Tensions between US and Turkey rising after coup attempt

  • 18/07/2016
Tensions between US and Turkey rising after coup attempt

Tensions are rising between the US and Turkey, after President Erdogan blamed a US-based Muslim cleric for masterminding the attempted military coup.

And seven people believed to be linked to the man who killed 84 people in a terror attack in Nice are in police custody, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.

Lindsey Hilsum, the International Editor for Channel 4 News, spoke to Alison Mau, filling in for Paul Henry, and has been in Istanbul covering the story since it began.