brent: let's get more from our correspondent dorian jones. he joins us from istanbul. we say that both sides were successful today in resetting their relations? dorian: ankara certainly sees this as a major diplomatic win, the fact that two eu top officials were prepared to come to turkey and meet face-to-face at a time when these meetings are extremely rare. it is seen as a victory itself. while there was a lot of focus on turkey's deteriorating human rights record, after the meeting, ankara will be focusing on the commitment they received for the opening and starting of customs, the modernization of the customs union agreement. that is a key demand for ankara, and it appears an opportunity for liberalization with eu officials talking about the importance of face-to-face contact between the two. that will be seen as an effort at liberalizing visas, another key demand for ankara. ankara sees this as a positive victory given the fact that the u.s. president biden is continuing to ignore erdogan at the moment following his election victory. brent: what about these negotia

we want to bring in our correspondent dorian jones he is in is stamboul good evening to you dorian let's just walk us through these new restrictions and this new walked out. well it's awaiting the full details all of these restrictions but what we understand of the moment is that all schools will now be closed including kindergartens school exams have been indefinitely postponed factories non-essential factories will also be shuttered although it's unclear what is considered non-essential and all into city travel will be ended requiring special permission to travel has led to a mask ramble of people trying to get back home travel websites we have reports of being overloaded and collapsing due to the surge in demand and turkey's national air carrier took your lines has yet to announce its details on travel because they still waiting for directives underlining to appear to be a last minute decision and this comes with this unprecedented surge in infections and running around 354-0000 making turkey the highest rate of infection in europe and as a percentage of the population it ranks on the

that one is using this as a way of cramping down on people's to sent an opposition or did abuse dorian jones with the latest tonight from istanbul dorian thank you here's a look now at some of the other stories that we're following around the world greenland's main opposition party has won an early parliamentary election the left wing community of the people secured more than a 3rd of the vote victory will probably mean the end of an international mining project the arctic island has substantial deposits of rare earth elements as well as uranium. nepal is experiencing its worst wildfires in almost a decade blazes have been raging across forest in the himalayas and monitoring site ring air quality in the capital katmandu as the worst in the world and international flights have been delayed as thick smoke blink it's the city. space x. has launched its falcon 9 rocket into space with 60 of its star elite satellites on board this flight is likely to be the last space x. mission before the crew to launch later this month crew 2 will take 4 astronauts to the international space station. amnesty in

now let's get the view from turkey and for that i'm joined by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones hello to you dorian so there has already been a reaction from ankara to the u.s. statement referring to a genocide in armenia what is the turkish government saying. scandalous is what the turkish foreign ministry said in a statement saying this is inflicted deep wounds to turkish u.s. relations while the president of egypt type one in a message to the istanbul armenian patriarca said that this issue should be resolved by historians and shouldn't be allowed to be exploited by 3rd party political opportunists while the turkish foreign minister measured in a tweet said that turkey does need any lectures on on its history and said that this was a great. injustice and. peace in the country so a lot of anger also turkey's or main opposition parties have also fallen into line with the government with the noted exception of the shakespeare which does recognize the armenian genocide so there's a great deal of anger in the country and why there is not only a feeling of of injustice a storage cl

correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome dorian let's start with that press conference we just heard from off on the line speaking of what else did we hear. well it does appear that while there's ascribing is cautious optimism there was a large part of the press conference was devoted to human rights concerns to importance of the rule of law stressing that these are important principles for the european union but beyond that we also heard about how they mapped out key demands of turkey been looking for an indication the e.u. does appear to be ready to accommodate some of them talked about that they both sides agree to work towards a modernizing of a customs union agreement between the european union this is something turkey's been looking for for many years and in fact in the past has been held up because of human rights concerns it seems now that they are ready to enter into into dialogue they also talked about to the importance of person to person the stressing of the importance of this arrest was part student exchange but also turkey will be seen that as a positive sign to i

correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome dorian let's start with that press conference we just heard to us from the from the line speaking of what else did we hear. well it does appear that while there's a striping is cautious optimism there was a large part of the press conference was devoted to human rights concerns to importance of the rule of law stressing that these are important principles for the european union but beyond that we also heard about how they mapped out key demands of turkey been looking for an indication the e.u. does appear to be ready to accommodate some of them talked about that they both sides agree to work towards a modernizing of a customs union agreement between turkey new european union this is something turkey's been looking for for many years and in fact in the past has been held up because of human rights concerns it seems now that they are ready to enter into into dialogue they also talked about to the importance of person to person the stressing of the importance of this harassment project the student exchange but also turkey will be seen that

and now let's get the view from turkey and for that i'm joined by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones hello to you dorian so there has already been a reaction from ankara to the u.s. statement referring to a genocide in armenia what is the turkish government saying. scandalous in his will to turkish foreign ministry said in a statement saying this is inflicted deep wounds to turkish u.s. relations while the president of egypt type one and a message to the istanbul armenian patriarca said that this issue should be resolved by historians and shouldn't be allowed to be exploited by 3rd party political opportunists while the turkish foreign minister measured in a tweet said that turkey does need any lectures and on its history and said that this was a great. injustice and. peace in the country so a lot of anger also turkey's or main opposition parties have also fallen into line with the government with the notable exception of the shakes t.p. which does recognize the armenian genocide so there's a great deal of anger in the country and why there is not only a feeling of of injustice histo

now let's get the view from turkey and for that i'm joined by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones hello to you dorian so there has already been a reaction from ankara to the u.s. statement referring to a genocide in armenia what is the turkish government saying. scandalous is what the turkish foreign ministry said in a statement saying this is inflicted deep wounds to turkish u.s. relations while the president of egypt type one and a message to the istanbul armenian patriarca said that this issue should be resolved by historians and shouldn't be allowed to be exploited by 3rd party political opportunists while the turkish foreign minister met with charter show low in a tweet said that turkey does need any lectures and on its history and said that this was a great. injustice and. peace in the country so a lot of anger also turkey's or main opposition parties have also fallen into line with the government with the noted exception of the. d.p. which does recognize the armenian genocide so there's a great deal of anger in the country and why there is not only a feeling of of injustice

brent: dorian jones in his temple ahead of the lockdown coming this week. thank you.ere is a look at some of today's pandemic of elements. the united states will start sharing up to 60 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine with other countries in the next few weeks. the shot is not yet authorized free use in the u.s. the u.s. has come under pressure to share more of its supply with the rest of the world. the european unio is -- union is -- hong kong and singapore have confirmed they are launching a travel bubble in may. travelers will be allowed to fly between the cities without going into quarantine if they meet strict requirements. now to italy, which recorded the second highest death toll from covid-19 in europe and one of the largest in the world. there seems to be some signs of hope. with infecti rates dropping, three quarters of italy's regions have used covid-19 restrictions. after six months of closures, life is slowly getting back to some semblance of normality. >> a tradition of italians have always embraced. now they can enjoy it once again. at least at

verdicts of wednesday's court proceedings still being completed are let's go now to our correspondent dorian jones he is in stamboul covering the story for us tonight good evening to you dorian you know we have seen a lot of these large scale trials following the 2016th what was the focus of this one. well this trial focused on the presidential guard which is in the leaks unit that has that is droll is to protect president and they played a very key role in the failed coup attempt and this the hearings and this trial was all about that role they played taking over the general staff headquarters in ankara and also the public broadcaster where the declaration of a military takeover was announced by the presenter was force of gun point to make that announcement very dramatic events and the trial focused mainly on those key events very severe sentences 6 receives the maximum penalty of aggravated life sentence meaning they will be in solitary confinement with no chance of parole 32 of us receive life sentences and another 100 receive up to 16 years seen jail but significantly the many of the conscript

earlier we spoke to you have your correspondent dorian jones in istanbul and i asked him just how successful this meeting was in resetting e.u. turkish relations. well certainly seeing this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's at the to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference that wasn't broadcast by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key demand and also appears the all opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. officials talking about the importance of face to face contact between the 2 that will be seen as possible efforts and liberalizing visas for all of the country another key demand of wrong it's definitely seen this as a positive victory given t

dorian jones in a stumble well dorgan a press conference is about to start one of the what is each side hoping to get out of this meeting. well this meeting is seen as pretty important the message coming from e.u. diplomats is that they seek to create a new framework to work with turkey which is seen as such an important country to the european union it's seen very much as. a reward for the fact that turkey has now opened up negotiations with greece to resolve territorial disputes which had threatened to even military confrontation and the fact that you have these 2 top e.u. officials coming to turkey at a time when most of these meetings are by virtual communications is seen as a very important statement and an important gesture to turkey and the message will be turkey continues to be corporative then turkey will receive awards. rewards one presumes that is the hope of membership negotiations for turkey to become a full member of the he began back in 2005 does he still want to joy. well turkish president egypt type one has in the recent months has reiterated takes commitment to join th

you correspondent dorian jones in istanbul asked just how successful the meeting between the 2 sides was. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at that press conference after the meeting a press conference that wasn't broadcast by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key demand and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. officials talking about the importance of face to face contact between the 2 that will be seen as possible efforts and liberalizing visas for all of the country another key demand of. its definitely seen this as a positive victory given the fact that the u.s. president biden is continuing to ignore th

let's get more now from our correspondent dorian jones who joins me now from istanbul did even 2 years adore you and so can we say that both sides were successful today in resetting their relations. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. officials talking about the importance of face to face contact between the 2 that will be seen as possible efforts and liberalizing visas for the country another key demand. is definitely seen this is a positive victory given the fact that t

correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome dorian let's start with that press conference we just heard from off on the line speaking of what else did we hear. well it does appear that while there's ascribing is cautious optimism there was a large part of the press conference was devoted to human rights concerns to bolton to the rule of law stressing that these are important principles for the european union but beyond that we also heard about how they mapped out key demands that turkey been looking for an indication the e.u. does appear to be ready to accommodate some of them we talked about that they both sides agree to work towards a modernizing of a customs union agreement between the european union this is something turkey's been looking for for many years and in fact in the past has been held out because of human rights concerns it seems now that they are ready to enter into into dialogue they also talked about to the importance of person to person the stressing of the importance of this harassment parching student exchange but also turkey will be seen that as a positive sig

there are still huge differences to overcome thank earlier we spoke to you a bit of course by a dorian jones in istanbul and i asked him how successful the meeting was between the 2 sides well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to tear aching human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference that wasn't caused by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the open. starting off the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key. also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. official fucking about the importance of face to face contact between the 2 that will be seen as possible efforts and liberalizing visas for all of the country to keep them on the. he's definitely seen this is a positive victory given the fact t

let's get more now from our correspondent dorian jones who joins me now from istanbul did even 2 yearsadore you and so can we say that both sides were successful today and resetting their relations. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic win the fact that 22 e.u. top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of a customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. officials talking about the importance of face to face contact between the 2 that will be seen as possible efforts and liberalizing visas for the country to keep them. is definitely seen this as a positive victory given the fact that the

and now let's get the view from turkey and for that i'm joined by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones hello to you dorian so there has already been a reaction from ankara to the u.s. statement referring to a genocide in armenia what is the turkish government saying. scandalous is what the turkish foreign ministry said in a statement saying this is inflicted deep wounds to turkish u.s. relations while the president of egypt type one in a message to the istanbul armenian patriarca said that this issue should be resolved by historians and shouldn't be allowed to be exploited by 3rd party political opportunists while the turkish foreign minister. in a tweet said that turkey does need any lectures on on its history and said that this was a great. injustice and. peace in the country so a lot of anger also turkey's main opposition parties have also fallen into line with the government with the notable exception of the. d.p. which does recognize the armenian genocide so there's a great deal of anger in the country and why there is not only a feeling of of injustice historically but also the f

correspondent dorian jones in istanbul thank you. russia is vestey a newspaper is reporting that jailed opposition politician alexina vonnie has been moved to a sick ward a kremlin critic was jailed and said no ari and has been on a hunger strike since last wednesday to protest the lack of medical care with parliamentary elections less than 6 months away authorities are cracking down on kremlin critics but they could be facing new threats including from within the traditionally loyal communist party. traveled to the southwestern city of saratov where she met a local politician who is determined not to be silenced. in the footsteps of lenin. sees himself as a politician of the people just like his communist forefathers but he has a huge social media presence. because you tube channel has over a 1000000 subscribers fight for your rights is the motto here. his social media accounts show him fighting against corruption and for more equality including as a representative in the regional south of parliament and beyond that ankara doesn't s

used or you jones with the latest tonight from istanbul dorian thank you. here's a look now at some of the other stories that we're following for you nepal is experiencing its worst wildfires in almost a decade blazes have been raging across forests in the himalayas in monitoring site air quality in the capital kathmandu as the worst in the world and international flights were delayed as thick smoke blanketed the city. greenland's main opposition party has won an early parliamentary election the left wing community of the people secured more than a 3rd of the vote its victory will probably mean the end of an international mining project only on the island has substantial deposits of rare earth and you're. you're watching news coming up next on our show we're going to check in with the friendship volunteers who have been living in a cave for weeks candy shed some light on what happens so humans in the dark that story coming up in just a moment. amnesty international has told the w news that it is reviewing its controversial decision to strip jailed russian a

our correspondent there in jones is standing by for us in istanbul hi dorian can you tell us how significant today's meeting is and what both sides are hoping to get out of it. well this is being presented as potentially a pivotal moment in turkey relations. reset this is what diplomats are talking about and laying down a framework where the 2 turkey in the e.u. could start to work constructively to read together this comes after a year of turmoil between the 2 and the fact that the 2 senior e.u. officials are coming to turkey in a time when people really travel for face to face meetings is seen as a major diplomatic victory for turkey in itself and this is very much a reward for turkey starting. with its neighbor greece she's an e.u. member the 2 countries have even frighten the possibility of military conflict over ongoing territorial disputes in the chin and the mediterranean and the fact now that turkey is talking with greece this is seen by the e.u. as taking a more constructive approach and very much a reward for that approach now they will be looking for concrete measures to look for

correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome dorian let's start with that press conference we just heard to us from off on the line speaking of what else did we hear. well here that describing is cautious optimism there was a large part of the press conference was devoted to human rights concerns to importance of the rule of law stressing that these are important principles for the european union but beyond that we also heard about how they mapped out key turkey been looking for an indication the e.u. does appear to be ready to accommodate some of them talked about that they both sides agree to work towards a modernizing of a customs union agreement between the european union this is something turkey's been looking for for many years and in fact in the past has been held up because of human rights.

has committed itself as a founding member of the pound some of us get more from correspondent dorian jones in istanbul welcome let's start with the press conference we just heard. speaking of what else did we hear. well it does appear that there is support there's a striping is cautious optimism there was a large part of the press conference was devoted to human rights concerns to bolton to the rule of law stressing that these are important principles for the european union but beyond that we also heard about how they mapped out key demands that turkey been looking for an indication the e.u. does appear to be ready to accommodate some of them you talked about that they both sides agree to work towards a modernizing of a customs union agreement between turkey and european union this is something turkey has been looking for for many years and in fact in the past has been held up because of human rights concerns it seems now that they are ready to enter into into dialogue on pace they also talked about to the importance of person to person the stressing of the importance of this arrest was pa