joe robinson was charged with terrorism offences following time he spent in syria.r of the kurdish ypg whom turkish authorities regard as terrorists — but his family say he was in syria helping civilians. richard galpin has more. joe robinson travelled to syria in 2015 to join a kurdish group known as the ypg, which was fighting against so—called islamic state. the former soldier, who had served in afghanistan, apparently frustrated by what he viewed as the british government's lack of action. although the ypg is backed by the united states, turkey views it as a terrorist organisation — anyone associated with it vulnerable to arrest. so whenjoe robinson and his fiancee, mira rojkan, went on holiday to turkey last year, they were detained and he has now been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. he was very shocked by the news from yesterday. he's very desperate to come home. he's broken, he's tired. his family say he was only a medic with the ypg, and they say there will be an appeal against the conviction. for the moment, he's not injail but cannot leave tu

joe robinson travelled to syria in 2015 tojoin a joe robinson travelled to syria in 2015 to join a kurdishch was fighting against so—called islamic state. the former soldier, who had served in afghanistan, apparently frustrated by what he viewed as the british government's lack of action. although the ypg is backed by the united states, turkey views it as a terrorist organisation. anyone associated with it vulnerable to rest. so whenjoe robinson aunties fiance mira rojkan went on holiday to turkey last year, he was detained and has now been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. he was very shocked by the news from yesterday. he is very desperate to come home. he is broken, he is tired, and he just come home. he is broken, he is tired, and hejust wishes come home. he is broken, he is tired, and he just wishes to come home as soon as possible. his family say that while with the ypg, he never fought. he was a medical orderly. they say there will be an appeal against the conviction. for the moment, he is not in prison but cannot leave turkey. richard galpin, bbc news. the church of eng

let's speak now to joe robinson's fiancee, mira rojkan.s joe doing in turkey? we were on a family holiday with my mum and dad, we have family there so we went to see them last summer. and the allegations are that he was fighting against the so—called islamic state. you are saying that he was carrying out medical duties? he was never pa rt out medical duties? he was never part that, he neverfought, and during the time that he was there, which was one month, there were no clashes and he was mostlyjust helping civilians and providing medical help. how is he at the moment? he was very shocked by the news from yesterday. he is very desperate to come home, he is broken, he is tired, and hejust wishes to come home as soon as possible. where is he? he is in a town in turkey, where he has decided register once a week, every monday. so, he is on bail, then? it is being appealed, so it is not a final decision, but of course it is a sentence. what sort of support is joe's family receiving and yourself, with this matter? i am a bulgarian citizens who i

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joe robinson, who's 25, was arrested last year while holidaying in turkey and charged with terrorismrom the ypg, who the turkish authorities regard as terrorists. the headlines on bbc news: the strongest typhoon of the year so far hits northern phillipines with violent winds and 20 foot storm surges. fourteen people have been confirmed dead, with the number expected to rise. warnings of catastrophic flooding as tropical storm florence continues to batter the us east coast — five deaths have been linked to the storm and thousands are in emergency shelter. ministers reveal plans for no fault—divorce — removing the need to allege blame in a seperation. the government is proposing a significant changes to the law on divorce — removing requirements to allege fault or show evidence of separation. launching a consultation on the proposals, justice secretary david gauke said he wanted to make the process less acrimonious. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman has more. at present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery

joe robinson, who is from leeds, was given the jail sentence after volunteering with the ypg, a grouprkey. mr robinson's fiancee was also arrested whilst the pair were on holiday in turkey last year but was given a suspended sentence for terrorism propaganda. the foreign office says it has raised mr robinson's case with turkish authorities. well, let's speak now tojoe robinson who is currently on bail pending an appeal against his sentence. thank you very much forjoining us. how much time did you spend with nypd, what did you know about them before you went over there? —— with the ypg. i mean, i didn't know much about them, to be honest, what i had seen was about them, to be honest, what i had seen was that previous ex—soldiers we re seen was that previous ex—soldiers were using the military experience to go over there and help the people, help the civilians, and i wa nted people, help the civilians, and i wanted to do the same thing. so i went over there, when i was there, i only used my medical training to help treat injured civilians, i was not part of any combat operations. once i

joe robinson who is from leeds was given the jail sentence after volunteering with the ypg, a group whichalso arrested whilst the pair were on holiday in turkey last year but was given a suspended sentence for ‘terrorism propaganda'. the foreign office says it has raised mr robinson's case with turkish authorities. well i spoke tojoe robinson and asked him what support he has actually received from the british government. i mean, i've seen a statement saying they are now raising my case with the turkish authorities, but why has it taken 11; months for them to start doing something? me personally, i've not seen them doing anything. we kept in touch with the foreign office and whistle them about the release ten months ago, and when we are pushing them to say what have you been doing and have you had discussions on a higher level in government or with diplomatic officials, when it comes down to it, they haven't done any of that. but it will be interesting to see what happens now that i've actually received the sentence and whether the foreign office will actually get more involved, which i'm

joe robinson, who's 25, was arrested last year while holidaying in turkey and charged with terrorismd previously helped kurdish fighters from the ypg, who the turkish authorities regard as terrorists. the government is proposing a significant changes to the law on divorce, removing requirements to allege fault or show evidence of separation. launching a consultation on the proposals, justice secretary david gauke said he wanted to make the process less acrimonious. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman has more. at present, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other for their marriage breakdown on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which it's unreasonable to live with, or prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, even if the separation is mutual. like many, jenny thinks blame can make a difficult process a lot worse. it caused an awful lot of arguments. it caused me obviously to feel very hurt, i got angry, then there were arguments which my children were witness to, it hurt them, and i really think it was completely unnecessary. when coupl

joe robinson, who's 25, was arrested last year while holidaying in turkey and charged with terrorismsh authorities regard as terrorists. the liberal democrats are discussing a major shake—up of the party as their conference gets under way in brighton this morning. the changes, set out by the leader sir vince cable earlier this month, include allowing supporters — as well as fullyjoined—up members — to vote for a new leader. the lib dems are also urging disillusioned labour and tory supporters to join them to help stop brexit. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at the conference in brighton. what have you been hearing today? the sun is out here in brighton which might help lift the spirits of the liberal democrat party members arriving here for their annual conference today. these are serious times for the lib dems, just over three years ago there were a party of government alongside the conservatives on the coalition but since then they have lost most of their mps with only told members of parliament and they struggled to gain anything in double figures in opinion polls. t

joe." eugene robinson and steve schmitt are still with us.es at play when voters cast their ballots just over two months from now. among them, the u.s. supreme court. donald trump's nominee goes before the senate in less than an hour. so how vulnerable democrats -- are democrats in states that trump won as they cast their confirmation vote? one of those senators is democrat claire mccaskill of missouri and nbc news correspondent morgan radford joins us live from st. louis. morgan, how important is this vote on brett kavanaugh to missouri voters? >> reporter: kavanaugh is important not only to these voters but also to the candidates in this dead heat race. we're locked in a dead heat now between democratic incumbent claire mccaskill and her republican challenger josh hawley. if you look at this brand-new nbc marist pole out this morning it shows them locked neck in neck at 47% and 47%. that means it is shaping up to be one of the most important senate races in all of 2018 because it could determine who is going to control the senate. remember,

joining us now, former treasury officials and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner, kn noah rothman and eugene robinsoni just wonder, this is the thing about the team. can someone explain to him what tariffs are and how they work. >> i suspect they already have. certainly we know this had is the one topic those in the house and senate are talked to the president about. >> so he knows how this works? >> again, you go back to portions of woodward's book where people go in and tell him what the facts are and he shakes his head and he said i believe this forever. i don't want to hear it. i'm right and you're wrong. the facts are wrong. >> got it. >> and steve ratner, as we've said for a very long time, this is actually going back to the 1980s. donald trump has flip-flopped on abortion, he's flip-flopped on guns, he's flip-flopped on -- you name it except this one area, protectionism, tariffs, it's the one area where he steadfastly believed in protectionism. and steadfastly opposed free trade. can you explain to our you videoers how these tariffs are, indeed, attacks on working class americans and how the c

joe" on this friday, september 21st. >> he cries himself to sleeve every night. >> with my wubbie. >> along with susan delpercio, jeremy, rick tyler, and pulitzer prize winning columnist, msnbc political columnist eugene robinson is with us, as well. >> first of all, as a republican communication guru, how are the republicans doing right now in this kavanaugh fight? >> not particularly well, joe. but i think the tide is -- well, look, here is the problem. this whole process is not designed to get at the truth and now you have this lawyer, katz, who is representing blasey. and they're putting all these conditions on a hearing. and i think this is maybe backfiring on the republicans -- not the republicans a little bit, but on the democrats a little bit. >> but on the democrats and, donnie, you're a pr guy. if you're running pr for the republicans, the last thing that you want is to have dr. ford testifying on the committee. so is it more preconditions they set down, the more you're going, thank you, thank you, now if you can make it on a rocket ship to mars, thank you. make this as impossible as you can for us. it seems to me that at some point the democrats are going to have to step in and say, listen, we need