Im delight to introduce the moderator for the second panel on the turkish economy. He is a senior fellow and director of the turkey project in the center on the United States and europe at the brookings institution. At brookings and previously on the faculty of the university in istanbul he has produced a rich body of Scholarly Research on topics including u. S. Turkish relations and turkish trade policies and Foreign Trade policies, the author of several books, the newest entitled turkey and the west fault lines in a troubled airline just came out in july. You can purchase it here if you like. We are very grateful to him for taking the reigns and i will leave to it him to introduce the panel and lead the conversation from now until 12 30. Please welcome him and the panel. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Im delighted to be here. Im not not sure whether ill be able to reign the panel as eliso has done and not sure i can speak as soft as she has been able to do. Please bear with me. T
International broadcasting to you live from the russian capital and making good to have you with us. This week has showed light on the fate of an iraqi ethnic religious minority the citys despite the fall of Islamic State thousands of the kurdish speaking group are still being held hostage many of them are children who have been abducted and sold at slave markets. The men would offer us and skits in the evenings they would get together and treat the women and have their fun with us. It was indescribable funny last tangent and the suffering tears and hunger i couldnt do anything not cry according to iraqi officials in two thousand and fourteen alone almost seven thousand new city people were kidnapped by iso and three thousand off the missing. Reports on the way home a few days from terrorist captivity. Age location. Starting bid ten thousand dollars russia. By location turkey starting bid fifteen thousand dollars keenness age location syria starting bid. Of dollars. Age fifty. Baghdad
Year churning in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to our Team International you know neal our top story turkeys foreign minister has hit the u. S. Saying he doesnt believe washington is a trustworthy partner it comes as tensions escalate between the two nato allies over turkeys offensive against the american backed kurdish militias in the north of syria which unquote describes as terrorist groups at the. Moment says the u. S. Hasnt. Missed a true told president on the phone that no more weapons will be given to the. Were going to see guns put into action well tensions between the u. S. And turkey have been escalating ever since the u. S. Announced its collaboration with Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria trump an air. Have attempted to ease tensions but somehow that seems to have gone wrong as well the Turkish Foreign minister had a few things to say about all of this he first commented on the general state of affairs a between the u. S. And turkey saying that
Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching the news hour live from my headquarters here in doha sixty minutes of news and comment today the Free Syrian Army launches a major operation against Al Qaeda Linked fighters they do it with backing from turkey and russia. Is a live pictures coming to us out of madrid as thousands take to the streets in spain and protest against the plans a session of catalonia. The sixty fifth birthday of president that he may have putin is met with a call for nationwide demonstrations over the arrest of one of his toughest critics plus. The city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we have very well prepared new orleans gets ready for what is now a Hurricane Nates a storm thats already left parts of Central America with mudslides and flash flooding that killed twenty four. Now from how much with over the new spain are officially off to next is the four world cup and the United States have taken a huge step towards
Alone welcome to ours as the un life for my headquarters in doha with me and as a piron im also ahead you are looking at live pictures from barcelona and madrid thousands take to the streets and spain summoned protest opposite in support of the planned full session of cotton lonia. The sixty fifth birthday of president Vladimir Putin is met with a call for nationwide demonstrations of the arrest of one of his toughest questions plus. Of the city remains under a state of emergency as we prepared and i assure you in the public that we are very well prepared new orleans gets ready for whats now harlequin to a storm thats already left parts of Central America with mudslides and flash flooding thats killed twenty five. Turkeys president theyre the ones as a Major Military operation is underway in syrias province he says the Free Syrian Army is carrying out the operation against former Al Qaeda Linked fighters with the support of russian airstrikes he says the turkish soldiers are backing th