A new wave of protests. Words of hope letters from family members and friends become a lifeline coronavirus patients in mexico. One of the philippines most prominent journalists has been found guilty of libel in a case seen as a major blow to press freedom maria ressa denies the charges brought over an article published on her news website rappler it linked to wealthy businessman to criminal activity online portal has highlighted extra judicial killings and abuses during president or regard to turkeys time in office reece is expected to appeal against the conviction that carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. I appeal to. The journalists in this room the filipinos who are in this. Protect your right. We are men. Cautionary tale we are meant to make you free. Trade so you again. Dont be afraid because if you dont use your rights you will lose them we dont call it a brazen move to try to roll back the rights guaranteed in the constitution we will lose them. Of a case is the 1st of at least 8 filed against resistance to target came to office and 2016 these included lead to tax of asian and Foreign Ownership which is banned in the philippines this. Case stands from a 27 Team Complaint filed by a business meant by a businessman over a rep for story that was published in 2012 that was before the cybercrime law was passed the business men wilfred o. King said his reputation was defamed when he was linked to the then Supreme Court chief justice who was later removed from office for failing to declare assets the complaint was initially dismissed in 2018 but government investigators reversed their decision and recommended that research be prosecuted. Joins us now live from manila so what happened in the court today. Well we saw maria rive she she said a bit of hello how are you doing to the journalists who are waiting and shortly after the conviction she went straight to the press conference and that was just showed earlier it was met by of course outrage and sadness here and a lot of organizations have actually described the conviction of marie as in the as another sad existential moment in 15th press freedom history but the bigger question here though is the kind of message it sends to lesser influential lesser known Community Journalists who are continuing to do investigative work in different parts of the country this is also not the 1st time and not the only network rappler which equal founded which is currently in battle under this administration a b a c v n kim the biggest t. V. Media network in the country was forcibly shut down over a month ago for its failure to renew its license after it was not given its license by congress which is now basically controlled by the president now the spokesperson of president of the good that there it is says to the that the basically maria is barking up the wrong tree that the president has nothing to do with the conviction today and that he has never himself the president actually sued anyone for libel but in the past him the president has called the news he is accused journalists of bias and that some point there to himself said at a press conference facing journalists that some journalists actually deserve to be killed so now it remains to be seen how this will pan out when she submit her petition to the court of appeals of course shes out on bail today shes still facing 7 other cases and of course the mother of all cases the most difficult part is the accusation that rappler the biggest on the news network in the philippines is actually partially owned which is actually not allowed in the constitution so interrupted the apart from what was shown earlier she also. Appeal to social media platforms in particular facebook to actually be more responsible in controlling. The propaganda they being used and waged against journalists since 2016 she says this is actually the most difficult part at this point she was conscious was collected but again the biggest concern here is the kind of message it would send the local filipino journalists who may not have the same gravitas the same popularity as Maria Ressa Maria one of the most high profile journalists in the country has been convicted today by a cyber libel case law that was signed by the Previous Administration which journalists have been calling for decriminalization over the past few years to really whats the reaction been the. Guilty verdict. Well there were weve seen a lot of outrage obviously there has been very Strong International support for maria theres also strong local support from maria lot of local organizations the Foreign Press club the National Union of journalists of the philippines they say this shouldnt even be the priority of the government you know this is the 1st hour week that courts are opening after one of the longest most strictest quarantine its been imposed in the world thats in the philippines and the priority was the promulgation of marias case along with 7 others so basically what people here are saying largely is that they criticize the priority of the government coupled with the anti terror law that is expected to be signed by the president today theyre asking for a priority on improving social Justice Services social services of course at the time when there is a pandemic again as we said there is outrage but there is also support for the government the question though is how this can impact again local journalists who work for independent local newspapers who may not have the same support as maria it sends a very chilling message especially in a country that is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists kim thank you. Live from manila. Is Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch he says the verdicts its a dangerous precedent for journalism. The verdict actually highlights the ability of penes abusive president rodney god to tear to dominant manipulate laws to go after critical well respected media voices and whatever the cost to the country we think that the government should reverse this verdict we think they should squash it and they should you know step back unfortunately what were seeing is part of a well played out plan by the government to try as maria ressa said very clearly to shut them down and to make them a cautionary tale to other journalists in the philippines who would dare criticize the president if you look at this case here in front of us. What happened was there was an article published it was based in part on government documents it was published for months before the cyber criminal law came onto the books there was one change in the article afterwards after the law was in effect to especially fix a typo and the Philippines Department of justice with encouraging the president went out went to the private litigant and said look you you should sue and came up with an entire new legal theory of continuous publication to enable this to happen i mean this is a targeted hit it was a private petitioner but it really the governments behind it took us to all planes have bombed several areas in Northern Iraq targeting kurdish separatists its part of a new operation against the kurdistan Workers Party. Techies Defense Ministry says its in response to an increase in attacks on its banks the p. K. K. Is designated a terrorist group by turkey the United States and the European Union sin and cos you know is live for us in istanbul cinema what more can you tell us about this latest operation. Well this operation is a very wide scale operation of course there are white scales of relations conducted to the region by the Turkish Armed forces but what makes this operation different is that in the previous operations that have been conducted by the turks since 99996. 00 most of those operations targeted single area in those areas but this time armed forces targeted several similar tenuously at the very same time of course the there is an importance of the area. To some Workers Party name the area as the immediate Defense Center is really a defense areas it is actually a kind of euphemism describing the conduit mountain areas which is the base for the kurdistan Workers Party and the comment ship the logistic lines everything is run through this area i have to underline that this area as the calls media defense. Is neither under the control of the Kurdish Regional government nor central baghdad government it is under control of the p. K. K. Thats why the Turkish Military has been on and off conducting operations in this area according to this statement by the turkish Defense Ministry 8. 00 to 1. 00 targets were hit by the Turkish Forces and some of the targets were not hit by a lots minute decision because of that is civilians around the area and the Turkish Military and the fence mr believes that this is a very good success for the armed forces eliminating the p. K. Kit that has been in their terms harassing the turkish borders and the petrels and police stations along with the military bases on the other side of the border. Through that city of course you know living life for us in istanbul. Separatists in southern yemen have captured a convoy carrying billions of rails to aid in central bank forces loyal to the Southern Transitional council who took control of it in april stole billions in cash as it left the port the move could threaten a fragile peace between the group and the saudi backed government but. The death of a black man at the hands of police in the u. S. City of atlanta has been treated as a homicide and autopsy has revealed 27 year old rae sharp brokes died from 2 gunshot wounds to the back after a struggle with officers on friday the killing has sparked more protests over Police Brutality and gallacher reports after a weekend of protests following the death of rae short brooks the restaurant where he died is now a symbol of this nations racial tensions its being cleaned up now but the anger here hasnt subsided the 27 year old father of 3 was shot and killed by police on friday following a struggle with 2 officers. As he fled mr brooks was shot and later died on saturday night the restaurant was set ablaze and city leaders condemned the polices use of deadly force his children will continue to grow up for the rest of their life without a father now we cant we cant magically make ryszard brooks reappear this building we can build this building this wendys back up we can fall in Insurance Claim to ensure that this building is built back up i dont condone this but i understand it and im hurting just like everybody else is despite the resignation of atlantas chief of police and the firing of the officer who killed ray sean brooks calls for Police Reform and accountability a growing were going to make sure that if you shoot somebody in our state youre going to be prosecuted if youre long before someone. If you change someone down for a not the other crime youre going to be prosecuted is Law Enforcement i am our government is back on a tear gas people here are right across the u. S. On to races protests continue to grow in los angeles the gay pride parade took to the streets in support of black lives matter in South Carolina a 1000000 man march was held as protesters marched on the statehouse the 2 lawmakers to address Police Brutality racism and economic disparities with a shocking plan probably i feel here. This was every bit of the system that was the 1st. Ever that he was you know you. Have had it with you know its been 3 weeks since george floyd died in Police Custody now another africanamerican mans name has been added to a long list of victims of Police ViolencePolice Forces across the u. S. Are now banning practices like cho coles others a promising more transparency as momentum for. Change continues many say thats simply not enough to tackle systemic racism inequality and Police Brutality calls for real police for a former now growing here and across the world and it gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida still ahead on aljazeera. A horrifying series of attacks the United Nations condemns the violence in northeast nigeria. And how drive in Movie Theater is a keeping the shared experience of cinema alive during the Global Pandemic. Hello that big lazy circulation which doesnt look at all like judas priest sitting of a west europe is still there is expanded to some degrades move north so now the line of most intense sundry rain runs the low countries through germany down towards austria hungary a nice was to remind you everything to the west is slightly cooler for the most part and in fact its heading west again in france a little bit as it was fine ish weather nice half of spain which means the warm bit is rather confined to scandinavia in fact specifically norway and sweden now musically athens is quite warm and same is true of turkey but really for the most part its not as warm as it could be its quite thundery in places with the exception maybe of also as temps is rising in the next few days says if we get to 31. 00 the record is 34 but the average is 20 so we are well above not leaving the shores of europe to the shores of africa its just a breeze with no will cloud the most showers in morocco the breeze changes the temperature in this direction so benghazis drop from 39 to 27 the heaviest showers are lightweight in the gulf of guinea west woods fact we have some pretty big showers recently in guyana and further around the koa into sierra leone i think the saying is repeatable. Called the to be on the well. Taken without hesitation all told and died full power defines our world we should not have to trade our culture for oil and gas we leave here we make the rules investigating exposing and questioning the use and abuse of power across the globe people in power returns to our. To the. Week. For georgis there are a reminder of our top stories this hour a prominent journalist in the philippines has been convicted of libel recit denies the charges over an article published on her raptly news website verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom. Turkish warplanes have bombed several areas in Northern Iraq targeting p. K. Kurdish separatists the Defense Ministry says its in response to an increase in attacks on army base its. The death of a black american man following a struggle with police in the u. S. City of atlanta is being treated as a homicide the killing of rashad brooks on friday has again fueled tensions over Police Brutality and sparks new protests across the country. The United Nations says its appalled by a series of attacks by islamic fighters in northeast Nigeria Soldiers and civilians were among at least 60 People Killed in 2 raids on saturday that followed the killing of dozens of villages in borno state days earlier. Reports from the capital of culture. This is what operation life your dollar looks like from the air the Nigerian Military posted video on social media showing what it says is its response to saturdays attack in mumbai that was followed by another attack in both a local government areas in borno state in northeast nigeria where both soldiers and civilians were killed a military spokesman didnt answer calls for comment on the attacks but local reports suggest dozens were killed and hundreds injured with hospitals overwhelmed fighters are reported to open fire after arriving on motorbikes and in the cause soldiers and a United Nations humanitarian center were targeted they are the latest major casualties in less than a week but the government has just celebrated its 5th anniversary in office and became are on the back off base Security Problems in nigeria they told the larger and people that this. Piecemeal for them to fix to this moment it has gotten worse it was only recently that a chief of army staff met with president bush and it was president bush era that they were with in the war on one today at least 81 people were killed when they heard his village was raided in could be a book or arm fighters allied with the Islamic State in west Africa Province claimed responsibility for that attack the group broke away from the main boko haram 4 years ago previously boko haram was seen as closer to al qaida but in 2015 its leader will because chicago pledged allegiance to eisele. The Nigerian Army has been battling book or on for years as its fighters bombed places of worship and kidnapped schoolgirls in recent weeks Army Commanders claim significant success against the group but soldiers of often been under resourced have suffered heavy losses. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than 3000000 people displaced by 10 years of fighting. The continuing loss of life and property in the northeast fueling a lot of anger and frustration there is a growing feeling among some like yours but this is going to be a long draw