Turkey began discussing buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets with European states.
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZK352 of Royal air force
Turkey began discussing buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets with European states after it saw that its request for F-16 jets from the United States may not work out, a Turkish defense ministry source said on Thursday.
Defense Minister Yasar Guler is set to hold talks on the issue with his British counterpart Grant Shapps in Ankara on Thursday, the source said. Turkey wants to buy newly built and most advanced version of the Eurofighters, he added.
A teenager opened fire at a high school in Turkey's southeastern province of Sanliurfa on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people including students and teachers before killing himself, the province's governor said.
Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries in decades ended without a breakthrough.
The deadline passed on Monday for the start of a U.S. military blockade of ships leaving Iran's ports, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down.
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