Listen. Travel and we meet with global news makers the stories that matter 0. Youll support the. Troll or. Not no good on you to not give them an. Alarm or to give birth in your watch in the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories were covering this week poland reelect its president after the government turns back the clock to the good old days of state controlled television he won the Nobel Peace Prize last year but now the ethiopian Prime Minister has shut down a Major News Network and jailed its founder rahsaan kanafani the palestinian voice that like so many authors got his start in journalism. And disney world in florida lays out the welcome mat. Through a video that goes spectacularly wrong. Polish voters have reelected their president on jury duty to another term in office but only just duda who is aligned with the ruling law and Justice Party scraped in with 51 percent of the vote and the governments control of the public broadcaster televisa opposed
Hundreds of thousands of indias Migrant Workers left their jobs in the cities to leave the coronavirus now back home. They need to struggle to feed their families. And christine want to welcome to the program a course in turkey has sentenced jim interviews shouldst dennis you chilled to 2 years and 9 months in prison for spreading what took issue or defines as terrorist propaganda lives in germany and was sentenced in absentia denies the charges against him and he had already been held in a to prison for again without being charged before being allowed to return to his home his case as strange german turkish relations. And for more lets speak to the new correspondent yulia han who is in istanbul on the story for us good to see you here hi so what exactly does the verdict say. Well the court has sentenced in his you joe in a century to nearly 3 years in jail on charges of spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation some of his a newspaper articles about the band Kurdistan Workers
And asked spain pauses to remember the lives lost to the girl in a fire as we have from brussels and how did your opinion hopes to strengthen unity in the wake of the pending. Past hundreds of thousands of indias migrant birth business their jobs in the cities to pave the road a virus now back home they struggle to feed their families. And to walk into the program a course in turkey has sentenced german to his chair in the stennis yourself to. A 9 months in prison for spreading what turkish law defines as terrorist propaganda who lives in germany and was sentenced in absentia denies the charges against him his case has already put a strain on german turkish relations. The trial of dennis you jail has lasted more than 10 years and finally the court in east ambuhl has delivered a verdict the german turkish journalist has been found guilty of spreading propaganda on behalf of a terror group you jails lawyer very set up says the case was a miscarriage of justice right from the start. We do
Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us turkeys highest Administrative Court has issued a ruling that paves the way for the government to convert istanbuls from the museum back into a mosque the willing and nelda 934. 00 government decree that turned the unesco World Heritage site and is that bulls most iconic landmark into a museum but turkish president rajapaksa one push to restore its status as a mosque he said that International Pressure to keep it a museum was a violation of turkeys National Sovereignty the Russian Orthodox church has called the move on acceptable. Lets go to istanbul where did jones is standing by for us hi dorian tell us more about whats behind this decision. Well president heard one has been flirting with his idea ever since he came to power in the early 20 years ago but why now well the Church Economy is in deep trouble very very badly hit by the cove in 1000 epidemic and i think this move is seen as very much trying to try to change the conversation
25 years later. Taking away even little boys from the age of 8 even 19 year olds. From survivors of the massacre will never forget the pain no the brutality 8000 muslims were killed just those. And thousands of tens of millions of viewers now the biggest t. V. Network in the philippines is silenced lawmakers. Franchise which regularly clashed with president bush. Come to the program turkeys president has announced that. One of the architectural one does. The world will be reopened for muslim worship his declaration comes off the turkeys high as that minister to court revoked the main monument status as a museum clearing the way for the 6th century byzantine building to be turned back into a mosque dozens of people have gathered outside the high as a fear to celebrate the decision United States russia raise and unesco all expressed concern at of the ruling fearing the decision could undermine the universal value of the site im now joined by news dorian jones in istanbul whats behind thi