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Chapter 1: What are the main outcomes of the Trump-Starmer meeting at the White House?
And he's going to be coming for a state visit, the first person to get two state visits. I mean, he looked like he'd won the lottery.
That was Rob Watson. The imprisoned founder of the Kurdish rebel group the PKK has called for his group to lay down its arms and end its four-decade struggle against the Turkish state. Abdullah Erdogan said the PKK, which is banned by Turkey and its Western allies, should dissolve itself as an organisation.
His statement was read out first in Kurdish, then a member of the pro-Kurdish DEM party, Pervin Buldan, read it in Turkish.
In this climate created by the will of President Erdogan and the positive approaches of other political parties, I call for the laying down of arms and I assume the historical responsibility of this call. All groups should lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.
His call opens the door to the ending of the long conflict in southeastern Turkey, which has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Emily Withers is a journalist in Istanbul, and she's been speaking to the BBC's James Menendez.
It could potentially be very significant. It could mark the end of a 40-year conflict that the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers Party, has waged with Turkey that has left tens of thousands of dead on both sides and has had major regional impacts. We've had a letter that was written inside jail from the leader of PKK, who's based on an island just off Istanbul.
And in that letter, the militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said that the PKK should lay down their arms and they should dissolve. But there's so much that's unclear right now. You don't wage a 40-year insurgency against the Turkish state without there being any major concessions. And it's just not clear at the moment what those concessions are.
It's also not clear whether the fighters who are now based in northeastern Syria, they're based in the northern Iraqi mountains, are they going to listen to their jailed leader who has been in prison since 1999? Not really ever heard from. Meanwhile, Turkey has continued to fight the PKK in the northern Iraqi mountains, in Syria and within the country.
And what about the political dynamics, the context from the Turkish government's point of view and President Erdogan?
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Chapter 3: Why did Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan call for disarmament?
Matter of fact, the second day of shooting, I had asked the director to replace me because I just didn't feel I could do it. I was popping these guys in the mouth. And after a while, you punch somebody long enough, you get kind of used to it.
And he got very good at it with an Oscar for Unforgiven.
On Independence Day...
And another nomination for Mississippi Burning. You've got a stupid smile, you know that, pal? But there was more to him than that. From the paranoia of the conversation to the comedy of the Royal Tenenbaums, he was a versatile actor.
Lex Luthor. Possibly you've heard of the name, the greatest criminal mind on earth.
Who excelled at playing the ordinary guy.
Turned out to be real natural as a traveling salesman.
And while he may have lacked traditional film idol good looks, he was undoubtedly a star.
It's all I ever wanted to do. I fulfilled a lot of my dreams.
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