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Turkey and the PKK - foes becoming friends?

Reality Check: Ocalan calls for a ceasefire, coping with the crisis in Cyprus, Obama in the Middle East, Voyager heads into interstellar space

EPA

PKK supporters rally around posters of their leader, Abdullah Ocalan.

Imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for a cease fire with the Turkish government.

The move could end the decades of violent struggle between Kurdish rebels who want their own country in South East Turkey. It could also have wide implications for the whole region, as there are also large Kurdish communities in Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Christian Schüller reports from Istanbul that the move by Ocalan is the result of months of negotiations, and could respresent a significant shift in Turkey's influence in the region.

How Cypriots are coping with the crisis

Nathan Morley reports from Nicosia on how people are managing day to day life with the banks closed and no sign of when the crisis will end.

Obama in Palestine

On the second day of his visit to the region, US President Obama is in Ramallah. Matt Rees gives his comments on the visit and how Obama is being interpreted and received.

Voyager

The spacecraft that is poised to leave our solar system and carry messages from Earth into deep space. Riem Higazi reports on the current status of the mission that was launched in the 1970s and is still continuing, going futher into space than any man made craft has ever gone before.

FM4 Reality Check

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