ready to go home. for the city. to berlin starts october fourth on do you w. . this is news live from berlin an earthquake and tsunami leave hundreds dead in indonesia that's after powerful waves barrel into the island of pseudo ac officials are warning the final death toll could be much much higher we'll get the latest from our correspondent also coming up. protesters gather in the western german city of cologne ahead of a visit by turkish president frederick tayyip erdogan who is set to open

a giant new mosque a big. shot at the top of that you. don't need to be don't think that an extraordinary confrontation between a sexual abuse survivor and a u.s. senator lead some to call for an investigation into assault accusations against the supreme court nominee kavanagh. i'm calling aspen welcome to the program a powerful earthquake has rocked indonesia triggering a towering tsunami officials now say at least three hundred eighty four people were killed waves as high as three meters hit the city of palu on the island of pseudo way see hospitals have been struggling to cope with the injured while rescuers are scrambling to reach the stricken region. onlookers

horrified as a huge wave swept over everything in sight. authorities say thousands of structures in the city of palu and nearby areas were destroyed. the tsunami washed away homes and businesses. as well as a large mosque in the city. communication lines and power remain cut in many areas. the tsunami was triggered by a seven point five magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast just minutes before. this footage shows the quakes immediate aftermath many people rushed to the streets to escape the risk of being caught in a collapse. officials fear the number of victims will continue to rise as search and recovery efforts advance. i've instructed the security minister to coordinate resources the chief of the armed forces is hoping to handle the

emergency situation he including rescues and evacuations. authorities have urged survivors of the disaster to be wary due to the risk of strong aftershocks. correspondent max walden is in jakarta he joins us now for more on this story max authorities have warned that the death toll could rise even further what's the latest that you're hearing now about rescue efforts near. yes today. the vice president said that the death toll is likely to be in the thousand. the military and the national agency on the ground there the president has said he's watching it the situation closely according to i've heard from the red cross that there's a dire need of food access to water are limited and medical supplies are also

required but most urgent party at the moment the search and rescue efforts. have been frustrated by the destruction of the only vital infrastructure including a major bridge and also the airport there has been closed because the runways quite damage which is maining only helicopters are able to fly and. maybe nearing into the thousands we're also getting reports that prisoners managed to escape from a prison in the city. so the head of the local prison told in an agent's news agency that of about six hundred inmates about half of these escaped one of the holds of the prison was destroyed by the tsunami. in fact prison outbreak they're not exactly uncommon in the nature of prison. quite overcrowded however in this case police said that they're

more focused on on helping the victims rather than in hunting down these inmates and quickly if you can indonesian authorities there facing some criticism over the warning that they issued and then d. issued for the tsunami was going on there. yes so at least one parliamentarian has family in public has said that. there was an issue one issued however this was subsequently. reneged however. subsequently to that. you know you actually get so big when protests there were indeed a festival. were still on the beach when the tsunami struck so certainly the meteorology department has something to. thank you very much max. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world spanish police have clashed with cuts alone separatists in barcelona

demonstrators threw paint and projectiles at the police officers kept them at bay with a baton as tensions are high in the region one year after a banned referendum on independence facebook says a fresh data breach has exposed the personal information of fifty million users the social media giant says 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. lawyer amal clooney has told the u.n. that history will judge berman's leader aung san suu kyi on her actions she urged the government to immediately pardon the to imprison journalist she represents reuters reporters while the one and was so who were sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on the persecution of muslims. turkish president's red chip tie up everyone is wrapping up

a controversial state visit to germany today the visit was meant to create harmony between berlin and ancora but it's been marred by their differences over human rights as well as massive street protests against his visit demonstrations are underway for a second day today this time in the western city of cologne where ed want is due to arrive this afternoon's afternoon he's scheduled to open the city's new central mosque there a number of the one supporters are among germany's turkish community they've also been gathering to welcome the president. i'm joined now from cologne by our colleague simon young simon this is a controversial visit and supporters and critics of recha type everyone gathering there in cologne how's the security situation there as a tense. weather situation right. where i'm standing which is just a few hundred yards from the mosque which is going to be opened later on by

a president added one. quite tense i should say just in the last few minutes the atmosphere right here has of boiled over a little bit behind me you can see a demonstration by several hundred supporters of president added one they had to show solidarity with him but so we just saw a little battle of the banners when somebody in the street behind hung out a sign saying and the one not welcomed and there was a sort of tussle between a different band as the not welcome sign was eventually withdrawn and a huge cheer went up here it's a noisy crowd but it essentially peaceful right here the anti heir to one demonstrates is are demonstrating far away several kilometers in fact on the other side of the river rhine and there's a much larger demonstration across there police have been worried about security that's why they forbid a

a launch event at this site because of course this is the focus of security today because the turkish president will be arriving here in a couple of hours and the focus will be on this new mosque that everyone is that's when our great tell us about the significance of this particular mosque in the context of german turkish relations. here i think it's mainly a border because the people behind this mosque which has been in preparation for many years and there have been arguments about the style of the building and about the funding and so on but it's important because the organization behind it. which is controversial it's the one of the umbrella organizations of islamic groups here in germany many people say it's effectively the long arm of the turkish state that it runs on now from ankara and germans all of a general dorothy's a very war aides that. this new mosque and president had once the season to come they are now open it could sort of send

a signal to german turks to continue their allegiance that many of them feel to turkey simon young there in cologne it seems like things are just heating up thank you very much oh. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of a sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court but kavanagh the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a key senator called for a week long delay before the full senate votes to decide whether he should sit on the course earlier a professor testify that cavanagh assaulted her at a party when the two were teenagers kavanaugh as the night the accusation. was democracy a deal of high drama and roy motion in the u.s. capital protesters hitting the streets to object to the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the country's most powerful court. not yet i asked around

the same time the battle a divided u.s. senate judiciary committee was pushing ahead with a vote to proceed to a calvinist nomination the democrats who wanted an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against cavanagh were furious. that . in the corridors outside the atmosphere was feeble and then a moment that may alter history senator jeff flake who had just declared his backing for cavanagh confronted by a sexual abuse survivor me i don't know i mean i mean you're telling all women that they don't matter i think in this day quite different yet you want to talk to you don't tell me that my vote doesn't matter don't worry me don't think i did your you don't want to do this thing. only. hours later the republican senator was back in committee and had found his voice to

per offering to back the controversial nominee under one condition. 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. with not dramatic compromise another flare up in the room and perhaps the country had been a vast hit but it still needed the backing of one man i guess the vote was a positive vote for this seems to be a delay learn more about it goes the day goes on i just heard about it because we would get what you've. ordered an f.b.i. investigation. board as he left work for me to the underground exit away from the public eye at the end of the day of reckoning. the lawyers for

a football star christiana were naldo are threatening to sue german magazine der spiegel after published allegations that he raped a woman u.s. citizen catherine may your god told their spiegel that rinaldo attacked her in a las vegas hotel room nine years ago the august lawyer said his client had initially reached in and out of court settlement with bernardo but no longer felt bound by the agreement as she was still suffering from the after effects of the rape when all those lawyers called the accusations illegal. buddhist league soccer now after a heritage drug leaders byron munich two nil last night there is another big match up on tap today with dortmund hosting later coups and in fact dortmund could actually leap right over by in and berlin in the first place if they win but they face a cagey opponents in leverkusen the club is full of talent including one teenager they say is definitely ahead of his time. i have it's just turned one thousand in

the summer leave accusing believes he has skills beyond his age he banked in his first goal of the season last sunday so lose time i always try to continue growing as i hope to help the team with my goals and good performances and i think on habits has already played in fifty nine when does the game's the youngest ever to reach that mach and he's caught the eyes of top clubs not only because he's a goal threat but also for his assists as witnessed in wednesday's win over doesn't often have it skills could have an impact against dortmund a team that is on beaten this season after their recent seven no thumping of neuron back mako roy's contribution to goals that night and say they won't let the easy win go to their heads. it's not too late as. live a cool we know that by live across and as a team with plenty of individual quality that is one of the best in the league. and we want to win there. a victory against leverkusen would not only mean their first

win on the road but dortmund could overthrow by on at the top of the table. you're watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin and more at the top of the hour we're following the developments with president heir to wall street to germany don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on a website that's g.w. dot com thanks for joining us. a contentious figure at home. hamburg in germany. gorbachev is one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change.