pretention designer. starts september ninth. this is d w news the law i live in fear of an all out assault on syria's last rebel stronghold and a new humanitarian crisis. reports of intensified and strikes across northern syria including a rebel held province home to some three million libyans look at the latest from our correspondent also coming up. egypt sentences the islamist leaders and dozens

of others to death at the protests and twenty first seen it will be violently broken up by security forces. and more tension in the german city of cabinets up for another march by amzi immigration protests are poor so went to the region and explains how the migration issue is also highlighting divisions between germany's east and west. i knew cubans mckinnon welcome to the show. reports coming in of renewed strikes on syria's last major that's just a day off to turkey iran and russia failed to agree on a ceasefire in the syrian. syrian activists say the strikes seen here and on verified for said. on the most violent in

a month they say their targets in rebel positions in it live and hama provinces it live is the last opposition stronghold in the country and the government says it will retake it that is three million civilians trapped its fear an all out assault could lead to humanitarian catastrophe. for more on the situation let's bring in now and shall hora in beirut and shell thanks for joining us reports of heavy russian ass strikes is this the beginning of a major offensive. but it does seem like that perhaps it will be a phased offensive not the men who did yesterday said that it's time to bring phased stabilization to the problems of the well we have seen as we've seen sixty eight and strikes in the area concha counting. on is where the chemical attack took place in april this year it was the bomb by o b c w and this is new c.w.

also had a mandate to pinpoint who was behind it and it said it was syrian government this area believed to be under the control of an extremist how this organization which is now known as. and has in the boss had links with a terrorist organization that some believe it still does so what russia is trying to do is it's trying to say look we are going to be attacking areas that are directly under the control of this job this organization the other area that's come under attack in northern hama about two weeks ago member. of the job this group or actually moved to northern hama as reinforcement so this is what's coming out at the moment it seems like there will be an offensive and it is a beginning but perhaps of a brazen offensive and how big it's going to be scared we still don't know. i'm told there are three million civilians in the area what situation of they facing is there any escape possibility at all. well the fear is that whoever

the russians on the syrian government hits there will be civilian casualties just because there are so many civilians in the province of live aid in this case today the reports that are coming out is that perhaps three to five casualties have a card the observation which is based in the u.k. says four deaths have occurred whereas the civil defense committees which are in is that these are activists who say three to five four in one three in one village i beg your pardon and one in another this death's door also includes two children and one woman so these are the past because that are coming on as far as today's concern but wherever the government hits and whether the syrian government by that i've been and the russians have been a bounty more casualties the congo to talk he took his nominee any more refugees in the congo to europe because europe doesn't want anymore that options article goes open and they go back into syrian territories or they go off to use a few fifties in areas which are dominated by the kurds ok and shelve or in beirut

thanks so much fear reporting. and egyptian court has sentenced seventy five people to death so their involvement and protests five years ago that were violently broken up by security forces top leaders of the outlawed muslim brotherhood are among those sentenced to hang amnesty international has condemned the trial as politically motivated. the last. visit will tell the militants come instead of. handing down the seven hundred thirty nine simmons's took judge hassan fareed some time the accused face charges including murder protesting illegally and damaging property seventy five of the defendants got the worst possible news yourself by hanging. the court also sentenced the spiritual leader of the brotherhood mohammed badie and forty six others to life in prison. it's become known as the rahbar carries after cairo's.

square where the twenty thirteen pro muslim brotherhood sit in took place after the military ousted president mohamed morsy security forces crushed the protest killing more than eight hundred by amnesty international list them it's mahmoud a photo journalist known as shock who was covering the protest received five years in prison but he'll walk free for time already served when his but this sentence is unfair because she didn't commit any crime to be imprisoned five years that he was a journalist doing his job your sentence wasn't based on evidence it was based on police investigations on the other hand we have proof of his innocence. he said he would launch new proceedings to clear his client's name chuck khan is expected to be released in the coming days. of some of the other stories making news around the world un peace talks for yemen have failed the un's special envoy

for yemen confirmed rebel delegation would not be coming to geneva in response the saudi backed government delegation an ounce it would go home the war in yemen has been raging for three years and claimed some ten thousand lives two thirds of yemenis now depend on humanitarian aid. thousands of people around the world have taken to the streets to call for more climate protection the protests a part of the rise of climate campaign people such as those shown here in paris hold on while the leaders to end the reliance on fossil fuels and to shift to renewable energy. people in sweden are preparing to vote in sunday's general election the traditional mainstream posses a facing a strong challenge from the far right and he immigration sweden democrats the main campaign issue has been how to integrate the large number of immigrants the country has taken in polls suggest no policy will win

a clear majority. gemini's domestic intelligence chief is facing a barrel of criticism off the costing doubt on whether racially inspired attacks took place during violent protests and chemists two weeks ago mohsen also suggested a video taken in the east and german city that circulating on social media could be deliberate misinformation the remarks contradicts eyewitness and media reports police in the state of saxony are investigating dozens of alleged assaults on videos of violent attacks by rightwing demonstrators in chemist's have gone viral on social media afghanis ali and bahrain it said the attack started with racist taunts. get out of germany out and then they were hitting us one of them did like this to me than ali with a lift turned on him in the face. you know

the two afghanis have filed criminal complaints others were also the targets of violent attacks says under the victim counselor he says he's spoken with some twenty three people who say they were attacked. does mention the snow days people have been the targets of physical attacks they were kicked punched people sometimes don't report these attacks straight away that means that we believe the attacks on aug twenty sixth were more prevalent than reported it's only now people are coming forward to report being chased or attacked through it all just hits the state prosecutor in dresden is not investigating these as pursuits the term cannot be legally applied but as other offenses and to reduce them was pursuing copies in the context of demonstration laws there are of course many different kinds of crimes these can be seen in the videos on social media and we now have to investigate these crimes using video material that we have this is what you meant to be honest . by friday night police had begun one hundred forty preliminary investigations

into the violence at the cape and its demonstrations. police are also looking into an attack on a jewish restaurant and cabinets during those protests media reports say around a dozen mosques to salem's hold rocks and bottles and shouted anti semitic slogans the restaurant owner was reportedly injured during the innocents during the incident excuse me camus remains tense with crowds of demonstrators returning to the streets on friday march shows many wearing the far right insignia chanted we all the people and this is our city hundreds of police officers were deployed cabinet's police said there were more than two thousand far right protesters several hundred counts of demonstrators also gathered in the city there have been no reports of violence. now the migration debate has exposed a deep rift between germany's east and west nearly thirty years after the collapse

of communism and german reunification deep divisions remain the chief political editor went to the eastern state of saxony to find out why. just over an hour's drive from chemists the small town of meissen is feeling can its current political pay. to the man who led saxony is political education agency for eight years is running for mayor here in the city center many saxton's tell him they feel hard done by the media over the events in canada is biased. despite the fact that ordinary people with that everybody was portrayed as right wing which is all i have to tell you i lived through communist east germany and this is more of the same the us is. almost three decades after german reunification germany's east seems still haunted by its communist past. or.

there's a line of demarcation between eastern and western europe that runs somewhere through germany. i can't tell you where exactly that line is. missing but i think we need to think about the fact that parts of germany's east culturally historically and politically more like poland and hungary or other eastern states. people are homogenous they have their own sense of cultural identity and they didn't experience the waves of liberalism pluralism and the americanization that swept across western europe. and in meissen almost one third voted for the anti migration a.f.d. party in the last general elections yet it has one of the lowest proportions of foreigners in germany and my son has its own marker of shame left by an arson attack on a migrant shelter three years ago as we talk outside we spot a former far right in p. d. party leader who lives across the road nicole smith admits he met the arsonist the

night before the attack by the debate was never about whether they can come but the city council had promised that he would talk to all of us living here before anything happens and that didn't happen as we read in the paper that an asylum shelter would be opened here in four weeks that's not right. that doesn't justify an arson attack. yes that was stupid you know well that was more than stupid house was the attack cost my son its reputation but it's only a symptom of political failure says this ensured that we and of course that doesn't excuse an arson attack but that explains a little of the outrage at the lack of political communication question and that seems to be a basic problem. proud of their tradition many saxon's are suspicious of change they weren't asked about many tell us candidates could happen anywhere. saxony has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections and the varia of

the state of hesse including european elections next may that will so whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. the mars rover curiosity has sent the world a new stealthy from the surface of the red planet nasa has just released this three hundred sixty degree panorama from the right of his position on the vera reuben ridge and shows a red view of the rover itself covered in a layer of dust following a powerful storm this sunday you can still see the dust darkening the martian atmosphere that storm actually put another miles ruba so look out what unity ounce of action you're also see will take drill samples on the ridge heading to its next location. and now just a reminder of the top stories we are following for you heavy at strikes are being reported in northern syria described by activists as the most violent in a month that's getting all out and set against it live province the last rebel held

stronghold in syria could unleash a humanitarian catastrophe three million civilians trapped. and of course in egypt has handed down death sentences to seventy five people including islamist leaders over twenty thirteen protests it was violently break not by security forces rights organizations precise the trial being politically motivated. you're watching news more coming up here at the top of the hour i mean could this be can anybody and thanks so much for joining. me to your smart t.v. even smarter to believe. what you want where you want to. go to do. extraordinary. steps. decide more to. fund the war that d.w. job or.