in our interactive documentary. world container returns home on d w dot com around the tanks. this is the w. news live from butler and powerful storms on opposite sides of the world put millions in the path of danger the first hurricane florence is making landfall on the u.s. east coast a slow moving storm poses a lethal threat pounding the region with rain and storm surges the second super typhoon non-corrupt is roaring towards the northern philippines authorities are racing to evacuate more people i meet warnings of major destruction also on the

program. he says he was trying to help his family flee the war in syria now ahmed is serving seven years in the hunt kerry in prison after being convicted of terrorism. and it's called the international break over we look ahead to tonight's big blunders made a phone call clash heavyweights for us your dog went much trace three playing host to a great german cup champions i'm chuffed frankfurt. with. a welcome to the program two major storms are raging towards vulnerable coastlines on opposite sides of the world are a confluence that's just made landfall on the u.s. east coast lashing the state's north and south carolina with strong winds and heavy right at the same time super typhoon. is barreling towards the philippines packing

winds of well over two hundred kilometers an hour hearkens and typhoons and names for the same phenomena tropical cyclones with different terms used in different parts of the world meteorologists say both storms threaten lives in the pots in north carolina crews are scrambling to rescue scores of people who have ignored evacuation orders. 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. ivan nights only the ducks right ease as a four hundred thousand homes are without power. the storm weakened as it cooled inland but all surges say it remains extremely dangerous with flooding the main concern. the worst of the storm is not yet here but the easier the early

warnings of the days to come. surviving this storm will be attached during teamwork combat search at page. in the philippines preparations for the arrival of an even more powerful storm typhoon man coote. thousands have been infatuated with many worried about what the storm will bring. that i'm scared i think that uncertainty is a very big however i found that more powerful than the recent announcement by one us that's why we're frightened. typhoon might include is expected to make landfall here in the province of cagayan on saturday. this region is considered the country's breadbasket. authorities have asked farmers to bring in their rice and corn harvest early or into crops will be destroyed some five million

people live in areas at risk of being hit by the storm and unlike florence typhoon man crude is picking up speed as it approaches. a journalist on a sun tosses a weather station in the case on city near the capital manila a welcome to day w a what have you learned in your time that. right now we're all waiting for to make landfall tomorrow morning saturday september fifteenth but what weather expert has just told us was that even before makes landfall they're more worried about the rains that it's already bringing in right now and that's pounding the eastern seaboard eastern part of northern philippines. has a. nine hundred meter so whether it's business saying that even before the storm makes landfall it's already going to start battery province's the northern parts of the philippines it's expected to bring torrential rains. and storm surges of about

. six meters at the height of a two story building. where we're seeing pictures of people covering windows and reinforcing their homes it's not likely to be. you know for the especially for the villages in the coastal communities where you're likely to find houses that are made from that scenario who are. now. packing in just like to be able to lower those roofs over. their houses and it's expected that these kind of houses made of lightweight materials are just going to be totally destroyed so you'll see that a lot of. evacuations already happened yes to the government has reported that over eight hundred thousand people have been evacuated from these vulnerable coastal communities precisely because of its strength and the damage that it seemed to pose to these communities and their homes the philippines of course no stranger to time

foods does this mean that people are taking a banquet seriously or perhaps becoming bars. unfortunately the philippines really isn't a stranger to type experience but. we are in the most we are among the most is that your own areas so we did see interviews with community people saying you know where you sit and. ones like this we have them all the time but you have to remember that in twenty thirty two months the philippines was hit by type one it was the strongest. on record at that time and the hunting is still very much. by memory of. over six thousand people and more than thousand people more than a thousand people remain missing and i think now we are really definitely more taking serious. warnings more seriously the government is definitely all. hands on deck all government agencies are on red alert you know the department weather

bureau all the department of health and at the local communities department has been getting the farmers to start harvesting the point and their right to say whatever crops you can before type type one hits we wish you well thank you for joining us. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has disputed new official death toll from last september sorry mr trump tweeted the democrat side inflated the number to make him look bad last month so far it is in the american territory raise the figure from sixty five to three thousand based on a computer analysis of the death right all of the storms. and eighteen year old man has been killed by falling daybreak amid a series of gas explosions in the u.s. state of massachusetts dozens of fires broke out in towns north of boston injuring at least ten of us and forcing hundreds from their homes investigators suspect

a pressurized pipeline to play. in city of genoa is marking a month since forty three people were killed when part of a bridge collapsed i think eleven thirty six the time church bells and sirens sounded as residents poles to where they were officials hope to have a new bridge in place by the end of next year. thousands of city mass business leaders and climate activists have gathered in san francisco to promote efforts to reduce global warming the global climate action summit was organized by california governor jerry brown a leading critic of the trumpet ministrations decision to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement three when every other major country the desire to escape poverty and conflict has led millions of migrants from africa in the middle east to seek better lives elsewhere many turn to europe which saw the peak of that exodus in twenty fifteen asylum seekers to follow this route that year i say made their

way to western europe and this led allstars using hungary to build a fence along the country's southern border and to jail migrants who managed to cross in the w. has been speaking with one man who says he was trying to help his family in beach germany and ended up in hungary in jail he's asked us not to show his face seif reports. 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. ackman tells me he does not know why he's here and never understand what it was how come back strong can be totally destroy was all 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 to lead on this is because he has he has to do something from hate that it was paid for who was. passed made as syrian but as lived for several years in cyprus with his cypriot wife in two thousand and fifteen he set out to help his parents and his brother's family flee to europe. they arrived at the hungary in border the day after it was closed they were blocked along with hundreds of other refugees who lack basic necessities protests broke out. tried to translate between the police and the protesters. but i. but when communication broke down she joined in throwing rocks. and had planned to return to his family in cyprus but never made it home he was

arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison these people are not peaceful they are not simply want to go through hungary be carry a danger and that they should use a very clear and present that's up to date the court ruled that the intent to coerce police with violence is an act of terror within the context 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 this issue in a situation like this. is not. what covers terrorism in a statement to d.w. the hunger in government defended the decision of the court writing there has been a campaign lasting over a year including the involvement of the international press to prove that ahmed age is an innocent man. hungary will continue to protect its borders will defend its christian culture and its right to reject immigration. after mad feels he

is a victim of politics. my friend who can my do you think i want to ask you one question you want americans and america they do these. young. this prison has been home for ahmed age for nearly three years he says his only plan for when he gets out is to see his family once again. his parents and brother's family live in germany now as refugees. they were able to take an alternate route through europe to apply for asylum. when i meet them ahmed's wife is visiting with their daughters from cyprus she has been struggling to understand why hungary singled out her husband for punishment how come this is i am you know how can you protect you know by putting someone in the jail by saying he's a. one off mother was arrested his daughters were four and six. when he

sees them again he will be eleven and thirteen if his sentence is not reduced. and aside from rights group amnesty international she joins us from london welcome to the w. you've been campaigning on behalf you looking for him to be released off a sentence to be reduced well we're calling on a. condition on terrorism charges to be lifted and to be released he has been in prison already for three separate it as you heard from mr two daughters and his wife nadia. and the entire substance of the prosecution against him is that he's through to start and that he is with the police at the border when the border was closed. this cannot reasonably be considered an act of terrorism actually that we're calling for that the charges of terrorism against him to be chopped. this hungry have the right to decide who enters the country. how we does have the right

to and to decide who enters the country to a certain extent but all countries have an obligation to share responsibility for refugees and those free will now it's important to remember that ahmed himself wasn't actually a refugee he'd had come to the aid of keys elderly parents who are trying to flee syria but the border and government in hungary have been using the case to to prove that they're that refugees and terror is not in some way associated this is the argument that they used to justify their rejection of refugees and asylum seekers the only case that they have to support this argument that they're found its case so is the army really being a victim of these why the politics that say so should people be allowed to bombard police with roxanne get away with it. attacks against the police can be a little offensive lots of countries but they do not constitute

a terrorism offense and what i mean has been prosecuted for is committing an act of terrorism this is in part because of hungary's overly broad and vaguely defined counter-terrorism law under which a lot of actions which we would not really be we usually consider to be terrorism can work out as a terrorism offense this combined with the old bad governments dehumanization of refugees and migrants ballpoint has given rise to this prosecution good talking to thank you for joining us at a site from amnesty international thank you. i don't usually want ceremony takes place took place in the u.s. city of cambridge massachusetts on thursday night the ig nobel prize honors achievements in scientific research that make you laugh and then make you think the ceremonies light hearted but the group's aims a serious. i it's not what you would expect from

a conventional award ceremony where else with the audience be encouraged to bombard the host with paper airplanes welcome to the twenty eight first annual ig nobel prize ceremony. and then there are the women's they may look on remarkable but they're all scientists who have done something out of the ordinary. the recipients of the prize for medicine came up with a novel way of curing a very painful condition. the ig nobel prize for medicine this year is awarded to mark mitchell and david warning or for using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stone i it may sound wacky but the two scientists from michigan state university really did prove that writing a certain type of rollercoaster helps expel kidney stones. perhaps even more bizarre as a research carried out by the winners of the economics prize the lance ferris and lisa they were honored for investigating whether it is effective for employees to

use voodoo dolls i to retaliate against abusive bosses i gain it seems like a joke but the lead psychologist confirmed to her team conducted a real study that showed that disgruntled employee still significantly better after touring voodoo dolls resembling their bosses. organizers say this is a good example of the kind of ideas they want to set up right things that make you laugh but then make you think and above all spokeo curiosity in science. and how you know now in sport the bonded labor is back after the international break from friday's opening game is arguably the much of the weekend seventy five thousand fans will cheer on procedure dog month when bank meets german cup winners i trust from fort. 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 five 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 to hold because they lost the last one at 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 served frankfurt weren't quite dangerous enough to earn a result in their last match with graeme in stoppage time winner proving a heartbreaker. 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 an offensive game obviously after our unlucky result against better braman we want to pick up points 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. now here's someone taking mountain biking to new heights. jackass produced what experts say it's a world's first in the sport that this twenty four year old landed a quadruple tail with. a. slow motion replay shows us just how impressive his feet was bonded quarry was used for the record attempts as we can say he didn't get it right every time. it's going to hurt. now this weekend marks the anniversary of many in the financial world would rather forget a bit like that exactly like the camera about forgot me but but here i am felt phil on september fifteenth two thousand and eighty lehman brothers the fourth biggest

investment bank in the world filed for bankruptcy the event of course and everyone from spanish property owners to american investors running for cover the most immediate impact was felt by lehman brother employees twenty five thousand of them found themselves out of work overnight the bank was a giant but not too big to fail lehman had become so deeply involved in mortgage origination that it had affectively become a real estate hitch fund disguised as an investment bank washington wasn't willing to safe the bank and neiman brothers remains the largest bankruptcy filing in u.s. history. so first of all let's take a look back now at the then that led to the worst global financial crisis since world war two. mortgages seemingly for anybody who wanted one. many u.s. banks seemed willing to lend to anyone regardless of whether they had the means to repay those loans things came to

a head in the spring of two thousand and seven when record numbers of people defaulted on those loans. at the beginning of april new century a real estate investment trust filed for bankruptcy it had been a major issue or of subprime mortgages. next to face the music was german corporate bank i k b on july twenty seventh after running into funding problems it received a bailout from the german state development bank k f w. then on august ninth the mortgage crisis hit financial markets as more people defaulted on their loans banks and investors began losing money banks lost trust in each other worried that they wouldn't get their money back this fear was reflected in a rise in interbank lending rates. on the twenty first of january two thousand and eight germany's stock exchange lost seven percent in value the biggest drop since nine eleven in the days afterwards the u.s.

fed lowered interest rates again. two months later on march sixteenth bear stearns was bought by rival j.p. morgan with cash barred from the fed it had been the fifth largest investment bank in the united states. on september sixth the federal takeover of us government sponsored mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac. . a little over a week later another low wind u.s. investment bank lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy. the u.s. government chose not to step in. stocks around the world crashed as banks lost even more confidence in each other. the following month german chancellor under macko and then finance minister patched work had this message for savers. because we're telling savers that their deposits are safe the show isn't an attempt to avoid

a run on the banks. what began as a u.s. subprime mortgage crisis soon had an effect on the global economy trade slowed down dramatically the result in the year two thousand and nine the u.s. economy contract by almost three percent and the german economy shrunk by five percent. and for more on that i'm joined now by my colleague last hired to who was a correspondent on wall street for the u.n. all of this happened so tell me what was it like that particular day the ominous september the fifteenth two thousand and eight how did you experience it well i think i was a shocking day really even though times had already been pretty rough markets were down there were a little shaky we knew about problems for the banks we knew about the real estate problems but it was just a shock to see these lehman bankers coming out of their office with their boxes packed and you know you're part of a financial big financial community that's almost like

a family when you walk on work on wall street whether that's as a banker or an analyst or a journalist you know these people you know many of them so on a very personal level the first thing we felt is oh my god what happened here all these people they're losing their jobs this is a terrible tragedy but then ask the story developed to learn more and more about the details what lehman brothers had done how their market practices were and you didn't feel so or sorry for them anymore but i mean twenty five thousand that's quite a lot of people i mean what's your best ective now where they victims all where they the perpetrators they were both not everybody at slieve on brothers of course was into the predatory lending and all these strategies that led to the banks downfall so i'm sure there was a lot of people there who would just really doing their jobs and had no idea what was going on and of course. it's right to feel sorry for them but there was obviously a lot of decision makers a lot of people who specifically came up with

a strategy of fred atory lending i don't know if you ever took out a mortgage if you take out a mortgage under normal circumstances they look at your income they tell you that maybe this is a little too much risk to take on lehman brothers developed a whole new strategy they wanted to sell more and more mortgages they paid to people just for creating work just and they actually made people take on more risk than they could they even said to people in some cases that have been documented this might look like a lot of money right now and you're not able to afford it but think about it in a year or in two years maybe you get a raise at work and then this is all not going to be a problem anymore so this is of course incredibly response reckless behavior by a bank and a interesting enough though that lehman brothers that eventually fell victim to the famous sub prime mortgage crisis that you just described i'll say i mean a lot has happened since a lot of measures were taken are we safe now it looked like it for quite a few years because of course washington reacted regulation wall street was

tightened but if you look at the last couple of months in the trump administration a lot of the regulation was no undone again frank it's not working as it should anymore banks are now officially allowed to take on more risk again and of course that is a terrible strategy because everything that was put in place pacifically to prevent crisis like that is now out of place again of course a crisis like that can happen again not necessarily interest in a from the mortgage industry and from real estate because i think we don't see that bubble in the right but there's other credit rests whether that is official government debt or whether that's credit card debt that is actually even a higher risk for many americans than their mortgages there is distil a lot to explore loss how to you also have an in-depth analysis which one can find on facebook at d w business thank you so much for now. the c.e.o. of amazon jeff bezos and his wife mackenzie basis have launched

a two billion dollar fund for charity it will help homeless families create a network of kendah gardens in low income communities bezos is among the world's richest people his net worth has risen by more than sixty billion dollars this year alone on the founder of amazon faces criticism how many feel that his company exploits its workers and pays them poorly is of has now joined the list of wealthy individuals contributing huge amounts of money to charities just for. time now for a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. hurricane florence has made landfall in north carolina sending storm surges into the streets and ripping apart buildings with wind and rain four hundred thousand homes and businesses have so far lost power forecasters warn that category one storm could linger for days and catastrophic flooding you're watching news coming to you live from new more coming up at the top of the al-a z s a.

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