the much publicized case of the summer palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillage countries are demanding the return of their cultural assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. countries have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 unesco convention signed during the era of decolonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned museums has intensified. the pergamon museum the most visited in berlin is obliged to know the origins of its collections. you start to understand that what you have here is not

just archaeological object but it's part of the cultural heritage of the region or of these countries and at that point you realize you're talking about a political dimension or a cultural political dimension. as a director i cannot say i don't know when somebody asks me how did your collection actually come into being so my responsibility as director of this museum is to know everything about the objects. well the key documents in this file the ones that tell us basically that it was ok to take up the objects and this we have to do for everything and i'm considering that we have roughly 500000 objects you know that this is. a huge task ahead for us something that has to be done over decades really 500000 objects all and so that's an ongoing process that will take

until i'm retiring but the important thing is somebody is doing it every day because you have to have a lot as i was this is september made a new going to close the critics on the present is an ex-con bush said you know i said that is ideologue a big spy example in jest musicland missile never going off in a divorce exacta mad world yeah. the professor. and. all the friends you see here have been pretty good. and we wouldn't be acquiring stuff anymore the pergamon stopped acquiring in the 1930 s. 40 years before the signing of the unesco convention which isn't retroactive this is. so the museum's collection is seemingly protected from demands for restitution but that's not the opinion in turkey specially in the city of ghazi and tep young guys and they should be and can. live for so often

a mr. you know. that we don't at all my. name is that on there was a question that i was the man i should when there was a debate the internet. and then say and then i said enemies many people and he said from this there is no you know that i've had. this black list includes objects on show in the british museum in london but also in the pentagon in berlin although they were all acquired before 970 turkey still wants them back. it's not a question of museums anymore because it's a request of the state of turkey. they also are in the process of overcoming. colonial attitudes towards cultural heritage and in this process they have started to realize that. countries in the west have not

always been upfront about their practices of acquiring collections begin to do yeah savation. there is. a palooka. here's john dowd and they can i know. given busy i'm. busy i'm no gunson shante can play in kent and then just begin to d.l. solution to the visual a set. of 10 in on my knee and then i made. an exam to shoot it in this new they are abusing in. the pillagers happened over a century ago but turkey isn't ready to forget. like china and italy turkey has made the restitution of its treasures a political priority. within its culture ministry the turkish government has set up

a special restitution unit. 40 or so lawsuits have already been won resulting in the return of over 4000 objects. one of the special units successes is the restitution of this music of orpheus stolen in the $950.00 s. then purchased by the dallas museum of art after several years of legal wrangling the museum was obliged to return it. while village nations like turkey have a legal framework to demand reparations this isn't the case in the private sector where only the market rules. in this antique shop window how many artifacts have a perfectly established origin in many cases it's practically impossible to verify . does the private antiquities

market have its own rules immune to international legislation you know asco had attempted to extend its 970 convention to better control private transactions a new convention adopted in 1905 the convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects obliges sellers to prove the legal origin of an artifact it also obliges buyers to demand proof but although the original unesco convention is recognized by $113.00 nations only 37 party states have committed to the united wired convention. so the market is winning thriving with its own often shady rules chadian as

embodied by the freeport system one of the main thoroughfares of art market trafficking. the best known are here in geneva but the exist throughout the world free ports were originally special economic zones which stocked in transit merchandise to reduce or avoid customs duties are dealers were soon renting space in these huge warehouses to discreetly store artifacts by allowing people to store all kinds of objects without the slightest control free ports have long been considered as a hub of antiquities trafficking it's estimated there are over a 1000000 works deposited here more than twice the number contained in the movie. this swiss establishment guarantees its clients 100 percent confidentiality its high security site is protected from theft but also from prying eyes artifacts can

be stored safely here for years sit behind as up a problem on the. left you. know i mean he can join on would you like to find a not understood it should one amiss with one on source fish out when your d.v.r. would order to keep the tax. no taxation an appealing advantage for our dealers while the works remain inside a free port they can be sold and bought without being subjected to any kind of tax customs duties are only paid once when a work definitively leaves the freeport a perfectly legal tax haven right in the heart of your.

these facilities explain why the gallery phoenix keeps most of its merchandise in free ports and the showcases only a small part of the collection is displayed the gallery belongs to tom one of the biggest antiquities dealers in the world. in 2010 customs discovered in alley tons warehouse in the freeport of geneva this is 2nd century romance a call for guess since then it has been the center of a complex legal battle. the stock of. tools will be awful you know all over the prevent sank are up high on love and do i love on this song on the on the top end of all the oxygen for that's of leak put on their own music. so decidedly don't. do jane alcopop level. fests as

a proposition they don't assume should miss you don't you think the director do see the idea don't know dip or perform a shop or admin reserve kit is used extraordinaire interested in midtown cat don't get those the large amid count down do. in their next young cities used to get examplar good new home order don't say i'm a modest shock silliman of a more. likely steal from them out there like the kill collects your pretty near her letter came out as your phony palomar shown sitting success you and of course that the president don't know of a. relation many on the pond on the year the. mariana kids who are out there here yes she is the most ridiculous who belong on get heated this is soccer 1st elapse of the documentation please understand kathy leavitt equivalence in mo elect claire

early in this. faced with doubts over the object's origin the sale was finally cancelled as the coffee because it was probably looted in turkey swiss authorities decided to alert ankara let your idea for me do cool let your key sit there. but get up with said you. will poison you i didn't go see aunt jackie man who thought they did agree. to set this expose does she want to sit for you call the steam press and yes you're reported for it so it doesn't keep as to the tumble bruce doc. online via our own all out there full of the story of it we're talking my live only the longer that today clearly a loved one or both own them. except that after being restored in london this or

coffee because didn't return to geneva until 2009 so the turkish lawyer heading the case believes it comes under the new swiss law which demands every approachable origins for all works of art imported after 2005 in september 2015 swiss justice finally ordered the repatriation of the 2nd office to turkey but tom continues to claim ownership based on a certificate delivered by the company art loss register for years that if you get a positive early. book of us by that suit the glare is that if it lasts nethers the whole cope what is a really really classic may see both this late hour of. getting. a sucky sucky sucky due to

a for me. what is an art loss register certificate the precious open sesame of the art market a document which states that an object wasn't stolen. founded in london 25 years ago as a private information service with over 400000 listed objects are lost register who owns the largest database of stolen artifacts in the world for a fee any buyer or seller can ask art loss register to verify that a piece is not listed on its database. these registrations these. could also be registrations from a museum just in case items ever started on the register them on the database just in case they show off for sale somewhere else the most obvious examples of the surface from the national museum of iraq. in 20032000 full.

and what was amazing is they were very careful and you can tell it was well planned because they went into the basement once they'd stolen everything and they destroyed all the documentation for the objects so that people would know what had been stolen unfortunately the major objects have been recorded elsewhere. they can say actually the different words that we've entered just to help bring that up so here they were wrong as they were put. braided have something like that and. in the case of the baghdad museum an inventor we existed so stolen objects could be captured on to the database but in war zones very few museums keep precise inventor his and there's no way that objects discovered during illegal digs will ever be listed obviously that's incredibly difficult when you're looking at looted archaeological material that has been looted out of the ground it was taken out of

the ground and potentially the only people that even know of its existence of the people who dug it out. and yet this certificate is widely used on the antiquities market as is the case tom's sarcophagus. i wish i had a clue powers. i would say. it's we've always been very clear about what our certificates are for and they state very clearly that an item is not in our database and it's not been registered with us but that not every theft or loss or looting event is registered with us so it's not complete. the art loss register certificate nonetheless remains the main document supplied by a seller to prove his or her good faith

a precious certificate which can multiply the price of an object by 10 but why is this service provided by a private company and not by a public body at least on a european level changes in national laws you go across an interesting nation states in the make it very difficult to resolve issues relating to stolen art in particular because suddenly limitation periods change principles of acquiring good title change is something that people take advantage of to get around the system. and. rewind returns with a new series. and brand new updates on the best out designers documentaries

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between the government and protest as due to be held on sunday. france and germany have stopped exporting weapons to turkey in response to its offensive against kurdish groups in northeastern syria turkish forces say they have taken control of the center of russell laine that's a key syrian border town but kurdish forces deny that out a serious chance traffic has more from the turkey syria. there were reports of clashes in and around russell lyon overnight the s.d.f. adamant that the turkish military do not have full control of this town a town that is of great strategic importance obviously to both sides and has been the focus of a very heavy bombardment of artillery and air strikes over the last few days it's basically one of the most eastern towns part of this 1st phase of this turkish campaign the turks saying that they are trying to clear an area around 120

kilometers long along the border going west to here which is the town of tal abio and we hear again that there was more bombardment more bombarding of to lobby out overnight with artillery the reports last night early evening that free syrian army fighters these are the syrian rebels that are backed by turkey that have come over to put his a plate in this campaign we heard reports that they were getting ready to move further into tel r.b.i. and it seems as if that hasn't happened yet polls have opened in ponens parliamentary election the ruling lauren justice party is trying to tighten its grip on power a comfortable reelection would give the party a mandate to see through many of its conservative policies such as anti immigration and a powerful typhoon has pounded japan's capital and surrounding areas with heavy rain and strong winds killing at least 18 people typhoon haiyan this paralyzed tokyo on saturday moving north

a cleanup operation has begun and rescue efforts are now underway. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the traffic that's watching. and. with the absence of common legislation and with skyrocketing prices trafficking has taken on industrial proportions. that it will be in the majority but the evolution is very good but there is a mental note that this bill is evil i didn't eat there look it up but. i'm a journalist and repeat this story to others a lot don't be surprised at the sec it just that out of the sec at the monument and indeed a south of us if you know if you're generality and you don't know is that the teacher there that us earth that these predators are couch. as of today

looters have direct access to the market all they need to do is post their object online where you can be sold anonymously in recent years the number of websites selling archaeological artifacts has increased our 100 fold on one of them we found this clay nail probably from a rock officially this type of object has been banned from sale since 2004 but on these platforms no one cares about origin export licenses or legal documents it's the final stage of what has become global trafficking. believed to be the 3rd highest illegal trade in the world antiquities trafficking was rarely in the public eye. this it has gone unnoticed for years but footage of destruction by the islamic state of iraq and the levant isis has caused a major international commotion. on any i being here oh me me me me

me me let me. ask you who. music to tweet music. the music. on your hike you. see. me and. the. tweet. song battle of the. i don't going to come i said petition that c'mon dude mentee said you have. the stage destruction by eisel hides another reality

much harder to measure mass looting. since its founding has been suspected of part financing its activities through antiquities trafficking. see poor could it a least 6 now and again my guess would not stay said that they did then that 2 security in the 3 said maddon that took until it is like you think that. this was a key subject at a press conference to present the new red list published by i called the international council of museums for 15 years i come has been publishing lists of rare objects from various countries which threaten to turn up on the international art market this time it concerned antiquities from iraq and syria suspected of

financing eisel operations as proof that the subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive. we just don't go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here. what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the weaponization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that

burying or selling an artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sell don't act one quick solution. you know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we know what exactly is going on in the field absa the association for the protection of syrian archaeology has been recording cases of plundering in syria the association based in strasbourg and founded in 2011 at the outbreak of the country's civil war is headed by syrian

archaeologist. according to information gathered by hobson eisel isn't the only armed group of plundering sites in syria all the actors in the conflict are to blame. lee. will act here in moscow military talks here young. man year or you dno. more active. an example. again he. said. this is the most complex here like you see on the dodge. city in many of the many p.s.u. . asiri. what's the extent of this trafficking and how do the local

networks that supply it operate to find the answers you need to go into the field most makes regular visits to turkey. to meet other members of his association. only in the war is correspondents could easily cross the turkish syrian border but turkey recently closed entry into its territory. the same year to stop all. the c.e.o. but they are. not the sessions on the piece they did that you. push it up to cover. we see you. got to get it kitty don't use it on the whole case for to increase naval but you know his lawsuit was the plessy able to keep up the quality define. the c.e.o. but look at what a mitt romney job to sit in

a semi auto citigroup do if they snap you. and i limited my starting a check one moment most new vanishing point book at home he's repeated on your people be only. did not know me. see it can't have it in this world i don't why did you speak. nobody. should have been meant for levy you didn't get stoned on those you prove also why the person william it not to respond it's there you are going to continue to contact. via skype it will go to others or more young.

people. not so long ago it was still possible to cross the border and large quantities of merchandise alive here in gaza and tep 60 kilometers from the syrian border. according to several sources this turkish city is a hub for the trafficking of objects plundered by isis. and. show. doesn't have is full of antiquities stores in one window check most spots what he thinks artifacts smuggled in from syria.

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ramadan i mean there are not and they are. not going to be all of the. original if they get there someone almost. made it about it but it gives them with a paltry. amount of small group. called one of these objects as you sample if not for you know visual if. you vashti. it could mean one credo people can use for sure because it would be pretty full essential meaning really appealing to me to go live. in oregon. city react to. the. last minute they've always. found. i think in norman i

said the need some part of me a very dizzy. or blanket child they tell me i'm a good deal i make. the. community. obs to see kim keep arnold then buy it if you can actually him but not us if you cannot be. any male input their ak is not. stand the thought that the sun don't all agree and pleased of course. on the lead the german just sang a bad. day. yet the cossack of their heritage i cannot sit at the back it was do says she passe. it's normal group possible to publicly sell all purchase an archaeological object without legal documented proof of origin. the pressure on private collectors has

increased. any of their acquisitions can be examined at a time. when the server. is the one. reporters who. were going on when you said is that one also. in your walk on water is possible emotionally these are pretty careful if you are going to gallup poll's is so important given anybody who says it is legal what. they really question the clues each year and took my 2 kids like you are now me a place group is cool going to see if i move knowing you can do the p.s.u. sumanda ph if we actually did and what i think that evokes him nor. there.

some don't say on excepting of course i loved. to ski or. awful as who they were for ages you could get you fired because they put on somebody to go on is a such a policy matter. because of the economy weighing on them. their funding the talk all but it was our. laws to do employ a model for them since civil tornado warning is offered and. we never pulled all the rules to receive us in the us will is a question when you have. to divorce yet in a new or a repressed moment when the alladin the shura. or the full fuel or me a gal or the vehicle or officer which. after an 8 hour search the customs

officers seized $123.00 pieces archaeologists have estimated the value of the collection at $95000.00 euros the collector will be questioned further the customs offices is facing 3 years in jail. she got it took it as the shuttle is ok. if you were there if you. don't like. it would he call in the order if and most if it. is a hippo few. and. they go to the shop. as european dealers and collectors are subjected to a growing number of controls they now represent only a small part of the international antiquities market far behind the chinese

a new category of collector has appeared every year in europe they flock to special . actions ready to spend fortunes to buy back their national heritage. a spending spree that has seen prices skyrocket and guarantee. that you don't get a. very good. i see steve as i suppose. there's a month assume the peak of all events don't and the taliban for the. me puppet who were tons of shit so you may appreciate one of these example. by some but you invented the knee leaky belonged to my decades mino whole thing can only bust like usual police hold on the media all meals and some even to me and all. guess is still in your better bunch you know

that's right barry had a better year coming up after new year on a jet sheen that's it i know is it you don't got boy sitting there up at a young she. says so much elated don't pee on me to start her soft august 2nd failure it did. so i say good to do or not but i could put that question right on about i am sometimes a little place i'm not don't tell and this only present blocked on i don't. want to push to be there it did but that seemed silly appropriate there except they didn't know shit defense of any of so so happy again. the reason bernard gomez is sure he'll find a nato's prepared to buy this chinese seal is because wealthy chinese buyers are willing to invest fortunes in highly symbolic assets.

these assets include a good number of plundered national treasures objects with a high financial and ideological value. purchases are driven by a strong patrie arctic feeling and encouraged by the state. of. your hundreds. if a town tour and the. then shut down obama will be one of the hot. hot to go. home being shared. harleigh. this is believes that those who wish to become cultured should invest in safeguarding national heritage she has even founded an association which aims to repatriate historical masterpieces through any means. if. quarter records he the. so much he that soil pressure you

tenderfeet how shitty that means you and that this is your father said that the he could see him truly that japhet how you show that evil will. not go miss regularly visits mrs barnes home and headquarters to collect the funds necessary for buying back plundered chinese works that are sold in europe i am a foreigner working in china since long time i understood that when there isn't a question of really when. there is no beyond of china's but only one voice it's a national really it belongs to our national and everybody sings the same things you know event if our countries. number. one german soldiers. returning here. but who was the other day had to hit the bush would you do it that

the bush. bears are coming out there tony the only just to wash out and up. toward our values he sound and about are told. so soon quaid so gentle so jennifer usher she should go back. to their feet haha. and then a washing. machine that soldier she is out that you know. the message got across in the west 2 plundered artifacts must be returned to china otherwise sooner or later you will be held accountable former president of the french union of antique dealers christian did he personally paid the price in the late 1990 s. he bought a collection of chinese gold plates the for selling part of it to french businessmen is wrong swapping know for 1000000 euros later the 2 men donated the plates to the

queen may lose him in paris when. one of the most welcome again yearly peace can leave a few years after their donation to the chinese announced that the plates had been looted and beijing demanded the repatriation in 2007 the 1st lawsuit was filed but not pursued 80 years on did he receive a phone call from the french culture ministry is old you. see news or you'll shoot liza g.t.p. new no. don't sit if they don't also send you prove i knew little i don't as you need for the children at. all. but only real name law accomplices. should she ok. so christian did cancelled his donation to the green a museum and flew to china to return the plates to the authorities the other

generous patron of the arts francoise pino would return his plates in person to the chinese ambassador in paris a month before the official visit to beijing by french foreign minister. a model for cultural diplomacy. dong. dani babb. were. a. the debt is on t.v. in film it is yours she averred. it was a little less all fed to the needy bears the i pray you had to deal guess your loss .

bargaining that has taken on a new dimension. and. parity is now being used for political leverage as a bargaining chip between states. the status of antiquities has changed once thought of as part of the heritage of all mankind cultural assets are now being held hostage by armed groups and used by states for narrow nationalist political and economic agenda as. action is needed by imposing tougher rules recognized by all through international organizations cultural heritage may regain its true place in our societies.

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world. the truth about china systematic repression of the week is. tell the world coming soon on al-jazeera. hello once again we've got some wet weather in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple of days is there a cloud just sliding out of the black sea into the caspian sea will sink its way further south what's the chance of some rain is northern parts of syria easing over its wards all areas of iraq and eventually heading into those northern fringes of iraq as we go through the next couple days south of that yes it does stay dry with more sunshine and that sunshine becomes more expansive as we go on through monday 24 in terribly getting up to 32 in beirut so a little warmer than it has been recently noticed some wet weather there some cloud to northern parts of saudi arabia a little bit of cloud to unsee southern fringe is just over towards the coastal

fringes of oman but across much of the very dry and sunny as per usual getting into the mid thirty's once again here in doha also some of the temperatures there for riyadh a chance of want to showers just around the southern end of the red sea some slightly thicker cloud just rolling in here now it's also some showers to you into the eastern side of south africa just around the eastern cape of much of southern africa as you can see it stays largely dry maybe one or 2 showers just creeping up towards the maybe or over the next couple of days with a chance to some rain to the west and parts fangirl. at night in a stockholm suburb somali moms patrolled streets police get it i'm not going to hide our lack of money for me i'm tired of gang violence the youth the maternal approach to prevent crime. i

do. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who lived them mothers of rain could be this is europe on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. turkey pounds kurdish held towns in northern syria as reports of much of captured kurdish fighters being executed. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up here

is in supposing for the next president's that choice is a law professor or a media tycoon who was recently released from jail. ecuador under curfew the president deploys the military after violent demonstrations walked the capital but office to talk with protesters. and picking up the pieces japan begins the freed up after a powerful typhoon sweeps through killing at least 18 people. turkey has pushed forward its offensive in northern syria with another night of air strikes smoke has been seen billowing over rice on sunday morning turkish forces say they've taken control of the strategic border town but kurdish led forces deny that. his forces advance on the grounds there is growing international condemnation france and germany have become the latest countries to stop exporting weapons to

keep. a harder report from the turkey syria border. they're battling their way into kurdish controlled towns along serious side of the border with turkey it hasn't been an easy fight for several days turkish troops and their allies the opposition syrian national army have pushed into the northeastern corner of syria they now say they are in control of one of 2 main towns along the 120 kilometer stretch of territory they plan to capture in the 1st operation they've also advanced 30 kilometers deep reaching the highway that connects to west and east syria effectively dividing the territory under the control of the. positions of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are coming under heavy fire but an incident close to a u.s. outpost along the border has added to tensions between turkey and the united states which said its forces were close to being hit by turkish artillery fire turkey's

defense minister has a car denies his troops targeted the position saying they were responding to fire 1000 meters away the new front in syria's war is worsening relations between the nato allies which have long been strained the pentagon was more blunt calling them damaged international pressure is mounting on turkey to stop the advance the united states is threatening to impose economic sanctions the message from here is clear we will not stop the operation president's or the garden made it clear the white. the syrian kurdish armed group that forms the backbone of the us must 1st withdraw 30 kilometers from the border with turkey. the humanitarian impact of the conflict is being felt on both sides turkish civilians are being killed in rocket fire that's being fired into border towns. don't have any protection but we're not thinking about moving out now since we have a life here we don't want to leave our home in syria they have also been casualties

among civilians caught in the conflict aid groups are warning of another humanitarian disaster in syria's 8 year war the area is home to people who've already suffered violence and displacement the united nations says 100000 are on the move and this battle has just started the number of those affected may rise fast. on the turkey syria border where u.s. president of trumpets once again defended his decision to withdraw support for the kurdish forces in syria and now i'm sort of an island of one again but now it's maybe happening again 30 kilometers 22 miles long turkey. and. the kurds attending to leave and that's. let them have their borders but i don't think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a border between turkey and syria. when we can't write our

own borders and i don't think so. how does the strength of the joins us now live from on the syria border bring us up to speed charles what's the latest. in is all these questions as to whether the turkish military is taking full control of the town of russell ion which is to the east of it as was claimed yesterday by the turkish defense ministry when that was initially disputed and has been disputed for hours now by the da certainly according to the syrian observatory for human rights they're saying that foresees have retaken control of what they describe as almost all the city so ongoing developments that we know that they were face clashes in the city and around the city all reports all overnight with respect to where i am here which is on the turkish side of the border opposite the town of

tel aviv where we've seen some very heavy bombardment ought to report over the last few days that's just started again in the last hour or so according to the syrian fighters that up dissipating in this offensive with the turks there saying that they control around 13 different villages around tel aviv they have been rude was of some sort of ground offensive beginning a very difficult to say whether that has started yet we heard from the s.d.f. last night again calling in a press conference or yesterday again calling for some sort of no fly zone to be to be set up across syria and there are increasing reports that yes t.f. may well be located to reaching out to russia and the syrian regime to try and work some sort of deal out because of the kind of pressure that they're armed by the. so we can't confirm independently confirm those lines but it certainly shows you the

kind of pressure that yes the f. could well be on the kind of allegiances that could well be shifting as this offensive goes forward. there are videos beginning to emerge online that are alleged to show the abuse and execution of both civilian and white p.g. in syria and. what more do we know about that. that's right yeah there have been videos released allegedly showing these turkish backed syrian fights is executing a man on the side of a road there's also been video released allegedly showing the body of. a woman who's a very prominent kurdish political activist described by the kurds as being a politician and the leader of a call to offer certainly according to the syrian observatory for human rights

alleging that she and 9 other civilians was. executed most side of a road in northern syria yesterday interesting there has been a statement by the opposition syrian army these are the as they say the men the fighters that are being supported by the turks they are saying that they are going to launch an investigation into these allegations and they are calling on their commanders in the fields to make sure that no abuses take place no violations it's a place they are the state rejecting. that. that they are responsible for them but there's not an outright rejection interestedly to the language is quite clever so they are condemning what they see in the videos and they are calling for an investigation into exactly what may or may not have happened but the . propaganda war here and i think we should be careful between the turks and the

kurds is increasing as we go forward. now there is charles stratford life on the turkey syria border chance many thanks within the last 10 minutes polls have opened in june is here where people are voting in a presidential runoff they're choosing between 2 political newcomers business tycoon abele carulli and law professor kai saeed the 2 who are seen as anti establishment beat out a field of more than 20 candidates in the 1st round and karoo it managed to do that while in jail on corruption charges the weather will have to deal with fixing the country's weak economy and soaring unemployment let's go live now to what eunice. is at a polling station there so how much power does the president have in tunis yeah sure how significant is this vote today. well edgy and the powers of the presence have been eroded in the last years now

it's the parliament and the president and the prime minister who have a bigger say but the president still is seen as a symbol of unity into his ear this explains why there is this growing excitement here about the election standing in a polling station in the capital to this just give you an idea about what's happening right now you can see the voters lining up and they are going to cast their votes they have to decide between the 2 candidates spaces i have a law professor and then we the media mogul this campaign has been timid in a way or another because when the bill called we was in jail i decided to keep a low profile however they had a debate and that debate both presenting themselves as the right person to lead to his you however there's a growing sentiment that it was more eloquent and most more convincing in that debate but you never know because we has been very active in the past few months in

poor areas in the northwestern part of tunisia and there's been a growing support for him in those areas to the point where during the 1st round of the election when he was in jail he came in 2nd in the election that was a huge upset of the political establishment hit in tunisia. many thinks about of their lives in tunis. poland is voting in apollo polarizing parliamentary election today the ruling law and justice party is trying to tighten its grip on power and is widely expected to win a comfortable reelection would give the party a mandate to see through many of its conservative policies which include a fairly strong immigration stance. a nationwide curfew remains in effect in ecuador as the 1st talks between the government and indigenous groups ascent to begin later on sunday the country's president let him know has said that he's willing to reassess a law that ended fuel subsidies the same policy that sparked protests more than

a week ago on saturday thousands of people protested in the country's capital many of them rejecting proposed peace talks and instead called for the resignation of the president was a serious man while we're up all over reports from quito. unrest has continued on the streets of the ecuadorian capital on saturday thousands of people flooded downtown. demonstrators calling for the resignation of the country's president once again clashed with police there's a 3rd bridge reversed up about the this president is using public funds to kill us and shoot at us but we want to run away if we have to give our lives then so be it was. hundreds of women from across the country joined in the demonstrations and held a march of their own in solidarity with indigenous demonstrators. they called all the government to end with they say is a violent repression of peaceful protesters who doesn't think. that women are protesting for life because we aren't nice we've had enough of the.