Mr Erdogan's comments came as the UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held talks in Istanbul on the Syrian crisis.

Six Moroccan charities have asked the government there to reconsider new guidelines that stop foreign families fostering abandoned Moroccan children. Mike Sanders reports.

The six charities have released an internet petition that poses some tough questions. It asks the authorities if the new guideline's

compatible

with the international and national obligations to put children's interests first. The charities say 24 babies were abandoned every day in Morocco and with too few Moroccan families coming forward to foster they want. The child traffickers will fill the gaps. The authorities tighten the restrictions after some foreign families called for the rights to adopt rather than foster, a perceived fact the children's Muslim and Moroccan identity.

Palestinian health workers in Gaza say at least one militant has been killed and three other people wounded in the latest Israeli aerial attack on the territory. Israeli's targeted a motorcycle in a busy street in northern Gaza

in response to

a rocket fired into southern Israel on Friday.

BBC News

The health authorities in the United States have reported that a 15th person has died from an outbreak of fungal

meningitis

that's been linked to steroid injections. The Centers for Disease Control said the latest death occurred in Indiana, the second in the state.