For god w. s overfocus. This is deja news coming to you live from berlin turkey convict a German National on terrorism charges also coming up the u. S. Investigators search of course the facility in miami for clues into attempted me bombings meanwhile childers compete over who was to blame the media or President Trump himself. As Foreign Relations between japan and china are leaders of the two
asian superpowers and regional rivals need to improve ties and boost trade despite the underlying tensions. Should insulting gaunt still be a crime in ireland. People. Called those leaders. Strong to smoke more. Today the country votes on whether to remove a Blasphemy Law that even the Catholic Church say is obsolete. Hello and welcome. A Turkish Court has sentenced a german man to six years in prison on Terrorist Charges back to cricut rested on the turkish Syrian Border in march authorities accuse the twenty nine year old of being a. Kurdish Militia Group known as the wife
a group which classifies as terrorist his family denies the allegations and say he was simply hiking in the region. For the very latest destroying our correspondent in Istanbul Dont First Of Four would look at it tell us about this case. For years. It was caught trying to take your fortys trying to cross the turkish syrian Turkish Border into syria he was captured in a Military Exclusion Zone now Authorities Say that he was seeking to join the y. P. Gene militia many foreign nationals from Around The World have joined this group in its fight against the Islamic State now for turkey they say that this group is a terrorist organization linked to a kurdish insurgency inside turkey and anyone who is seeking to join this group will face punishment prosecution and ultimately be jailed the german citizen who was also earlier this month convicted and sentenced to eighteen months for entering
a forbidden zone this is just the latest in a series of foreign nationals that have been prosecuted and jailed in the message among koreas turkish lore applies to both turkish and foreign nationals equally. Joined as we know the interest of German Nationals in turkey is a very sensitive issues issue between the two countries and this latest verdict go inside but the visit of the german Economics Minister to turkey to what extent could this incident being not a setback in relations between the two countries. Well i certainly think it will not help and it will be a probably pretty embarrassing for a german minister during this visit him but he did express his commitment to human rights although he did not in any way name turkey for its much criticized record and i think this is a sign that both sides are trying to see dialogue given the fact the relations have was. Went to almost breaking point over the fact that the turkish authorities had
jailed a series of german citizens on charges of being considered political in particular the high profile case of a german journalist and if you tell who was subsequently released but we do seem to be now into a new chapter did host the Turkish President. Full state visit last month and that is seen as an effort to kickstart a new process of dialogue rather than confrontation but given the given the fact that there is still these outstanding concerns over human rights and this latest conviction and jailing will on the lineup where on corys a very important country to work with in controlling refugees entering into europe and if chancellor is expected to attend a four way. Here in istanbul to discuss Syria On Saturday and not just on the lines importance of long and the need for dialogue rather than Confrontation Jorian Jones detail because correspondent in istanbul thank you very much for that update. To
the u. S. Authorities are searching for who was behind a series of pipe bombs sent by mail they were addressed to prominent democrats politicians and critics of President Donald Trump police have so far seized ten such devices and warned they may be more the searches focusing on a Postal Scented in miami florida. Canine units under bomb squad deployed on thursday to a Postal Center in florida. Officials believe some of the pipe bomb packages were mailed from here to prominent targets of right wing outrage among them x. Democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton former president barack obama and x t i a director john brennan the latest was former Vice President joe biden and actor Robert Deniro all of those targeted critics of President Donald Trump. As forensic teams race to find whos responsible. Could be more devices. The new York Police Department tweeted instructions for identifying a package bomb should another be found in the mail we have to treat them as. Devices this is a protocol that our bomb squad people use and it keeps everybody safe its unclear if the pipe bombs were wired to explode some have speculated they were just meant to sow fear among trumps critics ahead of midterm elections in less than two weeks time. Several of the intended recipients have said they hoped the sky could shift the tone and politics. My hope. My hope is this reasons. Who knows exactly what they were but these bombs being. Made my way everybody. We have to. We have to the end to this country back together. Trumps critics have claimed his divisive rhetoric for inspiring the attack trump has repeatedly called his political opponents evil and often refers to the media as the enemy of the people he recently praised the republican politician for body slamming a journalist. In response to the Criticism Trump has pointed the finger of blame back at the media the debate likely wont subside before voters go to the polls on november sixth. Joining me now is keith know with former cia opensource Center Bureau chief currently the Senior Fellow at the jack g. Gordon institute for Public Policy at Florida InternationalUniversity Welcome keith a lot of blame shifting going on right now what whats caused this very polarized
athens fair in the country but lets get back to the investigation where is it right now from your perspective well good afternoon its important to understand right now there were about forty eight to seventy two hours in this investigation was taking place right now as you have a Large Consortium made up of the f. B. I. Scour terrorism you members of the u. S. National Security Council the cia the Postal Service and local police and what theyre trying to do is narrow down our wheres the system really these packages were all were mailed from all the evidence that we see right now indicates that they came from here in South Florida so what you have is what a dragnet is including place where Law Enforcement officials are looking at cameras theyre looking at people have occurred socially went inside to a closed off as to get a better understanding of who is not more than one person may have been was sponsible for the same so
a lot of resources being put into this investigation but how quickly can investigators find out as to who was behind these bombs. There is if you dont believe it or not it does not take days or weeks that give the information what theyre going to do is theyre going to take data in terms of where the packages were mailed from theyre going to look at them its areas that were made up of the bombs there are look for senior prints and so i expect that we will probably gives a profile of the potential senator or so or sometime within the next seventy two hours the five days this is a massive manhunt that has most of all u. S. Agencies that are working together the sac that theyve been able to target here to South Florida indicates that they have more information that they have not shared with the public as to do and keep their lots of Conspiracy Theories online about who might be responsible what is your assessment. Well that is correct and its no
secret that the u. S. That were in a hyper partisan cyril some Political Climate to date all of the rhetoric this cap and thats demagoguing issue is coming from the far right here in america part of the news this is something democrats cooked up as you indicated at the top of the segment there we are two weeks away from an important midterm elections that are going to decide whether or not us President Donald Trump is going to maintain a Republican House in a republican its Senate Building forty four is the next three years so theres a lot at stake here politically and unfortunately we have elements of americas far right that are putting information out there is simply not true the other point that i will make so this is the big question that investigators are looking at is why have these bombs not needed and so there is misspellings that we see on the packages and information has been relayed to date and the case that the bombs may
have purposely been put together not of the wall so theyre speculating that this was a Theory Attack that there was not design it needed but soon to potentially see this this mantle the system in advance of the elections so theres still more to come of is that right keith noble for my cia open source Center Bureau chief or if theyre just to have you with us on. Theres been having your up to date with some other stories making news Around The WorldTurkish President richard do one has urged saudi arabia to reveal who gave the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the location of his body edge one also said the kingdoms Public Prosecutor will meet at the turkish counterpart in istanbul on sunday Saudi Arabian officials have admitted that shes moderate was premeditated. By land by sea and by air around Fifty ThousandMilitary Personnel from thirty one nato allies are engaging in the latest largest War Game Exercises in decades
the various maneuvers will take place over the course of nearly three weeks stretching from the baltic sea to iceland critics say the games could increase tensions between russia and its nordic neighbors. And earthquake close to the greek island of zakynthos has rattled Western Greece and damaged buildings the quake hit overnight and carried a force of six point eight according to the european assassin logical center a few people are being treated for minor injuries. Japanese fire musicians is in china for the First Official visit and seventy as against a backdrop of create friction with the United States the asian rivals are working to build closer ties are being met with chinese president xi jinping to discuss regional and global issues japans leader killed the visit as a historic Turning Point in relations between china and japan the two countries
have been locked in a territorial dispute over islands in the south china sea. And as we mentioned a japanese five the sins of is in china for his First Official visit in seven years against the backdrop of create friction with the United States asian rivals what came to build closer ties. Joining me now from beijing is the day of the correspondent. Welcome what is from your perspective how significant is this meeting and why do you think it comes now. Historic is a big word but for himself this is probably is torek he has been unwelcome all socially unwelcome in beijing for most years thats because of his nationalist retore x. And his unwillingness to address japans war time on the other hand japan also is very unhappy about chinas military behavior in the region its assertiveness so
post the ties have been very tight very. Restrained during the last five years and so this is really a step forward and both sides have to overcome a bit of their of their restraints so. Both countries remain very important Economic Partners so its a natural step for them to try to get to back together again and it is as you said i mean they are economic Bach Doesnt Create is a always very big on their agenda when they talk but beyond that given the differences it just talked about reduce the this relationship going politically because theres still regional rivals. Well its a kind of detente its. Trying to get back to normal both countries have a need to get back to a normal due to the new situation that has evolved since da trump has taken office
in the u. S. So china donald trump is a threat economically they are looking to do to strengthen their ties with other Economic Partners and japan might not be able to rely on americas backing as it has before so both sides need to cause reconsider their options right lettice villain here in beijing thank you very much for that assessment thank you. Turning out to blasphemy is still a serious crime that carries heavy penalties but like many of the countrys other religious traditions that may change soon irish voters are heading to the polls today to elect a new president and theyre also being asked to decide whether Blasphemy Laws should be removed from the constitution the issue is uniting both catholics and atheists one man has been fighting the law for years heres a story. The Christian God is an evil maniac for Giving Babies Bone Cancer Jews are of there for the devil all i said was the peace of halliburton was
good enough for jehovah blasphemous statements like peace could come at a high cost literally up to Twenty Five Thousand euros to be precise Micronutrient Head of Atheist Alent is complaining and babbling Shopping Zone hes informing irish voters about a long standing law that could soon be history if you say anything that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by only religion and cause over age by doing so thats a criminal offense the Native Dubliner has been fighting the paragraph and Islands Constitution for years. He thinks it should have been removed a long time ago. Its a mediaval crime its been added into our constitution in nineteen thirty seven when i was a very catholic country. And it was programmed into our laws just ten years ago so its a mess for any number of reasons and the sooner that we get rid of it the better. But since the law was implemented no one has ever been convicted of blasphemy even the Catholic Church called the law or data. An audience church in dublin sees one simple reason for that. Theres no need for such a law. Called doesnt need to. God is not mocked. Not everyone agrees. The Islamic Cultural Center things throwing out the Blasphemy Cloth will threaten the freedom of all irish people. We have a wide diversity of various communities residing in this kind all. References in our legislation is not to defend religion but it is to defend respect among people of all face and people off no face still it looks likely that my conclusion and his group will finally get their
way recent polls show that just twenty percent of likely voters im favor of keeping items Blasphemy Law. And the japanese religious Affairs Analyst joins me on this to talk more about this issue welcome i dont really talk about anti Blasphemy Laws in the context of europe do they only exist in ireland all. Theyre very widespread i think that most people are not aware of this bed italy germany denmark spain i mean these are countries which actually have all and certainly have Blasphemy Laws or Blasphemy Provisions or criminalization of class means some form or other in germany sexually. Article hundred sixty six i