the turkish president has now publicly pointed the finger for the killing at the exiled turkish oppositionleric. for more on reaction to this story let's bring in thomas low lives. tell us about the ceremonies that were held today. >> one of them is still ongoing. the main orthodox church in moscow and the largest in russia. overseen by the head of the orthodox church. he said he knew him personally and admired him very much as an individual. his body was previously at the minister of foreign affairs where he spent a career spanning more than 30 years. some of it in very difficult places. atdimir putin laid flowers the base of his coffin. a number of senior politicians spoke saluting his professionalism and time on the job. putin was atir those ceremonies today. he made some very provocative statements about russia's missiles. tell me about that. he was at the ministry of defense. alongside the defense ministry in a televised meeting he called on the defense ministry to construct and design tactical nuclear missiles that could penetrate any future missile protection system. we can presume

this time it was the turkish ambassador to france. he was with his driver marked with diplomatic plates and ambushed by multiple gunmen, both men were killed. so at that point, that was two turkish ambassadors killed over three days and that was two years after the guys in santa barbara had been killed. but it kept happening through the '70s and '80s. in 1977, it was the turkish ambassador to the vatican shot outside his house in rome. then, in 1979, it happened again, the turkish ambassador to the netherlands. they killed his son. he was a grad student who was driving to college in the hague in the netherlands, stopped at a traffic light and a gunman shot him through the passenger side window and killed him. in 1982, it happened in southern california again. it was the turkish council general, sat in his car in the westwood neighborhood of los angeles. he was shot and killed. later that year in happened in america again. this time in somerville, massachusetts. it was the exact same m.o. he was stuck in rush hour traffic, a guy in a j

will increase the pressure on the turkish lira so much that the turkish central bank might eventuallyrced to raise its own lending cost to bolster the currency. an economist said that the pressure to hike might be unbearable as early as the first quarter of 2017. so to sum up, the bank is signaling that it does not intend to rush into action anytime soon, but market participants think that the global backdrop could force a rethinking of that strategy. angie: we are going to leave it there. thank you so much for that. malaysia says it will not introduce capital controls, 's slump, theinggit lowest since the financial crisis in asia. johari ghani made the pledge in an interview with bloomberg. shamim adam was there. what concerns do investors have? shamim: investors have long memories, and the asian financial crisis and what implementing998, capital controls, that is in the back of their minds. so we listened to what the minister had to say this time around. johari: there is no room to talk about capital constraints. we will sail through these turbulence. i do not call it crisis. has we

he was seen as a hero defending turkish airspace.ut when turkey decided to apologize to russia in june, because russian sanctions had knocked the turkish economy, then the pilot fell out of favor , and today, they are saying that the pilot himself was a terrorist. this is turks looking for somebody else to blame, particularly somebody abroad. think you must look at the situation generally, the turks are dismayed by what is , many were embarrassed by the killing of an ambassador. one of them opened fire on the u.s. industry this morning, firing his pump action shotgun. he harm to nobody, but he was venting his anger. nationalist turks need to blame somebody else, not themselves. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed, jasper mortimer reporting from ankara. both turkey and russia have vowed stronger ties in the wake karlov's assassination. catherine clifford looks at how much has changed over the past year. catherine: modern-day ties between former cold war enemies have just hit a new low at this time last your. turk

the turkish equivalents are in the country too, mainly preoccupied with the kurds.wo major powers who've intervened on opposite sides in the syrian war. andrei karlov, the late russian ambassador, accompanied his president on trips in the region. he died in the fallout from mr putin's decision to make russia a power in the middle east again. also paying a heavy price are syrians, being bussed out of eastern aleppo into an uncertain future. more than half syria's pre—war population has been displaced by the war. the evacuation from eastern aleppo has been so difficult to arrange because of all the factors that make the war in syria so hard to solve. it isn'tjust about doing a deal between those who support the regime and those who don't. foreign powers who have intervened in syria have their own rivalries that go above and beyond the war. and they have the biggest say. in new york, the un security council passed a new resolution calling for monitors to watch over what's happening and proper access for humanitarian aid in aleppo. it might be too little, too late, and

with the ambassador down, the killer shouted in auerbach and then turkish. times or two times and then he shot directly. i hid myself behind the table. >> reporter: the assassin was an off-duty turkish policeman. he used his badge to get into the russian-sponsored event. this was revenge for russia's participation in attacks on aleppo where evacuations of civilians continue tonight. russia and syria have been widely criticized for their brutal military campaign against the city. it's unclear if the gunman was sent by a terror group like isis or was just angry and plotted on his own. in moscow, vladimir putin promised to revenge his amb ambasder's killing. >> reporter: russia is not likely to respond militarily against turkey, but can and probably will escalate the war it is already fighting in syria. russian air strikes there already described as indiscriminate could get more intense now. >>> all right. let's turn it back to business and take a look at what we're seeing on our european equity markets early this morning. we were called relatively flat and the

the turkish economy suffered.ore recently, they of worked hard to bring the relationship back to a place where they are talking about the area, in part because the situation in syria has changed. both are saying they do not want that to change. they need to continue working together, especially in view of the situation in syria. the relationship just beginning to recover. a real headwind. what does this imply for the relationship going forward, this event? partly economic. turkey has been hit by terrorist attacks, from kurdish separatists, but also isis related attacks. turkey has been fighting separatists in southeast turkey itself and has put troops inside the separatists there and to push isis away from the border. economically, it shrank, the economy shrank in the most recent data, and tourism, which is a very important part of the turkish economy, has been hit hard, so more effects like this is not likely going to be a good thing. >> is turkey going to change policy regarding syria? d: turkey has changed poli

with our turkish friends and of course with the russians as well.nt's joint trim joint terrorism analysis centre, jtac, from the moment the berlin attack happened, they began selling what the security implications are for us here in britain. so far they're not aware of any similar attack planning in the uk. but the national terrorism threat level remains at the second highest, "severe", meaning that a terrorist attack of some sort is still thought to be highly likely. this is one measure of preventative security being tested by researchers. the barrier works, but you can't protect everywhere and one of britain's most experienced counter terrorism officers says the key is good intelligence. well more bollards and troops on the streets is absolutely not the answer to this threat. you have to build your intelligence capabilities, have you to encourage people to come forward and trust the agencies and report information and concerns that they've got. stopping something like this, the truck attack in nice on bastille day, that killed over 80 people, is c

with me now is ozge ozdemir from the bbc turkish service.s for many hours now. tell us what your conclusions are so far. actually, what we know right now, we know the identity of the gunmen, who shut the russian ambassador. he was a police officer working in ankara, the capital of turkey, for 2.5 yea rs. the capital of turkey, for 2.5 years. he graduated from a school in israel. —— izmir. right now we know the identity and the friends and family of the policeman who shot the russian ambassador are in custody and are being investigated by police. a lot of people paying a debt into the footage shot at the scene. and a peep photographer kept filming while the third was there —— ap. many people drank attention to what the gunman said and what he was saying and the way it was standing —— drawing. saying and the way it was standing -- drawing. it was the opening of a photo exhibition, and the ambassador was giving a speech at the time. the gunman was behind him. he shot in the air, and shut the russian ambassador. he said, don't forget aleppo, don

prominent turkish author has jail, held since august on terror propaganda charges. mehello. welcome back to the newsroom. first, all eyes are on the clock in syria, with a new nationwide atse-fire set to begin midnight. the truce was announced earlier by the russian president confirmed by bynd foreign ministry. president bashar al-assad said the committed to observing cease-fire, despite supporting opposing sides in the five-year conflict, moscow a and kazakhstn and ankara are now both responsible to make sure weapons are down and stay down. what the turkish president had to say. >> we have an opportunity to bloodshed in syria with a political solution. must not squander this chance. this is a historical chance. of opportunity should not be wasted. turkey will continue to fight organizations,st particularly the islamic state group, until the safety of its guaranteed. compromising this is out of the question. >> president erdogan speaking there a short while ago. cease-fire doesn't cover the islamic state organization, the formally known as the front, as well as fighters from

turkish relations be rescued, or is turkey getting ready to say so long?hat is what we want to talk about today on "quadriga" with three people following the situation closely. it is a pleasure to welcome gokcen beyinli, a journalist from turkey and academic currently working with oxford university. she says turkey has been a part of europe for centuries. it belongs to the e.u., not erdogan. germanru is a turkish businessman and founder of the party alliance of german democrats. he says turkey is no longer obedient to europe. relations will inevitably continue. and it is a pleasure to welcome michael thurmann. he right -- he writes about international politics for "die zeit" and he says the turkish government is fighting a war not only against terrorists, that against ordinary citizens. the e.u. has to address these problems without burning bridges. gokcen beyinli, the e.u. parliament's resolution was nonbinding. ultimately it is the commission and the member states that have to decide whether to continue talks with turkey. all of you are basically saying

for example, the turkish tourism sector can suffer in that sense. affairs —— deputy minister of foreign affairs warned russian tourists to think twice to visit turkey, but in the general context, we can't say that turkish— russian bilateral relations will suffer more. but on the other hand, we can say that the turkish— russian relations in the syrian crisis can ramp up and the actual attack, i think, syrian crisis can ramp up and the actual attack, ithink, will syrian crisis can ramp up and the actual attack, i think, will be a turning point in turkish foreign policy in the syrian crisis and turkey will try... they will try to convert its position in syria with russia, and probably turkey will diminish its military support to some opposition groups that are recognised by russia as terrorist groups, so in that sense, we can see that russia in the following days will probably intensify its operation in other cities of syria where also it activates opposition groups supported by turkey. in regional terms, turkey and russia will probably try to work tog

inside syria to stop turkish separatists there and to push isis away from the border. economically, the economy shrank in the most recent data, in tourism, which is an important part, has been hit hard. more effects like this are not likely going to be good. angie: is turkey going to change policy regarding syria? >> well, turkey has changed policy most recently. initially, phase supported rebels in syria, and they continue to, however there a will simply be much more limited. before, it was very much regime change. they wanted to get rid of assad. they still say want to get rid of him, but in terms of policy and action, it is much more limited in trying to limit the kurdish separatists and to push isis away from the border. they are working with the russians in aleppo, they have been working on getting people evacuated. angie: thank you so much for joining us. berlin, were 12 people died as a truck plowed into shoppers at the christmas market. we are live with the latest. police have said that they have arrested a suspect. >> that's true. a suspect believed to be the

forbig of a setback is this the turkish authorities?it is a tragic event for the russian ambassador. it continues this trend in turkey of elevated security risks. that really defined 2816 for this economy. the data has been horrible, and a lot of that has been because of isis attacks, or the field july.- failed coup in july. the confidence has fallen out. the figures were terrible. there was nothing to like. the first contraction since 2009. retail sales, industrial production, pmi figures still point to an economy that was fundamentally weak in the fourth quarter. in the past 24 hours, it is another setback for turkey. angie: i want to bring up another bloomberg chart. signals weullish have seen on the turkish benchmark since august. last date and put it was december 20. we are still seeing by side with a strong buy signal. what do you make of this? is this one side of the story that counters the negative one that you just relayed? jean-paul: that is a great question. it is a difficult outlook for turkey in 2017. on top of all of the p

interior minister, the turkish interior minister, the turkish interior minister, the turkish interior heavily wounded and taken to hospital and there are three other people who are lightly wounded. the russian ambassador was attending a photography exhibition. he was conducting a speech there and there are photographs emerging that have emerged to the turkish media showing the exact moment of the assassination attempt and in those photographs you can see the russian ambassador lying on the grown along with several other people lying on the grown. the russian ambassador being shot and by him a man dressed in black standing holding a gun. that is the gunman. reportedly, he has entered the building saying that he isa has entered the building saying that he is a policeman. reports suggest they entered the building as such. witnesses say the ambassador was shot from the back initially and then the gunman told everyone else to lie down and then he shot the ambassador again telling everyone else to go outside the building and then the operation was held and the operation as i said is now ove

all of this happening at a museum in turkish capitol. it was entitled russia through turkish eye. it was a photography exhibit. the gunman he lingered behind the russian ambassador. he was a career diplomatic. the gunman lingering right behind the ambassador as he spoke to the media and as the ambassador was speaking to the media, he takes out his pistol and shoots him in the back, a brazen attack,obviously, ali. >> cal perry. >>> thank you for that, now, lets go to istanbul of richard engel that's there. there was a message from the gunman. did we know that was a message on behalf of someone or he's working on his own, what do we know? >> reporter: the interior ministry said a short while ago that he was a riot police officer in the city. that was a first official confirmation that he was in fact of the members of the turkish security forces. there is reports that he was off duty at the time. he clearly looked comfortable in the room. he was able to get into this diplomatic event with his pistol. he was standing behind the ambassador as cal was describing. while the ambassador wa

the turkish president said the attack was aimed at hurting ties with russia. >> i called mr.in and sent my condolences. on behalf of myself and my .ation the russian president and i agree that this treacherous attack was a clear provocation desire to harm turkish-russian relations. meanwhile, the russian prime minister met with his turkish counterpart in moscow for talks on syria. he says he expects the attack will bring turkey and russia closer together. >> this barbaric crime reminds , if such ain reminder was needed, that the fight against terrorism must be uncompromising and ruthless. ,eporter: meanwhile in ankara turkish police have detained several people, including via the attacker's parents and sister. authorities have not released information on the investigation, but a senior senior investigator official said the attacker may have acted as part of a group. he was apparently protesting against russia's involvement in syria and shouted the arabic phrase all iah is great. he could be linked to the move of exiled clerics, which has been blamed for the phi failed coup of

the turkish government have said that they are sensitive to preventing the casualties.ll able to put up a fight. this new appeal for help could be a sign of how tough the battle for al—bab has become. caroline davies, bbc news. a typhoon has hit the philippines, forcing tens of thousands to seek refuge in emergency shelters. typhoon nock—ten, with gusts of more than 160 kilometres — at least 100 miles an hour — has killed several people and damaged homes. it's also caused flooding in coastal communities and disrupted air and sea travel. i spoke just now to the chairman of the philippines red cross, richard gordon, for an update from the control centre in manila. we have managed to free a lot of people stranded on the piers. we have given hot meals. we managed to help people evacuate into the evacuation centres. we have about 87,000 people in evacuation centres. now it's going down as the typhoon moves further and further away. we are now getting the data. the data is beginning to come in. how many houses in one town right on the pacific ocean, we don't know. nine out of

the turkish government have said that they are sensitive to preventing the casualties.ble to put up a fight. the new appeal for help could be a sign of how tough the battle for al—bab has become. caroline davies, bbc news the astronomer vera rubin, one of the pioneering scientists who discovered compelling evidence of dark matter, has died. she was 88. she found that stars at the edges of galaxies moved faster than expected and that something like dark matter may be the reason. it was groundbreaking work and she won numerous awards and honours, although never a nobel prize. that was the evidence needed which we now call dark matter. some sort of gravitating new particle not yet discovered that producers of these gravitational force that makes the stars go faster than they would otherwise ago. she looked at more than 200 galaxies in some details. she was also a champion of women in science and in a very practical way? she was very practical, very upfront about it. she never shied away from saying what she thought. for example, when she applied to graduate school, she app

turkish security forces then swarmed the area. it is not clear what impact the killing may have now on turkey's sometimes fragile relations with russia, which hit an all-time low after turkish forces shot down a russian warplane near the syrian border in 2015. russia also is widely blamed by many in the region for its part in supporting syria's assad regime amid a humanitarian crisis taking place in war-torn aleppo. following the ambassador's assassination, turkish president erdogan and russian president putin spoke by phone. both countries, along with iran, expected to hold a summit on syria in moscow on tuesday. the slain ambassador had served as russia's ambassador to turkey since 2013. he was married and had one son, according to the russian embassy. and for the russians now, the question may be how much of the terror threat has now expanded to their presence in turkey, a nato ally? brianna? >> barbara starr, thank you for that report. let's go back to our experts now. we're also joined by the director of the turkish research

wounded soldiers were rushed here, to a turkish hospitaljust over the border.ed on the street by their families. now turkey has asked for support from the us—led coalition. translation: we would like to emphasise that the international coalition must carry out its duties regarding aerial support. it is unacceptable that certain circles who always criticise turkey in its fight against daesh are not giving necessary support to the operations. there is no sign as yet that the coalition, who are bombing is nearby, has directly joined the turkish operation. syrian activists say that the turkish airstrikes have also killed more than 80 civilians in al—bab. the turkish government have said that they are sensitive to preventing the casualties. despite losing a lot of ground, is is still able to put up a fight. this new appeal for help could be a sign of how tough the battle for al—bab has become. caroline davies, bbc news. a typhoon has hit the philippines, forcing tens of thousands to seek refuge in emergency shelters. typhoon nock—ten, with gusts of more than 160 kil

it seemses that the turkish, and the mayor of ankara. it looks to be the highlight he was a turbish person and he has assassinated the russian ambassador there. >> tom going back to it that point. we are looking at the image on the screen and viewerson social media there is a lot of video of the assassination to take place. and that's why we have an idea of what actually transpired. the man in the suit was standing behind the ambassador and he's speaking. you can see the ambassador being shot and he steps forward and goes on the rant. those are the photos we are getting because the associated press photographer was one of the first to report this happened nationally. the shooter has been early identified as some sort of law enforcement? >> that's correct. it took place in perhaps upon the premier art calorie in anchor and turkey's capitol and that is just down the road from the u.s. ambassador. it has metal detectors. but he managed to get in to the event with a weapon and get behind the russian ambassador and fire and kill him. and it l

that has really damaged the relationship and turkey suffered , the turkish economy suffered.nd more recently, they have worked hard to bring the relationship back together to a place where they are talking about syria, partly because the situation in syria has changed. and they are now both saying that they do not want to change the improved relationship, they need to continue to be working together, especially in view of these situations. yousef: as you said, the relationship was just beginning to recover, so a headwind there. what does this imply? this event. riad hamade: the risk for turkey partly is economic. turkey has been hit by terrorist attacks recently, especially from kurdish separatists, but also from isis related attacks. turkey has acted -- they have been fighting separatists in southeast turkey itself and they have put troops inside syria to thereeparatists emphasizes away from the border. economically, the economy has anank and tourism, which is important part of the economy, has been hit hard. so more attacks will not be a good thing. >> is turkey going to ch

and a counterforce, upsetting the impact of the turkish lira on inflation.t is basically what gave the central banks the opportunity to maintain policy unchanged, at least for now. angie: what now? what does this say about monetary policy going forward? onur ant: the rates, we will wait to see if there is weaker demand, despite the weak currency. analysts in the financial community say there is a strong possibility that higher interest rates in the u.s. will increase the pressure on the turkish lira that the central bank might be forced to raise their own lending -- to bolster the currency. an economist said that the pressure to hike might be unbearable as early as the first quarter of 2017. the bank is signaling they do not intend to take a check -- action anytime soon, but many think that the global backdrop could force a rethinking of that strategy. angie: we will leave it there. thank you. malaysia says it will not introduce capital controls, despite having the lowest slump since the financial crisis in asia. johari ghani made the pledge in mean intervie

the turkish and russian presidents made similar statements. listen to this. >> translator: the committed crime is obviously a provocation designed to spoil russia/turkey relations. and derailing peace process in syria. >> after the incident during the talk with mr. putin, we agreed this was a provocation and on behalf of my country and my nation, i repeat my condolences to mr. putin and all the russian people. >> it seemed there was a conscious effort to show there's no daylight between these two leaders right now? >> absolutely, a year ago at this time, they were at each other's throats especially vladimir putin, right after the turks had shot down the russian military plane, putin said it was a stab in the back by turkey, a few months ago, they completely did a 180, changed the relationship, brought the two countries together. it's quite obvious they're going to make sure even this horrendous act is not going to create a casm between them. i think that's predictable they will probably move on as hard as it may seem at this point. but move on

we have vladimir putin's statement with the turkish president. your response to this?so basically what we know is that president putin spoke with president erdogan, briefing putin about the context of the attack and giving him a better idea of what exactly went down and how it went down. obviously a major investigation will now need to take place. we know that president putin is meeting tonight with members of his staff from the foreign ministry and also with members of his security council. the russians have called this an act of terrorism. i wanted to read to you quickly from the official statement that the foreign ministry put out. murderers will be punished, terrorism won't sustain, we will fight it. and they also said that turkish authorities have assured us that a thorough, comprehensive investigation will be conducted. clearly the russians saying here that the onus is on the turks to provide more context for how this attack was able to happen, who if anyone was behind it. we heard there from muhammad, it was a young police officer who was the perpetrator but of

that cost the turkish is suffering. and politically, diplomatically, and economically, a lot at stake. this, essentially, if you will, singing from the same hymn sheet at the moment, there's a lot to be done, john. >> and matthew, in moscow. we hear from putin. unofficially, a very different reaction, especially from politicians in russia. a lot of conspiracy theories. >> translator: what took place and the circumstances behind it, are going to be the subject of a joint investigation between the russians and the turks. putin said last night, they need to find out who was behind the hand of the killer. they sent a people of experts, including, trying to get to the bottom of it. if this happened a year ago, when there was a massive foulout between putin this could have been consequences. but it's not a year ago. they rebuilt their friendship substantially. and they say this is not going to derail that process. and we can take that at face value. neither one wants to re-enact the shootdown of the plane. this was not a sanc

the other happened in the turkish capital of ankara. russ russia's am bass door to turkey assassinated on camera. we should warn you this is very tough to watch and the implications even worse. if you think you might need to turn away, now's the time. all right. this happened at an art gallery. ambassador andrei karlov was speaking when the gunman described as a turkish police officer shot him dead. the killer shouted "do not forget aleppo." cnn's clarissa ward joins us now from moscow where the kremlin is reacting. claris clarissa, just in terms of who this shooter was, what his motive was, what exactly do we know so far? >> reporter: well, so far, we know what we've seen in the video, john, which is that the attacker quite clearly says over and over again, "we must remember aleppo," "we must remember syria," "anyone who's involved in this oppression will simply have it coming to them. you have the stated motive, which was he was apparently moved to violence by the scenes that have been unfolding in aleppo, and i should say, john, i'm

then the u.s. asked to use turkish soil to enter iraq.said no, but appealed unsuccessfully to help with the invasion. it seems turkey has a big problem on its southeast border. for decades, they battled kurdish minorities that want greater autonomy or even independence. the kurds are the world's largest nation without their own state. with saddam removed, turkey fears the possible breakup of iraq along ethnic and religious lines. in the north, iraq's kurds could control vast oil riches. they might then inspire turkey's kurdish areas to join them under one flag. within turkey, the ongoing civil war has forced millions to flee to its western cities, just accelerating rural to urban migration. the violence highlights another trend as well: turkey's human rights record. unfortunately, turkey has an abysmal human rights record. torture is all too commonly used. people are all too commonly held for political reasons. and there has been a lot of oppression towards intellectuals, journalists and others who speak out on issues that the turkish sta

his arabic was broken with a turkish accent. he spoke then in turkish and said don't forget aleppo. don't forget syria. you will not taste security if our regions are not safe. only death can take me from here. he warned other people in the room to stand back. he points his gun at them and says, everyone responsible for the cruelty in syria will pay a heavy price. then he was killed by police on the scene. turkish security forces are saying he was, in fact, a police officer identified as a very young man, 22 years old from the riot police division. police critically say he was not on duty at the time. >> richard, thanks. i want to go back to cal. i understand you have the video. we are ready to show it here. graphic and disturbing. >> exactly. take a look. we are not going to actually show you the moment he's shot. you will see him coming to the microphone. there is the attacker behind him. at this point he starts that rant, that richard is talking about aleppo and the need to pay more attention to it and the need to avenge the deaths in aleppo. as you can see there and the point of

think back just over a year, to when the turkish airforce shut just over a year, to when the turkish more recently, the two countries have tried to put all of that behind them and forge a new relationship, a new partnership, basically because their two presidents, putin and erdogan, calculated it's in both of their bests interests to do that. so ever since last night, moscow and ankara have been going out of their way to display a united front to make it clear that they do not want to fall out again. the russians have a lot riding on this display of unity because they are convinced here that the new moscow—led diplomacy on syria, the so—called russia, iran and turkey, which met in moscow today, is on the verge of a diplomatic breakthrough on syria. if it can be achieved, it is a big "if" could elevate russia to the position of key power broker and player in the middle east. vladimir putin would like nothing better than to end the syrian conflict on his terms, but i think we're still a long way away from that scenario. steve rosenberg, in moscow, thank you. doctors have described a ne

turkish security forces are pretty professional. many of them not necessarily concryp concrypt conscrip conscripts. he would have been vetted. so there would have been some background that the authorities in turkey would know about this individual, his family. we know that they've already detained some of his relatives and are questioning his roommate, who is also a member of the police force. look. i've been following turkish media for the last couple hours. i've spoken to a lot of turkish people in the opposition as well as those close to the akp party, and both are telling my different things about his background. some of them are saying this is an individual who based on his facebook posts, things that nbc has not independently verified, but some things suggest he may have in the last couple years been an islamist, been somebody leaning towards al nusra front. that's one of the groups linked to al qaeda. at one point, they're saying this is a person who was a part of the security detail that guarded large demonstrations and even

an off—duty turkish policeman, moments after he shot and killed

will that challenge russian-turkish relations? no, because we are fully aware of the importance of russian-turkish relations and we will do everything to develop them. certainly, we will keep in mind the interest of turkey, but also own interests.r in the past year, after we normalized the relations, we were able to find the compromises we needed so we can continue finding consensus going forward. as for aleppo, indeed, the situation was resolved and, as you remember, some of the villages that were deblocked, and these villages were populated by a shia majority. and certainly a big role was played by the leadership of iran and the president of turkey. but certainly without russia, it , would be impossible -- i do not want to brag about that, but that is true. so this cooperation certainly plays a critical role in resolving the aleppo crisis. and what is also of paramount importance is the final stage. i got the report of the defense minister. there were no hostilities. hostilities were stopped. dozens of thousands of people were e

>> well, turkish authorities are not saying. they are working with russian investigators, a team of 18 detectives arrived here. turkish and russian authorities are trying to work closely together and don't want it to be a wedge between the two nations. russia is hoping this brings turkey closer to the russian position regarding terrorism and regarding how the future of the mideast should take shape. a turkish security official said that the attack in his opinion was too sophisticate and too professional to have been the act of just one individual. that was with the cameras rolling and taking still photographs as well. you see how he moves through the space and takes up a position mind the ambassador and pretends to look and be engaged in the artwork on the wall and eases his hand into his jacket. pulls out a pistol and beginsa firing. he dies a short while later in a gun fight with the turkish police. it could have been likely. it could have been he was acting alone and this one, turkish officials thought there was a group behin

the turkish news agency says the gunman has been neutralized.ot twist out of a spy movie it appears the shooter identified as mevlut mert altintas was an officer assigned to turkey's riot police who stood behind the ambassador as if he were guarding him. what remains unclear is if he was working alone or part of a larger conspiracy. the as in a nation cou the assassination puts pressure on the turkish government over an urgent security problem. what analysts call a growing number of turkish police and security forces who have been radicalized in recent years. >> junior people knew to those organizations and sources within the turkish government have indicated those problems have been greatest within the air force and the turkish national police. >> reporter: on the russian side, analysts say this incident, along with the shootdown of a russian passenger plane over sinai last year was part of the military prop up. >> the second way to understand it is as the continuing destabilization of the situation inside of turkey that's been going on several

turkish soldiers, turkish police, and civilians.ng here, this really brazen attack against the russian ambassador, further fuels the suspicion that turkey is becoming increasingly an unstable and insecure place for people. because local authorities have been saying, one in particular saying it is highly unlikely the man was acting alone. what is your take on that? highly unlikely the man was acting alone. what is your take on that7m is remarkable be assassin came so close to murder the russian ambassador point—blank range, and also at a public event in the capital city of ankara, this raises serious questions about the level and quality of turkish security, particularly in such a sensitive area of turkey. and the impact on the public, although this was targeted at i's pacific individual, but you talk about the many bomb attacks we have been witnessing, the sense of nervousness among the public must be extremely great. we have already seen over 50% of hotel bookings have been cancelled, so once upon a hotel bookings have been cancell

this was by a turkish kurdish group. i see it, it was retaliatory against turkey's recent gains against syrian kurds which are allied with the ppk and now we're seeing one more fallout effect the syrian war, the assassination, unfortunate assassination of the russian ambassador was of course a politically charged murder. the assassin said this was in protest of russia's involvement in syria. which is against turkey's policy there. the two countries are actually in a proxy war. so this is to me a sign that countries when they get involved in civil wars next door, ultimately that war comes to bite the hand that feeds it and turkey's now unfortunately going through that crisis. >> so, paul, president-elect trump said that islamic jihadist terrorism was to blame on the attack of this russian ambassador. so in light of what he just told us, is that fair to say? >> there's no evidence so far. there's no claim of responsibility from any islamist terrorist group like isis or al qaeda or other jihadi groups. it could well be that

he was killed by turkish police. in just the last hour, turkish authorities detained six people.r, father, sister and roomma roommate. in a separate incident hours later, a man fired a shotgun outside the embassy. he yelled, quote, i swear to god don't play with us. we have nick robertshave nic ro latest on this story. the video painting the terrible picture of the off-duty police officer standing there and listening to him before shooting him in cold blood. what is the latest? >> reporter: cold blooded assassinati assassination. and a gunman, even appli police could get so close to the ambassador. the cease-fire to allow civil answer o ians out, but on opposite sides of the issue here. how could the russian ambassador be in the position and exposed? we understand andrey karlov is now in the process of being rep repatriated. the investigative team is here. 18 of them. some of them may come and visit the premises where the art exhibit was on where the ambassador was giving a speechless than 24 hours ago behind me here. the investigation has begun. no details from authorities yet t

turkish president desperately wants. so it's kind of what we've been expecting to roll out, right? as "newsweek" tells it, the president-elect has business interests in istanbul. it appears to be getting skoesed by the turkish government to try to make the united states of america do what turkey wants. that is the explosive claim, among several, actually, that "newsweek" is due to public tomorrow morning in this cover story that we got a sneak peek at. donald trump is postponing his long-planned announcement about what he plans to do with all of his business interests while is he president. that announcement had been schedule for thursday. it was billed as a press conference, which would have been his first press conference since i believe july, the last press conference was the one where he invited russia to please hack hillary clinton's e-mails. he hasn't given one since the summer. if he was going to give one this thursday, that would have been the first one since the president-elect and a long time before but bloombe

russian and turkish president have decided that this incident will not upset that meeting. anchor: think you very much indeed. more than 7000 people have been moved out of a lap of in the biggest evacuation of the syrian city so far. thousands of children are among the refugees. and many are in a terrible state, having spent up to 16 hours waiting in freezing temperature without access to food or water. simon has this report. reporter: thousands of evacuees pouring into western aleppo. for these people to fighting is over. some will move onto to the province, others will remain in government held areas. civilians have been without food and vital supplies for months. >> today our brothers were evacuated and arrived at the first meeting point. there are hundreds, as you can see. coordination much and there were a lot of complicated issues. we have succeeded in limiting the damage and transporting civilians to centers. >> the turkish foreign ministry says that seven -- several thousand civilians have been moved out since the operation resumed late on sunday. aleppo is not the

i've been following turkish media for the last couple hours. i've spoken to a lot of turkish people in the opposition as well as those close to the akp party, and both are telling my different things about his background. some of them are saying this is an individual who based on his facebook posts, things that nbc has not independently verified, but some things suggest he may have in the last couple years been an islamist, been somebody leaning towards al nusra front. that's one of the groups linked to al qaeda. at one point, they're saying this is a person who was a part of the security detail that guarded large demonstrations and events that included president erdogan, so he must have been trusted by the inner parties. it's very hard to identify which part of it is true. but you will see as we learn more about him, you will get a profile depending on the narrative of who wants to spin what. the turkish government is saying he is linked to the gulenist movement. >> malcolm, it sounds like we're going to spend a couple of days trying to sort o

his government called him an "eternal symbol of russian— turkish friendship."ion in ankara last night, behind him, smartly dressed, his killer, a turkish policeman having cleared security with his police id. the gunman paces calmly, gearing up to strike, occasionally fumbling in his pocket. suddenly, he shoots. at the russian embassy today, tight security and tributes to an ambassador who'd served here for three years as russia and turkey fell out over syria. they back opposite sides in the war, but have recently reconciled. those who knew him called mr karlov a brilliant diplomat. this is a big tragedy for all of us. for all russian people. do you understand why there is anger against russia here? ah... i think i understand, but it is difficult to talk right now. the turkey—russia relationship has always been tricky, but this murder might actually bring them closer against the common enemy of terror. in syria they're helping each other achieve their goals — russian and regime control of aleppo, turkish influence in the north and, lacking many other allies at t

wounded soldiers were rushed here to turkish hospital just over the soldiers were rushed here to turkish 14 we re hospitaljust over the border. 14 were killed, mourned on the street by theirfamilies. were killed, mourned on the street by their families. now turkish has asked for support from the us led coalition. translation back they must carry out duties regarding aerial support. it is unacceptable that certain circles who always criticised turkey in its fight against di ash are not giving support to the operation. there is a sign as yet that the coalition has joined the operation. turkish airstrikes have also killed four than 80 civilians in al—bab. the turkish government say they are sensitive to preventing the casualties. despite losing a lot of ground, is it still able to put up a fight. the new appealfor ground, is it still able to put up a fight. the new appeal for help would be assigned of how tough the battle has become. the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah, is said to be rapidly heading for extinction. a study by the national academy of sciences in the us says cheetahs

his government called eternal symbol of russian turkish friendship.o watch. he was opening an exhibition in ankara last night, behind him, smartly dressed, his killer, a turkish policeman. the gunman paces calmly, giving up to strike, occasionally fumbling in his pocket. suddenly, he shoots. at the russian embassy today tight security and tributes to an ambassador who served here for three years as russia and turkey fell out over syria. they back opposite sides in the war would have recently reconciled. those who knew him called mr karlova brilliant diplomat. this is a big tragedy for all of us. for all russian people. do you understand why there is anger against russia here? i think i understand but it is difficult to speak right now. the turkey—russian relationship has always been tricky. but this murder might bring them closer. in syria, they are helping each other achieve their goals, the russian regime in control of aleppo and turkish influence in the north and lacking many other allies, turkey and russia need other. andrey karlov was one of russ

an assassination in onkura, the turkish capital, this afternoon. the russian ambassador, aundre carlov, was shot by an off-duty police officer. this happened at the opening of an art exhibit as which carlov had spoken. video cameras were there and they captured all of it. let me caution you at home if you have children watching right now. you might want to send them out of the room. the video we are about to show you is disturbing and graphic. you're about to see the moment when the assassin's gunfire hits carlov in the back. now, immediately after the ambassador drops to the floor, you can hear the assassin calling an i sslamic phrase roughly translating as god. judging by the rant after the assassin shot the ambassador, this would seem to be a politically motivated act, seemingly opposing russia's partnership with bashar assad who has been killing thousands of syrians. but has any group said the assassin did this in the group's name? >> right now, jake, there is no official claim of responsibility tying any group in particular to this assassin. b