Campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a just. A cathedral faster than a mosque and later a museum now istanbuls landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow mindedness this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im adrian fenty and one of the worlds most famous landmarks the haggis affair museum in istanbul has been turned back into a mosque turkeys president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral august affair was converted into a mosque after the awesome and conquest in force 153. 00 while unesco and greek russian and other Church Lea
For septembers main election. Mollies president makes major concessions to the opposition demanding he steps down. And counterfeit cash in libya well have the latest on attempts by the wards of the for half the to fund his attacks. Lets begin with the u. N. Security Council Decision that could severely affect 4000000 syrians living in rebel held territory members have agreed on a compromise that will allow only one border with turkey to remain open for a deliveries a groups a deeply concerned over restrictions on the flow of aid the deal was made after russia backed by china pushed to shut down a 2nd crossing across the entire country more than 11000000 people rely on humanitarian aid the conflict does lead to a vast. Numbers of People Living in camps after being forced from their homes demand for assistance has been rising steadily a record of more than 1700 trucks cross the Syrian Border and make carrying u. N. Aid the most since the war began and the spread of coronavirus could make
A cathedral faster than a mosque and later a museum now istanbuls landmark hagia sophia is being reconverted back into a mosque but is this an act of religious significance or political narrow minded yes this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan one of the worlds most famous landmarks the haggis affair museum in istanbul has been turned back into a mosque turkeys president but one says the site will be open to muslim worship in less than 2 weeks after a top court ruled that the buildings conversion into a museum in 1904 was illegal built one of the half 1000 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral august affair was converted into a mosque after the awesome and conquest in force 153. 00 while unesco and greek russian and other Church Leaders of denounced took his decision its Foreign Ministry insists that its a domestic issue of National Sovereignty will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st a report from aljazeera said im close to istanbul. The.
A hoarder reports from beirut some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of selfrespect a five hour pause in the assault by the pro Syrian Government alliance on the besieged enclave ordered by the russian government the temporary truce from nine am until two pm is due to be repeated daily its not enough for the syrians trapped in the war zone. What ceasefire we have been under bombardment all night planes flying above our heads death is everywhere theres no ceasefire. The Bombing Campaign resumed soon after the limited ceasefire expired the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus has been under attack for more than ten days civilian deaths are already close to six hundred the stated aim of the truce is to allow civilians to leave but the opposition says the true goal is to displace the population. So how do they expect the people of ghouta to leave their hom
Telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. The u. N. Refugee agency says the eu plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the mediterranean is an important step to collective european action eu agreed to triple funding for navel mission and lay the ground work for military action against trafficics and comes after hundreds are rescued from the Italian Coast Guard on thursday and we are joined just outside a Migrant Detention Center so eu is talking about the possibility of using a military force to stop the boats leaving libya, how feasible is that and is that going to work . Well i have to say standing on this side of the mediterranean and looking at the situation, it seems quite difficult. The eu will probably have to come up with some sort of plan but the way things work here is that there is no fix Meeting Point for smugglers. I was speaking to the coast guards yesterday and said we have hundreds of kilometers of coast and along the coast in the middle of the night there is a meeting. And