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the results check it out. this is deja vu news live from berlin turkey pushes on with its offensive in northern syria as international criticism mounts with turkish backed troops ramping up their bunks bartman of kurdish militia the death toll is rising and now france and germany have halted arms exports to turkey also coming up typhoon hog abyss rips across japan rescue efforts are in full force as large areas of the country
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face record rains flooding and landslides leaving thousands with no power or water . plus the people of poland to elect a new parliament today in the wake of controversial justice reforms we need the judges being targeted for criticizing the bling party. i'm called asman welcome to the program germany and france have suspended arms exports to turkey as international condemnation mounts over on chorus military operation against kurdish forces in northeastern syria as the bombardment of kurdish positions inside syria continues on turkish back to ground forces are dancing into the area clashes in the key kurdish held border town have allowed hundreds of people to escape from a camp for supporters of the so. called islamic state more than 50 civilians have
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been killed on both sides and up to 200000 people have been forced to flee their homes. yulia has been following this story for us from the turkish syrian border earlier she brought us up to speed on the situation right now on day 5 of the offensive i'm in the turkish town of about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border which is to wood said this direction now the turkish military the artillery has been targeting the area with fresh shelling today we can clearly hear the sound of the pounding now on the other side on the syrian side you have the town of that type of yet which besides russell i know is one of the other main targets of this turkish offensive most of the people that have reportedly fled the area but we do expect heavy clashes and more fighting today over there in the.
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on the other hand we have reports of more attacks coming from the syrian side to the tuckers you border areas just 3 rockets and mortars have reportedly hit the place where we are all right now ambulances have been rushing to the locations at least 18 people have died in the past days here on the turkish side in these apparent reprisal attacks so the security situation is very tense here on the turkish side as well did you leon reporting there for us from the turkey syria border now as a finding continues tens of thousands of civilians are searching for safety some displaced kurds are taking shelter in the syrian town of saka that's around 70 kilometers to the south east of the situation there is also precarious. was these people have found shelter in a school in her saka. when the shelling started they fled their homes in the
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russell i'm on the turkish border. this woman is here with her children. nobody is helping us we're in a terrible state what should we do where should we go help us for our children's sake it's a disgrace i don't know was there are 200 refugees in this school food water and medicine are in short supply at least they're safe here unlike the people still back home in the russell i know which has been seized by turkish troops. friends and relatives have posted horrific videos they say were shot there but this is that was one of those of they have been bombing the town nonstop they enter houses place explosives and blow them up and still everything my father will be with are now going to be. tens of thousands have fled away from the border and deeper into kurdish controlled territory in syria
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a sockeye 75 kilometers from russell on and has so far not been attacked by turkish forces. the sudden arrival of refugees is posing a challenge to the local authorities. and my bowl the school buildings are already full. we don't have the infrastructure to look after so many people our resources very limited. the hospital is treating wounded kurdish fighters he says the kurdish y p g is a terrorist force because of its alleged links to kurdish separatists within turkey the mother of one of the wounded rejects such claims that. we're not terrorists we haven't attacked a home to anyone it's add to one who is attacking not. in the mood remains defiant with daily protests for the kurdish cause and against the turkish offensive. let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world
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wildfires have forced 100000 people to evacuate their homes in southern california in the united states thanks to slowing winds firefighters have beaten back blazes that have been burning on the edge of los angeles since thursday fire officials there predict more wildfires will break out due in part to climate change. polls have opened in tunisia for the decisive 2nd round of the country's presidential elections retired law professor saeed backed by a resurgent is the islamists was slightly ahead in the 1st round of voting as opponent is media mogul nabila karroubi who has just been released from prison he's still facing money laundering and tax evasion charges. an estimated 10000 protesters are gathering in central berlin to show solidarity against anti-semite semitism and right wing violence the rally comes after a terrorist attack in the eastern city of hala on wednesday when
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a gunman killed 2 people near a synagogue. well it was forecast to be the strongest storm to hit japan in 60 years and now typhoon has ward across the country leaving more than 25 people dead and many more injured rescue efforts are underway as record rains have triggered. for flooding and landslides. the rain that battered japan through the longest of nights has mostly stopped folding but the border still break is across large parts of the country for emergency workers charged with the task of rescuing thousands die like gave them a better chance to see does in danger but also take in the massive scale of the task that lies ahead the rescue operations continue countrywide off to hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate their homes surrounded by water to some the only way out was up. so will i pray for the souls of those who lost their lives. and for the well being of everyone affected by
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the storm you know you're going inevitably rescue focus will turn to recovery as the on preset into the water levels begin to recede. pretty much any character stuck with you and now you all know or me thought now you've never yet experienced such intense rain and precipitation. before the rain and water it was the wind which landed the 1st blows as gusts reached 225 kilometers an hour some knighthoods were flattened others washed away as swollen rivers on the mines some streets house by house. the final and potentially most deadly element to the typhoon would landslides that have many residents fearing the worst as the hunt begins for those missing amid the chaos we believe i'm worried about my sister. as for now the human cost remains unclear in the wash
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up from a storm of historic proportions. in poland voters are choosing a new parliament today the incumbent conservative nationalist law and justice party was ahead in pre-election surveys but it's hoping for an absolute majority party is presenting itself as the defender of traditional catholic values against what it calls quote elegy bt ideology. party leaders have vowed that if they win the vote they'll push on with sweeping judicial reforms which critics see as an attempt to bring the courts under government control now some of the country's judges say that they're being targeted for speaking out against the reforms but despite the pressure they're determined to keep fighting to uphold the rule of law. judge christiane machiavel regularly receives hate mail online he's the chairman of the judges association few states that supports the rule of law in poland thanks for making a decent words
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a use that i don't wish to. attack me directly saying i am an accomplice to the class of judges and that someone should silence me but someone should find out something about me that would ruin me it is up to the courts of course it would she have been using such threats against undesirable judges. appear to be systematic. and i've 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
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a hate group to be steered by the justice ministry it is hard to believe in the civilized world such that if they're going to shoot it of course of government. but polish justice ministers big bro wants to stay in office and said he has done much to clear out the matter then that there would be serious consequences is not a lost of confidence motion i thought but all the regime has supported him from the outset of the actor because each. time you saw your role mr showgirl 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 think it came from disturbed marginal individuals. i am appalled that a state official could have done something like this if
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a state official can perform such shameful acts that means there is no longer a statement by mosher duck on the deck you have 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. neither i nor many great judges will yield a single step and will keep fighting for the standards of the role of long as i hope you're a closer ties to what's happening in seoul and or to not to have procedure here christiane markovitch has started a lawsuit against those involved for spreading organized hate the 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 law and justice party has a clear lead. all right sports now and formula one where mercedes driver voluntary botha as eased to victory at the japanese grand prix in souza the race weekends had
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of course been disrupted by typhoon hoggard this with qualifying also taking place on sunday the finns victory securest a 6th straight constructors title for his team and it also guarantees that mercedes will win the driver's title oh toss is those $64.00 points behind his teammate that was hamilton with 4 races to go and wilton can wrap up the championship at the next race in mexico. later today germany will face football lightweights a stony a in a euro 2020 call fine match germany sits in 2nd place in their group behind the netherlands and have had a bad habit recently of throwing away promising leads but head coach you are him live has full faith in one youngster leading the lie. the search cannot agree is on a hot streak 10 goals in just 11 matches for germany but even before he had top
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form now 3 was always a wanted man to coach you are getting rid of. you that's why thousands just i was in london 23 times in the early 24 team to watch austin ill back then says gnabry have been given a run in that seam in january february and march playing a few games on the right wing side although he was just 17 or 18 i actually wanted to take him to the 2014 world cup but then he got injured and that's just like the 4 that's not 3 missed out on a world cup winner's medal back then but this june score 2 in germany's home fixture against a stone and match they won 8 nil estonia already out of the running for euro 20 twentieth's but want to put up a fight in front of their home crowd having beaten big sites here in the past. i still hope and they believe truly through my heart that one day it comes again why not tomorrow to. keep their really good. emotions
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for our fans scoring goals isn't a problem for germany not with search not reading the line it's finishing off games giving underdogs a stony on a glimmer of hope. you're watching the news live from berlin our documentary global family is up next don't forget so all the latest news from around the world available on our website that's deep dot com or on twitter asked d.-w. news i'm called aspen thanks want. unity and justice and freedom the 1st words of the german national anthem and the 3 central values that form the foundation of this country will have these values develop restore germany. or is it going into these principles.
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