anchor: as political uncertainty takes hold in turkey, there has been a spate of violence. eight turkish soldiers were killed in an ambush that has been blamed on the separatist dkk. earlier in the day, two people were arrested after a gun and grenade attack at one of his tumble's main tourist attractions. reporter: more bloodshed in turkey as soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack. ankara holds the pkk responsible and blames them for what is the single most deadly strike since its campaignost

against kurdish militants last month. the soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb was detonated in the southeastern province of one the pkkegions against and islamic state group. within hours of that last, two launched against this that -- against istanbul. >> who are on the tram and heard a sound like umag three or four gunshots. reporter: both assailants were arrested. turkish police seized and an aids and weapons and ammunition. istanbul has blamed an unspecified terrorist group, saying they believe the same men were involved in an attack on the eighth of august. the violence has been escalating since the suicide bombing of a kurdish cultural center on the 20th of july which left 33

people dead. it reignited a decade-long conflict between the turkish state and kurdish separatist party. turkish president says he's disappointed about the gridlock in parliament. enoughty failed to find to form a government after it lost its majority in parliament last month. he urged supporters to turn out in force at the next election which must take place by november. >> there is no way who turned -- those who turned politics into theater can understand apollo to it -- the problems this country faces. i feel disappointed for my country and my people. if you have a claim, here is your chance to prove it. we are headed rapidly toward an election. in other news, thai police have released more detail about the chief suspect in monday's bombing in bangkok.

witness accounts suggest a man sceneg a backpack at the was heard speaking a foreign language that wasn't english. there is a reward for any information leading to his arrest. glasses, alack hair, light complexion and some stubble. that --is detail skip with this sketch of the suspected bomber, the thai police are hoping the public can assist. a reward tofering anyone who has information regarding the investigation that could lead to the arrest of the culprit. around 25,000 euros for information regarding this and wearing the yellow shirt who was seen dumping his backpack near the shrine moments before the explosion. an arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed foreign

man and two other men seen on the footage are also suspects. there are many possibilities, but we believe it is unlikely this attack was carried out by one person. it likely many people were involved. reporter: police and relatives have begun to identify the bodies in this tank caught morgan. we can confirm the names and nationalities of the bodies in the forensic department right now. reporter: the bomb exploded monday evening during rush hour. the victims come from at least six different countries, the shrine being a popular attraction for tourists. revered by thai buddhists is still damaged but on wednesday, the shrine reopened to the public. mourners and well-wishers gathered to express condolences for the victims. laura: another scandal in the

central african republic -- three more alleged hazes of rape and child abuse by soldiers serving in the force. the troopseports came from the democratic republic of congo. the head of the mission was sacked after a string of allegations about child sex abuse. the u.n. says three young women have accused the united nations peacekeepers of raping them. one of those young women was a minor. these incidents allegedly took place in the central african .epublic we don't have any more details at this time. the peacekeeping department is remaining tightlipped, but do know these latest accusations bring the number of accusations 61 sinceduct up to

this mission began in the central african republic with 14 rape cases. ago, the head of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the central african republic was sacked by the un's secretary-general in an effort to show how seriously he is trying to take these accusations. he has called these allegations of misconduct a cancer in our system. spent 50 yearso as the chief archaeologist at an ancient site in syria has been beheaded by the islamic state group. he was seized at the ancient city of helm era and reportedly refused to leave the -- lead the jihadist to a cash of treasures.

the leader of unesco has denounced the act as horrific. reporter: indescribable horror and the syrian desert. a retired archaeologist was publicly beheaded by islamic state group militants and his body hung on display in the city's ancient ruins. to leavear-old refused the city after it fell to the hands of jihadists in may. i victim to come to damascus and he said i was born here. i lived my whole life here. now, palmyra has fallen. palmyra is a unesco world heritage site and is considered one of the world's oldest cities. known as the pearl of the syrian desert, has long been a crossroads between civilization and was occupied by romans, greeks, persians and arabs at various points in its history. islamic state flag was raised above the columns on may 13,

2013, funding international concern over the safety of the city's antiquities with each artist group having destroyed hundreds of historical artifact in the past. andral statues, graves muslims have since been destroyed but so far, the city's most famous sites have largely been spared. hundreds of syrian refugees have been transported from a greek island to the mainland. a cruise ship charter by the greek government last week in response to a huge surge in the number of new arrivals. helps has made a plea for from the european union and authorities struggle to cope. 21,000 people landed on greek shores last week, more than came in during the first half of last year. germany says it's asylum applications more than doubled in the first half of 2015 with more than 200,000 people seeking refuge. germany received more asylum seekers than any other country

in the european union. syrians make up the largest number but there are also people escaping iraq and afghanistan and eritrea. for a look at the legal angle on guest is ams, my european law professor. thank you for being with us. when you look at the situation in greece, the syrian hydrants are clearly being treated differently from migrants from other places. why is that? why do they have different treatment? refugeese syrian receive different treatment because there is clearly a situation of asylum-seekers that genuinely need refuge from eu member states. in greece, the case is

particular because of rate of applications is really low and the idea is to improve the rate of asylum-seekers obtaining a decision in this country. it, manyu underscore other refugees coming from sudan and eritrea that are genuine refugees and need also to be protected by eu member states. work to make quite difference between the nationalities. me if i'm wrong, but the geneva conventions says when it comes to asylum, a person seeking refuge must stop in the first safe country they come to. a lot of these immigrants say they have come to greece the other countries.

where does that leave their status as refugees? the geneva convention is not as clear as you said. it is not clear what is the .tate that is responsible using of the states are this whitehall to say i'm not responsible for identifications, but the other state is responsible for it. all of these people coming from eritrea and syria, it's obvious the need to be protected in the eu because lebanon is not a safe country at all. safe: is turkey not a country? guest: turkey is a safe country,

yes, but turkey has welcomed one billion people. we cannot welcome 40,000 people because turkey can welcome them? at thes a responsibility international level that must be assumed by the eu member states. to ask states poor than we are to have all of these refugees coming from critical situations in poor countries. have industrialize and wealthy countries. laura: thank you very much for joining us. the south african government has intervened in the case of oscar

pistorius and has blocked his early release. he was due to be freed on friday. he was to serve the remainder of his term under house arrest. justice minister said that decision was premature and has no legal basis. intorius has 10 months prison for the homicide of his girlfriend. the model would have celebrated her 32nd birthday this week. for more on this story, we go to cape town. why did the government intervene in this case? reporter: it was most unexpected. bizarre, even. they intervened at the last minute because of political pressure. this has been a hugely controversial case from day one and news that oscar pistorius could be coming out this friday, just 10 months after he was jailed has been met with condemnation not just from within south africa, but from around the world.

august is women's month in south africa. that's when a series of events are planned to mark the appalling rate of violence that happens in south africa against women and girls every year. that oscar appalled pistorius, who is jailed in october last year would be coming out just 304 days after being jailed. laura: what happens now? he is still to be released earlier, just not friday. reporter: absolutely. what the justice minister has said is that the parole board was wrong to announce oscar pistorius would be released on friday. the justice minister said according to the law, oscar pistorius's release into correctional supervision or house arrest should have considered at the end of 10 months, after he completed 1/6 of his sentence.

he said announcing in june, which was not won six of the way into the sentence, but two months too early, the parole board were already ahead of themselves. no doubt oscar pistorius will come out of resin -- come out of prison, but it will not happen this friday. the justice that esther said the parole board was too hasty in deciding back in june. it's only now after friday that decision should be considered. this case attracted an awful lot of media attention around the world. our south africans still following it closely? reporter: absolutely. it is talked about a lot in south africa and it does divide people. today would have been the birthday of reeva steenkamp. she would have been 32 years old today.

her family had been marking the occasion privately and again, that was another reason for there to be so much discussed -- so much discussion and disappointment about the date oscar pistorius was to be released because a lot of people thought it was insensitive. news that was going to be delayed had been met with some approval, but the fact the government listens to what people were saying add decided to intervene. laura: thank you very much. a quick reminder of our headlines -- in two separate attacks in turkey this weekend, two soldiers were left dead. the turkish president said the country will go back to the polls. a cruise ship carrying hundreds of syrian migrants has left a greek island for the mainland.

21,000 migrants arrived on greek short last week. germany says asylum applications there have doubled this year. type police releases artist impression of the man -- thailand police release an artist impression of the man they believed to be involved in the bombing in bangkok. let's get to business news now. it seems that germany has overwhelmingly given the green light to lending more money to greece. guest: yes. after many ifs, but it's and a bees, greece has clinched a third a lot package from the rest of the eurozone. this one is valued at 86 alien euros. the esm has also approved the first trench of money. the key was a decision by the german parliament to back the bailout. the government and chancellor angela merkel faced a rebellion,

but overall, the german parliament heated a cord to essentially give greece a chance. let's listen. of course, after the experience of the last years and months, there is no guarantee everything will work. we are allowed to have doubts. thein view of the fact greek parliament has already passed a large part of the measure, it would be irresponsible not to use the opportunity for a new starting greece. guest: the bailout package follows months of tough discussion from greece and its eurozone partners. but there remains at least one unresolved issue and that is whether the international monetary fund will sign on to the bailout package. hitting the ground

running. now that brees's third bailout program has been approved, here is the breakdown of where the money will go. 86 billion euros will be dispersed over the next three years. 26 billion euros is expected to arrive starting on thursday. theillion will go to security mechanism with the goal of recapitalizing greek banks. 13 billion will go to various loan repayments, starting with 3.2 billion in bonds. 1.7 billion will go to the imf 7.16me number and another is for a bridge loan payable by mid-october. the latest ale out has one less partner than the other 2 -- the imf. it says the greek debt is unsustainable and europe must relief significant debt for reforms in athens. that is in line with the greek government's demands.

the euro group says it would consider a longer grace time and repayment schedule if greece successfully meet loan conditions in an october review. forms well,nment the imf could join the deal as well, relieving europe's loan burden and reassuring skeptical parliament and financial markets. meanwhile, the greek government has halted work at a gold mine in northern part of the country. greece's energy and environment misters as some of the terms of the mine committed had been violated. he said foreign investments are welcome. the mine is run by the canadian asm, el dorado, and is seen a test case for outside investment in greece. the government halted plans to build a gold processing plant at the same site which sparked protests from mineworkers. --'s move to the markets wednesday offered another roller

coaster ride for chinese stock markets. stocks in china's darted deep in negative territory for a second straight session but they shanghai composite closed to 1.2% higher. buyers stepped in to purchase stocks act by the government institutions and regulators started buying stocks last month to stem a market run that started in june, analysts say volatility in china is likely to persist. the chinese roller coaster has-beens going over into other global markets. in the united states, shares are trading to the downside, partly because of china. the indices have moved off session lows. these are the european markets. we did see a negative picture in europe with the index in athens being the only outlier. let's bring you up-to-date with the american markets as well. we are seeing a negative picture

in the united states this session, partly because of china . investors are digesting the latest minutes from the federal reserve's latest policy meetings. chinas a slowdown in could impact adversely the u.s. economy. that is seen by some traders as a sign of federal reserve can actually wait a little bit when it comes to hiking interest rates in the months to come. there has been talk of the fed hiking interest rates as soon as next month, but some traders say the latest minutes may suggest the fed could hold off a little bit further than that. let's ring you up-to-date with some stock market stories. led european markets lower after glencore reported results. this was mining giants and commodities trader posted a loss of 620 million euros and is grappling with lower oil prices

and an economic slowdown in china. glencore says monte losses have not in as weeks since the financial crisis. shares in carlsberg had their worst day in four years, ending $.90 lower. the danish rumor slashes earnings forecast. the new chief executive cited challenging market conditions, especially in eastern europe. beer sales in ukraine and russia were down during the second quarter. to profits dropped by 28% 213 million euros. the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund filed its first loss in three years. the value of investments dropped by 73 billion norwegian kroner or nearly eight in euros. the fund is run by norway's central bank and it's where the scandinavian company puts its profits from the oil sector.

the overall value of the fund is still worth 790 billion euros. france -- last year french vineyards squeezed out 4.7 alien 4.7 billionine -- liters of wine. there are hopes 2015 will be another stellar year for the french wine industry. the fledgling great harvest is promising. in the southeast of france, the grapes are cut by hand to earn the stamp of approval. but they are three days ahead of schedule thanks to a perfect combination of a hot summer following spring rains. >> the rain allows the vines to get the water they need later in the summer and the vines are in very good shape. reporter: further north, the harvest has started ahead of

time. the grapes had he come settled. it's a sign they are perfect for picking. >> these graves are looking good. they will have a nice alcohol content. toorter: from burgundy bordeaux, 2015 seems to be acceptable -- exceptional thanks to the sun. picking will not begin for another week, but one makers already tasting his grapes with delight. >> the whole cycle has run almost perfectly. reporter: france is expecting to thisce a little less wine year but when it lacks in quantity, it will more than make up for in quality. 2003 was known as a heat wave year. 2009 and 2010 were also good years with good grapes in perfect conditions. years ending in five

are thought to be good for wine, and they are hoping for a spectacular 2015. laura:8úxú

08/19/15 08/19/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> this is and has always been a white problem of violence. there is not much that we can do to stop the violence against us. >> i understand what you're saying. respectfully, if that is your position, then i will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with a very real problem.