this is data over the news live from turkey pushes on with its offensive in northern syria as international criticism outs as turkish backed troops intensify their bombardment of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and now france and germany have halted arms exports to techie also coming up time soon how give us rips across japan rescue efforts are in full force as large areas of the country facing record rains flooding and landslides taking thousands without power and water. and polls have opened in poland and

a polarizing parliamentary election in the wake of controversial justice reforms we make the judges being targeted for their criticism of the ruling party. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program turkish forces are continuing their attacks on kurdish controlled territory in northeastern syria that's made growing condemnation from abroad as germany and france announced they could tightening arms exports to turkey and correct claims its offensive has captured the k. border town of. smoke rises above the syrian town of russell i'm as turkish artillery fire reigns dawn this was the 4th day of the turkish military incursion into northern syria. turkish growing troops poured across the border into the conflict zone on saturday afternoon to retaliate. the strike by the kurdish y p

g militia 3 mortar shells struck residential buildings in the border city of a chuckle there were no injuries. this is where the shell hit the fridge was completely destroyed and the shell shocked right through the 2nd wall. across northern syria at least 70000 people noice fleeing the turkish incursion according to the united nations refugee agency. international criticism of turkey is growing the u.s. defense ministry also reporting that turkish forces shelled u.s. troops in the syrian border area angry rejected the claim that washington has threatened turkey with sanctions if it does not withdraw turkey's president disregarding all foreign criticism. yes we will not stop no matter what the others say they are threatening us on all sides i have told trump and the others to stop it well those are the criticism also from turkey's neighbors at

a meeting of the our oblique the organizations general secretary condemned the military operation as an invasion. for more on this i'm joined from istanbul by darren johns daryn there's been much criticism of this offensive also from arab states the kurds are now saying they simply can't and won't prioritize guiding militant detainees in the face of this occasion and passion excuse me what does that mean for security in the region. well it can be a major problem given the fact that this syrian kurdish militia regarding around 12000 islamic state members in a number of camps in this region and also on top of that there are tens of thousands of sympathizers and family members also being detained so it's a very large group and it requires a lot of resources from the syrian kurdish militia to protect them and they're saying now that given the fact that this is the whole area is increasingly becoming a war zone they need to the photos resources to fighting the turkish forces but

there will also be a problem for the militias kurdish militia they will realize if these. hardy's do escape they could open up a 2nd front against these kurdish forces so it is a major dilemma but the fact that these forces could be released is a big concern internationally given the fact there's over 2000 foreign jihad is being held in these camps as well and pressure on turkey will also be growing given the fact now we're getting videos released purportedly showing militias linked to these turkish incursion arab militias executing kurdish prisoners and also we're getting reports in a monitoring group that civilians to have being executed by these arab militias this is tonight among those that are being reported killed is a prominent local kurdish official a woman activist who was killed along with her driver last night as we've been reporting some allies have begun to stop weapons sales to techie. undeterred prior to the embargo turkey's foreign minister. spoke to me and had this to say.

this is a vital matter for us humans it's a question of national security of survival whatever they do whether it's an arms embargo or something else it only strengthens us what 15 years ago we produced only 20 percent of the goods we needed now is over 70 percent all of this only strengthens us. if i only took notice of whether someone wanted to impose an arms embargo or what someone else was saying and then did not destroy an imminent threat and i would face even bigger problems in the future and in fact case even if germany supplied us with more weapons this fight to be more difficult if not impossible even if our allies supported us terrorist organization even if we stand alone even if a impose an arms embargo it doesn't matter we are fighting a terrorist organization and we will not relent. to darrien some determined words there but those comments came prior to those embargo is has there

been any reaction from ankara since then. well i'm correct from the very beginning has expected there would be pressure but they've dismissed this they said that this is about the future security of this country and nothing will stand in this way the president turkish. type one has to dismiss these criticisms and turkey does believe it is in a strong position this threat of arms embargoes will have a limited effect because turkey has a very devolved yvel its military defense industry of its own it has been preparing ahead of this operation such france willy will not have much effect on criticism making what can do though will be the threat of economic and financial sanctions coming from the united states there is big concern because it could impact in a major way on the turkish economy and that really will be a big concern and that's why i will be looking to president trump to stand strong and oversees such attempts of sanctions against turkey otherwise turkey will be in trouble. as well as the political scientists of the humanitarian side kurds are

fleeing the area where are they going and who's helping them well that's a big question no one really knows where they are going and i don't think they know where they can go because they don't really know where is a safe area this whole operation is covering several 100 kilometers of syria up to 30 kilometers deep and this is where most of the urban areas are in this region beyond that is just desert and that really is the only place they feel that possibly they can be safe the problem is the aid agencies to say this area will be incredibly difficult to provide supplies and support so the fear is that there is a major humanitarian crisis looming given the fact that has half a 1000000 people at risk. in istanbul for us thank you very much. let's turn to some other stories making news around the world ecuador's army has taken to the streets to enforce the country's 1st 24 hour curfew in decades

president menem rayna ordered the curfew after protesters ransacked and set fire to a government building of austerity measures he said government would address some of the demonstrators concerned. mexican military police have stopped a caravan of some 2000 migrants trying to reach the united states most were detained and then bussed back to the city of tapachula nic what mala from where they had set out on saturday morning. wildfires have forced 100000 people to evacuate their homes in southern california thanks to slowing winds firefighters have beaten back places that have been burning on the edge of los angeles since thursday fire officials there predict more wildfires will break out cue in part to climate change. conference of us has ripped through large areas of japan leaving several days and many more injured rescue efforts are now under way as record rains have triggered major flooding and landslides. shibuya tokyo

one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world and it's deserted. devious with winds of 225 kilometers an hour it's the biggest typhoon to hit japan in 6 decades. stuck with you and now you all know or me thought now you've never yet experienced such intense rain and pursue potations. see if we thought it's highly likely that we'll be seeing landslides in flooding in flood watch areas. so. this is a level flood warning you know that many people's lives could be at risk to. go through the ocular this. but several people have died and hundreds of thousands of had to evacuate. for some the storm has destroyed their homes.

neighborhoods are flooded. and intelligent cities yet to be hit people are preparing for potential record setting debut just. japan is currently hosting the rugby world cup and its followers but 2 matches have already been cancelled and controversially declared a draw is the 1st cancellation in the tournament's 3 decade history flights to and from tokyo's airports have also been canceled. japan gets on average about 20 typhoons every year but rarely do they hit tokyo and its metropolitan area so severely. and poland is voting for a new parliament today incumbent conservative nationalist more injustice party is hoping for an absolute majority and was ahead in transaction surveys of party is

representing it presenting itself as the defender of traditional catholic values against what it calls l g b t ideology. after the party brought in controversial justice reforms judges in poland say they've been targeted for criticizing the government but they say they won't stop fighting to uphold the rule of law. judge christiane markovitch regularly receives hate mail online he's the chairman of the judges association that supports the rule of law in poland that's when i can decent words they use that i don't wish to they attack me directly saying i'm an accomplice to the class of judges and that someone should silence me that someone should find out something about me that would ruin me that is of the course a covert which in germany is english which threats against undesirable judges appear to be systematic. have received hostile mail like this for a year but so have my family members and judges all over poland and sometimes mil that denigrates me is sent to all 3000 judges in our association. thousands of hate

mails tweets and posts against targeted judges are thought to be organized by the deputy justice minister officials and other judges closely tied to the regime according to reports in poland the wife of a pro-government judge was supplied for nearly 3 years with sensitive information from personnel files such as about judges affairs or drunk driving this confidential material was then planted in social media. these people have given this woman a private data for confidential data about these churches for a hate group to be steered by the justice ministry it is hard to believe that in the civilized world there are such that if there's only a shooter of course of government. but polish justice ministers big never wants to stand off as he said he has done much to clear up the matter then that there would be serious consequences is not a lost a confidence motion but of the regime has supported him from the outset of the act because that by means of your overall minister show or reacted properly when the

regularities were discovered in which a group demeaned other people with hate mail appropriate decisions were made within 24 hours and. not a group of we want your help. the 1st president of poland supreme court has also received much hate mail she used to take it came from disturbed marginal individuals yes i am appalled that a state official could have done something like this if a state official can perform such shameful acts that means there is no longer a stick and by mosher duck on the deck you of to know. intimidating people through targeted hate commentary and indication of the erosion of social norms in poland but the head of the judges association still has hope. i know many great judges will yield a single step and will keep fighting for the standards of the role of long as you

hope europe won't close its eyes to what's happening in seoul and or too much of procedure christiane markovitch has started a lawsuit against those involved for spreading organized taint a new parliament will be elected on sunday even though the extent of the hate campaign against the judges has come to light recent opinion polls show the ruling war and justice party has a clear lead. and sports kenyan run our own marathon world record holder earlier to charity has done what some previously thought was impossible becoming the 1st person to break the 2 hour barrier for the marathon jodie completed a specially designed course in the austrian capital vienna in a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds but the think what we count counted as an official world record because of certain strategies used including the way he was paced back in his native kenya his family celebrated the face at their home along with the rest of the country people gathering and public viewing events held

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