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this is news line from berlin a presidential advisor in turkey says saudi arabia killed a prominent critic on its soil journalist jamal khashoggi is believed to have entered the saudi consulate and instead in istanbul an earlier this week but he hasn't been seen since google to a correspondent for more also on the program. the frontrunner in brazil's presidential election cast his vote very narrow promises a crackdown on corruption and crime one month after surviving being stabbed.
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in german sawka by in munich slumped to another defeats been going to speak using heavy to block last night's coach and his team appeared to be in crisis. welcome to the program took his president trichet has said the country's airports a big monitored in an effort to find out what happened to a prominent saudi journalist who disappeared in istanbul u.s. base jamal khashoggi a critic of the saudi leadership and to the saudi concert last tuesday to complete paperwork ahead of his planned marriage saudi officials say he then left the building but has not been seen since a top adviser to air to one has said there is evidence that he was killed inside the consummate the saudis have dismissed the suggestion as baseless ok let's cross
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now to our correspondent who's standing by for us outside the saudi consulate in istanbul so you know what more do we know about this case one of turkish authorities been saying. well it is yes we are right in front of the saudi consulate here in istanbul so the very building which. entered five days ago on tuesday around lunchtime and then did not emerge so this is what we know for sure but as you already pointed out a senior advisor to the turkish president. just a concern for reports which have been circulating here earlier saying that turkish authorities believe the blogger and journalist was killed inside that building in a quite brutal way that there were fifteen saudi nationals involved in his murder coming here to turkey specifically for this mission so these are reports that have been circulating here basically citing anonymous police sources now we're waiting
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for investigators an investigation has been opened here by the turkish authorities but we're waiting for investigators for police to actually present evidence for these accusations obviously very serious allegations there but can you tell me more about jamal khashoggi why might he have been a taggart from the saudi perspective. well first of all he is a well known critic of the saudi leadership interesting lido not a longtime dissident but a men very well connected to the in a circles of power in saudi arabia to form a government advisor but in the past year he has been frequently criticizing especially prince had been saw him on for example when it comes to a rest of women's rights activists and he has fled to the u.s. in twenty seventeen fearing a possible arrest and has been living there since then i was just earlier talking
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to a to run a kid who is the head of the turkish arab media association here in istanbul and calls himself a close friend of mr. and let's let's listen to what he had to say he also made some pretty strong accusations. after jamal khashoggi entered the consulate fifteen people came by two different planes he was murdered inside the consulate we assume that he was cut into pieces and they put his body in bags and left. he was killed because of his opinions about the wars in yemen and syria he was too much trouble for the saudi government to to do. what have the saudis been saying about all this. well big media are citing
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a source inside the consulate basically denying all of these murder accusations as a baseless interesting lead the saudi consulate yesterday opened up the consulate to a number of journalists basically giving them a tour inside the building to convince them nothing happened over there and we also hear that saudi arabia send a team of investigators to work together with the turkish authorities to find out what happened so from the saudi side so far. they're denying anything that anything indeed happened to mr but they also have not presented any evidence that would lead into the direction that he is still alive or where he might be right now did abuse your hand at the saudi consulate in istanbul thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world members of latvia's pro russia party have been celebrating up to emerging as the biggest party in the general
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election the how many party took twenty percent of the vote and it's likely to form a government with populist and conservative parties corruption and money laundering worki issues in the election campaign. cameroon's eighty five year old president paul looks set to extend his three decade rule in today's election the poll has been overshadowed by a separatist uprising in the country's anglophone regions with many they're unable to vote. here in germany a police officers have sustained minor injuries of to being pelted with bottles and stones at an anti migrant rock concert in the country's east around seven hundred people attended police used pepper spray and batons when some neo nazis tried to break through barriers. and in brazil voting is underway in what's been described as the country's most polarized presidential election since the end of military rule in one thousand nine hundred eighty five leading the polls as
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a man some call the tropical trump far right candidate show you both an hour of who is riding a wave of and go over widespread corruption and crime is also now gets more than fifty percent of the vote he'll win the presidency outright those results are expected later today. for more let's go to do. a routine who is in rio de janeiro for us the voting is underway i believe that's what's happening behind you and you spoke to some of the voters how they feeling about today's vote. well you did there are really two two different types of voters those who are expectant and hopeful that their candidate will win and those who are anxious and even afraid that the frontrunner yeah you've also now or might even make it in the first round today he does remind a lot of people here of the dark times of the military dictatorship that lasted more than twenty years and this is because he has shown a lot of sympathy with the army not only as a former captain eri but also suggesting that the best way to end one of brazil's
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biggest problem which is insecurity and violence is by sending the military to the street he has said that killing more criminals would be one of the answers let's remember that seven of the twenty most violent cities in the world are here in brazil and that's one one of the ways he wants to solve the problem. so it would appear the people there are really fed up with corruption and they're hoping that both sonar is going to change this could he bring the change that people expect. well he doesn't sell himself as the only clean candid that among the church the thirteen candidates are running today for president saying he has no corruption scandals that he has been investigated for that he has been involved in some cases but there's no formal prosecution and this is what people actually like about him they think he is different they like the way he speaks and he they think that he is different to the political elite even though he has been in congress for about
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three decades but they are fed up with corruption and that is especially with the workers' party that ruled and governed this country for fourteen years and which most blame for the biggest corruption scandals that have been hitting the country and ophelia what about now is close to supposed then to leftist candidate. is he able to stand on his own merits or is he riding the wave of his predecessor. well to be honest there are people that say that how that is no one without even before he officially said that how that would be his. presidential candidate for his workers' party he had only six percent. from the support that he rapidly grew up to twenty two he's up to twenty five at the moment so many fear that it will actually be holding and pulling the strings from behind the scenario this is why many people also don't support have that because they think he's just marionette
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from from lula and some investors even fear that he won't be able to pass very necessary reforms because even though he's considered more moderate they think will be behind him but being more moderate also makes the more leftist militants of the workers' party don't support. that and he will have to convince them in a very probable second round in a runoff against mr bowles from there at the end of the month if he wants to be ten . afridi hum's a routine reporting from new rio de janeiro thank you. another setback in germany has been disfigured for reigning champions by in munich having lost a head to bell in just over a week ago the site of the signed only drew its midweek champions league tie and on saturday there was a heavy loss at home to munich at the hands of old rivals god is mounting talk of a crisis at the club after another shock defeat. by and were desperate for victory
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but club back came to munich in foreign goals scoring form. and after just ten minutes allison play are delivered with a bang. of the ice a perv strike from the new signing the french men's fifth goal in as many games of the manwell neuer left with little chance six minute slice of pie and stay got worse younus hoffman stealing possession last stendhal finishing the job by the of my perfect return from injury for glovebox captain the away side punishing points recklessness in defense of my coverts left frustrated going into halftime for his bosses upstairs the feeling was
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mutual. bye and try to get back into the match robert leventhal city even had the ball in the net. of the. box he was rightly called offside in the build up to the shots. it was game over in the eighty eighth minute patrick helman hitting an exception overly. before his third goal of the season sending thought into delirium of the of the by the three nil victory lifting the follows up to second place. coverture meanwhile in a rut it's their worst start to a series in eight years. so what does that mean for the results so far from match day seven let's have a look and one a seven go through against outspoken hanover grabbed their first win of the season
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against st gut shock on the other hand if you to do sort of two nil minds versus here to was goalless on friday women beat vosburgh in sunday's early game and drew in freiburg hoffenheim versus frankfurt is just drawing to a close while leipzig host nuremberg in the days. meanwhile decided to sack coach typhoon corps could after after that three one defeat to hand over yesterday which left them bottom of the table after taking over in generate called guided stuttgart to a creditable seventh place last season and was rewarded in a summer with a summer rather with a contract extension but the former turkish international has struggled to get the best out of his team this season he leaves after the side secured just five points from seven games. and in formula one reigning world champion lewis hamilton is closing in on his fifth title after winning the japanese grown pretty the britain's
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dominance over the last four races has all but decided this season's championship and with ferrari and sebastian vettel unable to improve their fortunes it was smooth sailing for hamilton. us hamilton in control from start to finish nothing new about that in japan. and no wonder four of his five japanese bronze pre-baked teres were on the circuit . this track is the best track you know well you know they don't make sure i don't know why they don't make tracks like this anymore but every second of the run. though it was great fun. sebastian fattal's hopes of gaining ground in the driver's standings where dashed after a collision with red bulls mox fresh top and pushed him to nineteenth the ferrari driver still managed to finish in sixth place despite driving but the damage cars still fetch will need a miracle to win the title cattle ten now has
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a sixty seven point lead with four races to go. you're watching the news from berlin more coming from us of the top of the hour and in the meantime you can always get the latest updates from our web site that's d w dot com you can also follow us on social media we are actually w news thank you for watching. here's what's coming up on the borders with ninety to talk about here on the job you know it's time to look at what all that means for the table of course. the bundesliga every weekend here on t.w. . old.

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