turkey needs germany a lot more than germany needs turkey. it's very much more important to the turks. they can use that leverage a little bit there. should germany use the arms export issue, they export a lot of arms to turkey but that's a long-term thing. the final point i'd make is the issue of the coup plotters, i think the germans need to take this more seriously. the german position has been that the gulenists were not behind the coup. there seems to be a pretty strong case connection there. all these people, something like 800 or something that are right now in germany that are not being extradited. i think the german courts and government have got to take this a bit more seriously. there have got to be some people there that maybe should be sent back for legal reasons. >> i think playing off each oth is an interesting one. in a sense i wonder if eu count looking at brexit and seeing some of the debates surrounding the leave campaign had to do with immigrants coming. there was sort of an islamophobic dynamic to it. is there a concern t

is something that turkey does not desire plus turkey is a friend of russia. yes we are allies with the united states but we have vested interests in russia and as i said the peace process has been started with turkey and russia between prison that go on and put in so we want that process to continue without any hindrance and outside interference is just going to make things more complicated but i don't think any kind of intervention by the americans british or the fridge is going to make any real impact on the peace process it's will just be a ripple say force comes to worse an american or russian missiles to collide and syrian skies what would that mean for turkey's operation in north of syria. we'll it's a very undesirable situation because the american presence in. the north of syria their alliance with the kurdish militants the kurdish terrorist p.k. is undesirable for turkey so does not want this kind of american presence there what turkey wants is the americans to be a part of the peace process if they really desire but the way they are going on. they a

mistreatment of kurdish citizens in turkey systematic mistreatment of kurdish citizens in turkey are out of touch with reality and that's a reason to put the new prison the petition says as the vice chair of our party in human rights in charge of your lights i'll tell you this i'm a living example of how human rights has excelled during the time of x. party living example and woman like me would not be able to get elected and serve in the parliament when i say like me i'm saying a woman who chooses to wear one star it's going to say or turn ford to kurdistan that was a good idea as an architect who should serve the other side we demand the government to prepare the conditions when they go situations to create. that would lead to a lasting peace is demanding peace terrorists are in turkey when this at this peace titian incident let me talk about that time in two thousand and fifteen when president grant took a very very important step and started the peace process in turkey p k k i'm old enough to remember how it emerged and i remember as a child i'm ok i don't want to intimate it but

is something that turkey does not desire plus turkey is a friend of russia. yes we are allies with the united states but we have vested interests in russia and as i said the peace process has been started with turkey and russia between prison that go on and put in so we want that process to continue without any hindrance and outside interference is just going to make things more complicated but i don't think any kind of intervention by the americans british or the fridge is going to make any real impact on the peace process it's will just be a ripple say force comes to worse an american or russian missiles to collide in syrian skies what would that mean for turkey's operation in north of syria. we'll it's a very undesirable situation because the american presence in. the north of syria their alliance with the kurdish militants the kurdish terrorist p.k. is undesirable for turkey so does not want this kind of american presence there what turkey wants is the americans to be a part of the peace process if they really desire but the way they are going on. they ar

turkey will only be happy for the americans to leave the area because turkey feels that american sport to the p.k. caters to the p y d y p.g. is only complicating matters there's no dice straight left if there's any dice threat level then turkey and russia can deal against that day straight iran can deal against that day straight because it's a middle threat however the americans are there they want to stay on there. and they want to despite president trumps declarations as you know pentagon's managed to convince him that we have to stay for the time being how long that time is being nobody knows still prison troubles say as soon as possible but nobody can define what that what that as soon as possible this the americans won't stay there pending the wants to stay there to be able to counter russian presence in the country and iranian prisons in the country so the americans are not greedy there to fight they they're there to. have a certain control over the north of syria and be on the bargaining table or i wouldn't take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking wit

is something that turkey does not desire plus turkey is a friend of russia. yes we are allies with the united states but we have vested interests in russia and as i said the peace process has been started with turkey and russia between prison that go on and put it so we want that process to continue without any hindrance and outside interference is just going to make things more complicated but i don't think any kind of intervention by the americans british or the fridge is going to make any real impact on the peace process its will just be a ripple say force comes to worse an american or russian missiles to collide and syrian skies what would that mean for turkey's operation in north of syria. we'll it's a very undesirable situation because the american presence in. the north of syria their alliance with the kurdish militants the kurdish terrorists p.k. is undesirable for turkey so does not want this kind of american presence there what turkey wants is the americans to be a part of the peace process if they really desire but the way they are going on. they a

turkey is saying something very straightforward turkey is say we don't want the p.k. k. we don't want the y.p. g p y d the kurdish militants enough. because men beach does not belong to the kurds africa is a kurdish place we have liberated it as i said one day we are going to give it back to its rightful owners which are the kurds the city and kurds of course. is the same mihm beach is the city which has a ninety five percent population of syrian arabs so what we want is for member because the p.k. k p y d y p g invaded may beach with the presidents of fighting day or isis as you called it and what they did was later on the americans said we will withdraw the kurds from there at the rightful owners which are the syrian arabs can stay there but the the americans did not keep their promise with the americans we say you don't want to leave this place ok don't leave this place but if you want the kurds are not going to be there or else we will also have to intervene in memphis to clear the kurds out of the city so the americans have a choice either they pushed the kurds o

for turkey as well as the agricultural sector where some reservations from turkey remain about the exports of its agricultural products to sell it to russia but russia is also exporting this second largest amount of russian wheat to turkey has been so it's a it's a it's a it's a large scale event where a lot of issues including strategy defense and the economy are coming and the discussion and obviously the crown jewel of all of that being the turkey's first nuclear power plant and some of it's just worth remembering just how tense relations were between these two nations just in two thousand and sixteen when turkey downed a russian fighter. now we see them trying to cooperate and of course they share the common desire to have some kind of resolution and certainly a quite mean down of the war in syria and they will be joined on wednesday by the iranian president what are we expecting then. well as you said the relationship between turkey and russia has been fractured and then mended again because of the conflict in syria after that jet was down after turkey found itself in a position where

russia and turkey is developing very consistently particularly the political dialogue last year for example we had eight fully fledged meetings with the president. and we have also particularly with regard to military planning and technical cooperation. ministries being plugged into this is well as our parliament. and business communities as well as just like to add that today we have focused particularly on commercial commercial and investment issues and the major coordinating role of course is played by the into parliamentary committees on both sides. we have very much that. we will see continual growth as we have over the last year in economic. performance on both sides as the president has just said russia has become the third main importer for the turkish. republic after china. and. it is also one of the major economic partners of the russian fed federation we have very much that investment will continue this will foster an investment platform and that with the help help of the russian investment fund and the turkish self in front. we are also cooperating very closely in terms of atomi

from a leading opposition newspaper on terror charges amnesty international saying turkey must stop using the failed of twenty sixteen as an excuse to crackdown on free speech also coming up. but he's at the white house not so friendly in congress french president criticizing his hosts policies especially the president's america first approach. and also coming up munich stumbles in the clash of the titans their coach says his team deserved to win the champions league semi but that they were undone by injuries and missed chances against mighty real madrid. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the human rights group amnesty international says turkey must stop using its ongoing state of emergency as an excuse for silencing his critics now its report comes a day after an istanbul cord jailed journalist at the leading opposition newspaper from her yet they stand accused of supporting a movement the government says is a terrorist organization and the back failed to fourteen people receive prison terms ranging from three to eight years three were acquitted those convicted will remain

thank you very much on the ball mr president of turkey ladies and gentleman. first and foremost would like to know that today's agenda. is very substantial if it is full of meetings and discussions suppressant and i discussed key issues pertaining to our bilateral relations as well as a number of issues of regional and international importance so later on during the high level cooperation council we together with pads of major companies and ministers discussed in every detail the whole gamut of car peroration in these fields of politics security konami ex military and ties have also been part of the discussion outline the plans for a further work to do what you do in these meetings what we signed a number of into go mantilla into ministerial documents with the relevant authorities and bodies are now to. create a platform for further cooperation we would like to say that our relations have been gradually growing and enhanced seen we have a very active political dialogue last year mr advani and i had eight full scale matings we are in very close carjackers well

attitudes in syria and leaving turkey along and turkey has decided to do on his strong on so on and also you know now cooperation between turkey and russia is so big as a nuclear power plant. and also four hundred systems now that the decisions or attitudes of americans throughout syria and turkey. make makes you know it took this policy is very close to our russian flawlessly they're a turkey changes and changed its mind about the most crucial thing for tricky now in syria not the surge or are there things about the appeal why dear why p.g. tourist and. you know all tourist in syria should be clear from the. country i think this is three. country has decided to do that now. you hold the ball in the. united states now just as we should wait a little bit how are americans will be clearly in the. us or for syria sure i appreciate that in the insight from your professor in istanbul thanks for your time. this is r.t. international just come out to twenty nine minutes past five in the afternoon here in moscow have your next world news update in thirty. hello and welcome to cross talk where al

turkey is finding a growing currency crisis even though turkey's economy seems to be ticking along nicely it grew by more than seven percent last year stronger and china's but some economic indicators seem to contradict that the turkish currency the lira has been on a continuous downward spiral so what is really going on. turkey is cheaper than ever for foreign tourists the turkish lira continues to hit new lows against major currencies. it's lost nearly half its value against the euro for examples since twenty fifteen. but although that might be great for foreign visitors it's a huge problem for the country because it has to import commodities like oil and gas the country's central bank could apply the brakes by raising interest rates but president wretched tired out of want has hamstrung that idea so he's betting on a looser monetary policy that wants to be tamed low interest rates to help drive economic growth and he accuses those who aren't of the same opinion of being tools of western powers that are want to tributes the fall of the leader to turkey's enemies. turkish companies are s

syrian peace process springs together the leaders of russia turkey and around for a trilateral meeting on wednesday. to meet present at the summit. in france in the middle of transport chaos is rail workers launch an industrial strike against president macro's drive to overhaul the state funded industry. and this is really dangerous george street. and the us media company is under fire after telling t.v. presenters to read a script to probe against fake nice critics say that if there's a politically motivated mess. plus the british media indulges in alternative theories on the poisoning of former double agent and his daughter in britain it's in the absence of any official information yet from the investigation. very good evening to you great to have your company. this is the international. president putin is in ankara for talks with the turkish leader. on the visit is ahead of a trilateral summit along with turkey and iran on wednesday reports. i'm just outside the presidential palace in ankara turkey we've just heard cannons being fired that's how tiber do on is welcoming his russian

the difference between turkey, iraq, and russia. one of the interesting dynamics of the syrian tragedy is that none of the alliances have been either holdingin together, but the troika has been far more effective. there peace process has taken over the u.n. process. they are still odd fellows. turkey being the most odd fellow out of this relationship, there are needless to say disagreements about what they are doing now in the north. i would love to be a fly on the wall for the time being, because everyone else is even more divided, it is the one thing -- they are more effective in achieving their goals if it is the u.s. and their allies or anyone else in the region. >> briefly, i guess the question is, is turkey planned a helpful role now -- playing a helpful role now? >> in my opinion, the answer to that is no. i find it shocking. there are american troops and erdogan is threatening to intervene. he has been saying this for two months now. maybe it is just a threat then he will not do it. if the american troops would leave, i don'

business in turkey on traveling in turkey because we have an american that has been held there for aar and a half without charges for most of that time. it is cautious to travel to turkey, a different day. shannon: he is referencing this exiled clerk in pennsylvania saying he is attached to the 2016 crew since 1999, he denied the connection so here is what pres. heard a one --erdogan has to say, look at the steps you have taken in the past, why don't you deport this man in accordance with the extradition treaty. sound like he wants to make a deal. >> that is what he is talking about but we do have an extradition treaty and they have to present evidence and so far they haven't presented evidence that shows the cleric has direct ties to the 2 that happened in turkey. a number of his followers have been put in jail and may have ties to the to attempt but there are no ties to pastor brunson and one of the things we don't do with anybody is hold hostage people who are innocent and say we expect a trade for this innocent person. this is definitely not what our allies should do. turkey, the

area where by syrian refugees could be approached from turkey or encouraged to come back from turkey into syria which shouldn't be against the syrian government. intentions really clear to iran we anticipated about mr is not going to be disappearing anywhere soon of the syrian government and its allies will be heading there at a certain moment in time but probably not shortly turkey we think has played again we're talking here about trust building. how do you see. actions we think that it played some role in. the turkish affiliated groups like mind like. accepted relatively. rapidly to get out of all whilst for example which issued islam that is currently. which is saudi affiliated is still reluctant and there has been agreement but we'll see what happens next well you know there is some internal fighting and everything so you could argue that turkey has played a role in there and these articles are of your blogs this is where the stories the more more question just before we run out of time which one is it about the u.s. involvement donald trump a few days ago said that the u.s. wou

to use military space for turkey to invade iraq. now we have turkey intervening in syria so it's really quite a whole other level of -- >> in response to the question about mister trump withdrawing american forces, it's possible to provide an authoritative answer. what is clear in the year plus is mister trump is determined not to become or to become the on obama. that would mean we will not withdraw our forces from syria, because doing that , we're going to be in iraq for many years to come. afghanistan for many years to come. and i suspect in syria as well. thispresident is not going to want the responsibility , public relations disaster for a precipitous withdrawal from syria, even though it's not good to me frankly, what is the strategic purpose other than a narrowly focused mission of isis, of maintaining 2011 forces and nine fs owes and believing we could have a significant impact on shaping the future of the battlefield for this country's political future. we have time for a couple more i hope, yes, over here. >> peter humphr

we need to find a way for turkey to solve this problem internally within turkey.d then resolve the conflict within northern syria. i would be curious to hear your thoughts as to how we could do this, but again this could be done with the akp, with erdogan because if we look at their previous policies, they had established regulations. they had good diplomatic relations with both iraq and syria. >> an open question i guess on how to get to that point of negotiating with turkey about, especially through kurdistan. >> i think your suggestion makes perfect sense. i would view that as an aspirational goal well down the road but i concur with that notion that it's not inconceivable. for me i think the most important starting point is to again figure out a way to at least rejuvenate talks, at least start talking again. and again as i said previously, i think that front and center on this whole kurdish turkey question is moving forward with resolving the issue of insurgency inside turkey and begin rejuvenating discussions and peace talks as a beginning to de-escalate the

in turkey because of poor russian and turkey relationships better relationships are americans tried to you know or pause and try to you know. take turkey from. russia using economic. problems of tricky business should be really difficult for turkey but i think because of turkey you know decided to take. it. two months and after that maybe a government feel. more powerful against russian are. russian american psyche humans and economic. you know. professor tamad dean of the political sciences faculty at mom or university thanks for joining us with your take today here on r.t. international. the number of terror related investigations in the german state of barden has skyrocketed recently it turns out that half the cases the refugees turning themselves in it's one of those spin taking a look at what's behind these unusual developments. as the number of asylum applicants coming here to germany decreases what we have seen is an actual increase in the number coming here saying that they were part of a terrorist outfit and it has politicians absolutely baffled i can't understand why someone

that is where turkey has the best relations. they were built on turkish banks, turkish investment, turkish people working there. it is not inconceivable. in the future turkey could come to accept the fact there are kurds in syria and they have some autonomy from damascus. be a peaceful resolution to the problem if he accepts this. there is the kurdish region in syria, they have been from damascus. they are not threatening turkey. he leads them in peace. some people speculate this is about the elections and his attempt to adopt a presidential system in turkey. his rule,inning of everyone relied on the kurds, he was granted them rights of a had the manafort and gates. protests, in was 80 different cities in turkey againste largely seen erdogan. the kurds did not take part of that. kurds hadagine if the also called for those protests what may have happened? they did it because this was during the cease-fire. basically what happened in 2015 was the parliamentary election the, for the first time, legal political party got 13% of the

turkey first of all is one of the major players in the area second turkey's own neighbor. their key is quite a strong country economically militarily and they wouldn't it. politically. to have the gun and to have turkey on our side is very important yes at the beginning of the conflict and when the spiral of the conflict. developed we actually the peak was the when they shut down our aircraft and our people were killed afterwards sanctions afterwards well a lot of mutual. but then it seems to me that president putin explained the present or the gun that it's better to be to be together and to their. unsuccessful attempt on president of the guns a life and president that are going to sure that that was your lead and with the assistance of the americans that of course. i would say to some extent bush. or to our side now the russian president just visit the turkey and he specifically said there that moscow is going to expedite the delivery of the s four hundred air defense systems to ankara. and as you were just said turkey is not an easy partner for russia and i don't think

key stronghold near damascus and a critical summit on the country's future is getting underway in turkey. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program. the global chemical weapons watchdog is holding a special meeting today to discuss the nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent in britain the kremlin has demanded an apology from the u.k. for saying the poison came from moscow they argue britain's failure to track down the source of the nerve agent proves that accusations are place baseless in an interview with the british foreign secretary boris johnson said there was no doubt in his mind that russia is to blame. you argue that their source oh father they sniff edge and the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly that's driven possessed sample something else when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from porton down the the. have the samples do they and they they they were absolutely categorical or else the guy was so i said are you sure and he said as they've done. the ports and laboratory chief executive has spoken out countering that he's

that involved exchange for turkey entering of. the opposition has been weakened even further with its defeat in eastern one of its last strongholds in turkey its military operation against the kurdish. in africa has increased its role in northern syria and turkish determination to extend it to other areas will give it more influence. iran is not happy with the free rein that turkey has been given to enter the are free in kurdish zone in northwest syria . iran has made his displeasure and disagreement quite public. but at the same time iran shares turkey's concerns about the strength and influence of the wide last year both countries discussed possible joint military action against what they consider separatist kurdish forces during a visit by the chief of staff of iran's armed forces. to ankara. the two countries are unlikely allies since they support opposing sides in syria's war but preserving syria's territorial integrity draws them together iran and turkey have sizable kurdish populations and want to prevent the creation of an

this is the news live from berlin turkey has a jail yet more journalists the court reporters from a leading opposition newspaper on terror charges amnesty international saying turkey must stop using the twenty sixteen as an excuse to restrict free speech also coming out. buddies of the white house not so friendly in congress for president called criticizing his post especially. america first balsa. also coming up next dumble in the clash of the titans their coach says his team deserve to win the champions league semifinal that they were undone by injuries and missed chances again. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us amnesty international says the turkey must stop using its ongoing state of emergency as an excuse for silencing critics the report comes a day after a court jailed journalists at the leading opposition newspaper her yet they were accused of supporting the movement of the government says was behind the fell through twenty sixteen the country has been under a state of emergency since the. family friends and supporters of the defendants gathered in front of the court in cele

is along to turkey's nato allies and a visit there and also launch construction of turkey's first nuclear power plant. israel's defense minister has one protest protestors in gaza that anyone who demonstrates on the border is putting their life at risk eight hundred people have been killed there since friday and more than a thousand wounded. reports from ramallah. by all appearances the phone call or looks routine with no hint of the desperation now head feels good meanwhile in the senate everyone asks why we hit a certain this isn't just taking away our land it's not just killing people this it was also taking away our loved ones without giving us the opportunity to say our goodbyes every day israel is giving us a new reason to hate it that was there as a palestinian from gaza living and working in the occupied west bank now it is trying to arrange permission to get back home and mourn with her family she says her nephew or a farmer was killed by israeli fire while working his land before the mass protests in gaza on friday let's have out of the shadows look i still don't know whether i'

i understand the dynamics that turkey has. turkey can't just imprison people.ands of people with no charges they have locked up. journalists, educators, judges, all these individuals they locked up and they will hold. they continue to extend their emergency powers. they are shifting away from being a place where they have rule of law. we want to work out differences that we may have an opinion on issues but we would love to be able to see turkey acting like turkey, quite frankly. >> shannon: to the sanctions package, how hopeful are you that it will make it through the legislative process and be signed into law? >> we are just at the start of the process. as we saw from the letter, we had a 66 senators a sign on, very strong bipartisan showing. we think it's very important to send a strong message turkey about what our concerns are with respect to what they are doing. as james said, this is a nato ally. we are supposed to be working together on threats against our country, and we need to let them know that they are behavior is not acceptable. >> shannon: when t

turkey first of all is one of the major players in the area second for the turkey's old neighbor. durkee is quite a strong country economically militarily and even. politically. to have the gun and to have turkey on our side is very important yes at the beginning of the conflict and when the spiral of the conflict well. developed we actually the peak was the when they shut down our aircraft and our people but killed afterwards sanctions afterwards well a lot of mutual funds but then it seems to me that president putin explained the president or the gun that it's better to be to be together and to their. unsuccessful attempt on president of the guns a life and president that are going to sure that that was you len with the systems of the americans that of course. i would say to some extent bush. or doris right now the russian president just visit the turkey and he specifically said there that is going to expedite the delivery of the f. four hundred air defense systems to. and as you were just said turkey is not an easy partner for russia and i don't think anyone in the kremlin take

this is very interesting that the same time controversial that you do have turkey and turkey and russia very close together with iran to protect. territorial integrity and according to our treaty about the turkish foreign ministry statement from today saying very pleased. by the joint strike forces. all this. of our syria so it is very interesting from turkish point of view because in turkey we have now the debate hall so say yes it was right and also reject this combined action by america france and britain so turkish president and prime minister just couple of hours ago they talked in istanbul they were also pleased to see. america was leading in this frame or probably they will expect more however my expectation is how russia and turkey in the coming days real debate about this because turkey and russia together are the players on the field. as the pentagon speaker just a few minutes ago said there is not any military response by russia by syrian forces which is actually not true in one hand because there are so many intercepts of the missiles which targeted to hit syrian border i th

in turkey the currency is in a tailspin has more thank you very much terry. well the data seems paradoxical turkey's economy seems to be ticking along nicely it grew by more than seven percent last year stronger and china's but some economic indicators seem to contradict that turkish currency for example the lira has been on a continuous downward spiral so what's going on. turkey is cheaper than ever for foreign tourists the turkish lira continues to hit new lows against major currencies. it's lost nearly half its value against the euro for example since twenty fifteen. but although that might be great for foreign visitors it's a huge problem for the country because it has to import commodities like oil and gas the country's central bank could apply the brakes by raising interest rates but president wretched tired out of want has hamstrung that idea he's betting on a looser monetary policy that wants to retain low interest rates to help drive economic growth and he accuses those who aren't of the same opinion of being tools of western powers that are want to

in turkey to make. you know government easier to. color it to be united states i think as far as this government government is. good is no way you know to. conclude something between states and turkey i think you know the main. main aim of to you not to take to this government from power. back with the latest headlines in just over half an hour meanwhile for more on all of our stories. the fed prints the money and then the pentagon blows it up in various countries around the world or sends us soldiers out there to get maimed and blown up you don't die for your country to protect democracy you die in america to stop inflation that's what the soldiers out there are dying for they should replace the american flag with an upside down dollar sign or something. with a lot of conflict. with. the problem between. my . american president is the language to withdraw and the us the some i'm sure go down we heard the so did under the go down in the in the underground so with condi in the end the pull to fail is the reason the situation is very v

it's good to have you with us so we begin with breaking news from turkey a turkish court has sentenced several employees of the opposition newspaper to prison on terror related charges down defense lawyers had called for the journalists to be acquitted the controversial case has raised a warm bells over the state of press freedom in turkey. is one of the country's few newspapers to have. been deeply critical of president richard tell you carol what all defendants were charged with supporting organizations that turkey views as terror groups the kurdistan workers party and the ultra left revolutionary people's liberation party front that of course via their coverage now and we're going to move on now to our other top story and that is macro and in the united states french president emmanuel micron has addressed a joint session of congress he urged american lawmakers to reject fear in isolationism and instead to launch a new era of twenty first century leadership backroad addressed syria free trade and the paris climate change agreement all topics where he and truong disagree and he urged

this is deja vu news live from berlin turkey condemned as a jail yet more journalists a cork convicts reporters from a leading opposition newspaper on terror charges amnesty international says turkey must stop using the failed coup twenty sixteen as an excuse to restrict free speech also coming up. buddies at the white house but not so friendly in congress french president mccall criticizes his host policies including those on climate change. and nature reclaims the land contaminated by europe's worst ever nuclear disaster three decades after the chernobyl disaster goes into the contamination zone our reporter that is a glimpse of some brand new inhabitants. thomas thanks so much for being with us amnesty international says that turkey must stop using its ongoing state of emergency as an excuse for silencing critics now the report comes a day after and istanbul court jailed journalists of the leading opposition newspaper from her yet not accused of supporting the movement the government says was behind the fellow who in twenty sixteen the country has been under a state of emergency si

welcome to the program just a few years ago they were practically enemies but russian turkey's ties are only getting stronger letting me putin is again visiting his turkish counterpart recha taipei had to hand the pair launched the construction of turkey's first a nuclear power plant a twenty billion dollar project that will be built by russia the two leaders are also set to discuss the war in syria those talks will begin in earnest when iran's president joins them on wednesday well some of inge of i joins us now from osama it's worth mentioning we are waiting for a news conference between the two leaders we're waiting about for a while it will be interesting to see what they have to say but tell us what the focus of today tuesday the first day of putin's visit has been. yes trade in economy being the highlight of the day one of president putin's first visit since he was reelected he chose turkey a key nato ally to try and make a show off that that he is actually not just not just talking to the ally of nato but also an ally which seems to be closer to getting closer to getting closer t

on rouhani joins the presidents of turkey and russia for talks on syria's war. beijing promises to head back after the us hikes tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports plus. fifty years after the assassination of martin luther king jr we'll take you to the city where he was killed. donald trump has spoken again of his desire to pull u.s. forces also syria suggesting that victory over eisel is imminent he says he expects to make a decision very quickly but declined to offer any specific timetable well the u.s. has about two thousand troops on the ground in syria and georgia was to. today the pentagon says this still a lot of work left to be to isolate and stabilize the areas recaptured from it but tom says if allies like saudi arabia want america to stay in syria they may have to pay for it alan fischer reports now from washington. the president insists he's never been keen on america's foreign military adventures seeing the cost too much money thank you at a news conference at the white house with leaders of three baltic countries donald trump

well experts that we've been speaking to say that the ties between russia and turkey and turkey and e.u. and the united states are not mutually exclusive but we saw that turkey brought down a russian fighter jet in two thousand and sixteen brought their economic ties to a standstill completely to russia completely blockaded turkey and turkey on its part found itself alone not receiving the help that it wanted to from its nato allies when it stood up to russia for its involvement in syria that is the conflict where did two sides still are on the opposing ends of it turkey backs moderate rebels as it calls them while russia backs the syrian government and these two sides have been trying to bridge that divide to try to find some sort of a solution inside syria and that has brought them together turkey on its sees that russia has an alternative to the alliances that it has with the european union and the americans and turkey on its part sees that it has now in its grasp. often a need to alliance that it can now feel that it's more closer to den than the nato alliance so it is a win win sit

problems of turkey and this is the should be really difficult for turkey i think americans try to you know. to take this government from the power in turkey to make an art of you know government easier to. color it to be united states i think it as far as this government government is on is no way you know to conclude something between the states and turkey i think you know the main. main aim of the united states to take out of this government from power. in other headlines or ron has announced it's dumping the dollar in favor of the euro for official financial reporting that will make it the latest nation to limit use of u.s. currency last year china set up a ruble you want payment system for transactions with russia pakistan then announced plans to ditch the greenback for its trade with beijing as well which are on based economists say any share our glu thinks these moves in the right direction . is a good start that means that the policy makers on moving towards this could set up the infrastructure the financial reporting infrastructure the banking infrastructure to move towards de

now we can go to turkey more than twenty thousand afghans have a legally tried to enter the country turkey via iran over the past three months now turkey has stepped up efforts to send them back home so because they are glued heard stories about their treacherous journeys in search for a better life. it's been a long journey but your feet are swollen. these afghan boys how walter three hundred kilometers since entering turkey. having left families behind they hope for a better and safer life here. that we've been travelling for seventeen days walking for twenty two hours nonstop i mean we have some bread water and a few shirts in our bags. they don't have passports or other forms of identification if they're lucky they won't get caught by the police and will reach their friends and relatives in ankara or istanbul undocumented afghans are brought to this repetition center that hosts around one thousand five hundred refugees and deported following legal proceedings. one of them is all the c.r.a. who is staying at the center where the sister mahnaz the way they are does want to attack our uni

problems of turkey and this is should be really difficult for turkey i think americans trying to you know. to take this government from the power in turkey to make an outer you know government easier to. call or a to be united states i think as far as this government government is on is no way you know to conclude something between united states and turkey i think you know the main. main aim of the united states to take out of this government from power. clashes with police have broken out on a six day of mass and to government rallies in the armenian capital of get of on demonstrators angered at the former president's bid to become prime minister. i. fear it's a year in the city's been tightened thousands of demonstrators tried to block key streets and also reach government buildings as you can see there police arresting dozens of protesters the heaviest clashes so far took place on monday reports around fourteen people were injured around eighty were also detained though some have now been released according to reports cited you see on stepped down as president this month at the en

in turkey, you are -- in turkey you are guilty until you are proven innocent. it is a canning -- kangroo court. they are looking to convict him for 35 years. he is 55. this is effectively a death sentence for the kind of charges i'll tell you a little bit about. number one, it was clear to me after spending 12 hours in a courtroom that the turkish authorities believed that any religious organization is actually part of a broader plot to undermine the turkish government and promote terrorist activities. they review the christian religions in the united states, the missionaries, as some sort of coordinated plot to undermine the country of turkey. they view a missionary who risks life and limb to go into the syrian countryside to help people who are trying to flee the carnage occurring in syria to give them food, water, and comfort, as some way of perpetrating and being a member of the plot of the p.k.k., a terrorist organization focused on opposing turkey. that's what missionaries are subjected to. as a matter of fact, there was a part of the court where they sug

problems of turkey and this is should be really difficult for turkey i try to you know. to take this government from the power in turkey to make an out of you know government easier to. color it to be united states i think as far as this government government is on is no way you know to conclude something between the states and turkey i think you know the main. main aim of the united states is to take out of this government from power. so we had lines for the cell for myself on the team there at all good night for me as well my colleague at cape cod will be taking you through the latest global updates throughout the night here in moscow. i think obama drew a red line and never fulfilled his his threats i suppose are predictions. on the other hand i also don't support trump president trumps you know unilateral actions either but i'm in favor of multilateral responses not unilateral action we all hope for the syrian people that we can find a good resolution of this in fact we can develop democratic processes in syria and elsewhere in the middle east as well as time goes on