as recep tayyip erdogan toured washington. washington evacuated family members from the base after suicide bombers struck in ankara, istanbul and other cities. recep tayyip erdogan hoped that president obama would join him here. this is an hour's side at washington d.c. obama declined to meet him here or at the nuclear summit and that has been seen as a snub. >> obama didn't merely sideline recep tayyip erdogan, he scolded him. >> i think the approach they've taken towards the press is one that could lead turkey down a path that would be troubling. >> we asked recep tayyip erdogan what he thought. >> mr president, president obama says there's troubling signs in turkey, what do you say? >> he kept the answer to himself. >>> emotions are running high two days before a refugee deal takes effect. hundreds protested the deal sending migrants back to turkey if the claims for asylum seekers are not accepted. the plan calls for countries to accept one syrian refugee in turkey for every migrant that is returned from crease. >> protester

"it must, with all due respect, be said that recep tayyip erdogan does not copulate with goats."laughter] andreas, what is going on? andreas: i work in that same presumption. first of all what is going on is , that this satirist, jan bohmermann, had on march 31, done a short video clip on german public television, which is no longer available, but i was watching it that i saw it -- or perhaps, i was unfortunate to have seen it, because it was not terribly tasteful. that is i think beyond the question. he did some very funny meta-irony in the clip, and he started, i should say he was reacting to another clip a few weeks earlier, which was quite tame and mild and almost boring, so actually bad as satire. but that also lampooned and ridiculed erdogan. erdogan had complained, and there was a short discussion about freedom of the press, and free speech. in this one, all of germany and angela merkel came down firmly on this side of free speech. i believe he was reacting to that. jan bohmermann, on march 31, he did the following. he opened and said, " there is a line between free speech

the press club suspended by saying recep tayyip erdogan does not support this >>> the egyptian government blocked facebook's internet service at the end of last year, according to a reuters's report, allowing customers to access am limited version of the internet. egypt blocked the service because facebook would not allow services to be dropped. chris colabello is close to ending the still war. for instance, how to integrate fighters. a restaurant seems to have it figured out. >> one of latin america's top 15 instructs. it offers training and employment to wounded veterans, and former rebel fighters. >> a prospective employer wants to know your experience, who can recommend you. what can you answer. here i didn't have to lie. >> this woman escaped, left her home and couldn't find a job. she worried about working in a restaurant and feared working shoulder to shoulder with her former enemy. >> when i saw him for the first time, that same day i talked and cried. it's been my support. >> my colleague lost the left eye and right leg to a land mine. >> my first reaction was harsh. it was hard

let me read what recep tayyip erdogan's. he said we prevail or brothers whether prevail with the least clashes. turkey backing azerbaijan. if it escalates will you hope for the interference of armenia and russia. >> we hope the conflict will not flow over the boundaries. it's important to take steps to cool down the situation and cease of tire. -- cease the fire and stop negotiations and have a new forum implying resumption of full-scale and full-fledged communication. i want to underscore the republic and the russian federation. they don't have bilateral agreements. on this conflict we are on our own forces. we have the connections and are part of the armenian home. on various occasions we have places by the armenian soldiers. as of now we deal with the aggression, and we hope that it will take steps to make sure that this conflict doesn't spillover and lead to a bigger disaster. >> you are speaking to us from the u.s. as we heard in the reports, there's an interesting status, it's a de facto state. out not really. the u.s.

high with turkey over a comedian that recited a poem that insulted the turkish president, recep tayyip erdoganwhen we come back, i will have more news and we will have the latest business headlines. we will be back on the other side of the break. ♪ ♪ anchor: welcome back. our top story, democratic candidate hillary clinton and donald trump cap vote -- cast those in this aid that they call home -- in the state they call home. and insurgents have attacked the afghan capital of kabul. a good man and a car bomb targeted a security compound, at least 28 people have been killed and more than 300 others have been injured. this comes days after the group announced a spring offensive. and a second was an has been heard in the capital. it is not clear what was behind the blast. we have more obvious -- more on the assault. reporter: one of the most powerful blast to hit kabul. gunfire hit an agency for high-ranking officials. the attack was during the morning rush hour and caused hundreds of casualties. >> while i was in riot, there was a very big -- inside, there was a very big explosion that damaged th

. >> well, meanwhile the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has vowed to back azerbaijan. robin forrester walker has the latest from neighbouring georgia. >> given that the site had been mill torizing over the years, they spend billions on getting all the latest high-tech military equipment. and frequently it's bandied about the figure that they spend more than the armenian budget. this is something we frequently hear. the armenians don't have the resources, like the yazaries, the oil, the gas that has been helping azerbaijan to arm itself, buts as we were discussing early, they have potentially more from the russian side. at the moment the main concern for everyone is either side might want to take the fight further without any care for international intervention or concerns. that so deep and dark is the enmity, that it could spiral out of control. we'll watch it closely. we'll get down to the track within the coming 24 hours, and provide more upstate information on the ground to our viewers, we are a bit concerned talking about the crisis, it's very difficult to get inde

he arrived in ankara on monday, welcomed by president recep tayyip erdogan. the saudi monarch will attend the organization in istanbul. the process of choosing the next secretary-general of the occasions is due to start in the next 24 hours. we have more from the u.n. hours in new york. >> eight people held the u.n.'s top job since the organization began in 1986. this time there'srowing pressure for a woman to be ban ki-moon adds successor. four candidates joined the race. head of u.n.e.s.c.o., and helen clarke, former new zealand prime minister. >> this would be a tremendous advance to have a woman that is able to stand up to the major powers and humanity and the international community and the u.n. charter. the u.n. scrert general has little power to deploy resources. despite the fact the general assembly chooses the next secretary-general, for the first time. the candidates get a chance to state with they'd make a today leader. transparency will help. is a good thing. at the end of the day the key will be whether the permanent members are willing to choose

president recep tayyip erdogan personally leads a campaign of intimidation and incitement against non-compliantrnalists. 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 accompanying a delegation of kurdish politicians in the war-torn city of cizre. although they waved white flags, they were targeted without warning. tekin kept his camera running. >> in that city, there was no violence between the two sides back then. so, it wasn't as if we were caught in crossfire. the police deliberately shot at us, because we are journalists. that's what you get when kurdish journalists are depicted in the pro-government media as enemies of the state. so why not kill them? ,>> faruk balikci's next stop is a press conference for the pro-kurdish hdp party as always subject to plainclothes police surveillance. >> imc is eager not to incur resentment from the other side of the conflict a side they have

recep tayyip erdogan made the comments while opening a new center. he condemned the u.s. candidates for saying muslims were terrorists. >> it is interesting and chockichoc chock -- shocking to hear some presidential candidates making these statements >>> kenya marks an anniversary of an attack in which 148 died. >>> philippines drought frustrations, three are killed as demonstrations by farmers turn . >> welcome back, you're watching al jazeera. let's take you through the top stories, there has been anti-refugee protests as the e.u.'s plans to resettle them in turkey gets closer. residents want them gone, and those in turkey are against setting up a facility to house them. >> there has been fighting in the disputed roj joonls. both sides report casualties, and accused each other of violating a ceasefire that has been in place since 1994. two dozen protesters arrested, who were defying a ban on demonstrations. officers arrested a number of right wing protesters, where far right groups planned a demonstration. in other stories - a memorial service has been held in kenya fro

president recep tayyip erdogan personally leads a campaign of intimidation and incitement against non-compliantists. 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 accompanying a delegation of kurdish politicians in the war-torn city of cizre. although they waved white flags, they were targeted without warning. tekin kept his camera running. >> in that city, there was no violence between the two sides back then. so, it wasn't as if we were caught in crossfire. the police deliberately shot at us, because we are journalists. that's what you get when kurdish journalists are depicted in the pro-government media as enemies of the state. so why not kill them? ,>> faruk balikci's next stop is a press conference for the pro-kurdish hdp party as always subjecect to plainclothes police surveillance. >> imc is eager not to incur resentment from the other side of the conflict a side they have sy