this is you don't reduce life for a girl in surprise and dismay leif in turkey were court acquits 9 antigovernment activists in a landmark case they were charged with trying to overthrow the government in protest 7 years ago the case widely regarded as a key test of justice in turkey also coming up some believe he's a hero of free speech others say he is a threat to u.s. national security well now julian a sausage prepares for a court hearing in the u.k. that will decide whether he can be extradited to the united states when you could

possibly face dickey is in jail and challenging traditional same sex couple prepares to take part in the opening ceremony of the prestigious and tradition bound to be in the opera ball. by i thank you so much for your company everyone well we begin in turkey where a surprise ruling today there in a court has acquitted 9 civil society activists accused of seeking to overthrow turkey's government in the 2013 daisy park protest many in the country expect at the court to hand down a guilty verdict instead judges ordered the defendants immediate release while as you're about to see people emerging from court triumphant there were many high profile defendants in this case and they include. businessmen osman and actor

director mehmet bora gazey park protests began over the government's plans to redevelop a small park in central istanbul but they turned into nationwide protests against the government of then prime minister. all right and for more i'm now joined by julia hina in istanbul who covered these events for us good to see you. now why was this such a surprise this verdict. well really i don't think anybody saw this coming the defendant observed as many of his journalists we were actually bracing for a tough verdict today because turkish prosecutors just recently have demanded aggravated life sentences for 3 of the defendants and long jail terms of for the others so this was the expectation in the early morning and then i offer

a couple of hours suddenly these acquittals we heard about spontaneous celebrations that erupting inside the courthouse and outside as well and this is where we managed to talk to one of the defendants his name is john he is an attorney by profession and i think this gives you a pretty good sense of just how unexpected these developments today came let's listen to what he had to say there should be really surprised we thought something else would happen today of course we're happy it's important no one is being held in detention anymore because something is changing in this country. look good which suits me all right see him that being cautiously optimistic this is one of the defendants he mentioned that it's important that no one is any longer in detention let me emphasize this turkish businessman also a very well known figure he was in the past doing many of projects civil society

projects with a european institutions as well he was the only defendant behind bars and he is going to be set free today after this verdict he had to spend more than 2 years in the pretrial detention so for him his family his friends of course a huge moment for leave a road a huge moment really what does this concretely mean for the opposition in turkey. well it might give people a little hope because this really was a high profile case that has drawn huge criticism from western allies from turkey's western allies from human rights defenders around the world so this might be a small step it might send the signal that you know the government and the justice system might not be you know continuing this this this way of trying to silence

critical voices here in turkey but then there are also people who are very skeptical say this was. politically motivated trial from the very beginning the judiciary here has been turned into political tools so the verdict that we've seen today is nothing but a political decision as well are you leon reporting from istanbul for you thank you very much the corona virus has claimed another health care worker in china the head of a leading hospital in the epicenter of the outbreak has died after contracting the disease the death toll from the virus has reached almost 2000 now the doctors death comes as health officials in china publish details of a study into 44000 cases of the virus the report strikes a cautiously optimistic knowledge. more than 80 percent of coronavirus cases sort

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merican gymnast simone biles has been named sports woman of the year for the 3rd time at the lawrence world's force awards right here in berlin while the 22 year old won her 5th all round world title last year the men's award in what has become known as the sporting oscars were shared between a formula one world champion lewis hamilton and barcelona and i can tina a soccer superstar you know messi. are the champions league is back after a 2 month hiatus with 2 1st legs tonight dortmund host paris santorum out while the holders liverpool as a lazy call madrid don't miss form is back on track and they'll meet a very familiar face in the opposing dugout. thomas circle is back in dortmund paris and your man cults left the german club in acrimony in 2007 tane now he wants to eliminate them in the champions league last 16 with his big

spending french side complete with neymar and killian mbak they are desperate to finally left europe's top trophy. says he holds no grudges following his controversial sacking at dortmund. and hasn't been in the stadium since i left and then i come here and i see lots of faces i know floyd because it's a friendly faces who greeted me and i was happy to see them too. it's offensive it's weird feeling of course but it's also a nice feeling because i'm very thankful that i was dortmund coach for 2 years. in the. dortmund got back to winning ways in the blunders league on friday with a formal demolition of eintracht frankfurt muse star striker hailing brout holland was back in the goals despite netting 8 times for sulzberger in the group stage he is eligible to play against p.s.g. after a rule change. midfielder axel witsel will also be an important player in trying to

stop p.s.g. as a ray of talent and kick starting dorman's attacks. the strong defensively i think will be one of the key. we have sources to focus on. you know we have a lot of quality team and we are told we have our fans for. the champions league is finally back on one of the 1st knockout matches promises plenty of intrigue on and off the pitch. and the next 3 australians caravan a same sex couple is about to one into the history books the prestigious opera ball dates back to the 19th century so you might expect it to be a bit sturdy of sturdy pillar of tradition rather but in the opening ceremony on thursday. day 2 young women will glide across the floor in each other's arms. and i still feel proud and i was clipped for

a preparing to take to the floor as 2 of the debutantes at this year's pro ball on thursday they will dance their way into history as the 1st same sex couple to whirl their way through the event's opening ceremony i was trying to use this a lot so we felt now to just say about it does moscow want to copy your pot and so what you were born with you can do or you can dance whatever party you want to and everybody can plan to meet everybody cannot follow the couple insist this isn't about a tidy ology they just want to dance together. and everybody that is a downside on that has down soon get there as like a ballroom or latin couple or even like a padded do and ballet they will know that there is so many men that conflict at all and so many women that can lead very well so yeah it doesn't really matter paul are going to have their marry a girl's power has welcomed the couple adding that in 2020

a same sex pairing should not be a big issue in. fact i always firmly believe the tradition is important to us and that within traditions to must be for the development and progress one cannot hold on rigidly one must also be always going to move forward with the existing tradition. and tradition with new overtones. thanks for watching. forced into a nameless mass. their bodies. history of the slave trade is africa's history. for our and profit plummeted and entire continent into chaos of violence. this is.