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. >> bernard smith is live in italyia. tell us what the leaders are considering when it comes to border control. >> they've received a copy of a draft statement expected to be formalized later tonight. that draft statement says teach agreed to step up border controls and aviation security. we don't know yet exactly what that means when we talk about stepping up border patrols. perhaps two of the most significant borders are here in turkey, turkey's border with syria and turkey's border with greece, bulgaria and the rest of the european union. the border with syria is pretty well patrolled these days, much tighter than it used to be, it cannot be completely sealed and of course syrians seeking help and refuge are allowed in on a humanitarian base by the turks. however, it is quite easy, although remains a dangerous journey to go across the sea from turkey's aegean coast to those greek islands, so will turkey be stepping up patrols on those borders? will it be harder now for refugees to leave turkey? then in turkey, the shee

first let's go to bernard smith at the g20 summit in italia. tell us more what world leaders have been saying. >> this is supposed to be a summit talking about the global economy and challenges to the global economy, but it's been overshadowed by paris attacks. even before those attacks, the threat from isil was on the agenda here. there have been the killings which british tourists on the beach, the downing of a jet, the russian jet flying over the sinai peninsula and suicide bombings in beirut last week all claimed by isil. world leaders here have been lining up to condemn this latest attack in paris. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon said our response needs to be robust but within the rule of law so we don't fan the flames we are trying to put out. there was this from the u.s. president barack obama: >> we will redouble our efforts working with other members of the coalition to bring about a peaceful transition in syria, and to eliminate daish as a force that can create so much pain and suffering for people in paris and ankara and other

bernard smith in diabaka >>> al-shabab fighters in somali are claiming responsibility for attacking a hotel popular with politicians. 15 were killed, including a member of parliament. victoria gatenby has more. >> a suicide bomber detton its its explosives in a hotel. the hotel was stormed after a car was packed with explosives. somali soldiers were called in to recapture the hotel. >> it's clear, if you look back in somalia after the last six months that al-shabab has the capability to organise terror attacks. it's unfortunate that they occur sporad sporadical sporadically, over all the government forces are in the offensive and have the momentum. >> reporter: the hotel is popular with politicians, one former and past member of parliament are among the dead. senior government journalists and official was killed. one mp called the attack a dark day for somali. al-shabab which operates in somali and neighbouring countries, they claimed responsibility. in april fighters from the group killed 147 people in an attack on a university college in kenya. in september 2013, al-shabab fighters

be seeing here the first hints isil might be facing a more coordinated fight back, barbara. >> bernard smiththat g20 meeting in italia. bernard, thank you. >>> now, let's go to paris where police say that they found an abandoned car. inside were several ak-47 rifles. neev barker. >> on patrol in the streets of paris on this, a second day of mourning for those killed in the country's worst attack since the second world war. the street outside the bataclan concert hall where more than 80 people died remains sealed off as forensic teams gather evidence. new amateur video captured the moment the killers opened fire on concert goers. in another video, police prepared to storm the building. the push back and a hail of bullets as well as the blood shed, one of the killers left a vital clue. a cephiered finger that allowed investigators to identify him as 29-year-old. his father and brother have been arrested. >> i caught the attention of the police due to a violation of public power. from 2004 until 2010, he was pronounced guilty eight times but was never imprisoned n 2010, he was blacklisted by th

let's go to bernard smith live in us tam bull. what is going to be happening here?reporter: the turkey authorities are always a bit more reticent coming forward with information than the americans are. but there are more steps and acting together with the u.s. in dealing with isil. this is about 98 kilometers west of the euphrates, and the u.s. is going to work with the turks to strengthen this border. all along the turkish border it is a lot more secure than it used to be. turkey came under a lot of pressure because it was very poro porous. it is a lot tighter these days, but that bit is perhaps the weak link. it is already secured, we went down there some months ago, there are trenches being dug, concrete barriers being put in, for instancing, and military patrols as well. but it is still possible with the right smuggler to get through, i guess, so the turks and americans are working to do more. >> thank you, bernard smith there in istanbul. you are watching al jazeera. coming up in just a moment, the protesters who are voicing their anger after two dams burst in

bernard smith is there.e have been looking at scenes of celebration there in ankarar with this anticipated result. i imagine there may be more disappointment where you are should the akp party win an outright majority in this election. >> i think again, i would be surprised certainly. getting a little bit tension hear this evening. we have we are just outside the hdp headquarters and there has been some people around here for the past couple of hours. the police have just sdperningsed them with water canon. we are going to keep a close eye on if the htp get over the 10 percent threshold. no one expected them to do it in june, and they did, 13% of the vote, gave them 18 mps in parliament. they have taken a bit of a hit, it looks like the second time around. the polls suggested the results. a 10.4% share of the vote for the htp it's really important. if they manage to hang on though that, they maintain representation in parliament but have seat numbers down, about 57 against the 80 that they had in june. they

bernard smith, al jazeera, on turkey's aegean coast. >> still ahead on al jazeera, a blast in northeast nigeria kills at least 32 people. we'll have the latest for you on that and tributes pour in for new zealand's rugby superstar following his death at the age of 40. >> the top stories on al jazeera, major police raid in a paris spur of saint denis is now officially over and area is being officially secured. three suspects have been killed and seven arrested following the operation in the early hours of wednesday morning. >> french president francois hollande praised the police involved in the saint denis raid. he said france will not give into fear. extra security is protecting civilians in the wake of the paris attack which left over 129 dead approximate. >> it's day one of the annual asia pacific economic cooperation or apec in the philippines. barack obama start the meetings with a presser on china to stop building artificial islands in the contested south china sea. 21 other pacific rim economies are in attendance. we have more on the latest from the summit in manila. >> just as t

bernard smith at the g20 summit >>> two palestinians have been killed during an israeli army raid. its troops came under attack at the refugee camp. the army was demolishing home of a man who they say killed an israeli man in june. 20 palestinians were wounded. since october 86 palestinians abdomen 12 israelis have been killed in violence. japan has fallen back into recession. cavity data riese-- government data released says it slowed to a slow second quarter. myanmar's opposition laurelled aung san suu kyi has arrived in parliament to a media friendsy. her-- fren clerics y. her party took the majority of votes. the army bats ruling part will remain in power until the end of january. aung san suu kyi is barred from top political office but she says she will someone to lead as her proxy. florins lui has the later. >> reporter: this parliament session is attended by members of parliament who were elected not in the most recent poll, but in the 2010 general election. now, many of them would have lost their seats in the most recent elections, but they're still able to debate issues li

bernard smith reports from antalia. >> as europe's g20 leaders stood in silence, there was a call frome here not to associate terrorism with refugees and a religion, nationality or ethnic group. >> to make a connection between terrorist activities and refugees is irresponsible. we need to fight together against terrorism. >> but how? from a country leading the fight against isil, a recognition of the limits of what it can do militarily. barack obama ruled out any ground offensive. >> that would be a mistake. we would see a repetition of what we have seen before, which is if you do not have local populations that are committed to inclusive goverance and who are pushing back against ideological extremes, that they resurface unless we are prepared to have a permanent occupation of these countries. >> reporter: airstrikes are intensifying and europe and the u.s. have pushed russia to do more to target isil rather than just forces opposed to bashar al-assad. >> we have established contact with part of the syrian opposition which have asked us not to strike territories under their control. w

let's go to bernard smith in the pred predominantly kurdish city. am sure the enthusiasm we just saw in ankara isn't shared by a lot of people. tell us a little bit about the reaction you have been hearing there. the violence that had broken out in the country in the months between june and november, the breakdown of the seats fire with the pkk and the turkish state i am, a consequence, the three separate bomb attacks in tuney,e majority were kurdish. the leadership of the pro-kurdish htp will say it's remarkable that they said tonight they think it's remarkable they managed to keep the representation in parliament despite everything that's happened. back in june, the hdp surprised everyone by getting 13% of the vote, getting 18 nps in parliament for the first time. this time are, we are looking at about 10.7 percent of the vote perhaps in it sled below 10 percent, they wouldn't have representation in parliament. more 5 million people voted for the htp. there was a risk those people wouldn't have had any representation in parliament. the htp leader

. >> al jazeera's bernard smith reports from turkey. >> turkish authorities are more reticent to talkbout military operational matters. the foreign ministry confirmed to us that there will be new steps that they are intent on working with the u.s. to defeat i.s.i.l. we understand that the area that we are talking about is 98 to 100km west of euphrates. it is controlled by i.s.i.l., and it is the weak link. turkey has for a while been working it strengthen the porous border, it's harder to come and go than it used to be, but it is still possible if you are intent on getting across there. the border area that we are talking about has been secured with a mixture of concrete walls, trenches, fencing and patrolling. it's not a particularly order use difficult terrain to get through, it's not mountainous. it's flat and hilly in parts. we understand that the work that will be going on will be to strengthen already existing measures that have been taken along there to make it harder for people to come and go across that part of the border. >> bernard smith reporting from turkey >>> house repu

let's find out what people are saying about that, and bring in bernard smith. he is joining us from south-east turkey. back in june, that's where it went wrong for the abbing parliament, where you are. >> yes, polls on the east of turkey went darker. there was a high kurn out. there was more than 80% in june. it was compulsory to vote. it should benefit all parties. a lot of the conservative kurdish voters that the akp relied on, that keeps it in power, they switched allegiance. many voted for the h.d.p., for many reasons, put some felt that the akp was no longer issued. that helped them get over the threshold and got it representation in parliament. they hope to happy that the this time around. and largely because the a.k. party has not tried to win back the voters that it lost, it's concentrating on winning naturalist voters. it means the h.d.p. will perhaps hold on to the voters in june. >> thank you for that update. mark shapiro fighters in somali -- al-shabab fighters in somali claimed responsibility for an attack killing a member of parliament. victoria g

bernard smith has more from the summit in antalia. >> reporter: the attacks have over shadowed the agenda here at the g20 economic summit but the fear and increasing threats was on the agenda because of the murders of the people on the beach in tunisia and the suicide bomb inns ankara and beirut last week. all of these attacks claimed by isil. all of that casting a long shadow over this g20 summit. >>ra minute's silence. in paris, turkey and further afield. this is supposed to be a submit about the global economy but the threat from issim is on everyone's minds. from the host, a suggestion that turkey, a reluctant partner might now do more. >> we had to more strong lyn and determinedly express astie our cooperation in combatting terrorism. barack obama says the united states will step up efforts to eliminate isil in syria. >> it's an attack on the civilized world. i am sure each said to president hollande and the french people, we stand in solidarity with them in bringing them to justice. >> the u.n. secretary general said the attacks in paris offered a rare moment at diplomatic opportuni

bernard smith, al jazeera, on turkey's aegean coast. >> well, there is more to come for you this hour we'll tell you how many of poor argentinians have been given a financial helping hand. and how some u.s. restaurant are trying to help their staff by doing away with tipping. and in sport we'll hear from rory mcilroy on chances of topping the european tour money list for a third year. >> ali velshi on target. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> you're watching al jazeera news hour. islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> the operation ended with at least two people dead and eight arrested. >>> can the paris attacks be considered a victory for isil or could they prove to be the beginning of the end for the group? joining me now to discuss this is the muslim co

let's go to bernard smith in south-eastern turkey. so, bernard, how is that security situation effecting the kurdish area and the hopes of the kurdish party, the h.d.p. . >> it's not affected the turn out party. and nominations are that 70% that are eligible have cast their vote. a higher turn out is expected nationally in june, and it was more than 80%. this is a main place where it went wrong for the akp in june. previously they relied on the party of kurdish groups. they left, and gave the vote to the hkd. there was many reasons, one of them a perception that the akp had abandoned the kurdish peace protest and was not interested in the kurdish peace interests. they threw their support and got the h.d.p. into parliament. since then, if anything, perhaps support for the h.d.p. grew a little bit. the overall results are not expected to change. according to the polls. the h.d.p. may do better. yes, there are kurds that are disappointed with the hdk and many that have helped stop the violence. many h.d.p. voters are sticking with them. y

. >> bernard smith has been covering that g-20 meeting. let's talk specifically about vladimir putin and barack obama. have we seen a change in any way in the approach that these two are taking and the way they may be working together to try to take on i.s.i.l? >> i mean, overall, at the end of the summit i don't think there's any suggestion there's going to be any real change in strategy towards i.s.i.l. certainly pressure has been brought to bear on vladimir putin not just by barack obama but by angela merkel of germany. david cameron. to increase their russian fire power against i.s.i.l. targets rather than just targeting opposition to bashar al-assad. now, russian vladimir putin isn't going to suddenly turn around and turn against bashar al-assad. he has been supporting him since the start of the war as have the iranians. but the hint that if these armed opposition groups started fighting against i.s.i.l. were fighting against i.s.i.l. then russia would provide them with air support. so some sort of suggestion there might be a bit more

bernard smith has the story. >> there's really been an explosion of violence in turkey since then particularly in the eastern part of the country, here in the eastern part of the country where the effective ceasefire has broken down. there's been three separate bombings since june and the victims have been kurdish. nevertheless, all the polls are suggesting that the result we had in june would be broadly similar this time around in november. here in diabakar, there are ten seats, one seat in the hands of the akp. now in june the socially conservative kurdish voters, once voted for the hdp, will be hoping to get those volts. the akp hasn't done a lot serving this part of turkey to try to win back those socially conservative kurdish voters they lost. >> the top court of guinea has confirmed the results of the election, and opposition claims fraud. jerald tan is there. >> there is little to wonders how these guineans. felt about the election results. >> the rpg party won 57.84% of the votes and is elected as president of the public starting december 1, 2015 and disone, 2020. >> but complaints of

but as bernard smith reports from istanbul, many turks believe they may never be allowed to join the e.u. >> too big, too poor, too muslim, the words of a former e.u. commissioner just before turkey went into formal talks for entry of the european union. a statement that help set the tone for the ten years those talks have now dragged on. so the latest generation of turkish students of the e.u. are more pragmatic than enthusiast enthusiastic. >> it's the biggest party is turkey in trade. but i really don't believe that turkey will become an european union member. >> i believe it was the e.u. who blocked the process in the first place. there may be various reasons for this one may be turkey's huge population. there is debate about its culture. is turkey an european country or not. >> i really want turkey to be an e.u. member. icu membership towards democracy and human rights. but when we look at our current foreign policy it doesn't look likely that turkey will become a member soon. >> noticing a decline in support for e.u. membership amongst students. >> there used to be much more en

bernard smith in the southeast kurdish city, istanbul and in the capital ankara. we begin with you, jamal. >> polls closed here despite the fact that these are not only the second general elections in the space of five months, but the fourth time turks take to the polyin two years or less than two years. there isn't any sign of voter fatigue, in fact large voter turnout as is the norm in turkey. among those flocking to the polling station are the young, 50% under the age of 35. one of those people we have with us is from the ak party. you are from the ak party's youth wing. i want to ask you what are your expectations from these elections, are you concerned that if your party doesn't manage to get the seat it needs to form a government, that the instability turkey has had will increase. >> i'm hopeful for the elections today and i believe that within the well functioning democracy of turkey today, the people will give the best decision for the country, and i believe that turkey will only continue to go forward and it does not matter if ak party does not get enough

bernard smith is there for us. bernard, the pro kurdish h.d.p. and its leader very much the star of the election that took place in june. we have to treat results coming in with caution, but unclear if they're going to fare as well as they did a few months ago. >> well, of course, it was the h.d.p. that caused the big shock in june when it got over this 10% threshold or 13% of the vote, got into parliament. all the results are not in yet. the initial suggestion is it's down a bit. it still looks like it might get over that 10% threshold. interestingly, we're seeing the results where i am and the h.d.p. lost a fair amount of support here with 69%. in june, they were well over 80%. excuse me, there is a lot of fireworks going off and it is echos around. the a.k.p. didn't do a lot from june to november to try to win back the kurdish support it lost. they've managed to win back some votes here and in other parts of southeastern turkey, they'll be very pleased. >> i'll attempt another question. i know it's very lively where you are at moment. can you

bernard smith, attending the conference. barack obama and erdogan and other leaders throughout the day, what is it that they're going to be focusing on throughout the talks. >> jane, the g-20 is all about the economic issues, all about that. but even before the attacks of paris, the overshadowing of other issues, the downing of the russian airliner, the bombing in beirut and baghdad, the world leadership now prioritize the fight against terrorism. he says the paris attack says the time for words are now over. he's having biologica bilateral. in those meetings erdogan will push for a more coordinated response to i.s.i.l. jane. >> turkey's response to the i.s.i.l. threat has been criticized as being too late. how does he balance that? >> reporter: it was only in june that turkey opened up its air bases after intense pressure from the united states particularly to allow them to use those bases to launch attacks on i.s.i.l. targets. so because of that pressure on turkey, until turkey joined that coalition, fighting i.s.i.l. targ

bernard smith is in the city and sent an update. >> the acp surprised everyone getting for than 35% of the vote. helping to deprive the ruling a.k. party of its majority. this time around there's a closer call. the suggestion is that they have about 10.5% of the vote, getting it over the 10% threshold to get representation in parliament. anything below that and the more than 4.5 million people that voted would not have representation in parliament. >> that's how significant it was, they have 59 m.p.s cam paired to the 80 -- compared to the 80 they got in june. the leader is saying they got 11% of the vote in the midst of mayhem. he refers to the violence that had broken out in turkey between june, and the breakdown of the ceasefire between the p.k.k. and the turkish state. and the bombings, where victims end up being kurdish, htp is saying it's difficult to campaign effectively in the difficult circumstances. nevertheless, the party will look to see if they'll do anything wrong. they'll examine tactics to see if there's anything to learn, but the party is saying it's remarkable they go

we have correspondents across turkey and bernard smith and the city of the southeast and omar in istanbulet's start with omar, a big win for the ak party omar and has taken people by surprise, what has been the reaction there? >> reporter: it has surely and i ask and have called supporter for the ak party and his answer was i was shocked and when i ask about support of the opposition he also said he was shocked. now, the results prove that turkey remains a polarized and we will give you an idea of some newspaper headlines that we have, this is proopposition newspaper and it says victory and says the president erdogan's tactics worked out in getting the votes for his former and of course the president used to lead the ruling party. the other proak party says ak party swept back into power in the landslide and then finally we have a mainstream newspaper saying that the prime minister who leads the ak party is embracing turkey and a new message for the nation. now, what we have to know why the ak party got the results it has. some analysis suggests they managed to play well on the securi sec

bernard smith with al jazeera, istanb istanb istanbul. >>> barack obama says investigation is on going were short in jordan and two others were also killed and officials say it was a jordan policeman who was shot dead at the scene and a number of people were injured and abdullah went to visit them in hospital. they talked regarding the nuclear deal with iran and moving past disagreements and make israel feel more secure and two leaders tried to send a message of unity on the israel palestinian complex. >> we condemn in the strongest terms palestinian violence against innocence israeli citizens and want to repeat once again that it's my strong belief that israel has not just the right but obligation to protect itself. >> we will never give up our hope for peace and remain committed to a vision of peace for two states of two people and de-military state. >>> hundreds ended a riot in an over crowded prison in guinea and at least 13 were injured in the jail in the capitol, 60-year-old jail was designed to hold 220 prisoners and currently has more than 2000. the u.n. is warning of impending

. >> bernard smith has more. >> the paris attacks overshadowed the agenda area at the g20 summit. the fear and threat of and from i.s.i.l. was on the agenda because of the murders of british tourists on the peach in tunisia -- beach in tunisia, the downing of a jet in the sinai and suicide bombings in ankara and beirut. all the attacks claimed by i.s.i.l. all of that casting a long shadow over the g20 summit. >> reporter: at the g20 summit a minute's silence for the victims of terrorism. in paris, turkey and further afield. this is supposed to be a summit about the global economy. the threat from i.s.i.l. is on everyone's minds, and from the host a suggestion that turkey, a reluctant partner in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> we have to more strongly and determinedly express cooperation in combatting terrorism. >> reporter: president obama says the united states will step up efforts to eliminate i.s.i.l. in syria. >> it's an attack on the civilized world. i am sure each said to francis hollande, and the french people we stand in solidarity with them in hunting council the perpetrato

. >> bernard smith hat latest from the pro.commontly kurdish city. >> southeastern turkey here was one of the places it all went wrong for the ak party in june. before then, they relied on votes, but many kurds felt that the ak party was no longer interested in kurdish issues. the h.d.p. hopes to get the votes this time around. the ak party hasn't done a lot to try and win back those lost kurdish votes. instead, the ak party has concentrated on perhaps winning over for nationalist voters from the further right of the political spectrum. that is why the hope is that the a.d.p. will hold on to the votes it won in june. >> crossing over to istanbul, tell us how people are voting where you are. >> the voting is over now and at the polling station, they cleared the voting, although they counted the ballot papers that were used, you can see the box here is quite full. i am told 94% of the people registered in this station have cast their ballots. we expect the voter turnout to be very high. i did speak to a number of voters earlier in the day and they were telling me how society is deeply po

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much pain and suffering for people in paris and other parts of the globe >>> to our correspondent bernard smith who is at that g20 summit. what else it did they say, the world leaders about tackling i.s.i.l. and what is happening in the world at the moment? >> reporter: we've also heard as well from obama, ergogan and ban ki-moon spoke earlier. he pointed out that our response to these attacks in paris, and elsewhe elsewhere, our response needs to be robust but always within the rule of law and with respect to human rights. otherwise we will only fan the flames that we are trying to put out. an attempt there from ban ki-moon to ensure the response is proportionate. also from erdogan, they have discussed the fight against i.s.i.l. and what further steps they can take as partners in increasing taking the battle to i.s.i.l., increasing the campaign against the group in syria >>> amongst all the leader who are there, including russia or russian representatives, is everybody on board? >> reporter: well, we haven't heard from all of these leaders yet. the g20 summit is essentially to be about the wor

bernard smith there. >> major battle is underway to try to recapture the third largest city in yemen. airstrikes and ground forces from the saudi-led coalition are attacking taiz. >> government reinforcements in the city of taiz, a major battle is underway to repel a houthi advance. tribesmen are also joining the fight to recapture taiz, yemen's third largest city. >> we are ready for the fight. we are waiting for orders to launch the final assault. the new military commander has been ordered to prevent the houthis taking over tads. recapturing the city is crucial for government forces. it's on the main road, which links the south to the capital, sanna. >> taiz remains a divided city. the area said under government control, but the houthis backed by the former president al saleh still hold ground. if taiz falls under government control, the government in exile may move there. the prime minister spent sometime in the southern city of aden but was forced to relocate in saudi arabia was a he was targeted in an isil attack. al jazeera. >> two palestinians have been killed during a raid by

bernard smith is there. a lot of new lines today, bernard, particularly david cameron saying that he is looking for more involvement by the u.k. in targeting i.s.i.l. tell us more about that. >> reporter: particularly interesting about what britain's p.m. has been saying is that he's going to meet the russian president putin today and he's going to tell him or ask him to focus russian air strikes in syria on i.s.i.l. targets. russia started its bombing campaign in syria in september, but a lot of it iss fire power has been directed towards forces opposed to president bashar al-assad. one thing that david cameron said in terms of the russians, he said we have our differences and not least, he says, because they've done so much to degrade non-i.s.i.l. opposition. also, of course, yelled putin and obama metaphor about half an hour on the sidelines of this summit where syria was top of the agenda. we know that the americans also want the russians to do more to coordinate with this fight back against i.s.i.l. anot

bernard smith where the summit is being held. g20 over shadowed by paris at the meeting. what is that they're going to be talk about as far as this is concerned? >> reporter: the g20 is supposed to be all about the global economy. in the main meetings they will still talk about that, but undoubtedly, even before the paris attacks, the threat from i.s.i.l. was over shadowing the agenda here. we have the bombing of the russian airliner, suicide bombings in areas all claimed by i.s.i.l. speaking to the media ahead of today's formal meetings and tomorrow's formal meetings, the host, turkish president said he urged world leaders to prioritise the fight against terrorism and he said that the paris attacks showed that the time that the word are over. bilateral meetings will be held with world leaders, including obama in a couple of hours time. the officials are telling us he will push for a more coordinated decisive action against i.s.i.l. also on the agenda today put by the turks on the agenda are migrants coming through to europe. the issue of migrants and the issue of i.s.i.l

but as bernard smith reports, many turks believe they will never will allowed to join the e.u. >> reporterg, too poor, too muslim, the words of a former e.u. commissioner. a statement that helped set the tone in the ten years that those talks have now dragged on. so the latest generation of turkish students are more pragmatic than enthusiastic at the prospect of membership. >> it is the biggest partner for turkey in the trade, but i really don't believe turkey will become e.u. member. >> translator: i believe it was the e.u. who blocked the process in the first place. one reason may be turkey's huge population. there is also debate about its culture. is turkey a european country or not. >> translator: i really want turkey do be an e.u. member. i see it as a way to advance democracy and human rights, but when we look at our current foreign policy it doesn't look likely. >> reporter: this woman has been teaching these classes for seven years. she has noticed a decline in support amongst her students. >> there used to be much more enthusiasm, because i think they believed the prospect of turk

bernard smith, al jazeera, on turkey's aegean coast. >>> tear gas has been used in kosovo's capitol inmpt to disperse crowds. unrest with serbia entered a second day. the unrest comes after opposition lawmakers against an e.u.-brokers akorbed with serbia, fired tear gas in kosovo's parliament on tuesday. >>> there have been angry sdeens in athens where police fired tear gas at protesters against planned tax increases. they threw stones and oranges at riot police. >>> four people have been killed in bush fires in western australia, three german backpackers died in their car. another man understood to be a local farmer was also found dead in his vehicle. >>> nigeria has nearly half of the world's trees that produce shea butter. but because they can't refine it, producers say they are not making enough money from the product. >> reporter: women who depend on these trees say they should make more money from the nuts that call from them. the nuts produce natural oil which is made into is shea butter. it's also an ingredient in many skin-care products. the women process the butter mainly by

> the pro-kurdish htp party finished with the worst result and during the election in june and bernard smithts from the city. >> reporter: we know that here in the southeast of the country the htp lost ten seats, eight of those went back to the akp. now, the htp was campaigning in a very different environment since the june election, the break down of a ceasefire between the pkk and the turkish state created an unstashl environment here and htp did try and persuade and call on pkk to lay down its arms and wasn't successful in persuading the pkk to do that so there are suggestions that the kurds freightened about the out break after 2 1/2 years of peace decided to put their support back with the akp and also in the secular minded areas and liberal voters seeing their sums go to war on the eastern side of the country perhaps felt they should go with what they would perceive as a safer option in return of what they thought was stability that turkey had before the june election. >> reporter: russian airline and flight crashed on saturday in egypt is insisting that a technical fault can't be the

further and he is ready to talk to prevent further incidents, let's go live to our correspondent bernard smith in istanbul and also listening in and turkey may be ready to talk to russia but hearing that russia is not ready to talk to turkey. >> no, the kremlin we understand has said there will be no meeting with putin or erdogan the turkish president on the sidelines at the cop 21 summit in paris and they hoped to meet putin there but it's not going to happen and putin says he will not speak to erdogan until we got an apology and you just heard in the press conference there is not going to be an apology from turkey and they are saying we are not giving apology for doing our jobs and essentially support in that stance from the nato secretary-general, laura. >> also, we are hearing, we have been hearing the past few days bernard that the russians are going to slap sanctions on turkey and tell us what the sanctions involve and how we are seeing turkey react? >> well, the sanctions that turkey faces are not going to come or put in place we understand until january so for the moment it's pretty mu

of poverty and many of them and hope one day to join the eu it doesn't seem as important now, bernard smithazeera, istanbul. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry heading to vienna for more talks to resolve the crisis in syria and special envoy to syria will brief the council on tuesday has been to moscow and others to the negotiating table and so far no success. on the ground the fighting continues and people displaced by the conflict are facing the on set of winter as dana reports. >> reporter: it's a daily struggle for survival and the number of syrians faced with this reality is only growing. and she says she can no longer cope, she has been living in this tent for weeks, her family is among the more than 100 syrians who have been displaced by the recent fighting. >> translator: we left and came here because of the bombing and we were afraid, we need help and need milk and blankets and clothes for the children. >> reporter: winter has arrived and the displaced have little protection from the cold and rain, they come from the northern countryside of hana providence win battleground wher

this date from bernard smith. wilt keep a close eye on if they get over the 10 percent threshold.o one expected them to do it in june. they did, 13% of the vote. it gave them 18 mps in parliament. they have taken a bit of a hit, it looks like this second time around. the polls suggested they might have had similar results. we are looking at a 10.4% share of the vote for the htp. it is really important. if they manage to hang on to that, then at least they maintain representation in parliament. they will have their neat numbers down to about 57 against the 80 that they had in june. but they dropped below 10 percent. anything just below 10 percent and they don't get one mp in parliament. to give you an idea of what that means, 4,300,000 people. more than that so far have voted for the hdp. if the hdp doesn't get into parliament, that means no parliamentae representation for more than 4 million people. that's why there is an extraordinarily high threshold in turkey, for getting parliament army representation is so controversial. it would cause, i think, considerable problems in this

bernard smith, al jazeera, antalya. >> around the world, people are taking part in demonstrations against.i.l. in india, muslims gathered in solidarity with the paris victims. muslims in other countries have revived the not my name campaign which seeks to show how i.s.i.l. distorts islam. >>> we're learning more tonight about the victims of the paris attacks. most.them were young just out to enjoy a friday night, celebrating the end of the work week when the nightmare unfolded. al jazeera's roxana saberi reflection on what was lost. >> it's the little things that made them all so different. those who loved each of the victims of the paris attacks, irreplaceable. >> (bleep) terrorism! >> 129 people from 19 nations, with details about the paths they forged in lines. most were killed at the bataclan concert hall, there to see the band eagles of death metal. nick, avenues of the attack, his girlfriend posted frantic meivelingmessages looking for ha final going, sleep tight my friend. have this man lived in paris with his wife, his band posted a message on facebook page. friends say had infect

al jazeera's bernard smith is in antalia where the summit is taking place. >> this is one of the mostensive execute operations the turkish government has had to undertake on the agean coast. it's 1 of those areas where national leaders are gathered together for one event all of the entrances the g20 is supposed to be about addressing the world's economic challenges but it's the syria crisis that casts a long shadow over this event not least because we are 500 kilometers from the syrian border. also, put on the agenda by the events host synrated by syria's civil war. there will be one g20 leader, note a.m. by his absence from this event, the french president, francois hallande represented by lauren fabbuos. government demonstrators have fought police in the sorting korean capitol. the protestors are rallying against the introduction of state you issued history text books calling the move politically biased. harry faucet is in seoul. >> seoul hasn't seen clashes like this. the politics of this country bubbling over. at stake, two key issues, a conservative government's attempts to refor

bernard smith joining us from istanbul with a somebody more about this announcement made by john kerry>> reporter: well, dareen, turkey is always moret sent to talk about military matters than the americas, so they are not giving us a great deal. we have confirmation just that there will be new steps and they are intent on dealing with the u.s. the border is 100 kilometers or so west of the euphrates. it is perhaps the weak link along turkey's border. it was once -- much of the border was pretty easy to get back and forth. turkey came under enormous pressure to strength it. and it has closed already the border. it is very hard to freely cross into turkey, but of course, if you are determined, you can be smuggled across. but that border is made up of a fixture of concrete blast walls, trenching, as well as military patrol. so that is already going on, but we understand from what john kerry has been saying is there is going to be more to strength that particular weak link. >> and bernard, turkey itself has been the target of isil attacks in the past, so what is it hoping that this is goi

. >>> we have reports from bernard smith. >> we know that here in the southeast of the country, the hepost 18 seats, and the hdp was campaigning in a very different environment since the june election, the break down since the cease-fire of th created an unstable environment here. they called to lay down arms, but it was not persuasive. and there are suggestions that the socially conservatives kurds frightened at the violence after two and a half years of peace decided to pull back to the akk. and those liberal voters seeing their sons going to war on the eastern side of the country perhaps felt that they should go with what they would perceive is a safer option in return to what they thought was the stability that turkey had before the june election. >> also, in turkey a man is in criminal condition after shooting at police guarding president erdogan's residence in istanbul. the man grabbed the gun of the police officer before turning the weapon on himself. he was rushed to hospital for entrepreneurial treatment. no other person was hurt. >>> putting prisoners in cages and using them a

armoured vehicles and police could be seen during voting in the kurdish strong hold of diabakir, and bernard smith has the updeath on the pro-kurdish people's democratic party. >> in june's election the pro-kurd rich h.d.p. surprised everyone getting more than 13% of the vote, depriving, helping to deprive the ruling a.k. party of the parliamentary majority. this time around it's been a closer call, the suggestion is that the akp has 10.5%. vote, getting it over the threshold to get preparation in parliament. anything below that, and the more than 4.5 million that voted for the h.d.p. would not had had representation in parliament. that's how did not it was for the h.d.p. they have 59 m.p.s, compared to the 80 they got in june. the h.d.p. leader he is saying that they got 11% in the midst of mayhem, referring to the violence breaking out in turkey, and the break down between the p.k.k. and the durkish state and the box bongs where they were kurdish. they found it difficult to campaign, nevertheless the the water lot book to see if there's anything to learn, but it's remarkable they got into parlia

bernard smith has more now from the summit in italia. >> reporter: at the g20 summit, a minute's silence for the victims of terrorism. in paris, turkey, and further afield. this is supposed to be a summit about the global economy. the threat from isil is on everyone's minds. from the host, a suggestion that turkey, a reluctant partner might now do more. >> we have to more strongly and determinedly express our cooperation in combatting terrorism obama says the united states will step up efforts to the w the. i am sure each said to president hollande and the french people, we stand in solidarity with them and hunting down the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice. >> the u.n. secretary general said the attacks in paris offered a rare moment of diplomatic opportunity to end the violence in syria. >> our response needs to be robust but always within the rule of law respect for human rights. otherwise, we will only fan the fire we are trying to pout. >> then a discrete handshake between barack obama and russia's president was followed by talks that according to the white hou

as bernard smith reports, there was little detail about a new strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. r at the g20, a minutes's silence. this was supposed to be about the global summit. from turkey that they need to do more. >> we have to more strongly express our cooperation in combatting terrorist. >> reporter: president obama says the united states will step up efforts to eliminate i.s.i.l. in syria. >> it's an attack on the civilized world. i am sure each said to president francis hollande and the french people we stand in solidarity with them in hunting council the perpetrators of the crime and bringing them to justice. >> reporter: the attorney-general said it offered a rare moment of opportunity to end the violence. >> our response needs to be rob oft, but always within the rule of law. and with respect for human rights ordinary we only fan the fire we are trying to put out. then a discrete handshake between president obama and russian's president which was after talks to resolve the syrian crisis. earlier, vladimir putin said a joint effort was needed to fight terror. in syria

bernard smith reports from istanbul. >> reporter: too big, too poor, too muslim.ords of a former e.u. commissioner, just before turkey entered into formal talks for entry into the european union. the statement that helped set the tones for the ten years that the talks have now dragged on. the latest generation of turkish students at the e.u. are more pragmatic than enthusiastic at the prospect of partnership. >> i really don't believe that turkey can become a european member. >> translator: i believe it was the e.u. who blocked the process in the first place. there may be various reasons for this. one may be turkey's huge population. there is also debate about its culture. is turkey a european country or not? >> translator: i really want turkey to be an e.u. member. i see e.u. membership as a way to advance democracy and human rights, but when we look at our current foreign policy it doesn't likely that turkey will become a member soon. >> reporter: this man has been teaching these classes for seven years. she has noticed a decline in support for e.u. membership.

that can create so much pain and suffering for people in paris and other parts of the globe >>> bernard smith is live for us. the forces have been trying to soften borders and barriers to trade. tell us where this meeting is now heading when it comes to border controls. >> this is only a draft of a statement that the agency has got hold of. they're suggesting that they're agreeing to strengthen border controls. we don't know what that would mean because those significant borders must be here in turkey, the greece with greece and the union. it is impossible to seal it completely and people seeking refuge are allowed in by turkey. of course, it's other border, the sea border, it is easy but draerngous to cross, that's why a lot of refugees have been making that journey. what does that mean? what will turkey do? will it make it harder for people to cross the border. the other border, you can go from greece to europe without having your identity checked or your vehicle checked. maybe the europeans are looking at changing those regulations. we wait to find out what it all means >>> strong words wh

bernard smith reports that hundreds continue to attempt the dangerous journey across the mediterraneaneporter: along turkey's coast, november is so far unseasonably mild and calm, but for these refugees heading to the greek island of lesvos, the journey is still perilous. most of the people in this group are from afghanistan, a few are pakistani. >> i'm not interested in go to europe. europe is not better for me. afghanistan is better for me. but they take afghanistan from me. they do not let me to be in afghanistan. >> reporter: most are escaping from conflict, some are running from the poverty instability creates. >> in pakistan we can't work freely, because of you and americans. okay? >> go to europe, people dream. europe is better. >> reporter: threats from the coast guard are a brief deterrent. but there are thousands of kilometers of coastline to patrol. some will always get through. it will take a major naval operation to stop the flow of rubber dingies that carried more than 200,000 refugees in october alone according to u.n. estimates. most were syrians. these were caught hidi