this is d.w. news live from berlin tonight police in germany investigating an incident that may have been an attempted terror attack and police event of the hostage situation at the main train station in the city of cologne the suspect is in custody we'll go live to cologne for the latest also coming up is the solti consulates in the ystem bowl a crime scene turkish and salty investigators have entered the building there searching for clues following the disappearance of the journalist. we'll take you live in stamboul and at least eleven people in flash floods in southwestern france after

rivers are turned into raging so. it's good to have you with us police in germany are not ruling out the possibility that a hostage taking earlier today may have been an attempted act of terrorism it happened at the main railway station in the city of cologne in western germany special security forces stormed a pharmacy inside the station to free a hostage who had been held for two hours the suspect was seriously injured the hostage and another person we understand are being treated tonight for their wounds . the w's reporter david martin is in cologne he has been speaking directly with the police good evening to you david why are they saying that terrorism can't be

ruled out well first of all they found the identity papers after the after they stormed the pharmacy they found the identity papers belonging to a fifty five year old syrian immigrant they were careful not to immediately say that these belonged to the to the suspect to the perpetrator of the of the incident today but said it was most likely the case furthermore the police told me that that the suspect claimed to be a member of the the jihadi group islamic states. so we'll see how that develops. when police stormed the when police stormed the pharmacy afterwards they found several canisters of of gasoline or other sort

of fire accelerants so that the obviously this could have been a far worse incident than actually even actually came about yeah i mean these are certainly new developments in this story and we understand that there was another incident allegedly involving this suspect at the train station what happened there . so this was this happened immediately before the hostage incident the suspect reportedly threw in a multitude of cocktail it's believed to be a molotov cocktail into a fost food restaurants located inside cologne central station two victims were seen running out of the restaurant one of them reportedly with fire running from her foot up she. says serious quite serious injuries suffered at that and that that was in the immediate lead up to then the hostage situation which took place in the in the pharmacy around the corner right or correspondent david martin

in cologne bringing us the latest on what police are saying may have been a an attempted terror attack in the city's main train station david thank you. well tonight turkish police have entered the saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul to search for clues following the disappearance of salty journalist jamal shelton uniform the turkish police and other officials believe the prosecutors went inside the compound after being cleared by solti authorities the investigation comes amid growing pressure from the international community regarding the think of the soul the journalist and al spoken critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon mr kushner we entered the consulate almost two weeks ago and he has not been seen since this. morning i want to bring in our correspondent julia hawn she's on the

story for us tonight in istanbul good needs you julie i mean turkish investigators they entered the saudi consulate and we weren't sure when we saw people going in and if it were if they were indeed turkish investigators we know now that that's been confirmed that they were one of these investigators border they looking for. well brian and this is really the day turkish investigators have been waiting for they have been waiting for the saudis to finally give them permission to enter and search the saudi consulate here in istanbul which is technically saudi territory according to international law so the condition was that this is going to be a joint saudi turkish investigation two teams have been a riving here we know the turkish team reportedly includes a forensics expert we still don't know much about the scope of this investigation though we hear they will not only search the consulate in istanbul they will also

search the residence of the consul they will ask questions to employees and stuff the turkish team says they want to conduct forensic tests they are looking for d.n.a. of mystic. they are looking for blood traces because this would of course support their claim that he was indeed murdered inside the consulate but the question is how much evidence will they still be able to find it's been two weeks as you mentioned since jamal khashoggi went missing and as if to drive the point home we saw a cleaning crew earlier today entering the saudi consulate with the mops and trash bags they were passing the journalists who were waiting outside and this of course has sparked debate about the credibility of this whole investigation but now that the investigation has started everybody really thinks something must come out of this some kind of forensic evidence some kind of statement something. you know it's a good point we're looking at video. which

obviously tells us that saudi arabia does not. possible crime scene two weeks after this. the question. why is saudi arabia allowing turkish officials to enter the consulate at all. well saudi arabia still says all the murder allegations are baseless that's correct but also pressure on them is is growing really and this might be an attempt to appease its allies the international community i mean germany britain france have jointly called for a credible investigation into mr disappearance we've heard american lawmakers threatening tough punitive action it remains to be seen what president trump will say and will do he sent his secretary of state might bump a zero to saudi arabia later he had to turkey so pressure is mounting and really everybody is now waiting for the saudis to come up with some substantial and says

because everybody is quite sure that this case this scandal really will not just go away it's not going away it seems to be becoming more international by the day a correspondent julie hot on the story for us tonight in istanbul julia thank you. germany has released an accomplice in the september eleventh attacks on the united states and accomplice from prison and deported him to morocco when the. deck was arrested back 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 that hijacked airplane one of the hijacked airplanes that was used in the attacks german authorities say that he will not be allowed to return to germany until he's at least ninety years old. on nine eleven two thousand and one al-qaeda terrorists took control of full passenger planes full

of civilians and threw 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 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. never denied being friends with the hijackers but says he knew nothing about the 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 awful to be waiting for him. governing coalition is facing a very uncertain future after on the americans allies in bavaria suffered significant losses in regional elections yesterday the leaders of the country's three coalition parties are meeting now to find a way forward after voters delivered what's been described as a result igs slap to the government chancellor merkel has promised to do more to win back because trust. early in the morning after the bavarian state elections made one thing very clear germans are fed up with their coalition government. real danger anyone who didn't heard the warnings are lost know that this was a dummy show i mean it wasn't a proper cannon firing on the us and the one thing that is very good only a lot is that things can go wrong the way they are always trying to carry

consequence tricksy and it's ok that is mission vital i'm going to michael has been on the end of sharp criticism she sees mistakes made in berlin as a contributing factor to the loss of his sister party in the various. the us and i thought i'm good please 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 that also goes for the union party use the c.p.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 doit lish mohan quander but it was the social democrats who suffered most on the night losing half of their voters in the varia. the party leaders it's increasingly difficult to justify why the s.p.d. is still propping up the coalition government that's kind of s.m.s. what can we do those are my what must we avoid telling us we don't have control and everything and 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 which to cry list is good news 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. clear is that just because the s.p.d. and its members had good reasons for joining a coalition not to lead the country at the mercy of the right wing condom doesn't mean will stay in at. pies. the liberals who only just managed to scrape their way into parliament are ready to capitalize on any collapse. years in. that we're all prepared for the grand coalition to form charts and everything that scenario could bring us into. the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes but come the next day selections and hasn't in two weeks time things could well

come to a head. only as thirteen people have died in flash floods in southwestern france streams became a raging torrent as the equivalent of several months of rain fell in just a few hours rivers there have reached flood levels not seen in a century. when it happened it happened fast several months worth of rain falling in just a few hours a for night here in southwest france turns rivers to raging destruction. as the others of a day 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 as i get out of bed in my feet or in the water i go towards the kitchen and try to open the door but it's impossible i forced it open and then there was water up to my waist to go bush wars . 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 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 i. just got me fieri asli flowing floodwaters have swept everything in their path trees power pylons cars. the region is better known for its mediæval towns them for such blooding of biblical proportions the worst the area has seen in a hundred years. and we've got this breaking news just coming in c.n.n.

is reporting that saudi arabia is preparing to admit that the journalists that's gone he was killed when an interrogation went wrong and yet the journalists there dead after a bad interrogation we'll have more coming up at the top of the hour followed by the day. and to see it. first in school in the jungle. first climbing lesson and then door as grand a moment arrives. joining a regular chain on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary dora and the reckoning returns home on t w dot com.