a motion calling on the iranian president not to receive the turkish present. before he went there the saut hermes interior minister met president recep tayyip erdogan in ankara. we don't know what they talked about. but we do know that turkey offered to provide logistical support for the saudi campaign. this is despite political differences that the turks and the saudis have notably over saudi arabia's support for the coup ending in the removal of presid

bernard smith is life for us in istanbul. do we know why they have suspended in the league? >> turkey's football federation, the chairman of the 18 clubs in the super league and sports minister have been in meetings all day. and the outcome of those meetings they have decided to suspend the league for a week i think essentially because of the shock that there is over this attack. turkey has struggled with football-related fan violence in the past. but this really generated enormous headlines hire. fenierbahce has suspended themselves and they want full legal action to be taken against whoever is found guilty of this attack. and they thanked all the political parties here in turkey for their support. >> and have the police she had any more light on this attack? >> all the police have been able to say so far is they found the weapon that was use: it was a shotgun found in a riverbed. the bus almost served over it, and it was prevented by doing that by the security guard on the bus who took over the wheel from the driver. the police say that they're now dusting that weapon for

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bernard smith has the details. >> a man and woman armed with long-range weapons, approaching the headquarters and started firing. police returned fire killing the woman and wounding the man. he escaped and was caught not long after. the woman, according to the man's office was carrying a bomb. this comes 24 hours after a hostage situation at the main courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage by two members of a left-wing group. they held him at a gun point. the prosecutor was killed and gunmen killed. where the prosecutor was held hostage. istanbul's police are saying that this city is on high alert after both of these incidents >>> the palestinian authority is now officially a member of the international criminal court. it's part of a move by the palestinians to increase global pressure on israel. as jonah hull reports, the progress will be neither quick nor simply. >> the palestinian authority foreign minister emerged from a welcoming ceremony at the international criminal court in the hague. palestinians were a step closer to justice, but it will not be quick. >> we seek justice beca

bernard smith has more from istanbul. >> reporter: this was the first visit by a turkish president ton in four years, and publicly he chose to focus on trade. turkey buys almost all of its gas from iran 95% of it, and the turkish president was complaining that they pay too much. he made no reference to the crisis in yemen, though. it was left to his iranian counterpart to do that. >> translator: both parties are of the same view that this conflict could come to an end in this region. both of us think we should as soon as possible come to end this conflict in yemen and there should be a ceasefire. following the ceasefire, we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. with the assistance of both countries we can put our efforts together to have peace, stability, security and a comprehensive government between yemen and involved parties. >> reporter: before he arrived in tehran he had a meeting with the saudi interior minister. turkey has suggested it might offer logistical support to the saudis in its campaign against the houthis in yemen, but publicly in speak

here is bernard smith in istanbul. >> reporter: all smiles as turkey's president calls on his iranian counter part. he has accused to try to dominate the region with its involvement in yemen syria and iraq. but on this visit they would focus on the strong economic ties between the two countries. >> we have signed eight agreements and a memorandum of understanding in various areas in economic and cultural areas. we've been able to understand what we can achieve. the region where we are located is very volatile. we have had the chance to discuss various matters and see what common steps we can take. >> a cultural agreement were signed. it was left to the iranian president to talk specifically about yemen. >> both parties are of the same view that disability conflict should come to an end in this region. both of us think that as soon as possible we should end the conflict in yemen and there should an cease-fire. the attacks from neighboring countries should come to an end. and following the cease-fire we should have a situation where we can provide humanitarian support. >> just before fl

bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> recep tayyip erdogan had been previously accused iran of some attacks. on this visit he focused on the strong economic ties between the two. >> translation: we have signed agreements and have been able to under what we have achieve. the region we are located is volatile. we had the chance to discuss matters and see what common steps we can take in the international area. >>> a series of economical cultural agreements from signed and it was left to the iranian president to talk about yemen. >> translation: both parties are of the same view, that this ability, conflict should come to an end in this region. both think we should end the possible, and there should be a ceasefire. the attacks from neighbouring countries should come to an end, and we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. >> reporter: before flying to iran, recep tayyip erdogan met arabia. turkey suggested that it may offer support to saudi arabia as it carries out its military campaign against the houthis in yemen. the turkish president said nothing about

bernard smith reports. >>> until a month ago this person could have crossed to turkey from syria by showing her >> reporter: i've been walking tore two hours, i want to see my son. there's no way to get in. >> reporter: she is being snuggled in because turkey closed its border to syrians escaping the civil war. turkish officials say they are committed to an open-door policy, is 1.2 million syrians in turkey. 1,000 to 3,000 crossed border until it was closed. emergency medical cases can get through. syrian can leave turkey through the borders, they can't come back. security is a concern in the towns along the border, where there has been car bombings and discoveries of weapons caches. this is an explosion of a bomb left under the car of a free syrian army commander. >> i think this was down to the militias of bashar al-assad. i might not have been the main target. the purpose of the operation might have been to destabilize the security because an incident like this might provoke a negative reaction from turkish citizens towards syrians, that's how the intelligence works. >> these people were

bernard smith reports from islamabad. >> this man's modest factory in istanbul sells stationary to iran. they are part of the turkey's exports to iran worth $4 billion last year. imports from iran, mainly gas, were 10 million. economically both need each other. why is he here? >> he can't source the material me needs in iran. >> reporter: if a customer has a special order, we can produce it. we can't do it in iran, we can't get hold of raw materials, in turkey every door is open for business. but politically both countries are poles apart. in yemen iran supports the shia houthi rebels, but denies giving them aid. some in majority turkey said it may provide logistical backup to the saudi-led coalition against the houthis, and ankara put to one side some differences with riyadh, especially the opposition for the saudi arabia-support for the coup deposing mohamed mursi. >> the foreign policy and practices seems to be assertive. they are supporting military organizations. they are supporting a group of military organizations, arming them. but this support do not solve any problems. they bec

bernard smith reports. >> reporter: it's the most important religious holiday of the year in greece. a country where church and identity are entwined like nowhere else in europe. they parade through the streets, representing the body of christ before the resurrection of east area. but it's a time for feasting. for greeks easter means rode land. >> yet this butcher says habits have changed in recent years. >> nowadays people buy no more than they need. they used to by so much meet. i think it's healthier. waste is bad for people and a planet >>> at the port it's a scramble to get on the last ferries to sale before everything shuts down. >> easter means an exodus from athens was people rush home to the villages or islands to be with their families. it will take a lot more than an commict crisis to change the tradition. >> reporter: for those that stayed in the capital there are free ceramic lessons. this week they make easter eggs and reflect on how the crisis changed society. >> there's cases of people that can't afford everything they need - the lamb or the other food. it's a diff si

bernard smith has the details. >> a man and woman armed with what police describe as long-range weapons approach istanbul's police firing, killing the woman and wounding the man. he managed to escape and was caught not long after. the woman was carrying a bomb. this comes just after 4 hours after a hostage situation at the city's main courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage by a left wing group. they held him at gunpoint. the prosecutor was killed and two gun pen were killed after police stormed the room where the process duty prosecutor was being held hostage. they say that this city is on high alert after both of these incidents. >> thousands of pensioners have marched towards the greek parliament to demand their payments be raised back to pre-austerity levels. they're calling on the government to keep its promise to protect pensions. it's one of the first demonstrations which has put pressure on growth's government since it came to power in january. >>> celebrating april 1st as a red-letter day the day that restrictions on the amount of dairy it can supply will be abolished.

bernard smith reports. >> reporter: gun fire from a sixth floor for the main criminal court. police special forces stormed the room where a prosecutor was being held at gunpoint by two armed men from a banned marxist group. the prosecutor critically injured was rushed to hospital. >> translation: we as a state do not see this attack as only targetting the prosecutor. at the assault the attack was aimed at turkish justice, democracy and the citizens of turkey. >> the prosecutor had been investigating the death of a 14-year-old teenager hit by a tear gas cannes ter during the protests in 2013. parents and others say the investigation into his death was too slow. hostage takers wanted the prosecutor to reveal the names of police officers suspected of firing the tear gas. >> we learnt the action was in connection to the investigates. his death saddened all of us. >> reporter: central knew is how the armed gunmen -- now is how the armed gunmen got their weapons into the courthouse. everyone going into the court is searched except the lawyers. the parents called on the gunmen not t

bernard smith has the latest from istanbul. >> reporter: the turkish military said they were exchanging fire with kurdish p.k.k. the turkish military said about 20 p.k.k. fighters opened fire with turkish forces near the border with iran. it's the most serious since peace with the p.k.k. party. politicians are using the fighting as a campaign tactic. there are elections in june. they believe the hd perform party is trying to take votes. recep tayyip erdogan is hoping to win enough votes in the election to give him enough votes in parliament to change the constitution to create a more executive presidency >>> an egyptian court confirmed a death sentence to the leader of the muslim brotherhood. it followed the removal of mohamed mursi in a military coup in 2013. we have this report. >> translation: i confirm the execution for a crime they are accused of. >> reporter: the moment mohammed badie, spiritual leader, was sentenced to death in a cairo court. 13 others were spared execution, but given life in prison for inciting chaos and violence. the men were among thousands detained after moha

bernard smith has more. >> reporter: all smiles as turkey's president calls on his iranian counterpart. recep tayyip erdogan accused iran of trying to dominate the region with its involvement in yemen, syria and iraq. recep tayyip erdogan chose to focus on economic ties. >> translation: we signed eight agreements and a memorandum of agreement in several areas, including culture areas. we understand what we can achieve. the region we are located is volatile. we had the chance to discuss various economists and see what we can do. >> reporter: a series of economical and cultural agreements were signed. it was left to the iranian president to talk about yemen. >> translation: both parties are of the same view that the conflict should dom an end in the region. both of us thinks the conflict should end in yemen. attacks from neighbouring countries should dom an end. following the ceasefire we should have a situation where we can supply iranian support. >>> before flying recep tayyip erdogan met the interior minister. turkey suggested it may offer logistical support to saudi arabia as it carr

battle at the time gallipoli was part of the empire which was allied with germany and more from bernard smithmemorations are taking place. >> reporter: 100 years ago tomorrow that allied expedition force made of 70,000 soldiers from britt and france and new zealand and india was here on the shore of gallipoli and a lightning strike to take control of the peninsula and the strait and it ended up being an almost a nine-month long siege ending in defeat for allied forces and a significant victory for the ottoman turks but that victory came at an enormous human cost 102,000 turkish soldiers killed 42000 ally soldiers killed and today they will be remembered at a ceremony here and led by turkish president erdiwan and britain's prince charles and prime minister of australia and new zeeland and leaders from other countries. >>> former security chief died of a stroke in damascus and was known for his role as military intelligence chief in lebanon and he was beaten by a guard and in hospital ever since. u.n. invited the syrian government and opposition groups to separate peace talks in geneva next mon

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >>> three men have been jailed for 15 years for raping a kenyan schoolgirl after a high profile public campaign to bring them to trial. the girl known as liz was 16 when she was attacked on her way home from her grandfather's funeral. she was dumped in a sewer and left for dead. although she was able to identify some of her attackers the men were initially freed after cutting grass around the police station as punishment. that sparked international condemnation and an online campaign for justice. >>> voters in sudan have been casting their ballots in an election with which which has been boycotted by the campaign campaign opponents. >> this is the first day voting looked like. for most of the day electoral clerks had little to do other than just wait. the highlight at the polling station was the arrival of president omar al bashir. some who did show up say it's a pate roltic thingpatriotic thing odo. >> others would argue that it is too early to gauge for the turnout. there are three days of voting, 11,000 polling stations and they say khartoum does not repr

. >> earlier we spoke to bernard smith, he says it's been an eventful few days. >> turkey's football federation, a spengs suspension of the league for one week, has suspended itself for two weeks that because its players it says remain in shock. its chairman says he's not going to be provoked by anybody. he wants the full police investigation, wants the law to come down hard on whoever is found guilty of this attack. the club says though it will not be provoked. the police say so far they have found the weapon, it was oshotgun a hunting rifle and it was in a riverbed, near a bridge that the bridge swerved over, prevented from doing that by a security guard on the bus who took control of the wheel as the driver was hit by the bullet. the police say they will dust that weapon for fingerprints but no arrests so far. >> joining me is ahmed, thank you very much for joining us, what do you think suspending the league will achieve? >> let me check the turkish football federation's statement. we can say that this is just a wait and see period. and if the criminals will be caught or not, if t

bernard smith reports the attack came a day after a hostage crisis ended with the killing of a prosecutor. >> a man and woman armed with what police call long ranged weapons approached police headquarters and started firing. killed the woman and wounded the man. he was managed to be caught. the woman was carrying a bomb according to the police forces. this comes just 24 hours after a hostage situation at the city's main courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage by two members of a band left wing group. they held him at gunpoint, the prosecutor was killed and those two gunmen also killed after the police stormed the room where the prosecutor was being held hostage. istanbul's police are saying that this city is on high alert after both of these incidents. >> at today's funeral for slain prosecutor government officials said dark forces were lind the killing. an axis of evil was trying to gain control. people's liberation front a group listed as the u.s., eu and turkey as a trosht terrorist organization. another day of talks over the iran nuclear situation ends without agreement. >> th

bernard smith sent this report. >> reporter: until a month ago, this man could have crossed into turkeysyria, just by showing her passport at a turkish border gate. >> translator: i have been walking for two hours. i just want to see my son, but there's no way of getting into turkey. >> reporter: she is being smuggled in because turkey has closed its borders to syrians escaping the war. there are 1.7 million syrians in turkey already, they say, but the government can't say when the borders will reopen. between a thousand to 3,000 syrians a day would cross this border before the government closed it for what it says are security reasons, although emergency medical cases can still get through. now syrians can only leave turkey they can't come back. security is always a concern in turkish towns along the border with syria where there have been car bombings and discovery of weapons cashes. this was an explosion two weeks ago from a car bomb. >> translator: i think this was down to the militias of bashar al-assad. i might not have been the main target. the purpose of the operation may have b

president erdogan bernard smith reports on the one common interest that is paving the way for a smooth state visit. >> hasan sui's modest factory in turkey sells stationery to iran. economically both countries need each other. so why is he here, because he can't source the materials he needs in iran. >> if the customer has a special order we can produce it and deliver it here immediately. we can't do that in iran. the embargo makes production difficult. we can't get hold of raw materials like glue. but in turkey every door is open for business. >> reporter: but politically both countries are poles apart. in yemen iran helps the houthi rebels. logistical backup, iran has put to the one side some of its differences with riyadh, the coup that opposed egyptian president mohamed morsi. >> foreign policy practices in the region seems to be really assertive. they are supporting militia organizations, they are supporting certain groups of militia organizations arming them but this support do not help to solve any of the problems but the problems become much more complicated. >> reporter: yemen

bernard smith reports on the public side of the meeting, focus on shared interest. >> reporter: all smiles as turkey's president calls on his iranian counterpart. recep tayyip erdogan accused iran of trying to dominate the region with involvement in yemen, syria and iraq. on this visit he chose to focus on strong economic ties between the two countries. agreements from signed and it was left to the iranian president to talk about yemen. >> translation: both parties are of the same view, that this ability, conflict should come to an end in this region. both think we should end the conflict in yemen, and there should be a ceasefire. the attacks from neighbouring countries should come to an end, and we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. >> reporter: before flying to iran, recep tayyip erdogan met the interior minister. turkey suggested that it may offer support to saudi arabia as it carries out its military campaign against the houthis in yemen. the turkish president said nothing about yemen. he referred to the region as being in a ring of fire. if recep tayy

bernard smith has more. >> reporter: this was the first visit by a turkish president to iran in fourand publicly he chose to focus on trade. turkey buys almost all of its gas from iran 95% of its, and erdogan was complaining that turkey pays too much and wants the iranians to bring the price down. he made no reference to the crisis in yemen though. it was left to his iranian counterpart to do that. >> translator: both parties are of the same view that this conflict should come to an end in this region. there should be a ceasefire in yemen. any attacks from neighboring countries should come to an end. and following the ceasefire, we should have the situation where we can provide humanitarian support. with the assistance of all countries we can put our efforts together to have peace, security and stability. >> reporter: before erdogan arrived in tehran, he had a meeting with the interior minister. turkey has suggested it might offer logistical support to the saudis in its campaign against the houthis in yemen, but publicly in speaking to the press in tehran he made no reference to this

bernard smith is in istanbul. gun fire from a 6th floor office in the istanbul main criminal court.olice special forces stormed the room where a prosecutor was being held at gunpoint by two armed men from a banned markist group. the gunmen were killed. the critically injured rushed to hospital. doctors unable to save him. >> translation: we are as a state do not see the attackers charging the prosecutor at the same time it was aimed at turkish justice, democracy and the citizens of turkey. >> the prosecutor nehm it had been investigating the death of a 14-year-old teenager who had been hit by a tear gas during the summer of 2013. the parents say the investigation into the death has been too slow. the hostage takers wanted the prosecutor to reveal the names of the police officers suspected of firing the tear gas. >> translation: the death saddens all of us. >> reporter: central to the police investigation into how this unfolded is how the armed gunmen were able to get the weapons into the courthouse. al jazeera has been told by sources that everywhere going into the court is searched

bernard smith mass more details. >> a man and woman armed with what police described as long-range weapons approached istanbul's police headquarters and started firing. the police returned fire, killing the woman and wounding the man. he managed to escape and was caught not long after. the woman according to the mayor's office, was carrying a bomb. this comes just 24 hours after a hostage situation at the city's main courthouse where a prosecutor was taken hostage by two men a left wing group held him at gunpoint. the prosecutor was killed, and those two gunmen also killed after the police stormed the ram where the prosecutor was being held hostage. istanbul's police are saying that this city is on high alert after both of these incidents. >> and thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respect to the turkish prosecutor who was killed after being taken hostage on tuesday. he was shot after the ordeal. he was investigating the death of a teenager who died after being hit by a police gas canister during anti-government protests in 2013. >>> the palestinian authority is now officially

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> nigeria says election commissioner declared the people's democratic party the winner of the rivers state governor ship, the party of good luck jonathan who lost recent presidential elections. he stands down next month. voting was extended into sunday in oil-rich river state after irregularities at polling stations. some ballot boxes were openly stolen and voting materials weren't delivered. >> tuesday marks one year since more than 200 school girls were abducted in northern nigeria by boko haram. despite a global campaign to free them, most are still missing, but many hope nigeria's new government will finally bring them home. we have this report: >> this boy is three years old. all he seems to understand is that school girls were kidnapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents aren't far. they've been meeting almost every day for a year along with concerned nigerians. they don't want the girls forgotten. >> it's not ok. something terrible happened in nigeria and we should unite and demand the rescue of those girls ab. >> in april last year, boko

. >> bernard smith has more. this could have been a lot more serious as the teach coach.t the coach injuring the driver. a body guard on the coach taking control of the wheel, that coach could have plunked over a bridge that was near and into a river below. the management the team have condemned this attack. there is longstanding animosity between both the clubs. back in 2010 when they won the league here they were runners up. after that there was an investigation into match fixing then the chairman was suspended as a result of that and indeed fanabachi was suspended for two years as a result of the maxtch fixing. they have long felt they have that title snatched from them. turkey does struggle with fan violence. the four biggest teams here and estan bub, fanabache along with travzon. their fans aren't allowed to travel to away games. that's been the case the last five or six years because of this pro of violence. >> spanish lead leaders. just a point ahead. the score of five of them. >> included an complaint hat trick as real's largest victory in the lead of 48 years. >>

bernard whitman today. >> thank you. >> have a great one. crystal, great to see you. >> time to check in with shepard smith live from the remote fox news desk in mississippi. >> we are closely monitoring the movements of russia today. more russian troops are amassing along the border with ukraine right now, according to united states officials. this comes as russia tries to turn the tables accusing the united states of sending troops to the war zone in ukraine. we'll get reaction from pentagon officials and what they say is the russian president vladimir putin's true motive here. we'll talk with a former deputy director of the joint chiefs of staff about what putin's troops are up to and what could be next in a very tense standoff that seems to be escalating along the border with russia and ukraine. that's top of the hour on "shepard smith reporting." >> thank you. >>> retired general david petraeus appearing in federal court today accused of mishandling and leaking classified information to his mistress. he is pleading guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. will he be spared prison time? ... ... ... ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes