consulate in in stumble. -- istanbul. these incidents are fueling concerns that turkey's campaign against militant kurdish separatists could trigger more violence on turkish soil. the latest from istanbul in a moment, but first, this report. reporter: police sealed off the area around the u.s. consulate in istanbul. local residents witnessed a firefight early this morning. "we woke to the sound of gunfire and went to the window, he says. "we saw 2 women during shopping bags. we saw women take over with a gun but he wasn't shooting. he aimed security officials and consulate officers." the attackers managed to escape, but police later shot and apprehended one of the women. she was taken to hospital. the outlawed revolutionary people's liberation front has claimed responsibility for the attack. it is the same group that carried out a suicide bombing at the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital two years ago. a turkish security guard was killed in that attack. turkey, the united states, and european union have classified the gr

consulate in in stumble. -- istanbul. these incidents are fueling concerns that turkey's campaign against militant kurdish separatists could trigger more violence on turkish soil. the latest from istanbul in a moment, but first, this report. reporter: police sealed off the area around the u.s. consulate in istanbul. local residents witnessed a firefight early this morning. "we woke to the sound of gunfire and went to the window, he says. "we saw 2 women during shopping bags. we saw women take over with a gun but he wasn't shooting. he aimed security officials and consulate officers." the attackers managed to escape, but police later shot and apprehended one of the women. she was taken to hospital. the outlawed revolutionary people's liberation front has claimed responsibility for the attack. it is the same group that carried out a suicide bombing at the u.s. embassy in the turkish capital two years ago. a turkish security guard was killed in that attack. turkey, the united states, and european union have classified the gr

consulate general here in istanbul.ntly there is an anti-american group as well and one of the groups there have been a series of raids in turkey in the last two or three groups where they arrested people suspected of being members of banned groups and members of this group or one of them there were some people gathering outside of the hospital where the wounded woman was taken and this evening having sympathy with this group and also detained by the police this evening. >> bernard these attacks proving that turkey faces many security challenges both at home and in the wider region. >> well the government says it proves it and three weeks ago they had about turn in domestic and foreign policy when they had them start using basis in turkey to launch assaults on i.s.i.l. targets in syria, those americans m 16s are now in turkey and we seen them taking off particularly and at the same time turkey has been launching attacks on the pkk positions in iraq and southeast turkey and said it's not the only threat and faces threats

and under fire in istanbul, the u.s. consulate and turkey's largest city is attacked and police officers killed in separate incidents. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm erica and we begin with the continued tensions in ferguson, missouri, more protests are planned there today to mark one year since the death of michael brown. some organizers are calling for civil disobedience and comes after a night of gun violence following demonstrations. [gunfire] two teens shot near a memorial to brown and one man is in critical condition after police say he shot a plain clothes officer and diane has more. >> about 2:00 this morning two teenagers walking by the apartment complex near the site where michael brown was shot last year. someone from a back of a vehicle fired at those two teenagers and the two teenagers were struck but sustained nonlife threatening injuries. a few hours before that at about 11:00 shots rang out near a protest on west floricent avenue just as the police chief andre anderson was talki

. >>> and under fire in istanbul. the u.s. consulate is attacked and police officers killed in separate incidents. this is al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm tony harris. we begin with the continued tensions in ferguson, missouri to mark one year since the death of michael brown. some protesters are calling for civil disobedience the day after gun violence following anniversary demonstrations. [ gun fire ] >> two teenagers were shot near a memorial to brown and one man is in critical condition after police say he shot at plain clothes officers. diane eastabrook has more. >> two officers were walking near the site where michael brown was killed last year, they sustained nonthreatening injuries. just a few hours before that at about 11 o'clock, shots rang out near florisin avenue. st. louis police chief john bell belmar describes what happens. >> the suspect engages in gun fire right at the hoot, tracked the windshield for four or five times. the plain clothes detectives returned fire from the inside of the van but

reporterng in our standing by in istanbul.iott gotkine is our middle editor enjoys is in the studio. tell us what you know at the moment. turkish security forces have reportedly killed 2 militants in istanbul. a car bomb targets a police station. outskirts ofn the the city and one policeman and has reportedly been killed. 10 injured. the clash occurred when police went to investigate the scene and were fired upon. we're hearing neighboring buildings and cars have also been damaged. fire crews and police ambulances are in the area. it is unclear who is responsible for the attack. and a separate incident today, two people opened fire at the u.s. consulate in is simple. police return fire. -- consulate in instable. one of them, a woman was arrested. it is closed until further notice. francine: thank you for that. elliott is here. put it into context. it is very unclear. no one is claimed to the attacks and a lot of incidents. are they linked or not? who is: we do not know responsible at the u.s. consulate and the police station.

consolate balancing in istanbul.ht a bomb exploded outside a police station on the other side of the city injuring seven people. a gun fight followed hours later, a police officer and two gunmen have been killed. >>> shots have been fired in the u.s. city of ferguson as demonstrators marked a year since an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer. two people were injured. in the day of mostly peaceful remembrance for michael brown turned violent. >>> there have been fistfights, reports of fraud and plenty of frustration in haiti as people voted in its long delayed parliamentary elects some would-be voters say their names were missing from the electoral roles. >>> now, indonesia has the fifth highest child malnutrition rate in the world. a recent report by the world bank says that one-third of i want near an children are stunted and as stephanie deck reports, it's not only a social and health concern by could also have repercussions for the country's economy. >> reporter: his tummy hurts but he can'

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consulate building in istanbul the d.h.k.p.c.tly claimed responsibility for the attack but have not seen the details of the reasons for why it has taken the responsibility for this attack but it has coincided with the turkey granting access to anticoalition office which has been a dramatic move because in 2013 attack they say the d.h.k.p.c. and they declared they are against the u.s. military presence and also suspected to have some ties with the syrian president bashar al-assad regime. >> okay, from the sounds of it, lala, it does appear that turkey really is getting it from all sides. i mean, the p.k.k., this attack on the police station and now these two attacks in the southeast of the country, do they have the signature of the p.k.k. on them? >> the p.k.k. as far as i know has not yet claimed responsibility for an attack. overnight and yesterday to the police station in istanbul. but the security forces suspected of an attack is staged by the p.k.k. but the p.k.k. lately claimed responsibility for an attack of an armed bomb a

and in istanbul a couple of shots were shot outside of the prime minister's office here in istanbul, sound grenade or something was thrown as well, and a couple of people have been arrested. and against all of that is this political backdrop of uncertainty, the likelihood of new elections in october or november after the failure of the akp party to find a coalition partner to join it. so the ball now in the hands of president erdogan who will likely make the announcement to call for those elections. >> you talked about the elections they lost, a lack of support at the elections, and all of these situations which they can't quite seem to keep a lid on. >> well, they still won the election in the sense that they were the largest party overall, and what is going to happen now is there will be sort of election government, they call it, formed between now, excuse me, and the election in october or november, and in that for the first time the akp will have to share power, because the cabinet will be made up of members of all of the parties represented in parliament. there will be car net p

consulate in istanbul, turkish state media blames a group with a history of

in istanbul, two women linked with a leftist group open fire on the u.s. consulate. i.s.i.l, islamic state of iraq and the levant. bernard smith has more from istanbul, his report does contain pretty strong images. >> chased down to a back street near the u.s. consulate in istanbul a woman who had earlier opened fire on the building refuses to surrender. i did it for my party she shouts before being shot and wounded by the police officer. her party is the extreme left wing and anti-american revolutionary people's liberation army front, the dhkpc. in 2013, the dhkpc said it was the party behind the attack on the u.s. embassy. now they say they are behind this attack. >> someone in an apartment threw a chair from their balcony at the woman so the attacker shot at the balcony. >> reporter: earlier on monday a van packed with explosives detonated on istanbul's eastern edge. several civilians and police officers were wounded. then as forensic and bomb squad teams searched the scene, they were fired upon. and there's been further violence in southeastern turkey. four polic

. >> i'm bernard smith on istanbul grand bazar. after decades of neglects, with an earth tremor, the roof could come crashing down. >> hello, fighters from the islis islamic state of iraq and levant say they are behind a bomb in a market which killed 55 people, 200 more are injured. we have this report from the iraqi capital. >> reporter: in the blink of an eye the scene turned friday mundane to murderous. a truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded vegetable market. the predominantly shia neighbourhood is one of the capital's densely populated. some searched for survivors, others found the dead. because the early morning attack was planned to maximise civilian casualties, many knew it would be the work of i.s.i.l. it was the third attack in as many days. arguing how tenuous the situation is. i.s.i.l. attacked two other areas. dozens were killed, dozens injured. attempts to deepen sectarian lines at a time when increasing numbers of iraq were demanding the government work together. fed up with a lack of basic services, tens

consulate in istanbul are targeted. ♪ hello, this is the al jazeera live from london.nfire] syrian rebels say they made more advances against government forces. pl plus. >>> i'm nicole johnston in pakistan and coming up, we will be reporting on the biggest case of child sexual abuse in the

consulate in istanbul. >> would it be linked to the other attack we've seen on the asian side of istanbul. >> i think on the asian side, it appears that perhaps the p.k.k. may have carried out an attack in which one policeman was killed. we also saw the p.k.k. also, the kurdistan workers party whose attacks tend to be much more sophisticated and well planned also attacked and killed four policemen in southeastern turkey today, close to the iraqi, turk irborder. >> the finger of blame does seem to be pointing toward the p.k.k. for the violence that we've seen there. we now perhaps are going to see a more intense campaign against the kurdish group. >> i think that the military campaign by the turkish government will intensify and the retaliatory actions by the p.k.k. will also intensify. what we are seeing now is that more and more turkish security forces are being targeted and killed by the p.k.k. and we're seeing that the turkish military is intensifying the air campaign in northern turkey and iraq. >> turkey's military choices seem to be making it much more vulnerable. do they have the p

♪ two attacks in istanbul and shorts are fired at the u.s.onsulate. ♪ world news from al jazeera al jazeera headquarters in doha and also coming up, the car bombing in afghanistan targets the airport in the capitol kabul. gunfire in the u.s. city of ferguson as hundreds of people gather to mark a year since the black teenager michael brown was killed by police. and hatety completes its long over due election with names marred on the rolls. we are going to start in turkey where there has been a series of attacks on security forces and we heard that four police officers have been killed in the southeast of the country and earlier in istanbul two armed attackers opened fire own the u.s. consulate building and earlier overnight a bomb exploded outside a police station on the other side of the city injuring seven people, there was a gun fight that followed in the hours that followed. and bernard smith is outside the consulate and he joins me live now and bernard what is going on at the consulate there behind you? >> well, there was a gun attack ea

consulate in istanbul. no staff members were hurt. officials say a police station in the city was targeted this morning. ten were wounded in that blast. >> iraq's parliament will debate sweeping government reforms. prime minister al abadi released the plans following weeks of protest demanding better government services. the plan drops six top government posts. >> a suspect will appear in a houston court today for killing eight people, including six children. we have more on this investigation. what more do we know at this point? >> police say the suspect was in a dispute with one of the victim, a 40-year-old woman. prosecutors say he broke into his former home, restrained the victims and shot them. >> 48-year-old david conley is charged with fatally shooting a family of eight, six of them children, the youngest was six years old. >> we do not and cannot fully comprehend the motivation of an individual that would take the lives of so many innocent people, especially the lives of the young ones. >> the motive may have been a domestic d

consulate in istanbul is well. no one seems to have been killed in the consulate. at least one of the assailants was injured, shot in the legs, and her colleague was captured as well. but in a separate incident in there was an attack in which four people were killed. to try toe investigate and rescue people inside the building. they were then attacked. three more people were killed, and several people were injured. separately, in the southeast of the country, it is hard to say whether these are connected incidents. and last friday, with four people killed today another four people were killed and another incident. and another, an attack on helicopter in which one soldier was killed and seven wounded. in various spots across the country, do we have any idea as to who is responsible? rob: it looks now that the attackers -- there are two incidents. it looks like both attacks in istanbul were carried out by the revolutionary people's liberation army front. it has been planned in turkey for quite some time now. but in the ease, southeast, it looks much more as though to

consulate in istanbul which is closed until further notice.se stocks posted their biggest gains in a month today over speculation the government would accelerate mergers among state owned enterprises. china is said to be considering merging its two main shipping companies. data out of china this weekend showed slowing demand for chinese goods. producer levels fell to their lowest since 2009. exports delivered a major miss, dropping more than 8%. oil and gas. the world's biggest natural gas producer, gazprom, reported earnings earlier in the hour. the weaker ruble softened the blow of falling fuel prices and sales volumes. let's take a look at the numbers with will kennedy. profit up, the driving force for grass from -- the driving force for gazprom, what is it? will: they earn in dollars, they spend in rubles. that is what we are seeing here. jonathan: it is first quarter. what does this tell me about the outlook for this company? will: this is nearly ancient history. the big issue for gazprom now is the oil prices. are of gazprom's contracts

consulate in istanbul.wo female suspects were behind it. >> suleman women were carrying shopping bags and walking in the neighborhood also we heard gunfire. saw a woman taking cover with a gun, but she wasn't shooting the other one fired, four or five rounds at the security officers. >> one attacker escaped and the other was wounded and detained. there were no casualties. a leftist group claimed responsibility. they are a revolutionary liberation front, set on the website. they will continue the struggle theirthey are free of enemies. they labeled the u.s. as chief among them. killedrity officers were on a border to -- in a border town with iraq. the authorities believe it is the pkk behind the attack, though no one has claimed responsibility. it comes as there is a single nice war on terror announced last month. kurdish pkk militants in northern iraq and radical been echoes.s have today was the bloodiest day so far. midrash join me a short time ago to discuss what is going on in turkey. erdogan hasresident

consulate in istanbul. violence, weoday's go to istanbul. david, let's start if we could with the attack on the consulate. what can you tell us about what happened to their? david: not a great deal, really. two women opened fire with automatic weapons. they fired into people going into the consulate and the security staff outside the consulate. as far as we know, nobody was actually injured or hit. video on the internet in which i'm sure you have seen, of one turkish policeman shouting warnings on one of the women and opening fire. she was taken to hospital and has undergone i believe several operations and is now in intensive care. presumably at some point she will be interrogated. i was going to say, as far as we know, the authorities have told us they were members of the far pc group, which is been around in one form or another since the 1970's. laura: let's talk about the other violence, david, violence between the turkish forces and kurdish militants. it appears to be spiraling out of control. how link is it to what is happening inside

consulate in istanbul, a woman who earlier opened fire on the building refuses to surrender. >> i didt for my party, she shouts before being shot and wounded by a police officer. her past is the extreme revolution period of time's liberation front. a second attack of female escaped from the area. in 2013, the dhkpc said it was behind the suicide bomb attack against the u.s. embassy in the capitol, ankara. they now said they are behind this attack. >> i saw this woman running and the police shouting "stop." they fired warning shots. then someone in the apartment threw a chair from the balcony at the woman. so the attacker shot at the balcony. >> earlier, a van packed with explosive detonated outside a police station on istanbul's asian side at the eastern edge. an attacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded then as forensic and bomb squad teams searched the scene, two opened fire on them. there has been further vie lings in southeastern turkey, four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb and a soldier was killed. rocket was fired on a helicopter. att

consulate in istanbul a woman who had earlier opened fire on the group refused to surrender. i did it for my party she shouts before being shot and wounded buy police officer. her party is the extreme left wing and antiamerican the dhkpc. a second attacker also female escaped from the area. in 2013, the dhkpc said it was behind a suicide bomb attack against u.s. embassy if the capital ankara. >> i saw this woman running and the police shouting stop. they fired warning shots. then someone in an apartment threw a chair from their balcony at the woman so the attacker shot at the balcony. >> reporter: earlier monday a van packed with explosives deals detonated, an tacker was killed. several civilians and police officers were wounded. then as forensic and bomb squad teams searched the seen, there was open fire and police and attackers were killed in that shootout. four police officers were killed buy road side bomb and a soldier was killed when a rocket was fired on a helicopter. attacks blamed on the separatist pkk. in the last three weeks the turkish military ahas carried out at

now his formal refugee on an island near istanbul is up for sale for $4.4 million.hoever buys this prime real estate won't be able to use it as a private home. >> translator: the owners wanted to restore the house as a private residence, but it was designated a public cultural facility. it's a very difficult restoration for whoever takes it on. >> reporter: it is estimated a restoration would cost around a million dollars. he chose this place because it give him a sense of security from the assassins he knew moscow was sending. he spent four years in turkey, before traveling into mexico. it was there that trotsky was murdered on orders of moscow. >> translator: trotsky wasn't the kind of person to get sad. we, however, should be upset at the state of this beautiful mansion. trotsy it consider coming back. i'm sure if he did come back and saw it in this state, he would be saddened. >> reporter: the area has changed little since trotsky was here. cars are banned. but elsewhere in the world, life has moved on. like the political philosophy he championed, trotsky's hous

istanbul is in an earthquake zone. with the this in this condition, we don't need to wait for a quake. it could collapse at any time. the building is barely standing now and the reinforcing measures taken obviously aren't enough. >> a few days after our interview, a torrential rainstorm exposed just how vulnerable the roof is. >> the roof of the grand bazaar was once covered with lead, but third years ago in a botched restoration, the lead was stripped and replaced with tiles and cement. this man represents the traders. he admits it's a wonder that it hasn't gone up in flames. >> we had our own small firefighting team, but these days, fire can spread rapidly, ignite quickly even at night in these types of structures. we don't have pipes to circulate air. we need new chimneys and smoke detectors. >> the renovation work should begin by the end of this year. two years behind schedule. it's been slowed by bureaucracy and the fact that the almost 4,000 businesses here have a say in the project. when the renovation work star

consulate in istanbul. no one was hurt. . police station nearby was ermbed. the attacks came after turkey opened its incirlik air base to t x american f-16 fighter jets and about 300 american troops, who were joining the fight against isis. holly williams is in istanbul. >> reporter: both of the tsailants were women. one of them was cornered by turkish police after the attack. "take your hands off the weapon," shouted this officer, as the woman hid beneath a house. she was eventually captured, apparently after being shot. she's been named as hatice asik, a member of a banned communist group that was also behind the suicide bombing of the u.s. embassy in turkey two years ago, which left a security guard dead. ule other woman in today's consulate attack is believed to be still at large. overnight a suicide car bomber also targeted an istanbul police station, injuring ten. as police officers inspected the aftermath, attackers opened fire, sparking a shoot-out. [gunfire] a policeman and three assailants were killed. [explosion] last month, after a suicide bomber

consulate here in istanbul.t's a fortress on a hill overlooking the -- very difficult to approach it. but around 7:00 this morning, witnesses say at least one woman, perhaps two women but certainly one woman arc approached the consulate with a gun, fired at least two shots according to witnesses, before she was surrounded by police, cornered by police in the crawl space of a building. police fired at her numerous times, missed, and eventually shot and wounded her and then took her into custody. almost exactly the same time, in another part of this city, there was a bomb at a turkish police station and when a bomb squad came to inspect the scene the bomb squad was ambushed and one turkish policeman was killed. that was just here in istanbul. southern turkey along the border with syria, turkish troops were attacked by kurdish militant groups. the attacks here in istanbul carried out by a radical left wing group according to officials, and the attacks in the south by kurdish gorillas. an siri of attack business dif

consulate in istanbul. a day after hundreds of u.s. forces arrive in the country. >>> going nuclear. japan is set to restart a nuclear reactor at the sendai nuclear plant for the first time since the fukushima disaster. >>> chielchild abuse scandal. >> they are all demanding one thing, they say they want justice. >> a pedophile ring is accused of abusing hundreds of boys and girls in one peter grestei village and the parents say the police have done nothing to on one pakistani village and the police have done nothing to stop it. >> good evening, this is al jazeera america many kym randall pinkston in tonight for antonio mora. we begin with a day of heavy violence in turkey's largest city a pair of female attackers opened fire on the u.s. consulate in istanbul today. police arrestone of the suspects, still searching for the other. on the other side of the city at least three police officers were injured when a police station was bombed meanwhile, in the southeast side of the country a pkk road side bomb killed three police officers. tur

consulate in istanbul. hello there i'm felicity barr. and this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up: syrian rebels say they've made more advances against government forces. the man who led the hunt for the 43 missing mexican students is himself shot dead. plus. >> i'm nicole johnston. coming up we'll report on the biggest child abuse story in the country. is. >> hit by four separateattackedt two fighters were culd i killeda gun fight. elsewhere, two women fired shots at the u.s. consulate, she's a member of a banned left wing party. and in the mainly kurdish southeast, others were killed. bernard smith's report contains strong images from the start. >> reporter: chased down to a back street near the u.s. consulate in istanbul, a woman who earlier opened fire on the building refuses to surrender. i did for my party she shouted. her party is the extreme left wing and revolutionary dhkpc. a second attacker also female escaped from the area. in 2013, dhkpc said it was behind a suicide bomb on the u.s. consulate in ankara. now behind this attack. >> they fired warning shot

consulate in istanbul, turkey.iring on a suspect, after at least one woman opened fire near the u.s. consulate. she was later arrested, said to be a member of a radical group. but it's one of a string of attacks overnight. at least ten people were injured in a police station bombing. three killed in gunfire. and four police officers and one soldier were killed in separate attacks. jim miklaszewski nbc's chief pentagon correspondent and joins us now. what more can you tell us about the u.s. console late. this 51-year-old woman, injured but survived. she would be questioned for possible intelligence why this all happened. >> well, according to reports out of istanbul, this woman just been recently released from prison. was part of the far-left radical group violently opposed to the turkish government but carries strong anti-u.s. sentiment. now, it's unclear whether she was armed with a pistol or a rifle, but she wasn't able to penetrate, get anywhere near the perimeter actual life the embassy, which is an armed fortr

. >> i'm top of istanbul's ground bazaar. after deal qaedas of neglect r with one tremor, an entire roof came crashing down. >>> two huge blasts rock one of the world's busiest ports in the chinese city of tianjin. 36 firemen are still missing. adriane brown has more from the site of the explosions in tianjin. >> reporter: china is unused to scenes like this. sudden and deadly explosions getting one of the world's busiest ports. large fire balls illuminated tianjin incinerating cars. some people say it felt like an earthquake. >> i was sitting after watching a film and had my window open. i heard a rush of air followed by a second much larger rush of air that sounded like a shock wave. i looked outside and saw the plume of smoke. >> reporter: officials say the multiple detonations were caused by explosives stored in a warehouse close to a residential area. others described hazardous materials combusting. at first local hospitals struggled to cope with the tide of injured. this does feel like a disaster own. the hermes have be

. >> i'm bernard smith on top of istanbul's top bizarre. decades of neglect. with one earth tremor, the entire route comes crashing down >>> i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a crowded vegetable market in baghdad which killed 55 people. police and medical workers say a suicide bomber driving a truck detonated explosives in the district of the iraqi capital. it is one of the biggest to strike baghdad since prime minister haider al-abadi took office. attacks escalated in recent months as government forces moved to drive the group out of its strong holled. -- stronghold. an attack in july killed 86 people. many of those killed were women and children, celebrating gathering to mark the end of a gathering, marking the end of ramadan. according to the u.n. 15,000 civilians have been killed in iraq since the start of 2014, crossing to mohammed joining us from baghdad. civilians are caught up in the conflict. the question is how i.s.i.l. can strike hard in the capital. >> here is something that underscores how tenuous the security situation remains,

. >> one of istanbul's top tourist attractions where soldiers were killed in southeast turkey. >> hi there, i'm felicity barr. this is what we have coming up. >>> young children are killed every day in the war in yemen. >>> archaeologists who spent half his life carrying for syr syria's ancient city of pa palmyra. and the desperate journeys to the greek islands. >> hello, the country is moving swiftly towards early elections. after losing it's majority in the june elections, president erdogan could give the mandates for a new government to another party, but he hinted he won't do that. >> unfortunately, turkey has not founded a new government yet. in this regard we're going to need to ask the will of the people to find the solution. i'm conducting this process within the frame of the constitution, and i'll continue to do so. >> well, this political crisis has taken place along continuing violence across the country. the police arrested two men who threw a bomb into the policemen during istanbul's best tourist attractions. and in the southeast of the country, eight soldiers have been

conciliate in istanbul turkey was attacked this morning. the attackers including a man and woman and the woman was detained by police but it's reported they fed when police outside the conciliate shot back. there's no immediate reports of injuries. hours before the attack there was an explosion in an istanbul police station. ten people were injured in the bomb blast and two attackers were killed in a shoot out with police. part of the police station collapsed and nearby buildings and cars were damaged. no one claimed responsibility for that attack. this morning u.s. fighter jets are stationed at an air base in southern turkey ready to join a u.s.-led coalition fighting isis. 300 u. s. personnel left italy yesterday. last month they agreed to allowed the u.s. to use the base to attack isis strong holds across the border in syria. >> a new and fast moving wildfire is burning in northern california this morning. the jerusalem fire is in lake county, several miles north of the massive rocky fire. it quickly spread to 3,000 acres. firefighters a

he has got violence going on as you just described also in istanbul. party can't form a government and we could be having new elections as well. >> almost certainly new elections. the prime minister handed the mandate back to the prior -- to the president. he was given that mandate to see if he could form a coalition after they lost the overall majority in the elections of june 7th. it has not been able to find a coalition partner, so yes, there will be new elections, most likely end of october or end of november, interestingly, is what happens in the run-up to those elections. it's going to have to be what they call an election government, essentially a caretaker government. and that will be made up of all representatives in parliament. it means the kurdish hp party will be given ministerial posts though chp and the mhk. the akp have been trying to avoid sharing power. it looks like they can't now avoid that. these could be fractious months. these all adee logically opposed parties agree on little, so you can imagine there's not much that will get don

year, at least he was in berlin airport on his way to istanbul. now, istanbul in turkey, that is a destination for a lot of would be european jihadists, wanting to go and join the fight in syria. >> larson: finally, any idea of whether or not they are going to have to change or ramp up security measures on the train? >> they are certainly talking about it. it has been a few years now that people have said that these high speed trains between the european countries are potentially vulnerable to an attack, and here we have one. that is certainly going to be a debate over the coming weeks. >> larson: andrew callus from reuters in paris, thank so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> >> larson: more than 4,000 migrants from the middle east and africa were rescued trying to cross the mediterranean sea yesterday. italy's coast guard coordinated the rescues with ships from other european countries. that's the most migrants rescued ever in a single day, this in a year when a quarter of a million people have made the crossing. in macedonia, following sev

in istanbul and 9:30 p.m. in tehran. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us. >>> up first, a defiant donald trump not only does he refuse to apologize for his comments about a fox news anchor, hemegyn kelly should apologize to him. that's the latest back and forth during this feud that started during the republican primary debate. it exploded over the weekend following trump's so-called blood comment about kelly. despite criticism from fellow republicans, trump is not backing down. cnn's athena jones has the details. >> reporter: donald trump on the offensive. >> all i was doing is referring to that. i said nothing wrong so whatever. >> the latest controversy surrounding the billionaire erupted after he said this about fox anchor mel i didn't kngyn k don lemon. >> she starts asking me ridiculous questions and you could see there was blood coming out of their eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> trump was upset with what he calls unfair questioning from her during the republica

there was an explosion outside of the palace in istanbul. bernard smith reports. >> the eight soldiers killed in southern turkey were in a vehicle that rolled over, drove over a roadside bomb that the security services said were detonated remotely, and they're blaming fighters from the separatist kurdistan workers party, the pkk. there were other soldiers on that vehicle what were wounded. this afternoon in istanbul some shots were fired. tourist attractions. one police officer was slightly wounded in that attack. no one yet claiming responsibility for it. all of that coming as turkey heads to a second election within six months. the ruling party failed to for a find the coalition partner. so now president erdogan is set to call those new elections. they're likely at some time in october or end of november. until then an election government will be formed, a sort of caretaker government. that will be made up of all the parties represented in parliament at the moment. until the first time the akp will have to do what it has been trying to do

consulate in istanbul where two women attacked. group that's been designated as a terror group by the united states and a european union. also a bomb went off in istanbul this morning wounding ten people. several hours later gunmen shot at security forces guarding the damaged station. a police officer and two gunmen were killed in that. >>> and we are in syria covering this story, frederik pleitgen is here with the latest. >> reporter: this is the same group that claimed responsibility for the attack on the u.s. embassy in 2013. one turkish security guard was skilled in that incident. now the turkish authorities also say they recovered a rifle, a long-range weapon from where the two women opened fire. and they also recovered considerable amounts of artillery. it is unclear what kind of artillery that is. the u.s. is saying to also not go around the area of the u.s. consulate and to also be careful when being around large gatherings in istanbul and other turkish cities. a lot is going on there at the moment, kate. >> at the very sam

eight soldiers are killed in an roadside explosion in turkey, and attackers in istanbul. isil behead a leading archaeologists who spent half his life caring for the ancient city of pal myra. >>> a prisoner ends his horn strike after israel suspends his detention. >> the united nations security council members have just been briefed about the full scale of the horror in yemen. speaking after visiting the country emergency relief chief stephen o'brien said that the suffering there is almost incomprehensivible. this is as unicef say that children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear. it says since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. meanwhile the report from amnesty international said that the conflict has gone too far.

the is follows last dight' bombing of a police station in istanbul. part of that building collapsed. we're following that closely. >>> in new jersey, another drone flying too close to commercial rliners. this time at newark liberty airport. four pilots reported seeing the unmanned craft on approach. it happened yesterday at noon. two united flights, a northwest air link plane made it safely on to the ground. s.passengers are concerned. >> it's terribly frightening that an artificial object like that could get in the way of a major or international airliner and cause grave danger to all the lives on board. >> this is the latest in a string of drone sightings at area airports. in the last two weeks, pilots landing at jfk reported three drones hovering near the runway. >> 4:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, a check of the we her. we have a little bit of rain headed this way, yes? >> things will go downhill the first half of the week and gets better mid to end of the weekend. we do need some rain. clpeouds will roll in today with an incre

consulate in istanbul are raising fears tonight in that country which the u.s. is relying upon to play a bigger role in the battle against isis. we get more from nbc news chief foreign corresponde correspondent, richard engel. >> reporter: it was a small-scale attack on the u.s. consulate, but it could be a sign of worse to come. a woman perhaps with an accomplice fired at least two shots near the u.s. consulate until she was cornered by police. who shot at her. finally, wounding her and taking her into custody. it wasn't the day's only violence. a police station was bombed in istanbul followed by an ambush in broad daylight in this normally safe city. as turkish police hunted the attackers, more gunfire. and in the south, four turkish police were killed by a roadside bomb. this wave of violence worries u.s. officials because it comes just as turkey has joined the fight against isis and finally allowed u.s. jets to use turkish bases to launch attacks against isis. but turkey has simultaneously launched its own war against its internal enemies, including those be

. >> reporter: the grand bizarre in istanbul is nearly six centuries old and hundreds of thousands of through it everyday but its roof needs urgent repairs and may even come crashing down without restoration and we report as part of the series on preserving global heritage. >> reporter: above the half a million shoppers and tourists that walk through istanbul's grand bizarre everyday emergency support is all that is stopping this ancient roof from crashing down. decades of neglect and water damage have left brick work crumbling. sammy from istanbul's chamber of architect is shocked by the danger the roof poses. >> translator: right now safety is at stake. istanbul is in an earthquake zone and expecting a serious quake but actually with the building in this condition we don't have to wait for a quake, it could collapse at any time. the building is barely standing right now and the reenforcing measures which have been taken obviously are not enough. >> reporter: a few days after our interview a torrential rainstorm exposed how vulnerable the roof is. the roof of the grand bizarre was on

now his former refuge on an island near istanbul is up for sale for $4.4 million.ist that might make an old communist smile, whoever buys this prime real estate won't be able to use it as a private home. >> translator: the owners wanted to restore the house as a private residence but four years ago designated a cultural facility and maybe they could buy it but it's a difficult restoration for whoever takes it on. >> reporter: the restoration would cost a million dollars and he chose this because of the assasin he knew moscow was sending and he was here before traveling to mexico and it was there he was murdered with an ice pick on stalin's orders and he is a historian and expert and follower. >> translator: he was not the kind of person to get sad. we however should be upset at the state of this beautiful mansion. he did consider coming back in a letter to turkish authorities when he left he writes upon my return. i'm sure if he did come back and saw it in this state he would be saddened. >> reporter: and it has changed little since he was here and cars are ban but