we will look inside the pkk. little boy killed by a ohio, receiving money in a wrongful death suit. tamir rice was gunned down in the city of cleveland when officers heard that an armed young man had been seen in a playground. -- video shows them opening fire as soon as police arrived on the scene. bangladesh's only gay-rights magazine has been attacked. , who worked at the u.s. embassy, was killed by men who entered his apartment, pretending to be careers -- delivery men. young voters are turning out in droves. what does it -- is it that the democratic candidate brings? we go to the campaign trail to find out. the international criminal court has begun inquiry into violence thousands have fled to neighboring tanzania, where we have this report. correspondent: this refugee camp , she is preparing a meal for herself and her children. back home, she used to have more hot -- mouths to feed before ined men entered her home february, slitting her husband's throat and killing her children. >> i said please, kill me as

the pkk has been fighting for autonomy for over 30 years. fragile peace process collapsed last year restoring trust will take much more than rebuilding homes and likelihoods t assada, al jazeera. >>> the head of the penal parliament has criticized the turkey's president for protesting against a sat issuecal song mocking his treatment of journalists. erdouan's response to the two-minute song has warnede morphed into a diplomatic awkward for the jrman chal s seller. >>> it's understood that airstrikes for the saudi-led coalition have hit an al-qaeda camp. several fighters from al-qaeda a in the arabian peninsula were killed near mokula. saudi coalition officials have not yet commented on the incident. members of the flight crew of egypt air 181 have spoken about the hijacking of their plane last tuesday. it's turned out that the hijacke hijackers' explosive did were fake and motivations were motivated by a feud with his ex-wife. at the time the crew was responding to a credible threat to blow up their plane. >> the hijacker came to the back of

peace talks between the pkk and the turkish government broke down last summer. subsequent violence has seen tens of thousands of civilians displaced. kurdish journalists are also coming under fire between the fronts. faruk balikci has been reporting from his native diyarbakir for 25 years. it's been a long time since he can remember things being this bad for journalists. >> stations are routinely closed down, and colleagues jailed. the government threw us off the turkish satellite network. we've managed to find an alternative, but we don't know what awaits us tomorrow. >> on the latest press freedom index published by reporters without borders, turkey ranks at 149 out of 180 nations. president recep tayyip erdogan personally leads a campaign of intimidation and incitement against non-compliant journalists. in the speech he says critics of , his policy on the kurds are likewise terrorists. with shocking consequences for reporters. today balikci is visiting his imc colleague refik tekin, who's been off work sick since being shot two months ago. >> the cameraman wa

reports indicate that they're aligned or at least have substantial ties to the pkk. is that true? sec. carter: yes, we have -- >> is the pkk a terrorist organization in the eyes of the turkish government? sec. carter: the pkk is a terrorist organization not only in the eyes of the turkish government but in the eyes of the u.s. government as well, senator. >> is it a surprise to you that the turks may be upset to us by arming the ypg in syria since they're closely aligned with the pkk? sec. carter: no, it's not at all, sir. we have -- let me just say that, and the chairman has been involved in this as well. we have extensive consultations with the turks. >> so turkey is ok with this? sec. carter: they're not ok with that -- >> i just got back from turkey. they're not ok with this. they think this is the dumbest idea in the world and i agree with them. had how many of the syrian forces are kurds versus arab? gen. dunford: about 6,000 arabs. >> what percentage of the force is that? gen. dunford: that's about 20%. >> ok. so if you're wondering why turkey is a little upset we're arming

for months, they have been hit by the pkk. turkey last name bow before attacks and violence. >> your brothers have come here so the turkish flag would continue to wave. they gave their lives in order for it not to fall into ruin like damascus, like aleppo. >> last month, a suicide attack, carried out by an isil suicide bomber killed several tourists in istanbul. both averageara and is tall bull have had attacks in the last year. several consulates have closed their doors, and they have warned people from visiting the country, especially southeastern turkey. >> still to come, indian police, a flyover collapses, plus, at a nigerian school, giving orphans the chance to make a fresh start. >> the top stories on aljazeera, the u.n. is calling for legal safeguards before refugees are returned to turkey, and ankora with the european union. amnesty international has accused turkey of forcibly returning syrian refugees back to the war-torn country. >>> barack obama has announced that 102 nation have ratified a treaty on the protection

for months they have been hit by security forces and the outlawed kurdish workers party the pkk.here have been attacks and violence. >> your brothers have come here for the turkish flag would continue to wave. they gave their lives in order for it not to fall into ruin like damascus, like aleppo. >> turkey is increasingly being targeted. last month a suicide attack carried out by isil suicide-bomber killed several tourists in istanbul. both ankara and istanbul have seen spike attacks since last year. the security and the economy are the targets. several consolidates have closed their missions, and many western states have warned their citizens from visiting the country, especially southeastern turkey. thursday's car bomb attack will only increase fears of more attacks. al jazeera. >> syrian state media said state officials have uncovered a mass grave in palmyra. the remains of 40 people were found, 23 of them were women and children. the syrian troops continue to comb the city for landmines left by isil fighters. drops recaptured the city from isil last month. >>> a military cour

peace talks between the pkk and the turkish government broke down last summer.sequent violence has seen tens of thousands of civilians displaced. kurdish journalists are also coming under fire between the fronts. faruk balikci has been reporting from his native diyarbakir for 25 years. it's been a long time since he can remember things being this bad for journalists. >> stations are routinely closed down, and colleagues jailed. the government threw us off the turkish satellite network. we've managed to find an alternative, but we don't know what awaits us tomorrow. >> on the latest press freedom index published by reporters without borders, turkey ranks at 149 out of 180 nations. president recep tayyip erdogan personally leads a campaign of intimidation and incitement against non-compliant journalists. in the speech he says critics of , his policy on the kurds are likewise terrorists. with shocking consequences for reporters. today balikci is visiting his imc colleague refik tekin, who's been off work sick since being shot two months ago. >> the cameraman was ac

and pkk is exploding the tragedy. we also see that they are surrendering to terrorist organizations in order to remove the terrorists from there. all of the segments have to act in coordination and unity. the eastern peace in eurasia is there a depending on eastern europe. unfortunately eastern europe is also facing kurds with disputes that need to be settled in a way. the territory of ukraine, their security needs to be taken into account in those settlements. after the fighter jet incidents with russia on the 24th of november, 2015, we have been facing challenges in our relations with russia. we had developed good relations with them after the cold war. also, the russian government is suffering. unfortunately, their reactive policies that were employed by the russian government after the fighter get incident in november 2015, our relations are suffering. despite all of that, we keep calling -- weak calm because turkey and russia have had interaction for several centuries. our common interests require our relations t

the assault is being blamed on kurdib pkk rebels. turkish forces were carrying out a mility operation when a bomb left by pkk rebels was remotely detonated. meanwhile turkey's president says he is concerned about rising islamaphobia in the united states. he made the comment while opening a new islamic center in the u.s. state of maryland. he also condemned u.s. president, candidates for saying muslims are terrorists. >> it is very interesting and shocking for me to observe some of the presidential candidates here in the united states using these allegations and using these labels against the muslims on a continuous basis and openly al jazeera john hendren has more from there. >> turkey's preponderate ended his trip to the united states with throngs of proceed turkish supporters surrounding him. he ended with a speech saying isl islamophobia was on the rise and said muslims should not pay the price for a handful of people committing violent acts in the name of islam. he is willing to say that the attacks in paris and brussels were awf

reports of an ongoingition ill offensive. >> whether it's the fight betweens isil and the kurds, the pkk, maintaining as well a very definite definite line which we have to kind of blend in to our thinking about the u.n. talks which are just a few hours away in geneva. >> that's right. what's happening in northern syria is of great concern to turks. some were trying to break what has been reported as an offensive by isil. it comes under 48 hours from his schedule meeting general eve a the announcement by the syrian government that they intend on taking back control of alleppo, during a time of this agreed partial cease fire. we also obviously know that not all of the groups are party to that cease-fire, but as we have been reporting. what's important is that alleppo is controlled by so many different groups, groups that are party to this cease-fire. so there is a lot at stake here and the closer we get to these scheduled talks in geneva, the more the tension seems to be increasing in syria. it's worth saying we have literally heard in the last twenty minutes from activists that we have b

to kurdistan, the pkk is claiming responsibility for a car bombing. the blast killed seven police officers and injured at least 27 others. >> shattered the calm of this residential neighborhood. a car, packed with explosives, detonated here. the damage is clear. the family is shocked. they survived the attack. >> my parents were cooking in the kitchen. i was in the bathroom, my children were studying in the living room. all of a sudden, a powerful explosion, we felt it, and something very strong coming on to us. it was like an apocalypse. >> many onlookers stood in the street and many more scared. >> we heard an explosion, we thought it was been earthquake. >> reporter: the car was parked here, and detonated by a remote control. the explosion was so powerful that it shattered the windows of the buildings. the security officials said that they have identified the man in this footage as the main suspect. targeted last month, the suicide attack, carried out by an isil suicide bomber, killed several tourists in istanbul. they have seen this since last yea

>> yes, we have -- >> is the pkk a terrorist organization in the eyes of the turkish government? >> the pkk is a terrorist organization not only in the eyes of the turkish government but in the eyes of the u.s. government as well, senator. >> is it a surprise to you that the turks may be upset to us by arming the ypg in syria since they're closely aligned with the pkk? >> no, it's not at all, sir. we have -- let me just say that, and the chairman has been involved in this as well. we have extensive consultations with the turks. >> so turkey is okay with this? >> they're not okay with that -- >> i just got back from turkey. they're not okay with this. they think this is the dumbest idea in the world and i agree with them. had how many of the syrian forces are kurds versus arab? >> 6,000 arabs. >> what percentage of the force is that? >> that's about 20%. >> okay. so if you're wondering why turkey is a little upset we're arming people inside of syria aligned with a terrorist group that's fighting the turkish government. turkey could do more but i think this whole concept is quite f

the organizations are active in the pkk organizations and their equal so if that is the approach than i can say is that a terrorisisn't a terroristorganin don't we also have to consider the good organization? no because we can't really consider good or bad. we have to cooperate as coalition forces in our fight against the terrorist organization. it's the same level of sincerity to fight against daesh and the threat to the entire region including the united states required to offer how we act together. we have to present it to the foreign fighters from entering the grounds and turkey is the country that has taken the measure against the even being supported to others that isn't reflective of how the international community should act for the pkk. i know whe know in europe people organizing and funding in shifting the weapons to those organizations and in that case it loses its meaning and they were conducted in february and in march, people were changing the council and a extendabl fore organization members so those attacks are the same as those in brussels or paris and captured despit

the kurdistan workers party or the pkk said it was behind a car bombing in the southeastern city where seven police officers died and 27 others were injured. >> the explosion shattered the calm of this residential neighborhood. a car backed with explosives detonated here. the damage is clear. the family is shocked. they survived the attack. >> my parents were cooking in the kitchen. i was in the bathroom. my children were studying in the living room. all of a sudden with the powerful explosion we felt the storm. and saw something very strong coming on to us. it was like an apocalypse. >> many onlockers stood in disbelief. many more scared. >> we heard the explosion. we thought it was an earthquake. we were worried and scared. >> the car was parked here and detonated by a remote control. ththe explosion was so powerful it shattered the windows of the surrounding buildings. security officials say they have identified the man in this cctv footage as the main suspect. they're increasingly being targeted. last month a suicide attack carried out by an isil suicide-bomber killed severalturist

local media reports that people affili affiliated with the pkk carried out that bombing. turkey has seen a surge in violence recently. >>> learning more about an american saylerilor accused of spying. communicating secret information. the government is not saying which country lind he was sharing those secrets with. he was born in taiwan and came to the u.s. at the age of 14 and then became a naturalized u.s. citizen. >>> another day, another chaotic donald trump rally. this one in upstate new york ahead of that state's primary. a trump supporter shoving a protester twice. the trump supporter later admitted he did do it because the protester was yelling in his face. the incident led to police escorting that protester out to a chorus of boos. no arrests came out of that incident. >>> right now, a lot of talk among republicans about the system in general being unfair. frontrunner donald trump complaining of dirty politics. trump says he's angry about being shutout of colorado and losing all 34 delegates to ted cruz. >> rigged, disgusting, dirty system. >> 65,000 people vote

we are hearing the twin threat, the pkk and the kurdish separatists and from isil is that in the past, they may have carried out one or two major attacks but now, the strategy seems to be fairly constant, tick-to be of attacks everything few weeks to suppress the mood of the nation and create concern. >> concern is very present in this city. it's a city on edge if not in lockdown or in panic. >> at least 15 soldiers loyal to yemen's government have beg killed according to sfishlingz in the south of the country. soldiers were reportedly ambushed in an area seized by al-qaeda in february. mean while, 17 other captured soldiers were reported to be wound. al-qaeda has seized more territory in yemen in the past year as the country's war continues. he job description authorities say demand fight italy for access to thousands of phone records is unconstitutional. italy wants more information about the murder of italian student julyia rejurni. his tortured body was found in cairo. he script's persistent said it can't meet the italian demands. >> italy wants more than a thousand calls around t

there are members of the pkk. there are even people from zimbabwe. nobody knows who they are. how can i be sure they're not terrorists? >> we feel sorry for the migrants but we all know that these policies are wrong. there is no need to say more. >> well, the mayor is also worried about the effects of inflicts that--influx that the refugee could have on the town. >> this is not usual, nobody asks the opinion of people here before making a decision. first of all there are concerns over security. the area will be under threat especially the areas where they will build camps. >> well, one of the turkish areas due to receive funding from the e.u. deal. it will help them to cope with the influx of refugees that has more than doubled the town's population. >> the population is 3,000 citizens and we never call them refugees but they're guests. the best is a humanitarian effort. now they're hosting more refugees than our citizens. we share everything. our meals, our streets, our air. >> president erdogan said that islamophobia is on the rise. the complex is funded by the turkish gover

people affiluted with pkk carried out the bombing. turkey has seen a surge in violence recently. >>> it's 6:11 and all marine corps combat jobs to women takes another step forward later today. the naval secretary will address about 300 marine corps leaders at camp pendleton. he is going to lay out the gender integration plan, that's what they're calling it. the marine's top brass has resisted that idea citing studies that it says shows combined gender units are more effective than male-only units. the defense secretary overruled them last december. >>> today president obama will celebrate equal pay day by focusing on women's progress. he is expected to speak at the designation of a new national monument to honor the movement of women's equality in washington, d.c., today. the monument is at an iconic house that has served as the headquarters for the national women's party since 1929. >>> after one week of signing the nation's first $15 minimum wage bill governor jerry brown for family leave. under current law, the state will pay famil

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local media reports with the pkk carried out the bombing. turkey has seen a surge in violence reenlt. >>> charges are being filed in a bizarre case in the east bay. attacking a probation officer and her husband at their home. filed misdemeanor charges against colin fate. he is accused of showing up at the victim's home drunk and assaulting her and her husband. this happened back in december. the victim said she suffered several bruises after that attack. >>> three women who stepped off a deck in burke just seconds before it collapsed are now suing for negligence. it claimed the lives of three college students. the lawsuit claims the builders ignored warning signs that the wooden balcony was severely water damaged. >>> the federal government will investigate california's $15 billion tunnel project that would bring water from the sacramento delta to southern california. federal investigators are going to look into allegations the state improperly used $60 million meant for fish habitat for the tunnel project. brown's administration wants to bu

parts of the district have been under a curfew since the military launched an operation against the pkk in december. the prime minister attended a funeral on friday saying he's not scared after the attack. >>> let's go to syria now where 31 people have been killed and dozens injured by government air strikes not far from the capital. the only hospital in the town was hit. a school and two civil defense buildings were damaged. france reacting to the bombing say it violates the ongoing truce in parts of syria. >>> u.s. president barack obama's call to increase the number of refugees accepted by the united states has been controversial. in one rural new york community, refugees are not only welcome, they're helping the local economy. we explain. >> reporter: work on the noble hearst dairy farm in rural new york is loud and smelly. they're thrilled to have the job. he was once a farmer in bhutan, but later as a refugee in nepal, he couldn't legally work for 20 years. >> translator: with new technology here, the new system of milking in the dairy farm was a little bit challenging in the begi

close it by working together with the syrian -- with the syrian equivalent or the syrian arm of the pkk. that's a kurdish terrorist organization which the turks regard as a vital enemy. so we're going to work with their kurdish enemy to close this border. they would like to close it but they want us to work -- they want us -- they're willing to close it but they want to do it under certain conditns which will protect them from the creation of an autonomous kurdish authority on the other side of the border that stands for kurdish separatism from turkey. if we continue down this path, we can tell ourselves that sooner or later the turks will just accept this. but i think what's more likely to happen is just the opposite. at a certain point the turks will reach their breaking point and they will start taking unilateral military action which will work very much against the peace and stability that we want. and then finally, the claimed goal of all of this is that by doing all that we're doing, we're going to defeat isis, it's just not going to happen. with the absence of -- with the absence

reports indicate that they are aligned or that they have substantial ties to the pkk. is that true? sec. carter: yes, we have -- graham: is the pkk a terrorist organization in the eyes of the turkish government? sec. carter: they are, and they terrorist organization in the eyes of the united states government as well. been involvedas in this as well, and we have extensive consultation with the turks. is turkey ok with this? they are not ok with this. they think this is the dumbest idea in the world and i agree with them. how many democratic forces or whatever that we are talk about, are out there? gen. dunford: there are about 6000 arabs, senator. mr. graham: what is the percentage? 20%.dunford: that is about mr. graham: if you wonder why turkey is a little upset, we are arming people inside of syria aligned with a terrorist group and turkey could do more, but i think this whole concept is , quite frankly, absurd. i just got back from saudi arabia, and they are not going into syria as long as they think assad is going to win. have they ever expressed to you their displeasure in rega

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the european countries and other countries, i hope will see the true face of the pkk organization andther terrorist attacks. dear friends, today i am meeting you to discuss the global problems and my opinions about the approach of my country to all those challenges. recently humanity has achieved its most advanced point in history in terms of science, technology, medicine and many other fields. we have quite a wide range of interest, ranging from deep space into the sophisticated mechanisms of the digital revolution and internet that will make life easier. however, this brings about new challenges, including security. for example, climate change, juxtaposition of income, poverty, hunger, irregular migration and terrorism are all problems that have an impact on the entire world and they're all related with each other. and they are all equally important. the international community needs to discuss how we can find a comprehensive solution to the global problem. however the global problems problems aren't discussed by the international community. on the contrary, the international commun

they look at counterterrorism and they look at the pkk as the threat. we talk counterterrorism and primarily we think about isil. so i mean it's those dynamics both of us have to realize our interests. and find areas commonly we can work together. in turkey's case there's areas where we can support them and encourage them to help us in the overall effort. within the southeast flank of nato. >> general robinson, you talked about the agility and the ability to work together in response to senator king's question. i'm really interested in the seem between north com and south com. some of the other questions about drug trafficking there some of that originates in mexico. but much of it originates in south america. whether it's drug trafficking, human trafficking, migrant flows that are driven by violence. that border between mexico and the countries to the south is important. talk about the kind of working relationship you would hope to form with the admiral on that border between north com and south com. >> that's an incredibly important border. the more w

close it by working together with the syrian -- with the syrian equivalent or the syrian arm of the pkk. that's a kurdish terrorist organization which the turks regard arizona a vital enemy. we're going to work with their kurdish enemy to close this border. they would like to close it but they want us to work -- they want us -- they're willing to close it but they want to do it under certain conditions which will protect them from the creation of an autonomous kurdish authority on the other side of the border that stands for kurdish separate tichl from turkey. if we continue down this path, we can tell ourselves that sooner or later the turks will just accept this. i think what's more likely to happen is the opposite. at a certain point the turks will reach their breaking point and they will start taking unilateral military action which will work very much against the peace and stability that we want. finally, the claimed goal of all of this is that by doing all that we're doing we're going to defeat isis. it's just not going to happen. with the absence of sunni partners on the ground i