the money should intrigue. the children gone twenty. paces d.w. news line from funding more tension in the german city of candice off to another multipoint county immigration protests demonstrators demanded the government change its migration policies as hundreds of police were deployed to maintain security the head of germany's domestic intelligence agencies now face in cool to resign office say there was no evidence of racist attacks during the last month on arrests in

canada. also on the program where u.s. president barack obama calls on americans to stand up to police in a scorching critique of success and the republican policy president said he started watching obama's speech but then fell asleep. the last. time helena humphrey glad you could join me germany's eastern city of chemical remains tense office some fifteen hundred demonstrators took to the streets again on friday to march against the government's migration policies challenging we all the people and this is all safety protesters carried signs calling for a complete halt to the arrival of a sign obsequious hundreds of police officers were deployed there were no reports of violence kemet says. seen

a series of protests from both sides of the migration issue since man was stabbed to death late last month allegedly by an asylum's. well the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency hans gale mohsen has come under fire after costing doubt on whether that attack led to racially inspired hunts on foreigners in cabinets speaking to the bill newspaper mohsen said i share some people skepticism towards media reports of hunts by right wing extremists he went on to allege that the reports were deliberate misinformation criticism and calls for mawson's resignation. videos like this one have been circulating online they're said to show far right mobs carrying out racist attacks in the eastern german city of chemist's on august twenty sixth. but in a controversial interview with the daily billed newspaper germany's domestic intelligence agency chief said he had no evidence that the racist attacks occurred he said

a widely circulated video could be fake deliberate misinformation but he did not say which one. remarks contradict not only reports from eyewitnesses journalists and alleged victims the intelligence chief also contradicted chancellor angela merkel's commons just a few days ago my near tune is that we have seen pictures that clearly show hatred and the persecution of innocent people and we must distance ourselves from such behavior. there's been something of a consensus among members of merkel's governing coalition that the races filings incumbents should be condemned several german politicians have criticized mohsen for second guessing what really happened. instead of speculating in public mr marson should present evidence. devise a. can then work because i've seen the pictures i've heard the eyewitness accounts i know about the many reports from journalists and i think

a prudent security agency head would be well advised to provide facts for such a controversial thesis to avoid exacerbating matters. timeshift. but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. one is inadmissible for to talk to the us national message interior minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place in full view most. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. andy w.'s chief political editor joins me now in the studio to discuss this further because mohsin says that there's no evidence that the video in question is

authentic he said maybe deliberate misinformation has he provided any proof to those claims he hasn't yet did do is he delivered to the interior minister not to the chancery i must stress what he should have done the assessment that by his agency that there were question marks over whether these strategic kind of hunting scenes on people in the streets actually happened he questions whether this video that we just saw is actually genuine but the state prosecutor in saxony says they don't see any reason why it shouldn't be and actually use it as a basis for their own investigation and all of this these. statements that he has backed up with facts really raise the question where does he stand as the head of domestic intelligence and who is you anyway to take that kind of stance right now when you point out his position and the position that that agency is charged weight which in fact is investigating the events that happened in. the agency itself said

anything about what actually happened it's findings of that investigation well it's actually its job is to provide the basis for assessments for someone like the german chancellor and the interior minister now it is clearly done this towards the interior ministry but not to the chancery we've heard from many politicians now criticizing his agency but himself and they certainly want to hear from him as part of a special session next week and hear him explaining what he says what he certainly did if he chose a major out that the largest setting tabloid newspaper to actually be for spark even more doubts over these look at this already very charged situation that we've had there in assessing what actually happened in cam that's now the. develop also have reporters on the ground we've heard many eyewitness accounts we have plenty of accounts that actually prove that scenes like the one in the video did actually take place and the big question is why is he being backed by his interior

minister horsy wolf when he's really taking a political stance is fueling a political debate and that simply is not his role and we should say as well that his controversy doesn't actually necessarily end they been criticized recently for talks with the far right alternative for germany and there's also been some criticism over his agency's involvement in the n.s.a. amery investigation can you tell us more about yeah that's the man who actually was responsible for that first terror attack here and you know the christmas market and there are the geisha ins that there was an undercover agent of his own agency potentially involved that he tried to cover that up he also spoke to a fifty politicians like many other politicians but the big question still is did he give them advice where does he stand politically complicated case me explaining it for us chief political editor thank you very much. now this is not normal

these are extraordinary times and a dangerous times the words of barack obama breaking with tradition and delivering a blistering attack on of the record of his successor donald trump speaking at a campaign event in illinois the former u.s. president called on americans to vote in november midterm elections and reject the politics of division we are americans were supposed to stand up to bullies. the former u.s. president didn't pull any punches on his return to the political stage. in his fiercest criticism of his successor yet obama accused trump of threatening democracy he also slammed the republican party. its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight against communism and now they're causing up to the former head of the k.g.b.

and a rallying cry to voters ahead of the midterms you need to vote because our democracy depends on. trump was quick to hit back to writing his true distresses speech i'm sorry i watched it but i fell asleep. i sound is very good. very good for sleeping we have the war of words as a taste of what's to come as the sitting and former president square off in the campaign season. and now some of the other stories making news around the walt for much from campaign adviser george up a topless has been sentenced to fourteen days behind bars for lying to the f.b.i. about his efforts to broker a meeting between donald trump ability nitwit in his contacts triggered by the

investigation by special counsel robert mueller into possible collusion with russia during trump's twenty sixteen campaign. jack ma the co-founder of china's biggest e-commerce conglomerate alibaba says he plans to step down as executive chairman told the new york times he wants to spend more time focusing on education the fifty four year old is among china's richest men with a fortune estimated at around with billion dollars. officials in the iraqi city of basra say one person's been killed and eleven injured in protests demonstrators set fire to the iranian consulate in the city they linked iran to the local government which they playing for corruption unemployment public steps up and ten people in bastrop have been killed in violence since monday. now iran russia and turkey have failed to agree on a ceasefire that would prevent a syrian government offensive in a province the last major rebel stronghold in that war torn country at

a summit in teheran leaders from the three countries did agree there could be no military solution to the syrian conflict they say the war can end only through a negotiated political process but during their talks syrian government russian warplanes mounted as strikes in aid agencies say that an or out offensive that could be the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in syria's seven year wall. antigovernment protests erupted on friday in live province and the prospect of syrian president bashar al assad's launch of an offensive against the country's last rebel stronghold is looming. with me meanwhile at the summit in the iranian capital russian president vladimir putin rejected a proposal for any adlib ceasefire made by his turkish counterpart retch up tie a pair to one russia resumed its airstrikes in the province on tuesday turkey is concerned that the situation could cause

a humanitarian catastrophe and lead to millions more refugees streaming to its borders. he is hosting three point five million syrian refugees population is three point five million people now take he does not have the resources or power to host a further three point five million people. tens of thousands of people have been bussed to it libyan recent years when their anti-government areas failed to assad's forces around half the residents have arrived from other parts of the country while turkey's main aim is to prevent a new influx of syrian refugees and stop the kurds from founding an independent state in syria russia and iran are mainly concerned with expanding their influence in the region they want a unified syria under president assad. the un security council on friday to discuss the situation any of its special envoy to syria urged

extremists groups to leave the region and warned of a looming crisis. for . agreement is proving elusive russia has dismissed warnings of a catastrophe calling it lip a nest for terrorism. tennis and the women's final of the u.s. open on saturday will for me chip feature a familiar name serena williams is going for a record equalling twenty fourth grand slam singles title but will be an all new experience for her opponent sacca and excitement in her native japan is building.

a tokyo shrine dedicated to the japanese god of competition and sports is busier than usual now you or me or soccer fans of come to wish you good luck against tennis great serena williams in the u.s. open final soccer is the first japanese woman in a grand slam final the twenty year old father was born in haiti and she grew up in the united states but being born in japan to a japanese mother is enough for her supporters. and many japanese isn't that good writing but the way she chose to speaking japanese is so cute my impression of hers that she sticks to her beliefs in these powerful japanese tennis hasn't been that great in the past but i think she's doing really well. she will need to play better than really well to stop her idol williams the thirty six year old is bidding to lift the trophy for the seventh time having given birth just a year ago following her semifinal victory williams tweeted a photo of her daughter asking did the moment when she better not ask if mamma won

last time she played osaka though she lost in straight sets in march. but serino was still recovering from a difficult birth back then. and now she looks in near top form. japan is still holding out hope though inside knowledge could be key with a circus coach previously having worked for williams miracles do happen. you're watching news more coming up at the top of the hour that. as long as top managers do not go today nothing ever changed you know the banks you don't mind and so was the language of a bank running. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. for my.