business news live from berlin the deadliest attack on the jewish community in recent u.s. history america mourns the victims of another mass shooting after eleven people are gunned down in a synagogue president trump is calling it an evil anti semitic act also coming out . the german chancellor faces her next big test voters in the state of hessen go to the polls today and we'll tell you why this regional election could spell disaster for uncle americal. and

a soccer match ends in tragedy helicopter plummets to the ground outside english club leicester city stadium here dead the club's billionaire owner brings you the latest. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston and. we begin in the united states where a forty six year old man has been charged with killing eleven people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh proper bowers is accused of shouting anti-semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire at worshipers jewish groups are calling it the deadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history i'm. hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh and so for the evening they sat in hebrew. of

worship to show support and sorrow for the victims and the community. there was a local man police say who carried out the attack. village shooter robert bowers is believed to have a history of anti semitic tirades online. his last social media post was just minutes before the shooting it read i'm going in. this is the synagogue where the shooting happened and the squirrel hill neighborhood of the city normally it's a place of worship but on set that i morning a murder scene. authorities say eleven people were killed and several more injured including four police officers who took on the attacker. these incidents usually occur in other cities today the nightmares hit home here in the city of pittsburgh . the synagogue a vulnerable target on a day like today the door was open a religious service you could walk in and out only on the high holidays is there

a police president presents at the entrance of the shooting is now being treated as a hate crime by the us federal bureau of investigation the f.b.i. . this is the most horrific crime scene i've seen in twenty two years with the federal bureau of investigation members of the tree of life synagogue conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. the suspects for motive is unknown but we believe he was acting alone. president donald trump said the attack was an act of evil and called for tougher penalties was the right to decide. whether this is. one of the. we have to bring back the death penalty was. thought. to us is once again and morning this time after what's thought to be the deadliest attack on a jewish community in u.s.

history. german chancellor angela merkel is bracing for another major blow today this time in regional elections in the german state of hasta or polls have just opened the chancellor's conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses all the smaller green party and far right alternative for germany looks set for a boost in supports the vote is considered a test of the cd use national popularity and after a string of poor election results no less than merkel's legitimacy as chancellor is that stake. all right for more on all of this i'm joined now in the studio by our political correspondent thomas ferro thomas hello to you so explain to our viewers why these state elections are being so closely watched in germany right now essentially because that not only state elections whatever happens in this state elections as we've seen in previous occasions as well is interpreted unexplained at a much broader level at

a federal level in other words if the conservatives for example have a very bad result in passage that will also be interpreted as big problems for the conservatives at a federal level big problem for merkel at the federal level it's also important because it is helping to reveal the trend not only in germany but also in other european countries namely that the big traditional parties the conservatives the social democrats are losing ground and that ground is precisely going to smaller parties dyck the greens not the far right that there would be for germany fragmenting the political spectrum in germany and other parts of europe as well all right so you mentioned there is this trend and indeed it seems like over the last several weeks all the opinion polls coming through show that miracles conservatives in has are set to lose quite a significant amount of support now how bad a blow is this going to be that for america's future if her city is defeated so badly that is the essential question how bad it will be for the conservatives how bad it could be for other parties as well i think the conservatives could be in

a way pleased if they managed to get the best result out of all other parties that would give them the mandate to to form a regional government and they could then present that in a way as a victory although it is absolutely evident of putting to most if not all polls that they will have a worse result compared to previous results both it has said but also if you again if we compare it at the federal level if we interpret it at a federal level again another thing that could be important is how easy it could be for the conservatives to form a coalition government if they do in fact get that mandates or if it's easier for them to do so then i guess they can interpret it in a positive light. but what is for sure is that it will be a say worse for them if you compared to previous elections it has and now as we've been saying as the major parties lose support one of the parties gaining support is the far right if de thomas briefly are we looking at the unstoppable rise of this populist party in germany i wouldn't use the word unstoppable myself but what does seem evident is that they're gaining ground at the regional level as well as

a federal level this would mock the sixteen several states in which the idea of the would have the presentation of the words in all states in germany they would now have a presentation if indeed they do manage to get above the five percent threshold in today's election which according to all polls seems to be the case all right our political correspondent thomas ferro many thanks indeed for breaking it all down for us. now let's turn to some of the other stories making news around the world and brazilians are voting in a run off presidential election today with far right candidate share both the noro predicted to win the sixty three year old has been criticized for making a string of sexist homophobic and racist remarks the former army captain has also repeatedly praised the military dictatorship which ruled the country from nine hundred sixty four to nine hundred eighty five. german chancellor angela merkel has joined the leaders of turkey russia and france in calling for

a lasting political solution to the war in syria at a summit in istanbul the leaders pledged to work together to create conditions suitable for peace and stability in the country syria's been ravaged by seven years of civil war. there is the warm welcome for britain's prince harry and his wife meghan in new zealand the old couple were greeted with a traditional dance after touching down in wellington on the final leg of their pacific tour of their schedule includes visiting a hatchery for a new zealand national bird of the kiwi and taking part in a traditional rubber boot throwing competition. a helicopter believed to be carrying vision history what ana provide the owner of leicester city football club crashed outside the club stadium on saturday night the accident occurred an hour after leicester's game against west ham united had ended there still been no confirmation that it was on who are from the club or from king power which is the

duty free shopping company he owns the identity of the pilot and other passengers is likewise still. talking from d.w. sports has been following this developing story for us and she joins me now for the latest so what more can you tell us about what happened last night so at the moment there's been really no new developments what we do know is that the helicopter belonged to the. a but we don't know if he was on a saw but we do know is that the use of the helicopter that that's a ritual at leicester city home games and that the thai owner sometimes by himself or he has guests that accompany him that he will use it in order to exit the stadium most often to avoid traffic and it's very likely that he was on it because he is often on it but once again we have absolutely no confirmation as to who exactly was on board how many people were on board not from his company not from

his family but the club made a statement last night and they said that they asked to stink police and emergency services in the investigation and that as more information becomes available they will they plan on making another statement well what have the reactions been and so far along with this sort of official statement would have people been saying football communities and chalk there's been a poor support messages on social media it was even reported that the less the city a goalkeeper. and that he went to the scene of the accident afterwards and that he was in tears saw and some players are very fond of that of their tyo know it wants his release. special is unlike other foreigners that own english premier league clubs is that the che that he is very much respected and loved and we can also understand why it's because it was his investment his vision when he bought the club in two thousand and ten and of course them get promoted and then eventually the crime the luck prem when they won the premier league in two thousand and

sixteen despite all odds the odds were five thousand to one one of the sport's greatest fairy tales and he afterwards and he had a very intimate relationship with the players too after that when he bought a brand new b.m.w. and he also does that when it's his birthday he hands out free donuts and everything prof and so hence pay is once again very very fond of this one and all right well it sounds earlier he was hugely influential at the club but tell us more about him who was he outside of the world of soccer so he was a very savvy very talented businessman and he started off by selling electronics worked a bit in the import export business but he wasn't really when he established a monopoly over duty free shops in all of thailand that he really turned into a very successful man a very successful businessman a billionaire and of course you cannot to some extent separate the football from him because that was one of his biggest passions and. in what he did what he has

done with leicester city incredible. talking from d.w. spores thanks for bringing us up to date. now in the bundesliga byron munich have gradually put their volatile start of the season behind them and move back into more familiar territory near the top of the division goals from land gorecki and tiago account tara secure the german champions a routine victory and saturday afternoon against minds. hopes of achieving back to back league wins got off to a dream start tiago found the nets on the half hour mark my or so they thought. they are concluded robert levin dusky felt mines midfielder pierre couldn't are in the lead up but the bavarians bounce back soon enough you're sure kimmage picking out leon gorecki who volleyed home in the thirty ninth minute

the young germany internationals combining expertly to fire the visitors in front. of the chopping block might not be needed just yet chaps. minds came out firing in the second half however john paul boyd seal smashing his side level just two minutes after the restart. manuel neuer showed his appreciation for a fine minds move. the home side couldn't hold on though as levon teed up a tiago winner in the sixty second minute by post-game the brazilian insisted it's the players not the coach that needs to improve it's always surface and we are not in our best moments we won that we try but we have to be more focused in how we are playing how the ball is flying on the field so does a multiple of things because we it seems like we are losing some cues about the

some of the players. too on the final score a big win for nico coaches charges aspire to make up ground on their rivals. well there's been plenty of action in the bundesliga this weekend so far including that win for byron munich which sees them climb to second in the table elsewhere league leaders versus dortmund with hair to berlin distilled or if lost at home to evolve spork work one in hanover and hoffenheim stuttgart on friday freiburg be glad off by three goals to one and on sunday there are three games to look forward to in nuremberg leipsic and braman. in formula one racing a red bull will start at the front of the grid at sunday's mexican grand prix after australian driver adonal ricardo picked teammate mox for a stop and two pole position ricardo set a new track record of just over one minute fourteen point seven seconds as he prevented twenty one year old or a stop in from becoming the youngest ever pole sitter lewis hamilton will start in

third as he aims to tie up the world championship on sunday just as he did in mexico last year. and you're up to date now undoubtedly you news will be back again at the top of the hour omarion evans team from all of us in berlin thanks for watching. we make up oh but we watch and over three hundred thirty five we are several surfaces. dean wants to shoot the continent's future. part of it and join the youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their. the seven percent platform for africa chart.