this is the w. news live from broadway donald trump shrugs off outrage from critics following a spate of boarded bomb attacks he says it is the media who are responsible for ensuring a civil political debate that's after one or more bombers targeted democrats regularly vilified by trump and his supporters also coming up germany's far right sets up an online platform for schoolchildren to denounce teachers who make political statements in class germany's justice minister calls it

a tool of dictators and we will take you to break victoria where a dispute over this tiny rock has two african nations at loggerheads. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has downplayed criticism over the country's violent political climate that's despite a bomber or bombers sending explosives to a string of targets regularly singled out for ridicule by trump and his supporters authorities are investigating the apparent terrorist campaign which was revealed just two weeks ahead of us midterm elections. sent by post the targets prominent critics of u.s. president donald trump. the secret service. intercepted one bomb sent to the home

of hillary clinton trumps democratic opponent in the two thousand and sixteen election another was addressed to former president barack obama. a third arrived in the mail room of broadcaster c.n.n. addressed to former cia director john brennan the devices were mailed in similar padded envelopes and with the same address labels suggesting a coordinated attack. in a speech at the white house on wednesday trump condemned the apparent crime. in these times we have to unify we have to come together. and send one very clear strong and mistake of all message that acts were threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america or some universe yet many prominent democrats have accused trump of having brazenly encouraged tax especially on the press. trump has labeled media outlets such as c.n.n.

the enemy of the people and recently praised a republican politician for physically harming a journalist in response to the speech top democrats chuck schumer and nancy pelosi released a statement saying trump's words ring hollow unless he reverses the statements that condone acts of violence. john brennan one of the intended targets of an explosive also criticize the president's rhetoric. he needs to rethink what he is doing and saying he should not be beating the tom-tom says of anger and animosity and war trump appeared to respond to these reproaches at a rally in wisconsin later that day. did media move so has a responsibility to share a single time i had to stop the hostility

a constant negative and oftentimes forces attacked. in less than two weeks polls open in the first general election since trump took office and as authorities search for suspects the country remains politically charged. let's go straight to our washington correspondent miles fader who is standing by with the latest my what more do we know about these packages and the investigation that has been launched. well the packages themselves were very crude as we saw they were just your standard sort of padded. the f.b.i. upon x. raying them found that each of the devices inside were about six years long about fifteen centimeters long and packed with powder and broken glass and their estimate was that whoever put these things together was

a beginner at this so these devices could certainly hurt people several people in fact could maybe even kill someone but they weren't going to bring down any buildings and it does leave open the question as long as we still don't know who was who did this or what their motivation was do they actually intend to hurt people do they just want to scare people and what kind of message did they want to send my aunt tell us more about the tone in the country right now because we heard the president calling for unity on the one hand while on the other hand criticizing the media how is that gone down. it is interesting that he struck he did strike a somewhat softer tone at this campaign rally much softer than he. warranted to strike especially if you paid attention to any of the other speeches that he's been giving during these rallies in the run up to the midterm elections which we're now less than two weeks away from what he is still not accepting blame for

any of this although it is interesting to note that the people who were targeted by these packages are people who as we have said are often targets of scorn and ridicule by trump and by his supporters and he's really shunting the blame off not only onto the media but on to democrats calling on the toxicity to stop and saying that they have to in so many words rein in their people on the democratic leaders have been pushing right back saying that these words are ringing a hollow coming from trite if anything this event is really just going to deep in political divides as we approach these elections. in washington thank you. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin some man has vowed to bring the killers of jamal khashoggi to justice in his first public speech since the journalist murder

the prince said that saudi arabia would work with turkey on a joint investigation into his murder riyadh has acknowledged that his show was killed inside the country's is double consulate but the government denies the prince was involved. russian president vladimir putin has warned of a new arms race if the united states pulls out of the weapons treaties his country would respond in kind to any new u.s. missiles and europe scruton said last week u.s. president donald trump announced that he would ditch a key cold war era nuclear weapons pact. and iraq's parliament has voted to confirm prime minister abdul mahdi his new government he was named prime minister on october third and was given thirty days to form a government or lose his appointment enough cabinet members have now been confirmed to ratify a government but several key posts including the defense minister remain unfilled

you're watching news still to come on the program it is barely half a football pitch wide but it's been a source of tension for over a decade we will go to an island where uganda and kenya are trying to agree on a border. but first to a worrying development for germany's school teachers the far right alternative for germany or d. is set up a new online platform for schoolchildren described pupils can use the website to denounce teachers for making political statements in class that's what educators angry and drawing comparisons to the worst heiress in germany's history did abuse tessa clara walther reports. league officials a teacher in dresden enjoys lively discussions with her students including politics she says it's the only way young people will become involved in civil society when they grow up but she could get into trouble if the far right a.f.

tea parties online portal succeeds if patronage winds and thought when i first heard about this reporting platform i was outraged this type of platform is from innocent of a time when a culture of denunciation was widespread. official remembers that time she became a teacher before german reunification when dressed in was still part of communist east germany back then teachers risked being denounced by students if they didn't toe the party line. you can't express any political views on public anymore i can do a privately with my family but not in the open. the a.f.d. is website invites students in the state of saxony to anonymously report teachers who voice political views the a.f.p. says this is to ensure germany's neutrality code is enforced that code prohibits teachers from using their authority to influence students political attitudes. want

to use this portal not just for party politics but also to see what else is happening in schools if there's discrimination against girls or discrimination against german students by foreigners which is increasingly happening because of migration every want to intervene quickly so we don't have the same situation that we have in schools in berlin or homburg where islam has already gained a foothold in discrimination begins in the classroom. it is can also know from the beginning the a.f.d. perceives danger everywhere in germany from muslims immigration and teachers taking a stand against right wing nationalism. as a contest it is grotesque nonsense to accuse teachers of this sort of thing i strongly reject it i need informed interest sponsible teachers who can lead to scotians in saxony schools are not the kind the a few wants. legal fisher is convinced the neutrality code is just a pretext the platform really aims to identify teachers who are critical of the

f.d.a. and then get them fired if possible but she's not afraid of her students. some of the students have indicated that they know about this platform many of us weren't aware of it less than ten his reaction was don't worry we won't say anything bad about. authorities are looking into the legality of the a.s.d.f. online portals for now the platform doesn't appear to have silenced teachers like leaking fish or she's more determined than ever to speak out. and for more on this let's bring in political correspondent hons brown to is here to talk about the website and the buzz that it is certainly created what does the a.f.p. hope to achieve with this website although right wing populists of the strategy of presenting themselves as victims of society and sun census as being kind of pushed to the margins of society as being discriminated against and this is one further afield where they are trying to. posit this kind of statement that within the

schools they ideology with their thinking their lives their thinking is being discriminated against so it's a matter of kind of bringing the bringing of the discussion onto the field putting into if the kind of as a victim and causing some kind of controversy probably ality of it is this legal what they're doing that's a very difficult question obviously the portals all over the internet where you can kind of give like so this like for doctors for hotels for schools and also for teachers that are already pulled fals where you can assess your teacher but those tend to be for people who are rigid and within that portal within that registration there is no an intimate numa t. in this case the people who are raising accusations remain and on the most. is what the accusations in fact are so it's not really very public it's being examined

whether this is legal or not there's no conclusive evidence yet i'm just generally speaking let's talk a little bit more about german teachers are they allowed to express political opinions in schools there is a so-called neutrality code for teachers which does not prevent them from expressing their political opinion and say that they are not allowed to. promote their political opinion that they should allow other political opinions in discussion in schools but pete teachers are encouraged in fact to have political discussions in schools because that's important for students to become you know full time full fully qualified as it were citizens of a country. there's a fine line there between promoting one's views and suppressing other views and. discussion and just briefly before we go germany's justice minister has labelled the denunciation website as a tool of dictator strong comments why well germany has this history a two part history in the sense eastern germany was a communist country for

a long time and their teachers would note the communist party line and then obviously you have the history of nazi rightwing dictatorship in germany where the same thing happens as it were from the other side if you were not nazi policy at that time you could be denounced and could get into real trouble so within the german historical context this is a very delicate situation a very delicate. question and that's why the justice minister has this opinion political correspondent hans brunt thank you so much for bringing us up to date. on now east african neighbors kenya and uganda have been locked in a longstanding dispute over part of their border both nations lay claim to a tiny island in lake victoria a piece of land that is surrounded by valuable fishing waters local politicians in kenya have even asked the government to seek help from the international court of justice but to no avail the fishing has attracted

a growing number of people trying to earn a living this tiny rock justing out of lake victoria bustles with life. the overlapping rusty shacks home to around five hundred fisherman crammed in among them are a few bods brussels and shops. we can go is only the size of half a football pitch but the island is the cause of a longstanding landis bute between kenya and uganda. and. the kenyans like to say this is kenya we don't know who owns the silent we've just come here to make money and that's why we left our homes. the island sits in africa's largest lake it began gaining attention in the early two thousand while fish stocks woodwind along the shores of lake victoria the deep

waters around making go teamed with putt when kenya and uganda us and security forces to claim the valuable island in two thousand and nine they almost triggered africa's smallest war. the latest spat fled in september when kenya tried to host its flag on the island despite the tensions people from across east africa still drawn to making go. came here years ago because there were lots of people and plenty of fish. while islanders get on with their lives in cramped quarters a joint commission from kenya and uganda is trying to agree where the border lies for now they co-manage making go a rocky marriage of convenience. there are some big games in the champions league last night and i have tom good noise

from david b. sports to give us the lowdown we have to start with dortmund versus athletico this was really built as a huge match up did it live up yes and they well i mean of course they're big expectations because. one of the few teams left in europe so fabius season to remain unbeaten everybody in form of the top of the bundesliga let's go played in two of the last five champions league final was they were brilliant champions league contender in the exceeded all of their best or their fans best expectations they went in front in the first hole through. and then rafael guerrero's go to for other goals in the second he came on as a substitute so brilliant tactical would be able to do some fava and then it was another substitute the young englishman jade and son show who rounded off the four no defeat novak defeat is actually it's a close it's diego simeone easier to go coach's heaviest ever loss since he's been in charge in two thousand and eleven so. a very historic was zero actually for

dortmund last night against one of the best defenses in the world let's talk about another great game last night that is precisely german and napoli tell us a little bit more about well that was another four go through. perhaps the most difficult group in the in the draw this season not put he went ahead twice first of all through their money in senior then go pro. level the belgian international freeze matins. not to be back in front before the maria rescued two points about hosting stoppage time now. in the other game in that group liverpool the red star belgrade for neil so they are top of that group now on nine points which means the pressure is really on p.s.g. if they are going to manage to qualify from that group this season as their coach told us to feel very well knows we can even hear from him in a moment i believe and i wouldn't or have to say off the game mr. she did

a spec put put that group i'm sure have respect for this group but i know that it's very difficult with liverpool and napoli in my opinion we're not the favorites even if everybody else doesn't listen to that so believe me it could sell meantime group b. we know that they saw a clash between barcelona and inter milan is that group already decided well i mean we're only halfway through the off course halfway first three games of six already been played but that doesn't mean three are yet to come so i don't think it's quite decided just yet have you said that there has been a pattern already emerging and that is a pattern of boston a dominance now they played yesterday without messi he was out with a broken arm but they still have one of the best teams in the world and into couldn't really get back to close to them. also known to control the game they had sixty four percent position they had fourteen shots on target two in twos two i mean the end it was goals from refereeing jordi alba that sets the game in boston

as a favor now the other game in the group talking and p.s.v. hope each other to drool so we're seeing a mirror actually of dawkins' group on top with nine points then into on six in the p.s.p. just one point eight so if those two want to qualify they've got. pretty steep hill to work to do yeah it's not going to hide from day to thank you so much. meantime at the w t a finals in singapore two of this season's grand slam champions faced off u.s. open winner naomi osaka took on wimbledon champion and julie kerber with the german taking the first set six four in the second set of soka battled back to win seven five levelling the contest and forcing a decisive third set but the american couldn't keep the comeback going. the third set six four and won the match she needs to win again on friday to secure her qualification for the semifinals. is here now and we're talking

about a market route that has really hit stocks we start in asia in asia indeed the nikkei in tokyo slumped three point seven percent and hong kong's hang saying fell two point one percent offer a major sell off on wall street on wednesday asian markets are now on track for their worst full months since the global financial crisis we think for u.s. companies are stoking fears of a global economic slowdown also geopolitical uncertainty has rattled investors who have already had to put up with the ongoing trade spot between washington and beijing many are now seeking safer havens for their money. cathay pacific shares have come under massive pressure today as the hong kong based allan has reported a data breach one of asia's biggest airlines cathay says a hacker gained access to information on more than nine million passengers the hack

which exposed personal information of customers including passport and telephone numbers happened earlier this year but was made public only yesterday however the carriers says there has been no evidence of misuse of the information so far have a pacific is the third major airline to report a data breach this year after british airways and delta admitted similar incidents . european central bank holds its monetary policy meeting later today. investors will be looking for any new guidance acknowledging the political standoff between brussels and roll over italy's free spending budgets italy and the e.u. are at loggerheads because they're deeply indebted state is resisting austerity measures from brussels says that italy he used third largest economy is putting the security of the whole monetary union address the european central bank has reported reportedly considering to delay their first interest rate hike in years even further because of the state of this is because of the state of israel is five says

. the italian government is in a fix it has two point three trillion euros worth of old debt and a credit rating getting closer to junk status and there are expensive plans for upcoming election campaigns the government wants to borrow even more money two point four percent of the country's g.d.p. too much of brussels the european commission has rejected the proposal for the italian budget. interior minister matteo salvini has said he won't remove a single year zero from the budget but the fact remains italian government bonds are among the riskiest with the yield of three and a half percent they sit three point one percent above the secured german bond just repaying the interest could crush italy it's money that the country does not have and the problem might be about to get worse the european central bank wants to hold its bond buying program at the end of december it's expansive monetary policy will

also likely be cut but from october twenty ninth seen both of these factors will put further strain on the italian budget could this be a rehash of the greek crisis. the third largest economy in the e.u. is in big trouble the question is how far is the e.u. prepared to go to save it. let's try and find out who's playing stefan because he's a professor at the school of europe european political economy professor should the e.c.b. support italy with a longer period of low interest rates. remember . the president of the c b a nun's the outright market is this. whatever it takes the risk of the euro. he said the z.b. with that within its mandate. now i don't think there is

any possibility that the mandate of these he is it. does to provide liquidity to one individual country. because there is a will she be the dual intervene and do so for the paper or the men but only after the approval of the truly are. ok with that if you know you are not just going to run you there. where does the combination of low taxes and high government spending will lead italy ultimately. when my person on the being on is that we cannot afford. as the numbers of the growth but that they blend and the government is present that

i think. we cannot seem to distribute all that money and the mundane then invaluable situation for all our lives upon the dead. so i hold that there is time to change the drugs but at the glen we will make an inmate if you will. of the that unsustainable. thank you very much stuff on me cos a professor at the lewis school of european politically. and that's all your business but before i let you go rescue crews in northwest china received it on the usual call for help when workers at a hydropower station in province discovered a brown bag trapped in the rushing water a local wildlife biologist believe the back climbed down from a nearby mountain and likely fell into the plant's reservoir six gratian crews were

able to lift up the bag the rescue team could then use an excavator to transfer it to a cage and return him to the well. and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you today u.s. president. downplayed criticism in the wake of a mail bombing campaign targeting multiple democrats he said it was the us media that was responsible for ensuring a civil political climate for which he's promised an all out probe into the foiled attacks. that's it you're up today's news from a bell and there's more news coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime do go and visit our website for more stories on news. dot com thanks for watching.

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