. >> but erdogan had a very specific goal in mind. hee just briefed the united nations about his plan to invade northern syria. he wanted to clear out kurdish fighters from a strip of syrian territory along the turkish border. he said the kurdish fighters there were just terrorists. the land turkey wanted to take over and resettle with a new population was rojaban. many considered erdogan's plan a blueprint to ethnically cleanse the kurds. on their fateful phone call, president trump opened the door for erdogan to invade and ordered u.s. troops to get out of the way. an apparently off-the-cuff decision that set off shock waves. >> president trump clearly gave a green light to this intervention, and maybe he didn't fully understand what this meant, who would be crossing the border, who are these people? maybe he didn't ask his experts. it's clear to me he wasn't prepared for that phone call. it demonstrate no knowledge of the commander in chief from the oval office level of the situation on the ground. >> reporter: but erdogan knew the

why does president erdogan benefit from this?rurkey has had of problems with united states and nato over the last years. president erdogan was very frustrated the united states and the eu were slow to respond to the coup attempt against him in july 2016 whereas vladimir putin reached out much more quickly. he has also been frustrated with united states for approaching a faction of kurds in syria. thats also been clear russia has played a much more active role on the ground militarily in syria. own objectives in syria, it has been in his interests to align himself more closely with the russians than the americans. erdoganerdogan that said, i do not think -- that said, i do not think erdogan is wanting to shift with the russians. professor, you mentioned military sales, the s 400 system there testing in turkey which has gone crosswise with united states, especially the senate. how big of a factor is that in the military sales? prof. khrushcheva: it is important because russia wants to show off it's very important weapons. does need

decision unilaterally to withdraw troops from northern syria back in october allowing mr erdogan to send his forces in to battle what he sees as the terrorist threat of the kurds there that lead didn't turn to emanuel macron the french president a short while ago giving a newspaper interview talking about the potential brain death of nato because of its inability to coordinate among its members spending far too much time talking instead about budget spending in military defense spending and mr erdogan shooting

the turkish president erdogan saysys that more than 80,000 people are on their way to his country. he warns the situation is like the 2015 migration crisis. >> if this violence against the people of idlib does not end, this number will rise further. in this case, turkey will not carry the burden of this migration alone. the negative effects of this pressure on us will be an issue felt by all european countries. especiallyly grarace. ---- especially greece. >> 3.7 million syrian refugees are already living in turkey in difficult conditions. but most have come to terms with their situation and see no other option. >> it is safe here. we cannot enendure link to the bomb attttacks. we have no relatives left in syria. >> safety for the civilian population is one of many problems the international community has yet to solve. friday the un security council could not agree to an extension of the program. russia and china blocked humanitarian assistatance. for the time being, many syrian refugees will remain near the turkish border region. laila: we are now joined in the studio by malta ros

's meeting between erdogan and put in -- next month's meeting between erdogan and putin could affect the decision of whether or not to deploy troops into syria. phil: thank you for that. not to china where a court has jailed the scientist that claimed they created the first genetically edited babies. they receieived lesser sentences and fines -- his associates received lesser sentences and fines. the gene e editing technology altered the genes of three babies.. he said he edited them to stop and connecting -- contracting hiv. we have more on this from fabio schmidt -- fabian schmidt. what was the principal objection to some quite -- jianqui's work? fabian: he altered the genetic makeup of the babies. he did a designer baby creation. that is considered a no-no f frm physicicists and medics and so . ey would open a pandora's box. designing your own baby. you never know what will come out of it. one has to consider that the genetitic changes that one doesn these embryos and babies and a don't him as passed on to future generations. phil: he was trying to make these children immune to hi

now he's shifting away and towards erdogan.course, sets up for minutes from now when we see him sit down with angela merkel. nic? >> reporter: sorry. i don't think -- i didn't hear you properly there at the beginning. sitting down with angela merkel. if he's able to sit down with erdogan behind closed doors, will he choose to do the same with merkel? yesterday when he spoke about germany he was very clear having had that over the years, the difficult relationship with angela merkel. the hand shakes she didn't get, the up. downs at nato meetings about germany's defense contribution. germany is increasing its defense contribution. it was 1.2% back in 2014. it's up to 1.38% now but short of that 2% of gdp to be spent on defense spending that president trump wants. will she get the same treatment that, say, prime minister trudeau got yesterday? where president trump put him on the spot twice by saying how much do you pay, what's your contribution. so this, i think, is what we're looking for now. how does the president handle this t

that was moment that erdogan said ok. i can do this. over the course of the next six, sevenings eight months he planned out and it led to the series of events you have described and i think it is accurate. we had over 3,000 troops in syria when the president made that announcement. by the time we got to all that you just described, that number was way down. it was way down. i'm sorry to say this bluntly. it was way down not because it was in the national security interests of the united states for it to be way down. it was way down because the president was trying to fulfill a campaign promise and he did not consult the pentagon before made that announcement and started us down this path. i'm very sympathetic. once we started down that path, you guys had to figure out how to make it work. you really worked hard at it. i know secretary dunn did as well. he desperately tried to find partners blocked fill in for us leaving. there were only 25 troops there. we couldn't possibly defend them. i agree. i completely agree. i do want to get to m

macron saying the nato is brain dead, erdogan responded saying mr. macron may be brain dead we'll expand the conversation a little more. i want to bring in our panelists with us today. the head of global political research in london thank you for joining us as with he keep an eye on the leaders arriving i'll start with you with a general question it was the first secretary-general who said the nato core mission was to keep russians out, americans in and germans down that was 70 years ago. what is nato defined by today? what is their core mission >> i think it is defined by democratic inertia when it defeated the soviet adverse arie it should have had a champaign party and packed up but they like to keep going but what it has done is to keep the russians not only out but push the russians to the east. of course, this has meant that russia is now an adverse arie again. another great lord of that mission, the great u.s. diplomat said in the 1990s said expanding nato post soviet russia will be a self-fulfilling prophecy that's what it has done. they've m

erdogan of turkey. am sure that will be counted the -- a shipby off newfoundland, on to 70 years ago, and the advent of the nato. the industry of nato. saying hasolite and been hugely critical of president trump over the last number of months over his unique stance with the organization. francine, the "surveillance" drummers. francine: the first day, yesterday, was a tense exchange between donald trump and emmanuel macron, and then there was an evening reception at buckingham palace. to maria tadeo. how influential was president trump? maria: we finally have that picture because donald trump has kept everyone waiting for more than half an hour to take that picture. every other leader was on time the word here is that this is a power play. you want to keep everyone waiting for you. in terms of how presidential, we know he has some very tough language when it comes to emmanuel macron. he said he has been very nasty. the french are taking this well, saying this is not about emmanuel macron, this is about d

alsoave president erdogan fighting with the u.s.e russian military equipment and president macron over the comments over nato being brain-dead. erdogan has suggested perhaps it is macron who is brain-dead. manus: you've got to admit, some pretty aggressive lines coming from everybody. president trump has been critical of the organization repeatedly, yet he's put a lot of dollars to work. what is he saying now? maria: one of the things he said, this is what we understand that the u.s. will push for today, is to look at china and the risk that may pose to security. the u.s. has been pushing hard for the europeans to not use chinese technology. this is something the eu does not want to do. they do not want to veto china completely. they are caught between the u.s. and china, and again, in the context of the trade war. aain, we are expecting bilateral meeting between macron and trump, but also macron, angela merkel, boris johnson, and president trump. it is interesting that we will not get a meeting between trump and boris johnson, the

president erdogan has sounded out again, ahead of the central bank decision.hat can we expect today? >> there is a universal expectation that there will be a cut in interest rates later turkish central bank monetary policy convene -- committee convenes. what we don't know is how much. if the decision is in line with estimates, which predict around thet of 150 basis points, rate of return on the turkish lira adjusted for inflation goes down to 1.9%. that's a crucial number, still above the average of real return e.m.'s, which turkey is considered part of, but below countries that turkey is usually judged against like russia and south africa. we have seen anxiety in turkish markets over the last week. the lira has been weakening to levels not seen in about two months, and the decision at 2:00 p.m. will determine the market reaction later today. matt: more central bank meetings today, outside of that. nb, at the ecb, and the s swiss national bank, is meeting. do they take their cues from christine lagarde and co.? snb is expected to keep policy rates on hold, but

has support -- erdogan already signed a new maritime deal with them. here is the turkish president speaking earlier. erdogan: we will present the motion to send troops to libya as soon as parliament resumes. we have given and will give a al forms of support to the tripoli government, which is fighting against a general backed by arab countries and europeans. this, we crosson now to our correspondent, jasper mortimer, in ankara. ambitions ingan''s libya? erdogan does desire to be the regional power broker. thatat is for susure. by the s signs of it, thehe turh ararmy is half a millionon men d womemen, and the sophisticationf turkeyyisish air force -- is the military heavyweight o of the easterern mediterraneaean. and i ththink by gettingng invod inin libya, he is demonstratatig turkey's reach, turkey's abilily to project power to his v voters, which numbeberp to half the electorate, this will have a certain nationalistic appeal. mentioned his voters. if turkish troops are sent to libya, what would pupublic opinn be like in turkey? jasper: i think turkis

i don't think erdogan wants to send in troops. they have been saying in various ways, including to the tunisians, there is a cease-fire coming. if he does send in troops, those can be used for the defense of mercenaries --he other increasing troop levels. message a psychological regarding internal and external alliances regarding the libyan conflict and helps get us to the berlin peace conference in january. that completely changes the tenor of that discussion and there is an actual cease-fire that can be negotiated. >> iraq's president says he would rather resign than name the new prime minister. he has already been rejected by protesters. he has been trying to find a replacement he stepped down last month. we explain from baghdad. withpolitical maneuver potentially far-reaching consequences. iraq's president has sent his resignation letter to parliament saying he would rather step down then at -- approve a new prime minister. my keenness to avoid bloodshed, i will not name a candidate for the next prime minister. he was nominate

prime minister, the german chancellor, angela merkel, and also president erdogan of turkey. when merkel came out of the meeting, she was very angela merkel, saying this was a good start, a good meeting. they talked about the so-called -- fighting the so-called islamic state and working together with the united nations to take care of refugees in the area and that further steps would follow, so not really much criticism here towards president erdogan, which is typical of angela merkel because that is the thinking behind it. she knows that as soon as you criticize him heavily, he just shuts down. what she wants is to communicate, to find a solution, somehow to convince him to stop what he is doing. brent: if we put aside for a second the problems, we have to also remember the events in london are meant to commemorate 70 years of nato. is there real reason to celebrate this anniversary? max: it really depends on who you ask. the alliance is still here after 70 years, and that is a success in itself. it makes it a successful alliance. of course, it has its ups and downs, and it

the president standing next to turkish president erdogan. we see angela merkel next to the president and macron in this photo. whatn do you think, carol from your perspective is macron's ultimate objective in going up against the president? >> reporter: well, look, i think that he's tried a different tact. and he tried to be very conciliatory towards the president. and to try to establish some sort of -- you know, some strong friendship with him and that didn't work. so, what we've seen he's not the only one whose then tried to pivot to perhaps a more conversational approach. or take him in a different direction with more of a combative style. i do think that the president and erdogan isnk an interesting dynamic just because the there on is really out an island a little bit in terms of defending erdogan over his incursion in syria. you've seen other leaders be critical of him on that front. and the president, yesterday, said, despiterd that turkey has gone into syria and despite that they havean purchased this russn missile defense system an

turkish president richard tayyip erdogan says he intends to send troops to libya on course as the u.n. backs a government in tripoli has requested the intervention to help stabilize the country is turkey follows through the move could deepen an international proxy struggle underway in the north african country that's already ravaged by civil war since 2014. after 8 months desperately fending off rival forces from the east of the country the libyan government is in need of help. we have the right to defend tripoli and we will officially ask the turkish government for its military support. to be the. defense of the capital tripoli has so far been successful with a powerful and tangled web of cooperation on the insurgent side that includes russia and egypt libya's internationally recognized government is trying to form its own regional coalition to defend its hold on power. god willing the alliance and cooperation between us turkey tunisia and algeria. will be the support for this stability. ankara has already signed 2 broader defense accords with tripoli but now publicly acknowledge of

that is part of that complicated relationship we have with president erdogan and turkey.-35'sult is a bunch of will not be sold to turkey. we hope through the national defense authorization act we are able to utilize those in our own air force. david: the complications with turkey go back to the beginning of the 20th century with armenians who were killed and the question of whether it was genocide. there have been repeated attempts to declare it was genocide. that has been stopped in part to make sure we do not drive turkey away. where are you on that issue? sen. cramer: last week i logged unanimous consent to that resolution on the floor. it was literally the day after president trump got home from the nato trip where he visited with president erdogan about the s 400. i support the resolution. i will vote for the resolution the next time it comes up. it felt like we need to get a reading from the president's negotiations with erdogan -- the engines of air force one were barely cooled down when the resolution was brought to the floor for unanimous consent. it is a resolu

he welcomed president recep tayyip erdogan of turkey, who was in the uk for nato's 70th anniversary.ow does it feel to be here? with the crimes that he is committing... but the leader's presence wasn't warmly received by everyone. dozens gathered in the city centre to show their anger at president erdogan's military action against kurds in syria. the decision was defended by trustees from the mosque. we wanted this space to remain for the community at most. the thing that was very different when we presented to the turkish authorities and president erdogan, he said, "if this is what the british people want, what cambridge muslims want, we will support it." the gardens and cafe are spaces for the whole community and notjust muslims. it is hoped the mosque will bring people together. shabnam mahmood, bbc news, cambridge. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. for those of you that have had dry weather and bright skies today, we have got a change in the forecast overnight. a band of heavy rain will push eastwards across the whole of the united kingdom, a

very firmly donald trump is not backing away from mr erdogan still defending him they are at loggerheads and this i think is the substance of a very bad tempered encounter today and one which will continue take a listen for some substance of the real bristling tensions between the 2 men to this. nomination in the state the number one problem in armor for a fight this is the kind of criticism. and you have gone off by this used as a reason to think this is where he's a great politician because i was one of the greatest non-answers over there and that's ok because sometimes there are day to day you can have some sort of vision from the you he decided i don't think the president would run for president to say this is your about responsibility i'm sorry to say that. we have some awful people but if you don't you get really because he's the number one. know to be able to do is really this is why we started this because of our our nation has to be i think if any of the community was doing he you know he has moved. as he said jonah the dispute with turkey brewing within the alliance and we're g

i'm not a fan of president erdogan. and i'd like to make sure that people understand that i am a fan of the people of turkey. they're wonderful people. but i think their leadership is not doing a great job for them and is not in keeping with the values of the west. i pin that directly on erdogan. >> we'll get a few more calls for you. to the bronx we go. eddy is on the independent line. >> hey, eddy. >> hello, representative perry. >> yes, sir. >> i have three questions for you, given that you've elected to represent the people both in governance and safeguard us. with regard to the president, do you think the president should follow up on his promise to divest from all of his businesses? the second question is, do you think his business entanglements and interests around the world represent a national security threat? the third question is, is the president in violation of the emoluments clause? and are you willing to support the constitution? thanks. >> all right. those are great questions. i'm going to go to the firs

the government revoked his visa in 2013 after he kept insulting erdogan.a lot to talk about, but first of all, explain to the viewers how you became a target of president erdogan. >> it all started back in 2013. you know, president erdogan and his family was involved in a corruption, and i started talking about these issues six years ago, and just because i had a platform, when i say something, when i tweet something, it always becomes a conversation and it goes viral and they hate it. that's why i was talking about all the issues in turkey like we don't have no freedom, we don't have no democracy, an abuse of human rights. that's why when i talk about these issues, the turkish government hated it, and that's how i became a target. >> this year, as we just mentioned, the u.s. withdrew its forces from syria allowing the turkish government in the military to operate inside syria? a lot of people have criticized that from a human rights perspective. what was your reaction to that whole incident with the u.s. withdrawing its troops but at the same time turkey

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trump and erdogan. live issues with the u.s.ncerns over them purchasing russian security equipment. and turkish lira is also in play. depending on the conversation. you can take that across the entirety of things with macron and urdu one. .- and erdogan it is like thanksgiving dinner and everyone will go there and have a fight but you are still all family at the end of the day. but you do wonder about the future of that family and holding it all together. this grouping was founded in the postwar period with a very bent..s. and anti-russian and now there is a nato member purchasing supplies from russia. this sounds like unchartered territory. >> a goal of nato has been to keep russia out. members from some nato including from eastern europe are concerned about that. they want to feel the protection of the european umbrella. vladimir putin, if you give him an inch, he will take a mile. they say they are going to watch his behavior in some of the eastern european states where they are quite worried. turkey is turkey. an important p

matter on the french president the 2 big sort of disruptors if you like of that show of unity mr erdogan laying down the gauntlet threatening as i said to block defense measures in eastern europe if nato doesn't play his game emmanuel macron calling into question turkey's reliability as a member will they resolve that almost certainly not they may find a way of papering over the cracks in a joint statement of unity later today but central and key questions about turkey as a member of nato will be that statement by mr erdogan if you don't follow me in the fight against the kurds as terrorists i won't support the baltics that cuts deep that goes to the very heart of what it means to be a member of nato which is the idea of collective defense one for all all for one if mr erdogan doesn't stand for that and he's tacitly approved and indorsed in his position by president trump as appears to be the case well then you've got a real problem deep at the heart of nato and that isn't going to be a result today and how they want to hold the developments for us at that level talking to them throughou

. >> earlier we saw turkish president erdogan arriving. much of the conversations have been whether the president would meet with president erdogan. it was not on his calendar, but they will be enter acting today as all the world leaders descend for this find day of summit.act as all the world leaders descend for this find day of summit. let's questigo to erin mclaughl. good to talk to you. it has been quite a summit. the president has been criticizing macremmanuel macron. and i believe that could be the president landing now. but take us through what we can expect today with the president. >> reporter: well, we can expect a show of unit iy at some pointa summit celebrating 70 years of the alliance. we heard from the nato secretary-general earlier today say that nato is the most effective alliance in history, trying to project strength but also noting the differences, differences which of course were on full display during yesterday's bilateral meeting between president trump and president maed in macron, macron standing by his previous st

-- tayyip erdogan, the turkish president, set. given that, it went quite well, but the problems are still there under the surface. you could say everyone has sort of got it together because it was the 70th anniversary of nato, but worse, as you said, the problems under the surface are still there and need resolving. brent: this nato summit was the first time china was discussed formally as a challenge for the military alliance. what are nato's biggest worries? >> i would like to say this before i answer on china. the country that is named most frequently in the declaration is china, but it shows nato is taking its responsibilities very seriously, also when it comes to cyberspace, and that is where china is perceived as a challenge. that is the way they put it. china of course is a huge trading partner for many of those nato countries, if not for all nato countries, but they are very aware that china could become a threat, especially when china could establish those 5g networks, as most industrial countries are trying to do because

that did not happen for good reason and erdogan back down. laura: nato secretary-general says they need to take china into account more. >> none of us is missing the road initiative, investing and massive amounts of chinese wealth and infrastructure projects, has hit europe big time. a lot of the ports,he newport construction, is financed by the chinese. then there are other related challenges. chinese technology, 5g, which is going to be our communications future ito some substantial extent now being manufacturednd, hardwareoftware, by china. there is a huge risk that china building in backdoors and will be ableo exploit the data. laura: president trump is just the latest american leader to ask nato leaders to spend more on defense, but the fact he's doing it so publicly, is it having an effect? >> yes. toe fair, president bush and president obama also made the point ofof 2 gdp spent on nato's budget and so forth, and some states are incrvesing their inment. nato made a gesture to trump by decreasing the u.s. investment in nato's new plant i

reporter: turkeys president erdogan later met with his u.k. host as well as president macron and german chancellor merkel. he's threatening to block nato's plan to protect poland and the baltic states, less others agree with him on syria. despite all the differences which exist, and which we have to address, we also have to discuss the future of nato and things we have in common strategically, but i am optimistic about this meeting. reporter: on top of all the other problems, i'm told there is currently considerable tension between chancellor merkel and president macron over european defense, europe's role in nato. the state of the alliance right now is full of division. it is a multidimensional mass. james bays, al jazeera, london. >> nato leaders gathered at her reception and buckingham palace. they were welcomed by queen elizabeth the second and prince charles, but disapproval of the alliance hasn't come just from world leaders. there are protests in london against the nato meeting. the protest brought together people campaigning on a varie

he is set to meet with president erdogan again this week.ials were saying only yesterday that there are no plans at all to sit down with .rdogan after the meeting there was outrage amongst lawmakers last month. on chinang comments and trade, indicating there is no rush to make a deal. he said china wants a deal now, but he said perhaps we can wait until after the u.s. election. well, that is a year away. that could drag on markets and their economy for a year. we are seeing it impact the u.s. economy, so really the question is, can trump afford to hang on that long to do a deal? at thee: when you look wide-ranging press conference, he would not talk about you take -- about u.k. politics. do, do notatever you get involved in brexit because it will act fire against boris johnson. as we have said before, trump's endorsement of boris johnson may not work that well with boris johnson. so he was told to stay out of it. he did say i could work with him, even though he became leader even though he does not know much about hemp has been credible -- c

and turkey, we will see president erdogan of turkey in a moment.ause turkey launched that offensive into northern syria, hugely controversial, taking on the kurds there. president macron, another nato member state, saying that the kurds stood shoulder to shoulder with western nations in defeating islamic state, and so, when the turkish president wants nato to condemn the kurds as terrorists, mr macron is saying, well, no, actually, they stood by us and they fought iis, well, no, actually, they stood by us and they fought 115, and we are grateful to them. so that division between france, turkey, and other member states and turkey is just one of the fault lines running through this alliance at the moment. another argument a lot of the nato leaders have with turkey. 0h! she forgot her hand shake there, and forgot to pose for the cameras. but another of the fault lines is that turkey has brought a russian defence system, and of course, rush is regarded by nato, really, as its principal opponent. —— bought a russian defence system. —— russia is regarded

so erdogan, allegedly an ally, has in a sense destabilised europe. now he is cosying up to russia.seriously reflect on whether it should be a pan—european security umbrella and let america drift into isolation or not. nazenin, where do you stand? it is a problem of europe as well, which sees itself as separate from america, and you can see it in policies on the middle east. the biggest strategic danger that we are facing at the moment is the middle east, and specifically iran. the europeans are just not trying to, you know... for them, iran has been nuclear and it is the nuclear deal, and that's it. and i think that's a big mistake, and that is affecting policy. inside europe, from the period since the collapse of the warsaw pact and the soviet union, when nato could go looking for pirates in the horn of africa or help sort out the balkans, we are now back to basics, aren't we? with ukraine and russia. there are all these things going on. is europe going to have its own defence or not? these are questions that they have been grappling with for so long. the noises from president mac

. >> can you talk about the erdogan meeting? did you discuss with him the nato? >> i discussed everything with him. we discussed a lot and it was unscheduled but we already put out that it was a very good meeting and we discussed syria, we discussed the kurds and we discussed numerous things around the safe zone very well and i give a lot accredited turkey for that. if so the cease-fire is holding pretty much, so i think people are surprised and maybe someday they'll give me credit they're probably not. preventer i to do this for 100 years and that border is a mess for a long time and we brought our soldiers out and took over the un and that's the way i like it. they can police their own border and they could use other countries if they want to spend the time and energy when this is a border that's been under siege for many decades. it's time for us to leave and we left and it's been holding very nicely, were very happy and we talked about that. >> are you committed to protecting people all things in poland? >> they've been very good. frankly, a lot of people wil

president erdogan of turkey says more than 80,000 people have fled recent attacks by the syrian government on rebel—held territory in idlib province, and that his country wouldn't be able to cope if a new wave of refugees attempted to cross the border. there've been reports of civilian deaths in air strikes on towns and villages, and accounts of large numbers of people trying to flee. gareth barlow reports. it's an all—too—familiar story after eight years of war. syrians fleeing fighting. some people haven't managed to escape in time. members of the white helmets volunteer rescue group desperately try to help those caught up in the latest upsurge of violence. as the syrian government battles to regain territory held by rebels in the northern province of idlib. but the turkish president has warned his country can't cope with the number of refugees trying to escape the fighting. translation: more than 80,000 of our brothers from idlib have started migrating towards our borders. if the violence does not stop this number will increase and turkey will not carry such a burden on its own. we are

turkish troops set to head to libya recep tayyip erdogan is to ask his parliament in january to approve a bill that would see ankara provide ground forces to help the government of national accord. in the fight against general halftone disa ross government in libya have confirmed the eighth the situation escalates they will last turkey for military supports s she should go. me about a gida telephone none the german and w will givee all fors of supports the triplet government which is fighting against a purchase general. backed by our of countries and europeans. that is yes. turkeyey's willingnessss to send troops to libya is being viewed as ankara's latest play to gain a decisive foothold in the eastern mediterranean at a one is a strong supporter of the surrounds government in tripoli which is fighting a civil war against the moscow backed general khalifa haftar who controls most of eastern libya turkish boots on the ground could prove to add fuel to the fire. general half das faction have repeatedly warned ankara against any military intervention the little sub as we said before and w

erdogan backed off the demand.. us president donald trump met with their to on on wednesday saying that the kurds were part of their discussioion. discuss hearing we discussed the courage ceasefire is holding vevery much so and i think peope are susurprised and maybe some day they'll give me credit but probably not ripippled our soldiers out we tookok ovever te oioil we have soldiers where the oil is. that's the way i like it. summing up the accomplishments of meeting nato secretary general gen stoltenberg said nato's commitment to article five that an attack on one member is an attack on all of nato remained iron clad. also there was a commitment to discuss strategic issues. in an official statement the alliance cited russia as an ongoing threat saying russia's aggressive actions constitute a threat to euro atlantic security. terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a persistent threat to us all. sentiments echoed by the french president. we know how russia involves itself in other countries internal a

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and donald trump abandoned them because he couldn't stand up to erdogan. this is the cost of having a -- last weekend he spent the whole weekend tweeting out stuff that if anybody at c-span tweeted out the stuff that he -- and not even c-span. a law firm or a bank, you would be meeting with the hr department on monday morning. and they would be saying, if you don't stop this, you will lose your job. if the answer to that from the employee was, don't worry about it, i'm a stable genius. or don't worry about it, i have unmatched wisdom. as the president has said. you would get fired. this guy is the president of the united states. the whole weekend he was obsessed with cable television, responding to it over and over again with tweets, china was signing a trade deal with enough other countries that together, they represented half of the gdp of the world. and we were nowhere. the iranians were doubling the number of centrifuges, they are spinning to enrich uranium. that's just one weekend of having donald trump as our president. that doesn't even account for

report yesterday with chancellor merkel mr macron boris johnson the british prime minister and mr erdogan in downing street she came out saying this is merkel that she was relatively optimistic about it all mr macron who of course is pushing the case of turkey said not all clarifications were obtained and not all ambiguity is resolved most of the focus now will be on this threat mr erdogan laid down the gauntlet before he turned up here saying if you don't follow me in northern syria and agree with me that the kurds are terrorists i won't support efforts to bolster the security of the baltics and poland against russia that cuts deep that goes right to the heart of his obligation as a member of nato to collective security it raises deep questions about turkey's reliability and is most unwelcome as the spotlight moves to really the very nature and as i said the future of this nato alliance china how they're watching all the developments from this news angles and from what fred for us thank you general. there more children die as a result the outbreak ravages the tiny south pacific island of

wrote that letter that drew a very sharp response from mr erdogan and a very sharp response as you just heard from donald trump in the press conference he held here about an hour ago it all sort of gives rise to a fabric of interest stops and competing interests that take place between the u.s. and turkey between the u.s. and france and turkey and the rest of nato which are rules that are bubbling to the surface during this meeting and at the same time trump was asked whether turkey is still a reliable partner or what more did he say on that. well yes again that came up in the context of this whole thing and erdogan having said before this meeting look if i don't have the support of nato for my efforts in the north of syria nato doesn't recognize the fact that i'm actually battling a terrorist force in the north of syria in the kurds will and i will stand in the way of nato as efforts to bolster did the defenses of the baltics and poland against russia that along with another issue involving turkey buying russian anti missile air defenses from an air defenses. give reason and cause to w

they headed off a major crisis by giving president erdogan some of the language he wa nted erdogan somesm, causing him to withdraw a really substantial beetle which would have blocked a nato defence plan for the baltic states against a threat from russia. they have put space on their agenda, they have —— really substantial space on their agenda, they have —— really su bsta ntial veto. space on their agenda, they have —— really substantial veto. they have resolved some disputes. they squared away are generally buried others that proved too difficult. this, i think, interestingly, was exactly the sort of summit you might have expected in the donald trump era, because we have seen plenty of exa m ples because we have seen plenty of examples i think in recent months and years of democracy is at loggerheads. the sort of angry and divided democracies we are not used to, andi divided democracies we are not used to, and i think this is actually a further illustration that any sort of world order is not holding up well under current pressures. white matt james, thank you very well under current

hearing a lot from donald trump and emmanuel macron and president erdogan as well.a ct not so much from the uk despite the fact that it is the house. is that fair comment? -- a very common. that is fair comment. you can still see the red carpet behind me. we had all of those nato leaders, bar one, appearing on that red carpet for some of the one person who didn't appear was president boris johnson. we have hardly seen him today. the only picture she really got of him 01’ only picture she really got of him or that made a lot of the news headlines were him on the election campaign trail that this morning elsewhere in the uk. he has certainly not wanted to be seen alongside of president trump, there's been no bilateral meetings that we have been made aware of. i think that is probably because downing street has made the assessment that during an election, it may be does not play too well with a big proportion of the british electorate to be seen too close to the american leader. thank you. let's pick up on what he was saying. donald trump's trip to london for the nato

and president erdogan says that turkey is not able to handle a fresh wave of migrants. hundreds of thousands could be displeased if this assault continues, but again, turkey saying that they are not willing to accept those my gramigrants. and this isn't the first time that president trump has weighed in on the attack on civilians. in june he weighed in on another sau assault and said a message to the sear yanl presideyrian pres world is watching. and this is just months after the u.s. president withdraw a number of troops. but since then in a white house visit last week, he has reaffirmed the u.s. relationship with erdogan who he has raised. >> and the president saying that he is looking for a potential replacement for secretary of state mike pompeo. >> that's right. and there are increasingly pointed signs that perhaps secretary of state mike pompeo could be looking ahead to a senate run in kansas, that has been a rumor floating around washington for months now and stoked when pompeo created a personal twitter account. and that has stoked rumors. of course there has be

the president by all accounts told erdogan ollieollie oxen freed.if you do that, we're going to destroy your economy, but sanctions, sanctioned the defense ministry and i forget what the other ministry was we sanctioned and the ministers, but it was all for show. it was all bs. we were never going to follow through on those sanctions and it was like an utter misuse of sanctions and not surprisingly, two weeks later we withdrew them. and all that did is tarnish sanctions as a tool of u.s. foreign policy. that's my appeal. >> i would just add this case also underscores the importance of interbranch dialogue and communication. like many sanctions cases, congress is playing an important role here. i think the reason why trump said we're going to destroy your economy after turkey went into syria, he was getting criticism from congress from both republicans and democrats so then he adopted much stronger rhetoric toward turkey, but if the administration and congress had been talking beforehand and the administration understood well the point of view of con

who has voiced concerns over a possible turkish military deployment to libya while president erdogan said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed mercenaries supporting have to have to his forces are supported by advanced weapons and troops from several countries including russia france the united arab emirates and egypt turkey appears to be one of very few friends of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. would have to go ahead and hear. shepparton see is a washington d.c. he says it's hard to understand what the u.s. strategy in libya really is. there's never really any and a firm line on what's the u.s. official position is on libya all we get is constantly shifting messages whether this is to do with strategic ambiguity well thought out foreign policy or whether it's due to factionalism and confusion within the trump administration itself as to what it stands for what it wants to stand for is unclear but we have this phone call between the u.s. and egyptian presidents this is what the the u.s. re

he welcomed president recep tayyip erdogan of turkey, who was in the uk for nato‘s 70th anniversary. with the crime that he is committing... but the leader‘s presence wasn‘t warmly received by everyone. dozens gathered in the city centre to show their anger at president erdogan‘s military action against kurds in syria. the decision was defended by trustees from the mosque. we wanted this space to remain for the community, at most. the thing that was very different when we presented to the turkish authorities and president erdogan, he said, "this is what the british people want, cambridge muslims want. "we will support it." the gardens and cafe are spaces for the whole community, and notjust muslims. it is hoped the mosque will bring people together. shabnam mahmood, bbc news, cambridge. the headlines on bbc news... angry exchanges over brexit and the nhs as borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn squared up for the last tv debate before thursday‘s general election. calls for an independent review after a serial rapist is found guilty of kidnapping and multiple rapes after being released from

erdogan, for instance, says russia, not a threat. we don't regard russias a threat.s created because russia was a threat. that was one thing everybody could agree on. there's no agreement anymore. yeah, we can expect some fire works in the next day or two. >>> speaker of the house nancy pelosi was asked about what she thought about it over there, impeachment, while attending a conference in madrid. she declined to criticize trump while she was abroad. watch. >> we aren't here to talk about impeachment or the president of the united states. we're here to talk about -- i have a rule of codels when we travel we don't talk about the president negatively and save that for him. >> do you think president trump will save his anti-democratic attitu attitudes till he gets home? >> he was already tweeting, talking about impeachment, the federal reserve. he doesn't really hold back in that regard. i mean, he hasn't really hear what the speaker says what she's saying. and maybe she and others adhere to that, but the president doesn't. we hear him talking about all kinds of things