this is. the tributes for rain for the victims of the deadliest attack on the jewish community in recent u.s. history israel's cabinet holds a minute's silence for eleven people killed in a mass shooting attack on a synagogue benjamin netanyahu and president just semitism must be counted also coming up. the german chancellor faces the next big test as voters in the states will go to the polls we'll tell you why this regional election could spell disaster . and extend their unbeaten run in the

go but were disappointed they could only manage a draw at home against. thank you for joining us is well as 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 benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet stood in memory of the eleven victims killed in the shooting attack on saturday before their weekend meeting netanyahu said the people of israel grieved with the families of the dead. forty six year old robot was accused of shouting to semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire. wow.

hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh on saturday evening they saying 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 powell is believed to have a history of anti semitic tirades online this is the synagogue where the shooting happened in the school hill neighborhood of the city normally it's a place of worship but on saturday morning a murder scene. authorities say eleven people were killed and several more injured including four police officers who took on the attacker president donald trump said the attack was an act of evil and called for tougher penalties i was. whether it's this one on another group we have to bear the death penalty was the i got the 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. investigators in pittsburgh have just held a press conference over the progress of the investigation they said quick action by police prevented further casualties last night at approximately nine pm robert powers was formally taken into federal custody following their assurance of an arrest warrant by a federal magistrate judge here in the western district of pennsylvania is presently still in the hospital following surgery and under guard at this point we have nothing to indicate that bowers had accomplices but again we are in the early stages of this investigation we continue to conduct interviews scrub social media review possible surveillance camera video and exploit digital media to determine how and why bowers committed this terrible act. i ask again that if you have information that may help please contact law enforcement i'd like again to thank

chief she word of the pittsburgh police for the heroic actions of his officers had bowers made it out of that facility there is a strong possibility that additional violence would have occurred. german chancellor angela merkel is bracing for another major blow today this time in regional elections in the state of hesco where voting has been underway for several hours now the chances conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses while the smaller green party and far right alternative for germany looks set for a boost in support the vote is considered a test for the cd use national popularity enough to struggle for election results no less the match. is at stake the conservatives chief candidate for kofi a finish this election campaign on home turf has a state premier wanted to mobilize every photo 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 is the 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 gumbo is also struggling with the berlin coalition's bad image but in these modern he turned on the optimism. he's making his third attempt at becoming has his regional leader. 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. that 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 like the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent. politics. and hess 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 our was zero on the greens they're 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 which demonstrate that will bill it's easy to govern with various partners and we have policies we want to enact and that's what we're aiming to do. sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital b.'s bought in 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 what it does there 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 could have at the federal level for the chancellor 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 in-fighting of his 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 did something that we will probably see today as well in the state of west so as you've said the big parties there specially is expected to lose ground but how bad a blow is michael's future. would merkel's feature of be with the defeats and has it essentially 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 could then interpret that 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 part as well like the social democrats will lose ground when you come when we compare these elections with previous elections and has all right so let's look at who exactly the 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 that's something that we still can say at this moment where we can say that the a of d. is very likely entering this sixteen 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. let's 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 of just a security guard of a ministry of the sacked government opened fire on a crowd allied to the president after they questioned him the country was plunged into crisis on friday when the president sacked the prime minister and appointed anyone. brazilians of voting in

a runoff presidential election today with far right candidate also narrow predicted to win the sixty three year old former army cup team has been criticized for making a string of sexist homophobic and racist remarks he has also repeatedly praised the military dictatorship which ruled the country from one nine hundred sixty four to one nine hundred eighty five. people in the former soviet republic of georgia are also electing a new president today the two frontrunners are both former foreign ministers and the vote is being seen as a crucial test for the ruling party ahead of parliamentary elections in twenty twentieth's. 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 a summit in istanbul the leaders 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.'s lest

a city soccer club is now said to be among those on board a helicopter that crashed outside the club stadium on saturday night the b.b.c. is quoting sources close to the family as saying that which i see what's on a problem was in the helicopter along with his daughter two pilots and an as yet unidentified fifth person the accident occurred an hour after last as game against west ham united had ended it's still not known if anyone survived the crash of the club said it was cooperating with authorities and would issue a more detailed statement later. to going to sleep in now where bruce you don't want followed their champions league victory against atletico madrid with a disappointing draw at home against hetta berlin on saturday but the result means that this 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 munich. whether young or grown up dorman fans hearts are

full of black and yellow love thanks of the spectacular performances by their club in recent weeks and you see how fast players started where they left off in the champions league midweek against athletico madrid. lens care and wreckage just managing to prevent an early development lead. in the eighteenth minute there was a goal but it was disallowed was marco royce was marginally offside there by cancelling jayden sanchez sensational backheel effort have but censure ultimately got his goal in the half hour mark mario got said setting him up for dormans deserved lead. my cats showed courage and fought their way back salomon kalou with the equaliser just before half time. i

after the break adornment were looking for a second goal and put the pressure on censure 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 i have my i don't mean went looking for another go and yak a blue loss and will rue not make it three one. because in the ninety first minute down axels i got to fell davies elka in the box i salomon kalou stepped up to scored the equaliser i have two of the final score and for the first time this season i don't mean fail to win at home. isn't that many. we're a little disappointed but we have to accept it that sport that's football that's life. we deserve to win the game it's a. draw left goldman fans disappointed young and grown up

a lot. all in formula one racing red bull will start at the front of the grid at sunday's mexican grand prix driver don you know because i don't know i only beat teammate max and to pole position because set a new track record of just over one minute fourteen point seven seconds as a preventive twenty one year old to stop and from becoming the youngest ever all six of us hamilton will start to fed as he aims to tie up the world championship on sunday just as he did in mexico last year. quick reminder now of the top stories we're following for you investigators in pittsburgh have held a press conference on the progress of the investigation into a gun attack. that killed eleven people the f.b.i. praised police officers from a quick response to the incident saying there are some of the attackers prevented further casualties. you're watching news live from berlin we'll be back with more

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