will impose sanctions on two turkish officials over the trial of an american pastor in turkey washington says andrew bronson who led a protestant church and its mayor has been on fairly detain. as south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land for white farmers without compensation the issue of land all was shipped as one of the most contentious in south africa critics of the plan points to the case study of neighboring zimbabwe where the economy collapsed after land reform was carried out of the reports. was that and redistribution is an emotive issue in south africa a series of public hearings has just ended now and i'm out policy shift the ruling african national congress says it will push ahead with land expropriations from white farmers without paying compensation supporters of the move say it's time to address a lasting legacy how tight. variation is to put in a flint ownerships three pieces where over eighty percent of the most detail is still in their heads as i mean of the minority while black people ar

and turkey are so strange that anyway. and washington thank you. all right let's get the view now from turkey correspondent doreen jones reporting for us in istanbul dorian turkey's foreign minister has said further pressure will only hurt bilateral ties he's about retaliation but how much worse can relations get while the potential is to get a lot worse currently u.s. forces are working with a syrian kurdish militia just across turkey's border turkey considers that militia a terrorist organization and if they so wish they could put a lot of pressure on those u.s. forces and the kurdish militia they're working with that would ratchet up tensions further on top of that washington is looking for ancora to enforce its new sanctions against iran has refused to do so given the current climate is unlikely to change that stance that again puts the two nato allies on a collision course attention is for a lot more difficult times ahead. turkish currency tanking for months now but investors seemed really concerned now inflation as at nearly sixteen percent th

impose sanctions on two turkish government ministers over the trial of an american pastor in turkey washington says andrew bronson who led a protestant church in izmir has been unfairly detained in any and lawmakers of some of the president before parliament to answer questions about the country's flagging economy iran's currency has lost more than half of its value since april after the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal with the country has some rouhani has come under increasing pressure from hardline rivals who oppose the deal to begin with. wildfires in california are showing no signs of abating but the u.s. state sets a record one of its worst fire seasons in history while fire fights this is still battling seventeen blazes that have killed eight people in the last week alone those fast moving flames of destroyed nearly one hundred and twenty thousand take tears of. those are your top stories right now on al-jazeera up next it's witness an innocent warrior we'll see you in just under half an hour by. welcome to the ship. to the city it's not a clam. is the claim this to me everybody will

president in an op ed in the new york times this weekend pointed out turkey has a decades long relationship with the u.s. and it is washington that has declared this war on turkey and turkey has to look to alternatives because of this aggressive policy by washington story and thank you so much dorian jones there in istanbul. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today hundreds of people have been injured five seriously after part of the wooden promenade collapsed in a music festival in northern spain festival say many people were on the boardwalk in the city of the gold when it gave way or at around midnight on sunday none of the injuries is thought to be life threatening. officials from north and south korea have agreed to hold a third summit between their leaders some time between the end of before the end of september this issue came during a fresh round of high level talks as relations fall further between two countries meeting is taking place in the demilitarized zone among their mutual on their mutual support of. a fire at a hospital in taiwan has killed at least nine people and injured mor

will impose sanctions on two turkish officials over the trial of an american pastor in turkey washington says brunson who led a protestant church in is near has been on fairly detain. when ian lawmakers have summoned the president before parliament to answer questions about the country's flag economy how some rouhani has come under pressure from hardline rivals he says the u.s. pulled out of a nuclear deal with the country. while fires in california are showing no signs of abating with the u.s. state set to record one of its worst fire seasons in history far fight as a still back to seventeen blazes have killed eight people in the last week alone while the fast moving flames destroyed the early one hundred and twenty thousand hectares of the. you are officially up to date losing a car top stories this hour on the al-jazeera day stay with us for people in power and thanks as always for your company. once considered a war criminal now an aspiring presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague

between the two nato allies escalated in the last week over the detention of an american pastor in turkey washington impose sanctions on truckers steel and aluminum aluminum that is last week which sent turkey's currency plummeting. we. will be right back in just a moment so do keep it here on al-jazeera more to come. by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello there been some quite small but pretty heavy showers in northern pakistan just on the screen here and they're heading heading up towards afghanistan and one of two showers over the caspian otherwise as is usual this time the a there is nothing to say from the point of view of what's in the sky but if you're in afghanistan the chances are you will be able to see a shark out if you look east and strain your eyes otherwise now it's just a breeze still blowing out of iraq and that the gulf attempt is still the middle forty's of the sea hot in southwest iran still approaching fifty and cooler back towards the coast of the mediterranean which is what you might expect but a dusty breeze and quite a strong one recent

amid the rising standoff over tirades turkey slams washington saying it has almost completely halted relations. and un peacekeepers are said to return to the disputed golan heights after militants were repelled from the region and syria and israel have been fighting over the resource rich area for decades. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. and tonight.

will impose sanctions on two turkish officials over the trial of an american pastor in turkey washington says on drugs and who led a pulse to the church is near has been unfair the to. thousands of south africans have marched against gender based violence the total shutdown both says that's taking place across the country organizers say abuse against women is systemic and they're demanding government action overall it's estimated one in science says african women will experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetime. well some women in south africa are now using social media to seek justice when reports from johannesburg. yolanda kyunki had just started a degree at rhodes university in south africa but she says she was raped she went for a drink with friends she doesn't remember anything else the following day other people told her that two different men had sex with her it's just really made me angry. really angry and through kid and i mean it has affected my relationships with him in their eyes. obviously the encounter after that i had my trust in people in general. and i guess

for that to happen, washington expects an american stor under house arrest in turkey to be released and sent home. otherwise, washington warns, more sanctions could follow. rajini: for more, i spoke a short while ago the director of the turkish research program at the washington initute. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. rajini: president trump tweeting that relations between the u.s. and turkey are not good at this time. what could be done to ease those tensions? >> at this neither side is interested in the ealating -- deescalating. imump sees this as a personal conflict between h and erdogan. is believes the turkish president made a e to lease u.s. pastor brunson, and he hasn't done that yet. trump is angry. erdogan was probably interested weekescalating until last realizing that turkey is facing a simultaneous economic crisis and maybe he can use the crisis to blame it on the u.s. instead of taking responsibility for it in his domestic policy. i would say going rward both sides will be interested in not deescalation, but keeping it where it is and maybe pontial escalation of the

turkey's washington ambassador came together with the u.n. u.n. advice united states adviser bolton to talk about the arrest of the situation of a passer bronson and now we are hearing from passive browses lawyer that they have many of the files and he had the people to court to get to get him released from the house arrest which is a sign that maybe there can be an ease in the tension between the two governments which had good relations up on till two weeks ago. thanks very much ok let's examine the other end of the story mohan corresponding is a formally an advisor to the indian finance minister and chairman of the center for policy alternatives he joins us from hyderabad mongo to swami these two currencies the rupee and the turkish leader they're not linked in any explicit way they're not pegged to each other so why is this having such a toxic reaction in india where i don't think you have you know we're going to hear. actually very rarely we're. going to. well tell you it was a. completely different things have you know jagers it has agreed is

increasing control over the economy and a diplomatic dispute between turkey and the united states on sunday out of one railed against washington's recent decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum . well for the very latest let's go to our correspondent dorian jones is standing by dorian the government in turkey says it's in an economic war does this crisis have the potential to destabilize the country while i think it's already doing that. polls in the current sea have calls absolute shock fear among the population and is raising korean concerns going forward it could ultimately become a systematic crisis on the money banking system if these heavy poles continue so already the the instability is there and i think the biggest concern going forward is he said the best is. needed to stabilize the currency all being refused to be carried out by the government the government says this is not true of any financial problems but rob or an economic well being waged by washington and you mention that economic war with washington that's a big driver of this crisis a growing rift between washington and thinker is being blamed for muc

the once common that's over the case of an american pastor held in turkey but it's fresh low inflation a fifteen year high. washington miles new sanctions on iran and western companies and investors are getting cold feet because president trump has threatened to also punish those trading with iraq iran. business. turkey's dispute with the united states over the fate of u.s. pastor bronson is threatening to further destabilize the lira the u.s. had imposed further sanctions on two ministers and president russia. after months of plunging exchange rates the turkish currency has now had a fresh low against the dollar inflation also rose again in july to nearly sixteen percent a fifteen year high increasing pressure on the central bank to hike interest rates . for days one issue has been dominating the front pages of turkey's newspapers. the country stacked with the united states has fueled fears a full blown economic turmoil. at the center of the dispute is u.s. pastor andrew brunson's seen here in a white t. shirt turkey accuses him of helping to plot a failed military coup in twenty sixteen after spending twenty one mo

between the two nato allies escalated in the last week over the detention of an american pastor in turkey washington impose additional tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum while ankara has responded with its own measures the dispute is calls the value of turkey's currency to plummet i can report from washington d.c. . afternoon in this escalating trade war between the u.s. and nato ally turkey the white house insisted its decision to impose tariffs was taken on national security grounds and it's only the sanctions put in place against two turkish ministers that are linked to the release of american pastor andrew bronson they tariffs that are in place and seal would not be removed with the release of castro brunson the tariffs are specific to national security the sanctions however that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor bronson and others that we feel are being held unfairly and we would consider that at that point the separation of the issues certainly complicating any efforts to resolving the economic dispute and the argument wretched up by a tweet from the u.s. vice president mike

these two nato allies escalated in the last week over the detention of an american pastor in turkey washington impose additional tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum while ankara has responded with its own measures the dispute has course the value of turkey's currency to plummet. and cats are says it will invest fifteen billion dollars in turkey's troubled financial sector the announcement came shortly after a meeting between the turkish president and the emir of qatar in ankara turkey was one of the first countries to offer support to cata after its neighbors imposed a blockade last year there's been an attack in the afghan capital kabul gunmen have targeted an intelligence services training center details are still coming in we'll bring you more on that just as soon as we have it separately the death toll for a suicide attack on a car bull education center on weapons day has been revised downwards to thirty for most of the victims were students preparing for exams it happened in a mainly shia neighborhood and no group has claimed responsibility so far. the party of brazil's imprisoned forme

turkey. washington said it is ready to slap turkey with more sanctions. more contagion is ahead.osed to turkey, i would reduce exposure. i think turkey is trying to rewrite the crisis management chapter in playbook for emerging markets. >> good morning, everybody. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." let's talk about shipping. shipping is increasingly the only story at the ap moller-maersk. we hear more about that restructuring this morning. ap moller-maersk planning to separate its drilling unit into a listing on the nasdaq. previously this man, soren skou, the ceo of ap moller-maersk, had previously been talking about selling the business. they were not impressed with the bids they were getting for that driven business, so they have decided to list it on the nasdaq. they have sold 19.2 5 million shares in july. we will look for more details and we will also look for the numbers from ap moller-maersk coming through this morning. the world's biggest shipping company expected to put out its numbers. away from the restructuring story, spinning off parts of the business to do with

amid the rising standoff over tire it's turkey slams washington saying it has almost completely halted relations. and u.n. peacekeepers are said to return to the disputed golan heights after militants were repelled from the region and syria and israel have been fighting over the resource rich area for decades. to. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me if you aaron. first the death toll from a suicide bomb attack in the afghan capital has risen to forty eight and is likely to rise further according to local health officials sixty seven others were injured in the attack on an education center in a shiite neighborhood of kabul no one has yet claimed responsibility the taliban denies responsibility this comes after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacked a military camp north of kabul local journalist sultan fires a reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in northen afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have be

turkey. in washington they say that the charges against him a bogus however in ankara they accuse him of having ties to the banned kurdistan workers party and also having ties to those who try to organize a coup to overthrow president back in twenty sixteen now the tariffs of twenty percent on exports of alimony and fifty percent of exports on turkish steel to the united states have hit the turkish economy hard on monday we've seen the turkish lira crash to a record low against the u.s. dollar and while we heard the president talking tough there he's also been telling people to drop the dollar and that's been picked up by people across to some of done that with some well quite colorful aplomb. but the reason we're seeing this type of reaction both from germany what we just saw from. trumps trade war because this type of trade war creates uncertainty and uncertainty is the kryptonite for businesses and ultimately in a trade war every a cold i mean loses out and that's why we're seeing this type of reaction from across the atlantic yes the big worry is now all right pay place that from berlin so

washington's increase pressure on the iran nuclear deal the u.s. has increased rates on steel and aluminum for europe on its key nato ali turkey as well german leaders are warning of wide ramifications. we won't let washington dictate to us with whom we can do business. this trade was slowing down and destroying economic growth and creates a new uncertain suze and interesting statements that peter altmire the economy minister gave to one of the big sunday newspapers here in germany and what we can infer from that is that this is the exact opinion of chancellor angela merkel mrs merkel never want to come forward with a statement unless she really really has to and of course peter altmire being one of her most trusted cabinet members he was the head of the chancellery for five years between twenty thirteen to twenty eighteen so what he says can be really taken is the word of angela merkel what is merkel and or germany says is usually in lockstep with what brussels has to say on these matters so we can really get ghana that this is the opinion of the european union but it's not just the e.u. berland mrs merkel or mr altmire that have issues with tariff

turkey. conflict president blames washington for the full boycott american products correspondent has the latest on the potential fallout. also on the show hong kong takes measures to clean up its not an electric project that would work throughout asia. how to walk onto your business news update here in berlin turkish president. has warned his country will boycott u.s. products in response to what he calls make terrorism done by the united states friends to trump administration doubling tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum the turkish lira a piece to be pulling back a little bit from record loss after the central bank took a new measures but rising prices are still hurting the people here is more president claims the united states has lira as retribution for ankara's detention of an american pastor on espionage and terrorism charges washington had already imposed sanctions on turkey and last week announced plans to double import tariffs on turkish elaman human steel since then the turkish lira has lost a quarter of its value there too and says it's part of a plot by the united states to devalue

on one side turkey's president accusing washington of stabbing turkey in the back. on the other side, president trump playing hardball. last week the administration doubled tariffs on turkish metals exports, sinking the country's currency 20%. erdogan in multiple em passed speeches urged turkeys not to bow to american pressure he considers blackmail saying, they have their dollars. we have our god. brunson has become the face of this angry impasse. turkey accuses the pastor, a long-time resident, of having contact with plotters who tried and failed to overthrower dogerdogan two years ago. this crisis goes beyond the fate of pastor brunson. turkey is a key nato member and erdogan says turkey will seek new alliances if problems continue. amid the standoff, brunson remains under guard, his passport seized. richard engle, nbc news. >> it is already back to school time for many students across america. as the new year begins in the shadow of the parkland massacre, children in florida are returning to classrooms with a controversial new layer of armed security added. nbc'

or turkey can do very little economically to retaliate against the united states but it can hurt washington strategically or u.s. forces working with a searing kurdish militia just across the turkish border turkey considers that military a terrorist organization so it could ramp up pressure on that militia and the u.s. forces there on top of that washington has been pushing. very hard to comply with its new iranian sanctions on current major trading partner with iran is seen as key to washington in the success of putting pressure on iran for now and they will not comply with those sanctions is very unlikely in the present vironment it will change that stance. well joining while the turkish finance or has been trying to reassure the public but the reality is that the currency has been taking for months at the country's seen inflation at nearly sixteen percent and now these american tariffs what's the impact on ordinary turks i think for the moment it is complete shock they've seen their currency literally implode in front of them beyond that i think there will be concerns of that if this rou

will impose sanctions on two turkish officials over the trial of an american pastor in turkey washington says andrew bronson led a protestant church and is mere husband unfairly to take. a us john just brought the release of software that allows consumers to three d. print guns well nine u.s. states have filed a lawsuit against the trump administration after it reached a settlement of texas based defense distributed to publish the printing files online for votes now from l.a. this is the computer generated weapon that's causing the uproar a crude single shock plastic pistol the united states of america will be the biggest export of terror. if we fail to stop the gun specifications for the gun were developed by cody wilson a self-styled anarchist as long as you have the right to keep and bear arms you have the right to make them in june the trumpet ministration abruptly gave up on a years long legal battle to prevent him from putting the gun plans on line wilson's diagrams allow a variety of firearms models to be made by anyone including convicted criminals mentally disturbed people or ch

as turkey's strategic partner of stopping ankara and the back last week washington imposed sanctions on turkey over its refusal to release a u.s. pastor causing economic turmoil now although at a one insists that the situation will be eased global investors are worried the president has suggested over the weekend that if the u.s. persists with sanctions and tariffs that it might seek alliances elsewhere we know that. russian president vladimir putin spoke over the weekend so i think that's probably what's troubling investors because at the moment we seem to be in a very much in a risk mood. as turkey seeks to emerge from the crisis it has also moved to take legal action against what he calls economic terrorists or thors he's accused hundreds of social media accounts of. looking the karen sisco by posting this leading information they say he won't back down on what they call an economic war. or today after country of mali now where presidential challenger somalis to say says that he will reject the results of a runoff held on sunday alleging cheating he asked the people to rise up agai

over the detention of an american past in turkey led washington to impose sanctions last week turkey responded in kind but not before its currency lira plummeted. a suicide attack on an education center in afghanistan's capital kabul has killed more than fifty two people most of them students it happened in a mainly shia neighborhood no group has yet claimed responsibility. on the party of brazil's imprisoned former president luis inacio lula da silva has registered him as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections thousands rallied in the capital brasilia to show their support for his candidacy was convicted in jail for corruption during his time in office. israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza after a months long shutdown karama crossing was closed because of the heightened tensions between the israelis and the palestinians lorries carrying clothes fuel and construction material cannot enter gaza israel has also lifted restrictions on the fishing off gaza shore. india's prime minister has revealed what's being billed as the world's biggest government f

turkey appeared the u.s. lobbied hard for his release that did not go anywhere so far and i think washington lost his patience>> turkey and the u.s. aren't nato allies -- are nato allies. are there concerns in washington that this could damage the relations/ >> yes and no. i think washington is a little wary of where this can all and. on the other hand, the relationship between the u.s. and turkey is not good in the first place. specifically, after turkey decided to purchase the missile systems from russia. that obviously, did not go well with president trump in the white house. you can say, there is some limited concern. i would say, it is fair to say that the concern is not to pick it since relationships within nato and its allies are estranged anyway. >> thank you. let's get the view now from turkey. correspondent reporting from us and is some of. -- stumble -- istanbul. how much was can relations it? >> potentially, a lot worse. u.s. forces are working with syria jujust across the border. if they so wish, they could put all of the pressure on the u.s. forces. that would graraduate of tensios further. onon

turkey. joining us from washington is steven cook he is a fellow at the council on foreign relations. sion with turkey does pre-date the current difficulties over the past andrew brunson and turkey has been testing the patience. why do you say the president is getting it right. >> there is a long list that the united states has. the turks have undermined american efforts to contain iran. has helped iran evade u.s. sanctions and complicated the islamic state in syria and buying weapons. and the list goes on. george bush's administration, barack obama's administration have chosen to deal with the challenges in a private manner. to engage with turkish counterparts privately and hope for the best. i think president trump understands that the turks actually have responded to pressure before. the russian government has applied a significant amount of pressure after the turks shot down a war plane. the russian government has applied significant pressure. however the detention of a german journalist. both the germans and russians were able to get positive responses. and i think president trump

for you turkey's currency the lira has crashed to record lows against the dollar after donald trump and announced a doubling of tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum tensions between washington and congress have escalated over the arrest of an american pastor in turkey. and with that you're up to date now on t.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching have a great day.

this comes amid a growing standoff between turkey and the us washington hasn't been angered by turkey's refusal to release a jailed american pastor accused of involvement in a failed coup two years ago also at loggerheads over turkey's purchase of russian missile defense systems and also their conflicting strategies in the war against islamic state in syria and iraq. which the u.s. tariffs sent to the turkish lira into freefall and president has urged to citizens to defend their currency. change the euros the dollars and the gold that you are keeping but if you are pillows into lira banks this is a domestic and national struggle. the turkish lira has lost half its value against the dollar since two thousand and seventeen and as you heard president after one has urged turkish savers to sell their u.s. dollars but turkey analyst. cowen believes people are unlikely to heed that call. only in two weeks the turkish lira last experience the devaluation that came to the level of forty percent or more so i don't know if many people even if they really like the president can survive this new fri

turkey. meanwhile, washington has been speaking out. white house saying the turkey tariffs increase is not related to trade talks that trump has authorized on turkey tariffs. we had tweets from president trump that he will be doubling tariffs on certain metals with turkey. we will keep an eye on this throughout the market reaction . julie: we are watching another volatile market situation. this having to do with tesla. directors of the company are moving ahead with their review of elon musk's bold proposal to take the electric carmaker private. cnbc reporting that directors plan to meet advisers next week and are likely to tell must to recuse himself while they consider his plan. for more, let's get to david welch. david, in the meantime, there is the sort of anti-short quest on the part of elon musk that does not seem to be succeeding. david: no, it doesn't. the shares initially gained quite a bit, but they have given all that back. it really is not driving them to the brink. it did not succeed in the first place either because the shar

world unilateral actions against turkey by the united states are of decades will only serve to undermine american interests and security. before it is too late washington must give up the misguided notion that our relationship can be as symmetrical and come to terms with the fact that turkey has altoona divs failure to reverse this trend of unilateralism and disrespect will require us to start looking for new friends and allies so let's bring our guests now joining us from rally in north carolina is robert pierson former u.s. ambassador to turkey in ankara routine at them and their rector of foreign policy research a defunct asian for political economic and social research also known as sita and from new york by skype emitter beside the sea oh and co-founder of foreign policy interrupted an organization to increase female voices in the media was a focus on foreign policy coverage thank you all for joining us robert pierson let me start with you. pastor bronson was actually detained twenty months twenty one months ago in after mass of the failed coup why is that an issue now. it's been an issue since then there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that'

the war of words between the united states and turkey continues — with washington threatening more economic dollar. and elon musk says he wasn't high on cannabis when he tweeted about taking his electric car company tesla, private . he's faced intense scrutiny after saying he might take the company private at a price of $420 dollars a share. 420 is american slang for cannabis. do you ever feel as if your bosses are keeping a beady eye on you at work — as if they've got you under surveillance. if you do feel like that you're not alone. the tuc has carried out a survey that's had some surprising findings. it says more than half of us think we're being spied on at work — whether it's what we're doing on line — where we're going during the course of the day — or even how long we're spending in the loo. according to the report, the fear of surveillance results in an atmosphere of mistrust in the workplace — and needs to be addressed. we're nowjoined by kate bell, who's the head of economics at the tuc. thank you forjoining us. just to be clear, this survey is about fear of surveillance as oppose

percent on steel that it exports to the united states this is after turkey didn't meet a deadline that was set last wednesday by washington to release a united states citizen who is also a pastor who's being detained in turkey now donald trump calls the charges against this man bogus the turkish side say that he has links to the the band could ish workers party and he also has ties to the attempted coup that tried to overthrow president back in two thousand and sixteen now president of the one for his side says that if these type of tariffs keep being put in place then turkey may look elsewhere for its allies. we will respond to the one declaring the world trade to the whole world. new markets new corporations and allies. but if they strayed war deepens that dollar trade war that donald trump has been threatening the world with if this deepens well that is essentially kryptonite to business it creates uncertainty and uncertainty does no good for anybody's economy anywhere in the world mr riehl vicious circle is now as you say. coming up here on the program a part of it all the defense of a nation a new law in israel is in

turkey. from the washington institute, this is 90 minutes. this afternoon to the policy form. i am a senior fellow here at the research program and i see a lot of familiar faces around the room. we are here to join this discussion, the panel on u.s. circulations and the war of mutual sanctions. this event is on the record, it will be on social media and we have c-span live streaming the event. it's also on live stream of our website and i want to welcome everyone who is joining us online to this afternoon's important

and turkey are plunged into crisis over the tension of american pastor andrew brunson washington imposes sanctions on two senior turkish officials and ankara is threatening retaliation. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program election authorities in zimbabwe are urging people to keep calm the statement comes after an opposition rally yesterday turned by island after the army shot dead three unarmed protesters the opposition alleges the ruling senate p.f. party of president emerson has rigged the results of monday's elections the election commission denies any wrongdoing. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into the streets of harare midafternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage however the protesters claim they didn't start the violence. it was going on. i just want to emphasize the demonstration that. the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to p

that refer to russia's intentions with washington and causing further concern among turkey's nato allies all right this story insurance for us in istanbul thank you. for a different view i'm joined now from our washington studio by gibson who is the correspondent for the turkish newspaper daily sabah which is close to president a k party mr certainly thanks for being with us financial analysts say that president won is at the heart of turkey's problems they accuse him of robbing turkey's central bank of its independence is not responsible for the suffering of the turkish people. i mean if you look at this year from the prison there are dos perspective that he believes he has the responsibility for the bank's policies as well he says that if the economy doesn't go well the turkish people ask him not the central bank about unemployment and slow rate growth that's his argument about today turkish treasury minister had a presentation of bodies opinions about the long term and mid-term plans of the turkish economy and he highlighted that he believes in crucial independence of the central bank

turkey escalates the ongoing conflict with the us president and one blames washington for the near us all and threatens to boycott american products and all european banks are starting to assess their exposure to the crisis. also coming up the turkey crisis is raising fears about the potential for contagion in emerging markets many of vulnerable to shocks especially. have to do business targets president recha type ad or one has warned his country will boycott the u.s. products in response to what he calls economic terrorism done by the u.s. he's referring to the trump administration doubling terrorist attacks many of the turkish lira appears to be pulling back from record lows off of the central bank took emergency measures rising prices are still hurting the turkish people president claims the united states has the lira as retribution for ankara's detention of an american pastor on espionage and terrorism charges washington had already imposed sanctions on turkey and last week announced plans to double import tariffs on turkish elaman human steel since then the turkish lira has lost