and erdogan exactly knows that.e knows how valuable he is for merkel and the europeans. >> and on libya, the two leaders had different stances, didn't they? reporter: well, apparently they have different understanding about progress that has been made on the ground. merkel, for example, said that during a libya conference in berlin last week, general hofstra, one of the rival parties, verbally agreed to cease-fire and erdogan reacted quite angry, saying this man can't be trusted, as long as he didn't sign anything, and he didn't sign a cease-fire officially. he basically still continues his attacks and we have the right to continue our military support in the form of sending personnel for training to the tripoli government because turkey militarily supports the government there in tripoli. the u.n. recognized government. >> and briefly, if you wouldn't mind, julia, relations between the two countries have been fraught over recent years. did you detect any thawing? reporter: well, it was an unusually friendly atmosph

correspondent: trump spoke to erdogan a couple hours after that vote in turkey that could potentiallyend troops to libya. we got a very brief readout from the white house. between the leaders. the message was very clear. the message was trump told erdogan any foreign intervention in libya is going to come look at the situation, warning or giving an admonition to erdogan to be careful about anything he does their, insinuating the u.s. would not support that. u.s. policy toward libya is quite complicated, and frankly, it has been all over the map. you have countries such as the uae, russia, and egypt that support the warlord half dark -- the warlord haftar. on the other side you have turkey, who supports the u.n.-recognized prime minister speaking to trump. that is where you are seeing this divergent policy out of the white house in the last year. , the un security council was considering a resolution that would have called on haftar to stop his aggression toward tripoli, but the u.s. initially said they would support that, then a week later said they would not support that. all within

did the president have financial interest at stake when he was talking to erdogan or banshee and others? made maybe his kids have some economic interests at stake. and did did, in fact, our natis foreign policy with those countries? those questions are not the subject of the president impeachment trial, but this report should be a warning sign to any republican in the senate. if you vote with the white house to suppress and cover up evidence, the odds are strong that the truth, the truth will eventually come out here in a few weeks or a few months to my republican collets want to pick up the paper and read one of the what is a block at crucial information about the president's this conduct? the document bigger to hide turned out to shed real damning light on the truth? at this point how can senate republicans not vote for the witnesses and documents we are seeking? the president flatly denies ambassador bolton's account. maybe my republican colleagues will grasp that the president's denial is a reason we don't need to hear from bolton, let me repeat, president trump and ambassador bolto

erdogan said if not get serious about peace,e, we will teachch a lesson he deserves. wonders what resources tuturkey w would teach a lessosn withth. we will see what happens at this peace conference on sunday. i think with the urging of the for turkey not to intervene in a significant way, turkey will wait untitil the end of sunday's peace conference, whether it goes on for a couple of days before intervevening big time. speaking of the international players involved in this conflict, i want to discuss with you a report that says 2000 syrian fighters have flown to libya to support the government. reporter: this was reported in "the guardian" yesterday. it said 2000 syrian mercenaries had gone or were on their way there. they will fight for the tripoli government and b be paid by the tripoli government. their transfer from northern syria to tripoli has been facilitated by the turkish government. the report even gave the d dates on which they crossed the border from northern syria into turkey. turkey denies sending mercenaries to libya. the report admitted thatat turky

forces that president recep tayyip erdogan called terrorists.d just started working as a driver for hevrin. at 22, he had recently come back from fighting is. what did you think when president trump announced that the americans would no longer be supporting the kurds? on october 9th, the turkish military started their assault. civilians fled border towns and the wounded started to fill the hospitals. and it wasn't just turkish regular forces. groups of mostly jihadi fighters, bitter enemies of the kurds, and calling themselves the syrian national army, were being backed by the turkish government to do the fighting on the ground. they were advancing deep into northern syria. these were one such group, arabs from syria who were now controlled by the kurds. their cameraman was posting updates as they wept. early in the morning of october 12, hevrin and ferhad were driving along the m4 highway, a key road controlled by the kurds, running just 30 kilometres just parallel to the turkish border. the situation was changing fast. ahrar al—sharqiya had se

germany's chancellor angela merkel has met with turkish president erdogan and the leaders agreed to do what they could to uphold the 2016 refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. under that deal agreed to stop refugees travelling on to europe in return for about 6000000000 euros president erdogan has threatened multiple times to scrap the deal saying europe isn't fulfilling its commitments. the german chancellor and turkish president met at this ottoman palace in istanbul to rebuild trust and resolve some key issues such as the refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. turkey says it has yet to receive most of the 6000000000 euros it was promised for building new refugee camps the e.u. denies this ankara says it needs further funding because of the worsening situation in syria. around 400000 migrants are making their way to was from the city of italy we have to work out how we can provide these people with humanitarian aid especially when to. ankara wants to build solid houses in turkish controlled parts of syria experts warn international nor could hinder germany from providing further

while the 2 leaders spoke about the situation in libya where erdogan said he had sent a military team to help the un back to government affairs. go last week or sit an international summit on the libyan civil war where the main message was. to appeal to and to outside interference while they also discussed the syrian war and the situation of people who fled the ongoing fighting there in it live province in the country's north. but you know we talked about the humanitarian situation in the area and i'll see how we can best support turkey when it comes to people in syria who live in tents having fled conflict whether we can provide funding to improve the humanitarian situation it has to be said that techie faces a massive problem and i believe every person every child every family that we can get into proper shelter is a positive step. that was the chancellor speaking just a short while ago in turkey want to talk now to our chief political correspondent at mill in that crate who has also been following talks that were underway in istanbul melinda. the chancellor there touching on the re

he mentioned erdogan of turkey. he mentioned xi jinping of china.r in bolton's recounting shares some similar concerns. s his concerns about the appearance the president is creating by these conversations he's having with -- in one case, erdogan at the g20, in another case with xi jinping in relations to a telecoms firm zte where the president intervened to lift sanctions. and in terms of erdogan, it related to criminal investigation into a bank in turkey. all of this underscores sort of this broader message that we're getting out of what is in this book, according to our sources, where he's just describing a president who is concerned about essentially his own interests, for lack of a better way of putting it or not necessarily putting the country ahead of himself. and it remains to be seen, i want to keep coming back to this, this manuscript is at the white house. so we don't know yet whether white house lawyers might have gotten a look at or knowledge of what was in it, what bolton would testify to if he was going to do so in this senate trial, b

president erdogan says the north african country asked for military help.oops would be sent to help r erdogan. rglobal, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. shery: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm shery ahn. >> live in toronto, i'm jon erlichman. we are joined by our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. shery:xdxdmy here are the top s from around the world. the first trading day of the year and we are off to a bullish start. a look at the 2020 for currencies and equities. ghosn5a's great escape. new details on how the former head of nissan ande1 renault haa daring escape to lebanon. deepens inre crisiso7o australia. we have the latest. jon: we are off to a bullish start+ in 2020. the stock markets in the u.s.ñr hitting all-time highs intraday trading. the s&p haj?h itsi] test perfore since 2014. a couple of stores and helped to fuel stocks overnight, the story out ofçó china wi4$wjjusrtur"ity coming into the chinese

vonnie was talking about that phone call between macron and erdogan. a lot of global leaders reacting. anything that we may look toward when it comes to coordinated efforts on this issue? this has been a weakness of u.s. strategy, unable to get its european allies on board with its maximum pressure strategy. the french, the chinese have called for de-escalation. secretary pompeo today also said that the u.s. would like de-escalation. so i don't think there any want to -- parties that see continued escalation, certainly don't want to see this spin out of control. from the u.s. point of view, we would want to deter these attacks against u.s. bases in the region. according to the administration, that was the reason for the attack, that they had credible intelligence that soleimani was planning attacks on u.s. installations in the region. if iran refrained from those kinds of attacks, it's possible we could see de-escalation. vonnie: the erect prime minister's office said that the as an attack against the iraqi state. can we expect a coordinate effort betw

him a monstercall but your friend erdogan [indiscernible] president trump: to each his own and i disagree hundred percent and i am sure he does too. what he has a public to take care of. i am surprised to hear that, but that is ok. reporter: [indiscernible] are you willing to make a deal with greece? -- reporter: are you willing to make a deal with greece? we have atrump: tremendous greek population, over 3 million people, as i understand it. i really feel like i know most of them. i think i know all of them, come to think of it. but it is a great population in the united states. we will be meeting and talking and negotiating and making a lot of deals. we have a great relationship. islet me add to that, greece interested in the f-35 program and we are already upgrading our f-16s and that will be included are interested in the program after that and i'm sure the u.s. will take into consideration the fact that this country is coming out of an economic crisis in terms of structuring a program in the best possible way for my country. president trump: that is true. aircraft, butt it's gotten a

>> as turkey has p personalizezd its regimime, as it has become more about argan -- abouou erdogan and there are fewer checks on his power, we have seen turkey y become more aggressisive with its foforeign policy.. it hasas become about syria pushing the u.s. out of syria. i think what we are seeing is a turkey that is willing to try to exert a bigger sphere of influence, extending beyond just ththe middle east, going i into northh africa, and i don't think thatat there is anything that is goining to happen that t will sp turkey because within its own government, though there was some vigorous debate, erdogan has complete control over the government and over his party. phil: thank you for joining us from the university of essex. >> thanks for having me. phil: for some other stories making news around the world, austria's new coalition government wants to make the country carbon neutral by 2040. the green party is entering the government for the first time as the conservative party's is laying out details to make the country a european authority. police in paris have used tear gas to di

few new revelations, at least in the "new york times" tonight about the book and conversations with erdogan and conversations with orban, and who knows what was promised there. we do know that certainly in turkey, the trump organization has actual financial interests. i don't know what the articles, if it alleges that. it probably doesn't. but who knows? i'm not sure they want to drag it out. and second, trump is talking what was said. you can't claim privilege on somebody else and talk about it yourself, because if it's privileged, no one should talk about it. so the idea that they can drag this out for months, i don't think will happen. i think the courts are going to regard any climb of privilege keptcally because trump is talking about it. and because in a senate impeachment trial, senate has far more rights to get the information than the house did. if the chief justice signs the subpoena, i think, a, the courts are going to be very reluctant to overturn it and very reluctant to drag it out. >> senator schumer, this is maya wiley, your constituent. >> hi, maya. yes. >> how you? >> yes.

hasish president erdogan accused the syrian government of breaking a cease-fire agreement and killingople in the opposition held province of the idlib. it came into effect last sunday, but violence has continued, pushing more people from their homes and protesters to the streres. charlotte reports. charlotte: the cease-fire deal was short-lived. syria's last opposition enclave. russia, by turkey and it came into effect on sunday. this was filmed on thursday. it shows a russian jet in the syrian army pounding opposition positions. they say they were provoked. operations resumed on the southeastern front after the insurgents violated the truth and targeted humanitarian corridors. charlotte: the insurgents are rebels allied with the syrian opposition. the fighters of a war that began nearly nine years ago. they are supported by turkey. president erdogan responded to the escalation after friday prayers. >> unfortunately, this is clear proof the syrian regime is not abiding by the steps we took regarding the cease-fire. the excuse is always ready. terrorist organizations are doing this or

islam all last week following a meeting with italy's prime minister is epic kaante red chip tayyip erdogan announced he will be in berlin on january did 19th for an international conference aimed at ending the libyan conflict. even if it is only in one day i believe a strong result of his image from these dogs dogs which they must go to they lay the foundation for the process turkish troops were recently sent to libya to help slow half past 9 month advance on the capital tripoli in the complicated proxy war russian mercenaries together with the united arab emirates and egypt are aiding have to. well no signature for sure this morning here in moscow from starr and his departure is that pretty embarrassing for president putin who spent all week brokering this ceasefire deal together with president erdogan he had this meeting in istanbul he went on the phone all week with all the parties involved he spoke to the crown prince of the united arab emirates he spoke with the emir of qatar he had a meeting with angela merkel here in moscow as well to prepare for this international conference on lib

cease fire in libya which they want to come into effect on sunday ticky is president richard type erdogan and his russian counterpart vladimir putin agree this should be a truce in libya but they support different factions in the country and kara backs the administration in tripoli which is recognized by the u.n. and most western powers for its part moscow's supports general who controls most of the country and has been advancing to take over the capital tripoli now on this map you'll see tripoli in the west and general have to polish based tobruk in the east each side is backed by different militias and adding to the mix a number of foreign powers with various interests in libya. one country 2 governments numerous militias ongoing fighting that the situation in libya it's triggered a flurry of diplomatic meetings in the last days the u.n. backed government of national caught us in brussels for talks why the government's main rival. wasn't italy was far in excess increasing involved in libya another diplomatic meeting attracted special attention talks between russia and turkey the 2 count

president erdogan went further saying the international community, and named egypt and the uae and sometries, have to start -- stop supporting the renegade general because that is what is making more volatile. he said his country had sent train theersonnel to libyan army and this was an internationally recognized agreement because it was done between the turkish governments and the u.n. recognized governments in tripoli. with regards to syria, there was a lot of emphasis before the need to do more to protect civilians in idlib. over 4.5 million civilians are under threat from bombardment from the regime of bashar al-assad. merkel said more needed to be done in terms of housing, especially with the bitter winter they are experiencing. there was frustration expressed by the turkish president that despite his country putting forward this bozo for the safe zone to be built in the syrian side of the border with turkey and the need to establish and build schools and hospitals and other institutions, the international community like the u.s. and other european countries prevented that from hap

talk between erdogan and merkel were also expected to focus on the future of migration, the european. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. are talking about a whole new structure for the deal, or we will have to do something. has been very unfair to the united states for many, many years. david: that was president trump speaking in davos on wednesday of this week. joining us now is jennifer for tradeenior fellow at the council of international relations. she is also a former member of the wto appellate body. trump said, reforming wto. what are the reforms venue to be done, can they get done? jennifer: it's great news that they are talking to one another, and it appears the president is getting more engaged at the wto. we have to understand we are starting from a fairly bad place. the u.s. has blocked any appointment of members to sit on the functional equivalent of the wto supreme court. as of december of last year, the demi to appellate body c

president erdogan receiving authorization from his parliament to have troops there. >> translator: wel never refrain from teaching him the lesson he deserves. >> reporter: being there is crucial to president erdogan's strategic interest beyond the middle east. burnishing his reputation as a power player. haftar, they say, is up for the fight. >> translator: we anticipate the challenge and announcing the mass mobilization of our troops. we call for a holy fight. >> reporter: meanwhile, russia has been bolstering its presence around the mediterranean. there has been a rising number of reported russian mercenaries supporting half those troops on the ground in libya. moscow claims they don't represent the russian state as they also claimed in ukraine. from syria to libya, president putin's strategy remains clear. the united states, on the other hand, is being more capricious. it launched air strikes targeting isis and al qaeda in 2015 and then pulled its troops amid the surging political violence. its position now isn't quite clear. and in the vacuum of war, chaos. hundreds of thousands o

russian president vladimir putin who supports libya's rebel leader to turkey's presence richard tayyip erdogan also is here it is government has just sent troops to tripoli in support of the un backed government there now the meeting is being chaired by german chancellor angela merkel as part of efforts by the united nations to resolve the long running conflict in libya. but we will have team coverage of this international summit all nights and i joining me in studio right now mona. she's a colleague from arabic has been following the conflict in libya 1st of all i mean many people are calling these talks that are taking place in berlin as we speak maybe the best chance for peace in libya how would you how do you see it how important is the summit well i don't want to sound too skeptical but we've seen before through the other conferences that they haven't been that successful the thing is that there are too many actors involved in this conflict and these actors are are implementing things with double standards like you have turkey on law school who are trying i mean both countries are trying

turkey's president's pressure tayyip erdogan is also here his government has just sent troops to tripoli to support the un backed government there the meeting is being shared by german chancellor uncle americal and as part of the efforts by the united nations to resolve the long running conflict in libya. we will have team coverage of this international summit all night long joining me in studio is mona hefley she's my colleague from you. arabic no more no way we are waiting a press conference we understand we may be reaching the conclusion of that summit we're waiting for the leaders to come out as you can see still waiting there but expecting any moments in the meantime we want to talk more about the summit itself i mean some have been calling these talks really the best chance for peace in libya tell me more about the summit i mean the 2 sides obviously not really agreeing on much exactly the thing is that the 2 sides haven't met the thing is that met separately with my ass and. delegation refused to sit with that this is one point the other point is that the main aim of this summit i

i don't think this is about what he says to xi jinping or erdogan.meetings with erdogan during the export council. you are trying to move toward a deal. speech they are talking about a deal, so where should democrats fall on the witness for a witness? >> i heard you this morning, i agree with senator durbin. this is not trade in baseball cards. it's not a witness for a witness. it's only witnesses who actually mean something to the impeachment process. >> sandra: do you agree on that? >> no, i don't. of course not. [laughter] >> our agreement was chopped liver! >> as long as we've heard that all of that information about corruption, but ukrainian officials supporting hillary clinton, it's been discredited. whoever discredited it? i think there's room for negotiation because as i possibly think that should be looked into. >> ed: matt, last word on hundred biden? >> democrats have no interest in destroying the bidens. that's why i think there is mutually shared destruction in all of this. the age that's the a team for tuesday morning. a week away now,

look at his actions towards turkey and erdogan?n interview a few years ago before he was president he said he was conflicted because he had towers and business in turkey. he had erdogan come to the oval office and try to convince those around him including lindsey graham why it was fine to throw the kurds under the bus. look at the business dealings his children has with china. >> and he'd be the first person i've ever seen in a major situation who hides his own alibi. we've got to take a break now. we're going to turn back to the trial. there's a lot of untraveled roads to go down here, but i do want to bring you the latest on the crash that killed basketball great kobe bryant because he was more than a basketball player. he was a father, an innovator and really had a whole life in front of him. someone who loved him as a person, who knew him as a kid and who knew what was yet to be told about kobe bryant and his young life, only 41 fellow laker legend karim abdul-jabbar is ready to speak about his friend next. hey, saved you a se

erdogan has been in power for 17 years now. elections and a massive miscalculation in 2019 he lost istanbul and then engineered a rerun and lost the rerun by a bigger margin. if there were a nationwide poll, he would lose and that makes a much more defensive domestically, much more unorthodox when it comes to foreign policy. there is a chance he may do something similar in libya against opposition from the u.s. and of course managing the domestic economy where growth is coming close to 0%. on europe's doorstep this will be a fairly substantial challenge. thecine: with million-dollar question being how do you deal with him? there is a refugee question, turkey has been buying certain weapons from russia. mij: the vehicle is always political economy in europe, by that i mean signaling a willingness to upgrade the eu-turkey customs union, enhance trade relations. there is a degree of finance available for turkey should it continue to work in a cooperative manner to constrain refugees and then there is the symbolic bolstering of pol

turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan raised the alarm today about a new rush of syrian refugees.said thousands mo fleeing from idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in syria. the exodus began when syrian and russian forces intensified their assault on idlib. in ankara today, erdogan said turkey is struggling to manage. >> ( translated ): right now, 200,000 to 250,000 people are moving towards our borders. right now, we are trying to prevent them with some reciprocal measures, but it's not ea's. ifficult. they are humans, too. we cant put barriers and barbed wire agnst humans, like the west does. >> woodruff: in washington, the white hous president trump spoke with erdoday and joed in calling to de-escalate the situation in idlib province. the trump administration today nounced a ban on most of the flavored e-cigarettes used by teenagers. the ba based products, but it does exempt menthol and tobacco flavors. it also exempts large, tank-type devices that mostly cater to adult smokers. 39 of the 52 republican u.s. senators asked the supreme court today to overturn "roe v. wade,"

as intriguing as bill barr is, as intriguing about anything erdogan is, it's the idea that there is more. that john bolton has still more in this unpublished manuscript that could come out and it plays directly to the sensitivities and anxiety that you also reported on yesterday, maggie, from inside the republican caucus, behind closed doors in the senate. tell us more about that. >> so there was -- there were several conversations that went on after our story went up. the white house started yesterday morning, our initial story, the white house started hearing yesterday morning from unhappy republican senators, among them mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader does not like surprises, felt frustrated that he had not been told in advance that this manuscript was at the white house and that some folks knew what was in it and felt blind-sided. look, republicans are basically, you know, the president's shield for lack of a better way to put it, they are going asked not just to vote on the impeachment articles but on whether there will be witnesses and that's the key vote ahead. a lot of th

tuturkey's erdogan wines that he will teach libya's general haftar a lesson if attacks resume.e wille coming days, carefully monitor what happens between haftar and libya's legitimate government. if the attacks against the people and the legitimate government of libya continue, we will not refrain from teaching him the lesson that he deserves. i spoke to rob parsons to ask him where thihis leaves discussions about libya now. erdoganher with present , president putin has inserted himself into the future settlement of the conflict in libya. the united states has withdrawn europe in the form of france and italy tried to fill the vacuum and failed. turkey and russia are now moving into replace them in a concerted way. france and italy seemed all the time to be in disagreement with each other. turkey and russia despite the fact that their interests are not by any means completely aligned on all series of issues have nevertheless found a modus vivendi which will allow them to go forward and put that pressure on both sides and probably before very long come up with a deal. whether tha

the announcement came shortly arganvladimir putin ask -- erdogan about a pipeline. >> the leaders ofurkey and russia used the opening of the major gas pipeline to highlight improved relations between the two countries. the strategic project offers an alternate route for russian gas to be delivered to europe via bykey was overshadowed events elsewhere. the assassinatation of an art -- iranian military commander by the u.s. and a missile attack on by. bases by arete, both -- iran. no one has a right to put the whole region into a new circle of fire. all possible not to allow the region to be drawn in blood and tears. says turkeyputin and russia are giving a good example. >> we are living in a very difficult time. facing agion, we are situation that can fuel tensions , but russia and turkey are showing a very different example. >> but their body language at a meeting earlier in the day made it clear not all is good between the two leaders. behind the smiles and handshakes , there are some big differences between the two nations. turkey is sending troops to tripoli. both nationsk that wi

earlier this month, turkeys parliament gave erdogan the green light to send troops to tripoli. after the moscow talks failed to answer a solution, he provided a clear warning. >> in the coming days, we will be closely following the legitimate government. in the event that attacks against the legitimate government and our libyan brothers continue, we will never refrain from giving him the lesson he deserves. >> now, the focus moves from moscow to berlin. german chancellor angela merkel has invited top officials from a host of countries for peace talks in the hope that this time around, something might different. brent: let's brief you on some of the other stories making news around the world. european countries havee triggered the dispute mechanism of the iran nuclear deal in reresponse to breaches of the agreement. eu foreign policy chief says that the aim is toto briri tehrn back into compliance, but it could also spell the end and a rerern to sanctions in iraq.q. authorities said t they have arresteded s seral people, including the maker of this video in connection with the a

erdogan insisted turkey's involvement was not a combat force.syrian observatory hundreds of syrian rebels joined the fighting on the side of the tripoli based government. voteance is gearing up to in a municipal election in over a month. the vote will see citizens elect local mayors. things are not looking promising for president macron. philip explains mark about what the elections signify. reporter: they are the guarantors of cities and towns. they are elected for six years. there?y mares are the number of voters is 47 million. mayor'ss are able to marry people and give signature to presidential candidates so they can be elected. they need 500 signatures of elected officials for that to happen. age or the number of terms they have. i've extreme their figures. is 97dest mayor in france years old and is trying to seek a new mandate. been mayor since 1971. eastongest mayor is in the and has been there since 1959. want to keep going to be mayor for another term. we come back to the local elections, is it about a litmus test or are they just local

here‘s president erdogan.unities we have and we will not allow our region to be drowned in blood and tears. syria‘s foreign ministry says "syria holds the american system responsible for all the repercussions of this, due to its reckless and arrogant mentality that governs its actions." the leaders of the semi—autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq tweeted @masrour—barzani "we have been watching recent developments in our region with grave concern. we remain committed to talking to all sides, to de—escalation, and to the restoration of peace and security." some of canada‘s 500 military personnel based in iraq will be temporarily moved to kuwait for safety reasons @cds—ca nada—cemd "caf families: i can assure you that all deployed caf personnel are safe & accounted for following missile attacks in iraq. we remain vigilant." then this is danish armed forces‘s twitter account: "no danish soldiers have been injured in attacks on al asad airbase in iraq". denmark has about 130 soldiers at the base as part of th

sharp words exchanged, whether between president macron, president erled began, president trump, erdogan, president trump, and yet the security defense relationship between the united states and greece is bedrock. what was your sense of the state of the alliance coming out of your first leaders meeting in london, how does greece see the role of the alliance, particularly given some of the uncertainty in your region, in the eastern med, with turkey itself and with the western balkans? >> the alliance continues to be the bedrock of the trans-atlantic relationship and that is not going to change. regardless of the fact that europe probably for a coalition of the willing is going to look to strengthen its own defense capabilities. so i've always been a big supporter of nato and i think the alliance today is meaningful as it has ever been. having said that, i made it very, very clear during my remarks that it is unacceptable within the context of an alliance to have one ally member clearly provoke another ally, i'm clearly referring to turkey and the activities by president erdogan, and that

and russia in istanbul last week following a meeting with italy's prime minister giuseppe conte, erdogan announced he will be in berlin for an international conference aimed at ending the libyan conflict. only in onet is resultselieve strong from these talks. the talks in moscow lay the process. correspondent: turkey's troops were sent to libya to slow haftar's nine-month advance on the capital, trivially -- tripoli. theian mercenaries with united arab emirates and egypt are aiding haftar. both russia and turkey say they are hopeful haftar will sign the truce agreement on tuesday morning. the long and complicated negotiations in moscow show how complicated the conflict in libya is. with the international conference do in berlin, it is crucial the agreement will be signed and sealed in moscow first. >> it is a complicated conflict. the u.n.-recognized administration is based in tripoli and supported by turkey and most western nations. they are worried the fighting will cause more people to cross the mediterranean. in the east, there is the government at the center of power for haftar, bac

as the situation deteriorates and refugees go to turkey, president erdogan has allowed refugees to gost, to europe. is greece capable to handle these refugees? how would you stop them? you have all these islands which are easy to get to. essentially could you talk a little bit about that? >> let me take this young woman here and, please, to the front row to the ambassador. please go ahead. >> hi, i work for general electric. i wanted to know if you could address the issue of brain drain and the young greeks who have left and what you're doing to bring them back. i have friends all over and we're all kind of scattered everywhere and it would be nice to hear what your plans are for the future. thank you. >> important question. please, sir. >> thank you very much. mr. prime minister, thank you very much for your -- and congratulations on your success. for us, the croats, it's beautiful to see the year opening here in washington with the european success story which is greece, congratulations on that. my question is related to the crisis as aforementioned by the colleague. clearly this is

what president erdogan has said is that he's responding to a request from an ally for this military assistance. he has said that turkey is supporting a legitimate government and those thatllre supportingitimate attackers should stop doing so, and he saidt is necessary for regional stability. anchor: interpol making a request for t arrest of carlos osn. he was facing serious charges in japan, but he's fled and arriveb inon. anchor: the main political parties in northern ireland expressed the hope of an agreement to restore government can be reached in the coming days. if there is no deal, there will be an early election. hleading politiciane been meeting representatives from the british and irish governments. plains whypondent there has been gridlock. reporter: just to remind people the unique situation of government in northern ireland requir a mandatory coalition between unionist and nationalist. why this fell apart was that the deputy prime minister pulled out of the executive. one of the tngs that has been talked about today is sustainability. the dep were talking about that anthey have acc

the ceasefire was announced on the january 12th as you know it was proposed by president putin and erdogan. it was proposed on the 18th of january and so this draft document was reviewed in the detail today while the parties we had quite a serious discussion and right now we can report to you that we have made some substantial progress and the. president of the government of the national accord mr saroj and his counterpart just signed it. while marshall haftar. so it's as well as the presidency of the parliamentary system they are. considering this document that you have your point is positive but they requested more times until the next morning to. work out that he doesn't sign it and would very much hope that they will do so and or if the representative of turkey's present here will be supporting this process thank you very much for your attention. plan to let a. resort back that it was i would like to thank our russian partners and foreign minister for this opportunity to organize and participate in this meeting on january 8th. childish to. turkey and russia that it did in the czech and

three hundred twenty five and the angel i'm one hundred meters send a- turkish president recep tayyip erdogan he pledged h his support do you en banks libyan prime minister of finance al suraj describing the threat to his authority as a putsch supported by arab countries and european cystic. suraj forces have been under attack from fighters led by general handy five hasta since april last year vying for control of triple a- - this vote gives turkey a one year mandate to dispatch troops to libya alonong with the marititime a c. covering the eastern mediterranean. yet for libya's rival administration hungary's move is stoking regional tensions and one echo whiskey he is obsessed with the idea of restoring the glory of the ottoman sultan. but up in order to control the arab world and the whole world out of your life. yes ende. thursday's vote has also been criticized by neighboring egypt where officials called it a violation of international rule. on the u. when's libia and only has said the deal signed with turkey represent an escalation of hostilities in libya. well as for use of analysis on t

secretary of state mike pompeo, british primnister boris johnson, turkish predent recep erdogan and russian president vladimir putin. there was new violence in hong kong today as anti-government otesters and riot police clashed again. police fired tear gas at demonstrators during a rallyca ing for electoral reforms and a boycott of the communist party. hong kong police authorized the rally, but not the march that followed. hong kong has been the site of mass pro-democracy protests against the chinese governmentht for over eig months. anti-government protesrs clashed with security forces in beirut in a second night of violence. lebanon is facing a financial crisis and has not been able to form a new government since the cabinet and former prime minister saad hariri resigned in te october. more than 370 people were reportedly wounded yesterday. died when a passenger plane was shot down in iran earlier this month were returned home today. a military honor guard carris the coffto the airport terminal where mourners paid their respects.ci iran admitted ntally shooting down the ukrainian airlines

russian president has met his turkish counterpart recip type --recip type erdogan.he turk stream pipeline opens up a new export route for russian gas to turkey and europe. the meeting followed putin's surprise christmas visit to syria. a car bomb exploded at a check point in somalia's capital mogadishu today, killing at least three people. the islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. the blast comes 10 days after another attack killed almost 80 people. the european commission president ursula von der leyen wawas in londodon today for taln brexit. she told prime minister boris johnson that it is unrealistic to expect a post-brexit trade deal by the end of this year. the u.k. is due to leave the european union at the end of this month. in what sounds like an episode of that popular netflix series "the crown," tonight a report from london that prince harry and his american-born wife plan to step back from their duties as senior members of the british royal family. prince harry and meghan have just returned from a six week stay in canada. in a statement, th

this is in the context of president erdogan calling for monetary policy to rev up the economy. 5.18632hat is going bunds and the dollar is steady. onnd, what to watch out for the expectations that the boe will cut in january. tom: the news flow in washington is extraordinary. i want to go to the realities on the floor of the senate. kentucky wasll's 63% for trump, the biggest plurality for republicans since nixon in 1972. that is an obvious call for mr. mcconnell to support the president. in maine, secretary clinton took 48%. state-by-state, what will the body language be on the floor? kevin: such a great point. i would add senator joe manchin. he is a centrist democrat from west virginia who is under pressure from his constituents to go with republicans. i am most interested to see which way he goes. you mentioned senator susan collins who has been pushing for witnesses. she told reporters that she feels the rules package lawmakers will vote on later today will include language that allows for there to be an up and down vote on whether to be witnesses. tom: this video for bloomberg ra

and german chancellor angela merkel is in istanbul for talks with turkish president richard tayyip erdogan want they are expected to focus on the future of a migration deal between turkey and the e.u. to help her close of migrants to europe. objects indeed every news asia a closer look at the extreme measures taken in china as the government imposes a lockdown standard on who hard to control the spread of a deadly mysterious corona virus all that comes in the midst of a lunar year preparations in the year of the racks some say it's time to stop giving the world and the bad wrap. it up next to the reviews is there with british banner g m we love rock and roll and all. however the gets higher team thank you so much for speaking this part of it is also going to tell the our audience. grappling with such an. expressive felix i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day looking for new perspectives want to work and not be replenished basically be a camera doing things differently to. come to a place where we reflect on society. march 20 more on w. . here i am.

couldn't turn up a north korean turk stream it will take a long time and it is not also related to erdogan or whoever netanyahu or mr texas . it is to stay at least hell for a century in place therefore there has to be a sound basis for such infrastructure to be build and operate a chance of getting to is the largest auction today or despite the fact that i've learned a lot let's hope that economic pragmatism does prevail thank you so much gents for joining me with your thoughts thanks to all of our guests gabriel mitchell them at chu and james and thank you of course to you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion of course go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from each of them with the whole team here up by fanatics. and. millions of workers a big in slave in the british india one i want to waste explores how satellite technology is now helping to set them free. it's a series of ceremon

president erdogan is hoping to shore up its ally, the un—backed government in tripoli.ss despite all major opposition parties voting against it, as the governing turkish coalition has a majority in parliament. julian castro has suspended his campaign for the us democratic party's presidential election nomination. the former mayor of san antonio in texas was the only latino in the race. the white house race begins in earnest next month with the iowa caucuses. a mother and her two grown—up daughters have handed themselves in to police in germany, over a fire that killed more than 30 animals — including rare apes and monkeys — in a zoo on new year's eve. the blaze is thought to have been caused by sky lanterns which the women allegedly bought online without knowing they were illegal. western norway is experiencing a rare heatwave at a time when temperatures normally stay well below freezing. record after record has been falling, with the highest temperature of nineteen degrees, more than twenty—five above january's average. it makes this norway's warmest day injanuary sinc