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Tillerson and Erdogan Talk US / Turkey Tensions

The US Secretary of State meets the Turkish President amidst deteriorating relations

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been meeting with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as relations deteriorate. But can the two Nato allies reconcile their difference over US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria and the anti-government Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen?

Also in today's programme, Owen Bennett Jones reports on life in Minnesota for tens of thousands of Somali-Americans. And is the Tasmanian Tiger really extinct?

(Photo: Rex Tillerson and Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Ankara. Credit: Reuters)

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Thu 30 Mar 2017 13:06GMT

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  • Thu 30 Mar 2017 13:06GMT

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