under the skin of russia's women starts november thirteenth. this is the w. news live from berlin a criminal record and a passion for u.s. president donald trump details emerge about the man suspected of sending a series of mail bombs to prominent democrats fingerprint evidence help track down the four florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to his plot also coming out. as

a fragile truce falters in syria fresh talks aimed first steps towards a political solution to the country's seven years civil war of turkey posts russia france and germany for a summit in istanbul. and then going to sleep a song kerberos to dortmund are back in action today and looking to extend their unbeaten streak this time they're up against parents of berlin who are writing their own weight of success. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. u.s. authorities say the man arrested over a series of mail bombs sent to prominent democrats has a criminal history and is a fervent supporter of president donald trump but officials are yet to disclose a motive fifty six year old florida resident says our psyop was tracked down with

the help of fingerprint evidence investigators say they're looking into new suspicious packages thought to be connected to the case. u.s. or thirty's believe they've got their man investigators allege fifty six year old sees as sayaka is responsible for the pipe bomb packages which have been sent to high profile democrats police also seized what they believe to be the suspects van emblazoned with far right paraphernalia and posters supporting u.s. president donald trump they hope the vehicle might contain crucial clues as to whether he was operating alone the director of the f.b.i. praised those working on the case i want to focus for a moment on the amazing work of our folks at the air. based on their initial analysis they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the involved containing an i.e.d. that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters but as the suspect was being

taken into custody there were more surprises in california a suspicious package was found addressed to here as senator and democrats come on a harris meanwhile kind of phony in billionaire and democrat donor tom style was also targeted more than a dozen bombs have now been identified some of the latest targets were u.s. senator cory booker and former director of national intelligence james clapper the rest prominent democratic leaders all supporters the clintons former president barack obama his vice president joe biden actor robert de niro to all of those targeted are outspoken critics of president donald trump trump address the issue at the white house calling the acts despicable and saying they had quote no place in our country later he said they defect to the republican campaign for the midterm elections republicans had the magic moment the moment of course it happened where all the people talked about that and rightfully so it was

a big thing rightly so but now we have got the momentum we get trump who so said his political opponents and the media were trying to score political points with the mail bomb scare. all day w.'s maya schwager has been following events in washington and she sent us this assessment. case cracked maybe police apprehended a fifty six year old florida man in connection with a string of pipe bombs that have been sent to prominent democratic political operatives across the country we know that he is definitely a supporter of president trump based on both his social media post and on his van that was plastered in pro trump stickers and apprehended at the scene as well we also know that he has a criminal history stretching back about thirty years including one arrest that police made in two thousand and two after he made a bomb threat but there's still a lot that we don't know we don't have the official motive of these attacks from the f.b.i. yet we don't know whether he worked alone or with someone or someones else and we

still don't know how many pipe bombs might still be out there one thing is for sure this has thrown a monkey wrench into the midterm campaigning with the president himself lamenting that this has slowed the g.o.p. momentum with just a few days left until the elections. turkey says it will push for concrete steps to resolve the syria conflict during a four nation home summit it's hosting today in istanbul turkish president or edge of type area one will be meeting with the leaders of germany france and russia they're due to discuss the situation on the ground in syria as well as a demilitarized a buffer zone in the rebel held part of italy a province which is near turkey's border and the summit comes after at least seven civilians were killed in it live on friday in the deadliest day of shelling in months. seven years of war in syria at least three hundred fifty thousand killed and a country in ruins now the rebel stronghold it live faces

a siege the next humanitarian crisis is imminent. it is the last part of syria not under the control of president bashar al assad many of his opponents have fled here but it is only a question of time until his troops and his allies retake the region in northern syria. turkey and europe fear that a majority of the three million people living here will try to flee initiating another refugee crisis preventing this will be the main goal of the political summit in istanbul. the syrian conflict is dominated by foreign powers mainly russia iran and turkey they have different interests at stake and support different sides in the conflict with weapons logistics and personnel russian president vladimir putin is president assad's closest ally russia has been taking an active part in the war since two thousand and fifteen putin wants to strengthen russia's military presence in the region syria is its sole access point to the mediterranean

sea. president hassan rouhani of iran is the other major assad supporter from day one to iran has supported damascus with advices weapons and troops syria in return provides iran with a crucial route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. oh you're. turkish president richard type one would like to topple assad supported various radical rebel groups from the start and since january turkey has had troops of its own in syria one of at of on its goals is to limit kurdish influence in the region. during recent visit to berlin german chancellor angela merkel agreed to this weekend's summits russia iran and turkey have used the syrian conflict to reestablish their positions as regional powers in the middle east. but reconstruction will require western money perhaps giving leaders like merkel additional clouts. well now for

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world residents of afghanistan's kandahar province are voting in parliamentary elections amid tight security the ballot was delayed by a week after the taliban claimed killing of a powerful police chief and nationwide elections are the first since twenty ten they've been hampered by frequent militant attacks and irregularities at polling stations. turkey has called on saudi arabia to extradite the eighteen suspects in the murder of journalist jamal. the saudi government has said it would itself punish those involved and what it described as a rogue operation. was killed after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second. many of the central american migrants traveling through southern mexico have rejected a proposal from that country's president that they apply for refugee status and obtain benefits there the group of several thousand central americans vowed to

continue heading north to the u.s. border. german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are bracing for yet more punishment at the ballot box this weekend that's when voters in the state of hesse are choose new regional leaders the state is home to germany's financial center frankfurt and what happens and has or is expected to have consequences in berlin all big losses are forecast for both medicals c.d.u. and the social democrats two weeks ago miracles bavarian allies the c.s.u. slumped to their worst election result in decades. frankfurt germany financial hope an economic powerhouse and the biggest city in has the southwest and german state governed by angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. and the green party after twenty years in power the conservatives are bracing for huge losses as has heads to the polls. but this time around the state election

isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions. not least of all the german chancellor. despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a macro has every reason to be concerned the conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be a close ally and has a state premier focus what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration and personality federal level have overshadowed the has a state election that's built on the sunday the vote is about has. then we'll talk about berlin. i think this is important because the has the state government and this is credited for a couple few showed how one can achieve great results without quarrels and kemah.

though this despite. even in hesse's catholic conservative stronghold of fulda disenchanted voters are leaving germany's traditional take ten parties to find political pastures new both at local and national level germany's green party and the far right alternative for germany party or a f t a cashing in on form a c.d.u. voters. this reality of voting a.f.d. because they really present an alternative to the power obsessed politics of america who put saving the euro before the interests of ordinary germans do you turn then moment talk on i'm inclined at the moment to vote for the green side because they say what they want and what they don't want. i'm a classic c.d.u. voter but i'm rethinking that now i'm thinking about voting for the greens.

has a state crimea foca goofy a is all too aware of the exodus from germany's traditional centrist parties on sunday that could cost him his job. to be honest the parties that make up the grand coalition and this goes for the social democrats as well as the conservative c.d.u. they've got a difficult job in this campaign fighting off this feeling of discontent which actually has nothing to do with us. but has this state election could indeed have everything to do with the future of germany's federal government the question then is how long it can last after yet another stress test. but regardless of sunday's result losses for the conservatives are inevitable which means yet more difficult days ahead for chancellor angela merkel. all right then soccer news now and after their midweek win against atlantic home and rid their us into argument are back in domestic action today this time they're up against one of the surprise teams of the

season had to berlin but the black and yellows are not worried after a run of performances that has seen them strengthen their place at the top of the bundesliga table. it's happy days in dortmund and for good reason they've had a blinding start to the season so far they lost two matches for neil wins against stuttgart in the bundesliga and it led to come a dream in the champions league. if you fall into all kinds it's there is no reason for us to let all the praise we're getting get to our heads and to follow. on what we've achieved so far is for nothing other than hard work. it looks like it's going to have to do without super sub par calcutta but dublin will have to worry about where the goals come from fourteen players have scored the blackmailers twenty seven goals so far this season is just their defense that's a little in securitize the last time they played at home in the league they

conceded three goals defensive frailties like that can't happen again against berlin. and to munch off his head to a very very good team this season it's a completely different game on the. hatto riding a wave of euphoria of the road they've beaten by and and second place this season but that was at home now they want to get the result table toppers dortmund. don't wonder an outstanding form that brimming with confidence and averaging four goals a game. it's a different game this weekend we always perform well in dover and that will do it again this week of course i. don't mind however have other ideas they want to extend their own piece and starts the season ten nine games. well the biggest legal weekend kicked off friday with freiburg hosting high flying boro simonson gladbach a converted penalty from each side in the first twenty minutes saw them go into the

second half all square bomb prime bird came out stronger and took the lead again in the fifty seven minutes through. it was the second goal of the season. dying seconds of the match lucas heard that capitalized on a mistake by keeper to score the host of third and steal a surprising three one win. and that's latest from d.w. news thanks for joining us. make sure small teams are smarter with the focus more on. what you do what you want to. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday no more double job cuts for.