cyprus is calling on the e.u. do help with the huge influx of migrants and refugees most of them take a boat from turkey and then cross the border from the self declared republic of nor the design press critics accuse cyprus the country complain of deliberately making things up pleasant for asylum seekers to keep more from coming and support from rory talons omar has experienced much misery she's not giving her real name to protect family back in syria bashar assad's massacres forced her to leave via lebanon to cyprus but life here is not happy so do you think the government do you think cyprus as a country wants here now you know it's a racist country the day after their ship arrived 4 months ago omar's husband was arrested he's not being prosecuted but police won't say why they're not releasing him only that they think he's a security threat and. we came from an unjust country we came from oppression from bashar al assad syria then we came to this country thinking there's justice democracy and human rights thing

war again i'm just on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up cyprus pleads for help from the e.u. warning it's a breaking point as thousands of migrants stream in seeking asylum. airports in the u.s. start screening passengers from china as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. libya's stage oil from says it's been forced to halt operations at 5 major oil ports in the east of the country interested as he is have been under attack by forces loyal to ward who have to say the ports revenues are being used by the rival chipley based government to pay turkish fight says the national oil corporation says 800000 barrels a day of output will be lost that amounts to $55000000.00 per day while the un's envoy for libya says oil revenues should be used to feed the people. leni i don't need to clear our position at the u.n. is very clear you must not play with oil because it is the livelihood of libyans without oil libyans are starving we have to tell it like it is so we must not clear with oil we must not turn it into a weapon of war we must not allow it to become a m

cyprus is seeing a huge influx of migrants and refugees most get on boats from turkey and across the border from the self declared republican northern cyprus cypriots saying they've got more than they can cope with though and need help from the e.u. well some are actually saying the country deliberately making things unpleasant for asylum seekers to present more from coming to support from rowing chalons omar has experienced much misery she's not giving her real name to protect family back in syria bashar assad's massacres forced her to leave via lebanon to cyprus but life here is not happy so do you think the government do you think cyprus as a country wants here now you know it's a racist country the day after their ship arrived 4 months ago omar's husband was arrested he's not being prosecuted but police won't say why they're not releasing him only that they think he's a security threat and. we came from an unjust country we came from oppression from bashar al assad syria then we came to this country thinking there's justice democracy and human rights things aren't much better for

woman or the judgement of cyprus itself? lucy williamson, bbc news, cyprus. you are with the briefing here on bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has stressed that he is willing to target iranian cultural sites, in retaliation for any future killing of americans by tehran. the iranian government has vowed retaliation following the us assassination of general qasem soleimani. australia's prime minister has warned that the bushfires in the south—east of the country could continue for months. the overall death toll has climbed to 24, and over the past two days, hundreds more properties have been destroyed. the world war i film 1917, directed by sam mendes, has been the surprise winner at the golden globe awards. taron egerton won best actor for rocketman and renee zellweger best actress forjudy. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we start with gulf news — which leads with the ongoing tensions between iran and the united states. tehran has announced i

on the south coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the eastern mediterranean there's gas early last year exxon mobil found big reserves in cypriot waters if they're pumped the t.t. ies energy hub here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will at least part of it but not the self declared republic of northern cyprus recognised only by turkey its foreign minister warns against shutting them out of the bonanza. if. the international actors including the international energy companies. they give the message to decrease the british side that they can continue to do it alone unilaterally without getting the consent of the turkish cypriots without communicating and cooperating with it or because the bridge site it would not be something good for the relations between the 2 because we will continue to take certain steps and we will do the same the response has been toward the rise turkish drilling ships protected by the turkish navy to also look for gas and they've been doing it in waters internationally recognized as belonging to greek not turkish cypriots cyprus hates

and why the mother of a british woman found guilty of public mischief in cyprus is going to hole is it may cause to point the country. hello again and welcome back well we have seen some very deadly flooding here across parts of jakarta over the last few days in the last 48 hours here we have seen almost 200 millimeters of rain falling across the area of course this is a big problem the cities very low in this region we're going to be seeing some more rain coming into play as we go towards friday as well it's going to be lighter but it's still going to be an issue because of course once you have floodwater anything on top of that is not needed and towards the philippines we are drying out it had been quite wet down towards the south you can be seeing that rain shower activity start to pass a little bit more towards the west well for australia the heat is on we could be seeing those temperatures rise over the next few days we do have a frontal boundary that is coming in from the west here it is right here we're going to see is a very gusty winds pushing across the bite and for friday ad

, left stranded on the island of cyprus with no supportm was the summer of 2019. the teenager accused of a group of israeli tourists of pinning her down, raping her inside this budget hotel. they we re her inside this budget hotel. they were brought to court but allowed to fly home as soon as the young woman withdrew her initial statement. she said it was only retracted under police pressure. with no lawyer interpreter orfamily police pressure. with no lawyer interpreter or family member by her side. this case has galvanised and united women, cypriot and israeli, who believe the british teenager was violated first by the israeli men and then the entire system. we all felt very sorry am very angry, with the result of a system that blames women who are the complainants for rape or violence, and they seek the protection of the state. sitting here in court, thejudge referred to the mitigating circumstances. her young age, the fact she had no previous run—ins with the law and her mental health. he also acknowledged the fact she had been. and over her passport and sta

and desperate people in a desperate system europe's refugee crisis leaves cyprus breaking. welcome to the program police have been firing water cannon and tear gas against protesters in beirut demanding a resolution to lebanon's economic crisis more than 200 people have been injured protests of increased over the past week because of delays in forming a new cabinet say the heart of reports now from beirut. rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanon's leadership that is now in its worst months fierce confrontations between anti-riot police and anti-establishment protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of my protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began when demonstrators who want the political class they blame for mismanagement and corruption to leave power try to storm parliament building security forces responded with tear gas and i feel like the message is where protesters to back off and that they can't win and i think that the message of everybo

but life here is not happy so do you think the government do you think cyprus is a country once here no no it is a racist country the day after their ship arrived 4 months ago omar's husband was arrested he's not being prosecuted but police won't say why they're not releasing him only that they think he's a security threat and. we came from an unjust country we came from oppression from bashar al assad syria then we came to this country thinking there's justice democracy and human rights things aren't much better for many other asylum seekers people queue for menial jobs and me go welfare coupons through the night to be one of the lucky few seen by a handful of stuff during office hours asylum applications can take many years to complete it's an overwhelmed and confusing system is more arduous routes into europe are restricted the relatively simple journey from turkey to the self declared republic of northern cyprus then into the south but. as more traveled 15000 now have refugee status here upwards of 15000 more applications are pending now these aren't huge numbers on the global sc

what about other rape cases in cyprus? actually, i wasjust now add a panel discussion at a local news station, and they were stressing how large is the number of which actually is not that large, 150 cases since 2013. of this, however, there were very few convictions. what is invisible, though, and silenced in this play of numbers, is that many rape claims, they never make it to court, so they never make it to statistics. in the same way this young woman complained there are many attractions of claims and complaints for gender violence, including rapes. what happens in the case of rape, most of the time, the victim does not show up at court, so you do not get a trial, so the statistics pretty much lie. in the case of other kinds of gender violence, where you have beatings, threats, there are many cases where the victim makes exude attraction state m e nts the victim makes exude attraction statements just like this woman did. sorry to interrupt you. what is the evidence in terms of... i mean, it is difficult to know, obviou

the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president's recha tie a pair to one said repeatedly no project in the eastern mediterranean can proceed without his consent the u.s. however backs the trilateral project according to the israeli energy minister the building of the pipeline could take up to 7 years that means it's going to be a long time before israeli gas will be flowing to europe. fry an air says it's preparing for further the lase to the delivery of its boeing 737 max airliners as one of the world's largest airlines ryanair has ordered 135 of the jets the airline was meant to receive almost 60 by the summer writing their c.e.o. michael o'leary told a german business magazine he added that it's possible ryanair will only get. the 1st shots in october the boeing 737 max has been grounded world

the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president's recha thai apparel one said repeatedly no project in the eastern mediterranean can proceed without his consent the u.s. however backs the trilateral project according to the israeli energy minister the building of the pipeline could take up to 7 years that means it's going to be a long time before israeli gas will be flowing to europe. after interpol issued a red notice to arrest former nissan renault executive carlos go on thursday lebanese officials now say is due to be summoned by the country's public prosecutor next week and then almost unbelievable escape go and jumped bail in japan earlier this week and fled to lebanon to avoid trial there on charges of financials conduct the question now is whether golan will face any so. of legal proceeding

greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign a pipeline agreement with turkey and libya's plans in the same area. taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash. and a dramatic rescue in australia the navy helps thousands stranded by fires in one coastal town. and i'm famished with this sport as the n.b.a. pays its tribute to david fan the man who built the modern game and on the call it the most valuable player of 2900 get 2 great start this year for the bucs. welcome to the program we begin turkey where parliament is expected to vote in the coming hour on a government motion to deploy troops to libya supports the u.n. recognize the ministration in tripoli there's been fighting against the warlord i have ta well his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya ankara and tripoli recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime boundaries but opposition parties in turkey are against the government move they say that must 1s

the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president wretch up to a pair to one said repeatedly no project in the eastern mediterranean can proceed without his consent the u.s. however backs the trilateral project according to the israeli energy minister the building of the pipeline could take up to 7 years that means it's going to be a long time before israeli gas will be flowing to europe. after interpol issued a red notice to arrest former nissan renault executive carlos go in on thursday lebanese officials now say is due to be summoned by the country's public prosecutor next week and then almost unbelievable escape go and jumped bail in japan earlier this week and fled to lebanon to avoid trial there on charges of financial misconduct the question now is whether golan will face any sort of legal pr

now, her mother is supporting a call for tourists to boycott cyprus. this is not an isolated incident. the place isn't safe. it's absolutely not safe. and if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at as far as i can tell, or in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen. the foreign office has called the teenager's case deeply disturbing and says it will be speaking to the authorities in cyprus. the cypriot government says it has full confidence in its justice system and courts. jon donnison, bbc news. the us has announced the immediate deployment of hundreds more troops to the middle east, in response to an attack on the american embassy in iraq. protesters set fire to a guard post and scaled one of the walls of the fortified compound in baghdad. the demonstrators were supporters of an iranian—backed militia group that lost 25 members on sunday during a us air strike. president trump has said he believes kim jong—un is a "man of his word", and has a signed a contract about denucleari

the judge will follow due process in cyprus, he followed the law as it stands in cyprus, but he will have had the sounds of the campaign is ringing in his ears as he passed sentence on the young woman this morning. —— sounds of the campaigners. as you just heard from the family's legal team, they will be appealing against the initial conviction back in december, clearly the case has a long way to run. very interesting to be hearing from the lawyer, saying she is coming home today and they will appeal to the supreme court in cyprus and possibly to the european court of human rights. this case does not end there for them, as the lawyer said. that is the latest on the breaking story. plenty of other news around. the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, has joined the race to become the next labour leader. the nominations for the three—month contest formally open today, and the six candidates will take questions from mps in parliament this evening. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. i suppose this is quite a crowded line—up? i suppose th

the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president rich up to a pair to one said repeatedly no project in the eastern mediterranean can proceed without his consent the u.s. however backs the trilateral project according to the israeli energy minister the building of the pipeline could take up to 7 years that means it's going to be a long time before israeli gas will be flowing to europe. fry an era says it's preparing for further the lase to the delivery of its boeing $737.00 max airliners as one of the world's largest airlines ryanair has ordered $135.00 of the jets the airline was meant to receive almost 60 by the summer writing their c.e.o. michael o'leary told a german business magazine he added that it's possible ryanair will only get the 1st. in october the boeing 737 max has been grounded worl

the project could also accommodate future gas finds in waters off cyprus and greece where exploration is underway but it's under heavy scrutiny from turkey turkey is laying claims to large tracts under greek in cypriot control in 2018 turkey sent exploration ships to waters that are part of cyprus accompanied by warships turkish president rich up to a pair to one said repeatedly no project in the eastern mediterranean can proceed without his consent the u.s. however backs the trilateral project according to the israeli energy minister the building of the pipeline could take up to 7 years that means it's going to be a long time before israeli gas will be flowing to europe. after interpol issued a red notice to arrest former nissan renault executive carlos go on thursday lebanese officials now say is due to be summoned by the country's public prosecutor next week and then almost unbelievable escape go and jumped bail in japan earlier this week and fled to lebanon to avoid trial there on charges of financial misconduct the question now is whether golan will face any sort of a. evil proce

now greece and cyprus and israel has signed a deal for an undersea pipeline designed to move gas from the eastern mediterranean to europe the east medline is intended to provide an alternative castle's for energy hungry europe which is largely dependent on supplies from russia the new trilateral pipeline project comes amid tensions with techie over its own activities in the area. the signing is a defining moment after 10 years of talks between israel cyprus and greece they want to build the longest undersea pipeline in the world the construction they estimate will cost $6000000000.00 this is a story before israel because we're becoming an energy exporter for the 1st time in our history but it's also. i believe a historic day for the. partnership an alliance in the eastern mediterranean the almost 2000 kilometer long pipeline will transfer up to 12000000000 cubic meters a year from israel's offshore gas reserves to cyprus the greek island of crete to the greek mainland and then on to southern europe it's expected to supply 10 percent of the use natural gas needs. the project could also

now, her mother is supporting a call for tourists to boycott cyprus. this is not an isolated incident. the place isn't safe. it's absolutely not safe. and if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at as far as i can tell, or in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen. the foreign office has called the teenager's case deeply disturbing and says it will be speaking to the authorities in cyprus. the cypriot government says it has full confidence in its justice system and courts. jon donnison, bbc news. several senior legal figures in cyprus have signed a letter written to the attorney general costas clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including formerjustice minister kypros chrysostomides. i must admit, it's a pity that this application of the law has led to this result. we have every sympathy for the young lady. she has been more than enough punished, therefore we suggest and we expect, actually, not suggest, we expect that the court on the 7th of january pronouncing the senten

the relationship between cyprus and the u.k. and israel and whether the justice system here is working as it should be the teenager's legal team point to a list of potential police violations questioning her with no neuer or translator present and not reporting what was said to the police officers word against the victim. and of course there's no recourse for the victim so we are hoping that if this kid is does go to the european court of human rights that the problem can be redress to and the perhaps cyprus can fall into line with other modern jurisdictions for separate lawyer thinks the country. it is too little to help women i believe we have a culture that the means to start changing when it comes to violence against women . and it is this culture that creates the systemic problems that we are facing here in cyprus the case has disturbed relations between london and nicosia to my 1st concern to be how wealthy we will be following up on something issues in relation to the case i spoke to the cypriot foreign minister about tha

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that act does not apply in cyprus. some people say that weakens the rights of suspects in cyprus, where for instance interviews are still handwritten, there is no recording that we have here that people think gives a lot of protection to suspects was having said that, the cypriot system is a fair trial system, any criticisms you could level at it could level at other systems of other countries who are signed up to the european convention on human rights, the 47 countries part of what is known as the council of europe, this big human rights club if you like. it is afair human rights club if you like. it is a fair trial system but it does differfrom ours a fair trial system but it does differ from ours and a fair trial system but it does differfrom ours and ours is shaped by those big cases in the 70s and 80s. when there are plans for an appeal who do they appeal to?m cyprus it will be the supreme court in cyprus and ultimately when you have exhausted all domestic appeals, then you can go to the european court of human r

that is precisely the case in cyprus. in cyprus, in particular, we don't have specialist to support services for victims. >> this story dates back to july. the teenager claimed she was raped in a hotel room by a group of 12 israi men, two pictured here, although covering their faces. they were arrested and appeaoud in. when the girl was interviewed again and made the retraction, the israelis were allowed to fly home. the teenager was charged with public mischief and spent a month in prison before her trial. a lawyer for the four israeli men has also given his reaction. their factual version has beey accepted in the teenager received a long and tough lesson for her criminal acts. >> this story has received so much attention in part because of cyprus's popularitys a eight tourist destination. 1.3 million britons in 2018, f 0,000 russians, and a significant numberraelis, over 200,000. these pictures bear out the importance of the story across the country. these are people showing their support for the girl outside thc court

magda zenon is from the cyprus women's lobby who were protesting against the prosecution. shejoins us now. we are she joins us now. we are very grateful for your time, she joins us now. we are very gratefulfor your time, thank she joins us now. we are very grateful for your time, thank you. she joins us now. we are very gratefulfor your time, thank you. i wonder as you reflect on this case what are your essential thoughts? thank god the young woman is on her way out but i think what it is very important to mention is that there was a miscarriage ofjustice, justice was not served, human rights we re justice was not served, human rights were violated, this could have been overin were violated, this could have been over ina were violated, this could have been over in a much shorter time and he did not happen. how representative is in this case of how women who report sexual violence in cyprus are treated? to be honest, this is not unique to cyprus but when victims go to police to report incidents of rape, it's usually turned to victim shaming and the victim blaming, what we r

gavin lee, bbc news, cyprus. let's speak now to bracha barad, executive director of kulan, an organisation fighting victim blaming in israel, and was outside the court for today's sentencing. she joins us from larnaca. thank you very much for being with us on thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all, do you think the courts in the end has made the right call in and giving hera the end has made the right call in and giving her a suspended sentence? well, first of all, i think it's the least the court to do is let her go home. i thinkjustice was not done in this case. she was abused by the system for over six months, and all she wanted to do was, you know, what every sexual assault victim wants to do, is to getjustice and to protect other people. at the end of the day, justice was not done for her. she was abused and i don't think that's nearly enough. i think she deserves an apology from it many people. we are going to see an appeal, and we will see how that works out in cypru

in competition with greece cyprus egypt and israel. i dissent agreement on this problem of the one exclusive economic zone in cyprus and a pipeline to transport natural gas to europe by other mediterranean nations has isolated. us hond has since been strengthened by the military cooperation deal on a separate one of the maritime boundary agreement it signed with libya which gives tekkie greater influence in the eastern mediterranean sea but that drew under from across the region and beyond moments after the bill was passed egypt condemned take his libya plan saying it could destabilize the region and called on the international community to respond on a list hi of the redoubles hundreds in the position of critics of the turkish plan why they were not alarmed when. judge roberts militia from of darfur. were in white it too from libya by half their groups why they were not alarmed by russian wagnerian mercenaries their turkey is sists it's on the right side of history and now seems set to send its troops to leave. unka. well the u.s. pre

competition for gas in greece cyprus and israel sign a pipeline deal in the eastern mediterranean but turkey is also expanding its influence there so we'll still feel the rivalry and how is it shaping politics in the region this is inside story. of their very warm welcome to the program i'm julie mcdonald worldwide demand for natural gas is growing and discoveries in the eastern mediterranean are changing the use policies on its energy supplies for decades it's relied on russia for gas but israel greece and cyprus have signed off on a project for a pipeline that would lessen europe's dependence on most school well the supply will connect israel's offshore fields with europe and is expected to meet about 10 percent of the e.u.'s demand for natural gas but that unites the 3 signatories in all positions at sarky and libya last month on korea and aaa agreed a new maritime boundary that they call their exclusive economic so they say this gives them full rights to exploit actual resorts in the eastern mediterranean and that includes or oil and gas well let's have a closer look at the east m

pushing people to across the green line to cyprus they are entering the european territory it's not a cyprus problem anymore in my creation is it's a european problem but some on the ground see things differently doris polycarp who runs kisa refugee focused and geo he's critical of europe's in action but he says cyprus has created a hostile environment to make itself a less attractive destination if you don't do you our job and you are in fear that this will say they will blame you for this situation is very easy to say europe is the responsible for the north throwing so that even instead of saying that we need . and we didn't do what we should do as with all refugee stories whether governments around able or unwilling to cope it's real people who suffer for each islands al-jazeera cyprus water levels in one of asia's longest rivers that's the meat kong have fallen sharply after china began testing equipment in one of the rivers downs the mekong flows through china and 5 other countries including cambodia where levels are expected the plummet foreign slave reports now from cambodia ha

cyprus pleads for help from the e.u. warning it's a breaking point as thousands of migrants stream in seeking asylum. airports in the u.s. start screening passengers from china as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. and china comes under fire as the water levels of the mekong river drop bringing hardships for those whose lives depend upon an. uninstaller chinese would never want to see has won her 1st title of the year winning the adelaide international she builds up to the season's opening. now less than 24 hours before a major conference on libya turkey's president has called on europe to support his country's efforts there the international peace conference and balin is the latest diplomatic push to try to bring an end to that conflict turkey backs the internationally recognized government of prime minister. it's been under attack by forces loyal to world. he's been trying to seize the capital tripoli since april both sides have been invited to berlin diplomats are expected to push for a truce agreement and a

would you boycott cyprus as a result of this case? we'll talk live to the 19—year—old woman's lawyers this man is an ethical vegan. he avoids sitting on leather seats or doesn't take the bus when there are lots of insects around. a judge has now found his beliefs should be protected in law — do you agree? let me know. nearly 2000 homes have now been destroyed by the australian bushfires, including this one, belonging to 75—year—old noreen railston—burchill. she's lost all of her possessions. we'll be talking to her live. the bafta film nominations are in and thejoker leads with 11 nominations — including joaquin phoenix, who's nominated for best actor for his portayal of the role. you don't listen, do you? you just ask the same questions every week. "how's yourjob? are you having any negative thoughts? " all i have are negative thoughts. hi. welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. are you an ethical vegan? is that how you would describe your beliefs? and if so... your beliefs are now protected in law,

now, her mother is supporting a call for tourists to boycott cyprus. this is not an isolated incident. the place isn't safe. it's absolutely not safe. and if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as i can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen. the foreign office has called the teenager's case deeply disturbing and says it will be speaking to the authorities in cyprus. the cypriot government says it has full confidence in its justice system and courts. jon donnison, bbc news. several senior legal figures in cyprus have signed a letter written to the attorney general costas clerides asking him to intervene in the case, including this former justice minister. i must admit, it's a pity that this application of the law has led to this result. we have every sympathy for the young lady. she has been more than enough punished, therefore we suggest and we expect, actually, not suggest, we expect that the court on the 7th of january pronouncing the sentence will be ver

cyprus problem anymore. the migration is it's a european problem but some on the ground see things differently doris polycarp who runs keysar a refugee focused and geo he's critical of europe's inaction but he says cyprus has created a hostile environment to make itself a less attractive destination if you don't do you our job and you are in fear that this will say they will blame you for the situation is very easy to say you're a busy responsible for not showing so you don't even instead of saying that we missed and we didn't do what we should do as with all refugees stories where the governments around able or unwilling to cope it's real people who suffer very chalons al-jazeera cyprus and india hinders from the lowest rung of the faith cost herrick hierarchy have joined protests against a controversial citizenship your head of a citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims and they're not the only ones feeling threatened and salvor are reports from the state of order pradesh

cyprus problem anymore. in my creation it's a european problem but some on the ground see things differently doris polycarp who runs keysar refugee focused and geo he's critical of europe's inaction but he says cyprus has created a hostile environment to make itself a less attractive destination if you don't do you are job and you are in fear that this society will blame you for the situation it's very easy to say you're obviously responsible for not showing so very little saying that. and we didn't do what we should do as with all refugee stories whether governments are on able or unwilling to cope it's real people who suffer for each islands al-jazeera cyprus nato has presented the blocks 1st high altitude surveillance drones initially the r q 4 drones are the 1st part of a fleet of 5 which nato expects will be operational in the coming months be a man they are craft are capable of flying to almost anywhere in the world at a staggering 18000 meters above sea level that's twice as high as a commercial passe

the relationship between cyprus and the u.k. and israel and whether the justice system here is working as it should be the teenagers legal team point to a list of potential police violations questioning her with no neuer or translator present and not recording what was said so the police officers were against the victim. and of course there's no recourse for the victim so we are hoping that if this key is does go to the european court of human rights that the problem can be redress and that perhaps cyprus can fall into line with other modern jurisdictions percipient lawyer thinks the country does too little to help women i believe we have a culture that needs to start changing when it comes to violence against women. and if it is this culture that creates the systemic problems that we are facing here in cyprus the case has disturbed relations between london and nicosia to my 1st concern be how wealthy we will be following up on some the issues in relation to the case i spoke to the cypriot foreign minister about that but there w

in competition with cyprus and israel. a pipeline to transport natural gas to europe by other mediterranean nations. has beenhand strengthened by the military cooperation deal and the maritime agreement it signed with libya, which gives turkey greater influence in the eastern mediterranean sea. that drew anger from across the region and beyond. after the bill was passed, italy condemned the plan, saying it could destabilize the region and called for the international community to respond. >> why they were not around when fromilitia were invited libya by groups. by russian mercenaries. turkey insists it is on the right side of history and now seems set to send troops to libya. >> donald trump did warn erdogan against interference in libya, saying it could complicate the situation. now to our correspondent. being said? correspondent: trump spoke to erdogan a couple hours after that vote in turkey that could potentially send troops to libya. we got a very brief readout from the white house. between the leaders. the message wa

but in cyprus in particular we don't have specialist support services for victims. the teenager claimed she was raped in a hotel room by a group of 12 is was raped in a hotel room by a group of12isa was raped in a hotel room by a group of 12 is a ready man, two of those men pictured here although they are covering their faces and they were arrested and did appear in court but when the guy was interviewed again and she made that retraction, the israelis were then allowed to fly home. the british teenager was later charged with public mischief while falsely accusing the grip of raping her and spent about a month in prison before her trial, a lawyer forfour prison before her trial, a lawyer for four of the as many men has also given his reaction. they are relieved and happy beverage and has been accepted and they are happy that you received a long and tough lesson under criminal acts. the story dates back to july and the the resort map of ayia napa in the east of cyprus. the teenager claims she was raped in her hotel by a group of 12 israeli men. a group of israeli tee

foreign office is raising concerns with cyprus about what's happened to the woman but the government said nicosia insists its courts are independent the british woman to be sentenced on tuesday the retellings how to 0. a former south african president jacob zuma is expected to stand trial this year on charges of corruption which he denies in the latest part of al-jazeera series looking ahead to some of the biggest stories of the here for me the miller examines how zuma is time in office has shaped south africa. corruptions estimated by south africa's government to cost the economy $700000000000.00 for many former president jacob zuma is the symbol of that corruption he was forced to resign during his 2nd term in february 28th seen as a series of scandals surrounding him and the governing african national congress party intensified. zuma repeatedly says he's done nothing wrong. because a conspiracy committed by certain people and by is a guinness to me. state owned companies were allegedly mismanaged and looted to benefit zuma and his associates from the passenger rail agency which is

i'm having a good scene and this is al jazeera live from doha and also coming up greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign up quite plain agreement that's at olds with turkey and libya's bruns in the same area. taiwan's top military officer is among 8 people killed in a helicopter crash. and a dramatic rescue industry ilia the navy helps thousands stranded by fires in one coastal town. while we begin in turkey were parliament is expected to vote in the coming hours on a government motion to deploy troops to libya supports the u.n. recognized administration in tripoli that's been fighting against the warlord holly for have to are his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april night turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya and tripoli have recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime bones of rees but opposition parties in turkey are against the government leaf they say on christmas 1st give priority to a diplomatic solution well let's go straight to ankara where mohammed is live for us at mamak what

the woman‘s mother has called for tourists to boycott cyprus. she told the bbc that ayia napa, where her daughter had been on a working holiday, was unsafe. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa reports. instead of celebrating the new year with friends and family, the british teenager is detained in cyprus and faces up to a year in prison. her supporters claim the case against her is deeply flawed and her lawyers are planning to appeal. her mother says she suffered both mentally and physically over the last five months. she is suffering from ptsd. she spends a lot of time with hypersomnia at the moment. that means she‘s sleeping a lot of the day. she sleeps probably 18, 20 hours a day. she‘s also quite withdrawn, which is very sad for me to see. she also experiences hallucinations, and she needs to get back to the uk to get that treated. that‘s my absolute primary focus. these are the young israeli tourists who originally faced accusations that they raped the young woman. they were freed and allowed to fly home after she retracted the alleg

lucy williamson, bbc news, cyprus. officials in australia have warned the bushfires could continue for months with concerns of the huge fires in victoria and new south wales could meet to create a larger mega blaze. a second day of light rain and lower temperatures is giving firefighters a brief reprieve and respite. this weekend so some of the worst days of the crisis so far with hundreds more property is destroyed. 0ur correspondent has spent the day in the fire ravaged town of nowra. i'm standing in the command centre and they are getting ready for the night shift, it is quite quiet but on some of the hotter, busier days when the crisis had a grip, the room was full of people monitoring what was full of people monitoring what was happening. here is ian smith, it has been cooler today and a bit of rain. has that helped or hindered you? the rain has been good because it has acquired into the fired down but it has had the opposite impact in that we weren't able to do a lot of oui’ that we weren't able to do a lot of

the 4 month sentence takes into account the month that she's already been in detention here in cyprus in prison and it's in another 3 months but because it's suspended that essentially means she is free to go if there are any further offenses then it might turn into a custody deal sentence i was in the courtroom as this was being read out. over the shouts of her supporters down on the streets it was quite hard to hear what was going on the judge reading quite loudly and in greek she was having this translates into an english at the bit where the judge was saying that the 12 israelis had had their rights taken away from them and their liberty deprived chief she looked very upset about that shook her head slowly at the moment when she heard the sentence was being given and that she could essentially go home she turned around to her supporters and gave a kind of sad smile in the courtroom but her fight goes on she is although she is now free to go she's going to pursue this in the supremum court of cyprus still saying that she is a victim not a criminal and if that doesn't work she's goi

ies energy help here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will at least part of it but not the self declared republic of northern cyprus recognised only by turkey its foreign minister warns against shutting them out of the bonanza. if. the international actors including the international energy companies. they give the message to decrease the british side that they can continue to do it alone unilaterally without getting the consent of the turkish cypriot side without communicating and cooperating with it or because the bridge site it would not be something good for the relations between the 2 because we will continue to take certain steps and we will do the same the response has been toward the rise turkish drilling ships protected by the turkish navy to also look for gas and they've been doing it in waters internationally recognized as belonging to greek not turkish cypriots cyprus hates it the e.u. and the us do not like it but so far no one's done much to stop it. like many problems on this island the gas to speak stems from its divided status since the turkish invasion of

competition for gas in greece cyprus and israel sign a pipeline deal in the eastern mediterranean but turkey is also expanding its influence there so we'll still feel the rivalry and how is it shaping politics in the region this is inside story. of their very warm welcome to the program i'm julie mcdonald worldwide demand for natural gas is growing and discoveries in the eastern mediterranean are changing that use policies on its energy supplies for decades it's relied on russia for gas but israel greece and cyprus have signed off on a project for a pipeline that would lessen europe's dependence on most school well the supply will connect israel's offshore fields with europe and is expected to meet about 10 percent of the e.u.'s demand for natural gas but that unites the 3 signatories in all positions at sarky and libya last month on korea and aaa agreed a new maritime boundary that they call their exclusive economic so they say this gives them full rights to exploit actual resorts in the eastern mediterranean and that includes or oil and gas well let's have a closer look at the east

rape claim and speak toa campaign cyprus over a. rape claim and speak to a campaign from the cyprus women's lobby to find out about the impact of the case over there. and thejoker impact of the case over there. and the joker leads the pack in this yea r‘s baftas the joker leads the pack in this year's baftas film nominations but there is criticism about the lack of diversity, that is all head on bbc news. hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday this evening. i'm ben croucher and these are your top stories. a stunning all—round performance from ben stokes propels england to victory in the second test against south africa. iamat i am at old trafford where there is increased security as united take on city in the first leg of the semifinal of the evil cup. —— efl. the commonwealth games are coming to birmingham in two years' time, but find out why two sports might be taking place thousands of miles away in delhi. also coming up in the programme: two years ago, victoria evans had never rowed before. now she's looking to cros

now, her mother is supporting a call for tourists to boycott cyprus. this is not an isolated incident. the place isn't safe. it's absolutely not safe. and if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at as far as i can tell, or in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen. the foreign office has called the teenager's case deeply disturbing and says it will be speaking to the authorities in cyprus. the cypriot government says it has full confidence in its justice system and courts. jon donnison, bbc news. the us has announced the immediate deployment of hundreds more troops to the middle east, in response to an attack on the american embassy in iraq. protestors set fire to a guard post and scaled one of the walls of the fortified compound in baghdad. the demonstrators were supporters of an iranian—backed militia group that lost 25 members on sunday during a us air strike. and an update on that story, it has just been reported by reuters that some of the parliamentary groups haveissued some

suspended sentence for a british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. the burial of an iranian general assassinated by the u.s. has been postponed after a stampede at his funeral procession more than 30 people have been killed it happened as huge crowds gathered in the city of kut amman to bid a final farewell to general customs in amman and the commander was killed in a u.s. drone strike on friday in iraq low dosage of joins us live now from tehran so a deadly stampede at the solar monny funeral procession what more details are emerging now. we've just been hearing from the head of the country's emergency services who confirmed that 32 people have been killed in this stampede and over 190 injured this comes on a day where thousands of mourners have come out to pay their respects to the late general who was assassinated on friday in baghdad as himself money he was supposed to be buried just a short time ago in his hometown in care mon which is about a 1000 kilometers away from the capital tehran in central iran this is a small town in cam on province c

the woman's mother has called for tourists to boycott cyprus. she told the bbc that ayia napa, where her daughter had been on a working holiday, was unsafe. 0ur correspondent katharine da costa reports. instead of celebrating the new year with friends and family, the british teenager is detained in cyprus, and faces up to a year in prison. her supporters claim the case against her is deeply flawed, and her lawyers are planning to appeal. her mother says she has suffered both mentally and physically over the last five months. she is suffering from ptsd. she spends a lot of time with hypersomnia at the moment. that means she is sleeping an awful lot of the day. she sleeps probably 18 or 20 hours a day. she is also quite withdrawn, which is very sad for me to see, and she also experiences hallucinations. and she needs to get back to the uk to get that treated. that is my absolute primary focus. these are the young israeli tourists who originally faced accusations that they raped the young woman. they were freed and allowed to fly home after she ret

live from doha everyone i'm kemal sons of maria with the world news from al-jazeera greece israel and cyprus have signed a pipeline agreement at odds with turkey and libya's plans in the same area. a wanted man into paul issues a request to detain the foreman his son chairman carlos cone he skipped bail in japan and fled to lebanon and flooding in indonesia his capital forces thousands of people from their homes and leaves behind a trail of destruction. so we're beginning in turkey where parliament has approved that government motion to deploy troops to libya this is in support of the un recognized administration in tripoli that's been fighting against the war highly for have to remember it was his forces who launched that offensive to capture the capital tripoli back in april turkey says its troops will protect its rights in the mediterranean and its interests in libya like the deals on korea and tripoli recently signed on military cooperation and on maritime boundaries but there were challenges turkish opposition parties were against the move and say ankara should have 1st given priority t

now, her mother is supporting a call for tourists to boycott cyprus. this is not an isolated incident. the place isn't safe. it's absolutely not safe. and if you go and report something that's happened to you, you're either laughed at, as far as i can tell, or, in the worst case, something like what's happened to my daughter may happen. the foreign office has called the teenager's case deeply disturbing and says it will be speaking to the authorities in cyprus. the cypriot government says it has full confidence in its justice system and courts. jon donnison, bbc news. hope and reconciliation are the main themes in a number of today's new year messages. borisjohnson has said that 2020 can allow the country to turn the page on the division and uncertainty of recent years. he's pledged to represent all voters, and said that the new year means the start of a new chapter. and the archbishop of canterbury has called for the uk to "start healing divisions" as our religion editor martin bashir reports. it is a challenging day, weather—wise. although this is