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A terror attack on a synagogue in the city of hama earlier this week. Im carl kasell and welcome to the program as turkey ramps up its assault on Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria hundreds of people have now escaped from a camp for supporters of socalled Islamic State International Condemnation of turkeys offensive is mounting as well with german chancellor Angela Merkel phoning turkish president of thai of everyone to demand an immediate halt up to 200000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the area. Syrian rebels backed by turkey advance into russell i mean one of several towns in syria close to the Turkish Border in an area thats been under kurdish control and that Turkish Forces and their local allies aim to seize them. Here theyre posing in front of a poster of jelena he may be in a turkish jail but the leader of the p. K. K. Kurdish separatist movement in turkey remains a potent symbol reviled by the turkish leadership anker and to crush the Kurdish Forces in syria the y. P. Gene militia which it sees as terrorists linked to the p. K. K. But the kurds are putting up a fight the y. P. G. Where the United States key ally in the campaign against Islamic State until President Donald Trump decided to pull u. S. Forces out. Of the fighting has already displaced as many as 200000 people in syria living near the border many simply dont know where to go and International Efforts to get to get under way these people are camping by a road niqab on a. One on one and now we fled our village we were scared of the bones and we bit worried about our children so we came here to save ourselves here we just sleep on the ground. International criticism of turkeys venture may be intensifying but president want is pressing on he says his aim is to create a safe zone to resettle Syrian Refugees currently in turkey as well as to defeat the y. P. G. For more im joined now by correspondent you leon shes been following this story for us from the turkish Syrian Border now yulia of course a lot to talk about 1st of all today is day 5 of this surge whats the latest where you want. Well there are no signs of relenting the turkish army seems to be a very determined to continue this open ration the artillery right behind me over there has continued to shell targets in northeast syria which is to whats this direction im about 5 kilometers away from the border from the front line im in the turkish town of cholera and on the other side there is the syrian town of tell of yet which is one of the main targets here of this operation besides the town of russell i and now the ticket army and their allied forces are trying to encircle tell ive yet to in that capture its so far that has not happened according to our information but we do expect fierce clashes fierce battles in the hours to come we saw fumes of black smoke rising from tel aviv yet old day now. There have also been and thats important to mention reprisal attacks new reprisal attacks apparently from the syrian side into Turkish Border towns including actually where we are and the security situation overall on the turkish side of the border as well is a very tense right now. Also. Of people escaping from a kurdish prison camp for as long. As we know exactly who these people are. Well according to the information were getting from northeast syria and an unspecified number all of the ice is family members have managed to escape from a camp called. Which is a camp southeast of tell of yet the town i was just talking about is houses about 1000. 00 isis family members so its a rather small cam compared to the huge hole that weve been talking about a lot in the past days now this is actually a worst Case Scenario something the kaddish let forces in syria have been warning about that they would be so busy battling the Turkish Forces that they cant deal with the isis fighters and their family members any more so thats why International Concerns are growing that isis could actually benefit from the chaos that is emerging there due to all the fighting on the syrian side what about the humanitarian situation kurds we. Havent. Well about a 500000 people in the border areas are at risk thats what aid organizations have been saying tens of thousands even more than 100000 people have already escaped they are moving deeper into kurdish controlled territory in syria to city to cities like iraq for example there are walking there they are going by call whatever however they can try to escape so theyre seeking safety there without really knowing where exactly safety might be right now. Turkish Syrian Border boarding force thank you very much. And now we want to get you up to date on some of the other stories making news around the world typhoon haag abyss has worn across japan leaving more than 25 people dead and many more injured in one of the strongest storms to hit the country in 6 decades rescue efforts are underway after record rains triggered major flooding and landslides. Hong kong prodemocracy activists have scaled the citys lion rock peak 500 meters high to erect a statue they call lady liberty it represents an injured female protester believed to have been shot in the eye by Police Additional pump up protest took place in multiple locations across the city on sunday. Wildfires have forced 100000 people to evacuate their homes in Southern California thanks to slowing winds firefighters of beating back blazes that have been burning on the edge of los angeles and thursday fire officials there predict that more wildfires will break out due in part to climate change. Well in poland voters are choosing a new Parliament Today the incumbent nationalist law and Justice Party was ahead in preelection surveys but its hoping for an absolute Majority Party is presenting itself as the defender of traditional Catholic Values against what it calls quote l g b t ideology. Party leaders have vowed that if they win the vote theyll push on with sweeping judicial reforms which critics see as an attempt to bring the courts under government control now some of the countrys judges say theyve been targeted for speaking out against the reforms but despite that pressure theyre determined to keep fighting to uphold the pool of law. Judge Stan Markovitch regularly receives hate mail online hes the chairman of the Judges Association that supports the rule of law in poland thats what may be indecent words they use that i dont wish to teach they attack me directly saying a minute. Im pleased to the class of judges and that someone should silence me but someone should find out something about me that would ruin. The thousands of hate mails tweets and posts against targeted judges are thought to be organized by the Deputy Justice minister officials and other judges closely tied to the regime according to reports in poland the wife of a progovernment judge was supplied for nearly 3 years with Sensitive Information from personnel files such as about judges affairs or drunk driving this confidential material was then planted in social media. The 1st president of Poland Supreme Court has also received much hate mail she used to take it came from disturbed marginal individuals yes i am appalled that a state official could have done Something Like this if a state official can perform such shameful acts that means there is no longer a statement by mosher doc on the deck you have to know. Intimidating people through targeted hate commentary and indication of the erosion of social norms in poland a new parliament will be elected on sunday even though the extent of the hate campaign against the judges has come to light recent opinion polls show the ruling law and Justice Party has a clearly. Was headed to poland now where correspondent olivia court us is standing by for us in libya 1st of all just give us a bit more background on these controversial judicial reforms have been taking place and. Yes so its not only one reform but many reforms its a pretty pretty hard to keep track on them but you could say that they yeah they influence the whole system like every entity of the Justice System i will just mention the most striking once from the beginning the Constitutional Court was targeted its at the moment very very pro governmental it would not judge against the interest of the government this is a big problem here then theres the council of judges which appoints new judges and up to now it was always the members of this council were always. Chosen by justice lawyers justice experts now its also the parliament the 3350. 00 a majority of the parliament which can choose these people so its also political theres been for example an even french but. Against want specific law which a loss of Justice Minister to dismiss and appoint. Yet the Vice President s and the president s of basically every normal normal court in poland you can see how politics can affect the judicial system in poland for example also the Supreme Court was was targeted by a law which is against the constitution which lowered it lowered the retirement age and tried to push out judges so you could say its really endangering the rule of law here now despite that though the law and Justice Party has about 40 percent of the population supporting it why is that. Well even if you ask people if you talk to peace voters many of them are critical of the justice reforms. But want their trust and that was due to 2 things it to promises in the very beginning of 2050 of its government in 2015 it lowered the retirement age and child benefits which have not existed before in poland and that gives the wrong 130. 00 u. S. Dollars to every 2nd to every kid in a family and this is the people really felt so everybody feels here are special voters overlooked in the countryside they feel that their standard of living has been rising of course also the economy is rising here so its yeah its good for peace its a good period to be in power but you know its most economic reasons now also they have introduced proposed many new benefits so people will vote for them again because they think that their life will be better in the next 2 years with this party all eyes in europe from poland today a lot at stake olivia court us in warsaw for us thank you very much. Well thousands of gathered in central berlin to show solidarity against antisemitism and right wing violence thousands took part in the demonstration condemning racism it comes after 2 people were killed in a terrorist attack in the eastern city of hama on wednesday the gunmen attempted to carry out a massacre at a synagogue where around 50 people were observing the yom kippur holiday he confessed to the crime and admitted having a right wing extremist and antisemitic local. Reporter william glue crofters that todays rally in berlin i asked him a short time ago about the message behind the demonstration just a couple of days after that attack. Yeah the message here and they Just Announced to the crowd that theres 13000 people here at todays rally and their message is one of solidarity against the far right movements in this country especially violent right extremists like the one that carried out the attack in hala on wednesday its a very solemn event actually especially in comparison to previous events of this kind the music is much quieter the music is much simpler theres no partying theres no Party Atmosphere here its a very solemn day there was a moment of silence before for the 2 victims of the 2 additional who were wounded on wednesday in the attack just before this march got going and thats thats pretty much whats going on here right now. For us there in berlin now to sports and tennis and the Neil Medvedev has defeated germanys alexander to win the shanghai masters medvedev serving here had lost his 4 previous matches against there but today was a different story you need to just 74 minutes to complete the 6461 victory and he maintained his record not dropping a set all week so the russians 4th title this year that puts him in the conversation as one of these forwards best prop