not. bangladesh the dawn of islamism an exclusive d.w. report starts october eighteenth. move. move. move move. move. move. this is the w. news live from bird lead turkey and the u.s. meet over the case of a missing saudi journalist. in saudi arabia promises a full probe into the disappearance of joe bulker shoji top u.s. diplomat mike on pale carry this message to turkey today where investigators say that the writer was killed by a saudi hit teams also coming up t w goes to rock up one year after its liberation

from the i.f.c. to go look at how the u.s. is willing and unwilling to help the city its airstrikes largely destroyed plus the speed bump that is stalling brags that the irish border issue remains a key sticking points that is prone to go she ations into near chaos will be easy you get to reach them a more time to find a breakthrough and joachim loew the germany football coach suffers another painful loss. but as he said to cling to his job after an improved performance against france. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin with mounting pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi report a. the new york times says that turkish investigators believe several suspects

worked among the security detail of saudi crown prince mohamed bin some on this as american secretary of state my pump aoe has left saudi arabia and arrived in turkey where he's now in talks with president air to watch jamal khashoggi hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. and is standing by for us outside of the saudi consulate there and you know we've just heard that fresh off of his visit to saudi arabia the u.s. secretary of state my pump aoe is meeting with president they seem to be on opposite sides of this issue yulia so what's expected to come out of these talks. well the fact that mike compay is meeting president arab on himself indicates how seriously the talks are taking the disappearance of right. and the diplomatic

implications according to our knowledge the meeting is over now it lasted forty minutes the had of tookie secret service how can feed on and the foreign minister. well also present we are still waiting for anything official to emerge from that meeting of course in the best case we can expect some serious anstice some credible explanations now but i'm rather cautious because after yesterday we also know what kind of message might pump aoe has in his pockets to deliver to the talks and this message still is the saudi leadership claims to know nothing about the whereabouts of. the king says so had been some money who has been accused of personally ordering the esses the nation of the writers says so too so it remains to be seen what comes out of this meeting of course so you have to know turkey u.s. relations are also very difficult at the moment and there is speculation that they might come up with some kind of deal or a face saving initiative here the big question of course for us is what kind of

implications will this have for the official investigation here absolutely especially considering you know the line from the saudi is that the u.s. appears to be believing that the turkish authorities strongly refuted although they have yet to officially release any evidence to black up those claims that she was indeed kill so what do we really know at this point. well as you mentioned turkish officials the authorities and police have not yet officially tabled their evidence what they're doing is leaking bits of pieces of information and evidence to the media so this is really a mystery still a puzzle and it's very difficult to determine what is fact and what is fiction what we know is that two days ago on monday a joint team of saudi and turkish investigators went into that very building behind me the saudi consulate here in istanbul they searched it for hours they took different samples and a source familiar with the investigation later confirmed to us that they indeed

found in a quote concrete evidence suggesting jamal was killed investigators also seem to believe that he then was taken dead or alive from this building to another building the saudi consuls residence just two hundred meters away from here so this is the reason why turkish police have been pressing to get access to the saudi consuls residence we're still waiting for that and let me at this there is also a mysterious audi a recording that's at least what turkish media are reporting and this recording reportedly shows the last minutes of jamal a life it is a gruesome account showing apparently how he was tortured how he is screaming we also reportedly hear the weiss of the saudi consul saying look guys please do this outside i quote freely you can get me into trouble but this recording we don't have this recording yet turkish media are just citing sources who apparently listen to this recording so i advise some caution here and i'm sure we'll learn more about

this at the time with the very latest there from turkey yulia han our correspondent thank you so much. it was a year ago that the so-called islamic state was driven out of itself declared capital in syria the northern city of raka rocka is under control of kurdish forces but the fight lasted for months and saw thousands killed local militias fought on the ground while u.s. planes bombarded i asked from the air the city is now free of all the militants but lies in ruins our reporters are going to show and to far of door karim went to russia on an embedded trip with the u.s. army they looked at what the u.s. is willing and unwilling to help with as the city struggles to recover. have dela is happy to see us in his classroom it's a place of safety where he can finally learn and play with other children. it's the

years since he lost his hand he and his friends found a fridge which had a booby trapped inside. there we were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hurt. i was to buy a piece of shrapnel. two of my friends die right. there high file teaches the special class addressing the particular needs of able to and traumatized children she wasn't allowed to work at all when that i s. were in charge. all she says about that time is that it was hard for everyone to have an honor up fighting we notice the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are still frequent here. they are they completely unsettled. that i'm meeting with a hole in. the united states funds the class we are on a trip organized by the u.s.

army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over as in russia and they want to encourage small countries to fund the stabilization of the city. the security measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight there have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still high as sleeper cells operating in the city. the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have to work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing for shovel hammered

out luckily some schools are opening again and we registered our children and my daughter was not allowed to study under i.r.s. now she's in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's another factor that of the u.s. has been giving what it calls a stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubber repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction well the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding there can't begin until we've got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's. irreversible progress on the political front. the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u.n. sponsored talks there have stalled and in rocka the pressure is on. the longer reconstruction takes to begin says coachella cassava council. the greater the

danger that i as might gain support among the people. the help offered so far is like um but it's not enough meeting with the u.s. representative the council vent their frustration they've heard that us president on a trump cut about two hundred million dollars from serious stabilisation eight. hours of those who destroyed the city should rebuild it and what will we expect the coalition of the united states to help us with this they promised they would. for now it's projects like this it's a civil council is focusing on repairing rock us infamous stadium. the foreman a match tells us islamic state terrorists carried out mass executions here and that they tortured hundreds of civilians in the cellars. i hope that the stadium will be

full again one day and the people will come and play sports here again. like they did before the i.a.s. took control that's what we're hoping for. the first two games surge you to take place here in a couple of weeks they could offer brief respite from everyday life in the ruins of russia. and now to a very different kind of story we're heading to north america where canada has become the second country after europe wide to legalize recreational marijuana reporter jared reed has the story so i mean people can now buy they can possess recreational marijuana however there are critics who say that there are legal that there are out. health concerns here so why did canada choose to do this this is something that just the prime minister has been campaigning for this is one of his campaign promises back in twenty fifteen and he was was that it would like it would save canadians because this they're among the biggest pot smokers in the world

apparently and he argued that this would take away the legal burden so people wouldn't be facing criminal charges so often and also he wanted to take the profits away from drug dealers and the black market medical marijuana has been legal in canada since two thousand and one and now recreational use as well and this is the moment that it old came into effect we've got video here. so some celebrations the people who made the first legal purchase of canada saying cannabis in canada ian powell and mickey rourke the store on the island of new salmond in power has told reporters that this is. he doesn't actually plan to smoke he's going to put it in a frame instead and hang it on his wall cannabis in kind of times fast. how's this going to work so what are the rules here right canadians will be able to possess and share up to thirty grams of dried cannabis and they'll be able to grow up to

four plants in most regions household they'll be a vet range of products that they can buy from various dealers and they can also order it online and have it delivered to their houses it's not quite as liberal as say apps to dam and that's because each region and municipality is allowed to decide the rules for how it's consumed in their province like similar to alcohol and tobacco are and not everyone is really happy about that dog from a territory but a tweet from him this is back to the video but documentarian says that. government has decided that until next type. people in his state can only purchase recreational marijuana law and we can see the tweet here something he thinks is going to keep drug dealers happy people caught selling the drug to minors face up to fourteen years in jail and made for the best there are you're not allowed to smoke at work that's really. a good thing we don't work in canada so take us

through some of the implications and the concerns one of the big ones is on business because instantly canada has become the world's biggest market place for legal marijuana and a lot of other countries are looking to canada because this trend it's expected to wards legalization is going to continue there are some concerns though one of them is that the technology police need to be able to catch those who drive under the influence of marijuana isn't sophisticated enough to catch it there are some health concerns true from doctors they've written publicly to say that basically this is a balance of profits against people's health lots of different concerns still very early days like jared rade reporter thank you so much for filling us in. now diplomatic sources say that the european union has offered to extend the transition period for britain's exit from the block by one year it's a possible concession to britain's prime minister theresa may head of a summit of e.u. leaders in brussels later may is under pressure to break the deadlock over the

issue of the irish border northern ireland is set to become the u.k.'s only land border with the e.u. both sides want to avoid a hard border which would reinstate physical checks that could hamper trade and travel between northern ireland and the irish republic but they can't agree how a key part of the negotiation is a so-called backstop a fallback plan should the u.k. leave the e.u. without a deal but there's no agreement on that either. you see i'm the u.k.'s gregg's it minister dominique robb was somewhere in there on his way to your commission that was sunday we all thought a deal was close at hand the excitement was palpable. but then the chief negotiator tweeted this despite intense efforts some key issues are still open. so we all went back to bed because we had heard that one before. yes the biggest

key issue still is the border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which belongs to the as you. please do we need more time to find this global agreement then reached the decisive step forward that we need to finalize the negotiations for an orderly bragg's end to the sort of approach we'll have to need you or your. same old same old i know but bear with me. everybody wants to avoid the hard border after all many people lost their lives during the irish troubles when there was one the e.u. has suggested pushing it into the iris. recent may rejects an external border separating two parts of the u.k. . the problem is supposed to be solved by a political agreement but in case they fail to reach one the e.u.

wants a so-called backstop that's an insurance to avoid a border but it also means effectively that northern island would stay within e.u. regulations now some are calling for a backstop to the backstop oh well never mind terribly complicated but the bottom line is this the chief negotiator and the u.k. brags that minister have been negotiating. and negotiating. then the u.k. changed its gregg's it minister and they negotiated some more and it looks like finally the e.u. and the u.k. might be ready to agree on something don't ask me about the details it includes things like back to the backstop yes very tiring. and if that weren't enough the real front line is now in the u.k. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the u.k.

and for the european union i continue to believe that such a deal is achievable. not everybody still in the disunited kingdom the brics the tears are waiting to tear apart whatever theresa may brings home from brussels and that would mean no deal. from one controversial issue to another one now we're going to sports press harrington is here we're talking football last night's you watched him love his team germany lost again this time succumbing to one to france in the nation's league and i mean we have to really talk about this because there was some momentum swings yes there was indeed right it's my shock and awe that germany started off the scoring against the world champions we have you know a recap of the action let's take a look at that you know tony cross score from the penalty spot in the fourteenth minute and the goalkeeper for france has had issues allowing the penalties to come in and that through there but the end of the second half and to increase my income to be a blazing header level things and then

a penalty that was controversial specifically to the german coach was awarded late and griezmann had no problem converting they lose to one obviously remains under pressure but you know they did put up a fight and it was nice to see. some resistance at least early in the match but it is to you know have and they won the first one and lost the second winston also lost a match but yeah it was i see them put up a decent effort. a mission that there is something controversial right and runs of course. at the helm of this team many germans a recent outcry from many of them who want him replaced and did that change after the fight that that germany put up here do you think that this was enough. well you know he does remain under pressure although he is now receiving the backing of the german press you know one popular publication the bill came out and said that the right way in terms of putting up the fight incorporating the young talent we

actually have comments from himself this is what he had to say after the match. in torture but i'm disappointed about the result even if this defeat feels different to the last last saturday against the dutch. not because of the result but because of up a formants which i must say was great chef hugo because you know course all the christmas was what he think of as common as being great is a reach because if they still have a scored an open play there was a penalty that they converted you know and then you have to factor in this is the first time germany has lost six matches in a calendar year first time since two thousand they've lost back to back competitive matches so i think you know we're germany goes from here they have a match on the nineteenth of november against another lives are going to have to you know perform better than they did last time out and then there's a break you know and we have to see what happens you know early in the next year two thousand and nineteen but i think music continue doing what he did. by the

young and old talent and find speed they care that can you know produce on the pitch the germans want the results slowly but surely we're just sort of getting there cause harrington from sports thank you so much ok. barcelona midfielder are due to run is facing a possible prison sentence for his alleged role in a fight and is stumbled nightclub turkish state media say that prosecutors have charged arto with causing intentional injury and illegal possession of a weapon they are seeking up to twelve and a half years in prison for the turkey international he is currently on loan from barcelona at a turkish club by a six hour which is not the first time that he has been in trouble for bad behavior he is currently serving a sixteen game ban for using a linesman and many. now car sales collapsing in europe absolutely sever they faulted in september us all to make a struggle to meet the demands of

a new tougher e.u. emissions tests focus on sales in europe fell almost fifty percent for the month he had cries to and ran also great lines of close to thirty percent the new world wide have a nice life vehicle test became mandatory on september first forcing some comic has to put to the brakes on delivery one awaiting such a case. for more let's cross over to any bob's is standing by for us on the streets of a frank only what caused this dramatic slump in sales how much of that is really down to the new emissions test. i think most is down to the new emissions test when you look at the numbers for the european car sales for january to september they're up by two and a half percent and now suddenly they're down by this huge margin the auto industry says it was just surprised by all the parameters that had to test for all the different models and that now it's just taking huge amounts of time volkswagen c.e.o. have at these said recently they're working at full capacity and more in order to

meet these test criteria and why is the test so expensive well test things that weren't tested before it really measures fuel consumption and emissions it's supposed to at least an average daily driving different speeds braking acceleration stops it takes all this into account and the car manufacturers have to also take into account the testing for each and every model to see the cars whizzing by here i bet each and every one has to be tested individually because they all have different engines transmissions weight and optional but ice oh well a lot of hurdles to overcome in front and thank you so much. well what makes an economy competitive and how does your country compared to the rest of the world's well these other questions researchers at the world economic forum have spent months trying to now the results are in and some of the findings might surprise you . it's a highly coveted trait that gives the country an edge over others and now thanks to

a study by the world economic forum the most competitive economies in the world has been revealed the study's authors looked at a variety of factors including innovation and how dynamic a country's business environment is they're also interested in technological readiness as well as the station the country's health and education systems. so who came out top let's take a look at the results. coming in at number one is the world's biggest economy the united states it scored especially high on the business dynamism measure number two might surprise you it's singapore a country of just five million people it's defining competitive feature was openness third prize for competitiveness goes to germany which had to specially well in the area of innovation the other top performers were mainly in europe with japan and hong kong the other strong performers in asia. but the report suggests that even top performers shouldn't rest on their laurels while the united states

gained a lot of points for its dynamic entrepreneurial culture the study points out that it did relatively badly on other measures like health life expectancy is sixty seven years in the u.s. three years below the average of advanced economies. and for more i'm joined by chief economist at bank in london good to have you with us let me just pick up that last paragraph in the report because it basically being highly competitive doesn't necessarily improve or prolong your life at least in the united states is there a point then to being competitive at all. yes of course all the front runners in. rich countries. being competitive you have a very good chance of getting rich however being. comparative of course is not the only thing for a good standard of living for wellbeing you also need to get your health system

right which is something where the u.s. does not excel at all that united states of course as we know is the words biggest strongest economy whereas in that survey in second place is poor a relatively small city state what makes it so competitive. singapore is a small very open economy it's very flexible it is well regulated well it governs very low corruption that makes singapore a very attractive place to do business and hence it rightly rings there as one of the most competitive economies in the world problem in singapore of course it's a small country not everything that works in singapore might work in much bigger countries and what about germany in terms of size somewhere in between comes in as number three on that competitiveness index and what might be surprising is that germany is doing especially well in the area of innovation how come. i must say

that indeed it is a little surprise that germany is ranked number one in innovation but if you look at the details you find the reason in no single categories such as patent applications quality of research institutions and the like in those singer category is germany actually number one but it's always close to the top other countries such as the us may be number one in some categories but they are much more mediocre in other categories so it's the breath of germany that it's pretty good in almost every category that means germany actually ends up number one in innovation although it does not have the most hated applications and does not have the very best scientific research ok so that means we don't always have to be the number one in everything and can still excel good news that is for this meeting there from london thank you so much. this is news more coming up at the top of the hour laughs

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