equality. under the skin of russia's women starts november thirteenth. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin took economics and children nationally on terrorism charges a turkish court sentenced of the majo to six years in prison for membership in an outlawed good dish militia his family says he was on a hiking trip how with the kids affected tense relations between the two countries . also coming up u.s.

investigators so much opposed to a facility near miami for clues into the attempted made bombings and they're warning more devices might still be out there. as it saw in relations between japan and china leaders of the two issues superpowers and reassure rivals needs to improve ties and boost trade despite underlying tensions. kind of all welcome to you. a turkish call to sentence a german man to six years in prison on terrorist charges back trick was arrested on the turkish syrian border in march apologies accused the twenty nine year old of being a member of a kurdish militia group known as the y p g a group which uncorrupt classifies as terrorist his family denied his allegations and say he was so. hiking in the region

. for the very latest destroying our correspondent doreen jones in istanbul donin first of four what more can you tell us about this case. patrick was. trying. for a he's trying to cross the turkish syrian border into syria he was captured in a military exclusion zone now authorities say that he was seeking to join the white peachy militia many foreign nationals from around the world have joined this group in its fight against the islamic state now to turkey they say that this group is a terrorist organization linked to a kurdish insurgency inside turkey and anyone who is seeking to join this group will face punishment prosecution and ultimately be jailed the german citizen who was also earlier this month convicted and sentenced to eighteen months for entering a forbidden zone this is just the latest in a series of foreign nationals that have been prosecuted and jailed in the message

for monk or is turkish lore applies to both turkish and foreign nationals equally and doing as we know the interest of german nationals in turkey is a very sensitive issues issue between the two countries and this latest verdict go inside but the visit of the german economics minister to turkey to what extent could this incident being another setback in relations between the two countries. well i certainly think it will not help and it will be probably pretty embarrassing for a german minister during this visit him but he did speak spread germany's commitment to human rights although he did not in any way name turkey. much criticized called and i think this is a sign that both sides are trying to see dialogue given the fact that relations have went almost breaking point over the fact that the turkish authorities had jailed a series of german citizens on charges of considered. particular the high profile

case of german journalist and if you tell who was subsequently released but we do seem to be now into a new chapter did the turkish president reject. full state visit last month and that is seen as an effort to kickstart a new process of dialogue rather than confrontation but given the given the fact that there is still these outstanding concerns over human rights and this latest conviction and jailing will on the lineup is aware on cory's a very important country to work with in controlling refugees entering into europe and if chancellor is expected to attend a four way. here in istanbul to discuss syria on saturday and not just on the lines importance of congress and the need for dialogue rather than confrontation dorian jones correspondent in istanbul thank you very much for that update. to the u.s. with parties of searching for who was behind a series of pipe bombs sent by mail they were addressed to prominent democrat

politicians and critics of president. police of so far seized ten such devices and warn they may be more there the search is focusing on a postal center and in 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 x. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton former president barack obama and x t i a director john brennan the latest were former vice president joe biden and actor robert deniro all of those targeted critics of president donald trump. as friends that 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 our bomb squad 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 sky could shift the tone and politics. my hope. my hope is this reasons. who knows exactly what they were but. they might wake everybody.

we have to. we 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 abi is in china for the first official visit in seven years against a backdrop of trade friction with the united states the asian rivals are working to build closer ties it was welcomed by chinese premier league in beijing the two then has talks aimed at increasing economic cooperation and signed

a number of agreements are being hailed it as a historic turning point in the relationship between the two countries are based you to meet with the chinese president xi jinping later today. joining me now from beijing is deed of the 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 all socially unwelcome in beijing for most years that's because of his nationalist retore x. and his unwillingness to address japan's wartime 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 very. restrained 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 me on that given the differences it just talked about reducing 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 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 just 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 cause reconsider their options right lettice villain here in beijing thank you very much for that assessment. and you list articulated some other stories making news around the world by land by sea and by air around fifty thousand military personnel from thirty one nato allies in gauging 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 war games could increase tensions between russia and its nordic neighbors. an earthquake close the greek island off as it can toss has rattled western greece and damaged buildings the quake hit overnight and cadge a force of eight point six according to the european seismological center a few people have been treated for minor injuries. turkish president john has

urged saudi arabia to reveal who gave the order to kill journalist jamal khashoggi and the location of his body edge one also said the kingdom sponsored prosecutor will meet his turkish counterpart in istanbul on sunday saudi officials have not admitted that. it was premeditated. at least twenty people mostly students and teachers have been killed in flash floods that hit near jordan's dead sea the group was on a school trip when their bus was washed away police managed to rescue more than thirty people they will move to hospitals in the area. in ireland blasphemy is still a serious crime that carries heavy penalties but like many of the country's religious traditions that could be about to change arash voters are heading to the polls today to elect a new president they're also being asked whether to decide with the blasphemy laws should be removed from the constitution surprisingly the issues uniting both

catholics and atheists one man has been fighting the law for years here's a story. the christian god is an evil maniac for giving babies bone cancer jews are of there for the devil all i said was that piece of it was good enough for jehovah blasphemous statements like peace could come at a high cost literally up to twenty five thousand euros to be precise michael nugent head of atheist island is complaining in dublin shopping zone he's informing 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 and 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 programmed into our laws just ten years ago so it's a mess for any number of reasons and the sooner that we get 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 goal god doesn't need to. not everyone agrees to leave a cultural center throwing out the glass to make last will threaten the freedom of all irish people. we have a wide city of various communities residing. this climb to all. references in our legislation is not to defend

religion but it is to defend respect among people of all faiths and people off no face still it looks like that my can reach and his group will finally get their way recent polls show that just twenty percent of likely voters i would favor of keeping eyelets blasphemy law. and now to australia where two male penguins are doing double duty as dance magic and spend would notice as a same sex couple by and aquarium in sydney the two were first given a trial to nurture stuff then entrusted the pair with a real egg just last month the both of them dutifully took turns warming the nest just as heterosexual penguins do and created keepers say the doting dads appear overjoyed to welcome they get to be named little shake into their lives.

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