ok and dramatic movements today we have to mention dorian johns with the latest from istanbul stefan simons with the view from washington thank you so much to both of you. and coming up a little bit later in the program we heard the turkish president calling it an economic war but with the lira at record lows against the dollar and the euro is it a war that he can win for stuff kober we'll have that side of the story. but first a massive anti-government protest is underway in romania thousands of expatriates have returned to their homeland to demand what the country's left wing government resign some have driven all the way across europe to take part they have already been angry clashes between protesters and police that have left some forty people injured many of those living abroad say that they left romania because of corruption low wages and a lack of opportunity. meantime authorities in balad bruce have freed a correspondent who was detained on suspicion of gaining unauthorized access to the computer systems of the state run news agency. russia's service was one of a number of journali

little bit suspicious and the timing certainly appears to be a factor there or correspondent stefan simone's in washington stefan thank you. all straw yes most populous state new south wales is gripped by its worst drought in decades wildfires are raging in portugal and spain and in the united states and the heat wave is scorching parts of asia as well as right here in europe the impact of the blistering temperatures is visible from space and take a look at these images from the european space agency they showed the united kingdom turning from a familiar green back in june to a park in july. this was denmark in two thousand and seventeen and this is the country just last month desperately in need of water. the searing temperatures calm as a new study warns that the earth could be entering a period in which its ecosystems are irreversibly disrupted. it's been more than fifty years since the state of new south wales in australia has seen a drought like this farmers pray for rain as their crops and livestock die some are forced to shoot starving cattle well others face the prospect of having to

ok and dramatic movements today we have to mention dorian johns with the latest from istanbul stefan simons with the view from washington thank you so much to both of you. well now the united nations is calling for a prompt and independent investigation into an attack in yemen in which at least twenty nine children were killed in the air strike led by the saudi led military alliance had a school bus apparently taking pupils to a summer camp a saudi spokesman said that it was part of a legitimate military action in its battle against fifty rebels in yemen but this is attack had come in for strong international criticism. this is yemen doctors desperately fighting for the lives of children the school bus hit by an aerial strike. by witnesses say that they were on their way to a school summer camp. the devastation of the blasts showing just how powerful the strike was not about what the attack happened in the middle of the market and was aimed at the bus full of children. and our shops were open and people were going about their daily lives on that any of those who died were just local kids an

for any corrupt regime taking of a country to get more honest from our washington correspondent stefan simone so welcome stefan is this a campaign by these newspapers likely to make any difference. realistically speaking i'm afraid no it won't make a difference it won't make a difference for the journalists working in washington covering the white house and the trump administration and the reason is is that the president will use those attacks and will go along with those attacks can be assumed because he uses them as a tool to cater to and rally his base as you have broadcast it in the beginning of this interview and with his comments fake news fake news enemy. he will not let go of this because it's beneficial for him forty eight percent of the republicans agree with the president now according to our latest poll that the press is the enemy of the people so what sorts of pressures do american journalists feel themselves under. all this by being always on the watch of mr trump's twitter feeds twitter feeds it is specifically really specifically hard for local drunk so those local journalists

ok and dramatic movements today we have to mention dorian johns with the latest from istanbul stefan simons with the view from washington thank you so much to both of you. and covering those dramatic movements in the market christof koch we're standing by that is right sara and stocks have been retreating on a broad basis around the globe duties rising tensions between the u.s. and turkey with euro zone banks are suffering in particular over their exposure to turkey turkey is president ever wants has long been able to point towards the country's booming economy when justifying his policies but it looks like this boom might be coming to an end turkey's economic boom was fueled by government spending but the upswing has come to an end a president who won the fault lies with western countries who she says are waging an economic war against. relations with the us or especially. that's why he's determined to forge better economic ties with countries such as china or russia. what's riding to the problem is that even many turks are fleeing the lira for the relative safety of dollars or euros. desp

ok and dramatic movements today we have to mention dorian johns with the latest from istanbul stefan simons with the view from washington thank you so much to both of you. christopher cobber is following those dramatic movements on the markets looking to tell us we've heard about the nosedive to turkish lira hitting fresh record lows and starkest around the world have been retreating but the euro zone bank shares suffering in particular over their exposure to turkey now when pushing his political agenda turkey's president russia type out of one could no longer rely on a strong economy that changed turkey's economic boom was fueled by government spending but the upswing has come to an end for president the one the fault lies with western countries who she says are waging an economic war against turkey relations with the us or especially. that's why he's determined to forge better economic ties with countries such as china or russia. what's riding to the problem is that even many turks are fleeing the lira for the relative safety of dollars or euros. despite one's desperate plea for them to e

and systematically investigators were able to identify around a thousand victims did of these stefan simons spoke to two of them. the cathedral basilica of st peter and paul the magnificent main church of the roman catholic archdiocese philadelphia we've come here to meet mike mcdonald i can't walk into a church to their biggest and not in my stomach. he has agreed to talk to us about what happened to him when he was just eleven years old a priest had invited him and a few other altar boys to spend the weekend at his cabin insisted that i'd sleep with him. so in the middle of the night i remember waking up. every part of my. and i pretended. it's. praying and hoping that it will stop soon. i would never be the same. said. more abuse followed but mike macdonald didn't tell anyone for decades shielding himself and what he calls his dark secret michael would go on to do crazy things. i've been through two marriages. i lied about truly who i was through those women. i was an authentic i represented something that i was. he turned to alcohol he says he was rotting away in sight in two thousand a

those sanctions against iran set to be reimposed in just a matter of hours by expert on iran and stefan simons with the reaction from washington we thank you so much to both of you. well at least ninety eight people have died in an earthquake that struck indonesia on sunday night the holiday islands of lombok and bali have been worst affected hundreds of people have also been injured mainly in the north of lombok and thousands made homeless the region has been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven and it struck as many people were having their evening meal. give it time in lombok locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the floor gave white like. they give them. the power went out almost immediately people ride out into the straits it was just a week since the last time a tremor brought destruction here and this one was even worse but. we ran out from our house twice two times. everyone ran out because the quakes were very strong. as the night drew on rescuers began pulling the dead and injured from beneath collapsed buildings f