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to be accountable to lucian my name is on me and i want him to. this is news live from berlin the free at last from detention in turkey to andrew bronson heads home to the united states after turkish courts and his house arrest his detention was a major cause of tension between the two countries also coming up. baseless allegations that's how saudi arabia is describing claims that it killed dissident
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journalist jamal khashoggi but reports say turkey has video and audio proof of his killing inside the conflict in istanbul. and thousands take to the streets here in fair game for what's billed as a protest against him and populism all reported up to tell us what it's all about. and the hard against the deadly aftermath our reporter joins rescuers in the florida panhandle to see first to see firsthand the devastation after hurricane michael splashed into the coast. egypt money welcome to the program u.s. pastor bronson is on his way home after turkish court released him from house arrest and was arrested two years ago on suspicion of having links to fatou no
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golan the cleric the turkish government blames for the field coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen his detention has caused serious friction between washington and korea with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. freshly landed on german soil u.s. pastor andrew bunsen kisses the american flag after being detained for two years while living and working in turkey. the american ambassador to germany posted this image on twitter during his stopover brunson left is mehran western turkey as a free man on his way back to the united states a turkish court had convicted brunson of links to terrorism allegedly organized through his small evangelical church but authorities decided to let him leave. president donald trump is hailing the release as a diplomatic success but trump deny there been any agreement to lift the sanctions the u.s. had imposed after bronson was arrested. we spoke to turkey. and
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he went through a system and we got him out it was no deal made at all there was no deal but we're very happy to. have him and good job by hereis are in very good shape. brunson had lived in turkey for the past twenty years his release is a concession that could improve strained relations between unca and washington for brunson's wife noreen it had been a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and supporters of the two lagu and to clear a coup turkey blames for a failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen bronson's lawyer called the trial a farce. voted there was no need for this case which did so much harm to my client to turkey as a whole and damaged relations today's ruling proves that three to four years brunson led a small evangelical church in izmir prosecutors claim some of its members belong to
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the outlawed kurdistan workers' party while welcoming brunson's freedom washington is now pressing for the release of several other americans being held in turkey. did an apple watch record the death of jamal khashoggi that's what turkish media claiming following the disappearance of the dissident journalist over a week ago in the saudi consulate in istanbul now turkish officials accuse saudi arabia of torturing and killing to ship the inside the complex and say they have audio and video evidence and u.s. president donald trump has now pledged to punish the saudis if they are indeed responsible saudi arabia calls the allegations baseless lies. this is the last public footage of jim our crew shook g walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second the washington post where she is a columnist says secret audio and video footage shows the journalist was detained
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inside by a saudi security team who tortured and killed him and dismembered his body a turkish newspaper now claims the killing was recorded on the journalist's apple watch his fiance had d.j. jenga is was holding his i phone outside the saudi consulate which was apparently sync to the device that reports remains unconfirmed. she who lived in self-imposed exile in the u.s. was a vocal critic of the saudi regime riyadh denies all involvement in the journalist disappearance but criticism of the regime is growing. u.s. president donald trump says there will be severe punishment if the saudis are found culpable. this month the gulf kingdom is hosting a key investment conference while some big names have already pulled out others
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have not i am horrified. but i have to conduct the business of the i.m.f. in all corners of the world and with many governments so at this point in time my intention is to not change my plan. a delegation from saudi arabia has now arrived in turkey to help with the investigation will have almost sound state t.v. said the kingdom welcomes turkey's decision to form a joint working teen. but with so many unanswered questions saudi arabia is coming under increasing pressure to explain what happened to jim out. here in berlin thousands of people are taking part in what's been described as an anti racism march through the city organizers seats and against ruling popular sentiment calling for europe's borders to stay open and for participants to take
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a stand against anti-semitism and xenophobia the event brings together numerous social groups it's set to end with an open air concert. for let's bring in did a correspondent on your cork she's live at the center of berlin where the demonstration is getting underway so i knew organizers say they were hoping for forty thousand people to show up today does that look about right from where you're standing how can you gauge the level of support. well at the moment that is very hard to tell because we don't have any official numbers yet we have to wait till we can get them from the police but from what i have seen so far today i think this could turn out to be a huge protest around two hours ago at least several thousand people gathered at the alexander plots in the middle of the town and they have started their march right through the city center they have now passed iconic gates and the crowd is expected behind me any minute now i think what's also important to mention is that
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so far this has been a very colorful and bold protest at a peaceful protest there is a huge variety of groups and different people participating in the demonstration today we're seeing unions lawyers parties politicians artists but also young families who brought their kids and even their babies to the demonstration we have seen students we have seen elderly people and they all hammer to make it very clear that they are opposed to hatred and discrimination. obviously this demonstration is happening just one day before a key election in bavaria is that just a coincidence or is there a message for germany's politicians here. i think the state election very much in morrow is not the reason why we are having this protest today first of all you have to understand that that the variance i'm not very easily impressed by anything that happens and lynn they feel that this is. a rather local event
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to understand why we're having this demonstration here today i think we have to look back at what tests have been throughout germany especially in the eastern parts of the country within the last couple of months we have seen lots of demonstrations right wing demonstrations in the eastern part of the country some of them turned violent i guess you could even call them riots and a lot of moderate german. very early shocked by those. on your call coming to us from the center of berlin thank you. as now look at some of the other stories making news around the world health officials in gaza say israeli troops have killed seven palestinians in clashes of the border fence separating the two sides the israeli military says its troops opened fire thousands of palestinian demonstrators began throwing rocks and fire bombs it's one of the deadliest incidents in months of protests along the border. in indonesia at least twenty
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two people are dead half of them children after an overflowing river triggered landslides that destroyed a wall at a school rescuers are still combing through mud and rubble for others. officials say the death toll has risen to eighteen after hurricane michael smashed into the florida panhandle three days ago florida's governor has compared the devastation to a war zone michael is the most powerful recorded hurricane ever to strike the region and the reporter stephanie traveled to a town west of five as a virtually cut off from the world left without power internet and phone connections. as the u.s. coast guard rescue helicopter searches for a place to touch down in florida state mexico beach we drive to a neighborhood coastal town. joel beach beautiful little beach town right at the gulf of mexico beyond me with what we're pursuing beaches and what you don't see
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behind me here is i show you it's across the street it is houses which went from the beach across the street and then our fixture of the neighbor's front young. destruction here sigal beach massive massive that's in mexico teaching just two miles down the road and what you hear. these beeps a malfunctioning color monarch sighed in fire. this is the first full day that search and rescue teams from all corners of the state go from house to house. the scale of destruction they encountered on the streets of st joe beach is enormous most homes are destroyed or so severely damaged they'll need to be bulldozed cars boats trailers belongings gone some ice lost many life little it's destroyed everywhere the teams go they see despair and frustration from residents who chose
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to ride it out hurrican might help with cleanup now and i have to clean up we're just doing. a check and make sure everybody is ok any medical issue. except for gas water electricity cell phone yeah yeah yeah if they're really going to get a lot of help. and we're not you find charles and susan i'm sitting in what has been their living room they chose to ride out the storm because they say they had nowhere else to go. but i do over again i would. stay. why did you decide to let me ask you susan why did you decide to stay and ride out the storm. because they now. believe. me they. just don't come out of my god they are so weak. as we drive out of st joe beach
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there's another war from the sky this time fighter jets information paying their respects to what has been lost and those who have survived down here on the ground . germany's national football team has been trying to create a positive act most disastrous world cup campaign but a d w exclusive interview with a form a stock rocked the boat. a raucous welcome for the germany squad at the open training session in berlin earlier this week where youth team players were invited to watch their heroes not a critical audience for four days the national team boss in good weather and applause topping up their confidence i had a tricky tasks ahead. we've had some time to freshen up mentally when you come from your club you need one or two days to adapt to these familiar faces again. we had
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a great time here together. it would have been the perfect preparation if it hadn't been for. the former germany captain criticize the national football association and coach in an exclusive interview. as many people. because he was a long. time he walks with and. sometimes things doesn't work anymore let those comments for a day and then hit back diplomatically upon his arrival in amsterdam. it doesn't really interest me he can say what he wants i don't care everyone's entitled to their opinion and i'm happy for him to voice it. against the netherlands has another chance to show he has improved it's not just
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about three points in the new nations league but more about upholding a long standing record germany haven't lost to the dutch team in sixteen years. at the top of the hour. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word there has been little. rico is in germany to learn german with him simple online on your mobile and free. learning course nikos fake german made easy.

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