tributes pouring in for the victims of the deadliest attack on the jewish community in recent history israel's cabinet holds a minute's silence for. a mass shooting attack on a synagogue both benjamin netanyahu and president trump say and to submit to must be content coming off. the german chancellor faces the next big test as voters in the state of heads they go to the polls we'll tell you why the. regional election could spell disaster. in tragedy

a helicopter plummets to the ground outside. the stadium sources have confirmed the club. was on board. thank you for joining us israel's government has observed a minute of silence for the victims of a deadly attack on a synagogue in the u.s. city of pittsburgh israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his cabinet stood in memory of the eleven victims killed in the shooting attack on saturday before. now netanyahu said the people of israel grieve with the families of the dead. forty six year old was was accused of shouting into semitics that is as he stormed the synagogue and. fire and wash. 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 was. whether it's this one. we have to bring back the death penalty.

of the of 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 hesse where voting has been underway for several hours now now the chances conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses all the smaller green far right alternative for germany look set to boost in support the vote is considered a test for the c.d.'s national popularity and after a string of poor lection results no less than macros legitimacy as chancellor. the conservatives chief candidate for coffee a 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 double digit drop from their last showing goofy a warn

against a change in government. to remain strong and stable under see the lose and not much leadership there is a leftist alliance. 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 schaefer gumbel is also struggling with the berlin coalition's bad image but in b.'s garden he turned on the optimism that he's making his third attempt at becoming has his 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 got thad could be

possible in a coalition with the greens and the left party if schaefer goes s.p.d. beats the greens and both make gains the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent politicians and pass 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 on welcome on the campaign trail it's a different story with direct our was a year 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 al ability to govern with various partners and as we have policies we want to enact and that's what we're aiming to do on sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital v's body and the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. political correspondent thomas joins me now

in studio four more thanks for joining us thomas so why is state elections like this one it has of being observed so closely in germany because they are not only state elections state elections in germany are always analyzed in a much broader perspective and that means that they are also analyzed as far as the impact that they can have at the federal level for the chancellor angela merkel and for the government as a whole in this particular case obviously voters have been going to the polls in a way to react to what they think is happening at the federal level namely this infighting it is fragility in the government that's something that many voters here and also in previous elections have been voting against it's also interesting and important because it reveals a pattern that we're seeing in germany but also in other european countries namely that the traditional big parties like the conservatives or the social democrats are losing ground and those votes are going to smaller parties like the greens like the

far right of center for germany the something that we will probably see today as well in the state of so as you've said the big parties there specially america is expected to lose ground but how bad a blow is michael's future. would merkel's feature be with the defeats and has it just depends on the result if the conservative candidate for example is not the best candidate out of the six if the results for the conservatives are not that good then that would be a very big go on the other hand if they still manage to top the polls even if that means losing ground that they would have the mandate to form a regional government and they put that into a productive as a positive result so that would be one element where they could see that as a positive result what is definitely the case according to all polls that we have seen is that the conservatives another parties as well like the social democrats will lose ground when you come when we compare these elections with views election has all right so let's look at who exactly these parties are losing ground to one of those parties the far right if d.

which looks set to enter the. state legislature for the first time we're looking at what could potentially be an unstoppable rise of populist i wouldn't describe that as unstoppable there's something that we still can say at this moment where we can say that the a of d. is very likely entering the sixteenth federal state that would mean that they are that they are now present in every regional state in germany they're obviously also present at the federal level so they are becoming a very important force in germany whether it's unstoppable that's another question altogether thomas thank you. yes now have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world three people have been wounded in sri lanka as the country's political crisis deepens reports suggest a security guard of a minister in the sacked government opened fire on a crowd allied to the president after they threatened him the country was plunged into crisis on friday when the president sacked the prime minister and a point to the new one. brazilians are voting in

a runoff presidential election today with far right candidate variables are now are predicted to remain the sixty three year old former army captain has been criticized for making a string of sexist homophobic and racist remarks he also repeatedly repeated repeatedly crees the military dictatorship which ruled the country from one thousand sixty four to one 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 on syria at the summit in istanbul the leaders who pledged to work together to create conditions suitable for peace and stability in the country syria has been ravaged by seven years of civil war. the billionaire owner of the u.k. has less to sit to soccer club is now said to be among those on board a helicopter that crashed outside the stadium on saturday night the b.b.c.

is quoting sources close to the family and saying that the child. probably was in the helicopter along with his daughter to a pilot's and as yet unidentified fifth person the accident occurred an hour after last game against west ham united had ended is still not known if anyone survived the crash and the club said it was cooperating with authorities and would issue a more detailed statement later. has been following this developing story for us and joins me now so what can you tell us about. this use owner so the child he's a tight businessman and a billionaire and he bought leicester city football club back in two thousand and ten so eight years ago and in a way you can say he turned the club into gold into gold his vision his investment health the club to gain promotion to the premier league in twenty fourteen and then

of course two years later in twenty sixteen the all know what happened one of sport's most biggest fairy tales came to life and that was when they won despite the odds being fifty five thousand to one less to still won the premier league so in a way he put less the city on the map but in a way you also can't overlook the fact that he was very different from many other foreign owners of english clubs there's often a big animosity but with him he was loved he was respected and yes he had a bit of a larger than life personality and so the use of a helicopter for example to get in and out of the stadium at leicester city home games to avoid what is a to avoid traffic but if you speak to fans if you speak to play as he was a favorite he's a very they just love him they love this fan and obviously nothing has yet been confirmed it's important to state that tributes have been have been pouring in and yet they have so we know that fans have been starting to lay flowers outside of the

stadium since this morning and we also heard reports that one of the goalkeepers from leicester city. michael actually that he last night he ran out onto the scene of the accident and that he was left in tears and we also know there's been lots of tributes on social media including from gary lineker who's now a football host on the b.b.c. but he's a former les to play and still a huge supporter of the club that was the most difficult b.b.c. match of the day i've ever hosted thoughts are with everyone at leicester city a terrible tragedy heart breaking. and of course peter shilton who is also a former england international he happened to be there when and when when when the accident took place he witnessed a crash at leicester last night with his wife he's absolutely devastated and in shock his thoughts and prayers are with everybody involved and les to say. thank you. and just a reminder of the top stories that performing for you tributes are being paid to

the victims of the deadliest attack on. u.s. history israel's cabinet has been held a minute silence people killed in a mass shooting attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh both benjamin netanyahu and president. german chancellor. faces another regional election. open in the state to. join us again at the top of the hour. we. thank you for.

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