starts oct twenty seventh w. . this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin turkey convicts a german national on terrorism charges a turkish court sentences a man took over six years in prison for membership in outlawed goodish militia his family says he was on a hiking trip how would the case affect tense relations between the two countries we'll go live to our correspondent in istanbul and. also coming up u.s.

investigators search opposed to proceed if you know miami for clues in the attempted made bombings and they're warning more devices might still be out there. as a torn relations between japan and china leaders of the two illusions superpowers and regional drivers need to improve ties and boost trade despite underlying tensions. plus the tech giant google says it fired almost fifty people in recent months over claims of sexual harassment we couldn't experts view on where the silicon valley and the tech world is toxic both female employees. played. and welcome. a turkish court has sentenced to jail and man to six years in prison on terrorist charges the man named only as patrick king. he was arrested on the turkish syrian

border in march authorities accuse the twenty nine year old of being a member of a kurdish militia group known as the y p g a group which ankara classifies as terrorist backed ricky's family denies allegations and says he was simply on a hiking trip in the region. for the very latest restore in our correspond doreen jones in istanbul jordan first of all can you give us a little background about this case. yes patrick a was on holiday according to his parents and he was detained very close to the syrian turkish border. claim that he was seeking to cross over the border to join this syrian kurdish militia the white b. which considers a terrorist organization linked to a kurdish insurgency inside turkey. was sentenced to over six years in prison for being a member of this organization earlier this month he was jailed for another eighteen

months for being captured in a military exclusion zone although that sentence was suspended turkey does consider the point out that they say many foreign nationals have been seeking to join the syrian kurdish militia and they have to taint in jail them in the past and this is the latest case of which of course says the turkish law replies to everyone be it foreign nationals or turkish citizens and you receive german national until it is a hugely sensitive issue between the two countries of the latest go inside to german economics minister. visit to turkey to what extent could this latest case be another setback in germany. well it certainly won't help relations and i think it will be very embarrassing for sure in his visit he spoke about the importance of human rights although he did not name turkey specifically or any concerns then has over turkey's human rights record but this

latest jailing of a german citizen is one of a number of german citizens that are being held which i consider is political and there has been a great rupture in relations in the past over the potential to particularly high profile german journalist in the future for example was brought relations what was the breaking point what they thought seem to be a realisation on both sides that they need to work together and we had been hosting the turkish president last. for a full summit and we expect the german chancellor to come here on saturday to attend a serious summit this underlines that turkey is seen as a very important country in particular for controlling refugees entering europe and jordan we heard that back to kay understand we deny these allegations of terrorism saying that you know he was just a tourist hiking in the region given all of this how safe is turkey for german visitors briefly if you can dorian. yes well i think for most german citizens visiting turkey it is still

a popular tourist destination if they'd like any turkish citizen tweet or use social media for any criticism particularly of the president or they have any links to kurdish groups that are considered as terrorist organizations or shown any support on social media even in germany for those groups then they are at risk like any turkish citizen and they could face jail or prison if they. come to light of these activities during jones in istanbul thank you very much for that update from there. the hunt is underway in the united states as authorities search for whoever built and made a series of pipe bombs all addressed to either prominent democratic politicians or critics of president donald trump police have so far seized ten devices and warned they may be more there the search is focusing on a person center near miami florida. canine units under bomb

squad deployed on thursday to a postal center in florida. officials believe some of the pipe bomb packages were mailed from here to prominent targets of right wing outrage. among them ex democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton former president barack obama and xers a director john brennan the latest were former vice president joe biden and actor robert deniro all of those targeted a critics of president donald trump. as forensic teams race to find who's responsible. could be more devices. the new york police department tweeted instructions for identifying a package bomb should another be found in the mail we have to treat them as. devices this is a protocol that people use and it keeps everybody safe it's unclear if the pipe

bombs were wired to explode some have speculated they were just meant to sow fear among trump's critics ahead of midterm elections in less than two weeks time. several of the intended recipients have said they hoped the scare could shift the tone and politics. my hope. my hope is this reasons. who knows exactly what they were but. made my way everybody. we have to. have to the end of this country back together. trumps critics have claimed his divisive rhetoric for inspiring the attack trump has repeatedly called his political opponents evil and often refers to the media as

the enemy of the people he recently praised the republican politician for body slamming a journalist. in response to the criticism trump has pointed the finger of blame back at the media the debate likely won't subside before voters go to the polls on november sixth. japanese prime minister shinzo is in china for the first official visit in seven years against a backdrop of create friction with the united states the asian rivals are working to build closer ties abby was vulcan by chinese premier league in beijing the two then held talks in that increasing economic cooperation and signed a number of agreements abhi hilditch as a historic turning point in the relationship between china and japan obvious to you to meet with the chinese president xi jinping later today. joining me now from beijing is due to be correspondent. welcome what is from your perspective how

significant is this meeting and why do you think it comes now. historic is a big word but for himself this is probably is torek he has been unwelcome officially unwelcome in beijing for most years that's because of his nationalist retore x. and his unwillingness to address japan's war time on the other hand japan also is very unhappy about china's military behavior in the region its assertiveness so post the ties have been very tight a very strict restraint during the last five years and so this is really a step forward and both sides have to overcome a bit of their of their restraints so. both countries still remain very important economic partners so it's a natural step for them to try to get to back together again and it is as you said i mean they are economic bought doesn't create is

a always they big on their agenda when they talk but beyond that given the differences it just talked about ready to see this relationship going politically because there's still reason drivers. well it's a kind of detente it's. trying to get back to normal both countries have a need to get back to a normal due to the new situation that has evolved since dollar trump has taken office in the u.s. so china donald trump is a threat economically they are looking to to to strengthen their ties with other economic partners and japan might not be able to rely on america's backing as it has before so both sides need to consider reconsider their options right what is the link in beijing thank you very much for that assessment and you. you're watching the news coming up ahead congratulations madam president in sylvia's first ever female head of state has just been sworn in she also happens to

be africa's only current woman president we'll find out what she stands for. but first let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world by land by sea and by air around fifty thousand military personnel from thirty one need to allies are engaging in the largest war game exercises in decades the various maneuvers will take place over the course of nearly three weeks stretching from the baltic sea to iceland critics say the games could increase tensions between russia and its nordic neighbors. turkish president richard avedon has urged saudi arabia to release reveal who gave the order to kill the germs jamal khashoggi and the location of his body. also said the kingdom spoke to prosecutor will meet his turkish counterpart in istanbul on sunday yesterday as

saudi officials admitted that murder was meditated. an earthquake close to the greek island of zakynthos has rattled western greece and damaged buildings the quake hit overnight in college a force of six point eight according to the european seismological center a few people have been treated for minor injuries. in island blasphemy is still a serious crime that carries heavy penalties but like many of the country's religious traditions that about to change irish waters are heading to the polls today to elect a new president and the also being asked to decide whether blasphemy laws should be removed from the constitution surprisingly the issue is uniting both catholics and if one man has been fighting the law for years. the christian dog is an evil maniac for giving babies bone cancer jews are of there for

the devil all i said. was good enough for jehovah blasphemous statements like these could come at a high cost literally up to twenty five thousand euros to be precise michael nugent head of atheist alent is complaining in dublin shopping zone. irish voters about a long standing law that could soon be history if you say anything that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by only religion i'm cause by doing so then that's a criminal offense the native dubliner has been fighting the paragraph and islands constitution for years. he things that should have been removed a long time ago. it's a mediæval crime it's been added into our constitution in nineteen thirty seven when i was a very catholic country. and it was crowbarred into our laws just ten years ago so it's a mess for any number of reasons and the sooner that we got rid of it the better.

but since the law was implemented no one has ever been convicted of blasphemy even the catholic church called the law or data. an audience church in dublin sees one simple reason for that. there's no need for such a role god doesn't need to. god is not mocked. not everyone agrees. the center throwing out the blasphemy class will threaten the freedom of all people. we have a wide diversity of various communities residing in our lives and this kind of. reference in our legislation is not to defend religion but it is to defend respect among people of all face and people of no face still it looks likely that my community and his group will finally get their way

recent polls show that just twenty percent of likely voters i favor of keeping island suppress free law. and you have these religious affairs analyst martin got joins me on this to talk more about this issue welcome i don't really talk about anti blasphemy laws in the context of europe do they only exist in island or do other european i'm just like they're very widespread i think that most people are not aware of this italy germany denmark spain i mean these are countries which actually have a ball and certainly have blasphemy laws or blasphemy provisions or criminalization of blast mean some form or other in germany it's actually. article hundred sixty six in particular and there was actually a very well known and thirty publicized case in austria very recently of a woman who had insulted prophet muhammad she was fine and then this was actually decided yesterday in the european court of human rights to give us full context of this case in austria well this is a political scientist and an activist of the far right who has been for diplomat as

well who has been given lectures criticizing islam in this particular lecture she mentioned the fact that according to koranic the gurney text prophet married the age of six and consummates the wedding consummates a marriage at the age of nine and she asks the question rhetorical what is this if not the feely this was seen as an attack on prophet muhammad she was fine and this went all the way through the opposite. until it reached the european court of human rights they argued that this was actually a violation to find it's a violation of her freedom of expression the european court of human rights disagreed ok so let's actually take a look at the exact words of the ruling possibly the european court of human rights the court said the court defunct at the domestic court carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected and the legitimate aim of preserving religious peace in austria.

this was the verdict of the european court of human rights. the good feelings to be of value these the point of view to take that you have freedom of speech but that feed it must speak comes with responsibility if one were to accept that what does what defines blasphemy is about it not really sure that we can simply accept that essentially because much so god and the devil are in the details so to say i mean the question here is what does it mean to offend somebody religiously and you have to keep in mind that until very recently we were burning each other and killing each other for things like doubting about you know jesus research people are mortally offended for the right of women to sort of you know attain like education or things of the guy and so the question as to what religious offense means it's actually a very delicate one the thing that is very curious about the ruling is that it mentions actually going and religious respect for the sake of political stability

and this actually is a much farther bridge is one that actually has doesn't have to do specifically would religion respect but it has to do as to whether you can have political stability when a certain part of the population feels religiously offended it's a very complicated question but it's one that europe has actually in some sense settled a long time ago we have decided that we're adults and we will hear things in the public sphere that we don't like but we will not resort to political violence so i think that what we have is a very interesting situation ireland is moving steadily away from blasphemy laws where it's know the european court of human rights is actually precisely in that direction very interesting thank you very much for sharing your insights martin got a lot of what you describe is a complicated issue thank you. let's not turn to you tube here where the parliament has sworn in the country's first female president saleh who is also africa's only current female head of state the unanimous vote in favor of days

after if you open your makers approved one of the once few gender balanced cabinets with women making up a full fifty percent of ministers reform was hoping that the changes at the top will help the country build a more equal and prosperous society. ethiopia's first female president gets an enthusiastic welcome from members of parliament sal works out days an experienced diplomat she's expected to serve two six year terms as head of state for the east african country home to the continent's second biggest population it's a largely ceremonial post but the new president wants to use it to champion gender equality she believes it's the key to the country's future prosperity one thing that you would sit with your ng my presidency my main focus will be to maintain peace by mobilizing the women of. peace loving men and all the peaceful peoples of

the world. earlier this month ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed appointed a new cabinet half its members are women female ministers now oversee the crucial defense trade and industry portfolios it's a fundamental change for impoverished ethiopia where domestic violence remains widespread and polygamy persists in some areas and activists say it will take more than just changes at the top to bring about a more equal society women's political participation to me as well as beyond a cabinet positions its participation at all levels and the participation of women who have never been in politics before women as voters women as candidates women as members of civil society and opinion makers women in media all of this works towards women's meaningful women's political participation ethiopians are hoping their new look leaders like newly sworn in president south day can lay the

foundations for political reform and a brighter future. some office workers in london were in for a bit of a surprise on cuz day when they gives to a man scaling the walls of one of the tallest buildings in london and then go back climb to the top of the two hundred and thirty need to a high skyscraper using just chalk and muscle power after he reached the top of the climb and known as the french spiderman was promptly arrested by police for creating a public nuisance. i thought it was quite supportive of the budget problems and if you don't want to see. well talking about the seasons it's been a reporting season some interesting numbers coming out of the tech industry there was a major is some hundred billion dollars we're knocked off amazon google's market capitalization on thursday investors feared the strong runs could be ending soon and that's

despite amazon's best ever quarterly profits its net income represents a tenfold increase over the same period last year the results were bolstered by its web services subsidiary however i wasn't outlook for the crucial fourth quarter fell short of expectations. also the shares of alphabet the parent company of google for as much as five percent after its disappointing third quarter results its twenty seven point two billion dollar revenue failed to meet market expectations google's advertising business grew slower than expected from july to september while its costs rose the internet john has also come under fire for giving a nineteen million dollars severance package to senior management figure who was forced to resign for sexual conduct charges in response to the criticism google has said it fired forty eight people for sexual harassment in the last two years among

the thirteen senior managers. so is sexual harassment a growing problem in the oh so cool world of internet companies let's bring in terrorism law she writes on the tech industry for vice magazine's website motherboard so as a i thought working for google is all about free coffee a gym in the basement massage that your desk and everybody is on first name terms with the boss but sexual harassment is google whose motto is do no evil becoming an old fashion of corporate with a toxic culture now. well i think six harassment is all of flirting lines and about how i don't stray sions and these years i'm not i don't see at younger unconventional companies like google either a phrase here these are not so i do not answer software engineer in a senior position published and i've received a diversity manifesto which is why the sheriff and jerry and while it was made some rejection from me at least it also gave internal support and it made us the base he

said will distract him from coding so bicycling many iraq also had to learn that the hot way that sanctions risks and issues are also widespread and unconventional companies and it takes courage and is also part of growing up to review these internal power structures and to make a little workplace split and internalize. this which is very widespread and take. place for everyone. so forty eight cases in dust two years that that staggering so you mention it's not just google is it what are you hearing from other female workers in the tech industry. well when i asked grizzly experience is that man take who face allegations of misconduct are being extremely softly christian on the way out or you can compensate i mean pinchecks letter came in response to anger at founder and receiving receiving a nineteen million it's

a package after facing allegations of misconduct and before two thousand and seventy is accused unification congress which is one of the biggest tech and keku meetings in the world that take place every year in light secrets out all. the ramifications sort of that one of the speakers engaged in what can only be called a game or eight at a high school and instead of. inviting the speaker or it even speaking out the organizing committee decided to even know why the two slots. in which this speaker could talk about the taking you got. it to the protesters on the right now have to come to an end to me coming towards the end of our sorry i'm sorry for that thank you very much for joining us terrorism thank you you have to think you. will be

a were relieved to hear that the world's billionaires are now twenty percent richer than they were last year that's according to a report by swiss bank u.b.s. and the number of billionaires is rising to two thousand one hundred and fifty eight people around the world have accumulated more than one billion dollars dollars of personal wealth well congratulations. for some billionaires the only way is truly up. japanese tycoon new sucker mizar will become the first private passenger on a trip around the moon. he set to take off in twenty twenty three on board a space x. a rocket developed by ilan musk while the price of the ticket has yet to be revealed it is assumed to be astronomical meanwhile the number of billionaires with the spare cash to follow my star into space continues to grow according to u.b.s. his annual report on the super rich they hold an average of four point one billion dollars in wealth north america remains the global leader in the number of

billionaires six hundred thirty one but western europe slipped to third place. second spot now belongs to the greater china region which includes hong kong and taiwan china proper is home to more than three hundred billionaires most of them self-made. at the turn of the millennium china had only one billionaire but u.b.s. now expects the country to overtake the u.s. in the near future the country's billionaire boom has been fueled in particular by its mushrooming tech sector. jack ma was still working as a teacher when he founded ali barber and nine hundred ninety nine. in twenty fourteen the online retail company claimed the title of the world's biggest ever. who set up the business in his living room is now worth an estimated thirty billion dollars. and that sets you up to date you're watching news from more news coming up the top of the hour fortune.

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