this is d w news live from garland donald trump shrugs off outrage from critics following a spate of boarded bomb attacks he says it's the media who are responsible for ensuring a civil political debate that's after a bomber targeted democrats regularly vilified by trump and his supporters and another target of trump the migrants walking thousands of kilometers from central america toward the united states they say that they are fleeing poverty and crime claims that they are harboring gangs and members and quote middle easterners plus

we take you to lake 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 just fight a bomb or send the explosives to a string of targets regularly singled out for ridiculous by trump and his supporters authorities are investigating the apparent terrorist campaign which was revealed just two weeks ahead of us midterm elections. pipe bombs sent by post to targets prominent critics of u.s. president donald trump. the secret service intercepted one. sent to the home of

hillary clinton trump's 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 and i just want to tell you that 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 or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america for so many of us 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 his 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 toms of anger and animosity toward trump appeared to respond to these reproaches at a rally in wisconsin later that day. did media move so has the responsibility to share not a single time i do still have the hostility

a constant negative oftentimes full syntax and. 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 patted of the f.b.i. upon x. raying them found that each of the devices inside of these were about six was just 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 do they want to send my and 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 is 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. but 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 the 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 were. a ringing hollow coming from trite if anything this event is really just going to deep been political divides as we approach these elections maya straighter in washington thank you maya. and migration is said to play a key role in those midterm elections with president trump eager to make political capital from the caravan of migrants trekking toward the u.s.

border he says that they are harboring gang members and quote middle easterners a claim for which he admits there is no proof now be men the women the children on this epic journey from central america those say that they are fleeing desperate poverty and criminality at home. they set off in darkness because when the day heats up their trip becomes even more difficult the goal is to travel forty kilometers a day heading north towards the us where they hope for a new and better life after we started on our journey because the situation in our country is on bearable. it's a message they carry with them for the world to see the violence poverty and intolerable living conditions in their home country make the trek to the us the only alternative. is known to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world with the highest murder rate. at home mario was a bus driver he was blackmailed by criminals and received death threats.

i had to leave gangsters at home target bus drivers last monday they almost killed me i barely escaped with my life in. mario is traveling with his sister a driver stops helping to make their journey a bit easier mario doesn't want to be an illegal immigrant he wants to apply for asylum in the u.s. but he is aware the trump doesn't want him to give you a little he hurts it's humiliating but we're still moving on god gives us strength fighters. when the caravan arrives at one of the checkpoints supposed to stop migrants from travelling to the us border the mexican authorities allow them to pass unhindered. later however the police forbid private drivers from

carrying migrants mexico is conflicted between its own open migration policy and u.s. political pressure. why a mexican and i feel for them we have to support them. as. barely able to stand to do the heat but the mother from guatemala will not give up the journey is nothing compared to what she left at home. with nothing in the area where i live is so dangerous i can't even leave the house every day someone is murdered where they will not come to that yet you. shortly before the town of pasta pack where they planned to spend the night villagers distribute food and water a small moment of relief for the seven thousand weary migrants before the unknown challenges ahead. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon 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 shakti was killed inside the country's is tumble consulate but the government denies the prince was involved russian president vladimir putin has warned of a new arms race if the us pulls out of weapons treaties his country would respond in kind to any new u.s. missiles in europe putin said last week u.s. president trump announced that he would ditch a key cold war era nuclear weapons pact and iraq has a new government members of parliament have confirmed prime minister adel abdul mahdi his cabinet appointments he was named prime minister on october third he was then given thirty days to form a government or forfeit his position iraq's parliament has now confirmed enough cabinet ministers to assemble a new government although several key posts remain unfilled. 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 even asked the government to seek help from the international court of justice but to no avail the fishing hub 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 bars brussels and shops we can go is only the size of half a football pitch but the island is the cause of a longstanding land dispute between kenya and uganda. and.

the kenyans like to say this is kenya we don't know who owns this island 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 were dwindling along the shores of lake victoria the deep waters around making go teamed with perch when kenya and uganda sent 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 a 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 allies for now they co-manage making go a rocky marriage of convenience to tennis and germany's angela the car boosted her chances of reaching the last four of the season ending a finals in singapore she battled past naomi osaka in three sets the storm and brings together the year's best players. for much of this match angelica her at the top of the screen looked in control always making her opponent play another shot she was the more composed of two of the season's grand slam champions but things got shaky at the start of the second set the german missed the chance to see about the match naomi osaka breaking twice in a row to send it into

a decider. but cup but again and showed the kind of grinch that often brings opponents to bad knees. after losing her first match in this tournament to the three set win means cuppa has qualification in her own hands i. saw him stevens is up next because the talented if inconsistent american stephens's won two out of two so far final stats spurts helping her to her latest victory over kiki since whichever woman try ups in friday's match is guaranteed a place in the semifinals to lose this fight is a lot more uncertain. and now we leave you now with rescue crews in northwest china who received an unusual call for help when workers at a hydro power station in gun through province discovered

a brown bear trapped in rushing water local wildlife managers believed that the bear climbed down from a nearby mountain and likely fell into the plant's reservoir and after a tense six hour operation proved able to lift this bear out. and with that now you're up to date news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching. the world over information provide the opinions they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter are up to date and in touch follow us home.