you know, take a, comes and turkey. they've intimidated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up. and so a lot of anger, it's now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side, the critic of the numbing think. because you know, of all turkey's intelligence service m i t, he is said to have ordered attacks on foreign based critics, at least according to one suspected, mit employee who was interrogated by austrian police. he reported meeting a middleman code named q. i think this is designed to spread chaos. you told me it doesn't matter if she dies or is injured. all that matters is that the lawmakers get the message. their piano son has been a member of vienna city government since mid october. given her kurdish turkish roots, she has also been committed to human rights in turkey for many years. as a result, she has already suffered threats and insults in the past. security experts are shocked by the alleged assassination order. they say austria's government must finally act against

and these 2 western nations are now completely out of the picture it's now russia and turkey there will also be up to 2000 russian troops stationed there in the for the next 5 years so this possibly has a deterring effect i think it's interesting to keep an eye on what's happening in armenia what's going to happen there we've seen the protests as we have seen people demanding even. the call pushing on the prime minister to step down because for many people in armenia this new deal is what they say is a betrayal you leon in istanbul thank you. a new technology that could revolutionize travel has had its 1st passenger test the hyperloop goes back to an idea that a tech entrepreneur or muskie might have heard of and came up with about a decade ago its high speed travel in a vacuum tube well now virgin has taken a step closer to turning the vision into reality. stepping into the future virgin executive josh key goal boards his company's hyperloop capsule where the 1st human test ride engineers had previously conducted more than 400 test runs with all passengers using the magnetic levitation

turkey has the highest percent. of people who use instagram worldwide some 58 percent of its citizens have an account. that you. know you want to take pictures of each other here we have to take a lot of photos that we can post on instagram getting here and it's like proof we were here. to do that but i hope we can find enough interesting poses will also change and swap our close. the deal to express has to pass through nearly 200 tunnels on its long journey most of them were carved into the mountains 100 years ago and provide an astonishing backdrop for striking instagram photos. and while they had cleaned up her allows the young people to take photos in the freight wagon she won't allow them to put themselves in danger you're welcome to take photos here but no crazy poses don't lean out of the train. and we stand here sure. but keep the door shut that's not allowed i'm responsible for you. it's only a few kilometers to the final destination in cars. none of. us. will live or that. it's not the has everything packe

also coming up a diplomatic dispute in the mediterranean, germany accuses turkey of blocking its troops from searching a turkish cargo ship was the search a breach of international law, plus move over federer gallen joke of h. . russia's. daniel and good wins this season and the a.t.p. finals as the new generation of stars make their mark on men's tennis. i'm brant goff. it's good to have you with us. we start tonight with more encouraging signs in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. the drug maker, astra zeneca and oxford university, have announced that their vaccine is up to 90 percent effective in preventing coded 19. the vaccine was most effective when patients were 1st given a half dose, followed by a full dose one month later. in crucially, this new vaccine does not require extreme cold stories, and it's relatively cheap and easy to mass produce. these files hold a promising formula for entering the covert. 19 pandemic globally. a cheap, effective, easy to distribute that scene. we have to get a lot of people back from a 2. we're not thinking about solutions working in term

also on the program, health workers in turkey, struggle to track and trace new infections in istanbul. position the cue says the government of conceiving the true scale of the outbreak and opposition lawmakers in hong kong make good on their threat to resign on mass up to 4 of their colleagues are expelled from parliament. china condemns what it calls a blatant challenge to it. so far, i'm still gala welcome to the program. germany's public health institute is warning that covered 19 infections could spread uncontrollably and some parts of the country case numbers are still increasing despite a partial national lockdown. despite this, they robert coherence issued says the infection is likely to start flattening sim. germany is in its 2nd week of a 4 week partial shutdown, but the covert 900 situation remains serious. more than 20000, new infections have been recorded in a single day. the head of the country's disease control agency, the robot cock institute, warned of more deaths to come from. and you need to accept that the situation is going to get worse over the coming weeks. some

to turkey has the highest percent. of people who use instagram worldwide some 58 percent of its citizens have an account. that said that if. you want to take pictures of each other here we have to take a lot of photos that we can post on instagram giving your it's like proof we were here. to give them up i hope we can find enough interesting poses will also change and swap are close. to. the doughboy express has to pass through nearly 200 tunnels on its long journey most of them were carved into the mountains 100 years ago and provide in a style sheet backdrop for striking instagram photos. and while the head conductor allows the young people to take photos in the freight wagon he won't allow them to put themselves in danger you're welcome to take photos here but no crazy poses don't lean out of the train. can we stand here sure. but keep the door shut that's not allowed i'm responsible for you. it's only a few kilometers to the final destination in cars. nothing. will live or that. it's not the has everything packed a

turkey has the highest percent. of people who use instagram worldwide some 58 percent of its citizens have an account. that said that. he want to take pictures of each other here we have to take a lot of photos that we can post on instagram getting here it's like proof we were here. to give them up i hope we can find enough interesting poses will also change and swap are close. to. the deal who express has to pass through nearly 200 tunnels on its long journey most of them were carved into the mountains 100 years ago and provide an astonishing backdrop for striking instagram photos. and while the head conductor allows the young people to take photos in the freight wagon he won't allow them to put themselves in danger you're welcome to take photos here but no crazy poses don't lean out of the train. can we stand here sure. but keep the door shut that's not allowed i'm responsible for you. it's only a few kilometers to the final destination in cars. where low lives. sucked sheila has everything packed and is ready aft

turkey has reported record numbers of new coburg, 19 cases. that's led the government to impose more restrictions. they're pushing many restaurants and small businesses to the brink of ruin. fast food store and used to have 6 employees. now he has only 2 left and he can hardly pay them because you know, that's why we've been struggling for 7 months. but now we are really thinking, what should i do? mock up and go, i might have no other choice. the government of president, one has cut interest rates in an attempt to boost the economy, but the country's central bank has no change course. in mid november, its new governor hiked the main lending rate by 4.75 percent to 15 percent. it's an attempt to attract foreign money and stop the slide of the turkish lira. but some analysts say the steps come too late to lift confidence in turkey's political and monetary system. turkey needs bigger structural reforms and we have made it there for some years now. and actually 3 main reforms usually come to the front, one should be an independent judicial system

there's also gloom to turkey's currency. the euro just keeps on falling, and foreign investment remains weak. and now coronavirus infections are rising fast . the stumble streets are empty are than usual. turkey has reported record numbers of new coburg, 19 cases. that's led the government to impose more restrictions. they're pushing many restaurants and small businesses to the brink of ruin. fast food store owner of used to have 6 employees. now he has only 2 left and he can hardly pay them because you don't, which we've been struggling for 7 months, but now are really thinking, what should i do lock up and go to i might have no other choice if the government of president regift type everyone had cut interest rates in this temp to boost the economy, but the country's central bank has no change course. in mid november, its new governor hiked the main lending rate by 4.75 percent to 15 percent. it's an attempt to attract foreign money and stop the slide of the turkish lira. but some analysts say the steps come too late to lif

she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. yeah, and if you're in your book one day, seen from here, the size of the city kelly scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic is headed. but as a doctor, i have a responsibility. i try to think positively and knowing that i help people this would motivates me and keeps me going there on the tracing team manages around 10 households a day. they work in shifts almost around the clock. the goal is always the same. track down test and isolate those who have been exposed to someone with call that 90 and all of this as quickly as possible. google's 1st case today is the call, x. is all family. the mother recently tested positive. now the father has symptoms to the rule. could you call a clinical quitter? if the test is positive, gergen will also try to trace his contacts. the whole family has to stay at home for the next 14 days. after each visit, protective clothing has to be changed. job is time consuming and strenuous, but it's worth it. she says, few countries expanded their con

express travels across turkey in 24 hours from the capital ankara to the armenian border in the east it's spartan and slow but every day thousands of people try to get one of the coveted tickets for the train. these we've got me through the village we tried to get tickets for a long time but they were always sold out. is that we thought we would never be able to make this trip a long way that he gets me. it's just before 6 pm for khan and his son meet their fellow students out on grows old railway station the 6 friends are studying at the university here and are about to graduate before they start professional life they want to take one last trip together aboard the doe who express young turks have discovered the old fashioned train can also be a party on wheels. and it will take time for ourselves and for our friendship. that we have a 24 hour journey ahead of us and another 24 hours to come back it'll be a great trip for the class said of. 30. i can't get up here by myself can you manage. who say and is the conductor for sleeping car number 11 where the group and their compartment

also on the show turkey's currency comes balloting back after the country appoints a new central banker and finance minister lester is simple correspondent if big policy changes could be ahead. and it's the battle of the boxes will microsoft's new series x. be able to take on sony's latest playstation. blog welcome to the show i'm soon busy in berlin it's good to have you with us. asian markets were up tuesday as part of a global rally following news that u.s. pharmaceutical company pfizer and its german partner biotech are on the brink of a coronavirus vaccine and the companies say they're seeking a merge it's the approval for their candidate to be rolled out in the us and that's following trials out of showing that the drug is strongly effective. vials full of hope an initial clinical trial data shows this vaccine made by germany's bio on tech and its u.s. partner pfizer is over 90 percent effective infectious disease specialists from the university hospital in the german city of cologne say the data is promising but they warn it was announced in a press release and not a scientific p

, that turkey protests against this action. and as a result of international law, when such a protest is recorded, the action was broken off the surge of them and marines withdrawal from the ship until that point that had not fallen to anything untoward on the ship and the ship was allowed to continue to libya, well, help customary or held usual, is it for marines to board ships and conduct searches, and he's giving the orders for these marines to do carry out the search. well, it's obvious, not something that is very usual, but at the same time it is not something that is completely unheard of. all of this is based on an international mission by the european union. the headquarters of this mission is based in rome in italy. and this headquarters in italy, in fact, gave the orders for the german frigate to stop and search that ship. but that has happened. similar things have happened about half a dozen times in the last 6 months or so. in some senses was a coincidence that this was a german frigate at that this was a turkish fl

and it's not just those living in turkey. people who've spoken out against the president are not safe from the government even when they live abroad. like a politician betty van asten, she lives in austria and appears to have surfaced on the radar of the turkish intelligence agency, which allegedly is trying to silence her. the bodyguards never leave barry van longside for weeks she was mostly too scared to leave her home. now, she enjoys her 1st visit to a traditional viennese coffee house. she gets protection because an assassination attempt on the green politician is said to have been planned by turkey. you know, turk a, comes in turkey, they've intimidated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up . and so a lot of anger, it's now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side. since the critic of the moment they've become, you know, will want to turkey's intelligence service m i t, he is said to have ordered a tax on foreign based critics. at least according to one suspected mit employe

to turkey has the highest per. senator of people who use instagram worldwide some 58 percent of its citizens have an account. everything that. you want to take pictures of each other here we have to take a lot of photos that we can post on instagram getting here and it's like proof we were here. to give them up i hope we can find enough interesting poses will also change and swap our close. the deal to express has to pass through nearly 200 tunnels on its long journey most of them were carved into the mountains 100 years ago and provide in a style sheet backdrop for striking instagram photos. and while the head conductor allows the young people to take photos in the freight wagon he won't allow them to put themselves in danger you're welcome to take photos here but no crazy poses don't lean out of the train. can we stand here sure. but keep the door shut that's not allowed i'm responsible for you. it's only a few kilometers to the final destination in cars. nothing. will live on that. it's not sheila has everything

she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. and here in your book, seen from here, the size of the city kelly scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic is headed. but as a doctor, i have a responsibility. i try to think positively and knowing that i help people this would motivates me and keeps me going there on the tracing team manages around 10 households a day. they work in shifts almost around the clock. the goal is always the same. track down test and isolate those who've been exposed to someone with 19 and all of this as quickly as possible. googles 1st case today is the collects is all family. the mother recently tested positive. now the father has symptoms, trouble. could you call a close up closer? if the test is positive, gergen will also try to trace his call texts. the whole family has to stay at home for the next 14 days. after each visit, protective clothing has to be changed. job is time consuming and strenuous, but it's worth it. she says. as in many other countries, people's vigilance here has slackened

well right now turkey's role in this so-called peacekeeping process is somewhat ambiguous we don't know what kind of a role we are talking about but i guess it's safe to assume that any kind of turkish presence in the area is a very very painful to accept for many armenians that azerbaijan has been pushing for this for stronger turkish and woman when it comes to the future of nagorno-karabakh turkey is as of a johns most important support especially militarily they have been providing the azeri army without weapons and training and my impression is that this has really edged the leadership in on to continue with their military operation in the corner in the past week so it's hardly surprising as i john is pushing for turkey to get involved and it's hardly surprising to see the reactions here from turkish high ranking officials the foreign minister for example today hailed the latest developments as a significant gain so turkey too is framing this as a success as a victory for azerbaijan and turkey yury meantime a really big part of this deal of this is something that we have not seen be

in a turk, a cancer in turkey. they've intimidated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up and sell a lot of it. now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side since the critic of the man i think, become, you know, will cherokees intelligence service m i t is said to have ordered attacks on foreign based critics at least according to one suspected mit employee who was interrogated by austrian police, he reported meeting a middleman code named q. i think this is designed to spread chaos. you told me it doesn't matter if she dies or is injured. all that matters is that the lawmakers get the message. their piano son has been a member of vienna city government since mid october, given her kurdish turkish roots. she has also been committed to human rights in turkey for many years. as a result, she has already suffered threats and insults in the past. security experts are shocked by the alleged assassination order. they say austria's government must finally act against turkey's in

and it's not just those living in turkey. people who've spoken out against the president are not safe from the government even when they live abroad. like a politician betty van asten, she lives in austria and appears to have surfaced on the radar of the turkish intelligence agency, which allegedly is trying to silence her. the bodyguards never leave barry van dam side. for weeks she was mostly too scared to leave her home. now she enjoys her 1st visit to a traditional viennese coffee house. she gets protection because an assassination attempt on the green politician is said to have been planned by turkey. you know, took a hands and turkey they've intimidated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up and sell off. it's now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side. so the critical thing them unfit to come, you know, will cherokees intelligence service m i t, he is said to have ordered attacks on foreign based critics at least according to one suspected mit employee who was interrogated

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and it's not just those living in turkey. people who have spoken out against the president are not safe from the government even when they live abroad. like a politician betty van asten, she lives in austria and appears to have surfaced on the radar of the turkish intelligence agency, which allegedly is trying to silence her. the bodyguards never leave berry van downside for weeks she was mostly too scared to leave her home. now, she enjoys her 1st visit to a traditional viennese coffee house. she gets protection because an assassination attempt on the green politician is said to have been planned by turkey. you know, turk a comes in turkey, they going to mandated and silenced all critics by suspending them or locking them up. and so a lot of anger, it's now only the european based critics remain a thorn in their side. since the critic of the moment they become, you know, a whole bunch turkey's intelligence service m i t, he is said to have ordered attacks on foreign based critics. at least according to one suspected mit empl

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turkey has reported record numbers of new coburg, 19 cases. that's led the government to impose more restrictions. they're pushing many restaurants and small businesses to the brink of ruin. fast food store owner of used to have 6 employees. now he has only 2 left and he can hardly pay them busy during which we've been struggling for 7 months, but now are really sinking. which i have to lock up and go. i might have no other choice and the government of president regift type, everyone has cut interest rates in an attempt to boost the economy. but the country's central bank has now changed course. in mid november, its new governor hiked the main lending rate by 4.75 percent to 15 percent. it's an attempt to attract foreign money and stop the slide of the turkish lira. but some analysts say the steps come too late to lift confidence in turkey's political and monetary system. turkey needs bigger structural reforms and we have needed that for some years now. and actually 3 main reforms usually come to the front, one should be an independent judicia

well right now turkey's role in this so-called peacekeeping process is somewhat ambiguous we don't know what kind of a role we are talking about but i guess it's safe to assume that any kind of turkish presence in the area is a very very painful to accept for many armenians but azerbaijan that has been pushing for this for stronger turkish and woman when it comes to the future of nagorno-karabakh turkey as of john's most important support especially militarily they have been providing the as ery army without weapons and training and my impression is that this has really edged the leadership in on to continue with their military operation in the corner in the past week so it's hardly surprising azerbaijan is pushing for turkey to get involved and it's hardly surprising to see the reactions here from turkish high ranking officials the foreign minister for example today hailed the latest developments as a significant gain so turkey too is framing this as a success as a victory for azerbaijan and turkey yury meantime a really big part of this deal and this is something that we have not seen

but there's lots of gloom to turkey's currency. the lira keeps on falling, foreign investment remains weak. i'll crawl a virus infections are rising fast. the stumble streets are empty are than usual. turkey has reported record numbers of new coburg, 19 cases. that's led the government to impose more restrictions. they're pushing many restaurants and small businesses to the brink of ruin. fast food store owner of dolla actually used to have 6 employees. now he has only 2 left and he can hardly pay them because you don't, which we've been struggling for 7 months. but now we are really thinking which way to lock up and go to i might have no other choice. and the government of president reginald type, everyone has cut interest rates in this temp to boost the economy. but the country's central bank has now changed course. in mid november, its new governor hiked the main lending rate by 4.75 percent to 15 percent. it's an attempt to attract foreign money and stop the slide of the turkish lira. but some analysts say the steps come too la

she has also been committed to human rights in turkey for many years. as a result, she has already suffered threats and insults in the past. security experts are shocked by the alleged assassination order. they say austria's government must finally act against turkey's intelligence agency. as i mean here, different attempt is being made to infiltrate these communities, so that chaos and destabilize the political system. then a red line has definitely been crossed and therefore policymakers here must clearly state so far and no further. we wanted to discuss the allegations with the turkish embassy in vienna. but our request was turned down. instead, the embassy sent her a written statement, calling them untrue. austria government says there is evidence turkey's intelligence service is deliberately creating tensions. for example, between turkish nationalists and kurds living abroad in june 2020, right when turkish teenagers attacked a kurdish cultural center in vienna. marble near zani and dozens of others were inside the building. when the attackers set

turkey has been recognized as a candidate for full e.u. membership since 9095, but a quarter of a century later, the talks have stalled. concerns were raised following the 2016 coup in turkey and the crackdown that followed with human rights issues among the chief sticking points back then france's president might call on didn't mince his words. he said it was time to end the poker. see, pretending that there was any prospect of advancement in membership talks that are so far as the relationship with the european union is concerned. it is clear that recent developments in choices do not allow any progression of the process and which we are engaged. since then, relations have deteriorated, france and turkey have been at loggerheads over syria, libya, and as a nato allies. more recently there have been new just speeches including over turkey, drilling in the eastern, mediterranean, in search of natural gas. the waters are claimed by 2 members of the greece and cyprus, that's in tangled in a quarrel with this warning shot from the top diploma

turkey has reported record numbers of new code 19 cases. that's led the government to impose more restrictions. they're pushing many restaurants and small businesses to the brink of ruin. fast food store owner of dollar action used to have 6 employees. now he has only 2 left and he can hardly pay them because you know, that's what we've been struggling for 7 months, but now are really thinking, what should i do lock up and go. i might have no other choice. and the government of president regift type, everyone had cut interest rates in this temp to boost the economy. but the country's central bank has now changed course. in mid november, its new governor hiked the main lending rate by 4.75 percent to 15 percent. it's an attempt to attract foreign money and stop the slide of the turkish lira. but some analysts say the steps come too late to lift confidence in turkey's political and monetary system. turkey needs big structural reforms and we have needed them for some years now. and actually 3 main reforms usually come to the front, one should

well turkey is as of a john's a most important supporter especially militarily it has provided weapons to the army in azerbaijan and training and my impression really is that this has edged the leadership in. over the past week so it's hardly surprising that they now want turkey to have a stronger role when it comes to the future of the horn of care about that they want them to help monita or this new agreement we've also heard and you're a mention that already turkish politicians congress chelating there as a by johnny brothers as they say to this victory so that's the turkish view here as well this is a victory that's what they say for us have a job. thanks very much for the w.'s yulia han in istanbul. well let's look at some other stories making news around the world this hour u.s. president donald trump has fired his defense secretary mark s. presidents who win reelection often replace cabinet members but losing presidents have generally kept their pentagon chiefs in place until leaving office as for anger trouble this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quell black l

she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. younis, surely a book seen from here the size of the city kelly scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic is headed. but as a doctor, i have a responsibility. i try to think positively and knowing that i help people this would motivates me and keeps me going. tracing team manages around 10 house calls a day. they work in shifts almost around the clock. the goal is always the same. track down test and isolate those who have been exposed to someone with 19 and all of this as quickly as possible. google's 1st case today is the collect says all family. the mother recently tested positive. now the father has symptoms to put you call clear. if the test is positive, gergen will also trying to trace his contacts. the whole family has to stay at home for the next 14 days. after each visit, protective clothing has to be changed. job is time consuming and strenuous, but it's worth it. she says. few country the expound at their contact tracing capacity to the extent turkey did these teams

well right now turkey's role in this so-called peacekeeping process is somewhat ambiguous we don't know what kind of a role we are talking about but i guess it's safe to assume that any kind of turkish presence in the area is a very very painful to accept for many armenians but azerbaijan that has been pushing for this for stronger turkish and woman when it comes to the future of nagorno-karabakh turkey as of john's most important support especially militarily they have been providing the azeri army without weapons and training and my impression is that this has really edged the leadership in on to continue with their military operation in the corner in the past week so it's hardly surprising as i john is pushing for turkey to get involved and it's hardly surprising to see the reactions here from turkish high ranking officials the foreign minister for example today hailed the latest developments as a significant gain so turkey too is framing this as a success as a victory for azerbaijan and turkey yury meantime a really big part of this deal and this is something that we have not seen b

against turkey with france leading the charge. france is united and europe is united at the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to think carefully about its next move. all of this could come to a head as leaders meet next month when the real possibility over sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey, joining the bloc. so what do you want? ski auti? paris ok, thanks for joining us this morning. r.t. international. don't forget we have more news coverage for you. plenty more stories to check out. hotel web site. r.t. dot com. is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe from isolation for community are you going the wrong way or are you being led somewhere direct? what is truly wants is faith in the world corrupted. you need to descen

against turkey with france leading the charge. france is united and europe is united and the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to think carefully about its next move. all of this could come to a head as leaders meet next month with a real possibility of sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey, joining the bloc. so what do you mean? ski auti, paris. and that brings up with all the news for this hour, back again in about 30 minutes. elwood forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the 1st law show your identification for should be very careful about artificial intelligence at the point. obesity is too great trusts the shia militants linked to take on v

rescue workers in turkey have pulled a 70 year old man from a collapsed building some 34 hours after a strong earthquake hit the region and the 40 people have now been confirmed to have been killed and hundreds of others injured the quake struck on friday with its epicenter in the save between greece and turkey more than 100 people have so far been rescued but aftershocks are complicating the search for more victims. emerging from the darkness after hours trapped beneath the rubble oh it's also the end of the day we were both up the hope of finding more survivors has kept rescuers working hour after hour at multiple locations in is near. where buildings once stood now only manton's of brick remain. rescue workers have been using cranes sniffer dogs as their bare hands to dig people out. there have been moments of joy. that this young woman was well enough to talk to her rescue words describing how her foot had been trapped there. but other families are in mourning. in some cases they have lost multiple loved ones at once. image their grief their urgent practical concerns to deal with

she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. gonna hear your book seen from here the size of the city cali. scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic is headed. but as a doctor, i have a responsibility. i try to think positively and knowing that i help people is what motivates me and keeps me going there on a tracing team manages around 10 house calls a day. they work in shifts almost around the clock. the goal is always the same track down test and isolate those who have been exposed to someone with 19 and all of this as quickly as possible. googles 1st case today is the collects is all family. the mother recently tested positive. now the father has symptoms true. could you call it clear whether if the test is positive, gergen will also trying to trace his contacts. the whole family has to stay at home for the next 14 days. after each visit protective clothing has to be changed. good job is time consuming and strenuous but it's worth it. she says few countries expound at their contact tracing capacity to the extent turke

soar just part of the global economy came to hold and many investors were looking for safe havens a turkey for one has seen a true gold rush did all the usual johan's reports i everything they do to see here is gold and at the moment it's pretty much the only thing selling quickly it's the stumbles grand bazaar i was. gold sellers are among the only businesses to avoid a sale slump due to the pandemic. rather the opposite customers are rushing to their shops. most of a collie over has been a jeweler here for 30 years he's hardly ever had as much work as in the past few months he says felt sick as well that is when we were opening our shops in the morning customers were already queuing outside yours and i think one can speak of a gold rush that the pandemic has had a huge impact people ask themselves who knows where this is going and what if the money will soon be worthless civil war for it's always been like this in times of crisis many people prefer to invest in gold rather than leave their money in a bank account and turkey has been in crisis mode for quite some time now i you can unders

what was turkey's role? i think that's a good question for you, since you're an expert on turkey. you know, turkey has been consistently supporting the military operations in the area and a forceful resolution to the nagorno-karabakh conflict. we had a very different position on that is usually continues to be like that. however, that didn't preclude us from closely cooperating on all levels with them, including the level of president's. i think you are aware that putin and heard again, maintain continuous dialogue, even they, russia and turkey have that differences. this relationship between the 2 leaders meet allows us to combine our efforts when necessary to facilitate the resolution of various regional problems. and you know, it's really not that clear to an ordinary person. for example, right now we're talking about imposing sanctions on say, one of angle merkel's deputies as a response. well, our people believe that our relations with germany are great in years with turkey, we've seen an endless string of confrontations. so let's take that time. our ambassador was killed or

against turkey with france leading the charge. france is united and europe is united and the next european council. europe will have to take decisions that will allow it to strengthen the power balance with turkey to better defend its interests and european values. even cautious germany has warned turkey that it needs to think carefully about its next move. all of this could come to a head as leaders meet next month when the real possibility over sanctions against being given the green light, a move that could truly signal the end of the road for turkey,, joining the bloc. so what do you will ski r.t., paris, u.k. prime minister boris johnson has promised the country will not be in lockdown over the christmas holidays. this means that families will be able to spend time together over the festive period. however, the announcement has dismayed some who think to say it's unfair that minorities had to give up their religious holidays. earlier in the pandemic. restrictions in england were made on december. and it will last be read this

so between greek and cyprus, they are tensions and turkey. so all of this is ratcheting up the tensions in the region. again. political correspondent hans brand reporting. thank you. and i want to tell you now about the other stories making headlines this hour in the u.s. . jill biden has confirmed, he will nominate anthony blanken as secretary of state in his new administration, or lincoln served as deputy in the same office during the obama administration. and biden also confirmed former secretary of state john kerry as his special envoy for the climate. if the opium has accused rebel forces of destroying the airport in the ancient town of ak, soon as the 2 sides battle for control of the northern region, ethiopia has set a wednesday deadline for the t.v. forces to lay down their arms or face an assault on the regional capital of new caylee well led to hong kong now where 3 leading pro-democracy activists have been detained after pleading guilty to charges of organizing an unauthorized protest. last year, joshua wang ivan loughnane agnes ch

yes well let's talk about the involvement because i'm curious says russia and turkey have been on opposite sides of this conflict and ankara says that its troops will will go in alongside russian troops so how significant a strategic concession is this by moscow. well ferguson 1st of all feel it's interesting to know what the demetrius call for the kremlin spokesperson said today earlier there is no a single worth about any potential turkish base paid as speaker depots peacekeepers once again in the peace deal signed last night you sat at a state potential stay of turkish soldiers in the gornergrat of bach was not agreed mr bischoff set s. were russian russian plans are quite clear moscow's going to send about 2000 soldiers lots of are more to have the eccles military equipment on a go to court about for the next 5 years that sounds like a big deal yes about to we have to keep in mind that russia already had a military agreement with armenia and a military base in the country which moscow obviously didn't use effectively in the reason to recent weeks at the same time politically russia see

and going for gold in turkey as the country's a fear of loses its luster. well it's going to do w. business i'm going on in berlin thanks for joining us following its latest policy meeting of the u.s. federal reserve has pledged to use what it calls its full range of tools to shore up the economy fed chair jerome powell also expressed concern about rising coronavirus cases describing the u.s. economy's outlook as extraordinarily uncertain the fed has already spent trillions of dollars this year to prop up the economy powell said more stimulus might be needed in the months ahead. yan's accord to joins us now from new york yes can you tell me what stood out to you there from the fed statement. well maybe let's start what your own paul did not comment on and that was the current political situation what is quite understandable but he did hint that more has to be done from the fiscal side meaning the federal reserve can only do so much and tim he actually said there are 2 risk to the economy or the 2 biggest risks that he sees one is that the corona virus gets under control for the 1st