correspondent dorian jones reporting outside the courthouse there for us in istanbul thank you dorian. now to some other stories making news around the world the belgian trial of a key suspect in the two thousand and fifteen attacks in france has been postponed the delay is to give his newly appointed lawyer time to prepare and sell up islam is currently in a french prison for his alleged involvement in multiple attacks that killed one hundred thirty people in paris. these rarely military confirms it is carried out air strikes in the gaza strip targeting hamas training compound it is in response to new rocket attacks from palestinian territory militants have stepped up rocket fire since u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. counting is underway in south africa after thousands of members of the ruling african national congress voted for a successor choose president jacob zuma as head of the party deputy president cyril ramaphosa is facing off against who must ex-wife and. the winner is likely to succeed zuma as the country's president. a new

know that the decision by mr charmed won't be reversed any time soon tony kraemer in jerusalem dorian jones in istanbul thank you both. to the united states and in what's being seen as a major setback for president trump the democratic candidate doug jones has won a u.s. senate seat in the deeply conservative state of alabama the result has a significant knock on effect in washington shrinking the republican the senate majority two votes to just one. of all the states which the democratic fight should take shape alabama was an unlikely starting point the party has not won a senate seat here in a quarter of a century. we have just around the state of alabama but we are showing the country the way they are with. the celebrations here or much to the control we see surrounding his opponent. airlie or in the day the republican crusader roy moore had hoped his horse named sassy would carry him to victory. it was the final bid to cast him as a thorough bred conservative in a campaign marred by multiple allegations from women claiming he had molested them decades ago when they were teenagers even f

further polarize ation and further divisions and the fear of further violence or corresponded dorian jones on the story for us tonight in istanbul dorian as always thank you very much. well back here in germany the chancellor is launching a second attempt to form a new government following september's elections i'm going to merkel's previous bid collapsed after the free democrats pulled out of talks with the conservatives and the green party a social democrat conference recently gave party leaders the go ahead to begin coalition talks with america's conservatives and mitchell discussions are taking place this evening as we speak but the social democrats have not yet committed to reviving the grand coalition as it's known that governed germany during the last parliament in that they were the junior partner we spoke earlier with w.'s chief political correspondent linda crean about the tough issues on which the two sides will have to find common ground there are quite a number of items on that list they range from immigration many people think that the election result and loss in support for

brent: our istanbul correspondent dorian jones has been covering the summit for us.joins me, along with our jerusalem correspondent tania kramer. she is monitoring developments from there. to both of yougood evening. tania, let me begin with you. why hasn't israel reacted more strongly to this declaration? tania: i think there must be an expectation that the statement from the summit was going to shake up israeli politics. we just heard the statement by the israeli prime minister netanyahu saying the statements by abbas, they don't really impress israel. and i think israeli officials here, from their point of view, they are not seeing the arab world as so united from that statement. all the arab states, they have their own strategic interests, and also there are a lot of other problems here in the region. i think they take the attitude here of wait and see and see how this will unfold in the coming days and weeks. brent: dorian, how are muslim leaders planning to turn their words today into actions in the future? dorian: well, i think we will see a quite significant

dorian jones a reporter with the latest there and from the court in a sample thank you dorian. now a bitcoin a seen an incredible rise in the past month alone and taken another step towards the mainstream monica more and more mainstream soon started trading on the huge chicago mercantile exchange futures market that was on sunday it received a look warm reception zero on its first trading day the price of a month's contract was down about five percent on sin bali and the listing comes a week after bitcoin began trading on the rival c.d.o. he its first appearance on a major exchange it quite soared in recent weeks rising twenty fold in value since the beginning of the year critics warned of a possible. sed. all right all of this apart from those exchanges isn't really news so let's find out what's so exciting about this news daniel corp is joining us in frankfurt now daniel bitcoin ok is trading at the c b o e for a week now and now also at the c m e why is that such a big deal. well it is such a big deal monica because this is really considered as a new milestone for the becaus

straight to istanbul then where were you join up with the deed of the correspondent to dorian jones so welcome adore it let's start with some antics of president to one side he wants jerusalem to be palestine is capital but the summit declaration talks about east jerusalem is that significant. well it's difficult to say but this was no slip of the tongue for out today's meeting the one referring to jerusalem as the capital of the palestinians did not use easter you saw them for out these references and this certainly will call that angle certainly ease israel but other one throughout this day gave made it very clear he had little interest in israeli sensibilities over this but he just underlines the very strong message other wants to give only to israel but the united states and the rest of the region that he is on the front line of supporting the palestinians and their battle to secure true east jerusalem as its capital we heard in the report the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying that the u.s. now is out as far as he's concerned of the middle east peace process if not the uni

the low profile representation of countries like egypt and saudi arabia dorian thank you devious dorian jones there in istanbul. now take a look at a couple of other stories in our news in brief iran's southeastern province of cowman has been hit by multiple strong quakes state media said at least eighteen people were injured in dozens of houses damaged the first quake of magnitude five point nine struck on tuesday morning fifty six kilometers north of the provincial capital cap month german chancellor angela merkel has made a surprise visit to the site of last year's christmas market attack here in berlin michael has faced criticism from survivors and relatives of the victims a tunisian asylum seeker killed twelve people and injured around seventy when he drove a truck into the crowded market last year. britain's prime minister is facing one of her stiffness tests yet over breaks it lawmakers from her own party could push through a proposal that would allow parliament to reject any deal she reaches in her recent deal with the e.u. theresa may promised that there would be no hard border betwe

our correspondent dorian jones has been covering the summit for worse he joins me along with our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer she is monitoring developments from there to both of you good evening to you let me begin with you why hasn't israel reacted more strongly to this declaration. that the statement of the summit would really shake up israeli politics over here we just heard the statement by this very prime minister netanyahu saying that the statements they don't to really impress israel and i think israeli officials from their point of view they're not seeing the our. as so united as you could say from that statement all the arab states to have their own strategic interests and also there are a lot of other problems here in the region so i think dave all the take here in israel the attitude of wait and see and see how this will unfold in the next coming days and weeks and dorian how our muslim leaders how are they planning to turn their words today into actions in the future. well i think we will see a question if it has diplomatic offensive to achieve these goals it will be c

for more let's bring in our correspondent dorian jones who stand by with the very latest from istanbul also dorian this is no ordinary trial even by current standards in turkey tell us a little bit more about what is at stake today. well many people say so he's very democracy is at stake sell it in their metallic she's the leader of turkey second largest opposition party many ways he is seen as probably the most effective challenger to the president reject type one very charismatic he managed to achieve what many previous kurdish leaders have never done reach out beyond kurdish vote to wider turkish society and was many ways seen as a possible leader of the country in the future now he's been in jail now for just under four hundred days before his first hearing he's facing one hundred forty years in jail five hundred pages of indictment but many people many critics of this case say that this is a political case aimed at silencing one of the most effective challenges to the president why is the turkish government so afraid of him. well it is because he is not only seen as an affective o

for us in athens and dorian jones in istanbul thank you to both. thank you now more than a year after his arrest the trial of turkey's a pro kurdish opposition party leader begins in on court today so how teen damer tosh is accused of connections to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party the p.k. k. until his arrest the charismatic leader was widely seen as the strongest political opponent of president ever to one the h.e.p.a. denies that faces up to one hundred forty two years in prison if he is convicted. for more on the story we have air con air to one with us here in studio he's the executive committee member of the pro kurdish people's american democratic party b a h d p here in berlin mr atwan thank you for joining us of the turkish government says that the h.e.p.a. has ties to the outlawed p k k what are the ties between these two is to appease a democratic party in turkey it's the biggest group in the top bottom and it is no one size fits this sort of claims it was asians and the same as in a recession also other m.p.'s of d.p. are only bein

dorian jones is at that emergency summit in istanbul and joins me now from there in dorian and all i see has come up with a declaration recognizing east jerusalem as the capital of a palestinian state what more can you tell us. what this has been the main theme of this meeting along with expected criticism of the u.s. president for his decision and these rail for its crackdown on protests out of the some of the commitment to take forward the campaign to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of of the palestinian state and for the palestinian state to be recognized as well and they're going forward from this summit that is the message is going forward is that they will now be in the process of the achieving that goal and the declaration that strong words about the u. s. and dorian what can you tell us about what was said about the role of the u.s. in the peace process. well that's another important message has come out of this summit mahmoud abbas the palestinian leaders said that the united states no longer has a role in the peace process he says that they are biased towards israel

the low profile representation of countries like egypt and saudi arabia dorian thank you devious dorian jones there in istanbul. the u.s. decision to recognize to resume as israel's capital has sparked protests around the world here in germany many were shocked after arab demonstrators burned israeli flags in front of berlin's brandenburg gate last week and the gate often served as a backdrop for the nazis but is also a symbol of german reunification the government says it will not tolerate plague burning and the jewish community is calling for tougher laws. was it. there will be renewed protests in berlin on tuesday many here can't understand why don't trump has chosen to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and the palestinians claim east jerusalem as the capital of a future palestinian state and i wonder why there's been so much outrage at the burning of israeli flags. germany it's just about to fly a simple flag what about the people who are born in a refugee camp were born stateless what about them. well says the woman. that is the doesn't serve our cause and we are against anti-semit

michelle the totals release could be a sign of hope well is it for the very latest let's bring in dorian jones our correspondent in istanbul dorian just told those early mean we could soon see other imprisoned journalists released as well. certainly the hope is released all full of the release of peta showing. similar serious charges but story that was allowed to leave the country while total hasn't been able to be given how possible she still in the country and there's a great deal of i think frustration being voiced in berlin over that fact the german foreign minister oh the german chancellor is concerned about this given the fact that she's still facing very serious charges that trial will resume in april and she can still ultimately face fifteen years in jail but still overall that is a relief that she's out of jail given the fact she has a three year old child ok let's focus in on mistletoes case there was some confusion last night first it looked like she was going to be sent back to germany what happened exactly. well indeed she was made to be released from prison but then she was taken

straight to istanbul now and our correspondent dorian jones dorian what are we expecting to happen in court today. well it is the second day of the hearings will probably carry on listening to the prosecutors reading out the charges and evidence against possibly some witnesses but little major developments are expected in this hearing what is a key part of today's hearing he's going to be that the defense lawyers will be pressing for her release from pretrial detention and possibly to be allowed to give a passport and travel back to germany this has happened with a recent german human rights activist peter storrie and given the fact that she does have a three year old trial and that child has been in prison for much of her potential it is made it very contentious and the lawyers will be pressing very hard for her release and i think also the government diplomats to. defense attorney says that the evidence is weak can you fill us in exactly what evidence the government has against. well it seems that the prosecutor's evidence does heavily on the fact that she attended this memorial and

detention that leaves eight german nationals still behind bars in turkey our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones is standing by dorian toll is out of jail is this a sign of hope for other germans that are in prison right now. well it certainly is what they will be hoping for given the fact that a lot in october peter storrie no he german human rights activists too was released from. detention while his trial was going on but story that was allowed to leave the country but tolo is being forced to stay in turkey and will wait until her trial completes in april and she still faces very serious charges and could face up to fifteen years in jail and there's a lot of unhappiness in berlin about the fact she still has to remain in turkey until recently the turkish government had rejected any calls from germany to release imprisoned journalists and human rights activists what has changed. well i think that there is a concerted effort on both sides to deescalate tensions they realize that it is not helping anyone last month the german foreign minister made a surprise visit to turkey and we have seen effo

presence in just a bit loose at any price ok let's go straight to istanbul for the latest with dorian jonesstanding by for a story in what are the turkish military strategic goals at the border while there are a combination one is the he still ongoing humanitarian operation turkey has is hosting over three million refugees and those large security presence is help to prevent and control any further exodus this into the country but the main factor now is the well considers the main security threat facing turkey the presence of the syrian kurdish militia the white peachy which it claims is linked to a cogent kurdish insurgent group the p.k. k. that it's been fighting for decades inside turkey now the y.p. she controls large parts of the syrian border and turkey says that it's a clear and present danger to the country ok you know we're getting reports that turkey could be in the process of expanding its its presence inside syria especially in the region of afrin that's northwest of aleppo now what would be the syrian and the russian response to a move like that. afrin is controlled by the y.p.

for more on this so we can take you now to istanbul a story and jones is covering this case dorian this isn't an ordinary year trials also a bit more about it. certainly isn't salat in diameter she's the leader of turkey second largest opposition party but beyond that he's seen as a very important figure in turkish politics because he managed to break out of the traditional kurdish voting and secure support of turkish voters as well as kurds and many with his message of pluralism message not only of kurdish rights but them ocracy and in many ways he was seen as a person who cooperage the deep divide between kurds and turkey's in turkish society but now he is facing one hundred forty years in jail and even his party's existence is on the in question with over eleven thousand party officials in jail thousands of its males are. also in jail and nine members of parliament in prison as well. dorian and general test is accused of a number of crimes including founding a terrorist organization and sedition do you think he will all and he has a chance to get a fair trial. where there is deep con

and it underscores one dorrian jones is at that summit and joins me now from istanbul dorian no ed john has put the question of jerusalem and palestine at the top of the agenda at this oh i see summit support is there for his position. well it certainly hear it it appears that he does have very much strong support he sees as some of his a bringing together of the muslim world to our pows trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and beyond that he's been using as a platform to issue a very strong condemnation of israeli security forces calling them terrorists but as you said the key part of his speech is about starting a process to recognize jerusalem as the capital of palestine he called it an occupy capital and a wider efforts to recognize the palestinian state as an independent country and very much so he sees this summit as the beginning of a process to achieve those goals the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has said they do prisoners to accept the united states as an honest off air broker in dissolving this come conflict if any consensus that that who shou

all right lots to unpack daryn jones is in istanbul dorian a german human rights activist peter start now was released in october now michel till is turkey finally giving in to the political pressure. well uncle would certainly deny that but certainly around the release of the reports that bolin was using its diplomatic muscle to put pressure on financial markets to curtail their lending for heavy falls in the currency and that led to stringer's release according to many people but since then we also saw the collapse in the trial of turkish moms accused of spying in germany that was seen in one cor as a gesture towards them so possibly a combination of a carrot and a stick but both sides would deny that this was the case well let's talk a bit about the other prominent german journalist who are fortunately still in prison dennis your child is there any movement in his case. he hasn't even been charged let alone going to call but there has been not seen as a small possible gesture he's been taken out of stalin confinement he's been in jail for nearly three hundred days most of it in sol