Secede from iraq heading. Also coming up campaigning reaches a crescendo ahead of catalonia independence referendum Authorities Say theyre worried about Public Safety sundays an authorized vote isnt just dividing spain its also dividing the region. And hugh hafner of the founder of the adult magazine playboy dies at the age of ninety one launched in one nine hundred fifty three playboy was an overnight success will be going to hollywood to look at his life. Plus u. S. President down trump unveils his long awaited tax plan he wants drastic tax cuts across the board sounds good but how is it going to be paid for. And in football byron munich are humbled in paris as p. S. G. Defeat the bundesliga giants three nil in the Champions League. Im brian thomas welcome to the show its to iraq now where kurds there are facing growing political isolation after the massive yes to independence and mondays referendum airlines from turkey egypt jordan lebanon say theyll be halting all flights to Iraqi Kurdistan at the request of baghdad now turkey has also warned it could stop cross border trade with the region and Iraq Central Government has threatened its own sanctions. There were euphoric scenes among iraqs kurds after the official result was announced could issue Authorities Say that with a seventy three percent voter turnout the poll had been a resoundingly success. At this historic moment i want to congratulate you on the success of the referendum on the independence of kurdistan in our autonomous region and the areas outside the autonomous region which kurdistan claims. In baghdad the reaction couldnt be more different iraqs government opposes the kurdish push for statehood and has demanded an immediate an element of the vote. Iraqs government has already taken retaliatory steps threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous region its also demanded that those behind the vote including kurdish leader Massoud Barzani face legal consequences iraqs Prime Minister he said he wanted to keep his country united without resorting to the use of force but parliament has given him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the Oil Rich Region around the city of kirkuk that we will impose federal authority on the whole of iraq with the force of the constitution and the force of the law this is not a threat some people have made threats and some have used force to impose their will in the disputed areas we will use all the tools provided by the constitution and the law. The measures passed by parliament. So called for the closure of Foreign Diplomatic Missions in the autonomous kurdish region. Neighboring countries turkey and iran are worried that the referendum will embolden their own kurdish minorities and are applying pressure with sanctions of their own. For the very latest on this lets bring in brackets fans and she joins us on the line from kirkuk its one of the disputed parts of iraq where this vote was held. First off what do the people whove been celebrating in places like airco where you are want to say are they expecting this referendum to bring independence you have good morning now they dont expect this referendum to bring independence and the. Atmosphere in cocos was very much divided i mean there was the kurdish parties they were celebrating yesterday but not in the turkmen and not in the are up parts because they were boycotting the elections so it is a very mixed and somehow a very critical situation in kirkuk because its chilkoot to be the hot spot in all that so if this tank sions will imply and mr body made it very Firm Yesterday that he wants to have full Border Control over iraqs borders to watch turkey and iran and put bought full control over the airports in our below and still money and kirkuk as you well know in kirkuk you have what is on the military airport a not a civil airport. Yet you mention different critical situation. Baghdad is threatening sanctions what should the region expect. Well the region well i expect that first of all its a lesson for mr buzz on and this is how i see it its a lesson for most of us i need hes not an island hes not alone on this what in the past to consider the interests of others he has to consider dangerous but not the interests of the neighbors turkey and iran this is i think the lesson he has to take ok now baghdad says its preparing for a deployment of Iraqi Government forces in kurdish territory are we likely to see that well i dont see the push mat motivating more den before you have to consider that they are operating anyway in the into problems of kirkuk just fifteen i met just south of your book is how we judge and how we jet is still controlled by isis so down operating that together with the iraqi army and together with the shia militias just fifty people made us out of coke like you know the kurds are increasingly politically isolated on this do they have any backers for their push for independence the only backer is israel and the time yeah ill go the Prime Minister of israel has said that hes backing the could issue will for independence but this is about the only one otherwise barzani is against the rest of the World Everybody is against this because the risk that you raffled apart and you have the wrist that iraq will have a civil war is very high ok very good friends and for us from care cook thanks very much for that update ok. Now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour japans Prime Minister shinzo all of a as dissolve the lower house of parliament clearing the way for snap elections next month you know its the move earlier this week in a bid to capitalize on high Approval Ratings but he could face a stronger than expected challenge from a new Opposition Party watched by tokyos popular governor yuriko. A celebrated czech musician who survived the holocaust as died at the age of ninety. Was a cova said her love of music helped her endure three nazi death camps despite suffering hand injuries was a cove went on to win top awards for her harpsichord performances she was best known for her dishes of baa its to the us now and President Donald Trump is under pressure to do more to help puerto rico which has been paralyzed by Hurricane Maria now that caribbean island is a u. S. Territory and its people are american citizens president has responded by saying hes considering waiving a little known federal law that prohibits foreign flagships from shuttling goods between american ports meanwhile Puerto Ricans are doing their best to get by with no power and no clean Drinking Water this is kind of on us one week after Hurricane Maria and the efforts to clean up the rebuilding tentative most people here still just trying to survive federal emergency teams are going from house to house trying to assess peoples needs but the scale of the task is huge moat devery in sewage block the streets the power grid is almost completely gone there are no communications and almost half of puerto ricos three point four Million People dont even have clean water. Truly this is the first water tank of that ive seen in this area this is the first. Time they didnt bring any water to this place. Thats why youre seeing people going crazy like this. When they say the eights coming from the u. S. But i still havent got any. The u. S. Government has dispatched the navy and the National Guard sent in millions of meals on bottles of water but many ports are rican still they arent receiving the same level of help given recently to mainland u. S. States the islands governor has set clear priorities getting immediate resources here at the puerto rico and getting aid package from congress that it is consistent with the amount the gravity of the situation that treats the u. S. The proud u. S. Citizens a puerto rico equally that if it were an event in florida texas already where else in the nation. To make things worse many here feel their president has abandoned after Hurricane Maria struck trump spend days tweeting about us what will stop us not until monday did he mention whats a rico now at least he has promised a visit im going to were going to stay probably hurt. But we go to break a very good place right thats not a word but lets right up the border lets do this and that and that but a lot of really. Great. Meanwhile private aid donations are flooding in from puerto rican communities on the mainland u. S. Basketball star j. J. Barea arrived with a plane load of supplies pop star Jennifer Lopez donated a Million Dollars the crisis has rallied Many Americans with roots on the island. Youre watching news live from berlin still to come on the show spains catalonia region building up to an independence referendum on sunday the government madrid has declared that vote illegal model catalog supported either well see how its dividing one community. And who happen or the founder of the adult magazine playboy as died at the age of ninety one launched in one thousand fifty three playboy was an overnight success will go to hollywood to look at his life. While President Trump has unveiled his long awaited tax reform plan and has been looking at what its all about thats right bryan President Trumps plan may well benefit companies the wealthy and middle class families but whether the money would then trickle down to American Workers is not yet clear many have criticized the lack of detail in the plan but one of the biggest changes though is a drastic tax cut for corporations that take a listen to the president outlining that part of the proposed tax overhaul. Lowering costs see opened his bicycle sale and repair shop in washington d. C. Five years ago business is going well so well in fact that hes about to move to bigger premises along with his five employees but despite lauren success his company doesnt make enough money to benefit from trumps tax plans mom and pop shops on main street are not the ones that are going to be affected by this from my reading of what the bill might be so its going to be much larger businesses that are able to sort of benefit from the deductions that they will be able to take in the lower tax rate i dont think its going to hit the people that you think of as Small Businesses so who would get a tax cut doctors Investment Bankers and high Turnover Companies for example and whats more the new proposals would also cut Corporate Tax republican supporters have long argued that giving tax breaks to big business will boost the u. S. Economy they also say that cuts on everything theres other reforms through tax and they were talking about a tax form theyre important full expensing making the tax code simpler easier to pay if they are to hire out accountant these are all benefits that help both small and big business. But as far as lauren is concerned the cuts do matter reducing costs for Larger Companies inevitably increases competition for businesses like his. The margins for Small Businesses are so slim our profits are not huge you know we all want to be able to make a decent living but those that are making outrageously large profits i think that maybe there should be a little bit more tax burden on them. The republican proposal would make sweeping changes to the tax code but it wouldnt change much follower and bike shop for the moment trumps tax proposal is just that a proposal he now needs to really supports before a more detailed bill can be put before congress but one big question remains such deep tax cuts would leave a large hole in the budget trump and the Republican Party have yet to explain where exactly the money to pluck the soul would come from. And to unpack the president s tax plan and now im joined in the studio by professor owen collier from the Free University of berlin lovely to see you this morning now this document has been billed as a framework more than a plan and hes promised relief for companies what does that mean specifically. The companies are interested in the net that theyre getting from increased sales in the future when Economic Growth brings about new sales its going to be in the first instance the net income coming to the corporation that will be important for making these Investment Decisions if youre willing to invest more if you know theres going to be more sugar if we can call the extra profits sugar if thats offered so thats the theory behind everything but corporations are not people theyre owned by people Corporate Income goes to people who own stock and. Roughly the top. Thirty percent of the population own the very overwhelming majority of stocks so one looks at that as as much a redistribution as it is an incentive for further increased investment in dayton we know that we could see the Corporation Tax potentially go from an average of around thirty five percent down to twenty percent potentially guaranteed food for the wealthy the middle class could or so theyd be lifted through some of these tax proposals but my question is im wondering what about lower income people and families in america right now it looks like theres going to be essentially a sop a little bit could be coming out but when you hear a doubling of the standard deduction what is happening is a merger of whats called the personal exemption with the standard deduction so from the point of view of the small. Poor family there might be a fifteen percent increase in this deduction which means a tax saving but its its peanuts compared to dropping for instance the personal tax rate for these socalled passthrough companies by the way the Trump Organization is a passthrough company and that would be an income tax rate of twenty five percent what are the chances that this reform well actually implemented. Lets just say better than i think the repeal of obamacare with the repeal of obamacare was possible to mobilize people who are directly suffer the cuts the way this is all package is the necessary spending cuts will come in the future so the victims if you will or those people paying the cost of this tax reform will be mobilizing yet. When do stay with us because i want to get your insights on a nother topic now and that is the much maligned german u. S. Trade imbalance now the American Chamber of commerce in germany has updated its list of the biggest american coggan companies and their sales last year and i want to have a look at the top five now because topping the list is car maker ford with sales of over twenty two billion dollars followed by opel which has since been sold to french auto group p s a then amazon with sales ringing in at over thirteen billion dollars followed by energy giant exxon mobil and General Electric so all in all business seems good for American Companies in germany with sales up three point two percent last year now and President Trump regularly complains about the u. S. Getting the short end of the stick when it comes to trade but u. S. Companies judging by those numbers seem to be touring quite well abroad dont they actually they are and trade between the United States and germany is healthy kind of trade the problem with the trump critique is that it sees everything in this bilateral context and its also missing the fact that what we have is an imbalance between domestic investment and domestic saving the domestic investment in germany is low in the domestic savings is high in the United States its precisely the opposite its these Macro Economic imbalances thats the problem its not something about the toughness of competition the fairness of competition thats not whats driving these imbalances oh and call it from the Free University of berlin thank you very much to be here. Now catalonia independence referendum has been contentious at times it almost looked like it was off the table but brian has the latest now on the vote is very much back on the table right now another leader of spains catalonia region says a referendum on independence will go ahead as planned on sunday that despite the National Governments efforts to stop that vote catalonian Authorities Say theyre worried about Public Safety if police carry out orders to prevent people from voting the showdown brewing between madrid and catalonia is one of spains biggest political crises and for decades the controversy referendums also causing divisions within catalonia itself including in the town and our next report. In a spot i guess theyre proud of their church its annual passion play the life and passion of jesus christ and theyre proud of social solidarity but ever since the Catalan Government decided to hold a referendum on independence from spain the community has been split it why the leave us is at the center of the conflict as mayor he decided not to allow public buildings to be used as polling places before. As matter its my job to ensure there is a social consensus and to support things that do not divide society because the Independence Initiative is controversial i cant support the referendum it threatens the office of marriage and the jobs of Public Employees i mean you know. Polling will now take place in an auditorium. Referendum proponents wanted to be held at any price. Its about the right to selfdetermination which is again the subject of the referendum the population can decide freely whether they want independence or not. A Political Party opposes that position as does the Spanish Government in madrid its illegal because it violates the spanish constitution and current laws its against the law. In all parts of town people are campaigning to convince fellow citizens of their stance on the issue. Independence is an indispensable tool for building a continent republic which will serve to create a new society. This view is gaining more and more support in s. But again these demonstrators chant vote vote. Of course that has an impact on me as a man. Its a tragedy that contributes to not a unity not consensus catalonia is deeply divided the mayor is seeking Common Ground a dedicated european he doesnt want to cut that. Independents wont help us achieve our aims as a country or as a community instead we should be seeking to become more european and organize on a continental level. The debate is dominating the programme of the local Radio Station the mayor has seen sentiment against him growing. Media is full of insults and disrespectful posts i think thats partially related to what the Regional Government has sent about man as you want going along with the referendum thats rather worrying just. A short time later the dispute escalated when Spanish Police arrested a number of Regional Government representatives in barcelona the catalan capital woodridge was apparently trying to force the issue. Although he opposes the referendum the may. Hugh says it was wrong to involve the police. As of today any dialogue to resolve the problem has become a distant prospect mightily. Madrids demonstration of power has pushed referendum supporters and opponents together even as but i guess here theyre certain that the vote will be held somehow. Well here in germany as if she hadnt had enough of electioneering chancellor all america was again campaigning this time ahead of a key state of vote in the state of lower saxony elections been called there because a member of the state parliament switched parties bringing down the States Social democrat and a Green Coalition government. Chancellor Angela Merkel is back on the campaign trail already despite her narrow election victory on sunday or perhaps because of it shes out to reassure voters theyre in good hands yeah if ever to me im im waiting for some clear statements from her about the outcome of the vote since the far right got so much support. To spend if shes disappointed i dont think shell show it oh how shes going to go from here. And toast. The crowd of roughly two thousand sora chancellor back in normal business merge this Regional Election all in a days work not a whiff of stress about her partys lackluster performance at the polls only about the homework awaiting her and her fellow conservatives. Politike. We can implement successful policies in germany when federal and state governments work closely together and take a unified approach and they say we want to make things better so. The stakes for america and know are saxony are high that defeating the states regional action would seriously weaken her hand as she tries to forge a new governing coalition in berlin. The European Commission has put forward bill plans to address europes migration crisis wants to resettle fifty thousand more refugees into better forced deportation of migrants whose asylum applications have failed the issue of immigration has divided the. Influx of refugees in two thousand and fifteen. Scenes like this have become familiar in the past two years and the e. U. Wants to put a stop to them on wednesday it launched another attempt to tackle the migrant crisis migration commissioner dimitris after mopper last announced a new scheme to resettle refugees directly from crisis sones and to neighboring countries its main focus is north africa the idea is to dissuade migrants from attempting the journey themselves with more than sixty five million displaced that around the world. Were going to stop showing solidarity towards this desperate people and that country is hosting. This is why we are proposing to support a further fifty thousand resettlement places with half a billion euro and really count on Member States to make the shoes flex. That Member States generosity is far from guaranteed and the scheme is only voluntary it follows a compulsory plan to redistribute migrants whove already arrived in europe a scheme that met with shop resistance adam up last said he still expected countries like hungary and slovakia to comply with quotas imposed by brussels but he also stressed that the e. U. Has to increase the number of people it sends back mainly economic migrants with no right to assign them. We have to be. Clear and brutally honest people who have lost the right to stay in europe must be added to. This scheme is set to run for the next two years as the e. U. Seeks to bolster cooperation on a deeply divisive issue. Still to come on the show a holocaust survivor reacts to the popular surge in the german election will the day portions far right rhetoric when it enters the bunder start. And two teachers on a Hunger Strike after being fired and turkeys post to crack down now they face trial on terror related charges. 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Well to the fallout now from the german election the far right alternative for germany won more than ninety seats in the German Parliament raising fears of a potential surgeon populist rhetoric on Election Night the f. T. s alexander galland said quote we will hunt miss merkel and take our country back gallant is a key figure in the party and has repeatedly sparked anger over provocative remarks before the election he called for germany to and its culture of guilt over the nazi past now this week germanys president warned about red lines and taboos in german politics including those regarding antisemitism in attempts to play down nazis atrocities but what about those who lived through those times how do they view the new populist right holocaust survivor or sell bigger endured a forced labor under the nazis most of his family were murdered and now hes ninety years old and for him the rise of the day is no surprise. Us i didnt do it you can. Fesses im in germany never win the way it just took on a new form you know. It was. The the but it was. We will have found this government we will hunt down chance of the macro or whomever else we need to we will take back our country and our people it was. What does he want them the borders from one hundred thirty nine again. Yeah. Clearly remembers the beginning of nazi rule in germany at school in berlin he was virtually abused and beaten up by his classmates. Saying. It started with him calling me horrible names like smart alec jew or jewish pig. It got worse and worse more offensive and then deadly. In my. Sixty one members of bigots extended family were murdered in the holocaust fascism and germanys coming to terms with its nazi past our core issues in his life and after seeing so much in his ninety years hes horrified by sundays german election result hes been sharing his reactions online. To be honest i dont understand the astonishment and anger that he i have today has made it into parliament nazis have been in Parliament Since one thousand nine hundred forty nine they had nazi ministers one was even chancellor. Yorkies inger was chancellor from one thousand nine hundred sixty six to sixty nine former nazi Party Members held seats in the west German Parliament until the one nine hundred eighty s. Across most of the political spectrum. Dad because he is the rise of the f. T. As a continuation of this tradition whole thing. Has to hear. That. I just hope that a real change of thinking happens here. And that this long standing refusal to take the fire right seriously will finally be confronted. We have to expose this ugly extremism and i hope this confrontation will play out in the new German Parliament that. I dont want to see the f. T. Take over on the contrary. Id like to bring in now pat salt is a political commentator and a professor of Political Science at the Technical University of dresden good morning to you thanks so much for being with us. This morning in our report we saw their horse saying that if he is just a new form and a long tradition of far right politics in germany what do you think. Well its understandable from his biographical perspective disease this developments in the way he just explained it but this is far of a reality if he is not a continuation of not system of this change of thought of which he has spoken has long taken place in fact nobody who claims to be a nazi or in favor of not system is able to play as ignition control in present day germany the simple fact is that in the intro german struggle against the a. F. P. The test at that time of calling somebody a nazi was used and so the f. T. Was labeled as a party of nazis without any doubt right wing extremists and right thing right because are in this party and they have been of growing influence in this party in the last time but the but if a mass of the members and off the voters of the s. D. Are not necessary vote for this party for quite Different Reasons and as long as these reasons are not understood and treated properly by the Political Class their eyes are if they will continue ok now earlier this week the german president from fatah steinmeyer spoke about redlines and the political debate alike and he said them because of them what he called the responsibility of german history will be if he be breaking those taboos. Well lets wait and see in the electorate complainant in the two three years before this election some in the a. F. D. Really played on these nazi tones on his nazi mellow days and made allusions to these facts in order to attract people from the far right in this exceeded to a certain degree but see a parliament is a place in which different views are exchanged and to mutually challenge and it is to chop off the social democratic christian democrats liberal of brains to pose all the wrong crossing of red lines in the buddhist talk and im quiet quite convinced that they will eagerly do it. Even war so because the public media and all the press and Civil Society in germany really do not tolerate crossing those red lines which are made necessary by the course of german history. Now is the is the f. D. A. Game changer for all their parties in parliament and youre indicating that it looks like it will be you know how or how are other parties going to handle. Well this depends on both of them make a rational choice or an inner irrational choice so far as the other party is made irrational choices say used to say well the positions of the a. F. D. Are inacceptable the personnel a safety is in acceptable see if we do not want to enter in discussions with them we simply talk about them but we do not try to fight them in this big political closed systems combat and this left open space for the a fifty now the parliament is a place where this close distance combat against a political adviser is can no longer be avoided and so if the other Political Parties do a rational choice this simply will listen to what they are saying will distinguish what is sound from what is ons on what is forbid for both its real and well deal with real problems and make clear that will be us are no longer based and are never based in reality ok briefly if you cut this close distant scumbag youve been talking about its already been happening in other european parliaments that have far right parties as is germany simply catching up right now. In one way this is truly the case this is some kind of normalization but we should worry about this kind of normalization germany has been an exception for a long while due to two facts the one thing is its not a legacy which made it quite difficult for very very good reasons to show up as arrived in part in germany but the second and even more reason is that the christian democrats so far succeeded in their efforts to integrate everybody in germany who is not left who is not sentries. From the right side into a sound Political Program this is the christian democrats for whatever reasons stop this endeavor during the last seven eight nine years and they have hurt the left empty space for the f. T. Of this lead to this kind of normalization which better would have been avoided by more attempts by the christian democrats to reach out to the right side of societys upsets no right to ing and radical party could be much than a possible political commentator and professor of Political Science at the Technical University of dresden thanks very much for those insights today ok. Its to turkey now and the high profile trial in ankara of two distant academics there among the more than one hundred forty thousand Public Employees fired from the drop jobs after last years failed coup theyve been charged with belonging to a terrorist organization and have gone on a Hunger Strike in protest our next report looks at their case so far and the toll its taking on their health. With just a few minutes to go before this trial begins the police clear the cool teria here in ankara the case that should yield to be tried is representative of the cases many people in techie face. That the situation has escalated to such a degree goes back to what happened months earlier when one thing led to another. We first met both defendants who were facing trial back in the fall of twenty sixteen semi. And nerdier goodman nooria is a lecturer in literature sami is an Elementary School teacher both Public Employees were fired based on the decree issued during turkeys state of emergency over a year ago these academics feel they have been treated unfairly. We can no longer talk about the rule of law when it comes to this country to a degree its been like this for a while but now its become so obvious you can no longer overlook it there are no rights anymore instead the country is being run by decrees. At first a new area and some equip determined to fight for their jobs for weeks they are tempted daily protests on the streets of ankara but because of the state of emergency the or sororities wouldnt allow any demonstrations so almost every day the two would be taken into custody and then after a few hours released again. They can put us into a police car and detain us but they cant break our will weve been unlawfully fired from our jobs and so its my duty to defend myself against that. This spring so i make an oreo went one step further they went on a Hunger Strike where they only drank water and occasionally took sugar pills and vitamins more and more people started coming to support them every day dozens would arrive to show solidarity there was more media coverage. Both academics became a symbol for the tens of thousands of people in turkey who were fired from Public Service jobs after the failed coup attempt. On day seventy five of the Hunger Strike the two were taken into custody again. However this time they werent released instead they were detained while awaiting trial for months have passed since then on the evening before the start of their trial we met with estra. Wife the couple met as students and married four years ago also lost her job in february shes been on Hunger Strike for the past one hundred twenty days sent next for more than two hundred. Samy took the. Time and is now very thin he sort of has my figure now hes lost more than thirty kilos he has problems walking even though he tries to hide that from me. Only if we win the trial will nuria and healthy again same for me we believe everything will then be good again but at the moment its important for us to do something against this injustice and the belief in being able to change something makes all those other things not seem so bad. The District Attorney accuses the academics of being members of a left wing terrorist organization estrus says the accusations are absurd there were bad omens even before the trial just a few days earlier the lawyers for a new area and taken into custody oh. These lawyers knew the case inside out theyd often spoken to know against a mic and then the authorities simply took the lawyers into custody maybe they thought nobody and some it wouldnt be able to defend themselves without them but thats not so we have new lawyers it is certainly a huge injustice. Be hopeful. Those new lawyers will now defend samake and no idea however its still unclear whether the two accused will actually be able to appear in court. And finally the day of reckoning many supporters have shown up friends lawyers but also diplomats and opposition members of parliament they want to release a statement to the media but suddenly the police intervene numerous visitors and also some journalists are removed from the premises its unnerving word spreads that semicolon noria when be showing up in court the official explanation is security reasons. However many of those present believe its because officials dont want the accused seen because of how sick they look. Make a new idea have the right to be here thats anchored in our civil code and even in our constitution despite all that they still werent brought to court we actually wanted to talk today about why theyve been charged but instead of that we were attacked by the police. Why because people are scared of the trace. Back in court the trial begins without so make a note we cant get in because the room is packed. Security personnel seem able to cope with the situation they quickly resorts to using pepper spray and clubbing people. We have to break off a shoot. Theres no verdict on this day the judge decides to postpone the proceedings. While our postponement was a two weeks ago and today the trial for sam i can noria resumes for more im joined by our correspondent dorian jones in istanbul dorian these teachers have been on a Hunger Strike since march how are they doing right now where there is growing concern about their condition they are living on. Water and Vitamin Supplements theyve lost over eighteen kilos and sent me over thirty kilos there are concerns they could be facing now irreparable damage to their bodies and even their lives and selves could be in danger so yes this is a six month Hunger Strike goes on there is growing concerns about their health ok neither was present when the trial began are they expected to appear today. Well thats a big question everyone is asking there is a suspicion they are fortys are trying to keep them away from the public because of that the teary health and then also theyre well aware that they have become many ways an icon to the opposition to the ongoing crackdown and in fact the a we understand nuria has been transferred to an intensive care unit against her will a couple of days ago now the family claiming that is a move to prevent her from attending the court theres no news from the authorities on this ok now and now theyre both accused of being members of a terrorist organization how serious are these charges well the charges themselves are extremely serious if convicted they can face up to fifteen years but the lawyers and opponents of this case say that there is actually no evidence to support this and in fact increasingly in this ongoing crackdown since last years failed coup we are seeing the use of a membership or organic links to a terrorist organization increasingly use very little evidence to support this and the only evidence we do appear to understand is some photograph that appears to show semi with. Members of a band illegal can i say sion and critics already pointed out this photo does appear to have been photo shopped so theres a lot of concern that there is very little evidence to support these claims but the charges themselves are extremely serious and we saw skirmishes at the courthouse with tween police and supporters in that report two weeks ago are we expecting more skirmishes today whats it looking like at the courthouse. Well indeed though theres always a massive security when anything to do with these semi and nuria the a for a ts are aware of how important figures they have become in this country to opposition and and we are expecting again a massive security presence there was a lot of trouble and skirmishes against supporters following the first hearing and there is expected theyll be more of that again the authorities are extremely nervous about this case and will do as much to try to maintain order and prevent it becoming a Major Incident for proponents of this ongoing crackdown now this case is very important for the opponents of president crackdown could you give me an idea give us an idea of just the level of the importance of this trial right now for the opposition. Well in fact any areas you go where are strongholds. Against the government or youll see the names nuria and semi or sprayed on walls on roads or posters and they really have become these icons of opposition to the government and its ongoing crackdown particularly because theyve engaged in an extremely peaceful resistance and this is what made them i think as such are an important figures and i think that the fact that the government are now feel many ways trapped by this theyre extremely concerned over the fact that they could possibly die from the Hunger Strike they very keen to try and avoid this because theyre worried about the consequences they know that there is growing pressure within the country and discontent over that this crackdown since a coup which shows little signs of ending emergency rule the president has said will continue indefinitely until what he says economic order has been restored to the country whatever that means no one quite knows so they they are aware that there is growing can discontent and there are many way semin nuria are representing the public face of that and i think that this case and what happens to them in the Going Forward is being watched by all sides even though it isnt being reported in Mainstream Media in social media there is a wash with reports over over there their stand in this ongoing case during jones thanks so much for that from istanbul. Lets you do some sports now the Champions League where the biggest match of the night saw byron munich take on parasol germaine the big spending french team made their presence felt from the very get go going one nil. Throughway danielle the strike before two minutes of play by an battled for an equalizer but instead selves falling behind when Edinson Cavani finished off a speedy counter. And in the second half neymar added another and the route was on three nil the final score leaving p. S. G. In the drivers seat in group b. Ok lets take another look at all of wednesdays Champions League group phase results now in byrons group the battle of the outsiders when celtics way is they won three nil and under like elsewhere there are plenty of goals scored big ones for Basel Manchester united chelsea want to weigh in madrid whereas eventis and barcelona also notched up some important victories if more of the Champions League were happy to be joined by tom get away from the sports desk with us this morning tom good morning for you byron munich theyre rarely getting hammered like this what happened well first of all as you said they go off to an absolutely catastrophic start no one knew down off to eighty four seconds so they gave themselves a very steep hill to climb and the response actually wasnt too bad they had a lot of possession they had a couple of chances but they didnt make them count. And they were always the set to go to counter attacks and thats not what you want to be against p. S. G. Because theyre ruthless and theyre very clinical now and she lets he actually made some surprising choices in the starting line up including leaving our eye and robin frank rebury to run but its hang and and hes opened himself up to some criticism in making those choices because that backfired and if im right were going to hear from him now about how he responded to some of those questions after the match. Is through to. I dont believe a lot of great players on the band about every game i ever get to play out on the bench again this is the. Top of the up to leave some great player on the bench this is my job ok the heat must be on and now your german media german fans not happy about his teams performance at all the heat really is on definitely. Means League Success is how im going to be judged its the competition at the bottom unit bosses want to win its why he was brought there hes proven himself in this competition with other european clubs that is how hes going to be judged and theres also a little bit discontent in the. Dressing room mind ruben as well i just that i am not a match where he stands behind answer a lot as a coach he refused to answer the question its not really what you want to hear briefly if you can is three losses for three in the bundesliga in the Champions League this week what can we read into this well its not great for german football basically looks like a lot of the european clubs who spend a lot more money opening up a gulf between themselves and germany and dortmund they cant match p. S. G. And alpha spending power and unfortunately contrary to what i wrote and said the other day goes spending money does go ghost so were talking about a money golf it looks like that yeah ok tom you know i thank so much for being with us this morning get your mind of our top stories at this hour kurds have been celebrating after their independence referendum on ninety three percent support but both baghdad and neighboring countries are threatening sanctions and u. S. President down from. Drastic cuts across the board but. I wonder how those. This is. Coming up at the top of the hour thanks so much for being with us. To see how. These quotes. For. Tomorrow. In thirty minutes. Earlier. We speak your language our Spanish Program tonight. Only as well informed us of what was an accumulative always close to the action. By the local folk at all i would like to get that up to the minute news and opinions of the background to political developments. Well bring. A lawyer. 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