A make up factory near berlin but a court has ordered it to Halt Operations after a petition by environmentalist. Its a pleasure to have you along to everyone well we begin with a surprise ruling that was made today in turkey were a court has acquitted 9 Civil Society activists accused of overthrowing seeking to overthrow rather turkeys government in the 2013 gezi park protests while many in the court expected the court to hand down a guilty verdict instead judges ordered the defendants Immediate Release and as you can see here a people emerging from the court triumphant relieved there. Or many high profile defendants in this case the included businessman also monk a volatile and actor director Mehmet Ali Bora critics of call the trial an attempt to silence opposition in turkey the gezi park protests began over the governments plans to redevelop a small park in central istanbul but they turned into nationwide protests against the Government Back then Prime Minister red chip tayyip erdogan. For more im now joined by julia hahn in istanbul who covered these events for us good to see you julia now why was this such a surprise this verdict well read a lot i dont think anybody saw this coming the defendant observed as many of his journalists we were actually bracing for a tough verdict today because turkish prosecutors just recently have demanded aggravated life sentences for 3 of the defendants and long jail terms of for the others so this was the expectation in the Early Morning and then i offer a couple of hours suddenly these acquittals we heard about spontaneous celebrations that erupting inside the courthouse and outside as well and this is where we managed to talk to one of the defendants his name is john us ally he is an attorney by profession and i think this gives you a pretty good sense of just how unexpected these developments today lets listen to what he had to say this rush to this group really surprised we thought Something Else would happen today of course were happy its important no one is being held in detention anymore because when something is changing in our countries least we hope still. Look good works with. All right see him there being cautiously optimistic this is one of the defendants he mentioned there its important that no one is any longer in detention let me emphasize this turkish businessman also very well known figure he was in the past doing many of projects Civil Society projects with a european institutions as well he was the only defendant behind bars and he is going to be set free today after this verdict he had to spend more than 2 years in the pretrial detention so for him his family his friends of course a huge moment for leave a right a huge moment really what does this concretely mean for the opposition in turkey. Well it might give people a little hope because this really was a high profile case that has drawn huge criticism from western allies from turkeys western allies from human rights defenders around the world so this might be a small step it might send the signal that you know the government and the Justice System might not be you know continuing this this this way of trying to silence critical voices here in turkey but then there are also people were very skeptical say this was a politically motivated trial from the very beginning the judiciary here has been turned into a Political Tool so the verdict that weve seen today is nothing but a political decision as well are you leon reporting from the istanbul for you thank you very much. Now the corona virus has claimed another Health Care Worker in china the head of the hospital died after contracting the new corona virus in one on the epicenter of the outbreak the doctors death comes as Health Officials in china published details of a study into 44000 cases of the virus the reports strikes a cautiously optimistic notch. More than 80 percent of coronavirus cases so far of being mild with sick and elderly people are more at risk beijing says the epidemic shows signs of slowing but warns that could change when people start returning to daily life. In japan the stranded cruise ship the diamond princess remains docked in yokohama with hundreds of people stealing quarantine on board more jews to be evacuated syria. Left in limbo a british couple david and sally abel recorded this from their rare. Where ok we. Anxious as ever and the thing that is increasing the level of anxiety is just not knowing now the results were to be in 2. 00 to 3. 00 days weve now exceeded the 3 days. Hours later us on the message via social media. By sally and david have tested positive for corona virus. Around the world its beginning to have an effect on the global economy. Usually buzzing with activity chinatowns a feeling the brunt of the virus panic. See the nation of sheep dont i get that we dont want to head out because theyre scared of the soldiers if its hard for me reports are also very negative like some little thing they all say chinas virus on india is for china challen and the areas where there are many Ethnic Chinese people scaremongering is rampant in the country to my use of his money and gently despite the reports optimistic outlook people remain skeptical. Of all this by the number of new infections dropping a many remain on high alert and mightiest building reports from china. The poet indeed strikes an optimistic tone saying that the number of new infections is not rising at the same pace as it was but if we look at the data more closely due to the data is up to the 11th of february now 2 days after the state we had a massive increase in new infections that was caused by a change in county by including probable cases that have not yet been confirmed he did this to 26 that day the number rose by 15000 in full by province and then the next day again 5000 part of these probable cases are included in the study but not all of them so all of these cost to be taken with caution what is true is that we dont see this pattern of increase in. Other provinces outside off to bay bugs its still too early to make a prediction. What is boeing or reporting a firm a china for your i want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world of gun president i should often he has been declared the winner of septembers president ial poll following a recount and he was reelected to a 2nd term with just over 50 percent of the vote his opponents had disputed the preliminary results amid accusations of Election Fraud on people. The un human rights chief me shows besh is calling for humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee fighting in syrias it live and aleppo province says Syrian Government troops are advancing rapidly in the countrys last rebel held areas Rights Groups warn that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the region. And abandon a cargo ship that has a washed up on the Southern Coast of ireland the same. The 7 metre m. V. Alta had been a drift with no crew for more than a year after it broke down south of bermuda in 2018 will irish Authorities Say a contractor will now board the vessel at low tide to assess its condition. Teslas plans to build a new factory near berlin are facing delay after an Environmental Group threw a spanner in the works well the electric car maker had started cutting down trees on a 90 hector field near the german capital but a temporary court order forced them to stop on nesting season starts in march and that could put any further tree felling on hold even longer while the legal challenge has german business representatives worried not only about the possible impact on teslas plans but also on germanys reputation among International Investors and then facility the firm our business desk is keeping a close eye on this what have been the reactions from tesla very good question theres been no response whatsoever weve sent out reporters weve been calling them no statement whatsoever i mean things operate differently in germany the corporates use it quite open and give you some sort of x. Is if not an interview at least a statement someone has done their homework and thats apparent on mall fronts in shanghai the most was able to build his gigafactory there within a year which is Pretty Amazing stuff hes hoping to build it here within one and a half years but hes forgotten about all of these different elements not just the german bureaucracy but 2nd world will bomb that had to be diffused and colonies of bats and reptiles that have to be relocated along with all those trees that people are worried about Details Details fine print many jobs on a serious note depend on this project what does it mean for the state of brandenburg that this is now delayed but were talking about thousands of jobs and were talking about a region that structurally very weak so brand of needs those jobs the only thing is no one told musk i dont think at the very beginning that this isnt lynn its not in berlin its in brand of bourke and actually for. Finding the skilled workers is going to be a real trouble i mean in germany germany as a whole is suffering from a Skills Shortage so its going to be very tricky and i think whats going to happen is a whole lot of jobs will be nabs from the other comic is which roles are trying to catch up and build electric vehicles but musks doing a better job of it at the moment what is it is it a bad fit let me just put it like this is it just a very undiplomatic or was this a bad fit you know if this is a man with a modest touch reach for the stars go to the stars if you can and germany which is much more down to earth when it comes to those types of ambitions its extremely ambitious if i if i can use that word. Because here you have these legends visionary coming to the land of the cars to show them how to build cars and its going to be a real challenge i mean weve seen the likes of google tried to set up its campus in berlin in quite spec and it was kicked out because people were rents were going to go through the roof and voting was going to turn into another San Francisco i mean so there are legitimate words there are legitimate worries now one of the main worries is environmental obviously there but its not just a test of factory will this is the funny part because people are worried about these trees being cut down but our reporter who was down there told me today that these trees pine plantations that are going to be cut down at some time anyway we salute the ridiculous i mean because there are animals that have to be relocated and things like that and you have to go through the procedures and thats the problem that the environmentalists have. That teslas just started cutting down these trees because the Environment Ministry said go ahead at your own risk youll probably get the sort of occasion to do this but they havent yet got permission so its a wait and see game here and if things get pushed back and back and back hes not going make that one and a half you promise you think when the paperwork is sorted out then its all go i reckon it will go through whether or not he gets it done within one and a half years is another question and whether or not he gets the people he needs to make this happen is also another big question to be continued thanks so much for greatly appreciate it. And we are going to stay in germany where the race is on to become leader of a chance the Americans Party the christian democrats 3 candidates have so far declare their intention to take over from and it cuts come to them by our who stepped down a week ago hes the 1st to officially throw his hat in the ring no but road king was once environment minister and currently serves as chairman of the buddhist togs Foreign Affairs committee now he also wants to be head of perceptible previous math i mean lash it yet she make life more difficult for and a great time cowan bauer at c. D. U. Headquarters in berlin confusing times for germanys main ruling party as it searches for a new leader all right lets talk about the search for the new leader of the cd you want to take you now to a correspondent at von Hammerstein Leoni who is mr norbert. Well nobody really is sort of a surprise candidate he was once the dolling of the city you leadership until he then led the c. D. U. Into a devastating defeat in north rhinewestphalia in the state elections and was sacked as environment minister in 2012 since then he has climbed the ranks again he has made himself some wards of the name here in germany and hes now the heads off the Foreign Affairs committee in the German Parliament and so he definitely has a standing he has ministerial experience but its not closely connected to the current government as its as Health Minister so he can convincingly argue for a break with going americans politics one advantage is that place in his favor is that he stands for or he is likely to attract those voters o. C. D. You members in the center he argued today today again at the press conference that he wants the c. D. U. To be and remain the pasha of the center so he wants to carry the Party Forward so he is a critic of im going to america but not as aggressively so as foolish man is and can also in the past has been seen as someone who is likely to lead a coalition and also see the conservative seated c. D. U. With the green party arguing today again at the press conference that he once the c. D. U. To fights for boulder come up with bolder Climate Change policy that the c. D. U. Definitely has the need to catch up in that area and what are his chances of becoming the next leader. Well as i said i mean he does have a role here in National Politics but he is somewhat of the wild cards and especially now that america is part of an underground come kavin by our failed to unite the party the voices within the party even see you avi coming out who are calling for a break with a line of fungal american politics who are calling for every turn to the more traditional traditional more conservative role c. D. U. Direction of the party and those people are definitely favoring mance as party leader a new poll suggests that 2 thirds of cd members think he would be fit as chancellor and those low voices that support is growing louder. As it stands right now which is still very early in the race is more likely to become the success of honestly come come in below. That reporting thank you. For the next colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was once one of the worlds most dangerous criminals yet nearly 3 decades after his death people continue to remand to size his lifestyle and make money out of his brutal legacy while now though as youve heard this reports the families of escobar as many victims have decided to take action. Public bar is everywhere in the streets and shops he grins at passers by from t. Shirts key chains and even Oil Paintings pop culture has turned the founder of the many young drug cartel into an icon an icon who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people to consult this trend is horribly painful he tells me that 30 years ago his father died in a terror attack orchestrated by the notorious drug lord. And i think nowadays the people who sell these talks of products are solely motivated by the desire to make money in order to sell their contribution to the hype around this figure of a crime boss who inflicted a lot of pain on this country. As a place from 1976 to 993 escobar ruled over a kingdom of horror fueled by assassinations kidnappings and terror attacks still some of the very colombians who once lived in fear of him now seek to profit from his legacy yes some people come in and get mad they tell me this is blasphemy and ask me why on earth are you selling this but people ask for it this is after all my livelihood if i get a request i get it printed because i run a business this is. Gonzalez and. Colombia remembers is trying to show the grim reality behind the idolization with its latest project oddly enough its an online store selling narco merchandise or at least thats what it looks like at 1st glance. The way it works is that if you try to buy one of the products offered on the website youll encounter the story of a victim of narco terrorism in colombia a direct victim of public. Record. I met only no woman i marked elena gomez and im the wife of. Deceased in one of Pablo Escobar is a tax. He said i would like to tell my husband. That the life project we created together i try to do in the name of our love. And of our life project in is through mornin or through predict the year we love you forever. Gonzalo and his cofounder daveed arent alone in their fight against the trivialization of escobar is dark legacy through the narco store project they found unexpected allies with very close ties to the drug lord. I mean this unit out for its own tension to prioritize the victims are the products that glorify the crimes all the story of my father those products are opponents insult to the families the murder of their money and the alliance for peace unimaginable 3 decades ago 27 years after public death colombia still hasnt been able to dismantle the powerful drug industry he built banning the products that glorify narco culture should be a far easier task. That report by the call for the next hour pray in the austrian capital vienna a same sex couple is about to waltz into the history books you might think the opera ball was a sturdy pillar of tradition but in the Opening Ceremony on thursday 2 young women all glide across the floor in each others arms. In vienna sophie kraut and iris club for a preparing to take to the floor as to debutantes at this years pro ball on thursday they will dance their way into history as the 1st same sex couple to whirl their way through the events Opening Ceremony i was trying to use this a lot so if you dont know just say about it doesnt matter what you have gotten so what you were born with you can do it you can dance whatever part you want to and everybody come up to me that were going to follow. The couple insist this isnt about a tidy ology they just want to dance together. And everybody that is a dancer on that has down soup get their ass like a bull relax in kabul or even like a padded do and they will know that there is so many men that constitute a tool and so many women that can lead very well so yeah it doesnt really matter paul are going to have her marry a girls power has welcomed the couple adding that in 2020 a same sex pairing should not be a big. Communicants back i always firmly believe the tradition is important to us and that within traditions to must be for the development and progress one cannot hold on rigidly one must also be open to move forward with the existing tradition. And tradition with new overtones. This is due to every news and these are top stories a court in turkey has acquitted 9 activists in a landmark case theyve been charged with trying to overthrow the government during the 2013 gazey park protest movement the case was seen as a test of justice in turkey. The corona virus has claimed another Health Care Worker in china the head of a leading hospital in rouhani the epicenter of the outbreak has died after contracting the disease the death toll from the virus has reached almost 2000. In germany the race to become the leader of underwear goes christian democrats has begun in earnest 3 candidates have so far declared their intention to take over some of the cuts come out and bauer who stepped down a week ago. American gymnast simone biles has won sportswoman of the year for the 3rd time at the lawrence world sports awards in berlin when i won the World Champion to Lewis Hamilton and soccer superstar leo messi were joint winners of the mens awards such an incredible. This is it every day is from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. 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