turkish president recha tayyip erdogan has withdrawn his country from the world's 1st binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women in 2011 in stamboul convention was signed in turkey by 45 countries and the european union. officials in australia have ordered mass evacuations they fear torrential rains and flooding could become deadly authorities are also telling people in sydney to stay at home the rains are some of the worst in years and they are expected to continue . u.s. president obama and vice president camila harris have condemned the anti asian violence in the u.s. which they say has spiked since the start of the coronavirus pandemic biden implicitly blamed former president donald trump for stoking hate by calling the covert 19 a ton of virus comments came during a visit to atlanta where a gunman killed 8 people and misses parlors on tuesday 6 were of asian descent. america was shaken with these scenes from just a few days ago 8 people were gunned down at 3 different massage parlors in and around atlanta by alleged shooter robert aaron long most of those killed