. >> iraq condemned an incursion into northern turkey. the forcers crossed the border in pursuit of fighters. the iraq foreign ministry says it was a violation of sovereignty and an abuse of bilateral relations. >> the yemeni capital has been hit by a series of air attacks. jets from the saudi-led coalition hit the houses of houthi leaders and military bases in and around the city. there's no immediate reports of casualties. >> the united nations special envoy said all sides of the conflict agreed to peace talks. kristen saloomey has been monitoring the situation. the three parties, the government of yemen, the houthis, and the general people's congress, the party of the former president agreed to peace talks. the talks will take place next week at a location somewhere in the region that is yet to be announced. the purpose of the meeting is to create a framework for ceasefire, for a political transition, based on security council resolution 22.16. we know from speaking to the yemen ambassador to the united nations that it was an important

what does temporary mean when it comes to an incursion into turkey by northern iraq? reporter: that remains the question. government forces have been briefing behind the scenes and saying this is what is called a hot pursuit operation, chasing turkish rebels, fleeing from turkey, fleeing back to their bases in northern iraq, and turkey claims that it has the right to carry out such operations. also it has an agreement with iraq that allows cross-border operations, i'll be at temporary ones. if it ends in a week, there will not be much international reaction. if not, turkey could be facing big international pressure. brent: what about domestic ramifications for turkey throw kurds? are they enemies of the state? -- turkey's kurds? are they enemies of the state? reporter: they have been laying siege, calling for revenge, throwing stones in windows. similar events all over istanbul. many provincial offices of the kurdish party have been attacked. groups marching in the streets saying "we want a massacre of kurds." these attacks on this pro-kurdish party will cause alarm am

reporter: in the turkish republic of northern cyprus, which only turkey recognises, mustafa akinci ise surprise winner of the presidential elections and he isn't losing any time, either. he's been meeting regularly with his greek-cypriot counterpart nicos anastasiades under the auspices of the united nations in an effort to put an end to the division. some progress has already been made, new border crossings and the re-opening of the ghost town varosha are in planning. there are still obstacles to be dealt with. bodies from the 1970's are still turning up -- almost every month. and many properties and houses belonging to people driven from their homes were sold off long ago. untangling the claims won't be easy! the government of turkey also carries a great deal of weight in northern cyprus -- weight in the form of cash infusions and 30,000 turkish troops stationed on the island. ankara has described northern cyprus as its child. but young cypriots are going their own way despite all this. greek and turkish cypriots are getting together more often for shared events -- as here in famagu

targets against northern iraq and south-eastern turkey, potentially more soldiers and security forces targetting p.k.k. operatives across turkey and in the south and east of the country. but so far what we can expect is more violence, casualties on both sides. >> where is turkish public opinion on the renewed fight against the p.k.k. turkish public opinion is unhappy with the casualties among the security forces and military. there's a growing schism and authorisation between turks and kurds over the violence. also, this comes with the context of early general elections that will take place on 1 november. so the likelihood is more intense political climate emerging in turkey. what was at the heart of this renewed fight against the p.k.k. was it about carving support in light of the fact elections are happening. what was at the core the. >> part of the reason is election polics, but the other issue is the turkish government, president recep tayyip erdogan sees it as a threat to turkish security and integrity, the kurds have been fighting the turkish state for 30 years, demanding autono

it does not say where, but presumably southeastern turkey and northern iraq. there has even been a civil reaction. supporters of the authority of president reccip tayyip. they smashed computers on the floor. it was vandalism. a staffer accused the police of us will respond. erdogan had been criticized and they responded by saying a political oration not use violence. chris: what is -- a political organization should not use violence. chris: what is the ramifications? jasper: we are having an election on the first, and how will the pkk's violence affect the voters? since july the 20th when the resurgence revived, we have had 86 soldiers and lisa and -- and policeman killed. we had a small demonstration in pkk in hundreds of pounds. hundreds of people walking around waving turkish flags. that suggests the nationalists will vote for the government. the most interesting test of voter opinion will come tomorrow and on wednesday when we have the funerals of soldiers killed yesterday. will the mourners shouted slogans against the government, blaming it for collapse o

the coalition really is just glad that turkey is a, helping in northern syria, even there it is complicated because when turkey is trying to strike the goals ise of to create a safe zone, which has not been officially signed off by the u.s. or the rest of the west. but it would presumably repel kurdish militants aligned with the pkk, the ones you are talking about, who are the targets of these strikes, and push them back and remove a perceived threat from them. very complicated for turkey, and you have those elections coming up, elections in which they want to restore its majority. annette: while president francois hollande has ruled out sending ground troops from france and britain, they are considering joining the us-led bombing range -- bombing raids on the jihadists in syria. david cameron is facing questions on the decision to carry out a drone strike in syria which killed two islamic state jihadists. month in thet first ever targeted u.k. drone attacks. the prime minister says the act of self-defense was lawful, despite mp's previously ruling militaryame -- u.k. action in syria. a rem

turkey into chaos. for hours in northern iraq and places we are gathering in turkey are being wiped out by the forces of the turkish republic and awn a. >> their concerns that civilians are paying too high a price in the occupations. the council in europe is demanding access for the observing. activists say people were deprived of food, power and medical care and subjected to disproportionate use of force. >>> still to come on the show - refusing to be silenced. opposition parties in russia fight to be heard in regional elections. and a month after china's worst industrial disaster. the city is on edge. we'll explain why after the break. the beautiful flower i am! >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >>> you're watching al jazeera. >> let's take a recap of the headlines now. israeli police faulted palestinians at the compound in jerusalem. officers say they entered the courtyard to roast those throwing stones. tens of thousands demanded the government do more t

in the region of northern africa and southwestern asia, turkey is one of the most strategically locatedountries in the world. americans learned why when turkey did not allow the u.s. access to invade neighboring iraq, despite nato membership and an offer of $6 billion. but turkey was torn, as they are on many other issues. are they european or asian? are they secular or islamist? are they democratic or authoritarian? are they urban or rural? here we explore the regional geography of turkey and its largest city. half european, half asian, istanbul is the cultural and commercial heart of turkey. it's a city of great contrasts. the traditional shops in the grand bazaar. and modern, spacious shopping centers with fashionable boutiques. but for thousands of people, marginal street trade is the only source of income. the poorest among them have built shelters at the edge of the city. the wealthy live on the waterfront in stately apartment buildings. many have jobs in the modern offices of turkish and multinational companies. politics, religion, ethnicity, migration, economics: istanbul, with

ultimately taking these people back, those who want to go back to their ancestral homeland, northern iraq, southern turkeys the ancestral homeland and there is a model being worked in northeast syria we're calling it a promise of ours and we're actively working in rebuilding people's lives there, so these two efforts that are under way right now we have to pay attention to. >> because eventually some of the people are going to want to go back as you pointed ut because it's part of their heritage and it's not like they want to live in a foreign country forever obviously. >> exactly. >> real quickly we've talked about the cultural destruction, that isis has gone after the sacred sites and destroyed the temples and satellite image shows the before and after if we can put it up there the temple before you can see the outline of where the temple stood and now you see it completely wiped out. what impact is it having on the psyche of the people that you see out there? >> i'll give you a brief example. my treasure, seven of her family members were kid napped by isis in syria on a monday evening. we heard about i

saddam hussein decides to punish turkey and launches a chemical attack. he attacks the northern iraqi kurds driving them to the border as aa result of which you have a large population shift dealing with the refugee crisis. pkk but overall it intensifying the security question. 2015, we also have an extraterritorial crisis, the syrian civil war. again, a larger population shift emerging from syria and turkey. and the refugee crisis that is worsening the crisis conditions in turkey. as a result pretty much look in terms of structural, 2015 in 1991, politics, and the 1990s there was a general election that produced a coalition government for the 1st time. 2015. again, an election on june 7 which produces a coalition government which is the justice and development party. one exception between 91 and 2015 is for the 1st time ever the political party passes the 10 percent threshold which is the people's democracy party. in a lot of ways 1991 and 2015 i quite alike. what about the conflict? in 1990 the conflict is mostly about world conflict, clashes around rugged terrain, not in area

negotiations and in april of that year the pkk said fighters would begin to withdraw from turkey to their bases in northernly 2015 a suicide bombing blamed on i.s.i.l. killed 32 people in the kurdish town just inside turkey's border and kurdish groups said the turkish government wasn't doing enough to stop i.s.i.l. operations but days after the bombing the pkk had responsibility for killing two policemen in the city. turkey then launched air strikes against pkk and iraq at the same time as hitting i.s.i.l. in syria. pkk said the strikes spelled the end of the peace process. we can speak to a turkish military and security analyst and is live from the turkish capitol and thank you for taking to us, do you agree then that the rather fragile truce that was declared between the pkk and the turkish government has now unravelled to the point to which it cannot be repaired? >> that's right. thank you for having me first. let me say this, i mean, just to start initiation of violence, we started in late july with the bomb and execution of two turkish men by pkk and we see this very sharp escalation of violence and r

the military people have always thought that the involvement of turkey would be key to resolving the situation in northern syria, and the fact that turkey has an agenda which is different, frankly, from the agenda of any of the other players, because it's focussed on their own tensions with the kurds as much as it is focussed on tension with isil and the syrian regime, is a complicating factor. and it's just one more complicating factor. each one of the players, the significant players here has a different set of agendas, and we're only going to move forward when we can find common threads that all of the players can sign up to, and we can act together accordingly. >> may i just ask you about a statement that was made in the house. that there would be independent monitoring of drone strikes. or that there is end peindepend monitoring. you suggested there might be legal people who are doing it. who is going to be doing that? >> who made the statement you're referring to? >> came from your side of the house. >> i mean, the situation is that b we have a very robust process for authorization of any such actio

this problem in this failure by the victors is still causing trouble today in southeast turkey, in northern iraq, and in northern syria. why didn't they consider the kurds for estate. question. >> guest: really part of what you're asking is why were all the territories in the middle east not giving self-determination. that is a complex subject with a long answer. a major part of it was when the americans pulled out, frankly the british and the french pretty much impose the mandate system on the middle east. the hope had been the americans were to actually accept mandates and particularly mandates in the middle east. once the british realized there would be no american presence in the middle east as of administering power, their only partner could be the french. so the french or british settlement of what is what was imposed on the middle east. that ended up ended up with armenian and kurds not receiving territories as well as the territories that were were not granted government. it also has something to do with different british ideas of what kinda states their building. they try to build

northern syria. and so when that plan failed, what turkey chose to do was then take it to support the other armed groups inside serious to fight the ypg. and we first saw that very clearly in the summer of 2013 when it was this battle for the control of -- where it was very obvious that groups like al-nusra and certain factions of the preceding army and others were being supported by turkey, and -- sorry. and that, of course, was also that that didn't work out terribly well because the kurds ended up taking control of that town as well. so that policy was obviously not working for turkey persisted in it, and we saw that in combining both recently. and that was another turning point and a very big shock for turkey when the americans airdrop weapons and other supplies to the ypg. and that was what propelled turkey, in fact, to open a corridor to kobani. and, of course, once that was sort of adjusted in ankara, the decided what they needed to do then was to open because they do somehow get the americans on their side because they became very, very nervous about this deepening of operation between the unite

i would be focusing the problem on the border of turkey and syria and northern syria and whatever is left handle it with international policy. >> appreciate your thoughts as always. thank you so much. >> right now, pope francis is heading toward america and inspiring a new generation of believers and right now in cuba and will be traveling soon to the u.s. the pontiff known for reaching out to those who feel the catholic church alienated them. and warren green is live in our newsroom. >> the throngs are expected to greet pope francis here in the u.s. and a possible sign of the francis affect. >> many people have felt for the last hundred or 200 years, the catholic church had a sign members only. under francis there is a new sign that said come on in, open for business. >> but the francis affect means going back to vatican two, the historic meeting when bishops grappled with how to make catholicism more approachable. would you have married laymen talking to fox news, probably not. >> those popes attended and jorge was not an ordained priest. now they can express the intentions of the

the military people have ought thought that the involvement of turkey would be key to resolving the situation in northernsyria. the fact that turkey has an agenda, which is differently, frankie from the agenda from any of the others, they are focused on their own tensions with the kurds. it is a complicating factor. it's just one more complicated factor. each one players has a different set of agenda. we cannot do together accordingly. >> there was an independent of drone strikes. who is -- >> who made the statement you were referring to? i mean, the situation is that we have a very robust process of any subtraction that the prime minister made clear on monday, and then there is a whole set of rules of engagement. once it moves the whole set of rules have to be complied with and there's a rigorous process for monitoring that and for setting outcomes. that's -- that's how it would recollects in the minister defense. i'm sorry, i'm not sure what was meant by -- i'm not sure who said it, first of all. i'm not sure what it meant by independent -- i'm not sure. >> i'm trying to find out who said it. >> yes, t

northern region around aleppo. france will join the united states, turkey, and gulf states and attacking isis positions. australia is set to join the coalition as well. british prime minister david cameron says he, too, will put it to a vote in parliament. france denies the military action will lend support to the regime of president bashar al-assad. necessary,es will be and we alone decide what to target. of the question that these strikes be allowed to strengthen the assad regime. laura: a former u.k. defense of che based defense atta in paris tries me now. why did france decide to do this now? >> from what i understand from a growing public opinion within , some resolution to the problem in syria, and they think they've been put into a corner. laura: now, france is essentially about to bomb the enemies of syria president bashar al-assad. is this a sign that the french government is softening somewhat to the idea of allowing him to stay in power? >> no, basically, they are being pushed. this war has gone on for years -- 4 years-plus. france, along with other countries, is wringing its hands and wonder

our citizens by trying to grab turk any to chaos, their head quarters in northern iraq and every place they are gathering in turkeyiped out with the operations by the forces of the turkish republic and the turkish army. >> reporter: but there are concerns that silva vinnies are paying too high of a price in these operations. the council of europe is demanding immediate access for observers to object set the impact of the curfew. activists say people were deprived of food, power, and medical care. and subjected to disproportionate use of force. gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> now exactly six months ago a category five cyclone hit the pacific island nation of vanauta, the damage was extensive. al jazeera's andrew thomas was one of the first journalists to arrive after the cyclone hit. he returned and filed this report. >> reporter: in a couple of days pam will be six months old. she was named after march's storm. baby pam doesn't know any different. for everyone else, the impact of cyclone pam is still obvious. although scarred for van ca iowa true recovery is underway, many houses damaged in march have been put back up

since then turkey has been mainly targeting the pkk bases in northern iraq. and the presidents told cnn international the day before yesterday that pkk and pyd is the syrian kurdish group is the number one threat followed by isil against turkish security. >> and how do you see this benefiting perhaps on a political level, the incumbent, the president in particular and perhaps reversing the losses that he suffered in the last elections. >> just hard to stipulate. they reverse the situation achieve in june elections. and the elections scheduled in november, it is hardly questionable as the ruling party will again majority again. in june elections mothers and fathers are really upset, it can be understood from losing their sons and moms. but for their sons. in the meantime there is the possibility that if pkk declares a unilateral cease fire stopping responding to the turkish military attacks, then the pkk can spoil the political gains, plans by the government at this stage because the more people are dieing, there is also the risk that people may vote for the r

the air space in northern syria where both turkey and the unite and rest of the coalition forces are if russian jets are flying in this area, then you've got the potential for engagement between the east and the west. so from a military perspective we can continue the fight against isis. we continue to support the free syrian regime. but getting involved in the civil war beyond that is difficult for both countries. >> they're agreeing to continue this discussion. as we understand, it will be in new york city later this month. what do you think happens in the meantime? and do you have confidence that there could be some diplomatic resolution here? >> well, i certainly hope so, as does everyone. hope's not a method. when you're talking about the dialogue that's one thing. but all indicators are that mr. putin is doing several other things. he's made comment as recently as yesterday that he's looking to assist the assad regime. they are requesting overflight flights in several countries to get more equipment into damascus. both cities in syria where the russians -- we have seen russian

situation is increasingly desperate for both the refugees and host countries like jordan, lebanon, turkey and northern iraq. because syrians are finding it increasingly difficult to find safety, they are being forced to move further afield. that is why so many are risking their lives to cross the mediterranean. there are currently some 4 million syrian refugees plus another 7.6 million internally displaced syrians suffering and in need of humanitarian assistance. more and more families are forced to sell their children to work or marry off their young daughters. it's hard to comprehend the impact millions of refugees on lebanon, jordan and turkey, the number of refugees in lebanon would be equivalent as a percentage of their population to united states receiving 88 million new refugees. that's a shocking number for that country. turkey has already spent $6 billion in direct assistance to refugees in its care. that's a huge part of the turkish commitment -- economy. at the same time we in the west until very recently have been reluctant to admit even the most vulnerable syrian refugees while contributi

hussein decides to punish turkey and launch a chemical attack. he attacks northern iraqi kurds pushing them to the border, as a result of which you have a large population shift together with the refugee crisis, which ends up benefiting arguably the pkk but overall intensified the security question. now 2015 we also have an extra territorial syrian civil war. a relationship emerging from syria into turkey. a new refugee crisis that is worsening the crisis conditions in turkey. so as a result we pretty much look like in terms of structural settings 2015 and 1991 are quite alike. politics. what about politics? in 1990s, basically 1991, there was a general election that produced a coalition goal after rule. in election of june e, which praoutsz a coalition government after a long period of single party rule, which is the justice and development party. one exception between 1991 and 2015, a a little bit party rooted in the political movement passes the 10% threshold, which is the peoples democracy party or hp. so in a lot of ways, 1991 and 2015 are quite alike as well i

the military people have always thought that the involvement of turkey would be key to resolving the situation in northern syria. and the fact that turkey has an agenda which is different frankly from the agenda of any of the other players because it is focused on their own intentions with the feds as much as it is with tension with isil and tension with the syrian regime, is a complicating factor. and it's just one more complicating factor. each one of the players, significant players here, has a different set of agendas. and we're only going to move forward when we can find common threads that all the players can sign up to. and we can act accordingly. >> i'll just ask about a statement in the house, there would be independent monitoring of drone strikes. who is going to be doing that? >> who made that statement? >> it came from your side of the house. >> we have a very robust process, as the prime minister made clear on monday. and then there is a whole set of rules of engagement once it moves to the military phase. a whole set of rules of engagement have to be complied with. there is a rigorous proces

the military people have always thought that the involvement of turkey would be key to resolving the situation in northern syria. and the fact that turkey has agenda which is different from the agenda of any of the other players. because it is focused on their own tensions with the kurds as much as it is focused on tension with isil and tension with the syrian regime is a complicating factor. it is just one more complicating factor. one of the players, significant players here, has a different set of agendas. and we're only going to move forward when we can find common threads all the players can sign up to. and we connect to get that accordingly. >> finally, just is ask about a statement in the'v]z house. there will be inspect of german strikes. that suggested there was some legal people doing it. who is going to be doing that? >> who made the statement that you're referring to? >> it came from your side of the house. >> i mean, the situation is that we have a very robust process of any such action as the prime minister made clear on monday. and then there is a whole set of rules of engagement wants it m

saddam hussein decides to punish turkey and instead of launching a chemical attack, he attacks the northern kurds as a result of which you have a large population shift together with a refugee crisis. which ends up benefiting, arguably, the pkk but overall it intensified the security question. 2015, we also have an extra territorial crisis, which is the syrian civil war as well as the emergence of isis in iraq and syria. again, a large population shift emerging from -- especially syria into turkey. new refugee crisis that's worsening the crisis conditions in turkey. so as a result, we pretty much look like, in terms of structural settings, 2015 and 1991 are quite alike. politics, what about politics? in 1990s, basically 1991, there was a general election that produced a coalition government, first time after a very long period of single-party rule. mother land party. 2015, again, an election of june 7, which produces a coalition government after a long period of single-party rule, which is the justice and development party. one exception between 1991 and 2015 is that for the first time ever

situation is increasingly desperate for both the refugees and host countries like jordan, lebanon, turkey, and northern iraq because syrians are finding increasingly difficult to find safety. they are forced to move further afield. that's why so many are risking their lives to cross the mediterrane mediterranean. there are 7.6 million internally displaced syrians suffering and into need of humanitarian assistance. more families are forced to send their children to work or marry off their young daughters. it is hard to comprehend the millions of refugees on lebanon, jordan, and turkey. the number of refugees in lebanon would be equivalent to the united states receiving 88 million new refugees. that's a shocking number for that country. turkey has already spent $6 billion in direct assistance to refugees in its care. that's a huge part of the turkish economy. at the same time, we in the west until very recently have been relukt tar reluctant to admit even the most vulnerable syrian refugees. although the white house announced it would admit 10,000 syrians. we know that the syrian humanitarian disaster, w

the government of turkey sent military forces into northern iraq today for the first time in four years, chasing kurdish rebels. it followed attacks by so-called p.k.k. militants that killed at least 31 soldiers and police since sunday. a military ceremony was held today for 16 police officers who died in a roadside bombing. and in ankara, president recep tayyip erdogan defended his government's efforts. >> ( translated ): we have tried so much and will keep trying to prevent this pain, and the pain of mothers, fathers, wives, siblings and loved ones. but the terror organization has shut the doors to the desired peace process through choosing weapons, violence, oppression and bloodshed. >> ifill: turkey's air force also launched heavy new air strikes on p.k.k. bases, involving more than 50 planes. a huge sandstorm blew across the middle east today, blanketing cities and roadways, from egypt to jordan. low visibility slowed commutes in lebanon, where the storm killed at least two people and sent hundreds to hospitals with breathing problems. the storm even forced syria's military to call

saddam hussein decides to punish turkey and instead of launching a chemical attack, he attacks the northern kurds as a result of which you have a large population shift together with a refugee crisis, which ends up benefitting arguably the pkk but overall it intensified the security question. 2015, we also have an extra territorial crisis, which is the syrian civil war as well as the emergence of isis in iraq and syria. again, a large population shift emerging from -- especially syria into turkey. new refugee crisis that's worsening the crisis conditions in turkey. so as a result, we pretty much look like, in terms of structural settings, 2015 and 1991 are quite alike. politics, what about politics? in 1990s, basically 1991, there was a general election that produced a coalition government, first time after a very long period of single-party rule. mother land party. 2015, again, an election of june 7, which produces a coalition government after a long period of single-party rule, which is the justice and development party. one exception between 1991 and 2015 is that for the first time ever,

turkey's war on pkk rebels is spreading well beyond its borders. turkish forces crossed into northern iraq pursuing kurdish fighters. this comes after rebels mounted several devastating attacks forces.turkish security at least 15 police officers were killed today in two separate attacks. >> turkish troops on her 16 other comrades killed by a road side bomb on hyundai -- turkish troops on her -- turkish troops their comrades. >> the unity of this nation, anyone responsible for each and every drop of blood that is shed will be brought to account. ,> in the wake of this attack -- [indiscernible] on tuesday, the government announced it was sending special ground forces to seek out the kk fighters in northern iraq, stressing it would be a short-term mission. this after two separate pkk attacks. several were injured when a rocket propelled grenade hit , and overred vehicle a dozen officers were killed in an attack on their minibus. clashes between kurdish separatists and government forces have escalated in recent days. the government and the pkk have been on war footing since their cease-fi

in july, turkey began an air campaign against camps run by the pkk in northern iraq even. -- iraq. e fighting has shattered a peace process launched to end a conflict that had killed more than 40,000 people since 1984. to talk more about turkey we are going to turn to several guests. in istanbul, where joined by ayse berktay, a member of the hdp party assembly. in new york, we're joined by zeynep gambetti, this is a professor of political theory at bogaziÇi university in istanbul, on thursday evening, she helped organize a demonstration at columbia university in solidarity with the kurds in turkey and against the turkish government attack. gambetti co-edited the books, "the kurdish issue in turkey: a spatial perspective" and "rhetorics of insecurity: belonging and violence in the neoliberal era." welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us, professor. start off by explaining, for people who hardly even know where turkey is, what is happening right now? how serious is this? >> thank you for having me, because this is very serious. we are very much concerned, that is why

turkey. there are several significant reasons for this resurgence. the first one is the developments in the region, the -- in northernis contributes to the legit ma sization of pyd, and [ inaudible ] pyd at the end they thought it's the right time to challenge the -- the security forces of turkey. this is one of the reasons. the second reason is through this -- the latest developments, they begin to change. their ultimate goal from a democratic republicanism into an independent statehood. unfortunately, this lead to the -- the government side to end the resolution process for -- for one significant point. >> right, so how can the violence be contained? >> yeah, there is another significant reason. you know, everything going on in the region for all those developme developments only the ruling party and the [ inaudible ] party or the personality of erdogan is being blamed in the turkish politics. unfortunately, hiding at this -- losing the reaction against the pkk activities. >> what does this mean for elections in november? since you bring up the parties, what does this mean for elections? >> yeah, for sure it will -

northern syria. and so when that plan failed, what turkey chose to do was then to get the support of other armed groups inside syria to fight the ypg. and we first saw that very clearly in the summer of 2013 when there was this battle of control where the kurds would call it and it was very clear that certain factions of the free syrian army and others were being supported by turkey. and that -- sorry. and that of course we saw also that that didn't work out tearally well because the curds ended up taking control of that town as well. so that policy was, obviously, not working. but turkey persists in it. and we saw that in kobani most recently. that was a turning point and a shock for turkey when the americans airdropped weapons and other supplies to the ypg. that is what propelled turkey, in fact, to open the corridor to kobani. and, of course, once that was sort of digested in ankara, they decided what they needed to do then was open it. they needed to somehow get americans on their side because they became very, very nervous about this deepening cooperation between the united states and the ypg. so

opens up the airbase to western jets and saddam hussein decides to punish turkey and watch a chemical attack. he attacks the northern iraqi kurds, driving them to the turkish iraqi border as a result of which you have a large population shift together with a refugee crisis. overall, it intensifies the security question. fifteen, we also have an extra territorial crisis, which is the syrian civil war as well as the emergence of crisis in syria, again a large population shift emerging from especially syria, into turkey. a new refugee crisis that is worsening the crisis conditions in turkey. as a result, we pretty much look like in terms of structural settings, 2015 and 1991, are quite alike. politics, what not politics? in the 1990s, basically 1991, there was a general election that's produced the coalition government first time after the long to read mac of single party group, motherland party rule. 2015, again an election on june 7 to which produces a coalition government after a long period a party rule. one exception in 1991 and 2015, for the first time ever the political party rooted in the kurdish politics place

there is a very specific route they take to get to germany or northern europe where they want to apply for aslyluasylum. they cross into turkey the borders are very difficult for the refugees to cross. >> this latest video will further ignite on already passionate conversation, an emotional one, on what to do and what responsibilities other countries have to this crisis, including aid, which the united states has been called on to increase as well as the number of migrants being taken in by individual countries at this point. claudio, thank you for your live reporting. we'll continue to follow the latest developments. that video is so upsetting to watch. >>> police say a shooting yesterday on a highway in arizona is related to a string of other shootings where motorists were targeted. the incident is the tenth shooting in 12 days. all on a stretch of interstate 10 in phoenix. authorities are calling this an act of domestic terrorism. a 13-year-old girl was injured by broken window glass in one of those attacks. turning now to the first read on politics this morning, bernie sanders' supporters say he's not getting enough atten

and obviously there's been tension between turkey and some of the very elements that the kurdish elements an northern syria are having some success against isil. i would be interested in your thoughts on the turkish role and how we maintain that nato alliance and get them involved with isil without cutting the legs off from under the curtains to be effective partners. >> turkey has been a very, very important country in the dedefense first against the warsaw pact and the soviet union. i think it's very significant that general allen and others did great work to get pledges by turkey to certainly to make the movement of isil through their country into syria. much more difficult. but clearly there are historic tensions between turkey and their kurdish population, very sadly, very tragically there is now much greater violence as the cease fire and there are various explanations as to why this has happened and whether the blame lies in the capital of turkey or out with the kurds themselves. but this is another complicating factor without question. nd i think we saw that the kurdish regional government of

turkey is hunting down kurdish militants in iraq for the first time since the cease-fire two years ago. turkish troops have been deployed in northern iraq. their aim is to eradicate rebels who launched a series of attacks against turkish authorities over the summer. nationalist protesters have destroyed the offices of the pro-kurdish hdp party. anger on the streets in the wake of nationalist protests when demonstrators attacked offices of the pro-kurdish hdp. they left the party headquarters damaged. translator: tonight alone 186 attacks were carried out and our headquarters were attacked. this was a planned attack. orchestrated from one particular place, the president and his staff at the palace are the ones behind these attacks. >> the outbursts followed violence since the weekend that left more than 30 turkish police and troops dead. authorities have been workersg the kurdish party since july when a two-year-old cease-fire collapsed. translator: the unity of this nation, this homeland, anyone responsible for every drop of blood shed will be brought to account. in june, it lost its majority things to a strong showing from the pro

north from turkey, sir why and northern iraq, a very thick layer of dust.about zero in jerusalem and other parts of israel. unbelievable stuff. good news is that it is starting to dissipate. something you don't want to be stuck in, for sure. >> i wouldn't want to be. >> i have no interest. >> derek, thank you. >>> another news we're following here. court in seoul, south korea sentenced kim ki jung to 12 years of jail for attacking the ambassador to south korea last march. kim was convicted of attempted murder. he said he was mad about drills between the u.s. and korea. this is the ambassador. he needed 80 stitches to close the jab wound on his lower jaw. >>> polls are open and the most competitive election if singapore's victory. for the first time since independence in 1965, contesting all 89 seats. loon has been in power since 2004 and incumbent people's action party is expected to win but there has been growing discontent over a weakening economy. high cost of living and immigration levels. cnn correspondent david moco has more on today's hotly contested

of life, are a reminder of the salve amery and brutality of tresk turkey terrorism as are the grave stones and head stones in northern ireland and right across this land. the opposition leader has appointed a shat -- shadow chancellor who plebes that terrorists should be honored for their draferery. will the prime minister join all of us from all parts of this house in denouncing that sentiment and standing with us on behalf of the innocent victims and for the bravery of our armed forces who stood against the terrorists? the prime minister: from the reaction he has just heard, the right honorable gentleman will know that he has spoken for many, many in this house and i think the vast majority of penal in our country. airy neave is the first member of parliament i can remember. because he was my member. ian gow was one of the first politicians i ever wrote a speech for. there was never a kinder ore gentler public servant in this house. he was cruelly murdered. the death and killing was wrong. it was never justified and people who seek to tough judiciary justify it should be ashamed of themselves. >> schools in poole a

, while the united states has been bombing northern syria, the isis fighters have doubled their numbers. they're coming from somewhere, most likely from turkeythere needs to be a redoubled effort regionally to have the turks close down the border. there needs to be efforts to stop the money entering into isis territory, whether it is through oilfields that are going through turkey or individual donations from gulf arab sheiks that going to jihadi networks that end up in isis hands. there is a very clear kind of policy that could be produced to bring peace to syria, but it is going to require a great deal of cooperation between the great powers and the regional powers. amy: vijay prashad, thank you for discussing this, but i would like to ask you to stay with us as we talk about the indian prime minister and his five-day tour in the united states. let's talk about the significance of prime minister modi's trip to the u.s. we will do that with you as well as in indian human rights activist in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. minister, indian prime narendra modi

northern areas, and as you can see, there's cooler air drifting over warm oceans. temperatures are cooler than average in the north wegs. we are in 12hours about 30 millimeters of rain fell in turkeyimes more than the monthly rainfall in december. ooding is taking place, and, unfortunately, ten people were injured because of the flooding. the mid part of europe, and this system causes severe weather, especially for the western part, concern of large hail, damaging winds, and even some tornados in the area into friday. ahead of the system, it's warm, but back behind the system, cooler than average. okteberfest is taking place with a high of only 15 degrees on friday. severe weather it gripping the united states, there's thunderstorms and large hail in the area, and meanwhile, rain increases on the southeast coast over the weekend, and in the west, a new system moves into british columbia so more wet weather. the ground is quite saturated, so additional rain will cause flooding. to the south, dry conditions, but temperatures are mid-summer like, although fall started yesterday. highs in arizona and california will be in the 40s into the weekend. here's the extended forecast. >>> now