and we're determined to build something new for the next generation gloomy view barmen series of global three thousand on t.w. and online. this is d w news live from berlin and clouds of a perfect storm gathering over the rebel stronghold in syria. the united nations warns of a bloodbath that syrian government and russian forces prepared to take it live providence also coming up german foreign minister heikal mosque traveling to turkey today high on the agenda is the release of seven german citizens from turkish jail

they were arrested after the failed coup two years ago and there's no place like home the f.b.i. recovers dorothy's groovy slippers worn in the classic hollywood film the wizard of oz thirteen years after they were stolen but the themes are still on the loose and germany steamrolls its way into the football world cup the women's national soccer team are in their spot thanks to an emphatic eight and they'll win over the faroe islands. i'm sorry kelly it is great to have you with us we begin with what may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the united nations warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move in to take the last rebel province rebel held province of idlib. the leaders of iran russia and turkey are set to

gather on friday in tehran for a summit that could determine the scope and timing of an offensive and the u.n. security council is also set to meet a big fears that the assault could put major world powers on a collision course. demonstration and it live against the assad regime in defiance of the looming government offensive whether these people turned out voluntarily or were forced to by rebel fighters is unknown. propaganda is dominating the calm before the storm on all sides the syrian army displaying its hardware and saying it's ready to move in. we're still observing the other side but when we see something there we fire on anything that moves. for the first time in weeks russian airplanes attacked rebel positions in italy on tuesday some thirty targets were hit say the rebels russia says its patience with

the anti-government forces is limited. but the rebels are also rattling their sabers many of them of former al-qaeda fighters at least ten thousand fighters are in the enclave these propaganda images give the impression these men can hardly await the coming bloodbath. but we will defeat any attack and destroy our enemy as we are ready for a pair of those. at least three million civilians including many refugees are trapped inside this suffering is already appalling. it's a daily struggle for survival it's terrible i can't give my children anything to eat. and the turkish army has been moving additional hardware to the syrian border it's supposed to block another mass influx of syrian refugees if and when the offensive goes ahead. and joining me now here in the studio to discuss this is

middle east analyst steinberg good morning to you good oh and i'd like to begin by asking you because this is really the battle that everyone has been fearing three million people estimated to be in this area the u.n. warning of a bloodbath what do you think we will see in it. if the offensive starts we will see a. magnitude of what is happening is far greater than anything we have seen in recent years the population of east aleppo for example was. about one hundred fifty thousand people and here in italy we talk even if the numbers seem to be a little bit exaggerated of up to three million people who for the time being are not able to escape to turkey so now we have the leaders of iran russia and turkey they said to me and tehran on friday coming up with a plan a strategy what do you think that we will see from them i really don't know it

might be the last chance to avoid this big offensive because the russians have been putting pressure on the turks. pressure on the new stuff from the leading jihad is the leading rebel organization in italy. stop its attacks on him a map or at the big russian help or close to the coast they have made other demands and if the turks can offer something i have a slight hope that this offensive will at least be postponed a little bit meantime we also speaking about putting pressure on you know various factors here at the u.n. appealing specifically to russia and turkey we know to help try and find a solution to ungar and moscow how how much did their priorities differ from those for example syria. turkey has been the main. the main supporter of the rebels in recent years and they try to save the last bridgehead in the country

but turkey is very much focused on the containment of the peak aka the kurds in syria that's more important for them russia now has made tremendous efforts to rehabilitate the syrian government and to get money for the for the reconsider. of the country so there might be a chance that these two two states will be ready to find a negotiated solution the problem is that the syrians and iranian allies seem to have decided to stop this. there are so many factors here that have not yet been calculated of course we know that u.s. president actually warned assad on monday to not recklessly attack it live and the white house strongly cautioned him again reiterated that on tuesday the u.n. security council is also said to me do you see world powers here the various forces at play potentially on a collision course no i don't because the american declarations. president

secretary have been relatively weak and it shows that the u.s. doesn't have any influence on the situation in this part of syria although american troops are still active in the eastern part of the country we do see iran russia turkey and the syrian government are calling the shots. that's not only sad it's dangerous the west has lost all its influence on the situation in syria if you don't what is it about province in particular that makes this situation so dire first it's big we do talk about nearly three million people who are who don't have any. possibility to escape and secondly this might be the major and the last battle of the civil war between the syrian government and the sunni rebels there are other conflicts which might follow but this is the decisive battle in

this war. middle east analyst thank you so much. when alex got a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world officials in iraq the city of basra say that at least five protesters have been killed in a second day class of. she is with security forces hundreds of people gathered at local government buildings hurling petrol bombs and stones public anger has swelled over a lack of jobs and access to services. the hearing on u.s. president trumps pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh opened with protest democrats are demanding access to documents relating to cavanaugh's who worked under former u.s. president george w. bush more than a decade ago if confirmed cavanagh is expected to give the country's top court a reliably conservative majority. and the los angeles district attorney's office says that it will not be prosecuting actor kevin spacey over an accusation of

sexual assault a dating back to one thousand nine hundred two it says the allegation falls outside of the california statute of limitations and prosecution has been declined spacy has not commented on the decision. to germany and turkey kick off a series of high level visit today relations between the two countries have soured in recent years over human rights and other issues now germany's foreign minister will meet with turkish president. later today high on the agenda for the german government is the release of seven german citizens from turkish jail they're being held on political charges after the failed coup two years ago turkey will be looking for support for it's weakened to qana me the lira has tanked in recent weeks. and we have team coverage of this meeting for more let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane who is joining us here in the studio and we also have dorian jones standing by with the very latest from istanbul linda walk us

through what's at stake today well the absolute top priority for the german government is the release of those germans who you mentioned some of them in fact are double citizens of both germany and turkey who are still detained on political grounds in turkey. and combined with another top priority for further normalization of relations between germany and turkey because in fact as you mentioned they have absolutely been quite embittered ever since the attempted putsch against president won a whole wave of germans were detained by the turkish government twenty eight of them have now been released and particularly the most recent release at the end of august of the journalist and translator ms told who was seen as a sign of a thawing of thorough their normalization so foreign minister abbas will be looking

to bring that process forward and certainly also pushing for the further release of those those seven germans absolutely and i want to talk a little bit more about the prospects for that with dorian dorian when we're talking about those those other seven germans. how likely is it that the german foreign minister will will be able to secure their release. well it's difficult to say the president. has always insisted that all these cases involving european nationals is a matter for the courts and that point was on the line but the head of turkey's appeals court last week he said that all these cases have to be decided by the courts and it's only the courts will decide the release of people in individual cases but having said that the a column is. very closely linked to the turkish president did indicate that if relations did improve we have europe you could see what he said progress on high profile cases involving european nationals so there

is an expectation so it's in the head of the state visit by the president to berlin that we could see possible releases. and i think it will be much the pend on the progress of the meetings that the german foreign minister will have today and tomorrow and turkey is perhaps in interesting position right dorian because i mean we know that the government of russia typo on its face saying basically an economic crisis may be souring relations with the united states the lyric taking as we've mentioned does this mean that everyone needs better relations with germany. well i think that certainly does appear to be the case and not only germany with the why the european union you've seen tokyo on somewhat of a charm offensive in the last few weeks reaching out to germany as well as the why the european union as it finds itself increasingly internationally isolated because it comes at a time when relations between washington and ankara are plummeting and looks set to

get even worse and turkey is looking also toward more scope but there is a realisation here the turkey cannot depend on. because of the growing differences the two countries have in particular over syria so tokyo realize it needs red better relations with the european union burden is key. and melinda with that i'd like to turn to you how much pressure do you see heikal mosse being able to apply in this meeting because i mean it's not only the seven german citizens that he wants released there are also major human rights concerns in the country that's right i think he certainly will attempt to apply pressure germany has been applying pressure in the past months for example by limiting arms exports to turkey turkey is a nato partner but arms exports have plummeted since the recent tensions between turkey and germany and also the german government issued travel warnings warning tourists not to travel to turkey last spring again because the tensions those warnings have

been relaxed they didn't have an enormous effect on toward tourism but that is certainly of great concern to turkey because as you say its economy absolutely has been tanking and it really needs that tourism so there are a couple of levers that the germans can work with and the fact is that we've seen turkey reconvening the committee that discusses how to put european union economic and policy. recommendations into practice so that's at least a symbolic gesture showing that turkey does have some renewed interest in closer relations with ease. that had been on ice for quite some time so there may really be an opening here for both sides to come a bit towards one another but i wouldn't expect miracles i don't think germany is suddenly going to say we're signing up to all of the human rights rules the you say we've been violated ok and melinda how do you see for example another factor here

because we know that turkey has a migrant deal with the e.u. it curbs the number of refugees crossing to europe this is of course and that's very important for germany do you see that factoring in at all in this you know well certainly that gives the turkish side some leverage on the other hand they are very very concerned at the moment about the outcome of this offensive in it live that you were just discussing with tito about what that could mean for turkey will they see masses of refugees pouring over their border so they're going to be looking to work with germany together to try to mitigate the effects on turkey and that particular issue migrant migration cuts indeed both ways for both countries melinda crane our chief political correspondent and dorian jones joining us from istanbul thank you so much to both of you. well now the port city of or the mego port city of lagos is one of the most

important in west africa and one of the most chaotic one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered a seventy two hour security operation to clear up the traffic jams around the port but very little progress appears to have been made thousands of trucks still waiting up to four weeks to get into the port and our correspondent adrienne krishna reports from lagos. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. five to five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened you to strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for

a month to get in and the entry cost of the port for their vehicles has quadrupled . businessman kevin and ben ali has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two three containers a month i mean a week now we're down if you're lucky one in two three weeks sometimes four weeks so the kinds of complaining you can't get as much product out of the country and it's just it's it's a disaster aid by noise says the bad state of the roads the lack of ports in nigeria and mismanagement are to blame for the situation. i can only assume and from my assumption is some people probably benefit from it being the way to travel yes so bad that we had to leave. and jump on a motorbike many of the exact. place that open secret that if you're right some of the security forces who are in charge of arranging the traffic you can jump the

line. several institutions are responsible for traffic traffic police union representatives regular police even the military but they don't consider themselves part of the problem. there are just too many containers and the port authority isn't opening up the port to let them in. so every day there are more and more the major issue is the road so we have begging the government to help to reduce the traffic. so. we wanted to talk to the relevant ministry in the capital abuja but no one would answer our questions. so good things it'll be three weeks before he sees his family again that's the earliest he'll be able to deliver his goods he's hopeful though in twenty twenty lagos is said to get a brand new port. and now to

a case involving one of america's best loved movies the wizard of oz and the footwear of its main character dorothy her shoes were snatched from a museum in the u.s. over a decade ago and now police have come a big step closer to solving the mystery of the missing slippers. under the ring. for here today to share with you the recovery of one of the most significant and cherished pieces of movie memorabilia in american history dorothy's ruby slippers from the one nine hundred thirty nine movie the wizard of oz. the priceless props were stolen from this museum in minnesota thirteen years ago only a single red sequin was left behind. these types of offenses. not only deprive the order of the property. but all of us.

this type of cultural property is important to us as a society the shoes were retrieved in july during a sting operation but investigations have yet to catch the thieves our hope today is that folks that are watching this if you know something about the theft something about where these slippers have been the last thirteen years that you come forward and you share that with us. the slippers are just one of four pairs known to still exist from the film the f.b.i. enlisted the help of experts to ensure they have the real deal on their hands the smithsonian museum confirmed the stolen slippers authenticity by comparing them with the parent in its own collection. and now another treasured piece of hollywood history can go on display again. tennis now and defending champion sloane stephens has been knocked out of the u.s. open in the quarter finals the american lost in straight sets to a lot on a stage

a step that stove she will now meet serena williams in her first ever semifinal at flushing meadows and early morning new york time defending men's champion rafael nadal overcame a very slow start a six love brushing in his first set against austrian dominic team to win the match in a tight fifth set tiebreaker. germany's women's soccer team have made it into the twenty nineteen world cup in france the two time world champions have difficulties in qualifying but in a victory of the pharaoh over the faroe islands excuse me put them in the tournament. the germans knew only a win would guarantee qualification an interim coach horst lewis was quickly put at ease by layer sure netting up to just three minutes there was difference of a little resistance and the pattern was set for the match even the unusual artificial turf in top shop but not so the germans leader mcconnell making it now.

soon after the on in my to just before the half time whistle hopes his goal to meet the side in chaos in march but it will spot now beckons kathleen cmon dude in a free kick. and it felt like a training game from their own golden seem on covering their second goal in germany restoring it will. send cops double completed the eight no route. sure of any head to the finals on a high. but group bash now heads off into retirement. a showdown brewing in washington over nafta canada is heading there and is certain to be certain to be an interesting discussion right now and i probably going to be tough tough talks sarah canadian prime minister justin trudeau already kind of drew his line and the lines in the sand over the future of the north american free trade

deal this as his negotiators head back to washington for a second stab at reworking the agreement which mexico has already signed up to trudeau said he will not agree to any revision that does not contain a dispute resolution mechanism to settle this outside of the lengthy us court system canadian prime minister said he was holding out for a win win agreement. our negotiators are heading back to washington tomorrow to engage in a constructive and collaborative way and seeing if there's a deal for all of us there as i've said we need to see a win win win for all three countries but canada will not be signing a deal unless it is in the interests of canadian workers canadian middle class canadians in general acadian prime minister that was why a cot a very in start up best specialized in on line a payments is set to not german giant come out spike out of the blue chip dax index

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continued its sliding easing off of its value against the dollar so far this year that's raising say is that the country will not be able to service its debts the u.s. has also promised its support. our mind and out the top story we're following for you the united nations has warned of a plug. it in at the cross and russian and syrian forces appear poised to launch a final assault on the country's last a rebel held stronghold the un security council set to meet friday about the crisis . and you are watching the news. at the top of the hour don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site that is dot com thanks for your company and c.c. .

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