car books describe the changes in istanbul arab tourists and the ever larger part of the urban mosaic the loss of old buildings steeped in memories districts losing my character on the edge of one's regime we need to watch the government claims to be conservative islamic and nationalist. here but they want to wipe out everything belonging to our past and recent history here on new york make me hard to. taksim square new gazey park it's now mostly concreted over protest are no longer permitted here instead there are new construction projects such as a mosque artists like a keeping the spirit of alive he's transformed the events back then into a giant mural a memorial to resistance and to the victims of police while and he's not selling his pictures and the chamber of architects supports him he's determined to remain independent. some artists bow to the government's cause. fears are increasing that more and more artists will and gauge insult censorship. personally i can't say that's the case for me. but that's probably due to my character. president everyone has divided the country supp

the first five years ago the whole world witnessed the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in istanbul park how much remains today that spirit of civil resistance. that anyone who was there will never forget it yes it will never be forgotten and. i can still feel it i can see a list if you still feel the force. feel of it feel the union feel the light in people's eyes at first because the protest of the few against the partial destruction of istanbul's popular gazey park but soon it turned into a movement a new culture of protest devout believers atheists kurds all side by side. bright guy a but i was there too. she's written down her memories of this phase of solidarity . and it's brutal and. because there was a young men with the girl swarthy black haired they were hand in hand and there were plenty of people behind them to guard the sunlight was on them they were shining then they came along the executioners that we already knew before that guy who is not able to say everything she'd like to she says the situation for writers in turkey has worsened but guy loves her country and she

next month and now faces a credible threat to his power from an opposition alliance we'll go to istanbul for the latest. and the long fall from grace for the man who was once germany's highest paid blue chip c.e.o. u.s. prosecutors have indicted the former volkswagen boss as german prosecutors examine this case what's ahead for martin been talking on. twitter thanks for joining us the book out it is underway in lebanon after parliamentary elections ended a short while ago it's the first vote held under a new electoral law designed to give smaller parties a better chance but observers expect the race to come down between the western backed prime minister saad hariri and the iran backed militant group hezbollah. lining up to elect a new parliament for the first time in nine years the war in neighboring syria security concerns and disagreements between rival parliamentary blocs delayed this vote until now many voters deeply frustrated. with had enough of clans that have ruled us for fifty years. but nothing has changed you will add of justice yet you have been an old prime minister may well

next month and now faces a credible threat to his power from an opposition alliance we'll go to istanbul for the latest. and the pundits think it has seen a penalty mid-day packed with drama teams at the top and bottom of the table had a lot on the line we'll bring you the best of the action. little. time maya schwager thanks for joining us. voters in lebanon headed to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years floating ended just a few minutes ago sunni prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to retain power but this election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws they replace the previous winner takes all system with proportional representation which has brought the country sectarian power struggle to sharp focus mungo's hoping to make gains in the country as has the islamist political and militant groups financed by iran hezbollah support syrian president bashar al assad and most major western powers also consider it a terrorist group here's a look at the patchwork of parties and religions vying for

next month and now faces a credible threat to his power from an opposition alliance will go live to istanbul . the long fall from grace for the man who was once germany's highest paid blue chip c.e.o. u.s. prosecutors have indicted the former volkswagen boss as german prosecutors examine his case what's ahead from off inventor connie. play. thanks for joining us. voters in lebanon are heading to the polls today to elect a new parliament for the first time in almost ten years sunni prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to retain power but this election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws replace to the previous winner takes all system with proportional representation which has brought the country's sectarian power struggle into sharp focus and among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant groups financed by iran hezbollah supports syrian president bashar assad and most major western powers also consider it to be a terrorist group let's take a look at the patchwork of parties and religions v

uli hunger porting there from istanbul. now five years ago this month a small group of environmentalists in turkey occupied istanbul's gazey park opposing plans by to bulldoze the trees and replace the park with a shopping center while what started as a very tiny demonstration soon turned into a mass protest against the rule of turkish prime minister tayyip erdogan and here is footage of those protests at that time when his response was as you can see here water cannons and riot police airlines turkey hailed as damaged democratic liberal and open and a model for the muslim world took a sharp turn towards authoritarianism well for turkish artists the five years since the guese of parker protests have been marked by a government crackdown on expression and freedom of speech now the government of president everyone has imprisoned thousands of journalists and many turkish artists have fled the country joining me now in the studio to talk about turkish culture before and after gacy is that culture editor scott roxburgh good to s

our correspondent junia han is following this story from istanbul she says far too much of added wants vaulted to growth has come from projects which have little to do with sustainable productivity . well some analysts say that economic growth in turkey has been achieved through doping since growth rates have been powered mostly by stimulus measures and cheap credit from abroad and missed out on instead of investing this money in productive sectors in agriculture which is important here in turkey he invested this money in infrastructure projects roads bridges skyscrapers here in istanbul and other capitals and major cities and he is especially fond of a multi-billion dollar project mega projects like stumbles gigantic third airport or a new project called canal istanbul which once it's finished is going to be something like turkey suez canal of course such projects attract a lot of attention but they don't help increase productivity so experts say this growth is not sustainable it's not healthy it doesn't help people to improve their living conditions now to a sweet tooth for profits s

dollar project mega projects like stumbles gigantic third airport or a new project called canal istanbul which once it's finished is going to be something like turkey suicide canal of course such projects attract a lot of attention but they don't help increase productivity so experts here say this growth is not sustainable it's not healthy it doesn't help people to improve their living conditions now to a sweet tooth for profits sugar has fallen into disrepute it's being made responsible for a raft of health problems meaning the demand for low calorie substitutes is rising in greece farmers are foremen cooperatives to boost production of sugar replacement stevia. wide open plains and plenty of sun here in central greece conditions are ideal for cultivating stevia growing interest in the plants used as a sugar substitute has prompted seventy local farmers to clump together and form a co-operative stevia helos is now europe's biggest stevia plantation. to begin with we knew nothing about how to cultivate stevia but step by step we discover a tie to make sure it grows well. but every knock

correspondent johan istanbul thank you for your insight. now to some of the other stories making news around the world health workers in the democratic republic of congo have been shipping four thousand doses that ebola vaccine to areas along the congo river the registered cases of the potentially deadly virus last week the congolese health ministry is set to begin a vaccination campaign on monday. a palestinian official says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with a fever abbas was admitted following an air operation on tuesday his recent health problems have revived anxiety in the region about a potentially bitter succession battle for leadership of the palestinian authority . french film director lupe us law is under investigation for rape according to french radio station europe one a woman has filed charges with french police alleging the director drunk and raped her in a present paris hotel on thursday night as saw as one of france's best known film directors. and as well as have been voting in an election that is expected

correspondent yulia hina istanbul thank you for your insight yulia. if you're watching news we'll be back at the top of the hour with all the latest and i'll be quite often in berlin thanks for your company and bye for now. cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut cut you can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. the first suits horseless for the rich but for many poor people it offers their only chance of survival. and i could be on for today just like that it's. the reporters travel to nairobi and the orange and to meet people who know the true value of garbage. it has created a thriving parallel economy.

correspondent johan istanbul thank you for your insight yulia. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president trump says he will demand that the justice department open an investigation into whether the f.b.i. infiltrated his presidential campaign in two thousand and sixteen he made the comment on twitter questioning the previous administration's role he has also been promoting a theory about a possible f.b.i. spy within his campaign though his own attorney has cast doubt on this. help workers in the democratic republic of congo have been shipping four thousand doses of ebola vaccine to areas along the congo river that registered cases of the potentially deadly virus last week the congolese health ministry is set to begin a vaccination campaign on monday. palestinian officials says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with a fever abbas was admitted following an ear operation on tuesday as recent health problems have revived anxiety in the region about a potentially bitter succession battle for leadership of

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for more about the start of the election campaign in turkey let's go to our own yulia han in istanbul yulia what was president everyone's main message today. well his main message today was that the constitutional changes wanted for in last year's referendum now need to be institutionalized turkey needs to finish the transformation to a full presidential system the sooner the better only then he says everything will improve the economy will improve inflation rates will go down and turkey will become a free and democratic country that's really what he said a quote free and democratic country with the necessary global standing so his message clearly is a vote for me and everything that's not going well right now will get better he specifically talked about turkey's military intervention in rules and syria saying quote again our soldiers are ready for new missed missions suggesting that the turkish army will not retreat anytime soon this is clearly him appealing to nationalist voters and he had a message for europe he said turkey never gave up the goal of joining the european union unfor

is really a hand in istanbul thank you very much. to bring us league of football now and i'm joined by tom gennari from our sports desk to talk us through the penultimate set of games it's a big day on saturday yesterday wasn't it so it was a very big day yeah now as usual for the penultimate in the final match then going to be one of the games kickoff aside a three thirty so it was makes for a very exciting and dramatic couple of hours. who've had a fantastic run out this season had a big chance to guarantee their second place finish in the table they played away from home i was booked and we're going to start off i believe by taking a look to see how they go. childhood's youngest ever coached on many tesco has turned back the clock on his side's fortunes this season the royal blue is on the verge of their highest league finish in eight years. but they were uncharacteristically sloppy at the start of this one almost gifting hour fifteen bogus and an early goal the icelandic strike aired tonight by the narrowest of margins. just as o

brent: reporting from the stumble -- istanbul. there are artists part of the movement left left turkey and you can find their story on dw.com. lebron james, regarded by many as the best in the world, has achieved the unthinkable in the nba. he has reached the finals for the eighthth s season. reporter: lebebron james will nt keep him -- let anything keep them from another championship. >> to be honest, i have not pressed it. reporter: it is his fourth straight run with cleveland. jajames playeded all 48 minunuth boston. he pickedd up 15 rebounds and collected nine assists aired in his fifth year of play and 105th game of the season, he is not about to award any doubters going into his eighth nba finals. >> i do not think much about the finals yet. i think about everyone who put the work in. rereporter: to some, suny look li a onean show. the cavaers wereimply not expecting to get thihis far this year. the team traded kyrie irving to boston in the off-season and revamped their roster coming into game 7,, james took the court withou

anything you look for in turkey you find everything in istanbul everything in istanbul whatever you want whatever you are looking for is available in istanbul. my brothers my sisters god willing. so far. we have never banned before. him and only banned down before. before. and the only place we put our head down when we were praying. and from now on it will continue to be the same and we will continue you know journey as we have been so far because we have promised. to. carry this country into. their elements and we have never. changed our past from our promise. and i am very grateful to have my. fellow travelers to be like yourselves and all on this journey we have been together for about sixteen use and we will continue this journey into the future to come with the support of. nation with your support. are we ready for this martial law what a beautiful day today what a. passion what an excitement but i have one request from you you know what that this you know our prayers. don't get away from it even for a second i thought i want you to see your hands up in there like this which means

reporter: we head over to the european side of istanbul.fter some hesitation, a firearms dealer agrees to discuss the country's gun situation with us. inside his shop, he shows us a shotgun made to look like an assault rifle. he keeps his more serious firearms elsewhere. he doesn't think banning guns would save lives. instead, he says gun ownership should be legalized. fatih: they should make it easier to legally purchase a firearm. then the state would have control over gun ownership. and there would be fewer fatalities. culprits could be quickly apprehended because every gun would be registered. reporter: the arms dealer regularly showcases his arsenal on youtube. he denies this constitutes illegal advertising. he claims, he's merely targeting gun-lovers. nihat palantoken visits the family grave every day. helin, who was his oldest daughter is buried here as well. ,she was one of 20,000 gun crime victims in 2017. nihat has vowed to do everything he can to combat turkey's obsession with guns in honor, he says, of his daughter. peter: now d

or a new project called canal istanbul, which will be like turkeys suez canal.h projects abstract a lot of attention but they do not increase productivity. so experts here say this growth is not sustainable, it is not healthy, it does not help people to improve their living conditions. daniel: julia hahn running off our business report. now back to brent. brent: in nigeria funerals have taken place for two priests and 17 worshipers who were killed in an attack on a church last month. that attack has been blamed on nomadic cow herders were fighting for scarce resources. but there -- today catholics took to the streets to demand an end to the killing. adrian creech reports from the capital abuja. >> we need peace. this is what hundreds of demonstrators are demanding. they demand an end to the killings of the country that have been happening in the past years and months. almost on a daily basis there are reports of new killings in the middle belt of nigeria and also the northern part of the country. the reason they are going on the streets already happened three we

the istanbul public prosecutor launched investigations into the reported cases. normally in turkey under-age pregnancies must be investigated by the public prosecutor but women's organizations claim that quite often they are not even in cases with evidence of rape or illegal underage marriages such crimes are often committed in schools and religious boarding schools dr beller requested an interview with a government representative but received no answer under pressure from the public the government announced tougher sentences for pedophiles and rapists. on television deputy prime minister a chip doctor even proposed castrating the perpetrators. but in practice this woman maintains the authorities often look the other way her own daughter was secretly abused by a relative from a very young age but if it is it would if the ons we got no help of any kind from the authorities not the legal advice nor psychological counseling for our traumatized daughter. we were left completely on our own and now i ask the politicians why does someone who's raped a child under twelve

and we're going to istanbul now where nihad poland turkey has lost the daughter who was his pride and joy seventeen year old hayley and was on her way home when she was shot and killed by a young man who claimed to be her former boyfriend reached day on average five people were gunned down in turkey and since the failed coup in the summer of twenty sixteen the number of firearms in private hands has exploded the consequence is a devastating not least because many of the victims are girls and young women. nihad punter can has barely set foot in his daughter's room since she was murdered helen's desk bed and dressing table are all still there. she was preparing to go to college diplomas. and i was looking forward to framing her university diploma and putting it up on the wall but that will never happen now. last october seventeen year old helen was murdered on her way home in istanbul the culprit a male acquaintance who shot and killed her shortly after she had turned down his advances incidents like these are becoming all too common in turkey helen's father has called for stricter gun

staying with football and istanbul's ataturk stadium has been chosen to host the twenty twentieth's champions league final the most watched annual sporting event in the world european football's governing body you a five made the decision at a meeting in kiev ahead of the season's final which takes place in the ukrainian capital on saturday when real madrid take on liverpool the english side were famously involved the last time that istanbul hosted a final producing one of football's great comebacks to beat ac milan in two thousand i you're watching news still to come on the program u.s. president donald trump threatens to impose a twenty five percent tariff on imported cars the announcement has left foreign car makers and european law makers on edge. all that more up with daniel winter after a very short break you're watching news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for joining us. global inequality. what does inequality mean in a globally connected well. the role of the media. joining the discussion and how to. digest as a global media following the twenty eighth. street by street. the most co

we head over to the european side of istanbul after some hesitation a firearms dealer agrees to discuss the country's gun situation with us. inside his shop he shows us a shotgun made to look like an assault rifle. he keeps his more serious firearms elsewhere. he doesn't think banning guns would save lives instead he says gun ownership should be legalized. in legacy of a knowledge of law they should make it easier to purchase a firearm legally. then the state would have control over gun ownership. and there would be fewer fatalities. of a bit culprits could be quickly apprehended because every gun would be registered almost of the arms dealer regularly showcases his arsenal on you tube he denies this constitutes illegal advertising he claims he's merely targeting gun lovers. he had punter can visit the family grave every day haley who was his eldest daughter is buried here as well she was one of twenty thousand gun crime victims in twenty seventeen nihad has vowed to do everything he can to combat turkey's obsession with guns in ana he says of his daughter now did you know that we are e

correspondent johana istanbul thank you for your insight yulia to sports now in sweden have defeated switzerland to win the world i thank you championships and defend their title. the first goal went to be underdogs you know need to catch a break but that last late in the first period. did not last long just two minutes later sweden equalised seventy can vs defied home to level the school's. second period of a swiss game for upper hand once again to my maya finished off a counterattack to make it to one. but again switzerland can hold on to their advantage sweden powered on the pressure and eventually made it count. yet at the level it to wall and that is how it stage to the rest of the game and over time. in the decisive penalty shootout philip forsberg scored for sweden but needed missed for switzerland giving sweden the picture a disappointment of a swiss who have still never won the world championship. celebrate their eleventh title. state by state. the most colorful. liveliest. the most traditional. any time. check in with. germany by state. dot com would have been fine for the

correspondent yulia han istanbul thank you for your insight yulia. to sports now in sweden have defeated switzerland to win the world i think you championships and defend their title. the first gold went civilian the dogs you know media types of break the deadlock late in the first period. put valley did not last long just two minutes later sweden equalised seventy can vs five times eleven schools. in the second period of a swiss game for upper hand when sick and see my maya finished off a counterattack to make it to warm. but again switzerland couldn't hold on to better advantage sweden powered on the pressure and eventually made it count because the banya to put them level at two wool and that is how we stage for the rest of the game and over time. in the decisive penalty shootout fill it fools but score to sweden but needed guides are missed for switzerland giving sweden the victory disappointment of a swiss who have still never won the world championship but was sweden celebrate the eleventh title. after now. losing. to the curse. to response nat

in istanbul thank you three u.s. prosecutors are doing what germans couldn't they have charged volkswagens former boss martin winterkorn for his part in a diesel get a mission scandal they say that winterkorn conspired to mislead regulators and violate the u.s. clean air act a federal grand jury indicted the former executive as part of a probe into the scandal which has haunted the company for nearly three years. it couldn't have come at a worse time for folks the announcement that it's four months old martin venter cohen was indicted by u.s. authorities it came soon after the shareholders meeting where its new c.e.o. spoke about regaining confidence. most volkswagen must become more honest more open more truthful so that we don't make ourselves more vulnerable again. but is still vulnerable the indictment of venta core now has many asking whether the carmaker has done enough to investigate its senior executives according to u.s. authorities in two thousand and fourteen the former c.e.o. was informed v.w. cars produc

dobies yulia han reporting there from istanbul and you can find a lot more on our website we talked to artists who were part of the movement some of whom have in the meantime left turkey their story at d w dot com our head now to the european union which is planning to ban a whole range of products made of plastic from color e two straws and q-tips the e.u. generates a staggering twenty six million tons of plastic waste every year and the e.u. commission says it's time that that changed the proposal still need the approval of the european parliament and the individual member states and in the meantime one grocery store in the german city of minds is wasting no time by leading the way. everything you would expect to find in a supermarket but nothing that is packed in plastic. instead customers bring their own containers. this store in the western german city of mine's open three years ago and since then the customer base has tripled iconically they bring in their own jars they've had to reorganize things a bit and i would say they've evolved and this evolution has happened quickly. this

i am on taksim square right now in istanbul city center and right next to the famous gazey pock this is where it all happened five years ago the mass protests against edge of tired are gone back then prime minister and now president and his ruling is on the group to a party the area since then has been totally reconstructed so there is not much left that reminds people of these a weeks of protest the areas of limits to demonstrators now and there is a lot of police around here twenty four seven trying to make sure similar demonstrations won't happen again but that doesn't mean people are not talking about the gaze the events today especially on this anniversary they do so in private and on social media they shifted e.o.'s they share photos they of course remember the people who got killed back then gives a for these people who were part of that movement was about political change about democracy and freedom so memories are still very vivid especially had of the elections coming up here in turkey in just four weeks time and that was their reporting from istanbul there is more on our w

appetite for example or another project called can now istanbul which is worth twenty billion dollars and once it's finished it's going to be something like turkey's suez canal of course such mega projects attract public attention but they don't really increase productivity so experts say this growth is anything but healthy or sustainable. is not the reason why investors. well one argument that i keep hearing here over and over again is that it's the rapidity of the changes in turkey's economic domestic and foreign policies in the path. that has scared investors off let's remember there was a military coup attempt in twenty sixteen last year a controversial referendum on extending presidential powers so many actually don't know where turkey is headed politically this year turkey start of the military intervention in north and syria so all of this basically combined with diplomatic clashes with the us an important trade partner scaring investors off even doe turkey because of its current account deficit needs a steady inflow of cash and you also mentioned mr altgens eccentric remarks j

in istanbul thank you. well now hundreds of residents on hawaii's big island have evacuated their homes after the killer way a volcano burst into life this video that you're seeing here behind me a chill flowing through a wooded area the volcano erupted on thursday after a series of earthquakes and spewed ash and lava into residential areas. it started with multiple earthquakes then a plume of pink smoke that shocked the local residents. well. ok we just had a huge earthquake and now in the direction of there's a massive cloud of smoke coming up. after days of warning signs to kill away a volcano on hawaii's big island has erupted lava flowed into residential areas of the u.s. island igniting fires and spreading deadly gases nearly two thousand people were forced to evacuate. since it's right behind our homes we could hear the. exploding. right from the house and so you know you're going to still be there when we go back over there. the eruption saw boiling lava flowing directly from cracks in the ground in

i missed istanbul because that was the yearl missed istanbul because that was the year i first went towin yet, so this is the win. how do you see the game going tonight? high—scoring, i think. do you see the game going tonight? high—scoring, ithink. it do you see the game going tonight? high—scoring, i think. it will be difficult but i've got very confident. i thing we have difficult but i've got very confident. ithing we have been difficult but i've got very confident. i thing we have been the best team in europe this year so hopefully we can pick this up. they've had a great win, champions of france, germany. they are not mugs. don't underestimate them. hopefullyjurgen has mugs. don't underestimate them. hopefully jurgen has done mugs. don't underestimate them. hopefullyjurgen has done his homework. mohamed salah, hopefully he comes out on top. he's scored 1.7 goals per game. 50 goals in 48 appearances so goals per game. 50 goals in 48 appearances so far. it's ridiculous. well done getting here. good luck in the game tonight. the atmosphere is building, plenty of real madrid and live

we will try to fix that line coming to us from istanbul.ait the connection -- of the correction in technology, this is the picture we find ourselves in europe this morning. the cac and the ftse climbing higher. we have a ftse mid under pressure. part of that is politics. lot of factor is that a italy has gone ex dividend today. we will come back and talk about that in a little more detail. of next, we will be talking about what is happening in terms of the difference in the gap between professional investors and retail investors are looking at the issue of volatility. we will talk about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 30 minutes into the trading day. let us talk about the headlines. from troops. the white house says the china trade war is in -- is on hold. a lot of europe is closed today. liga and five star are expected to name their leader today. oil in financing again after the maduro election victory. venezuela poses one of the biggest risks to the market in the coming months. good morning, this is the european open. i am guy johnso

gordon corera, bbc news istanbul.e uk economy has hit a temporary soft patch which means interest rates will remain unchanged at 0.5%. economists had been widely expecting rates to rise this month. an increase is still expected later this year. the bank blamed the bad weather — the beast from the east — for the slowdown which disrupted construction and kept shoppers at home. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. time for a different tune from the bank. three mondays ago all the noise was about an interest rate rise. not any more. three months of weak growth drag bounce by the beast from the east has left people cautious about the strength of they. here it might be sunnier now but will it last? cost of living is going up quite significantly, and the wages really aren't. i think it will take quite a bit of time before hopefully it will get easier. i was always hard up when we were young. but now there is me and my husband and we are better off. a lot better off was not true for the rest of the economy as the

gordon corera, our security correspondent in istanbul.eting between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un will take place in singapore, on the 12th ofjune. mr trump said the day would be a "very special moment for world peace". the announcement came after the president welcomed home three americans who'd been detained in north korea. it was seen as a gesture of goodwill ahead of the summit. live to washington and our correspondent nick bryant. in the week that donald trump withdrew america from an existing nuclear deal with iran, it's full speed ahead in negotiating a new nuclear deal with north korea. and after alienating close european allies, his administration is forging an improbable relationship with one of america's long—standing enemies. in the middle of the night, before the birds or the president had started tweeting, the plane carrying the freed prisoners touched down on american soil. from the trauma of detention to a triumphant welcome from donald trump, he didn't want to miss this dramatic homecoming, for i