this is news live from bergland germany greets turkish president wretched time there to walk with a state banquet to the glamorous occasion caps a day of diplomatic bridge building everyone wants to include strange ties with germany but his record on human rights for means a sticking point for the nato allies. also coming up a u.s. republican senator calls for the f.b.i. to investigate sexual assault claims against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh on the move could delay it final senate vote to appoint him back to disaster

strikes not once but twice in indonesia the island and others who live a.z. is hit first by help for a quake and then by a tsunami waves up to two meters high people wave buildings. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany has rolled out the red carpet for turkish president. at a state banquet in berlin a glamorous occasion took place within earshot of noisy demonstrations against the turkish leader relations between germany and turkey have been strained recently appointed knowledge by chancellor angela merkel earlier in the day she's hopeful though of finding common ground with there to won despite fierce criticism of turkey's human rights record. even in germany there are sometimes moments when

journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the briefest directions seem to amuse as well but his crackdown on journalistic freedom was one of the issues the chancellor raised with him at the meeting. it is no secret that there have been serious differences between us in recent years ago and there still are. this is mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom. but fog the press if i heard about asked about the case of can do a turkish journalist now in exile in germany as owen was defiant. used a loophole and fled to germany. but he's caught sentenced remains valid. and

this person belongs in jail because he revealed state secrets. also the former editor of news paper which published a video purporting to show turkey's intelligence agency delivering weapons into syria rejects the accusations despite being accredited and stayed away from the press conference after edwin threatened to pull the plug. it became clear to me one would use my presence as an excuse not to come to the press conference and face critical questions from journalists. outside on the streets of berlin protesters were also drawing attention to the lack of basic freedoms in turkey a number of demonstrations both for and against that one over the next twenty four hours but with thousands of police deployed in central there is determination that

the street protests will not overshadow the diplomacy. german president steinmeyer greeted at one of bellevue palace this visit is an attempt to normalize relations when times are anything but normal turkey is holding a number of germans as political prisoners not to mention thousands of its own citizens many politicians worry the owners go too far. of course for peace i think there's a piecemeal costs and to me it smells like appeasement is totally wrong because it betrays all those who are victims of oppression and there are hundreds and thousands of them in turkey. many m.p.'s boycotted the state banquet at germany's presidential residence the empty rows were filled with of the guests and germany's leaders determined to keep the show together but the differences remain deep and certainly unmistakable. for more now we are joined by

w.'s turkey correspondent yulia han who has been following president erda one state visit in germany and what a visit it has been so far quite a packed day for the president how has it gone. well i would be really interested in his assessment since that state dinner didn't really and that well at least from what we hear cameras were not allowed at that state dinners so we have to rely on reports by fellow journalists and people who were there but apparently german president steinmeyer raised the issue of imprisoned journalists and unionists in turkey again and that let to mr out on bursting out in anger and replying that these journalists were supporting terrorism and were convicted by turkish courts how any what anybody could defend them and you know he was going on leaving his usual manuscript where he was originally talking about the german turkish

friendship and suddenly got very angry and this visit looking back at the day has produced quite a number of scandals so i would say and it's safe to say i think that this is one of the most controversial if not be most controversial state visits to germany this year what do these two leaders want to achieve going into this yulia from the perspective of the one from the perspective of america all and how would you say far away we are from them getting what they want well mr allen is an important leader and the reproach meant that he was looking for is no coincidence his country is facing the worst economic crisis currency crisis in the past fifteen years they have huge difficulties with the united states who issued sanctions this summer making the prices even worse inflation is at eighteen percent the lira the turks

currency has lost forty percent against the dollar and the euro this year is so massive problems here and i believe he was coming here to reassure financial markets to talk about trade about business and invest. the not about financial aid but about investment and that's something that he was hoping for he was hoping for some nice pictures with the german president and the german chancellor to show himself as the statesman that he sees himself. to be and yeah i guess that's what he was hoping for to to show himself among the european leaders the important people regain trust and also on the german side if you look from the perspective of anglo american she very much wants him to budge on the human rights front and to improve that record there are we also know are five germans who have been detained within the country during still detained yes yes for political reasons as the german government says there have been some developments recently

a few people have been released but for merkel it's important to you know press for further developments and she said she brought it up she'll bring it up again and unless these people are released that cannot be a normalization and you mentioned the controversy only i mean it's for those reasons in fact that the controversy does not only exist in these rooms where you know the state banquet say how they're going to go she actually happening exist on the streets i mean a lot of germans are really frustrated in the south and this is tell you what has been invited truly he is a device and received with full most military honor some people took to the streets because they said well this red carpet treatment is not right some people say he shouldn't be here in the first place there were kurdish activists out on the streets today leftist activists general people in in germany has said that but others said you know it's important to talk to them it's important to confront him but the criticism human rights watch amnesty international said that the chancellor german chancellor should use this opportunity to confront miss out on with the

criticism that's out there the human rights situation the rule of law and that's what they expect and that's i'm sure what the church opposition expects as well from chancellor merkel so dialogue perhaps a first step but very clear that there is a lot of work to remain. you leon are turkey correspondent thank you so much. let's turn to the united states now where u.s. president donald trump has ordered a new f.b.i. probe into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh this after a request from the senate judiciary committee one day after testimony from christine blasi forward who testified the kavanaugh assaulted her at a party back in the early one nine hundred eighty s. earlier the judiciary committee recommended that the full senate vote in kavanagh's favor in a vote along party lines the committee backed kavin off the deciding vote was cast by trump republican jeff flake he urged the republican senate leadership to ask for

an f.b.i. probe and to delay a full vote on cavanagh for a week let's listen in now to flakes statement to the committee thank you i think it would be. proper to delay the floor vote. for up to but not more than one week. in order to let the f.b.i. . continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope. to the current allegations that are there and i've spoken to a few other members. who are on my side of the aisle that may be supportive as well and earlier i spoke with. her in washington i asked her whether brett kavanaugh was closer to or further from becoming a supreme court justice. closer actually despite the hearing yesterday the roadblocks that have been thrown the way he is actually

a step closer now there has been another delay as we've heard about. the senator jeff flake agreed it seems to vote to advance his nomination to the full senate floor in exchange for another week for the f.b.i. to investigate these allegations against him. whether or not this investigation will actually take place still remains to be seen as sort of a double edged sword for many many reasons but he has actually taken one step closer to getting to that supreme court bench which is something that the republicans really really want prior to the midterm elections there are so many factors conspiring here to push them forward. and just to reiterate the breaking news that the u.s. president has indeed ordered that investigation let's get a quick check now of some other news around the world because facebook says that a french data breach could have compromised fifteen million user accounts a social media giant says that it doesn't know who is behind the attack but the

breach could allow hackers to take over facebook accounts users who have used the view as feature in the last year are especially vulnerable gaza health officials say that at least seven palestinians have been shot dead during clashes with israeli soldiers along the gaza strip border they say that over five hundred others were wounded palestinians have been holding weekly protests there since march the israeli army says that its soldiers were provoked. and german astronaut alexander garst has snapped at these pictures from the international space station of a powerful storm that is hurling toward japan typhoon tranny is expected to bring heavy rain and wind to the country southwest islands on friday night and make landfall on the mainland on sunday. a powerful earthquake has rocked indonesia triggering triggering a two metre tsunami dramatic footage has been posted online showing the tsunami hitting the town of paul lou on the island of supervisee officials say that houses

have been washed away and communications have been cut. it's a horrifying thought being in the path of an oncoming tsunami. when high rise buildings could only watch as the wave hit and witness as it washed over everything and signs. the impacts not only destroyed many people's homes and businesses but also places of worship. communication and power was cut in many areas. that tsunami was triggered by a seven point five magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast just minutes before this footage shows the quite so media the aftermath many people rushed to the streets to escape the risk of being caught in a collapse. the damage to communication lines hinted in the show information

gathering however officials believe at least several people have been killed many of those injured were taken to hospital however staff were treating the wounded in corridors and open fields authorities are urging people to stay outdoors because of the danger of strong aftershocks. on a lighter note in china twelve giant panda cubs have been introduced to the general public for the first time the cuddly youngsters proved a big hit as you might imagine they were born earlier this year at the chengdu research base in session one province their keepers say they are all in good health and boy aren't they certainly cute we can see that their handlers taking care of them there and they are definitely a big hit with the crowds make. a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here at turkey's president. has been attending a state banquet in his honor in the german capital bergland he's being hosted by

the german president from front to steinmeyer as his three day visit unfolds. and with that you are up to date you have been watching news my name is sarah kelly don't forget you can follow us on live we are on social media thank you so much for watching have a great day. i'm nothing out of the well because sometimes i am but mostly i'm laughing with you but you have been thinking deep into the german culture. you just seem ridiculous granma do you go it's cold out there no time rachel join me for me to get money go.