this is d w news live from our lead us back to kurdish troops step up the battle to expel islamic state from a strongholds in eastern syria these troops are preparing for their last friday here in syria i guess. they would within the next weeks it's going to be a turning point for them that's why they're preparing every day who is embedded with the n.t.i. us coalition and reports from the front lines also coming up right politicians here both in auto has won the first round of brazil's presidential election they'll face

a left wing candidate for now know who died in the runoff in three weeks time a dog has warned voters that both in the road is a threat to democracy plus time is running out to avert a global climate disaster a new landmark report warns that the world has reached a tipping point it says the next few years could be the most important in human history. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program a final push is under way in syria and iraq to take back territory still controlled by the so-called islamic state it is hoped that this will be the final chapter in the war against the terror group that started more than four years ago in syria the group holds a sliver of land in the east of the country the region is around this. all tower of

high gin not far from the border with iraq alliance of kurdish an arabic militia the syrian democratic forces together with the help of us backed coalitions are trying to capture the i a strong homes. the u.s. military invited reporters begin to show and to far abdul karim to see for themselves what's going on. these recruits are here to liberate the last areas in syria held by islamic state in just a few days the young men from the syrian democratic forces will be transferred to the front about thirty kilometers away these troops are preparing for their last fight here in syria against us if they win within the next weeks it's going to be a turning point for them that's why they're preparing every day. marching shooting practice and tactics the u.s. estimates that up to two thousand fighters

a still entrenched in hygiene. this one hundred four year old commander of the kurdish arab militia is rallying his troops for the bloody battle ahead. i've lost so many friends so many i can't count one died in my arms and another right next to me there were so many. the u.s. invited us to visit the s.d.f. as part of the press trip with the group is us commander of the special operations forces in iraq and syria major general robison since twenty fifteen the u.s. led coalition has been supporting the kurdish arab militias in their fight against the so-called islamic studies with the air raids weapons vehicles and training. the offensive against the lost iowa stronghold operation round up has been running for for weeks now but the militias i'm making slow progress on a spot as have dug a tunnel system under the city set up combat positions in residential buildings and

mines everywhere. isis is brutal they've basically booby trapped. the structures they can and they've laid out minefields everything is basically you know rigged as we say so that's a challenge that's why we take most of our casualties we trained you know. the techniques we've got vehicles but it's a challenge. everybody appreciates. the world thank you. bought the s.t.s. it might not be an easy partner for the u.s. many of the fighters support the band could ish workers' party p k k which is on europe's and washington's terror list locals also accuse the militia of forced recruitment when question s.d.f. command is tennis. if it is ok.

we don't force anybody to join. the commander prefers to talk about how we'll co-operation is going with the us and that the n.t.i. a skull ilish and will be needed on the ground in syria for some time. one of the fact that. we need stability in this whole area we cannot achieve this without coalition troops. this message is echoed to us by the us commander even after a victory in haji in the mission he is far from us troops will still be needed. you can be remnants of isis left there are small pockets small they called sleeper cells here so i think those are things that we have to basically clean up on the back side of all of us so again you've heard about the enduring defeat of isis so it's not just their so-called you know physical area that they control in order to prevent a resurgence of i.a.s.

local security forces would have to be trained and civilian structures established no one here is willing to say how long this could take where the months or year is where left with the impression that it's more likely to be is. time to get more on that now we're joined here in the studio by dint of his for going to shoko one of the co-authors of that report in fact we just saw you there in that piece on the ground there what was it like to be there with u.s. troops in syria. i mean it was very interesting to get the american point of view on the very complicated situation in syria but we met a lot of people but from a journalistic point a few it was difficult because of security reasons our movement was very restrictive u.s. forces have chosen the locations we can visit the people we could talk and most of the people we could talk to reckon we could have some interviews with some

civilians but it was very restricted so what we did in order to get a broader view of the first before the trip we call to civilians in iraq. and other cities to get their point a few about the u.s. engagement their ancestor forces and that's where we where we heard that many people especially in records are very concerned about the growing power of the kurdish led s.d.f. because most of the population in iraq is. what was their message there because i mean you describe it to me actually before we before we started talking here live on the set with the able to talk with you openly those civilians would you say. i mean some did but the situation was very tense because we always had. two to three soldiers with machine guns in our bags so they were protecting as as the same

time but this is the scenario we had to interview the people on the streets so. actually they complained about that day is that the reconstruction effort is not not enough so they did at least that but to get really in-depth soundbites i think it was not possible what is the long term strategy do you think right now in the battle to fight the so-called islamic state because as we mentioned i mean you know this is one of the last strongholds. of the group it seems as if they're making progress there are forces on the ground but it's not just about territory anymore is it no not at all i mean the command the u.s. commander told us and others confirmed that there are still many sleeper cells operating in iraq that's why the security situation is so tense so the the first step of the u.s. strategy is to stabilize so to help the civil councils to

train local forces because the bottom line is if the people don't get their basic needs the resentment will grow and they will be more radicalized anymore but to be honest the long term strategy is not only to. defeat i guess the other point obviously for america is to stay there as the as a who are involved in this war as well like like russia iran tricky they want to defend its interests and one of the interests of america is definitely to push back iran scoring influence and the second is to get a jury and political solution for syria which in the eyes of the american system is syria without bashar al assad. joining us as we mentioned you just returned from syria where you were on the ground there with u.s. troops and their fight against the so-called islamic state thank you so much for your perspective. well you have some breaking news just coming in here

at the w. it is for the nobel prize for economics it has been awarded to a duo of u.s. economists and we're talking about william nordhaus here and paul romer the nobel committee has said that they have taken macroeconomics to a global scale trying to tackle some of the world's biggest problems and we will force have war detail on all of that and analysis that's coming up in just a few moments with our correspondent christopher are in business news but first we're going to head to brazil because far right politician to ear both are not zero has won the first round of brazil's presidential election he will now face a runoff in three weeks time against his closest rival leftist fernando had up also narrow attracted support by promising to fight corruption and restore what he called traditional values. supporters believe he's going to turn the country around and sunday's results gave

them reason to celebrate their candidate share of the vote surged past pollsters predictions. the country's under siege within the government and on the streets we need to end this and he's the most capable of doing so no doubt about it. with. the interest. he was doing was. also no road didn't appear in person after the election results were announced the full military officer was staffed at a campaign rally last month and doctors are still wary of his health but he did appear on social media. and i'm sure that in the second round we will intensify our efforts and we will turn the victory. the sixty three year old has down to crack down on career. option and criminals but opponents of condemned

incendiary comments from boston are all about women and minority groups during the campaign. bows and arrows also being criticized for his plan to give police officers a freer hand to shoot drug traffic is his praise for the military dictatorship the group of brazil from one hundred sixty four to ninety ninety five has also alarmed critics. peace opponents lifted candidate from endo who says electing both so narrow could pose a risk to democracy. the porters he would now concentrate on the second round and called for calm. believe this because i mean we will face that debate with respect we go into the democratic battlefield with just one weapon the argument we don't carry guns out of. the final run off for the presidency is show drooled for the twenty eighth of october. china's government is investigating the former chief of interpol meng hong way for bribery and other crimes

a spokesman for china's ministry of foreign affairs says that the investigation shows the government's determination to quote person to the rule of law and to fight corruption thing was reported missing by his wife after leaving france for a trip to his native china on sunday interpol announced that he had resigned as president of the international police agency. and joining us now from our bureau in taipei is correspondent phebe kong and phebe i mean we just have to acknowledge here from the get go that this has really been a bizarre case from the very beginning missing for nearly a few weeks this individual do we have any more clarity now on his disappearance from the chinese foreign ministry or other officials but you say. yeah the chinese public security department has just lay this official statement just hours ago to give us a further picture us over moans case as the state must say that their mobiles

insist on doing things on his own way so he is the one who brought the problem up on so and it's also stated that there is no place for any negotiation and brotherly with the party and lowell's actually ties to party and the police so however this statement gives no details to worst of bribery case no matter the amount of bribes or any parties involved in the case so actually when not really clear about the details of the case but the chinese authorities is now handling the case in a very high profile way the same it also sounds that the minister of the public security actually. has chaired a meeting during the night to discuss the matter and now and now the chinese police is setting up a task force to go after any associates but most. talk about a case yeah let's talk

a little bit more about those allegations because we know china has made fighting corruption one of its biggest priorities in recent years we know that several top officials public figures they've actually disappeared in connection with corruption tell us more about meg's background and why he might have been targeted because of the authorities have not really been transparent with the actual accusations have they. you know we have noticed our one of the intriguing climate in the official state men just hours ago is that if mentioned show we don't come and what is joan can he is that exploded all standing committee members in china or is the top leaving are leaving leaving come in t. and i he has to actually he is the one he is the highest ranking officials to be brock's now on corruption charges so far in china and the courts handed now are live sentenced to him just one year after she has taken office so what is journey

to work mon they both of them actually they work together in the public security department back to south sudan and for that time is the deputy minister of the department and show you income is actually use force so it is probably believed that they have a close relationship they have a close contact with a shudder and some even said their show in town is to one who promotes a mob so as everyone's no shooting it has started a massive crackdown to less corruption since two thousand and thirteen and so far to me and party members have been investigated at and held rest of them are the corner and those are the central government such as don't come with mention and i believe this after children presence and willing to. accept trial so some observers also say that most of the targets in the corruption cases they are the

rifles are so i think many of us will happen i am on the on the boat at the about the now in this case yes must case have anything to do with showing up and indeed that is the big question the head of the international police simply disappearing. in taipei with the very latest on. case thank you. scientists have issued their strongest warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures a new u.n. report warns that efforts to prevent temperatures from rising more than one point five degrees centigrade are off track the report showing a world hurdling toward a possible three degree rise saying that society must undergo a major transformation to avert disaster scenes like this could become more frequent if the world does not act now that's the message of scientists on the

un's climate change panel whose job was to work out what governments must do to implement the parents are called the twenty fifteen first climate change is already affecting people ecosystems and livelihoods all around the world. second limited warming to one point five degrees is not impossible but will require unprecedented transitions in all aspects of society third there are clear benefits to keep wanting to one point five degrees or just compared to two degrees or higher every bit of warming matters. the goal needs to be implemented by twenty thirty but scientists fear will fail to hit it one immediate effect of failure will be more global heat waves resulting droughts would mean poor harvests impacting the global food supply and harming countries that rely heavily on agriculture. other parts of

the world would suffer from an increase in heavy rains and hurricanes these weather patterns combined with rising sea levels could lead to more frequent and severe flooding the scientists on the un's panel say it's the final call the government's everyone must act the message is over to governments at this stage we've told you what you know the scientific facts the evidence the costs it is up to the governments now to decide what to do with it. avoiding scenes like this will be hugely expensive say the scientists but it has to be done and it's still possible if the world acts now. i'm going to sleep in is now and on sunday rb leipzig pummeled nuremberg in a one sided affair the bowl smashed home six goals lifting the club to second in the one to say. if nuremberg coach michel kona couldn't believe what he was saying

pre-match he was in for a rude awakening come kick off last week when to head off to just three minutes team and then with the leg work kevin kapil with the finishing touch. i call conversion box keeper five pm press law should have done better just four minutes later use of pulse and made it to dale. was then there again the playmaker cosen letting his good goal in two games. after twenty one minutes it was three nil muscle some of it's a smashing home on this occasion. and to not miss hof was a nova thunder of the as venom made it for five. nuremberg defense all that say. brett louse struggling to wake himself up heading into the break the mauling continued in the second half solve it so with his second

guy. and then a putting the aussie on the cake to make it six nil by. it was lot six biggest ever win in the bundesliga of the full color nuremberg it was yet another haas footballing lesson. and now we probably see that christophe cover would be here a little later in the show to talk about those u.s. researchers who have just won the nobel prize for economics for a software we know about that is fair to say that the committee giving out the prize made quite a statement in awarding this prize this year's nobel prize for economics has been awarded to two researchers for their. work on climate change and innovation us economists call nordhaus and paul romer receive the award for integrating innovation and climate with economic growth the jury said along with the prize the two risk researchers will receive nine million swedish kronor or one million u.s.

dollars in economics prize is not formally a nobel prize as it was created by the swedish central bank in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine in memory of alfred nobel all the other prizes were mentioned by a nobel in his will. well for more i'm joined by my door come on my colleague from v.w. business model we have william nordhaus and paul romer the other winners tell us more about them. william nortel's often called the father of climate change economics he research into the interplay between the economy and the climate so how does one affect the other and what can we do to curb the impact of the economy on the climate. pull roma research more into technological change into the interplay between. technological change and economic growth and he's looking into how we can achieve more sustainable more healthy growth now the both of them the royal swedish academy of sciences says are being awarded for their long term

sustainable growth in the economy on research on the topic now that on a day when researchers are calling for unprecedented changes to limit global warming that can be quinces can it certainly i mean climate change as we all know it's one of the biggest challenges that we have facing we see this in this report that came out today just as much as policymakers agreeing on things like the paris climate change agreement and the economy is one of the biggest drivers obviously of climate change produces a lot of emissions so now the committee of warding these particular economists the nobel prize for economics certainly shows that you know there's a long way to go in fighting this and now some recognition for people who are fighting it there's year's winners of nobel economics prize william nordhaus and paul romer receiving the award for their work on climate change and innovation model work come on from business thanks for breaking down the story for us.

financial chief vote over has surprisingly announced that he'll step down his contract is due to expire at the end of the year and he told the carmakers head of the supervisory board that he would not seek an extension were reversed. barger call follows on the heels of the i'm a boston to such as announcement that he will pass the baton in may next year. to iceland now where ever since it was heavily hit by the financial crisis the economy has shown a remarkably strong recovery g.d.p. growth in the second quarter came in at seven point two percent more than double the rate in the u.s. and four times higher than in germany in large part also thanks to foreign workers but there seems to be a downside investigative journalists now revealing that thousands of workers have been there but rights violated and employers routinely breaking the law in the name of profit. break u.t. iceland this is about the furthest point on the globe from pakistan and this is

where some of ended up working sixteen hour shifts for only eight hours paid shop paid more than fifteen thousand euros or two million crowns for work permits for himself and his brother to acquaintances also gave him money to get them work permits shots employer took the money but never issued the permits. and had month hardly i get like two million from them. and i pay like one point five million. so what i work for why i'm like. thirty hours away from my family from my bed and from everyone but no at this situation what can i do nothing now i cannot support them now i cannot bear those guys we had this money i get from. he tells the clay court

investigative program that none of the men who gave him their money are demanding his parents back home repave him. to play good team discovered that she is not alone in his predicament. there were around twenty five thousand foreign workers in iceland. employers disregarded workers' safety and cheated employees out of wages and benefits. son ashar has reported his employer to the police but little is likely to be done. none of this comes as a surprise program shows some good examples of the persistent breaches that we see in the icelandic workplace there are unfortunately looks of other examples to. clinch says thousands of foreign workers are being systematically mistreated and violated he says the worst instances cases of human trafficking and he claims

society and the authorities have closed their eyes. and as a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour farai politician also not zero has won the first round of brazil's presidential election after promising to tackle crime and corruption to face a leftist candidate. in a second round of voting in three weeks' time. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we have a fresh foursome coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d w dot com for now from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching wherever you are.

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