this is news live from berlin two powerful storms on opposite side of the world put millions of people in the path of danger in the united states hurricane florence the lashing the east coast and slow moving storm poses a lethal threat pounding the region with rain and storm surges and a super typhoon roars towards the northern philippines mass evacuations are underway in coastal provinces. also coming up he says he wanted to help his

family flee the war in syria w goes to the one daring prison where ahmed is serving seven years after being convicted of terrorism. and in sports with the international break over it we look ahead to tonight's big one to sleep soccer. heavyweights or is it dortmund to kick off match three playing host to reigning german cup champion i'm talking to frankfurt. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen. two major storms are bearing down on countries on opposite sides of the world the outer edges of hurricane florence have reached the u.s. east coast lashing coastal towns of the state of north and south carolina with strong winds and heavy rain and typhoon mangku it is barreling towards the philippines packing winds of well over two hundred kilometers per hour. now

a hurricane and typhoon are in fact the same weather phenomenon tropical cyclones but a different terms are used in different parts of the world meteorologists say both storms could threaten the lives of people in their path. when you can see where the sea ends and land begins. judge walsh is from hurricane florence swamped coastal towns in the u.s. states of north and south carolina on thursday. and even night only the ducks were at ease as a four hundred thousand homes were without power. the storm weakened as it cooled inland but you say it remains extremely dangerous with flooding the main concern. the worst of the storm is not here but the easier the early warning of the days to come. surviving this storm will be attached but during

teamwork common sense it page. in the philippines preparations for the arrival of an even more powerful storm typhoon man klute. thousands have been infatuated with many warned about what the storm will bring. that out i'm scared i thought it was too soon this is a very powerful typhoon not more powerful in the recent in san marcos that's why we're frightened. typhoon might include is expected to make landfall here in the province of going on on saturday. this region is considered the country's breadbasket. authorities have added farmers to bring in their rice and corn harvest early morning to crops will be destroyed some five million people live in areas at risk of being hit by the storm and unlike florence

typhoon is picking up speed as it approaches. let's get the latest now from the philippines and for that we're joined on the line by journalist anna santos who is at a weather station in tucson city which is not far from the philippine capital manila and thanks for joining us so tell us first what you've been hearing from the experts tracking typhoon mungo. or it's really all hands on deck here weather bureau and all the other government agencies in the country as we are expecting. there were none could arrive tomorrow morning making landfall saturday morning the cameras now though the weather that their voices and about the diameter of the alarm they are minute but nine hundred kilometers wide and that you need that there is about forty five million people who are all within the hour one and two but they're very aggressive. they there were massive evacuations in a very cool so towns in the northern part of the philippines there's an estimated

more than eight hundred thousand people that are there to get back to it is in their own as a preemptive. measure. we've also been seeing pictures of people preparing for the storm we can see them right now they're covering their windows reify reinforcing their homes but is this going to be enough especially for coastal structures so what will happen to the homes and businesses when there is wind and rain hit. i was talking to the weather experts about that earlier and we are expecting surges of six meters that's about it was a two story building and. more than two hundred kilometers per hour for a light structures that you know that are made of for example or the typical google homes that are. like this is expected to be total destruction kind of awful. as it is. have been evacuated already.

changes. all right well the spine so warnings to vacuuming we've seen in the past residents of coastal communities around the world under estimating the potential power of big storms are people in the north of the philippines taking in all these storm warning seriously. well there will be others and we've seen on the record that there are a number of residential building you know where you sit at the locomotive. by an average of. anywhere i live in one of the month disaster prone areas in the world some of them are things that we are always so there but you know. it was at the time to go on want to ever make a lot of on your record and we're removing her from the trauma especially on that ship. so i think that you know we are really taking this. morning. all government people are going to have the department of agriculture the national

office of the voters and so whether he goes well i want to read a very interesting florist hoping for the battle. of the santos reporting from his own city in the philippines many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has disputed puerto rico's new official death toll from last september's hurricanes trump tweeted that democrats inflated the number to make him look bad last month authorities there raise the toll from sixty five to nearly three thousand based on a computer analysis of the death rate after the storms. an eighteen year old man has been killed by falling debris amid a series of gas explosions in the he was state of massachusetts dozens of blazes broke out in several towns north of boston injuring at least ten other people hundreds were evacuated from their homes investigators suspect an over

a pressurized pipeline was to blame. thousands of city mayors business leaders and climate activists that gathered in san francisco to promote efforts to reduce global warming the global climate action summit was organized by california governor jerry brown he's a leading critic of the trump administration's decision to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement different countries in the world. now hope of escaping poverty and conflict has led millions of migrants from africa and the middle east to seek better fortunes elsewhere many of them have turned to europe which saw the peak of exodus in twenty fifteen many asylum seekers followed this route north that year as they're made their way to western europe but hungary took a hardline stance authorities there built a fence around the southern border and imprisoned many migrants who managed to cross it. w.

met one man who says he tried to help his family reach germany only to end up in hungary in jail he asked us not to show his face i mean se for ports. one of hungary's best known prisoners is waiting to meet me in this budapest prison . to the government he's a dangerous terrorist. others say he's a political prisoner and. tells me he does not know why he's here and never understand what how come back strong going to be total just like this when i was on what do you think of when you think of terrorism what does terrorism mean to you to listen who at least minimal make won't kill people. he has hatred for other people that lead on this is because he has he has to do something from hate that what people who want. a syrian resident of

cyprus was arrested while helping his aging parents and his brother's family fled to europe in two thousand and fifteen. they arrived at the hungary and border the day after it was closed. they were blocked along with hundreds of other refugees who lacked basic necessities. protests broke out. the bottom and tried to translate between the police and the protesters. but i was. but one communication broke down he joined in throwing rocks. half mad had planned to return to his family in cyprus but never made it home he was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison. the court ruled that the intent to coerce police with violence is an act of terror. we do not contest what happened at the border but we do not think we.

about what crime it cost to swing a couple of rocks. even if it's not the right thing to do in the security situation like this. is not. what covers terrorism in a statement to d.w. the spokesperson of the hungary and government defended the decision of the court there has been a campaign lasting over a year including the involvement of the international press to prove that argument age is an innocent man. hunger you will continue to protect its borders will defend its christian culture and its right to reject immigration. feels he is a victim of politics. my friend who can my doing these think i want to ask you one question you are american citizen young america they do these. young men they do these things. it's from our meds wife gave me photos of their two daughters to

bring to the prison with me. the last time i saw them they were four and six. they will be eleven and thirteen when he sees them again if his sentence is not reduced. all right some sports news now and the bun this league is back after the international break and friday's game is arguably the match of the weekend seventy five thousand fans will cheer on barroso darkland when they meet german cup winners i'm tough frankfurt. dortmund are still finding their footing hosting frankfurt offers an opportunity to improve on a mixed start to the season and stake a claim as title contenders coach lucien fov the knows it won't be easy dortmund dominated their last match against hanover but it ended scoreless frankfurt should prove a tougher test someone's now have two holes of course they lost the last one of home but were down to ten men for sixty minutes against the blame and i saw that

game it's tough to judge of ten men but it was a good game they're a good team they're very dangerous as five observed frankfurt weren't quite dangerous enough to earn a result in their last match with graeme in stoppage time winner proving a heartbreaker oddie hooter's side will hope to have regrouped in the international bridge. don't want is to go there and just defend we need to try and play enough offensive game obviously after our unlucky result against a better brain and we want to pick up points because no matter where we're playing . frankfurt are still adjusting after an off season full of change but will be aiming to put dortmund through the paces. all right now here's a story of someone taking mountain biking to new heights quite literally poland's diving go check has produced what experts say is a world first in the sport have a look at this. the twenty four year old landed

a quadruple tailed weight at an event in they're going here in germany now a slow motion replay shows us just how impressive his feet was whoa and abandoned quarry was used for the record attempt as you can see he didn't get it right every time. well it was the car that defined a generation and one of germany's most iconic brands box now the venerable v.w. beetles time is coming to an end volkswagen has announced a whole production of the beetle in twenty nineteen bringing an end to the cars seventy year history but it's not all bad news for people fans w. will release two more additions of a cult car before the beatles riots off into the sunset. a quick reminder now of our top story. hurricane florence has flooded streets with ocean water along parts of the u.s.

east coast and forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding historic been downgraded to a category one but it could dump a staggering amounts of water on the region in the coming days. you're up to date now on t.w. news down there you know i haven't seen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. what we went through when do we want to. be the first americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen.