this is deja vu news live from berlin a saudi court sentences 5 men to death over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi 3 others were given prison terms in connection with the killing of the washington post journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul last year. also coming up turkey warns of a looming crisis as tens of thousands of syrians flee attacks in islam province turkey's president says any influx of refugees would have consequences for europe. and russia and operates its 1st direct train to crimea since annexed in the region from ukraine in 2014 it is

a big step toward cementing russian control of the territory despite international sanctions. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us a court in saudi arabia has sentenced 5 people to death for the killing of journalists. it also handed prison terms to 3 additional suspects in connection with the killing the saudi writer and dissident was never seen again after entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul last year he was killed and reportedly dismembered inside the building but his remains were never found she was a resident of the us at the time and he was known for writing critically about the saudi royal family. and for more on the story we can speak to agnes cullen matias the un special rapporteur to on extrajudicial executions she delivered

a report on the shakti case in june ms cullum out thank you very much for joining us here on t w a you commented on twitter earlier on the sentence calling it anything but justice what did you mean by that. can you hear us. are it looks like. this colored figure here i'm sorry we lost connection ok if you can hear us miss cullum i just wanted to ask you about your comment on twitter earlier on the sentence that's been handed down you said it was anything but justice what did you mean by that all right it looks like we're having some trouble with that connection to agnes

cullum of the u.n. special repertoire on extrajudicial killings will try to talk to her a little bit later let's move on to some other news now syrian government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the italy bridgend the last major part of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands are fleeing the violence and heading to the turkish border turkish president to one fears they will eventually enter turkey which is already sheltering nearly 3700000 syrians the largest refugee population in the world at one warns 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 they 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. to smoke rises from another drop to bomb on for another family it's time to pack up and leave. is taking his family away from the violence. oh come on we're flying again because of the heavy bombardment by the criminal bashar al assad yesterday more than 400 rockets hit these town. nobody 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 sure. if the violence towards the people of live does not stop at 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 invited to safety but living conditions the u.n. describes as horrific. let's catch up now on some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets again in india to protest a controversial citizenship law it fast tracked indian citizenship for a number of persecuted minority groups but excludes muslims some critics call the largest criminal tory and unconstitutional while others fear it will lead to mass migration into india more than 20 have died in a rest linked to the protests against the law. high tides in venice have left much of the historic city center under water on monday the italian city is still

counting the cost from floods in november which is the worst in 50 years venice is a unesco world heritage city. russia has officially launched direct passenger train service to the annex territory of crimea using a route that bypasses mainland ukraine people cannot travel from st petersburg southward toward the crimean city of sevastopol the trip takes 44 hours and crosses the crimean bridge which moscow is accused of building illegally russian president vladimir putin rode along a section of the route on monday to inaugurate the railway moscow sees crimea from ukraine in 2014 drawing international condemnation the new train route is seen as a fresh step to cement russia's grip on the region let's get the latest on the story our correspondent emily sure when is standing by in moscow hi emily why is this new train service so important to vladimir putin. well sumi as you said the move version is moved to annex the crimean peninsula in 2014 was

condemned widely by the international community but here in russia it's seen as a patriotic victory and in a way this bridge is kind of a concrete manifestation of that russia russians after all see the crimean peninsula as there is during the soviet union it was a popular holiday destination and the peninsula is actually gifted by crucial to ukraine in 1954 when it didn't really matter when it was all the soviet union and so people here really celebrated the an exception the illegal an extension of that peninsula in 2014 as a defiant move from bloody emir putin he's very much seen as a symbol of kind of russia standing against the west and defying the west and actually that. led to a huge spike in putin's ratings as well one that he could need at the moment with surveys showing that trust is that historic low in bloody revolution was this all

being covered by russian media. well the coverage of this opening today has been rather bombastic we saw putin kind of traveling across the bridge we saw presenters referring to that footage today on t.v. as a historic moment just last year of letting your putin opened kind of road traffic on the bridge he actually drove across a truck across the bridge now we see him in the in the train he was addressing as well workers today the workers that build that built this bridge in as people here say record time and he was saying that this is a symbol that russia really can do everything and anything at all and we mentioned that people accuse moscow building that bridge illegally i mean how is this being seen internationally. well. this bridge is seen by the u.s. by the e.u. and by ukraine as well as

a violation of ukraine's sovereignty of course ukraine sees the bridge as illegal in the sense that people passengers will be entering entering what they see as ukrainian territory via the russian mainland so that's kind of against against international law and there have been sanctions as well against russia starting in 2014 for the annexation and for russia's involvement in supporting separatists in eastern ukraine as well and to the e.u. has just prolonged those sanctions for another half a year but it seems today from that footage that we've seen and from this opening from this this these train journeys that we're seeing this defiance that russia is certainly going to stand its ground when it comes to crimea. really sure when covering this story for us from moscow thank you the british supermarket chain tesco has suspended a chinese supplier of christmas cards after a customer found

a message inside one of the cards claiming it had been packed by prisoners who were forced laborers of the card was found by a 6 year old girl in london tesco has withdrawn the cards from sale and is investigating the allegation china denies that it uses prisoners for forced labor. florence would come so she felt a bit shocked she was a home rushing christmas cards when she found a message inside one of them. we didn't i paid them the money they thought we got. about a week ago and. i can get them i'm about on my dick all a cot death now was somebody to look at it. the message was written in english it reads we are foreign prisoners in shanghai ching to prison china forced to work against our will please help us 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 there. manufacturing labor work was voluntary you know prisoners could could do that as a way to pen is that they need to buy daily necessities like soap and toothpaste and biscuits. that 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.

in france a nationwide rail strike is well into its 3rd week and it is wreaking havoc on transport across the country now the strikers are protesting president khan's plans to reform the pension system and they've caused major disruption right in the middle of the holiday season. the hustle and bustle of the holidays is nowhere in sight at this parisian train station nearly every other long distance train has been cancelled across france still many are determined to travel or go home for the holidays some passengers try to rebook others give up. my ticket has been cancelled as has my entire trip i won't be able to visit my children. it's just not normal that 10 percent of rail workers are

around $200.00 people are blocking the whole country. is that i believe in christmas miracles that hoping for a trickle tomorrow. the french president who's visiting the ivory coast isn't hoping for a miracle but at least for a gesture of goodwill from the unions the movement has the right to strike is enshrined in the constitution but i think there are situations where a temporary truce would be good it was just out of respect to families. but his appeal has fallen on deaf ears the unions plan to keep on striking over the holidays that means long queues and crowded trains as the countdown to christmas nears. one item from sports for us the professional footballers association is calling on the british government to launch an inquiry into racism that call comes after shell sistar antonio allegedly faced monkey chants during his team's 2 no win over tottenham on sunday politico was targeted by

some spurs fans after he was involved in a clash with saw him in the referee stopped play during the 2nd task when we're to go complained about the abuse tottenham have promised to take the strongest possible action. as the latest player to face racism in the premier league earlier this month manchester united's fred was targeted by a manchester city fan. all right don't forget that you can always get news on the go download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the data to send us photos and videos from where you are. coming up next on d.w.i. thaw in the trade war between china and the u.s. beijing is lowering tariffs on all sorts of products from pork to computer parts

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