plus if you put it take one thing going to. ask d. w. your questions about germany but it can't imagine they want to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin rescue workers scramble to save lives in mexico as hopes fade of finding survivors in the rubble of tuesday's massive earthquake our correspondent brings you the latest from the capital. is

still hope they can find victims a life under the really it is a race against time. north korea's leader hits back at donald trump as the country threatens to test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific he calls the u.s. president to brain and says he will pay dearly for threatening to destroy the north korea. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. it's been more than two days now since a powerful earthquake struck a central mexico toppling buildings and killing almost three hundred people emergency workers are racing against the call in their search for survivors in the rubble we sent our correspondent carolina to mexico city where a desperate rescue effort is underway at a primary school. this has become the most important symbol of hope for

mexico city after the earthquake it sounds far silence please someone might be calling for help under the rubble here volunteers are equipped at least with a spade or a hammer soon a little german needle every one helps with a hammer or with bare hands lifting stones have you found people. yet as or as those that yes of course a lot of the little while i was there at least eight people were measured to prisoners just. but meanwhile there are hundreds of people willing to help around the colored buildings in the city some are even turned away by the authorities they ask for more control that's what they're doing but what is it about. losing it's about controlling the number and i think there. once we are inside the end to see as i'm and will of the people seems unlimited. people are working here for

hours many of them for the last two days i didn't start as one has been here for over twelve hours even fell unconscious but she still wants to help. that is why she was transferred from moving rubble to helping distribute food and beverage as. she strongly believes that there are still victims who are alive under the rubble. to see yes i really think so. this is why i'm still here even though i fainted at least i can help a bit here. as they are. i think it's about them so i can no longer do so because these are my people this is my country i'm going to stay here that you were you that. according to the major of mexico city at least forty buildings in the capital have collapsed like this one

experts say that people could survive up to three days under their wings this is why the atmosphere witnessing here is very tense people and the players are and they still hope they can find victims alive under the ruins it is a race against time. he is carolina chim or their reporting from mexico city well north korean leader kim jong un says he's determined to make u.s. president donald trump pay dearly for what he calls the most ferocious declaration of war in history that's after trump threatened to destroy north korea state media released this photo of kim reading the statement kim was responding to trump speech before the u.n. general assembly earlier this week jim called trump speech unprecedented rude nonsense from a drange dotard in new york north korea's for foreign minister really young ho then held down with this threat. i think the strongest ever hydrogen bomb test might be conducted in the pacific ocean

. or earlier i asked correspondent jason strother in south korea whether north korea's threat to test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific is credible. well right now there is no indication that such a test is being prepared i haven't seen anything from south korean intelligence indicating that preparations are under way i mean and quite frankly depending on how the test was conducted let's say taking a a barge out into the middle of the pacific or even dropping it via an airplane i mean that would open up north korea to potential attack or retaliation from japan and or the united states of course if north korea were to shoot a missile carrying a nuclear warhead into the pacific it would certainly demonstrate that it has mastered the technology to mount a warhead onto a rocket when trump announced new sanctions yesterday on korea he made an

interesting intriguing remark jason let's listen in china central bank has told their other vacs it's a massive banking system to immediately stop doing business with north korea just happened just reported so president trump there saying the that he's got cooperation in pressing north korea adjacent if these sanctions are actually implemented how much would it hurt north korea. right well beijing has not said publicly yet that it has asked the central bank to pass these measures of course china likes to kind of stay behind the curtain when it comes to dealing with north korea i'd rather not discuss these things openly certainly if chinese banks were to stop doing business with north korean entities that would put

a hurt on the regime but it all but that would not stop much of the cross border trade that's going on between china and north korea. it also isn't clear there's also no reason really to expect that china would would tighten the stranglehold around kim jong un's regime so tightly that it would cause a collapse because at the end of the day china does not want to see a north korea taken over by south korea backed up by the u.s. military jason to what degree do you think this crisis is becoming a personal duel between trump and kim. certainly judging by kim jong un's statement today he did not take very kindly to being referred to as rocket man and by president trump you know this is a thing that is a relatively new phenomenon in the u.s.

north korean relationship very used to pyongyang sending unleashing very bellicose rhetoric calling names but we've never had the u.s. president before in gage in name calling whether or not this really gets at the two egos will be remain will be remain to be seen chasten thank you so much journalist ration struggler there talking to us from seoul south korea. now some other stories making headlines around the world today iran's president house on rouhani has vowed to strengthen his country's arsenal of missiles he says iran needs them as a deterrent to any aggressors the move comes despite criticism from the u.s. and france but a reconned been surveying the damage to their island now that hurricane maria has moved offshore the u.s. caribbean territory remains without power after being hit by the storm on wednesday

authorities say restoring electricity could take months it was the strongest hurricane to hit by the rico in eighty years. and in manila thousands of people have demonstrated against philippine president roderigo do terror to they demanded an end to extra judicial killings as part of his drug war and protested against attaches threat to introduce martial law organizers say around twenty thousand people took part. well federal elections are coming up this sunday in germany and parties here have been making their final push ahead of the vote last night candidates from seven parties clashed in a live t.v. debate with the evening producing some real skirmishes d.w. charlotte potts has more. it was their last chance to sway german voters ahead of polling on sunday representatives from the country's seven biggest parties took to the stage in berlin but could they sell their vision of the future

to viewers at home. germany doing well but that doesn't mean that all of its people are doing well germany's a wealthy country but we have to make sure to invest in the future. there was broad agreement on a number of issues spending more on digital infrastructure for example and the need for thousands more police officers in fact on domestic security there was competition to see who could talk toughest to my body police officers must be equipped with body comes as a matter of course and i think they need smart technology to video surveillance phone surveillance the possibility to trace groups and messenger to. where one might wonder where martin schulze an angler merkel the two top candidates skipped the event sending their deputies instead they had no qualms about clashing with their rivals something critics say has been lacking in the election campaign one big question they faced was how to deal with the far right alternative for germany or a.f.d. if as expected it ends parliament. you're in typical form tonight it's always

starting with a provocation. i haven't provoked anyone yet here you have the days now and here you are now sitting comfortably and pretending that everything's all right with you and your party for me it's not ok i want to make that clear. you want to leave the european union at a time in the world where if it didn't exist it would need to be founded right now . a stiff challenge to the f.t.'s populous message still they could well finish third biggest party on sunday but three other parties also have a shot at that a sign of germany's fractured political landscape just ahead of the election. the w. political correspondent heart's blood of course was following last night's debate as well let's pick up on that last point there in charlotte's report which focused on what party is going to be the third biggest and the target could well be the far right they have to coordinate. yes indeed it looks very much like that will be the

case and the latest polls show the f.t. gaining slightly it's not eleven percent of the vote that would make it probably the largest third largest party in parliament and there is always a certain amount of doubt when where polls are concerned that regard the right wing populists because there is a feeling that a lot of voters do not honestly say that they are going to vote for those right wing party because that is still regarded in germany with quite a lot of. disfavor quite a lot of this. condemnation and under these circumstances is possible that there will be in fact a kind of hidden vote for the a.f.p. that will only come out in the actual polls. talk to us more about last night's debate hans do you think it helped any undecided voters make up their mind because i understand about forty percent of the electorate haven't made up their mind is that is true there is still

a large section of the electorate that has said so far that they have not yet decided what party to vote for. last night's debate did was an actual debate there was quite a lot of fierce exchange of views i think most clearly the profile that was most clear was the profile on the extremes of the political spectrum on the one hand the a of d. which in fact did not participate very strongly in this debate was bipolar but was attacked by all the others and on the other side the far left party which of obviously has the advantage of being able simply to attack everybody and managed to do that pretty well in the center of the political spectrum it was clear that there was a lot of consensus on the major issues so little infighting as it were in the center thanks so much political correspondent hans blunt. it was forced down go to sleep as soccer is back tonight with defending champion by on hosting

both sport the wolves have had a poor start to the season and sacked their coach earlier this week but milan haven't exactly been on a roll of late either. it might be fast but all is not well it by and rumblings of discontent from some of the club's big names have left coach carlo ancelotti having to put a brave face on things. look at live and is one who has spoken out criticising by on summer signings. he should be happier on friday. the same opponents against whom exactly two years ago to the day the poll rewrote the bin does lead to record books coming off the bench to score five. was. told spurs new coach martin schmidt was the last month to beat by own in their own stadium when his mind team won there in march twenty sixth but he's under no illusions of the tough task ahead especially during october fest and

that's obviously we know what's in store for us that it's a great experience for them to play at home at festival time and be able to prolong the evening. if he can reproduce the red hot form of two years ago for schmidt and his team could be a long night indeed. you're watching news coming to you from berlin we have another full bulletin coming up for you at the top of the next hour i'm richard will be with you then thanks for watching. the. stories that people in the world over information they provide the opinions they want to.