mark lowen has attack. kurdish militants are being blamed..mark lowen has more. attack. being blamed. .mark lowen has more. the first week of 2017 still is not over and already there has been two terror attacks, the second game today in the western city of is —— izmirand today in the western city of is —— izmir and the target was the courthouse and police approached a car outside a tent in to search it and then the attackers inside the car shot, they tried to attack a policeman with an expose of device. two attackers were shot dead, the third is still at large, wearing a black jacket and a third is still at large, wearing a blackjacket and a white beret. the official say that they believe that the pkk kurdish militant group were behind this and they believe a much larger attack was planned, given the number of weapons found, including machine guns and grenades, a few days after the new year's eve attack in istanbul, on the nightclub which killed 39 people, claimed by so—called islamic state, that gunmen is still at large, arrests have been made in istanbul, but not of th

mark lowen has attack. kurdish militants are being blamed..mark lowen has more. attack. there has been two terror attacks, the second game today in the western city of is —— izmirand today in the western city of is —— izmir and the target was the courthouse and police approached a car outside a tent in to search it and then the attackers inside the car shot, they tried to attack a policeman with an expose of device.

from istanbul, mark lowen reports. mark: it is slowly sinking in. grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. they mourned a 23-year-old killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. a student working there for new year's eve who was simply in the wrong place. at his funeral, his colleague, who took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. >> i was in the toilet. electricity went out. i was like, yes, that's all, i said my last goodbyes to my friends, telling him goodbye, that's all, "i love you." mark: that was the end? >> yeah, that was the end. i thought because the shooting

let's speak to mark lowen in istanbul. what do they hope to achieve from the visit?op of the agenda is trade and post brexit britain is keen to set up a strong bilateral arrangement with another country. both countries are involved in the coalition against so—called islamic state and both are nato members and turkey is europe's eastern flank so britain is keen to

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. now to the shifting front lines of the war in yemen.ought to be backed by iran, captured the capital sana'a two years ago. since then, pro—government forces backed by a saudi—led air campaign have been trying to take it back. the army says the rebels have planted thousands of landmines along the route towards the city and many civilians are getting caught in the conflict. nawal al—maghafi has been granted access to the front line of the yemeni army's battle for sana'a. this is where the battle to retake the capital begins. the mountains ahead are all that stand between the army and the capture of sana'a. their commander is taking us high up into the front line positions. he tells me the terrain makes it a naturalfortress for the houthi rebels and his men are always exposed to death. it's the first time an international broadcaster has visited these areas. the army are just a0 miles from the capital. but the closer they push into the mountains, the harder the fight becomes. translation: everyday we make some progress. we attack and we re

joining me from istanbul is mark lowen. mark, tell us what exactly is going on, what is the latest?ame out late tonight that a police raid on the western istanbul suburb of esenyu rt captured turkey's on the western istanbul suburb of esenyurt captured turkey's most wanted, aao the main suspect. in the aftermath of the attack, abdulkadir masharipov managed to escape the nightclub posing as... cctv footage showed him in various parts of the city just after the attack. showed him in various parts of the cityjust after the attack. then he slipped away. there was police manhunt a cross turkey and he appears to have been caught tonight in the home of a courteous man and he was picked up along with his four—year—old son and there were fears he had escaped the country to areas controlled by so—called islamic state in syria and iraq, the group that said it was behind the attack. —— krgyz man. but it appears turkish authorities have found the man. do they believe he was acting on his own? that will be a question they will pose to him in police custody, where he is now being transferred. he a

thank you, mark lowen in istanbul.ed islamic state group has also claimed responsibility for a suicide car—bomb attack in iraq in which 35 people died. it happened at an outdoor market in the shi'ite neighbourhood of sadr city in baghdad, the second major attack in the iraqi capital in three days. here, a girl injured in a fatal hit—and—run in oldham on new year's eve has died. zaneta krokova, who was 11, had been in a critical condition in hospital. her 12—year—old cousin, helina kotlarova, died at the scene on saturday night. peter harris has more. at the scene, tributes continue to build. this is now a shrine to two young girls. 11—year—old zaneta krokova lost her fight for life this morning. her 12—year—old cousin, helina kotlarova, died soon after being struck by the car on new year's eve. respects were being paid by classmates and teachers. very popular, they had a lot of friends. well—known. very outgoing. from all at academy oldham, our thoughts and prayers are with the family. the police believe the girls were

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. that's a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight.d back to school after the christmas holiday, we've assembled a class of the very brightest students. and we're giving them a first—day test. the class quiz of 2017. the big questions for the year ahead. on trump and the shifting structure of super—power politics. when do you see the united nations solving problems? they don't. they cause problems. on britain, brexit and politics here. we have set ourselves on a new direction. and on the european project: is it populism and retreat this year,

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.aura: so many questions in turkey after another attack as the country deals with the spillover from the ongoing civil war in syria. the brazilian justice minister says the authorities will transfer those responsible for the killing of 56 inmates during a prison riot on sunday. who ordered leaders the attacks will be sent to more secure federal jails. the governor of the state plans to build a new jail to ease overcrowding. wrestles hasivan resigned months before brexit talks were due to begin. as ivan has been three years the ambassador. it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union post-brexit. the reason for his resignation stated.been has seen strong sales. republish theo inflammatory book has been criticized by jewish groups. in france, a suspended prison term to four chelsea football fans accused of abusing a passenger on the pairs metro. they have been ordered to pay the victim 10,000 euros. pushing abeen filmed black man out of the carrot and chanting "we

mark lowen reports from istanbul.he mood was of celebration, one of istanbul's top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two... they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start — not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. inside, his killing spree continued — turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping into the freezing bosporus to escape. dozens more were injured, some critically. the gunman is still at large. witnesses spoke of the horror. translation: i had my back turned, my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor. a man ran inside, two or three people started firing, then there was this fog. i fainted at that moment until special forces took us out of there. they shot randomly, there were bodies lying on the floor. today, the scene was heavily guarded. too late for the victims of last night's security breach. there's still no word of who was behind it. well, this is as close as we can get to what

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.ding south korean president park geun—hye has intensified with the arrest by danish police of the daughter of a close friend and confidant. chung yoo—ra, a medal winning dressage rider, is being questioned whether she got preferential treatment to a university because of choi soon—sil‘s friendship with the president. president park was accused of colluding with her friend to extort favours from big business. parliament voted to begin impeachment proceedings against her last month. 23 people have died and 17 are still missing after a fire broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the boat that was heading for a holiday island north of the capital, jakarta. officials believe a short circuit in a generator caused the ferry to catch fire. around 200 people were rescued. catharina moh reports. what's left of the zahro express ferry. officials say it burst into flames shortly after setting sail from muara angke port injaka

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. let's get more on this.n assistant professor of world history at the american university in iraq. he is usually based in iraq, butjoins me tonight from rome. thank you for being with us. istanbul was already on high alert j'uj'u istanbul was already on high alert juju a string of attacks. there were 16-17,000 juju a string of attacks. there were 16—17,000 police officers on the streets. do you think this was an intelligence failure? not necessarily. when you read the reports coming out from both the turkish government as well as travel warnings from the us state department and the united states embassy in turkey, but actually, when you put them all together, you can see that there was enough intelligence to understand that there was this sort of risk. 0perationally, usually it is very ha rd to create 0perationally, usually it is very hard to create actionable intelligence, to know when the attacker will strike, where he or she will strike. 0r attacker will strike, where he or she will strike. or they will st

mark lowen gets exclusive access to the scene of turkey's new year's eve terror attack, in which 39 peopleied. the owners of reina say they will reopen the nightclub. it's a sign of the defiant mood here. on the front line of yemen's civil war. nawal al—maghafi joins government troops as they try to recapture the capital sana'a from rebel forces. translation: people are lost, but at least land is liberated. the rebels are retreating on a daily basis. the bright lights of atlantic city, which failed to really shine. nick bryant asks what the project tells us about donald trump's business track record. so when he says he can make america great again? i don't think so. my wound was slight and i was hobbling back, then a shell burst, slick upon the duck boards. 100 years on, robert hall remembers the battle of passchendaele, one of the first world war‘s bloodiest. and the power of vinyl. david sillito finds out why, in the era of streaming and downloads, records are making a comeback. but not everyone is convinced. it's like a pizza. that's huge. that's something that goes round in a circle. i

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.ng south korean president park geun—hye has intensified with the arrest by danish police of the daughter of a close friend and confidante. the daughter, chung yoo—ra, who's a medal—winning dressage rider, is wanted for questioning over allegations that she got preferential treatment at a top university because of her mother choi soon—sil‘s friendship with the president. president park was accused of colluding with her confidante to extort money and favours from big business. parliament voted last month to begin impeachment proceedings against her. the bbc‘s steve evans joins us from seoul. on saturday, we had the head of the country's national pension fund being arrested. this corruption investigation is certainly widening. it is very wide indeed, and labyrinth on. but the length of the whole thing is, to be president and her close friend get money from companies in favours from companies in return for favouring them? this particular aspect today concerns the daughter of the friend, wh

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.: 23 people have died and 17 are still missing after a fire broke out on a tourist ferry in indonesia. passengers jumped into the sea to save themselves as flames engulfed the boat that was heading for a holiday island north of the capital, jakarta. officials believe a short circuit in a generator caused the ferry to catch fire. around 200 people were rescued. 35 russian diplomats expelled from the united states by president 0bama have left the country. the plane, carrying all the affected personnel and their families, took off from virginia. mr 0bama ordered the expulsion in response to alleged hacking during the recent presidential election. syrian activists say government forces have again bombarded a rebel—held area north—west of the capital, damascus. government aircraft are reported to have attacked wadi barada. 0pposition groups warned on saturday that they'd abandon the ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey three days ago unless the attacks were halted. more than 50 moroccan

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. some breaking news for you now.ficials in the philippines say more than 130 inmates have escaped from a prison in the south of the country. it has been described as one of the largestjail breaks in recent yea rs. one of the largestjail breaks in recent years. suspected muslim rebels attacked the north district jail. the gel warden says a guard was killed and an inmate winded when dozens was killed and an inmate winded when d oze ns of was killed and an inmate winded when dozens of inmates stormed the building. two prisoners have a p pa re ntly building. two prisoners have apparently being recaptured and army troops and police were searching for the others —— jail warden. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: our reporters on yemen's frontline, where the civil war is taking an ever—greater toll on civilians. the japanese people are mourning, following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respect when it was announced he was dead. good gri

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.ic state group has also claimed responsibility for a suicide car—bomb attack in iraq in which 35 people died. it happened at an outdoor market in the shi'ite neighbourhood of sadr city in baghdad, the second major attack in the iraqi capital in three days. rail fares have gone up today, with campaigners calling the 2.3% increase in england, scotland and wales a "kick in the teeth." the government says the rise is below average wage increases, and the money is needed to pay for the modernisation of the network. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. if you have to pay out thousands have a of pounds for a rail season ticket, your new year has not started very well. with the exception of northern ireland, the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, which are set by the government, go up by 1.9% — still considerably more than inflation at the moment. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen by a quarter over the past 22 years. people are not getting paid more

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.tal poisoning that left four young children dead on monday. authorities want to know how their father acquired an agricultural pesticide that is only supposed to be handled by professionals. the man spread the pellets under his mobile home in amarillo, but then tried to wash them away with water when his children complained of the smell. it's thought that triggered a chemical reaction releasing phosphine gas. a special annotated edition of adolf hitler's mein kampf has seen strong sales since its launch a year ago. about 85,000 copies of the anti—semitic nazi manifesto have been sold. the decision to republish has been criticised byjewish groups. greg dawson reports. controversial, reviled, and for the past 12 months, back on the shelves in german bookstores. mein kampf, meaning "my struggle", set out hitler's anti—semitic ideas before he eventually put them into practice. but this new edition, shorn of any nazi insignia, is intended not as a celebration but a sober reflection on a not

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. you're watching newsday on the bbc.e shifting frontline, where civilians are paying the highest price. the japanese people are mourning, following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respect when it was announced he was dead. good grief. after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapo

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. strong sales since its launch a year ago. about 85,000 copies of the anti—semitic nazi manifesto have been sold. the decision to republish has been criticised byjewish groups. greg dawson reports. controversial, reviled, and for the past 12 months, back on the shelves in german bookstores. mein kampf, meaning my struggle, set out hitler's anti—semitic ideas before he eventually put them into practice. but this new addition, shorn of any nazi insignia, it is intended not as a celebration but a sober reflection on a notorious ma nifesto. sober reflection on a notorious manifesto. its publishers say it has been annotated to highlight hitler's propaganda and mistakes. what we do is to provide a research based commentated critical addition for the first time so that people who are the first time so that people who a re interested the first time so that people who are interested in dealing with the book on a really rational level for the first time can do this. the book was first published

mark lowen.me in the space of a week that the israeli government has announced more building in settlements, 2,500 homes to be built in occupied... ..the occupied west bank and over the weekend there was an announcement that over 560 new homes would be built in settlements in occupied east jerusalem. both of these announcements coming after the inauguration of donald trump. a feeling here that the israeli government is feeling emboldened, even encouraged by the new administration in the us to build more in the settlements after the relationship between israel and the us under barack 0bama plummeted partly over the issue of settlement building. mr 0bama was fiercely opposed to the settlements, he allowed a un resolution to pass last month condemning israeli building in the settlements but donald trump, his son—in—law, and his pick for us ambassador to israel have all donated to the settlements and clearly are going to take a much more pro—israeli policy. but there's also a feeling this is being do

during the day some of the first funerals were held for victims, as our correspondent mark lowen reports is slowly sinking in. grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. they mourned 23—year—old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. a student working there for new year's eve, who was simply in the wrong place. at his funeral, his colleague tuvala tugsavul. she took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. i was in the toilet. the electricity went out. and i was like, yes, ok, that's all. and i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends, telling, 0k, goodbye, that's all, i love you. you thought that was the end? yes, that was the end. and i thought because the gun shootings stopped, and then i was thinking myself, he is going to — i think he's going to explode himself, and we're going to die in the toilets, in the bathroom. including yunus, 39 people were killed. and their stories are emerging. fatih cakmak, who survived last month's bombing at a football stadium in istanbul, but died in this attack. rita sami, from lebanon, who told her friend she was wor

they are among the first journalists correspondent mark lowen. granted access to the nightclub where the attack took place. you can see it's located on the bosphorus river. some people jumped see it's located on the bosphorus river. some peoplejumped into the water to escape the bullets. the owners say that they will reopen the nightclub, it is a sign of a defined mood here, yes, people are sombre and fearful but turks have lived with the terror threat for decades albeit on a smaller scale and they are determined not to let its defeat them. in a few minutes, we have already talked about donald trump, we will talk about him some more, this time in the context of american business, he has criticised general motors in a tweet over where it ma nufa ctu res motors in a tweet over where it manufactures ca rs. motors in a tweet over where it manufactures cars. we will get into that. kurdish militants say that a british man has died alongside them. ryan lock, 20, died during an assault on and i is stronghold, one pro—kurdish campaigner, mark campbell, sa

mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration.ne of istanbul's top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two... they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start — not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. another camera showed people carolling as the attacker struck before he stormed the club. —— cowering. inside, his killing spree continued — turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping into the freezing bosphorus to escape. dozens more were injured, some critically. the gunman is still at large. witnesses spoke of the horror. translation: i had my back turned. my husband suddenly told me to get on the floor. a man ran inside. two or three people started firing. then there was this fog. i fainted at that moment, until special forces took us out of there. they shot randomly. there were bodies lying on the floor. today, the scene was heavily guarded. too late for the victims of last night's security breach. there's stil

mark lowen, thank you very much.orfolk estate because she was unwell. buckingham palace says the queen has been up and about in recent days but is still recuperating, has been up and about in recent days as our royal correspondent peter hunt reports. for a second time during the holiday season, the royals headed to church. for a second time, the queen was a notable absentee. her 95—year—old husband, who's also been ill, did attend and was described by one observer as "chipper". protected from rain and walking alongside her husband, anne, a princess in purple, told someone in the crowd her mother was feeling better. told someone in the crowd during these security—conscious times, the windsors over christmas are an attraction for the dedicated, times, the windsors over christmas who, despite the weather, gather outside the sandringham church. once again, the 90—year—old monarch wasn't on display. a little bit disappointed, because the queen wasn't there, but that is understandable at 90 years of age. she's in the best

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.d the american car industry in his sights today when he fired off the latest of his often controversial tweets. mr trump criticised gm motors for importing one of its models of cars from mexico and threatened to impose a "big border tax" on them. just a few hours later, the car giant ford then announced it was cancelling plans for a £1.5 billion plant in mexico and said it would invest in the us instead. so, is mr trump's twitter strategy working? here's our north america editor, jon sopel. not yet the president but the new way of doing business is clear. if donald trump has something on his mind, you will read about it in a tweet or two. today out of nowhere it was the executives of gm getting a kicking from the president—elect. that left the american car giant scrambling for a response. the company pointed out that the model is actually made in a fire while the car is built in mexico —— cars built in mexico were for the global market but 4500 in mexico were for the global market but

our turkey correspondent mark lowen has been into the club where the massacre took place.ll ofjoy, of life, of celebration. today, reina nightclub is a crime scene, scarred by terror. we were the first british broadcasters allowed in, briefly. a rare glimpse of where 39 people were killed on new year's eve. imagine the horror as 180 bullets were sprayed here, people jumping into the freezing bosporus to escape. the owners of reina say they will reopen the nightclub. it's a sign of the defiant mood here. yes, people are sombre, yes, they're fearful, but turks have lived with the terror threat for decades, albeit on a smaller scale, and they‘ re determined not to let it defeat them. watch the right—hand side of this footage from the attack. a manjumps over a low fence outside the nightclub to avoid the bullets. then the gunman runs up to the door, shooting his way into reina. that man on the right of the video was the nightclub manager, who had a miraculous escape. translation: i felt bullets explode next to me, i threw myself over the fence. the gunman shot from behind, the

let's speak to mark lowen in istanbul. sort of feeling did you get from that news conference, was ita get from that news conference, was it a successful meeting for the two leaders? i think there was clearly a lot of warmth between the two. they talked about the importance of the alliance and theresa may talking about how turkey is one of britain's old est about how turkey is one of britain's oldest allies, stretching back 400 yea rs, oldest allies, stretching back 400 years, the friendship between the two countries. they discussed trade, as you heard there. they also said they had talked about cyprus, attem pts they had talked about cyprus, atte m pts to they had talked about cyprus, attempts to reunify the island, somalia, security co—operation where there is close co—operation, they're both nato members and parts of the anti—islamic state coalition. there was also — it was interesting she talked about the issue of human rights there, as well. there were calls on her to raise this issue with mr erdogan and she said i am

a short time ago i spoke with mark lowen, who gave the latest.what we are hearing is that the gun man was caught along with his four-year-old son in an istanbul suburb after a massive police manhunt. remember, this is the man who is suspected of killing 39 people at the nightclub in istanbul on new year's eve. he entered the nightclub past 1:00 in the morning, opened fire, shot the police man, and got his way into the nightclub and opened fire, killing 39 people. most of them were arab tourists visiting istanbul. the rest of them were turks. it was an attack that was claimed by so-called islamic state. there was a huge manhunt he managed to escape the nightclub posing as an injured man. there was cctv footage that emerged shortly afterwards, but there were some reports that he could have left turkey. it appears tonight that the man suspected of carrying out this massacre in istanbul on new year's eve has been caught and is being transferred. laura: mark, the fact that the suspect has apparently been caught in istanbul after this intensive manhunt

let's speak to mark lowen in istanbul. agreements we are starting to hear about now. yes, a pretty big defence agreement signed between britain and turkey, bae signed between britain and turkey, ba e syste ms signed between britain and turkey, bae systems will help the turkish aerospace industry to build turkish fighterjets as part of a turkish fighterjets as part of a turkish fighterjets as part of a turkish fighter jet programme, it fighterjets as part of a turkish fighterjet programme, it is a deal worth initially over £100 million. theresa may says this agreement underlines once again that britain isa underlines once again that britain is a great global trading nation and that we are open for business. a defence industry collaboration deal between britain and turkey, so that's one concrete step that's come out of today's meeting. they have both expressed a desire to increase trade, post—brexit britain wants to set upa trade, post—brexit britain wants to set up a close bilateral agreement with another country. they‘ re

mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul.ted that unite are choosing to penalised customers. it added it will publish more details for customers on friday once it has finalised its contingency plans. commuters unhappy about the cost of rail travel have protested at railway stations in england and wales. ticket prices went up yesterday by an average of 2.3%. the protests were organised by the campaign group action for rail, which wants train services returned to public ownership. commuters in scotland will return to work tomorrow after the new year holiday. our correspondent, daniel boettcher, who's at king's cross where one of the demonstrations was held today, says there's a growing anger amongst commuters about what they're forced to pay for using the rail network. well, certainly many people that we've spoken to here today were not happy that they will be paying more. this was their first day back at work since these increases came in to force. 1.9% for regulated fares, that includes most commuter season tickets and overal

let's go straight to our turkey correspondent mark lowen who is in istanbulfor us correspondent mark lice piecing together the sex sequence the police piecing together the sex sequence of events but what do they think they understand so far about what went on? what they are telling us what went on? what they are telling us is that the suspects, the attackers, approached the courthouse in izmir in a car, police came up to the car to try to search it and then the car to try to search it and then the attackers inside opened fire. there was a shoot out with the police, and then a car bomb was detonated, possibly in a second vehicle. in the shoot out, in the car bomb, a policeman and a member of courthouse staff were killed, two of courthouse staff were killed, two of the attackers were also shot dead, a third attacker, who was reportedly wearing a black coat and a beret, escaped and is still on the run. the governor of izmir is saying that initial findings according to the kurdish militant group, the pkk... point two. it is still the early stages after the attack. —— point the to pkk. the

earlier i spoke to our turkey correspondent, mark lowen, who gave me the latest.e hearing at least 35 people have been killed and at least a0 people injured, some in a critical condition. the attack targeted the reina nightclub in istanbul, close to the bosporus bridge. it is one of the most popular nightclubs in istanbul, indeed in turkey. it happened shortly after midnight when at least one attacker entered the nightclub. he sprayed bullets outside the nightclub before entering. there are reports that at least one was dressed in a santa claus outfit and then entered the nightclub, spraying bullets from a kalashnikov rifle inside, killing civilians and we understand at least one police officer. we are told at least 500 or 600 people were inside the nightclub when the attacker struck. they were of course celebrating new year's eve, bidding farewell to a very traumatic year in turkey's modern history. there are reports that some of those people inside the nightclubjumped into the bosphorus, the sea on which the nightclub was situated, in order to try to evade the a