well help is arriving turkey russia cats are iran and other european union countries remembers sending in aid france says 2 planes are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters on medical staff the french president emmanuel michel plans to travel to beirut on thursday john from little is the emergency coordinator of doctors without borders in lebanon he says they and other aid and charity organizations are doing what they can to support an already strained health system . in the last 24 hours. it's a place we've been mobilizing where medical supply and there is a huge shortage of medical supplies. where it's. actually wonder when one explosion. system i'm going on was hit by a 3rd crisis. comes on top of me and i'm a crisis. member. of the i'm sure i'm so we've been stepping in to try and provide some on ship support who looks like we're also trying to see how we can convert one part of the . summer but. we live. and. talking across the city i can point where we can respond when we get nationals or whether it's you who don't. like. distributions to people that are homeless that.

silo was destroyed at the port leaving less than one month's reserves help however is arriving turkey russia cata iran and some of the e.u. countries are among those sending aid france says 2 planes are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters and medical staff the french president emanuel macro plans to travel to beirut on thursday and an iraqi delegation has met the lebanese prime minister promising to send fuel and wheat lebanon imports up to 80 percent of its foodstuffs. while investigators in lebanon increasingly blame negligence for what they describe as an accident the u.s. president isn't completely convinced donald trump says an attack still cannot be ruled out. they don't really know what it is nobody knows yet at this moment they're looking it could i mean how can you say accident somebody was you know left some terrible 'd explosive type devices and things around perhaps perhaps it was that perhaps it was attack i don't think anybody can say right now we're looking into it very strongly right now it's i mean you have some people think it was an attack and if some people t

help is arriving in turkey russia iran and the european union are among those sending aid france says 2 planes are being sent with surprise as well as firefighters and medical staff french president demanding mccraw plans to travel to beirut on thursday and an iraqi delegation has met the lebanese prime minister husain job promising to send fuel and wheat lebanon imports up to 80 percent of its fold. in other world news tweets or temporarily restricted president donald trump's campaign team from tweeting on wednesday it was in response to the account sharing video of a fox news interview with sean in which he made false claims about the coronavirus links to the tweet now arrive at this speech twitter says suppose violated its rules on covert 19 misinformation and the owner must remove it before they can tweet again the campaign appears to have complied hours earlier facebook removed the same video from president trump's main page mike hanna has more from washington . well president trump stated in that interview phone interview with fox television that children are almost immune from

silo was destroyed at the port leaving less than one month's reserves help however is arriving in turkey russia cattle iran and the e.u. are among those sending in aid france's 2 planes are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters and medical staff the french president emanuel macro plans to travel to be root on thursday an iraqi delegation has met the lebanese prime minister. promising to send fuel and wheat levanon imports up to 80 percent of its foodstuffs. let's wrap up some of the top stories twitter has temporarily restricted president donald trump's campaign team from tweeting it was in response to the account sharing video of a fox news interview with mr trump where he made false claims about the coronavirus . links to the tweet now arrive at this page which is as the post violated its rules on coup in $1000.00 misinformation and the owner must remove it before they can tweet again the campaign appears to have complied earlier facebook removed the same video from mr trump's main page michaela joins us live now from washington so mike what was the nature of this false information

main grain silo was destroyed at the port leaving less than a month's reserves help is arriving turkey russia kataki ronn and the european union are among those sending aid france says 2 planes are being sent with surprise as well as firefighters and medical staff french president emmanuel mccollum plans to travel to beirut on thursday and any iraqi delegation has met the lebanese prime minister has promising to send fuel and wheat lebanon imports up to 80 percent of its food now whatever happened there are questions about why such large amounts of explosive material was stored in the heart of the city they had available sport has told lebanese media that it was kept in accordance with an early a court order he says letters were sent urging their removal for 6 years of those went on and sits. in other world news twitter has sent prairie restricted president donald trump's campaign team from tweeting it was in response to the account sharing video of a fox news interview with charm where he made false claims about the coronavirus links to the tweets now arrive at this page twitter says the pol

moreover that to keep power brokers that emerged after that section to vengeance which are turkey on one side and russia on the other side their interests are not necessarily libya or taking over libya turkey's interest was always the mediterranean russia's interest was always the mediterranean in the wider african continent in other words for turkey the cease fire is very good and it's been negotiating with russia for quite some time over the cease fire because it allows it to establish its military bases the naval base in the south that and the airbase in a what they are in the west meanwhile the russians can cement themselves in the east in tandem with egypt which is trying to weaken have to have by empowering some of the other tribes in other words a cease fire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision this spike the fact that it's the d.n.a. and the look who announced this decision but the big question is what happens next will all of the various groups fighting on the ground in libya comply with with the cease fire where a tough tough

remember the turkey-russia relationship was totally broken, it was erdogan who ended up apologizing becausewas hurting his economy. he understands he can only go so far. tom: ian bremmer, thank you so much. good writing to you. he is with eurasia group. we are looking forward to their annual report at the first of the year. turkish lira, 7.37. that is an almost six-figure move, not through record weakness, but nevertheless there is a velocity on turkish lira that is quite important. david westin with the republican national convention coverage at 10:00 tonight. it will be a different convention than what we saw last week. worldwide, a simulcast. this is bloomberg. ritika: democratic presidential nominee joe biden is hitting back on president trump's comments about his age. trump has made bidens fitness for office a central line for attack in his reelection campaign, calling the former vice president confused and diminished. aded tells abc it is legitimate question but stops at trump's characterization. be 78cted joe biden would on inauguration day, making him the oldest president ever to se

moreover the to keep power brokers that emerged after the turkish intervention which are turkey on one side and russia on the other side their interests are not necessarily libya or taking over libya turkey's interest was always the mediterranean russia's interest was always the mediterranean in the wider african continent in other words for turkey the cease fire is very good and it's been negotiating with russia for quite some time over the cease fire because it allows it to establish its military bases the naval base in the south and the airbase in a what they are in the west meanwhile the russians can cement themselves in the east in tandem with egypt which is trying to weaken have to by empowering some of the other tribes in other words a ceasefire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision despite the fact that it's the g.n.a.t. and the look who announced this decision this time to decision is not libya and the decision is uniquely turkish russia with some input from some of the international powers and as long as it stays that way it'

to repair the port and to go about our operations help is arriving turkey russia qatar iran and the european union are among those sending in aid francaise to craft are being sent with supplies as well as firefighters and medical staff the french president to manual michael plans to travel to beirut on 1st aid jonathan whittle is the emergency coordinator of doctors without borders in lebanon he says they and other aid and charity organizations are doing what they can to support the strained health system. in the last 24 hours. place we've been mobilizing with medical supplies and there is a huge shortage of medical supplies for this explosion but it's. actually when when when the explosion happened. system whether or not it's hit by a 3rd crisis. comes on top of the economic crisis. that the. so we've been stepping in to try and provide some one should support that's why we're also trying to see how we can convert parts of the. city that. we live in that i was. talking across the city i can point where we respond with with additional support whether it's in hutto. distributions to people th

turkey this is why for the regional issues when it comes to negotiate with russia it ties turkey's sense but on the other hand the opposition criticizes the government that it is this is this good. state that is just part of a p.r. campaign to save the government which has been criticized by its supporters for bad economic management thinking that the turkish there has been on the decline for the last 2 years i think that said of course the old line for us in istanbul. the wife of russian opposition politician alexina valmy has appealed to president vet of air pollution to allow him to be taken to germany for treatment he went into a coma on thursday with suspected poisoning a police deliberate tree says it found traces of an industrial chemical in his body but russian doctors say there's no indication he was poisoned or it's helen's reports. what's going on inside this regional russian hospital is only slightly clearer than what's going on inside the body of its most famous patient with a plane waiting in to take an unconscious alexina valmy to germany doctors are

second of all, the only reason why turkey, iran and russia support him is because maduro, and chavezjor criminal enterprise, and a money—laundering operation. you've got a problem, because you are telling me there are 9 million people, at least, hungry in venezuela today, and yet you are supporting ever tougher sanctions, which are going to hit those very same people harder and harder, and to many people on the ground in venezuela, your solution to all of this, which is ever more sanctions, simply seems to them to be hurting theirfutures, and their children's futures. i'm so sorry, stephen, but i disagree with that, because basically the biggest sanction on venezuela is the presidency of maduro. the economic decline started in 2013. we started tracking the growing hunger in venezuela in 2013. it started even while oil prices were high, basically because of gross mismanagement and incompetence and inability to manage both the monetary reserves, or to have any investment, and now he blocks food, the only one person blocking the food is maduro. but my point is that your strategy, which

north korea, pakistan, iran, turkey and russia. and now venezuela. those nations between one dot one road is trying to consolidate the land mass of into the purpose of me to controls the land as with all f its resources and marketing people into thela totalitarian dictatorship. it shouldn't be lost on the human rights council. our great allies, the saudis voted with the chinese. and yo the result was 53 votes. all 53 have very limited. this is about, and this is what was so powerful in his interview with fox last week it is about the chinese people not just understanding that they've notid understanding that the tainalienable rights. but they continue -- >> we are all looking forward to the ♪ ♪ the kickoff session for the panel this afternoon we cannot wait for you please go out to the center for the agenda tuesday with coming. it's my pleasure to introduce you to one of my personal and heroes in the senate. he served the country and military for years and has an intellect at harvard law but most importantly the figures that emerge in history have a

countries including turkey and israel russia to offer emergency medical aid to lebanon hospitals are already under immense strain. from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international launch on thomas. with. the breaking news here on our change or national a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government officials say at least 78 people are dead and over 4000 injured the blast went off in the city's port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut . we heard from 2 reporters in beirut all tough mudder and owen holdaway they told us more about the fallout from the explosion the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was held 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are pouring through a 1000 lovenox here hema course there's no comparison between a

europe and asia you find the greatest demand for something .amiliar i would think countries like turkey and russiare happy with what they have got. arabia wereke saudi uncomfortable with the obama administration. china cannot make up its demand. united states has created -- it's mine. -- its mind. united states has created holes china has been happy to fill. david: what with the alternative be, let's assume we have a second term of president trump. what does that world look like? what might it mean for american prosperity? richard: in my experience reelected president's double down. they continue. they feel they have a mandate for more of the same or in some cases just more. i would think a second term would be very familiar. alliances would wither, the united states would become unilateral, aggressively protectionist and bilateral on trade. it would be very familiar. follow onnk my article would not be disruption, it would be destruction. in four more years he would not have the machinery that has served us well over 75 years. if president trump are watching this, he would say that is great. i ha

countries including turkey and israel russia to offer emergency. and medical aid to lebanon where hospitals are already under immense strain. find updates on the deadly explosion in beirut over an hour to dot com i'll be back again tonight an hour's time with.

countries including turkey and israel russia to offer. and medical aid to lebanon where hospitals are already under immense strain. direct from our studios most of this international incheon thomas and certainly glad to have you with us let's get right to our breaking news at this hour a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government officials say i'm least 78 people are dead and over 4000 injured the blast went off in the city's port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut . ard we heard from the 2 reporters in beirut. and oh in a whole the way they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion . the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the last had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately t

countries including turkey and israel russia to offer emergency. and a medical aid to lebanon where hospitals are already under immense stream. find updates on the deadly explosion in beirut over at our 2 dot com i'll be back. with the headlines coming up next it is the. hi i'm max kaiser this is kaiser report somers solution. why oh it's going to be exciting very exciting i'm excited i know you're excited i know stacey is excited let's check in with stacy right now max this is our favorite time of the year always for the past 10 years here in kaiser when we do the summer solutions we look at solutions to all the problems that kaiser report reports on throughout the year but this year i think is the most epic of all because i believe we are on the verge of a renaissance just like in the italian renaissance we have now a basically online renaissance it's it's not any one nation it's all the people organizing online and i believe that is going to be the case we're going to cover that war a little bit and in a few moments but 1st i want to say you kno

countries including turkey and israel russia to offer emergency humanitarian and medical aid to lebanon hospitals are already under immense strain. broadcasting live director our studios in moscow this is the r g international i'm sean thomas certainly going to have you with us let's get right to our breaking news right here on r.t. international a devastating explosion has ripped through lebanon's capital beirut government officials say at least $73.00 people are dead and around $3700.00 injured the blast went off in the city's port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos in the city. that's it that's. what. we heard from 2 reporters in beirut all tough and all when hauled away they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are fa

peter the size of the gas reserves found by that by turkey is of course very small compared to energy giant countries like china or united states or russia but will it be a remedy for the ailing turkish economy that's the question and this is what the turkish government is very positive about turkey is a net energy importer country for instance in 2900 tookey imported 45000000000 cubic meters of natural gas and it costs around $15000000000.00 u.s. dollars for turkey and it constitutes a police health of turkey's current account deficit so for a country like turkey totally dependent on foreign energy supplies even though it's a short term gain it's of course the size the scale of the. resource is not enough to be a game changer but it's going to provide tricky elaborate in the black sea also a legitimate sation of energy exploration in the eastern mediterranean this is how the government sees and of course this is good news for the ruling party to consolidate its electorate given a fragile economic turbulence turkey is going through does this means that in 2023 or 2024 becomes energy independent because so much of its energy is imported a

is probably best standing back on the sidelines and letting turkey and russia battle it out in proxy waiting to see what happens because there's no way for us to get in the middle of that without it turning into a larger conflict. it's pretty messy, lou. lou: and the president has made it clear he's not interested in having our troops involved in messes that don't affect, aren't important to u.s. national security. jim hanson is, as always, good to have you here. >>> the president is about to take, we are told, the podium at the white house briefing room. thank you again, jim hanson. the fact of the matter, he has a great deal to talk about as we have been discussing. new, a new -- [laughter] name has entered the democratic side of the presidential contest. he's already had quite a few things to say about that. perhaps more will be said by the president today. we are also looking at a pandemic that is difficult it seems some days to judge whether it is ebbing or moving toward some sort of decline in this country. it's going to be, obviously, front and center in the presidential conte

the support of international actors is furthering the regime's positions, and as mentioned, russia, china, turkey and cuba have provided support nor maduro. and -- concerning for the international community. two weeks ago secretary of state mike pompeo announced special representative for venezuela will be also serving as special representative for eye iraq. what does this mean to-- >> thank you, and of course, it's great to see my colleagues. i haven't seen them in a very long time because of covid. so it's nice to be in the same room, so to speak, together. and mentioning the non-state actors and diego mentioning the state actors. on one hand when we see the relationship between iran and venezuela. it signals something interesting for the united states. far from relying on more traditional allies like russia, cuba, china, we're looking to undertake the same relationship with those countries now with iran. it makes us think that the space between venezuela and the more traditional, more capable allies is decreasing. so in some sense, i think seeing this expansion is reflective of an opportunity.

totalitarian dictatorships led by the communist parties led by korea,eaders, north pakistan, turkey, and russia and --the west, that is why you venezuela. they are trying to consolidate the european landmass dry the lines of liberty offered to the periphery, controlled the asian landmass in a totalitarian dictatorship. when they had this vote about hong kong, our great allies, the saudi's and uae voted with the chinese. you saw those 53 votes. very limited democracy if at all. ispeo was so powerful it interviewing fox last week. the chinese people understand they have inalienable rights. i am looking forward to tom cotton. if you are ready, come on out. i came here for the tom cotton talk. >> how are we doing? we are already. good. ♪ .he is -- he is miced ♪ this is our kickoff session for the panel this afternoon. we cannot wait for you. go out to the fulcher center on facebook for the agenda to see what is coming. it is my pleasure to introduce you to one of my personal friends and heroes and the u.s. senate. she served our country in the military for years. he has got an intellect at harvard

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weeklong gathering will host delegations from the syrian government opposition and civil society iran russia turkey and the u.s. are expected to be on the sidelines in meetings the 1st of its kind in 9 months after the coronavirus pandemic derailed previous talks to power is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left large parts of the country without electricity firefighters have now put out the blaze on the out of gas line northeast of the capital damascus this was the scene a few hours ago there are no details yet on what may have caused the explosion but the oil minister is suggesting it could be an act of terror. well talks are again underway aimed at solving mollies coup crisis after months of anti-government protests soldiers seized power on tuesday and arrested president evil him. after 2 days of meetings between crew leaders and west african mediators military commanders are reported to be considering allowing him to return home the army also wants a transitional role in mali the president a viable a coast has submitted his application to contest for a 3rd

economy the size of the gas reserves found by that by turkey is of course very small compared to energy giant countries like china or united states or russia but will it be a remedy for the ailing turkish economy that's the question and this is what the turkish government is very positive about turkey's and that energy importer country for instance in 2900 took imported 45000000000 cubic meters of natural gas and it costs around $15000000000.00 u.s. dollars for turkey and it constitutes at least half of turkey's current account deficit so for a country like turkey totally dependent on foreign energy supplies even though it's a short term gain it's of course the size the scale of the. resource is not enough to be a game changer but it's going to provide tricky a lever it in the black sea also a legitimate station of energy exploration in the eastern mediterranean this is how the government sees and of course this is good news for the ruling party to consolidate its electorate given a fragile economy to ribbons turkey is going through. now lebanese citizens were not the only victims of the beirut port explosion hundreds of syrians were among

are othersse there in terms of turkey's relationship with russia. nato is a big stakeholder.they would one is two .f their allies come to blows this was a very serious concern and had not been for some years. we may come back for something much more infliction will, which would be very stressful for the united states and nato. >> valuable insight today. thank you. we appreciate your time. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back. for nine. that was well put -- well above the forecast. nuclear's -- america's old media giant is making money for screening. it is almost 20% of total sales. the streaming service to attracted more than 60 million subscribers. workerser of american who tested positive for drugs is at an 18 year high since between 19 according to a diagnostics test cited by dow jones. initial data from this year indicates -- that is the latest business flash. >> thank you. this is where we leave you. david westin has balance of power on bloomberg television and radio, speaking with the u.s. energy secretary ahead of the rnc tonight. the backdrop is an equity market strug

the support of international and as mentioned, russia china, turkey and cuba have provided a lifelinesupport for maduro. closee recently seen iran-venezuelan ties, which is concerning for the international community. two weeks ago, secretary of state mike pompeo announced the special representative to us -- to venezuela, elliott abrams, will also serve as special representative to iran. what is this mean? thank you, diego, jason, adrienne. it is good to see my colleagues. i haven't seen them in a long time. it is nice to be in the same room. the assistant secretary mentioned nonstate actors and you mentioned state actors. on one hand, when we see the increased relationship between iran and venezuela, it signals something interesting, which is that far from being able to rely on traditional allies like russia, china, cuba, we are them undertake similar relationships that used to have with that country, with iran. so some of their traditional allies are decreasing. seeing this expansion is reflexive of an opportunity. but what it reflects is the basis of this discussion, which is that a

you.ine: thank up next, we talk russia and turkey. that conversation is up next.is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is bloomberg surveillance. from the emerging markets, the turkish central bank is announcing its rate decision today. spokenonomists we have to have said a hike is needed. to talk about this and russia is timothy ash, bloomberg analyst strategist. great to speak to you, especially on a day like today. what happens to turkish lira if central bank stays on hold? tim: i think it will weaken. there are few expectations may they do the right thing. maybe they do hike the base rate from age 25. a week or so ago, they decided they were giving up on the lira and going back to traditional tightening. basically, the market wants convincing rate hike. a hike in the base rate. that is important because we all know the central bank of turkey needs permission from erdogan to hike the rate. if they hike the rate, even erdogan has said it can hike, or they are independent and i think that is an important signal. a key turning point in turkey. francine: what are the chances of th

. >> it's what autocrats do in turkey, russia, hungary, poland.nd before you roll your eyes, it is what they do. they create alternative facts -- again, ann applebalm's book talks about this. and there is a very clear pattern that they do. they attack the press, they attack courts, they attack science, they attack -- they attack facts. and by continually attacking those facts, they can create their own realities and in donald trump's case, this has had devastating results. where scientists, epidemiolog t epidemiologists are warning him about this, even joe biden warning him about this in january. joe biden writing an op-ed for "usa today" in january saying talking to your doctors and scientists, let them lead we're not prepared for the pandemic. donald trump at the same time saying it's one person coming in from china, it's going to go away. a month later it's 15 people and it's going to go away. talking about injecting disinfectants, putting uv lights into americans. talking about hydroxychloroquine whenever study is showing it doesn't work and o

west that promises to be again relevant and limits as much as possible of the interference of russia and turkey on the ground this could be a weather and we will see that in the coming weeks it could be a fast a step towards a sustainable and inclusive maybe and political settlement. turn of the morning d.c. confidence building measures a kernel of hope. in agreements do you think this this is the start i think the analysis is exactly right but one additional factor is the fact. libyans don't really like killing libyans libyan against libyan violence to sustain well is something that we've seen very rarely it happened in the uprising with pricing ended. but it stopped then there's been very limited live you know libya killing since islamic state was something that the libyans wanted to get rid of once it came in precisely because they were so plugged thirsted then took away all. of mr gillat mr else roger gonnet difficult relationship in the past the fact that they're both willing to sign on to the cease fire at the same time reflects i think their desire to see whether a political agreement ca

turkey is dependent on iran, iraq, and russia for its energy. turkey $41rts caused billion.urkey $41 billion. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. the day after, political junkies are going through the democratic convention assessing how they did and turning their attention to what comes next week. throughout our coverage has been bloomberg political contributor rick davis. thank you so much for being with us. let me use the baseball analogy. runs, hits, errors. how do you score the democratic convention? rick: on the runs basis, starting from the top and working down, the tap -- the fact that jill and joe biden were such a hit in their speeches, they both exceeded expectations and planted strong punches on the current president and both of them made the case for why the bidens would be a breath of fresh air in the white house. kudos to them for that. there were other hits. was one of the surprise items that came out of this and has gone

also news from turkey now the government's announced its biggest ever discovery of natural gas present russia type one says 320000000000 cubic meters have been found in the black sea that the area's actual reserves even larger comes at a time for turkey welcome time for turkey struggling economy with energy imports costing 41000000000 dollars last year president wants the gas to be extracted and used as soon as 2 to 2023 when turkey marks 100 years since becoming a republic and he hopes to find more reserves in turkey's controversial explorations in the mediterranean well muscled out of order we've been making concerted efforts over the past 2 years both exploration this is we doing the same in the military me and see both pieces of gold knowing wells in both the black sea in the mediterranean and by the grace of god we found this big discovery and i'm certain that we will have some of the good news from the mediterranean but they've also been warnings that it could take up to a decade to actually extract the gas the exploration took place in the black sea off the north coast of turkey analys

states and this great confrontation of the chinese communist party against iran, pakistan, turkey and against russiamaria: and of course you've got peter navarro driving that manufacturing with the defense of production act. steve it's always great to get your insights thank you so much, sir. we'll see you soon, steve bannon stay with us we've got a lot more coming up right after this senator ron johnson is here maria: welcome back. the next domino in the russian collusion hoax toppled this week with news that fbi lawyer kevin klinesmith plans to plead guilty to doctoring a u.s. government e-mail that was used to obtain the third fisa warrant to unlawfully spy on carter page, in june of 2017. joining me right now with reaction is wisconsin senator ron johnson. he is doing his own deep dive into obama era corruption. he is the chairman of the homeland security and government affairs committee. senator it's always a pleasure good morning to you. >> good morning, maria, let me first offer my condolences to the president and his family on the passing of his brother robert. my condolences. maria: yes, we

lira which hit record lows again this month and on top of that given the fact that turkey imports from countries like russiaand iran it is seen as a vital to energy security as well. dorian greece's territorial claims they are backed by the rest of the e.u. i mean what kind of negotiating power does ankara really have. well boy by the fact that the e.u. have made threats of a sweeping sanctions against turkey in the past and even though greece is calling for again tough measures against turkey and believed to be backed by france as well believes it has a very strong position it knows it's a vital strategic partner to europe is the gate keeper for migrants seeking to enter the e.u. countries and possibly can play a similar role in libya given its military presence there on top of the it does have allies in the e.u. countries like poland hungary and it's also courting malta and italy as well and it knows that any sanctions needs unanimity in the e.u. and even if such opposition was marginalized on kronos or any sweeping sanctions against turkey that would cause an a potential economic crisis in the country wi