darkness' cities. starting march tenth. this is deja vu news live from berlin a three way confrontation is brewing between israel syria and iran syrian forces shot down an israeli fighter jet they say it was one of eight targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel's prime minister says his country was defending itself against a violation of its airspace by an iranian drone and our jerusalem correspondent

will bring us more also coming up. kim jong un's sister tells the south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and when jean says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on his way home from a bombing mission he was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. a burning israeli f. sixteen shot down by the syrian air force both pilots ejected one was seriously

wounded. israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying just this morning iran brazenly violated israel solvent israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria.

yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this fashion boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and i tack on iranian targets in syria. earlier i spoke with did a middle east correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem and i asked her how serious this confrontation is. indeed it is a one of the most serious situations we have seen in the north of the postie is one very significant one and also from the israeli side of a stone pony into iran that we had prime minister binyamin netanyahu he has been in security meetings old day with the army saying that israel will defend itself against any attack and any attempt to violate its supper entity now is

a has made it clear all along that it won't allow and it mainly in presence. its borders and the israeli side of the occupied golan heights through an event in presence or through the iranian backed hezbollah. so what is seen is on the one side you see a show of strength you know by all sides by is read by iran by syria but on the other side there also calls for restraint and some of the military experts here in israel saying that all sides do not appear to seek an escalation but of course the tensions remain and certainly seems like they're bearing their teeth to say the least but israel is now saying it doesn't why an escalation cannot really be avoided in light of what's happened. what i mean is it has always said that it doesn't want to see a presence of iran in the area now what is so they have said really clear

lines and they act accordingly so it what is quite new and the situation i mean is what has carried out in the past many an strikes against his positions or against of weapon transfers or other locations in syria over the past years during the war in syria but you see there was not much of a vis forms from the assad regime now the response now has been quite strong and that's the new thing over you know which creates all the tensions now iran syria the won't they say we won't no longer tolerate. and bring the syrian as space so this is where of course all the coalition lies and the tensions are lying here tanya for us in jerusalem thank you very much now on to some of the other stories making news around the world at least eighteen people have been killed and dozens

more injured in hong kong after a double decker bus crashed in a city suburb emergency workers hurried to pull passengers from the rock the bus appears to have skidded and hit a lamp post the driver was arrested on charges of negligence. protesters have rallied in the thai city by a thai capital bangkok calling on the country's military rulers to step down and not postpone an election planned for later this year the military seized power in thailand in a coup in two thousand and fourteen and has postponed elections several times. thousands of demonstrators have rallied in cities across italy to protest against racism the show of force comes after a gunman with neo nazi sympathies opened fire on african migrants last week italy has taken in more than half a million migrants in recent years and surveys show many italians blame immigrants for violent crime it's become a major issue as the country prepares to go to the polls on march fourth. marching

in defiance thousands of fans who fascist demonstrators take to the streets of not skirting the city's mediæval walls to send a message against violence and hate many are warning of a revival a far right sentiment ahead of next month's national elections but still amended at the moment political parties are using populism to create hate terror and divisions and it is necessary to refer to those pots on values and to stand on the right side the right side is that of all the people who today is saying no to fascism and no to racism he's been out of. protesters criticizing local authorities and representatives from political parties for refusing to attend every bit of going to the institutions should have called this demonstration that you need to the politicians fear losing votes if they tell citizens that racism must be rejected and never justified would not an issue of just if you could see or not it's

a response i wish the mayor was here i would have hogtown on. the protests come after a twenty eight year old italian man injured five migrants in a racially motivated drive by shooting a week ago police arrested the suspected gunman look attract any who was once an unsuccessful local candidate for it to these immigration northern league party. for the thousands of anti fascist demonstrators their solidarity with the victims is clear and says their commitment to conveying their message of love over hate. carrie adams has stepped down as the leader of shin fein after more than three decades at the party's helm in his career adams went from being reviled by the british government and northern ireland's protestants as the political voice of the irish republican army to playing peacemaker in brain the province's decades long conflict to an end it was the end of an era as gerry adams said farewell at the

shin fein conference after more than thirty years leading the irish republican movement he passed the baton to married to mcdonald a dublin born politician from a middle class background she had no thirst hand experience if the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles gerry adams grew up in working class west belfast during the conflict he was often accused of direct links to the ira allegations he consistently denied. there can be no disputing his dedication to achieving a united ireland a passion that eventually made him one of the architects of the nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement the deal that largely ended the violence in northern ireland. that fragile peace has been put in jeopardy by brix it only last week adams warned of the dangers of hardboard on the island a violent could bring. the british government are not a call for europe but what their future or some shit back to europe going to be and

they are arguing that they're going to leave the costs. are going to leave the single market and. a complete disaster brix it is said to be the first major challenge mcdonald's faces but it's seen as an opportunity by some britain's decision to leave the new intake northern ireland with it has reopened discussion about sion feigns main aim a united ireland. in a sign of warming relations between the divided koreas north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korea's president to me n.p.r. kim jong un's sister to deliver the invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics the diplomatic comes despite an acceleration in the north's weapons programs last year and pressure from sols allies in washington. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team the first didn't think history and the coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations

between the south and its belligerent move neighbor i didn't win or lose the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity in the sense. this is a god given chance that we seventy million korean people can be of one mind to support the team. those hosts feasted by another historic moment off the ice meeting in seoul kim jong un's younger sister kim yo jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader for south korean president moon jay in to visit pyongyang it raises the prospect of the first meeting between both korean leaders for more than ten years. that prospect may not be well to abandon its nuclear program heading home pence insisted there's no daylight between the three allies. the german president saw the face to

face contact between the two koreas as a good omen. but how is that men do and what do the olympic games mean it's a sports competition but it's also about olympic peace and there's been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after they limp in business be that by to take the big question can the olympic flame help to fuel a long term thaw in relations. and as we saw in the report the joint korean ice hockey team played for the first time today but there was to be no debut victory switzerland where a class above racing into the lead thanks to three goals in the first period korea were unable to recover and ultimately fell to an eight nil defeat but even with the heavy opening loss there were plenty of positives to take for the locals with a passionate crowd cheering on the unified korean team. the winter games

are underway and the first medals have already been awarded the first gold of the games went to cross country skier charlotte kala the swede powered her way to the finish line in the fifteen kilometers to see off the rest of the competition norway's merits the organ had to settle for silver but made history still in the process again won her eleventh medal overall and becomes the most decorated female winter olympian germany have also grabbed their first gold medals of the winter games thanks to. laura. bellinger upsets the favorites with a superbly it in the final round of the men's a normal hill ski jumping that earned him a total of two hundred fifty nine point three points poland's double olympic champion kamel stock could only manage fourth place meanwhile dolly wasn't just good in the seven point five kilometer biathlon sprint she was perfect despite the windy conditions she hit all time targets and fish twenty four seconds ahead of the

chasing pack. and rio de janeiro's con of all is famous for its elaborate costumes and dazzling samba dancers thousands of people have been flooding the city's streets taking part in a rock us parades and at one a party this weekend even man's best friend could join in the fun at the annual pet friendly pro-rated animal lovers and their four legged friends strutted their stuff in an array of creative costumes from tutus to feathers. pups of all shapes and sizes took part wagging their tails to the sound of a samba beat. a nerve minder of the top story we're following here for you syria's military has shot down an israeli fighter jet the jet had been targeting a launch sites for iranian drones in syria israel says it was provoked but syria

and iran deny that charge. and kim jong un sr has invited south korea's president to a summit in the northern korean capital gains suggest he'd be willing to go if conditions are right it would be the third meeting ever of the two koreas leaders. and thanks for watching you know viewers on my actuator more coming up at the top of the hour. every journey begins with the first and every language with the first word and you can. decode using germany to learn german and why not learn the simple online on your mobile phone free shop do you believe you're learning course because german media see.