w. u c d w news line from berlin back home in germany after a grueling ordeal in turkey german journalist was solid tolu returned to germany nearly a year and a half after being arrested on terror related charges chose spent seven months in a turkish prison and says far from leaving the country until now also coming up one of the most independent voices in u.s. politics has fallen silent senator john mccain died overnight at the age of eighty

one losing his battle against brain cancer mccain's wife cindy paid tribute to her late husband saying he passed the way he lived on his own terms. and zimbabwe's new president emerson and got caught in sworn in after his narrow victory in july as disputed election he now faces the difficult task of uniting the country after an election the opposition says was raped. by marian evans dean it's good to have you with us the german journalist miss ali tolu who was jailed in turkey for seven months on terror related charges has arrived back in germany with her three year old son tolu and seventeen other turkish defendants are accused of terrorist propaganda. and membership of the

extreme left m k l p party which is classified as an illegal terrorist organization in turkey tolu was released from prison in december of last year but a travel ban prevented her from leaving the country until now. over more on this story i'm joined in the studio by debbie a sadist serdar she's the foreign policy editor and former head of w. turkish news data thanks for being here so ms allen told the made a statement to the press actually as soon as she arrived at the airport you listened to that what was your impression of her what she looked very composed of course she's happy to be back home in germany she did get a little bit emotional of course when she was talking about her son because at the first two months while she was in prison she did not know what was happening with her son so of course that was a very emotional moment for her she said she's in good health and she also looked like that so on the general she looked very very composed and happy just to be back

home well the german government had long been seeking her release but without any success so why exactly was this travel ban lifted now well i think a lot of things are very connected to each other right now turkey is going through a serious economy crisis and at the same time turkey is having a lot of problems with the united states and the crisis between turkey and us does not seem to be deescalating. and turkey will present actually knows that he cannot fight at all fronts at the same time and at the end of september there is a state visit of president on his coming to berlin and prior to that the german foreign minister is going to turkey apparently turkey is trying to make its relations all the better with germany and with the european union so this seems like one of the steps that turkey is taking to make those relationships a little bit better before these diplomatic meetings take place well. this is of

course not the end of the journey for tolu she may be back in germany now but in fact she is due to appear at a hearing in turkey in mid october what is she likely to do now when she said she would go back for this trial however we don't know what will happen if she does go back it could be that she could be arrested again it could be things are normal she could be tried outside of a turkish prison but we do know we don't know what to expect any more so if she decides to go she will be taking a huge risk going back to turkey even though she does not have a travel ban to enter turkey right now. we will have to see if she will go back or not while top of course is not the only journalist who is arrested in turkey on terrorism charges her husband also is facing similar charges he unlike tolu does not have german citizenship he's a turkish citizen and he's still not allowed to leave the country. what does

citizenship what kind of world does that is your place in fact and how journalists in turkey are being treated well yes there are more than one hundred forty journalists still in prison. husband is still in turkey of course that makes the situation difficult for her which is only understandable and of course if you have a german citizenship then the german government can step in but it takes time as we've seen in the case of as we've seen in the case of and also michel the total so it does take time for german government to help activists or journalists get out of the country there are still seven german citizens being politically charged in turkey so it is very difficult for journalists and anyone actually who is opposing the government currently. is that is the dar the foreign policy editor and former head of d.w. turkish news thank you very much indeed for all of your insights thank you for having me. now tributes are flooding in for u.s.

senator john mccain who died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain had been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and on friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career he passed away at his ranch in arizona surrounded by his wife and other family members. the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nation's highest office. born into a family of navy admirals john mccain served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot when his plane was shot down over one noir in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven he became a prisoner of war enduring five and a half years of torture and captivity. he entered politics after his release and went on to be the senator of arizona for more than

thirty years the republican also made two failed bids for presidency in two thousand and two thousand and eight he was known as a man of integrity and willing to stick to his convictions rather than toe the political line tributes are coming in from both sides of the political aisle. i'll be honest i'm a democrat but i love it. i don't know i just always he's caring. he listen to us and i just have always had a high respect for him and just deeply saddened i heard about it and immediately started crying just thinking about what a man of integrity and just cared so much for his country in vietnam he's remembered for his efforts to build peace post war. it's a sad day and i send my condolences to his family he was among those americans who

supported vietnam the most in normalizing relations with the u.s. he also fought for peace in many countries including vietnam. for. mccain will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in maryland the final resting place for a man who fought for america and its people. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis is holding on. asked in ireland on the second day of his state visit earlier he begged for god's forgiveness over the catholic church's sex abuse scandals in ireland the pope's visit has been overshadowed by the church's history of abuses thousands of abuse survivors are expected to hold protests today. italy's interior minister matteo salvini is under investigation for his role in preventing migrants rescued at sea from disembarking in sicily. only allow people to disembark after five days on board when albania

ireland and the vatican agreed to take in the migrants. in taiwan at least six people have been killed and thousands of evacuees from their homes after days of heavy rainfall flooding hit forty seven areas inundating houses and submerging vehicles taiwanese leader william live visited the area and apologized to every residents who criticize the government for failing to come to their aid. more than three hundred south koreans have traveled to north korea to meet their long lost relatives it's the second round of temporary were unions of family members who've been separated for decades by the korean war earlier this week about two hundred other south koreans went to the scenic diamond mountain resort for similar reunions . turning now to zimbabwe where the country's new president emerson and gone one has taken the oath of office following the country's disputed july election was

inauguration in the capital harare comes a day after the country's constitutional court upheld his narrow election victory the result had been contested by the main opposition party which claimed the vote was rigged. each minute our boy called and said bob wins to put it on their differences and to work together towards rebuilding the country whose economy. correspondent privilege was fun healy attended a swearing in ceremony and we asked him whether m.d.c. opposition leader and nelson chamisa as threat to hold more protests could undermine the president's new term. this decision is only going to be decided on when is there when they meet as their national council but critics and also analysts are saying that he will be shooting himself in the food if he is going to do that because already there is in bad winds are beginning to warm up are to the judgment that was passed on friday they are warming up to present

a must win so you can see even here at this stage the big companies a zimbabwean companies have put out a huge banners to congratulate president. and sign that people are welcoming his leadership so critics now and analysts are saying that if there m.d.c. is to go ahead and do demonstrations in the streets it will not help the cause of the opposition parties rather they would. accept what the courts decided and also try to work with the current president we have just been sworn in to let the country move forward. all right since fourth news now in the new but as late as season got under way this weekend and one of the title contenders is already facing a setback shall go work out and it is a tough opening game against both for a club on the rebound after

a barely avoided relegation last season. shaka have newcomers mark suit sage and sally sunday the starting line up it's a little effects both spoke with the shop aside from the first time on set pieces would prove to be key in this match maxi onil to john brooks one knew the hosts of if brooks with a case of space and famine with no shot to mimic with a disco was fuming time after the break it got pretty turbulent a brutal attack obama time to start it put first so yellow but then the video referee got involved and the decision was overturned but they got was from the size it should be that is much in. the above there was more outrage the match came so close brooks took down brill mbulelo penalty the shaka not be able bench eleven equaliser the guests in the eighty fifth minute by which the game in time added on both sides of playing for the win but it was the routine wait for the cue that no

kinship with the winner i want to finish it was. going to survive if we keep on going like this we've got a nerve racking season ahead but that's good for the fans it was a really intense game that in the end went out why and i don't think it was undeserved from vines i think it's just too shrewd she switched off and she really if you have to be honest it was a tough game for the refs and sort of you should say what i want to be a video assistance for referee mistakes happened the important thing is how you deal with. it on the limited. ball spoke open the season with a surprising when the boss shaka will be hoping to improve their fortunes a match day to. english football side liverpool has shipped their goalkeeper lauras carlos out to the turkish side to seek to us on a two year loan deal the twenty five year old's mistakes in the champions league final versus real madrid cost liverpool the match and the german has since been

demoted to the bench three errors led to the reds at signing brazilian allison becker for roma as a replacement car hughes has made forty nine appearances for liverpool and will aim to rebuild his confidence with the turkish week champions. from the dignified and somber sport of chess comes a world championship for a select few as in the select few who are willing to play the game under water in a london pool on a weekend in august players dive beneath the surface to play with magnetic pieces but without breathing apparatus and once they go fully under they have to complete their move before coming up for air the eventual winner war and orange fish have to intimidate or at the very least distract his opponents. a quick reminder now of our top story. tributes are flooding in for us senator john mccain who died

at the age of eighty one mccain has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and the maverick republican served more than thirty years in thinking with senate. you're up to date now on d w news and to join us again at the top of the.