istanbul is a city that you can't just leave behind. soul, in your writing. —— 0n the other hand, interestingly, writing in english, i have started... i have been writing both in turkish and in english and that commune between the two languages has also been an interesting intellectual experience for me. i realise over time, if there is humour in my work, satire, irony, ifind it much easier to express that in english, whereas melancholy, sorrow, ifind it easier to express in turkish. but one other thing i noticed is by writing in english, maybe taking a step back and looking at turkey from that cognitive distance, maybe i can see things a bit more closely when i write in english, paradoxically, because there is no baggage, there is no cultural baggage. it frees me from my anxieties and i feel maybe more free to write whatever i want to write at that moment in time. elif shafak, we must end there, but thank you so much for being on hardtalk. thank you. it is a pleasure. thank you very much indeed. good morning. quite wet through the smal

we begin with holly in istanbul. >> reporter: it's been a long, hard winter in istanbul.specially if you're a stray dog. one of thousands in this sprawling, middle eastern city. they live on the streets. dodging traffic and begging for scraps. dogs like valentine, a 1-year-old golden was found weak and undernourished. these two help run a rescue center in istanbul. where many of the dogs are golden retrievers. they told us they are bought as puppies, then people discard them after they discover they're big and energetic. >> they end up throwing hem away or giving them to shelters. >> reporter: how do the goldens do on the street? do they cope very well? >> they don't. >> reporter: golden retrievers are famously friendly and playful. i need the microphone. ah! the dog took the microphone! on the streets though, jess minujessamin told us they're often attacked by more aggressive dogs. these dogs are being sent to america and finding new what would happen to them if they, if you guys didn't take them off the streets and find new homes for them? >> i don't even want to think,

we were looking forward to being in istanbul by now but that is not going to happen. being in istanbulin istanbul by now but that is not going to happen. i hope you get some better news soon. in the wake of the terror attack in manchester earlier this week, extra police officers have been called in to help with security at radio one's big weekend music festival. other security measures have also been put in place at the festival taking place in hull. 50,000 music fans are expected. our correspondent noel phillips is live at radio 1's big weekend in hull for us now. good afternoon. even though security is tight, it hasn't stopped thousands of young people coming out for radio 1's big weekend. this is europe's largest free festival. people are having a lot of fun. the festival is well on the way. even though there is a large police presence, that hasn't stopped people having fun. people have been searched, they have come in, got something to eat, they're watching the show. what is important to stress is that even though security has been busted, there is no credible threat to festivalgoe

reporter: the bosporus, istanbul's famous waterway.separates the asian from the european part of turkey. there is a bridge that showing them connected smoothly. however, relations between turkey and the e.u. are anything but, after the controversial referendum here wish granted the president wide-ranging powers. some diplomats do not see a rip -- lasting relationship with turkey anymore. and the president made no qualms about it. he has threatened to end relations with the e.u. more importantly, what do the turkish people think? have a written off the european union? let's find out. we start in a conservative istanbul neighborhood more than half an hours drive from the neighborhood. many of them are religious. in the referendum last month, two thirds of the voters said yes to more power for president rest of china erdogan. i -- president erdogan. >> the europeans need to decide, do they want us or not. for 15 or 20 years they have been exploding us and playing with us -- exploiting us and playing with us. >> we don't want europe, and i

many, like neslihan, an activist from istanbul, cannot -- do not believe the results.hey are so incensed by claims of election fraud, they are no longer afraid of the longstanding government crackdown on critics and are taking to the streets to protest. reporter: outraged by their loss in the referendum approving more and sweeping powers for turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, protesters march in the streets of istanbul. they feel cheated. engineer neslihan karatas spontaneously joins the march. she can hardly believe the opposition lost. ms. karatas: i'm 28 years old. i've never done anything more sensible for democracy and freedom as i have in the past three months. i've hit the streets with friends. we've been informing people and campaigning for a "no." and we got so much encouragement. we're not going to accept this result. we're certain we won at least 55% of the votes. reporter: before the referendum, karatas had been thinking about leaving the country, as had many other young turks. but she felt encouraged by the support shown for the opposition. now, she a

as may day protests turned violent in istanbul. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas onto a group of protesters this morning. officers also broke up hundreds of marches around the city. so far 200 people have been arrested after police told them not to protest. 34 people were killed during a may day demonstration in turkey 40- years ago. (mark) congress has avoided a government shutdown by reaching an agreement on a one trillion-dollar spending bill. this would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency until october first. if approved by the house and senate, the spending bill would be the first major piece of bi-partisan legislation to advance during president trump's presidency. the measure rejects white house proposals to cut popular programs such as funding medical research and community development grants. it adds 15- billion dollars to strengthen the military. it does ánotá include money for a wall along the u-s mexico border. ( mark ) in the east bay... a toddler has died

it is next week when i had to istanbul to ta ke is next week when i had to istanbul to take in the sightsof history. along with some of the best turkish bath in the world. after a scrappy turkish bath in the world. after a scrappy get some water on the head. cold water! patch that if you can. but from me and the rest of the travel show team here in deep underground london, it is goodbye. the hot may weather is going to continue for a few more days yet, in fact, it's going to turn increasingly humid, particularly across southern areas of the uk and the sunshine is very powerful — we'll talk about that injust a second. in the short—term, very quiet on the weather front, out there, lots of clear skies and a very warm night, in fact, first thing in the morning, across scotland temperatures are round 15—17 celsius. here's the morning, around 8 o'clock, you can see there's hardly a cloud in the sky. honestly, clear blue skies tight across the uk. temperatures already nudging up into the high teens, not far off 20 degrees, in some areas. already 20 in the lowlands of scotland. and even in invern

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.s journey by sea from libya to europe, as we reported yesterday. the numbers attempting the crossing are already 50% higher than last year. reeta chakrabarti was with some of the migrants being brought ashore in italy to face an uncertain future. a new day and perhaps a new life. after days on the deck of this rescue ship, it's the first glimpse of europe for people who left the shores of libya unsure they'd survive to see this. trying to cross continents in these dinghies felt like their only hope, said several. like this young nigerian man, who said he'd been working in libya as a welder until his foot was blown off by an explosive. he preferred not to give his name. everybody don't have a choice, nobody have a choice. even me i think this water, i'm going to cross, if i am dead, it's gotten away. he said he couldn't return home because of boko haram. now, first off the ship, he's helped to safety. on shore, there's chocolate and panettone for breakfast and, as people are checked and

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.d with terror offences. khalid mohammed 0mar ali, who's 27 and from north london, is accused of preparing acts of terrorism. he's also been charged with two counts of possessing explosives related to activity in afghanistan back in 2012. scores of convictions, including rapes and murders, could be called into question after allegations that thousands of blood samples may have been manipulated. the national police chief's council says that forensic experts are identifying any cases which may require retesting. an 11—year—old girl, thought to be from leicester, has died after an incident at the drayton manor theme park in the west midlands. it's thought she was on a school visit and fell into the water from one of the rides. 0ur correspondent, phil mackie, reports from the scene. it was just after 2.20pm this afternoon, the air ambulance arrived to treat a seriously injured girl. staff and paramedics tried to save her, but she was pronounced dead after being airlifted to hospital. the 11

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul. a mental health trust over the death of a teenager in oxford. connor sparrowhawk, who was 18, drowned in a bath at a residential unit run by southern health in 2013. tonight, the trust has apologised again to his family. scores of convictions, including rapes and murders, could be called into question after allegations that thousands of blood samples may have been manipulated. the national police chief's council says forensic experts are identifying any live cases which require retesting. the three—time tour de france winner, chris froome, says he was deliberately knocked off his bike by a car while training in southern france. the 31—year—old posted a photograph online of his damaged bike, but said he wasn't hurt. team sky, with whom he rides, say they've reported the matter to the police. it's the announcement fans of the bbc show strictly come dancing have been waiting for — who will replace the former head judge, len goodman, who's retired after 12 years in the role? well, the gue

daniel sandford, bbc news, istanbul.ng freed last month. alexander blackman — who was also known as marine a — said he still doesn't know why he opened fire and called it a ‘moment of madness.'. he's been speaking to our correspondent clinton rogers. i don't know why exactly i did it. it's still a moment of madness, i think is the best description i can give. yes, it's not exactly the proudest moment of my life. in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision, in the heat of battle, that led to a murder charge. his actions captured on helmet camera. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. i know. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour and, to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said, and unless you were actually there, you don't kno

recently left manchester for tripoli in libya, returning to the uk, four days before the attack, via istanbulairports. police think in the hours before the bombing he may have been at a property in granby row near piccadilly railway station and a short distance from the manchester arena where the bomb exploded. somewhere near here he'd phoned his mother and said "forgive me", according to a libyan anti—terrorism official. but who else did he talk to? where else had abedi been? forensics, cctv, traffic cameras, interviews every conceivable method for tracking abedi's movements is being pursued. we've been overwhelmed with support from members of the public and i'd ask for patience to continue from our local communities here in greater manchester as we carry out those searches and this investigation. there are nagging questions, though. abedi was known to security services. there had been warnings about his radicalisation. why wasn't he stopped before he carried out his murderous attack? since 2013, 18 plots have been thwarted, five since the westminster attack in march. could, should this one

indication that they have invulnerability that they can exist, that they can send people off to istanbul, to belgium, to great britain and kill people with impunity. we are going to shatter their sense of invincibility there in the physical caliphate. that is only one phase of this, then we have the virtual caliphate that they use the internet. obviously we are going to have to watch for other organizations growing up. we cannot go into some kind of complacency. i am from the american west. we have forest fires out there. and some of the worst forest fires in our history, the most damage were caused when we pulled the fire crews off the line too early. and so we are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. there is no room for complacency on this. >> dickerson: hundreds of civilians were killed after a u.s. bomb hit a building in mosul in iraq. is this the result of this faster tempo? is this the kind of thing americans needs to get used to as a natural buy product of this strategy. >> the american people and the american military will never get used to civilian casua

the bosphorus and here, this is like istanbul feeling for us. >> anthony: yeah, me too.ziki, hummus, beetroot and olive dip, fried eggplant, pastries with feta, meatballs with tomato sauce and mint. whoa. that looks really pretty. >> melek: i don't think that you have any problems with spice? yeah? >> anthony: no, no, no. not at all. >> melek: not at all. all right. >> anthony: since you were born here, how rkish do you feel? and how german do you feel? and when does that equation change? are there times when you feel like, "i'm not part of this," or other times you feel, "oh, i am definitely part of this."? >> melek: that's a question -- i'm thinking about all my life. in my heart, i'm turkish. in my head, i'm german. i'm glad that my parents wanted to have a good education for me. but still at home, they were turkish, like turkish traditions and turkish thinking, so i was always on both sides. and now, i'm adult enough to pick the best ones from both sides. >> anthony: growing up here as the child of turkish immigrants, how did you feel in school? you felt german? >> m

let's get more now from ian lee following the story in istanbul. we've seen this before.n bombings on palm sunday. is this threat of extremism growing? >> reporter: well, george, this is something that we're seeing in egypt really over the past six months, more of these deadly attention against christians by terror groups inside egypt. now, prefer attacks like this have been claimed by isis. this current one, no one has yet come out to claim responsibility. if it is isis, expect them to say that they did carry it out. but there have been a string of deadly attacks starting in december in cairo where a church next to the main cathedral was bombed killing more than two dozen people. and then last april where you had twin suicide bombing attacks on two different churches on palm sunday. that killed 45 people. isis claiming responsibility for that. and then in between all of that, in the northern part of sinai, you've had isis target christians. there has been an exodus of christians out of sinai. and i've spoken with them. and a lot of the times after these attacks, they tel

regaining public trustee said, istanbul --regaining public tr ust he said, is simple. use language voters understand, that is the only way to win people's trust. correspondent: for him, that involves staying the way he is. no image makeovers for him. >> they told me the suit is all wrong, you have to get rid of the beard, you have the charisma of a train conductor, you look like a banker. sorry, i won't do it. correspondent: how will this go down with his audience? isn't this -- is there a thing as too much authenticity? >> he seems like someone who thinks things through, i like that. >> i saw obama yesterday, the debate was less interesting. i was really impressed by schultz. correspondent: staying true to himself, saying no to political packagingg, that was his message here today. after a string of setbacks in recent months, that is a great memessage. with polls giving angela merkel's conservatives a leaf, -- a lead, shelf -- he will have to work to rebuild his campaign. sara: she was known as the queen of kashmir. she is one of the first female italian designers to

ian lee following the latest from istanbul. turkey is certainly we know yis has been targeting coptic christians. what makes this even more bad, these people were in the middle of nowhere, no recourse, nothing to do when suddenly they were attacked. >> when you look at the pictures, you can see this van was in the middle of the desert, makes it easy for the assailants to slip away after the attack. it has been difficult for egypt to secure the country and secure the christian community which is roughly about 9 million people because it is such a large country, and the christians have monestaries all over, this bus going to saint samuel when the attack happened. the president convened emergency session of security council to talk about it. also directed the air force to carry out air strikes. he said he will target terrorist camps, whether inside or outside egypt, very strong words, calling for the international community to back him, calling for solidarity in support against terror. no one claimed responsibility for this attack

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the prosecutors in istanbul didn't believe them.hey were certain that the older brothers had pushed ion to do it. >> the chief witness -- his ex-girlfriend testified that his brothers were indeed involved in the crime. the court exonerated the brothers, rolling there wasn't sufficient and credible evidence. >> moving on to business news. boosting business ties between germany and india, both countries seem keen. >> that is right, trade investment, the top of the agenda. when angela merkel sat down with by mr. modi, both countries would like more of the same. a free trade deal has to be negotiated through brussels. it is a step in thehe right directioion. >> a german-indian investmement plan that is designed to stand the test of time. angela merkel has committed to investing in billion euros in my noble energy and smart cities. onto over a billion people, india's one of the fastest developing nations in the world. german companies are hoping to profit from the growth. of course, for easier access to the market. >> german companies wh

recommendations in rinse to the deadly airport attacks in brussels and istanbul last arrest in a string of serial shootings resulting in nine deaths. aaron saucedo faces 26 fell neef counts of homicide. aggravated assault and drive-by shooting. saucedo's killing spree started with the shooting death of a 61-year-old man who had a relationship with his mother. all the other victims he allegedly randomly stalked. >> eight defendants set to be arraigned in the death of a penn state saw mr. as we finally hear the 911 call in the case. court documents show timothy piazza fell several times eventually landing face first in a stairwell before the fraternity called 911. in the call, fraternity member, ryan mccann calmly tells the operator his friend is unconscious, but makes no mention of him falling. >> was he breathing? >> he is breathing.cohol involv? >> yes there is. >> we'll get somebody over and leltd t us know. all told. 18 fraternity members face 200 counts some involuntary manslaughter and assault. piazza died at the hospital of traumatic brain injury. doctors estimate he consumed a li

this is the man arrested in november 2015 near istanbul along with three other britons.nd guilty of being a so—called member of is. jailed for three years and six months. he was arrested in late 2015. now found guilty today of being a member of so—called islamic state. we will hear more from the courthouse where this verdict‘s just come through in the next little while. the prime minister says britain's energy market isn't working and has vowed to end what she described as rip—off bills. she wowed to end what she described as rip—off bills. theresa may has confirmed that the conservative party manifesto will propose a cap on energy prices for anyone on a standard variable tariff. the party says this would benefit 17 million households. our political correspondent chris mason reports. cook our lunch, making a brew, heating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. the key thing is that people are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerab

been officially charged and without any court proceeding so far, he's in solitary confinement in istanbul as family members, we want to show solidarity today in his hometown. and of course we hope the pressure rises so that deniz is released as soon as possible. reporter: but how much pressure can they exert? the relationship between berlin and ankara has been testing fofr quite a wlele. but yucel may become a test case. >> angela merkel once as to free a terrorist agent -- wants us to free a terrorist agent. i told her we have a justice system. he will be put on trial anand oe the releasese for his trial -- wowon't be releleased before hii trial. reporter: besideses yucle, more than 150 journalists are being held in turkish prisons. germany has been pushing for yucel's release. it at least managed to gain consular access to him in prison. but it says being held for months without being charged as a human rights violation. >> let us make no mistake, it is not in accordance with rule of law if an executive, in this case turkey's executive, free judges and individual as it is publicly done

or because he has twin trump towers in istanbul? we shouldn't be speculating about this, we should know, not only about his finances, but also about his families, because they are his closest advisers and not just his family. they are his business associates. and that's what people were saying when they came out in the streets. and then you have the people's march for science that happened on earth day. thousands of people in a freezing cold downpour in washington, d.c., still came out with their signs that said things like, ice has no agenda it just melts and there is no planet b. they held up signs that said, i'm with her, with an arrow to mother earth, and wore buttons that said science, not silence. and then the people's climate march, we have not seen anything like this intense protest in the streets all over, but it's not just in the streets. i went to a meeting about two months ago in new york city. nondescript office building, hundreds of people were packed in. not your typical noble activists who protest in the streets. it

butjoin us next week when: i head to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of a city that combinessome of best turkish baths in the world. with a good scrub you get a bit of water on the head... 0h, cold water! catch that if you can. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here deep underground in london, it's goodbye. hello. with a bank holiday weekend now upon us, we are set to see a bit of a change in this hot, dry weather, that has been with us for the past few days. here was the scene on friday, in moray, captured by one of our weather watchers. we will have similar conditions to start the bank holiday weekend. a humid start. more sunshine, but we are expecting to see some thunderstorms disrupting the sunshine. now, during saturday morning, we've got this frontal system, this area of low pressure, moving from the south and west, bring showers and thunderstorms across many parts of the country. for northern ireland, northern england, right down towards the south—east, through saturday morning, we will see the showers. during the afternoon, they will spr

on his way back he stopped in istanbul in germany but only on a transitional basis, he did not enterwhether he was radicalised in libya or here in manchester on in the uk because some of his neighbours are seeing that he was naive, he wanted to be ina seeing that he was naive, he wanted to be in a gang, he did not sure a bright mind and others were saying he showed early signs of radicalisation and he still might be contacted the authorities. it is ha rd to contacted the authorities. it is hard to know whether he was radicalised in libya or britain but certainly his brother is a member of isis and some reports have indicated his father was part available in fighting group that had links to al-qaeda and was part of the uprising against connacht gaddafi in 2011 and fought a long with more radical islamist groups in the years that follow. we do not know exactly how his radicalisation process has evolved but certainly there are links to his home country and these will be found soon. we are increasingly sure that his father and many other people fled libya because of gaddafi and then retu

butjoin us next week when: i head to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of a city that combines of best turkish baths in the world. 0h, cold water! catch that if you can. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here deep underground in london, it's goodbye. there's going to be some warm sunshine this weekend but the heat and humidity has already given rise toa number of and humidity has already given rise to a number of thunderstorms. this was the first thing this morning in southampton. the storms have now moved away and it looks like it will be and warm. for the 0di, the cricket, there may be some storms, some warm sunshine in cambridgeshire. there's a second of storms developing in north wales. for scotland, we could seize showers heading up to hampden park for the scottish cup final. the western fringes of scotland are catching some storms and later run we will get the ones developing across the north of england, there could be some hail and gusty wind. head further east after those morning showers and storms and there's a very warm sunshine. tempera

recently left manchester for tripoli in libya, returning to the uk, four days before the attack, via istanbulf airports. police think in the hours before the bombing he may have been at a property in granby row near piccadilly railway station and a short distance from the manchester arena where the bomb exploded. somewhere near here he'd phoned his mother and said "forgive me", according to a libyan anti—terrorism official. but who else did he talk to? where else had abedi been? forensics, cctv, traffic cameras, interviews every conceivable method for tracking abedi's movements is being pursued. we've been overwhelmed with support from members of the public and i'd ask for patience to continue from our local communities here in greater manchester as we carry out those searches and this investigation. there are nagging questions, though. abedi was known to security services. there had been warnings about his radicalisation. why wasn't he stopped before he carried out his murderous attack? since 2013, 18 plots have been thwarted, five since the westminster attack in march. could, should this on

recently left manchester for tripoli in libya, returning to the u.k. 4 days before the attack via istanbul and duesseldorf airports. police think in the hours before the bombing, he may have been at a property near piccadilly railway station and a short distance from manchester arena, where the bomb exploded. somewhere near here, he phoned his mother and said "forgive me," according to a libyan antiterrorism official. but who else has he talked to? where else had abedi been? forensics, cctv, traffic cameras from interviews, every conceivable method for tracking his movements is being pursued. overwhelmed with support from members of the public and i would ask for patience to continue from local communities here in manchester as we carry out the searches and this investigation. mark: there are nagging questions. abedi was known to security services, there have been warnings about his radicalization. why wasn't he stopped before he carried out his murderous attack? since 2013, 18 plots have been iverded, five -- thwarted, f since the westminster attack in march. could, should this one have b

kolsuz who was arrested at dulles international airport in virginia where he was set to fly back to istanbuld border patrol agents found handgun parts in his checked luggage. during that arrest, the customs and border patrol agents actually seized his cell phone and, at that point, they initiated a month-long forensic search of all the data on his cell phone and it ultimately generated a nearly 900-page report detailing all of his text messages, his phone call logs, and his gps coordinates for the past couple years. sharyl: so, what is your objection if he was trying to move gun parts in his luggage unlawfully, isn't it a good thing that we caught him? erica: mr. kolsuz should have definitely been arrested for trying to export those gun parts. the focus of cause for action in this case is the actual search of his cell phone that was performed incident to that arrest. sharyl: whats argument for why it had a right to do that? erica: anytime you travel into the united states, the government has a limited right to search, for example, your luggage or your car, to make sure you're not bringing an

butjoin us next week when: i head to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of a city that combinesst turkish baths in the world. with a good scrub you get a bit of water on the head... 0h, cold water! catch that if you can. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here deep underground in london, it's goodbye. there it's warm sunshine in the south, but also some rain, coming over from france. it south, but also some rain, coming overfrom france. it has been very heavyin overfrom france. it has been very heavy in the channel islands and will push into southern parts of england. postcards from brighton and bournemouth, the heavy rain advancing, and it will be heavy, as you see on the radar picture, pushing into central and southern england. for the north east and many central parts of england and wales, a lovely afternoon with plenty of sunshine. like this photograph of the scunthorpe sunshine. like this photograph of the scu nthorpe and sunshine. like this photograph of the scunthorpe and north lincolnshire. northern scotland will be cloudy and much cooler, t

venues in paris at the soccer stadium, at the airports prior to security in belgium, we saw it at istanbul and these are all in recent last year or so. so and there's many others going back in history. so we look at that, and we say okay, what about pushing that perimeter security out even if it's lighter it has to be better. so what i would stay a guy walking across or lingering in front of the terminal there, in front of the box office ticket area, how long was he there? that's an important fact. i think all police officers and investigators want to know that. how long was he there? was he there 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 5 minutes? because that is an important fact. it may be you can help you defeat the next one. so bomb sniffing dogs outside that can walk up and you know, sniff people that are around there, sniff the area. a guy carrying a lot of explosives in a back pack, a bomb sniffing dog trained to do that, he can big that guy up right away and then officers can be brought in to question him and be moved out. you won't stop everyone but you can stop more. and maybe you know, higher s

daniel sandford has been following the trial in istanbul of an is member.utside istanbul on the sea of marmara. he was captured in a luxury seaside villa along with a jordanian and palestinian man. they've been sitting in prison awaiting trial. today we got the verdict in that trial and all three men including aine davis have been found guilty of being members of a terrorist organisation namely islamic state. during the case, aine davis was asked about his association with jihadi john asked about his association with jihadijohn and asked about his association with jihadi john and whether he asked about his association with jihadijohn and whether he had been involved in the beheading cell in syria. he denied that. western intelligence agencies are absolutely clear that they believe that aine davis was one of the beatles, nicknamed the beatles by those western journalists and aid workers who they de—tyned and many of them had their heads cut off byjihadi john —— detained. he's starting a seven and a half year sentence which he'll serve in turkey while the bri

i head to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of a city that combines two continents and thousandsbaths in the world. after you have a good scrub you get a bit of water on the head... 0h, cold water! catch that if you can. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here deep underground in london, it's goodbye. hello there. good morning. well, the bank holiday's over. it did actually end on a bit of a wet note for the north and east of england in particular. some wetter weather too in some parts of scotland but a lot of that has been moving away out into the north sea, so for the eastern side of england, still a lot of low cloud first thing but very little rain to speak of. scattered showers in the western side of england, parts of wales, western scotland will see a little bit of rain. this band of rain, this is a cold front heading our way, and that will be a key feature in the next couple of days. ahead of that still quite a warm night, particularly in the south—east, 14,15 or 16 degrees. now, as we start tuesday, we've got that low cloud across these easter

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has been following the trial in istanbul.en found guilty of being members of a terrorist organisation namely islamic state. during the case, aine davis was asked about his association withjihadi john and whether he had been involved in the beheading cell in syria. he denied that. western intelligence agencies are absolutely clear that they believe that aine davis was one of the beatles, nicknamed the beatles by those western journalists and aid workers who they detained and many of them had their heads cut off byjihadijohn. aine davis is starting a seven and a half year sentence which he‘ll serve in turkey while the british and american authorities decide whether they want to extradite him to one of those countries to serve trial for his role in that beatles detention cell. aine davis was a low—level drug dealer in west london who served time for possession of a firearm but in 2013, he travelled out to syria, travelled into the area controlled by so—called islamic state and only a few months later the first stories started co

if you judge them on the basis of istanbul, you get a false reading.e. talk to female entrepreneurs who can't get finance. also things were before the changes from donald trump and the brexit referendum. what we saw was that globalisation was not working for everyone. inequality was becoming an issue. we published reports on this and we had a strategy to wrap this up. we have 16 women in business programmes in 16 different countries. helping female entrepreneurs getting access to finance. we try to tackle youth unemployment in many countries, one of the byproducts of the age we are living in. it is dangerous socially, politically, economically. we are trying to match what firms and companies want with the education sector. are you saying that globalisation, in its purest sense, doesn't work? i have thought that for some time. my view is that you have got to make globalisation work better. it has got to have an inclusive agenda. suma chakra barti, we have to end there, but thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. thanks very much indeed. th

butjoin us next week when: i head to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of a city that combines with some of best turkish baths in the world. with a good scrub you get a bit of water on the head... 0h, cold water! catch that if you can. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here deep underground in london, it's goodbye. hello once again. we really crammed in a great deal of weather across the british isles during saturday. bright enough for many, and the temperatures really responding to that, as well, 27, again, around the murray firth, down across east anglia, and on the eastern shores of england. but all that heat eventually sparked thunderstorm activity. a lot of you telling us about that on our twitter feed. and it was really there to be had right across the north of england. spectacular amounts of lightning for some of you. but underneath it, my word, what a drenching to be had. notjust of rain — a lot of you reported on the hail, and for some, my word, it alljust passed you by, and it was a glorious day. first off on sunday, a fresh start for ma

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paris and saint petersburg, brussels and berlin, istanbul and now manchester — the threat of terrorisme the stock today it was their turn to show solidarity. president trump visiting israel's holocaust said the wicked ideology behind all terrorism has to be com pletely all terrorism has to be completely obliterated. so many young, beautiful people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. i will not call them monsters because they would like that term. they would think thatis they would think that is a great name. i will call them, from now on, losers, because that is what they are, they are losers. the president called theresa may to express his condolences and offer us help in the investigation. president macron also spoke to the prime minister, offering the uk more cooperation in the fight against terrorism. translation: we will be determined and resolute alongside all our european partners in the struggle against terrorism everywhere in our continent. in berlin, the union flag was at half mast at the british embassy. the chancellor said she would help. transl

turkish police have broken up may day demonstrations in istanbul.nd 200 anti—government protesters. that's the lead story on bbc turkish. from today, indian officials are no longer allowed to use sirens and lights on their vehicles to cut through traffic jams. india's prime minister said he wants to replace vip culture with what he called epi — or ‘every person is important.‘ that's on bbc hindi. and among the most read on our website — this photo is getting lots of attention. it's princess charlotte's — it's her second birthday tomorrow — and the duke and duchess of cambridge have this picture of the birthday girl. iraq was once home to about one and a half million christians — now there are believed to be fewer than a quarter of a million. a large community of iraqi christians lived in, qaraqosh, to the north of the country. but they fled as fighters from the so—called islamic state arrived. many now live in camps in kurdish controlled erbil. some have gone abroad. 0ur correspondent paul adams now reports from qaraqosh. waiting to go home, the chr