bernard smith has more now. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to fly to hit new targets i.s.i.l. over the border. this was last week. they don't have further to go to target an old enemy >>> many kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government seems to equate the threat from i.s.i.l. with the threat from the p.k.k. here, a mainly kurdish city, in south-eastern turkey, representatives from more than 18 non-governmental organizations have been meeting. they are working out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the already fragile peace protest between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translation: we call on the people, the kurds and the people of turkey to show solidarity. the only way to do it is to stand up against the policies. >> last month most of these people were celebrating the electoral success of pro-kurdish h.d.p. winning a seat in -- 8 seats in parliament for the first time. >> now turkey's president was to lift the immunity of m.p.s suspected of being linked with what he called terror groups. recep tayyip erdogan is questioning

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >>> a vaccine against ebola which last been be 100% is effective, ebola is spread quickly by human contact and 50% of those who contract the disease die. the outbreak spread from guinea to owner sierra sierra leone and liberia. andre helaparesh is also welcomed the news. >> it's a fantastic development. really it's a game changer. having this tool as part of our tool kit to fight the epidemic, to bring it down to zero cases. we really hope to see that this trial is expanded. we'd like to see it used, this vaccine in new areas. >> the chadian army says it has killed 117 boko haram fighters, it carried out an operation against the armed group in the area separating nigeria chad and cameroon. regional fighting against boko haram. >>> in nigeria a suicide bomb are has killed at least five people and injured many more. happened in an area outside mied plaidmaiduguri. be three officials of the be power company should face charges of professional negligence. be radioactive material contaminated food air and water supplies following a massive earthquake and

. >> leftist organization hes, here is bernard smith who has been following developments for us in turkey. >> reporter: 15 people have been arrested in ankara in this latest wave of raids by the security services. the turkish authorities say all of those arrested are foreigners. part of a series of raids that have been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up steam after the suicide bombing in suruc. but it's not just targeting i.s.i.l. supporters, potential i.s.i.l. fighters it's also targeting people from the pkk and from an extreme left wing group here in turkey. its targets are groups it considers a threat against national security. across the border, they are claiming that the be turkish group shelled a town near kobani and again on sunday. the turkish military says it's investigating these games claims but says it is not targeting ypg but only i.s.i.l. positions in syria with those air strikes. and it's also been targeting kurdistan worker party base he pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military says it's investigating these claims of shelling of ypg

bernard smith has more now from the kurdish majority city. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don'te too far to flight to hit their any tearing he had of ice nil syria. this was last week. they don't have much further to go to target an olden my positions of the kurdish separatist p.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government is equating the threat from isil to a thread to the p.k.k. here that i mainly kurdish city. representatives from more than 18 nongovernmental organizations have been meeting. they are work out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the already fragile peace process between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translator: we tall on to the people the kurds and the people of turkey, to show solidarity. the only way of doing this is to stand up against these policies. >> reporter: only last month most of these people were celebrating the success of the pro-kurdish h.d.p. within 80 seats in parliament for the first time. now turkey's president wants to lift the immunity of mps suspected of being linked with what he c

al jazeera bernard smith reports from southern turkey on the kurdish reaction to the air strikes. >>ter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to fly to hit targets of their new enemy i.s.i.l. just over the border in syria. this was last week. and they don't have much further to go to target an old enemy and p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated the turkish government seems to be equating the threat from i.s.i.l. with the threat from the p.k.k. here a mainly kurdish city in southeast turkey representatives from 18 nongovernmental organizations have been meeting and they are working out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the already fragile peace process between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translator: we call on people, the kurds and the people of turkey to show solidarity. the only way of doing this is to stand up against the policies. only last month most of these people were celebrating the electoral success of the pro-kurdish hfrmg t.p. winning 80 seats in parliament for the first time and now turkey president wants to lift immuni

bernard smith is in turkey in the kurdish city. how is that move by turkey complicating the fight against isil? >> we already know that in fact the u.s. has said that the introduction of turkey into this fight against isil, turkey allowing the u.s. to use bases in turkey is a game-changer, because it means u.s. fighter jets don't have to fly hours away down from the gulf and now just a couple of hundred miles to hit isil targets in syria. the concern of the u.s. and nato partners is if the p.k.k. gets drawn into the fight with turkey turkey and the p.k.k. start fighting all out again this could add to an already destabilized region, and the u.s. doesn't want another factor of fight against the p.k.k. drawing into what is already a very complicated battle. interestingly, the turkish government, foreign ministry have said today that they have now officially signed this deal with the u.s., allowing them to use the base, but the turkish foreign ministry points out this only concerns the fight against isil it does not include providing

bernard smith is live for us in istanbul. turkey has been pushing for the safe zone for a while. what exactly is a safe zone in this in stance and how is it supposed to work? >> >> well, randall it seems that this safe zone is panning out to be effectively a protective zone or even a no flow zone without officially designated at such. the u.s. has long been retuck taint to get involved in fighting assad's forces. it wants to fight it says isil, so doesn't want the job of a no fly zone. this safe zone, it seems will go 40 miles deep into syria and run 68 miles along the border with turkey. the idea is to push those isil forces 40 miles away from the border with turkey. what turkey's foreign minister is saying, that effectively therefore, that strip of land will become a protected zone, because of the amount of flights that will be going on overhead, targeting isil forces beyond that area. that will relieve some of the pressures on turkey. it's hoped some of them might be able to go back into that protected zone. >> bernard, do you think there was some sort of quid pro quo here? di

are bernard smith has the report. >> this is the first time, all the opposition parties took the opportunity to round on the rule ak party and accuse it of allowing it, there was a suicide bombing near the border with syria. the opposition party has said the rule ak appeared, ignored threat from i.s.i.l they've even allowed i.s.i.l. fighters to come and go across the border. in response the government has dissented this saying in 2014 it officially recognized i.s.i.l. as a terrorist group and the deputy prime minister and the priements both saying that whatever the terrorist groups are in the country we condemn all of them. but at the same time, a couple of opposition groups have said that the government is being too soft on the pkk also a target of air strikes from turkish government in recent days. it says the government has given too much away to the pkk and allowed them to gather in strength. so a division from turkey's opposition group also with the pkk the kurdistan workers party. >> bernard smith in turkey. >>> giving the credit to a party, in suspected i.s.i.l. warrior. traveled to t

. >> bernard smith joins us live now in southern turkey. tell us more about what was said in parliament. >> this is the first time in recent years that they had a vote called for by one of the main opposition parties. once all the parties were sat in parliament all the opposition groups uniformly took the opportunity to attack the ruling party, blaming it for its approach forwards isil for the current situation in turkey culminating in the attack on the border near syria. they say the failure to address the isil threat early on, ignoring it, and even allowing isil fight tours cross back and forth has allowed the security situation to deteriorate. as you could imagine the party defended its position and said it has registered and logged isil as a terrorist organization since 2013 and has carried out operations against it. interestingly, though, no particular criticism in parliament from the opposition parties about the airstrikes on the pkk, saved for the pro-kurdish party new in parliament, they have spoken out against the threats of to the

bernard smith, al jazeera istanbul. >> the quirk into the former kgb agent alexander litvinenko nineears ago has ended. just as the british do, they accuse the russian president of killing the armed dissident. moscow has refused to extradite the suspects. simply doesn't trust the inquire. nadim baba reports. >> initially mystified by his symptoms. only when his symptoms be, litvinenko had ingested the plutonium. how and why he was poisoned? on friday his widow's lawyer said that had been proven. >> when all of this evidence is viewed in the round as it must be it establishes russian state responsibility for his murder beyond reasonable doubt and if the russian state is responsible, vladimir putin is responsible. not on some analogic principle but because he personally ordered the liquidation of an enemy who was bent on exposing him and his cronies. it is. >> alexander litvinenko was a former kgb member who had become vocally opposed to vladimir putin's be regime. scientists found a trail of radio activity at their various hotels and meeting places. on november the 1st 2006, at the mi

we have more from bernard smith. >> turkish f16 fighters jets don't have too far to fly to hit enemy he is of their new enemy isil in syria. this was last week. they don't have much further to go to target an old enemy positions of the separatist p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and trust rated that the turkish government seems to equate the isil let with the threat from the p.k.k. here in the mainly kurdish city in turkey, representatives from more than 18 non-governmental organizations have been eating, working out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the project jail peace process between the p.k.k. and the government. >> we call for solidarity. the only way is to stand up against these policies. >> only last month most of these people were celebrating the electoral success of the pro kurdish p.d.p. winning 80 seats in parliament for the first time. now turkeys president wants to lift the immunity of m.p.'s suspected of links with what he calls terror groups. president erdogan is questioning whether talks with the p.k.k. can carry on. >> i don't think it'

and our correspondent there is zaina and bernard smith is in the city there and let's start off withna who is very close to the syrian border so this idea then of a buffer zone an i.s.i.l.-free zone we are hearing a little bit about from barnabie is something they have been talking about for a long time. >> long demanding this for years now and wanted a no fly zone militarily imposed no fly zone for a safe haven for the syrian people and prevent syrian airplanes from targeting those areas. now the west has always been reluctant because of the national implications involved with u.n. security council decision and most likely there will be a russian veto. we heard from the u.s. state department make it very clear there will be no fly zone. it is not under consideration for now. but what is under consideration according to the united states is cooperation with turkey to target i.s.i.l. in the northwest. the area behind me. we have to remember the coalition started to target i.s.i.l. in syria last september but the air campaign was focused in the northeast of the country close to the ira

bernard smith.ew africa is e emerging as president obama addressed the union in ethiopia the first time the u.s. president delivered a speech to this body and obama telling the 54 members of eau that africa is on the move and rapid growth will help the continent away from war and poverty but obama warned the progress in this area has been put at risk by what he described as the cancer of corruption and by leaders who cling to power against the wishes of the people and urged africa leaders not to abuse their powers by cracking down on critical voices as we report from abbab a. >> reporter: it was the first ever address by a u.s. president to the 54-member african union and barack obama did not disappoint disappoint. it was his criticism of african leaders who remain in office beyond their time limits with the dick -- dignitaries. >> when a leader tries to change the rules in office it risks instability and strife as we have seen in burundi. and this is often, and this is often just the first step dow

. >> bernard smith for us. >>> mike lyons joins us. safe zone what is that? >> i'm not sure. no fly zone, i'm sure they're going to be keeping out some aircraft that is bottoming that bombing that area. that's why turkey wants land back inside of syria they want to keep it safe. they've got to put people on the ground to do that. >> a safe zone begets a no-fly zone. who polices that, who pays for that? >> in the old days it was blue helmeted u.n. people. >> absolutely. >> that's not going to happen. programs why turkey wants the u.n. to get involved, i calculated about 2500 square miles if it's 60 miles across 40 miles deep they want a large area. >> straight across, whose troops go in? >> probably turkey's first if you want a default perspective. those rebels fighting against assad government, look to be a safe haven there will create space and time for them. the people we've trained they're going to have zero impact there's not a lot of them. we're talking about fighting i.s.i.l. but 3,000 there. >> turkey's interest is most concerned about what? >> the kurds, this is all a

bernard smith al jazeera. >> well, nato meanwhile has expressed solidarity in its battle against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. it comes after a meeting at headquarters in brussels. members supported turkey's response to the threat posed by isil but urged the country not to use excessive force. >> all allies express their strong support. >> what we all know is that turkey is a staunch ally. turkey have--turkey has a very capable armed forces. >> al jazeera has this update on the airstrikes and nato talks in southern turkey near the border with syria. >> for the first time turkish fighter jets targeted the pkk on turkish soil following an exchange of fire between turkish security forces and the group. over the past few days turkish jets have been targeting the group across the border in northern iraq. the security situation undoubtedly deteriorating. there have been a number of incidents the turkish military blaming the pkk for a number of attacks targeting the police in a number of areas across the country. the security situation deteriorating turkey had requested an extra

as bernard smith reports, raids within turkey are another aspect of the country's security clamp down. >> people have been arrested in this latest wave of raids by security forces. turkish authorities say all those arrested are foreigners. they're a part of series of raids that have been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up scene after the suicide-bombing near the syrian border last weekend but turkey said its targeting not just isil supporters, potential isil fighters but people from the card stance workers party the pkk and an extreme left wing group here in turkey. all groups that it considers a threat to turkey's national security. even over the border in kobane, the ypg there the syrian kurds there are claiming that the occur tissue military has shelled the town near kobane, a village near kobane twice in the last few days. once on friday, when they sheffield united ypg positions and then on sunday. they say they're investigating the claims but it is not targeting ypg position in syria. they say they're only interested in isil positions in syria with t

part in future if it cuts ties and no plans to send ground troops into syria and we will go to bernard smith tell us more about what the turkish government is saying. >> reporter: well nick the turkish military put out what seems to be a clarification of claims from the syrian kurdish fighters. a village has been shelled by the turkish military just near kobani and the turkish military says he is looking into this but pointed out in the statement they are not targeting p.y.d. syrian kurdish fighters and their aim and targeting i.s.i.l. positions in syria and p.k.k. and kurdistan workers party positions in northern iraq what the turkish military says the ongoing military operation seeks to neutralize threats to turkey's national security so looking into what happened in that incident where the p.y.d. says twice a village near kobani once on friday and once on sunday night have been targeted by the turkish military and says it was deliberate and they are looking into it. >> saying p.y.d. could have a place in syria's future. >> reporter: yes, he is. this is because the turkish government is wa

bernard smith, al jazerra. >>> also later on wednesday the turkish parliament is due to meet to talkhe ongoing operations between isil and the p.k.k. live now to zeina khodr who in the south of turkey. brings us up to diet on the airstrikes which is taking place in what is traditionally a kurdish area. >> reporter: yes. as you mentioned military operations are continuing against isil and the p.k.k. but late yesterday for the first time turkish jets targeted the p.k.k. on turkish soil. since it declared war against the pk k it's been targeting their base as cross the border in northern iraq but last nigh they targeted the p.p. p.k.k. close to the border with iraq. and according to the turkish military the airstrikes remember called in after p.k.k. fighters engaged with security personnel on the ground. there has been an up surge in violence more and more security incidents being report ahead cross the country mainly targeting the turkish army and turkish police. the government and the security sources are blaming those attacks on the p.k.k. the p.k.k. did vow to reretaliate. there has

bernard smith has more from southeastern turkey. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too to fly hit targets of their new enemy isil just over the board never syria. this was last week. and they don't have much further to go to target an olden my. positions of the kurdish separatist p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government seems to be equating the threat from isil with the threat from the p.k.k. here a mainly kurdish city in southeastern turkey representatives from more than 18 nongovernmental organizes have been meeting. they are working on out a joint response to what they mere say threat to the already fragile piece process between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translator: we call on the people the kurds and the people of turkey, to show sol dare tim the only way of doing this is to stand up against these policies. >> reporter: only last month most of mess these people were celebrating the electoral suck certifies pro curb dirk h.d.p. within 80 seats in apartment for the first time. now turkey's president wants to lift

it's been given that name-- >> bernard smith reports from southern turkey. >> this is the first time in recent times that turkish parliament has met to discuss the security threats facing the country. all the opposition parties took the opportunity to round on the ruling and accuse it of allowing the security situation to deteriorate to this level that there was a suicide-bombing last week near the border with syria. the opposition party said that the ruling party has turned a blind eye to what is happening across the board in syria. they've ignored the threats of isil and they have allowed the isil fighters to come and go across the border. the government denounced this this 2013 and recognized isil as a terrorist group and the deputy prime minister and prime minister saying whatever the terrorist groups are in this country we condemn all of them. at the same time a couple of opposition groups have said that the government has been too soft on the pkk. so how the government is dealing not only with isil but with the pkk, the kurdistan workers party. >> let's go back to the united na

. >> bernard smith has more from istanbul. >> raids by security services turkish authorities say all of those are foreigners. a series of raids have been going on in the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up speed after the suicide bombing in suruc. targeting not just potential i.s.i.l. fighters, it is also targeting people from the kurdistan people's party the pkk. it says it targets all groups it considers a threat to turkey's national security. meanwhile over the border in kobani the syrian kurds there are claiming that the turkish military has shelled a village near kobani twice once on friday that the ypg assumed it was a mistakes, when they shelled ypg positions and then again on sunday. the turkish military says it's investigating these claims but is not targeting ypg in syria only interested in i.s.i.l. positions in syria with those air strikes and i.t. has also been targeting kurdish be be workers party positions pkk. >> and turkey and the u.s. have a plan to create a buffer zone in northern syria. the plan is to drive i.s.i.l. away from the turkish border. but as

bernard smith al jazeera. >> well, nato, meanwhile has expressed solidarity with turkey in its attacks against islamic state in iraq and the levant. members supported turkey's response to threats posed by isil. >> all allyies express their strong support for the--for turkey and we stand all together united in solidarity with turkey. and all allies also condemn the terrorism in all its forms. turkey did not ask for any additional military nato presence in turkey. what we all know is that turkey is a staunch ally. turkey have--turkey has a very capable armed forces. >> al jazeera has this update on the airstrikes and those attacks from southern turkey, near the border with syria. >> for the first time tourish fighter jets targeted the pkk on turkish soil. over the past few days turkish jets have been targeting the group across the border in iraq. this situation undoubtedly deteriorating. there have been a number of incidents with the turkish military blaming the pkk with a number of attacks targeting the group across the country. it has got the political support, the moral support it nee

bernard smith that more on monday mornings raised. >> 15 people have been arrested in this latest wave of raised by the security services. the authorities eight all arrested are foreigners. they are part of a series of raised going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up steam after the suicide bombing last weekend. turkey said it's targeting not just isil supporters, potential fighters, also targeting people from the kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k. and extreme leftwing in turkey, saying targets are all groups that it consider as threat to turkey's national security. over the border, the syrian kurds there claim that the turkish military shelled a village near kobane twice once on friday that the y.p.g. assumed was a mistake when they shelled y.p.g. positions and again on sunday. the turkish military said it's investigating these claims but says it is not targeting y.p.g. positions in syria. the turkish military said it's only interested in isil positions in syria with throws airstrikes amounted it's also been targeting kurdistan party positions in iraq, p.k.k. b

. >> let's hear from bernard smith from istanbul on monday morning's raids. >> 15 people have been arrested in ankara in this rate latest set of raids. they say that they're all foreigners. it's a series of raids that have been going on for the past weeks and months in turkey. they picked up speed near after the bombing near the syrian border last weekend. it's targeting not only potential fighters but the pkk and a left wing group here in turkey. it targets owl terrorist groups. over the border the syrian kurds there are claiming that the turkish military has shelled a town near kobane, a village near kobane twice in the last few days. once on friday. it was issued as a mistake when they sheffield united ypg positions and then again on sunday. turkish military said that it's investigating these claims but says it is not targeting ypg positions in syria. the turkish military said that it's only interested in isil positions in syria with those airstrikes and it's been targeting card stance workers party positions in northern iraq pkk bases there. nevertheless the turkish military said it is

bernard smith filed this report from southern turkey. >> reporter: turkish f-16 fighter jerts don't have gar to fly to -- jets don't have far to fly to hit targets of i.s.i.l. over the border and not far to target an old enemy, positions of p.k.k. in northern iraq. kurds are angry and frustrated that the turkish government is equating the threat from i.s.i.l. with the threat from the p.k.k. here, mainly a kurdish city in south-eastern turkey. representatives from 18 organizations have been meeting. kl they are working out a response to what they fear is a threat to the peace process between the p.k.k. and the government. >> translation: we call on the people. the kurds and the people of turkey to show solidarity. the only way to do this is to stand up against the policies. >> reporter: last month most of these people were celebrating the electoral success of the pro-kurdish htp, winning 80 seats in parliament for the first time. now the turkish president wants to lift the immunity of the mps being linked with terror group. recep tayyip erdogan is questioning whether talks with the p.k.k.

send ground troops into syria and court reporters covering the story near the syrian border and bernard smithtanbul and let's go to turkey at the moment and first of all let's talk about these arrests. >> well, yeah these arrests, the latest arrests are 15 people picked up in raids by turkish police, all of them the turkish authorities tell us they are foreigners and brings to 900 people the government has either links to i.s.i.l. or links to p.k.k., the kurdistan workers party and have links to an extreme left wing group and turkey lumping them together and part of a series of raids going on for several weeks and months now and certainly picked up in the last week or so after that suicide bombing down near the border with syria, laura. >> turkey called a nato meeting tomorrow and do we know why it's specifically called that? >> well it's called really turkey is able to do nato members able to do this when it feels that its territory is under threat and called the meeting to essentially publically make known what the actions it is taking in syria and not immediately calling for nato members t