turkey costs syria policy -- turkey's syria policy is no more popular inside turkey than america's policy is here. there are no easy answers. the opposition will be debating those more severely. it is not a bad thing. katty: thank you so much for coming in. >> you are welcome. katty: president obama has said the united states does not have -- yet have a complete strategy for training iraqi forces to fight islamic state militants. speaking at the g7 summit, he said the pentagon was reviewing plans to ramp up training and assistance to iraqi forces. but he also said there must be full commitment by iraqis themselves. tonight, investigators are still trying to figure out how two convicted murderers broke out of a maximum prison in new york state on saturday. the estate -- escape reads like a hollywood script, complete with a taunting post-it note left behind. a $100,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the capture of the two inmates. nick ryan has the latest -- nick bryant has latest. nick: it is a small army of police officers setting up roadblocks in the area surroundi

the kurdish forces captureed an isil town giving kurds control on the turkey-syria border. it is something worrying the turkish governments. we have this report from southern turkey. >> a few people left are head to go turkey. they'll join the 20,000 who have already escaped the three-week battle for control of the strategic border town. fighters from the syrian kurdish are now in charge. only last week black cloud isil fighters were here in the same place trying to stop people leaving. but a three-week assault led by the ypg forced isil out. airstrikes from the u.s.-led coalition were an essential part of the battle plan. now the kurdish flag flies above. that makes the turkish government nervous. >> we going into the west is unfortunately positioning terrorists members of the dyd and the pkk in their place. >> turkey sees the ypg and syria as an off shoot from the turkish pkk. it's a separatist group that's fought a 40-year battle with the turkish state. the syrian kurds have now added this area to their list of self-declared independently ministered regions in northern sy

turkey. most of them living with the turkish community and along the border between syria and turkey some 350,000hough in turkish government provided refugee camps. we are now in the 5th year of syria's civil war and in the time the government said it spent $5.2 billion providing for and managing these syrian refugee situations and says it's still not getting help from the international community particularly from the european union and wants them to take more refugees. while the camps that turkey provides provide good accommodation, people are fed and there is education for children, many of the refugees there will tell you their lives are in limbo and want to be able to settle and a long time before they can go back to syria but in the camps work is difficult to find and need a sense of permanent to move with their lives. >>> i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for car bombings in yemen's capitol and dozens reports to have been killed that hit mosques near houthi rebel headquarters in sanaa and delegates from the warring factions meet in geneva where they are struggling to make my progress on a pea

zeina khodr reports from the turkey syria border. >> reporter: kobani again is an urban battle ground. five months after i.s.i.l. was forced out it sent its forces back in. a surprise attack early on thursday. syrian kurds of the ypg force fought two days before managing to restore peace and stability. it came at a price 200 randomly shot in the streets. kobani is in mourning. it is also in shock. i.s.i.l. didn't just kill civilians. it took many of them hostage. >> translator: they entered my house. we were so scared, especially my own children. they took me with my family and they placed us in another house. we were 32 hostages in total. >> reporter: the attack is a blow to syria's kurds who have been boasting about their recent military gains. many believe i.s.i.l.'s intention was not to capture kobani. the attack was more about sending a message. in recent days, i.s.i.l. lost strategic territory to the kurds. we may lose battles but we cannot be defeated he said. i.s.i.l. is now trying to capture hafake, a city in the northeast. the kurds and i.s.i.l. are at war on many fronts in

we have reports from the turkey-syria border. >> deciding it's better to go home than to squeeze in turkey's packed refugee camps. they passed back in on wednesday. only two days ago syrian kurdish ypg fighters took control of the strategic border town from isil after a three-week battle. >> we're at a loss. whoever we support others will kill us. i don't feel safe going back. >> we're going back after two years. our homes were blown up by isil, who accused of us of being ypg. >> we have been in turkey for three days without anywhere to stay. i'm not afraid to go back. i'm a civilian. i've done nothing wrong. >> most of the 20,000 syrian who is crossed over are still in turkey. those we spoke to about going home, some are nervous about being under kurdish control. others were indifferent and others were glad to see the back of isil. they said that human they're replacing isil with ypg. they're talking about strengthening its presence along the border with syria. now from the euphrates to kobane and close to the border with iraq in january after a four-month battle ypg forces secure control o

on the turkey syria border. >> now bernard smith joins us now in southeast turkey. understand since that report the ypg has made more progress. what else is going on? >> well, samuel, you can probably see right over my shoulder the customs house on the syrian side. that was in isil control until an hour ago. we've seen ypg fighters on the top of it, so we understand now that they've taken control of that custom's house which means they've got control of the border crossing. beyond that is the town that ypg has told us they've taken control. there are still isil fighters there. they believe some of them are wearing suicide vests possibly and there was an incident not too long ago on the border fence just behind me when it's thought a couple of isil fighters trying to escape the fighting, trying to cross but they were intercepted by the turkish military. so very fast-moving story here at the moment but it seems that the ypg kurdish fighters making significant advances here. >> we hear from some syrian opposition groups claims of ethnic cleansing. any patent that you'r

. >> activists say battles are continuing south on the town on the board for turkey-syria border. >> five months after isil was forced out of kobane, the group sent its fighters back in. the hospital was one of the buildingings where fighters took up positions in a surprise attack on nurse. syrian kurt of the ypg force fought fierce battlings for two days before managing to restore peace and stability. and it came at a price. around 200 people were killed. the majority of them civilians. randomly shot in the streets. kobane is in morning mourning. isil not only killed civilian, they took many as hostage. >> they took me with my family, and they took 32 hostages in total. >> the attack is a blow to syrian kurds who had been boasting about their gains. the assault was more about sending a message. in recent weeks isil lost strategic territory to the kurds. days over the kobane offensive isil spokesman said that we may lose battles but we cannot be defeated. isil is now taking the fight to the kurdish ypg stronghold. it's trying to capture the region in the northeast. for now the kurds

bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >>> and battles have been taking place betweenia opposition forces and government troops here the goland heights. ♪ >>> france has defined accomodation for more than 10,000 asylum seekers as part of a plan to help deal with the flow of migrants. around 100,000 have entered europe from the mediterranean sea. france says it will take 4,000 by next year and house another 5.5 thousand refugees who have already been granted asylum. plans call for a fence more than a meter high to now be built along the border. >>> government officials are still refusing to comment on allegations that human smugglers were made to take migrants away from australia. >> reporter: australia's prime minister still isn't answering questions. these are those pictures, the money shots that have given fresh impetus to the allegations that australia paid people smugglers to turn a boat of asylum seekers away from the coast. despite the australian's government refusal to comment, it is alleged they did take place. >> translator: i said we needed money so we could

turkey. turkish police caught these i.s.i.l. fighters trying to escape with the crowds and losing this city is the significant defeat for i.s.i.l. since it swept through northern syria years ago and for the kurds it means for the first time control of an increasingly large area of syrian territory along the border with turkey. and we have got communications with you now i hope i can see or hope you can hear me and when it comes to the fact they have this large part of syria and relatively large compared to what they had before what does that mean to the overall picture where you are? >> well it's the one thing that really concerns the turkish government, david, they have always said that they fear the creation of some sort of kurdish atonomous and they used the syrian fighters with the pkk where there has been a delicate peace process going and it stalled at the moment and turkey very concerned about the consolidation of what it sees as the consolidation of kurdish influence in that part of syria and deputy prime minister. >> i'm going to but in this is the court in cairo. we see there the judge is presiding and i wasn't listening myself but told by the people who w

zeina khodr reports from the turkey-syria border. >> kobane yet again, was an urban battle ground.hs after i.s.i.l. was forced out, the group sent the fighters in. the hospital was one of the buildings where fighters took up positions after tricking their way into the town in a surprise attack on thursday. syrian kurds of the y perform g-force fought fierce battles for two days before managing to restore peace and stability. it came at a price, around 200 were killed the majority civilians, randomly shot in the streets. kobane is in mourning, and is in shock. i.s.i.l. didn't just kill civilians, it took many hostage. >> they entered my house. we were so scared. they placed us in another house. we were 32 hostages in total. >> the attackers belong to the kurds, boasting about their recent military gains. >> many believe i.s.i.l.'s intention was not to capture kobane, it was about sending a message. in recent weeks i.s.i.l. lost territory to the kurds. i.s.i.l.'s spokesman said we may lose battled, but we cannot be defeated. i.s.i.l. is taking the fight to the kurdish y.p.g. strongho

trapped by conflict, in their own villages or in their own communities. >> bernard smith near the turkey syriader, where there's been a massive influx of refugees. >> turkey has now overtaken pakistan. almost 1.7 million syrian refugees are now in turkey. most of them living amist the turkey. in that time the government says it spent $5.2 billion providing for and managing the syrian refugee situation. it is still not getting any help, from the international community, particularly from the european union it wants them to take more refugees and while the camps that turkey provides, provide good accommodation, people are fed, there is education for children, many of the refugees will fell you their lives are in limbo. they wont to settle, they realize lit be a long time before they can go back to syria, in these camps work is very difficult to find. they need a sense of permanence to move on activists in syria syrian leader had denied that any advances have been made. 30 rebels have been killed during fighting with local tribesman, it happened in the province, the houthis were met with resisten

they are having a dramatic impact in their economies and societies. >> bernard smith is near the turkey syriader. >> reporter: turkey is now overtaken, pakistan has become the largest refugee-hosting country, almost 1.7 million syrian refugees are now in turkey, most of them living amidst the turkish community, along the border between syria and turkey. around 350,000 are in turkish-government provided refugee camps. we're now in the fifth year of syria's civil war, and the turkish government says it has spent $5.2 billion providing for and managing the syrian refugee situation. it says it is still not getting anything like enough help from the international community particularly the european union. it wants them to take more refugees. and while the camps provide good accommodation, people are fed, there is education for children many of the refugees will tell you their lives are in limbo. they want to be able to settle. they realize it is going to be a long time before they can go back to syria, but work is very difficult to find. they need a sense of permanence. ♪ >>> attorney general lore

has laid siege to neighborhoods. >> kobani is on turkey's border with syria. turkish border guards say they are only allowing the wounded to enter because of the continued fighting. violence has returned to kobani. i.s.i.l. was forced to leave the town after months of fighting with kurdish forces, who were backed by u.s. air strikes. if they wanted to retake town they succeed. >> they set off explosions they killed many civilians. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. struck back after a series of recent defeats at the hands of the kurds. i.s.i.l.'s intention pay not be to capture the town but to send a message it can't be defeated. zeina khodr the town of seruz on the turkish border. >>> when president pierre nkurunziza announced he was running for a third term in office, that violates the burundi constitution. >>> residents blame the government for power crisis, severe electricity cuts in pakistan have left many wide electricity or water. >>> nearly 1,000 protesters in the yearn armenia armenian capital. >>> hundreds of journalists and students have taken to the streets of

. >> not yet clear whether fighters used it to smuggle in people or materials from turkey into syria.he people's prediction unit which is go by their kurdish have been making gains on the border, and have taken baxter story. the latest discovery was after they took this in the nearby town. now that the fighting is over, hundreds of families have returned. turkish authorities reopened the border for it's surrounding areas but despite the, toes pushing back, there are concerns over their advances. is area's main opposition group, have accuse fire department curds of abusing and driving out tribesman. the coalition said it made a fact fining mission, with officials and rights groups to assess the situation. >> fighters deny this discrimination and abuse. >> we with share the town as this country is for all. >> the gains are also alarming to turkey, which has accused forces inside syria. >> if the kurdish forces really make major gains you will probably find europe and the americans investing more resources in particular president is saying look, the americans and the western with powers

already the pkk which has been involved in an armed conflict with turkey for decades said any intervention would mean war. dana on the syria border. >>> south africa the only remaining camp housing people who fled april's xenophobic violence is set to close and do not have refugee status and can either go back to their communities or home countries, both of which they fled. and anita miller sent this update from durbin. >> reporter: three temporary shelters very much like the one behind me housed up to 5,000 people in resent months following xenophobic violence in south africa and a number of refugees remain at this particular shelter in chatsworth, up to 200 of them and have to the end of the day to decide whether or not they will be reintegrated into surrounding communities which they previously fled or if they want to return to their home counties but for many here from burundi as well as the democratic republic of congo that is not an option and cannot return to their countries which are currently suffering from instability or difficulties in the political sphere. they say they want to remain in south africa but they a

. >> turkey sees the ypg in syria as an off chute. it's a separatist group that has fought a 40 year battle. >> they have aheaded to their less self declared regions in northern syria. but uniquely that town is majority arab. however the kurds say it was once kurdish before they were forced out firstly by the syrian government in the 1980s and more recently by isil. the turkish government and the group of 15 syrian anti-government groups have accused the ypg of deliberately displacing the area. >> these accusations are baseless. we don't fight isil alone. arabs and christians fight with us on the front line. we didn't deliberate because it's kurdish. we treat all syrian equally regardless being majority arab or kurd or north or south. anyone can come here and validate what i'm saying. >> the loss of the area is a defeat since they swept through northern syria two years ago. the al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >> the nato secretary general recalled russia's plan to modernize the arsenal dangerous saber rattling. vladimir putin

bernard smith joins us on the turkey-syria border. tell us what hams and some of their stories. >> jane, several hundred refugees have crossed back into turkey today. quite a few went earlier on this morning, then some in the middle of the day. it's quieted down a lot now. most of them, you mentioned about 20,000 crossed into turkey. most of them are still here, but several hundred have gone back, largely because they feel they would rather be at home, especially as ramadan is about to start than be here in turkey, squeezed into already overcrowded refugee camps. most of them say that they are reasonably resigned to having to go back. they don't fear being under kurdish control some do, but others feel they have no choice about it. the influx of those coming over only started a couple of days ago, after the intense battle for control. >> the few people left are heading to turkey. they'll join the 20,000 who already escaped a three week battle for control of the strategic border town. fighters from the syrian kurdish ypg are now in char

isil has laid siege to neighborhoods. >> kobane is on turkey's border with syria. the border crossing has been closed for months and remains shut. turkish border guards are only allowing the wounded to enter because of the continuing fighting. >> violence returned to kobane. isil was forced to leave the town after months of fighting with kurdish forces, who were supported by j led coalition airstrikes. five months later isil came back. >> if isil fighters wanted to terrify the people of the town, they succeeded. >> they entered the city wearing the uniform of kurdish fighters. they set off explosions and killed many civilians. >> isil truck back after defeats at the hands of the kurds in northeastern syria. the kurds believe they will regain control of kobane. isil says intention may not be to capture the town but send the message that it can't be defeated. al jazeera on the turkish border. >> a coalition of more than 50 rebel groups in syria has launched an offensive to push government troops out of the southern city. activists say the syrian government has been d

bernard smith on the turkey, syria border. >>> most refugees, even when they do reach safety, face a struggle to survival. kim vanel reports. >> the main street is lined with life. young gamers play inside next door older ones do the same. several barber shops means there's competition for closest shave. all sure signs of a with developing microeconomy. but not all who call this camp home are convinced things are looking up. heaven is 30 years old and has four children. her tent is a playground, her designing room and a family meeting plawrs. most people share one toilet. things are changing. these tents have been homes since this was set up august, 2013 pretty much as you can see here the u.n. and the kurdistan regional government another part of compound. there we met mohamed his three daughters and his wife. their home has a kitchen a modest backyard and a wall so they don't have to share requires more than cement. >> translator: in the past when we first got here i.t. was fine because i worked very hard and had a very good income, 800 to 900. but now i can't find a job. i can onl

. >> a quieter morning here on the border with turkey and syria. most of the refugees have fled the fighting and now left, most of them are here already in turkey. what is now concerning the turkish government is the expansion of syrian-kurdish influence on the syrian side of the border. turkey's deputy prime minister said he's worried about the kurds connecting, that they already control within syria making one area of kurdish control. the turkish government see he is the turkish kurds asal lived to and an extension of the turkish p.k.k., the turkish kurdish p.k.k. a separatist group fighting for autonomy from the turkish state. >> 70 were injured and others killed in a crash in tunis during rush hour. the minister has blamed the crash on the lack of a crossing barrier. >> the u.s. confirmed it carried out the air strike which killed an al-qaeda leader, wahayshi. the group has appointed their new head. we have more on the life and death of one of al-qaeda's most powerful figures. >> wahayshi was among four al-qaeda leaders that launched al-qaeda in

bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >> france has defined accommodation for 10,000sylum seekers as part of a plan to help deal with the flow of migrants crossing the mediterranean. around 100,000 people have entered europe so far by sea but dozens still camp on the french-italian border. france said it will take 4,000 next year and house another 5,000 refugee who is have already been granted legal status. >>> the number of migrants entering hungary has risen markedly. the call is for a fence to be erected along the border. >>> government in australia still refusing to answer questions of paying human smuggler to take people back to indonesia. >> australia's prime minister still isn't answering questions. >> the pictures, the money shots that gave fresh i am pussytoes impressions that australia paid people smugglers to return back to sea. despite their refusal on-to-comment on the alleged payments it did take plates this exclusive footage of the saga and legality of what australian officials have done at sea is dominating news in australia is it paying money to peopl

bernard smith, al jazeera, on the turkey syria border. >>> france says it will create 11,000 more places alum seekers and refugees. it's part of a plan to help deal with the flow of thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean sea. around a hundred thousand have entered europe so far this year. we are joined by the u.n. refugee spokesman from europe. good to have you on the show. 11,000 is that enough? >> thank you. well it's very important. france is one of the main nations for asylum seekers in europe. last year they received some 60,000 applications for asylum and there is a crisis for refugee and asylum seekers, so this is a very welcome step. we have been taking part in discussions for this reform as well as civil society and of course the french government and this is a step in the right direction. >> do you think there should be one rule that fits all countries, particularly when it comes to europe? >> we feel that europe should extend its solidarity to countries that are receiving many refugees. at the moment most refugees are arriving in two countries, italy and greece. but

a. >> bernard smith joins us from near the turkey syria border. bernard, we appreciate it. put the numbers in some sort of context for us. >> this city i'm talking to you from is a capital of this province. this is the largest concentration of syrian refugees, and turkey is feeling the strain. the latest feeling is that it spent $5.2 billion with syrians in turkey. they were never to be here, the initial idea is the war in syria would take a few months and the syrians would not go back. 20,000 came across. syrian kurdish fighters regained control of the town. i.s.i.l. had control of it for the last 14 months. but most of the refugees in turkey are not actually in refugee camps. about 350,000 are in government sponsored camps. most living among the community. in the camps, i have seen the conditions in the camps. they are good. people are fed. there are schools provided, but the problem, the issue every refugee tells you, it's not home. another in a state of limbo, it's difficult to find work. they want to move on with their lives. yes, they are looked after, it's not a perm

with their victory kurdish forces control 250 miles of territory along the turkey-syria border, and as bernard smith reports, their presence is causing concerns for the turkish government. >> the few people left here are heading to turkey joining the 20,000 who have escaped a 3-week battle for control of the strategic border up to . fighters from the swedish kurdish icp are in charge. only last week fighters were here trying to stop people leaving. an assault forced i.s.i.l. out. air strikes were a part of the battle plan. now the kurdish flag flies above tal abbia. that wakes the turkish government nervous. >> translation: on our border in tal abbia in the west conducting air raids is keeping members of pyd and ppk in place. >> reporter: turkey sighs the pyd as an offshoot of the ppk, a separatist group that fought a 30 year battle. the syrian kurds added tal ablia as a list of self-declared independent region in northern syria. uniquely that town is majority arab. the kurds say it wants kurdish before they were forced out this morning. by the government in the 1980s, and recently by

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la van on the turkish border and not clear if it's used to smuggling people or materials from turkey to syriauction units which go by wpg have been making gains on the border and taken back territory from i.s.i.l. and they took this post in the nearby town and now the fighting is over hundreds of families have returned and turkish authorities reopened the border for surrounding areas and despite kurdish fighters pushing back i.s.i.l. there are concerns over advances and main opposition group and fighters accused them of driving out kurdsman and working with people but were blocked from entering. >> translator: we were asked to communicate with the ypg forces and refused to have people from the factfinding committee to enter saying there was a position to the ypg unit and it's biased. >> reporter: deny discrimination and abuse and say the checkpoints they set up on the border are for security. >> translator: this country is for all and ypg is for arabs and the other is for the kurds. >> reporter: alarming turkey and accused them of ethnic cleansing inside syria and turk turkish says it's a red

it is not clear whether fighters used it to smuggle in people from turkey into syria.y have been making gains on the border and have taken baxter story from isil the latest discovery was after they took this post now that the fighting is over, hundreds of families have returns, but despite kurdish forces pushing back there are concerns over the advances they have accused the curds of driving out tribesman. the coalition made a fact finding mission to assess the situation. they were blocked from entering. >> we with were asked to communicate with the ypg forces but they refused to allow members of the fact finding committee to enter. claims that they have a political position and that the committee is biased the fighters deny discrimination and abuse, they say the check points. >> we with share the town as this and for all ypg is for arabs as well as it is for the curds. >> which has accused forces of ethnic cleansing the government considers the establishment of the area if the forces make major gains you will find them investing more in particular? the line is saying

turkey. what i think is important, is that behind each one of these there is as tragedy a personal tragedy and, yet the suffering inside syria is something we cannot imagine, due to this conflict that never ends. >>> turkey has been very generous, the border is open and there is the possibility to have access to say education and turkey has spent 6 billion. but other parts of closed, and walls that are being denounced and, the financial support and aid is dwind length. >>> and, they are hosting more refugees and they are getting too little help from the rest of the world. >>> and now, from turkey southeast. >>> these are the most basic of conditions for latest refugees to arrive from syria, no running water, no electricity and no relief from the heat, in this small part, trees are the only shelter and the nearby exasms are full, and there's space in others but they're hundreds of miles away. when the war came, we lost everything and i got injured and, we're beggars. >>> we suffer from everything here, no receives, not much food, and for children it's difficult to adapt in the heat and, bitten by scorpions and, i got wounds a

turkey. since march all entry and exit points from syria to turkey have been shot. nine crossings they were the only ones under the control of syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies for northern syria under the control of opposition fighters and for thousands of displaced syrians and refugees this is their only way out of the conflict. >> translator: our border crossing has been closed by turkish authorities who told us one day before the closer. the relief materials cannot go through. also the passengers cannot travel or go anywhere. >> reporter: and every one is not able to keep coming back and some tried to enter turkey illegally but because of strict border patrols they were either caught or shot at and those leaving syria turkey closed to border without explaining why or how long it will remain closed and this was closed ahead of elections in syria and says there hosts no hoo humanitarian situation and hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to open border crossings after the parliamenta

it's not clear whether they use the tunnel to smuggle in people or materials from turkey into syria.the people's protection units have been making gains on the border and have taken back territory from isil. the latest discovery was after they took this border post now that the fight something over, hundreds return to their home. despite kurdish forces pushing back isil there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have were blocked from entering tal abyad. >> they refuse to allow members of the fact finding committee to to. >> ypg fighters deny discrimination and abuse. they say the check points set up on the border are for security. >> we share the administration of the town for all as this country is for all. >> the ybg gains are alarming turkey. they consider this establishment of a turkish held area on their border the rebel-held line. >> you'll probably find europe and the americans investing for resources in this has become a major security concern inside turkey. >> the ypg have taken villages from isil control. while opposition fighters are consolidati

turkey is concerned after continued gains by kurdish fighters in syria against isil. >>> the governmentls the kurdish y.p.g. force a terrorist organization. the group has made big gain as long turkey's border. zeina khodr has more from the syrian turkish border. >> reporter: turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighbor. the syrian kurdish y.p.g. has made dramatic territorial gains in northeastern syria controlling 400-kilometers of the border from iraq to the town of kobane further west. u.s. led coalition air strikes help the kurds their only partner on the ground in syria capture territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. but turkish officials believe the y. approximate. g which it cards a terrorist organization link today the kurdistan workers party or the p.k.k. has another agenda. >> translator: the u.s.-led coalition is giving the y.p.g. a lost help. 80% of the coalition bombings help the kurds and the y.p.g. is a threat to all people. arabs, turkmen, the kurds are trying to create a state and they are ethnically cleansing areas. >> reporter: syrian

arwa damon, cnn, on the turkey/syria border. >>> checking some other top stories for you at 50 minuteschell has made a jailhouse visit to his wife joyce. as you know joyce mitchell is being held on charges of smuggling tools to two killers who broke out of a new york prison. mitchell is accused of an inappropriate relationship with one of them and allegedly had a sexual relationship with the other. >>> boats and a helicopter are monitoring the waters along oak island north carolina following a grisly shark attack. the beach is open to the public but swimmers are encouraged to stay in shallow water. cnn's tom foreman has more for you. >> reporter: even as helicopters patrol from the air and people watch from the beach, there is nervous talk about a third shark attack. it happened to a young girl on her boogie board just days ago, and while she escaped with minor injuries the twin attacks that followed have horrified this community. >> the left arm is completely missing and also a bite to the left leg, 13-year-old, weak pulse. >> left arm is completely missing, weak pulse and what was th

syria against i.s.i.l. the kurdish ypg force a terrorist organization and we have more now from the syrian/turkish border. >> reporter: turkeyout the growing strength of its neighbor and made territorial gains in northeast syria controlling 400 kilometers from iraq to the town of kobani to the west and help the only partner in syria capture territory from islamic state of iraq and the levante and believe the ypg which it considers a terrorist organization with the workers party or pkk has another agenda. >> translator: the u.s. led coalition is doing the ypg little help and 80% of the coalition bombings help the kurds and ypg is a thought to all people and the kurds are trying to create a state and ethnically cleansing areas. >> reporter: syrian and kurds pushed deep in the mainly province and the stronghold in syria and capture of the province border crossing was praised by u.s. officials who said it was a main supply line from where i.s.i.l. brought in foreign fighters and supplies and by capturing them ypg did not just close a supply route it opened a land corridor between two districts and this has raised concerns in tur

zena hodr from the turkey/syria border. >> kobane was a battleground.ive months after isil was forced out, the group sent fighters back in. the hospital was one of the buildings where fighters took up positions as they tricked their way into the town in a surprise attack early on thursday. syrian kurds of the ypg-force sparked force battles for two days before managing to restore piece and stability and it came at a price. around 200 people were killed. the majority of them civilians. randomly shot in the streets. kobane is in mourning. it is also in shock. isil didn't just kill civilians. it took many of them hostage. >> we were so scared. he specially my young children. they took me with my family and they placed us in another house. we were 32 hostages in total. >> the attack is a blow to syria's kurds who have been boasting about their recent military gains. many believe isil's intention was not to capture kobane. it was more about sending a message. in recent weeks, isil lost strategic territory to the kurds, days before the kobane offensive, the s

syria. activists say the injured have been taken to turkish hospital but since march turkey has closed all encumbrance and exit points osama ben javid reports. >> a bomb has just been dropped on this neighborhood in northern syria. the dense smoke and dust made the search for dead even harder. dozens were injured and many people killed. the government of president bashar al-assad has dropped barrel bombs on these areas for weeks. the town has a large number of people who escaped from the niche city. the injured were taken to hospitals in turkey. but that's been difficult to do since march when the turkish government closed all encumbrance and exit points from syria. there have been some exceptions for the severely wounded. the only way out of the conflict remains shut. out of nine crossings these were the only ones under the control of the syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies from northern syria for the rebel fighters. >> the border crossing has been closed by the turkish authorities who only told us one day before the closure. the relief materials can't go through and the travelers c

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charlie: what does this do for turkey's and erdogan's ability to be a player in the region and have some influence as it has had not only in terms of what happened in syria that it's relationship with israel and other factors that are part of the mosaic of middle eastern and gulf politics? guest: it's a terrific question. we have seen turkey's strategic position in the middle east virtually collapsed. ingres has had difficulty relations with virtually every middle eastern capital. the fact that erdogan has then delivered somewhat of a blow, it is still the dominant party and has garnered about 41% of the vote. it has been defeated only relative to its previous success. one would think a coalition government would reorient turkish foreign policy to some extent, but even the fact that the akp will remain dominant and will likely maintain its control over the most important foreign policymaking ministries in the country, it is hard to imagine there will be too much of a difference in foreign policy. it's likely if there is a coalition between the akp and the nationalists of the nationalist movement party there may be a break on relations between for example

. >>> turkey is concerned about the advances in syria.ld a meeting to discuss the growing threat along the border with syria. they are sending more troops to the southern border. the president says he will never allow the formation of a kurdish state in the area. the turkish government calls the kurdish ypg force a terrorist organization. the group now controls 400 kilometers along turkey's border, where from zana hoda now reports. >> reporter: turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighborhood. the syrian kurdish ypg has made dramatic gains in northeastern syria. u.s.-lead coalition air strikes, helped the kurds, their only partner on the ground in syria capture territory. but turkish officials believe the ypg, which it considers a terrorist organization, has another agenda. >> translator: the u.s.-lead coalition is giving the ypg a lot of help. they help the kurds, and the ypg is a threat to all people. the turks are trying to create a state they are ethnically cleansing areas. >> reporter: they have pushed deep into thi

stream -- a common site at the border, strangest people waiting to cross into turkey from syria's chaos. molly: rocket fire has killed at least 34 civilians in aleppo. 12 children were among rebel factions as the area was pounded with more than 300 rockets. rocket fire came as the u.n. peace envoy arrived in damascus for fresh talks with government officials. trying to end the four-year conflict. eu interior ministers have gathered in luxembourg this tuesday, discussing how to tackle europe's growing migrant crisis. disturbing asylum-seekers more evenly across all 20 -- distributing asylum-seekers more evenly across all 28 european states. 250 migrants on the border of france and italy remains unclear. the two countries clashed over where they should go. for days they have been camped on rocks in italy. thomas waterhouse has more. thomas: a punch in the face for europe. that is how italy in's interior ministry has described these african migrants, stranded on the ukrainian coast, caught in a to the medic -- on the mediterranean coast. french border police blocked the passage into france

erdogan's policy for turkey to be a primary prayer in the region and have influence -- primary player in the region and have influence as it has had not only in terms of what happened in syriaut also ireland and other factors that are in the mosaic of middle eastern and gulf politics? >> it's a terrific question, charlie. over the course of the last couple of years we've seen turkey's position in the middle east virtually collapse. ankara has had difficult relations with virtually every important middle eastern capital. the fact warned has been driven somewhat a blow, and i agree it's still the dominant party imarnerred about 41% of the vote it has been defeated only relative to its previous success. one would think a coalition government would reorient turkish foreign policy to some extent, but given the fact the akp will remain dominant and likely if there is a coalition government will likely maintain control over the most foreign policy-making ministries in the country. it's hard to imagine there will be too much a difference in foreign policy. it's likely, if there is, for example, a coalition between the akp and the nationalists of the nationalists movement party, the

what were temporary residence are permanent fixtures dotted along the turkey border with syria. has overtaken pakistan as one of the largest refugee countries. this is one of the first camps the turkish government built, it's more than three years old. turkey's aid agency says it has the capacity to increase facilities, should there be another influx of refugees. the turkish government said it had little support from other countries to cover the cost of hosting syrian refugees, saying it spent $5.2 billion so far, providing food and water to these makeshift camps. >> everybody should be doing more. there are too few countries providing assistance to our relief and humanitarian efforts. it's a few western countries, it's a few - it's a couple of golf countries, but there are 50 big economies in acr, in north american europe and elsewhere. we need more resources. >> the u.n. says the massive suffering from syria's war made the middle east the largest producer and host of people forced to move from their homes >>> next an emotional father's day reunion. >> no one should have a pare

the arabian peninsula and even the region above the arabian peninsula turkey syria iraq and iran arehave studied before. northwestern india really across northern india into bangladesh is in pretty rough shape. the north china plain the big aquifer system around beijing, it is on every continent. the pillborough mining region which is the canning basin in northwestern australia, several of the aquifers in africa are in rough shape because there's very little rainfall there in the sahara desert. is not very much replenishment an in argentina the aquifer and the aquifers of the united states, big ones being the central valley. and the high plains. >> woodruff: and what about the one in california central valley what happy is that? >> that's in pretty rough shape. this study and other studies at we've done on the aquifer show that we've been losing about five and a half trillion gallons of ground water per year for the last four years during this drought. and thas because in california right now there's no snow in the mountains there's no rainfall happening there is very little water in

they are blocking opposition supply routes from turkey to syria. turkish fighters have made gains further east. the government is fighting in aleppo too. they have troops on the ground but have an advantage with their air force. activists say this is the aftermath of a syrian early attack. government bombs are killing civilians here, too. opposition groups fight on the front line while pushing for new grounds against bashar al-assad's government government, asking for help from the international community. >> the international coalition is supposed to be meeting tomorrow. the big question where are the jets of the international coalition? i think this won't even wait until tomorrow to be frank. those airstrikes really have to start today. otherwise, syrians will really feel that they are really in this alone. >> for now syrian opposition groups are having to focus on defending themselves from the isil attacks by sending reinforcements into key starts of aleppo rather than consolidate the gains they've made against asass in the last few years. carol

from turkey can into syria. the people prediction units which go by their acronym have been making gains and have taken baxter story. now that the fighting is over, hundreds have returned. but despite forces pushing back isil, there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group have accused the curds of abusing and driving out tribesman. the coalition says it made a fact finding mission with officialists and rights groups to assess the situation, but they were blocked from entering. >> we were asked to communicate with the forces but they refused to allow members of the fact finding committee to enter. and that the committee is biased. fights deny discrimination and abuse. they say the check points are set up on the boarder. ypg is for arabs and it is for the curds. >> the gains are also alarming turkey, which has accused ethnic cleansing. the government considers the establishment. a red line. >> if the forces really make major gains you will probably find europe and the americans investing mo