never read it why does. the streets. this is d w 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 up the german chancellor faces her next big test voters in the state of has some go to

the polls today i'll tell you why in this regional election could spell disaster for anglo americal. and a soccer match ends in tragedy a helicopter plummets to the ground outside the english club leicester city stadium sources have confirmed that the club's billionaire owner of was on board we'll bring you the latest. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evans dean we begin in the united states where a forty six year old has been charged with killing eleven people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh robert bowers is accused of shouting anti-semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire at worshipers. hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh on saturday evening they sang hebrew songs of

worship to show support and sorrow for the victims and the community. it was a local man police say who carried out the attack. village shooter robert ball 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 attack. 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 it's

a religious service you could walk in and out only on the high holidays is there a police president presents at the entrance to the shooting is now being treated as a hate crime by the u.s. 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 i was assigned to do. whether this is. one of the. we have to bring back the death penalty. the u.s. is once again in mourning 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 state of has where polls have been open for a few hours now the chancellor's conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses all the smaller green party and a far right alternative for germany looks set for a boost in support 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 a stake. the conservatives chief candidates for coming to feed the finish this election campaign on home turf has a state premier wanted to mobilize every voter possible for the tight race the latest poll shows the c.d.u. with twenty eight percent a double digit drop from their last showing hoofy a warn against a change in government. to remain strong and

stable on the scene he loses the not much leadership there is a leftist alliance. that. i always say you can get quick satisfaction by venting about the government in berlin but then you get five years of bad government here to politic the social democrats chief candidate thorsten schaffer google is also struggling with the berlin coalition's bad image but in these modern he turned on the optimism that he's making his third attempt at becoming hazardous regional leader. you're leaving us in and it's hard in recent days we've gained a lot of momentum and now we're just waiting to see the results of the election and has a i'm confident that we will have a government led by the social democrats. dot com vote. that could be possible in a coalition with the greens on the left party if schaefer goes s.p.d.

beats the greens and both make gains like the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent. politicians and hasso are worried that weakening support for the government in berlin could influence the outcome of sunday's vote rarely have uncle america and her cabinet been so unwelcome on the campaign trail. it's a different story with direct i was there on the greens there riding a wave of fresh support benefiting from america's government woes as they make that clear on their campaign posters. with showing that we're ready to take control with demonstrated. no ability to govern with various partners at the we have policies we want to interact with on that and that's what we're aiming to do on sunday promises to be an exciting day in houses capital v's body the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world brazilians are voting in

a run off presidential election today with far right candidate airballs an r o 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 conflict 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. and there was a war moare welcome for the britain's prince harry and his wife megan in new zealand the royal couple were greeted with a traditional dance after touching down in wellington on the final leg of their pacific tour their schedule includes visiting a hatchery for

a new zealand national bird to the kiwi and taking part in a traditional rubber boot throwing competition. well the owner of the u.k.'s leicester city soccer park club. was among those on board a helicopter that crashed outside the club stadium on saturday night that's according to the b.b.c. which was quoting a source close to his family and the reuters news agency has also cited a source close to the club who said that the others on board were visualised daughter two pilots and as yet unidentified person the accident occurred an hour after leicester's game against west ham united had ended. well for the very latest on the story i'm joined now from by only one who talkie from sports who's been following the story so alina it seems that people's worst

fears have now been confirmed what more can you tell us about what's happened what we according to the b.b.c. envoy to his and a few other news agencies and according to their sources close to the family and club we do know that the amount of people on board and that was five people one of them it has been confirmed now less the city's tie. down a paba and one of his daughters is also believed to be on that helicopter two pilots and a fifth person whose identity remains unknown now we don't know if they have been any survivors no details of that as of yet and we're still waiting and of course i'm also to give you a bit of a framework on the use of the helicopter which might some people might wonder why is there a helicopter coming in and out of the stadium it's a ritual at best a home games the thai owner sometimes he'll have his guests friends accompanying him and he will in order to avoid traffic for example use it to enter and exit the stadium now we're still waiting for the clock to come up with some sort of

confirmation because they tweeted something last night only saying that they're helping police and emergency services in the. but they they too will make a statement the minute there's new developments all right well as we're waiting for all of these details to be confirmed by authorities we've been hearing there's been quite an outpouring of grief and support what have you been hearing exactly in that outpour started last night when first news of this this accident broke on social media everybody with their thoughts and prayers and messages of support it was even reported that one of the players at the goalkeeper cus fresh like and he went out to the scene of the accident and that he and it of having tears in his eye in his eyes he was so moved by all of it and people need to understand that the players fans and just the city itself the community there they have

a very tight very very interesting relationship with the thai owner because unlike other foreign foreigners who take over initial premier league clubs. he was very much respected loved and adored and we cannot on this tent why it's because you know he bought the cup in two thousand and ten help them get promoted and then of course you know the pinnacle of the success was when they won the premier league in two thousand and sixteen which of course all odds against them you know five thousand to one at the time and that is known as one of the sport's greatest success stories and he also i mean just to also give you an idea of how close he was with the players he immediately ended up coming out and buying after that victory after that when they won the premier league he bought each player a big brand new b.m.w. that was worth one hundred thousand dollars saw and he's also known for charity work in the cities saw people are very fond of this man. very influential at the

club believe a talkie thank you for bringing us up to date. on out to the bundesliga and bertha dortmund followed their champions league victory against athletic alondra it with a disappointing draw at home against head to farland on saturday afternoon but the result means that their spectacular unbeaten run remains intact dortmund haven't been beaten in any competition all season and they remain top of the bundesliga with a two point lead over by a new nick. where they young all grown up dormant fans hearts are full of black and yellow love thanks of the spectacular performances by their club in recent weeks and to see how fast players started where they left off in the champions league midweek against athletico madrid i am wreckage just managing to prevent an early dortmund lead. in the eighteenth minute there was a goal but it was disallowed was marco royce was marginally offside there by

cancelling jaden sanchez sensational backheel effort i but such an ultimate lee got his goal in the half hour mark mario good says setting him up for dormans deserved lead i had showed courage and fought their way back salomon kalou with the equaliser just before half time i i after the break dortmund were looking for a second goal and put the pressure on such a reestablish the home side's lead and made history in the sixty first minute the eighteen year old is the youngest player to score brace for the club by i don't mean we're looking for another goal and jacobo lawson will rue not make it three one. because in the ninety first minute down axles are going to fail davies elka in the box was salomon kalou stepped up to score the equaliser

i vow to have a fine. for the first time this season i don't mean failed so when i was in that managed. we were a little disappointed but we have to accept it but sport that's football that's life. we deserve to win the games. draw left. disappointed young and grown up. well let's see how those results affect the table dortmund stay on top after their draw but by and are in hot pursuit there are braman could leap frog a variance if they win on sunday gladbach drop a sponsor and heritage are still in contention while it's tight at the top but equally tight in the bottom half had overs slip into the relegation zone while

shall come up and could move further up if they managed to win on sunday and meanwhile things are starting to look grim for edge to cart. you're watching news coming to you from berlin it will be back again with another update of the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest information on our website just go to dot com american evanston thanks for watching . first thing in school in the. first clue was a. gorgeous grand moment arrives join the arena tango on her journey. you know we're going to return to. the renting returns home.

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