will come out on top. do you double your expert on germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. take germany decides the german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. you're watching the to view news live from berlin myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi breaks her silence on the road refugee crisis she condemns the violence but human rights groups say she's burying her head in the sand over the crisis look at the latest from our south-east asia correspondent also coming up hurricane maria

devastates the small caribbean island of dominica and is now sweeping towards puerto rico in the virgin islands they are still coping with the aftermath of hurricane earl. and will they vote more than a million turks living in germany have the right to take part in sunday's general election but many aren't sure if they will find out why. i have to be so much gonna get to have you with us me and mark de facto leader aung san suu kyi has broken her silence on the ranger refugee crisis an army led crackdown has driven more than four hundred thousand minority muslims into bangladesh triggering a major humanitarian emergency so cheese national address was highly anticipated she's been facing intense criticism for remaining silent on what the u.s. . then is now describing as ethnic cleansing let's listen to some of her speech

there has been much concern around the world with regard to the situation in a kind it is not the intention of the number government to apportion blame or to epona gauge responsibility we condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence we are committed to the restoration of peace stability and rule of law throughout the states since a fifth of september there have been no armed clashes and that afternoon clearance operations nevertheless we are concerned to hear that numbers of muslims are fleeing across the border to bungler dave. we want to find out why this exodus is happening. for more on the situation of the rohingya refugees let's go to southeast asia correspondent bason heartache he joins us from

. this was a highly anticipated speech as we said what. she had to say will it be enough to silence her critics internationally. well i don't think so soon because she hasn't said a word about the role that the security forces that the me and my army played in these clearance operations as she calls them and if you ask the refugees that come across the border into bangladesh they will almost unanimously tell you horrific stories of brutality of soldiers coming into their villages burning down their houses shooting at civilians kidnapping women and of course all those stories can't be independently verified but the reason the main reason why they can't be independently verified is because the myanmar government of the security forces have been blocking independent access to the conflict areas so it sounds almost ironic when she in her speech today invites the international community to come and

have a look for themselves what's going on in that area but at the same time saying well what but we can only let you into those areas that we think are safe for you to visit so that doesn't sound like the unfettered access that observers have been demanding especially u.n. fact finding mission has been trying to get into that conflict area for months to exactly verify those claims that are being put forward from both sides and to ascertain what really happened there and who is to blame sumi das and just across from that region in bangladesh a lot of refugees are sheltered in camps and you visited them what have you been seeing there. the situation in those camps is absolutely chaotic there are more and more people coming in every day and they're all heading to those makeshift many of the makeshift refugee camps where they hope to find shelter where they hope to find aid but. it's very

difficult for them because the aid that's coming in isn't sufficient for before that massive number of people that has come in over over and over the last few weeks more than four hundred thousand. on the refugee crisis thank you very much. now u.s. president donald trump will take center stage with a speech at the annual united nations general assembly today trust made his debut at the world body yesterday calling for more efficiency at a meeting about u.n. reform today leaders are waiting to hear what his america first vision means for world politics trump speech is set to start in a few hours time we'll have live coverage and analysis right here on. now the prime minister of dominica has described hurricane maria as devastating and a mind boggling after the hurricane swept over the small caribbean island maria has now intensified again and it has regained strength to become

a category five storm hurricane maria is moving roughly along the same string of islands as the hurricane that devastated the region earlier this month now it is expected to move towards the virgin islands and towards puerto rico tonight and tomorrow maria made landfall on monday with winds of up to two hundred sixty kilometers per hour. in the area has been battering the french island of guadalupe and much niek with its final and winds it's a similar story on the island of. it's prime minister roosevelt skerritt has recorded his harrowing experience on social media he said he didn't know what was happening outside as the storm surge and didn't even dare look out an hour later his roof was gone many of the islands on high alert for maria a still reeling from hurricane earlier this month. this one of them here people are bracing for another potential disaster. a similar scene in puerto rico shelves in

supermarkets emptied as residents stockpile supplies the u.s. territory could receive a direct hit from the. right now we're not prepared for next hurrican because we're still recovering from the last two weeks ago. puerto rico is not prepared for this. we're going to have a bad time of it. we ask almighty god to get us through this without serious damage . after a brief drop in strength maria has again intensified into a category five hurricane and could cause further damage as it moved who wants puerto rico and the virgin islands let's talk to a jeffrey soaker and he's the host of island ninety two radio in st maarten in the virgin islands hi jeffrey what is the state of things in st maarten right now how are island residents preparing for maria. you know we are doing all the things that

we did just two weeks ago to prepare for months the thing that is just different this time around is there is debris everywhere so the last twenty four to thirty six hours is all about trying to clean up the debris that could become something that just takes off in in that wind of maria that's really been the focus for the last twenty four thirty six hours as we repair from maria it looks like maria is going to stay just enough to our south that we're going to get a fair amount of rain and be subject to some tropical storm force winds which is nothing compared to what we went through with irma and you know my heart goes out to everyone on dominique because i completely understand what what they're going through as they. look outside for the very first time as as light comes up and it

is just devastating everywhere when i look around st martin you know there's not a single building that is not somehow touched by armor that has passed and we're hopeful. and praying that maria stays well enough to our south that it's some wind and some rain but everywhere we're all off and for down impaired it looks like maria will be in her approach to us around ten o'clock this morning should be one of her closest points almost to our due south so we've got our fingers crossed jeffrey you mentioned you know we've seen some of these images of the debris after has there been any relief from that devastation have the rain efforts to clean up and start to rebuild. absolutely within or without a doubt if you look at the way this on look right after burma and the way it looks

today. the it's astounding just yesterday morning i looked outside my house and a lot of the government workers were outside cleaning up trying to remove large pieces of the material that they were afraid would be comes flying off to the next door so they're there are they've taken all of the debris and the earth most of the area and put it in stride so far there is sort of the ship dolphin island we've been trying to get away from where it's going to direct really impacts both residential and is tourist areas all right jeffrey so can the host of island ninety two radio in st martin in the virgin islands thank you very much for that update three if you would like not to some other stories making news around the world spain has become the latest country to scale back ties with north korea and protests over its recent nuclear tests spanish authorities have ordered north korea's ambassador to leave the country by the end of the month the u.n. security council impose new sanctions on pyongyang after its sixth and largest

nuclear test this month so aside bombings in nigeria have killed at least twelve people and injured more than twenty at least two blasts have a settlement in the northeastern state of borno witnesses say the bombers detonated their devices at a gathering of farmers the region is at the center of the islamist boko haram insurgency oscar pistorius a six year jail term could be extended south africa state prosecutors are seeking a harsher punishment for the olympic and paralympic star they will present their arguments to the court of appeal on november third pistorius was sentenced last year for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. now to germany's general election on sunday and the turks living here who have the right to vote many are unsure whether they'll actually cast their ballots that's because turkish president tayyip erdogan has called for a boycott of germany's established parties d.w. met

a turkish activist who are in berlin who is trying to persuade voters to exercise their democratic rights. on lay a pulled square in berlin i should the mirror is handing out flyers in turkish and german her organization the turkish union of berlin is encouraging german turks to vote in the upcoming federal election the mayor's message is clear vote or allow other germans to vote for you and this year the stakes are high the anti immigrant party a.f.d. the alternative for germany is likely to enter parliament for the first time in the desert campania money in this campaign is meant to increase fights participation this is the only way we'll be able to stop the i.f.t. from getting stronger often the stop for turks are the largest ethnic minority in germany and over a million have the right to vote but this year more than half are uncertain whether they will go to the polls in fact many will be staying home and protest claiming into turkey a sentiment in the german government turkish president you have edwin has called

a boycott on germany's established parties this could be bad news for the green left parties which depend on votes from german turks still the mir is hopeful that she can persuade voters their interests are at stake in addition to handing out flyers her organization has hosted panel discussions where candidates can make their appeal to the turkish community. to his distinguished it's important that we don't leave these people to be totally influenced by catalog and see here by and of the unless we need to try to win them back and sort of it's a given and many attendees said the boycott will not keep them from voting for the party of their choice the two i'm not influenced by turkish affairs and give the sometimes some of the i don't support his hand might be influenced but not in general sometime next on sunday to me or we'll find out if her efforts paid off. and you can join the discussion on the german election this weekend by following campaign germany decides there is full coverage on d w dot com and you can get

updates on our news facebook page or follow us on twitter and you need to type hash on our social media team is waiting to hear from. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau it is british counterpart theresa may have watched a wheelchair basketball demonstration ahead of the invictus games which start on sunday in toronto britain's prince harry set up these games for wounded military person personnel they are aimed at helping soldiers overcome trauma suffered in combat this year some five hundred fifty injured servicemen and women from seventeen nations will compete for medals and twelve adaptive sports including basketball. and a reminder now of our top stories at this hour in mars' de facto leader aung san suu kyi she has broken her silence on the refugee crisis she expressed sorrow for all groups displaced by violence but she has drawn criticism from human rights

groups who say she is baring her head in the sand. hurricane maria has devastated the small caribbean island of domenico and is now sweeping towards puerto rico and the virgin islands already devastated by hurricane. ryanair is grounding thousands of flights and travelers are not happy monica will have the details coming right up and discuss. she's long been a symbol of.