joined up using a form amnesty international thank you very much for speaking to us from istanbul. let me bring you some other stories making news around the wild chinese president xi jinping has been confirmed for a second term as the country's leader she was selected as secretary general of the communist party's ruling council six other leaders were also named to the decision making body but a successor to she was not named a clear break from tradition. in bangkok the five day feel with so many has started for king bhumibol on tens of thousands of mourners have filed into a historic quarter of thailand's capital to bid farewell to the monarch who was hugely revered his body has been a lying in state since he died last october at the age of eighty eight the american ban on all refugees has now ended after one hundred twenty days but nationals from eleven countries believed to pose a higher risk to the united states will face even tougher scrutiny officials have not named these countries but say people will be judged on a case to case basis. you're watching the news coming up ahead

more on this i'm now joined by john dollhouse and he is the europe director for amnesty international and he joins us from the turkish city is near john a very good evening to talk about this surprise why this change of heart. well i'm not sure it was wholly surprising we've been receiving signals for a while that encourage some optimism i think old but now three months into that the tension the calculation have changed for the turkish authorities and the domestic benefits in terms of silencing of human rights defenders they're creating a narrative that human rights defenders are not to be trusted that benefit and began to be outweighed by the disadvantage the damage that was being international relations particularly with germany but also more broadly and more globally and in the end i think the turkish authorities probably be decided in fact definitely decided that this one just wasn't worth it anymore it just wasn't worth it unfortunately there's another case also taking place where you are in izmir talk to us about that trial where this is the trial of amnesty international's chai

they're demanding that we grant them amnesty. illegal aliens coming here to the capital -- capitol, right out here in the grass two weeks ago on a monday, gathering around, demanding that congress grant them amnesty. how do you go to a foreign country and be unlawfully present in that country and you go protest to the government that they should ignore their own laws, because you've got something that you want, that you slipped across the border to have access to. and i do not buy the idea that most of these daca recipients, most of them aren't kid. the average sage 23. some of them go all -- age is 23. some of them go up to 37. some of them are bald, some of them are gray in the beard. some of them have a build like mine. don't think of them as kids when i look at them. yet there were some who came across the rio grande river on their mother's arm and they didn't know and they didn't form intent. but there are a whole lot of them that would qualify under this that did have intent and did know. we know there are a whole lot of th

on trial in turkey today be destroyed now was arrested in istanbul along with several others from amnesty international three months ago on charges of abiding aiding terrorist groups not the case is expected to test already strained relations between balin and uncorrupt was a coming up. the on edge as it gives up or redrawn of the presidential election the previous balloting all this was a nod off to allegations of irregularities can officials ensure a free and fair election this time we get the latest from nairobi. and german president trungpa steinmeier is in moscow as the russian government progress to return a cathedral to the evangelical lutheran church we have a report from our correspondent there. other unwelcome i'm a thought she. the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british jordan is one of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey balances he's been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for israelis he was arrested while at a workshop on digital security for other human rights activists in istanbul he's being t

organizer peyser story goes on trial in turkey he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism the case is expected to test the already strained relations between the two countries joining with skinny never had a good night for a bundesliga teams of the season long german cup tournaments for dortmund a seventeen year old leads the way is the club advance in defense of their time. and reports of sexual assault in europe's halls of power revelations of abuse in hollywood that started with harvey weinstein trigger more records this time stories of assault and harassment from people who work at the e.u. headquarters in brussels. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the strained relations between germany and turkey will be tested further today with the trial now underway for a german human rights activists arrested in istanbul. is one of a number of germans currently imprisoned in turkey berlin says he had been wrongfully detained and has been campaigning strongly for his release he was arrested more than

joined argues in a from amnesty international thank you very much for speaking to us from istanbul. this subject look at some other stories making news around the wives the kurdistan regional government in iraq has offered to another the results of last month's independence referendum in order to hold talks with bandar iraqi forces of driven kurdish troops from cities in the north just outside the autonomy zone and overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds had voted for independence but the central government had rejected the result and described the referendum as illegal in bangkok the five different sermon he has started for king bumi paan his son has been performing riots in the city's historic quarter while tens of thousands of mourners have filed into surrounding areas to bid farewell to their beloved monarch the king died last october at the age of eighty eight. turning now to china which has established its leadership of the next five years electing as usual for a second term as general secretary the ruling communist party also revealed a new lineup for its top ruling council but

based on interviews with victims and witnesses amnesty says soldiers are raping murdering and burning their way through villages in northern rakhine states the accusations of backed up by recent arrivals in bangladesh spoken to by al jazeera. i am now security forces are burning all our villages and killing our people which is why escaped to bang the danish they are taking all real hinge a man into forced labor camps making them work without pay and beating them up they also looting our livestock and goods if we protest they beat us and even kill us. this round of violence began in august when running jet fighters attacked government security posts the response from security forces was a so-called clearance operation that they said came to an end on the fifth of september but latest satellite images show the burning has continued according to human rights watch the village at the top of this picture was intact after september the fifth now it's completely torched below it is a buddhist village that's been left untouched. me and my government says it will investigate what's happening i

he's for open borders and amnesty, and that's just unacceptable. lou: the gop establishment itself. how do you think it's going to sort out -- i want to get a sense of, if you will, your sense of the midterm elections, the role of the establishment, how tough it's going to be for the challengers to the orthodox and the establishment, the elites for just about -- for the -- for all of the country? >> you know, i think that people have woken up. and the forgotten man and woman are no longer forgotten. the rates in alabama with judge roy moore winning a harbinger for what's going to happen across this entire nation. i love to hear that there are people out there who are looking to replace every establishment, ineffective republican in the senate. and i'm glad senator ted cruz is out of those crosshairs. but i think a lot of the other people aren't getting the job done, and people are simply sick and tired of it. i look forward to getting to washington and doing the job that we all want done. lou: and do you see this as being a wave midterm election? >

that is a significant change you know amnesty international started campaigning on the death penalty around forty years ago one hundred seventy seven and at that point only sixteen countries in the world abolished the death penalty today one hundred five countries have completely abolished the death penalty in law and in practice and a further thirty six you know have gone part of the way so you know the states that are using the death penalty in carrying out executions are in the minority they're becoming increasingly isolated yeah let's talk a little bit more about one of those states which you say is becoming increasingly isolated we've heard that most of the executions are probably taking place in china which does not publish official figures we understand tell us a little bit more about your advocacy and the challenge is to your advocacy in the country. yeah i mean in china we haven't published a specific figure for several years because we believed it was in danger of significantly and understating the reality you know our assessment remains that thousands of people are sentenc

peter started now goes on trial in turkey today he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism this case is expected to test the already strained relations between the two countries. protests as kenya gears up to hold another presidential election the country has been gripped by unrest after an august poll was an old by the top court but can officials guarantee this vote will be free and fair. china unveils its new leadership lineup and president xi jinping leads the pack which includes many of his loyalists but no clear successor. and reports of sexual assault in europe's halls of power or revelations of abuse in hollywood the started with harvey weinstein trigger more reports this time stories of assault and harassment from people who work at the e.u. headquarters in brussels it's easy number four and a good night for honestly good teams in the season long german cup tournament for dortmund a seventeen year old lead the way as a club the bands and the fans of their title. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome t

international including the director of amnesty international in turkey restored the stands accused of links to an armed terrorist group and having ties to the man allegedly behind last year's failed to go the islamic cleric in if convicted stored faces up to fifteen years in jail his trial is already putting strained relations between germany and turkey to the test the german foreign minister signaled gabriele has called the threat of a long prison sentence coat in comprehensible and unacceptable for the very latest on the trial let's go straight to our correspondent dorian jones at the supreme court in istanbul hi dorian now did we hear any evidence at this trial about the turkish claim that greatest jordan had links to fred goodwin allegedly behind the call in turkey. so far there's been very little evidence to support these claims or that's why there's been so much outrage over this case ahead of the prosecution did publish the seventeen page indictment and they claim that those attending this meeting clued into story planning to organize a civil op writing that was planned to u

amnesty international is accusing security forces in myanmar of killing hundreds of muslims more than five hundred eighty thousand rancher thread violence in myanmar since orcus amnesty international says security forces of raping and killing fleeing inhabitants setting fire to villages and bunning to death the elderly the sick and the disabled this time the challenger has traveled to a refugee camp bangladeshi border with me and not to see what conditions a lie. a list ten to fifteen thousand people are stranded here in no man's land or what is called zero line between myanmar and bunker those brought out this area. this baby will have fled with the last two days that been stranded here and has no safety to go to most of the people are exposed to whether the majority are woman and children or elderly people how the government has given permission to some of the aid agencies to bring critical care medicine and food but the idea of this still taking shelter in the pedophile in a manmade dike just doesn't make sense are coming under critical review by the un agency and other internation

amnesty international in its last report interviewed at least one hundred twenty five years who have fled the violent attacks and what we have heard consistently from the people that we've been speaking to is that they have been crimes against humanity committed under the rome statute of the international criminal court there actually eleven acts that constitute crimes against humanity and the people that we've been speaking to his consistently documented six of those acts including brain murder forced forced displacement and the deprivation of essential services such as food and in each of these attacks the security forces in conjunction with local militias have been implicated and in some of the worst attacks people have been able to tell us that it was these particular units and were able to identify the badges that they that they had on the uniform and when you are here in our government for access to rakhine state what is the response that you have gotten. unfortunately access to retired state not only for human rights investigators for journalists in humanitarian act as has bee

amnesty international points to china, the world leader when it comes to executions.orter: by am the internet -- by amnesty international's latest estimates, china remains the world's leading executioner. exactly how many remains a matter of speculation since there are no official figures. most information on the death penalty in china is a state secret. joining china as the world's top five executioners are iran, saudi arabia, iraq, and pakistan. but 2016 did season changes, taking china out of the equation, global executions fell from a record high in 2015. just over 1000 people were put to death last year, down more than one third with sharp increases in iran and pakistan. pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in 2015 following a school massacre. a wave of executions some more than 300 people put to death. but last year the pace slowed. the report found that only a handful of countries were executing people on a large scale. last year just four countries were responsible for 87% of all recorded death penalties. for the first time in a decade, the united

world's day against the death penalty so where is the problem most acute well human rights group amnesty international points to china. when it comes to executions by amnesty international's latest estimates china remains the world's biggest executioner more people are sentenced to death there than the rest of the world combined exactly how many remains a matter of speculation since there are no official figures most information on the death penalty in china is a state secret joining china as the world's top five executioners are iran saudi arabia iraq and pakistan but twenty sixteen did see some changes taking china out of the equation global executions fell from the record highs seen in twenty fifteen just over a thousand people were put to death last year down more than a third with the sharpest decreases in iran and pakistan pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in twenty fifteen following the pasha our school massacre a wave of executions some more than three hundred people put to death but last year the pace slowed the report found that only a handful of countries were

could face up to fifteen years in jail after being charged by a turkish prosecutor the director of amnesty international in turkey is among them and so is german human rights activist. his case is further straining relations between germany and turkey with germany's foreign minister calling the accusations incomprehensible. on july fifth peter storrie dinner was among ten human rights activists detained by turkish police on the island of beauty off the coast of his done bull the expert was taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international one topic was how to protect sensitive data from the authorities for turkish prosecutors a reason to charge the activists with belonging to and aiding terrorist groups. the evidence being put forward against our clients is not evidence that can lead to an arrest it's completely illegal and unlawful not just in regard to the european human rights convention but also in regard to the turkish constitution. the indictment comes shortly after turkish foreign minister move to told german news site spiegel online that he had asked the turkish justice and in

no we don't and it's really taken everyone by surprise i was speaking to an amnesty. member ahead of the trial today and he said that from from their consultations with encore officials there was the hope the possibility some of the defendants will be released but certainly not peter storrie not because of the very bad relations with berlin and the prosecutor for out that they paid little sign that he was going to make this gesture but out of the blue in the middle of the evening he made this call now already connections are being made because the same time there was a story that is circulating this evening that berlin is about to crack the financial whip by putting it pressure to curtail the lending of international finance to turkey which turkey depends on heavily and already the turkish currency has been in freefall reaching record lows people are making connections between these two stories the power of the purse strings they are coming in to play what could the government be up to if it's not about money do we have any ideas. well i mean there are conflicting mes

their story now goes on trial in turkey today he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism the case is expected to test already strained relations. and president xi jinping wins another term as head of china's communist party with no clear successor she is now seen as the country's most powerful leader in decades. and as a war of words between president donald trump and members of his own republican party you know you would think he would aspire to to be the president united states and act like a present united states but you know there's just not going to be the case apparently and. to retiring senators let loose on the president and he fires back. paul's world's most widely used we've killer but today the e.u. could size to phase out its use over concerns that it could cause cancer. war. brian thomas a warm welcome to the show. strained relations between germany and turkey will be further tested today as the trial begins for a german human rights activists arrested in istanbul in july paid a story is one o

hello again welcome to life from doha also coming out crimes against humanity amnesty international releases its report accusing me. of carrying out a systematic and ruthless campaign against the rangers. cementing his authority china's president xi jinping to deliver his outlook for the next five years when he opens a communist party congress. cook iraq's prime minister office with the kurds but says their bid for independence is over. the u.s. backed opposition forces and now driven eisel from its self declared capital kurdish and syrian democratic forces raise their flag in the city after a four month battle from has high on the turkey syria border. reports. triumphantly. celebrating the city which was. told in syria but. wasn't. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of. kurds and arabs backed by the u.s. began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling. we control rock up but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are la

and ten other defendants including the head of amnesty international in cherokee for holding a workshop the rights group says the charges are trumped up. by workshop in question is like those held around the world but here it's being treated like a gathering of conspirators and criminalized it shows just how much turkish law is being instrumental ised. instrumentality at that. page and the other defendants were arrested in july show it was conducting a seminar in data security at the time turkish prosecutors allege that their actions aided the girl in movement and the kurdish p k k which are considered terror groups in turkey. and had been lecturing about encryption methods at the time of his arrest. if convicted he could face up to fifteen years in prison. if the indictment sounds like a collection of conspiracy theories. and his friends are not acquitted today that will further strain german turkish relations. for any of. the german human rights commissioner along with german politicians are urging the immediate release of it now they say the move could help improve strained german tu

secondly, amnesty. in this tax amnesty declaration was reported around $370 billion.mber. it is around 38% of our gdp. we hope that later our tax-base can be bigger. haslinda: in terms of political challenges, what are the biggest ones for you? president widodo: right now, all parties are concentrated on the upcoming 2019 presidential election. go ahead. for me, i will be concentrating on work. ♪ haslinda: thank you. ♪ ♪ >> a 30 month reprieve on research rules. they create opportunities for exchanges and that a level of preparation is well advanced. the castle walls are about to come down for european banks. traditional lenders will have to share data with their rivals.

they include the local director of amnesty international — all deny the charges. next hearing is in november. now it's time for world business report. an end to stimulus orjust a slowdown in bond buying? economists will pour over the european central banks statement later for clues about the bank's plans. and is the little birdie flying high yet? twitter will report its latest results. lots of new features over the last year, but will it be enough to ignite user growth. welcome to world business report. i'm ben bland. economists are on tenterhooks, awaiting the european central bank's policy meeting later. no, they are not expecting a rate hike, but hoping for clues as to how and when the bank will bring large—scale bond purchases to an end. that makes it one of the most keenly anticipated meetings since early 2015 when the program was unveiled. expectations are the bank will cut monthly asset purchases from the present 60 billion euros — that's $71 billion — and stretch them out for as long as capacity allows while it waits for consumer—price growth to pick up. b

and amnesty international accuses mean mars military affairs the systematic and ruthless campaign against the rogue. hello china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's nineteen congress in beijing so in a sweeping three and a half hour speech she jinping laid out his political and economic plan for the next five years he highlighted china's successes and vowed to further open its economy but he also warned of severe challenges like rising debts inequality and corruption by officials. corruption is the biggest threat faced by party we can only get out of the historical cycle and ensure the long term stability of apology and a country if we persevered in the continuous fight against corruption to ensure that our government its officials and policies. well critics accuse she if using his anti corruption campaign to purge political opponents he's already seen as china's most powerful leader in a generation it wasn't just clean politics she touched on but also the. dangers posed by climate change saying china must cooperate with other nations to ensu

a lot of people do want amnesty. >> harris: what is wrong with a merit-based system? >> jessica: its argument that is going to be hurting a low-wage skilled workers. we talked about this on the couch when kennedy was here and we agreed. >> ron: it'll help low skilled blue-collar workers because so much of our immigration is family-based and unskilled and so that's part of the reason why we've had blue-collar wages stagnant. >> trish: it seems to me as a country, we ought to be prioritizing who we want here and what we need as a country. and then we go out and we seek it and we say if you're a nurse or you're an engineer or you have these qualifications, we want you here. we want this to be easier for you. >> jessica: why white can we have a clean dreamers bill? i think that something that can be bipartisan agreement on. >> ron: if you believe doing that a naked amnesty will then lead the democrats want to work with trump on the other stuff, i've got a bridge i like to sell you. i think it's phenomenal. it's really crisp. >> harris: good to have you here. sunder dianne

reyes: correspondent harris whitbeck tells us what effect repealing amnesty could have on the country.

of amnesty international joining us live from kabul thank you we're going to go back to earlier story that we're watching here al-jazeera saudi arabia's king salamanders and moscow for five days it is the first visit by a saudi monarch to russia and we've just got these pictures of him and the russian president the war in syria will be top of the agenda along with bilateral investments and stabilizing oil markets i will have more on this when we go live to moscow at the top of the next bulletin. it's not a big trend at this year's london film festival several of the films are focusing on disability but some of the casting has been controversial the engine of reports from london. a love story a tragedy the tale of a man who changed how society treats disabled people the film breed is all these things people paralyzed. the true story of robin cavendish a charming adventurous struck down by polio in the one nine hundred fifty s. his refusal to rot in hospital saw him become the pioneer of a new type of wheelchair a new opportunities for disabled people at the film's european premiere spi

now, i do think that there should be an amnesty for people with daca, and i think it should offer lawful, permanent residency status, a green card and a path to citizenship. but congress also needs to -- if it takes that step, slow down other parts of our immigration system. i estimate that, if 700,000 daca beneficiaries receive green cards, then we can expect this they would be able -- if no other changes are made to our immigration system they would be able to sponsor an additional 1.4 million relatives in -- through our legal immigration system. so that amounts to more than 2 million permanent residents who would be added to our country because of a daca amnesty. so, to compensate, congress should down-size the family migration categories, specifically by terminating the categories that exist for married adult sons and daughters and siblings of u.s. citizens and also by terminating the visa lottery, which is obsolete, and which brings in people who have no ties to this country, unlike the people with daca. again, thank you for the opportunity to testify, and i look forward to your que

crimes against humanity amnesty international accuses me of miles military of carrying out a systematic and ruthless campaign against the revenger. cementing his authority china's biggest political event gets underway with president xi looking stronger than ever. last millions of women take to social media to protest against sexual harassment. bob let's start in syria where the u.s. backed opposition forces have driven i saw from its self declared capital rocka kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city's stadium after a four month battle from the tie on the turkey syria border whole bar report. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was eisel main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasn't easy. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u.s. began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling. we control rock up but as you know there are mines that we need to c

speaking to amnesty officials at of the start of the trial today, there was the hope of possibly thekish rights defenders could be released following talks with turkish officials but there was very little hope that peter steudtner would be released, particularly in the present climate of tension between them. throughout the day the prosecutor gave little indication he was ready to make any kind of gesture. but out of the blue you need this request in the middle of the evening and took everyone by surprise. brent: a lot of the criticism we have heard levied against the trial has been at the notion that the judiciary in turkey is independent. do you think this move by the prosecutor was an attempt to show the world that yes, we are independent? dorian: i think that certainly would be the message they will present to its international critics. insisting the judiciary is independent in the face of accusations that many trials are politically motivated. it has to be said there is growing rumors and speculation that the rumor behind this surprise move is it comes when there are reports all

peter stork now goes on trial in turkey today he was arrested in istanbul along with others from amnesty international three months ago they're accused of aiding terrorism the case is already expected to test strained bilateral relations. president xi jinping wins another term as head of china's communist party with no clear successor she is now seen as the country's most powerful leader in decades. protest as kenya prepares to hold another presidential election the country has been gripped by a rastafarian august poll was an old by the top court but can officials guarantee this vote will be free and fair. while the war of words between president doll trump and members of his own party. you know you would think he would aspire to to be the present united states in an act like a present united states but you know there's just not going to be the case apparently and. two retiring senators let loose on the president and he fires back . and more than four weeks after hurricane maria had puerto rico roughly eighty percent of that island still has no electricity our correspondent visits a woma

us via skype from mannus island were amnesties main concerns about what happens when that facility is closed on monday siloed later today where we've been hearing reports from refugees over the last few days as well as some updates from a few days inside the center this morning essentially telling us that food water and now power it's a being cut at the same time they were given three days ago that was supposed to last them up until today there's no more through that's going to be distributed there at least that's what they're being told what if facilities were caught yes today you know we've very concerned that this is creating a very big dies situation for the refugees who were there of course thirty five degrees outside today a very hot humid penelas along without water what we saying here is that the strain government ultimately does have the responsibility to those refugees they're very fearful of its safety should they be moved closer to town and the other thing we've heard in the last few days is that the new facilities that they're supposed to be moved to each large enough to

now, clearly there is some support for amnesty for people for daca. and i think there are some legitimate public reasons to do it. if congress takes this step, though, it must be limit today the 700,000 people approximately who now have daca benefits and only if this amnesty is accompanied by other provisions to mitigate the fiscal costs, offset the inevitable increases in chain migration and prevent the unlikely surge in illegal immigration. we have heard a lot this morning about the fear that people with daca have about their future in this country and what is going to happen to the benefits that they have been extended. and i do sympathize with that. i can understand that. it must be difficult, but i think that we also need to have a similar sympathy for people who are affected by our tolerance of illegal immigration, people who fear they're not going to be able to get a job because they're employers are bypassing legal workers in favorf illegal workers. people who live on the border live in fear every day in parts of it because the border is not s

but madrid to show restraint amnesty international's urged the spanish government to avoid a repeat of these scenes on the day of the catalan referendum. they've also asked for two independence leaders jailed by spanish judge to be released the spanish government six-pack to to finalize plans for direct rule at a cabinet meeting on saturday. in response the catalan leadership say they'll now formalize independence with a vote of the regional parliament this tense standoff is entering a critical new phase. sone of a saturday a crucial day then for both bossanova and madrid how are people in catalonia reacting to these latest developments. well as news filters out through the people who are based here in barcelona or in the rest of catalonia or most certainly amongst people who voted for independence we are of course expecting some big reaction from now here in barcelona itself the weather is incredibly bad but we have seen a smattering of some very small protests here in front of the general attack where the catalan regional government sits there is also word of a about the smaller demo

time which was, i think, roughly 3 million illegal immigrants at the time were granted permanent amnesty. again, i think there were provisions in the sense that called for and i'm not sure if they called for a wall but enhanced border security and immigration law and customs enforcement and so on. never happened. fast-forward to george bush and pretty much the same thing there and i think the law was passed there with regards to funding the border wall, building the border wall, never happened. >> host: what would you like our guest to address? >> caller: i like him to address that this isis another lucy and linus or lucy and charlie brown scenario for the football. let's stop with the immigrants. let's address it as illegal immigration. that is where theat problem lie. >> host: mike, thanks. >> guest: the cause color raises the concern that over the last 30 years there have been a lot of conservatives who feel like this has played out before and there's been a proposal on the table to legalize large population of people and it didn't come with additional restrictions in place to prevent

island of bigger cut off the coast of his stumble the expert was taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international one topic was how to protect sensitive data from the authorities for turkish prosecutors a reason to charge the activists with belonging to and aiding terrorist groups. the evidence being put forward against our clients is not evidence that can lead to an arrest it's completely illegal and unlawful not just in regard to the european human rights convention but also in regard to the turkish constitution. the indictment comes shortly after turkish foreign minister met who told german news site spiegel online that he had asked the turkish justice and interior ministers to speed up the legal process german foreign ministers ignore gabriele called the charges a matter of great concern he said the demand for up to fifteen years in jail is completely and comprehensible and unacceptable to us gabriele says germany is doing all it can to bring stuart nor and other germans held in turkey back home let's get the latest on this case now from our correspondent in istanbul dorian jone

this decision from the prosecutor i mean was it it really expected certainly wasn't him speaking to amnesty officials ahead of the start of the trial today there was a hope the possibly some of the turkish defend human rights defenders koop be released following talks with turkish officials but there was very little hope that peter. and the. would be released particular in the present climate of tensions between then and this decision came in the evening for out that they'd prosecute to a pursuit a very tough line and gave very little indication he was ready to make any kind of gesture but he out of the blue made this request in the middle of the evening and took everybody by surprise and a lot of the criticism that we have heard against this trial has been at the the notion that the judiciary in turkey is independent do you think this move by the prosecutor was an attempt to show the world that yes we are independent. well i think that certainly would be the message the encore will present to its international critics has always insisted that the judiciary is independent in the face of gro

from itself capital and amnesty international is accusing security forces in myanmar of killing hundreds of revenge of muslims all than five hundred eighty thousand have fled violence in the country since august amnesty calls a systematic campaign against the muslim minority and is calling for an arms embargo on myanmar and criminal prosecution although its forces and those the headlines inside story is next. promising economic openness while tightly consolidating political power what will the latest communist party congress reveal about china's global leadership aspirations as america turns inward this is inside story. hello there i'm james pays who is the most powerful person in the world many would say the u.s. president donald trump but the international news publication the economist makes a fair case for arguing it's actually china's president xi jinping unlike trump the leader of the world's second largest economy doesn't have to worry about congress the media or for that matter reelection and although china has had in recent years a collective leadership system president xi is fe

kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and man maher and in a report the group says were henge a minority are fleeing a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rakhine state. president xi jinping is addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing you can see this happening right now she says china will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its service sector he also spoke of the nation successes but told members there are still challenges ahead for. banks. when i say right now both the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but there are also severe challenges ahead all members of the party must look ahead and be vigilant be courageous and stay innovative. afghanistan's deputy interior minister says at least seventy

, are they also going to take steps to limit the fallout from that amnesty, yes or no? and my predictions plus $4 will get you a cup of coffee in starbucks -- elizabeth: not with standing taxes. [laughter] >> i'm not sure they're going to be able to get anything through congress by march when these people will then start one day at a time start losing their work permits. elizabeth: all right, mark. i think we're going to have to you back because we'll see if they do do anything. mark, thank you so much for joining us, sir, we appreciate it. it's very interesting. >> thank you. elizabeth: leland? leland: boy, what a day it has been n. the past hour or so, the vice president of the united states walked out of the indianapolis colts/san francisco 49ers game because some members of the 49ers' team went ahead and took a knee during the national anthem. this is a picture just before the anthem of the vice president and his wife there. obviously, vice president pence before this was governor of indiana, spent a lot of time with the colts and spent a lot of time with the owner

on monday, amnesty international condemned instances of brutality and unlawful killing by authorities against opposition protesters, saying police fired indiscriminately into crowds and even broke into the homes of suspected protest organizers. the u.s. navy says it is investigating whether two members of its elite seal team six were responsible for killing a green beret at the u.s. embassy in mali last june. army staff sergeant logan melgar was found strangled to death in his room at the embassy, where he was assigned to train malian forces in counterinsurgency. the investigation of his step comes as the trump administration expands the role of africom across the continent. in paris, activists disrupted the opening of an exhibition honoring filmmaker roman polanski, who's accused of a string of sexual assaults and is wanted in the u.s. on charges he raped a 13-year-old girl in 1977. this is protester sadio rao. >> i think it is ridiculous. ishink it is ridiculous he not in jail, that no one is taking the cases of these women seriously. i'm here to give a voice and fight for that so w