w. . this is news live from investigators and the saudi culture that's in istanbul part of a joint meeting one hour searching the prime suspect clues in the disappearance of journalist to jamal khashoggi take you live to istanbul also on the program one of the man involved in the september eleventh attacks is released from prison in germany and didn't immediately deported to his home country of morocco. least ten people die in flash flooding in southwestern france after rivers of raging talking

. i felt welcome to the program turkish police events in saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul to search for clues following the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi uniforms turkish police and other officials believed to be prosecutors went inside the compound after being cleared by saudi authorities the investigation comes amid growing the pressure from the international community regarding the saudi writer's fate and outspoken critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan mr at the consulate almost two weeks ago and hasn't been seen since. let's get more from d.w. correspondent to u.t. han in istanbul welcome yuliya what's this inspection likely to include.

well this is really a significant step a significant development turkish investigators have been waiting for this since days they have been waiting for the saudis to give them permission to search what is essentially what is basically saudi territory now the condition has been for this that this is going to be a saudi turkish joint investigation so we saw a team of saudi officials arrive today later a team of turkish officials now the big question is the question about the scope of this investigation according to reports they will not only search the saudi consulate but also the consul's residence a little further away and they will also question and interrogate employees and stuff but the turks for example have asked the saudis to conduct some forensic tests they are looking for d.n.a. of mystic for example they are looking for blood traces which would of course support the turkish claim that the journalist was indeed murdered inside the saudi

consulate now the question is will they be allowed to do so and the bigger question me maybe even is what will they still be able to find it's been two weeks now since the critical journalist when to missing since he vanished basically. and it's not clear what they still will be able to find ironically as if to a drive the point home we saw footage of a cleaning team with mops and trash bags entering the saudi consulate earlier today walking past the journalists waiting that and this has of course caused a debate on there how credible this whole investigation will be. well maybe saudi arabia has agreed to this search now due to increased

international pressure pressure by allies by the international community to express an add on had a phone call with saudi king solomon yesterday britain france germany are all calling for a credible investigation into mr xi is a disappearance more importantly maybe american lawmakers all threatening tough punitive action it remains to be seen what kind of action the president trump once now he at least said he is sending state secretary pompei o two and yet now interesting it's also interesting to see that major business leaders are withdrawing from a in the investment conference that is going to take place later this month in saudi arabia richard branson for example the c.e.o. of so the pressure on saudi arabia is growing so they have to deliver they have to give substantial evidence substantial answers now. in istanbul thank you.

one of the matter involved in the september eleventh attacks on the united states has been believed from prison in germany when he. was arrested in two thousand and one and sentenced in two thousand and seven to fifteen years in jail this was for his role in the deaths of two hundred forty six people on board the hijacked planes used in the attacks german authorities say he'll be deported to morocco and prevented from returning to germany until he's ninety. on nine eleven two thousand and one al-qaeda terrorists took control of four passenger planes full of civilians and flew them into the world trade center and the pentagon a fourth crashed into a field in pennsylvania roughly three thousand people were killed the terrorist attacks were the largest ever under us soil they were put into action by a group of young men in germany which became known as the hamburg terrorist cell one of the most modest sadik the moroccan student was the only man to be sentenced in germany in connection with the attacks it took more than five years of trials

and appeals for germany to convict him he was sentenced to fifteen years for being an accessory to the murders of two hundred forty six people aboard the hijacked planes and membership of a terrorist organization sadik never denied being friends with the hijackers but says he knew nothing about their nine eleven plans he was brought from this prison in hamburg to the city's airport for deportation to morocco he's banned from returning to germany until his ninetieth birthday by the authorities who still deem him dangerous back home in morocco his wife and children are thought to be waiting for him. at least ten people have died in flash floods in southwestern france streams became raging torrent equivalent of several months of rain fell in just hours worst hit is the hour would region where the river to reach flood levels not seen for a century. when it happened it happened fast several months worth of rain falling

in just a few hours ava night here in southwest france turns rivers to raging destruction. it started at two am raining raining raining. we heard rushing water i turned on the light and it didn't work it was dark. i get out of bed in my feet or in the water i go towards to kitchen and try to open the door but it's impossible i forced it open and then there was water up to my waist. because. such rapid rainfall took its immediate toll in france is district at least one of the victims was swept away by raging waters while sleeping helicopters scrambled to help rescue people from roofs of their homes struggled with bad weather which made operations difficult some two hundred fifty five men and one hundred police have been deployed for the rescue efforts. it was really traumatizing for all our

neighbors who were in the same situation i called the firemen it really happened so fast when they responded there was like a wave that came towards our front door the entire house was flooded the waters rose to my thighs my being that we. just got me furious lee flowing floodwaters have swept everything in that path trees power pylons cars . the region is better known for its mediæval towns them for such flooding of biblical proportions the worst the area has seen in a hundred years. now to some of the other stories making news around the world jordan has reopened its main border crossing with syria for the first time for three years the move restores commercial lifeline to the country and clearing the routes for exports to arab countries comes after syrian government troops retooled vessels across in july. tensing. palace prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex are expecting their first baby in spring you know when kate was hired back

and arrived in sydney at the start of a sixteen day trip to australia and the pacific region. police in germany are investigating the motive behind the hostage taking at colognes main train station police stormed the building of the woman being healthy the suspect was seriously wounded in the operation and is now in police custody. termers governing coalition is facing an uncertain future after i'm going to medicals allies in bavaria suffered significant losses in regional elections leaders of the country's three coalition parties are meeting to find a way forward after voters delivered was being described as a bizarre doing slap to the government chancellor merkel has promised to do more to win back voters trust. early in the morning after the bavarian state elections made one thing very clear germans are fed up with their coalition government. gail danes anyone here and had their warnings i must know that this was he said to

me shortly make up like it was an improper can find on this and the one thing that is very lonely is that things cannot go on the way they are always trying to carry consequence to see if it's ok to talk i'm going to marco has been on the end of sharp criticism she sees mistakes made in berlin as a contributing factor to the losses of his sister party in the various. doesn't as often would click looking back at the formation of the government in the last twelve months it's clear that people have lost a lot of trust in us and that also goes for the union party use the c.u. and the c s he where you would expect common ground. and that's why until now we have not been able to be clear about what the grand coalition has achieved so far jointly mom quanta but it was the social democrats who suffered most on the night losing half of their vote is a very. the party leaders it's increasingly difficult to justify why the s.p.d. is still propping up the coalition government but. once we do venture my what must

we have all you tell us we don't have control and everything hand governments are bad images links are contributed to the fact that issues that were. under the populace didn't get through and didn't mention wish to. use in. a new poll suggested that eighty eight percent of s.p.d. party members would prefer to leave the grand coalition. now senior figures are wondering whether it would be better to stay or go. cars sure what is clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining the coalition really not to leave the country at the mercy of the rightwing condom doesn't mean we'll stay in at all costs here in pies. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalise on any collapse. isn't. that where all prepared for the grand coalition to form sharks and everything that scenario could bring us into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes

to come the next day selections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well come to a head. to get more from v.w. political correspondent to thomas spar tell us what you make of a chance of a statement essentially that it reveals just how much pressure is under now at the moment that's a statement there where she clearly mentions that need to regain trust is one that we've already heard from politicians or not only from merkel on previous occasions the question however fairly is how they plan to regain that trust how they plan to improve their work when both the conservatives and the social democrats under such pressure given the result in bavaria and given other results in the past as well one area that has been discussed here in berlin where they could focus on is leaving aside ravi's not focusing primary. we are exclusively on the issue of migration which as you know has been the key issue for the past few years but focusing on other topics as well that for voters are particularly important i'll

just give you a few examples education infrastructure health care for the elderly all those are issues that voters have said on repeated occasions that they want the politicians in germany at the federal level down to regional level to focus on and that's one area where i'm going to michael i have government could certainly work on in the next few months of trying to regain the trust from voters that has been lost completely presumably this is why the domestic issues this is why voters are losing faith in germans conservatives yes undoubtedly that's one of the of the reasons the fact that they've been focusing too much on one big topic migration which is undoubtedly important but not the only topic that is important for german voters another aspect that has been discussed on why conservatives have had such a problem in the last few months in particular in bavaria in these elections is that that idea of emulating part of the strategy of the far right alternative for germany did not seem to work and whereas other parties clearly mentioned their

goals and their objectives they did seem to gain from these elections where the emulating that strategy was part of the of the problem but yes as you say fail obviously that goal of touching on migration issues time and time again was certainly a big problem for conservatives in bavaria and it's a big problem for ungrammatical government as well at the federal level so it is germany now seeing a significant shift of support away from germany's big centrist parties i would undoubtedly say so and that is not only something that we see in germany we do see it in germany or for the federal level the fact that the social democrats and the conservatives the big traditional parties on the center left on the center right seem to be losing ground while that ground is now gained by by a smaller parties parties that are on such an occasion even on the fringes of of the political spectrum but that's the thing that you also see no other european countries or germany is not an exception in this case germany spot i would say of a wider phenomenon where these traditional parties are losing ground and other

smaller parties seem to me getting some of the voters political correspondent thomas thank you. and that's it show up today more for you at the top of the hour of course in the meantime there's always a web site that's t.w. dot com and presumable hope as there's updates in just a. little. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. here which is on those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the.