iranian turkish trader reza zurab is the prosecution's star witness he's testifying against a turkish banker after pleading guilty to his role in a labyrinth scheme to wander billions of dollars in iranian money through turkish banks and avoid u.s. sanctions on thursday zurab testified that president tayyip erdogan then the prime minister of turkey not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with iran he and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. there is a big campaign of slander against turkey what kind of justice can you expect from such a judiciary i don't expect any justice. so rob is expected to continue testifying on friday in a trial that's expected to last three to four weeks and is putting the already tense r

not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with the law and he and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. in there is a big campaign of slander against turkey what kind of justice can you expect from such a judiciary i don't expect any justice. so rob is expected to continue testifying on friday in a trial that's expected to last three to four weeks and is putting the already tense relationship between turkey and the united states under further strain because jan fourth is a senior analyst at the bipartisan policy center he says the case would worsen relations between the u.s. and turkey. in order to deal with these accusations in order to discredit them the target government's done its best to simply ignore the case when

iranian turkish trader reza zurab is the prosecution's star witness he's testifying against a turkish banker after pleading guilty to his role in a labyrinth scheme to wander billions of dollars in iranian money through turkish banks and avoid u.s. sanctions on thursday zurab testified that president tayyip erdogan then the prime minister of turkey not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with iran and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. there is a big campaign of slander against turkey what kind of justice can you expect from such a judiciary i don't expect any justice. so rob is expected to continue testifying on friday in a trial that's expected to last three to four weeks and is putting the already tense rela

extension of a corruption case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed zurab also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to laundering money until his attorneys say the gold trader will say anything to get a lighter sentence very big bad news for. the same time started on this very powerful in turkey so. you know he's made. you know supporting him and most of the country do not here does all the geishas year or they hear the pro-government angles. that's why some court observers worry that a conviction of attilla in the u.s. could mean a further crackdown on political dissent in turkey christian salumi al-jazeera new york one of the top stories in europe this in france the rock n roll legend johnny holiday has died from lung cancer the seventy four year old singer sold more than one hundred million records and starred in numerous films he lost his career in the one nine hundred sixty s. he's credited with infusing rock n roll to friends he was often hold the french elvi

extension of a corruption case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed zurab also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to monitoring money until his attorneys say the gold trader will say anything to get a lighter sentence very big bad news for. the same time so our law is very powerful in turkey so. you know he's made. you know supporting him more sort of the country do not here does oleg asians here or they hear. pro-government angles. that's why some court observers worry that a conviction of a tiller in the u.s. could mean a further crackdown on political dissent in turkey christian salumi al jazeera new york the worst year on record for wildfires in southern california is ending with more homes being destroyed one hundred kilometer an hour winds are whipping flames higher in ventura county north of los angeles work on some of hollywood's best known t.v. shows has stopped and three hundred thousand californians have been forced out of their homes this week fire cr