i mean. in the public perception africa is now assuming the position to which it was always entitle you to their view that it is. time to. this is the news coming to you live from berlin turkey warns of a new refugee crisis tens of thousands of syrians have fled fresh attacks by russian and syrian government forces in the ad lib region turkey's president says

his country will not be able to cope with the influx warning of consequences for europe too also coming up a plea for help and a box of christmas cards that's what a little british girl found while writing holiday greetings to her friends. and in the bundesliga struggling dusseldorf needed a win at home to exit the relegation zone they faced mid table when the only berlin and last minute victory in their last match before the christmas break. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the deliberate and the last major bit of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people. ends of thousands are

fleeing the violence heading towards turkey turkish president regift fears they could eventually enter turkey which is already home to nearly $3700000.00 syrians the largest refugee population in the world has warned there will be consequences for europe if that happens. the desperate search for people buried in the rubble left by another bombing in syria as strikes by russian and syrian forces continued throughout the weekend. they're aiming for al qaeda linked militants while the hit here was a busy market. we were here when the missiles hit and we have nothing to do with this gk we are all civilians here my son was wounded this is a civilian area what can i do. the smoke rises from another drop to bomb on for another family it's time to pack up and leave. he's taking his family away from the violence. whistling again because of the heavy bombardment by the criminal

bashar al assad yesterday more than 400 rockets hit this town. and they set off while more family with nowhere to go. joining many many more fleeing the renewed offensive. checky say $80000.00 people are currently heading towards its border with syria and the situation is deteriorating shah. if the violence towards the people of live does not stop this number will rise even more in that case turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own the negative impact of the pressure we will be subjected to will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel. at the moment there's no option for this new wave of displaced people other than joined half a 1000000 of those who fled to the turkish border this year already inventive

safety but living conditions the u.n. describes as horrific. dorian jones is covering the story from istanbul and joins us now dorian we hear that thousands of refugees are heading towards the turkish border from syria what is likely to happen to them. well that is a big question that humanitarian organizations are asking there already believed to be as many as 200000 refugees close to the turkish border there is a large wall that is protecting the turkish front here in turkey does have security forces all not balled up but they do also have to turkish red crescent helping refugees in the syrian side. but the question is if there is this another mass influx and possibly even more as his offensive does pick up speed the question is will they try to crush cross over into turkey another humanitarian crisis for which is has withstanding years of these crises and waves of refugees entering turkey all

the turkish president says that his country cannot handle another wave of syrian refugees and he says this is going to have implications for europe what does this mean for europe well that is another big question i think a lot of people in brussels are wondering about if you recall back in 2015 over a 1000000 refugees seemingly syrians left turkey to me into greece prompting a massive refugee crisis that has repercussions all over europe the fear is now that they gained. a similar move and said he's repeatedly said he cannot cope with anymore the presence of over 3 and a half 1000000 refugees in turkey is a source of growing public discontent and it also calls present a series of electoral setbacks over anger over the ongoing presence of refugees. that europe has to take responsibility it's not only turkey he will be looking for support possibly more financial support but beyond that he will be looking for assistance on sharing the burden of refugees which up until now europe has been

extremely reluctant to do ok now this wave of refugees from syria is being driven by the military offensive from the syrian and russian forces there what are you hearing about the situation on the ground in. well it is it is dire in the extreme and this is an area that has been withstanding bombardments for the last few years he says the last main anglais of of the rebel opposition over 3000000 refugees syrians all holed up in the enclave hall for them all believed to be refugees on the 3rd of believed to be children it is a major point of humanitarian concern across the region and the fact that the syrian regime damascus has said they have determined to retake this ng clave will be that there will be another massive refugee crisis possibly more than a 1000000 refugees will seek to flee and seek refuge in turkey and this is why i took he's determined to prevent this tookie should fishel to leave to be having talks in moscow to look to moscow to rein in the syrian regime given the fact that

it is washing planes at all providing the main support for this current offensive dorian thank you so much for bringing us up to date there. in istanbul. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the final preparations are underway to open direct rail traffic between russia and the annexed crimea peninsula russian president vladimir putin is due to take part in a ceremony inaugurating a railway along the crimean bridge russia's seized crime areas of crimea from ukraine in 2014 a move that's been condemned by most of the international community. officials in ecuador say they've been able to contain an oil spill near the galapagos islands the spill occurred when a crane tipped over onto a barge that was carrying 600 gallons of diesel fuel the boat saying with one person injured in the incident. in the u.s.

state of virginia several people are in serious condition after dozens of cars were involved in a highway collision more than 60 crashed into one another and officials say fog and ice likely contributed to the pileup no fatalities have been reported. 3rd australian firefighters have begun to make progress against hundreds of bushfires after cool weather ended days of record breaking temperatures as the intensity of the fires drops the extent of the damage calls during the heat wave is beginning to emerge. the air is acrid the dense smoke is causing serious health problems. homes laid waste in the town of 80 kilometers west of sydney. a lot of. logs

a lot. of. the fire storm all but wiped the village of balmoral southwest of sydney off the map the flames came so fast that steve harrison had no time to escape. the day before. saturday was catastrophic sunday. it was cooler and firefighters could make some progress in containing the flames but the crisis is far from over. we've got to keep in mind that we're not expecting any rainfall to mike any meaningful difference so these farmers until january january february. still talking 4 to 6 weeks at best before we start to see a meaningful reprieve in the weather. has already been fighting

wildfires for months extreme heat and drought gave this year's fire season an early start. prime minister scott morrison returned from a vacation in hawaii after widespread public criticism earning the nickname smoke being present during the country's worst day of a fire in the agency he said he was sorry if his absence had caused offense a response many have branded as inadequate. challenging weeks still lie ahead for the public and the firefighters battling the flames but also extreme exhaustion. the british supermarket chain tesco has suspended a chinese supplier of christmas cards after a customer found a message inside of one of the cards claiming that it had been packed by prisoners who were forced laborers tesco has withdrawn the cards from sale and is

investigating the allegation is that it uses prisoners for forced labor a card was found by a 6 year old girl in london. florence wickham says she felt a bit shocked she was at home writing christmas cards when she found a message inside one of them. we did i put it on the monday that we got them we opened them about a week ago and. we are writing it on my thick all cause there was somebody oh do i have to watch it i don't be rested. the message was written in english it reads we are foreign prisoners in shanghai ching to prison china forced to work against our will peace hopeless and notify human rights organization the message also asked that the note be passed on

to british journalist peter humphrey humphrey and his wife were formally jailed in china and spent time in the same prison where the note claims to be from. when i was their. manufacturing labor work was voluntary no prisoners could could do that as a way to our pennies that they need to buy daily and assess it is like soap and toothpaste and biscuits. but it is what has happened in the last year or so is that work has become compulsory tesco says it has a system in place to check for manufacturing irregularities and that it bans the use of prison labor. for now the cards are no longer on sale if the chinese company that supplied them is found to have breached the ban tesco says it will permanently remove its products from its shelves. the professional footballers association has called on the british government for an inquiry into racism in the english game

this after germany international antonio allegedly faced monkey chants during chelsea's 2 nil win over hot taught him hotspur on sunday chelsea defender was targeted by some spurs fans after he was involved in a clash with men who received a red card the referee stopped play during the 2nd half to get complained about the abuse. have promised to take the strongest possible action which is the latest player to face racism in the premier league earlier this month manchester united's fred was targeted by a manchester city fan. german soccer now welcome to. on the final match day before the bundesliga heads into the winter break after a rough start to the season on your own have been performing well but struggling dusseldorf got the better of them on sunday. last season disallowed off one of the

over achieving new boys in the division based on the round that has been the story of new ones campaign still it was the home side who drew 1st blood in the 38th minute deafens goal kick was helped along by oliver think andrew even henning's how much his 11 of the season. group one foot to from the very top drill and just pushed go in for us. who knew him came out on the front foot after the break though and just 3 minutes after the restart the guests were level when pattinson reacted quickest to punish a smoky charites for matthew simmons and give the travelling supporters something to cheer about. just past the hour and the day she was denied by stephan who are still this rebound before just to go finally managed to clear that lloyd's when you were knocking on the door of a 2nd away win over seas but those hopes were dashed by eric tommy in the 90th

minute when he stole over 3 points for 40. substitute tell me with a speculative effort that when you stop a rafael kept it off guard and bounced in off the post. and gutsy and to the 1st half of the season for the visitors crucial relegation battle points for the house. to warm the school as just to go finally puts an end to their 6 game winning this run in the city. you're watching news from berlin coming up we've got a documentary film for you on the early days of. political. career thanks for being with us. and follow the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to some racial politics on the phone while it's 250 the 1st day were embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on the t.w.

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