Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried o
Beach. And the latest internal violence as Turkish Forces continue to target kurdish pkk positions. Hello to you. Watching live from paris here on france 24. I am stewart. If you are fan of beer, listen up because we will be visiting africas first craft brewery, craft beers are rapidly on the rise there. Undeterred despite an influx of extra french riot police, a surveillance helicopter, and once again migrants a try to enter the tunnel, and continuing desperate attempts to reach the u. K. Men and women hiding their faces between the beneath bandannas, walking single file along the train tracks leading to the tile. Our correspondent seeing some 300 migrants attempting to cross over, far fewer than previous night this week are the police union has told france 24 in the last few hours with the latest position is in calais. Correspondent the site was protected from the outside. There were hundreds of migrant spread out across the 23 kilometer perimeter. There were 300 infections on the si
We speak with naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. She recently spoke at a vatican Climate Conference organized by pope francis. Naomi you cannot call yourself a climate leader while opening up coal mining. We have to lead it from the ground. Amy then to mexico, where human Rights Groups are calling for a probe into the murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa and four others in mexico city. In his final interview, espinosa talked about why he had recently fleeing veracruz for his safety. Leave for common sense. There was an attack on students. We could not in the situation do less with any threat or intimidation. We do not know what will happen. In veracruz, there is no rule of law. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has unveiled his longawaited Climate Change plan to slash Carbon Emissions from u. S. Power plants. Speaking at the white house, oba
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