my. plane. this is a lifeboat from burlington fears of an all out assault on syria's last reglan stronghold found a new humanitarian crisis. reports of intensified air strikes across northern syria including rebel held it probably just home to some three million civilians we'll hear from our correspondent also coming on. egypt up holds death sentences for islamist leaders and dozens of others at a protest some twenty thirty in the of line broken up by security forces. found

more tension in the german city of camden after another launch by anti immigration protesters are those who went to the region and explains how the migration issue is so highlighting divisions between germany's east and west. i need proof as mckinnon welcome to the show. syrian government and russian warplanes have pounded towns in syria's last major rebel bastion that's just a day to turkey iran and russia failed to agree on a ceasefire in the syrian war syrian activists say the strikes are the most violent in a month they say they're targeting rebel positions in live and provinces and live is the last opposition stronghold in the country and the government says it will retain it but with three million civilians trapped there it's feared an all out

assault could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. for more on the situation let's bring in. burra 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. to pinpoint who was behind it and it said it was a syrian government this is believed to be under the control of the 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 dog this organization the other area that's come under attack is in northern hamas about two weeks ago. some of the job this group were actually moved to northern hamas 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 be it it's going to be scared we still don't know ok i'm told there are three million civilians in the area what situation of a facing is there any escape possibility at all. well the fear is that whoever the russians on the syrian government's hit 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 another this death's door also includes two children and one woman so these are the first because that are coming on a sponsor today is concern but wherever the government hits and whether the syrian government by that i'm mean and the russians have a good amount any more casualties the ganga talky talky thing any more refugees in the congo to europe because europe doesn't want anymore that options article call goes open to go back into syrian territories or they go up to your fifty's in areas which were earlier dominated by the kurds ok and shelve or in beirut thanks so much for your reporting. and egyptian court has confirmed the death sentences of seventy five people for the involvement in protests five years ago that were violently broken up by security forces in july the court called for the defendants including

leaders of the outlawed muslim brotherhood to be put to death that recommendation then pasta the country's chief islamic cleric for review amnesty international has condemned the trial as politically motivated. the law says. this is a difficult chapter that would come instead of. handing down the seven hundred thirty nine simmons's took judge hasan fire read 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 case after cairo's. tahrir 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 estimates mahmoud a photo journalist known as short on who was covering the protests received five years in prison but he'll walk free for time already served. this sentence is unfair because she didn't commit any crime to be imprisoned five years that he was a journalist doing his job his sentence wasn't a strong 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 is expected to be released in the coming days. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now greek police have fired tear gas at protesters ahead of a planned speech by prime minister alexis suppress the demonstrators oppose

a june deal to end a name dispute with the neighboring macedonia under which it would change its name to northern macedonia three say a territorial claims on its own province named macedonia. jack ma the co-founder of chinese e-commerce giant says he will unveil a succession strategy on monday he wants to hand the rich reins of his empire to a new generation of leaders but remain executive chairman ma told the new york times he wants to focus more time on philanthropy in education we war. thousands of people around the world have taken to the streets to call for more climate protection the protests are part of the rise of the climate campaign people such as these shown here in paris cooled on won't world leaders to end reliance on fossil fuels and to shift to renewable energy. germany's domestic intelligence chief is facing a barrage of criticism after costing doubt on whether racially inspired attacks

took place during violent protests and kennett's two weeks ago. also suggested a video taken in the east and german city circulating on social media could be deliberate misinformation the remarks contradict eyewitness and media reports police in the state of saxony are investigating dozens of alleged assaults. videos of violent attacks by rightwing demonstrators in chemist's have gone viral on social media afghanis ali and bahrain a said the attacks started with racist taunts. get out of germany out and then they were hitting us one of them did like this to me then ali with the left hand hit him in the face. the two afghanis have filed criminal complaints others were also the targets of violent attacks says a victim councillor he says he's spoken with some twenty three people who say they

were attacked. does mention this new doctors 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 august twenty six were more prevalent than reported it's only now people are coming forward to report being chased or attacked. the state prosecutor in dresden is not investigating these as pursuits the term cannot be legally applied but as other offenses into producing more threats. 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 the video material that we have. by friday night police said began one hundred forty preliminary investigations into the violence at the camp and its demonstrations. police are also looking into an attack on

a jewish restaurant in kenneth's during those protests media reports say around a dozen last to say hold rocks and bottles and shouted anti-semitic slogans the restaurant owner was reportedly injured during the incident how come it's remains tense with crowds of demonstrators returning to the streets on friday night marches many wearing a far right insignia chanted we all the people and this is our city hundreds of police officers were deployed kenneth's police said there were more than two thousand protesters including members of the far right several hundred counter-demonstrators also gathered in the city center that have been no reports of violence. and the migration debate has exposed a deep rift between germany's east and west any thirty years after the collapse of communism and german reunification deep divisions remain chief political editor and now 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 kennett's this current political pay. to the man who led sachs and his political education agency for eight years is running for mayor here in the city center many saxon's tell him they feel hard done by the media over the events in candidates is biased. despite the fact that ordinary people will 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 us it's. 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 run 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 more generous 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 they could guns and in meissen almost a 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 same left by an arson attack on a migrant shelter three years ago as we talk outside we spot a former far right n.p.t. 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 and yes that was stupid well that was more than stupid. the attack cost meissen its reputation but it's only a symptom of political failure a sense of distance with the fifth of course that doesn't excuse an arson attack but that explains a little of the outrage at the lack of political communication and that seems to be a basic problem. proud of their tradition many saxons are suspicious of change they weren't asked about many tell us can know it could happen anywhere. saxony has a problem that much is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and the state of hester including european elections next may that will show whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. the knowledge throw the curiosity has sent the world

a new selfie from the surface of the red planet nasa has just released this three hundred sixty degree punya roma which you can see right now from the rovers position on the vera rubin ridge it shows a red view of the rover itself covered in a layer of good following a powerful stillness some of you can still see the dust doll coming the martian atmosphere still actually put another miles right above the solar powered opportunity out of action curiosity will take drill song pulls on the ridge before heading to its next location. all right let's have a look at the top story we're following for you heavy and right now being reported in northern syria described by activists as the most violent and among its feared an all out offensive against italy province the last rebel held stronghold in syria could unleash a humanitarian catastrophe for three million civilians trying. to get washington means there's more news at the top of the hour of course there's always

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