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Hello I am Jerry Smit with the BBC news.
The UN refugee agency has warned Hungary that it expects tens of thousands of migrants to arrive there over the next few days. It is urging the country to improve its regisration and reception procedures, and is offering humanitarian assistance. The UNHCR regional coordinator V announced the expected migrant numbers at a press conference in Budapest. The next couple of days, a minimum of 37,000 people coming from Greece, close to those who are currently in Serbia around there for 5,000, so we are in our 42,000 within the next ten days.
Hundreds of protestors waving Turkish flags have attacked the headquarters of the main pro-Kurdish party the HDP. The building in the capital Ankara was set alight. The party said its premises in other cities around Turkey had also been targeted. The violence follows increase clashes between Turkish forces and the outlawed Turkish militant movement the PKK, since the ceasefire broke down in July. Sebastian reports. The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised an all-out onslaught. The descend into violence has ruined hopes to end a decades long conflict that Mr. Erdogan himself has raised when he set in motion a peace and reconciliation process three years ago. With the ceasefire broken, that process is now in tatters. But that both Mr. Erdogan and PKK, it may suit their interests for now. The president's party lost its majority of the recent general election, due to a mainly Kurdish party the HDP, taking an uNPRecedented share of vote. He is hoping a new election he has called for November, will restore his party's standing.
A Guata Malan judge has ordered the former president Otto Perez Molina to stand trial on corruption charges linked to a scandal that has sparked months of protests across the country. With more, here is Kitty Watson. It has been a huge fall from grace for Perez Molina who for months have refused to listened to calls for him to step down. But stripped of his immunity, he had little chioce but resign last week. And now Guata Mala's judge has granted prosecutors request, to try Perez Molina on charges of customs fraud, racketeering and bribery. Prosecutors will have three months to continue their investigation after that he will stand trial. Perez Molina is accsued of being involved in a scheme of country's customs agency, with all businesses pay bribes worth millions of dollars, in order to pay low import taxes. But the former president denies being involved.
Three people have been arrested in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after a man tried to enter a shopping mall with exlosives in his bag. He was overpowered by security guards and the bag blown up by police bomb disposal unit. Police say the three detainees are all Kenyan nationals, not of Somali origin, and not affiliated to any known group. World news from the BBC.
An official in the US state of Kentucky, who was jailed last week for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because of her Christians beliefs, has been freed. Greeted by crowds of cheering supporters, some waving white crosses, Kim Davis thanked God for her release. "Thank God, the glory, and his people have rallied, you are strong people. We serve a living God who knows exactly where each one of us is at. Just keep on pressing, do not let deil, because he is here." Earlier a federal judge said she was satisfied that her colleagues were fulfilling their duty to issue licenses to same-sex couples.
The US city of Baltimore has reached a tentative settlement of more than six million dollars with the family of Freddie Gray, a black man who died in April from injuries suffered in police costudy. His death prompted days of riot in the city. The mayor of Baltimore said the proposed settlement was not an admission of liability. She said it would not affect the criminal trials of six police officers who face charges. The city's police union has criticised the payment.
Ukraine says fighting in the east of the country is at its lowest level since the conflict with Russian backed rebels began 18 months ago. Correspondents say a ceasefire broke in last week appears to be holding, but the Ukrainian president warns that there was still a risk of more full scale fighting. UN figures suggested almost 8,000 people have been killed in violence so far.
The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ordered the government to adopt Urdu as the main official language. A three-member bench said there was hardly any need for the governmen to use English, as many Pakistanis did not understand it. The government will now conduct business in Urdu and English. BBC news.