proposal came from the defense minister as you mentioned and she is from a different party than heikal ma ma said he did not back this proposal off a un controlled security zone there in syria the proposal has also received quite some domestic criticism in germany so it's unlikely that he is going to pitch that idea to his turkish counterparts today. is yulia han reporting from istanbul we thank you very much. craig. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world in iraq at least 50 people are dead after police fired at anti-government protesters at several protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings the protesters want the government to resign and they're calling for anti corruption reforms. british police are still trying to identify the $39.00 victims found dead in a truck in essex earlier this week at least 2 vietnamese families now say they fear their relatives are among the dead it was originally thought that all of the victims were chinese nationals. a russian wom