Istanbul last year shocked the world. Also coming up turkey warns that a new refugee crisis is looming tens of thousands of syrians are slipping attacks fire russian and Syrian Government forces in the turkish president says his country will not be able to cope with the influx and hes warning of consequences for europe as well. Im sumi so much going to its good to have you with us we start with some breaking news a court in saudi arabia has sentenced 5 people to death for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi it also had a jail terms to 3 additional suspects in connection with the killing of a saudi writer and dissident was never seen again after entering the kingdoms consulate in istanbul last year he was killed and reportedly dismembered inside the building but his remains were never found he was a resident of the United States at the time and he was known for writing critically about the saudi royal family. Lets bring in toby cadman now hes an International Human rights lawyer who has followed this case closely toby thank you for joining us what do you make of this verdict and what can you tell us about the people who have been sentenced to death. I think you know i think one of the one of the concerns that we have always expressed was that this was likely to be much more white wash that it wasnt really a credible investigation that it wasnt holding those individuals who were ultimately responsible when it was not. Charging them and weve already heard today that 2 senior officials a syrian qatari what were not charged and that both individuals who are closely connected to the marmot been summoned so. I think it is disappointing although not entirely surprising but it is certainly something that the u. S. Special report i was kind of on had warned about having justice which was affectively a whitewash that u. N. Report youre referring to it did implicate people far higher up in the kingdom the crown prince himself of having known about this killing why hasnt there been an International Investigation if this hasnt been sufficient. Well its very difficult its a very difficult area. And this kind of made a number of recommendations in her report as to what was required of course the International Criminal court for example doesnt have jurisdiction. Over. This or saudi arabia so and also into criminal court doesnt investigate single a single instance of such as this so the injection of cool wouldnt have jurisdiction but of course there are ways in which International Justice can be achieved either through universal jurisdiction also or other means but its very difficult when you have somebody of the structure of mom and didnt someone who is able to frustrate the process and ensure that there is no accountability by refusing to cooperate refusing to cooperate with any International Mechanism im sort of so it is very very difficult to to achieve a sense of justice in a case such as such as this regrettably and that was one of the things that. I guess kind of a had actually highlighted in the report is that there needs to be a special mechanism created on the International Level to do with a case such as this which i agree with really does if that mechanism doesnt exist is there any chance that those who are complicit will really be held to account or is this verdict signaling an end to this case. No i dont think its sickening and into this case a tall order and i think. Germany has actually taken the lead in ensuring that there is accountability for for senior officials who escaped justice and we have a trial starting very soon in germany which is going to hold 2 senior members of the Syrian MilitaryIntelligence Account or so i think that there are mechanisms to do that we have to be slightly creative in how we do that and of course there are. Cases being pursued in the United States because of debunkers shorty being a u. S. Resident so there are groups trying to hold the saudi authorities accountable in a civil case much in the same way as syria was how to turn it over in america over the case said there are certainly ways that this can be done and i think one of things that we have to think of in a case such as this and i hate to sound like a broken record because some are saying a lot is that we may know what you justice today but we will achieve justice one day and you know nobody thought that we would have the likes of Charles Taylor was not im an ostrich a court but they they were held accountable to some extent so i think that there is also a sense that the the the south arties autonomy and with mama believed in some and so and hes not going to be a teacher of International Human rights lawyer toby cadman speaking to us thank you very much. Thank you now Syrian Government forces backed by russia and other allies are pushing to retake the it live region the last major bit of rebel held territory in syria and home to 3000000 people tens of thousands are fleeing the violence they are heading towards turkey turkish president and head out of one series they could eventually enter turkey which is already home to nearly 3700000. 00 syrians the largest refugee population in the world at one has warned there will be consequences for europe if that happens. The desperate search for people buried in the rubble left by another bombing in syria as strikes by russian and Syrian Forces continued throughout the weekend. Theyre aiming for Al Qaeda Linked militants while they hit here was a busy market. We were here when the missiles hit and we have nothing to do with this gk we are all civilians here my son was wounded this is a civilian area what can i do. To smoke rises from another drop to bomb on for another family its time to pack up and leave. Is taking his family away from the violence. Whistling again because of the heavy bombardment by the criminal Bashar Al Assad yesterday more than 400 rockets hit this town of newbury and they set off while more family with nowhere to go. Joining many many more fleeing the renewed offensive. Checky say 80000. 00 people are currently heading towards its border with syria and the situation is deteriorating sure. If the violence towards the people of live does not stop this number will rise even more in that case turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own the negative impact of the pressure we will be subjected to will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel. At the moment theres no option for this new wave of displaced people other than join half a 1000000 of those who fled to the Turkish Border this year already invited to safety but Living Conditions the u. N. Describes as horrific. Lets go to our correspondent dorian jones hes standing by for us in istanbul with more on the story hi dorian weve just seen images there of this new wave of displaced people where are they headed to in turkey and what will happen to them. Well that is a big concern of humanitarian organizations across the region is where will these tens of thousands of people go they are heading towards the turkish front here where there are already hundreds of thousands camps just since just across the Syrian Border from turkey frontier now that frontier is protected by a large concrete wall and turkey does have large amounts of Security Forces but the concern is that if this offensive does continue and the fear is that the vitally saddam. Forces do sweepin to leave that those people will seek refuge in turkey triggering another major exodus into a country that has withstood many many exercises before adding to the over 3 and a half 1000000 Syrian Refugees currently in turkey during weve heard the turkish president warned his country will not handle a new refugee influx on its own is that meant to be a direct message aimed at europe. Well absolutely and i think this is will set alarm bells ringing in brussels if you recall back in 2015 over a 1000000 refugees mainly syrians entered greece from turkey triggering a major refugee crisis repercussions not only in greece but across europe and the fear in brussels is that a 3rd one will unleash another major excesses into europe it is a concern among european leaders european diplomats and they do take these threats very seriously because they are aware turkey is an extremely difficult position currently hosting well over 3 and a half 1000000 refugees growing public discontent in turkey which is being blamed by present heard one for a series of electoral setbacks and the message to his people and to europe is that we will not take any more refugees europe has to share this burden he will be looking for more funding possibly for his plans to resettle large numbers of refugees in another part of syria under Turkish Military control a very controversial project but well be looking for support from europe for that if another exodus of refugees heads into turkey and during what about the fighting in can you tell us about the situation on the ground where this extremely dire situation has been for many years this area is the largest there enclave of the rebels around 3000000 people are believed to be there around half of them are refugees from other parts of the syrian conflict a 3rd of the 3rd of the population is believed to be children and they are in a very very difficult situation which is being made worse by these pounding by Syrian Regime forces supported by russian jets now on cro will be looking to moscow to rein in Damascus Forces currently turkish diplomats are Holding Meetings in moscow as we speak with pressure for moscow to rein in those forces they do have really strong relations between moscow and ankara and will be looking to that relationship to stop this current offensive before it triggers a massive influx of refugees into turkey. Reporting for us there from istanbul thank you. Lets check in now on some other stories making headlines around the world china says it will lower import tariffs on more than 800. 00 products starting next month including food items like fish and pork and thats after what seems to be a thaw in the countrys trade battle with washington the 2 sides are reportedly making progress towards a comprehensive trade deal and italys coast guard has successfully rescued crew members from a ship that crashed off coast all 12 crew members were brought to safety from their vessel near the italian island severe bad weather contributed to the ship running aground australian firefighters are now making progress against hundreds of bush fires cool weather has ended days of record breaking temperatures at least 9 people have died and millions of acres of land have burned since the fires broke out last september many australians accuse the government of not doing enough to address Climate Change. Relief from the inferno fire crews found this thursday as conditions on monday. The extent of the damage now laid bare Authorities Say some 200 homes were destroyed by the fires in the last few days alone some people only narrowly managed to escape. Out of a. Lot of. Their. Others were saved in dairy rescue operations severe drought and extreme heat have made this bushfire season one of the worst on record it sparked renewed criticism that the government is not doing enough to tackle Climate Change but the Prime Minister defended his governments Climate Policy and rejected calls to downsize australias lucrative coal industry. Is that the core of the challenge has been charged and you dont. Know. What you need to do to protect our environment and started for the future to protect our economy and the jobs in the lobby groups that destroy the pinball. For these australians the fires have left their futures uncertain though the flames have let up the country is bracing for more devastation as the scorching heat is set to return after christmas. We have one sports item for you the professional Footballers Association is calling on the British Government to launch an inquiry into racism that call came after a german star antonio allegedly faced monkey chants during shell sees to no win over tottenham on sunday chelsea defender who to go was targeted by sounds 1st chance after he was involved in the clash with some from men who received a red card the referee did stop play during the 2nd half when complained about that abuse tottenham have promised to take the strongest possible action politica is the latest player to face racism in the premier league earlier this month Manchester Uniteds spread was targeted by a Manchester City fan. 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