in related to christianity and jews in turkey and you can see in turkey still some more school. churches all together next to each other includes going to look in other areas and when you go to mosque you can see lots of people are praying dad and also to come and to do you know to visit the most i think is not related to radicalism is totally totally different as you're 38 years is 10 times the big secular country is that this is my this is this is this is a socialist you take and it is a value to a secular if i could just stress that point that you're making that is a secular country that has most it has synagogues it has chechens everyone living side by side so why upset the balance. being a secular does not mean that you should forget about the about your values and the symbol of the. stumble let me remind you that i have lived more than 2 years inside greece and inside greece if you are talking the breach between the cultures and the core existence of the religions with each other you cannot go to more insight dance insights and if you are the citizen of the greece they do

turkey is the. priority in the very beginning was the fact that international institutions should be involved in this in the indias the indian issue and if that is if there needs to be an international court proceeding it must be done because. this was a this was. openly a murder case and turkey wanted those who are responsible for this to be judged and and punished if it is. necessary and of course there is another dynamic in this but maybe i can tell that as we know that in turkey that is that there are big number of who are distant from many countries especially from the middle eastern countries and such at such a nerd or such and such as is didn't what is what. would have the risk to instigate further evidence like this 30 wanted to really give the message that it can't tolerate any other incident like this because turkey is a safe haven for those who are big or pressed by their own regimes so turkey welcomed many of the figures from different countries and they can stay here as long as they. th

and synagogues open in turkey our non muslim communities are free to. worship in their traditional ways jews and christians and others more traditional christians like syria christians orthodox armenian christians catholics and others they have their on religious institutions they have their own schools and they are free to practice their religion so it doesn't really raise any questions about religious coexistence turkey's air too many empires and civilizations and culture cultures and we have been able to preserve that rich cultural tradition for centuries and we are determined to do so the new status that i sophia will have as a mosque it does not in any way at take away anything from its being part of this rich tradition what message does this send to the president that he wants to try to sit home and abroad to what extent to this reinforce the perception of the turkey is not interested in abiding by international norms and institutions it's determined to act unilaterally what international institutions or 'd conventions are there to decide whether

turkey is often complain that that money has not been paid out quickly enough but turkey certainly cannot afford to forego that money at this point in time and therefore i think we're unlikely to see turkey play that card in the crane thank you very much and we'll stay with turkey on a quarter as been deciding today whether one of istanbul's most iconic buildings should become a mosque again the centuries old high as a fear is a unesco world heritage site that has been a church a mosque and is now a museum with nationalist groups demanding it be open for islamic press critics say it has become a political instrument for president. empires have fallen religions have been replaced the city itself has changed names but the dome of the higher sophia has withstood it all built in the 6th century as a byzantine church it was for centuries the world's largest christian cathedral almost a millennium later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the autumn an empire but in the 1930 s. it was turned into a museum under the founder of the modern turkish republic ataturk a symbol of the new se

over turkey given the fact turkey geostrategic position the gate keeper from michael's trying to enter europe is also a powerful card that turkey has over europe but having said that turkey is lobbying very hard the european you need to open its stall for tourists to come into turkey particularly from germany that's the main provider of tourist into turkey and this possibly could be a gesture to berlin in its efforts to open up for german tourists to come to turkey right thank you for that dora jones and stumble. in football the german cup final takes place here in berlin on saturday leverkusen facing munich the game would normally bring thousands of fans to the german capital. means this year's going to be a subdued fat. chance of a double major whose meanwhile only their 2nd try. berlin's olympic stadium bereft of fans this year because of the pandemic. the city itself will also be without the usual throngs of football fanatics. who her. it's a bittersweet final for many not least for the members of the only fun club in the german capital they rarely miss an away game the most loyal

this is d w news live from berlin tonight convicted on terrorism charges in turkey but the court of global public opinion may deliver a different verdict today a court in turkey sentence the german turkish journalist did you jailed for more than 2 years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda the verdict is expected to strain relations between her and berlin also coming up tonight what does it take to recover from coated 19th tonight a survivor tells us how she's coping both mind and body. are burned off it's good to have you with us tonight relations between turkey and germany looks set to worsen and it has everything to do with a verdict that was handed down today it is stamboul a court sentence the german turkish journalist dennis you jail to more than 2 years in prison he was tried in absentia charged with spreading what turkish law defines and terrorist propaganda he says he plans to appeal. to the best preparing for the worse. has long represented dennis you jel outside court he had to break bad news tweets client he joe was convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda in absenti

turkey is active in 3 theaters of war in libya alongside the u.n. recognize government of national accord its managed to push back the advance of warlords. after the loss of $33.00 soldiers it inflicted heavy losses on syrian forces and maintains a buffer zone in the country and from time to time goes after kurdish armed groups in iraq well this raises the question of how it's managing the costs amid currency challenges turkey's military expenditure increased by 86 percent over the past decade to reach $20000000000.00 in 2019 as a percentage of g.d.p. it spends slightly more than many nato nations according to fitch turkey's reserves fell to $33000000000.00 at the end of june from $87000000000.00 at the end of 2019 the central bank has been using reserves to prop up the euro the lire hit a record low of $7.00 now into the dollar in may although it has made some strong gains since then turkish president of the one who's been pushing for unconventional economic policies to suppress interest rates as inflation source. turkey is dependent on foreign mon

over turkey given the fact turkey's geo strategic position the gate keeper for migrants trying to enter europe is also a powerful card that turkey has over europe but having said that turkey is lobbying very hard the european union to open its stall for tourists to come into turkey particularly from germany that's the main provider of tourists into turkey and this possibly could be a gesture to berlin in its efforts to open up for german tourists to come to turkey thank you for that door in istanbul. lawmakers here in germany have backed plans to phase out coal as an energy source by 2038 the government's trying to end the country's dependence on fossil fuels in favor of renewable resources like wind power but climbers activists say 18 years is too long a wait. a future without coal power the message put out loud and clear by environmental activists who draped it across the front of the german parliament for those protesting in berlin germany's plan to abandon call in 18 years time will be too little too late they want the end of call to happen sooner to meet the targets set out in the

since the crime was committed in turkey turkey wants to shed the light on the situation and. are not so easy on the crime taking place on the turkish territory despite this fight it was in a consulate building back and now that the belief is that even though they're not able to charge people here personally i think it's an international pressure could be imposed on those people who were in walls of the crime. these red bulletins may be issued and those people may not get out of saudi arabia at these this isolation for that would be a punishment this fight a real punishment in turkey will not be that possible. this case is. huge a most emotive attention when it happened 18 months ago but how much attention is it getting today inside turkey. well the tension in between saudi arabia and turkey became a visible off the edge of mouth but she's a murderer but i have to say that there was that tension before which we didn't see that much because especially when it came to regional politics when it came to syria turkey and saudi arabia were on different pages as specially. turkey's s

well critics say this represents a new level of censorship and intolerance in turkey and. has been looking into the story for us hi joel thanks for joining us so is this a case of netflix complying with turkish authorities or resisting them well it's canceling the production instead of censoring it but that in a way is a kind of self-censorship and it shows that netflix is more interested in keeping its 1500000 turkish customers instead of picking a fight with the government now netflix turkey is under the control of turkey's radio and television supreme council and the head of that body a few months ago warn netflix that he would not tolerate shows that are contrary to what he calls the country's national values now netflix had been in production of a show called if only a romantic drama and the screenwriter of that shows that it was to contain a gay character a character described as gay but actually it wasn't going to be any physical intimacy portrayed nevertheless the screenwriter says that the regulators demanded the carriage to be cut and in response netflix decided

just 2 weeks ago turkey's highest administrative court canceled the building status as a museum and then ordered it to be used as a mosque despite covert 1000 thousands of believers began gathering outside the istanbul landmark last night started for us it's a symbol of islam or rather the ioseph he is symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity say you want thanks to our revered president trichet type heir to juan and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again. of the other fellow critics say the transformation of pius a few takes the country one step further away from a secular church. and they say heir to one is using this to score points with conservative voters and distract from domestic political problems harsh criticism also came from many church figures among them pope francis and turkey's orthodox christian neighbor greece you next go is concerned whether the world cultural heritage status of the highest sophia will be endangered. well let's take a closer look at this carol here is a turkish writer and a senior fellow at the cato institute's center for glo

cathedral to mosque to museum now the iconic higher sophia is a muslim house of worship once again turkey's president formally changes. back into a mosque just moments after a turkish court gives its goal some international critics call the decision a provocation. also coming up thousands of employees tens of millions of us but now the biggest t.v. network in the philippines is silenced lawmakers vote against renewing the broadcasters franchise which regularly clashed with president retrieval to test. his welcome to the program turkey's president has announced that stumbles high as a fear one of the architectural wonders of the world will be reopened for muslim worship is declaration comes off the turkey's highest minutes which of course revoked the monument status as a museum that cleared the way for the 6th century building to be turned back into a mosque dozens of people have gathered outside the high as a fear to celebrate the decision greece and russian orthodox church have criticised the change which while the united states and unesco earlier urged against altering its status. are joi

news live from berlin human rights on trial in turkey to formulators of amnesty international's turkish broncho sentenced to jail on terror charges will hear from a german activist cleared in the same case as arrest sparked a crisis in relations between turkey and germany also on the program americans prepare to mark independence day in the year of the coronavirus some say they want to celebrate the 4th of july as always others are angry at having their freedom to have found restricted our correspondent in washington assesses a nation in crisis. and german lawmakers backed plans to phase out coal as an energy source by 2038 but climate activists say 18 years is just too long to wait. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program and is stan bull court has sentenced former amnesty international later tannic to 6 years imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict has ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the court also sentence 3 other turkish activists to prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist

news live from berlin human rights trial in turkey a court in istanbul rules a german activist is not guilty of belonging to a terrorist group but other complain as other jails and critics say it case was politically motivated. also on the program in france or. reinvent his presidency prime minister stands down to be replaced by a low profile drew across why the cabinet reshuffle is on the cover. and the crawl of virus rages on checked in the u.s. with little to celebrate in the run up to this year's independence day officials are scaling back festivities and urging americans to remain cautious. as welcome to the program caught in turkey has cleared a german human rights activist off allegations that he supports a terrorist organization peter was detained 2017 and istanbul along with 10 other rights defenders the arrests triggered a crisis of relations between germany and turkey in the same case 2 former leaders of amnesty international's turkey branch now been convicted on terror charges and sentenced to jail critics say the action was politically motivated. let's go straight. in fro

turkey is dependent on foreign money to grow the economy and it's introduced bans on some u.s. banks that are trying to short the stock market well joining me now from london is andrus craig anderson is in the system professor at king's college london with the school of security department of defense studies good to have you with us how easy is it right now on the economy to be fighting all of these war zones. not very easy. as you rightly said is under immense economic pressure following the current 1000 crisis after kind of 820198 prospect for true to those 20 which was relatively positive. nonetheless turkey is obviously already booked down in iraq and in syria and now as engaging in in libya in quite an extensive way you know in in an expert in an expeditionary operation that is unprecedented in many ways but what tookie has been able to do over the last couple of years is revolutionize its way in style of warfare to use to engage in something that i would call surrogate warfare where there externalizing the burden of warfare as much as they can to local forces or to techno

relations between turkey and germany looks set to work in -- look set to worsen. courts sentenced a german turkish journalist to more than two years in prison. he was tried in absent share, charged with spreading what turkish law defines as terrorist propaganda -- he was tried in absentia. >> hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. outside court, he had to break bad news to his client. he was convicted of spreading terrrrorist propaganda in absent -- in absentia. we will appeal today's verdict and continue to pursue justice. today's ruling shows that turkish law is not about justice. an istanbul local court found he breached local law, but he and his attorneys argue it's an unfair ruling because a higher court had already found all his articles were lawfulul and -- under turkish constitution, which guarantetees press ruling. today's ruling is in breach of the constitution because it ignores the earlier ruling. he has already served a year in a turkish prison. he says he was tortured, though ankara denies that. after his release, one of germany's best know

let's stay with turkey. joining me is elizabeth prodromou, a professor at the fletcher school, tufts university. her current research projects concentrate on cultural heritage and institutional religious freedom in turkey. thank you very much forjoining us, elizabeth. we saw a little bit earlierjubilance elizabeth. we saw a little bit earlier jubilance scenes in elizabeth. we saw a little bit earlierjubilance scenes in turkey at aya sophia. what is your reaction to what we've seen today? yeah mech thanks for having me on and thanks for covering this story, and the issue that i think there is cause for great concern about the decision to revert hagia sophia from a museum to revert hagia sophia from a museum toa to revert hagia sophia from a museum to a mosque for cultural heritage resumes, nationalism, inclusive nationalism reasons and also for geopolitical issues. when you say nationalism, this obviously looks like it could be a political move on the part of president erewhon, but what is it specifically tha

in the city of izmir in western turkey. glenn a state employed a mom founded several quranic schools there which attracted a number of pious turks to his movement. such institutions were forbidden by law back then but they were spreading unofficially. glenn soon added several of the boarding schools which he called houses of light where his religious message was disseminated. glenn called his movement his met or service. the idea was to raise a new islamic generation that would serve society. one of his closest associates from that time was let's be fair to one on the right in this picture. if you could both of you when it began like your land movement was an innocent movement. it was deeply religious and a danger to build up an equally religious generation the would be well equipped for the world and for the afterlife you know a lot of it was the initial goals. but some of glenn's early sermons reveal his more far reaching ambitions. to strive for a community that will change the social destiny of the world and create a ne

just 2 weeks ago turkey's highest administrative court canceled the building status as a museum and then ordered it to be used as a mosque despite covert 1000 thousands of believers began gathering outside the istanbul landmark last night started for us it's a symbol of islam or rather the i assume feels symbolizes the victory of islam over christianity so you want thanks to our revered president trichet type heir to juan and more importantly i think god we can finally pray here again yet it will go none of the other fellow critics say the transformation of pius a few takes the country one step further away from a secular church. and they say heir to one is using this to score points with conservative voters and distract from domestic political problems harsh criticism also came from many church figures among them pope francis and turkey's orthodox christian neighbor greece you next go is concerned whether the world cultural heritage status of the highest sophia will be endangered. well let's take a closer look at this with mostafa carroll who's a turkish writer and a senior fellow at th

should be having with turkey the inference being that perhaps some of turkey's actions in the eyes of france are incompatible perhaps with the e.u. use than joyfull adriel said that all discussions should be very open and without food he talked for example about the fact that france believes that turkey is fueling instability in libya by importing if you like fighters from syrian national journal says that the e.u. should be considering whether or not it impose more sanctions on ankara there are already use actions on ankara oil drilling dispute that and what is behind the deterioration of this relationship between these nato allies between paris and ankara. while relations between paris and korea have been pretty fraught for a few years now as the relationship of course between now and president might draw here in france and the war of words has really stepped up over the last few weeks earlier this month france said that a french naval vessel that was patrolling in the mediterranean sea as part of a nato operation was aggressed is said by a turkish warship of turkey denies these cla

of it in turkey. it is seen as so symbolically important. the fact that it is gone, critics say it is part of a wider trend of undermining secularism within the country. that is a charge denied by the government. if you look at society, this is a different storory. . the government has increased the struggling to fill religious schools let it has expanded in recent years. in recent studies do dictate the younger are moving away from religion. that is a fact for why the main opposition of secular party did not choose to pick a fight over the conversion of the hagia sophia. they are focusing on the economy. there they see erdogan is weak and they see a chance of removing him from power. the question is what does erdogan do next? the fear is that there will be more controversial and unpredictable steps taken by erdogan in the coming years. phil: dw correspondent dorian jones istanbul, thank you. china has ordered the united states to close one of its consulates. the foreign ministry has given u.s. offici

well turkey's i.s.o. fia has hosted muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years the assemble landmark was built 1500 years ago as a christian cathedral before becoming a mosque and then a museum 2 weeks ago president aired a one issued a controversial decree declaring returning excuse me to use as a mosque after a court an old its museum status. or new rule or. prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. oh i see iconic buildings journey through time from orthodox christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum. for many here and historic wrong has been righted. but only young men don't know that. we have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosque for decades for decades we said that the chains will break and hyacinth here will reopen the young women that was why this remains a museum this kind of atmosphere would not have been possible it doesn't mean much for the people abro

dorian: given the fact that the european union's levered over turkey's membership into turkey is over. there was little leverage that europe has over turkey, given the fact that turkey's position with migrants trying to entered -- trying to enter europe is a powerful position. turkey is loving the european union for turks to come into turkey, particularly from germany as that is the main provider it -- provider of tours. that could be a gesture for german tourists to come to turkey. phil: dorian jones in istanbul. thank you for that. lawmakers here in germany have backed plans to phase out coal by 2038. the government is trying the end -- is trying to end the dependence on fossil fuels. experts say 18 years is too long a wait. >> the future without coal power. the message put out loud and clear by environmental activists, who raped it across the front of the german parliament -- who the raped it across the german parliament. they want the end of coal to happen sooner, to meet the targets set out in the paris climate agreements. >> we are protesting against the coal lobby because it do

$3000000.00 syrians for a year the operation which is authorized until friday brings in supplies from turkey without interference from the syrian government. china has opened an office to enforce a national security law or it's imposing in hong kong will serve as a base for chinese spies to operate in the city the law allows officers to conduct searches without a warrant to stop suspects from leaving the city and to intercept online communications. iran's government has urged people to take the pandemic seriously after recording its highest single jump in coronavirus deaths 200 more fatalities were reported on tuesday iran now has reported almost 12000 deaths and over 245000 cases you have states with headlines more news off the inside story. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the front followed the u.s. election on a. sanctions and effective punishment for human rights abuses the brit

all this book that they know what it just parent made in turkey and this there is a well if there is a opposition to the opposition but if the opposition can't do anything can say anything can made broadcasting any anybody there many opposition. in turkey they can they can do they all they all claims and it is not kempton it chemically confit such as such things of course i cannot there is of course in turkey very transparent accountable of hearts and maybe any system in turkey but also i mean the problem that gets to go of course are the people who commit called it that in turkey will attempt to put it there and thankful thank for that thanks for that that if and unfortunately it's failed if not whether to bring in a starting up forever in moscow a couple of your points are valid taunts or a couple of points that you did make the same firstly what hand moscow do to counter this. well the russian authorities held the latest statement that this gesture will not be a concert so they'll probably some symmetric measure but the other thing that is more important is that as you have mentio

has begun in turkey his fiance. giving her testimony was murdered and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul in october 2018. explains what's unfolding inside the courtroom and. fiance is inside the court actually. the court was hearing her teacher 8 and what we heard from inside she was explaining how they managed and it was a professional meeting at 1st as a journalist interviewing him and then. things got 4 men take and he was a very respectable distance and at these kinds of personal details. her relation with. china is threatening countermeasures after the u.s. congress approves sanctions against over its new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials behind the new legislation france's prime minister says he and his government are resigning in a move that paves the way for a cabinet reshuffle phillipe says he will handle his affairs until a new cabinet is appointed this week he was elected as the local mayor of support. from. the united nations says on

started perhaps 15 years ago it demonstrates that shift of perception from turkey as an enemy to turkey as a modern turkish soft power was perhaps at its height with the rise of president at the time and this went hand in hand with the popularity of turkish popular culture particularly turkish t.v. series. for president of egypt and his justice and development party. in turkey reconnecting with the ottoman eda has been central to their message of. your childish. stick. in his more than 15 years in power the one has pushed him. of continuity drawing a line from the ottomans will dance through to himself. another one has done that by locking up his critics in the news media transforming toking into one of the world's leading chinos of journalists scores of academics and dissidents have been imprisoned as well amidst all of that the t.v. dramas the daily shouted and a spin off by thoughts of the honey both of which were commissioned by turkey's state broadcaster t.r.t. have aligned nicely with the a key piece communication strategy. in ism and optimism has begun to be an influential domest

'd has been discussing this decision with turkey's nobel prize winning novelist. so one of the people unhappy with this decision speaking. one reason they are not raising their voices because there is no free speech in turkey to challenge this they are also unfortunately afraid of saying this is. our circle or tradition please let's not change it this is important in the sense that turkish nation is this thing from this is different this thing from other muslim nations and by the fact that we are secure and the rest of the world knows this every single even if they are if even if they are walking for are the ruling party islamist party are secretly all open the product will be different than other muslim nations saying that like europeans we are sicker and this is their origin ality off turkey now they are taking away that pride of being bought muslim and sickle or similar tediously that was a lot of troops straight to istanbul then we joined the w correspondent dorian germans welcome dorian we know this is a decision to close the presence hearts and what do you t

this is news live from berlin a pair of conviction that has international consequences a course in turkey german turkish journalist dennis you tell in absentia to more than 2 years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda the verdict is likely to further the strained relations between uncorrupt and bennett also i mean up. hundreds of thousands of india's migrant worker has left their jobs in the cities to flee the coronavirus now back home they struggle to feed their families. collapse getting over coffee we need to survive and yet how she's coping with the physical and psychological impacts on her road to recovery. and to welcome to the program a course in turkey has sentenced german turkish journalist dennis you chill in absentia to take is and 9 months in prison for spreading what turkish law defines as terrorist propaganda. appeal the ruling germany's foreign minister has also responded saying the verdict of nothing to build trust in turkey's rule of law the long running case has already put a strain on german turkish nations. the trial of dennis you jail has lasted more than 10 y

deja vu news live from berlin at sierra conviction that has international consequences of course in turkey sentences german turkish journalist and it's your child to more than 2 years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda the verdict is likely to further strained relations between ankara and berlin. also coming up spain pauses to remember the lives ross to the coronavirus at osan and ceremony family members pay their respects to victims of public 19 while the government faces criticisms from a grieving public facing new outbreaks and talked out. of hundreds of thousands of india's migrant workers left their jobs in the cities to leave the coronavirus now back home. they need to struggle to feed their families. and christine want to welcome to the program a course in turkey has sentenced jim interviews shouldst dennis you chilled to 2 years and 9 months in prison for spreading what took issue or defines as terrorist propaganda lives in germany and was sentenced in absentia denies the charges against him and he had already been held in a to prison for again without being charged befor

the political ambitions that say of the president of turkey what does it mean to christians all around the world in 2020 now go ahead paul. well it's one of the key religious buildings and christianity so but he did it or how did history and christianity but also for the muslims again it was it built into 6 centuries it was a cathedral and this lasted for almost a 1000 years she'll be in easter christianity's all for the orthodox christians until the amounts conquered. because of the nobility in 4053 and they are converted it into a mosque now under other turkey in the early 20th century they made it into a you see it was part of that secular sation to make it into well as i should put it positioning it urges a secular state and also along with and or sister to be a good bridge between the east and west so imitating some of history but also being more european so again i can understand why turkish muslims then would like to we would not care for the fact that our most cus been clear to me see him for almost a century and it would like kept returned to a place of worship however they sh

prayers led by a president on a friday that will become unforgettable in turkey thousands of muslims gathered in worship for the 1st time in 86 years. oh the iconic buildings journey through time from orthodox christian cathedral to muslim mosque to museum for many here and historic wrong has been righted. but no one young and no no i'm not on my own we have been waiting for higher sophia to open as a mosque for decades for decades we said that the chains will break and higher so here will reopen the young women that was my remained a museum this kind of atmosphere would not have been possible it doesn't mean much for the people abroad and i think the important thing is what the people of turkey want were happy. but everyone critics in turkey can see the conversion as a political ploy to score points with his conservative base. and the move has sparked dismay among christian leaders and some western countries that this one time symbol of christian and muslim unity may become a source of religious divide but. straight to istanbul where we joined correspondent and dorian jones a georgi

wanted turkey to be a european partner rather than. the sort of oh eastern facing country which is which is it at risk of becoming i think turkey has got very dangerously embroiled in syria and they've now got him broiled in libya but there i think do and can show that he has a victory in libya but i think i think this is an area for stronger american diplomacy the united states as a key partner in nato and a key partner in the f. 35 program i think they can have a strong role in working both with ankara and with other nato partners to avoid this risk of miscalculation and the risk of an escalation in the eastern mediterranean people always good to get your input on this thanks very much for joining us from london thank you of god as those ministry of defense has confirmed courier strike that killed at least 45 people a district governor in the western province of herat says at least 8 civilians were among those that the government says taliban fighters were targeted and civilians weren't in the area victoria fulton is a professor of p