really so irreconcilable. august ninth. w. d w news live from berlin clashes erupted in bucharest as romanians return home to demand that the government resign they say they were forced out of their own country by corruption the police use rubber bullets and tear gas against demonstrators injuring hundreds will get an update from the romanian capital also coming up turkey's currency and freefall as trade tensions mount between washington

and ankara o'meara plunges to record lows after donald trump ramps up terrorists turkish president wants says his country would emerge victorious in an economic war . plus taking charge at one of germany's most storied soccer clubs but it can do since fall five returned to dortmund to the top of the bundesliga. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. hundreds of people have been injured in clashes between police and antigovernment protesters in romania tens of thousands rallied in the capital bucharest and in other cities to demand the resignation of the government they blame the ruling social democrats for endemic corruption and load wages thousands of furious romanian ex-pats also joined the

protesters ranks they say corruption and poor financial prospects forced them to leave their country. hundreds of people needed medical attention after anti corruption protests turned violent in bucharest. police used water cannons and tear gas after some protesters tried to force their way through to government buildings. romanian president close your highness condemned the police quote disproportionate use of force after what had started out as a peaceful day of protests. thousands of these expatriates had come all the way back to romania to protest against the current state of their homeland many of them left because of corruption low wages and a lack of opportunity but the problems that are gripping the country never seem to have improved the situation may have even got worse protesters say the government

has been hindering the nation's fight against corruption they were calling for early elections. but what i'd like to change first the corrupted leaders in romania then the living standard a decent one. right age and it was one of them is that the government must grant us the possibility to be a normal country i came from did though in spain just for this protest of romanians living abroad we're fed up we must be united victory for romania and the many other . protests like these have become regular ever since the governing social democrats took power in early two thousand and seventeen the left wing ruling party try to decriminalize several corruption offenses through an emergency decree although failed in the end the attempt triggered mass anti-government protests now these expatriates are the latest people to join the call for a fresh vote an estimated three million romanians are working abroad but living in countries like germany italy and the u.k.

doesn't mean they care less about their homeland. after last night's violence and bucharest i spoke to journalist vienna resume about the situation and the romanian capital. i'm here in the victory square in. the situation is pretty call me. things are looking very. peaceful we are in front of the governments and this is the big to resupply or informs the government but the last night after ten o'clock violence. heard and they lasted up on the lacing the neither rounds of applause. these this question for this post is intervened and the crackdown on the protesters using tear gas rubber bullets and water cannon over four hundred people have been injured including thirty policemen and one policewoman is not severe condition after she was almost lynched and beaten by

a vigeland so grew up in the crowd there are many and residents how's your honey's is the only there in romania who offered the message last night and has condemned the use of violence and has asked the government the social democrats the government for explanation nobody from the social democratic party or government has made any statements so far. well many of the protestors are saying that from mania is so corrupt they have no prospects there to make a living and they want the government to tackle corruption but just how what kind of move are protesters demanding from the government to tackle this problem. well they are demanding the resignation of this government of the social democrat the government secondly they are asking for early elections and they are hoping that

the new force a new bill if you put forth will arise. save the country from what the protesters say is. never easy that is bearing the country away from the. day and it was the reporting from bucharest many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and a california jury has found chemical giant monsanto is liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who allege the company's weed killers gave him cancer the jury ordered the company to pay the men two hundred eighty nine million dollars in damages. a unit of german chemical giant buyer faces thousands of similar lawsuits across the united states. three palestinians have been killed and dozens injured by israeli gunfire during protests along the gaza border a volunteer medic treating demonstrators was reportedly among the dead israeli

military said rioters hurled stones explosives and fire bombs elsewhere a truce on the use of missiles and airstrikes agreed by hamas and israel late thursday appeared to be holding police in the united states say a suicidal airline employee stole a passenger plane and then crashed it into an island near seattle two army jets pursued the plane but were unable to stop it from coming down there were no passengers on board the aircraft when it crashed and sparked a fire. now u.s. president donald trump has stepped up his pressure on turkey with new tariffs sending that country's currency into freefall washington is doubling tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum imports apparently over ankara's arrest of an american christian pastor on terrorism charges the leader is nosedives the european markets tumble president rich of time heir to one is calling it an economic war and he

promises turkey will emerge victorious. president tried to reassure a nervous public saying his government had the situation under control he promised turkey would ward off what he called an attack from abroad and called for an international struggle. if anyone has dollars euros or gold under their pillows they should go exchange it for turkish lira is it our banks this is a national domestic battle this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against us. president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite

sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. well for more we're joined from istanbul by correspondent dorian jones so dorian the turkish foreign minister saying he is vowing retaliation against the u.s. tariffs what's likely to follow from a move like this. or tell you can do very little economically to retaliate against the united states but it can hurt washington strategically or u.s. forces working with a searing kurdish militia just across the turkish border turkey considers that

military a terrorist organization so it could run part pressure on that militia and the u.s. forces there on top of that washington has been pushing. very hard to comply with its new iranian sanctions major trading partner with iran is seen as key to washington in its success of putting pressure on iran for now of course say they will not comply with those sanctions it's very unlikely the president vironment it will change that stance. well during meanwhile the turkish financer has been trying to reassure the public but the reality is that the currency has been taking for months and the country has seen inflation at nearly sixteen percent and now these american tariffs what's the impact on ordinary turks i think for the moment it is complete shock they've seen their currency literally implode in front of them beyond that i think there will be concerns of that if this route of the currency continues you could put pressure on turkish banks or the today there is meant to be an emergency meeting between turkey first supervisory

board and turkey's banks to discuss the car currency crisis but beyond that the fact that turkey imports nearly all of its energy a much of many of our imports there will be the expectation of a huge wave of inflation hitting turkey in the coming weeks and months that many big companies have borg large amounts of money in foreign currency loans fears about the future of those companies will be increasingly the focus of attention and with that the fear of growing unemployment tough times ahead for turkey whatever happens. well tough times ahead as you say it's important to mention though that the latest u.s. tariffs were imposed specifically in response to turkey's prolonged detention of america of an american pastor would to the government consider releasing this man as a way out of its economic crisis with his pasta under brunson has become basically the center of a battle of wills between the turkish and u.s.

presidents both men blight betray themselves with strong men and i think medieval will be prepared to back down even though old one is aware of the incredible costs of costing he's a country but he's presenting this is basically a battle for the future of democracy he says that this current sea route is an attempt to remove him from power and he's vowed to resist this with our present rhetoric it makes it very difficult for him to step back reports say the americans have given turkey a deadline of this wednesday to return brunson with the expectation of further sanctions if they do not comply the stakes are very high in the coming days and pressure on the press to get president to back down will grow all right our correspondent dorian jones reporting from istanbul thank you. sports now in tennis greek teenager stefano says he has continued his fine run of the toronto masters by beating defending champion alexander's fair of us wearing pink battled back from a seven five two down to turn tables on the german players there and i would have

said no but just of age in the last round he saved two match points against a frustrated vera of to take the clash into a decider and see if he has completed his huge win after is there a double fault. to the german bundesliga now and a big overhaul of barista dortmund the club went through two coaches last season and lost two of its top players after just barely qualifying for the champions league hopes that some of its new faces will restore its former glory. the new man at the helm museum. after a three year hiatus he's back in the bundesliga he had successful stints in berlin and the league's other brush and polish your dog would have tossed him with the newest facelift. and your posts along when we pass to each other we'll say good ball to our team mates and then the coach says yeah it was good but not great it could be better he's such a perfectionist and i think he's just what we need now is. far from

a favorite fast attacking football none of his boring passing the ball around the key for him is that his team know the basics that's why during pre-season he's often had his sight training twice a day considerably more often than peter bush last summer. it's important that i get to know every single player. not just as a person but on the pitch to change that's important and the reason why we've practiced as often as possible sometimes even twice a day to. put. the club have showed their ambition by signing acts of it so you had strong performances for belgium at the world cup that has been dormant biggest of seven newcomers so far. but for a team in transition it won't be easy to start the season in the fast lane. former tour de france champion get has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after his arrest in frankfurt on friday he was detained for

allegedly assaulting a sex worker this comes less than a week after all of it appeared in court on the spanish island of may your gut charged with breaking and entering following the latest incident police said the forty four year old was being investigated for attempted manslaughter. they're up to date now and d.-w. news will be back again at the top of the hour omarion evans from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. one arguments policy it's a real policy because there's no rubbishing about everyone rights that only on their own cup and then we call it and you know what the great thing is and they.