returns home on d. w. dot com. this is d w news live from berlin and clouds of a perfect storm gathering over the last rebel strongholds in syria the united nations warning of a bloodbath that syrian government and russian forces prepared to take it live probably. also coming up german foreign minister heikal must travel into turkey today higher on the agenda is the release of seven german citizens from turkish jail they were arrested after the failed coup two years ago and ever go so bad that

we had to leave iraq probably on a jump on their motorbike. into the take of this massive traffic jam outside of a nigerian port we look at why drivers are waiting for weeks to unload their goods . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with what may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria have the united nations warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces move in to take the last rebel held province of idlib the leaders of iran russia and turkey said together on friday in tehran for a summit that could determine the scope and the timing of an offensive and the u.n. security council is also set to meet amid fears that the assaults could put. major

world powers on a collision course. a demonstration in 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 paradise. 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 good morning to you good. 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 the. 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 there 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. to exert pressure on the nusra front of the leading jihad is the leading rebel organization in italy to stop its attacks on the home

a map or the big russian haploid close to the coast they have made other demands and if the turks can offer something i have a slight hope 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. and moscow how how much did their priorities differ from those for example syria. lot turkey has been the main. main supporter of the rebels in recent years and they try to save their last bridgehead in the country but turkey is very much focused on the containment of the p.k. k. the kurds in syria that's more important for them russia has made tremendous efforts to rehabilitate the syrian government and to get money for the for the

record. struction 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 to decided to stop this. there are so many factors here that have not yet been calculated of course we know that u.s. president dollar trump 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 set to meet 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 that 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 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 anybody 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 is a civil war peter steinberg middle east analyst thank you so much. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world authorities in japan have begun a back to waiting hundreds of people stranded in constant airports the

international airport was flooded in the wake of typhoon gebbie at least ten people were killed and hundreds more injured by the storm it was the strongest typhoon to hit japan in twenty five years. an operation is underway to clear a collapsed motorway bridge in the indian city. at least one person was killed after several vehicles including a bus plunged thirty meters when a section of the overpass caved in on tuesday it was the second major road collapse in this area in recent years. a new tell all book by veteran not washington post reporter bob woodward quotes a top aide calling president trump an idiot and alleges other senior figures were moved to sensitive documents to stop him from making impulsive decisions trump has dismissed on twitter as a condo on the public. so we're going to. germany and turkey kicked off a series of high level visits today relations between the two countries have soured

in recent years over human rights and other issues germany's foreign minister will meet turkish president rector of type area one in ankara later today and high on the agenda for the german government is the release up 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 its weekend 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 with the 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 whom 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 told who was seen as a sign of a thawing of through 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 i want to talk a little bit more about the prospects for that with dorian dorian 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 one 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. said that all these cases have to be for decided by the courts and it's only the courts will decide the release of people in individual cases but having said that the economist. 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 quite when these are unclear and i think it will much of the penned on the progress of the meetings that the german foreign minister will have today and tomorrow and turkey is perhaps and interesting

position right dorian because i mean we know that the government of russia typo on its face saying basically an economic crisis. our own relations with the united states the lira tanking as we 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 in somewhat of a charm offensive in the last few weeks reaching out to germany as well as the wider european union as it finds itself increasingly internationally isolated because it comes at a time where 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 with two countries have in particular over syria so tokyo dollars 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 of the tensions those warnings have been relaxed they didn't have an enormous effect on tort tourism but that is certainly a 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 to

a 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 the. 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 that 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 here this is of course and that's very important for germany do you see that factoring in at all and this may 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. you're watching news still to come on the program germany's team rolls its way into the world cup we will see how the women's national soccer team earn their spot with a big win over the their island. but first we are heading to the port of the mega city lagos it is one of the most important 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 wait up to four weeks to get into the port our correspondent adrienne creaks 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. that's five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. papa 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 cavaney benaroya 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 to if you're lucky one two three weeks sometimes four weeks so the clients a complaint in you can get as much product out of the country and it's just it's a disaster you a bun ois says the bad state of the roads the lack of ports in nigeria and mismanagement are to blame for the situation. that i can only use you and from my assumption is some people probably benefit from it being the way to travel yes so bad that we had to leave iraq i'll be i'm and jump on a motorbike many of the tractor trailers told us better place a good open secret that if you bribe some of the security forces who are in charge of a raising 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. 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 twenty twenty lagos is set to get a brand new port. in tennis defending man champion rafael nadal has survived a nearly five hour five set match at the u.s.

open to advance to the semifinals the doll lost the first set six love but came back to beat australia dominic team at two in the morning in new york time he'll play one martin del potro next meanwhile women's champion sloane stephens is out she would speed by lot. of still go well now mates raina williams in her first ever semi final flushing meadows. in time germany's women's soccer team have made it to the twenty one thousand world cup in france the two time world champions had difficulties and qualify but an eight mil victory in the faroe islands put them in the tournament. the germans knew only a win would guarantee qualification an interim coach horst rupesh was quickly put the team by layers shoulder netting up to just three minutes there was defense offered little resistance and the pattern was set for the match even the unusual artificial turf in toss up to the germans leader mcconnell making it to now.

soon after leon in my after just before the half time whistle cop was brought in with the side in chaos in march but it will spot now beckons kathleen see mondal in a free kick for hello and it felt like a training game from their own golden seimone grabbing their second goal germany was scoring at will to central parts topple completed the eight no routes. germany head to the finals on a high. but gruber bush now heads off into retirement. and for years here canada heading to talks in washington today nafta is on the table isn't nafta is on the table is the second attempt there from canada canadian prime minister justin trudeau during his lines in the sand over the future of that pact this is his negotiators headed back to washington for that attempt reworking the agreement

once again 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 all givens outside of the length the u.s. court system speaking yesterday the 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 you know 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 the canadian prime minister justin trudeau there well why i call it a bit of very unfair focusing on online payments to setsu not german giant come out by and out of the blue chip dax index today is the latest sign of plucky fin techs

out shining traditional endless wire cart makes software for cash and contactless payments the company started out processing called payments for gambling and pornography websites now some of the biggest names in business using its services. but munich airport chinese travelers are known as an avid buyers of luxury goods just before departure. since recently they've also been able to pay with early pay or we chat chinese payment systems. this watch merchant process is the transaction through the wire card company. germany's why a card takes a one point six percent commission for the service. on the phone thank you think this is to begin with it looks relatively easy and all the trader has to do is integrated it in software like that you also have to look very closely at the security anger when you hear about how much they target stolen we have to look

after the data that means we have to make the corresponding tests in the data centers and get it all set up of this i am the food. and wire card is growing along with it the company employs five thousand people one of these i t specialists at its headquarters are discussing their expansion plans for the u.s. . and a short while ago why a car to quite a transaction banking provider in india. to boom an online retailing is boosting wildcard profits all over the world as retailers line up for the company's software solutions. in the c.s. i think we've always known very well that we need to move into markets are going to expanding rapidly we have to offer solutions where the customer only needs one partner and by focusing fer me on that approach then i think we've got a good point as to the direction to take on the cost was the key and big lies.

online casinos also use wire card companies come in for some criticism for that because online casinos are accused of having a lax attitude to money laundering. fund and books but until then we support gambling we support illegal gambling operations because that's why it's a perfectly reasonable link to have you know our value added chain about the. cementing its market position why is it also offers a host of other services including risk management call centers and customer loyalty schemes. so i will change on the tax let's talk more about this now with our financial correspondent who is on the front but it still takes change really why i call it is said to notch out bank on the tax why i call it what it seems to be the new star in the german market is everything is golden as it seems. well it certainly is a success story helena was founded about twenty years ago come out spunk which it's not doing out of the docks was founded in the nineteenth century and wire card is

all that more successful with profits with very strong growth and with this huge stock market price that allowing it to. come out spunk out of the dax and it's showing that a german fin tech can grow like this and actually mature and convince investors the thing is though that a lot of people criticize the stock is really expensive it's it's exploded in the past months and the valuation is about sixty four times earnings that means that it's in the dax it'll be about twice as expensive in that relationship which is important to investors as the next most expensive share and that means that it has a lot of promises to fulfill a lot of expectations to meet in the next little while if it's to continue on that path it sure does but nevertheless the rise of fin tech is very evident at the moment are we talking about the end of the big end this is at the top. i think at

the end of the big lenders know that come out strong c.e.o. martin siri can says himself that for him yes it's sad that the company is leaving the docks but not. changes for customers or their business or for the come out spanx role in servicing the german economy business and i think the same goes for the deutsche bank which is leaving the euro stocks but of course it's a it's a dent in their reputation and the stocks will suffer even more because investors will have to pay less attention to do it your bank could come out spunk in the market and there's harsh criticism from investor advocates that said the big banks here in germany soundly slept through the digital revolution all right. frank has changed thank you ali. the head of the international monetary fund says she hopes to reach an agreement with argentina soon us today of the early release of a fifty billion dollars loan christine legarde says there's been progress in talks

with the country's finance minister on the quest to hold named speeding up that payments the i.m.f. approved in june what is that it has already used the first installment of a billion dollars in the tent to stabilize its currency but the peso has continued its law using all of its body against the dollar this they've bought this ticket and that's raising fears that the country will not be able to service its debts the u.s. has also promised it's. an armada now the top story we're following the united nations has warned about blood. russian and syrian forces appear poised in the want a final assault on the country's last rebel held stronghold the un security council is set to meet on friday over the crisis. you're watching news from of the implantable coming up at the top of the hour actually company and see that.

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