and i would at. this is 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 to help track down the florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to his son. also coming up fresh efforts to find

peace in syria turkish president reject hosts the summit in istanbul he joined by german chancellor angela merkel as well as the leaders of friends and russia for talks aimed at finding a political solution to the country's seven year civil war. and in germany it's another key vote for chancellor angela merkel's shaky coalition germany's conservatives are bracing for a blow in state elections and has to take a look at what's at stake in sunday's vote. by marion and steve it's good to have you with us. u.s. authorities say the man arrested over a series of mail bomb sent a prominent democrats has a criminal history and is a fervent supporter of president donald trump by. officials are yet to disclose

a motive fifty six year old florida residences are so york 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 suspect's 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. based on their initial analysis they are 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 u.s. senator and democrats come on a harris meanwhile california and 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 crisis happened where all

the people talked about was 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 a mail bomb scare. and you got me is my initiator 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 and 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's says it will push for a concrete stance to resolve the syrian conflict during a four nation summit it's hosting today in istanbul turkish president bridge of time on will meet with the leaders of france russia and germany to discuss the situation on the ground in syria they're also expected to address access of humanitarian aid the drafting of a constitution and reconstruction of the war torn country. on friday seven people were killed when syrian regime artillery hit the south eastern country side of it live in the first such attacks since the deal was reached to prevent

a wide scale offensive on the province. seven years of war in syria at least three hundred fifty thousand killed and the country in ruins now the rebel stronghold it lib 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 advisors weapons and troops syria in return provides iran with a crucial route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. turkish president richard type one would like to topple assad has 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 his goals is to limit kurdish influence in the region. during events recent visit to berlin german chancellor angela merkel agreed to this weekend summit 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. in the syrian city of rocket it's been more than a year since the so-called islamic state was driven out by the u.s. led coalition and militia fighters reporter. travel to the city to ask people what it's like to live there and whether those who have fled should return. only mode would you turn refugees who are in europe or lebanon to come back you don't hear of. so instantly. no fee for families with kids to come back to our schools and hospitals there are no schools no hospitals but the solution should not be to leave the country. i don't understand why they're not coming back to our country it's safe no there are hospitals and everything is available. yes mines

it's not like we still have them two or three times a day now. what's a little they should come back for you know yes now i wouldn't prize them to come back we have everything we need to be safe from there is. no there's no work at all that is the main problem people are sitting around doing nothing i'm one of them most home with nothing to do. and seventy percent of records destroyed so where should they go there's no transport no electricity. and out to some of the other stories making news around the world. residents of afghanistan of 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 the nationwide elections are the first since twenty ten they've been hampered by frequent militant attacks and irregularities at polling

stations. many of the central american migrants traveling through southern mexico have rejected a proposal from the country's president that they apply for refugee status and of taine benefits they're the group of several thousand central americans valid to continue heading north to the u.s. border. thousands of people have gathered in taiwan for asia's largest gay pride parade it comes a month ahead of a major vote on l g b t rights taiwan's top court legalized gay marriage in twenty seventeen but has yet to implement it a referendum vote during november elections seeks to prohibit the change. thousands of environmentalists are demonstrating in germany's rhineland region for an end to open cast coal mining protest is the latest in the activist battle to protect humbucker forest ahead of planned expansions to the local mine large numbers of

police are at the scene where protesters are attempting to bring the mine to a standstill. staying in germany a chance or on the americans conservatives are bracing for yet more punishment at the ballot box this weekend that's when voters in a state of hesse it choose new regional leaders the state is home to germany's financial center frankfurt and what happens in has or is expected to have consequences in berlin all big losses are forecast for both miracles c.d.u. and for 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 angler 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 for german chancellor angela merkel 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 if her close ally and has a say premier folk of what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration impersonality federal level have overshadowed the has a state election. on 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 credit to focus off you showed how one can achieve great results without

quarrels and. this disquiet. each. and in hesse's catholic conservative stronghold of fulda disenchanted voters are leaving germany's traditional big tent party 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 forma c.d.u. voters. this reality of voting a f.t. because they really present an alternative to the power obsessed politics of america who put saving the euro before the interests of ordinary germans did turn then moment i'm inclined at the moment to vote for the greens 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 a 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 endeavor to pull which means yet more difficult days ahead for chancellor angela merkel. all right to tennis now and the w t finals in singapore where as lena lena booked her place in the final after beating kicky baritones in

a match that lasted nearly three hours ukraine still lena took the first said but a fierce baritones bounce back to claim the second it wasn't until the final said that's usually a manage to break her dutch opponent to seal a seven five six seven six four victory she'll face either sloane stephens or carolyn up the skoda whose match begins shortly and you're up to date now and you w. news omarion evans dean thanks for watching. i don't think that well i guess sometimes i am but i sound off in which the research i have been thinks deep into the german culture of looking at stereotypes but if you think it's useful products that i don't. hear you don't see it as grow.