Clashes come after Spains Supreme Court delivers long prison sentences to catalonia separatist leaders. Researchers reported troubling a rise in Global Hunger a new study on hunger and malnutrition says Climate Change is a key factor driving the world Food Shortages. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us of turkey is a pressing ahead with its operation in Northern Syria against Syrian Kurdish forces occurrence have lost the United States as their ally so theyve turned to syrian dictator bashar assad who was moving his troops north towards the Turkish Border now we have some of the latest footage here taken from syria looking across taken from turkey sorry looking across into syria turkish shelling of russell and continue. This morning at least 160000 civilians are believed to have fled the fighting in the border area and they have headed deeper into syria but opposition to turkeys assault is growing u. S. President donald trump is imposing economic sanctions to pressure turkey to stop the offensive and descending Vice President mike pence to ankara to try and broker a cease fire this is what pence had to say about washingtons and the president s objective here is very clear that the sanctions that were announced today will continue. And will worsen unless and until turkey. Embraces an immediate cease fire stops the violence and agrees to negotiate a long term settlement of the issues along the border between turkey and syria my. Lets go right to do that you correspondent yulia han she is knocked on the turkish side of the border for us hi yulia good to see you the u. S. Is now imposing sanctions the Vice President mike pence is now on his way to the region what can u. S. Pressure actually do here well there are no signs president add on will back down and end this military operation despite the International Criticism despite the u. S. Sanctions even though these sanctions a might potentially hurt an already weak turkish economy an economy that hasnt yet recovered from last years severe currency crisis now trump. Raised steel tariffs again back up to 50 per cent thats something he did last year already when he was pressing for the release of an american pastor from a turkish jail he also issued sanctions on 3 turkish maida says and he suspended trade deal worth a 100000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars now this did not have an immediate addressing a fact on the turkish currency here but it might scale of more foreign investors. Really you are there on the turkish side of the border tell us whats been happening behind you on the syrian side of the border well just earlier today we heard a fresh shelling and pounding very loudly so the turkish artillery is right behind me and theyre hitting targets that in northeast syria im about 5 kilometers away from the border on the other side you have the syrian town of tell of yet it has been captured by the Turkish Military but apparently there is still fighting going on in the surroundings and thats one of the main targets the other main target is the city of russell i still there are heavy clashes going on there and we have a new front line there in northeast syria off to the Kurdish Forces have officially turned to the Syrian Regime for help and Bashar Al Assad has been sending units of troops to parts of northeastern syria for the 1st time in years because in 2012 the cuts trucked off damascus his rule and the Syrian Government forces were actually withdrawing now there are back there facing the turkish army along a new front line and this is essentially a victory for Bashar Al Assad and maybe more importantly for his a backer russia because now they have a foothold in an area that was beyond their control for many years really as all of the fighting has been going on youve had a chance to talk to some people there what have they been telling you well public support for this a military offensive is brought across turkish societies across the Church Society not only prison edwins a. T. P. Is supporting this offensive but also other parties the only exception is the procrit ish Opposition Party h d p the media reporting is also very much pro offensive very nationalist the media are framing it as a security operation aimed at commenting a terrorism front across the border weve been talking to people in the city of or near where i am lets listen to what they had to tell us. We support this operation we stand with our soldiers i hope turkey will be as successful as a waltz in the previous operation it will liberate these places on enable people to breathe freely. Lives will be easier god willing the border area has always been dangerous because our country was invaded by the p. K. K. This operation is a great thing its wonderful. Terrorists will threaten us and drag our country into a war because they could do with. Us getting we stand behind our president and our soldiers i hope god will never taken from us. Now those who feel differently dont dad to voice criticism the turkish government has clamped down on critical voices it has detained dozens of people for critical social media posts in the past days so right where we are here is very difficult to talk to people and understand their concerns because as i sat people are scared to voice criticisms or even the slightest concern about this military operation. 114 for us on the turkish Syrian Border thank you lisa. Now Spanish Riot Police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas against Pro Independence demonstrators in barcelona the clashes came after Spains Supreme Court issued long prison sentences for 12 cattle on separatist leaders one of them or a young kid us says a fresh referendum on Catalan Independence will be unavoidable meanwhile backers of independence for the region are vowing to keep protesting in the coming days i protest as shouting freedom blocked barcelona airport outraged at the lone verdicts handed down to catalonia separatist leader has dozens were injured in clashes. As thousands took to the streets. And condemn they were sentenced to many years for a nonviolent act politically approved by the people and it was the people who went to vote for. That single example theyve already spent 2 years in prison for expressing their ideas and we know that the only way is dialogue not violence to express ideas freely nothing more than 40000000. 00 times but for the Supreme Court in madrid its clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of sedition the former Vice President oriole joan karas was sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants all service sieved long jail terms according to the judges those sentenced defied a ban and organized the independence referendum in october 2017. When the former president of catalonia colors pushed him on declared independence from spain violent clashes with the police broke out then madrid imposed direct rule over catalonian one of spains most serious political crises now Prime MinisterPetro Sanchez hope. This verdict and the matter want some for rule following the Supreme Court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence think of the new through dialogue within the boundaries of the no on the sponsor institution but many cattle dont seem ready to give up the fight yet since the ruling independence activists wont die are preparing for what theyre calling a democratic tsunami. European Union Ministers have gathered in luxembourg for the last preparatory meeting ahead of a crucial brags that summit in brussels on thursday the blocks chief breaks that negotiator michel by the way will update you ministers on the state of brakes at negotiations today sources at the meeting say venue once a legal text agreed with the u. K. By the end of today in order to recommend that any deal is approved at that summit later this week. And lets bring in our correspondent is in luxembourg standing by with the latest there for us hi parent so Michel Barnier saying a breakthrough deal is still possible this week but its getting more and more difficult so what at this point needs to be done to make it happen. The brick said road show made a stop today in luxembourg 250 kilometers away from brussels the e. U. 27 minutes has a meeting always in october in luxembourg so Michele Dunne year the chief negated came over here to brief the ministers and he said its difficult but its still possible and also the chief negotiator of the United KingdomStephen Buckley came here to say its possible but difficult though theres no breakthrough both sides really go she had further the brits tabled the new proposal how to avoid a hot border between Northern Ireland and ireland but its still not clear which details in this proposal so the show over the move back to brussels and then on thursday and friday a summit of the heads of states and government very deliberate about said and then its still not clear if britain will be able to leave the youre opinion on october the 31st as planned with the dia with no deal or maybe the British Government has to apply for an extension of the bricks and negotiations and make it bringing us up to date there in luxembourg thank you. Lets get a round of now some other stories making news around the world a large fire has forced an overcrowded camp for Asylum Seekers to be evacuated on the greek island of sounds its not yet clear what started the blaze although it followed earlier clashes in the camp site houses thousands of people despite having the capacity just a few 100. Margaret atwood is one of the joint winners of the booker prize for her novel the testaments a sequel to her 1985 book the handmaids tale she shares a prize with bernadine ever reso who won for her work girl woman author. In tunisia official preliminary results confirm that chi saeed won sundays president ial elections the former law professor gained over 72 percent of the vote she ran as an independent candidate sayyid is the countrys the 2nd democratically elected president crowds celebrating in the streets on sunday night after exit polls suggested she came in 1st. Voting is underway in mozambique where elections are being held today to choose a new president and parliament the poll is being seen as a key test of a ceasefire signed in august between the government and opposition rebels. Is in mozambiques capital reporting on what is at stake. The queues have been long since morning here in with 13000000 registered voters are expected to cast their vote today in a very tight election because mozambique is still one of the poorest countries in the region almost every 2nd person here lives in poverty and therefore there are High Expectations for the next government spending. I hope everything will get better. We need more schools they should invest more in education to reduce poverty. And. Theres a lot of corruption and. I wish our country could be more developed. By these and why this in mind was a big is still recovering from 16 years of civil war a fight between the socialists really more and the anti communist. This been peace since 1992 but its a very fragile one just in august the Peace Agreement was high and between both sides but this was already the 3rd Peace Agreement and once again its a very fragile one because some of the rain still refusing to give away their weapons yet the former rebel group is now the biggest Opposition Party and the biggest threat to president felipe when you see his party the free leader who has been running the country since independence and during the current term was plagued by several corruption scandals this is why many people expect a tight race and election observers have already expressed concerns whether this elections will really be free fair and peaceful because the tensions are already high especially in the north and in the center of the country there are now more has asked their supporters together at polling units to make sure theres no vote rigging but this was strongly opposed by the Election Commission because this is what led to violence during the last elections. Now famine and malnutrition remain serious issues in more than 50 countries according to the new Global Hunger index published today the number of malnourished people increased from 785000004 years ago to 820 2000000. 00 just the last year the situation in the Central African republic is seen as among the most alarming and the lack of food is also critical in these countries a yemen chad madagascar and zambia Climate Change is one key factor in Food Shortages yields of the most important food crops like corn and wheat have been falling because of extreme weather conditions and dwindling Water Resources this is driving up the price of food and making it unaffordable for some in ethiopia the Somali Region of the countrys west has been suffering the effects of climate extremes with several years of ongoing drought its been almost 6 months since it last drained in this village and Somali Region with almost no vegetation to feed on the livestock is there in. Comment and her relatives have already lost 8 out of 10 towns. Very difficult now because we pastoralist are dependent on our livestock. And sheep started to die then the cattle. This feed came from the uns food and Agriculture Organization animal specialists are also carrying out emergency treatments and vaccinations to try and save at least some animals. During the drought animals and services that support some diseases thats why we have to treat them somewhat hungry conta anything for those animals that died so we hope the others will benefit from the feed and the medicine and will survive and also produce more milk. From. The pastoralist communities in ethiopia Somali Region are dependent on their livestock for their food and income with few alternatives its vital to save their animals says. Being does not believe you could see it only will be very enormous and have passed you saw it is an economy kind of you know less expensive and more efficient to commute to and protect and serve neighborhoods and before you know last week total more than 790000. 00 kind of militia will be treated during the super rich or. Thanks to the newly distributed feed families say their animals are looking stronger. I was one of the lucky ones to benefit from the program for towels or even producing milk again im going to do what i would cause milk had dried up but now we are able to get milk College Children and the cattle are much healthier. Than the minimum. But Drinking Water supply in the village is still stares and quality river beds are almost entirely dry here in the Somali Region where pastoralist communities have been suffering drought for the past 5 years this year the main winning season from march to many has failed to bring the expected watching their growth and the little that is left is not to be shared between the households. Such as water for 10 children 3 times a day she would normally need 20 jerry cans. No she limits herself to just 10. This year we had less than 5 days of rain and there were only small showers so the grass didnt grow properly there is also a little ground water people in the community have a spoken agreement to manage the water that we have so that everybody got some. Hopes are high for the small rainy season that usually comes between december but as the Somali Regional continues to be affected by and seasonal weather experts expect chronic drought there in the long term. And for more on that story we have klaus fun klaidman with us hes the Senior Advisor for the world hunger index a joins us here in our studio class thank you for being with us we saw there in you what we saw there that that that higher temperatures are a big issue here there are driving some of the problems that we see in terms of hunger and malnutrition tell us how Climate Change is undermining Food Security across the globe. Let me start a bit broader because you have always hunger in countries where 3 elements are the main forces one is Good Governance if theres no Good Governance the country can have the best weather and the harvest wont be good and the food for them will not come to the people so Good Governance is something which is very often neglected 2nd one is conflict if conflicts in countries cannot be true that you have in the 3rd one no coming in more and more