this is did of you news live from berlin could some reports of violence in the german city of chemist's last week be fake news the video of an alleged attack on a foreigner was widely circulated but now germany's domestic intelligence chief says he has no reliable evidence that mob chases actually took place his remarks contradict those of chancellor on the mac. and just a macro meanwhile is meeting with the president the money will crawl out of france

and more say bringing your forward as their objective ahead of an e.u. wide summit later this month. and no ceasefire for the last rebel stronghold in syria iran and russia rejected the turkish proposal and that averting a humanitarian catastrophe in it live problems but they have agreed to keep talking . i'm brian thomas while very warm welcome to the show the aftermath of a fatal knife attack in the eastern german city of candidates has sparked disagreement between chancellor only machall and her domestic intelligence chief it's been reported that far right mobs chase down foreigners in that city but now germany's domestic intelligence chief is raising doubts about those accounts he says his agency has no reliable evidence that such activity actually took place.

real news or fake news could these mobile phone shots be staged hands georg marson chief of germany's domestic intelligence agency suggests they might be fake speaking to a major german newspaper he had said he had no information about hunt's. recordings of august twenty sixth seem to show a mob of right wingers storming through the streets of cabinets pursuing foreigners the events follow the murder of a german citizen where the suspects are two asylum seekers now in custody. germany's interior minister is standing by mass and. i have no further information from the federal office for the protection of the constitution besides what they have published today but it is a similar level of information to that of the other security agencies which answer to me. just

a few days ago german chancellor angela merkel was in no doubt that the video recordings were authentic and not staged. i. have seen pictures which clearly show hatred in the persecution of innocent people which we have to distance ourselves from that's what my spokesman mr seibert did that's what i am doing that is all there is to say even machall coalition partners in the s.p.d. support her view and doubt that marston's position is correct. because i have. heard the eyewitness accounts i know about many many reports from journalists and i think a prudent security agency had would be well advised to provide facts to such a controversial thesis so as not to be responsible for further inflaming matters. the chancellor merkel spokesman today did not unequivocally support mass and a spokeswoman for the ministry of the interior simply said investigations into the disputed videos are ongoing.

so what are the facts our political correspondent next million akasha is following the story for us next only on as the head of germany's the next stake intelligence agency cited any proof that the reports of foreigners being chased in the streets of kindness are in fact fake news well this is the critical issue that everybody's talking about these days today when the story broke is that he hasn't disclosed where he has information from he hasn't given any information on how this investigation has gone forward and what the proof is he has for these allegations and what's even more critical is he hasn't published this in a public statement or in any kind of like official briefing but instead brought this forward in an interview he did with germany's biggest tabloid paper the build and what's probably thirdly most important is he hasn't on this in any kind of association or in any kind of correspondence with the government so he's just on

this without briefing actually the government ok i personally can't recall precedent for this in german politics on scared mohsen is directly contradicting the chancellor about the facts at issue how has she responded. german chancellor angela merkel has responded personally yet but today host spokes person stephens i but has he has said that in fact they haven't been briefed on skilled mohsen by the head of the domestic secret service yet so they were just as surprised as everybody else by this statement and. that they also have no information of how the investigation has gone forward neither has the interior ministry we have just heard the german federal interior minister was the officer that he trusts mohsen but neither has his ministry gotten any briefing on the investigation that mohsen claims his. statement today on ok there's really been some fallout

a short while ago the deputy head of all americans coalition partners of social democrats told us that he thinks mohsen the head of domestic intelligence should resign let's take a look at some of what role stakes are had to say. well because we have really proof for what happened in came that by independent journalists reporting from this place by testimonies from others by cruel reports of people getting prosecuted for raising think the chief of the intelligence is there to protect our constitution against right wing extremists and not to. talk down things that have been done by a right wing extremists those are all stake or their deputy head of the social democrats talking to us earlier not only on one of the concerns right now being raised about the domestic head of intelligence and his political independence. well this is not the first time that his political independence has been questioned or

his. approach to the job he's supposed to do so with everything quite some controversies in the last week first of all there was the story the claim that he's been meeting with members of the far right a state policy and has been supposedly advising them on how to avoid being observed by the domestic secret service and then second of all there was a story that broke and just a few weeks ago how he's been hitting or hiding supposedly the fact that. informant has been in the view off the bright plots. attack. and the question is why is he being so outspoken at the one hand but hiding certain issues on the other ok a lot of questions out there that still need to be answered ninety million on a question looking into this for us today thanks very much. well the united nations special envoy for syria has proposed

a plan for extremist rebel fighters to pullback from syria's provinces the country's last stronghold of anti-government resistance staffan de mistura present the proposal and insecurities council meeting which comes as the syrian government is expected to launch a major military offensive against that love the envoy said that the al qaeda linked fighters should retreat to avert a bloodbath. well meanwhile at a summit on the fate of it live around russia and turkey have been able to overcome their differences reigning leader hassan rouhani hosted russian president vladimir putin and turkish president as you type in tehran turkey push for a cease fire but that was rejected by russia and iran raising fears of an imminent offensive. now these three leaders did however agree to continue talking about. agency say an offensive against the province could quote be the greatest

humanitarian catastrophe in syria's seven year old war this is what turkey's president had to say because to do a lot of turkey right now is hosting three point five million syrian refugees it lives population is three point five million people now turkey does not have the resources or power to host a further three point five million people. ok to abuse a turkey correspondent yulia han standing by for us in istanbul yulia we heard early on there fearing an influx of millions of refugees what is at stake for turkey. well it is a very crucial matter of national security for turkey not only because what happens in egypt could lead to a final decision in the syrian war but because it's turkey who would have to bear the costs of such a large scale military offensive miss to add on won't again of

a bloodbath today he is as you already mentioned concerned about another influx of refugees considering the fact that his country is already hosting so many people we have gone beyond our limits he said and he's not only worried about civilians seeking aid or shelter in case of such an offensive but also about jihad is fighters thousands of them are believed to be inside it live they could potentially hide among civilians and cross into turkey. that was due to abuse you leon reporting from a for us earlier from istanbul. where germany has all americans in the french city of more say for talks with president call to are discussing key european issues like migration euro zone reform and. both leaders are facing political pressure at home on a number of fronts mcallen is relying on merkel support for his ambitious proposals to reform the eurozone which have met with stiff resistance and other new states as

well as with politicians here in germany european leaders gather later this month in salzburg where they hope to bridge their differences on migration policy. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today an intense while far in the u.s. that of california has forced the closure of an interstate highway. motorists had to flee their vehicles as the blaze rages need trinity shasta national forest scores of homes are under threat many residents have been ordered to evacuate. or. twitter is permanently banned the right wing internet personality alex jones because of quote abusive behavior the move comes after he posted a video of himself braiding e.c.n. and journalist social media giant had previously suspended him for a week facebook and youtube have taken similar actions. one of the front runners in brazil's presidential election jarrod bulsara is in

stable but critical condition after being stabbed in the abdomen. far right paul titian was attacked while campaigning in the city of. i believe that iraq's parliament will be convening an emergency session saturday to discuss the situation in the city of basra demonstrators there's a fire to a government building despite a curfew imposed by authorities people there protesting for days over collapsing infrastructure power cuts and corruption. also north korea prepares to mark its seventieth anniversary this weekend defectors are speaking out about the health risks involved in goosestepping participation in north korea's huge parades are seen in the military as a ticket to promotion but exiled north koreans say that the training regime named at perfecting this marching style has left some in physical agony.

a military display to warm the hearts of a dictator north korea's leader kim jong il is likely to see much more such synchronized stamping as the hermit kingdom gears up to celebrate its seventieth anniversary but all this pomp and pageantry comes with a human cost. this is north korean defectors since he's lived in south korea for decades he recalls a female officer who rests her life in a parade. after the march she was taken to a hospital and i do not know whether she survived continue. she trained through the pain knowing that if they found out about her condition they would pull her out of the parade she endured the pain and fell after she marched in front of the north korean leaders. another

defector now living in seoul. shows the technique she perfected. but her body has paid the price she claims the grilling exercise left her injured and was a violation of her human rights. when. there was a doctor did not even touch me and diagnosed me with say attica. i asked him about the cure and he said there was none he said if i were lucky it would heal itself but if not it would leave me paralyzed waist down i fainted after hearing that for three months i had to crawl on the floor. with no good look they're. here in pyongyang some of the thousands of north koreans who've been practicing for the upcoming celebration for months the price of privilege in this is to tell the tyrian state. state your reminder now of one of the top stories we're following for you today germany's domestic intelligence chief says pictures like this one on the violence and cabinets last week could be fake news. yes hans care of mawson says

his agency has no reliable evidence that the alleged chasing of foreigners actually took place. and coming up how a big brewer has come up with a clever idea to tackle plastic pollution that's straight ahead. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for mines.